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THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.

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THE CORONET

COTTON CROP OF 12,956.COD

BALES.

BUREAU FORECAST:

The Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Agriculture issued last month a statement of the con- dition of the cotton crop as at August 15th, according to which the average.com. dition is 64.9, against 67.4 on August 1st. This indicates deterioration of 3.3 since jase report.

The yield per acre is estimated at 153.5lbs., against 18.3|bs. on August 1st and 141,3iba, on July, 15th, and the crop, exclusive of linters, is estimated at 1,006,000 bales, against preceding esti mates of 19,331,000 and 11,934,000 bales, comparing as above.

The quantity ginued up to August 15th is returned at 140,000 bales.

The Bureau. in a supplemental report, says that the crop is in considerably better condition than at the same time last year. Weevils are increasing, but thus far no great amount of damage hins been dous

Is. A POUND COTTON.

LANCASHIRE HORES FROM GOOD 2.8.(CROP,\"}

The figures quoted above have given the greatest satisfaction in the Lancashire cotton trade. Mr. Harry Dixon, di Oldham, bead of the "Dixon group of over 90 cotton mills, said to a reporter: The report is splendid news for Lan cashire, for it brings an imminent pros pect of cotton at isa lb., which is ret garded by Lancashire as a solid founda. tion for trade. Already the cotton trade is very much better in every department. How far cotton will go down in price

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as 2 result of the good crop will depend CHILDREN'S FÊTE,

on the world demand, but the opinion of Lancashire is that the demand will not be such as to exceed the crop. Europe is not yet quite ready.

There is now every prospect of in- creased working hours in the Lancashire trade. The testing time wil be in October and November, when the full force of the world demand will be experienced. Per- sonally, I think full-time working is a long way ahead, but I am quite sanguine that a revision of short-time now ruling will come very soon.")

In a cablegram (dated Houston, Texas, August ist) to the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations, Mr. Arno

S. Pearse, the international secretary,

who is touring the cotton States, says:

Mr.

Ben Clayton, of Anderson, Clayton & Co., consider 20e. to. will be reached with anything like 13 million crop. In his opinion present high prices

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH.

1924.

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optimistic accounts of American finan- ciers and politicians returning from

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He expects lower prices when TIL O. 269. daily ginnings reach 100,000 bales.

"Georgia, being faced with big, crop assessed at 1,300,000 after years of crop. failure, has sold 100 points off October

at Savannah. Information from Terast "ginners shows poe furmer out of 50 hold- fag. Ginaing has started in the Black Waxy Country.

"It next Government report below 13 million bales market expects a rise. To obtain 13 millions necessitates late -ar- rival frost and continued inactivity of boll-weevils. Mr. Neal, of Waco, con- Outside siders price may reach 2c. speculation is expected to enter when price reaches 20 or 22."

COTTON UP.

21SES $17 PER BALE IN FOUR DAYS.

A New York message to Manila paperk, dated September 6th, saya:--

Cotton jumped another 100 points to day, carrying October cotton to 2540, December 24.6. This jump représents an advance of practically $17 a bale since the Government crop report was issued, on Tuesday..

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

Octoara 6TH, 1924.

Hongkong sad Shanghai

Banks $1.185 ..

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$720 b. Union Insuran$938 b. Hongkong Fire Insurance ...$800 b. H.K., O. & M. Steamboats. $40 b.

Star" Ferries women $104 b., $105 sa Kowloon Wharves 210

210b.

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A hundred years ago a Leeds stone- mason, named Joseph Aspdin, invented and patented Portland cement, and the centenary of the invention is to be mark ed by the erection of a memorial in the Leeds Town Hall.

This memorial, which will be an inscrib ed bronze tablet, has been presented to the city by the American Portland Cement Manufacturers Association. The pre- sident, Mr. F. W. Kelly, and representa- tive inembers of the Association have. recently been visiting the Wembley Ex- hibition, and after gazing with námíta of con they

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Aspdin was a journeyman stonemason in Leeds, and when he patented his in- vention in 1824 he was forty-five years of ago. In the following year he left Leeds and established factory at Wakefield. He died in 1855 at the age of seventy-six. And was buried at St. John's Church,

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