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.....Regalar Monthly Freight and Fee per Bervica betwren lapon, China, Hongkong,
Menila and Straits and Hamburg and other North-Continental Ports.
OUTWARD from Hamburg wis Ports of Call
Steamers
tacheer
*Albert Vögler *Carl Legion
Armed
TheBach, 4..
12,300 4088
9,000 tour 9,000 Line
10th July forat half of August, First half of Sept.
HOMEWARD-for Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg
Stormen
#Emil Kirdorf
+Scbeer
*Albert Vöglor
Carl Legion
Tonnage, dw.
Departure
9,000 tons
26th July
12,300 tons
Calling at Manila. First half of Anguat
$,000 tank $,000 tons
These steamers are fitted with all comfort for the convenience of about 50 first class Passengers.
Cargo boat.
AGENTS
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.
26, Den Voeux Road Central.
Phone Central No. 478.
KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART
MAATSCHAPPY.
(Roval Packet NAVIGATION Co. of Batavia)
AI STRAMSHIP
VAN OVERSTRATEN "*
* will be despatched to
SINGAPORE & BELAWAN-DELI Direct.
23rd June, 1923.
1st Class Fare to Singapore :-3100.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd, 1993.
FRENCH ECONOMIC
TH
CONDITIONS.
сап
WHISKEY AND SALT WATER.
GROWTH OF FINANCIAL" STABILITY.phrase to suggest the extreme of impro- „Borsu 'was unlucky in his chuicy of a bability. If not the seas in general, over A report on the economic condition of which Great Britain atill exercises a cer France by Mr. J. R. Cahill, bis Majesty's
as much sen as Amories, Commerical Counsellor at Paris, is bring Lutharity issued by the Department of Overseasca intence must henceforth
Ships, Trade.
whether foreign or American, an *prouching between
will have Americo
to choose into the sea, doing the return voyagery".
wen pouring all consumed or transferring suck liquor to atore, taking it
it back when outside the limit on the reverse trip. There is siblity that some indignant captain may jet is just a pos tison his ship's liquor at the territorial line.
covery
Busting
It traces the steps by which that county has emerged from a state of general is location and devastation in her war lens to "condition rapidly approaching re 1 the devusted"" region." the callieries, textile mills, chemical works, and engineering shops are producing at a gradually increasing aided by the
equipment
an inward installed as part of 2
eil-inid plan dee
deed. It would adding grievously to of construction Agricultural storation the has kept
puce, with that in other instructions against which Amerien dustries.
Ninety per
per cent, of the levnawaggles it her abstemius est dwellers to see moving in on their dry Latest area has been eleneed of projectiles, waches & purplish tide too full fur southd or four and to hear the moaning of the
We can
proved technim that liciously che hope that none such will
been
ศ.
and more
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
SAILINGH BUBJECT· TO: ALTERATION.
FFANGHAI via SWATOW
& BHANGHAI
"TATERING"
ANTUNG via SWATOW
"WOSANU
TSINGTAU via SWATOW
"YUSANG"
SHANGHAI...
BANGKOK KOBE
MOJT
SWATOW
STRAITS & CALCUTTÄ
SANDAKAN
HAIPHONG HOIBOW SHANGHAI via SWATOW... MANILA
TIENTSIN thie for the
trench works, and bizbed wire," that distant and depleted bar. But even in ita than three quarters the farin jwus ravish has again been broughs under milder, "form this pouring her than an
the plough. As in Grost
rest Britain, how ever, a great deal renaine to Accom- plahesi in overtaking the housing shortage.
of liquor can cannot be expected
be to exceptional act. America may hope that
BHANGHAI SWATOW BHANGHAI via SWATOW STRAITS & CALCUTTA KORE SHANGHAN
"OHAKSANG* NAMBANG "FOOKSANG". ...HINSANG"
"LEISASA
•
"WINGSANG "
"OKIPSHING * “TINGSHING *WASHING**
KUTSANG"
**HOSANG"
Sunday,
24th June, 10mm.
Monday,
3th June, 10 am.
...Tuenday. Tuesday, ...Tuesday,
25th June, Noon.
26th June, Noon.
28th June, 4pw.
Wednesday, 27th Jane, 3p...
Thursday, 28th Jane, Ncon. 29th June 8..
29th June, Nerin.
29th Jane -
F...
Saturday, 30th June, Noor.
Friday,
Friday,
Eiday,
Sunday,
1st July, Noon.
Friday,
6th July, Noon...
Starday,
7th July. 3 p.m.
Saturday,
14th July, Noon.
CALOUTTA LINE -- Thủ Line afforda regular milfige la Cafeiths, Penang ina-
Bingapore, returning from Cakotta steamere payeked vis Biraits and Hongkong 3), Japan, corsmorally calling at Bhanghai. All sheamers bare excellent parienjer · socommodation, find...with Wizeless and carry a fully-qualified Burgeon.
storage mother of meeting the dirty will PARCHA LIFE-Batings Approamtaly every three chys bajweed: Lanton and
Mugh work has been done be generally adopted; hat that, too, will be 1
ambitious programmes bave been
in connexion with port and waterway in
new
unusual. The delay, the maide, the ex
on
YANILA
CHAIPHONG
pense, and the consequent increase of provement, read Construction, Tailway elee.
