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Money and Markets
NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE.
SHARP ADVANCE IN.
UTILITIES.
QUOTATIONS.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1930.
HONG KONG SHARES DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS"
HONG KONG STOCK.
• EXCHANGE.
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION.
"BENJAMIN & POTTS' ・WEEKLY REPORT.
FRIDAY.
Buyers
Ballers Bale Nomla! MAY 18.
Buyer Ballers
Baloe Jemins!
Now York, May 10,
May
10
Messrs. Benjamin & Potts, local share and general brokers, in their weekly share report dated yester. day, state:-
Adams Express...
***
90
80
$1,425
Allied Chemical & Dye...
American Can...
307 3143 137 141
Market firm.
Business done. 1,880,430 mbaros,
American & Foreign Power ... American Rolling Mill...
FOREIGN INTERESTS BUYING American Smelting
COPPERS.
+
[UNITED PREIS)
New York, May 10.-tilities advanced sharply on
American Tel.
Tel.... American Tobacco "B" American Waterworks...
Anaconda
Copper
Atlantic Rodning
Baltimbru & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Business has continued, fairly generous senle throughout the past week, and we have again to 74) 748 | report a high level of prices. There 201 714 | is an unsatisfied demand for the 246 248 favourite counters, while more 261 2657
transactions have taken place on 1101 119
the forward basis in both the In- 601 58
vestment and Speculative sections, the principal feature being a smart rise in Kowloon Wharves
... 421 45
1104 Unq.
061
871 301 10: **207 208
424
+74
Borg Warner
་་་
New York
Calumet
Hecla
... 10
Stock Exchange "to-day says the daily review issued by the Dow Jones Financial News Agency,
Canadian Pacife Railway
Chesapeake Corporation Chicago Rock Faland
ww
Radio Corporation of America Featured the session, and there" was heavy buying likewis of Electric Power Light, United Corp., International Tel. & Tel., Standard Gas and Public Service of X.J. Hi. elised, up 48 to sol: United Compl closed up 14 to 474; Inter-
national Tel. & Tel closed up it to 64); Standard Gas was up 24 to
11; and Public Service was up 3
to 111.
Service Common Columbia Graphaphonu Columbia Ene & Electric
Commercial Solvonta... Commonwealth & Warz. Commonwealth & Southern
Consolidated Gas of N, Y. Continental Oil
Corn Products
Cartine Wright, Common Davison Chemical
Du Pont de Nemours ...
Eastran Kodar
Eric Railway Electric Bond & Share.
Fox Film
General Food General Electric
General Motors ...
General Eailway Signal Gold Dat
The Dow Jars average for 20 utilities was up 239.to 01.04 durcodrich Rubber
ing the half-dayssion, which
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Uranby...
60
... Unq. 111 32 33 39) 381 Vaq 70
"ที
5192 177
128 128
251 281
1041 1002
LI
36 35 120 125 ... 241 248
100 1031
64
78 824
The Shanghai market for Cotton shares would also appear to be re- viving and higher rates prevail.
Banks-Hong Kong and Shang hai Banks have receded in London to 2119 (Middle) and local sales were made early in the week at 81,410, but with the further drop in sterling exchange the market has since strengthened and business" has been done up to $1,435.
**
$116
!!!!
$1,430
་་་
!!!!!!
FOREIGN MAILS.
RADIO NOTICE.
Individuals and firms are recommended to register their tale graphic address at the Radio Office." No charge is made for this,
INWARD MAILS.
Banta
HK. Banks
$1,420
FROM
PER
DUB
£112
Do. (London).......
1
Chartered Banks
£18
230
Mercantile B. "A"
SHANGHAI'A SWATOW
Sunning
17th May
£12)
Do.
C"
£15
U.S.A. (San Francisco, 18th April)
Bank of East Asia...
$112
HONCLULU, JAyan a Buanghai
Pres. Adam.
17th May
Euaora via Nagavatam (Papers only
Insurances
London 17th April
Havelland
17th May
MANILA
W
1st May
Canton Ios.
$910
AMOT
DOT...
I
Tiinalak ...
18th May
Underwriters
$1.75
JAFAN
Santos Maru
North China...............
T180
JAPAN
* 11
514
19th May
19 May
432/95
师资
Union Ins............
$475
$633
M.850
Yangtze Ina.......
