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THOR SALE-ARMSTRONG SID- DELEY 14.4 B.P. Touring-Car, First-clase Condition, Jast Overhauled, New Hood.-W. A NOWERS, AMATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY.
[7734
BALLANTINE'S
in use for almost 100 years.
ESTABLISHED 1827.
By Appointment to
King Edward VIL
H.M. The Late B
E. The Lite
Queen Victoria
and
His Majesty King George V.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1929.
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET
REPORTS.
Quotations at yesterday's local market for rice and other foodstuffs were as follows:-
Per
CANTON TRADE NOTES.
It is reported that the new coins produced daily by the Canton Mint amount to Government $100,000.
On April 27 over six thousand tons of coal were imported from Picul. Daire and Haiphong, and more $3.62 recently a consignment of about two thousand tons of Indian coal from Calcutta.
„Rice.
Siam:-
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
8.05 7.20
No. 1 Broken
No. 2 Broken
8.10
Glutinous
8.05.
No. 1 Granulated
6.00
No. 2 Granulated
3.70
Annam:-
No.
No. 2
No. 3
7.50 7.20 7.05
No. 1 Unglutinous
7.03
No. 2 Englutinous
No. 3englutinous
*.00 .8.83
No. 1 Braken
8.00
No. Broken
6.70
Tonquin
No.
*.30
Luer Tuitt C
No. 2
No. 3
Glutinous.
7.00 6.80 8.00
MiscellanecVS.
No. 19 Course Granulated
sugar
$6.83
No. 24. Coarse Granulated
sugar.
Copper Sheets
White Grapes
7.43 10.60 36.00
Dried Mushroom, Mokoo
450.00
White Sesame
Camphor
Dried Pecled Chestnut
...............
122.00
11.00
Green Flax
29.00
RESERVE CUVER CHAMPAGNE
BRUT
The Connoisseur's First Choice's
PURE SCOTCH LIQUEUR PERRIER
WHISKY
10 years old.
GEORGE BALLANTINE
SON, LTD.
:
GLASGOW AND LONDON. DISTILLED IN SCOTLAND If you want a really first class Scotch Whisky at a reasonable price, better thin you can have no
It ja Ballantine's Liqueur Whisky. excellent.
The French Store
Beaconsfield Arcade.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. OCEAN STEAMSHIP 00., LTD.
AND
UHENA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI-
GATION CO., LTD.
SIGNEES per Co.'s Vessel
"IXION"
CONSIGNEES
Frox VICTORIA, SEATTLE AND VANCOUVER VIA JAPAN
kre barely notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kovicon whers it will lie at Consignees' risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf.
The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown
and after
not be landed here, Options! Cargo
cn an
unless Notice has been given prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option exter.de
JOUET
"
This excellent Champagne
si
is now obtainable
in Hong Kong
in three sizes.
QUARTS PINTS BABY
***
17.00
*
The rivers having risen alter the recent rainfall, large shipmeats of frewood have been arriving In Canton causing a drop in the price to 81.30 per hundred catties, and a further drop is expected before long. The market for artificial ferti lizer has also becoine fairly active once more now that the farmers are able to start ploughing up their Arlds,
*
According to advices from, New York and Lyons there has been a decided falling off in the amount of silk produced in Italy this year owing to the unusually cold winter. As Italy ranks as the third largest silk producing country in world, it is anticipated that there will be a greater demand then usual for Chinese silk abroad.
*
the
Canton imports annually large quantities of brase and copper in sheets from abroad especially from Japan. Prices have been high since the rise of the exchange rate for Hong Kong money. The current price for foreign brass sheets is $88. and for native brass 866 per picul. Foreign and native copper sheets
HONG KONG COTTON YARN are sold at 878 and 863 respectively.
Foreign white copper (Tutenag) of superior grate costs 8110 and mid- dle grade 895 per picul, while the prices of native mined Tutenag are 808, 888 and 850 according to grade.
There are THREE REASONS WHY we have been entrusted with the installation of
CENTRAL HEATING
HOT WATER & SANITARY SYSTEMS
at the following Institutions, etc.