.board charges for liquor on
aro trification, and hydro-slectric development arguments against it. It would weans, In exploiting her mineral respurivs and her highly d
•fereloped engineering industries | Spring at strict insistence
Court's ruling must mean either LABAsticethods of co aperation the gying" "dry" of "ships, even outside | BORNIO
France +1230.
American territorial waters or a diversion of shipping to Canulian
porta. going is ilsal kar ropem
Haga pe unier mest Freeda, and, more lefinitely. Italian ships are
mininum
gra
Απ
BUL
associations of metallurgical ant
and engineer obliged by law or regulation to carry
ing
know
TINTAIN
Bhanghal, fometim ve "calling_að (Swatey, | Through tickets can
be obtained and through BB of Lading. ars izened Sorabera and Yangiène Ferta yla Bhang lal
LINK :—A weekly service la maintained with Miulla by rosiets with good LINK-Sangrappentine Inducemeat offer
Pamonger accommodation, sallizgi hem both porta every Friday.
för passengart ed at Hollow When LIWW --- Fortnightly exiluri so sad frem Babrikan by swé 13,000 tons
CHINSANG*»zq**, **NAUHANG“ both steamer
Having excellent passenger accordailos. Cargo itaken si Ehrough, Rula ef Lading for "Esda!" Jesselton. Labuan. Tawzo and Lahad Dat
LINE-A regular service is enn from March to avender between
Benykorg and Tientsin, calling at Wells,wal and Chefoo.
the hands of a few trival"inshustry is in not the tities of liquor, and there is BANGIOE LINK -A weekly servich is provided between Bongkang sad Bangkok
chance of those laws or Kurope.. has
Ce sees in many ehrs of commercial etivity the uue tenien cy towards the formation of powerful groups and communities of intent" 15 naticeable
Already the in Germany
producers are will large and growing
strong firms. The minium industry is consolidated on similariations being abolished
known the uses, as well as the abuses, of lines, us also is the output and sale of potash win for centuries longer than white Dyestuffa manufacture is dominated by one America has existed, and the necessity of concern, hesry chemicals by two, The
up, oil se
and candle works are also Mr.
to reputed maintain relations: Shipping shows ton towards concentration, and other ches of 1
transport operate in gaison. SNATIONAL TÉANHORT PROGRAMME.
cloa
stimulants is too well understood" un "this side of the Atlantic.
Diversion to Canadian ports there may le, sad naturally we should wel come it Yet the questions America hus raid connor be settled by run- ninghaway from them. Direct communication section of the with America, under vasonable con
is obviously a business necessity. set out to make the conditions unreason- able, as she is now doing, it is possible for Great Britain, France, and Italy to give har 1 taste e of her own medicine. The European Powers hav only
to insist on their regula- tions being satisfied before any American for hydro- ship enter their territorini waters.
A
particularly interesting report is devoted to a descripsion of the national programme of harbour extensions and improvement reads, railways, and water ways. It deals with the probable effects of the Marseilles Rhode scheme und of the addi; tional facilities for modern shipping und cargo handling at many porta City linked
electric development and
these plans are schiones ectrifica two of thei tion. Certain of these projects aim at the Juve disses of her n Supreme Court from the forefro
attmotion of Atlantic.
through.... to cisions involving rexations Swizerland.and Central Europe generally.
fureign rights,
Americh could remarkable that the great complain If this course were followed. A brighten
It is work of which is
Дв
andreorganization for the privats travellar, he might find the
he
in Me. Cahill's report has trans-Atlantic voyage appreciably been accomplished in
in spite of the fact thated, if to the risk run by a Aahip Hicance population is
is more than
being caught inside American territo-
da,Bwach, 17 fre, sitamara,filað slík up-to-date passenger soovermination.
CALCUTTA LINE-
35. "FOOKSANG" will be despatched on or abour Wednesday, 27th June at 3 p.m., for BINGAPORE, PENANG
& CALCUTTA.
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, FORT SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES,
For Freight or Prange apply tom
Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd.
millions less than before the war. Even rini waters with liquor on board were added Tur 51 No, 315 with the addition of 1,700,000 persons belong; to the reconquered territory, the total number
of inhabitants, is now inferior by Loirly frvar" hundred thousand in that of
to learn that many trules complain of labour the circumstances it is not surprising shortage.
The official returns relating to unemployment relief funds show a marked dimination from the spring of 1921, when industrial depression, was at its height, na will be son below:-
UNEMPLOYED IN RECEIPT OF RELIEF. March, 1921
ອັດຕາກະ 1923..
