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DOUGLAS

NOTICES.

THE HO

& GRANT LTD.

KIRKCALDY, SCOTLAND

RICE MILLING

The largest and

must widely

MACHINERY

experienced makers

in the world.

SHANGHAI RACES.

A SURPRISE CHAMPIONS.

Wa are indebted to the Hongkong Club for the following further ra sutas of Shanghai Race Club's Spring Meeting.

1. TIK ARENT NORTHERN PLITK- SEVEN PERLONGS,

Mr Robson's The Panring His

Mr Brandt.

Mr Jaba Peel's Sandy Me

Johnstone

Messts

Toeg and Gubbay's Triumph (Mr Kuali

Tone: 1 in. 15.9'3 secs. Record time: 1 min, 13.2.3 sega

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2. THE KUBICON PLYTE—AN). WILE

ANDY A QUANTEN.

Mr Williano M÷Bain's Langam

¡Me Vilay

THURSDAY M

26. 1920.

THE

BRITISH BUILT

AUSTIN

IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF MOTOR CAR.

REFINEMENT,

ON SHOW AT

ALEX. ROSS & CO.

nã, Fes Varas Rend Centre:}

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Tel. 37.

GARAGE KOWLOON

Tel. X417.

NOTICES

COOKING RANGES BRITISH MANUFACTURE

DOVER N0s, 6, 7, 8 & 9. Also No S with side boiler DURBANIAN:

A Large Size Range Sulfadie

for a Hotel Prices to Sult All.

C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

Yes 80.- 32, Des Voeux Road, Central.. Established 1900.

Selle Avents in South China

DODWELL & CO., HONGKONG.

-THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE GO.

New Scheme for Children's Early Endowment :—

Principal features: Small Prémium, Liberal Surrender Value, No Medical Examination, Return of Premium in the Event of Death, and Numerous Options : the Age of 25. WRITE FOR PAMPHLET ́AND FULL PARTICULARS, TO

DODWELL & CO. LTD. Agents.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING

'ESTABLISHED 1881 MANUFACTURERS OF

PURE MANILA

3

STRAND

16 to 15"

CIRCUMFERENCE. |

CABLE LAID

5" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE

CO..

ROPE

STRAND

3" to 10"* CIRCUMFERENCE

Oil Drilling Cables of any $12- up to 3,000 feet in length. Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on applanation.

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,

New Consignment of

"KODAKS"

Just unpacked to-day Inspertin Cinally Invitel. A. TACK & Co. 26. Des Vorax Board, Central.

CREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND SEMENT.

Is Casks of 375 lb. not.

In Bage of 150 lbs. not.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managere, Hongkong, 16th August, 1916,

HONGKONG JAPANESE MASSAGE ASSOCIATION.

Mrs. À SUGA 5 Queen's Road Central,

Mr. U. SUGA

METALS

of all kinds, especially for ship-l building and engineering work. Largest and best assorted stock in the Colony.

SINGON & CO.,

(Established A. D. 1889.) HING LUNG ST. Phoca 515

MEE CHEUNG

PHOTOGRAPHER,

NEW FILMS & FINE

ALBUMS JUST ARRIVED.

THE NEW FRENCH REMERU)

THERAPION N.1 THERAPION NⱭ.2 THERAPION No3

So. X for zzudder Osteich.

Ma: 3 for Blood" à

PULETT LEADINGCHEWITTA, PRICE DE ENTLAND-BA EXCECACHALCA..ḤIverme21a-N WÄ London. JE TRAIN MARKED WORD "THERAPIES" IN ON DOWS-UZAIRI AFFILES TO RENGINE PICERIJ

General Managers.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

(Capital Pail up. $1,250,000.

Lease in Morgags of Home Property, an Goods riceund på Storage, Viz920** made no Merzhan jy se Loans made of lam Pezzi Jens Kyetem

TRUSTER. EXRECTOR ONE WILLS, ATTURNEL, . L'adriaen and Kenntni

*Pater and Passıza A

To she then a

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.. General Managers.

NORTH BRITISH

ASI

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.,

in which'arevested the shares of THE FICEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Ab

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO.

Mr J. P. B. Eastwood's Bachelor

Tax Mr Johnstone .............. Messrs. Putts and Hayin's Spar-

tan King Me Crekamy Time: 2 mins, 124% sz's**,

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The Eagle Mr Hill..

Mr Lie's, Gin bater Mr

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Wollem

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Agents,

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73. FLOWER STREET, MET TAKAYE, -Mas-MouITA.

CERTIFICATED MASSEURS.

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PUBLISHED

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with Provincial & Foreign Sections. axima trelers to stromunicate dient with

MANUFACTURERB DEALERS

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AN ANTI-DRY" VICAR.

DIEN FOR THE ERTTISH PEOPLE"

A vizores protent accinat IATA MUTION was made

1

ELECTRIC LAMP PROFITS.

