1922-09-27 — Page 2

JOHN 1,

THE HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1928.

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SHANGHAI.

Soft COLLARS

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Skilfully designed to keep its shape. character and clancut appearance.

With or without eyelet holes for gin,

MACKINTOSH

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Alexandra Building

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CANTON TRADE.

(Continued from yesterday)

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In weaving and knitting factories where the original issue in 1920, being just about

foreign-style machinery has been used, the size of a 10-cent piece, though, of large profits have been realised, thus course, considerably lightër, Foreign ex-gradually though most surely forcing the (la) Imports,--The wet value of Chinese change ranged from 3s. 13. to as. gid.old hand-loom workers out of business, was an added factor, resulting in shorter imports from treaty parts is Hk, Ton Londen, 60 to 471 New York, and to which the high cost of cotton yarn pd Paris, the fall being lengths per piece, to the detriment of the 3,500,000. mainly with Yangtze ports 1013 to through Shanghai West River trade gratual phongh steady throughout the hand-workers' credit with the public. forming small piation, Chines piece year. godis improved somewhat, notably shirt- ings. which, in competition with the for- eign article, "advanced. 11,000 pieces and nankerns by 8,000 pichls. Chinese raw

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Werense

2 million.

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Factories using machinery are, therefore, increasing as the others decrease,' and the trade has extentied its connexions to the Straits, where silk stockings, formerly Cousequent upon this mirked progress. $10 per doara, now sell wholesale at $30. the demand for foreign siken hosiery has decreased about 50 per cent.".

Maing Industry Red conditions of evil war has not only hindered all ucally and the prolongation of a evelopment under this heading, but forced many of the lesser companies, iuli hope when commencing, to close down.

state

"INTIMATIONS

MOTOR BOATS

FOR SALE,

The Twin Scraw Tunnel Stern Motor Launch. ENRICA **

(Built of Steel). Length overall.-56′0′′, Breadth mondled.----11′ 6′′. Depth moulded-3′ 6'.

Draught mouhieri.-18" to 19′′,

D. W, capacity on above draft.--3 tons. Speed-knots,

Engines Twin et "Kelvin Motors, ruch 30 h.p.

Installed with Ricetric Light.

Price $10,000 or near offer.

The Motorboat "KEIKUNG**

(Built of Teak).

Length overal--29.8/10. Breadth 7.5/10

Draught (approximate).-- 197, Engine Kelvin" Paralin kotor.

· Price 81,800 or near offer.

APPLY

NESTLE & ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO.,'

11, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

PASSENGER TRAFFIC, Although the year under the Govern tent of Dr. "Sun Yat Sen and General Chop Chiung Ming'was fairly peaceful in | cotton, "generally imported from Shang- Kwangtung, the number of passengers hai for the manufacture of quift shows outward was only some 20,000 less than' of 15,000 piculs. "Prices in 1920, which witnessed a great exodus ranged from 850 300 per bale of. Hongkong.,, Macao traffic has been pienk and the trade, has been very proât-heavier, so that the actual "decrease to able throughout the year. As regards and from Hoogkong has been only 10,000. native cotton cloth, while most of it uses perusal of the table VIII, No. 2 shows No coal at all came down from the Fu from Shanghai, Tientsin elosh has al the unhappy years rather clearly, viz., 1919 Ho Mires in Kwangsi, and production been fairly well represented in the tent and 1913, marred by the revolution and even from North River districts was very market Priers, however, were inevit sequent insecurity, and 1916, a year small indeed. Shipments of antimony ably higher than the Canton made pat civil war in Cantra itself. The averare fell considerably, and prices are said riate cloth, so that a great deal of the movement in and out by steamer is to have been below prolaction cost. The rughly about 1 million per annum, Onlinstone excavation in the Hwahsien northern product was re-exported to the Yueb-Han Railway the number of have, however, had a good year, supply- Kwangsi and the cutperts of Kwangtung, Importations of Yangtze rice fell about Pangers carried is reported as 1,200,000, ing the needs of the Green Island Cement 1,000,000 piculs, eausing high prices and for the Canton Samahui Railway Works in Mucus harbour and the local

about 1 million, for the whole year. I factory Laiporta

ReGrays.-The Yuch-Hau Railway han locally with but small profits.

These figures are not include in Customs from the neighbouring province of Kwang si were only available towards the end of turns or traffic on the Carton-Kow-pos aided a single extra mile of track the year, and Annam rige had to be subtoon Railway, which is estimated at ever northwards during the year and still ends at Shipkwan. Two weighing" bridges stituted. Even with two gool harvests,

have, however, beeg completed, and a Orith. which was not the case during the year under Feriew, Kwangtung, it is said, can Since the end of March quarter 1017 wooden wharf with the necessary pontoou Two satisfactorily completed. opium has been officially imported attached for transportation service has only feed its population for two months

included wharves LTMA such out of 12 Importations of pig iron from into Kwangtung, and every effort is being been

ensuing for the the estimates at-in the Hanyang Ironworks ineteased som made to suppress smoking and prevent pore

