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DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES * AMERICAN MAIL. LINE * FASTEST TIME
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
HONG KONG to SAN FRANCISCO
BILWAY
15 DAYS
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
Sailing
MIDNIGHT, JUNE 3rd
12 Pedder Building, Hong Kong
Canton Branch, 21 French Concession, Shameen.
BOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 31, 1937.
LOCAL SHARES
Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations this morning:
BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1960 s., $1955 sa. Bank of East Asia $95 b.
INSURANCES China Underwriters $2.05 b.
SEME SHIPPING ® Indo-Chinas (Pref.) $50 b. DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.
H. K. and K. Wharves $119 b. H. K. and W. Dócks $30 b. Providents (Old) $2.20 b.
LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. and S. Hotels $7.20 sa. H. K. Lands $351⁄4 b.
· PUBLIC" UTILITIES H. K. Tramways $14.60 b. Peak Trams (Old) $4% b. Peak Trams (New) $14 b. Star Ferries $84% b. Yaumati Ferries $251⁄4 b. China Lights (Old) $14 b. H. K. Electrics $60% b. Telephones (Old) $29 b. Telephones (New) $11.90 b.
STORES, &C.
Dairy Farms $25.65 b., $26.90 sa. Watson $44 b.
Wm. Powell, Ltd. 45 cts. b.
COTTON MILLS
Shanghai Cottons (Old) Sh.$114
b. X. Div.
MISCELLANEOUS Constructions (New) 45 cts. b. Ch. Govt. 5% 1925G. $ Bds. 96% Marsmans (H.K.) s/- 6/9 sa,
Stock
Antamoks
Atoks Baguio Gold
Consolidated Mines
Demonstrations
H. G. WELLS AND LOW
Wisdom About Life"
Mr. H Wells, when he opened an exhibition of cartoons by Low at the London Gallery, Cork-street, paid the cartoonist glowing tribute.
"I should like to say something about his extraordinary wisdom about life," he said. "He makes you laugh, and 3 you are apt to for- get that he is an extraordinarily wise man.
"Low is only half-way through this career. I doubt if he - bas- reached his zenith. What he shows you here is not the whole product of Low. Behind there is other work.
"I happen to know that he has been experimenting with colour, and it is significant that he does not. show you anything of it to-day. One of the most significant enter- prises you have in the world of art is the proper use of colour.
"The human being is overloaded' with it, and most of us spend a b.great proportion of our time trying to disregard it. I think Low is go- Opening ing to give us something very in-
10 a.m.
.33 .20%
.11.25
.73
in Pesos teresting in the way of treatment of 1.05 colour as a method of expression."
The exhibition includes 144 car- 12.00 toons, all brilliant, many of them famous, which the artist has hungTM .11% in three sections under the sug--
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gestive titles, "The League and For-- 024 eign Affairs," Home Politics," and "British Empire." There are 30 24% examples of Low's vivid portrai- -16-
ture. .19% .79 The catalogue is worded by the-
artist himself, and he has written an introduction which almost com- pares in wit with his cartoons.
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Balatoc Mining
Benguet Consol.
Benguet Explor Coco Grove
Big Wedge
E. Mindanao
Gumaus G’field
Ipo Gold
I X. L.
.99
Masbate Consol.
.30
Min. Resources Northern Mining
.25
.09
Paracale Gumaus
40.
Salacot Mining
.04
$2.05
.38
.79.
Itogons
8 DAYS
10 DAYS
5 DAYS
San Mauricio- → Suyoe Consol.-
United Paracales
The Manila Stock Exchange is closed to-day.
BRITISH EXPERT
Go EMPRESS to America, Europe FOR CHINA
Hong
TEA INDUSTRY
DOLLAR RATE
London Silver Prices.
The demand rate of the Hong Kong dollar yesterday morning was 1/2%.
"Spot" silver was quoted at 20--
and "forward," at 20-5/16. The London on New York cross- Mr. P. E. rate was quoted at £U.Š.$4.9845 Witham as a technical expert of the and the New York on London cross-- Victoria China National Tea Corporation, which rate at £U.S.$4.93-9/16.
Naga- saki
Leave
Kobe
Leave
Yoko- hama
Van-
The
Honolulu couver
Leave Leave
Arrive
June 29
July 12
appointment
of
was recommended by the board of directors of the concern, has been formally approved by Mr. Wu Ting- chang, Minister of Industry.
Mr. Witham, it is learned, was form- with Messrs. Charles erly connected
Singapore Raw Rubber
Shang- Empress Kong hai
of
Leave Arrive
Japan
June 11
June 13
June 16 June 18 June 24 Asia June 25 June 27 June 29 July 1 July 3 Canada July 9 July 11
July 14 July 16 July 23 July 28 Hope and Son in London and has had Russia July 23 July 25 July 27 July 29 July 31
Aug. 9 14 years experience în practical plant-
ing of tea on some of the well-known a Japan
6. Aug. 8
Aug. 11 Aug. 13 Aug. 19 Aug. 24 estates in Assam.
Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co., have re- Asia -Aug-17 Aug. 19 - Aug. 21′ Aug. 23 Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 7 China National Tea Corporation was Singapore in Straits Currency for His engagement as an expert to the ceive the following quotations from Canada Sept. 3 Sept. 5
Sept. 8 Sept. 10 Sept. 17. Sept. 22 highly recommended by the Sino-Bri- Raw Rubber:
tish Trade Association, the British Am- bassador to China, Sir Hughe Knatch- bull-Hugessen and endorsed by leading tea merchants in Shanghai and Lon- don.
TO MANILA
EMPRESS OF JAPAN JUNE 4th
information from Passenger & Freight Offices
Union Building, Hong Kong
Telephones: Passenger 20752–Freight, 20042.
Canton Agents, Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd,
Canadian Pacific
Export Company For Nanking?
Spot 34-3% b. unchanged. Jan./March 34-34 b. unchanged. July/Sept. 34-5% b. unchanged. Oct./Dec. 34-34 b. unchanged. Market: Dull.
A.OF.C. DIVIDEND
The defunct American Oriental Fin- The People's Economic Reconstruc-ance Corporation has begun distribution tion Movement Association in Nanking of 5 per cent. dividend to depositors is studying a joint proposal drawn up and creditors, totalling 375,000 yuan. by its secretary, Mr. King Chi-po and Checks were likewise forwarded to. expert, Mr. Cheng Chu-ping, calling the Tientsin branch. Total distribu- for the establishment of an export tions thus far totaled 27 and % per- company in the capital.
cent. George Sellett, in charge of the liquidation, announced another dividend' will be shortly issued.
The proposed company, it is pointed out in the proposal, will lend an im- petus to the development of native in- dustry in the surrounding districts of thou- Nanking and provide jobs, for sands of the unemployed.
Two Italian transports packed with troops and a cargo, steamer carrying motor-cars and aeroplanes passed! through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea..
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The opening of the export concern is considered opportune in view of the suspension of the International Export Company, a British firm which did a A non-stop flight from Dessau, Cen- thriving business in exporting eggs tral Germany, to Natal, Brazil, by a and poultry products in former years. | German plane, was abandoned at Ba-- About 2,000 workers of the firm are thurst, Gambia, owing to strong head! *now out of joba, sh
winds: