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Next Salling Southward 5.5. "CONTE VERDE" 28th April, Special 10 days Return Tickets at greatly reduced cost allowing of 24 months stay in Europe, and concessions to 1st & 2nd class travells a to London.
lat 3nd He £132 68-
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HONGKONG to Venice/Triesto/Genos and return
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1936.
THE EXCHANGE
다
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
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MARKET
MESSRS, ROZA BROS.
Last advices received reported a rise in the price of Sliver of 3/18 for both deliveries, the quotations
Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates being 20 1/16 for Ready and For-
To BOMBAY
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COLOMBO
ET
SINGAPORE...
SHANGHAI
£44 J£41.
£25
£21
$22
€19
£18
£13
£11
£12
£9
£ 6
EXPRESS PASSENGER SERVICE FAREAST-INDIA-ITALY" ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all the Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Conter- ence Lines.
ITALIA & COSULICH LINES Agents for the sale of through and independent tickets to North, Central and South American porta via Italy.
TICKETS
THROUGH facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.
TO LONDON-3 days-Special
INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditions,
LLOYD
P.O. Box 143.
TRIESTINO
Tel. Addr. "Lloydiano" Telephonse 32982/3. Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO. LTD., Shameen.
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FAR EAST EXPRESS
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SAILINGS TO EUROPE
14
SS. POTSDAM......... M'lles, Barcelona, Plama D. M.
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(BRIT WIRELENA SERVICE);
April 8.
Paris Geneva
74 61/84
15.171
Berlin
12.281
April 11, 74-31/32 15.151 12.27
Athen
520 S.
Milan
621
528
Shanghai
New York
4.841
4.987
Amsterdam
7.273
7.271
Vienna
the
Prague
119
Bucharest
669 8.
cross-
119-9/16 9870 S.
36-3/16-
Lisbon
Hong Kong
Brussels
29.201
29.201
217 4.967
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4.94
ward. The American and London markets were closed during holidays.
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The New York/London rate was quoted at 4.941.
MARKET
Steady but very dull
STERLING
reported.
No transactions were There were "sel'ers at 1/3 13/16 for cash/December. buyers at 1/3 10: any delivery.
U.S. DOLLARS
Some business was done during the early part of the morning at 321 for September and October. There were sellers at 821 Cash/ August and probably September and 32 9/16 October/November buyers at 1/16 higher respectively. SHANGHAI DOLLARS There were sellers at 1091, for cash and buyers at 109 3/18. stor cash.
SHANGHAI MARKET
There, were selera of Sterling at 1,2 for Spot and US. Dollars at
291 for Spot.
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Madrid
Montevideo
Belgrade
Montreal
Yokohama
Helsingfors
Rio
Buenos Aires Silver (Spot
Silver (forward) War Loan
197
34% 107 9/16
Closing Quotations
April 14, 1938. On LONDON: -
Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bills, on demand 134 Bank Billo, months'
sight.
****'" }/16
Credits. four months' H
ON NEW YORK:-
Bank Bills, cn demand 32 3/16 Credita, 60 days' sight. 33 1/16
ON BATAVIA:-
On demand
47
ON PARIS
Bank Bills, on demand 188
Right
Credits, 4 month's sight D13
ON SHANGHAI:-
ON SAIGON :--
On Demand
10T?
On demand
#8!
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ON SINGAPORE!--
ON MANILA-
The market
On demand
J
On demand
63)
was dull in
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On JAPAN:-
ON BANGKOK:-
afternoon
On demand
11t
On demand
1428
STERLING
ON INDIA-
SOVEREIGNS. Bank Buying
Bate BAR SILVER, per of
1/4)”
20 1/18
EL IN. THE AFTERNOON
sellers
13
PRESIDENT LINER TRAVEL SERVICE
"is Yours to Command
To SAN FRANCISCO
President Liners' frequent seüiloge and their unique stopórur pelvileg allow you to _texval just prolly you choose, And Dollar Steamship Lines and American Mail Line worldwide Dütees xad agents are maintained to serve you nahore ja whașover place yes 'chance to be. MA your host trip more enjoyable, travelling "The Presidens Line way."