The earning "capacity of this 17,000 piculs, and the imports of anti smuggling. Methods" employed. in mony regalis were 400 picuts to it in tempting to import the drug are name year. 1020 owing to shortage of the are locally rous, but the most striking was seen with line is reported to have ben $163,036 per Beans. ganenke, and bean oil all show a consignment of 150 hans from Yunnan, manth for about 75,000 tons of freight. considerable advances, and tea increase in which was concealed about 140 catties to which must be added a sum ng $720,00X) by 10,000 niculs, mostly green tea from of the prepared drag. On the 27th pusserger receipts for the year, making The Canton-Samsbui Hangchow. Under tobacco we find a rise August some 8400,000 worth of opium and its annual inedine something like of 33.000 pients. The China Hing cigars paraphernalia was burnt on the East million dollars. advanced, somewhat in popular favour Parade Ground, attracting large crowds Railway short line of 30 odd miles. during the year, but two other companies for nearly three days. It was specially earning out of all proportion to its size which exist do not appear to be making interesting because the material repres and service-happens to pass through the seizures fertile lowlands west of Canton, and its much headway. As fegards locally made sented largely house-to-house cigarettes, ibre companies, the Kang-made by the local authorities In De passenger traffic slote turns in about tong, Hun Chiang, and Chung Hing cember a branch of the International $100,000 per month. Freight collected working in competition with the British Anti-Opium, Association was opened in during the year on merchandise is report.

run pretty cleee American Tobacco Company and the Canton, with General Chen Chiung Minged to have been 827,000, thus making its Nanyang Brothers, are baving a hard as president and Dr. Wu Ting Tang as an income fight to keep above, water.

honorary president. The opening of thes$1,230,000, or $41,000 per mile per year. pitals where smokers might be cured of Fortunately, it has had a year com

pletely free from military control and, For PRICES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, the habit was one of the plans adopted.

en Sun Yat Sen's orders, employs female (0) Towards Vinder Transit Pass.)—A

labour extensively in its passenger de On the Cantor-Kowloon alight increase under inward transit

now partments, Municipal Affairs. Canton, bis passes for Kwangsung province only gave us the small increase in transit duty of numerous broad roads where the old tity Bailway, trafic is very heavy, but the cost HONGKONG CIGAR STORE, about Ilk. Tls. 2,000. Trade with other walls used to stand and about 10 omni- of maintenance is higher than its actual provinces fell everywhere owing to milibuses with eight trailers running cor-earnings, and, running as it does through tary operations in the neighbouring protinuously between the Canton-Kowloon three districts, one of which, Tsengshing, vinces excepting Kiangsi, which has all Rallway Station east and the Tai Ping is noted for pirates, hold-ups occasionally It seems to be generally along been successful in evading war. Gate west, the service having been in-cccur, and night traffic is accordingly

The discouraged. the 4th January. This province, however, has only a very augurated on small transit trade with Canton. The trailers, which arrived in the autumn of admitted that a double track, however, total value of our juland transit trade was 1980, are treated as third class, and and greater Customs facilities at this end Hk. Tis, 900,000, the increase of Hk. Tis.-cent fare for any distance is the charge, would be advantages. The total number 200,000 being confined to the home pro whereas it is double in the main dar. of passengers carried during the year is Owing to the newness of the roads, traffic placed at 2,211,350, bringing in as receipts (b) Outwards (under Transit Certi. is confined to concreted areas except by the sum of 81,114.774.29. Of this number. firate)-This forms of Customs revenue spécial permission. The second series of 1,326,810 were through passengers. About entirely disappeared with Kwangtung's new roads has been greatly delayed owing 83,000 tons of merchandise was transport- declaration of independence of the. Cen- to lack of adequate funds, the cost of ed, bringing freight earnings up to tral Government, and no transit certi- maintaining those already constructed $140,216.99. The line has fortunately been ficates have been surrendered since De being fairly heavy. With the exception immune from interruptions of either a cember, 1918. The issue of them was of a stretch of the old wall round the military or piratical character through- granted to one or two firms in 1919, but Hill of the Goddess of Mercy, the whole out the year. (Further particulars will The be found in the Kowloon Commissioner's special military taxation by area com city is approachable by jinriesha.

vinces.

INLAND TRANSIT.

31ISCELLANEOUS.

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manders at places of production nullifed old forts have been dismantled, and the Trade Report.) their value, and the firm concerned former fortified quarters and gardens of Parcel Post-Three alien post offices quietly surrendered their treaty rights by the late official residences are to become function in Canton, viz., the Japanese, a public garded. Canton has now its French, and British, trade through the local purchases,

first park in the heart of the city, which, first of which is rather extensive. Revenue collected, however, is mostly through the is well designed and much frequented.

670,000.

