LLOYD TRIESTINO
FLOTTE RIUNITE LLOYE TRIESTING - MADIMIMA ITALIANA-SITMAS
EXPRESS PASSENGER SERVICE FAR-EAST-INDIA-ITALY
For Shanghai
For Italy
18. "CONTE ROSSO"... 2nd Sept. | as "CONTE ROSSO"... 13th Sept. 8.8. "CONTE VERDE "...29th Sept. a.s. "CONTE VERDE ".....11th Oct. 5. "CONTE ROSSO"... 3rd Nov. a. "CONTE ROSSO"...15th Nov. La "CONTE VERDE".
2. "CONTE VERDE"...13th Dec. "... 1st Dec.
8. "CONTE ROSSO" 17th Jan., 36.
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LLOYD TRIESTINO Queen's Building, Ground Floor. Tel. Add : "LLOYDIANO.” » P. O. Box 143 ..
Telephone 28014.
April, CANTON, Messrs. DODWELL & CO., LTD., SHAMEEN.
NORD LLOYD
HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE · NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
Far Eastern Mail Passenger and Freight Service
Through bookings to America via Europe and Europe via America. Bookings around the world. Through bookings to London.
OUTWARD SAILINGS ·
*(HAL) m.. "BURGENLAND "
(NDL) & "ISAR"
414
for Shanghai, Taku, Dairen, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama, 'Nagoya ........., ***
30th Aug. for S'hai, Taka Bar, Dairen,
Tsingtau, Yokohama, Kobe... dth Sept. (HAL) m.v. "ERMLAND "... for Shanghai, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama, Taka, Dairen,
Tsingtaa.......
.....16th Sept. for 8'hai., Taku Bar, Dairen, Thingtau, Yhama, Nagoya,
Kobe...
(NDL) .." COBLENZ"....
+(HAL) m.v. “KÜLMERLAND"
for Shanghai, Taku, · Dairen, Kobe, Yokohama, Nagoya
HOMEWARD SAILINGS
†(HAL) m.v."LEVERKUSEN”
(NDL) 8.6. "DONAU"...
21st Sept.
27th Sept.
for Genra, Barcelona, R'dam.,.
Hamburr. *** 8th Sept. for Marabilles, Oran, Rotterdam,
Hamburg, Bremen ......... 9th Sept.
+(NDL) m.s. " FULDA”.............. for Genoa, Barcelona, Lisbon,
Dover, A'dam,, R'dam., Hamburg, Bremen............. 23rd Sept.
+ Passenger Vorel Limited Passenger Accommodation.
N.D.L. "HONGKONG/SOUTH SEA ISLAND SERVICE.
BREMERHAVEN" 29th August, to RABAUL,
1.8.
TULAGI and ports.
For further particulars and passage lares, etc. apply to:- HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE NORD DEUTSCHER LLOYD JEBSEN & CO., AGENTS,
MELCHERS & CO., AGENTS,' 12, Pedder Street, Tel. 28363. ... Queen's Building, Tel 28378.
CANTON AGENTS :
CARLOWITZ & CO, Sbakes Road. "JEBBEN & CO., Bhameen C. B.
Hong Kong Weekly Press
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AUSTRAL-CHINA
SERVICE
Popular Line Resumed
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
On Amsterdam" Athens
Belgrade..................
Berlin
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE) Sterling Parity... Aug 3
13.10 Florins 7.394
.... 375 Drachmas 523 8. 176,316 Dinars 321 ..... 90.49 Marka 1281, Bombay. 1. 6d. per Rupee 1/8 1/16 Brussels
30 Belgas 21.357 ........... 813,568 Lei 502
Old residents of the East' will Bucharest remember the very popular ship Buenos Aires ping service, which the Nord-Copenhagen
Genevä deutscher Lloyd Steamship Co, of
Helsingfors Bremen maintained between Aus | Hongkong tralia and China some years ago.
Lisbon It now announced that the Madrid NDL. have decided to resume this Milan
Montevideo service with their ms. Merkur and
Montreal
Neptun and that the first sailing New York from Hong Kong will be at the end of December with monthly sailings following.
