PRESIDENT LINERS
are
LUXURY LINERS
Famed for a Splendid Cuisine
TO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK,
AND BOSTON -
Via Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama and Honolulu Pres. Cleveland Midnight Mar. 24 Pres. Coolidge ..Noon Apr. 18 Pres. Taft........... 8.00 a.m. Apr. 21 Pres. Hoover ..Noon May 1 Pres. Lincoln....... 8.00 a.m. May 19 Pres. Coolidge Noon June 3
EUROPE NEW YORK AND BOSTON Via Manila, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles
Pres. Adams ...8.00 a.m. Mar. 31 Pres. Harrison .8.00 am. Apr. 11 Pres. Polk .8.00 am. Apr. 25 Pres. Pierce ........... 8.00 a.m: May 9 Pres. Van Buren 8:00 am. May 23 Pres. Garfield
8.00 a.m. June 6
TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS ROUTE” Via: Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama
Pres. Grant „Midnight Mar. 26 Pres. Jackson Midnight Apr. 9 Pres. Jefferson “Midnight Apr. 23 Pres. McKinley, Midnight May 7 Pres. Grant “Midnight May 21 Pres. Jackson Midnight June 4
TO MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE
NEXT SAILINGS. Pres. Grant ...6.00 pm. Mar. 20 Prés. Adams ...8.00 xm. Már. 31 Pres. Jackson ..6.00 p.m. Apr. 3 Pres. Harrison .8.00 aim. Apr. 11 Pres. Coolidge .9.00 p.m. Apr. 11 Pres. Taft .6.00 pm. Apr. 14
BOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 19, 1957.
LOCAL SHARE MARKET
Following is the list of ch
and
engzirïes in local share
morning.
-BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1860 s., 1860 Bank of East Asia $85.b.
#INSURANCES
Canton Ins$320, sa
Union Ins. $630.1.3
HK. Fire Ins. $295 b.
·SHIPPING-
Douglases $36 b. -
this.
DOCKS, WEARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.
H. H. and K. Wharves $114 b.
$115 sa
H. K. and W. Rocks $31 b., $31/32
$3.
Providents (Old) $230 s., $2.30 sa. Providents (New) 20 cts. b.
MINING
Raubs $12.85 b.
LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS.
H. K. and S. Hotels $7.35 b., $7.30/4
35 sa.
H. K. Lands $36 b. $3612 S., $367-
36% Sa
H. K. Realties $5.80 b., $5.80 sa.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
H. K. Tramways $15.20 b., $15.40.sa. Peak Trams (Old) $41⁄4% 6. Star Ferries $882 by $89/89% sa. Yaumati Ferries $254 b.
China Lights (Old) $14.80 b. $14.-
90/15 sa
China Lights (New) $1L70-bi, $11801
$2.
H. K. Electrics $58% b., $58/59 sa. Sandakan Light $11 b.
LOCAL DOLLAR ·
Silver Prices Down
The local dollar is steady, open ing on demand this morning
2-27/3
"Spo
at 20%
The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at US$4
Singapore Raw Rubber
Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co., re- ceived the following quotations from Singapore in Straits Currency for Raw Rubber
Spot 42 b. Up 14. April-June 43% 6. Up 1. July-Sept. 434 b. Up 14 Oct-Dec. 4332 b. Up 14. Market:-Firm.
PRICES RISING IN FRANCE
Paris, To-day.
A further increase in prices France was recorded during the
Telephones (Old) $30 b., $30% sa first half of March, wholesale prices
Telephones (New) $12,10 b.
INDUSTRIALS
Cements $15 s., $15 sa
H. K. Ropes $41⁄2 b. $44/.60 sa.
STORES, &C.
Dairy Farms $271⁄4·s.
Watsons $5.65 b., $5.65/¥ sa. Lane, Crawfords $8% b., $8/8
COTTON MILLS
$2.
Ewo Cottons Sh$16.30 s., $16.35/40
S
Shanghai Cottons (Old) Sh$118 b. Shanghai Cottons (New) Sh.$93 b. MISCELLANEOUS Constructions (New) 45 cts. 5. Vibro Piling $7 b., $7 sa.
Antamoks
Atoks...
Baguio Gold
Balatoc Mining
Sa
AND
Opening B.
10 am.
in Pesos
C.
C.
1.50
45
29
Benguet Consol
14- 13% X D
Benguet Explor
.172
Big Wedge
302
Coco Grove
.63
Consolidated Min
043
Demonstrations
194
E. Mindanao
36
Gumans G'field
_26
Ipo Gold
.29
IXL
150
Itogons
1.45
Masbate Consol.
441⁄2
Min Resources
.39
Northern Mining
13
Paracale Gumans
TO-
Salacot Mining
.7
2.90
97
having risen by $ per cent.
For the first time since: Premier Leon Blum took office an increase in the price of electricity has also been recorded Trans-Ocean
Bank Of England Dividend
London, To-day.
A half-yearly dividend of six per cent, payable on April 5, was de- clared by the Bank of England at its shareholders' meeting yester- day. Manet
Pronts for the half year ending February 18 were £664,967.—Trans- Ocean.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
WORLD'S - GREATEST » TRAVEL · SYSTEM
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
SAILS FOR VANCOUVER via SHANGHAI & JAPAN
AT 6 A.M.
FRIDAY, APRIL 2nd.
WORLD CRUISING EMPRESS OF BRITAIN
sails for Shanghai (Woosung) Chinwangian, Beppu, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles, through Panama Canal, New York and Southampton.
AT 8.30 PM.
THURSDAY, MARCH 25th
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
Sails for MANLA
THURSDAY, MARCH 25th For Information Apply To Your Own Agent Or
Canadian Pacific
∙SPANS THE WORLD
Tel 20752
San Mauricio Sayoc Consol United Paracales
SCOTCH MASONS.
King's Message To Lodge
A letter from King George VI, Grand Master Mason of Scotland, written. when he was Duke of York, was contained in a minute submitted Jon February 4 to the Quarterly Com- munication of Grand Lodge in Free-
COMMODITY PRICES masons Hall, Edinburgh. The letter
conveyed congratulations to all men- The following quotations have bers of Grand Lodge on the excellent been received by Renter -
manner in which their general Prev. Yesterday arrangements were carried out for Closing Closing the recent bicentenary celebrations, and added: "I feel sure that deputa- tions and visiting brethren must have been greatly impressed not only with the dignity and simplicity of the in- stallation ceremony but also with the friendly hospitality which they met on: all sides
14:13 13.99
13.41
New York Cotton:
May
July
14.29 14.18
October
13.57
December
13.50
19.36
January
13.51
13.39
Spot
14.88
1473-
Chicago Wheat
March
25.00
25.45m
May July
September
25.08
25.49
25.18
25.51
25.19
25.529
Dec
25-22
25.52
New York-Rubber: May
1139
1244
September
121
1221⁄2
Chicago Corn:
109/2
110%
July
105
106%
September
00%
101%
Winnipeg Wheat
Ma
Sir Iain Colquhoun, Acting Grand Master Mason, said that he had beer asked by the Grand Master Mason to express to Grand Lodge his thanks for their friendly welcome when he came to Edinburgh and his deep and earnest congratulations on that he could only hope had been magnific
Bs of the tenary celebratio
July
Octobe
Five persons were killed by an aval- anche at Yamagata and over 20 others were injured when another avalanche. coverturned a tram,in Hokkaid -durin
blizzards which "are"
ern Japan: