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XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS
We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Rates ———
No. 1 HAMPER-$38.
1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial 1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.
1 Pt. Blackberry Brandy, .1 P. D.O.K.
Champigna 2 Qt. St. Julien Claret.
1 Qt. Marball's XXX Brandy.
Qta. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Saal.
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyne's.." 1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.
No. 2 HAMPER-$34
1 Qt. Guillemart Champagno,
1. Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Burgone's Burgundy.
1 Qt. Martell'. XXX Brandy,
2 Qts. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
Q. Tway Dry Port
4 Qte. St. Julian Claret.
Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Vine de Pusto Sherry,
I Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.
No. 3
HAMPER-$30.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.
1 Pt. D.OM..
2 Qts. Superior Rich Old Port.
2.Qts. King George 19 Gold Imbal
or Perfection Whisky.
1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy,
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin...
2 Qts. Medoc Claret.
1 Phial Pomeranzen Bittern,
Other Hampers made up to suit Customer's requirements.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19th, 1928.
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.
OVERSEA MARKET
REPORTS.
DECEMBER 9th,
Sugar,
Business done in Hong Kong yesterday in rice, sugar and other foodstuffs, included the following Fork Dec 207 cents 04-
transactions:
New York, Mar......2.10 cents New York, May......2.17 certs New York, Sept......50 cents New York, Cuban....2 cents Java, Spot .........13 guilders
Java. Dec...
CHINESE CANNING INDUSTRY.
GROWING BUSINESS..
"Shangbai claims twenty-one food- canning companies, the Tai Feng, Tai Kang, and Kwan Sun Yuan Being the three largest. Each fac tory turns out 'canned meats, fish, fowls, fruits, vegetables and bis cuits, all being well-known on the market. The meat and poultry are obtained from the factories' own stock breeding farms and the animals pass a medical examination before slaughter. The factories have 1-3 also in their employ excellent chefs to cook the food. The machinery is partly imported from German and the United States and partly
-.01
$3.90 83.07 ..85.03 -.01 ..$3,10 $5.00
.$5.08 -.01 #5.08 -.01
Rice.
Per
Picul.
Red Cash White Long Rice,
TOT bags..... Mu Lan Fan White Long
Rice, 400 bags
83.89
13 guilders
Java, Jan.
.13 guilders
Green Seat Pick Rice, 341
Java, Feb.
.13 guilders
bags.
351
Jaya, Mar.
13 guilders
Green Anchor New White
Rice, 200 bags
429
Blue Seal White Brewer Rice.
300 bags....... Green Peacock New White
Rice, 1 bags
****........... 8. Ja Red Seal No. 1 White Broken
Rice 79 bags
12
0.50
New York Raw Silk Crack Double Extra.
Spot Estro, Spot
Dec.
Inn.
.... 6.42
Feb.
Red Seal No. 2 White Broken
Mar.
Rice, 35 bags....
3.02
Apr.
Green Seal No. 3 Old White
Rice, 488 bags
May
3.30
June
Hong Kong.
Green Seal No. 3 New White
Rice. 112 bags. Red Seal White Glutinous,"
Brewer Rice, 263 baga... 6.96 Green Seal White Brewer
July
6.31
Spot Jan. Mar....... .sid.
New York Rubber.
.83.08.01 .85.08 .85.08 London Rubber.
..8ld.
Spot Jan.-Mar.
0.34
.17id. .17fd. Egyptian Raw Cotton,
Per Jan. Picul Mar.......
..87.39
7.48
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.
TEL. C. No. 135,
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JACOB'S
ROYAL AFTERNOON TEA BISCUITS
A daintily tempe
ing
assortment
that makes tea-
time 2 irca:
Glutinous Rice, 65 bags... 6.52% Blue Goose White Big Rice,
200 bags ******
$.02 Green Pearl White Brewer
'Rice, 300 bags
Sugar,
No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,
900 bags
Big coarse powdered sugar,
304 bags. Manila Green sugar. 300 bags 6.831 Miscellaneous,
turned out by local ironworks.
Among the products of these three factories, fish and meat form thu. major portion, with a small balance of poultry and vegetables. Biscuits also count as an important part of the products of certain factories. The four fer making high-grade biscuits is imported from America but that for common biscuits is pro duced at home. The sugar is of the imported refined kind and the gnda is of British origin. Milk is obtain ed from the dairy farm of the Hauch Chi Company at Kiangwan, Bear Shanghai. and, if the supply of the Kiangwan farm is inau cient, imported canned milk is used instead. Tin sheets for making cans are chiefly imported from the United States.
