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SOLE AGENTS POR HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA. -

THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.

Tel. Central 236.

3, Queen's Buildings.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1st, 1926

[A.F.B.]

(REPRESENTING THE ORIENT TOBACCO MANUFACTORY IN

HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA) -

If you want cigars of the best quality under the "La Ferla Del Oriente",

El Cometa Del Oriente" and the "Grandasia". brands, you can rest assured that you can get them from us.

Come and inspect our store, or phane C. 1850 for particulars.

22, DES Vaux BOAD (OFPOSITH THE P. & G. BUILDING)

A.P.B

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO.

ANNUAL REPORT.

THE WOMEN'S MARCH.

PROCESSION OF 10,000.

WIVES" PROTEST AGAINST.

STRIKES

The report of the Douglas Steamship Company, Ltd., for 1925, to be presented to the shareholders at the annual meeting The following account is given in & on Friday, June 11th, is as follows:-

recent London paper of the demonstra-, After paying all ruaning expenses, tion by women against the general strike: docking charges, premia of insurance,

Groans, books, and hisses from groups allowances for leave and pensions, and fof Communists were mingled with cheers transferring the sum of 880,000 from the from crowds of supporters of the Women's reserve fund and $35,000 from the Guild of Empire as the long procession of Company's underwriting account för de women organised by the guild marched preciation, and $23,304.50 from the re. through the West-End to the Albert Hall

to protest against strikes and lock-outs, serve fund to meet the cost of special repairs, there remains a loss on working account of $108,999.43 which has been met by the transfer of a similar amount from the reserve fund.

Much had been made of the fact that miners' wives were marching in the pro- cession with women of title. The Com- munists refused to believe it.

"Have you seen.. miner's wife they demanded with Go up to Harley-street,

in intervals of singing "The Red Fing. une exclaimed, and get a microscope to dig them out."

This unfortunate result is catirely attributable to the political situation in China, which arose in June last, and another, pointing to a woman on berse Look at that miner's wife," said

still continues in South China, added to back. Are you a miner's wife?" he amiled the abnormally heavy expenditure made on asked I'd like to be," account of "leave and pensions" to the woman.

If you were my wife, I'd find you floating staff. The passing of a dividend better job than marching in a proces- Don't matter of great regret to the sion," a man shouted angrily. General Managers and Consulting Combe too sure," a quiet little woman from

Yorkshire replied.

The women took in good part the acorn the Communists endeavoured to pour on answer to the them, and pointed in tants to their banners, Lancashire and Wigan starving for pesce, Make bar- gains and stick to them," "Ye mauna trump on a Scotch thistle," "Lock-outs

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mittee.

CONSULTING COMMITTEE.

Mr. B. D. F. Beith resigned from the Committee on his departure for Home and the Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard was invited to All the vacancy.

The Committee now consists of the nae guid," "Miners wives want dis

trict settlements," and countless others.

From the North of England, Scotland, Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Mr., W. E.. Clarke and the Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang,and Wales the women had come, travel- ling all night to meet others from the who retire but offer themselves for re-Home Counties and those resident in election..

AUDITORS.

The accounts have been audited by Mesars. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews and Messrs. Linstead & Davis, who retire and offer themselves for relection.

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IN

A QUESTION OF HONOUR.'

London. The demonstrators totalled 20,000. Ninety per cent., it was stated, were the wives and daughters of working. men When they assembled on the Em bankment they stretched, with their red. white, and blue banners, their national flags, and their bands and pipers, from Charing Cross to Blackfriars. Twenty HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE, women rode on horseback, four at the head of the procession, and the others as Dut-riders.

The Duke of Hamilton's sister marched with the wives of the miners from Lanark- shire, and Dr. Barnardo's widow, who has always taken an interest in dockland, was wheeled in a Bath chair.

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May 31st, 1890. $1,100 bay.. £128 nom

20nom.

Bongkong Bank.

London.. Chartered Bank.......... Mercantile Bank, A. & B......£20 nom. .......leg nem.

