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THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.

Queen's Buildings,

Tel. Central 336.

AGENTS FOR

BRIGG'S BITUMINOUS ENAMELS & SOLUTIONS.

BOLE AGENTS FOR

'UNION'

ANTI-CORROSIVE and ANTI-FOULING COMPOSITIONS

FOR SHIP'S BOTTOMS.

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ODE TO BUTTER.

[BY ONE WHO 16' BUTIKELEBS.]

Oh! heavenly Butter, wonderous gift of

cownl

Life without thee is full of strife and

TOWE.

Four weeks I've cursed as much as I am

able,

For lack of thee upon the dining table. I'm growing haggard with the awful

strain

Of scheming how to place you once again Upon our toast and bread, and in the

cooking.

:

My friends I would not hesitate in rooking Had they but half a pound in cupboard

stored for

Mongkok, Kowloon Tel K.593 Souchiknit Hongkong

AP.B.

BRITISH TRADE HANDICAPS HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE,

IN CHINA:

VIEWS OF A BANKOW BRITISH MERCHANT.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

MARCH 29TH, 1998.

In his address at the annual meeting Bunghong Bank......

Do

London, of the Hankow British Chamber of Chartered Bank.....

Marcantia Bank, A. &. Commerce, the Chairman (Mr. A. E.

Do., Marker) reviewing the events of the past year said:-

&0. Bank

PBat Ads Bank

Looking back over the past six months I feel that we in Hankow have cause for gratitude in the relative ease with which our local trouble was overcome. Serious efforts were made at the time to create

Canton InsuTANÓS (China Underwriters....

North China Insurance Union Insurance China Fre Insurance Yangtze Insurance Hongkong Fire Insurance

$1,056 mom. £125 mom. ..:#91) nom..

„£30 bay.

£1st buy.

›bar. $820 buy. 31.50 bez, 1.90 xa.'

14h nom

**.3275 buy. 350 mol.

..$165

$340 bay.

buy

H., & M. Samboat...1944 buy. a boycott and from time to time these Hongkong Tugs......

-Chinsa (Frel)

efforts looked like "becoming successful. Indo-

Да (Dat),

extent we

Waterboats.... Oriental Barigstions China Suga..... Malabon Bugars

Mining Kailan Langkata (combined) Flow (single) m Shanghai Explorations.. Bhanghai Loana Barb............ Tronoh Minos Urai Campiona H.K. & K. Wharts.. LK. & W. Docks, Hangngineering... Shanghai Docks.. HKS Hotels ong Lande Hongkong

our Realtys (8-p.) Hongarritori le Humphrey's Batatos

(1p). Prince's Building........

Lands Hural

Actually, however, there was never shall Transports

Star Forres British boycott in Hankow in the real sense of the term. We felt the affects of the boycott at Shanghai and to some were involved. We felt the effects of the boycott in places in the interior and particularly in Szechung, but in Hupch and also in Hunan the Provincial Governments in the manner which seemed to them most suitable certainly contrived to check it and we were enabled to continue trading.

But that British trade in China during the past year suffered from boycott con- ditions in general is beyound doubt. Except in the South, most of this has now ceased, it has died a gradual death, but in some places as for instance in Chungking there is still a great deal of it about. It would take me too long to go fully into the manifold causes un derlying it but it is beyond question the most serious immediate question with which British merchants are faced and

I hope I may therefore be allowed to go into it briefly

Kai

Do.

Two Cottons Orientals Changhai Cottons (old) Amusements Canton less Cements (combined).....

Do Do.

40 nom. 87/9 buy.

„363 day, &.sa.

$15 nom. subu nom.

$26 $35 DOMI .:...$1,30

под

The 11 bay.

.115. 5 FEL.

Tl. 7.nom.

$5 bay. 61/ buy,

$130 buy,

nom.

Tl. 183) bay. Tha, & buy.

Ta, 104 boy, $10.10 bay, 10/10

1841 bay, 634 sa.

buy.

$64 ROM

$1$$ buy. $100

BOTR.

buy.

1.9.80 Tla. 8 nom.

Th. 5£j bay.

UEEN

SUPER

S

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW,

ALICE LAKE

THE LOST CHORD"

A WONDERFUL PICTURE!

WITH A

SETTING

BEAUTIFUL

WRITTEN AROUND THE WORLD FAMOUS SONG.

THE STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.

JUNE MARLOWE BEVERLY BAYNE' and JOHN ROCHE

INT

"THE TENTH' 'WOMAN.”

.."

THE WORLD

TO-DAY

Ar 5.15 & 9.15 ONLY.

