THE FOUR LEADING BEERS ON THE
MARKET
SUIT ALL PALATES.
MUNCHENER BURGER-BRAU.
PILSENER SUPERIOR QUALITY,
THE HONG KONG `DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1929..
Money and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS,
DARK.
Yesterday's quotations for and other foodstuffs were as low:-
rice fol.)
Rico.
LIGHT.
Red Seal
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Broken. Green Seal, No.
Cranulated, Green
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Glutinous, Green Seal Round Rice, Blue Seal Unglutinous, Red Sent.... White Bran, Red Seal ......
Miscellaneous.
toorge
Granulated
No. 19
Granulated coarse sugar,
RAW SILK.
INCREASE IN JAPANESE
CROP.
Messrs. Pentreath & Co. have kindly forwarded us the following letter dated May 13, from Meaars 6.09 Hornby Hemelryk & Co., Liver
pool:
8.50 8.72 8.57 Compared with prices ruling a 8.99 week ago. value вге about 10 cents lower for nears and 3 cents 6.05 lower for distants. 7.62
The New York certificated stock 6.08 on the 30th ult. was 2,445 bales, 6 made up 'hs follows;— 3.29
Grade A
sugar,
* 6,85
No. 24
Groundnut oil, Fong Tre
22.80
Duck's fenther
38.50
Green Bea
8.60
Soy Bena....
Dried Yellow Fungus
Hong Kong.
Fishmaw
Dried Mushroom,
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FOR SIX MONTHS
Shun
Lotus Seeda
White Sesame
Heung
KADANEPAN
800 bales.
78%
£30
145
11
235
"
80 11
5
15 10
0.00
Mail advices from New York 230.00 state that the scarcity of silk.in 280.00 the New York market and the "oor assortments available create a 140.00 technical condition which is likely to be maintained for some weeks £a little relief from a statistical
21.00 16.30
point of view may be looked for until the advent of the new erop.
Forecasts of an 8 per cent. in CANTON MARKET REPORTS. crease in the coming Japanese
RAW SILK,
The market, for raw silk remains inactive and prices are still low. Only few transactions are made. Latest quotations are as follow:- 14/36
-
H.K. 8945 13/15 Best I
913 20722
665
FLOUR, Flour "merchants have been buy- ing heavily of late as prices were low in Hong Kong. Arrivals of, Chinese four from Shanghai are still large and as the market is still overstocked prices are low. Quotations on Monday were:-
| Hung Hup
Flying Wheel Pak Cha... Pine & Stork Lou Lin Pat Kwa Dog's Head Cabbage Five Swallows Banana
Fa Ngun Yun Claymore
Big Gun Golden Ox Gunboat
Par
crop have been circulated, but it is too early to place any reliance
on them.
BRUTAL GANG 'MURDER
IN SHANGHAI
MERCHANT'S SON ATTACKED
IN HIS CAR..
DAYLIGHT CRIME,
Shanghai papers to hand describe how Damian Yah, the son of the compradore of Messrs. Noel Murray and Co, was killed last Friday in his own car by armed kidnappers, who shot him dead and then escaped.
Mr. Yah, who was working for his father, at about 8.30 a.m., left his house in Carter Road, in his.
w car, which was driven by a chauffeur. No sooner had the car appeared on the street than four ruffians jumped in and, overpower- ing the chauffeur, and one of them drove the 'car. The chauffeur struggled in the front seat, while Mr. Yah was closely guarded at the rear of the car. The car flew along Carter Road, and on near- ing Avenue Road the man driving the car turned in the direction of Medhurst Road.
Still struggling and attempting ta get free, the chauffeur somehow managed to slide from the car on to the road, while Mr. Yah was heard to shout "Save life! in Chinese.
The car, on nearing the Medhurst Road corner, suddenly refused to go further. Whereupon the three kidnappers pulling out their guns, abot Mr. Yah.
Consumption in America. LOD- tintes very satisfactory; the mill takings for April are reported to be 33,585 bales, which comparing with 40,878 bales last month and 41,238 in April last year.
The following Japanese Statis ties as of April 30 available:-
аге DOW
Stocks: 27,000 bales, April 20, 1999; 27,000 bales, March 30, 1929; 34,800 bales, April 30, 1928, "Settlement for export July/April include: 482,000 bales, April 30, 1029: 448,000 bales, March 30, 1990:
"
Into Sight July/April include: 480,153 bales, April 30, 1999; 434,699 bales, March 30, 1929.
Total exports July/April in Bale clude: 479,179 bales, April 30, 83.00 1029; 440,030 bales, March 30, 1029. 3,60 The Settlements for export dur- 4.13 ing April amounted to 43,000 3.70 bales compared with 42,000 in 3.87 March and 43,000 in April last 3.93 year.
The into sight movement: 3.76 during April was 42,424 bales 4.18 against 50,811 in March and 43,415 3.80 April last year. Total exports 3.50 for the month were 42,424 balen, 3.85 ngainst 38,841 bales in March and 3.80 42,515 in April last year."
HONG KONG IMPORT TRADE.
PIECE-GOODS BUSINESS
DEPRESSED.
3.90 3.73 3.70
In the fortnightly report of the Hong Kong Gener Chamber of Commerce, the following informa- tion is given regarding import trade:-
'Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy
Cotton Goods.
The following reports have been received:-
Business has been very quiet since the last report, no sales of any magnitude. being reported and a distinct falling off in enquiry is noticeable. Local prices for almost all the well-known cloths have drop- ped sharply during the past fort- night, and deliveries still remain very poor. Whilst American cotton has remained steady, Egyptian has slumped again.