£9) nom

11:3 ..3000 buy.. $1.80 now.

ZOML ..$258 buy.

Douglases

A COMPARISON WITH BANKING. One of the miner's wives from Rox bourne was" A woman celebrating the of her wedding. Headmasters and headmistresses of fiftieth anniversary

There were seamen's wives us well as P.&O. Bank secondary schools, cogether with repre)

miners' wives. Swansea sent

East Asia Bank.. sentative business men, met in conference members of a thrift club. A white-haired Canton

Insurance China Underwriters wearing at the County Hall. Westminster, Jast woman

picturesque shawl month, to discuss the question of the re-marched at the head of the Northumber. North China Inaarsace.lt. 145

Union Insurance.... land

group, and girls in white carried cruitment and training of boys and girls olive branches.

Yanguze Ingrance........ bay. : for the retail distribution trades.. Lady Muriel Gore-Brown, Mrs. Charles- Obins Fire Insurance Sisu bay. Mr. Percy A. Best, President of the worth, airs, Fiora Drummond, Miss M E. Hongkong Fire lusurance .. $550 bay. Incorporated Association of Betail Dis Waddell, Chief Marshal, Mrs. Lionel

& M.-Steamboats ...3244 tributors, said it was argued that the best Gibbs, and Mrs. Henderson, president of U trained children should' be urged the Women's Guild, were prominent in Hougkong Tugs.

Indo-Chiñas (Prof.) to enter commerce, because business was the procession. Those who were to speak.

(Del), not the most desirable end for their at the meeting at the Albert Hall march-Shell Transporta.... future lives to be engaged in. Many ed in a group by themselves, amongst Star Farnes.............. teachers had given him concrete cases to them a Welsh miner's wife, a Scottish Waterbosts. prove that the best trained children railwayman's wife, and an engineer's wife China dugars. should not be sent into business because from the Clyde.

Benguets........ all the fine character they had gained in their training was attacked by the

Kalan Mining Ad..... things they were asked to do in business.

Langkats (combined)

PUBLIC SERVICE...

Mrs. Flora Drummond, the leader of the movement, marched on foot the whole of the way. As the procession passed through Pall Mall all the men in the clubs, on each side, came to the windows and waved their hands or raised a cheer. When the procession turned into St. James'-street, the "Red agitators be- came more insistent. A party of young boys, with red rosettes, broke into the procession line and threatened moment arily to stumpede the four leading horses, but they were quickly removed by the police.

Malabon Sugars

jja (ingle) Shanghai Explorations..

Loans Bhanghai Los Barbapenemas Tronoh Mines Ural Caspians

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...& K. Wharfs,

bay.

$zu nom.

$10 nom

87,6 nom.

$811 buy.

$15 nom

$20 hny., 234 sal .335 nom. ..$14 buy.

+1,buy. Tia, 244 ani. Tha. 12 buy. Tha, 5t nom. 1. 7 nom.

65/- DOM.

..8/. nom. ..$120 Bel.

$53 núm.

T. 179 boy: 1,00 nom.

...T. 105 bay $10.35 buy., 10.40 m.

"But after all," said Mr. Best, "busi ness is a public service, and therefore the very best minds that can be brought to business should be brought to it. We are very anxious in business that better and better types of young people should

H. & W. Docks, Bongkaw........... seck service. If we cannot agree that

New Lngineerings. business as a public service is worthy,

Stanghai Docks... then the quicker we can fill the ranks of When the head of the column reached H.K&B. Hotels. business with sound character the more the Albert Hall, the four women on whiteHongkong Lands. So buy, 63 . worthy will the business of this country borses leapt from their horses and enter- Hangkong Healtys (ap.)......15 buy. become in the future."

ed the building, surrounded on all sides H. Territorials (f.p.).........$5 nom.

