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DCL
ACT
Distillers Comper
“D. C. L.”
MALT EXTRACT
WITH
COD LIVER OIL
Is made from the finest selected Barley and malted with the greatest care on the Company's own pre- mises by the most scientifle methods of manufacture. THE DISTILLERS COMPANY, LTD.
EDINBURGH.
PRICE: Per 1 lb. Jar...$1.00 Per 2 lb. Jar...$1.80
SOLE AGENTS:~-~
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD., ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING. 2, ICE HOUSE STREET,
Tel: Central No. 135.
Hong Kong
ASAHI BEER
Invigorating & refreshing
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1929.
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.
Quotations at yesterday's local market for rico, sugar and other foodstuffs were as follows:-
Rico,
UNION" WATERBOAT- COMPANY.
YEAR'S PROFIT OF $47,315.-
The annual meeting of the Union Waterboat Company, Limited, was beid yesterday morning in the offices of Heart Dodwell & Co, Ltd
SHANGHAI MARKET
REPORTA
GENERAL TONE IN PIECE GOODS SATISFACTORY.
MARKETS. SHOW HOLIDAY FEELING.
HONG KONG TRAMIWAY
ACCOUNTS FOR
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE
BALLANTINE'S
in use for almost 180 years,
ESTABLISHED 1897,
By Appointment to
EK. The Late King Edward
Els Majesty King George 7.
Making a total of 140 per share for the year, the directors of the abore company recommend a final dividend of 80 cents per thare, pay. able after the date of the forthcom-H.. The Late Shanghai, January 28th:--The ing ordinary yearly general meet Queen Victoria last Yuanfong Piece Goods suctioning of, the company, which will be of the season totailed 679 package anonood in due course.. the largest since the "azrly part of ↑ " 1928.The gaperal tone was very satisfactory and prices for Black Italiana, Venetians, and, in fact, for all dyed goods were a trile on the easy side. The demand was The Chairman, Mr. T. C. Weall, mainly of a speculative nature and said that the profit for the year, having disposed of distinctly. large after placing the sum of $45,000 to quantities during the last few Reserve Fund, and including balweeks, it was not altogether unex- ance brought forward From previous pected to see prices give way. 0.26 account amounted to $47,815.81 Speculators were keen if they could
"Your Committee," he continued, get goods at cheap prices as is usualpa 0. Baie **recommend that this be dealt in the last sale of the year the idea with as follows:→→
being to buy cheaply now and push prices up just after China New Year.
9.30
Per
Picul
Green Seal Siam Green Lion White
88.07
Red Lion White
7.20
Red Seal White
Green Seal Glutinous...
Red Seal Glutinous
7.17 7.89 €82.
No. 1 Glutinous Broken
Green Elephant ....
Red Seal. No. 3 Broken Red Peach
8.75
7.99
Back Sen Bran
3.11
Pay Dividend of $1.25
Sagar,
Pez
Pioti.
-on' £7,723-abares Bonus af
No. 18 coarsed powdered No. 20 coarsed powdered No. 24 coarsed powdered Miscellaneous.
$7.03
7.23
cents... Carry Bewild to new
account
7.62
Per
Picul
TESTIFIES ABOUT THE GREAT BENEFITS OF POO ON ..... UNDER OATH ON THE WITNESS STÄND...
MODESTO WOMAN TELLS ABOUT THE HELP SHE GOT FROSI POO ON CHINESE HERBS IN THE JUSTICE'S COURT OF MODESTO, CALIF., USA
Wood Oil
Red Melon Seeds ...............................
White Grapes. Green Beans
Pak Hop (dried fruit).
$31.10
08.50
36.80 8.19 45.00
$31,633.78 6,830.73
6,831.31
€47,813,81
There was a very strong market for Grays with orders principally | from Hangthow but well supported by good local and speculative de mand which indicates higher values in "March.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
25 January 3187, 1999, ELK. Banka...$1,940 bay.. 1,332 mol & na.
Do
London.....Elidt æl Chartered Banks
"buy" Mercantile Banks, A. &B..,£34, nom.
