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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1927.
THE TWO LEADING BRANDS
ON THE MARKET
FIRST STILL
1627
300 Years
ABYSSINIAN ENVOY IN
LONDON.
CALLS AT FOREIGN OFFICE,
SATISFACTORY DISCUSSION.
SOLOMON ISLANDS PUNI-
HONG KONG SHARE MARKET.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
STILL FIRST
TIVE EXPEDITION.
WIRELESS IN OPERATION.
SITUATION WELL IN HAND.
A REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S ACTIVITIES.
8.X. Bank
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1927.
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(THROUGH „REUTER'S JOENCY.]
TULAGI (Solomon Islands),
Nov. 12th. An unconfirmed report states that
NOVEMBER 19TH, 1997. ............ 11,107) sl. London...£125 nom,
HONG KONG LOANS AT 1 Chartered Bank.....£204 buy.
PREMIUM.
Messrs. Benjamin and Potts in their Share Report, issued on Fri-
Mercantile Bank,...13 0.
Do
P.&O. Bank................ East Asia Bank,
kom.
Canton Insurance in 15-10, buy, Union Insurance ....... North China ins
Kong
Fire ina.......
Indo-Chines
(Pre)
39021 bay.
buy.
nom.
моя
Dr. Wayngeh. Martin, Envoy. Extraordinary to Abyssinin, on hist Office to-day and discussed with taken prisoner by the punitive force tions during the past week have Chins Underwriter appropriate oficials the matters which is experiencing dysentery been on a sestricted state there Chins Fire Insurancs215
$6.90. bay. raised in reports regarding his visit and malaria. Communication with seems to be a better feeling in the Douglases..............$35, buy, to America. The conversation was Tulagi is established by a pack of local market, and a larger volume Steambosts............ 120 sel
wireless seta. Is will be weeks of an entirely satisfactory nature.
Dr. Martin will shortly leave before the troubles are cleared up, of business would have been done, H. Tugs.............$1.90 nom.
Although the situation is well in but for the "scarcity of ares
(Dat.) London an his return to Abyssinia.
offering. Prices of those stocks Shell Transparta "AUSTRALIA'S COMMON
most popular with investors have Benguets.... WEALTH LINE.
been more than" maintained, and in spite of higher rates being GOVERNMENT TO SELL.
offered, holders are very firm. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
CANBERRA, Nov, 19th. The Commonwealth Government's decision to sell the Commonwealth Line of 151 vessels, of an aggregate tonnage of 170,000, was debated in Parliament
An Opposition motion of no con- Edence in the Government was defeated in the House of Repre sentatives by 30 votes to 23, after which Mr. S. Bruce, Prime Minis ter, announced that the sale would proceed immediately.
PRINCE CAROL.
THREE RENUNCIATIONS."
(THROUGH REUTER'S JOENCY.]
BUCHAREST, Nov. 12th.
· SOVIET · COMPLAINS OF. OPPOSITION,
INTERNAL PARTY DIFFER. ENCES.
hand.
BRITISH TRADE.
BIG IMPROVEMENT SHOWN LAST MONTH.
4
·TEN MONTHS" INCREASE,
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
Ryany, Nov. 11th."
An improvement in British Over-
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks have ruled steady and sales were made at $1.133/81,137). The Lon. don quotation is unchanged.
Unions were put
through
seas Trado for October is recorded $202/293); Hong Kong Fires can in the Board of Trade return be placed at 8590; Douglas Steam issued to-day.
Do
Waterboat....
Kailan Mining Ad... Langkats(combined),
Do. (single) B'ha Explorations Banbe...... Shanghai Loan Tronah Minos HK & K Wharfs
H.K. & W. Docks. Chin Providenta Hongkowa.. New Engineerings. Shanghai Dooks
the exports for the month total ships have buyers at 833) Hong Ewo Cottons ted £81,000,000, being, an advance Kong. Canton and Macao Steam-Orientale
$30
.348 zum.
89% nom $17 nom.
.69/- bar.