SCHOOLS
St. Stephen's College Diocesan Boys' School St. Stephen's Hostel St. Stephen's Staff
Quarters
Repulse Bay Hotel Mountain Lodge
Pallonjee House, Canton Stubb's Boad Garage
CLUBSTM
Hongkong Club
Hongkong Cricket Club Hongkong Jockey Club U. S. Recreation Club Royal H.K. Golf Club
OTHER BUILDINGS
Police Station, Sham Shui Po
FIRSTLY.
SECONDLY.
THIRDLY.
HOSPITALS
Victoria Hospital. Matilda Hospital Alice Memorial Hospital New Tung Wah Hospital Nursing Home, Canton
Oriental Hotel, Canton Aigburth Hall
Sonth China Morning Post BuildingTM Sisters' Quarters Matilda Hospital Branksome Towers
All systems are designed by experts thoroughly acquainted with Jocal conditions and requirements.
All work executed by our own staff, thereby eliminating scamped work caused by sub-letting.
We do not interest ourselves in so called "cheap" jobs, all systems. being designed to reduce maintenance "charges to an absolute
minimum.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
MARKET.
No. 12 Standard, Horse
$195
Pretty Damsel
195
Chu Kim
194
Sheung Koon
194
No. 10 Tai Fat
163
Parrot
186
"
11
Kum Hang
177
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE
No. 32 Choy Kou
291
No. 20 Blue Phenix
206
Queen's Buildniga.
".
Choy Kou
218
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Yellow Buddha
213
Poo Loy
217
Sur Poo Loy
214 H.K. B
313
Do..
Choy Kou
312
Chartered Bank
317
bottle $7.00 per $3,70 $2.00 A baby Perrier Jouet and Guinness is.
The Ideal Tonic and Pick-me-up.
Sole Agents:
T. E. GRIFFITH, Ltd. 6, Queen's Ed. Cu. Tel.G. 8517
NOW
[A.F.2.2]
ON
SALE
No. 40 Sun Light
Poo Loy
CANTON COTTON YARN
MARKET.".
Max, 1929,
$1,205 buy., 1,210 g..
London...2134 m.
1 bay, Mercantile Hanks, A. B... nom.
...£1st som.
nom
P. & O. Banks East Ads Banks. ......... ..$901 Bom Canton Insurances.........$695 buy. Daian Lornaces ...
T. 160 bay. North Omns Ins......... Yangtze Insurances...... M. 330 nom. Chins Underwriters.......12.20 buy., 2.30 sel. Chins | insurances....d buy. Prices of cotton" yarns fluctuate.. Fire los.
*****.3766 bay. according to the exchange rate for
Douglase
336 vel. Hong Kong money. At the end of K. Steamboats..... tuy, last week, prices fell by three to HS (PRE) ......$40 buy.
four dollars. Prices at Shanghai are unchanged. Quotations at the latest Canton market are as fol-
No, & Lion
1929 Edition -
OF THE
DIRECTORY
AND
CHRONICLE
The 67th Annual Issue
OF. THE
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods Directory and Chronicle
Fridays between
are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and the hours of 10.45 AM. and Noow, within the Free Storage period
after the No Claims will be admitted Goods havs left the Vessel's Godown, and all Goods ramsining undelivered after the 10th May, will be subject to Rent
All Claims against the Vessel mast be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 24th May, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIKE,
Agenza.
4th May, 1929.
Л7741
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN
LINE.
FROM U.S.A.
THE Steamship
CITY OF NEWCASTLE" having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her are informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the haardous and/or extra-hazardous Godowns of Holt's Wharf, whence Delivery may "obtained.
be
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have at the Godowns, and a Goods remaining undelivered after 8th 1929, will be subject to Kant. Mame against the Steamer murt be presented to the Undersigned on or before 15th May, 1929, or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods ars to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays Dr Fridays, between the hours of 10.45 m. and Noon, within the Free Storage period of One Week.
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
THE BANK LINE, LTD., General Agenta. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1929. [7723
OF
HONG KONG,
THE TREATY PORTH OF
Lion, the Second Hut Hoi No. 10 Sailing Vessel
Peacock
Foo Kwai
CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO No. 16 Globe
I
CHINA, SIAM. STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS,
MALAY
Indo-Chinas
Do: (Del.)....$70 nom. Bbell Transports. nom. Unión Waterbosta nom.
$21 buy. : Benguets $108
Kailan Mining Admin....66/3 nom, T. 14 no
nom. Langkat (combined)..
