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THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY. LTD.

Tal Contral 236.

SOLE AGENTS FOR

"PUDLO"

Makes Coment Waterproof

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QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Monday to Thursday, March 30th to April 2nd,

#

at 2.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 7.15 p.m.

& 9.15 p.m.

A Brand New Picture Picture Which Everybody Should See FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES

PRESENTS

LEWIS STONE · WALLACE BEERY

IN

JANE NOVAK ROBERT GORDON

THE ROSARY"

An Adaptation of Edward Rose's Famous Play of the Same Name

ALSO

BUSTER KEATON

IN

“ELECTRIC HOUSE

His Funniest Comedy to Dete in 2Parts.

COMING HERE SOON! RUPERT OF HENTZAU

The Sequel to

"THE PRISONER OF ZENDA.”

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ONLY, 5.15 p.m. & 9.15 p.m.

THE MOTION PICTURE SENSATION

“TEMPTATION

A VITAL DRAMA OF RESTLESS WIVES AND DISCONTENTED HUSBANDS IN BETEN REELS

FEATURING FIVE SCREEN 6TARS, Vız:--

IVA NOVAK, BRYANT WASHBURN. JUNE ELVIDGE, “

PHILLIPS SMALLEY AND VERNON STEBLE.

ALNO

JACK DEMPSEY

IN

"A SOCIETY KNOCKOUT

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(THE SECOND OF THE "FIGHT & WIN" SERIES).

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TO-DAY TILL THURSDAY, 2.30 pm. & 7.15 p.m. THE BEST AND LATEST CHINESE PRODUCTION

THE WORLD AGAINST HER

"

(A MODERN SOCIETY DRAMA IN ELEVEN REELS)

WORLD THEATRE.

HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

CONTRACTORS. FOR

CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.

Specialists in Reinforced Concrete Foundations and Structures for Factories, Godowns, Wharves, Bridges, Piers, &c

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Solo Licensees for Hongkong and China of the "Franki" Patent Compressed Concrete Piling System.

Enquiries to HEAD OFFICE:

ST. GEORGES BUILDING, CHATES ROAD. Telephons Central 4581 (Two Lines),

PIANOS FOR SALE OR HIRE.

TIL. 4648.

TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.,

No. 8. De Vayr Bow CENTRAL (Matrance Ice House Street)

ADAKI PRESS

CHINESE TRADE REPORTS

The Custoina, Returns of the virious ports from October to Decem. 1994, The wing are now being jasued. comments on the year's trade areiased on these.figures.

lish grey

INC

Chingangiau. Imports. Unly one item of foreign catton goods was imported in the last quain skirtings, 980 pieces. of the year, namely,Eng- There are di classifications under this heading and i were represented in the corresponding period of 1993 The greatest drop in the year's trade was in Japanese grey-plain shirtings which felt

7,320 pieces in 1923 to 3,040 in 192 and Japanese grey jeans which fell from

to 2,270

Coloured plain .pivers. venetians also showed a 60 per cent decrease. On the other hand, although foreign trade in this line was almost the stopped in the last quarter of 1024, importation of Shanghai grey shirtings for the whole year advanced from 17,600 to 44,300 pieces. In contrast with the decrease

in the impers of foreign cotton goods, a remarkable increase was In the import of the electrical materiais,

shoi

following iterus

HE Tis.

90,512 เถ 1999 to Mk. Tls. 319,630 in

1994

way

זית

gypsum, 122-321 to 1.90 picnls;

is. 29.609 to 50,21

50,971 picul

to 68,435

CM

sleeper

35,043 to 182,28-1 pieces; anclassifed "call 2.807 Lp. Ek HK. Tis. materials

Et to Tls 44.708; saftwood, 8, 988,881 $9. 2,404,006 sq: It; hardwood 4.818

Chinese sundries show- sup. it.

of Chia- ed a distinct advance in respect of

milled

Hour, which went from $1.783)

and piculs to 26,177 piculs Skins. however, diminished in all classifications. Experts in exports cement decreased

