DE LA RAMA LINES BRITAIN TO ABOLISH SINO CANADIAN JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
THE SILVER COINAGE
EXPRESS CARGO LINER SERVICES
TO AND FROM PACIFIC & ATLANTIC COASTS
VESSEL
M.V. MINDORO M.V. DONA NATI
SS. HIALEAKALA
DUE
TOADS FOR
1st Oct. 3rd Oct.
Discharge Only Atlantic Coast via Honolulu Los Angeles & Panuma
7th Oct. Manth
THE DE LA RAMA STEAMSHIP CO. INC
Fedder Building
TEL: 23670
Chinese Shipping Office
Tel. 20163
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
1. CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL Telephones: 80331-8 Privato Exchange.
Agents: CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD
"PARHOI "TSINAN"
"NEWCHWANG”
"FENGTHEN** *FOGORV
"TATEHAN"
SAILINGS TO
Saigon noon 20th Sept Shanghai naon 20th Sept Singapore & Punting 4 pan. 2nd Oct
ARRIVALS FRÒM
Singapore 2nul Oef Shanghai, Keefung & Amoy 3rd Oct CANTON RIVER LINE
Arrives prn, 20th Sept Salla 1 am, 1st Oct. Arrives 2.30 p.m. 3rd Oct
Agents: BLUE FUNNEL LINE
"PROMOETHEUS"
"TURSBUS"!
"KAMOA"
"SAMAPPRK?
U. K. SERVICE
Salling
11th Det.
Arriving
26 Sept.
2nd Oct.
Mid. Oct.
Mid. Oct.
"ANTILOCBUS"
NEW YORK SERVICE
Arriving
"GLAUCUS"
3rd Week Oct.
AUSTRALIAN
*YOU HOW"
Agents:
For
Port Said.
Liverpool
via Stratt
From
VK. via Stra
--do-
~~do-
From
New Yor
ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.
Arriving
Mid, Oct.
From
Australi
All The Above Subject To Alloration Without Natioe. For Pastuge and Freight Particulars Apply To The Above.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
S. S. "Haiyang" Sailing for Swatow & Amoy on the 26th inst.
Subject to alteration without Notica.
For Particulars of Freight & Passage. Please apply to:-
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.
General Managers.
7. GO, Building. 5th floor. Tel. 23755.
or
CHINESE SHIPPING DEPT.
20 Connaught Road, Central. Tel. 24639.
BEN LINE STEAMERS LIMITED.
SAILINGS TO U.K. VIA STRAITS.
S.S. "DENCRUACHAN"
S.S. "BENLOMOND"
S.S. "RENALDER”
FREIGHT ONLY.
VESSELS DUE
LOADING
Discharging Kowloon Wharf, .... 3rd Oct.
...loadfisk for London 1st half of Oct.
5
21
2nd half of Oct. 2nd half of 'Oct.
2
For particulars apply to:-
S.S. "DENLOMOND" S.S. "BENCRUACILAN"
W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA)', LTD. '
York Building
Tel. B4168.
N.Y. Stock Market
Now York, Sept. 27. Stacks rallied generally in the final hour after the market had
spent most of the session oating
WRA
over irregular terrain. It the third successive averĥæo re- Lavery
shift the first time this? s been accomplished in about two months. Closing gains rang- d from fractions to three painta with a few to alx. Some
London, Sept. 26.
The present British silver currency is to be abo- Ifshed and replaced by coins with more nickle, This was revealed by an authoritative source today. The United Kingdom Government is
•
Nanking, Sept. 27. The Chinese Foreign Office announced the signing of a commercial agreentent be- tween China and Conada. The text la to be released
KON
October, 1—Mänociated Press.
already drafting special legislation necessary Stocks In
to bring about the change and it is expected that this will be placed before Parliament at the next session,
Neither the shape nor the design of the currency is to be changed, though it will be much lighter in weight and of slightly different colour from the existing currency. The object of the change is to have the silver, which at present is very expensive. It is estimated that the all-British users, however, persisted.
silver coin contains fifty per cent silver- Commission houses again at As the now nickel currency be ributed the buying to a hellef
tomes avaliable, allver will be the bear market may have run its withdraw, malted down and the-
ourse. Prominent advancars in-ilver extracted. There cluded United States Gypsum up details available of the saving this i
are no
9 points at $112 and Johns Man-will make. Fill up at $100. Losers In- The British Government's deci
luded Dow Chemical and Allied alon 10 replace Britain's prezent Chemical. Transfers were around silver coins by nickel coins is die-
300,000 shares.
inted by the shortage. of silver zeherally and particularly by the obligation to return the huge amount of lend-lease silver to the United States in kind.
The Dow Jones
Averages:! Itpeks 62.83, 20 Industrial 74.96. 15 Rails 48.63. 10 Utilities
34.8
Closing stock quotations: Adams Express
164, Alaska Juneau 5. American Can 80 American Smelting 51%, Ameri Telephone 175, American
Tobacco 80, American Water
Copper Aviation Corporation Jaldwin Locomotive 22 Barne
works 164, Anaconda
all 214, Bendis Aviation
98% JAM Tethlehem Ste
Steel 98% Boeing Alr raft 20%, Borden Co. 10% Cana
Pacific 144. I
J.
38 Case
Solvent 24, Carn Pro- acts 83, Dupont de
Nemours
184, Batman Kodak Light & Power
Little Silver
Exchanges
In London
London, Sept. 20.
On New York 4.025, 4.036, Mon- treal 4.00, 4.04, Zurich 17.34, 17.86. Stockholm 14.47, 14.50, Buenos Aires unquoted, Brazil 75,4416 Brazil (wellers) unquoted, Uru
ungusted. Belgium 167.60.
London
1
London, Sept. 20.
SHIPPING DEPARTMENT 16 Pedder Stress Tel: 80811,
General Managera.
INDO-CHINA S. N. CO., LTD.
SAILINGS
|5.5. “KUTSANG"
to Shanghai 4th Oot to Straits & Calcufía 8th 'Got
S.5. "MAUSANG"
ARRIVALS -
s.s. "KUTSANG"
S.S. "TAKSANG"
There was a tendency early in s.s. "WINGSANG" doalingo on the stock market aggin to follow the lead of Wall
Street bot operators were rather 5.6. "EMPIRE FARRARTM more cautious In marking
prites. It would appear however, 5.S. "ESANG""
that the recent spell of nervous- S.S. "EMPIRE. WITHAM" noss has not entirely left the mar- ĮS.S. "MAUSANG"
In spite of the absence of Kot a RE
Influences, sellers
any appeared.
The lack of turnover resulted in dullnes of British funds while provincial interests again came in na sellors of industrinis. thera came under pressure.
from Calcutta & 'Strafta 2nd Qet. from Rangoon 4th Oct. from Shanghai 4th 'Oết.
IN PORT
Coamo. Dodic Kowloon Do
(Ben Line Berth) Kowloon Dock. Buoy A10.
Subject to alteration without notios,
AU intending Passengers are requested to register their namen me
for as possible in advans of the time at which they wish to toevo
Agents: GLEN LINE LTD.
The increased of
of turnover re- aulted in dullness of
of British funda while Provincial interests again SS. “GLENAFFARIC" came in ba sellers of industriala, where breweries, tobaccos and textile enme under pressure. ĮS.S. "SZECHUEN"
T'ho merenaed
price of metal}M.V. DENBIGHSHIRE stimulated tin shares where ap
This most be done within five & French Empire 470.50.|| greciable gains were recorded but
move.
Ch 91%, Colmate 51, Com-about 25,000,000 ounces of silver.
Jears aftor President Truman has ormally declared the end of the war emergency and there la no- where except in coin circulation hat such apntities can be found. Britain's so-called silver coins actually contain little silver but bullion brokers. who
had ex
that calculate geled this ver five years it could releane For the same reason of return ing lend-lease silver to the Unitta States, it in confidently expected that India must withdraw her ons Tectric 40, General Motors
upce coins. The
quarter Guodycar Teotrich 72 tomestake Mining 374,
have already li rupee coins been withdrawn. Even the emo ational Harvester 78, Inter-
public took this ntional Paper 42 International donul Indina
calmly and would nrobably & Tej
Johns Manville equally calm about the one tune. Tel 18 30, Kennecott Copper 47, Mont- omery Ward 75, Nationu! Dia llers 24%, National Lead 30%, Yew York Central Central
ngkard Motors 7. Pan-American
211.
