1926-07-02 — Page 3

Page

THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY,

Tel: Central 336-

SOLE AGENTS FOR

"PUDLO"

Makes Cement Waterproof

FEUSOL"

The Immovable Fire Cement.

2, Queen's Buliding

ANCHOR BRAND

PURE MANILA ROPE.

THE CORDAGE YOU CAN TRUST.”

MARINE RUPE

RANSMISSION

OF POWER BOPE

CABLE LAID

RAWBERS

WELL DRILLING

GABLES

ESTABLISHED 1854

STI

YNCHA

ROPE

FACTORY

MANILA

RUFES OF ALL" SIZES FOR ALL PURPOSES.

MADE FROM PURE MANILA

· HEMP

*** MANUFACTURED

BY THE MOST MODERN MACHINERY.

BTOCKS ON HAND OF ALL SIZES) ENQUIRIES SOLICITED:

FACTORIESMANILA, PI

CENTRAL 9165.

HONGKONG OFFICE:

TELEPHONE

KING'S BUILDING.

A.P.B.

SOUTH CHINA KNITTING FACTORY.

[98.

MERCERISED AND COTTON SOCKS of the Highest Grade...

Manufactured in

the most modern Knitting Factory in South China, and exported to all parts of the World.

Enquiries

invited,

from

Export and Wholesale Firms.

TEL. K 593.

-FACTOR: MONGKOK, KOWLOON. CABLE ADDRESS: SOUCHIKNIT, - HONGKONG.

1926 EDITION-

DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE

Fax:

CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO-CHINA HONGKONG, MALAY STATES,

STRAITS BETTLEMENTS, NETHERLANDS INDIA, BORNEO, SIAM

THE PHILIPPINES Era LARGA EDITION, with haps and Liên "SMALL EDITION

OR SALE

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, LAD,

atar Road, Hongkong.

FOR EUROPE AND AMERICA,

INDIA, AUSTRALIA,

prehenave and Complete Bay the

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST Is given in the

HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS. with which is mcorporated THE CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.

Iptional paid in advance-313 per santa for delivery in Hongkong; including Podare to any part of the world -817,

Dont worry.

I'm here!

[A.F.B]

A Welcome Visitor

at any time in "Over Y Every

household. Bug, Flea, Ecote, Moth, Fly, etc., dies. once it has come into proper contact with

KEATING'S

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 2ND. - 1925

MARTIN'S

APIOL & STEEL Suteand certain for all Female complaints.Every lady should keep a box in the house.

Chemists and Stores sel them throughout the world.

Die Proprietor a MARTIN, Chibet, Soulkenylon, Laginide

FOREST WEALTH IN F.MS.

CHEAPER FUEL FOR MINING INDUSTRY.

MALAYS SETTLED IN RESIN AREAS.

CHARLESTON'S DEFENDER

ADELE

ASTAIRE

WHAT'S HARMFUL, IN IT!".

Mix Adele Astaire, who has delighted thousands of theatregoers with her dane

The total area of reserved forestring at the Empire Theatre, Londen, the F.M.S. at the end of the year was where she is now appearing with her

brother Fredin "Lady, Be Good," 5,088 square miles and a further 1,148 strongly defends the new Charleston square miles have been notified" pro dance posed reserves.It was estimated in 1920 that productive forest to the extent of at least 28 per cent of the country was required to make the country-salf-sup porting

She has no sympathy with its op ponents, who have declared that it brings on heart strain, paralysis, and peri- tonitis,

and is responsible for

strained muscles and broken ligaments We are still a long way from that

FOOR SOUTHEADS.” figure, says the Chief Secretary to the Government in his annual report, 18.3. "Poor soupheads, she said, pityingly, percent has now been reserved, much of the victims of the Charleston. of which consists of high hills, inland would not hurt anyone who had the swamps, and other unproductive areas sense to dance it properly. It is just the On the other hand valuations that have most glorious thing ever, and people are been made during the past five years not going to stop dancing it because a indicate that the forcats are rather richer few poor fish strain their poor. Eittle than was expected.

doing it Selangor, the western half of NogriOf course, it's tiresome. It's exer- Sembilan, and southern Perak, where rise, that's why. I wish people would most of the alienated land is situated, only dusit in front of the mirror when are in a by no means favourable situs they get up in the morning. It would tion Further reservation will be chiefly do instead of the Daily Dozen, tune in Pahang and Northern Perak, which up their muscles, send their blood racing ate unfortunately somewhat remote from in their veins and bring a smile of glad the main centres of timber sad firewood someness to their poor, sleepy faces. If stout people want to lose weight, let consumption.

themCharleston. They'll dance their extra avoirdupous away without noticing they are lightening the luggage.

