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10, Der Your Road Central

GAS

FOR" COOKING

saves

THE, HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 18th, 1926 -

Labour and Money;

means

Better Cooking and

Greater Cleanliness;

an always

Willing Servant.

The Smoothtop Gas Range

In three sizes, merits particular attention.

HONGKONG & CHINA GAS Co., Ltd.

Showrooms: West Point. Tel. C. 47.

18, Des Voeux Road Central Tel. C. 4704

TO IMPORTERS.

[1.2.3]

The undernoted firm of Export Mershanta, wishing to extend its business connections, solicits correspondence from either Foreign or Chinese firms interested in

the importation of British goods.

Principal lines dealt in are as follows:-

Metals and Machinery.

Ship Supplies for DEZE AND

ExGist Boo

Brokers for the Fals of Vessels.

Provisions.

Canned Goods.

Sundries, all kinds.

Textils Dept.

WOOLEN, COTTON KNITTED AND SPORTS GOODE, WEAZING'APPAREL, TIC. Wines and Spirits.

...

Scorca Waxies, Gins, etc. (Beli- able Brands), in Cases and/or Cheky,

Fample Orders crocuted at actual Nett Coat. Exclusive Agencies arranged. `-

Shipments made from any convenient British port,

Keen C.L.F. Prices Quoted delivery say Open CHINA COAST POZI, References:-

CHARTERED BANK LED, LONDON. ROTAL BANK OF SCorsano, Liv., Grascon Prompt attention given to all Enquiries addressed to...*

3362

JAMES W. JOSS, LTD.,

115, WELLINGTON BTENET, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

RENTS IN HONGKONG.

>PETITION FOR CONTINUANCE OF GOVERNMENT

CONTROL

FACTS AND FIGURES" PRESENTED BY THE TENANTS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION,

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The Hongkong Tenants Protective Association, claiming a member- ship of 7,000 and.to represent upwards of 100,000 residents of Hongkong. bave presented a petition to the Government asking that the Rents Ordinances be extended for a further term of one year and until normal trade is re-established, subject to such amendments as are considered advisable."

It has been announced that the Rents Ordinance which was extended last year until June 30th, 1028, will now be allowed to lapse on that date. The Petitioners stato that some land (6) That the conditions of transport in lords have already intimated their inten) this Colony both of persons and of goods tion to eject their tenants on the first have not developed commensurately with opportunity, and this attitude is attri the folume of the trade of the Colony or bated to the refusal by the tenants to its normal population,—that is to say the comply with verbal demands for an inconditions of transport between the cen- crease of rent beyond the limit, of that tral districts and the remoter areas are recoverable. Other points which they still insufficient.

make are as follows:

(1) That rentals in this Colony as anwarrantably high. A comparison with the International Settlement of Shanghai will show that both in the business and in the residential quarters of the Settle ment rents are considerably cheaper not withstanding that the volume of trade in Shanghai is considerably greater than in

this Colony,

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(2) That the cost of living which bears most hardly upon the poorer classes has increased during the last year and now is a matter of grave anxiety and that rentals have a direct and immediate effect on the cost of living.

(a) That the development of the Colony has resulted in the crowding of both wholesale and retail shops into a small area in the central district and that separate trades have further confined theniselves to particular localities com prising in many cases all the business

frms in that trade.

(1) That by reason of this it is now quite possible for landlords, to exercise more than a fair control over certain complete trades and that in the case of provision trades for local consumption the situation is one nearly affecting every resident of the Colony.

That an encouragement and an in- crense of cheap, and speedy transport would enable a number of firms to establish and carry on their business in the less congested parts adjacent to the central district and compete with those in the central district and that until transport facilities are increased the cen tral district with its shorter and better established lines of communication will afford landlords a control over certain trades th the Colony equivalent to à monopoly,

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(4) That in the respect of the transport of persons a similar condition prevails and although it is known that domestic tenements are available in the more out- lying parts at lower rentals than those! prevailing near the business centres several of such tenements are now empty, because of the time taken up in getting to their places of work.

(9) That in the year 1024 residences were provided for Chinese civil servants at Shamsuipe and that few have taken advantage of the opportunity,

That certain trades and businesses employing stevedores, cargo coolies and other workmen connected with shipping would he materially prejudiced hy loss of time if their employees, were not readily at hand..

(5) That a change of established, busi nesa or the removal of any trade from a locality where goodwill has been built up is only effected with serions loss of 11) That á sudden discontinuance of castom, trade connections, fixtures and all existing control over rents will for the fittings. The Petitioners view with alarm reasons mentioned above have far reach such dislocation or cessation of a numbering results in an increase in the cost of of businesses in the Colony.

jliving and iná tendency to overcrowd.

RENTS CHARGED.

Attached to the petition is a schedule of Chinese tenement houses, arranged in districts approximately according to size. This schedule is designed to shew that rents for properties outside of the scope of the Ordinance are considerably higher than those for similar buildings which are protected by the Ordinance from any reat increases. The schedule. which was drawn up this month, is, as follows:

House.

116, Des Voeux Road Central

89, Des Voeux Road Central..... 936, Des Vœux Road Central £34, Des Vaux Road Central

908, Des Vœux Road West

212, Des Voeux Road West

50, First Street

45, First Street

52, Second Street

45, Second Street

40, Third Street

42, Third Strect

290, Queen's Road West

283, Queen's Road West

151, Wanchai Road 107, Wanchai Road 7. Cross Street

1

2. Cross Street 11, Tai Yuen Street

19, Tai Yuen Street

63, Etone Nullah Lane

78, Stone Nullab Lane

177, Queen's Road East 900, Queen's Road East

71. Laichiko Road Laichikok Road

71, Keelung Street

51, Keelung Street

50, Nam Cheong Street

UBEN

TO-DAY

THE

MIGHT EST DRAMATIC SPECTACLE OF ALL AGES.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

PART I.

-MAGNIFICENT AND SPECTACULAR, VERSION OF THE DAYS OF MOSES WITH BEAUTIFUL COLOURED' SCENES.

PART II

A POWERFUL MODERN DRAMA.

2.30

SPECIAL MUSIC.

TIMES & »PRICES;

$1.00

5.00 Sharp $1.50 7.15

80 cents

40 cents

$1.00

60 cents

9.30

$1.00 $2.00

.80 cents

$1.201

40 cents

80 cents

THE

STAR

TO-DAY AT 5.30 & 9.15

JEWEL CARMEN

AN IN

.“ NOBODY."

THE

WORLD

TO-DAY AT 5.15 & 9,15

"ADOLPHE MENJOU

監

"SINNERS IN SILK."

ARMED ROBBERY IN HARBOUR.. | HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE,

CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

RAID OF "CARGO BOAT, WOMAN WOUNDED BY A BULLET.

An armed robbery, attended by wound. log. carried out in the early hours of Sunday morning on a Hongkong cargo boat which was lying in the harbour, was brought to light by a report made to the Folice yesterday by the master of the

boat.

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Itonghong Bank.....

Do., *London Chartered Bank.

Mercantile Bank, A.

Dov

P.&O. Bank

Eat Ama Bak Caxton Insurance.

China Fire Insurance

China Underwriters North Chma Insurance Vaica Insurance 000

capacity, with five persons on board, Hongkong Fire Insurance

He stated that his boat, of 300 piculs Yazgiza Insurance

himself, his wife, his father and two Douglass daughters, was lying in the harbour abous Hongkong Tag......

BO. & Steamboats 300 feet from the Praya Wall, opposite Indo-Chinas (Pref.). Lun Fat Street, at 1.13 on Sunday pora Shall Transports

Do. (Def.), ing, when he was awakened from sleep Star Fame... by a noise of people moving about out-

Waterboats..... side his bank. He and his wife got up to Kalabon Hugars

Chiza Bogars investigate and found three men standing Kalea Mining Ad....

Benguet outside, and noticed two other men in Langkats (combined) another part of the boat keeping watch Do. (ingle).

over a small sailing boat alongside. Two hanger plorationa...

LORDS......

