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THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.

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SOLE AGENTS FOR

"PUDLO

Makes Cement Waterproof

FEUSOL"

The Immovable Firo oment

2, Quoop' Building.

THE

A 1924 PRODUCTION.

PREFERRED

PICTOR'S

THE GREAT

AMERICAN

ROMANCE

མནཝིསྶཱནྟ--

Tingling with thrills

suffered with granduer,

warm with lumi

sympathy-

TEEMING with

LAUGHTER and TEARS

Picture for the Whole Family to See and Talk about!

Commencing

MAY 23rd to 26th

IN

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY for A SHORT TIME ONLY

A Select Assortment of

DRAWN WORK

AND

LACES

At 20 BELOW ACTUAL COST

AT

"DO BE CHAIRFUL"

COMPANY

51, Queen's Rosd. Central

M. Y. SAN & CO., LTD.

MANUFACTURERS

PRES

STEM

M.Y.SAN

RESLAVED CHOICE ELECTED

BEST YOUNG STEN DINEER THE SIDE LP WITH GARE MY.SAN&E

MASZ IN HONGXOKS

BEST PRESERVED

STEM CINCER.

HEAD OFFICE: No 33 to 100 Queen's Baía Central

FACTORY: Canton Road, Kowloon.

BRANCHES AT: Manila, Singapore, Shanghai, Canton, China.

The

CITROEN.

The Last Word in Car-Economy

RUNNING COSTS LOWER.

LA

Less Tyres

Less Oil

Winner 3 years running 1920-21-22, Grand Trix for Low Counmption.

Cars for Sale:"

LEPACK CO., LTD.

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50-52, Queen's Rd. C.

HONGKONG DAILY" PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 2ÖRD, 1924

HOUSING SHORTAGE IN

HONGKONG BUILDING 'BOOM.

DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANT.

PARIS.

BUILDING TOO COSTLY.

Paris, like every other Europeau The building boom, "which is so stradi- capital, has become bailly overcrowded ly altering the face of Hongkong, bas since the war, Rents have been kept artificially low by Government control, effected many changes. In heat practice and relatively little new building is tak and among the results, remarks Bustering place, Many projects for getting Enghurtring, and the rising cost of labour new blocks of ampartements built-have been brought forward, but so for "the and its corollary the ferving a of results are greatly below the pressing re modern labour-saving construction plant,quirement.

it was proposed, for example, that In a survey of the present position and. the prospects for the future, C. Consipital put into the building industry be Lemy Webber notes that at present there up-from-taxation, but string objec is only a limited amount of modern con- tion was taken to this plan, and it finally struction machinery actually in us in fell through. A scheme, for providing the Hongkong district, but it is probable flats, for people of moderate means was that with the present building boom and started by the Paris Minnicipal Council the

proposed important development about a year ago, but at the present schemes a market will be opened for rou-moment it is found that the cost of build- crete mixera pile drivers, excavators, and ing is over 60 per cent, dearer than the other similar machinery.

extimate when the scheme was Erst

Until recently the ample supply of thought forward. This is caused by the cheap labour has retarded the introducereased cost of building waterials and tion, on a large heale, of modern muchin labour, by the Senate's refusal to let the ery; but with the increasing demands of building trade capital escape taxation, labour, native contractors are slowly and by the heavy increase of money Jearning that modern machinery is con market rates for raising the necessary siderably cheaper in the long in than careful calculation the Council cheap, inexperienced lyhour.

CONCRETE PLANT. I

After

fail that the lowest possible enst of Blats. will work out at 4,10 frames per year for three-roamed flat, 5,700 francs for

It is, therefore, believed that this market for the next few years will be worthy of

a four-roamed flat, and 6,500 francs for the attention and consideration of con-

Ia ft-roomed. When one considers. thas struction machinery manufacturers and bank clerk in Paris earns on a high exporters, especially those specialising in conerate working equipment and piestimate between 7,000 and $,000 francs A year, and that an income of 12,000 franes in Paris, is comparatively rare,: one can understand the plight of the Paris Municipal Council, which has đó decide before the end of May whether or not their bousing scheme shall be carried

drivers..

L

There are now approximately 90 con. crete mixers in the colony, the majority of them being of English manufacture, These mixers, are well, constructed, but slightly higher in price hans similar machine of American manufacture. Any out.. mixer (regardless of quality) which can be sold at a very low price is the one which will usually be purchased by native contractor, British coaceros usu- The motor business in Shanghai" is ally, receive one mixer for demonstration good, with dealers in medium priced car on consignmea, payment to be made on sold out of new models, tates U.S. ale of the equipment.

Commercial Attaché. Julian Arnold, of

a1

SHANGHAI MOTOR MARKET.

The demand for foreign pile drivers | Peking. on the incred, as land values in the

colong are rising and it is nerssary to there is a fair sale of cheap light

increase the height of buildings in order to secure satisfactory returns on invat

ments.

!

piles have been of wond, and a locally Up to the present the majority of the made wooden piling frame, with the usual monkey or bammer, has been em-"[ played, being operated either by steam or hand winch. Recently, concrete piles have been used, being driven in.a similar

mander.

Twe Belgian made concrete pile equip. ments were recently imported, which con- struct piles by making a hole in the ground using a tube, and Alling the hole with cement the tube is extracted The results obtained, however, are not altogether satisfactory, owing, partly to severe conditions at the site where the machines are employed..

PILE DRIVERS.

The native piledriving apparatus used with wooden ples selle from 25 to 50 per cent, less than the more modern steam pile equipment. The 6nly two foreign pile driving equipments now used here were imported direct, prices quoted cit. In stering Payment was made against a sight draft at 90 days. No discount was allowed.