18% Gentof
54
Inter-
15%, Pennsylvanin RR Radio Corporation 10
lat
для
oins. The latter's silver con- tent has already been cut from
11/12th to 50 per cent).
Only Tokens
The British public is likely t eal Silk 20 Republle Steel 28, be supremely unconcerned. Si
ynolds Tobacco 28%, Schenley ver coins are regarded purely as
tokens and few people know o 7 Sears Roebuck
30%
enre whether
they contain atte Socony 'it Southern Pacific
Shell
15.
rands 10. Standard Oil of Calif. 4. Standard Oil of N.J. 675. "tudebaker 24. Union Bag 20 Talon Carbide 90 U.S. Rubber 9%. U.S. Steel 724, Westing onse 26%, Youngstown Sheet & Tobe 64.-Associated Press.
BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD.
S.S. "BENCRUACHAN” having arrived from UK. via Ports consignees of cargo are hereby notifled that all goods, are being landed and placed at
The new coins will be cupro- nickel (a copper and nickel siloy) The
The serious aspect is that two o. the world's last remaining silver reserves will have been used tị swell the casuntially unwanted stacks in the United States uni without relieving or even agsli being able to relieve the world's silver shortage.Reuter,
New York
Exchanges
New York, Sept. 26. their risk into the Godowne of American A/C Sterling The Hong Kong & Kowloon 1.03%, 4:03, American A/C Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Months 4.03-6/16, 4.03-0/10, On where delivery may be obtained Sweden 27.82, 27.85, France 84 as soon as the goods are landed. 84, Switzerland (Official) 24.00, 24.26, Switzerland (Free) 24.46 No claims will be admitted offered. Spain 9.20, Portugal 4.011, after the goods have left the 4.06a, Australia 8.25, New Zen- Africa 4.02%, godowns and all goods remainland 1.25. Sauth ing undelivered after 4th Octo-British East Africa 20.25, India ber, 4 p.m. will be subject to 30,29, China 3.320b, 8,3805, Ar- gentine (Official) 29.78, Argentine (Free) 2466 offered, Brazil 5.45, Boliviu 2.00, All broken, chafed and dam-Bolivia (Official)
(Free) 2.88, Chile (Official) 6.16, aged goods are to be left in the Chile (Frve) 3.25, Chile (Export) godown, where the will be ex-
Colombla 56.98, Gula
rent.
|
Arrd. from U.K: Holts Wharf. Londs for Rotterdam, Antwerp, Amsterdam & London 6th Oct. "
due from U.K.-~~Mid Oct. due from U.Kend Oct.
Managing Agents: AUSTRALIA CHINA LINE
480.30, Syria 881, 885, Lisbon rubbers were ngala dull, in sons: 90.80, 100.20, Swiss Bank Notes cases a shilling lower beca
because of Middle 17.25, 17.50, Netherlands doubts regarding a free market for West Indies 7.68, Netherlands the commodity. Diamonds again
M.V. "KAFIRISTAN" East Indies 10.68, 0.70, Holland attracted buyers with De Beers 10.03, 1'anama 4.02, 4.04, Denmark preferred prominent on the 1922, 19.86, Prague 201.
202,
that the company bad_ob. Iss. "FERIOD" Deta 19.98. 20.02.
Palestine tained large concessions in Tan- Norway
ganyika. 100 Forward Rutes. One Month:-
p.
United States Sp. D, Cantadia: p. 4D, Switzerland p, D. Sweden 1/2 p. 13 D. Paris 40 cents, 18 cents, Holland 1 cent. 1 cent
.Loads for Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide 1st October.
due from Sydney Mid, Oct.
Agents: PRINCE LINE LTD.
Console, 24 per cent 1945/75 per cent 112, War Loan, 3 pcr S.S. SAMMEX" 07-11/10, Conversion Conn, cent 107-11/16. New War Loan.