Another .'report states:-Very little business can be reported in cotton piece-goods during the last two weeks. Manchester was closed for the whole of last week on ac- count of the Whitsuntide holidays, and there has been a small enquiry since the market re-opened. The adverse effects of the upheaval at Canton and beyond are still felt, and deliveries and local business have been practienlly at a stand- still. There has been a slight im provement in the tone of the market during the past few days, and busi- ness will be resumed as soon as mere normal conditions obtain.
Woollens.
Nothing to report.
Cotton Yarn. Market is stagnant, and prices have further declined 2 to 34 per bale.
Nominal quotations are as fol Jowa:-No. 10s at $170 to $185; No. 12s at 8185 to 2190; No. 18s at $190 to $186; Nos 20s at 8165 to
$200.
Arrivals nil; shipments nil; un- sold stock 1,400 bales; bargains 4,400 bales.
Ram Cotton.
No business to report.
The gang disappeared, scatter- in all directions, while a passer-by rushed Mr. Yah to the nearest hospital.
WILLS
However, the young man dead by the time the car, arrived at the hospital.
Whether the reason for the kid- napping was other than ransom is not known, but, this daylight kid- tive of the conditions prevailing napping is unfortunately" indica-
at times in Shanghai.
Mr. D. "Yah was a well-known business man in Chinese as well as foreign circles, and
greatly respected
He was n married man with several children.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
JUNK 4, 1929 H.K. Banks ***----... $1,2521 bay"
Do., London... nom. Chartered Banka .....$194 boy. Mercantile Banika, A. &B.....£33 nom. Our New York correspondents Do..
...flat nom. cable that new orders for fibished
P. & O.
Brak silk are smaller. Manufacturers East Aris Banks $901 nám. and dealers anticipate somewhat Canton Insurance.........8655 buy. lower prices for Raw Silk, but Onion Insurances .........
134) sel TL 160 bay. sellers are hesitant at the present North China Ins...... levels. Another cable mentions Yangtze Insurances...M 850 num. that the market is dull And China Underwriters.$2.10 sel. neglected awaiting the commence Chiza Fire Insurances...$285 buy, ment of business in the new con- H.K. Fire Ins. ...775 năm. tract and new crop indications.
...$35 ael. Douglases
126 zel. Close New York Saturday:
H.K. Steamboats June 5.00, July 4.02, September Indo-Chinas (Fre)....548
H.K. Tage***
$1.60 cel. $18 buy. 4.81c, October 4.81c.
Do. (Def.)
.....870 nom. Shell Transporta
.971. nom. Union Waterboats........
$22 Dom. Benguet 21 bay. Katha Mining Admin...63/9 nom. Longkets (combined).............. Tis.. 14 ΣΟΥΤΙ
Do (ingle)......
T. 7 S'ha Explorations vs. 75 ml. Tis. nom.
EXCHANGE RATES.
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Paris Genera Berlin Oslo Helsingfors Athens Rio Hong Kong New York Amsterdam Stockholm «Vienna
Madrid Buenos Aires Bombay Yokohama Brussels .... Milan "Copenhagen
Prague Lisboa Bucharest Shanghai
Shanghai Loans
Tronch Miner
ELK., & K. Wharfs...
EX&W.Docks
Hongkews
Tls. 168 nom.
RUGBY, June 4.
Baubs
124.05
25.395
20.345
Chins Providents.....
17/6 nota. $128 buy.
* buy 4.10 wel..
18.20
-1921
Tie, 3.86 buy,
375
5 57/04
Ts. 12.40 buy.
Holiday,
12.07
18.135
Silver (spot) Silver (forward)"
New Engineerings.
Shanghai Dooks. .........11.125 nom.
Ewo Cation.. any
Oriental Cotronela, 2 b
2 by 2.10 sel.
4.84 29/32 | 8’hai. Cettons (old) ... Tix. 67 bay.
34.52 34.845
47 7/32 Holiday. 1/9 11/16
34.75
92.63
18.207
1632
108
817
2/1
24 3/10 241
TO-DAY'S RADIO.
"THE SINCERE CO." TO BE RELAYED.
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Govern- ment Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on 380 metres :~~~..
Do.
A.K. & S. Hotels
HE. Lands
(new)... T. 30 nom.
$8.80 buy., 8.80 sel
T 141 buy. $824 nom.
Lands
Boys Ratates ......$15 el.
A.K. Realtied
...$8,85 sel
B. Tramways... $18.15 buy., 18) sel, Peak Trams (old)... $19 buy.
(Dow} ......$0.55 nom,
Do. Star Ferries
$86 nom, China Lights, Cam. Rights $15.70 buy.
Do. Ex Right $12.80 buy..
13 el.
Da Highla .... $7.90 nom. B.K. Electrica
Macao Eléctrica 201 Sandakan Light/.......12) 802. Telephoned.....$1 bay. China Buc
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Bingapore
HOM
Chins Sugar...........80 cta. nom. Maisbon Sugar peran $87 Canton Ices nomiaan, $1.80 b
buy. Osments (combined)................. $8.10 boy.
Do
Do:
(old) 1 (Bow)
$140 nom.
7.
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. Bop United Asbestos 36 bay. Dairy Farm............12) bay, Watsons i 1.48 p.m.-Weather_roport. " Der & Wing
80 cts, buy. 3:30 to 6.30 p.m-Programme of Lane Crawfords..... $sel.
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stirions$11.80 bay ciation, Ltd.).
Wm. Fowells
**** ..$3.65 sel ILK. Amusements ...$291 bay, 29; sel H.K. Constructions ..............$13, sel,
'que, Ladas. G.Bonds...07% now. H.K, Gort. Lowes...61% prem. buy. buy-buyers; del mellein; AKČNÍ Z
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7.48 p.m.-Evening weather re- port.
p-Evening programme of Chinese music relayed from The Sincere. Co., Ltd.'
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