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TO LET

KOWLOON DAILY SUPPLEMENT

Hongkong Daily Press.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General Post Office in the United Kingdom.

ESTABLISHED 1857

Issued Gratis with the regular Edition of the

Daily Press ."

LILLEY AND SKINNER

Exclusive London Footwear.

Fresh Large Consignment

JUST ARRIVED. · PRICES from $8.75 Every Pair Guaranteed PAUL RENNET ET CIE.

AUSTIN-NATHAN ROADS,

KOWLOON:

'SUPPLEMENT NO. "110

ARCADIA

47, Peking Road (Near Star Cinema) KOWLOON)

Jewellery

Watches and Clocks and Repairs Jade and other Precious Stones

The WORLD DRUG Co. The cheapest and most completely stocked Drug store in Kowloon. Wholesale and Retail.

Patent Medicines, Drugs, Toilet Requisites & Druggist. KOWLOON OFFICE:-370, Nathan Road. (Next to Nathan Hatel).

Phone: 58994.

The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. and all Compradore Stores

"For

Daisy Brand

BUTTER.

Still the world's best.

THE HOTEL NATHAN The leading Chinese Hotel in South China

Nathan Road

PUMP

Maintenance Service

At Low Monthly Rates PLUMBING CONTRACTORS

Estimates Furnished

Satisfaction

Assured

Well Boring, Flush Water Installations

Duro Pump and Engineering Co.,

Hydro Electrical & Sanitary Engineers 430, Nathan Rd.

Tel. 86226

TANAKA

PHOTO STUDIO Developing, Printing and Enlarging for Amateurs

a Speciality.-- Cameras and Films 12, Peking Road

Tel. 87072,

TIFFANY

STUDIO

Keep those happy

records of your

lives and the lives

of your little ones.

240 NATHAN ROAD Tel. 66493

Tel. 56600-56603

We have for sale Imported Portuguese Sausages, Salad Oil, Olives......... Home made Portuguese Sausages... ...Smoked Eels, Italian Australian Cheese

and etc.

The Variety

Cake Shop, Tea Room

and Restaurant.

Wine and Liquors Served with Meals.

28, HANKOW ROAD TEL. 58807.

Fraternity Book Room

Bibles, and Books about the Bible, in Chiness and English. Christian Periodicals, Pictures, and Posters, 216, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Save your Time and have your Permanent completed in 2 hours by the Latest American Bystem." Ringletics at

THE LITTLE BEAUTY PARLOUR 20, Hankow Road Tel. 58776,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1933

Kowloon Supplement Hong Kong: Britain's Entrepot

HONG KONG, JUNE 10, 1933.

A PLEA FOR THE INN

For South China “

BRITISH PRICES MUST REACH

COMPETITIVE LEVEL

POSITION OF THE PIECE GOODS

TRADE

Of recent years there has been a ten- dency part of those foreign manu- factures (chiefly American), whose sales in China are expanding, to erect subsidiary factories or finish.

which

liong (or just under £5 millions). and were made up as" follows:-

in millions

*

Piece Goods and Textiles 41.4

(including "Woollen and Cotton Yarn) Metals

7.3

Sundries

5.4

Tobacco and cigarettes Fertilizers

3.7

3.6

2:0

2.0

Machinery and Engines Chemicals and. Drugs, The other groups, which are euch.

under $2 millions, are:- Intoxicating Liquors.

Motor Vehicles and Accessories. Foodstuffs and Provisions. Wearing Apparel. Hardware.

Oily and Fats., "

Paper and Paperware.

Dyeing and Tanning Materialy. You will notice that Piece Goods

and Textiles are far and away the most important lines in which Her Great Britain, is interested. principal competitors are well be- low her in total values, as the fol lowing table shows:-

Japan Germany Italy

U.S.A.

$

7,400,000

3,100,000

1,300,000

800,000

During this Bummer probably thousands of residents will visit the New Territories by motor car and there are indeed, few pleasanter ways of spending the week-end. Only biase folk who are never moved by the charm of the countryside can fail to find attractive the lush green of the paddifields, the picturesque walled villages or the granduer of the hills that slope towards Shatining plants in the neighbourhood of Valley. Yet a great many people the markets of China Shanghai has, Shanghai. As regards supplying hesitate to tour the Territories of course, the advantage of being simply because, throughout the sixty inside the tariff. wall. But Hong miles of excellent road, there are Kong is a natural centre for many no establishments at which they other markets besides China_(eg, can stop during the heat of the day Malaya, Siam, Dutch East Indies and enjoy refreshments both liquid and Borneo) and goods shipped from and solid. Now if some enterpris- Hong Kong are not only exempt ing syndicate were to establish inns

