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THE HONGKONG DAILY PERSE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 151α.

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BRITISH MACHINE

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STOCKS OF MACHINE TOOLS CARRIED.

INSPECTION INVITED.

(90

COMPANY MERGER.

CHINA PROVIDENT AND TUG AND

LIGHTER.

As will be seen by notices appearing elsewhere in this issue, it is proposed to amalgamate the Hongkong Tig nh Lighter Company, Ltd, with the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Company

Ltd

The authorised capital of the China Provident Lonn Mortgage Company is €0,000,000, consisting of 600,000 shares of the nominal value of $10 each of which. 396,947 have been issued. It is proposed to increase the capital to $7,500,000 by the creation of 150,000 additional shares of the nominal value of 810 each.

LOCAL SPORT.

WATER POLO LEAGUE.

V.R.G. "B" 'BEAT

"HERMES.?

HALS

At the Victoria Recreation Clah yes terday evening the VRC. "B" enter and H.M.S. Hermes at Water Polo and won by four goals to wil. turned out as follows:-

The teams

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BRITISH EXPORTS TO CHINA BOYCOTT OF THE DUTCH BANK:

IN JULY

SWATOW..

SERIOUS DECREASE IN EVERY

STATEMENT BY THE. CHINESE CLASS OF goods.

CLERKS UNION....

As announced in our issue of September BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

10th the Netherlands. India Commercial. During July British imports were Bank at Swatow beenme involved in the valued at £08,744,849, a decreas of strike movement on September 8th, £19.237,306 compared with June and On that date all the Chinese curs V.R.C. "B"Mackenzie (goal), Botelho £9,355.317 when contrasted with July, absented themselves from the office, Jens ing only the Manager, Assistant-Manager and one foreign employee to carry, on the business.

Barras (backs), Pereira (half), {1924,

British exports for July totalled Kent, Woronha and Brunson (forwarda).

H.M.S. Hermes-Hammond; Carpen £81,898,380 an increase of £3,033,179 on ter and Warner: Lidster; Stanbury, Spendrift, and fauderyou.

June, but a decrease of £8,438,920. on the previons. July. As will be seen from the figures given below, however, heavy decreases were noted in every branch of exporta to China.

A circular, Issued in English, by the Swatow Clerks! Union has just come to hand, giving their reasons for adopting the attitude they have done. It is-a remarkable document: Apparently, the The total imports into Great Britain Chinese clerks regard it as a most natural

The V.RC immediately pressed, and throughout the game were on the offen sive. Five minutes after the start, an attack was launched on the Hermes goat, It is further proposed that an agree-and Noronha scored. Pereira added ment be entered into between the above second goal shortly afterwards, and as Company and the Tug and Lighter Com-the interval" the score stood at 9-0 in pany, whereby the General Manger favour of the V.B.C. The Hermes strove for the first seven saonths of the year thing that those assistants who remained hard to equalise in the second half, but were valued at £778,209,420 an increase at work with neutral arms should at liberty to allot to the Liquidator of the their opponents were much superior, and of fün,802,051 while exports reached contribute from 3 per cent to 30 per Hongkong Tag And Lighter Company, two further goals against the sailors were £137,495,530 and show a decline of cent. of their salaries to the former Ltil, or his notieos, three cf the 10 put on by Kent and Noronha

Final score: F.RO - B, 4; H.M.S. £2,289,332 compared with the correspond. employees of British and Japanese coma- shares of the Provident Company (uralit~ | Hermes, &

panies who had gone out on strike. ed as fully paid up) in respect of every five of the issued 810 shares of the Tus and Lighter Company (credited as paid up to the extent of $8). The shares so alloted will rank for dividend and bonus na from January ist, 1995,

In the case of the Tug and Lighter Com pany, it is proposed that the Company should be wound up voluntarily and that Mr. S. H. Ross, of Messrs. Perey Smith, Seth and Fleming, be appointed liquida- tor for the purpose.

Extraordinary general meetings of both companies are being held shortly to con- sider the above optined proposals. The meeting of the China Provident. Loan and Hortgage Company, Limited, takes place on Wednesday, September 23rd, and that of the Hongkong Tug and Lighter Com pany on Wednesday, September 30th.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

St HEAVY BATTERY TO RELIEVE

- THE 13th IN HONGKONG. SIR A, EVERETT PLACED ON

RETIRED LIST.

