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THE RUBBER "SITUATION.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURER'S.
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PRESS FRIDAY, MAY 11ra, 1938.
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ADDRESSIN
FROM
Fosburgh, Hongkong Hotel Yokohama
Mr. Wm. O'Neil, vice-President and Gea eral Manager of the General Tire and liabber Boya.. Company, and Director of the American Fapite Rubber Association, in a recent statement Wongleaycan
1650...
The recent decision of the Government 3769 to spend $500,000 for an investigation, of
of the Islands aro
"The
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ADORKKI
Hawberg
Shanghai
Amoy
Tienuin
Wingpo
Shanghai
Amoy
FROM Busbiretown ---
WEATHER REPORT.
the crude rubber situation means a plain Limpoɔngos › Bizukotai waste of that much of the peoplo's money,
*Much as
as overy American would like to
The following is a list of · mclaimed sco the production of cruda rubber dominat ed by Americans, and all. the rubber neces belograms lying in the Eastern Extension, sary for American use grown ander the Australase and Chica Tebgraph Company's American flag, the fact remains that it is not at Hongkong
NUMEIS The practical as an economic proposition.
6501/5th Baperfe subjret has long since been investigated- very carefully and thoroughly, and the re aults are available in dozens of responsible places, so that the recent decision of the Government to spend $300,000 for investi gations means a plain waste of that such
money.
Ruggested for the
American
plantations. Rubber men grally nev agreed that not as good as that Philippine rubber is grown in Brazil or, the Malay Peninsula, do Climate and soil have a deal to do
great with this. It is also well known that evabe to the S.E. of the Macclesfields this The depression or typhoon appears to if Philippine rubber ware as satisfactory. that grown in the Federsted Malay States or Java, it would be nessary to use ten cent a day coolin labour in American passer sions to produce it at competitive price. The changes necessary in our immigration and labour laws to make that presible hold
und dannS) startling
Prius possibilities.
cannot be grown in grazie United States. If we cricourage Brazil, in South America, that is a foreign country, and ruliber nie-th have not forgotten what
the
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May 10th at 11.10-Warning to Hongkong, Coast Ports, &c.-Depression or typhoon in lat 15 deg. N. Long 115 deg. E., direction unknown, position uncertain.
May 10th at 11.18—Pressum has increased considerably at Shanghai and alightly at other reporting stations.
up.
morning, but its position and direction of lion are very uncertain. It may be filling Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10am, 10th May, 003 inch. Total sinco any lat, 10.41 inches, against an average of 14.33 inches.
The forecnas for the 24 hours ending at soon, 11th May, is as followss
ม่ DISTRICT
FORECAST
Brazil lid to rabbor prices when she had Hongkong to Gap Rock Light variabe winds,
a chunner. That was in peace time, too.
There has been something resembling
hysteria in the recent
agitatio. Rubber
freakening form N.E. later; Ese to aloudy.
...N.E. winds, mad. wrate; to fresh.
South coast of China betweon (The ne
is cheaper now than at any time in the last Formosa Channel when the world was fat ten years, except broke after the world war.
The present is not high and will always De
re- Hongkong and Lamooks No I. gulated by the law of gunnly aid demand
will be haul to convince practical American rubber men that there is any sense or safety in an investment by them in rubber plantations to
Britain, Holland or Brazil. Pete with Great
We all regret that the British Govern ment has put on the production tax, due to the fact that the plantations have been producing more ruller than the world could
(se.
The fallibility of Government in business is well known. But why aggravate that situation by also putting the American Government in the rubber business In my humble opinion Ameries need not envy or compete with a foreign industry that cannot how find employment for men, ut 10 cents a day."
TAX ON BETTING
THE LEGAL ASPECT.
Much is being said and written about- "legalizing" betting by imposing a tax on it. This a complete misunderstanding of the legal position. Betting, whether upon sporting or other wagers, is perfect. MAKASSAR & SOEKABAIA ly legal. A wagering contract, merely as such, ja ilegal neither because it LA contrary to a positive rule of law, or because it is immoral, in which case it might be illegal as being contrary to public policy, writes a tegal correspondent in the London Morning. Tusfi
The Steamers are all fined throngbowa with Einotzte Light and have sonontonoda 1.00 for a limited nær ber of aloon Passengers. All steamers carry a duly qualiled surgeoL „Owego taken as through rates to all ports in Netherlands India and Australia.
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Arrivals from Europe.
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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE
From May 11th to 17th, 1823.
HIGH WATER,'
Month.
Daya of
H'kong
At one time, all wagering contracts -- ie., ordmary bela on uncertain events- were valid and enforceable in the Courts. The consequence was that the time of Judges was much taken up with numbers | Fel of frivolous and indrent matters, and in order to rid themselves of this abuse of | Briar 13 'm procu, the Churts atrained language and
Height.
Height.
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19th May,
4th June.
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18th June.
2nd July.
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- 25th May,
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ment in a simple wager. This a bet apon the life of Napoleon was declared contrary | Mon. 14
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to public policy hesuse it tended to the assassination of a foreign Prince, aris Faca 15 m of our on Busereign!"It is this aspect
of wagering also of the process of the Wed. 16 m Court-which has been principally cons template by the abundant legislation eit the subject.
THE GAMING-ACT.
The chief Act, which now governs this branch of the law, the Gaming Act, 1945, meroly declares wagering contracts voul This an imply that the parties shall not favo roca 187 to a legal tribunal in order to enhang their agreement. It is very diff out with an illegal contenot, ie, on which it is the policy of the law to prohibit.
The present position, räulting from the Act of 1845 and n later Act of 1802, is brondly that a wagering contract, or a contract of agency" for "making, wagers, will not be enforces by the Courts. Colp toral rights may, however, arise out of it; surities given upon wagers are in moth ensug enforreala by those who jika them in mod faith, and is has recently been held has a murtarabip of shok- mukura is perfectly valid and pristucted by the quiliary rights and remedies of part- nora. Such a nartnofalip naya" income f tax on its profits; sa chez the bookmaker who makes his living by wagers. therefore, a tax. "Jegudian" belting, this has already been done, by implication,
FINALIZ) NE PETS.
To a minor extent, dataten have from timu to tiine penalized terpain, forms of Rambling Everybody know that public Folderig are illeged. In the Seventeenth and Talk Centuries, when privato gandding was at its height, certain apocí fint runs of chania wớre dolazed Plegal by state, and one gunn at least, cock- fighting illegal at Common Law. Waar pads from those specified games are illegal, but as most of the games are obarida. Iba, matter is of litte import
TUX Aute of Anna and floorga H. mandle it ravindictable offenes to via or Iso £10 at any on sitting, or 220 within twenty- Your hour at the envisions were ropecial in 1945, Horrerasing has onger bom illegal no haya hay, prada upon it. One form at least of wearing remples who large department of the law; for, Ingally spanking life insuranão
purely
vor. Then seynin ta bo no in- sistency in the law refusing, to enforce Lot, and at the mama fim imposing a tax on them; indeed, no alosady pointed out, the Talend Burenne already profita to a large webent by this tax, though in an indirect Torm.
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