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COLONY'S HEALTH DECLINE OF CHINA'S

WEEK.

THE GILBERTIAN TOUCH.

COMEDY AT SANITARY BOARD

MEETING.

"When a Member', must engaged in his employment, his employ-

Rent.

SHIPPING.

FEWER SHIPS ON BOTH

RIVER AND COAST.//

The Kuo Wen news agency re- cently published a statement on the decline of Chinese shipping, which affords melancholy reading. Taking the different lines one by one, the Kuo Wen gives these reports:-

Or thinking of a Sanitary plan,

*tary plan, "His onjicity for innocent enjoy.

Yangiaze (Up River) Shipping. ent, centenjoyment.

In previous years Chinese stamm- Za me great as that of way other

boats running between Hankow and man; other man," (With apologies to W. S. Gilbert). Chungking amounted to more than 30, but the competition with for- In long and solemn conclave, the eiga shipping companies was so Sanitary Board deliberated upon ankeen that it proved the weakness item on the agenda at yesterday's on the part of China's shipping, and until very recent times there meeting which, certainly suggested were only five or six Chinese steam- possipikties for enlightening debate. ers running regularly long this i: came

under the heading of section of the River. Unfortunate

iy, since, the 15th instant all three "Health Week."

Chinese "boats were and still are One's mind positively boggled at lying at Ichang doing no

noye visions of armies of sanitary evolics business. carrying out an intensive canipaign against all and sundry germs which happened upon their path, long haired lecturers at street corners, verbose addresses given in the City Hall" by prominent local medicos, -lengthy articles its the Press anent the destructive effects of microbes upon human life and the public peace generally, long processions with banners and paper dragons winding through the Chinese quar. ters, and goodness knows what

све.

Instead...

"

the

announced * Gentlemen," Chairman gravely, the next item tu be considered is the observance of Health Week in the Colony...

He held a large bundle of papers in his hand neatly tied with red

Lupe.

"I take it that all members of the Board have seen them," he con- tinued.

Have 11 queried Mr. M. K. Lo suspiciously.

"You have signed them, so I take it that you must have done, returned the Chairman.

"Yes," agreed the member,

I cannot remember having read

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them has not seen them

clared Mr. Wong Kwang. Tin einively.

but

de-

de

The Chairman explained their ob. ject.

It is proposed to hold Health Week from October" -19,' he said.The Chinese Y.M.C.A. have worked in this direction during several past winters and they pro- pose to do it again. The Director of Medical Services has put up a meme compiled by the M.O. for Schouls. I agree with Dr. Williams when he says that the work done in the schools is the most important part of the work in connection with hygiene. I suggestion we conden

irate on the schools.**

Mr. Braga Objects.

Mr. Braga considered the scheme should go further. If additional expenses was incurred, he argued, the Government should be prepared to meet it on a recommendation from the Sanitary Board because any expense in that direction was! quite justified.

Dr. Fawcett brought the orators down to earth, howeyer.

Halchow Shanghal Coast Line.

With the train service along the Tungai Railway resumed, flai chow is overwhelmed with cargo from the interior,, waiting steamers to ship it to Shanghai for I was usually the transhipment. China Merchants's S. N

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All the Board is asked to do is to clap their hands and approve of the scheme which has already beca drafted and is ready to be put into operation," he pointed out. "It is all fixed up and is more or legg a one-man show and it's no use making any suggestions now. quite agree that unless it is ex- traordinarily well organised, the scheme will be of no use. It should have been brought to our notice Chairman: But a lot more could be done. Mr. Braga, I believe. would like to have seen the place plastered with propaganda?

Mr. Braga: Certainly, and I would like to go further than that.

before."

for

Co.'s

asiness to charter at least one steamboat to ship away the cargo: the steamship Tungwah." for in-

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1929,

ane, was the last steamer ar riving in Shanghai-from that port with 3,700 cuges of tobacën leaves. But the harbour at Haichow is so shallow that at present no coast

vessel of any considerable tonnage dares to sail in. This reason to- gether with others has compelled the Chiness Merchants. S. N. Co. to give up this line. From to-day onward there will be no more Chinese conating steamer running, on this line.

