1941-09-24 — Page 3

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Silk Stocking Crisis

Crisis In America

Cotton Hose Or Bare Legs?

CESSATION OF TRADE RELATIONS WILD JAPAN FINDS THE UNITED STATES WITH ONLY ENOUGH SILK ON HAND FOR FOUR MONTHS; AFTER THAT WOMEN MAY HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO GO BARELEGGED OR BEVERT TO COTTON HOSE. With stocks of raw slik la poblic warehouses estimated at 53,000 bales and another 35,000 bales in the hands of wills, accustomed to Consuming about 5,000 bales a week, the Government moved quickly to keep the price of silk hose down below the price of a ruby ring. bel it would do little about the supply.

THERE IS PRACTICALLY DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

NO work out detalls of the price cell OF ing on raw silk,

Mr Henderson supplemented his

mporters.

weavers, and manufacturers wich

SILK. Sapplies have come almost wholly from Japan and China. In warning 1940, Japan supplied 8 per cent, brokers of the Nation's silk: China 16 per

cent.

Self suffer in nylon, Ameri CAD-made substitute for silit, is still a long way off Nylon pro- durtim this year, al best, Coin-1

officials say

mere Department would only about One righth

the Nations stocking require ments and nylon might be needed for purchutes and other defense tenis

PRICE CEILING

To keep the price of silk from kyrockethig Lenn Henderson: Government Price Administrator. has announced that his agency imposed a price ceiling on silk at the price level prevailing on Monday, July 21 Between July

raw

21 and July 29 prices of raw silk futures rost about 20 per cent, in anticipation of some punitive ae. tion against Japanese aggression In the Far East

At the same time, he called re- presentatives of the silk Industry I meet with him on July 29 to

COME ALONG TO THE

CHOICE FOOD

PENINSULA

-FOR-

Mr

GENERAL

FORTHCOMING ·

MARRIAGES

silk and forbidding mills to knit

The following forthcoming mar- or otherwise process silk in ex- rlages were announced at the Re- секи от the Lotals they processed glstry, Bupreme Court, yesterday: Last week.

Ta Tim-wing. aeronautical Army and Navy officials gave

engineer, o! No. 1 Boundary would not seriously interfere with at No 102 Tal Po Road: assurance that the silk shortage Street, and Miss Wong Slew-ching. Le manufacture 01 parachutes.

Michael Kelly, The Navy said it

private Royal had sufficient Scots, "B" Coy., of Victoria Bar- parachute silk supplies on hand. racks, and Miss Leung while

Ali-50, Army officers pointed nut dressmaker of Nu 144 Lockhart that experiments have shown 9 | Rog: wide range of synthetic material that can be used to replace silk, if heerssary.

As to the silk-stocking crisis. Commerce Department records

HEADACHE NO. 1 for English girls Is the clothes-rationing sebeme for a pair of silk stockings they have to give up two coupons, and sometimes silk stockings only last a few days. So a Croydon store has started a beauty parlour for bare legs: here girls can have their legs sprayed with imitation

stocking lotton for 6d.

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Botice to retailers to maintain show that last year's sitk silk prices at present levels.

stocking production was about 44.000.000 dozen pairs. Output

"Any advance to silk items at retail," he asserted, "is oc- casioned only by the prospect of shortage. Consumers should Lake such increases as evidence of profiteering."

RAW SILK FROZEN

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of nylon stocklugs lo the first five montlas of this year was only about 3,000,000.

In addition to its principal us

the manufacture of hostery. silk has many

uses in industry. The Office v Production Man such as in insulation of wire and agement. meanwhile, 13sucd an cable. Waste silk used for pow. order freezing all stocks of raw der bags of large callber guns.

J Dag Rowe Linha, private Royal Scoto, "B" (by, of Victoria Bartacks and Miss Mari Alice Si ver ext Au 34 Queen's Road East

NEWSETTES

reuilsed

Altogether $10.000 WAS from the three-day "Bowi-of-Rice" Movement launched in Singapore Jon the 10th anniversary of the Mukden Incident on September 18 Half of the sum will be re- mitted to London through Lady Themas. while the other will be remitted to Madame Chiang Kai- shek for Chinese relet.

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"The Light of East Asta," a mo- Won picture starring Japanese captives in Chungking, which has been passed by the censora will be shown in Singapore around the Double-Tenth Festival, China's Independence Day. The proceeds from the gala premlere will be donated to the Aid Britain Fund while the proceeds from the second performance will be for Chinese relief.