MINING DEMANDS..

I do the Charleston every day of my life. Not because I am a professional dancer-I have only a modified Charles- ton on my programme this time-but just out of happiness or to keep supple. You know, the Charleston is the greatest in- vention yet for expressing the joy of

NOT FOR OCTOGENARIANS.

The prosperous condition of the tin and rubber industries, combined with the increased demand for timber and fuel which accompanies prosperity in those industries, resulted in a great shortage of labour in the forests.. The price of timber rose to almost record prices, and at the end of the the shortage of supplies was a serious embarrassment Following life. on a report by the Controller of. Timber Supplies, a committee was appointed to. But it's hard work. It's a dance for consider the whole question of the ex- young, energetic and healthy people, not ploitation and conversion of timber. It for betogenarians or cripples. submitted an interim report towards the close of the year, and it is hoped that its labours,, when completed, will result not only in the maintenance of adequate supplies of timber at a fair price, but more economical working of the forests. The out-turn of timber, fuel, and char coal on which payment was made was 844.605 tons compared with 789,412 tons in 1924..

RESIN INDUSTRY.

+4

"As for this talk about it being volgar you can tell the world that I've nerer heard anything so absurd in all my life. It's worse than the blue-nosed Annies of doctors who spread the fairy tale about it being dangerous.

"As I see it, the Charleston is-just like little children at play; there is not a shade of vulgarity in it. It was in- vented among the coloured people of the United States, and it is the perfect ex- pression of their happy-go-lucky easy- going, don't-care-a-hang" spirit.

"What's harmful in it! People dance-

select houses, and nobody thinks anything about it. Why should they here I never heard such a narrow-minded thing in my life.

The demar penak (resin) industry in Negri Sembilan continued to be succeen ful, but dominished slightly-in-volume owing to the attractions ef rubber-tap-it in New York ballrooms, in the most ping. Prices rose and the demand in Europe could not be satisfied. The settle ment of Sumatra Malays at Langkap is now firmly established, and a second settlement is about to be formed at Sungei Kerangai. It is also hoped. to settle Chinese tappers at Ulu Bendol. With the local Malays, damar tapping is subsidiary to agriculture; but the Ch ness, it is hoped, will rely chiefly on damar for a livelihood, cultivating veget-STAGES INFLUENCE FOR GOOD. able gardens in their spare time.

In Pahang and Perak the damar tapping industry had at the end of the. year almost ceased to exist. In Selangor it has never been started. It is some what disheartening that the expansion of the industry, the potentialities of which are enormous, and which would be of the greatest benefit to the local Malays, seems at present to be possible only with imported labour.

...

*

"If anybody wants to know what I think of the Charleston, you can tell them that I think it is the finest, hap- piest, liveliest, most individual dance in the world. All that other talk in bunk."

ACTORS NO LONGER ROGUES

AND VAGABONDS."

UBEN Cinem1

SUPER-

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 915 p.m.

THE FUNNIEST COMEDY SINCE “POTASH AND PERLMUTTER"

CARL LAEMMLE

FREIENTS

GEORGE SIDNEY, CHARLES MURRAY and VERA GORDON in

THE COHENS AND

THE KELLYS.

THE STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. Az 5.30 & 9.15.

ERNEST TORRANCE

THE FIGHTING COWARD,

CENTURY-OLD CARPET,

WOMAN SPURNS ITS ANTIQUITY,

David Aschenagi, antique dealer, of St. James's-street, S.W., sued Mrs. street, W., for £350, in the King's Annabel Adora Kruse, of Upper Brook Bench, London, the price of an antiqua carpet which, he alleged, he sold and delivered to Mrs. Kruse. The latter at her house or approval. She niso pleaded that the carpet was only left pleaded that Mr. Aschenagi Ead agreed to exchange the carpet for some antique the time to sell for her. tapestry panels which he was trying, at

HONGKONG. STOCK EXCHANGE,

CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

JURE, SOTH, 1996;

Day London.

2131 HOL £20 bay. Hongkong Bank.....$1,126 bay. 1,180 sel. & sa

Mercantile Bank, A. & B......£30 nom, Chartered Bank

-Day

0 £134 nu

[29].nom. P.&O. Bank East Asia Bank...... China Underwriters, Canton Insurance...... North China Insurance Union Insurance...