The 10 buy
Tis.
boy.
TI, 290 buy.
$37 buy.
19/6 no
buy.
1/120) .
.835 val. $4 nom „Tis, 147 buy, " „Tha 4) bay,
Tls. 944 bay.
•Tim. 3.40 buy-
&
7
The 3 buy.
Do. B&B. Entels
(18)......Tia. 21 buy.
361 HK. Lands
$30 buy, & sa. Koilans closed appreciably higher Shangbai Lands T. 118 bay. A comparison of "the first ten with sales made at /-; Raus Humphreys Estats.....$12.60 months of the present year with continue in demand at 831; Kow-EK. Territoriais
Hong Kong Realties......86 bay. the same period of 1928 shows that
Prince' Building". H.K. Tramway Peak Trama (old).......
of half a million as compared with boats are on offer at $91, and pro-Shanghai Cottons (old).....Th. 48) bay.
the
imports bably a lower rate would be a September, while amounted to £108,000,000, being an increase of three millions as cam. cepted pared with September.
the increase in exports during that loon Wharves are enquired for at period
£30,500,000. $120 after transactions at this ia about Though the increase during Octo-
Do. (new).. Star Ferries Chins Idghts (comb.)..
Do (old)
bay,
ST sel. $120 buy. 120 buy.
sel.
A Government paper has beenber was not great the last three rate; Hong Kong Lands are a surn
354 vom: Firblished consisting of correspon- or four months have actually been higher at 356; Humphreys Estates
$12 bay. dence appertaining to Prince responsible for the greater part of have likewise hardened and "are
89) nom. Carol's three rendariations of the the increase of the ten months, asked for at $12.80; Realtys were
Do. (BOW).....61,nom throne.
thus showing that the export trade
H.K. Electrics
85-4 of the country has received an bid up to $6.60; Hong Kong Trams
buy 54 ་བ་ ། O, 54, extraordinary impetus in a short were dealt in at $90, and more can acao Electrics ...........$44 buy. time. Coal has almost reached be placed at this figure; Hong Kong China Basrs. The. 64 boy,
Telephoned.....
#3.85 buy. the level of 1923 and iron and Electries have been strong and the Singapors Tractions......12/Sa steel manufactures are actually £1,000,000 above those of
price has noved upwards to 854; China Sugars .................... 1825.
$13 nom. The volume of exports of nachin at 83.65; Hong Kong Government Cauton
Hong Kong Telephones have buyers Malaben ngars ery, too, is almost equivalent to Loans were negotiated at 1 per Cements (combined)......$7 al.
cent. prémium
Do fold)......$6.60 nom, of
Da faew).... nel B.K. Roper (old).........310 nom.
Do. Taited Asbestos.....
(DOW)........$5 nom.
$1 MIL Dairy Farm.............
315.10 nom. Watsona Der & Wings
$11, no. ཙ ་ བ ན ན
.38 nom. Lane Crawfords.
$5 sel. Mackintosha...
[through reuter'S AGENCY.]two years ago
LONDON, Nov. 12th, Reports from Russia on the ocea sien of the recent celebration of the tenth anniversary of the revolution, that the Trotsky party speakers were pelted with goloshes and other
nissiles was followed by a pro- clamation from the Central. Com- mittee of the Communist party eon- tained in a message from Moscow, prescribing the measures to be taken against illegal sati-Soviet
ญ street action." It declares that Opposition speakers should be "im- mediately expelled" from non-party meetings and illegal meetings dis. solved with the forces of Communist organisations and workers.!!
Must Result In Bloodshed."
RIGA, Nov. 12th.. According to opinions obtained from various parts of Russia, the Committee's instructions must re- sult in bloodshed.
"CRIMINAL" COMMUNISM.
[TROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE HAGUE, Nov. 19th... The eighteen countries represent. ed at the opening meeting of the Council of the International "Asso- ciation Against Communism animously passed a resolution invit- ing all Governments to prevent "Criminal Communist programmes.
