Its Reported Transfer to Shanghai With reference to the "transfer ence'? of the Royal Dutch Oil Co.'s candle works at Balik, Dutch Forneo, to Shanghai (announced this week by Reuter in a message from Amsterdam) we understand that the step will only lead to an increase in the output of the local Price's Candle Factory.
Recently Price's (China) Ld. joined forces with the Asiatic Petroleum Ca., in which the Royal Dutch Ca. have certain definite interests, "There has actually been no transfer of the Royal Dutch factory at Balik to Shanghai," Mr. c. G. Humphrys, general manager of the A.P.C.'s Shanghai office, informed a "North-China Daily, News" representative on Monday. "There has been a transfer of their business to Shanghai."
The A.P.C, sell candles for the Royal Dutch combine and, it is to be presumed, owing to the "fatal fiscal policy" in the Dutch East Indies, that they prefer to have their candles made in Shanghai.
The establishment at Balik is the principal export candle factory in Dutch Borneo. Tu 1918 its output was 4,080,000 kilogrammes. The Iceal Price's factory turns out about a million packages yearly and it is expreted that its output will now he trebled. For some time past, however, a certain quantity of candles have been manufactured locally for the Royal Dutch company.
Mr. G. W. Boissevain, Dutch Vice-Consul, said he had received no notification of the removal the big Dutch company's business to Shanghai. He thought the proposal might possibly constitute 9 threat the Government in the Tndies to snliorate its present fiscal policy.
Tue Cathedral Troop of B. P. Scouts had a field day on Saturday at their new camp in Vu Yuen Road, the first since the school suspended operations owing to illness, The troop took this opportunity of presenting Scoutmaster Moffatt with a blackwood and silver tray, with six silver liqueur cups, as a. wedding present, inscribed "To Mr. and Mrs. J. Moffatt. from the Cathedral Troop, B. P. Scouts, Shanghai, 10-2-23.""
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