Subject to Alteration without Notics.
For Passage and Freight apply to:
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN
Agente:
MELCHERS & CO..
Telephone 18878.
CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO. Shameen B. C.
3.01 500 if off- 1.32 11.21 11.27 11.39 13.58 15.47 18.39 15.53 97 €6 971 97.
.08 up
.14 up..
up
China Lights (new), $8.
Bucharest
-Mas.
-
મં
60% 442
Electrics, $724.
unchanged
Madrid
Cements, $84.
Lisbon
Watsonis, 94.
Hong Kong
Brussels
Feb. 11. Change
Montevideo
30 Industrials.
101.37
96.71 181.15
189.15 1.10 up
Belgrade
20 Bail
47.30
97.31 47.19
90 Utilitie
33.08
14.4 39.86..
48.01 .8% up 33.48 .6% up
Providents - (new), 50 cta.
Montreal
40 Bands
102 €7
83.43 103.07
102.37
,30 up
Humphreys. $10.40.
Yokohama
11 Commodity Index
63 10
09.46 08.04 · 66.62
Business Done: -3,360,000 shares.
.08 up
H.K. Ropes, $5.80.
Helsingfors
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Librough Kepiary Agency
New York: February 12.
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-Mar. New York Rabber-Mar. Chicago Wheat -May. Chicago Corn Silver Official
Lant
Today's
High Low Close Close Change
Dow Jones Averages Higli-1834/38 Low: Feb. 10:
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1936.
H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS
The market continued dull with lictla If anything offering at quoted rates.
Bufera
Antamoks, $1.60.
Venz. Goldfelds. $3. Peak Trams, (old), $7.
Peak Trams (new), $31.
Govt. 4% Loan, 4% Prem...
Sellers
Providents (old), $2
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
Paris
Genova Berlin
Athena
Milan Shangha!
New York
Amsterdam
Vienna Prague
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICH)
February 10,
74 63/64 15.151
12.30
319 8.
82 3/16
74 57/64
15.14
+15.201
N. D. L.
February 12
FAR EAST EXPRESS
SAILINGS TO EUROPE
SS. GNKISENAU..... M's, Barcelona, Southampton,
M.S. TRAVE......
Rotterdam, Bremen & Hamburg...Feb 1 Marseilles, Casablanca, Notterdam, Hamburg & Bremen............... Mar. 13
5.8. SCHARS HORST...M'lles, Barcelona, Palma D. M. Bouthampton, Rotterdam, Bremen & Hamburg
Mar.
„Marseiller, Casablanca, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Bremen........... ..........Apr. 7
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPEĮ SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI
Mar.
Mar. 14
HONGKONG/SOUTH, SEA ISLANDS SERVICE 8.8. BREMERHAVEN.... Rabaul, Talagi, Kavieng, etc. .......Mar. 11 Apr. 11 S.S. FRIDERUN Madang, Salamaua, Rabaril, eto.........
M.S. HAVEL
29.40
29.37
M.S HAVEL S.S. GOSLAR
217 5.00%
4.987
Mar, Mar: 14
ELS, HAVEL
S.S. GOSLAR
621
5.01 5/16 7.201
4.99 7/16 7.28)
119 7/30
119)
38 3/18
361
Dairy Farms, $23.
Rio
Watsons, $4.85.
Buenos Aires
Last Sale
il
Las Bale
Stock & Div.
Feb. 10 Feb. 11
Adams Express
12) 121
Amer. Can (41
125" · 124
Stock & Div Gold Dust (1:20) Goodyear
Feb, 10 Feb. 11
**
191 191
291 29
Sinceres, $2.70.
Antamoks. $1.61.
Silver (Spat
Salen
Silver (forward)" ................
War Loan
Am Cyanamid "B"
Int. Cement
China Lights (new). 38.10.
(.25dr.)
341
35
Inst. Niek (.60)
49
494
Electrics. "$723/73.
Ar. For. Pwr ........
81
Int. Tel. & Tel, .....
171
171
Cements, $8/w
Am For Pwr. $7 1st
Johns Manville
PL
Kennecott (151)
34
35
Am. Locomotive
291
301
Loew's (1)
51
515
Am Radiator
231
241
Lorill. (1.20)
241
244
THE EXCHANGE
On LONDON:-
Closing Quotations
„February 13, 1939.
On New Yor:-
am, Smelting
631
65+
Mont, Ward
391 391
Am. T. and T. (8)...- 171)
1712
Nat City Bk. (1)
371 361"
Am. Tob "B" (5)
1011
101)
Nat, Da P. (1.20).
221
221
MARKET
Am Waterworka (1) "221
*23
Yat. Distillers...
Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bils, on demand 1:3 Bank Billa, 4 months'
sight
Bank Billa, on demand 38) Credits, 80 days' sight."33)
19 15/18
108 11/10
VI 1068
!!
Queen's Building, Connaught Rd,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
BREMEN,
ON BATAVIA -
On demandi
401
1/33
ON PARI:
29
29+
Credits. tour months'
Bank Billa...on demand 83
Am. Waterworks $6
Nat. Pwr. Lt. (.80)A.
sight
..1/43
pret (6)
N.Y. Central
354
36+
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
ON SHANGHAI ----
ON SAIGON:
Anaconda Copper ...
301·
322
N. Amer. (50c. 4%)
291
29
On Demand
107
On demand.....
Atch. T. and 8. F.
Pac.. Gas (1.50)
351
354
ON MANILA
(2sd..)
****་
Auburn Automobile 46 Baltimore & OBO... Bethlehem Steel .... 444
48
241
241
Pac. Ling. (3) Packard Motors
Penn. Rly. (1).
A..
On demand in t
84
81
ON BANGKOK ------ *
351
36
On demand ON INDIA:
#10
On 'demand........
45
Boeng Airplane
931*98)
Borden Co. (1.60) ...
Borg Warner (idr.)
Case
1001
1022
Canadian Pacific 13 131
Caterpillar Tract
Ch. Nat Bk (1.40)
40*
C'Peake Carp (2.50)
72
C'Peake Corp. and..
Ohio (2.80)
59
Chrysler (14)
Col Gas & Elec.
151
Comm. Solv. 1.601,
98
Comm. 8thrn.
41
Comm
Sthen.
Cons. Ou (23)
cum. Pl. (8)
351
egge N STEST, &
Phil
Retro (1)
45
441
Pub. Ser N.J. (2.80), 47
471
Telegraphic Transfer... Bank, on demand..........
1800
Bate
BAR BILVER, per o
Radio. Corpn.
12
117
Rey Tob "8" (3)
Schenley
Sears Roebuck
.581"
58
Soc-Vas. (80)
65
654
Cross-
.39**
Sra, Cal. Ed. (1.50)
161
161
723
Southern Facific
271
271
MARKET
Į Stan. Brands (1)
321
331
Steady but quiet,
591
Stan Gas
941
Sta Oll NJ (1)
Ster. Pro. (2.80)
151 157 81 81 664 67
· 41
36-
Studebaker Corpn... Texas G, Bulp (2) ... 384 Transamerica (1.12Į) 13) Un, Car and Carb
(1.40)
381 131
... 78
Cons, Gas.. N.Y (2)
Un, Pac. Rlys. (6)... 124)
791 126.
Cont. Oll 1.25)
37
38
Un. Aircraft Corp... 30%
302
Corn Prod (3) Douglas Aircraft
Un Air Line Trans... 17
161
ly:
?
691
705
United Corpn.
.77
81
Du Pont (2 602)
--- 1461
1477
Univ. Leaf Tob ̧
(2) 45E
451
done
at
Elec. Bond & Share 191
201
Uni, Gas Impr. (1.20) 183
181
Elec. Band 35 Pf (5)
U.S. Rubber
70%
201
Elec. Bond $8 P (6 70
80
U.S. Steel
551
581
Fox Film "A"
Vanddium
251
261
Gen Elec. (.80)
392
401
Warner Bros. Picta. 1232
121
Gen Foods (1.80)
337
331
West E. & M. (.85)... 121)
120
:
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Gen. Motors (14)
581
.50 +
Call Money
1%
20
Gen. Rly Size (1)...
481
43
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The price for Spot Silver drop-
Os SINGAPORE:-
On demand
ped 1/16 yesterday and the For-On JAPAN:--
ward rate 3/16. the quotations being 19 11/16 and 19% respec- tively. The drop was attributed to some selling. India bought to a small extent, The market was American quiet but steady. The market was closed yesterday. The London/New York rate was lower at 4.991.
STERLING
the Business was done during course of the morning at 1/3 13/16 for February delivery, 1/91 March and 1/3 11/16 April. The market closed at 1 p.m. with sellers at 1/3 13/16 February, 1/3 March, 1/3 11/18 April and 1/3 May, buyers at 1/18 higher respective
U.S. DOLLAFS A small business was 32 15/16 for cash and February The market closed, at 1 p.m., with sellers at 327 February, 324 March and 328 April, buyers probably at 1/16 higher respectively.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
P. I. SUGAR
CROP
Short Survey For 1936
Manila, Feb. 4
Oradite, 4 month's sight 508)
SOVEREIGNS Bank Buying
148)
1/4 19 11/18
BERLIN SHARF MARKET
[Special to the "Hong Kong Da
Press (Copyright.}|
น
Berlin, Feb, 12. A considerable number of buying orders put the sharemarket in a buoyant mood, so that prices were The Philippine sugar crop is fired all round, spécially mining short. A survey conducted recently shares the turnover being larger by the Philippine Sugar Associathan for some time past." tion shows that 21 centrals will not have scient cane to cover their United States and domestic allotments.
