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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURD
CONDITIONS IN HONGKONG:
V. S. CONSULS REPORT.
Mt. Geo E Anderson, the well-known (American, Consul- General, has recently sent homej an instructive report on the trada |of Hongkong for last year, BAYS the L&C. Express. The statistics' given are only for the nine months, and these show results far beyond what wan anticipated, while the indications! were that the ride during the last quarter of 1919 wou'd com
are VERY favourably with that of the corres; oading quarter of 1918. On the other hand, it is noted that the open- ing if trade to Europe has not been fllowed by a brisk a renewal of shipments of Chinese raw materials and other products to either Great Britain or the Continent of Europe as anticipat- ed and it is evident that large purchases in this diretion can not be expected in Europe until more settled conditions in in- dustry and commerce obtaini there. At the same time, there have been many hindrances to trade, such, 05 the ron- tinued disorders in South China, unsettled conditions, dus both to political disturbances and un- stable eredits, delays in trans- mission of cablegrams, and also to some extent by irregularities and slowness of mail service. The exchange situation has been an- other disturbing factor, being complicated by the silver situation in Hongkong itself, the prohibition of the export of ailver from the Colony affecting the value!
Bant notes of Hongkong
the circulating medium of thei Colony in such a WAY as to lead to a discount of 10 per cent. as compared with the corresponding silver currency Gutside of Hongkong. There has
been
a
R fair amount of capital; available for all proper backing and industrial purposes through- out the year. but the continued: influx of Chinese people and. Chinese capital have had tendency to force
upward all local prices in Hong- kong, with constantly increasing. cost of living. In many respects, says Mr. Anderson, the cost of living, as compared with prowar
Order now. Last shipment sold. New ship days, is bigher in the Far East at
the present time than in any other. part of the world, and it is higher
ment shortly. Exchange can be fixed when in Hongkong, than elsewhere it
most advantageous to buyer.
SOLE AGENTS IN SOUTH CHINA:
THE DRACON MOTOR CAR CO.
(The European" Garage).
24. DES VOEUX ROAD CTL.
Tel. 482.
Tel. 482.
THE CORONET.
THE
INFORMED
THAT THE ONLY GENUINÉ D. W.
PUBLIC ARE
GRIFFITH
PHOTOPLAYS
THOSE
HAVE WHICH
DD
the Far East. In the course of the report some of the more interesting features of the year's trade are dwelt upon. With regard to Japan, it appears that that co- untry bas continued its hold open | some lines of trade, but the anti- Japanese boycott has unquestion- ably been fel: by Japanese ex- porters in a larger and more serious way than might at first hold Japan, his appear.
the trade of Hongkong and South China in some lines which cannot be shaken off all at once, by reason of the fact that it is without competition in such lines: matches, some heavy cheap chemicals, and cheap! hardware are examples. At the Fame time, Chins has commenced to produce some goods, as well' as raw materials, which herero- fore have come from Japan or the United States, cutting largely into the Japanese coal trade. for example, and furnishing a large portion of the supply of four for! South China, which, in pre-war daga. came from the United States, but more recently has come from Japan.
ARE
THE
to
IF
INITIALS D. G. MONOGRAMMED UPON ALL THE SUB-TITLES.
THERE IS NO MONOGRAM IT IS NOT A GRIFFITHI
PRODUCTION.
Commerce
It is satisfactory to learn from Mr. Anderson's conclusions that the general business situation in this part of the Far East is on- questionsbly improving; the chief drawbacks at the present time. both in
and
in- dustry. have 10 do with conditions
and in Europe,
the extent some
ic United States, rather than in the Far East itself. Most Hongkong industries have been prospering, and some of them have done un- usually well. The shipyards con- tinue basy, the sugar refineries have been fortunate in having had a good supply of sugar bought st comparatively low rates to dis-
WOMAN SWALLOWS A MOUSE. [representative recently, "suffering pose of on a rising market, and
from violent sickness. She said the canneries and
SLEEPING WITH THE MOUTH OPEN.
People who sleep with their
trimooths open should be warred by
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preserve most lines. of local development she had swallowed a mouse. factories are again commencing the South Asiatic coast is, says "According to her statement to renew pre-war trade cor Mr. Anderson, ready to go ahead she was in bed with her baby nections. The demand for houses when conditions in other parts of | Pinkettes, being so mild yet sure and was awakened at 3 o'clock in and office accommodations in the world permit.
the morning by the child moving Hongkong is leading to a large At the same time she saw a mouse amount of building, and real estate running over her chest, and, as advancing in price under the
the fearsome fate that has befallen she put it, it just slipped into my stimulus of purchases by the Lambeth woman who swallowed mouth before I could stop it, and Chinese, who are coming into the
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SITE OF FIRST-LONDON THEATRE.
in action as to exactly meet the needs of both sexes from child. hood to old age.
PINKETTES
mouse, and has been under I swallowed it. You see I always colony in increasing numbers. The Records Committee of the treatment at St. Thomas's Hos-sleep with my mouth open, other- The increased fonnage coming London County Council propose dispel Constipation, cura Bilious Vital.
wise it wouldn't have happened to the Far East also has had a to place a tablet on 88, Curtain-ness, Sick Headaches, Torpid "She was not ill enough to be stimulating affect. All the road, to commemorate the site of Liver, foul breath, pimples. Of "Mrs. Mary Watson, a young
Shoreditch, druggists, also post free, 60 cents harried woman living in Lam-detained in the hospital, and we financial houses, insurance com The Theatre,"
the first building the vial, from Dr. 'Williams' concerns which beth, came to the bospital," said were able to give her comfort of panies, and similar in official to a Doily Chronicle both mind and body."
report satisfactory business. High erected in London specially for Medicine Co., 96 Szecbuen Road,
Shanghai. exchange hampers trade, but in the performance of plays.
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