LON CHANEY

NIGHT ROSE."

"THE

IN

INVESTMENTS.

Hong. Amusementa

WE SELL ---

Constractions Union Insurances

(new).

TL. 27 buy.

$11 bay.

WE BUY

.97 BOM

$15i|bay, 181/16 sa Watrons

8 ສາງ.

3 boy.

Tis. 10) buy,

Providents

Hotels Cementa (combined) New Engineers

Ekong, Banka Malakoffs

Electrics'

Steamboats

.

Ferrica

| P. & 0..Banks.

Fimas, Jerama

Lane, Crawfords

Lunas

Tanah Merahs

14

Trama

Raube

(old);

China Busss.... Chins Lights (combined)

Do. (old) Do.

Constructions Dairy Farms. Der A Wing (Lp.) Hongkong Electrica

..$21† nom..

$15 Bom.

$114 num

buy.

$22 Bal.

$20 nom.

"ZOR OTS"

$63 buy., 64

3:10 Rom

25 ate. nom.

**$20 Dox.

..$12 buy,

To take the simplest ground first. China Providenta am prepared to say with no intention to cause offence to our friends, of other Nations, but nevertheless definitely and

Macao Electrica....... to an extent from personal experience HK. Developments......

Roper

(combined)....... $30-sel. that competitive elements have turned to HK

Do. (OLB)

..$10) nom. advantage the best which originally

Do. (DOW)....$5 com eroated the boycott atmosphere. In the Hongkong Telephones.

.........bay. majority of cases this has without a Hongkong Tramways105 bay, 95/957.

Lane Crawfords....

$114 DUT doubt nothing to do with the Foreign || Mackintoshs,

Xi nom buy. Firms themselves and often indeed may be

Pask Trams (old)

Do.. (new)

$74 day. not be known to them, but it seems, cer- Sincares.............

Tassio tain that their subordinate employees and

United Asbeston particularly their Native Agents and Watsons (cla) Compradores, keen on getting business, 1o. (new)

Wm. Powells have turned the circumstances to their

Singapore Tractions own advantage. We may disapprove of

buybuyers; asioilers: alex ; this but is it after all not merely buman

nom-nominal. nature? In the second place to my mind we cannot altogether deny res ponsibility for some of the misunder- standings which have arisen. However, the great force behind. this boycott is unquestionably the Student element with what I need not hesitate to descibe as its Bolshevistic inclinations. We were un fortunate in failing foul of the Students in Shanghai, and it was after all bat natural that their growing nationalistic tendencies should be fanned by that un fortunate incident,

We have no quarrel with Young China for its awakening sense of nationalism, but we do regret that this element has fallen into the hands of Foreign Bol- CHINA PROVIDENT CO.

shevistic agitators to an extent which it itself almost certainly does not realize. INVESTIGATION OF FINANCES.

That we would have no difficulty in com- terms with genuine Chinese A notice circulated to shareholders to calling an extraordinary general meeting opinion is, I think, beyond doubt, but of the Company for April 8th, reveals unfortunately it is all too apparent that that the affairs of the Provident, Loen we are up against a much sterner pro- position, that China is merely being used and Mortgage Co., Ltd., have recently a tool and that a sustained effort in been the subject of investigation by the being made, not indeed by the Chinese, Company's Consulting Committee, aided but through the agency of Chinese, to by auditors and legal advisera. Power crush our influence in this country. is to be asked at this meeting to carry

out further investigations, together with authority to meet the cost of same.

OUR DUTY AB MERCHANTS.

$11.30 bay. ..$10 poma,

... sel

EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS 82RVICE)

RUGBY, March 97th. To-day's exchange rates are as follow:

341 Bruscia Amsterdam,

Paris

Berlin

Copenhagen

Vienna

122

12.137

20.12

18.52

་་་་

Helsingfors

193

Lizbon 'Buenos Aires

2.33-64 *44.7-16.

Shanghai

2/118

Yokohama

1/10

New York

4.801

25.25

1207

18.12

92.65

Geneva Milan Stockholm Oslo

Prague Madrid

Rio Bombay Hongkong...

Silver (spot) Silver (forward)

i "

..164

34.55

7.1-32

1/5.83-64

2/3

302

30.5-16

It is hardly within the province of us" The" notice of the extraordinary gen- as merchants to say bow this problem

We have indeed our If China can put her house in order and eral meeting sets forth the business in should be met.

own opinions but our plain duty is to succeed in setting up a strong Govern the following manner:

1. To receive and consider a statement face that situation, to avoid anything ment whose authority will be recognized

I'd steal, at midnight, on their private by the Consulting Committee as to in-ikely to create trouble with the Chinese without question throughout the country,

hoard,

And bear it home in triumph-there/vestigations made by them into the people and to show them by word and and if that Government will guarantee |

eat?

to financial position of the Company.