B.K.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
DICEBAK 191, 1928. Banks.ne
..$1,300 buy. & m. London...8140) nom. Don Chartered Bankı mmended buy. Marcantile Banka, A. & B.......£3 Dóm.
Do..
0...214) nom.
M
P. & D. Banks Fast Axis Banksman.182) bay.
·Canton Insuranode. ......$675 sel, Union Inrarances.
*...$380 buy, desa. North Okins In... ...Th. 160 buy. Tangtare Insurances. $30 om China Fire Insurances....$280 bay.. Chins Underwriter
Hong Kong Fire Ins.......3780 sel. Hong Dongl
....139) nom. H.. Steamboat..... H.5.
Findo-Chinas (Pref.)......45 bas
Lade DM
**!.00!
(Det) $72) bay.
118/20 Shell Transporta Union Waterbosta. ...Mag buy. Bonguets 10m Kailan Mining Admin........737. bay, Langkats (combined).....Th. 1 som. Do. (single)..............The. 51 nom. S'hai. Explorations
Ti 2.80 bay...
9.85 Lowns
T. 3 buy.
17/6 noja 135 sel
BAC
Sbingkai Tronoh Mines HEBE.What...
W. Docks China Providente
bay
37; but .$4.95 bay.
Tis, 150 buy.
5 en.
New Engineerings ...... Tis. 5; nom. Shanghai Docks ........................ Tia. 104 nom. Pro Cottona, ........ Tis. 13.10 ml. Chiental Cortona, Tim. 21 sal, Shai Cotton (old).The. 63; buy.
Do,
TL 32 buy. H.K. & S. Hatala $9.15 nom.
Len BL. Lands
1633 buy
644 sal: Shanghai Lands Tia, le buy. Hamphreys Estater...$146 Buy, 15 met.
Peak
The bulk of the canned goods is consumed at Shanghai and in the Little Yaagtsze Valley provinces. is exported to the Southern pro vinces like Kwangtung and Fukien, because of the existence of food can ning factories at Hong, Kong, Cha-H., Tramways... 319.35 bay, 1 ton, Macao, Swatow and Amoy. The Shanghai factories dispose their goods partly by their sales departments and partly through ngents in outports, the latter charg 40ing 13 per cent, commission on the .19.75 -44 sales proceeds. In recent years
20,39
shipments have found their way to the United States.
37.80 tallaris +.50 .38.30 tallaris -.40 Wall Street.
Steel
..1318-99 Anaconda
.962 -33 Shares dealt in 3,000,000 -2,000,000 New York Raw Cotton, Cents: 20.00
San Sing, Green Beans, 40 bags at
98.40 per picul.
Spot
Jin.
Newchang Red Bean, 50 lags at
88.50 per picu!.
W. & R. JACOB & CO., LM. DUBLIN INELAND
Newchang Black Bean, 50 bags at
Mar-
Highest Lowest
88.10 per picul.
Bed Melon Seeds, 20 bags at $27.00
Der hag.
May
July
Oct.
19.02
.10.73 .19.80 -44 10.78; ---42 19.50 -.40 -.40
Bombay Raw Cotton.
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"Felix.'
CANTON MARKET REPORTS.
2!,
Quotations in Canton yesterday for rice, sugar and four were as follow :-
Broach, FCny Omra, F Dee, Jan. Omra, F Mar, ........... Bengal, FG Dec.-Jan.. Bengal. FG Mar........
Rupee.
368 +1 .330*+4 435 4 .238 +3
235
DECEMBER 10th.
The male hands at the inctories are paid by the month with free, board and lodging, at 812-893 for a common hand, 840-850 for junior cooks, and 870-880 for the chefs and experts. Women are paid by the day at 40-50 cents each without food and lodging. The daily work ing period covers "nine and a half hours from am, to 3.30 p.m. with an hour's rest for the mid-day meal. Sometimes night shifts work from 8 to 11.30 p.m. Those employed on the day shift may earn an extra. day's pay by working on the night shift. The hands work on Sundays, hut are free on festival days. The factotics also employ a large num ber of women to make paste-board cases, paid by the day or at picce Tate, the darty earnings of a womas varying from 50 cents to 81 without
food.
The total yearly output of the twenty are factories in Shanghai is -1.80 | valued at over ten million dollars. -1.75 biscuits, forming the greatest por- -1.80tion and meat ranking second.
-1.85
Rice.
Per Picul
Chai Mi White Long Rice... 811.30 See Mui White Long, Rice... Pak Kan Yuk White Rice...
