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are hereby notified that their Cargo will be discharged Into Holt's Whatt, Kowloon, where it will be at Conses tiek and subject to and Conditions of Stonge at Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 10th Sept
advice regarding accommoda.
Optional Cargo will not be landed here tion available, motoring faciales Notice has been gave it to Steamer's arrival, bat carried on from lities,
"port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends, centres, etc.
suitable
shopping
If, when at home, they will call or telephone to the above address, they will receive the utmost assistance and the latest available information on all subjects of enquiry will be placed at their disposal.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1934.
PALAIS DE DANSE
New Cabaret For Singapore
Bingapore, Sept. 4. Singapore's social amenities are shortly to be added to in the shape of another up-to-date cab- aret known as the Palais de Darse
to be built In Serangoon For this purpose a company nas been formed with a capital of $100,000
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
Is. 6d. per Rupee 21.04
18.189 Kroner
On Amsterdam Athèna .....
(BRITISH WILESS SERVICH.) Sterling Parity
Sept. 8. 7.282
Sept 10 7.30
........ 375 Drachmae
18.10 Florina 514 8.
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Belgrade
278,918 Dinara
12.48
1240
Berlin"
90.43 Marks
1/8 1/16
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Bombay
21.08
Brussels
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Bucharest. Buenos Aires Copenhagen Gabers Helsingfors Hongkong Lisbon Madrid Milan Montevideo Montreal New York Oslo Paris..... Prague
33 Belgas 813,559 Le
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47.50d per Paso
38 8.0.
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22.40
22.40
26.22 Francs 15.12
15.15
193.23 Marka 2251
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1/8 13/18
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110 Escudo
110
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95.92) Pesatas
981
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92.48 Lira 57+
57 11/16
50.88d. per Peso 4.567 Dollars 4.867 Dollar 18.159 Kroner 131.21 Francs 164.95 Kronen 20.93d. per Gold
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4.851 5
19.90
19.981
74 27/32
75 1/32"
1181
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44 8.0.
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Stockholm..... ... 18.159 Kronor
19.394
19.39
34.68 Schillings "2641
28
24-588. pen Yen 1/24
Silver (apot) Silver (forward)
217 11 15/16
98%
Subscription lists opened on Aug. 30 and will close on Sept. 5. A copy of the prospectus has been med with the Registrar of Compantes. The first directors will be Messrs. E. Jumbhoy, Woon Hong Chin, A. M. Aisagoff, N. A. Mallal. Cheong Hock Chye, and J. S. M. Rennie.
The building, which will be 2 steel structure 144 feet, by 90 feet, will have a dancing floor space of 4,000 sq feet, the actual dance Boor being on springs and sunk
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Д few inches below the seating | War Loán accommodation.
of One
the features will be the lighting effect for which an elaborate system is to be installed. The entrance will be from Serangoon Road, alongside the Royal Bakery, the hall being- thrown back about 150 yards from the main road. There will be all modern amenities such as a first. class European restaurant & bar. dressing rooms, bathroom etc.
Arrangements have been made for an up-to-date orchestra, evėry member of which will be an ac- complished vaudeville artiste.
It is expected that the bullding which will cost about $18,000 will be completed in six months. All the plans have been approved by the Health Department and the Municipality. The site selected seems to be ideal, commanding as it does a district that is very heavily populated and provided with ex- cellent transport facilities.
For the present it is the inten-
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Closing Quotations
September 11, 1934
UN LONDON :--
Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bills, on demand16: Bank Bills, 4 months”
might
ON SHANGHAI
On Demand ON SINGAPORE:----
Op demand
Or New YoRK!------
Bank Bills, on demand 31, Credits, 90 days" sight.. 30% ON BATAVIA:
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Bank Bills, og demand 1771
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OK BAIGON
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ON BANGKOK :-
On demand.......... ON INDIA
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SOVEREIGNS, Bank Buying
Telrazapbig Transfer... Bank, on demand
Itäte
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BAR SILVER, per oz. .................... 21 13,16
ON JAPAN
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tion of the directors to contine Belgian Professor's
their activities to a dance hall and cabaret and to specialise in this
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be axamined on any Tuesdays 10.4. and Noom within the Freeline and Fridays between the hour of Storage period.
No Clamme will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godowe, and all ticods remaining undelivered after the 17th Bapt, will be abject to Rent
only, there being always ample ground for further exten- sion to include boxing, skating. cinema, etc.