To SEATTLE, VICTORIA Via Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama and Victoria.
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu. San Francisco, Pan ma Canal, Havana, New York. Pres. Hoover 10am. Apr. 18th Fres, Cleveland 8 a.m. May 6th Pres. Coolidge" 8 am May 16th Pros. Taft 9 a.m. June 3rd Pres. Hoover 8am. June 13th EUROPE, NEW YORK
Viz Manila, Singapore, Fenɔng, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal. Naples, Ganon and Marseilles. Pres. Wilson 8 a.m. Apr. 25th Pres. Monroe 8 a.m. May 9th Proe. Yan Baren 8 am. May 3rd Pres. Garfield 8 am. June 8th Pres. Polk 8 am. June 20th
Pros, Grant Pres. Jefferson M'night May 8th M'night Apr. 24th Pres. Jackson M'aight My 2nd Pres. McKinley M'night June 5th Frew. Grnat
M'night June 19th MANILA.
THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE
Next Sailing
Prea. Grant Pres. Wilson
8 p.m. Apr. 18th Pres. Cleveland 6 pm. Apr. 28th 8.m. Apr. 25th Pres. Jefferson 6 p.m. May and Prea. Monroe
Ba.m. May 9th
MOST FREQUENT AERTICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES
AMERICAN
MAIL LINE
PEDDER BUILDING-HONG KONG.. CANTON BRANCH 1—4, RUAKRE ROAD,
S'S. DONAU
Sorthampton, Rotterdam, Bremen & Hamburg
May 3rd, at 10 in. Milles, fran, Casablanca, Antwerp. R'dam., Hamburg & Bremen...
May 13
13
Apr. 20 SS. POTSDAM May 5 S.8. ISAR
Apr. 20 May 5
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE) SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI
S.S. POTSDAM ... S.3. ISAR
HONGKONG/SOUTH SEA IS ANDS SERVICE.
8.8. BREMERHAVEN..., Rabnul, Tulagi, Kavieng, etc...
Subject to alteration without Notice.
For Passage and Freight apply, toj
...... May 11
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN
Agenta:
MELCHERS & CO.
Queen's Building, Connaught Rd.
Telephone 27772...
CANTÓN AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., Sliamoen 8.0.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
From LEITH. MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.
THE S.S.BENWYV:S." ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
Come that all Govda are being
landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hone KONG AND Kowloon WHARY AND GUDOWN COMPART, LTD., whence and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and Goods remaining undelivered after the 16th Apr,, 1936, will be subject to rent.
All Ulaims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 30th Apr., 1936, or they will Bot be
Tecognised.
comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Olcer in atten- lance when damaged dutiable goods are examined.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 14th Apr. 1936, at ... by Messrs. Carmichael & Clark.
No Fhe Insurance has been affected. Bille of Lading will be countersigned by W. R. LOXLEY & Co. (CHINA) Ind. Agenta Hong Kong, 9th April, 1936
VALUE OF COPPER
A Big Depreciation
14356
In Sterling no business was re- ported. finishing with
1/3 13/16 Cash/December, buyers at 1/31.
U.S. DOLLARS
sellers
The market closed with at 32 cash/September and 32 9/16 October/November, buyers at 32 11/18 Cash/October and November.
Telegraphic Transfer... 10
Bank, on demand........
NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE
Farouza Kepler's Agency)
QUOTATIONS
New York: April 14.
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H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL
QUOTATION
The market opened on the quiet side after the holidays but during the day enquiries were made for Hotels, Cements, Dairy Farms and
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-July New York Kubbor-July Chicago Wheat -July Chicago Corn -July Silver Official
SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER some of the Utlilties with prices Adams Express
Latest Singapore Prices
Tuesday, Apr, 14.
and at the close buyers were hold-Am. & For P. $7 pi
Mears. H B. Juseph & Co., Te-g off waiting advices of the Lon- Am. Light & Trac.
ceived the following quotations dividend.
don reaction to the reduction in in Straits Currency for Singapore Raw Rubber.
