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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

FOR SALE.

Immediats

Sale "KELLETT

FANOR being No. 185, MOUNT

Kr, in Excellent Orlar." Also STEEL BEAM-18 ft. 3 in. by 8 in. by 9 in.

Please Apply

Ms. H. PERCY SMITH,

8. Des Vanx Road Central.

No House should be without a Spare Steel

BEA

TO LET.

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FROM APRIL, Newly Built. Two and Four-roomed FLATS. Electric Lights, Balls, and Flush Bystem. Also One Three-storied HOUSE for Office, 8ilk Godown, and Residence.

APP MOGRA

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25, British Concession, SRAMZEN,

N°

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONĘ DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANURAY 24TH; · 1925 ?

REMOVAL NOTICE.

TOTICE I HEREBY GIVEN of the REMOVAL on 1st FEBRUARY, 1925, of our Offices to ouND FLOOR of CHINA BUILDING (Facing Quexx's THRATA) and

INTIMATIONS

"UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

TWENTIETH ANNUAL

GEN

the Opening of an Up-to-date Showron of TERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLD Bathroom Fittings, Floor and Wall Tiles, etc

C. E. WABREN & CO., LTD., Sanitary Engineers. "Hongkong 17th January, 1995.

NOTICE.

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THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER 00. (1918), LTD. beg to Nouly their Con sumers that owing to Alterations in the Ger erating Station the Supply of Electricity will not be availabla botwean the Hears of 9 A.X and 5.x., on SATURDAY, the 24 JAN- UARY.

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THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.

From MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP,"

LONDON AND STRAITS.

The Steamship "BENAVON.” ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform

that all Goods are being landed at their rink into the hazardous and/or extra bazarious Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whence, and/or from the wharves, delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after, the 30th instant, will be kabject to Heat.

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 16th February, or they will not be recognised.

All broken, chafed and damaged Gools are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 30th instant, at 10 am.

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agenta

Hongkong, 3rd January, 1935.

S.S. **MIN."

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COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES.

NOTICE.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo from

DUN KIRK, ANTWERP, MIDDLES, BOROUGE, MANCHESTER, LONDON, PORT SAID, & and also Carge from PALLICE Ex 13. COGNAC & LA

CT. DORISE," is connection with above Steamer are hereby informed that their Goods and with the exception of Opiam, Tressary Valuables are being landed and stored at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and abtained

Konicen

Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd. Kowloon, whence delivery may immediately after landing. Optional Cargo will

will be forwarded on unless is received from the Consignees Intimation i before Noen, Friday, the Pord inst, requesting it to be landed here.

Billa cf Lading will countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining noclaimed after Thursday, the 29th January, 1925, at Neon will be subject to Rent and Landing Charges.

All Claims must be sent in to me on or before the 31st January, 1927, or they will not be recognized.

All damaged Packages will be examined on Thursday, the 29th instant, at 10.00 a.m., by Mesara, Goddard & Denglas.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

B. RODENFUSER,

Agent. Hongkong, 22nd January, 1945

STRUTHERS & BARRY. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

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FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES VIA FORTS.

THE Steamship

THE "WEST CARMONA"

having arrived from the above-mentioned porta, Friday, 2rd January, 1925, Consigners are hereby notified that their at their risk into the Cargo is being landed

hazardous and/or extra- hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whari and Godowa Co., Ltd, Kow- loon, and stored at Consignees' risk.

rast produce an Consignees of Cargo Import Permit signed by the Superintendant

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO,

General Managers.

ERS will be held in the Offices of Mours, DODWILL & Co. LT., ou FRIDAY, the 30rg JANUARY, 1925, at 1 a. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers. together with a Statement of Ascenats to Sist December, 1924

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED) from the 3x to 30TH JAN-

TART, 1935, both dates inclusive.

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DODWELL & CO., LTD., General Managers.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUSTRDINARY MEETING of SEARE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE OF CALL. Isues of 170,00 Shares of the Nominal

Value of $10 Each.

OCEL of $9.50 (Dollars Two, Cena, TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that A Fifty) per Share has been made on Each of the One Hundred and Seventy-thousand $0.30 Paid Up Shares of this Company, and that each Call will be Fayable to the Company's Bankers, THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA TION, Hongkong, on MONDAY, the Secov DAY of MARCH, 1925.