STATE SUPERVISION. These, in brief, are that there should be established a depart- BIG COMBINE CONTROLS PRICES.

ment of State charged with the duty of informing itself as to the After an exhaustive report an

nature, extent, and development the history, development, and of combination of all kinds io so present condition of the electric far as they tend to the restraint lamp industry. the sub-committee of trade and the creation of man- submit the following summary opolies, and of making pre- of their findings and decision:-

liminary inquiry into complainte There is in the electric lamp made in regard to them; and industry trade combination that

tribunal should the the Electric Lamp Manufac-set ut 10 which the Turers' Association which in- department could apply for clades from 90 to 95 per cent. of powers to obtain particular i the industry, controls factors and formation, and would refer for foll retailers, xes prices at all stage investigation cases in which com- and regulates output.

binations appeared to act in- The prices fixed by the associ-juriously to the public interest. ation become the standard prices for all lamps sold in this country, whether made by association or non-assleiation manufacturers, or imported from abroad..

British lamp manufacturers outside the association produce and sell to the trade (presumably at a proft) lamps of comparable quality at a lower prise than

association Örns

UNDE PROFIT.

of the standard

Because

price pohey ginated by the

association.

non-association

E

Special reference is made by the Committee to the reluctance of certain witnesses to give evid-

ence.

We think i pertinent (the) report saya) to record the fact that several of the witnesses whom We summoned to appear be fore us were obviously reluctant!! to give evidence redecting adver- sely on the association, lest the fact of their doing sa should be.. come known, and their businesses | suffer in consequence.

Notwithstanding the compul- lamps are sold to the public at theory powersdelegated to us under same price as association lamps, the Art, we felt it necessary to

give these witnesses an assurance i the advantage on the lower-prised lamps going wholly rodistributors that their names should be delet- ed from all circularised records Hence, either association nanof the Committee, whereupon afacturers are making an undue they made their complaints with

profit, or they manufacture less economically than non-9430"- viation makers.

The trading discounts received by factors and retailers are con siderably higher than is neces. sary, and should be reduced.

out hesitation.

These fears may have been entirely unwarranted, but the re- luctante evinced was in itself an indication of the restraint that a powerful combination can impose. on that section of the industry which is outside the combina-

tion.

Y

SIUMBINE FIRMS.

Standard vacuum lamps Dow sold to the publie et ds, could be sold at 2-, and still give the manufacturer and the distributar ja satisfactory working profit.

Referring to the great trade One and a quarter million half-combination which 87082 Jast watt lamps, sold to the publir in

April out of the Tungsten Lacip 1919 at 12%, ed. were bought in

Association, the Committee give Holland by the thres associated the complete membership

as fol. manufacturer- ** about de a

loves the last three firms having joined during the wart

lamp

These hali-watt lamp?" Could bare been add to the public at not more than $s, which price would still have left ample mar. gine for the impostors and dis- tributors. Importers and distri- butors between them made profita on these lamps of something like CORALOTNI over and above what would appear to`us reasonable.

THREE LOMINANT FIRMS. The

Manu- Electric Lamp facturers' Association has been ¦created prituarily in the interests

three Gems the British

| Thomsen-Houston Company, the General Electric Company, and Mesars. Siemens Brothers. Spasemonte pans raptize ions on other firms in the association a limitation of out- put on licensees, and a stipulation Phat the validity of their patents

British Thomson-Houston Co..

Lid..

tieneral Electric Co. Ltd.. Siemens Brothers, Ltd.. Edi-wan Electric Co., Ltd. Foter Engineering Co. Stearn Electric Lamp Co., Ltd.. "Z" Electric Lamp Mfg. Co. British Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co., Ltd. Inow Me- tropolitan-Viekers Electrical- Co. Lid.,

E. HING & CO.

SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS, SHIPCHANDLERS AND

HARDWARE MERCHANTS.

'PHONE NO. 1116.

5. WING WOO ST.

CENTRAL.

FRENCH LESSONS.

C. MOUSSION.

15, Morrison Hill Road.

LA FAVORITE

LATEST PARISIEN CREATIONS EVENING DRESSES, AFTERNOON GOWNS, SMART COSTUMES. SPORTING APPAREL

LA FAVORITE

9 Beaconsfield. Arcade.

WILLIAM C. JACK

WHATEVER IS WORTH DOING IS

WORTH DOING WELL ·

is the motto of our Wanchal Workshops

They are equipped for:

General Engineering and Electrical Work Electro silver and nlekle Plating Tinning, lacquering and Bronzing Repair work of any d scription

And above all our prizes are right and wɔ sin tira aromat Ballestr ་་་་་་་་་་་བ་་b་་་་་་་་་་*#

ENGLISH BATHING CAPS.

A NEW STOCK OF THE ABOVE IN VARIOUS COLOURS IS JUST TO HAND.

Tel.