$60
China Fires
#355
H.K. Fires
3900
HONOLULU, JAPAN,& SHANGHAI
Shipping
SWATOW & AMOT
TLI
AUSTHALLE MANILA
$272 Douglasës
321
Steamboats
JAPAN & SHANGHAI
$25
$43
Indos (pref.)...............
0.8.A. (San Francisco, 15th April
Honolulu, Jaran a Shanghai JAPAN MOHANQUA
USA. (San Francisco, 16th April), "
.3.A. (Seatale, 3rd May), CANADA,]
"Japan & S«ASQRAI
Uremar
Tango diuru
Pres. AcKinlay Mantics
Free Tast Sphine
19th May
31 May
Chichibu Maru ...
9 th May
+
dist May
:2nd May
2nd May
23rd May
Do. (def.)
96/9 Shell Transports
LAKADA (Vancouver, B.C., 6th May),
Una, Jazan & SHANGHAI
Empress of Russia
16.1 May
$35
$960 31.85
1.160
$480
$365 $925
$231
Marine and Fire Insurances. Unions have recovered to a buying quotation of $475 and have since been negotiated at 8-173 to $485. $77 Cantons were realised again.at the outset at 8900, but being in strong demand and with no sellers in evidence the price rapidly rose to 8080. They are now quoted at 8915 471 471 ex dividend of $45. đang trong 901 901
Fires are wanted at 8356. ****** Company has declared 1 final Vagdividend of $9 and bonus of $6 for 1028 and an interim dividend of $3 account 1929. Underwriters were placed at 81.70/80.
showed a total turnover of 1,580,430 Great Northern Certifientes.... Unq, 90 sbores...
This
!!!!!!
$1.55/80
***
Water-bo... $31
Nu:
Mining
Benquets..
413 Kailans
T13.10 Langkats (comb.).
Do. (single)
To.65 Shanghai Loans
OUTWARD MAILS.
REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 am, registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.. on the previous day.
FOR
7.14
T.9
T.
T1.15 Explorations.......
T.1
T3
$29
Jap
Raubs
21/-
Tronoh Mines
18/3
Docks, WharvES,
Hudson Motors...
44
90 82 32 31
431 441
Godowns, etc.
$184
183/4
H.K. & K. Wharf....
$184)
$185
Swatow & Bangkok
36.10 28.20 36.5
Providents
$5.90 86.10-$6.05.10
Strmit
International Cement...
70
International Combustion Eng. International Harvester International Nickal International Products Com.... International Printers Ink
10 10
106 105
So Ung.
331 342
7 Uay
63
64
Shipping Waterboats have con- tinued their upwards course and were booked at $33. Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboats can be placed at $25 Douglas Steem. ships are quoted $224 nominal.
$39,
$39/40
H.K. Docks,
$394
saigon
T:133
Shanghai Docks
T.132
Manila
T.8
New Engineerings
T8.05
Amuy
***
T.260
Hongkews |
+
Cotton Mille
ex
... 1 1117
T14.10
EWOS re
T13.00
12.00/4 right
tormosa..
Bangkok v Swaton
swalow, amoy & Formosa
40 Day.
33 33
T.86
3 301
T.85
... 100 1004
S'hai. C'tons (old).....{ Do. (new)...) T.10 Zoong Sings
T56
421
+
T.10
***
109 1001
321 33
Lands, Hotels and
Buildings
Strength in U.S."Steel. U.S. Steel showed strength and closed at 1723, up 3 from yester- day, while the Dow Jones average for industrials was up 5.72 to 272.01 Bethlehem rose 1 to close nt 9 and Ludlum was up an eighth to 33. Westinghouse rose 4 tu 137: American Can was up 3 tl; General Electric was up 31184; and Johns Manville was op 3 to 19
Motor equipments were at the best levels during recent weeks Gitulpear Tire & Rubber clound up 14 82, while U.S. Rubber gained quarter to close at 28. General
Motors was up half a point to close Chrysler gained a point to ela at 33; Hudson was up to 44 and Packard gained to close at 193.
Coppers continued firm, following heavy metal purchases from abroad. Anaconda was up 1 to 002;
Calumet & Heela was up to 181 American Smelting gained a point "to dos at 71; and Nevada Con- wolidated 'was up to 1. Foreign interests were still buying. it was reported.
Oils Firm and Rails Standy. Oils were likewise fra. Standard Oil of New York was up to 36; Standard of New Jersey rose I to 77; Texas Corp, was up to 573; and Continentál. was up 1k to 201.
Rails were steady. Southern Pacific gained half a point to close at 12 Penneylvania held at 78; New York Central was off an eighth to 1 Erio held at 48: Union Pacife gained 7 to clow at 225); Canadian Pacific was np 14 to 2001; and Northern Pacific was unchang rd at 53.
Considerable of the customary week-end profit-taking sales develop ed in the course of the morning.
International Tel. & Tol Johns Manville Kannecott Copper` Kruger
To Kroger Grocery.....
Lambert
Aggott Myers “B”)
Mack Trucks Missouri Facilo
Montgomery Ward
Docks, Wharves and Gadowns.- Kowloon Wharves still continue" to be a centre of attraction and large purchases wete made at 8172 to 91841, with further buyers at the latter rate.
Whampoa Docks have also hardened and were put through 791 Unq.
at $40. Hongkew Wharves are en- $11 421 2011quired for at Tis. 200, and New
=
... 1741 174 Engineers at Tis. 8. Shanghai
Decks have receded to Tls. 133.
Novada Consolidated Copper... New York Central Northern Pacific Railway Pacific Lighting
Paramount Famous Lasky. Pennsylvania Railway... Puanroad Corporation..... Phillips Petroleum Public Service of N. Jersey Radio Corporation Reynolds Tobacco "B" Sears Koebuck
Faior
Packard motor Car
583 83
03 064
181
78
19 18
4141
12. B24
18
48 50
Landa. Hotels and Buildings. Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels have been dealt at 813 and $13.10. Hong Kong Lands have advanced to 885. A further improvement is to be noted in Humphreys Estates, sales having taken place at the close Realities after having
51 52 at $15.
81
222 221
touched at $11) have slipped back Shall Simmons Company
to $11. Shanghai Lands changed Southem California Edison.66 ashanda, at the enhanced rate of Tis. southern Pacific Hailway ... 123 122273, Standard Gas & Electric 115 1179 Public Utilities. Transactiona Standard Oil of New Jersey..... 761 77
were effected in Hong Kong Trams Standard Oil of New York 381 301
304
at 820 to 820.80, the market closing. Texas Corporation
573 672 594 59 with buyers at 8204. Hong Kong Texas Galf Sulphur Timken Roller Bearing
Electrics were realised again at the 76 35 Trans America
41 42 outset at rot but have since Union Pacific Railway... Union Carbide & Carbon 861 874 hardened to a buying rate of $79. 2201 A strong demand for Star Ferries. United Aircraft & Transport... 1095 has raised the price to $88. China Gag. Ung Lights took another spurt and were 169 17:3
dealt in to a fair extent up to $29 DJ for the Old and 893 for the New ... 174 1784 shares; ex the interim dividend of ea 03125 cents and 3.22 cents just paid. Telephones were taken off the Peak market at 813 and 8137, Trams (Old) are enquired for at $113.
United Dry Docka · U.S. Bubber C9. Stool Vaani Ka Westinghouse 2. & M., Woolworth
2445
REDISCOUNT RATE IN UNITED STATES.
[UNITED PRESS.]
Miscellaneous.-Green Island Ce ment (Combined) were negotiated to a fair extent at $10.40 to $16.60 the market closing a shade easier. Dairy Farms were booked at 8951/26. Hong Kong Ropes have had a further rise, the market
preventing gains from reaching New York, May 8-The redis especially high levels but affording count rate is unchanged at 3 per healthy ending for the week in cent, according to to-day's weekly marked contrast to last week's Fri-announcement by the Federal Refinishing up with buyers at $9.10. day-Saturday crash.
.:: serve Bank of New York.
AMERICAN STOCK QUOTATIONS.
LATEST WALL STREET PRICES.
The following quotations, have been received from their cor- respondents, Messrs. Hayden, Stone & Co., of New York, by Meners Swan, Culbertson & Fritz, Sassoon House, Shanghai, (enble address: "Swanstock," Shanghai), who are not responsible for cable mutilations:-
Cone of Market-Weak
No. of Shares'done--3 million.
Can Money-3 per cent."
Atherican Smelting"
Anaconda, Copper...... Baltimore and Ohio'
Borg Warner
City Service Common
201
$81
Shanghai Lands
H.K. Realty's................. $10 $11
Humphreys
$15
Chiness Estates
***
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DATE & TIKE
Saturday, 17th,
Michael Jelsers Nugpore Wutshing.. ros, Adams
10.00
10.30 A
**200*9
I
antung
6.0 M
Saadas,
18th.
