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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.' THURSDAY, APRIL 9,· 1931.

WATCH TIÚIS AD. DAILY FOR GOOD AUTO VALUE

STUDEBAKER 2-TON TRUCK CHASSIS 160" W. B. NEW 1931 Model G cyl. 4 speed GEAR DUAL WHEELS

PRICE $4,734.

STUDEBAKER SERVICE CAR with Body and Cab complete Recently overhauled and in Jat class Condition. This is a bargain for any one wanting a light truck

PRICE $450.

STUDEBAKER SIX TOURER, 1931 FREE-WHEELING MODEL with SIX WIRE and WHEELS Spare Tires Tubes, Bumpera, etc.

PRICE $5,220.

for national taxation per head, real! wage level and social services, the

respectiva Agures for France ore

64, 53 and 17, for Germany 50, 74

and 48, for Belgium 38, 50 and 7,

DAY BY DAY

A LITTLE LEARNING 18 NOT A DAN- and for Italy 30, 46 and 4. In the

GEROUS THING TO ONE WHO DOES case of the United States, real, NOT MISTAKE IT FOR A GREAT DEAL, wages are ataled to be 188 in com--Blanco White.

parison with Britain's 100, but the A Chinese ense of cerebro-apinal

taxation level is reported to be little less than a third as much as for Britain and the expenditure on social services negligible. A further point made is that before the Great War, it was Britain's ex- port industries, sensitive to world conditions, which set the general standard of her wage lovela, but since the war that standard has

meningitis was reported to the health authorities yesterday.

Mr. Svorro Berg advertises that he has established himself an 9tack and Sharobreker with offices in the Bank of Canton Building.

My Bank Manager.

THE

THE

By DAVID GRANT.

Fleet-street Branch oft I am very diatronsed Indeed to Floyds Bank is the place hear from you that my securities where I keep my money, or is al-have shrank. I can only suppose ternately the site of my overdraft. that they have been allowed to It is managed by a man called get damp, and I wish you would Mr. L. 8. Dec. I am purposely givank Mr. Floyd' to be more careful ing his full name in the hope that about this in the future.

I have no money to reduce my The forthcoming wedding is a he will be taught a sharp lesson. nounced of Mr. Hornco William Bon. If he is typical of bank manag but I want to spend it on kone- overdraft. At least, I have some, ner, No. 624, Nathan Road, Kowlooners throughout the country. to Miss Raquel Cheng Castillo, of the no surprise to me that industry thing else. same address.

and things cannot be carried no

The properly.

Jetters folowing

With regard to extra securities. I can offer you again my shares

been set, not by export Industries,imprisonment, was imposed by Mr.and myself show beyond doubt mine. You will remember these

boy

A fine of $180, or one month which have passed between Dee in the South American platinum but by non-export industries. The Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy that it is bank managers of the certificates. They are very nicely

this morning, on Cheong Cheung, who country has therefore lost that admitted having had in his pancasion Deo type who are stemming the printed in green on decklo edge

of raw

oplum at the free flow of money and thereby parchment. I often look at them

and vital safeguard which proviously six taels

shall be loth to part with gnawing away the roots of our in-them. Their dividend was due Kowloon-Canton Railway Station. linked the general standard of

dustrial fabric. wage levels to the prices which British goods could command in the world markets. On the ques-] VEHICLES MAY BE INSPECTED | tion of the growth of public ex- | AT OUR STUBBS ROAD GARAGE penditure, it is emphasised that whereas in 1913 British exports, amounting to £625 millions, ex-

The Hon. Dr. A. R. Welllngton and ceeded pubile expenditure by £222

Mrs. Wellington are passengers by| Your overdraft now stands at I note your suggestion that the millions. in 1929 public expend-the Empress of Asto, which leaves at £2,200, which is £200 more than shrinkage of your securities is due

G A.DI, to-morrow. By the ture was greater than exports by ner Mr. and Afr. R., M. Dyer arefce. Please take steps to have damp. I am having the strong same the limit sanctioned by our Head to our having allowed them to get

reduced within the room carefully examined. If

A presentation is to be made by the I hope The Daily Mail will taka last month. They didn't pay any- Kowloon Residents Assoinction to the this sort of thing up and expose thing, out, but perhaps their office is forgetting to tear the Rev. J. 1. Johnston at the St.it particularly Mr. Dee. Andrew's Church Hall at 8,30 p.m. an (Note to Editor: His bank is leaves off the eaterar. Monday. Mr. Johnston, who has just round the corner from your twice been President of the Associa-omce-D. G.)

and a keen supporter of Ex shortly leaving the

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.

The Borbose & Sharghal Hotel, 2.14. Inenrporated In Hongkong. 29. Queen's stond C. and Stubbs Road,

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

THUESDAY, APRIL. 9. 1931.