The Merkur and Neptun are twin-screw vessels of the latest type of 0.000 gross Reg. tons. Their length is 392', breadth 52 and depth 27 3".
The two sister ships are luxuri- ously equipped for first class pas- sengers and they have also ample accommodation for third class steerage and deck passengers.
The first class are nearly all single berth cabins with some sultes, most comfortably and taste- fully furnished." The ships are specially constructed for tropical trade; all the saloons, lounges and cabins are well ventilated and cool A large number of bath rooms are available for the
passengera.
498
13
PRESIDENT Liners
SPECIAL SUMMER
ROUND TRIP
FARES
Aug. 25, 7.36 520-8.
12771 1/6 1/18 21.264
384 8.0.
23.99)
15.28++
2201
1/61
1101
To MANILA and return
30.17/32
58 6/32
387 3.0. 4.93
39 5.0.
To KOBE and return
47.58d. per Peso 361 8.0. 18.159 Kroner 21.394 26.224 Franes 15,35 193.23 Marks 2264 1/61
110 Escudos 110k 25.92) Peastaa 38 21/32
97.48 Lire
58 7/16" 50.88d. per Peso
4.887 Dollar
4.867 Dollars 5.08
18.159 Kroner
19.90
194.81 Francs 75 31/32
Milreis 44 S.O.
1/4
4.92
5.067
-- 19.901
75 23/32 1201
Oslo
Paris Prague
184.28 Kronen, 1204"
Rio de Janeiro
26.93d. per Gold
•
41 8.0.
1/4 11/16
18.136 Kronor, 19.39 34.56 Schillings 27
19.399
262
... 24.58d. per Yen
1/21
21 9/16
*4%
21 9/16 104 7/16
211
Shanghai Stockholm Vionna Yokohama
Silver (forward) Silver (spot) War Loan
Closing Quotations
August 25, 1834
UN LONDON:-
Telegraphic Tranfer..... Bank Bills, on demand Bank Bills, 4 months"
sight
ON SHANGHAI:→→
ON SINGAPORE:-
ON NEW YORK;~~~
1/21
Bank Bills, on demand 391
Credits, 80 days' sight.. 307
ON BATAVIA:
On" demand
Credits, 4 months' sight 805
1/3
ON PANIE
Credits, four months
sight
Bark Bills, on demand $70
17
ON SAIGON:-
On Demand...
10
On demand
574
ON MANILA-
6-7
On demand
78)
ON BANGKOK !~*~.
On demand ...
198
On demand
1212
SOVEREIGNE, Bank Buying
Telegraphic Transler... Bank, on demand......
Rate .......
1/el
ΟΙ
· BAR SILVER, per on.
21 8/18
On demand
These speedy ships will run on a fixed schedule between Hong Kong and Sydney-Melbourne, call | ON JABAN:- ing at the Philippine Islands, British North Borneo and New Guinea ports en route.
With modern equipment on board and an interesting Itinerary er route this new line offers great attraction and should soon be very popular with the travelling public.
It is further announced that this new line will not affect the service of 3.8. Friderum and as Bremerhaven, which will continue to maintain regular monthly sail- ings to main ports and dût-stations all over New Guinea and the British Solomon Islands,
SHARE
GERMAN
MARKET
Da Ip:
THE SHARE MARKET
Harriman's Weekly Report
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS. REPORT
Silver prices remained unchang
Sterling
To YOKOHAMA and return
To HONOLULU and
To VICTORIA and
First Class
HK$180.00
HK$225.00,
HK$255.00
First Class Tourist Class
return... US$450.00 US$244.00
SEATTLE and return... US$540.00 US$300.00
To SAN FRANCISCO
and return... US$562.00 US$300.00
FREQUENT SAILINGS,
For further particulars apply --
STEAMSHIP LINEL MAIL LINE
DOLLAR AMERICAN
PEDDER NUKLUNG-HONG KONG.
CANTON BRANCH2--4, ` KHANXI BOAD,
STRATOSPHERE ADVENTURE
Professor Cosyn's Statement
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)]
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
SILVER LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
FROX NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES
THE Mater Vessel TRWALNUT"
having arrived from the above Port on Brussels, Aug. 24.