CILISIC

be- by 20 per cent. the principal ing that there was absolutely as move- ment from the interior in the last quarter of 1924 Kailan coal decreased for a similar reason from 2,000,000 tons in 1927 to less than 1,500,000 in 1924.

fow Tientsin. Imports-There were

Auctuations the imports of foreign

cotton goods in 1924.

grades,

Cotton

and flannelettes

About 40 per cent. Japanese

TUESDAY, MARCH 150

A DATE

TO REMEMBER.

| THURSDAY, 2ND APRIL 1925.

by by

cotton yarn

drelined from 119,459 pieuls to 64,778 GRAND CONCERT

The 1929 figure was 101.0

Diculoods, which amounted to

L

IN A or

MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.

591 yards in 1923, ahowed last

last year total of about 4 yards. ice imports: cent. Flour diminished by 150 per decreased slightly, but still remains 300 per cent. above the 1923 level Japanese kerosene cil appeared on the returns for the first time with a figure of 50 American The Band of the East Surreys will

Place "Time

Theatre Royal 915 pm. Prompt.

the

gallura Shanghai milled flour showed a Boteworthy

advance

than Perform the following Delightful from less

picula 1,000,000

Programmo :- 500,000 pica's Asbestos appeared for the first time in

1-OVERTURE....Tanubaiser........ period with 3 piculs. three year

Wagner

Wagn37

increase,

exported in the last quarter of the year.

086, 44-ALLEGRO MODERATO ...(S)(1). showed a Carpets

a million sq. ft. repeating the increase récorded in 1993 The total exported in 1924 amounted to

Ansell

Export-In exporta zine (spelter) PI-RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES... (Walkürenritt) peared for the arst time in the three year period with 1.017 piculs, all of which was BALLET MUNG... The Shop

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Tichorkowsky 5.514,193 sq. ft. Yellow raw silk (noture ALLEGRETTE SCHERZANDO...Sth Symphony

Besthoven appeared reeled and not steam flatured) for the first time in the three year period 6-Strz......Scenes Neapolitains...... Afesional with 168 catties..

7-SELECTION. The Marty of Antioch ...Sullivan imrts-Chintz and cotton Amy

.......Docker prints appeared in the 1991 returns for --MALCHE AUX PLAMBEATK

Sibelius the first time in the three year period Tonz For......Finlandia..............

63 pieces. with

English plain grey shirtinga

nga declined 100 per cent, whereas In the Japanese variety advanced nearly 300 in 1924 exported twice

per cent.

as many shirtings of this grade to Amoy

as Great Britain. In 1923 England's excess over Japan was

increase

japating

is

four times shows that back to her position in 1921-1029 Aniline dyes declined from Kk. Tis. 88,514 to Hk. Tis. 31,861. Ame rican kerosene oil (in tias) leaped from #73,850 2,501,455 American gallons, and in bulk from 314,197 to 1,334.958 American gallons.

However, the last figure is still 400,000

American gallons short of the

Sumatra ker oil

kerosene 1922

1924 being

ported

in tins to Amoy, the figure being 15.000 American gallons. Sumatra kerosene oil in bulk is heading for a

a milion American gallons, hriving shown almost a two-fold increase over 1923. Shanghai four topped the 100,000 piculs mark, having advanced from 60,000 picuis,

now

Exportz-Brick and tiles. went from 500,000 pieces to well over 1,000,000 pieces, and, through the native customs, bricks showed an advance from 2201,131 to ,172,545 pieces. Native strawbraid also showed an enormous increase in the na- tive customs reports from 7,074 pieces to 94.673 ptrees.

Hemp fibres now occupy

a respectable place on this list of exports, the 1994 gure being 5,775 picula. Only four peuls were shown in 1922.-Thr Chinese Bemonric Bulletin.

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET. CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

MARCH 30TH, 1925. Hongkong and Shanghai

Banks

$1,290/1935.

745b. 1665 a. ex dir. $256 b. 354 b. ex div. Steambonia...$37) nom. »

Canton Insurance Hangrong Fire Insurances Union InsurancOS 10. Douglas Steamships. ΕΚ

1.