10.85
Osaka Rice. Opening. Closing.
5.80
Deo,
1:60
Wai Ho Glutinous Rice...
10.13.
Jan:
Red Fuck White Annam
Feb
29.59 $9.52/ 20.47 29.76
£9.82
-18 -21 - 24
Hive
0.60
Osaka Baw-Cotton
Red Lion White Long Rice....
9.49
42
Red Peach White Rice
9:60
Opening. Closing.
Three Mark White Long
Dec.
61.50
€0.00
Rice
9.08
Jan
62,00
€1.60
9.30 -1.85
Green Double Sword White
Feb.
62.10
01.05
Rice
9.70
Mar..
62.60
62.20..
Red Bell White Long Rice... Red Star White Rice Red Flower Pot White Rice Groen Flower Pot. White
0.78 Apr.
63.00
62.95
9,90 May
63.65
83.30
9.49
June
63.95
63.45
Osaka Sugar.
Rice
9.60
Green Seal No. 3 White Ries Blue Seal No. 3 White Rice
4.48
Opening. Closing.
6.23
Dec.
12.15
Jan.
12.13 -.01 11.21
Per Feb.
Pical. Mar.
Apr.
7.4
May
No. 90 coarse powdered sugar .7.3 No. 1 Fine Granulated sugar 10.3 Granulated Sugar
9.3
Refine Sugar
8.4
Dec.
Wai Chow White Sugar
9.4
Jan.
Feb.
Flour.
Per
Mar.
Bag Apt.
Man-of-War
Silver Seal
4.15
4.10
RODADA
Sugar.
No. 2 coarse powdered sugar 37.9 No. 3 coarse powdered sugar
Cheung Luk
Maize
Sword of Kwantai Cannou
Cabbage .....
Dalton ...
$4,05
4.15 Dec. 3.93 Jan. 4.03 Feb. .4.75 Mar.
*1.43 Αμτ.
4.50
Dog's Head
4:30
May June
CANTON COTTON YARN
MARKET.
Conditions in yesterday, market
were good quotations ruled firm and
there were plenty of buyers.
Quotations in cotton yarn were aa follows:-
Per bale. $555.00 Foon Hi) 310.00. Butterly
524.00
No. 42 Five Sons
11.34 11.31 Yokohama Sik.
Opening. Closing. ...141.90 344.20 .137.40 138.70
.137.50 138.90 .137.00 138.10 138.00 ...137.20
Osaka Cotton Yarn.
Opening. Closing. 242.00 240.00 235.10 236.60
+1.20
+1.20 +1.00
SAIGON RICE SOLD AS EMPIRE GOODS.
CLERE'S FAULTY
GEOGRAPHY,
1920/2005.
Besities
Trams (old) Do. (DOW).........36.30 nom. Bar Ferries .......... 3691 buy. Chine Lights (old)...... $12 sel & no-
Do.
$11.90 sel, (16)...... Do. (1928 ) ...$11.8Q sol. ELK. Electrics (ald) ...4524 bay.. 53 45. Do. (now)......$51 bay.
với bay
$5.60 day.
****T. 10 buy.
Macao Electrics Telephones (old)
Do. (new) China Buses. Singapore Tractions......12- nom.
Da (Pruf.)...17/6 bay, 13;3 sol. China Sugars
90 età, nom. Mabon
Engurs
buy." Canton Icsa Camente (combined) Do. (old) De. (new)
༄༅9ན་
HK. Bopes (old)
Da
(now) United Asbestos Dairy Farm....... WatsonLS
Der A Wing..... Lane Crawlords....... Mackintosha...... Bincares
Powell
W
$3 nom.
89 buy, Sisal.
180 x $17 gol.
37.60 nom.
$7.55. sel.
Bom.
$213 Pel
$134.nom.
..80 sta.. bay,
$3.05 nom $20 nom.
$91 bay.
$3,65 bay.
H.K. Amusementa H.K. Construction.nom.
'que. Indus. G.Bends...67% bay. ELE. Gort Loans .........5% pram, sel. buy:-bay; sel-seliers; sa-salos;
com.-bominal
PNEUMONIA COLDS.
TO ESCAPE LUNG TROUBLE, TAKE PEPS REGULARLY,
According to recent health statis- ties, pneumonia is to-day killing more people than all other diseases, excepting consumption and heart disease. Pneumonia often develops through ordinary colds, neglected or wrongly treated, which have spread down the windpipe into the lungs.