BRITAIN'S EXPORT

HANDICAPS.

2714'11

tion activities.

Colony.

*

Letter to P. Grant, Esq., from Floyds Bank. December 10, 1930.

Dear Sir,

£365 millions. In these circum- | proceeding to Shanghai, whilst Mr. this amount

E. Stone, of the Canadian Pacifie Steamships, Ltd., in proceeding fo limit. Yokohama an business.

Your sincerely,

David Grant,

Letter to D. Grant, Esq., from Floyds Bank. December 17, 1930.

Dear Sir,

And the cause to be as you sur- stances, it is not surprising that

L. S. Dee. mise, propose removing your an immediate reduction in public

Reply to Mr. Dee. December 12, securities at once to a drier nt- expenditure should be demanded

The annual Jumble Sale in con.[1930. Dear Mr. Dec.

mosphere and putting your over- as the 'very essence of the restora-

nexion with the imion Charch, I have always been against my draft in the place formerly oc- tion of the industrial situation. Kennedy Road, will take place on overdraft being so big, and eupled by your securities in the Friday, May 7th and it is hoped that meant to speak to you about it. hope that it will shrink instead. 'The State, An taking from industry there will be a good response to the Every time I ask you how muchi T will not deprive you of your huge sums in taxation, is depriv-appeal for contributions of clothing it is, you tell me it is far bigger platinum mine shares. They are ing it of the very means which her articles, which should than I have worked it out to be worth more to you than they are

be sent to the Church Hall on Wedn10K+

Ito us. Please note that your over- . would otherwise be available today or Saturday mornings. The sale in my mind.

Are you sufo your tollers are draft limit is now £1,500. is organised annually in the interest.

I shall be obliged if you will freilitate' that expansion and of deserving charity, and the Com-counting it right? Perhaps some velopment which forms so large niittee carries out mest kindly and of my money has slipped down the take immediate steps to put your useful work in this respect. It is back of the drawer, or maybe two account in order by weekly pay- a part of the problem of ratione hoped that generous support will be or three notes have got stuck to-ments. Otherwise I shall have to naturbygether for the work is

and been overlooked. I consider Laking proceedings aliention. Enough has been quoted | given,

against you1. measured by public response, will

often do it myself. Hongkong business

to illustrate the handicaps under

There is another thing I wanted

Yours faithfully, await with keen interest the pend-

to mention to you: I have often

L. S. Dec. ing report by the British Economie which the British exporting indung.

duction and exhibition have been lacen rather dishonest looking men

Reply to L, S. Deo. Decomber Mission which visited the East for tries are labouring quite apart

from the wage standard which we linked together by the two leading coming furtively out of your bank 19, 1930. Dear Mr. Dec,

to the I am very hurt at the tone of The purpose of studying trade con-

Dragon." For all we your letter, and the contemptuous Olsen's Musicdition on the spot and are rtain canol hope to see nuturially lower companies-British International and going over the way

Linh, Ltd--both of which control spending my money on liquor platinum shares. The man who gravity from the standpoint of n Arnheim's Orchestra

large circuits of cinemas, thus en- Perhaps it would be a good idea floated the company said they were Just tain to regain some of her

nation which must of necessitysuring them a substantial market. to mark my money in some way. very good, and surely he ought to From the Paul Oliver markets in the Orient.

remarks made by the members of secure a large export trade to the Mission on reaching Home, it balanco ita imports. How it may be far as the Eastern may be expected that the report will alleviated so

concerned, we may particularly outspoken markets are character, containing, possibly, hope to see indicated soon.

blunt some

bome truths on the situation. So far #14 the piecegoods outlook is cerned, we notice that one of the members of the Mission assert- ed that price in the chief dificulty that Lancashire is up aguinat in the Eastern markets. Here we encounter

of one

"Yellow

ing how far it is possible for tri- . The situation is one of much Pictures, Ltd. and Gaumont-Bri- know, some of the clerks may be way you have turned down my

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sioners, in the course of his speech at the farewell banquet in Hong- kong, dramatically referred to this when he declared that if a "price market" means that the standard of life which the Mission had seen In China and Japan is to be the of life for accepted standard Great Britain and for the world, then all Hell's demons might well laugh at our econemles and our civilisation.

future.

In Hongkong, it is largely block don't you think so, just to catch know.

them at it? booking which keeps British films

out of circulation. The theatre in order to keep their owners houses open continuously, which

A

Your sincerely,

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*

Your faithfully,

L. S. Deo.

etc.

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manager attitude of the banks simply kills enterprise, restricte buying, is a staggering blow to the system of credit on which our on- Roply to L. S. Dee, December 16, tire trade is built, and is very un-

Doar Mr. Dee,

pleasant to me.

