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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9tB," · 1924

MACKINTOSH'S SALE

3

DAYS

3

DAYS

OF SURPLUS SEASON'S STOCK

On January 7th, 8th and 9th very substantial reductions in price will be made to clear the large stock which has been left on hand owing to the mild weather.

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FROM TO OFF CURRENT PRICES,

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Yardley's Face Cream

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Steara's Peroxide Cream

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FAR EASTERN BANKING.

CONDITIONS IN CHINA.

The Statist in its annual review of Far Eastern Banking says:-

STRIKE IN NATIVE SILK. INDUSTRY ÁT CANTON. GOVERNMENT URGED TO WITH DRAW LIKIN.

Men working in the native silk factories Politics" continue to dominate. Chinese

finances. The Peking and retailing stores at Cantor hold s industrias and Government has signally failed in parade on Monday afternoon, the Castor' fication of the Republic, and internal strife, brigandag, maladministration-and financial chaos continue to grow worse. The following extract from the speech of Mr. A. O lang, chairman of the Hong- kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, nt the latest annual meeting of that in stitution graphically pictures the state of China:

Gazette: says, to démonstrate their carn- est desire for the withdrawal of the newly imposed likin tax on the trans portation of native silk goods, for which the merchants, labourers, and manufacturers went on a general' strike, a month ago. The standing army is larger than Mare thun Eve thousand persons joined ever, and continues not only to be a the procession. The paraders carried crushing financial burden upon the small, banners of every description. "country, but its ill-disciplined units There are fifteen thousand, werkers in

have become a sorious menace to both

Tha

foreign and Chinese life and property the silk industry in Canton alone-accord- everywhere outside the protection of ing to the announcements in their cir treaty ports. Brnels of brigands, con- cular letters, all of whom are depending asting of deserting er unpaid solidery, maraud through the provinces, burning, on their daily wages for the maintenance looting, and kidnapping with impunity of themselves and their families. As a while the whole country continues to result of the general strike, the, sikin berent by ever-shifting political disser dustry in Canton has been brought to a sions and military atrigue complete standstill for a month. At pre- Peking Government, cetin only sent there is no sign of an early settle name, is a puppet in the hands of con-ment of the trouble. tending Tuchuna The railways aro The paraders went to the General aver-run, their traffic disorganised, and Headquarters, the Governor's Yamen and their equipment damaged by hordes of the Provincial Bureau of Finance where disorderly troops. The revenues which they presented their petitions to the should go to maintain the railways and authorities, urging them to withdraw the to pay the service of the foreign loana new tax on account of the serious suffer. secured on them, are appropriated atings of the labourers by the strike. their source by the military authorities"

Under circumstances such as these it is hardly to be expected that the Consortium formed to extend financial assistance to China should still be able to do more than remain an idio spectator of events. China's total unsecured foreign indebted- ress at present amounts to more than 8500 million, in respect to about half ofj which payment is in default,

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SPORT.

ORICKET.

CIVIL SERVICE 1st XI. v. E.K.C.C.

The following will represent the C.8.0.0. Chinese trade has naturally been gravely on their own ground at 2 p.m. on Satur- affected by the political and financial dis day, January 18th, in this friendly match: order, yet the revenue collection for last A. E. Wood (capt.), G. R. Sayer, year again went to the high record figure R. E. O. Bird, E. B. Reed, A. R. Suther of Hk. Tis. $5,600,000, being H. Thland, F. J. Ling, J. H. B. Nihill, R. C. 4,100,000 in excess of that for 1921, itself Witchell, W. H. Edmonds, J. H. Holdinar, a record. The salt revenue collection was W. H. Edmonds.

also satisfactory, $85,833,000 being paid

into the Group Banks, but less than $7 million became available for meeting for.

BILLIARDS.

eiga secured obligations. The increase in The Catholic Union and the Chiness the import duties up to an effective 5 per Club will be represented by the following cent. ad valorem, in accordance with the players in the final of the Hongkong agreement come to at the Washington Billiards League Championship. Conference, became effective in January

'9.00

6.00

CATHOLIO UNION.

Friday.

CHINESE CLUB.

"

Ng Eza Kwong

J. M. Tang, L.A. Osmond. Sau Sing Hai..

Saturday:

F. M. Zorio e. U. P. Chaung.

L. E. Rademias v. Man Fat.

**

9.30

A. J. Gmund v. Leang Kam

Kong.

last, the new rates to be subject to revision after four years. China has made no pro 6.00 p.m. E. L. Barroa

R. F. Luz grras in currency unification, despite aso attempts to establish a central mint in Shanghai, and the Shanghai yere is still the only honest and reliable currency in the country. The rapid growth of the 200 cotton-spinning industry has now received a check, though still able to form considerable menace to the Indian trade in- Under capitalisation, in yarns efficient management, insuficiency of local cotton and the general political disorder are responsible for the set-back. Silver prices again trended downward in 1923, but wholesale prices showed a recovery from the 1999 level."

GUBERNATORIAL ETIQUETTE HOLDING UP THE MAIL FOR A GOVERNOR

"The Englishman (Calcutta) in a recent leading article said

A

WORK AND SONG

OHORAL INDUSTRY IN CHINA.