Et, Companion,
4.00 AM
Kingst
uan Mar
J. H
alonday, 19th,
Paroeis Досбола
Noou
1,00
1.80 z
3.00 T
Parcels
3.00 PM
240
Hog.
4.15 PM
Latte a
Boy,
5.00 P14
Prés, Jackson
6.00 FK
·5.00 PM
Parcals
5.00
Reg, Ruth,8.45 a 20
Letters
$80M
[Tuesday, 20th,
Tinalak Tomkin Huiching...
AJA
Sphine.
Pres.Taft
Fo Shing Taiyuan....
Kiungchoso Cremer
***
Changtu ...
ausichow
8.45 &
8.30AM
10.30 & M
12.50
1.00 F M
Kowloon P.0. Begr
100 = " 1.60 P
... Loitera
Beg, Lettera 2.80
1.65 ru
Wednesday, Zis',--
8.30 3.00 IM
(hurada), $2nd,
10,80 A 10.30 AM
Friday, 23rd,
9.30 A.
Loiter
HK. & S. Hotels...812.95813.10 13/06 E.K. Lands $41
trait & Unfoutl Haiphong
Bwatow
Japan, donolulu, Canada, U.8.A U. & S.,
America & EUROPE via Dan Fran- cisco-due San Franciaoc, 11th Juno .....]
Borang Vario Hydrangea
Pros. Jackson
Shanghai and EUROPE via Siberia *Baigon, Straiti, Ceylon, India, Mauritius,)
East and South Afrios and Bouth}| Suxion Mars
409
American Ports....... *Manila, Aŭstralia sud New Zealand v.a
Thursday Island uue Thursday: Taiping Island, 1st Mar
J
-
Manila Australia and New Zealand via,
Thurmony luland → das Thorany Kaga Maru Island, 2nd June
Furt Bayard, Hollow, Pakhoi & Haiphong
Batavi...
Swazow, Amoy & Foochow
sigon, "Straits, Cayion, India, Mauritius,
Inst
bouth Airion, Aden,
*£gypt &*EUROPE via Marseille
neareilles, 21st Juno
$13.20
184
320/63
T.:72
$10.90 314.90
$33,
8201
18201/4
811
$6.05
$85
385/86
8291
28.80/ 29.10
$79
$781
H.K. Electric
823
Macao do,
88
$131
$133
Telephones
Th
10/
Tractions
18/6
$21
885/6
3283 284/29
#23
个
876
Public Utilitian
Tramways ....... $201 Peak Trama (old)... $111 Do. (Dew)...) $5{"
Star Ferries $85
C. Lights (old)..............
Do. (new)...|
Sandakan Liglita
China Bates......**
Do. (prot)....A
T10.70 Caldbeck, (ard)
Dairy
$13.60
...
++
6/9
19
$41
Industrials
Manila
T.LI
$24
Macgregor (pref.) Canton Ices...
Swsbow...
321
Amoy
$16.60 | $161.80
811.10
$10
Cements (comb.)... $16.25 $16.60 18.20/. 60
Do
(old)..
8114
$42
Do. (new)...
Ropes
881
Baibow ... Straits
$1,10
China Sugars.+++++++
827
Malabon Bugars
829
United Asbestos ...
Habow, Pakhoi and Haiphong
Miscellaneous
swnlow, Amoy aid Fooshow
wei Bai Wat via Swatow and Foochow Japazı
***
126
Faras....
$264
$251
21
Der A. Wings...
Amusements....em.
$30
$1.TU
Constructions.****
81.70
$31
Lane Crawfords .....831
$32,1
$19
straila, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & 8.
„Airica, Aden, Kgypt & KUSUFE vis ||"Mantua...
Marrsities—das Marseilles, 20th June,
9.30 A 2
1.00
Kowloon P.U. Parcele 4.30 M 16,81th,9.00 & Letters 10,00 a m
G.P.O tax.,23rd, 5.00
tox.24th,9.45 AM Letters 10,30 *
Haturday, 24th,
10.80 Am
Monday, 28th,
10.30 Am Kowloon P. 0. Boga 1.00 M Letters 100m G.P.O,
Tango Maru Haryang...
Jane. Crawford's have fallen away to $34. Hong Kong Amosments Fetched $30, Constructions are higher with buyers at 81.70. Ben- guets have advanced to $74. Kailics are quoted from London at 41/3) 81% (Middle).