Dost
C...£15 nom,
East Asia, Banks
buy Canton. Insurancew 123665 buy: 590 mal. Union: Insurances - $868 buy, 871 og). North China Inter
The 100 bay.
Yangtans Insurances.............M. #50 num. China Underwriters.bay. 2.20 kel.' Chinch Fire Insurances ...$280 buy... Hong Kong Fire Lit. #785 Bom... Dougla
Stimmboats HK HK Tag Indo-China (Prof.)
..$38 bus.. 87 al.
...:$1.40 nom.
6 not 11. 28 buy.
3.10 bay
BOM
46 50 DOLL The market for Whites was not "This dividend and bonus is the
Da.. (Del.) "499" nom, same as last year and I trust mects quite a active as last week but
350 bay all China qualities remained very with your "approval.
Shell Transporta
976 ROM steady whilst there was a slightly "You will notice that no appro-weaker tendency for Korean chops."
Union Waterborne de priation has been made for depre Deliveries, as expected, have been
Bengzet
$2.40-bay. ciation on the fleet and in explana falling off in clearance of dyed Kailan Mining Admin. 68/7 nom.
ཐ་་བ�་ཡ་་ tion I would say that profit on book goods but the special feature of the Langbats (combined)..... T. 11.60 buy.. value of one ald vessel sold in 1997, week has been the improved delo (single). CANTON MARKET REPORTS.ducting to $13,050 more than liveries of Greys to Hanchow and Sha
Explorations suffices to provide for depreciation | a fair shipment of Whites to Koren.
1:0x on the usual liberal scale.
There was less activity on the part Essbe
Trench Mines H.K. & R. Wharf,
E. & W. Docks Chins Providants Hongkaw New Engineerings Shangri Bwo Oriental Cottons.......Ti 2 nom 8'hai. Cottons (obi)..............Tia; 83j rum.
48 Hotels............$ 15 buy., 31 mal, Shanghai Lands Lands
„$56 mom, WELL 165 buy-
Quotations at Wednesday's mur- ket in Canton for rice, sugar, four and oil were as follow:-
Black Dragon
Blue Anchor
Green Seal
Rice.
You will also notice that no of Tientsin and Hankow but a suma are set aside for special re-little more doing from Changsha pairs or insurance fund. Only two In general, the sale can be described of the older boats now remain and as a successful wind-up to a smooth it is hoped to dispose of these be year's working with no particular fore it becomes necessary to lay out interference except for the usual any large ram in repairs, and it is festivala. The next auction
Will therefore considered that special take place on February ist. repairs fund, which has hardly been
Cotton. touched and stands at 29,732.31, will be ample to provide for any repairs of a special nature.""
"Insuranes fund at $71,069.97, is ample to cover the franchise on the 10,60 flect and needs no further building 11.00 up for the present apart from Per amounts accruing' from pru rața Picul. insurance premia. Taels.
Red Pearl
Blde Lión
Per Picul 810.00 -10.65 10.95 11.10 10.95
Green Lion.' ...
Red Lion
.........
New Moon ......
Three Marks
10.00
9.85 10.00 9.75
Chai Mi
See Kui
Sugar.
No. 9 coarse powdered
·8.30
|No. 3 boarse powdered
7.90
No. 20 coarse powdered..... 8.00 No. 1 Granulated
10.90
No. 1 Fine Granulated
11.00
Refine White
8.00
$.40
Flour.
Per
Bag-
8410
410
Banana
4.05
Cheung Lok
4.10
Maize.
1.93
Sword of waptai
2.20
Cannon
4.19
Cabbage
440
Dog's Houd
4,60
Five SwallowS
4.41
Mr. H. L. Ferry, residing st. Shortly after having the 1025, Washington Street, on the measles he was stricken with
Wai Chow White
Man-of-War
Silver Seal
Fanchi
Minbow Horar Tientsin Dairen.