For the HoxexOND REALTY & Thr

Co., LTD. F. C. BARRY.

Acting Secretary: Hongkong, 19th January, 1945

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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company. No. 4. Des Verex ROAD, on THURSDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY

of 1925, at 12 c'CLOCK Noox, for the purpos

Report of the Directors, together receiving a with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and alecting Directors and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 6th Feb- uary, to THURSDAY, 19th February, 1925, both days inclusive, during which perial No Transfer

By Order of the Board of Directors, Shares can be registerel

JOHN ARNOLD,

Secretary.

of

INTIMATIONS

With mirth and lunghtar let old

wrinkles come;

And let my liver is her hest with wine," Thao my heart cool with mortifying

Kron

Why hom man whose blood is

warm within,

Sit like his grandaire cut in alaba ter? Sloep when he waken? And creep

into the jaundice

By being peevish?

Fine

14

SHERRIES

Grown, Bottled and Shipped by

GEO. G. SANDEMAN SONS

& Co.

Xeres de la Frontera.

Light Dry Solers

D

Hongkong, 14th January, 192531724 Very Pale Dry

Pale Dry Nutty Fine Old Brown

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CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

PUBLIC DINNER

H.E.MAC. GENERAL SIK JOHN FOWLER, K.C.M.G., CB., D3.0.

DUTT PAID.

age-old custom in China to square up The police have received a poporo that accounts at China New Year, and the doring Wednesday night a thief stola Government is no more able to escape is wallet containing $500, and a decanter than the private individual. Thirteen containing whisky, from the cabin of the | years of so-called republican government Commander-in-Chief of the China Squad- in China have pade no 'breach in the ron (Vice-Admiral Sir Allan Everett) on observance of the time-honanced festivals board H.M.S. Hawkins. of the lunar enlendar. The chief result The man who, as reported in the Daily of the adoption of the Western calendar Press yesterday, was remanded on Thurs- has been to give the country two New day ou a charge of obtaining $10 by Year holidays in place of the one they posing as an official of the Sanitary For the Department, was yesterday sentenced to bar under the Monarchy. officials in the public departments at all three months' hard labour by Mr. E, W. events the first day of the year of the Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy.

Republic" is a national holiday, though

it is not widely observed by the mass of the people except perhaps in the Trenty ports where the Chinese are in close contact with the foreign communities

occasion for a

the

To-morrow special sermons are to be preached in St. John's Cathedral and the Union Church in connection with thes medical conference. The Rev. H. Copley Movie will preach in the Cathedral at the morning service and the Rev. J. Kirk laconachie will preach at the evening service.

M Evans, Secretary of the Commer cial Department under Mr. Hoover, is expected China from Washington next month for the purpose of investigating commercial and economic conditions in The authorities of the various China. provinces have been instructed by the Government to give him every assistance.

which cheerve January 1st as the be ginning of a New Year. For the great mass of the people of China the beginning' of the lunar year is the occasion not for one day's holiday, but for several days. Even in Canton, frequently called the For Cast. Fer Bot real birthplace of the republic"

Chiness newspapers excite our envy by ...835.00 $3.00

making the China New Year festival the $37.00

3.10

ten days' holiday; and 38.00 3.25 yesterday we published an interesting 40.00 3.40 enblé reporting that the Festival has 44.00

3.75 been made the excuse for a week's truce in the fighting in the province of Kiangsu ! All this simply illustrates the strength of the attachment to the old observances in China. For the mass of FAR EASTERN. 83,25

the people the new year in China begins 3.40 with the first day of the first moon," #3.75 and the present indications are that it!

and Fine PORTS

Invalid

LOST.

PPLICATION has been made to the General Managers of this Company to. issue to R R DESAI of Hongkong, Thirteen Daplicata Certificates for One Thousand

Shares in this Douro... Seven Hundred sad 0152235 and 99271

amberrd

Old Tawny Tis proposed tha: & DINNER shoukl be 99320-2D Old Shares. 129415

given by the Community in horour of

148364 1884/1383, 8527/8651 and

Estrella... ELE. MAJOR GENERAL SE JOEN FOWLER

100 Old Bhares, 95521/95720 100 nit Shares, who is shortly leaving the Colony.

9252102820-100 Old Sha

Shares

192797/192353-87

Very Old Tawny Bonus shares, 499034-499-03-100 New whares, 457.49/457308-76 New Shares, 206463/206562- Oldest & Finest. 100 New Sharss, 205363/206662-100 New 008574/209373-500 New Shares, 365311/365, +10

Gentlemen wishing to be present shoul Notify on or before 31ST TANDART, their inten tion to Colonel Rouzursoy, Hongkong Clab, who will supply all particulars.