Sugarbined) Chine

$69k nom Tus. 2653 Langista Kowloon Whares

127-1 .....195. Docks...

....... 126 Dom Docks Hotels

- 16 5. Hongkong lands... Humphreys Estates $204 us.

Th. 12 nom. Two Mills Cements (combined)......

130 nom China Lights (combined)...$24 nom

(old) $16) b. Provident

{(new) 89.40 1.

Dairy Farma

Electrics

ELK. Bapes (combined)

Watcoun

. $97

makeben

ME 366. 30

nom.

$20 b.

н

Peak Trate (all)

Constractions

China Buses

Tls. 124 b. buyers, sellers; så—sales.

If men are taught day in and day out that Capitalism is the source of all their troubles how can they be expected to sit down with their employers to discuss their inevitable grievances in a reasonable way. -Mr. Neville Chamberlain,

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addition Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bowes-Smith and Mr. D. M. Richards will assist.

SUZUKI & Co., Ltd

Sola Aganta.

LECTO

SAKURA BEER

Tel Central 484, 468. China Building, 1st Floor.

SAIGON RICE MARKET.

Jenkyn," he stars

protoplasms whirling thro

of dust. We both have offi

joys, and it's up to us to do a goo

we can."

Then he puffed some fragrant Kensi smoke, and said: "You did your good turn "Yes, Jenkyns

by introducing Kensitas..." you're right, Kensitas are as good as really good cigarettes can be,”

Kensitas

Manufacturera!

the preferred cigarette

1 WIK & SONS LTD · 1984 PICCADILLY - LONDON' • W. ENG. Wholesale only; DONNELLY & WHYTE, Distributors for Hongkong sat Sedin Chisa, 7 QUEEN'S BUILDINGS. Telephone: Central (35.

Eentyn

Obtainable at Lane, Crawford, Lid. Tabaqueria Fülsins. Graeco-Egyptian

Tobacco Store and all kiga«ÇÜKY Tobacconists,

A: 95 cents

per tin of 50

Mesars. Wm. G. Hale & Co., Ltd., in their circular dated March 16th says:

The market, which was steady and even at a time weak, has saddenly strongly advanced in the very last days of thes fortnight under review. This rise has been principally determined by the fair demand coming from Japan-about 10,000 tons closed in two days, for which owing to a very favourable exchange, it has been possible to quote prices far below the very best hitherto quoted.

Bome business has been effected also with Cuba and Europe, and arrivals of paddy being not very important, the market closes very firm with upward tendency and few sellers at present pricca.

Paddy. Arrivals are just sufficient to cover the immediate requirements. Prices are up, as a very good demand is ex- pected for April-May to fulfil the blank" rice contracts entered into at the beginning of the year.

The Compagnie. de Commerce et de Navigation d'Extreme-Orient of Saigon, in their report dated March 23rd, say:

Since our last report prices have made a fair advance in sympathy with the Hongkong market and also owing to the A certain increasing lack of milling. amount of business has been élosed with Japan but the demand from Europe is slackening The supply of paddy con- tinues to be very regular. The total amount of rice exported from January 1st to March 15th is 243,200,331 tons against 298,354,284 in 1924.

We quote to-day. White Saigon rice, No. 2 sifted, Japan quality, Hongkong $8.03 per pical, Lo.b. Saigon, £0.14.3 per picul, f.ob. Saigon, yea 833 per picn 15.b. Saigon, for March-April shipment,

ARE WE RIGHT

în believing that there is a Movie Publie in Hongkong that is mainly interested in News Films ?

We believe there is and are starting on Monday Next from 12 to 2 our

P

M

IDDAY

OVIES

Consisting almost entirely of news pictures. We haye Topical Budget, Gaumont Graphic International News, Pathe's British and American News and B.AT. Topical to draw" прод There will be exactly one hour's programme - and, as every film will be shown twice, you can drop in any time between 12 and 1 and see a complete show,

Admission 40 cts.

THE CORONET

STAR THEATRE

To-night, at 9.15 p.m.

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