21st Aug, Consigness of Cargo are Detalls of
bereby informed that their Goods are Professor Cosyn's
beng landed at their rink into the adventurous stratosphere fight Godowns of Hong Kong and Kowloon were revealed here for the first Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, time on Friday night in a public | Kowloon, and stored at Consigneen rink statement made by the Belgian and expense. professor himself and his assis- tant, van der Eist.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godow's, where they will be examined on Saturday,
5th August, 1934, at 10 am
The market was again on the ea at 9/16 for both deliveries in Messrs. Melchers & Co. are art quiet side during the past week London yesterday. Sales for ac- ing as general agents for the new with trading on a restricted scale. count of China were absorbed by Austral China Line of the Nord-Investment issues on the whole America, India and speculators. deutscher Boyd in the East.”
were slightly easter, though Hong- The market was steady but there kong Lands remained unchanged was no keeness to buy.. with business done at $52.75/53.00
Sterling opened in New York at and Star Ferries continues in de- 5.07 and closed at 5.06%
Market mand at $991. Hongkong Electrics again came to business at $714 Steady but dull Hongkong Trams were a shade eas- ler and were taken of the market
1/6 7/16 was available at the The deepest impression made at $20.75/20.50 (ex div.), Wharves showed. some easiness
with opening followed by 1/6 16/32 and on the stratosphere explorers was
All Claim must be presented within was done. Later 1/6 17/32 was hampered all bodily movements which date they cannot be re-
15 Days of the vessel't arrival hero, shares offering" at $112. Dairy 1/6 at which rate & small business the extreme cold which greatly Farms changed hands at the re-
The closing during the fourteen hours sojourn done for September. duced rate of $25.60/70: Tele-
cognised. phones (oid) after having been tone was steady with sellers at 1/6 in the upper air. The earth re- done at $24 for September were 17/32 and probable buyers at 1/8 mained hidden by dense cloud formations during almost the en- put through at $24/24.20. Sterling 9/16.
tire period and this, combined counters were slightly armer with Anances Hongkong Banks done at $1745 and
with the total failure of the radio. apparatus to function, made the descent difficult and dangerous, The balloon travelled at an aver-by age vertical speed of 85 kilometres, this having no perceptible effect on the two men. Both observers reported remarkable colour atmos Hong Kong, 21st Aug., 1954.
16,000
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
2
the
U.S. Dollars
R
Berlin, Aug. 24. The report of the satifactory condition of the State
Were offered at 38 15/16, 39 up acted
stimulant in Unionis at $545. Among the minor to 39 which rate led to a small sharemarket which
continued in issues, Hotels were steady around business for September. The mar- f friendly tone. The shares that $5.50 and Cements around $2.50. ket closed with sellers at 394, buy- attracted chief attention were China Lights (old) were in demanders at 301 but 39 3/18 might have those of companies producing raw at $8.75, having changed hands at been accepted by buyers. “- materials or substitutes for such. The fixed interest security market was also buoyant in all sections but especially gold mortgage bonds, advances being as much as 1 per cent.
..
.Et
$8.80. Providents (old) were again easter with transactions done $1.60/62). Constructions (new) met with a steady demand at 78 cents. The tone of the market at the close is quietly easy.
1291
561.
Yon
Guilder
Shanghai Dolars
metres which they described · ELS
phere at an altitude of
deep violet blue. At the
scientists as a petre disc. During
Bame
110 13/16 sellers, 1101 likely buy- height the sun appeared to the
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Good remaining undelivered after the 18th August, 1934, will be subject to Bent
No Firs Insurance Eas been effected, Bill of Lading will be countersigned
FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD, 4th Floor, King's Building, Connaught Boad. Dial 93165.
[$288
Call Money 4 to 44, Young Loan
Business Transactions
Shanghai Market
the entire fourteen hours of the SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DEL
· MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. unchanged at 931, Reichsbank un-
strenuous journey neither inan Business during the week, has Sterling at 1/4 9/18 for near changed at 1551 Salzdetfurth
took more than the sparest
CONSIGNEE NOTICE Potash 1 higher to 159k German been done at the following prices: and forward and Dollars at 95 at
China Underwriters
$1.20 the opeinng. The market sub-nourishment because they were Steel Trusts weakened to 40% Hongkong Lands $521/52.00 | sequently steadied and a late wire 50 busy operating the scientific
German. Mineral Oils declined T
to 115, Blemenshaiske improved
to 1461, Bemberg Rayon unchang ed at 69.