The 74 nom,
Do. (single).....
8 hai. Explorations
H.K.
fis, 2.90 sel.
Ths. 4 no. .16,65 nom.
$191 nom. 136 Bel.
$4.65 0. Tia, 178 nom.
buy,
5.127 nom:
................'Tla, 12] buy, & 86.
Oriental Cortons......... Tis. 2 buy.
(new)....... 33 nem.
B.K. & 8. Het $8.70 bay.
H.K. Lands...$81) bag., 921 sol, Bhanghai Lande...T. 143 com.
158
183
78
Golden City
970
Peacock
972
Baanghai Loona
Lotus and Bee
247.
Double Lions
Trench Minis
17/6 noia.
255
Fire Lions
H.K. && Wharts
956
&
W. Docks
Yan Chung
970 China Proridenta
Tat Fat
272
Tak Lee
279
Hongkew*******
New Engineerings
Excellent Crops
255
Shanghai Docks
No. 12 Golden City'
290
Ewo Cottona wymiar
200
298
S'hai. Lotions (old)....... 72 sel.
Poo Yee
290
Do.
Tram-car
238
Pretty Damse)
280
Aeroplane
oop
Tak Lee
200
Humphreys
Estates......$14.35 nom. ·
Standing Horse
201
B.X. Realties
$8.35 pom.
200
H.K. Tramways
Pentr
Tram (old)... 15, buy,
Foo Kwai
308
Bu.
(new)......$5.30 nom.
Yan Chung
306
338
Globe
324
B.K. Electrical........$56] buy..
57,571 B
Sin Tho
327
Macae Electrics......
svež nom.
Blue Phenix
320
Bandakan Lights
2; sel
Hung Hee
318
Telephones.....
Cloud and Roc.
318
Okina Busen sparen
..$7.15 cal."
14 Tis. bay.
Standing Horse
332
Ng Fook
037
Do
(Pret.)......10 bay. "
Yan Chung
318
China Sugarsin
nom.
Tram-car
312
Malabon
Bagare
.......27 buy.
Shepherd
310
Poo Yee
320
Do
"Three Stars.
332
Do.
444
Blue Phenix
438
H.K. Roper
Tin Koont
444
Pine Tree and Deer
456
Watsons
Sheung "Hee
436
Der A Wings........................
No. 42 Yang Hok
$24
Butterfy
520
Mackintoshs..
520
STATES, NETHERLAND'S No. 12 Golden City INDIA, BORNEO, THE PHILIPPINES, Etc.
This Large Volume of approximate-
ly 2,000 Pages gives, in addition to the Usual Lists of Firms, an Alphabetical List of Residents
in the Far East containing the Names of Nearly
20,000 FOREIGNERS,
Arranged, with the initial as well
•
as Surnames in strict alphabe No. 32 Choy Kou
tical order so that any name
can be found instantaneously.
CLASSIFIED LIST
OF
IMPORT AND EXPORT MERCHANTS
AND
MANUFACTURERS
IN THE
FAR EAST. LARGE EDITION (WITH
MAPS & TREATIES). SMALL EDITION
Foon Hay
Bật Ferroli ...Jebị bay, từ ral
Ching Lights $14 bay.
Singapore Tractione......11/8 nom.
Canton Loes............ $1.80 b bay,
Cements (combined) 18.10 bay, 8.20 wel.
(old)$7,80 nem.
(new)... nom.
United Asbestos-$5.boy.
...361 no.
$18.20 nom.
Dairy Farms.............$181.
..80 cta, buy. Lane Orawlords.......... $2 sol...
15:18 bay. Bincere ****
.......$11.80 bay.
Wm. Fo
..$3.55 nom. Powelladores H.K. Amasetnenie ......130: buy. H.K. Construction
...... sol.
CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE, 'qua Indon, GBonds...50% buy.
HK. Gost, Loans.........5% prem, bay. bay,-bayers; sol-sellers; an-sales; nom.-commal,
▼▼EY Continue to suffer when
$12 Electric Light and Power 4.40PCO ON HERBS are within
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Water Works
CASTON, May 3,
$3.80
Canton-Hankow Railway'
$8
The Sun Co.
Sincere Co.
0.49 90.00 117.00
4.40
.....2.70
48.00
47.00
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