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A
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ate.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1931.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE Opening Daily Official Quotations 15th Oct., 1931.
Next Settlement Day, Tuesday, 27th October, 1931.
Last dividend and when pald
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234
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82
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Rate of Native In-
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Paris New York
Milan Berlin
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Helsingfors
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Mar. 19, 81
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10934
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300
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Montevideo
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Bucharest
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3/5 4
1/11/2
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U.S.A.. Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San
Francisco, Sept. 19)
SATURDAY,
Java and Manila
For
Shanghai and Swatow
Manila
MISS RUTH CULLEY,
(Camb. Higher Local, Camb. Teachers' Diplonia).
MISS GERTRUDE TURNEE,
(National Frodel Higher (Certificate).
FOR SALE.
Flower and Vegetable
SEEDS
Indication points to a HEAVY DEMAND for seeds THIS SEASON.
To be sure of getting every variety you wish wo suggest that you
ORDER TO-DAY.
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Francisco, September 18)
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Ho Sang
Parcels
15.
3.30 p.m. 2.80 p.m.
4 p.m..
Oct. 15, 3 p.m.
Lettera Bin Tang. Empress of Russia. OCTOBER 16.
Kuelchow Kitano Maru Hal Ning
Fakono Maru
....5 p.m.
HORIZONTAL 1-Covering of a tree 5-To carry (Cofloq.). D-A bristle (Burg.) 10-Pertaining to
Iratand
12-Epistle (abbr.)
18-To give a name to
17-Matura
15-Part of verb "To be"
20-Contend
HORIZONTAL (Cont) } 147-Nickel (abbr.)
4B-Narrow country
thoroughfares 50-Army Order (abbr.)j 51-In position for
motion (Rautj
138
VERTICAL (Cont) 12-Formerly (Post) 14-Bind 16-The morning 18-A play on worde 10-A Scottish
advocala
54-A nymph presiding21-Torments
over fountains
(Class Myth.) 67-Twisted hamp
21-The language of the 58-Lairs
Merca
23-3ilgi:t
VERTICAL
5 pan 6 p.m.
8.30 a.m.
1-Exlat
9.80 a.m.
2-Near
2 p.m.
26-Form of a verb (pl.)| 28-Serlous
3-Docay 4-Cutlery
8,80 p.m.
Karuna Maru
(Due Marseilles, Nov. 14.) G.P.O.
.Oct. 16, p.m. ....6 p.m.
Registration .Oct. 16, 4,30p.m. Registration
4.80 p.m. Letters. Lettere
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24-Ever (Pack}
26-filver in Germany
30-Komelor (abbr) 31-You and I 32-To lczy a tax-upon 36-Task assigned by a
teacher 40-Thin 41-01corvo__ 42-Darnel '44-Girifa' name,
48-A gear wheel 40-0terling (abbr)
22-A lyric poem
27-Printar's measure
(pl.)
29 in debt
32-Ardor
33-City In Ohio 34-A food container
35-Avoid
$6-Fabio 37-Parched
B-A door-karper of a
Manonis society G-Raw metal 7-Musical note. C-Plural ending of some nouns -To pierce for a
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Ina Mohammadan 65-into houachold
33-A mountain nymph (Class Myth) 30-A Roman emparer. 42-Eternity 4-Edge 40-80 (Scot-} 62–Treasurer: (abbr.) 69-A land mozgure
(obbr.)
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