Humphreys
$10.00 placed Sterling at 1/4 13/16 and China Lights (old)
49.80 Trams... $20.50/2070 ex div. Dollars at '35)..
$24.00/24.20 Telephones fold)
$25.60/25.70
Except in special cases, the Dairy Farms prices on the sharemarket at the Lene Crawfords end of the week were not vastly Providents (old) different from those at the begin-
Docks,
ning. These exceptions were chie-Antamoks fly of companies engaged in the Bagulo Gold production of raw materials such as coal, iron, lignite and minerai oil. The turnover throughout the. week was small in every branch, the rises that occurred taking place gradually. This state of mer- ket is explainable by the fact that though the plebiscite is now over
BERLIN SHARE
$4.15 $1.821/1.65. $14.50/14.60
59 cta.
REICHSMARK QUOTA.
TIONS
Press" (Copyrigh23)
QUOTATIONS
41 cts. [Special to the Hong Kong Dally
Press" (Copyright.)]
Berlin, Aug. 24. Gelsenkirch Mining Co.
German Dye Trusts
Hamburg America
Line Harpener Mining Co.
Mannesmann Roehren
North German Lloyd
Reichsbank
€1.65 60.75
146.75 146.875
25.25
28
106 106.875
89.50
28.50
69
Rhenish Westphalen
39.70
593.42
Siemenshelake
57.73
· 144
05.78
United Steel Works
14.9425
Young Loan
Transocean Kü
and the result places the regime [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily unquestionably on a thoroughly and permanently stable basis, no definite indication is yet given of the new economic policy to be adopted to cope with the economic situation in the approaching win- ter
Fixed interest. securities rose. constantly throughout the week and finished higher, This is quite the normal outcome of the present situation where investors are besit- ant hence they prefer gilt-edged to industrials— Transocean Kuo Min.
Berlin, Aug. 24, Reichsmark quotations (without gfarantee):
New York Paris
Amsterdam
Paris Sterling
Dollár Transocean Kyn Min,
instruments and recording data.
Cosyns declared it should be possible with a specially, equipped balloon to reach the maximum altitude of 39,000 metres but, in his opinion, the attainment of still higher altitudes than that by the use of balloon of any type was impossible. Transocean Kuo Min.
· MS. “ABAMIS.""
ARKIVED · HONG KONG ON TRIDAY. 7¤~ 24TH✨ AUG.....
1884.
From MARSEILLES, A6 UNSIGNIES of Cargo by the sbove-nax ed. Steamer are hereby informed that their Goods, with the azception of Opium; Treasure and Value ables, are being landed and placed their risk in the Glodowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wkaef and Godown 064 144% Kowloon, whence Dalfrey can. be obtasked me the floods are landsdr .:: Goods not cleared within 7 days, In-
sliding d
g date of arrival, will be subject to
REICHSBANK RETURNS
{Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
Press" (Copyright,)] !!
Berlin, Aug. 25.
#AB Ulains Mums be ent to the Under The Reichsbank returns dated 1934, or they will not be recognized:
ngnad before Tuesday, 4th Septem her August 23,' show a slight improve
Damaged püşkäger must be left in ment in status. · Goldstock declin- the Godowns for examination by: the ed by 0.1 million marks to 74.9. Deguses mad the Company'n Bure *Moana''; Goddard & Douglas, at millions but foreign currencies in 10 h in Thursday, the 30th Aug,
30 creased 0.1 million marks to 8.4 1984
raillions so that the note cover re- Consig 155.125 155.375 serves remain the same as before Oficer
namely 78.3 million marks Note- sutiable 102.50 103.50 issue declined 92.3 to 3502.0 million
marks. The amount of
H
14650 issued uz measured by bills che: ques, advances and investments: 1.25 40.875 decreased by 83.0) millioni ZAKERE
93.50 3879.7 million marks,
"kransocean. Kad MEUS;
damaged.