Until with Butter I should be replate. If I could clear thee Butter of the blame That being British casts upon thy name!. Perhaps they will believe me if I say That Hongkong cows were all born in

Norway

It seems to me the Reds are most unkind, And show a truly awful narrow mind,

I can't think how it is the British

Nation

..

Has got itself into this situation.

Oh Butter (Dalay Brand one dollar

twenty/

I must confess per th. I thought it

plenty

Oh Butter In a tin I thee can buy, But Butter in a tin to me tastes high t

So I will wait, perchance some lucky day

A ponad of Daisy Brand will come my

With Butter on the table once more laid Sad memories of a Butterless past will

s of a fade, But

I died before the Butter came

Plezne on the tomb of this unhappy dame

Write: She is gone, but she is not

forgotten !

She died because she found this life ton

zotten

NO SEQUITUR

Hainan Island.

(b) That three shareholders to be

"ex-

ceptional rights will automatically have! passed and I feel sure that we shall not even desire to be saddled with rights which will then actually have become a burden to us.

W

No Lot Too Small No Lot Too Large."--

HONGKONG SMALL INVESTORS SHARE & REAL ESTATE CO.

TEL. 4830.

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deed that we are to-day us we have in safety and justice in the same way as 2. To consider and if thought fit to deed always been, their best friends.safety and justice are guaranteed to pass the following resolutions:

The talk of exploitation is insincere, and Chinese residents throughout the civilized (a) That the Company confirms the it would be ludicrons were it not so world, the "justification for car

measures already taken by the Con-eriously sustained. We are Imperialis sulting Committee with reference tic only in the sense that we believe in to the investigations made by them and Government of whatever typs, into the financial position of the that we desire to see a strong and united

KING ON BEER. Company and authorizes payment China, and that our influence be not

Finally, before I leave this question, AND EMPIRE PREFERENCE. by the Company of auditors and eliminated in favour of another sufficient. legal expenses incurred to date in Imperialistic and unscrupulous to I would like to urge British Merchants

turn the feuds of Chins to her own ad- to take a sane and calm view of, the "It a soldier prefers a glass of beer. connection therewith

vantage and so in obtain far reaching difficulties with which we are at present with his food, he should be able to get. pelitical and economic control. Our in- confronted. I say without hesitation it," remarked the King, in commenting nominated af this present meeting treats are purely commercial and all that the Chinese people as a whole are appreciatively upon the appointments at be appointed to act with the Con-

we ask is that conditions in China should qulting Committee in completing be restored to a basis, which will all as friendly disposed towards us as they the beer bar at: Wellington barracks the investigations of the Company's

have ever been. They are not misguided The King pointedly inquired if the financial affairs and to report to to trade in peace and prosperity. We by the hasty and unbalanced outbursts commodities sold in the canteen were of the shareholders the result of such shall not then want privileges which are of their own extremista, nor by the in- Empire origin.

denied to the Chiness themselves or tosidious work of paid agitators, and they investigations when completed. (e) That the Consulting Committee be other Foreigners. We desire only an have a right to expect as to trust in the authorised to employ auditors and pen market where the best, man, and the sincerity of their avowed friendship. Inwyers in connection with such most competent and honourable trader Tather than worry ourselves about their The following vessels were expectedONGKONG HANBARD REPORTS further investigations of the Com has the best chance.

And alleged hostility, we should do what we to be in wireless communication with pany's financial affairs and that Our enemies have fostered in particular can to meet their growing aspirations. Hongkong last night-Annam, Amboise, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL the costs and expenses incurred the cry of the abolition of the Unequal We are Landicapped in this country by Patroclus, Ohukwa Maru, Iris, Kutsang, thereby be borne and paid by the Treaties. The fallacy of this cry has our spirit of aloofness. We should make Dandong Maru Empress of Russia, so often and so clearly been demonstrated greater effort to get closer to these peo Andre Lebon, Isian, Menelaus, President Company.

that I refer to it only in order to emple, to understand their thoughts and Madison, Kwangchow, President Harri That qualified accountant be employed by the Company to sasiet Phasize that the British merchant desires desires and so to qualify ourselves to son, West Inan, Hoign Maru, Binge and advise the present staff of the only to be assured of safety and justice work and live in harmony and partner Maru, Fooksang, urea, President Company.

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