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(c.) Special-Inward transit certi ficats, covering factory products under

a factor which considerably Chinese Post Office, which shows a gain There of 28,000 for the year, excluding the 3pecial exemption privileges, for Kung aid municipal improvements tung province alone show an increase over

were, it is said, 53 fires during the year, surtax of $12,000. Civil commotion con. 1920 of nearly 100 per cent, and for and 895 buildings were destroyed. Two siderably interrupted the transit Kweichow province a small advance. The a parcels with Kwangsi, Hunan, and size- total increase under this heading is 3,000 of them, within a few days of each other. para provinces, but, about' k. BREWER & CO. passes, representing value of Hk. Tls.in the congested suburb of Saikwan, the 203,000 worth of locally embroidered drought of the autumn having dried foreign muslin was exported duty free to everything to a matchwood condition. the United States and Canada. Ioland Imports of gold increased to the value of Insurance companies suffered heavily on traffic covered about 70,000 parcela be 2 million Haikwan Taels, mostly in these counts, and several Chinese insur tween Fatshan and Canton, a distance of The miles only by train. 1,000 piculs of silk American gold coin, speculating in which ance companies became insolvent. is rather prevalent, while the decrease total loss to the companies is estimated at piece goods were posted, against 1,800 pieuls for the previous year, and parcels in gold bars amounted to Ik. Tis $1,106,800. 187,000 roughly. The outward movements

The Canton Cement Works have been inward of a similar class advanced 58 The total value of the parcel of gold do not cover more than Hk. Tis working day and night through most of piculs. 153,000. Bar shipments disappeared alto the year, turning out about 3, eusk: trade through the Chinese Fost Office is

about 2 million Haiwan taels gether during 192, and coins, to Macao principally, fell by about Tis 125,000 per month. The selling price as remain ed fairly steady between $5.00 and $6.50 The movements of silver, however, ATC per cask, and the works are said to have more interesting. Har silver inwards ex- made a profit of $300,000. The establish ceeding the figures for 1990 by 6 million ment, however, is an official one and re Haikwan taels, the reasons for which, are mits to the provincial authorities most of evident from the export Sgures of silver fits net earnings. It is believed that the

"Nearly half a million taels" worth of coins, which more than doubled the ship works are capable of greater effort, so meats for 1920 The coins were nearly all that a monopoly for $365,000 per annum opium and cocaine were seized by the in newly minted Canton -cost, pieces,

ers entering the port from Europe during the alleged inferior fineness of which led at prosent under serious considera. Customs authorities from Japanese steam- to an embargo by the Northern Govern

The Canton Waterworks Company has the past few days, saya the NC. Daily News, 21 piculs of opium valued a Tls. meat on import into Shanghai and Yangtze ports. During the Fear more done very little more than in 1930, and than 10 new native banks were opened its gross receipts, are reported as only 400,000 being taken from the stre. Atsula bringing the present total of such in: $35.000. The number of private consum and Aatori Maris, and a case containing stitutions up to about 270. Banking s nerezsed by 1,500 in spite of the 250 lbs. of occaine, worth Tia. 70,000, from circles did very well in 1990, hende this destructive fires, and about 30 miles of another boat which arrived here on. line of profit received particular atten: new piping have been laid down. The Thursday.

tion.

tion.

Bankers speculated on deposita estimated supply of water per day is against, deliveries of silk, rice, oil, sugar, 0,000,000 gallons, but a system of water. and flour er godown, but, excepting silk, meters is imperative, owing to waste and

the selling price of goods was not up to stealing. A new 1,000-kor power engine

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anticipations, especially with sugar, of arrived from England in September, but are the most perfect double foous glasses which there was a surplus, hence cash was is not yet installed; the twin engine being for both roading and distant. In the net in active circulation locally, and in- still on the way. With this additional terest rose to 5.4-5 per cent. per month, or plant, however,ya better servios is anti.

pipated. nearly 70 per cent. per annum, & very. high figura to the Occidental mind. The The Min Yuen Paper Factory and the ant lens, raising the sequest adore the BHANGHAI OFFICK— failure of the Banque Industrielle de Star Leather, Factory have both bad. Chine in July, fortunately, did not affect very fair year. Eaforms of an economical surface of the main lens, The segmsgi native backa to any great extent, character were introduced by the first and the line of union are always more was individual depositora, mostly Chinese, named concern, but profite did not reach or less noticable. In Kryptok lena, no

The amount of who suffered. Discount on the notes of previous anticipations the new Provincial Bank of Kwangtung business done, Bowever, is said to have cement is nood, but the reading soggens remained steady at from 80 to $7 per been about half a million dollars. The is electrically fused in a depremnicu Sal 1,000, and business has been maintained leather business is the more to be con- the main lens, while the whole leas throughout the year on a limitation of a gratulated, as it is competing against ground, smooth on both sides so the cash exchange not exceeding $200 Hongkong, industry in foreign hande. for any one individual. The Hint The price of raw material was fortunately desired focus, Kryptok lenses of any very busy coining the low, and production was not hampered prescription in either regular or Toria heary purchases e far silver into in any way by local disorder, so that form are manufacted by the Hongkong 20-cont pieces, it is said at the rats very fair probs has been made. The red Optical Co., susteners to Clark & Co of $300,000 per day. In August 134,000 cow leather produced, however,

has

been

not as

worth of nickel 5-cent picean were coined, good as that imported from the Straita Optical Prescription Specialists, located thus flouting 80,000 pieces of this useful Settlements by junk for northern markets in 63, Queen's Boad Central-Az`TTO currency: they are, however, larger than through Canton,

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