The plan of the building, toge- All Claims against the Steamer mustther with the site plan of the lay- be presented to the Undersigned on er out have already been submitted before the 1st Oct, or they will not to the directors of the Singapore be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected
Building Corporalton, Ltd, toge. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
ther with the terms of the pro- Ageats
posed lease for their approval and 10th September, 1934.
(2837 these have been sanctioned.
SHANGHAI MARKET
Shanghai, Sept. 4. The outstanding feature of the August Settlement which took place on the Shanghai Stock Ex- changes last Tuesday, was the rub- ber shares although it was not as big as the two previous months. On the following day much in- terest was shown for rubber is- sues and since companies are in The position to pay Interim dividends, higher rates are expect ed. In the general market the only transactions of interest were. Ewos at 11.10 and 11.20 and New Engineering Preference at 7.25 all for cash. The news about a rise of one quarter of one cent in the.
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London, Aug. 22. Another stratosphere ascent in specially constructed balloon made by Professor Max Cosyns, the Belgian scientist, The balloon, which ascended in the Belgian Ardennes, was at one time reported as having descend- ed about a mile from Baarbruc- ken, but later reports made it clear that the fight was continu- ing over Austria and the Croatian
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COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
DOBAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION UQ, LTD. CONSIGNEDAREDE
per Co's Vessel
FROM BEATTLE, VANCOUVIE
AND VICTORIA VIA JAPAN
8.8. *M IN."
ABRIVED HONG KONG... WEDNES. DAY, TEA 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1984. PRO DUNKIRK, ANTWERP,
wis requeried to take Delivery, of Flour ROTTERDAM; LONDON;
and Lumber Shipments as soon as the ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above Vessel is ready to discharge and are Etapleford Abbots, Essex, is near-Named Steamer are bereby inform hereby notified that if their Lighters an ing completion and will shortly be ed that their Goods with streption of not placed alongside the Vessel sê.
dis the terminal of the fastest air the Opinn Trepare and Valuables are required, their Shipments will be operating between London and being landed and placed at their rink in charged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloos, at the Godowns of the Hong Kong Kow their expense, where the Cargo will Paris
loon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kow-lie also at their risk wnd expense and loon, whence Delivery can be obtained subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. Steamer will the Goods to Innried.
the ⚫th Sept. Goods not cleared within 7 Days commence Discharge
General Cargo will be discharged into
The lay-but of the airport has been planned to enable three lines of traffic to be dealt with simul-
plain, where the balloon would be taneously, and in just a few week. Inolading date of arrival, will be subjeci Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will le
able to descend. De
The following is a record of the fight as reported in Reuter tele- grams:-
Left Hour Havenne,
Belgium... 6.19 a.m Over Neuf Chateau, -
Over Trier,
Belglum... 8. 0 a.m.
Rhineland... 9.0 .m Over Saarbrucken...11.15 am. Over Graz, Austria... 7. 0 p.30. Over Fehring. Yugos-
session. In the general market the only noteworthy transactions were China General Omnibus
lav Frontier... 740 p.m. shares at 13.50 for cash and Shanghai New Wharf shares at Professor Cosyns, who accom- 310 cash. At the beginning of this panied Professor Piccard on his week the 'rubber share market previous ascent, has one com
showed easing tendencies. The panion, M. Van der Elst. only items of Interest on the gen- eral market were Shanghai Lands at 27.50 and Ewe Cotton Mills at 11' cash,
A 0.F.C. Average of Shanghat Stocks
(BJJ
TWENTY BERNESEWINTWS BISCIT
Taisuarved an i· Super Saint Kitt
RANGE OF AVERAGE
the ground has been prepared, hangars erected and a restaurant and large Customs shed built.
The new aerodrome is the bead- quarters of Hillman Airways, which operates
a daily service from London to Belfast via Liver pool, as well as a London-Paris
to rent.
All Claims must be sent to the Un dersigned before the Monday, the 24th September, 194, or they will not be recognised."
Dan aged Packages must be left in the Godowns for Examination by the Consignees and the Company's Burveyors Messrs. Goddard & Douglas at 10 am. on Tuesday, the ith Eeptember, 1934, route with three services a day in Officer in attendance when damaged Consignees must have Berenne datisblo goods are examined by the Company's Burveyork.
each direction.
For 8 Passengers.
