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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925.

CURIOUS TIME.

BRITAIN'S PROBLEM.

Coal, the Basic Question.

· RUBBER RESTRICTION.

MAPPIN and WEBB'S.

FINE QUALITY

Wm.

RUSSIA'S POOR PSYCHOLOGY.

Not

"Working Beautifully -For the British ”.

British control of the rubber:

This rubber embargo did not get in its work for more than a year after it became effective. In fact, rubber fell to 17 cents a pound a year ago.

CUTLERY

MEANS A GREAT SAVING : OF LABOUR.

What is the basio question of Moscow has chosen a rather the controversy about industry, curious time to ask Great Britain unemployment, and the economie for "full recognition." There is of the country? The basic ques-supply is working beautifully-RUSTLESS STEEL as yet na, British Ambassador action is the coal trade, writes Mr. for the British, says the Neut oredited to the Bolshevist Govern J. L. Garvin in the Observer. If York Evening Post, which con- ment, and the process of restoring it wore not for the spread of tinues:-In April, 1924, London complete amity batween the two unemployment in the coalfields warohouses held 52,000 tons. nations, which would, presum the returns for the whole nation They have 5,000 tons to-day thanks ably, constiture "full recognition," would show a positive Improve to the Stevenson Restriction Act, has hit many, enage. The situa- ment. But 2,000,000 miners are that was adopted in Noyember, tion at present has less amity in out of work. Pits are still clos. 1922, it than there he boon since the ing down. The results are a day the Labour Government rog check on every other factor tend- ognized the Bolshoyists.

ing to recovery. Railways have only has Moscow carried on less traffic. Ships have lens ceaselessly its propaganda, as freight. Our total exports show recently in China, but Foreign Д diminishing-snd for" the Minister Chamberlain, on his moment almost disappearing part, had bren sounding out all margin over our imports There nations with a view to creating is a smaller surplus to create an anti-Bolshevist bloo designed those investments abroad which to give the masters of Moscow formerly took to a large extent another tasto of world isolation. the shape of loans sent out as now. If there is any doubt about It may be poor paychology for British manufacture. We can it, look first at London's stocks. Russia, in these circumstances, put everything else right if we of crude rubber and then at the to approach England for "full can restore the prosperity of the recognition.** But the world, coal trade. Without that we can

put nothing right.

knowing Russia as it does, might not fall far short of the truth if

it suspects some wily manoeuvr- ing beneath the surface-New York Evening Post.

"

That was the low point. Cheap. motorear tyros were the result. The automobile business felt the

stimulation.

The Stevenson act is working

current price of Paraa, spot smoked sheets, first latex crepes, thin brown crepes and amber No. 38.

This is where the Government appears vulnerablo and where the Crude rubber is higher than it Opposition criticism is strong. has been since 1917. It is well- We hope the Prime Minister willing at 85 cents a pound..

An advance of 68 conis, à speak out. for we are pretty car-

tain that the handling of this par-pound in a year is its record:

U. 8. GLOBE TROTTERS, ticular matter will go far to de- Brokers believe it is headed for

SEVEN TOURIST PARTIES COMING.

çide the fortunes of the Cabinet, the dollar mark. Tyre manufac- Mr Lloyd Georgo's pamphlet on turers are afraid it is, "Coal and Power" may have been They are storming the market, in some respects fallacious. But and the old laws of supply and ho had the merit of ruising clear demand are helping the Steven ly the greatest of all tho quostions son act. While the British have that the nation has to consider boen restricting the supply the end decide one way or the other world consumption of rubber has

Seven large tourist parties bringing to the Far East some 3,350 globe trotters are scheduled Coal and Power," appeared & been increasing..

The Stevenson act is working to visit the Orient during the four a year ago. "It is high time for months between Novembor this the Government either to give a beautifully for the British rubber year and March next year under definito opinion now or to guar-planter in far off Malaysia and for the auspices of Raymond &, anteo that steps are being taken London holders of rubber shares, Whitcomb, American Express, to secure an authoritative state- but not so beautifully for the Canadian Pacific, United Ameriment without much further delay. American motorist. He is about to lay bands on the hot end of the can Line, Thomas Cook and other'

FIRST LETTER OF ALPHABET,

poker. companies, according to an official

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announcement of the Japan The conl trade will never thrive Tourist Bureau in Tokyo.