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Shanghal-Tientsin Coast Line, Formerly, there were four China Merchants Steamboats running along this line regularly: hut or auront of the recent trouble over the wharf at Tientsin the Company has withheld three leaving the steamer Bain. Ming alone to con- time her service along this line.

Shanghai-Foochow Lane.

Money and Markets

CANTON TRADE

NOTES.

Merchants in Cheloo have suspended business as a protest against the new taxes on imports and exports.

Match manufacturers are doing Fairly well as the import of Japan ese matches has been reduced re- cently, The Canton output has in- creased by about twenty per cent.

SOMETHING SAVED BY

THE SOVIETS.

CLAIM FOR SALVAGE AGAINST GERMAN

LINER.

HAMBERG, Sept. 26. A mixed Russo-German tribunal has been constituted in order to arbitrate in the case of the Russian Government' claim for Mks. 2,300,000 resulting from salvage operations by the Russian ice The flour market has been exceed-breaker Krassia in the case of the ingly active since Monday as stocks and arrivals are short and demand healthy. Prices have ad- vanced by about twenty cents per bag.

The piece goods market which has been unexpectedly inactive since spring has been further handicaped by the presens financial crisis." Merchants are doing less than one third of their normal business at this time, of the year.

Business in the North River,dis- tricts has been dead lately owing to military activity and the de

German liner Monte Cervantes.

The German ship was rammed under the water line by an ice-foe last year near Spitzberger and was in a dangerous position when found by the Krassin.

The ice-breaker

towed the German liner into Spitz- bergen where the damage was re paired by the engineers of the

Krassin.

The salvage claim being consider ed exorbitant by the German, Line, both parties decided to resort to arbitration.

HAMILTON BRIDGE.

SECURES PROPERTY FOR TRONTO PLANT.

("D.P." Special Service.]

de. Toronto, Ont.-Large-scale relopment of the structural steel industry here is foreshadowed in the announcement that the Hamil ton Bridge Company has secured a 5-acre parcel of waterfront pre- perty the foot of Spadina. avenue, where its operations when in full swing are expected to give employment to from 150 to 200 men, in addition to invigorating and stepping up the steel shipping phase of harbour front activity.

Announcement of the completion of negotiations was made by the Toronto Harbour Commissioners, Though the Harbour Board did not make public the amount of money involved in the transaction, it is understood that it will mean an investment of at least $350,000, the purchase it is pointed out, includ ing the large buildings which were some time ago acquired by Canada Metal Company and which were formerly the main section of the Dominion Shiphuilding Company plant.

preciation of the Central Bank of DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS.

China notes. The exportation of leaf tobacco and paper, the chief products of the North River dis tricts, has been held up, and no foreign goods are being sent to these districts from Canton.

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The depreciation of the Central Bank of China notes has affected the cotton yath market which has been inactive for the last week. Transactions have been few and the market

Buyers

is overstocked, Prices $1,266 have, however, remained firm, as merchants are unwilling to sell. A 2191 telegram from Shanghai says that the market on Monday was steady and the quotations were unchanged.

RUBBER AND MINING. Messrs. Carroll Bros. have been advised of the following qantations and dividends on Rubber and Min- ing shares.

QUOTATIONS.

Allenbys Ayer Panas Changkat Serdangs

Jerams Jimahs Kedahs Lunas

Until very recently there were | Glenealys * four Chinese shipping companies with stearabouts running regularly along this coast line, but since yesterday only the steamers Yung hing and Shun An are left to keep their schedule on this line..

|

Malaka Pindas.. New Screndabs Palsms',

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.

-------- $1,260) Do. (London)

Chartered Banks .......

£19) £342

£15 $90

Bellar

Balen gita!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 1.

Buyers Sellers

Sale

Neminal

Banks

$1,280

H.K Banks

£130

£32

Mercantile Bks. "A",

eist

Do.