Kwangu Wood Kwangsi Tea Seed
witness stand in the Justice's Cours padumonia. For three weeks he Modesto
County township,
of coughed continually and laid in a Groundout:- Stanislaus, State of California, stupor most of the time. A local testified some time ago as to the doctor, after trying to help the boy great benefits of the Foo Chinese during this time told us that it Herbs. Evorn under oath to tell the child was to recover it would the "truth and nothing but the be necessary to operate upon his "truth" Mrs. Ferry shied that she lungs and "have the pass drained had been suffering from nervous in off. My husband and I did no digestion for beveral years and had knew what to do. The child was been to many doctors, but pose in a deplorable condition and had were able to help her Through a lost so much weight that you lady friend she heard of Poo On wouldn't recognise him. We could Chinese Herbs and decided to connot see how he could undergo an sult the Herbalist.
operation in the condition that
hat he was in. We had really given up
ELK.
Estate
17/8 Dora $1824 buy.
15.10 bay, Ti 1621 buy.
Ti. 3t nom.
106 buy.
PURE SCOTCH LIQUEUR WHISKY
On the local Cotton Exchange, Do yarn is slightly lower than a week ago while cotton has fallen about Hülf a tael: per picul. American cotton is only a trife lower: Clear. ances from the mills are not very
E.K. TAMWAY.... briek owing to the approach of Fask Tram (old).... China New Year and dealers are not particularly interested in maksta erries *** ing fresh purchases for forward China Light delivery. Mills have been giving H.K. Electrica (old) ....... .... | 853) hay. 53) some attention to Indian cottons and a considerable amount has been This tands to malés purchased. "It is gratifying to note that in holders of Chinese cottons rather vestmentsowa further appreciaensier in their attitude. tion of $91,0 during the year.
The sum placed to reserve fund, viz $43,000, is approximately equi- valent to the surplus on book valut of three old boata and old unclaim ed dividends.
In their weekly report on Chine cotton and yarn, Mesir J. Spunt & Co. write
$73 tel
121 bay.
years old.
GEORGE BALLANTINE & SON, LTD. GLASGOW AND LONDON. DISTILLED IN SCOTLAND:
you can have
оп
If you want a really first class Scotch Whisky at a reasonable price, better than Ballantine's Liqueur Whisky. It is excellent
The French Store
Beaconsfield Arcade.
FELIX HAT SHOP
- NEW YEAR SALE NOW ON
HATS, FROCKS
and Novelties at Bargain Prices.
7. Ich Horná Street,
HOSE KONO.
ON BALE.
TEL C.8294
PORTS of the MEETING
of the LEGISLATIVE-COUNCIL
sol, 531 0. Do. (new).....5 bay,, 594 se HONG KONG HANSARD ER Macao Electrics.....1264 con Sandakan lights $5 BULE. Telephonesfald)
$6.50 sel. Do“ (New) $6.80 nm.
China Bases Bingspers Do, China Sugar Malabon Bugace m Osutox Ices Cament (combined)
Do
11 bay
bay 19/3 aol
$1.05 buy,
bay.
nom. 32.60 buy,
(old) -30
(new) "4%$13 bay, "it
The new boat Tai Yai equip ped with a semi diesel engine, was placed in commission in August and
China Cotton. is proving Bighly satisfactory and The cotton market dating the economical. We have recently laid past week has shown practically no down another boat of a similar activity, and prices show a decline type but with full diesel engines, of Tis. 0:50 to Tis. 0.75 per piou! which should be ready about Jane from last week's level. Buch and assist in supplying the heavy situation may be attributed to the H.K. Bapes (old)...............$7.20 nom. demands that are being made on abchice of any extensive demand Dd(now) 2.10 nom our reduced feet.
from spinners against gradual in- Upited Aberton Your fleet has been maintained creasing stocks and also to distress Dairy Farm... in a high state of efficiency as usual cotton being offered by a certain and essential for our trade. During coton or holders who are enden Bar & Wings the year, we supplied 523,000 tona vouring thereby to quickly obtain Рег
of fresh water, which is rather less the meane wherewith to balance up Picul. Thels than the previous year and is due their accounts before the advent of
principally to smaller requirements the Chicco, New Your festivities. by the Navy..