"It is hard to make up one's mind (snys)

writer on the Vinetrenth Century): whether or not to call, the Chinese excitable. Any kind of public discussion (and what discussion is not public in shouting China?) takes the form of a contest, he who can best make his voice beard above the dia winning the argu ment. If a cart is up derailed, or obstre on the "read," or a railway wagon is

s ponies are to he landed on to a each member of the large crowit which at once collets from nowhere at The announcement that the next Eng all (the usual relations of time and space lish mail will not arrive in Bombay 'till not applying to the formation of Chin- yiews give his st Monday will cause annoyance to busi cse crowds)

catches bold of what- nessmen and others throughout India. once; theneeds, to

apan And

applies shythmic heaves, all

In cities situated like Calcutta it will ever has to be pulled

working in

create something like consternation into it the ison and taking

their time by joining ja a solema

dema chant. led by one of them who sings the sold portions. The tune, but not the words, improvised, is alway are awally

File the same, and the time cannot be varied whatever the nature of the work driving, and the alignment of railway

commercial circles for business houses in these cities will not receive their mail till the day before the homeward mail is closed. The delay is all the more repre heasible because it is apparently not due to any failure on the part of the P. and 0. Company. Although the Danyola is said to be one of their slower vessels it cannot be slower than the Plasty, which ought to have been long since scrapped, Yet the Plussey is still able to reach Bombay by a Saturday evening and, fherefore, there is no reason why the Dongola should not reach Boubay very nuch earlier than Monday morning. As this boat has not met with any accident the only explanation that suggests itself is that she is bringing a new Governor, to Bombay. Gubernatorial étiquette, ap parently, forbids an outgoing and an in- coming Governor to salute one another. Hence, as Sir George Lloyd is embark ing on Saturday afternoon, and as Sur day is Sunday, the vessel conveying Sr Leslie Wilson has apparently been order ed to "ga slow, so that the new Gover nor shall not arrive before the city is ready to welcome him on Monday morn

with crowbars are among the modern engineering operations which land them- selven particularly well to this choral treatment. But it is more in the case of sa impromptu performance, such as the righting of some mishap on the road, that the transition from the highly excited dis cussion of wars and means to the mono- tanous chart becomes apparent.

TWO HEARTS OR ONE? Fancy Gray held in the hollow of her Pretty, while hand, the destiny of three hearts Hora was the power to make two people unhappy at the cost of her own happiness, or ic give happiness and her all seek it elsewhere. Fancy Gray is the charming heroine of "The Heart Line," a picturization of Gelett Burgoss famous novel

presented at the World Theatre to- This extraordinary arrangement, for night, with beautiful Leah Baird starred which, presumably, we have to thank the Tha Heart Line," is a story of tangled India Office, shows, grou disregard of hearts, of a missing boy, of palmista, the convenience and interests of commerclairvoyants and spiritualigte, and efforts cial men, both European and India to locate the boy through a medium in throughout India and wil be resented communication with the spirit world. The by the public generally. As remarked picture makes some startling disclosures already it will cause grave inconvenience of fraudulent spiritualists, and sounds in cities like Calcutta and may lead to timely warning, as well as pictoring serious loss where contracts are concern story that fascinate with its mystery and ed. We cannot blame either the Gover- charm with the beauty of its romance.

or of Bombay or the Governor-eleet for this contretempt. Bir Leslie Wilson is probably unaware of the inconvenience

Philippine National Bank branches in that he is unwittingly causing. Sir

Dagupan, Pangasinan, and Lucens, Taya- George Lloyd is perhaps hardly in a position to realise the consequences, since bas, have been defrauded recently of his province will be the least affected. P34,800, several forged cheques having In any event, these exalted officials are been cashed. Falso cheques amounting bound by rules and regulations which to P2,000 were honoured at the Dagn they cannot lightly set aside. But the pan branch while others to the vilne of India Office must be well aware that the P11.800 were paid at Lucena Ramon P. and O. Company is under contract to Nakpil, former Constabulary captain and deliver his Majesty's mails and yet it is member of one of the old and prominent laying itself, open to the charge of pre- fazazica m the Philippinen, and three venting the Company fra fulfilling its others, are under arrest at Constabulary contract in reasonable time.

Beadquarters.

MADAME MINT

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Camion Freres of Vivier-au-Court in France. Hardware. Forges do Marchienne-au-Pont of Belgium. Steel Works. F. C. Grammont and Company of Paris. Electric Fittings. Vachon Bavoux and Company of Lyon. Perfumes and Soaps.

Perfumes and Soaps." Giraud fils of Grasse and Paris. Brocard and Company of Moscow in Russia

and of Paris.

Perfumes and Soaps, Perfumes and Soaps.

Vre: Godet of Paris. Paul Tranoy of Tourcoing in France. Soaps. Societe Metallurgique de Tournus in France. Aluminium Ware. Liqueurs de l' Abbe Francois of Voiron in France.

A la Marquise de Sevigne (Bouzand) Royal of France.

PENFORE

Chocolates

& Sweets.

Armour's "Veribest"

Frankfurter Basiage $100 per tir.

Do.

$11.00 per dos Vienna Style Bausage $0.55 peritia.

.Do.

$6.00 per dos

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NEW YEAR SALE Boys and Girls' Bicycles Just Arrived.

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