Spot
May/June
July/Sept. Oct./Dec. Market. Quiet.
Buyers
25 Un.
27 up 27 up 271 up A
PHILIPPINE GOLD MINING SHARES
Tuesday, Apr. 14.
Meira. Benjamin and Potts re ceived the following quotations from their Manila Agents this morning-
Beng. Consols, Antamoks
BUYERS
Antamoka, $2.18. Bagulo Gold, 25' cts. Demonstration, 68 cts. Itogons, $1.08.
IX. L.. $1.55.
San Mauricio, $$1.20. United Paraca:e, 68 cts. Pravidents (old), $1.20. Ewo Cottons, Sh. $8, Hotels, $4.35.
H.K. Land 4% Debtrs, 100. H. K. Trams, $10.60, China Lights (old), $10.40. Electrics, $514. Cements, $9.15.
Govt. 4% Loan, 5% Prem. GovE.3% Loan, par.
SELLERS
Bklyn
-
Trans Corpn.
Today's
Change up
Last High Low Close Clos
4.94 4.94 11.0 11.01 1107 05 up 16.24 16.15 16.14 16.10b co up
11.08
£70 HBA 87 -872
501
537
594
442 441
#up off unchanged
High-1934/36 Low: Apr. 11. Apr. 13. Change
Business Done:-1,460,000 shares.-
Stockts
G. N'thern Rly. pl. 391
Pennsylvania R. R. Phillips Petroleum
S.S. "BENGLOE"
Sailing
for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, and LEITH (direct) on or about the 9th May."
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Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports,
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN S.S. "BENREOCH” April 26th
For Freight and Passage apply to:-
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building." Agents:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD.,
294 342 341
S.S. "NAURU CHIEF“ From MELBOURNE & SYDNEY,
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that the above vessel has arrived and is berthed at Buoy B12, whence delivery may be obtained from ship's tackle.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. OOBAN STEAM SHIP. 00., LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
YONSIGNEES per Co's Vessel
"TALTHYBIUS"
Fox SEATTLE, VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA Flag JAPAN are requested to take Delivery of Flour
and Lumber Shipments as soon as the Vessel is ready to discharge and are hereby notified that if their Lighters arm not placed alongside the Vessel de- charged their Shipments will be dis
into Hole Wharf, Kowloon, at their expense, where the Cargo will! is also at their risk and expense and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt'e Wharf. Fteamer wik sommence Discharge on the 14th Apr..
General Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Whart, Kowloon, where it will lis at Consigneer risk and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage # Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from the Godown on and
14th Apr. All broka, chafed, and damaged Goods
after
Optional cargo will not be landed hers, unless notice has been given 48 bouse prior to vessel's arrival, hot carried on from port to port at Master's option to the final port of call to which the option extends.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the ship, and Goods remaining undelivered prior to the departure of the vessel will be landed and stored in our godowns &/or lighters the cost of landing and storage being for Consignes's Account.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods will be examined on board by are to be left in the Godowns, where they our surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & will be examined on any Tuesdays and Douglas, before the goods are delivered. Fridays between the hours of 10.45 a.. In the case of dutiable cargo, con- and Noor within the Free Storage period. signees are requested to inform the Import & Export Othen that they have auch goods for examination, and to make arrangements for the goods to be landed into Bonded Warehouse.
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agents. Hongkong, 14th April, 1986.
No Claims will be admitted after the floods bare left the Vessel's Godown, ad all General Cargo remaining undelivered after 21st Apr, will be subject to Rent.
All Claims against the Vessel most- be presented to the Undersigned on before the 6th May, 1936, or they will not be recognized.
No Tire Insurance will be affected,
BUTTERFIELD & SWIEL [436914th April, 1996,
Agents.
Dow Jones Averages
30 Industriala
163.07
96.71 160.48.
20 Rail
61.73
il
27.31 40.05
20 Utilit
40 Bonds
36.36 103 2
-14.4 33.18
160,76 28 up
32,80
Tel. 22633
93:43 102.42
102.43
.20 off .01 up
11 Commodity Index
62 10
62.4 unquoted $7.15
Last Sale
Last Sale
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
Stocks
Apr. 11 131
"12131
inclined to harden.