Hongkong, 20th January, 1925.

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LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N. CO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEER. The Steamship"NUMIDIA"

FROX TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI, PORT SAID, MASSAUA, ADEN, COLOMBO, PENANG

AND SINGAPORE

ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd, at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless Notice to

to the contrary be given before 204h Jan will be admitted after the Goods January, 1925.

have

143349

Nove

TOO

New Sharea, 365411/286510-100 Shares,

305511/365610-100 New Saarer the

RH01,8602,860 11198 Certificates Noa. 8485, 8601,8

...$38.00 40.00 ... $4.00 46.00 58.00

61.00

300 will tong continue to be so regarded. 5,00 Kway hi fat choy is the universal 5.20 salutation in China to-day. We sincerely

1026), 10089 11160, 111, 11255, 11565,11556 A. S. WATSON

and 117 Eated 15th January, 1924, Cist Jan-

Jauh Marc 1924, 6th August

1004 29th July, 1924, 9th August, 1934, and 17th November, 1924, hs76 been Lost or Misiaid; and Notice is hereby given that if within Thir Days from the Data bereof No Olaim or sentation in respect of sath Original Certif cates are made to the General Managers, they will then proceed to deal with such application

For OHINA TROVIDENT LOAN &

MORTGAGE CO. LTD SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,

General Managers. St. George's Building.

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TO BE LET.

FURNISHED

Ave left the Godowns, and all Goods Rooms remaining undelivered after the 27th inst. will be subject to Rent

Al Claimi

the Steamer must be against Presented to the Undersigned on or before

prox or they will not be rangnized.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods

Kro

to be left in the Gotowa, where they will be examined on the 27th inst, at 10 am, by our Surveyors, Messra, GODDARD & DOUGLAS

No Fire Insurance has been effected Bills of Lading will be onuntersigned by

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

Agents.

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Hongkong, 20th January, 1995.

S.S. CHANTILLY,” COMPAGINE DES MESSAGÈRIES MARITIMES.

NOTICE,

of Imports and Exports Office, Hong, ass, de. in connection with shore

NONSIGNEES of Cargo from MARSEIL before Bills of Lading will be countersigned or

Steamer are hereby informed that their Goods Delivery Orders issued.

with the exception of Opium, Troseurs and Yaluables are being landed and stored at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Glodown Doy Lid

All broken, chafed and damaged Cargo is to be left in the Godowns where it will be examined at 10 AM, Thursday, 29th January, by Menu. ANDERACH & ASHE, Marine

1925,

Surreyers,

All Claims must be presented within 10 days the Steamer's arrival bere, after which they cannot be recognised.

of

No Claims will be recognised after the Goods have left the Gocols, and Cargo undelivered after Thursday, 28th January, 1995, will be subject to Bent.

"

whenca delivery may be obtained Kowloon after landing immediatal Cargo will be forwarded an unless Intinestion is received from the Consignees before Noux, TO-DAT, 21st inst, roquesting it to be landed here.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the

be Weded. Goods remaining unclaimed after

No Fire Insurance whatever will effected.

Consignees are requested to send in their Bills of Lading in exchange for Delivery Orders inmediately.

AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE STRUTHERS & BARBY, Managing Operators. Hongkong, 23rd January, 1995,

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HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE CO., LTD.

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The NOTHIN KUAL GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS IN THIS COMPANY will be held at the HasGBORG

Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 7

BY, 1924, at 11 a M., for the purpose FEBRUARY, of receiving the Report of the Directors toge ther with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1924

HOTEL

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2p FEBRUARY to the 9TH FEBRUARY (both days inclusive), daring which period No Transler of Shares can be Registered

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, Mapa General Managers. H.ngkang, January, 1925,

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subject to Bent and Landing Charges.

All Claims must be sent in to me on or before Friday, the 30th inxt, or they will not be recognized.