Yangtzze InaziranSO Onina Fire Insurance

AC nom.

$840 bay. $1.80 nom

Tis. 145 1

SENTAR..

$295 nom.

487 bay.

3200 buy.

54 nom.

$385 bay

Douglases 4**** Hongkong Fire Iosurance BLK, U. & M. Steamboats....3201/27 m Hongkong Tags... Indo-Chins (Fra)...

(Def.).....

Da

Uhina Sugars. Malabon Bugars Karan-Mining Ad Bengueta....... Langkats (combined)

Lo. (single) grun Shanghai Explorations. Bhanghai Los33 Bale...... Tronoh Mines Ural Caspians H.K&K. Wharts.

Hongkons

X. & WrDocks

New Engineerings.

H.K. & N. Hotels Shanghai Dooks.....

Lands Hongkong Realtys Hongkong. EK. Territorials asses H. Developments Humphreys Estates Prince's Buildings. Kural Lands Ewo Coltonsvis Orientals

The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke at the annual meeting of the Actors

Sir Henry Maddocks, K.C., for Mr. Church Union held at the Royalty Theatro, London, on May 18th. Remark ing that at one time it would have been Aschenagi, explained that Mrs. Krusa regarded as rather a strange thing that called at the shop in December 1925, and Anyone who held his position should be took a fancy to the carpet, which was The output of getah jelutong rose from in that place and on the stage, the delivered, and laid in her boudoir the 5,687 to 9,261 piculs. Applications are Archbishop recalled that in Elizabethan next day. At the same time she bought Shell Transports.......

an old Italian embroidered cape for Star Fernes....... continually received for new licences, times actors were classed as rogues and but applicants have first to satisfy the vagabonds and were excluded from resi- £225. She paid for the cape, but de- Wsterboats... "Conservator that their product is of good dence in the City of London. Some of clined to forward a cheque for the car quality and fit for human consumption them, he said, could recall times when it pet, which was guaranteed to be more would have been thought perhaps than 100 years old and very delicately COAGULATING FORMULA.

it would have been in coloured. strange as

CARPET IN BOUDOIA. A formula for a coagulating and pre-Elizabethan times to be there for the

Mr. Aschanagi gave evidence support servative agent has been provided by the purpose of benedicting and helping a agricultural Chemist The price of the artistic craft which was regarded genering Bir Henry's opening product rose considerably during the ally as extremely frivolous and rather Mrs. Kruse said that when Mr. Asche year, and Government is probably not naughty..

nagi, learnt that she was moving he getting a fair return. Supervision fa

Thank goodness that it past," he brought the carpet to her house. She extremely difficult, and it is found that added. The time had gone by when it told him she did not like it, but he said, careless tapping has caused the death of was thought anything but right that Keep it as long as you like. I am aure a number of trees. Unless damage of they should be doing what they could to you will get to love it." this sort can be checked-it-will be geces help forward every effort for enabling Sir Henry Maddocks (cross-examining) a sary to consider whether an industry of those who took part in that great pro- I suppose you told your husband the (Laughter.) The great promise, which Government is pre-fession to be in every way helpers to truth I always do. pared and anxious to leave to private make the lives of all of them stronger carpet remained in her boudoir for three enterprise, should not be taken over by and wortheir-and-fitter for what was months

WheMrs. Kruse referred to the car the Forest Department.".

indeed a great calling in the world. He Research greatly benefitted by the re supposed every one of them believed that pet as the wretched old carpet," Sir tura to duty of Mr. Phillips, who was ap- the stage stood today for something that Henry reminded her that it was more pointed Economist in 1924, and shortly on the whole was for the untold good, than 300 years old. Hang it all," Te afterwards proceeded to Wembley. His and not ill of the people. He said ontorted Mrs. Kruse, "I don't care." attention was given chiefly to the deve the whole because just as in other walks Justice Finlay found that Mrs. lopment of the rattan industry,-and-the of life,-in-other branches of literature, in Kruse was induced to purchase the carger progress made already indicates the de-stage production as in the production of and did purchase it. He accordingly en- sirability of extending the Economic novels, there was abundant need for an tered judgment for Mr. Aschenagi for Branch of the department

effort to secure that all was kept high- the amount claimed with costs. toned and pure and strong. They had learned to realise how gigantic was the Possibility of good that belonged to the stage the ennobling power, educative, uplifting, and recreative, which, if it as wholesomely exercised and set to a proper purpose, was something which ought to be doing untold good to the common life.