"TYRE COSTS.

again as it ought-and the coun- The first to arrive will be the try as a whole will not thrive Out in Ohio, where most of the party on the Corinthia under the unless the working of the mines tyres come from, the tyre people Raymond & Whitcomb Company is re-organised for higher effi- have announced one advance in The number of passengers on this ciency. Until we face this fact the price of "shoes." Five to 10 boat is about 400. The party is we shall not begin to learn the per cent. was added when raw to come from New York via firet letrer of our economic alpha-rubber reached the 65 cont level. Panama and is scheduled to bet. We have before us a brilli- Naturally and inevitably fur- arrive at Yokohama at daylight ant example, the reconstruction ther advances will sooner or later November 14. After sight-seeing of

the devastated minse la find a reflection in future tyre seeing, io Yokohama, Tokyo, France. The latest machinery prices. The millions of wheels Nikko and other noted spots, they has been installed. Electrification on the millions of American mo- will'anit from Yokohama on Nov has been applied to the utmost. tor cars must be shod. The mil- ember 19 to arrive in Kobe the That black country is beginning lions of American owners must morning of November 20. The to be turned into a smoke-pay the billa. The long-headed party will leave for China on the less region. For years an over- British who went into rubber are afternuon of November 21.

whelming weight of expert reaping their rewards, thanks to The tourist party is to be opinion has been warning us that a restriction act that has placed followed by the Belgenland under we cannot attempt without dis-the world rubber market in dire the American Express Company aster to continue on our old straits.

with about 450 passengers. The methods. We need more unified In the end these restrictions steamer is to arrive at Yokohama management and every improve-will defest themselves, but it on January 1, 1926 from Now ment of production and trans- takes several years to bring rub- York via Panama.

The largest party so far sche-post that we can effect. There ber trees to a bearing age. Dutch

1. A tourist party under the Raymond & Whitcomb Co.. from

Now York Panama. Thonumoor

board the Corinthia.

is one point on which Ministers and Brazilian production will

J

FRENCH EXAMPLE,

But that is not all. In the past, we have made a poor use of the

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VANITY'S TOLL.

At the breeding season the males gather in parties to fascin- ate the plain brown" ladies with. duled to visit here is the Lac-must axpect to be sharply ex-undoubtedly increase under the

their glorious colours, and so onia, bringing 750 tourists from amined. If royalties are a bind-present price stimulus. Wild rub New York. The party is to arranee to the officient working of bar from the Fars and the Upper DOOM OF THE PARADISE engrossed do they get in their

BIRD.

love-making that the natives are rive in Yokohamos February 2, the coal trade in this country. Amazon basin may regain its old

able to pick them off with blunt 1925

private ownership in that respect importanco. Undoubtedly, the

Legislation has again utterly

arrows "one" after another. 'It The detailed schedules of the must cease for the sake of avery Chino tradera of Malaysia, will failed, and it seems that the will be understood from this how arrival of the forgoing and other other interest of private o find many junkaful of rubber the world's loveliest birds are doomod

seriously the slaughter if these round-the-world steamers are terprise,

British cannot control. It is oven to extinction, writes Bir L. C.

creatures threatens their lovely given below:

possible that American rubber Money in a Home paper. Three

raca. A Paradine plume, on plantings in the Philippines may years after the Plumage Prohibi woman's hat means not only the be undertaken.

tion Bill became an operative Aci

death of a bird, but the cutting. Meanwhile America, the great-

of Parliament the miliners' shop of passengers is about 400 on mineral treasure whereon our eat rubber user at the world, is at windows azbibit more Paradise off of the birds posterity.

The habitat. of the Birds of Paradise is vory limited. Some 2. A tourist party under the whole commercial greatness bas the mercy of the long-headed Plumes than ever.