The relief of the 2nd Battalion Boyal Sussex Regiment at Singapore will take place at the end of the year. The re- lieving battalion is the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment, at pre- sent stationed in Egypt.

One of the oldest batteries of artillery in the service, the 5th Heavy Battery, now at Gibraltar, will relieve the 13th Heavy Battery at Hongkong during the coming trooping season.

LAWN BOWES.

F

ing period of 1921.

• TRADE WITH CHINA. The following figures show Grea Britain's exports to China for July com

One of the clerks at the Dutch bank refused to pay. He was hauled up, be- fore the Strike Committee and. Mr..vam. Dobleen, the Manager of the Bank, and the Assistant-Manager, went immediately and secured his release. This enused

LEC KOWLOON LOOK. Playing on the Craigengower Cricket Clab green on Sunday, the Indian Re-pared with July of last year, together creation Club opposed Kowloon Dock in with the exports for the seven months the Spey Cup Competition, the former January-July with the comparative the trouble. It was regarded as a winning by 13 shots. Scores

1.R.C.

U. M. Omar D. Rumjaha

20

I.D.L.C. E. Docherty F. Callen 10

BASEBALL.

figures for the same period in 1024.

violation of. Chinese hospitality"-in 'COPTOX YARN (Los).-Exports to China what way is not explained and as an

insult to the Chinese national honone." during the month of July were $2,400.

However, the following extracts "from. be, valued at £9,692, against 74,200, the Swatow Clerks Circula, will show, " valued at £16,114 for the same month the curiously twisted views the Chinema. The baseball season in Hongkong is last year, and for the seven months, take in matters of this kind. drawing rapidly to its conclusion. There January-July, the figures were 425,700 remain two more games, to be played, valued at £33,356, against 716,800 next Saturday, to complete the pro-

lbs., valued at £144,815 for the same gramme.

One game will be South China". the period in the previous year Japanese, both of which teams are in COTTON PIECE GOODS.-ALL Kivos Clerks Union and as a protest against relatively, the same positions in the League, they having now played nine

games, won eight and lost one. The other game is between the H.K.B.C. and the H.D.V.C. The former club has played nine games, won five and lost four; while. the latter club has played the same num ber and, won three and lost six

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HONGKONG JOURNALISTS.

SHANGHAI PAPER'S COMMENT ON

"In consequence of the terrible tragedy. in Shanghai on May 30th and subse quent, atrocities in other ports of China," says the circular, the Chinese in the employ of foreign firms and con- cerns in Swatow organized the Switow (Bq- Yus.)-China, 10,795,200 (£169,030), the inhannuities in particular, and ipa- ugainst 27,014,100 (£1,277,087), and perialistic encroachments by foreignL 125,306,000 (£5,429,161), against 159,653,200 powere in China in general ita members

who were in the employ of British and (£7,953,368).

Japanese concerns, in sympathy with other unions, struck work on July 2nd...

IRON

In order to raise funds for, support of those on strike the Union: adopted a rule that its members, who remained

COTTON FLAGS, Etc. (Sq. Yos).--China, 46,000 (£2,010), against 237,400 (£12,019), and 655,500 (£37,929), against: 928,000 | (£51,696).

WOOLLEN Tisstes (84. Yos)-China, in the employ of neutral concerns abould 2,148,200 (£347,884); against 5,330,000 loan to the Union a certain percentage (2789,738), and 8,487,400 (£979,440), of their monthly income, varying from against 14,028,600 (£2,140,340),

per cent for those receiving 50 per THEIR EXPERIENCES.

WOESTED TIEBER (Sq. Yne.).—Chian,month to 30 per cout for them receiving 531,100 (£91,108), against 261,100 | more than $100 per month. It was clear- Commenting on recent outrage at

and 2,419,400 (£302,655),ly stipulated that, auch loans should be Canton, fully reported in our Columns at (193,705),

repaid after the strike should have been the time, when two Hongkong Journalists against 4,003,400 (£710,421).