19
191,99
Reco
4077 2362
January 1st Me. Cahill mention the view which has been fostered that the State, would be unside to carry the burden accruing through the failure to secure payments from Ger
'study of lane atien
Inw is
mout
in
that of being caught inside British, French, ar Italian territorial waters without the mini-
of liquor. antity
has for years been the
world's
trustion naturally tutor in the doctrine that a A. pious gesture rather than an
obeyed by citizens. A diligent American might no doubt in time loarn, if not learn to keep, all the laws of his own State; he could not hope to learn and remember all the laws of all the other States ag
Unconscious
กร glect of some laws and anxious evasion
others are
necessary to him if he would live the
and the 1hw warting
of human nature. Ho will round the Supreme Court's decision, and operate with foreigners who wish to
get there will be the materials for international incidents. But over these we must keep our
America tempers. many. This opinion, he says, hns, prove itain over tea; and now she appears to political, existence by fighting Great ill founded, for, thanks to the tradit 街
hriftiurus af the population, the Ste has wish to fight the world over testatalism. But brea
aule to procure resources by loans we British, at any rate, will not fight any Subscribed Ap
France
and has this been more than we will agree to be bullied in the relieved of any
to indate Prohibitionist interest. We shall mere- unduly the Doleon At the same ly saile and time, the resulting charges on the whole table, Badgat have, he admits, adversely affected cofile, though perhaps considerably delayed, the public judgment respecting the future of the exchange sale of the frauc.
On the other hand, the trude balance is favorable factor: Expressed in currency valve, it shows only a slight deficit when eccant is taken of the invisible exports, whitt if the alterations in prices in relation to those of 1913 are reckoned, it would ape per that the excess walde of imports is even proporcionally lower than the pre-war excess,
This vessel offers excellent cabin accommodation for saleen passengerë: optimistic view. The yield in taxes during
Single and double cabins,
Wireless Telegraphy:
For Freight and passage apply to:-"
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN-LYN,
Telephone Central No. 1574
Agents.
The ideal material for Hot climates.
For roofs, partitions & cellings.
It is light & strong.
It does not conduct heat.
It is practically indestructable.
It does not rust or corrode...
It is insect & vermin proof.““
We carry large stocks and shall be pleased to quote prices and
give you particulars.
SOLE AGENTS
DODWELL & CO. LTD.
Telephone C. 1080,
Machinery Dept.
The trend of Stato finances since Mr. Cahill's report was writtet jastifies an the first quarter of this year has shown surplus. The Senate by taking this and other estimated revenue into account and at the same time reducing the expenditure has revised the 1023 Badget and returned it to the Chamber of Deputies? with an "estimated surplus of 3-2,600,000f.» - #inten,
GERMAN MOCKERY OF
TAXATION” '.
M Theunis, the Prime Minister" of Belgium made a long speech on May 8th on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anni ́versary of the foundation of the banking rstandlishment Union du Oralit The Following passage was particularly well received--
While very shortly we ourselves shall have increased our pre-war receipts practically tenfold, in fieriuany budgetary sabotage" remains, sy tiuatic and co tinued, Germany's tax મા beer, för example, is fifty tintes lighter than the corraponding Belgian duty, nnui her Bugar tax 100 times less than ours. Cal culatedsin real valurs the duty on salt and matches is respectively five thousand and one thousand times lem than before the war, and it is pretically the same with all the taxes based of a fixed tariff.
As for diret
they are, thanks
to ummplacent Treasury, collected sever- al months in arrear, and with the help of fallon mark finish by vinding practically nothing at nil. Indeed, it might truly ka kaid that the "German""authorities have" done all that is necessary to encourage the entire country to speculate on the fall of its currenty, Can the things be allowed to continue? Can we tolerate Buch a mockery any longer! No, and that is why we are with the French in the Rohr and propose to stay there until | nå least Gorgany does justice to our legitimate claims.-Timrs.
into
wait for the inevi
the new system. With Ameri can ships "wet." legally outside the three-mile and great patches of illegal moisture on American soil, there cannot be much future for dryness in the three- mile zona-Saturday Sterior.
GLEN
AD
GENERAL MANAGER.
SHIRE
Jone piusvios of Beračkes.
U.K.-STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE
OUTWARDS,
Das Hongkong.
"CARNARVONSHIRE* 30th Jane. 15th July. 30th July, 13th Aug.
"OLENBEG”
"GLENSANDA” "GLENSBANE" "PEMBROKESHIRETM
........ 17th Aug.
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HOMEWARDS.
Vouse! Loves H'kong. Dischargon “ULEXAPP”
2nd-July, Genoa, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. *GLENIFFER
9th August, Ganca, London, Hotterdam and Bamburg.
Movements are subjec" to shange without notice.
For freight or faribor particuler olosso apply to➡
Jardine. Matheson & Co., Lta., The Glen Line, Ltd, aguste,
Talepoor Central So. 215 sub-ex.' 13 and Central 3298,
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
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-'427′0′′ x 68′1′ x 81′0′′ x 8,400 tons dw. x 3,100 H.2.,
Built by THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD, at KOWLOON DOCES to the order
♂ THS ANGLO SAXON PETROLEUM CO, LTD, being one of four similar vessels built in, those! WORK! to the same order.
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:
R M. DYER, B. Sc., MLNA,, Kowloos Dock, HoNGRONG."
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