Amer. Can
1204 1214
G. Western Sugar
Apr. 11 13
391 34 344
The quotation for Unlens is un-Amer, Cyanamid B hares were placed at $540, Am, & For. Power
367
17
Humble Oil
.71
701
9
81
Int. Nickel
491
491
NOTICE TO CONSIGNRES
381
за
Int. Tel. & Tel.
167
16
Th
31
30
Kennecott
411
411
Amer. Locomotive...
94
234
Loew's Inc.
451
461
Amer. Radiator......
30+
291
Lorillard
22+
221
Amer. Roling Mill...
847
85)
Monsanto Chemical 102
100
Amer. Smelting........
54
-531
Montgomery Ward...
441
441
Am. Sugar Refining 167 Amer. Tek & Tei. ... Amer. Tobacco 'B'"... Amer. Waterworks... Anaconda Copper Atchison, T. & 8. Fe... Atlas Carpi, Auburn
1€8
Nat, City Br
351*
351*
912: 821
Nat Dairy Prods....
231
231
241
241
Nat, Distillers
314
311
382
391
Nat. Power & Light
114
113
851
86!
New York Central...
403
421
32
327
North American
294
132
131
Northern Pacific
484
✓. 45)
Paelic Gas & Eec. 381
39
Baltimore & Ohio. Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Co. Borden Ca......
227 221
Pacific Lighting......
53
541
824
€13
211
211
Packard Motors "... Paramount Picture
113
11
271
271
Incor
B1
81
Manhattan
35+
351
491401
471 47
Bkiya - Manhattan
$6 cum. pt.
1034 102
Case. J. I.
1672 170
Pure Oul Co Pub. Bervice of NJ. Radio Corpn.
424
42
227
221
127
127
United Paracales
11.50"
1.40
44
11.70 1.50
Union Insurances, $550. Hotels, $4,45
Canadian Pac. Rly. Chase Nat, Bk.
131
131
Radio
Corpo "B"
391
391*
$5 of......
1001
100%
| Chesapeake
Corpo.
66
68
Reynolds Tob 'B'....
San Mauricios
H.K. Ropes, $4.
-
.84
Chesapeake & Ohio
58+
58
Schenley
53
44
52+
47
1.00
Dairy Farms, $194.
1.05
Chrysler
102
103
Schenley 51% pf!.....
091* 291
45
.46
Wm. Powells, 50 cts.
Columbia Gas & E.
21
201
Bears Roebuck
671 67
.44
-441
SALES
.17
.174
C. G. & E. 6% 'A' pf Commercial
100
101
Socony-Vacuum
147 15
Credit
551
56
Sthrn. Cal,
Edison
27
27
Com. Solvents..... Comm, & Bouthern
201
201
Sthra. Pacific
37+
38
Stand. Brands
by
161
161
(ord.)
3
27
Stand. Gas. Y Elect
7.
75
Comm. & Southern
Stand. Oil of N.J....
85
04
681*
60 ⚫
Sterling Prods.
691
691
341 144
331 Swift Internationa! 301.. 148 Technicolor ******
30.
292
30+
.35)
131
131
...7.
A
62 20th Cent. Fox Fum.
NEW BONDS TO BE ISSUED
17+
16%
Delaware & Hudson
49
50%
comm 20th Cent, Fox Film.
271
| Distillers Corpn. Bea-
grams
DI.
34
23
Douglas Aircraft
641
Du Pont de Nemours, 1517 Electric Boat"..
bon 152 Un. Paclac...
23 Un. Carbide & Car- 61
·83
.871
1331
1332
13
Elec. Bond & Share
23#
-13
221
Kisc. Bond & Share
Un. Aircraft (New) Un. Airline Trans... Un. Corpn...
201
251
191
.19
71 T
$5 pt.
741
Elec. Bond & Share
$8 pi.
