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Empress of Japan on Friday, August 25th.
Passengers to Manila, any class, must possess Cholera inocula- tion certificates issued by the Hong Kong Government authorities Dated not less than five days nor more than three months from date of arrival in Manila.
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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 11, 1989.
ADMIRAL DURLAN
RETURNS
London, To-day.
The Admiralty yacht, Enchan-
A
Riches Or A Singer
New York, July 26. beautiful eighteen-year-old
tress, brought members of the New York society girl has been sent Board of the Admiralty to Ports-to Bermuda on holiday, for eight mouth yesterday after the royal weeks to choose between love and inspection of the Reserve Fleet in wealth. Weymouth Bay.
There in seclusion the girl, Bar-
On board the Enchantress wasbara Smith, must decide on also the French Chief of the Naval mother's orders-whether she shall Staff Admiral Durlan, who attend-marry Ray Morton, a handsome ed the inspection.
crooner, or inherit a fortune of
Her proud, socialité mother, Mrs.
He left immediately in the several million dollars. French destroyer, Volta, for Cher- bourg and reached Paris last even-Williamı Z. Breed, has made it clear ing. British Wireless.
LOCAL SHARES
Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations to day:-
INSURANCES
China Underwriters $14 b. DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.
H.K. Docks $10 b., $18/18% sa. LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H.K. and S. Hotels $4.80 sa. Humphreys $8 s.
PUBLIC UTILITIES China Lights (Old) $7.90 sa.
INDUSTRIALS
Canton Ices $1 b.
MISCELLANEOUS H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 1021⁄4 b. H.K, Govt. 3% Loan 99% b.
MANILA SHARES Antamoks Pa. .22 sa, Atoks Ps. 21 sa.
Baguio Gold Ps. .191⁄2 b.
Batong Buhay Ps. .014 sa.
Benguet Consol. Ps. 10.50 sa.
Big Wedge Ps. .22 sa.
Coco Grove Ps. .23 sa.
Consol. Mines Ps. .0015 b., ex. rts. Demonstrations Ps. .09 b.
IX.L. Pa. 43% 88.
Ipo Gold Ps. 16 b. Itogons Ps. .22.sa. Mambulao Ps. .06 b. Masbates Ps: 10 b.
Mind. Mother Lode Ps. .08% sa. Mine Operation Ps. .12, b. North Camarines Ps. .23 b. Paracale Gumaus Ps. .15% b. San Mauricio Ps. .89 sa. Surigao Consol. Ps. .22% b. Suyoc Consol. Ps. .13 b. Syndicate Ps. .028 b. United Paracales Ps. 41 80.
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day wa
was 1/2-19/32. Spot silver was quoted in London at 17 and forward at 16-1/2.
The London on New York cross rate was quoted
-U.S.$4.6812 and New York London at SU.S.$4.68-1/8.
that Barbara cannot have
SOCIETY ARGUES
both.
Either she must renounce her crooner and thus make certain of the fortune and continued - luxury, or she must give up all for Ray. But mother has warned her that that way lies disinheritance.
Barbara is deeply in love with him,
All New York society was
talk- ing to-day about Barbara's dilemms and arguing whether she should choose wealth or love.
When Barbara admitted her love for Morton her mother, who in- herited a big patent medicine for tune from Barbara's grandfather, gave her the ultimatum and sent her to Bermuda.
An Old Buddha's Vengeance
London, July 27.
A buddha statue which arrived at an art school at Denham, near Ipg- wich, last night, has caused the students to reverse their opinion about a superstition associated with it.
Legend says that when the statue is removed from its pedestal, dis- aster follows.
TOSSED CHERRIES IN ITS LAP Students put it on the floor, toss- ed cherries into its lap and left for their lodgings, To-day when they arrived at the school they found that the building had been burned
out
Art treasures worth hundreds of at pounds, an entire library on art on collected from all over the world and the students' own pictures destroyed.
THE STATUE ESCAPED The Buddha statue alone remain- ed undamaged.
The only occupant of the build- ing was a Chinese model, Mr. F. G. Lee Kam, who jumped 20ft. from a window to safety.
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