Tronch

Minas Ural Сабрівал

K. & K. Whatis.. H.K. & W. Dooks.

of the men were anaed with revolvers. | Esala The master of the cargo hoat asked the intruders what they wanted and was told in the Funti dialect to keep quiet." At the same instant a shot rang out. The

New Kingiserings. robbers then dragged out the master's Bhanghai Decks. father and two daughters and the whole

HK 8. Hotels Hongkong La

Lands party were gagged and bound and Houghing Resire (ap. bundled into the hold, where they were HK Territorials (Ep

Hamphaiding searched. The robberg ransacked the Princes boat, and after remaining on board for Hard Lands about one hour and a quarter, left in the Exo Cottons. small boat. They stole money, jewellery Banghai Cottons (old) and clothing to the total value of $299.

Do... Amusements On the master's wife complaining of a Canton Icon pain in her right side, it was found that Osments (combined) .......... the shot discharged had entered her body,

WEEK-END THEFTS. UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR'S LOSS.

Orientals

Do

China Busce

Chim Lights (combined)..

Do.

(old)

·

MAY 17TH, 1926.

$1,095 boy.

Pies nom.

£20 nom.

nom. fist DOM.

L9 nom, $85 nom. $835 buy.

$1.90 buy.

Tix. 145 nom.

..197

bay

$170 bay.

3551 bay.

nom.

$26 Bel.

$46 nom.

„ST/6 nom.

$63) nom.

$16 nom

nom

42. buy.

L. 244 bay.

Tls, 12 buy.

Tis. B

The

Dom

? Dom

3i rom.

.857- nom. „5/-nom. $128 zel. 155 nom. TL. 180 buy, Tha. 6.30 bay. „Têm, lúð† nom.

.510) buy,, 10] L

$61 bay. # sh buy.

$95 bay.

nori. Tie, 10.10 buy,

Tis. 8 mo

Ta từ bay.

Tla: 27 buy.

$115 nom.

$15 pol

DOUL

11.80 bay.

>mon 4818′′

$5.80 nom.

Storeys.

Reats p.m. ex

rates and Protected

taxes.

or not.

CENTRAL DISTRICT.

5

9270.00 $700.00

$195.00

3

$983.00

Yes. No. Yes. No.

WESTERN DISTRICT.

3

$180.00

Yes.

$300.00

No.

3

$88.00

Yes.

4

$140.00

No.

$ 93:10

Yes.

$990.00

No.

73.00

Yes.

$134.00

No.

$145.00

Yes.

$990.00

No.

EASTERN, DISTRICT.

$ 65.00

Yes.

$150.00 $149.50 $270,00 No.

No.

Yes.

$13.00 $133.00

·₤43.70

Yes. No. Yes.

$130.00

No.

$83.00 $250.00

Yea

No.

SHAMBHUIPO.

microscope valued at $80, has been stolen from one of his rooms.

Professor J. L. Shelishear, of Hong H.K. Developments kong University, has reported that i

Rupes (combined)

(old) Da (OT). Hongkong Tramways

„25 0%. HOM.

H.K.

Lane. Orawfordin...

# 57.00

Yes.

$99.00

No.

8.42,00

Yes

180.00

No.

8 -38.70

·Yes

8.50.00

No.

$ 60.00

$175.00

Yes. No.

YAUMAZI,

$ 60,00

Yes.

$312.00

No.

ing to an amah of No. 9, Macdonnell

$190.00 ・1900.0

104, Nam Cheong Street.

481, Shanghai Street,

469, Shanghai Street

137, Reclamation Street

138, Reclamation Street 263, Shanghai Street i 254, Shanghai Street

Several small, thefts were committed during the week-end.

nom.

$10 nom.

Chua Providente .................. Cottons... Dairy Farm.............. Der A Wing (2.p.) Hongkong khoc rich A BÀI THU

Macão Elbetries

Da

(now)

•

A shroff in the employ of Messrs. Mackintosh... Alexander Ross & Co.; absconded after Pak Trams (old) | collecting $300 from various firms.

Sinceres Money, clothing and jewellery, worth | Tam

Uited Asbestos about #115, was stolen from the Tai Ping Theatre, the property of one of the Company now playing there.· ́

Money and jewellery amounting to

8420 has been stolen from a box belong-

Watson (old) nam Wm. Powols

..

$23,80 nom.

по

bay..

$11 nom. sel.

$20 now.

$124 bay, 123 $10 now.

$5) sol.

Members in all parts of the House an

Road. Another amah, of No. 2, Swatow opt to consider their opinions are

Lang, lost jewellery, to the value of $165. ↑ spread -The Speaker,

wide-

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