from the export duty payable on at various parts of the Mainland, shipments from Chinese ports but enjoy preferential tariffs on enter- where the fatigued traveller could ing certain British colonies. There pause awhile and drain the contents is also this consideration, of a foaming tankard, or enjoy a has greater force now than it had light and savoury lunch, we imagine before the bombardment of Chapei, that the countryside. would lure far that Shanghai cannot offer the same more people to its green bosom than security and protection from out- care to venture forth at the present side interference, as a British colony time. Some wit, possibly Mr.' G, K,

like Hong Kong. As time goes on Chestertom, once declared that the I think, there will be a development inns of England were the foundation of this tendency to manufacture on the spot certain lines which are of her sturdy country folk, and, indispensable to Chinese Consumers. though they may have been so in If I am right I trust that British the days when beer was eighty per manufacturers will not be behind- vent. hops and twenty malt, the inn hand in adopting such a policy and is still the pride of the heart of I hope that the suitability of Hong the Empire. In this Colony, we aro

Kong as a base of operations will curiously deficient in that time.not be overlooked.

And now I come to the question total of 841,400,000 it will be found .Sub-dividing Great Britain's honoured institution," the pub,". of what can be done to increase that a third of that figure repre and in its place wo are given Great Britain's share of the foreign, sents Yarn, Cotton Yarn amounting rococco palaces whose atmosphere trade of South China. That ques-to $10,300,000 and Woollen Yarn to gets a little tedious at times. Hong tion in regard to the whole fald of Kong and Kowloon are amply" pro-

China was examined by the British vided with hotels and cafes, and we Economic Mission which was sent see no reason why their number out to the Far East in 1903 to in- should be increased, but there does quire on the spot into the reason seem to be a dire need for road. for the decline in British trade. It houses in the New Territories. is outside the scope of this paper to examine the findings of that Mis- There is very little plensure in driv.

sion and I will only quote from the

Despite her apparent prepond- ing through the Territories on a report the main conclusion, which erant lead, Great Britain's share of blazing June day unless one can

was this: Production and all Cotton Piece Goods is steadily de- enjoy some beverage, even if it be other costs must be reduced until clining, and although the anti- tea or lemonade, during the jour- the prices of British goods reach Japanese boycott may for a year or ney. As for tifin, unless one cares once more a competitive level." so arrest that decline it is only ten to stop at a Chinese, booth and There in a nutshell lies the remedy clear that competition from Shang- tackle the native pottage, the way-

which British merchants in China hai mills, as well as from Japan farer or the motorist must go hungry have advocated for many years and Soviet Russia, has killed cer unless he has provided himself with Past, but with the high standard tain styles which were formerly im a hamper and thermos flask, and Great Britain one can hardly he The separate Cotton Mission which of labour conditions prevailing in ported entirely from Lancashire. that is rather too much trouble for surprised at British manufacturers accompanied the British Economic some people. Then again, if resi- finding it extremely difficult to put Mission of 1930 reported that there dential inns were established one such a remedy into practice... could be no improvement of the could spend a delightful week-end

situation in China without a radic is the country and awake in the

al alteration in the methods of exporting, and marketing Lanca shire goods. The various parties and engaged in the manufacture borted to reduce their respective preparation of such goods were ex- costs and the Mission put forward ganisation to centralino sales in a suggestion for setting up an or- China. Little appears to have been done to give effect to the Mission's recommendations and if Lancashire cannot cut down her costs of pro- duction to a competitive level no amount of organising and centraliz ing in China is likely to save the situation. It may surprise you to learn that there are between so and

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Trade in 1932..

morning to hear the song of the I do not wish to hurl statistics at your head for. I know full well that oriole or the bellowing of the water buffalo, and doubtless the various figures can be mainpulated to sup- scents of our local countryside would port any argument and where, as float in at the casement window; Huctuations have to be taken into in the case of Hong Kong, exchange hardly like new-mown hay, but still, account, a strict comparison is al very bucolic. We are certain that most impossible. Nevertheless, you these inns would not lack patronage may find the Hong Kong Trade and one can imagine the bar crowd Returns for 1932, which I am about ed on Sunday mornings with thirsty the quote, of help in your efforts to men shouting for beer. In the cool visualise Grent Britain's interest in of afternoon, when the shadows the trade of the Colony :-- lengthened on the lawna, tea and honey could be served under decora- tive umbrelits and, if the innkeeper. Total Importa werá 80 millions wished to be really enterprising and (£31 millions)

Total Imports were 8024 millions (£41 millions)

•

$3,000,000.