Ten of these centrals will be able to complete these allotments from their 1935 reserves. Eleven mill districts, however, will be unable
Sellers were quoted at 1092 for to fill Spot.
SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 7/16 for Spot and U.S. Dollars at 30 1/16 for Spot,
IN THE AFTERNOON The market was very dull la the afternoon.
STERLING
In Sterling there were sellers at 1/3-13/16 February, 1/31 March. 1/3 11/16 April and 1/38 May buyers at 1/16 higher respective
ly.
"si
U.S. DOLLARS
The market closed with sellers al 323 February, 321 March and 323 April, buyers probably at 1/16 higher respectively.
H.K. SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.
BUYERS
Bank of East Asia, $80 CD. Bagulo Gold, 20 cls. - Beng Explorations, 13 cts. Big Wedge, 14 cts. God Rivers, 6 cla. Raubs, "$11.10.
Lard Debentures, par." Wharves (old); $091. H.K. Docks, $84. Peak Trams" (old), 37 Yaumat! Ferres, $204. Lights (old), $11. Lights (new), '$a,
Electrics, $72). Canton Ices; $14: Cements, 38:80,000 Constructions (new), $30, Watsons, Gold $ Bonde, 91%. Gort. Loan 4% 4% Vibro Piling, $2.20.
SELLERS
Hotela, $54. Lights (old), $11.18, Ropes, $5.70.
Dairy Farms, 321.90, Wing On (hal), $88;
SALES
Electrics, $73. Telephones fold), $28;
their U. 8. and, domestic allotments and, even "using their 1935 reserves, will be short on these two allotments a tal of 12,832
tons.
Most of
the shortage is to be found in sugar centrals on Luzon.
Call Money stood at 2 to 24% Young Loan ...103 1/8 rose Reichsbank 186 unchanged Dyetrusts....151 3/8 rose 3/8 Salzdetfurth Potash ...unquoted United Steel
works ...83 German Mineral
Oils ...111 # Siemens and
Halske...175.4 Bemberg Rayon 93 Transacion News Service.
RUBBER MARKET
THE Motor ship
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD. AND
TRAVE having arrived from BREMEN, HAM. BUBU and Ferts, Consigness of cargo [...] are hereby notified that their cargo in being landed at their risk into the Go downs of the Hong Kong sad Kowloor Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd., Kowloon where Delivery man là obtained.
Consigness are further notified that the motor ship "TRAVE" has takon at HAMBURG & BREMEN through Cargo for HONG KONG 8.8. and 8.5. "GANTER" from RIGA and KOTKA.
All Goods rammaning undelivared after the 17th February 1918, will be rabjecs to Bant
No Fire Insurance will be elected by. us in any case whatever.
Damaged Fackages must be left in the Godown for examination. by the Can. signees and the Company's Surveyors, Mr. Anderson & Ashe, at 10 a on the 15th February, 1938.
Consignees must have a Bevenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined by the Company's surveyors.
No Claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown and all claims must be presented within Tws Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after which date they will not be recognised,
Consignees are requested to surrender their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for Countersignature,
MELCHERS & 00.
Agents NORDDEUTSCH Lzord, BaraEJ. Hong Kong, 10th February, 1998.
(4205
HAMBURG"AMERIKA LINIE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE MV.
T
REZINLAND
having aired from Hamburg and Ports of call, Consigness of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon where delivery may be obtained as soci ar the Goods are landed.
· CHINA MUTUAL STEAM" "
NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
YONSIGNEES per Co.'s Vassel
**TEUCER "*
From UNITED KINGDÓM AM. CONTINENTAL PORTS VIA
SINGAPORE
י
are hereby notified that their Cargo will be discharged into Hol Wharf, Kowloon, where it will be at Consignees risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Hole's Wharf. The Cargo wil be ready for Delivery from Godown and after 11th Feb.
Optional Cargo will not be landed hore, unless Notice has been given prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried on fro port to port to the final port of cal to which the option extende
All broken, chafed and damaged floods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be axamined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of -10.45 am and Noor within the Froe Storage period.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Vessel's Godown and all Gooda "remaining undslivered after the 18th Feb, will be subject to Rent
All Claima against the Vessel muit be presented to the Undersigned on of before the 3rd March, or they will nop be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be affected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. 11th February, 1938.
[1801
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
8.8. CHENONCEAUX" Voyage 7*/30 BRINGING CARGO Front":
MARSEILLE, &c.
