Hongkong, Aug. 24, Miss Sung Mel-lidg (Mme. Chiang) wife of the Generalissimo, arrived the Colony from Canton by the s, Taishan last night. She was accompanied by a large encourage including General Chiang Kal-shek's foreign adviser and his wife, Ins. Chen Lap-fu and Dr. Chang Yuk-hsao, woman jurist Mme. Chiang declined to receive any visitors or press representatives, and is staying at a friend's residence in Kowloon. "She will stay here for a few days before returning to join her husband in Canton, Sugar Monopoly The sugar merchants here held 9 conference yesterday at the Sugar Merchant Guild in discussing @raft an appeal to the Kuanglung Provincial Government for the can-collation of the sugar monopoly.
Mr. Chen Hoi-cho, the chairman, addressing members of the Guild, pointed out the detriment of the sugar monopoly in this province, He emphasized that since the introduction of government sugar monopoly the monopolists had imported 1,000,000 bags of foreign sugar into Kuangtung. Every time a consignment of sugar arrived in the Colony the Canton Government despatched gunboats to ship back the sugar to Canton to evade payment of sugar tax to the Customs, the practice of which is a great detriment to the national revence, Owing to its cheapness in price and "duty free," the native sugar can hardly compete with the Imported sugar smuggled by the monopolist and thus the native sugar industry was practically crushed. Plantation owners in the various sugar produc~ ing districts in Kuangtung also suffered heavy losses.
Tt was decided at the mooting that fan appeal should be sent to the Pro-vinelet Government requesting the abolition of the monopoly $0 a8 to revive the native sugar Industry. Taking advantage of his presence in Canton it was also decided that 4 duplicate of the petition should be forwarded rect "to the General
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