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Nov.
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Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH
on or about the 9th December.
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN S.S. "BENVENUE.” 23rd Nov. S.S." BENLEDI”
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3rd Dec.
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R.A.F. CONTRACTS
Civil Aircraft Makers' Claims
might benefit through the addi-
tion of new designers and contrac- tors, and that at the end of the ex- pansion period the Air Ministry
at might be reduced by the climi-
nation of the less efficient contrac- tors, no matter what their age of former standing.
"SHADOW INDUSTRY" On the subject of the "shadow, industry," in, which certain motor- car firms are to create a reserve of
productive capacity ready for rapid
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1936.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong, Nov. 19. Silver prices dropped 1/8 yester- day for both deliveries, the quota- tions being 21 1/8 for Ready and Forward. Silver. advices reported China as having sold. Speculators operated both ways... The market was inactive. In America the rate was unchanged at 45 1/2 for Spot. The London-New York cross- rata. was quoted at 488 7/8.] Now York-London was quoted at 4.88 29/32
MARKET
- Quiet, "the undertone, "was not robust, Business was slack.
STERLING
A small business was done dur- ing the course of the "morning at 1/2 31/32 for November delivery. The market"closed at 1 p.m. with sellers at 1:2 15/16 November- January and 1/2 29/32 February- March. buyers probably at 1/32 higher respectively.
U.S. DOLLARS Nothing doing. There were sei- lers at 30 7/16 November-January and 30 3/8 February-March, buy- ers at 30 9/16 for cash. 30 1/2 De- cember-January and probably 30
716 February-March.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Bellers at 102, 5/8, buyers at 102 3/4 for cash, “
SHANGHAI - MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 9/16, buyers at 1/2 19/32 for Spot US Dollars, sellers at 29 5/8, buyers at 29.11/16 for" Spot.
IN THE AFTERNOON The market was extremely dull in the afternoon
IN STERLING
No business was reported, fans ing with sellers at 1/2 16/16 November-January and 1/2 29/32 February-March, buyers at 1:32 higher respectively.
U.S. DOLLARS The market closed with sellers at 30 7/16 November-January and SO 3/8 February-March, probably at 1/10 higher respective-
ly.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
Buyers
Sellers at 102 5/8. buyers pro- bably at 102 11/16 for cash.
WOMEN OPIUM
ADDICTS TO WORK
Wages Earned To Be Used
For Paying Fines :
Nanking (By Mail); Instead of leaving them to Idle their time away
the during
time of treatment. the Nanking Clinic for the Treatment of Oplum Addicts has decided to make its women inmates work during their letsure hours.
work.
Every woman addict, according the tentative plan drawn up by the clinic authorities, will be ce quired to engage in either of the following three kinds of sewing, laundry, or quarry work,
Although such work is compul- sory, the inmates will be given wages which will be used primarily for paying the fines imposed upon them by court for oplum addiction According to the rulings laid down. they may be released on ball after having been cured and done.one month's work~~ Central News Agency.
BRITAIN'S TRADE.
London, Nov. 18.
In fast nine months of 1936, im- ports into the United Kingdom from British countries amounted in value to 39.71 per cent. of the value of Imports from all sources, as compared with, with 38,36 per cert, in the corresponding period of last year and 30.66 per cent. in first nine months of 1924.
A meeting of the associate con- structors of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors--those air- craft and aero-engine firms which are not on the list of designers in- vited to tender for Air Ministry
expansion in time of war, the meet- contracts decided recently to asking held that such a scheme could the council of the society to at- more readily be undertaken by the tempt to have the list of approved aircraft and aero-engine arms. designers expanded for the period, The main argument was that of the RAF. expansion and to whereas the motor-car firms will have the scheme for setting up a have to disperse their aircraft and
industry transferred aero-engine stats when the train-Kritish from the control of the selecteding period is over, aircraft firms mator-car firms to members of the charged with the same duty would aircraft industry.
"shadow
The council of the society repre- sents the three classes of members -the principal constructors who are eligible for Air Ministry con- tracts, the constructors of civil aircraft who have not in the past designed military, seroplanes, and the makers of aircraft equipment, and accessories. In the Arst class are 18 arms, two of which manu- facture both aircraft and engines; 16 firms, in the second class are one of which makes both aircraft and engines The latter is the class which was concerned in re- cently meeting. Its view on the subject "of Air Miölatry contracts was that the RAF expansion
continue to have management staffs and cores of skilled labour which might leaven the lump of inexperienced labour turned loto the "hadow" factories on the out- break of war.