Woollen. Pieer Goods were 87 millions and Cotton Piece Goods, mainly. Fancies, about 850 millions, or one half of the tota! imports under the heading of Tex-

tiles.

Piece Goods.

Chinese commission

original, he could build a swimming Taking imports alone it is grati-100 importing firms in Hong Kong pool in which the ladies and gentle-fying to note that Great Britain who are interested in the Piece men could disport, themselves in our has regained her position as second Goods business. Many of these firms: advertisers' latest bathing gowns.to China (after being fourth in are amall Eheu! These idle fancies are no 1900 and third in 1) with a per-agents whose transactions in picco better than castle of Spain, for who centage of 12.3 as compared with goods are few and far between, bat can imagine the Government ever China's 27.2 and Japan's 3.4. Ex- their participation in the trade imports from tends to uneconomic price cutting permitting the Colony to be dotted cluding treasure, with inna? It is an amusing idea,

Great Britain amounted to 877 mil and swells the volume of inquiry which is so often misleading to SALLEH RADIO SERVICE|| though, and if it should ever come

Manchester, Of recent years Picce Good business has involved most importers in heavy losses and, ultra-keen competition,

802, Nathan Houd..... "Phone 56651 Kowloon's Leading Radio Store. Quick and Efficient Radio Repairing. Reasonable Prices: From $1.00 per month up.

Radio Sets and Parts For Sale

JOHN LO & CO.

HIGH CLASS SHOE-MAKERS 222, Nathan Road, Kowlook. Latest design, beat workmanship. at very reasonable prices,

to phes we shall be among the first

of

has become quite un-

to quench our thirst in the depths is best to keep our Colony BB

a smoked oak inglenook It Oriental as possible, for, next through would be a cheerful sight, indeed, to suburban ugliness, oné can both in Hong Kong and in Man if the signs of the Spotted Pig and conceive of nothing more nerve- chester, the Mottled Mandarin orcaked as wracking, than pseudo-Tudor hos-remunerative Many of the lead- ing Hong Kong firms would perfor their hinges above the paddiñeldspitality. Better to build a rest to leave such unattractive business and merry sounds were heard at house or two on a hill top, night by the wayfarer as he passed plant palm trees around them, and by the orange-curtained windows, import a few panthers and park or paused at the doorway to cutch keets to give the right local colour.

a glimpse of rows of shining pewter That might even entice Somerset on the Dutch shelf. Yet perhaps it Maugham to come and write another (Continued at foot of next Column) play,

to others but for the fact that they have a special "Piece Goods depart- ment, with a staff of brokers and plerks, which has to be kept em- ployed to meet overhead costs. No firm, however, can carry an unpro- Continued on page 12

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Tel. 53538

19-91 BANKOW ROAD

Golden

exquisite

Chinese Embroidered

Linens in the Colony.

Ivory, Amber, Crystal

FOOK WENG

Pagoda

20, Hankow Road and Peninsula Hotel Arcade.

Old and New

Eidbroidered

Silks.

Curios, Cloisonno,

Lacquer, Waro, do,

& Co.

STANDARDNE

Agents

Phone: 58749

CARS

Alex Ross & Co. (China), Ltd.

KOWLOON GARAGE

CHINA LIGHT & POWER Co. (1918), Ltd.

Aiding In

The Development of Kowloon and the New Territories by

PROVIDING ELECTRICITY

for

LIGHT HEAT POWER

USE MORE ELECTRICITY

Economical-Convenient-Attractive

Head Office St. George's Bldg.

Tel. 28537

Kowloon Office 27, Nathan Road. Tel. 57677

The Blue Taxicabs Limited.

NOTICE.

Our Patrons are hereby notified that from the 1st, day of May, 1933 the fares for taxicab hire will revert to the old tariff-1,8, 40 cents First mile and ten cents for each subsequent Quarter mile.

In Addition the Company will run small taxicabs from New Ferry Pier Stand at Jordan Road, Kowloon, the tariff to be 80 cents First mile and 5 cents per quarter mile for subsequent mileage:

Also public cars for hire Day and Night:-

4 seater car at $2.40 per hour.

For

"

"

$3.00

#1" $4.20 '11

Waiting time at half charge,

large and small cabs or public cars Ring 87417, and 57716 and car will be sent immediately from nearest stand.

Office and Garage

Corner Nathan Road & Market Street, Kowloon.

AIRLIE HOTEL 22-25, NATHAN ROAD, European Managerment Excellent Cuisino. Teleph. 87357

Removal Notice.

Colombo Jeweller will remo

from

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