4
5 per cent 26, Lun-Ining U. Hal
3 per cent 106, Victory Bands,
per cent 119-7/14 Savi Bonds 3 1955.06 100-1/16, Sev- Bank of England Clearing ing Bonds 3 1960.70 1005, Save Rates: Madrid 44.00, Italy 71.28 ving Bonds 3% 1985.76 107-9/18,
Free Market Rates: Ina a
Germon Loan, 7 17.94, 18.05, Australia 125, 25.50, 11. Javanese Bonds. 5 per cent. per cent (Dawes) New Zealand 124.37, 125, South 1907, 20, Canton-Kowloon Rly. Africa 100, 100.50, Teheran 128. g4, Tientsin Pukow Rollway 120. Alexandria 97,375, 07,625, Singapore 2/4-1/32, 2/4, Hong Rlv. 6 per cent. 1913 24. Reore, Kong -1/10, 1/3-1/10, Philip-
nes 8.10, 8.15, Rangoonan, per cent 1913 (London 188) 40%. Crisp Lean, 6 per cent, /5-15/10, 1/6-1/16, Shanghai 191
1911 47. Hukuang Railway, & per inquoted.
Special A/C Rates: Lima 26.10, cent, 1011 28. Honan Railway, b 10.16, Lapaz 168.62, 170.32, Val-percent, 1905 3214, Shanghal-
Nanking Railway, 5 paraiso 100.625, 101.360, Turkey Marcantile Bank of Indin. "A" 5 per cent 28. 23%, Chartered Bank of I. A. & 22°
H.K. & Shanghai Basking C. 12 Corporation 86, Lydenburg Ex- tates 113/9, South Africa Town- ships 28/7. Selection Trust 41/10, South Afrien Tarbanites 11/9, Canadian Pheiße 18%, Mexican Eaglen 1476-Reuter.
anquated.
Central American A/C Rates: Mexico 19.45, 19.05, Bogota 7.00, 1.06.--Reuter.
Financial Agreement On Germany
CHICAGO GRAINS
Chicago, Sept. 27.
due from U.S.A. End October. Chinese Freight Agents: CHEONG FAT CO.,
F Bonham Strand E. Tal: 10087.
Agents: THE WESTERN CANADA
STEAMSHIPS LTD.
Ship
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
'BENALDER" "OTRANTO" "EMPRESS OF
AUSTRALIA" "TREVETHOE" "GLENIFFER" "TREVAYLOR””
From
U.K.
U. K.
U. K.
U.K.
U.K.
U.K.
* due Colombo 4th Oct., Singapore 8th Oct...
Ship
A new 21-year high for wheat | "SAMSOARING" futures was established in the "SAMETTRICK". Krain pita but the market hul difficulty maintaining extreme nd- vances. January wheat roee above
Frankfurt, Sept. 26. Preliminary agreement on the establishment of a finance coun.g2.05. cil for the British and Ameri- Can Z01}t of Germany signed here today.
Weakness in oats spread
WELC
End September 18th October
20th October
October November November
Loads For
Roady
U.K. via Straits U.K. via Straits
Sails 29th September 4th October
Accepts cargo for LONDON, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM
was other pits toward the close and BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
final prices were lower.
Corn was 4.A lower. Oats | SHIP
lower-Associated Press.
The council will consist of Wheat closed down "-1 SHIP three representatives from the January $2.02; March $1.97; “BINFIELD"
for the May $1.04% British zone chosen time being by the British mili- tary government. and Finance-1 Ministers of the three states of the American zone-Bavaria, Wurtemburg-Baden and Greater Hesse.
LONDON
"BINFIELD"
FROM
Ran goon LOADS FOR
DUE Early October
READY
Straits, Mad ras, Calcutta.
End-October
DISCOUNT RATES EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
SHIP
SHIP
"KWALIEN"
The council will deal with all
London, Sept. 26. financial questions affecting Day to Day Loan per cent, both zones, expecially taxes, Short Money to 1, Bark Bills, i customs public loans, repara-3 Months 17/32, Bank Bills "HWALIEN" tions and occupation exponet, Bille, 3 Months 1 to 1%, Fine and the adreinistration and uso Trado Bills. 6 Months to 24. Months 9/16 to, Fine Trade
Treasury Bills, 2 Months 17/30, Treasury Bills, 3 Months
to 17/82.--Router.
LONDON SILVER
amined by Messrs. Carmichael Scuador 7.80n, Guntemain 100,; of bisekod property.
at 10 am.
& Clarke on 2nd October, 1946 Holland 87.78, Mexico 20.00-20.63, Péru 15.60. Uruguay G6.00h. Venezuela 20.90, Netherland West To comply with General Bond-Indies 59.05, Dutch Guiana 53.35, ed Warehouse Regulations con- Montreat on London 4.02, Man- signees must have in attendance treat on New York 06.000, Swiss a Revenue Officer when damaged) Bank Notes rate 29.00. 31.00, dutiable goods are examined. Belgian Frane 2274, 2.28%--
Reuter.