Exports of British produce in British countries accounted for 48.11 per cent, of the value of ex- ports to all destinations-a larger proportion than that, recorded for any period for which comparable particulars are available-
Wireless
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The following ships are expected to be in wireless communication with Hong Kong Radio to-day:-*
Tong Lee, Penang Maru, Mao Lee, Glenbeg, California. Tai Ping Yang, Nanning, Haldis, Patroclus Argun Maru, Bul Sang, Yochow Pronto. Temple Pier, Texas, An
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(Through Beuter's Service:
New York: November 19.
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QUOTATIONS
New York/London Crow-rate New York Cotton-Mar New York Rubber-Mar. - Chicago Wheat Chicago Corn Bilyar--Official
May -May
Dow Jones Averages
50. Industrials
90 Rail
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Last Today's
High Low Close Close Change 4.88-91/32 4.89-19/31 † up 11.78 $11,83 [1.73 11.65 .08 of 18.29 18.22 18.85 18.23 ,02 off
991 970
1838
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Nov. 18.
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off unchanged
High Low Nov, 17. High Low Close" Ubange 188.35 143.11 184.90 186.39 183.73 184.44 48 of 80.48 40.88 57.39 47.78 58.75 36.85 .47 of 38.08), 28.23 36.14 35.89 34.80 34.84,20 off 106 89, 98.82 105.83
106.57 .05 off 11 Commodity Index 7103 85.58 79.03
72.19
.10 up
90 Utilitie
40 Bonds
41
AYLA
Lash Sale Nov 17
. 151
681
301
Stocks Adams Express Allis Chalmers Amer. Can............. 126 Am. Car & Foundry Amar. Cyanamid Amer. & For, Power 71 Amer. & For. $7 p. 481 Amer. Locomotive 301 Amer. Metals .......... Amer. Radiator Amer. Rolling Mill... 381 Amer. Smelting 1002 Amer: Steel Fdries. Amer. Sugar
I
51
23
621
4
18
39
Amer. Tel. & Tel... 1871 Amer Tobacco "B" 1004 Amer. Waterworks ... 254 Anaconda Copper 53 54 Atchison, T. & S. Fe. 753 « 7442 Atlantic Refining... 321 321 Atlas Corpn...... 151 "Auburn Motors ...... 331 331
Baldwin Locomotive
83+
$7 cum. pt. Baltimore & Ohlo... 23+ · Barnsdall Ou Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Borden Co.
Briggs Mfacturing 631 Brooklyn-Manhattan
Trans
Brooklyn-Manhattan
561
$6 cum. pt. 105 Case, J.E Canadian Pacine Celanese Corpn. of
America
Cerro de Pasco
13
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
S.S. PRESIDENT LINCOLN
WILL SAIL FROM HONG KONG Midnight, Saturday, November 21st FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO
,:,
S.S. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
WILL SAIL FROM HONG KONG
Midnight, Saturday, November 28th FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO TƉENCE TO -EATTLE.
All persons holding Round-the-World or Pacifio Roundtrip tickets are requested to call at Dollar Line office for information and reservations.
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
12, Pedder Street.
CANTON BRANCH -21, French Concession, Shameen
FROM
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
BURNS PHILP LINE.
From MELBOURNE, -YDNEY. SALAMADA, RABAOL, SAND- AKAN AND MANILA,
"
NEW YORK AND LISANG ELES THE NEPTUNA.“
THE Motor Vesicl
TH
"SILVERSANDAL ". having serived from the above Ports on 13th instant, Consignees of Cargo arc hereby informed that their Goods Br2 being landed at their risk into the Go downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon,
and stored at Consigness risk and expense.
Business Done:~~~~2,930,000 shares..
Cast Sale Stocks
Nov. 17 18 151 Great Northern Rly. 41 392 682 Great Western Sugat 381 40 1251 Holly Sugar Corpn.
Humble Oil
08)
70
Int. Nickel
66
61
Int. Tel. & Tel
132
• 651 132
481
Int. Dept Stores .A 271
251
381
Kennecott Copper 61
311
521
233
36
Lambert Corpn. Loew's Inc. Lorillard
201
201
6+
64
241
241
99
831
58
1261
McIntyre Porcupine McKesson & Robbins 49.. Monsanto Chemical 99 Montgomery Ward
667
48
"
100% 851
1001-
Murray Corpn. ....... (214
21
25
15
Nat Cash Registor. 311 Nat Dairy Products 261 Nat Distillers Nat Power & Light 114 New York Central ... Niagara Hudson P.
31
261
314
30%
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
114
**
433
844
Copa. North American ........... Northern Pacific..... 224
151
151
SILVER LINE
LINE.
31
301
271
267
191 191
**
Pacific Gas & Elec. 361 Pacific Lighting
371
51
492
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
721
71
-Packard Motors ......
