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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THE CHIT QUESTION.
A
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923.
OUR FINANCES.
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Votes Approved Yesterday. Eastern hotels, when he had for The Colonial Secretary prosided gotten to carry money. Again, if over the meeting of the Finnu Honghong Relief Fund. "forgetting to have money" is a Committee following the Council legally good excuse, for signing ameti. when, the following votes: Hongkong chit. then no Hongkong hotel were approved : keeper will grumble at the Or-
$11,700 ou "account of Sanitary Hongkong and Shang-
hai Banking Corpora dinance and the repeal has been Department, special expenditure,
tion asked for under a misapplohen he wenden refuse lighter. ston.
The Chairman: It was intended Jardine Matheson
5,000.00 Hi Excellency is quit right into, ask for this sum in next year's Butterfield & Swire....
5,000.00 aning the hotel Directors wantes inutes, but the extension of Kow Urion Inc. Society of romery, drink, They have on Porn Blas are ssitated the carrying
Canton Ltd. 5,000.00 perfect right to this plesire, since for much more refuse than formerly Hongkong Stock Ex- the Government give them this and it is desired-ld, press on this privilege of selling alcohol and csje. { work".
inly so, since the license foc. was raised from 83,500 to R8,000 only last year. The real desire of the Diree teys to sell nor is only confined to those cases in which customers why have sufficient cred ei her have not find any, and desire some "u have already had enough; and I con Lend this desire to do more business fis a. legitimate one, and, as the dinance is now read, this trading
+h dried.
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182,500 on aeroun!
of But nical
and Forestry Department,, special expenditure, typhoon damages."
change Hongkong Fire. In-
surance Co. Ltd.
Canton Insurance Galce
Ltd.
China Sugar Refinery
The Chairman: This is for re- pairing the reade with tor. I think Co. a. that bourable members will agro Hongkong Hotel .Co. with me that great credit is due
2,600.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,000.00
Ltd.
1,200.00
bath his Department and the George Grimble & Co.. Publie Werka and Sanitary Depart-John Scott Harston.
John's
Cathedral one the extraordinarily quick St. way in which they leared away tie Collection 9/9/23... Idebris from the various roads in the Cawasjee Pallanjee &
Co..
1,000,00
500.00
297.06
250.00
Capt. T Hall.
200.00
200,00
Sir
Wm. Brunyate,
K.C.M.G.
200.00
C. Thorne
100.00
A. S. 1 Cousland
100.00
Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, Mr. & Mrs. H. T. Jack-
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100.00
100.00
100,00
100.00
85.52
The questión. "Whether the whitColony, SAS PING IS aphed to all goes $25,000 in aid of the vote Publia
ae bad one qud should be nilisted, Works, Extraordinary, "Hongkong, E. IL Beavis join bed setled by the Government waterworks, now workshop and
drawing-up a Bill Lefer this. wh they will realise the diffient thin the way,
The point as to whether the aver sge iman drinks 200 much and might drink less "under certia, Cirrus |tances" " "gulfed by Me Henry May statement that the Bill, was nor interiånd to stop drinking. "
His Excellency's reluatatice at tak | ing a drink fecan a man wy pags.forit Lin carte, The frigid indifference sign kêu thịt is signed, or the in- elination to refuse when the lavita Then, is extended in a vertain way, for lack of talesty suffered un Iden sinker erremmstances in teluh
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pl.
The Chairman: There was a vote Hof sen,000 fast year for this work, was not spent. bug the money Tis is rally a carry over
1. Mr. Pollock: Where is this? The Chairman : The plant is in use, Waneluni.. The sắc for the new workshops has not been acclles). $1,000 on AerSunt of Public Works, Extriordiary, Hongkong, misert: Lupeous, motor Jaunel for taking urlings word making current ob- statins,
10, W. Darch
Anonymous
Mrs. A. S. D. Cousland
£10
Hongkong Sporting
Arms & Ammunition Store ... Capt. Branch
K. A. Selanders The Chairman: This is so that G. S. Archbutt the Poble Works pouple can be outw. R. Mansfeld the harbour continually. It is Mrs. A. C. More with regard to Lides and so on.
R. Sutherland
orsemaidy as distinct front a hote}) } Hon. Me Pollyck: When is this A. G..Coppin fay be true: bur unifortunately the work likely to be completed 1, *W. Nicholson prentunity of waling. His Excel : The Chairman: They are taking D. K. Blair Crop a drink under any of these ulings and making current obser Lieut: R. R. Beanchamp, dennisang gat day ruse din the|vationy I think it is a thing we RN. Çolongyis tou rare bbe med and intend to go on with permanently.R B. Cooper
11. Mr P-Hork; Is it in con- Mr. and Mrs. A. B. to pument. As t'm feeling of t
Fitzmaurice Ti- nem blessed to give than in re notion with
Raves J. R. Wood" ems to have been forgot-scheme
The Chairman") 31 was his recom-L. C. Wilson Is highly placed · individ, Faal, reißriscare the invitation at madation that we should always E. Cock. " and any reluctance, or false keep in touch with the harbour and E. Irving nidest. is pleasurably cared kus what siltings are going on. F., E. Milner-fones
|| Tipe it will go on continually.. L. Adams. His Excellency's query, what happens if a man's erit is shsted in the Hongkong Hotek can be answered in only ons way, and that is they take the Bam preeudtions as do bankers and other traders in similar circumstances. The debtor does as debtory do in all other cases, Viz Days p in whole, or part, and thereby creates a fresh credit, or, until he does, goes hungry and thirsty as far as the hotel is concerned, and quite rightly so.
to
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It is not in connection with the new A. W. Van Andel
soundings
P. Deuglas Wilson lurves The
heen taken for them.