C'

890f

Bank of East Asia...

+

Insurances

$650 32.10

Canton IDs.

$860

Underwriters

32:10

T160

North China

T160

$363

$360

Union Insin

$362

1960 Yangtaze Ins...........

860

$310

$780

China Fires**** $310 H.K. Fires.....

3780

8 2.45

1.95

Shipping

6.50

2.50

$27

Douglases

825 Seg

1.25

$16

Steamboats

325

1.85

$46

Indos (pret)..........

3,73

$70

Do. (def.)

2.30

98/-

Shell Transporta ...

$50 800 100/-

2.03

$29

Water-boats.

321}

3.95

2,35.

£3

4%% 7300

60/-

83/6

***... Bd.

T.181 7.10

Langkats (comb.)

T.16

Do. (single)

T.10

Explorations....

T.1?

Shanghai Loans...

T.S

$94

Raubs

71% Int. 21/-

Trone Mines .......

21% 5%

10% final

3

8141

84.70

Providenta

6d.

$321

H.K. Docks

5321 8334

T.146 T.84

***

DIVIDENDS.

The Southern Coast, Chinese liners running between Shanghai, Swatow and. Canton Brunei Uniten. were numerous in the past, but the Tambalaks competition has become so keen that, Gopeng Consolidated the number has decreased rapidly Tapah Rubber Estate Ltd. 5 Int. 1 every year, till the China Mer- Tronoh Mines

4ld. Int. T.B chaits' S. N. Co. alone was able to idris Hydraulic

3% Int. stand for a while, Much to the Malayan Collieries disappointment of the public, of Pepong Dredging the Tour China Merchants steam-

Puteh Tin Dredging boats running along this line not Renong Tin one is now able to continue her ser Kinta Tin Mines vice. At present, there is not "

Tanjong Tin single Chinese boat travelling reJelapang Tin gularly on the southern coast.-Pengkaler.....

no en.

$230,000 CONTRACT FOR

SEED PLANT.

GOVERNMENT ASSISTS

DISTRIBUTION.

["D.P." Special Service)

100%

EUROPEAN SUGAR MARKET. LIGHT'S FAVOURABLE ESTIMATE OF CROP.

Messrs. Peatreath & Co. have re- ceived the following wire from Liverpool, dated October 1.

$9,85

8

The Licht estimate of the Euro- pean Suga: erop is 8,134.000 tons. Construed slightly bearish. Moose Jaw, Sask.-The contract Interviewed by our represent for the construction of the new re tive the Manager of Messrs. Pen- gistered seed plant for the Saskat-treath & Co, said that the estimate chewan Registered Seed Growers by Licht, the famous Australian 814 Limited of Moose Jaw, has been statistician was far above what had let to the Carter-Hall-Aldinger been expected and had evidently Company, of Montreal, Winnipeg dispelled the current reports to the and Vancouver for 3230,000 it is effect that the drought in Europe announced here by company off kad injured the sugar beat erop. cints. Work is to commence imOn the contrary a good crop was mediately on the excavation. The now expected. contract calls for the building to be finished November 15, ready to handle the registered seed crop of the present season.

Month of Sundays." Chairman: As ons member of the Board has not seen the scheme

The structure is to be of solid I auggent we postpone further, con-

base Sreproof construction, the sideration of the scheme until our dimensions of 115 feet by 00 feet next meeting in a fortnight's time.

running up five storeys, with a to- Mr. Braga And then it will be

wer in the middle of ten addition- too late. We unnecessarily delay a storeys, 60 feet by 52 feet. The our decisions in the Board-room.

sack and bin storage approximates This Board takes a month of Sun-

150,000 bushels at any one time, but daya to decide anything. In this

the equipment will handle several instance; the sooner we come to a

times that during the seed season. Our recom decision the better.

The Regina Irader points put mendations have counted for that the Dominion Government, little in the past and this thing through the Department of Agricul may go so far as to be pigeon-ter, is equipping in a splendid way holed and forgotten entirely or else the farmers Seed Pool of the pro- Health Week will be over before vince with this fine concrete plant, we have drawn up our recommenda-in. recognition of the work that has tion!"