12+
123
321
321
Paramount
221
214
281
231
Pennsylvania R.R...
451
431
621
Phelps Dodge ...... 52}
53
56
1052
Phillips Petroleum : "48) Public Service of N.J. Pullman Inc. Pure O、、、
461
454
48+
591
581
181
181
163
› 181
Radio Corpn of Am. 12)
124
141
142
Republic Steel.......... 241
232
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 60
601
287 281
St. Joseph Lead Co. 421
41
811 501
Schenley
541
'551
CertainTeed P'ducts 157 Chesapeake
151-
Schenley 54% pf.
00+
971
Corp. 96
94
Sears Roebuck .......
99%
98
731
Shell Union Of
201
25
Chrysler Corpni...... 1367
138+
Socony-Vacuum
1811
16
Columbia Gas & El 18
181
Southern Cal Edison 304
291
Columbla 6% “A” p. 1034 Commercial Credit 751 Commercial Solvents 17 Commonwealth & S. 31 Commonwealth
101 *
761
178-
Southern Pacific.... 422. Southern Rly 5% pl. Stand Brands
473%
102
42 481 161..
34 Stand Gas & Elec.
7
62
$6
Stand Gas & Elec.
.
eum. pt.****** 72 721 Consolidated Edison 45+ 457
$7 pt......
57
Standard Oil of N.J. 86%
661
Consolidated -Oll
131
13+
Sterling Products
76%
761
371
721
361 Swift International 32
Technicolor
323
61
242 Texas Gulf Sulphur 437
231
434.
203
Tidewater Assoc. Oll 211
*20
47
Timken-Detroit Axle 241
231
Transamerica.
161
161
19
182
28
272
75
741
182 .. 1824
20th Cent. Fox Films 38 20th Cent. Fox Films
pf. Un, Carbide & Car-
bon
33
Hong Kong 13th Nov.. 1936.
474
47
103) 1041
141
137
Un. Pacific
136
135
201
United Aircraft
251
281
Un. Airline Trans-
691"
port
164
16
น
United Corpn........ 7
61
781
United Corpn.
33
Elec Power & Light 188
cum pl.....
.. 44
431
Elec Power & Light
$7 pt.
Un. Gas Tprovem't 15
147
34.
33+ Un. Light & power
Firestone Tire & R 38 381 Filmikóte
"A"
51
271 281
US. Industrial Alco-
-521
534
bol .....
427
*417
521
521 U.S. Rubber.
401
394
431
432
UB. Rubber $3 pf. 97
962...
757 721+ UA. Steel
751
441 441 Vanadium ----
244
177
23+ 171
27
Westinghouse. Elec. 1471
1441
Youngstown
Sheet
141 14
& Tube
861
857
281 284
Chase National Bk. 427
82
827
National City Bank 371⁄2-
42** 37
261
261
Call Money
1%. 1%
Bid
Chesapeake & Ohio T3i
Continental Oil Corn. Products ........ 74 Curtiss Wright (C) Curtiss Wright "A" 203 Delaware & Hudson 481 Del Lackawanna &
Western Distillers Corpn Bea.
grams Douglas Aircraft Du Pont- Electric Boat Elec. Bond & Share 201 stec. Bond & Share
$5 pi. Elec: Bond & Share
$6 pl.
Gen. Asphalt ......... Gen..Cigar Gen., Electric Gen. Foods Gen. Motors
¤ ¤ ¤ ¶ » * ÿ ̄ ̄ Ï × ⠀ ⠀ ÷ ‡ £ ¤¤‡⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ • ** ********** ******* * [*]** # ** ********** ****,
Gen. Railway Signal 16 157 Warner Bros Fict Gillette Safety Razor 281 Glidden Gold Dust
Goodrich (BF.) Goodrich $5 pt. Goodyear
1 ex. div.
TRADE PACT REVISION
Canadian Minister-
Goes To Australia
HON. W. D.' EULER
Euler, Canadian Minister of Trade OTTAWA, Canada. Hon. W. D.
and Commerce, has palled for Aus- tralia, where he is to confer with the Commonwealth Government on questions relating to a revision of the trade agreement between
Both these subjects affect policy already determined by the Govern mert as part of the wider rearma ment scheme. The approval of the claims of the civil firms by the shin, Hat Heng, Shuntien, Africa council of the Society of British Maru, Sophie Rickmers, Empress Aircraft Constractors would not of Russia Gneisenau, Asia, Chi- necessarily lead to revision of that į chibu Maru, Yasukuni Maru, policy, but the associate construc- Fushimi Maru. Empress of Japan. tors have wisely sought the sup- Conte Rosso, President Lincoln, the two countries. port of the society as a whole be- Arizona Maru, Emprem of Canada, fore attempting to press their own. General Pershing and Nagato case in other quarters.