It is incredible that women of the species are confined to American Express Co., from Now been founded. We have wasted British. We are collecting a war

hundrad forms. Apart loan from them, but they are off-understand the crime which is certain islands. For example, the York via Panama,, The number

and increasing array of the toll taken from the pockets of the Belgenland, Arrives in Yoko-ful

borrowed feathers. solentific opinion asserts that the average American with his

The Birds of Paradise are found only in the Ara Islands. The wider, but still very limited hame the afternoon of January there are batter ways of using one-car garage. He is the ulti-only in New Guines and the Lesser Bird of Paradise has al

3. A tourist party under the our coal than those now practised.mate consumer of the smoked neighbouring islands of the Malay domicile. United American Line from New Some experts maintain that the sheets, crepes, ambers and Paras. Archipelago. Like many other

The Board of Trado have York via Europe. The number'

a fuel as convenient and efficient plantations would go back to the they do not wear beautiful plumage Plumage Act, but the powers it in most respects as oil. Other jungles and tres cats would whine all the year through. The plumes gives are restricted, and (accord-

are a nuptial adornment of the

ing to a correspondent in the 4. A tourist party under the experts assert that we can trans-jin the latex trees. Canadian Pacific Railways from form our industrial position by the victim of a British monopoly male bird only, Save in the trade who writes me) an organised! the conversion of coal to electric and nowhere under the round and breeding season, the males are New York via Europe. The num- ber of passengers is about 4:0, on power, oil and other invaluable shining sun does there seem to chocolate brown in colour like systom of evasion is in operation. bo any prospect for his im- the females, and they do not wear The parcels post is freely used to In the debate, the Government mediate relief.

their wedding dress until their send the prohibited plumage into England, and the actual importers fourth moulting.

have them addressed to second 5. A tourist party under Mr. must either give ita" answer at laat on these vital issues, or day

Nothing is more wonderful than the change which takes place in parties. Anyore who makes

tour of the millinera shops can. A German inventor has por- birds which have special plumage.ser for himself that that the Act is about 750, aboard the Laconis, sequel in this affair will have afected a machine for measuring An Orange Weaver bird, for ex- is flagrantly flouted. Arrives in Yokohama on Febru-strong bearing on Ministerial the height of airplanes. The ap-ample, closely resembles a spar- Let us appeal, therefore, to fortnaca. We make no apology paratus times the echo from the row, except at breading time, 6. A tourist parly under the for dwelling.úpón this question graft to the ground within one when it gains a glorious mantle women to disdain and abhor the] of black and orange plush. This wearing of plumage which is one miracle may be witnessed at the of the moet, glorious of natural London Zoo, and I have closely objects. One or two great retail One of the City guilds, that of observed it in my own aviaries-fuse to sell larka for 'food, and I 7. A tourist party under an. the future of trade and employ- spices of the Thomas Cook Coment-therefore of politics and the watermen and lightermen's The Great Bird of Paradine

of passengers is about 450 on board from Mr. Lloyd George a power-setting all of this and more by committed to embellish them with Greater Bird of Paradise ja found |

of passengers is about 450, aboard pulverised, mineral can be made Without him the British rubber beautiful creatures of their kind, endeavoured to admister tha

the Resolute. Arriver in Kobe on January 5.

board the Scotland Arrives in Kobe on February 21.

derivatives.

Clark from Naw York via Po-when-its answer will he given. name. The number of pagpengers We rapost our conviction that the

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Today he is

United American Line from San and extending these notes. It is ten-thousandth of a second. Franoisgo. The number of pashe, fundamental question. It is songers is about 450 on board the the question which is going to do Resolute. Arrives, in Yokohama

more than any other to determino

on February 28,

firms have had the courage to re-

am quite sure they have 'not|

The number of passengers is about whethor British economic revival Company, benefits through its change from chocolate brown to suffored on that account. Will]

400 on board the Franconia Theis to be organised in earnest. dato of arrival of this steamer, is not yet announced.

charitable institute by the will of emerald green and yellow, while

example in the matter of

a senior freeman, Henry Barry, from under each wing springs a not the trade follow this good He was, by the way, a member of Elorious plume of golden orange Paradise and other prohibited

The Lasser Bird of Paradiso is an old Munster family and father on loss beautiful, and I notice plumage?

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of the famous soulling champions that many stops in London have Soven years ago a man in William and Ernest Barry. The recently received large supplies A British so antist now says Canada bought a marriage license. first-named pulled of the English that the size of a man's head The girl changed her mind. She sculling championship in 1898. of its plumage. docan't have anything to do with has just changed her mind again His younger Brother, Ernest, is a EABY MASSACRE,

The very fact that the plumos his brain capacity. Long-legged and the couple will be married on better known figure en the Tham- men as a rule ere more intelligent the original license, the bride-es, and, has a proud record for are wedding garments ouables the

groom having carefully saved it.the championship. then those with short legs.

natives to catch these birds.

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