Mr. Wong Kwong Tin: I am not been done by them in the last five years in distributing uniformly prepared to say one thing bran-high quality seed of pedigree an other without acoing the scheme. cestry to the farmers of the West. Is is a fair thing to me?

Later, he offered to withdraw his proposal for the deferment of the cheme if such a step would save -time.

The Chairman: I think we had better defer it until our next meet

ing.

pointed out, may be given no atten-" tion. But a twinkle in his eye sug gested to my lay mind that Mr Braga quite enjoyed his little tilt at the Board's deliberative methods of debate, while I could not help think-

Mining

Benquéta.....

Kailans...............

Docks, Wharves,

Godowns, etc.

ILK & K. Wharfs... 9141

Shanghai Docks --- T147

New Engineerings TAL

T.100 Hougkews moun

*11

$4.75

!!!!!!

Cotton Mills.

891.20 822

Ewos Ti01 S'hai. C'tons (old)... T.72 DG. (new)... Tie Zoong Sings

****.-$92.20

T.106

1.74

T.134

Lands, Hotels and

Buildings

H.K. & S. Hotels. 30.60 H.K. Lands

T180 Shanghai Lands

18

$99

---

----| #14.30

H.K. Realtysmama 58

Humphreys

Chinese Estates.........

Public Utilities

$18.35 Tramways ***.. 519.30 $11.80 Peak Trams (old)..... $31,05 $6.05

(now)... 35 Star Ferrics... $60 8701

U. Lights (old).... 913.40 13.20/140

(new)... $13.25 H.K. Electrics $631

Macao do,

Bandakan Lights...

3692

Ja

$13.30

13.10% 40

CANADIAN NATIONAL'S

$13

EARNINGS.

#831 823

$64

441

+

821

5 PER CENT GAIN OVER

LAST YEAR.

$7.45.

T.18

11/

30/-

["D.P." Special Service.] Montreal, Que,-Increases in gross financial cornings feature the statement of the Canadian Nation- al Railways for the month of June

$71 and the first half of the current

$71 year. Net earnings for the first six months of 1929 were also 8 per cent over the corresponding period of 1028 though for June there was

T.11 some falling off in comparison with T10 the same month a year ago.

$9.65

29.85

$7.85

80.96

$27

2018 11

Do.

Do

Telephones...........

China Buses................

$63

$7.30

$7.75

I+A

#9.85

***

(old)... $8.00

(new)...) 81.75

Tractions, ........... 9/

Do. (prof.)......

Industrials

TAT

Canton Icos... $3. Cements (comb.)... 29.80

Do. Do. Bopos

RIAAL $7.35

China Bagar N

Malabon

Caldbeck, (ord.)

Macgregor pref.) United Asbestos

MiscellaneouE

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Dairy Farms

$201

$201

$0.80

Der A. Wings....

20.60

$251 $1.40

Amusementara

$24

Constructions

$12

Lane Crawfords

$1.30

$12

Do.

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Gross earnings for the National Syatem in June amounted 222,190,021, compared with $22,032,707 in June 1928, dn in crease of $104,154. For the First six months of 1920 gross earnings totalled 8187,145,211 compared with 9123,213,526 for the first half of last year, an increase of $3,931, 695. $18

Net earnings in June

with 82,440,827 дв compared 82,806,658 in June 1928. For the $20,888,045 in comparison with 819,870,375, an increase of 81,018,570 or 5.13 per cent.

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Mr. Braga Shame (Laughter.) And so, the scheme, hangs fire ing that the humours of the situa-first six months not earning were until the Board has drawn un re- tion were not entirely lost upon Dr. commendations which, as Mr. Braga Fawcett! (Continued as foot of next column).

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Mackintoshs........

Nanyang Tobacco... 34

Sinceres (old) $10.26

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Wm. Fowells.........

B. Inil. G. Bonds... HK. Govt. Loan

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