Humphreys states..... $14 nom Mr. Best added that he wanted the co-by a large band of Fascisti, some în black

There were remarkable scenes of Kural Lands

$95 Prince's Buildings... operation of those present at the con- shirts. ference in the London County Council enthusiasm as the column made its way Ewa Cottons scheme for providing special' courses of into the square behind the Albert, Hall.

Orientale.com instruction in retail business in order to

Shanghai Cottons (old)...... Do (new)...... Amusements Canton Ices Cements (combined)

Do. (old) Do. (now) China Busen Utina Lights (combined)

Da (old)

(new).

give young people an opportunity of doing well in this work Classes were held at the Horseferry-road Continua- tion School, Westminster. There was special course of instruction for ex-secon- dary pupils which lasted six months. The training course was designed by merchanta and educationists working in co-operation, and all students who had passed through the course were found positions in one or other of the London

stores.

PRIZES OF BUSINESS.... Mr. Hopton, of Messrs. Holdrons, Ltd., Peckham, said that business offered as Ene and even a finer prize than did in surance companies and banks to the boys who were prepared to go straight.

MR, HYDE OF HYDE PARK.

SHY AMERICAN'S VISIT TO

ANCESTRAL SEAT."

Mr. James Hyde, a shy American finan- cier, who claims that an ancestor gave Hyde Park its name has arrived in London for a quiet holiday.

China Providents...

He has taken a suite of rooms at the | Constructions Hyde Park Hotel, where he can overlook Dairy Farm............ what he declares were once the ancestral Der A Wing (Lp.)

Hongkong Mlectrics acres of his family.

Macao Electrics...

As he intends staying in England for about four months, he has brought with him his own cooks, maids, butler, and whole library, complete with librarian,

Mr. Hyde is well known in most parts Mr. Cholmeley, Headmaster of Owen's School, Islington, said that there was of Europe. Wherever he stays for more undoubtedly a sort of general suspicion than a night he books a whole floor for of business as compared with service in his accommodation.

In some hotels he has even insisted on other great undertakings, auch na bank-

own chef.

DAILY WALK PLANS.

ing and insurance. He did not think a private kitchen, where the cooking is that business was any less moral than done by a special staff supervised by his banking. A parent would go to him and nak if it were any use putting his boy into business unless he had the capacity for selling a man a thing he did not want (Laughter.).

Mr. Hyde declares that one of his "an- cestors once lived at a house in the centre of Hyde Park until the Office of Works took it from him.

Now be talks of taking daily walks in the park, besides gazing on the seat of his fathers" from the hotel windows.

K. Developmenta H.K. Bopes (combined). Do. *(old), Do.

(now) Hongkong Tramways Lane Crawfords... Mackintoshs,

Peak Trams (old)

Do. (LEW)

Sinceres.

United Asbestos ........ Watsons (old)

AGIL

17 m

Tig. 5

T. 91 buy.

$ nom.

T. 53 buy. 28 bay.

***T* nom. ...$14 sol.

$13 nom. .83 nom. "Tim.'11,30 sal..

$18) nom. $14 buy.

...Eba bay...

... sol.

364

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25 cts. nom. $30 $10 sel

BEL

3 buy. $10) nom. $19

ngm log bay.

$7.20 bay. ...$11 nom.

$20 nom.

$124 buy. $10 nomi

Wm. Powell an Bin, spore Tractions. $31 sol.

Luy-bayers; selanllora'; as -- aleg

nom,nominal.

Mr. Court, another headmaster, said he had placed twenty of his boys in a Iampus store, and when he had gone to see how they were getting on they had complained that they liked the work, but His staff are now busy settling down in that there were no prospects." I naked their new quarters. The library books LIKES LEISURELY_WAYS. them why there were no prospects," said reached the hotel in numerous packing Not for 40 years has be set foot in his Mr. Court, "and the boys replied that cases, while one of his servants was native country. the directors and managers and chiefs searching. Knightsbridge to find a huge He does not like the hotels in America, of this firm were bringing into the busi- bookcase to take them.

but prefers the Old World's slower ness their own sons, who had had a Uni-taking a whole floor in a West End hotel,

Several years ago Mr. Hyde spoke of methods.