Messrs. White, Tomkins and Courage, Ltd., millers and mer +1.70 chauts, of Mark-lane, E.C., were summoned at the London Mansion +1.20 House on November 20th for apply ing a false trade description to rice.
The sure way to stop coughs and Mr. Eustace Fulton, prosecuting, said the Lambeth Board of Guar colds, and prevent any weakening diane, desiring to further Empire of the lungs, is to take Peps. The -3,60 trade, ordered Rangoon rice from healing and germicidal fumes given -6.30 Messrs. J. F. Percival. Ltd., of off by these bandy breatheable 231,00 233.40 -4.70 Blackfriars-road, S.E. The rice was tablets act directly on the lining -4.40 invoiced as Rangoon, but a clerk nembrane of all the air pasanges 4.404 Mesars. Percival's noticed that and ward off dangers threatening chest and lungs. Dissolve a Peps -170 the customary marks were not on
the bags. He communicated with tablet in your mouth every now and again. Take them whenever Messia White, Tomkins and Cour.
have to face inclement age, who supplied the rice. It was you then discovered that it was, Saigon weather or when any throat sare and not Rangoon rice, and not
ed cold British, but French.
233.00 231.80 232,50 231.80 ..232.40 231.40 930.00 192.10
-5.10
CANTON. KEROSENE OIL. CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
December 17th, 1928.
New Star
New Ranlonce
New Cheung Hi New Eagle
87.85 7.40 *£5 7.90 7.30 7.25
Mr. Walter Frampton, defending, said the company had spent thou
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ness or cough warns of a threaten- The French Store
Peps soothe and disinfect the throat and kill cold and influenza
Per Case-sands of pounds in fostering germs. They heal the sore lining pire trade. Saigon was a little membrane, loosen phlegm and ease the breathing and remove any in- strip of French territory in Indo-famation in the bronchials. In China There was very little differ- ence in the appearance of the two varieties of rice, and a clerk, whose chitis, bronchial asthma, catarrh, geography was neither better nor Worse than the average, person's, was misled when purchasing in the market for the firm.
New Hang Fook New Daybreak CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE.}
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
December 17th, 1928.
Water Works
Electric Power Company Canton-Hankow Railways
Bir Vansittart Bowater, M.P., the magistrate, waid he was well aware of the high standing of the firm, 83.20 but they were responsible for the 5.00 acts of their servanta He fined 0.43 them £20 and £10 10s, costs. 6.40
treatment of coughs, colds, night chills, sore throat, laryngitis, bron- croupy and whooping coughs, and other chest and lung weaknesses, Peps are indispensable.
Free from laudanum, chloral, morphine, etc., Pepe may be taken. with absolute safety as often
Medi quired by young and old. eine dealers and dispensaries every where sell. Peps in handy" sealed bottles. Agents:-Mears. A. B. Moulder & Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 296, - Hong Kong
No. 32 Pine Deer
468.00
Po Tap.
458.00
Tin Kcon
480.00
Double Horge
432.00
No. 90 City of Gold
328.00
Globle
321.00
Good Eavest
318.00
Double Horse
318.00
The Sun Company...
Tin Koon ....
322:00
Sincere Company
9.20
Double Dragon
395.00
Nanyang Bros. Tob. Co.
3.80
Tram Cor
314.00
Canton Tramway Co.
1.90
Shepherd
309.00
China Merchant 8.8. Naviga
Stockholm Copenhagen
18.14
19.18
Three Stars
311.00
tion Company
8.40
Oslo ........
18.19
No. 16 Globe
305.00
Central Banks
4.60
Vieans....
34.44
Man Clock
300.00
Prague
1637
Fui Kwai
30L00
EXCHANGE RATES.
"199
29.83
No. 18 City of Gold
292,00
Peacock .......
259.00
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
111
376
Fui Kwai
284.00
Tram Car
275.00
RUGBY, Dec. 17th.
807A
Aeroplane
274.00
Paris
124.15
Rio
Pretty Dameel
235,00
New York.
4.85 9/64
1 29/32 471
No 10 Sailing Vessel
245.00
Brussels ..................
34.80
City of Gold
Peacock
Lotus Bee......!!
283,00 Geneva 306.00 Amsterdam 250,00 SILOO
25.18
•Milan
Berlin
12.072 · 02.05
·20.355-
*£3,00%
Helsingfors
Madrid
Lisbon
Athens Bucharest
"Buenos Aires
Bombay Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver (spot)
bforward).
1/8 1/32 2/7
2/01
1/10 13/16
26.3/16
29.4419
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