All damaged Packages will be eramined on Wednesday, the 29th instant, at 10.00 am, by Messze. Goddard & Danglasa.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

B. RODENTURIE

Agent Hongkong, 21st Jammary, 1925.

·

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Wine and Spirit Merchants.

BIRTHS.

trust that the new year will bring all the "good luck that is wished to-day--

Mr. William G. Jackson, who drove the first train on the Shanghai-Woosung rail- way that was ever run in China, died on December 10th at Reydon, Southwold. aged 75. Until a few years ago he was cagineer of the Southwold Railway. The Chinese authorities, which in this case was the Viceroy of Nanking, resented the introduction of the railroad. It was pur- chased, and after being run for a year the line was taken up and with the equip ment was transported to Formosa.

NEWS.

CABLE

TAROOGH REUTER'S "AGENCY, }

200 HEADS OF CHRISTIAN FAMILIES BEHEADED.

FOR REFUSING TO GROW OPIUM.

+

SaaSQL, January 23rd.

A "prominent missionary informe

Fifteen hundred Christian families ro fused and in consequenes 900 heads of families were beheaded.

Some farmers also were killed for begging that a small part of their land might be user to grow vegetables for their

families

P

A JARDINE SHIP FIRED ON. STOPPED AND SEARCHED.

& the State as well as for the in-Route that the military loaders of dividual, The thirteenth year of the Fukien are compelling farmers to rais

opium. Repablic does not go down into history, anlucky" year for China. We hope the fourteenth year may be an improve ment on its predecessor. Though this is a day when politics are not likely to BLACTHFORD.-At Shanghai, on January intrude much into the thoughts of the 1st, to Mr. and Mrs. HERBERT J. | people, theer who find time to reflect on ELICTHFORD, a daughter. RICHARDS. At Shanghai, on January the possibilities of the immediate future

SHANGHAI January 23rd. 16th, to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ricanos, will not esenpe the conviction that the

Jardine's Loong, with foreign and a daughter.

foundation of good, fortune" for most Chinese passengers aboard, was fired on stopped and searched by Chi Haich LARTER-ROSE-At Shanghai, on January people in China is good government, Yuan's troops just as the ship was round- 17th, MARY HOWARTH Ross, of Liver which as YCAN SHI KAI said, in a famous ing the point at Woosung yesterday

afternoon. POOL to WILFRID JOHN LARTERL

declaration to the nation, "consists in the LUPTON BRANTINGHAM.-At Shanghai, on

January 17th, THOMAS ARTHUR Lus-ratablishment and maintenance of public TON, to DORIS BRANTINGHAM, of Sup-order, and in the clear definition and derland.

MARRIAGES.

Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Road.

A shot passed about twenty feet in front of the bow of the vessel." The cap- tain stopped the ship and immediately- a force of Chi's troops boarded promulgation of legal systems, so that thoroughly arched the ship, which de-

layed her three hours. rxternally there shall be good and The soldiers stated that they thought

the ship was one which had been com

HREE LARGE, ROOMS Excellently sita. London Office: 182, Fleet Street, friendly relationships, and internally mandeered by Lu Yung Hsiang several

ated for Offices on the 3RD FLOOR of "ST.

GEORGE'S BUILDING Facing Ice House SINEET and CEATER ROAD. For Terms and Particulars, apply to HONGKONG TERBITRIAL ESTATES, LIMITED, "St George's" Building.

NO

PADDER STL132.

11967

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TO LET.

SINGLE BOOM

Apply... PROPERTY OFFICE, JARDINE, Mazamton & Co., Jaro

&

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, January 24ru, 1925.

CHINA NEW YEAR.

ments

peace between the weak and the strong," days ago for troop transport move- We trust a greater approach to these conditions may be made in China in the year that has now begun, for alike for the individual and the mass it would prove a happy interpretation of the

NEW YEAR TRUCE. SEVEN DAYS CESSATION OF FIGHTING.

SHANGHAI, January 23rd The Chinese papers to-day announce sentiment embodied in the greeting, that a seven days, truce over the New

Year has been declared between Marshal · Kung hi fat choi.

La Yung Hsiang and Marshal Chi Hsieh Yuan.

Owing to the China New Year holiday the next issue of the Hongkong Daily Press will be on Tuesday, January 27th.