ARE VED HONG KONG ON SATUR--- DAY, TEST FEBRUARY, 1936.
MUST TOUCH RESERVES
From the data supplied to the sugar association, it would appear
London, Feb. 12. that 99,437 tonë, of sugar
Optional Cargo will not be landed The feature of to-day's dealings here, anless Notice has been given 48 were manufactured for reserves in 1936. in rubber on Mincing. Lane It is estimated that 24,231
honra prior to Vessal's arrival, but carried of buying on from port to port to the final port tons been the steady flow
orders from New York, despite of call to which the option extenda. the United States holiday.
No Claims will be admitted" after the
be required to all deficiencies the U. 8. and domestic allot-
ments, leaving a net balance at
the end of the season of 75,206 tons of 1935 reserves.
25
has
.:
This demand, coupled with buy-Goods have left the Godowas, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the ing by the home trade and the 7th Feb., 135, will be subject to Continent, resulted in increasing Bent. Of the total 1936 reservs quota firmness the day proceeded. All broken, chafed and damaged Goods of 30,000 only 18,110 short tone will with speculators increasingly in are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined on 15th Feb. be manufactured. This means terested... that at the end of the 1935-36 crop Further interest Is aroused by 136, at 10 am, by our Surveyors,
Messrs. Goddard & Douglas, there will be a gross balance of the fact that. numerous American
To comply with the General Bonded 91.323 tons. From this amount, contracts are now com ag due and Warehouse Regulations consignees must however, must be deducted 12,532 are being fulfilled from London have a Revenue Officer in attendance which the 11 mills having insufi-stocks, owing to the difficulty of when damaged dutiable goods are prontable clent cane and reserve will pre obtaining
shipments Gramined. the re- from the Far East, sumably purchase from serves of other districts to com- Meanwhile the arbitrage busi- plete their U. S. and domestic al-ness with the United States con- lotments. This means that the net tinues encouraged by the higher reserve available at the conclusion values ruling in New York of the 1935-36 crop will be about. Reuter. 78,641 short tons.
FIGURES OPTIMISTIC
Said George H. Fairchild, secre- tary-treasurer of the sugar associa tion:
BAN ON FOREIGN- LENDING
"It should be noted that these
London, Feb. 12. figures present the situation in Its The City Is interested in the most favourable light, as it pre-Treasury's decision to waive the sumes either that the cane is uni ban on foreign lending in the case formly distributed over all planta- of the conversion of the 7 per fions in the district in proportion cent Belgian Stabilisation Logn, to their allotments, or that in all of which £7,500,000 18 outstanding. mill districts those plantations into four per cent. bonds at 98. having insumicient cane will sign Underwriting is expected to be! Joint: compliance agreements with completed before the week-end. plantations having surplus cane, It is pointed out, however that where such is available. It is un- the operation does not invaïve ex likely that this ideal situation will port of capital, but only a reduci be realized and it may therefore tion in national income from a be taken for granted that the road, through the lower interest shortages will be somewhat greater than indicated and that there win be less surplus at the end of the crop year than is shown by the aboye calculation
payments.
Deeplie the anticipated favour
All Claims must reach as before the 8th Mar 1988, or they Will Ant be recognised,
No Insarzace will be ef Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JEBJEN & CO. Azosin
that their goods with the exception MUNSIGNEES are hereby informed
of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Go- downs of Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf- & Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing.
All chime must be sent in to me on or before the 18th Feb., 192e, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged Packages will be examined by the Company's Surreyor, Mesira, Goddard & Douglas in the practice of the Consignses at 10.00 m. on Fri- day, 14th Jan, 1936.
Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when any dutiable goods are examined by the Company's Burveyors.
No Fire insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
R. OBL
Agent.
4195
Hong Kong, 8th Feb. 1926. 13184|| Hong Kong, 8th Feb, 1978.
REICHSMARK QUOTA- TIONS
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dolls
orem" (Uopyright))
Berlin, Feb, 13. The Reichsmark was quoted, with out guarantee, at:
***** 40.72 58.29
SINGAPORE KAW RUBBER
Latest Singapore Prices
New York: Amsterdamn
B. B. JOSEPH & CO. Paris
Thursday, Feb. 13 London Paris quoted the Pound Sterlingceived the following quotations
Meara, H. B. Joseph & Co. re at 74.87 to 74.90 and the USA Dol- lar at 14.985 to 14.99
fn Straits Currency from Singa- Transoscar News Service.
pore for Raw Rubber-
Buyers
able balance of payments for 1836. abandon control over transactions
the opinion is expressed that the involving export of Treasury is hot yet willing ·"10" lieuter,
Spot App./June July/Bept. Oct Dec
Sellers
up
262