SCRAP (Toss).-China, 1,534 } called off. This rule was observed by all were taken into custody by the Strikers' Army and confined under disgraceful con(35), against 1,808 (210,600), and its members and money paid in without ditions in a noisome Chinese prison cell,13,100 (£78,509), against 18,303 (£104,181).question except in the case of the em IRON BARS, RODS, ANGLES, ETC. (ToNs).ployees of the Nederlandsch Indische the Shanghai Timre says:-

Handelsbank This incident is but one of many prov-China, 629 (£10,586), against 2,020

At first these employecs reported that ing conclusively that Canton hasn't (£21,735), and 4,525 (63,934), against the foreign managers of the bank were changed much in sentiment towards for 17,804 (£108,088). ·

antagonistic to the Union and in order A change took place on August 15th eigners during the past hundred years or

GALVANISED SHEETS-FLAT AND CO-to cripple its finances adopted the method in the command of the l'atrol, Mine-more. British pioneers in the latter at RUGATED (Toss), China, 145 (£20,000), of compelling its Chinese employees as sweeping, and Fishery Protection Flotilla of the eighteenth century met with identi.

(£29,884), and 5,185 refund advances previously made to them. la onc case an employed, was made to the captain of which has the short title cal treatment as did the two British against 1,263

pages of history(2115,322), against 9,186 (£232,948). of Captain (A/P)." Since July, 1993, journalists, and the

TINNED PLATES AND BELETS (Toss).- refund $138 out of his 8140 salary: per this force of two sloops, seven mine dealing with the early landing of for- sweepers, one drifter, and eleven fishers eigners in Canton are filled with the same China, 1,22 (£28,035), against 2,884 month. This was a very effective way protection gunboats has been commanded type of incidents. It was this type of (£73,784), and 15,257 (£366,149), against of embarrassing the Union because a man, rould hardly subsist on 83 per month. by Captain E. & G. & Evans, C.B., thing that made treaties with China 29,230 (£497,689).

absolutely necessary if China was to trade TOBACCO AND SNUFF (LBS.)-China, and it would be out of the question for U.S.O., the Antartic explorer. He is now with other nations and if other nationals 99,715 (£42,097), against 151,400 (£78,019), him to discharge his obligations to tho being subaeeded by Captain GC

Union. Representations were made to" Dickens, M.G., who has just completed were to be guaranteed the slightest and 616,031 (2370,318); against 699,00 the bank through, its compradore, depart- the senior officers' technical courte, and modicum af protection. At that time treaties guaranteeing such protection

|ment and the Dutch managers agreed to whose last command was the cruiservere necessary and a necessary precaution

SOAP (CWTS)-Chins, (2,251) ruspend demand for refunds until thes Carlisle, in China. It will be recalled which the years, have in no way tended again 3,340 (£8,023), and 3,250 (211,933) strike was over. The bank's Chinese eni that Capt. Evans was formerly in como destroy. To-day they are as essential against 19,834 (25,878).

ployees complies with the Union's rule mand of the Carlisle on the China to the safe conduct of trade and legitimate

TEXTILE MACHINEwy (TO35),-Ching, 71in question with the exception of a Mr. Station.

business intercourse as they were in (£15,872)," against 254 (£31,015), and 683 Kao. Seeing that he had intended to The following appointments were made the eighteenth century. Those idealists (£99,330), against 1,605 (£161,946). break the rule, the Union's committer by the Admiralty on August 14th who deny this do so simply because they

IELD

(Tong)-China, 27, (£1,085), on September 7th earnestly exhorted bim Lieut. Comdr. R. T. Bower, to Cardiff, are in complete, ignorance of the facts, against 18 (021), and 162 (£2,008), to assist the Union and support the good [add]. (August 18th); and as Staff Officer and are unable to appreciate the fact that

cause but as he was very stubborn he against 163 (£3,960). (operations) (from date of joining); Canton in 1925 is little removed from the

was asked to go to the headquarters of Lieut. G. 6. Windeyer, to Hnükins, for Canton of Lord Macartney's day. What

BRITISH IMPORTS.

the Strike: Committee, of which the disposal (August 14th),"

is true of Canton is true, in"somewhat The following figures show Great Clarks' Union was a member, to give his Vicc-Admiral Sir Allan Frederick lesser extent of other sections of China Britain's imports from China for July | reasons Everett, KCMG, K.C.V.O., C.B., bas where zati-foreignism has been permitted compared with July of last year, together" While Mr. Kao was at the headquar- been placed on the Retired List, to date to breed. A careful reading of the so- with the imports for the seven months, ters of the Strike Committen in the after- August 19th. Sir Allan Everett held the called "unequal" treaties will reveal that January-July, with the comparativo noon of September 7th Mr. Yan Dobben, post of Commander-in-Chief, China, they are founded upon a basis of just figures for the same period in 1824-the manager, and Mr. Suermondt, the until early this year, when he relinquish-protection for foreigners

ed the appointment on account (of." ill- health.