All claims against the vessel must be presented to the Under- signed within ten days of the ship's arrival, or they will not be recognised.
N.Y. COTTON
New York, Sept. 27. Cotton futuros charted an ir regular pattern in quiet dealings. covering and short covering entered the mar- ket in the final hour with all de-
No Fire Insurance will bo More active mill effected.
day
W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (China) liveries making new highs for the Futures closed 20 cents to LTD.
$1.10 a tale Higher..
Oct. 87.70, Dec. 37.33-35. March Hongkong, 27th Sept. 1916.
$7.00,
May
36.57. July 36.84-85, Oct. 83.86, Middling spot 38.05 nominal.
Cotton textile mills still await.
Tod
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES Snouncement of October price
HOLDING
P. & O., B. 1. & E. & A BILLS OF LADING
Messrs. Goddard A Douglas will attend at 10 am, on Min- days and Thursdays within the free storage “parfod to survey
SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. damaged cargo, and consterno
HOMEWARD
M.V. MINDORO
londa Hong Kong about 12th Oct
Port Suit purine, Autoru congan, con thai, dat nha
** Gothenburg,
GILMAN
00 4TD
before releasing textiles
for the fourth quarterly regulre- ments. In wool goods, buyerṛ continued to arck allocating of auring lines of woolens and Worpled. Rayon
gooda quiet. Associated Press.
..
BOMBAY SILVER & GOLD
Bombay, Sept. 20. Forward 164.09, Gold. Du
· Silver. Nosdy Rs.100.04 per 100
09.02 per tols, Forward slovarelna 7000 Each
are requested 40 lave Father tone, representatives present. Unleas Consignokarepresentatives AT01.th, present at tim.Buryay ub dialky Karter.
MACMINNOS,
REUTERS UK. INDEX
London, Bopt.":20. tāls 3,44:0, -Kaility st08:0, 95.6,.. Domitality
Decisions are to be taken by a simple majority vote. The military governments will take cognisance of any majority opinion if desired as well AS arbitrations when the voting is equal. The costs of the Brl- ministration are to be shared equally between the British and American zones for the time being-Router.
& GOLD
10
London, Sept. 26, Silver, Spot, por fine oz. 554, Silver, Forward per fine oz. 55 d. Bar Gold, Fine, oz. 172/3-Reu- jer.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD.
Speed-Frequency-Dependability
Refrigeration Special Cargo 02 Tanks-Cargocalre--Specia.
SS. "MARINE LEOPARD”
8.9. "NONPAREIL"
FOR
SAILING
Into Sept. Singapore, Penang, Co- lembo, Dambay, Suez, Port Sald, Alexandria. Naples, Leghorn, Genon, Marsellies, New York and Boston.
ard Oct. Shanghal, San Fran-
cisco, Los Angeles. New York and Boston.
For Pazzago and Freight apply to:-- AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD.
Tel. No, 28172/28178.
81. Grover'a Bldg.
TAY KEE & CO.
STEVEDORES, TRANSPORTERS, AND GENERAL
LABOUR CONTRACTORS:
SUPPLIERS OF!
CHINESE OREWE, JUNKS AND STEAM LAUNCHES.
DAVID HOUSE.
"EASTERN"
.FROM
Sydney LOADS FOR
Shanghai
Sydney & Melbourne
For full particulars apply to
DUE
29th September
READY
Early Octobery
Mid-October
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Telephone Nos, 27721-4.
MAERSK LINE
MS. "MARCHEN MAERSK”
Leading for Los Angeles, Panama, Baltimore, Philadelphis, Boston
and New York
27th September.
Salling on 20th Sept.
for Particulars please apply to:---
JEBSEN & CO., Agents
Fodder Building, 7th floor.
(Shipping Department Tal. No. 29802)
TAK CHEONG SHIPPING CO.
SS. "EDNA"
26th Sept. Sailing 29th Sept.
Loading z
For KEELUNG 'via AMOY S.S. "EMPIRE JAMAICA”
Loading 2nd Oct.
Sailing. 3rd Oct For SWATOW
For Fraight & Fart Iculars please apply TAK CHEONG SHI