Under the circumstances, having *There are no further points in view the present reticence on the requiring comment and I therefore part of consumers and the heavy propose that the report and ac-stocks locally, particularly at a time counte as presented he adopted. not so distant from the approaching When this has been seconded, Chinese New Year settlements, one shall be glad to answer questions. may be led to anticipate ho con- siderable rise until the holidays are
94.78
24.40
21,60
24.34
24.80 28.10
19.00
CANTON COTTON YARN
MARKET.
Other BusinesS."
1
The report and accounts were seconded by Mr. W. S. Bailey and passed manimously. Other busi neas was the re-election of Messrs Linstead & Davis as auditors at a
1
Tar
Lane Urawfords.. Mackintosh....... Mack
*medi
for the Session 1927
Berlied by Members
PRICE
HONG KORD DAY Pax CYFICE.
EXCHANGE. RATES.
{BEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Paris New York Brussels Geneva Amsterdam
RUGBY, Jan. 30th.
H
124.10
........ 4.847
$5 nom. $21 el
34.80
25,29
$3.05
$18.20 sal. 80 ata, buy.
12.10
$20.
Milan Berlin
92.65
20.413
$101 bay.
Stockholm
18.14
Copenhagen
18.18
97 sel
Oslo
18.10
Vienna
34.50
Prague
1837
Helsingfors
192
Madrid
29.47
Lisbon
1091
Athens
375
Bucharest
Rig
WI. Powell, H.K. Atisements H.K. Contractions31) com. B'que Indus, G. Bonds...861% nom. HK. Govt. Count ......62 prom, buy. bay-buyers; sel-sellers
nom.famsÁ
week. In all, some 4,000 to $,000 bales of various counts and chops We have no change to report in of local products have changed the fundamental conditions of the hands for export to Canton, Swa Kiange, Ningpo, Fukien, local yarn market, in that prices tow,
lall hopes for him and many of theness in cotton yarn was still very remuneration of $300 per annum on ruling are nearly. the same as last | Newchwang, Amoy and other in-
In Canton on Wednesday busi- dull, prices having dropped an- other 23 per bale.
Quotations were as follows:
Mes. Porty Bars: The benefits and help that the eighbors is no hope of his re covery. Knowing what the Poo On Poo On Chinese Bbs have brought Chinese Herbs did for me and my into my family are more than I can other boy, Royle, we consulted the ever repay. The health and happi-herbalist and were given some Poo mess that these herbs have brought On Chinese herbs for the boy, Jato my home is more than I can
Imagine our Joy and gratitude No. when the child began to improve express in words,
and in three days was able to get out of bed and walk about a little. No. We continued with the harbs and the child was sodu in normal
He gained all the weight that Le lost and to-day is a well and happy little fellow The neighbours are still remarking on the remarkable
the proposition of Mr. L. 8. Green- hill, ecconded by Mr. Harold Seth.
Supporting the Chairman were Meara, C. G. S. Mackde, S. Kino- shita, A. L. Shields and D. E. de Sousa (Secretary).
The following shareholders were present Messrs. E. Van Eps,
Haroid, Seth. B., Brown, W. 8. Bailey, LS Greenhill, A. Humphrica, and L. Q. S. Dodwell,
CANTON" CUSTOMS
Per Bale.
42. Five Sons
$580
Fui Hes
532
Butterfy
534
32 Pine Deer
452
Tin Koon
446
Pa Tap
444
20 City of Gold
320
Globe
316
Good Harvest
212
Double Horse
311
Тів Косп
316
Double Elephant....
316
Ng Fook
290
A NEW APPOINTMENT
Man Clock
311
Shepherd Globe
300
201
Tin Kwai
200
12.