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The marriage took place on Sept. 13, al H. B. M. Consulate, Shanghai of Regina Rusenberg. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. J. Rosenberg. to James Hobart Campbell, only son of the late Mr. Campbell and Mrs. J. D

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Miss Ruth Packard, who recent- ly returned to Shanghal from trip to Peiping after her furlough in the United States, is remaining there as secretary of the Inter- national Branch of the YW.CA. 8he was due for service in West China, but the assignment changed to Shanghai.

TABLE D'HOTE MEALS SEARCHING ENQUIRY INTO 3

TIFFIN

From: 12 noon

DINNER

$1.76

$2 25

from 7.30 p.m.

CAFETERIA

GRILL

PENINSULA HOTEL

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The Hongkong & Shanghai Hote

Limited.

CHINESE COMPANIES SUGGESTED BY A.R.P. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

At the conclusion of yesterday's public hearing of the Inquiry into certain mat- Lers relating to the AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS DEPARTMENT, the Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Justice P. E. F. Cressali, expressed the hope that the responsible au- thorities will make a searching enquiry into the firms of PANG CHIK & TAM and the TAI IEE LUMBER CO. and get a share of the profits in the way of War Taxation.

the proprietor of the Kwang Mr. S Hampden-Ross with Mr. K.. Have you over sold to Kin Lee? p Shing firm and the manager, M. A. Barnett as Secretary. of the Tat Lee Chan and Chik.

Mr.We have not sold any from this C. N. Tinson appeared for lot. Hing firms were closely question-Wing Commander A. H. S. Steele-

I am not talking about this lot.

ed as to the relationship between Perkins and Mr D. R. Blake re- I am asking you if you have ever

asserted

was after the

210,000

the three firms which have their presented the Kin Lee firm of sold to Kin Lee?--Yes.

Mices in the same room. The building contractors.

That Two witnesses

that the The first witness was Mr. Leong plenes?—Yes. Kwong Hip Shing was in no way Kwai-chung K. C. Leong who! During this year?-Yes. connected with the Tai Lee Chan stated that he was the proprieturi Оп and Chik Hing.

of the Kin Wah Company, an im- The Commission comprises Mr.port and export firm. Justice P. E. F. Cressall (Chatr-

$43,000?--No, for $52,000. Were you ever connected with $43,000 was the cost price.

March 27, you sold 10,000 pieces to Kin Lee? Yes.

For

man, Mr. L. C F. Bellamy and any uther Company before that?— $43,009 was what it cost you to

Prior to July 31, 1941. I was buy the steepers?-Yes, business manager of the National Have you ever sold to Mars- Development Finance Corporation. man's?--No.

When was that company form- ed?The preparation to form that commenced on July 1, 1940.

MORE AIR FORCE Windfalls are

welcome! Windsqualls are

airworthy!

See further Announcements

What was formed for?-In commexion with finance.

The National Finance Develop ment Corporation never sold any sleepers to Maryman's-Never

Did you ever approach Mr. Car- man about the sale of these sleep-

Did you ever buy any railway ers?—Yes. sleepers? Yes.

BOUGHT 210,000 When?-On June 16, 1940, we purchased 210,000 pieces sleepers You purchased them from Jar dine, Matheson and Co. Ltd. ?-No, trom the Jardine Engineering Cor- poration.

What happened when you ap- proached him?-We wrote to Mr. the sleepers were not fit for use in Catman and received a reply tha!

rney did not want to buy. connexion with A.R.P. tunnel work.

What happened to these sleepers afterwarda?--I have to make this They acted un behalf of the point clear. The National Finance Chinese Government? Yes,

Development Corporation bought How much did you pay for that 210,000 Oregon pine sleepers which lot? There were two kinds of were only good for making gaso- sleepers, one lot of 70.000 were lene boxes. At that time there seledted ones at $2.00 each, and was a big demand for gasolene the other lot of 140,000 were un-, boxes in, Hongkong and a number selected ones at $1.70 cath.

of mercharits here wanted to bur Who did you sell those 210,000 aleepers. As a finance company nleepers to?-Tiere were several choy approached us to buy the tens of local firms, all timber mier. whole stock and sell to them in. chants,

small quantities. After wo had Can you name some of the bought the 310,000, we bought an Brms? We sold 50,000 to Kwong other lot of 90,000 hardwood steen- Hing, 3,000 to Lún Sang and 15,-era witch wore landfied as decay 000 to to Fux cho. I am only od Blespers because of their very naming the big lots. There were deplorable condition; rest of them also sales to small doplers but were deteriorating. The Jardine do not tik it is necessary to Engineering Corporation offered mention than.

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