1930.

It shall be shown up and put down at once before our indus- tries aro throttled for want of capital.

(Note to Editor: You can' casily recognise Dee. He is the meat- looking man who sits away at the back of the bank behind a glass door.-D. G.)

I don't propose to bandy words. with you any longer, and I shall David Grant.

start clearing off my overdraft at the rate of £1 per week,

Your sincerely, Letter to D. Grant, Esq., from

David Grant. is only sound business, contract Floyds Bank December 14, 1930. for enough plctures from the big Dear Sir

Our tellers do not make mis-

Letter to D. Grant, Esq., from producers to fill up all their avail-

takes. Your overdraft is $2,200. Floyds Bank. December 20; 1930. British Flims for Hongkong,

All film buying and The rather dishonest looking men Dear Sir. able time. The successful premiere of the hooking in Hongkong is geared to you see walking furtively from

Your offer of £1 per week is to the "Yellow now King's Theatre, the instalia- this system, so that there is little our bank across tien of talking-upparatus in two outlet for films of British origin, Dragon" are people like you who grossly inadequate. Unless, etc..

Your faithfully, Since my letter to you on the other local cineman and the pro- though the industry has gone have been in to borrow money.

L. S. Dee. mised opening, in the very near ahead with gigantic strides. 10th there has been #aerious

after There are more letters of u seventh thentre Three cinemas for talking-pictures shrinkage In the value of your

I have been instruct this, but I have given you enough similarly equipped, avem an car-have commenced operations since securities.

ed to ask you to furnish us with to show you the type of thing difficulties of the situation, Sir nest of the need for the institution the beginning of the month.

additional securities, failing that is ruining this country. Aa. Thomas Allen, one of the Mis-of a quota aystem to ensure a fourth will follow shortly. The which your overdraft. limit will you see, this inbuman dog-in-the-

hearing for British Alms. It is Government would probably do the have to be reduced to £1,500. unfortunate, perhaps, that the or-cinema-going public a good service ganisation announced some time in keeping up high standards if ago, planning to undertake the im- serious consideration were given portation of British flims has to the quota proposal. shown little signs of life, but this failure does not reduce the force- fulness, of the plea. British filme of the highest standards are avail. able if effort is made to secure them, and the fact that before summer seven cinemas will be ex- hibiting talking-pictures would Eventually, of course, with the seem to suggest there is plenty of march of progress, the workers of room for the British product. The the East will demand, and get, a

few flms from England that have

higher standard of

wage.

but leaked in have been cordially wel foreign nations interested in the corned by local audiences, and even- Oriental markets have to face the refuse to be debarred from secing tually the cinema-going public will

aituation as it exists to-day, a 'cir-' some of the world's greatest ar- cumstance which will Illustrate the tists. The results of the operation basic character of the problem.of the quota system in England How Lancashire can hope to com- may well be employed in support pete with China and Japan in the of the proposal for Hongkong. East, handicapped as she must be Mr. Herbert Oakley, In the Fort- by higher production costa, to any nightly Review, shows that an a nothing of freight charges, it is result of the quota, importations of of American films fell to 6,688,927 difficult to see. This mantler high production costs was recently linear feet of negative film in 1029, a reduction of 22 per cent. on the touched upon in an informative

previous year. The twenty per statement on the British Industrial cont. of British films shown in- situation, issued by the National atend of American films was swall Confederation of Employers Or-in excess of the quata demand and ganisations. In that atatement, it it had grown In 1930 to over 25- was pointed out that our coats are per cont. The British Industry too heavy compared with those of produced over 2,000,000 linear foreign competitors, partly as the feet of negativo film in 1929 and a result of the relatively high stand-great deal more in 1980, so that ard of living aid of public expon. taking a high averago of 8,000 feet per programme, 500 programinica diture. Indox numbers, accom have been completed in England in panying the statement show that the past two years. The American with the British figure at 100 each monopoly has been broken. Pro

"That's a good girland say about auntie?"!

(PS.: I have just heard that Dee has been promoted to the Head Office, but you can show up the new manager instead. He Is just as bad as Dee, only a bit meaner-looking-D. G.)

The Pole- Crashers.

The rumour (started by our selves) that a party of trafle ex peris led by Lord Ashfield is about. to make a spectacular dash to the Pela by Underground has prompt- ed us to tell you a few things about the Pole which you never know be fore and will probably never know again—W, C. S.

WHERE are of course three Thinds of Pole, the North.

the

Pole, the South Pole, and Boy Scout's or Baden-Pole:

Having committed thatto piper-ws will resume our Aretiè calm and consider this crase for Pola-crashing by submarine, horse marine, up-turaon, retou practical frame of mindants 2

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