FRANCO-YUGO-SLAVIA
PACT:
un-
Imports for first ten months this year, however, declined by pearly £10,000,000 on 1990 and over £67,000,000 on 1925.
www.
BRITISH DIPLOMATIC
CHANGES.
The market in the North is slight- ly better. Shanghai Lands have changed hands at Tls. 117; Ewo are wanted at Tls. 7.40; Langkats (Combined) have advanced to Tls. 1t; Hongkews were marked higher at Th 7 New Engineerings were. Lifted to Tla. 44, while Shang-
NEW MINISTERS TO STOCK-hui Cottons are unchanged.
JOLM AND WARSAW-
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Reasy, Nov. 11th.” HM the King has approved di the following appointments in the Deplomatic Service:-
Sir Tudor Vaughan (Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary at Riga, Reval and Kovno) to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Stock- holm..
Sir William Erskine (Envoy Ex-. traordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary at Sofa) to be Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary at Warsaw.
FASCISM AND THE SYNDICALISTS."
VOTING ACCORDING TO MERIT:
[TEROUGH RLUTER'S AGENCY.]
ROME, Nov. 11th.
The Grand Fascist Council bas decided to reduce the membership "GERM OF A NEW LOCARNO of the National Assembly to 400.
PACT." ་ ་་
(TABOUGK REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Great productive economic or ganisations will have the right to nominate L certain number of candidates.
PARIS, Nov. 11th
Only those who by their services M. Briand and M. Marinkovitch, to syndicalism have proved active the Yugo-Slav Foreign Minister, elements in national life, will be signed the Franco-Yugo-Slavian entitled to vote. treaty of friendship and arbitra- tion at the Quai D'Orsay this after- ated in a Bill.
noon.
These reformas will be incorpor
M. Briand, in a statement to WHAT THE SOVIET SEEKS
Pressmen, emphasised that the treaty contained nothing directed against anyone, and might even be the germ of a new Locarno pact.
SEQUEL TO SHIPMASTER'S HEAVY FINE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
IN AMERICA
LOAN OF G.$100,000,000.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE
NEW YORK, Nov. 11th. According to the New York Times, it is reliably reported in Wall Street that Soviet representa- tives recently approached Ameri-: Holland - Australia Line, can bankers with a view to, raising owners of the steamer dimkerk, | a loan of G.$100,000,000, on 60-year whose captain was recently fined 3 per cent, bonds....
The
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 11th.
£3,000 by the Perth (West Aus- tralia) tribunal for. having "pro- hibited Chinese immigrants aboard, has decided to replace all Aciatic lands on the Almkerk by Dutch-
men.
[The captain of the Almkerk was charged in Perth, after a number of Chinese stowawaye had been found on board his ship.], '
DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN
AMERICAN-
AN FINANCIER
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICK]
AEROPLANE SPEED RECORD?
AMERICAN CLAIM TO 322 MILES AN HOUR.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.|"
MITCHEL FIELD, N.Y., Nov. 6th. Ân unofficial world's speech_re cord of.392.0 miles an hour for land air-planes was claimed to-day by Lieut. Alford J. Williams of the Navy. The speed was "attained during a test flight here.
The official record of 278 miles no hour was made in France in
NEW YORK, Nov, 11th. The death has occurred of the well-known - financier and philau- thropist, Mr. James Cox Brady. 1925.
EXCHANGE RATES.
[BRITIBE WIRELESS, SERVICE]
Paris New York Brussels
Ruay, Nov. 11th.
194.8
4.87.3/16 *34.94----
25.954
Geneva .... Amsterdam Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen.
12.071
992
20.43 18-10
18.17
Oslo
18.46
Vienna
34.51
Prague
1844
ཝཱ
Helsingfors
1931
Madrid
Lisbon
28.62 2.18/39
387)
785
5.29/39 47
1/10
2/64
Holiday
264 20
Athens
Bucharest
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Buenos Aires'
Bombay Yokohama Shanghai
Hong Kong
Silver (spot) Silver (forward)
1/1,15/18
Icen
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