FILIPINO STOWAWAYS. DISCHARGED WITH A CAUTION.

Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, three Filipinos were charged with having stowed away on the sa. Prendent Cleve land from Manila.

TIPKOON WARNINGS.

(£139,408).

Te (Los)--China (including Hong-assistant manager, of the Dutch Bank, kong and Macao), black, 420,817 (246,890), for reasons facomprehensible to suyuna for July 1996, agzinet 1,876,300 (£148,631), else armed themselves with londed ri for July, 1924, and 5,811,168 (2357,834) volvers, broke into the beadquarters of The American Consulate General receiv for the seven months, January July, the Strike Union, threatened everyada ed the following typhoon warnings by against 4,944,044 (2337,868), for the cor- they met with their revolvers and took cable from the Manila Observatory at the responding period last year; green, 8,218 Mr. Kao away by force. Fortunately, the times stated:-

(2701), against 13,700 (£801), and 392,000 Chinese present acted very orderly and nothing untoward happened. A janitor, Received: at 11-15 am. on September (18,740), against 663,63) (£32,063). 12th :-----

BAY SILK (L)China, nil, against named Tang Bak, who attempted to hold Typhoon in about 12 deg. Long. E. 190,285 (£27,032), and 27,663 (£258,518), back Mr. Kno wa kuocked down, by the two Dutchmen and suffered some in- 19 deg. Lat. N., almost stationary, against 178,000 (£287,888).

jury Hnd the Chiness there been half Cyclone or typhoon E. of the Ladrone ILY SILE, ENTRE AND KOLLS (LAB)ns forceful as the Dutchmer the deplor- Yugor Mariana Island, moving N.

China. 131,379 (£13,808), against 164,372 ble tragedies of other ports would have Reocived at 11.45, a.m. on September 1218,803), and 1,376,024 (£150,170), against been repeated in Swatow-and the binma 13th :----

would have been clearly laid at the door Cycleas or typhoon E. of Balintang 1,403,724 (£170,031).

SOYA BEANE (TONS)-China, 9300 of these two Dutchinen,

Bince these two Dutchmen who are he wished to, go somewhere where bo Received at 1.20 p.m. on Beptember (£121,189), against 10,184 (£123,703), Lad

against could find work.

13th

211,715(£1,300,783),

61,804 guests in our land have violated our hospitality by trying to stir up trouble, Cyclone or typhoon near or over Balin. (038,347).

tang Channel, moving W. or BEANS NOT FRESH (CWTB.) China, have treated for union with contrapt by W.N.W

nil, against nil, and 35,083 (£21,052), breaking into them by force, and have in

sulted, our national bapour by carrying Received" at 9.15 am, on September against 90,070 (214,781)---

(£42,000), against 164,356 (£85,460), and ment and as protest to their imper- EGOS (GREAT HUNDREDS). China, 39,572 way our Chinese citizen by fores of armas, we are compelled to issue this state- 668,141 (£41,134), against 858,22ialistic entronclimesi have asked all our |(2426,332).

Two of the defendania stated that thor | had gons, on board to see adriand ( ) and the ship moved out before they were: aware of it. The third man pleaded

USE COLGATE'S SOAP AND RIBBON DENTAL to stowing away and stared thas Channel.. inclining westward.

CREAM

SOLE AGENTS

THE IKONGKONG TRADING" CO., LTD

HAFFK OF. CAFFTON,

ILDING,

HONGKONG,"

It was stated that the vessel arrived on Friday and sailed on Saturday but the ract were not handed over to the police until p.m. the same day, 27 hours after the vessel arrived, ge

The Magistrate commented on the care lessness of the exptain:

The three defendants were discharged with a caution, and will be taken back to Manila by another of the - Company's- vessels today.

Cyclone or typhoon near or over Balin

tang Channel, almost stationary. Reenived at 10.30 m on September

14th:--

Cyclone or typhoon near or over Balin- tang Channel, inclining northward,

Chinese, brothers to have no further rela- Hongkong is included in China in the tions with lusundil failand satisfactory

reparations shall bauó been made -- above comparison of figures.