Jaga ve
L. G. Bird P. Jacks
Robert Baker
is Mr. Pollock" When is it 'ikely that this Fitzmaurice scheme
will begin i
The Clinizare: We are in,com. dunication with the Chamber of
Sir Wm. Rees-Davies.. H. Glanville W. Armstrong H. W. Moon E. L. Hosie
Commerce and it is desired to ask
lean, who is on leave, The Po Tick Co. tai question before a final deci. A. Stepheas
is arrived at
Mr. and Mrs. S. Collect. $10,000 on erint.of Kowloon-C. A. Peel... anton Railway, sp cialexpenditure, G. R. Edwards Brid: No. 1
E. N. Ryan The Chairman:
"The hotels do not object to take cash when asked to do so, but would prefer to take cheques. If
This bridge is L. MI. Whyte- His Excellency, or any other per-at Taiwaj river and the damage was C. V. Mark 4on, has to act as cashier, even to the exceptional floods. Only . M. Maas though he is reasonably careful, are before in the last 10 years has H.. Effersoe he will find he can rarely, if ever, it been damaged.
Dr. A. R. Esler balance correctly. It is a very Hon. Mr. Pollock This repres Col. R. D. Murtay.
occupation. When every eats the complete reconstruction 1 J. M. Walker. "buy" is a subordinate cashier the The Chairman: The complete Miss Doris S. Woods.. difficulties are increased and His restruction.
about Excellency's remarks "idiotic" statements in this rela-i
THIS
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WITH TRIPLE SPRING MOTOR
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"Less 10 per cents Discount For Cash T
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ANDERSON'S
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COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS
DEALERS IN
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EMBROIDERIES, OLD MANDARIN COATS,
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55, Queen's
PEKING LAMP SHADES
We have large stocks of the choicest Peking lamp shades. OUR STORE is also the best place to obtain shawls, scarves, capes, crepe underwear, dresses, laces, mandarin costumes, Swatow, work, etc. etc.
Astor House Building Cable Address "CURIOS"
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FOOK WENG & CŨ.
10.00
H. F. Skinner
10.00
...
H. G. L. Milles
10.00
A. G. Simpson
10.00
Bad Debts,
wide of the market is lost interest, ‹ for
months at 7% actually 871⁄2 cents, John S. Morrison' which does not loom large on R. A. Camidge
transaction. Why His Excellency made the $100
The latter, C. Fa Maltby statement thai the Hongkong even in this rich Colony, is not an Chas. Pryce
$10 J. B. Ross'. Hotel does not pay for the fairly everyday occurrence. On a considerable amount of bad debts, transaction apparent lose L. R. Blacking
A. S. Exell Joseph Miller
10.00
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C
30.00
10:00
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the
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COLLEN STATE BUTTER
From CALIFORNIA CREAMERIES.
Sold by all the leading dealers in one pound -
carton (FRESH)—and and 1 lb. tins SOLE AGENTS ---- GETZ BROS, & Co. of the orient Ltd.
PROVISION DEPT.
BATHING CAPS THAT LAST
We have received a shipment of the latest and bear production in Bathing Caps-and are offering same
at very moderate prices.
THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY
14, Queen's Road, Central.
Tel Central No. 1877.
Tel Central No. 1877.
and inferred the prices were amounts to under 9 cents, and..on Miss Helen A. Lawrence higher than they need be in con- $1, drinks barely a cent.
!
F. J. de Rome The clubs and hotels in England A. H. Penn sequence, I do not pretend to know. The annual accounts of the Hongequally demand cash in exchange R. J. Saunders kong Hotel Co., Ltd., are filed in for drinks and for non-residents A. H. Mackenzie the Registrar's Office' at the iso for fond. There is a certain Mrs. Alice Burleigh Supreme Court and the bad debts healthy and friendly as against. R. Spence slated are so small as to be in antagonistic competition, be considerable in comparison with tween them which applies up to the turnover. The Hon. Mr. Pal-date even more so in Hongkong, k inferred this in 1917 #nd I consider that so long as the (Hansard p. 103) in answer to a clubs in Hongkong do not find It question, when he said there were necessary to demand cash, the An infinitesimal number of cases hotels should not be compelled to
do so. of bad debts, and it does not.
In conclusion, I trust the fore-Coast to London train -near seem to me that there was any
Dunbar Station WAS justification whatever for H. E. going attempt to refute the argu-
recently
ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN,
An attempt to wreck an East
the Governor in enunciating thements of the Government will be discovered by a surfaceman, who
found an 80 lb. iron chair lying) considered by the Council aa argument ho used.
The final argument about loss ing from the opinion of the ma-displaced by an express, which justifying ray reasons for dissent-mashed at the side of the rafls. It had evidently been struck and of Interest is equally fallacious, jority. and perhaps a simple example will
fortunately kept to the rails. A satisfy the Council that the prices
similar outrage occurred at the ure not greatly enhanced thereby,
same spot two years figo.
X has large birthday party and treats his friends to say, $100 worth of champagne on the first of the month. Assuming he pays" his bill on the 15th of the following month, apparently the
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