EXPERIMENTAL GRANT.

The Forest Research Officer continued the work of previous years. Exploration of the forests was continued and a paper prepared showing the composition and value of the forests. A large collection of wood samples was prepared and ar- ranged, and important additions were mads to the Eerbarium, Chemical te ports were received from the Imperial Institute and elsewhere on a number of minor products

The rough draft of the Manual of Com mereial Timber Trees was completed, and progress was made with the special

VICARAGE TRAGEDY, CLERGYMAN'S BROTHER-FOUND

HANGED.

Mr. Robert Swinnerton, brother of the study of the most important group, the Rev. Jean Swinnerton, MA, vicar of Dipterocarpaceae. Beasoning - tests on

Paris

EXCHANGE RATES. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}:

Ruday, June 30th

Brussels Amsterdam Berlin

Copenhagen

Lisbon

[new]

Don hangmal Cotton" (old) China Based Hongkong Tramway Pest Tram (old)

Do (now), Hingapore Tr

Tað Amusements Canton Ices Cements (combined)

Do.

$16 nom. 92%. nom.

nom.

$65 bay, 66) sel,

Sis nom $241, buy,, 25 za

334 nama. 31 sel

T. 23 sel Tis. 12 buy. Tis. 5 nom. TE. 7 BOL

€5. nom..

170 bay, 54 buy'

buy

365 bay, $5.90 bay, $.95 $5 nom. 20 pts. lol.. 3143 buy, $90 bay

baye

$ sel- Tis. 91 zul, 91/9 s.

Tla, 2,70 sel. *

Tis, 69 com.

*T., 28 hom

11% 10 buy $24.10 bay, 24

$161 bay. $7.69 nom.

3rd nou....

pom

под

173.3/10 173

Chins Lights (com

Do

322 Dora..!

12.11.

buys:

20.44

China Prov

(10.18%

18.36

Vienna Heilugfors

103

Buenos Aires

2.17/22 451

Shanghai Yokohama New York Geneva

Milan v Stockholm

4.802 26.141 134.13/16 15.124

Oslo

22:16

$164

"Prague

Madrid

keruing, an almost unused but extremely Tolleshunt Major, non Tiptree, Essex, abundant timber, was begun, and dur was found hanging from a loft at the ability tests were continued approval Vicarage recently: He was suspended by was also given to the purchase of an ex-a piece of cord through the trap-door. perimental impregnation plant. The The discovery was made by a child, measurement of trees in sample-plots was it Swinnerton, who was 65 years of continued, and a report on the trees in ago was retired voluntary missionary, the plots, with suggestions for certain having been associated with the Univer changes in the same plot rules was subsities Mission in Central Africa with CAT BURGLAR'S £500 HAUL.mitted to campqua Bisbon Pertical He worked in Nyassa-

**Of for reaching importance is the stand dad ea's mission steamer, and also Bombay Jewellery and war invings certificates lotment to the Forest Department of did great work in the building of Takoma valued at £600, ere stolen during the about 600 acres of land within easy reach Cathedral Later he went as missionary to the Abongines in Australia, and retired week end from the Buckingham Hotel, of Kuala Lumpur for experimental Petty France, St. James's, 8.W. plantations, and for the establishment of five years ago,

The property belonged to Mr. Frederick a properly equipped research institute Storey the licensee and his wife. The and school. When the survey of the area thieves entered the hotel by a window has been completed its development will of the fret foot and gained access to be proceeded with

(Cotinued at not oneel Cotem). the premises by a stackpipe at the rear..

Hongkong

Silver

The

DOTE

ncial result of the year's work-

corcz surplus 8766,879. com a previous record of $7JE,671

General the Marconi

pany,

Beli 10 Bels:

38 nom

Constructiona

-Dairy-Karink carto

Der A Wings

Hongkong Electrica

Macao Electrics_

1/11.5/32HK. Ropes (combined).

Day (alà). Do% (now,

30.235 7/25/32. 1/5.15/16

20/3/36.:

on behalf

Tans Crawfords...

Mackintoshe...i

Braserosa United Asbestón Watsons (old) : Win. Powells

bayb

819+ nom.

The May Week product bridge ADO this year was The Pleasures of Honesty before acted in English.

nota

buy,

Madales