City of Gold. Peacock
Fat Ewai
Aeroplane
For years I suffered with nervous indigestion. Every time I would eat my stomach would fill with gas and I would be in a distressed con dition for several hours. I had condition and completely cured. No. headaches and was drowsy At times I was unable to do my work and had to go to bed. I doctored with mary physicians for years, but none was able to do me any recovery by the Poo On Chinese good, and as time went on I be
Thousands suffering from catarrh, Came worse and more discouraged. My husband has spent several han bronchial and lung trouble, throat, dreds of dollars for doctors and cough, asthma, hay fever, malaria, No. 18 medicines and all failed, to bring stomach trouble, indigestion, con-
stipation, gastritis, piles, diarr No. me any relief.
Through a friend I heard of hoea, fistula, heart disease, eczema, the Poo On Chinese Herbs. I was scrofula, female trouble nervous- doubtful but bearing of the many ness, insomnia, obesity, kidney, cures that these berbe had brought bladder trouble, Bright's disease, about I decided, to go. The results, diabetes, rheumatism, neuralgia, No. of the Poo-On-Chinese Herbaas dropsy prorrher, epilepticfits, tonished me. After a few doses I paralysis, tumors, ulcers, pimples, began to notice a vast difference in, dizziness, headaches, neurasthenia, the condition of my stomach and neuritis, and many other chronie No. my general health. I continued to diseases, have been restored to take the herbs and in a short time health and happiness. without I was completely cured. Since that poisonous drugs or the knife, by time I have gained steadily in the Poo On Chinese Horba, weight and can now eat anything and all that I want without the least distress, I can truthfully say that I feel better now than I have in years, and I accredit it all to the Poo On Chinese Herbs,
The Foo On Chinese Herbs Co. YEE FOOD LUN," Chiness Her belist, Managing Director, Founder of the Poo On Herb Co. Ovez twenty-five years practical ex
Pretty Damsel
237.
SUPERINTENDENT,
It is reported, says the Canton | Gazette, that the Ministry of Finance of the National Govern- 276. ment has appointed Mr. Fan Kee 272 Mo as Superintendent of the Can- 275 ton Customa. Mr. Fán is the 259 Director of the Canton Salt Ad- ministration Office, and is concur- 935rently a member of the Party Affair Directory Committee of Cen- ton. He is at present at Nanking. Mr. Chu Chao Hsin, Cothnia- sioner of Foreign Aff
Affairs for Kwangtung, and concurrently. Superintendent of the Canton Cus- CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE. toms, is said to have submitted a
10 Bailing Vesse}
Peacock
Lotus Bee
***
City of Gold- 6 Lion
264
201
Lion No. 2
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
CANTON, Jan. 30th
perience in America curing the sick Water Works
83.63 with Chinese Herba Main Office, Electric Light & Power Co. 4.00
Child Enatched From Death by Foo Modesto, Calif., United States Canton-Hankow Railways
On Chinese Herbs.
Probably the greatest help that
the Pog On Chinese Herbs brought
Queen's Road Central (1st floor). Sincere Company America. Hong Kong Office, The Sun Company
Tel. 6000 Office Hours: Daily Nanyang Bras. Tob. Co. a.m. to 18.30 p.m.; 9 pm to 8 Canton Tramways ......
Evening Hours: 8.30 p.m. to China Merchants 8.5. Nav, of my baby boy Robert Vit te fan by appear appointment
European Lady in attendance: MAN Central Bank
ebent in my home was in the case
ear and's half old
p.
066
0.51
7.00
20
2.00
petition to the Provincial Govern ment, tendering his resignation from the Customs post, in view of his arduous diplomatic dutica. Moreover, he is to probsed to the Philippine Islands next month to investigate the lot of the Chinese there, and to encourage them to form a Branch Association of Aero nautics
Mr. Cha's resignation from his concurrent post has been delayed because the Government was unable
4:30 - sucosed him.
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Shanghai
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Yokohama...
Silver (spot)
Silver (forward)
807
6.29/32
-47 1/16 1/8 1/32
2/02 - 2/0 -1/10:13/39
201
26.3/16
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