345-

THE PHARMACY

(Fletcher & Co. Lt)

22. Queen's Road Central.

Dick, Kerr and Co. Ltd. (Bri- ? ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT

tannia Lamp and Accessories

*Co., Ltd.).

Pope's Electric Lamp Co., Ltd. The non-assuriated firms in- clude:

— Creedon Lamp Con Litig

Crowther and Osborn. Ltd.

(Secando Lamp Co.. Imperial United Lamp Co..

Ltd..

Corona Lamp Works, Lid.. Harlesden Lamp Co. (Stella

Lamp Cal

Maxim Lamp Works. Ltd. Notable Lamp Co., Ltd.

AGREED RETAIL PRICE

The association has an arrange-

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crack Char

The price charged is as it should be l

Your Farbres gir # you ameling service!

+ Durability ași nitimate ecuring are amused you!

———MAKE SURE AND ORDER-FROM US.

Dar service carries with in our ABJULUTE GUARANTEE

Tel. HOP

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CHEONG 65. Queen's R

Central

High-clam complete Home Furnishers, General Upholsterers,

Home Prizst, sie.. tie

FILM PUBLICITY,

BOOKS.

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public through the publicity of film production.

The newsagent in the Borough

Vinar of the Hampstead Gardenhall not be questioned or dis. enter, the Rar, B., Bourebier, prated.

The limitation of output impos- at a meeting held under the auspices of the United Kingdumed on licensees - contrary to the Alliances in the Garden Suburb best interests of the industry.

and of the consumer. Free Church.

Since the largest of the three After addresses by Canon dominant firms in the association Masterman and Dr. A. Wis under majority control of an

ment by which its members fix a CINEMA BOOMING FAMOUS reports that he recently had. a Hamilton. late Professor of American electrial

retail price for the common concern.

“biz run" on Louisa Allcott's Eronnutes at Kentucky Uni-there is some danger of the in various types and grades of

"Little Wocen" and that. "Eing versity. Mr. Bourchier said?

An enterprising newsagent in Solomon's Mines" is going lib

displays I want to offer on behalf of St.terests of the British lamp in lamps sold to the public. and

special dustry

being subordinated to give an agreed rate of discount to London

rush. Jude's and myself a most em-American interests.

the factors and retailers who board outside bis shop which sug-

The earliest Alm productions of gests the growing usefulness of famous books were "Les Miser phatic protest against the whole

There is a possibility of an in-handle the lampe. trend of thought that this garden ternational combination,

Prices of electric lamps to the the cinematograph. It says: Cum-

tables" and "Quo Vadis?" several burb stands as a community prising British. Dotch, and public are completely controllerl Now Showing on the Films; years ago, and notable cinemato

enforce Americat manufacturers, which by the association as regards be- "King Solomon's Mines.”

graph. companies have sides arranent under the Pora ke which they talk prohibition upon the nation. If would be able to control supplies tween 90 and 95 per cent, of the

Book inside, Au.

tarned more and more to old any such resolution were passed and dominate prices over a con-

home supply, and a manufacturer

That the cinema is rapidlyjstandard fictios for new filmsz to-night we should forthwith hold siderable part of the world.

of electric lamps who is not a promoting a new demand for good, The Ideal Picture Plays promise a meeting to counter it.

The operations of an association member of the association has popular literature is a point in many new ventures of this nature "It becomes as clergy ill. which so effectively controls at the normal channels of the distri-its faroor which seems to have is the next year or so, including added Mr., Bourchier. to pour important industry should be buting trade in large part closed been missed by its critics. Emily Bronte's "Wathering score on the brewer, when we are subjected to public supervision to him.

Hitherto the intellectuals bava Heights,' Thackeray's" "The indebled to him for so much sup- and control; and we consider this The Committee conclude that cried out aloud about the deter- Newcomes." Lover's "Handy portforcar churches and charities. would best be attained by giving British lamp consunder jorating influence of the film. Andy"- Lord Beaconsfield's If I had my way I would have statutory effect to the recom- should be safeguarded against They will be startled to learol Sybil," sot Miss Braddon emblazoned on banhers: God mendations of the Committee on the possible maintenance of price that not only neglected popular "Lady Audiay's Sacrat.” The Sare the King, and the Beer for Trusts appointed by the Minister by soch a powerful world literature, but many a goot old Famous Players are producing the British People.""

combine." of Reconstruction..

classic, is again capturing the "Treasure Island.“

with detailed preslenikes of the Ganda shipped and the Colonial and Fortina Markola supped;

STEAMSHIP LINES

sad mong the approximate Sailinga

Cranes 10MBINESA (› FDS-of Pierre insuring 13 in counsel, 9, at Trade farida oč DEALERS SEEKING AGENCIES

to be piatra si a ocet of £1,10,0 17, trace healing under which they are 1.stied Jarzer Primerant from 2016 105.

A coping put the directory wh? he want sy parcel post for 2 as cab with order.

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BUSINESS ENTLalissed 16 traka,

which is out ta

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