Cotton Mills.-Ewos have been the medium of a fair turnover at Tla. 13.60 to Tls, 14.10 and, have further buyers at the higher quota- tion. Shanghai Cottons have ad- vanced to Tiz. 86 and Tia. 85 follow. ing the announcement of Tis. 31 and Tia. 2.45 on the Old and New shares respectively, for the half-year end- ing April 30, 1930., {"
Rubber. The following are the latest eabled quotations received from Shanghaimmzi
་་
Mackintoshs .......
Nanyang Tobacco...
$12 Sinceres (old).......811
Do
(new)...... 810.40 WatsonMan
$2.85 Wm, Powells.
$12
prem
$121
821
B. Ind. G.8 Bonds... 88% B.K. Govt. Loan ... $108
"LOCAL AND REGULAR OUTWARD MAÏLS.
Manila
TEL. McKinley
Shanghai
Hakusan Maru
straite,, Ceylon, India, Mauritine, E. & 8. Africa, Egypt & EUROPE via Mar- seilles-die Marveilles, 27th June ...)
Paracue
WEEK DAY&
FOR
G.P.O.
FROM SHKUNGWAN. BRANCH P,0.
FROM G.P.O.
ÍSUNDATS & HOLIDAYS
FROM |SKRUKOWAN BRANCH .P.O.
Hanila
Emp. of Russia
Sudakan
Hinang
Beg 145 P Letters 3.30 P.
Tuesday, 27th,
3,80 M
{W-dnesday, 29th;
1:30
spondence onT.
¿7.15 a.m. d) ('7.30 am. › 6.00 p.m. 7.00pm
Sundays
Sundays (5pm, only 7.00 pm.
NEW YORK, May 15.
Canton
Last Dividend.
Latest
† 7.15 ani &} = 7,30 1,301, £7.00 p.m. {BOU D
Sales.
Buyers.
70
Anglo-Javas
.Tis. 7.50
{ only
60
Anglo-DutchTM
4.00
(7.15 mm. kl (7,90 x,m, d
115
Batu Anams.....
0.30
.38.
Chemors
1.30.
Macao & Trínskan
(7.15 a., & ƒ 7,90 a.m. 21.16 p.m.11.30 p.m.
Chrysler Motors
34
Consolidateds
9.85
302, "A
36
Kroswoeks almaltimen
1.05
1.15 pm Sundays 8.15 8.m. only
1.20 p.m. Baada
Curtis Wright Common
None
17
Repahse
1.20
Longmoon (except Saturdays) 5.00 p.m.
6.00 p...
5.00 pm.
8.80 only 6.00 p.m.
Eastinan Kodak
ав
246
Tanah Merahe
1.20
Kaukong (except Saturdays)...
6.00p.m.
6.00 p.m.
Electric Boid and Share
6C
Tebongs
2.00
Erie Railroad
None.
General Motors
General By. Signal
Gold Dust
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Granby Consolidated
Hudson Motors
International Cement...
International Nickel
Montgomery ord
*evade Gorastidatid
Stadio Corp
None
45
Sears Roebuck & Co.
2D
23
Simmons Co......
Union Carbide and Carbon....
Standard Oil Co. of New York
1.80
2.60
U.S.Hubber
None
United States Stési
Ziangbos...........
Exchange.The T.T. rate on Lon-
don is .1/5.7-10 and on Shanghai
Forward Settlement Days.-May
| 27 and June 24501 f
AMERICAN MONEY RATES.
[UNITED PREAS.]
New York, May 8.-Time money was quoted to-day at 3 per cent for 60 days and 4 per cent. for sa days with call money at 3 per cent.
6.80
Fataban (By Train)
.7.168.0
Tai O
7,15 9.00
9,00
Tai Fo...
Shumchan
11.08.10.
Cheungchow
| 1.00 pm. &
8:30 L
8.30
Six monthsw
Aberdan B
1:00 pm
Stanley Auta, Pingsban,
Esn
10.30 am.
Shating Shatankok, and Sheung bal Balkung Namtan, Shokki & Tal
(Fax)
8,00pm.
Twelve months
$15.00
4.30 p.2.
7,00 pl
7.00 pm
.9.00 120. $9.00 am, & 8.00 pm, 18.00 20. J 13.00 pu
12.30 pm & 4,30 PM.] Saturdays
$11.00am
{& 4.30p.m.
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