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SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

ANNUAL MOTOR CAR DRAW In Aid of the Funds of the Society for the Support" of the Poor of Hong Kong.

A FIVE SEATER SEDAN,

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To be drawn for on the Night of the Society's "45TH ANNUAL AU FRESCO FETE - 9TH DECEMBER, 1928. TICKETS ($3 Each) On Sale at various Clubs, etc., and at the Society's Showrooms at 2, Queen's Road Central, where the CAR and CONSOLATION. PRIZES are On View. HELP HONG KONG'S POOR.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th,

BRITISH COTTON TRADE DEPRESSION,

ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS.

INTIMATE PICTURE OF NANKING.

LIFE VERY DEAR ALL BOUND.

SOLDIERS SMARTER AND MORE ORDERLY.

HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE

CORDKES BY THE HON, MR, L. D. Q. WOLJE, C.M.G., CAPTAIN SOYER- INTENDENT OF POLICS. }

Police Training School. Classes for Police Reservists will | be held as usual on Tuesday, November 97th, and December 4th, at 6p.m.

A Chinese correspondent of the North-China Daily News, who went to Nanking a few days ago, found the Nationalist capital "greatly changed since his last visit, made during the latter part of Marshal ver. Chi Esich Yuan's régime as Governor-General of Kiangsi and Anhui.

Kiangau,

On the same dates at 5.30 p.m. sharp, instructions will be given in the handling and aiming of revol

Chinese Company. INSPECTION PARADE..

In an address to the Lancashire section of the Textile Institute in Manchester, Mr. E. E. Canney at- tempted to make out a case for Santo aid to the cotton industry. His case was founded on the as- sumption that the depression in the cotton trade and the other basic industries is due to the de feat of the whole nation by ity War and post-war economic problems," and that the country's policy of deflation has added to industry's burdens a load which, by itself, is unable to carry. He suggested that the basic industries ought to become "politically conscious," to First of all, he found it most. insist that the Government should difficult to find hotel accommodat-pany will parade at Central Police compensate them for the special tion. practically every room being Station on Thursday, November disabilities imposed by the war,

to estimate the Anancial as occupied by acine official or some goth, for the monthly inspection of sistance required to repair the damage of deflation and to forma-kuan, most of which are carried on Arms, Equipment, etc., by the Com- on semi-foreign lines, are full of pany Cominander. Fall in at 5.30 efois! visitors from various parts p.m. sharp. Dress: Blue uniform. of the country and their retinues. Rooms which, in the good old days, cap with white cover, rifle, belt, side- cast a couple of dollars cannot now arms, truncheon, whistles, armlet, bi had for lees than wine or ten, badge, "pocket policeman," and dollars. Of course, this is an op-note-book to be carried, Those not portunity for the hotel-keepers and they are taking advantage of the situation, to make a little squeeze.

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late a claim on the nation."

He denied that the cotton trade was depressed as a result either of its own deficiencies or of unfavourable conditions of competition, and the general impression which many people would draw from his re marks is that "Lancashire's salva tion lies in political activity directed towards securing a more even distribution of the material burden of the war between the de- pressed and the sheltered trades.

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The Manchester Guardian hesi tates to believe that Mr. Canney intended that the leaders of the cotton trade should abandon their attempts to put the mills on sound financial basis and to or ganise for greater efficiency in com- petition in the hope that Govern- ment assistance could restore pro- Ats and turnover to their pre-war level.

office-secker. The hotels in Haia-

Scarcity of Houses." Likewise, there is a scarcity of houses. Everywhere, one sees homes being pulled down but one fails to see buildings being erected in. their places, except in a few in- stances. Houses and shops are being demolished to make room for roadways, which, by the way, are, generally speaking, in a most dila- pidated, way. Some roads, however, are fairly good and the municipal! authorities are doing their best, with the small amount of money at It is idle to deny the influence their command, to make the neces of foreign competition and of reck-ry improvementa. Speaking of buildings, moet of the best have less company flotations on the con- dition of the industry, and Lan- been taken over by the Government.. Everything is considerably dearer cashire, which is now more fully conscious of its own shortcomings now-a-days. Food prices have gone than ever before, is not likely to

up tenfold and ricksha fares have be greatly impressed by any

increased in proportion. diagnosis of its troubles, or by any suggested cure, which ignores those influences. Those who are most ac2

The Case For State Aid

tive in attempts to restore prosperity are no more anxious to

ask the Government for assistance on such grounds as Mr. Canney sug- gested than any Government would be to grant it. The Manchester Guardian is of opinion that the case for State tid must be based on other grounds. "If the cotton industry has worked out some

specific scheme which is capable of

reducing the depression in any con- siderable section, it would be reasonable to seek Government as sistance fn some form or another, but, even then, we imagine, both the organisers of the scheme and the Government would insist that the assistance, if it took the form of an advance of funds, should be arranged on a business baris, and should not be regarded as compen- sation for damage which, if real, would defy computation,"

JAPAN SUGAR · INDUSTRY,

OFFICIAL ESTIMATE FOR

NEW CROP.

Soldiers Clean And Well Disciplined.

There is a marked contrast be tween the behaviour of the troops with those of Marshal Chi's time. They were allowed to go. about. they wished and to do as they pleased. Now, however, discipline appears to be the word. Instead of the slovenly and, unkempt in- dividual one used to meet in the olden days, one notices smart-look-

All ranks of the Chinese Com-

in possession of uniform will attend in mufti. No member may be ab-1 sent from this parado without leave from the Company. Coramander. The equipment officers will make it a point of being present.