TOFFICE de 141 FL1, No. 14/16. Wuzx China became a republic: a little more than thirteen years ago, the first Republican Government decreed the adop tion of the Western calendar. It was one of those little acta that were intend ed to emphasise the aweeping changes to be inaugurated by China's new rulers; one of those things which would impress were notified to the Medical Offcer of the people with the fact that an entirely Health on the 2nd fast. new chapter had been begun in the life

FOR SALE..

No. 7, STE NAET TERRACE, 270, PEAK.

ROOMED HOUSE. Modern Sanitation,

Apply- F. A MACKINTOSH,

MACKINTON & Co., Lam.

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NORTH-BOUND STEAMERI,

AS, During the North-East Mensoon there is always possibility of North-bound Steamers Running Short...

OF BUNKER COAL, DE

Two further enses of typhoid (Chinese).]

Knoted down by a motor-car on the of the nation. Henceforth the years were Praya East on Thursday, a Chinese died

to date from January lat, 1912, as being on his way to the Government Civil Hos

the first day of the first year of the pital Republie." But if the authors of this

CHINA'S SALT REVENUE, DECREASE IN LAST YEAR'S RETURNS,

PEKING, January 23rd The net salt revenue for 1924, after meeting administrative expenses, amount ed to 79,044,000, a decrease of $9,001,000 as compared with the revenue in 1923.

All obligations secured under the salt we

met; the surplus released to the Chinese Government during 1024 amount- ed to $64,700,000. (including $19,666,000 received from the Maritime Customs account of the refund for the year.) Of this amount about $33,466,000 representa

fully and ut 8 to 1820,

Among the departures by the Empreis dscree ever expected that the customs of of Canuda resterday were Mr. and Mrs, This is to Inform You that TAFT & CO., an intensely conservative mass of the A. G. May and family who are going sume sither retained locally or appropriat AMOY (A Well-protected Port with Good people would instantly be changed by home on holiday; Mr. and Mrs E. Med by the provincial authorities or mili Anchorage) have Stocks af

official order, they have been grievously Webb, and Mr. E. Zeitly disappointed The

GOOD JAPANESE BUNKER COALS

iz

·AT REASONABLE PRICES, V Wireless Messgen ein Hongkong or Formoes ars Ee-transmitted by the Gax Na TELEGRAPH Co., and a Wife to "TAIT "GOALBUNKER AMOY, will Boosive their Prompt Attention.

Bentley's Complete-Phrase Code need.

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CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.

· REAL.

GOOD THINGS and BARGAINE Come to The

CHINA AUCTION HOOMS,

Chins Building,

Ground Floor,

дет

ده

calendar is

Six armed robbers entered the pre

tary commanders, but does not include the full amount of revenue retained by the Kwangtung local authorities..

The reserve in the group banka was observed, to a limited extent, only in the raises of a big-making firm near Queen's maintained during the year at $7,000,000. public departments of China, Officiala Rond West on Thursday night, and got observe it as a public holiday, but they away with $4,000, after binding and do not neglect to observe the lapar new gagging the owner and his employees. year in the same way. They may pro-

The children of the Primary Depart- feas to keep their public accounts by

ment of St. Andrew's Church Bunday the year of the Republic," instead of Behool are invited to a Party being given

in the Church Hall, Nathan Road by the moons of the lunar calendar, but to-day, Saturday, from 3.30 to 5.30 p.m. even the Central Government, year after Auyr. year, has shown the greatest distress as

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·JAPAN'S BUDGET, CURTAILMENT OF NEARLY FIFTY MILLION YEN IN 1924.

Toxxo, January 23rd. Mr. Yuno Hamaguchi, the Minister of Diet, announced the curtailment of all Finance, in his Budget speech in the 48,000,000 yen in the 1924 Estimates, whilst the 1925 figures show a réduction of 91,000,000 yen on the revised Estimates of 1924

total 1,524,000.000

He stated that the excess of imports f 1924 amounted to 840,000,000 yen and goes 1939 9,783,000,000 yen.

yen.

Boarding &ampan near the Mongkok the new lunar year approaches, over the Ferry Wharf on Thursday night, three

eternal lack of public pence always armed men informed the occupants that the new: Budget

When they had gone, taking with them $141, the boat so urgently needed "to tide over the they were detectives" China New Year settlement: It is an people realized that they were robbers,