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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1919.

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Rubber is still scare in Germany. Above are seen the Defence Minister's new.crcle battalion on patrol duty through the streets of Berlin, the tyres of most of their bicycles being made of coiled springs justead of the custoŭrazy pneumatic tyres.

Photo: Underwood and Enderwood:

FC.

The latest photograph of Field Marshal Hindenburg. ic civilian clothes.

Dr. Mary Gordon, of London. recently appointed as delegate

to the International Conference

of Women Physicians:

The town of Corpus Christi, Texas, was revently visited by a terribly destructive storm. The photo shows one of the streets, the day after the big storm, filled from end to end with 's mass of debris Mexicans here are at work, uleaning up the wreckage.

The house above was floated ten blocks on the flood and the stree: car below overturned while going to the rescue of Corpus Christi citizens.

This house was lifted by the hurricane and flood that struck Corpus Christi and deposited on top of the boat, part of which is seen in the foreground.

COMING BOOM IN TRADE.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

Sir Leo Chiozza Money, re-

frac-

BREVITIES.

Calgary, Alberta, has municipal baseball diamonds, soccer fields, golf links and grounds for other

than has actually been accom-18 has been sternir rebaked by United States the United King-cottons. or woollens, or hardware. plished to make it impossible for the facts of the case. The much dom at the close of the war is or glass. or railway waggons.

In spite of the demobilisation Britain to do a huge trade in the trumpeted adverse balance is in a triumphant position in the

Grain growers of Western Can-sports. There are 5000 golfers in BRITAIN'S CHANCE TO SEIZE near future. It is perfectly true indeed disappearing, and is fated world of commerce. She is one of over 3,000,000 men and a great

that America emerged from the to disappeur entirely.

of the three white nations with army of munition w rkers the ada are organizing a political the population of 25,000.

An American financier esti- war almost anscathed in point of The record of exports of British a great coal supply. Germany, number of unemployed is less party to be a factor in Dominion

mates thatone million Americans war casualties, and enormously goods only is singularly en- the third of the coal triumvirate, than in many normal years of politics.

An electric alarm clock which will visit England and France cently wrote to the Day Nerrated by stupendous war couraging. In December last the has lost part of her coal by the peace. The trade union unemploy-

profits. Next to America, how-exports were £38.300.000; in the Peace Treaty, and is under obli- ment rate is very low, and the awakens deaf sleepers by jarring and spend four billions of dollars In Africa the Madi women Let us suppose that anybody ever, Britain has the best trade, month just closed they amounted gation to furnish large quantities number of persons drawing un- their beds has beer invented in next year.

Germany.

make beer of millet-seed and it ad been told in March or April in the world, and is in the best to £74,800.000. I should like to of her

remaining output to employment donation is a

As many as 40,000,000 germs is served free of charge in one of 1918 that in another 18 months circumstances to take advantage know what greater rate of pro-France and Italy for nothing,tional part of the millions who

have been found in one cubic ime a triumphant Peace Treaty of a great opportunity.

gress in exports then this could as part payment of indemnity have been demobilised from the would have been signed, and that It is true that there is still an be reasonably, or even unreason North Germany will have serious Army, Navy Air Forces. and centimetre (about 06 of a cubic particular hut

Delaware indians were the first. need to import coal from this munitions.

commercial salt merchants in experts from the United King on abnormal excess of the case I ably, expected.

A world which has been inch of milk. would have risen to the rate of dealt with in these columns on If we turn to the entrepot country.

After growing for ten years America. They made salt from In August 21. I then showed how trade--the export trade in import- As for production generally, it denuded of stocks is calling for £1,080,000,000 per annum. those dark days such a prophecy much of the import values are ed goods--we see that this was is quite untrue to say that it is supplies. That call will increase, the Japanese cypress, one of the the brine springs in New York would have been difficult to be due to bigh freights (which are almost negligible at the end of in the doldrums. The fact is that and we are probably on the verge smallest specimens of the borti- state and sold it to settlers in A giant airplane weighing lieve. We were in retreat, and really invisible exports), and that last year, and that it has already there is an enormous demand for of one of the greatest trade culrural world, reaches the size 1670 the Channel ports were in such

here is still a great tribute com-recovered to £15,300,000. This, products which cannot be satis- booms in commercial history. It of a golf ball.

ton and a half imminent danger that we made

ng in frum oversea investments, be it remembered, in spite of the Bed. Not only the export market, is a time not for counsels of des- Digging pits to catch wild ele- 19,000 pounds is under construct-

panic-phants in Mysore, India, has ion, to carry a

of the of mail, It's schedule is to be stores of food to save London from Since then the position has further fact that Europe has been out of but the home market has expand-pair, and not for the

of useful been stopped because ed, and there is a ready sale for stricken "sacking starvation through the cutting of mproved, as I said it would, and action as a market.

he Prime Minister's spech in What are the prospects? everything that can be produced. servants, but for courage and suffering it causes animals in seven hours, between New York

jured by the tall.

and Chicago. the Dover communication.

Well. it is true that our exporthe House of Commons on August have a that next to the whether furniture,or brass ware,or confidence. have risen to the amazing fizur £1,030,000,000 per annum.

And

it is true aise that a Peace Treaty has beer, signed and a val ratification. Yet the writing. and speeches of this present ti are characterised by an extraord inary note of pessimism. We ar are told that ourt ade is "ruined" and approaching disaster. Produ tion, we are told, has su k to sun

rhetoric,

Carreu fall f zulfa."

a low ebb that we are on th verge of an abress. indeed, is chasms," "absses," "precipicos," and other varietie of the steep descent.

The amusing part of it is tha as the wailings increase our trade also increases and unemploymen grows less. This in spite of wors than no assistance from Majesty's Government, wituation, in fact, is largely takin; care of itself.

Th

Next to the United States of America, we are in a singularly fortunate position, and it would. I think, take much more bungling

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WELL, I SEE HELEN HAS BEEN DOWN SHOPPING AGAIN -

GREAT SCOTT, SHE DIDN'T

NEED ANOTHER HAT!

FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A TOP PIECE LIKE THAT - WHEN TRESE MILUKERS GET A HAT THEY CAN'T SELL THEY JUST MARK THE PRICE UP AND SOME WOMAN PROMPTLY FALLS FOR IT"- IF THIS HAT IS WORTH

FIFTY BUCKS PIL

EAT IT

SAY, HELEN, WHERE DO YOU GET THESE EXTRAVEGANT IDEAS? YOU SPEED FIFTY DOLLARS AS THOUGH IT GREK ON TREES, I'LL BET THERE BAT ANOTHER. KIOMÁN [ ON "THIS STREET "THAT EVER OWNED A BETY DOLLAR HAT

JA HER WHOLE LIFE!

WHAT'S HE RAYING ABOVE CA-IT MUST

¿BE THAT THAT

WHY THE IDEA OF YOU TAKING THIS HAT OUT OF THE BOX-THIS

BELONGS TO MRS. SMITH ACROSS THE STREET-THE DELIVERY BOY LEFT IT HERE AS SHE

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