Investigation, shows that no legal im port company can supply detailed inform ation regarding ci.f. costs of foreign pile. driving equipment. This is partly due to the limited market for such, equipment, niso to the lack of interest on the part of foreign manufacturers in the possibilities of this market, and their failure to attempt to convince the pative contractors of the superiority and greater economy of modern methods, and equipment.

In some cases the undersoil in the dis trict of Hongkong is very soft and inter- mixed with large granite boulders which interfere with the operations of steam shovels. Only in the case of one or two large roclamation projects would it be

Shanghai imports of automobile, according to the custom statistics for 1993, reached a total of $1,093,000, in gold. The share of the United States in this

the French, 0 per cent. trade was 38 per cent; the German share 12 per cent; the British, 12 per cent. ; and

Imports of trucks during the year amounted to $65,000, with the American share placed at 15 per cent, this German at 5 per cent, and British and Canadian

per cent, each. HONGKONG SHARE MARKET

shares at less than 1

"CLOSING QUOTATIONS

MAY 22ND, 192k Hongkong and Shanghai

Banka...

..$1.160

3201 b.

Union Ingarancem

Hongkong Fire Laurances. 5315 b.

*

Star Ferries

China Sugars

Langkats (Combined)

Kowloon Whares......... Whamun Docks Shanghai Docky

kew Wharves

Cementa

Lands

Retates..

Hongkong Hopes China Providents Dairy Farms Waterbosta

Watsons

$50 b.

3170 xa. $145.

T. 90b.

TR. 40 The 6.1 b 3108

$19 (old) $10 (new) L

Hongkong Electrice...

I

(old) $5.65 (new) b.

$ (old) (mw) $14 (old) Si (now)

$103. $24] b.

China Lights $1+ (old) 39 (err). Hongkong Trams... $374 h.

»ë18{ m«

Pesk Tramways.

b.-buyers; s—sellers; samtales.

2

possible to employ modern steam shovels C. E. WARREN CO., LTD.

SANITARY "ENGINEERS MONUJENTALISTS, &0.

Ji

ALL

Local conditions are more suitable for the employment of excavators of the smad, heavy, grab type, none of which is at present in use,

OFFICES & Construction equipment is sold in this | GODOWNS. market through importing firms repre senting foreiga panufacturers. It is sug Tzi. No. 289.

interested gested that

manufacturers quote the most attractive prices possible in order to enable the agents in this ter ritory to interest native extractors and induce them to make the initial investment on foreign-made equipment Prices are སས་ generally quoted cit. Hoogkong, and payments are arranged in various ways. according to the standing and the business integrity of the importing firms acting as agents.

CHINA'S DEMAND FOR MACHINERY.

of

The value of the machinery of all classes unported into Shanghai during 1993 is less than 50 per ent of the 1992 tata, and as the Shanghai figures are normally about half the total for the who "China, it would - appear lays. Bustera Bugtrering, that the values of, the im ports for the whole country in 1923 will he found to be little more than the Shang hai imports alone for 1922 It must be remembered, however, that these figures are concerned with values only, and as prices have dropped steadily, the actual position, will not be found to be serious

what the queen the reg

atitos are known.” One very that the British shane report is the fact

this Shangha trade in machinery bas shown an increase at the expense of Japan and America two of our competitors who were able to Heiro tho

theater bulk of orders during

period, when the British, raakers were unade to undertake, work for abroad. Thus improvement in a parrower market shows that the goodwill of the past is n definite factor, that British makers are

198A, Wanchai Road,

HONGKONG,

KINDS OF BUILDERS" *REQUISITES IN STOOK, Soil. Text and Rain Water Pipes Floor and Wall Tiles Baths, Basina. - Bath Fittings, Waterheaters for Gas, Oil or Coal Fuel. Also A Few Chip Heaters

OPEN AND CLOSED GRATER, COSETEG

RANGES.

ESTIMATES FREZ FOR ALL BAKIZART

Installations, Hor: WATLÉ

SYSTEMS, &C,

GENEZAL REPAIRS PROMPTLT ATTENDED TO.",

Italian Marble or Hongkong Granite.

Specialists in Monumental Work Cat, in

Jur BaCEIVED: & SHIPMEST OF ITALIAN MADELE FLOOR TILES. Prices on Applimatica. ASIFICIAL WREATHS FROM 8 to 18";

DIAMETER IN Brook

[1450

ALLIES.

All Discriminating

Smokers

and the

striving hard bo regain their formar posi- HONGKONG CIGAR STOBE ITD.

tion; and, finally, that China is still a good market for British products.

MADAME

FLINT

CHIC

SUMMER

FROCKS.

CHINA BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR.

REGISTERED TRADE MARC.

JEAN VALJEAN BEST MANILA CIGARS

EX LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE. MANUFACTURED BY EL ORIENTË,, MANILA

Reina Victoria

Perfectos

Half-A-Corona Corona Bankers

100's $10.76

25's 3.90

25's 4.50 -25's 6.50

25x 7.25

TABAQUERIA FILIPINA,

33, Queen's Road Central

SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO.

ONG

1st of JUNE

WILL REMOVE TO

NEW PREMISES 14, Pedder Street. (OPPOSITE TO HONGKONG HOTEL).

CLEANING SALE

HELD ON

16th to 31st inst.

AT

OLD PREMISES

SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO,

16, Des Voeux Rd. C

Please Come Early,

Don't Fail Opportunity.

PERFUMERY

Manufactured by RIGAUD, PARIS.

"AIRE

EMBALSAMADO!

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*** HORA CARINOSAL*

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VICENTE ATIENZA,

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