Maru
BS
• COFFEE **:
All broken, chafod, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on Thursday, 19th instant, 1838, at 10a.m.
All Claims must be presented within 15 Days of the vessel's arrival here after which date they cannot pa re
Olaims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 20th instant, 1938, will be subject to Rent
No Fire Insurance has been effected, Bills of Lading will be "countersigned by
FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD,
2nd Floor, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building Dials 93185 & 23169.
PASSENGERS
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S.S. PATROCLUS «
Passengers, who departed from Hong Kong by the s.s. "Patroclus" for the United States via ports, on Wednesday included:-
MÈS. A T. G. Austin, Miss R. Baring-Gould, Mr. W, R. Boyd, Miss Baldwin, Mr. W. W. Banham, Mrs. K. M. Compton, Captain C. A Christiansen, Mr. J. F. Clarke, Mrs. Clarke and infant and aman
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
landed
informed that all Goods are being their risk into the hazardowa
and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the
Home Kors and Kowloon WHARF AND BoDown Company, LTD. whence audfor from the wharves Delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaling nudelivered after the 19th Nov, 1936, will be subject to rent "All Claima against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 3rd Dec., 1936, or they will not be recognised.
with the General Bonded comply Warehouse
Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Officer in sites- when damaged dutiable goods dasce are examined,
To
All Eroken, dhafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be +xamined on the 19th Nov, 1936, at 10 M by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas..
No Fire Insurance has beat effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by GIBR, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD., Agents Hong Kong, 18th Nov., 1936
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SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
SS. MARECHAL JOFFRE 27*A/38. BRINGING CARGO From MARSEILLES, via Porta stc."
ARRIVED HONG KONG os ASTURDAY, THE 19TH NOV., 1986
U
ONSIGNI ES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception
of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Go- downs of Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf
Mrs. Dowley, Mlas Dowley, Miss & Godown Cu, Lid., Kowkcan, whenes
Mias
Landing. All clams
"must be sent in to me an or before the 24th Nov, '93, or they will not be recog
ized? Damaged Fackages will be examined by the Company's Surveyor, ‹ Mesar", Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the tonsignees at 10.00 am, on Frizay Zuth Nov., 1838
M. Dysemick. Mrs. B. M. Fraser, delivery may be obtained immediately
Gatey, Miss B D Green, Miss Greenland, Mr. and Mrs. J. K Gale, Mr. H. L. Hopkins, Miss Harmaworth, Miss F. H. Holt, Mias Howard, Captain E. M. Hussey, Mr. R. Horne. Mr. A. V. Judson, Mrs. Judson, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. John- on the part of the Australian Gov-
ston, Mr. A. E Thornley Jones, ernment over that agreement, Miss Leybourn, Mrs. C. McFalk Officer in attendance when any dutiable.
Consignees must have a Revenue Australia claims the treaty haa
Mr. W. E. Morrison, Captain and goods are examined by the Company's worked out mainly to the advantars. Newton with child and in- | Burvasore
sions.
age of Canada, and that Australia fant, Sir James Owen, Lady Owen. Ne Fire inaurance will be effected by has not received adequate concen- Mrs. E. EL Pye, Col. and Mr. Perr
us in any case whatever, cival and daughter, Mrs. Risoe Mr. C. V. G. Turnier, Mrs. "B C.] S Westal, Mr. C. E. Wurtzberg, Mrs.
Canadian trade returns tend to confirm this opinion. In the lat- ext fiscal year Canada sold Austra lis goods worth about £5,000,000 and bought in return goods worth less than one-third as much. This disparity has shown a tendency to
between Canada and the United widen, especially since the treaty
States became effective at the be- ginning of this year.
Mr. Euler spent the summer in Europe seeking to enlarge the felds of Canadian trade, and one result of his mission has been res For some time past there have toration of commercial relations been expressions" of dissatisfaction / with Soviet-Russia,
Willisuri
IMPERIAL SHIPPING
MATTERS
H. OBL
Agent
Hong Kong, 14th Nov. 1916,
been presented to His Majesty's Governments in the United King- dom, Canada, Australia" an
and New Zealand, was a question for joints London, Nov. 17. consideration and decision by the The President of the Board of British Governments concerned. Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman in The Government in the United reply to a Commons, question wald | Kingdom would do all in their that action on matters dealt with power to bring the necessary dis- in the report of the Imperial cussions to a speedy conclusion, Shipping Committee, which had British Wireless,