BLONALLING SQUAD.

Class For instruction in signalling under Mr. R. C. Wilson will be hell at the Company's Headquarters on Thursday, November 29th, at 8.45 p.m. and Monday, December 3rd, at

p.m.

Indian Company.

STRENGTH.

Constable R254 0. S. Ismail has been taken on the strength of the Indian Company as from November

17th.

Constables R203 Abdul Aziz and R231 W. M. Mehal are permit- ted to resign upon completing one full year's service with effect from November 20th.

PAZADE

All ranks of the Indian Company. will parade at Police. Headquarters on Tuesday, December 4th, for drill under Sergeant Condon. "Fall in at 5.30 p.m. sharp. Dress: Blue uni- form, belt and cap without cover. this parade without leave from the Company Commander.

No member may be absent from

Flying Squad.

The weekly instructional patrol of

ing young fellows, neatly dressed the Kowloon Section will take place

clean faces. Of course, on Tuesday, November 27th. Fall there are exceptions but, generally in at the Tsimshatsui Fire Brigade speaking, the Nationalist soldier is at 8:30 p.m. sharp. Dress, Winter better off in every way than the uniform. soldier of old. They are well be- haved and do not look like mutiny ing as reported.

A Tone Of Extravagance. There seems to be a tone of ex- travagance in Nanking now which was not so marked several years ago, this in spite of General Feng Yu Hsiang's pleadings that there should be moderation in one's mode of living. The olden days appeared

to be more sober.

Dr. Sun Yat Sen's mausoleum was rapidly nearing completion and | already it was an imposing sight.. There appeared to be some ques- tion as to the amount which should be spent on this, but from what our correspondent was able to learn the money in this connection already had been earmarked.

the Hong Kong Section will take place on Thursday, November 30th, and all members are requested to attend. Fall in at Central at 5.15 p.m. Dress: Winter uniform.

The next instructional patrol of

Sharpshooters' Company, Revolver practice will be carried out on Kennedy Road. Range on Sunday, December 9th, at 10 am. Members will assemble at the Range at that time, with belts and holsters with revolver. Uniform optional.

Winter Uniform.. Members of the Chinese Company and members of other units are warned to get their winter uniform ready; those who are not in posses sion of name will apply to their respective equipment officer.

(Sgd.) D. L. KING, D.S.P. (E), Adjutant.

Hong Kong, November 27th, 1928. -

According to the second crop estimate of Taiwan sugar for next crop year just made public by the Government-General of Taiwan, the production will be larger by

It has come to the attention of 2,058,000 piculs than the actual

the writer that many expensive figure of this year, the gure being carpets from the former Ministry of 11,554,000 picula. This indicates Foreign Affairs in Peking, and that "Japan is becoming complete other official buildings bave been ly self-supporting in sugar. If the brought to Nanking or at least production of sugar in Hokkaido. what had been left of them by Feng- and the South Seas Island is in. tien forces. Owing to the fact that CIVIL AVIATION IN CHINA. eluded the total crop will rezeh the building accommodation at the. 13,774,000 piculs, which compares disposal of the National Govern- with estimated consumption ofment is insufficient to meet require 1,000,000 piculs. »

ments, these are said to be lying in Likewise, the open air, rotting. nothing is being done to house the archives of the government.

MARINE UNDERWRITING

.LOSSES.

The Taiwan Sugar Manufactur- ing Company will produce, accord- ing to the official report, 3.050,000 picula next year, Meiji Sugar Company, 2,500,000 picuis," Dai- Nippon Sugar Company 2,230,000 piculs, Ensuike Sugar Company 1,650,000 picula, Teikoku Sugar Co. 1,180,000 picais, Niitaka Sugar Company $25,000 piculs, Showa The marine accounts of many Company 240,000 picule, Shinko insurance companies recently pub Sugar Company 131,000picals, lished in London indiente the de- Saroku Sugar Company 43,000 pressed condition of marine under- piculs, Shinchiku Sugar Company writing, Ten leading companies 70,000 picula, and Taito Bugar which, in 1920, received a premium Company 43,000 piculs.

income of £3,441,305, have, In addition, Taiwan will have far," lost £172,599, equivalent to 150,000 piculs of brown sugar 5.01 per cent of the income. The which is not included in the oth total income for 1926 of 53 com- cial figure. Besides this, it is re-panies was £18,500,048, and the ported that Japan will have net Joss WAS approximately 2,010,000 piculs of sugar of various £900,000, or also. about & per cent.

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viz. 300,000 Marine accounts, are notoriously piculs of centrifugal sugar and difficult to analyse; yet there is 730,000 piculs of native sugar from ample evidence to show the highly ROYAL

Okinawa Prefecture, 190,000 piculs unsatisfactory state of the business. of centrifugal sugar and 20,000 It is too early yet to indicate the AFTERNOON picule of native sugar from. Daito results of the 1927 accounts, but it island,180,000 piculs of native sugar is noteworthy that the first year's from Kagoshima Prefecture, 280,000 settlements and expenses in the piculs of beet sugar from Hok-cases of de companies which ro kaido, 230,000 picule of centrifugal ceived

premium income of sugar and 60,000 piculs of native 27,708,212 amounted to 43,90 per sugar from Saipan of the South cent. of the premium income, "as Sea Islands.

compared with 46.04 per cent. for The official estimate shown above the corresponding settlements on appears to be alinost final figures, the 1926 accounts. The views' of and no essential modification is ex the underwriters given in the issue pected.

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