Hyde versity education, so that they (the boys) but he did not arrive, and this is his first had no chances against them."

Mr. Court added: "If this is hap long stay in Loudon for some year. pening in this particularly large firm it but spends little time there. He prefers He has a large establishment in Paris, sarely happens in many others. If boys to wander round Europe, staying for a and girls were assured that ability was few weeks at a time in one place. going to bring them to the front I think it would help very considerably."

(Continued on nest Calamin.),

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and maintains great secrecy about his Mr. Hyde is a very retiring American movements. He intends to make his holi- likely to do much entertaining. day in London very quiet, and is not It is expected that he will-spend most of his time reading in his suite or in his beloved park:

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THE WORLD

TO-DAY AT 5.15 & 9,15

HOUSE PETERS

"COMBAT"

ENGLISH SUPERSTITIONS. QUAINT BELIEFS IN THE COUNTRY

DISTRICTS.

In these days, when most people-thé dwellers in towns at any rate-are almost

too.

matter of fact and sophisticated, those of us who are spending our holi- days in the country will discover with some little surprise that many quaint and carious superstitions still survive in some remote rural districts, saya correspondent of the Morning Post.

The minera of Cornwall are prover- bially superstitious and some of them, hold that if they meet a snail on the ground on the way to work it will bring il luck unless somehow propitiated. In order to do this they will generally sprinkle some food from their dinner basins in Front of it, and thereby ward

of any impending evil late.

They also believe that if a black goat or a rabbit is seen near a mine ́da acci- dent will occur there shortly.

The fisherfolk in Cornwall believe that bad luck will attend anyone of them who steps ashore from his boat left. foot first. All good Cornishmen believe in "the calling of the sea" when some disaster is about to happen,,, One night during the war there was a big ground-swell on the Cornish coast which made a terrible call," and within the next twenty-four hours news came of a slaughter and re- treat at St. Quentin, in the part of the line where a large number of Cornish troops were fighting.

DOWN IN DEVON.

Devon folk believe that no one bora with a "caul" will ever be drowned, and curiously enough the Captain of the Lusitania, who went down with the ship when she was torpedoed and was reseaed after many hours in the water, was born with a caul, and after his retirement" from the sea settled at Yelverton a little village on the edge of Exmoor

In Devon no cottager would dream of lighting three candles at the same time in the same room-unless desiring the imminent death of someone living under. that particular roof.

Also no one in a Devon farmhouse or cottage would dream of singing in the morning before breakfast-unless wishing to weep bitterly before supper-time!

In some of the Bomersetshire villages the young marriageable girls still gather a laurel leaf on the eve of the new moon, write the name of their lover upon it, using a sharp thorn for a pen, and then put it inside their left stocking and go to bed with the stocking on. The moment they awake the next morning they look at it eagerly and if the writing has changed colour it is a sign that the swain will always remain true.

In Sussex it is considered lucky to find robin redbreast's cushion" (rose- gall), which, if picked and worn conceal- ed upon the person will bring to men wealth and prosperity, and to women the. faithfulness of husbands and lovers,

BIRDS OF ILL-OMEN. But it is considered very unlucky in Sussex. if a crow flies singly over a house," as it is a sure sign of the impending. death of some one within. The night-jar, too, is regarded by Sussex folk as a bird of ill-omen, and if, when you are out for a walk, it flies in front of you uttering. its strange cry, some disaster is sure to overtake you before long

In Yorkshire country folk cross their thumbs to "tarn the luck" if they meet a single magpie when out for a walk. If they meet a robin, however, they con- sider it good luck, and a robin flying near the door of a house is supposed

who will become a friend to signify the approach of a stranger

In many rural districts in the north of England if the milk does not, chura with a sprig of mountain ash, and beats properly the dairymaid stirs the cream. the cow that gave the milk with Another eprig-and then, the evil spell is broken (