On the Paris route it is shortly proposed to introduce a fleet of new, highspeed aircraft, which, cruising at 140 mph, will enable the scheduled time between the two capitais to be reduced to 13 hours..
in
the
During the past few days one of these new machines has aireads beaten in each direction by several minutes," one of the French air liners, the fastest machines on the route.
There was no wind on the ground when the balloon soared aloft amid the cheers of the large crowd which had been assembling in the field since daybreak.
The gondola 15 of aluminum, the walls being only one-eighth
The new machines carry 8. pas- of an inch thick The gasbag has sengers, and though fitted with a capacity of 14,000 cubic metres-
two engines totalling only 400 The balloon is equipped with a h.p., are capable of a top speed "sleeve" which passes vertically of 165 miles an hour.
through the balloon and enables
the pilot to check his ascent at any stage. It also carries, an automatic.camera.
PREVIOUS. FLIGHTS Bir previous fights into the stratosphere have been msde; they were:
(1) May 27 1931: Professor Piccard: miles.
(2) August 18, 1932: ProfessUT Piccard: nearly 191⁄2 miles,
(3) November 29, 1933: Leute nant-Commander Beattle and Major Fordney: over 11 miles. (4) September BD. 1933 USSR Army balloon: 11 4-5
miles.
2-3 miles by bard after the crash."
יי ,
found
(5) July 28, 1034 164jor Kempner, Captain Stevens and Mr. Orvil Anderson: Just gover 11 miles (height unconfirmed),
A Vienna View
A prominent scientist here has expressed the view that the stratosphere balloonists, having
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns
No Fire Insurance will be effected by as in any case whatever,
R. OHL
Agent Hong Kong, 12th Sept., 1994, [.888
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SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
CONSIGNEN NOTICE
88 "ANDRE LEBON,
+ ARRIVED HONG KONG 1or .. SUNDAY, TH 9TH SEPT..
1934.
From MARSEILLES,' do. YONSIGNEES of Cargo, by the Chabors-naired Steamer are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valu- blow are being landed and placed at risk in the Godowns of the Hong o rad Kowloon Wharf and on Oo, Lid Kowloon,ghanne Delray Loan bi obtahiki The Glopčia što Infiladora Goods not cleared within 7 days, in aluding date of arrival, will be subject to Bent
*761 Claims must be sent to the Under nined beford Wedalsday 19th Bipt, 1966, or they will not be recognised.
Damaged package must be left in the Godowns forest, minion by the BS
reached a great height, have Consignee suffocated. The balloon is now 10 am, on Friday, the
veyors, Hears. Goddard drifting in the triangle formed by 1984 Austria, Yugoslavia, and Hungary, ¿Configpen, west: It is not understood why the corn synda
Company que
*** (6) January 30, 1934: U.S.BR professor ca not attempt to land Omarlakhim Byrlus ascended in the Graz plain. Unless ne. Le
from Moscow and crashed 350 able to reach the Hungarian plain, Godda have hith the miles away with the loss of the his chances of landing safely in No Fire Insurance lives of the three occupants, the rocky Austro-Yugoala'y lands- us in say case whateve Fedosenko, Nasenki and Usys- cape are bad, quite apart from kin. Reached a height of 1s the difficulties anded by darkness.
ng Kong, 9th Sept., 1924,
at Consignees' risk and subject to the Termi and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from the Godown on and after 8th Rept.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Gooda are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hears of 10-15 1,
Goods has left the Vessel's Godown, and and a mintha Free Etorage period.
all General Cargo remaining undehvero after 14th Sept., will be subject to Rent
Claims will be admitted after
All Claims against the Veal must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 28th Sept., 1934, or they will not be recognised.
No Tire Inmance will be affected.
«BITEERFIELD & SWIRE.
“Agents.
8th Sept., 1994.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP LO, LTD. AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
YONBIGNES per Co.'s Vensel,
DIOMED
FROM UNITED KINGDOM TA SINGAPORE. are hereby notified that their cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf Kowloon, whare it will lie at Consig nees risk and subject to terms, and conditions of storage at Holt's Wharf: The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on And Kher it Zept
Optional cargo will not be, landed hors halow notice, hat beɛn Lyon prior to steamer's arrival but caged on from port to port to the final pers of call to which the option extends.
All broken, chated, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesday and Fridays between the
1945 AM and Noor within the Erie skuzidi Period,
ima, will be admitted attor oda þar left the steamer":
Crit all Goods