Elec. Power & Light Gen. Cigar
734 Un, Corp. $3 cum.
pf. 82** 82 Un. Gas. Improve-. 141 14 571 671
440 441
60,000 bonds of $10
·ment
181 ·101·
U. B. Indus A'cohol 574
$5
Gen. Electric
404 401
V.B. Rubber
34
341
Gen. Foods'ini Gen. Motors
360
37.
U. 6. Bteet
717
721
70%
Vanadium
23
23
Werder Bros. Picta. Westinghouse
11 111
luc 1201 1201
Call Money
·B'd
1 pasable, mums
I. X. L's
Masbates
Demonstrations
Big Wedges
$50,000 FOR HISTORIC
HUANGSHAN
Nanking, April 8.
A.de-
the
A sum of $50,000 will be granted by the Central Government to Tientsin, Api: &. subsidize the development Owing to depreciation of the Hangshan, historic mountain re- copper coins in the neighboring lort in southern Ankwei. districts and the over-issue or cup-cision to this effect was reached per notes by the Pelping branch at the 257th meeting of of the Agriculural and Industrial Executive Yuan in compliance with Bank of China, the value of cop- the petition of Mr. Fish Shih-ying. pers has dropped tremendously Chairman of the Committee Li the city. The exchange rate is the Reconstruction of Huangshan, now 460 coppers to the dollar. transmitted through the Secre The Municipal Bureaux of Punile tariat of the Yuan-(Kuo Min). Safety, Finance and Social Affairs yesterday convened a meeting of
for
representatives of the local Cham-tain Municipal Government should ber of Commerce, the Tentsin be petitioned to ask the Agricul~ Tramway and Lighting Company, tural and Industrial Bank "to re- and various guilds, to devke ways call part of its copper notes. The and means to improve the situa- Chamber of Commerce will also i tion.
be requested, to urge the Bank to provide facilities for the merchants to exchange the copper notes for coins. (Kuo Min)..
It was decided that while the exchange should be maintained at 460 coppers for a dollar, the Tenr
Union Insurances, $540. Wharves, $91.
China Lights (old), $10.40. Electrica, $512.
H.R. SHAREBROKERS! ASSOCIATION,
Kuyera
Artamoks, $2.15... Baguio Gold, 27 cts, Ben. Explorations, 19 cts. Demonstrations, 68 cta. Big Wedge, 24 cts.
Paracales, 67 cts. Véns, Goldfields, $3, Hotels, $4.40.
Land Debentures, par.. Providents (old), $1.15. Trams, $103. Lights (d), $10.30. Cements, $8.10. Entertainmenta,. $21.
Sellers
Banks, $1555. Unions, $550.
Sales
Beng. Explorations, 19 Lights (o'd), $10,40)
(ord.) $8 eur. p. Consolid, Gas of N.Y. Consolid Oil........... Continental O Corn. Producte...... Curtiss Wright (C) Curtiss Wright, A
353 351 Texas Gulf Bulphur 351 7212 721 Transamerica
Gen. Rly. Bignin! ... (421* 42 Gold Dust
20122 Goodyear Tire & R. 291364
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tions:
Chinklang, April 8,
TIENTSIN SMUGGLING
Tientsin, April ́v.
The rampant smuggling in North The Kiangsu Provincial Govern-¡ China has the Tientsin Customs a ment, at a meeting yesterday, loss of over $200,000 in revenue decided to issue $2 millions Land during the past 17 days despite Expropriation Bonds (Cheng-Yung enforcement Tu-Ti T-Chia Chuan). The Bonds measures on March 21, it is, re-
of the preventive. will be of the following denominallably learnt...
More than four milion tons of 2,000 bonds of $100 $200,000 goods have been smuggled into. $800,000 the Tientsin area, the daily loss or 240,000 bonds of $5.... $1,200,000 Customs revenue averaging more
The printing expenses for the than $10,000-(Kuo Min). bonds, totaling $0,362, will be remitted froin the Reserve Fund.
The Provincial Government also are $33,000; besides the provincial decided to allot $1,300 towards the grant of $1,300, the balance of construction of an administration $31,700 will be secured by the building for the District Government trict Government through the of Kuyung, south-western K'angau, position - of farm surtax-(Kho The total construction expenses, Min),