1036
Dow Jones Averages
SO Ladueriais 20 Railt
20 Utilition
Bonds
Stocks
Adams Express Allis Chalmers ....... 69+ Amer, Can
Last Sale Nov. 30 1 151 141
1231
122
AVA
Am. Car & Foundry Amer. "Cyapamid
3€
CHINA
Amer. & For. Power ·7. Amer. & For. $7 pt. 54. Amer. Locomotive ... 43 Amer. Metals ...... 50 Amer. Radiator ...... 231 Amer, Rolling MIII....... 34 Amer. Smelting Amer. Steel F'dries... 57 Amer. Sugar
87
581
Amer. Tel. & Tel... 188
MODERN
LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE
MAERSK LINE
Fast regular FREIGHT an
PASSENGER SERVICE
vla
Shanghai, and Japan
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE,
If sufficient inducement offers also other porta of call.
Arrivals from USA.
19th Dec.
10th Jan.
M.V," PFTER MAERSK"
M.V.
FEUNHILL”
M.V. "DAGFRID"
Sailings to UB.A.
28th Dec.
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.)
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGEPS
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply;-
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shamenn, B.C. Agents.
Tel. 10018,
Hong Kong, Pedder hailding"
Tel. 23363.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS The were sellers at 102 11/16, buyers at 102 3/4 for cash,
SHANGHAI MARKET
There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 17/32 buyers at 1/2 9/16 for Spot. US Dollars. sellers at 2 3/4 Buyers at 29 13/16 for Spot
BRITISH FINANCES
London, Dec. 1. Exchequer returns show that the total ordinary revenue amounts to £393.710,437, compared with £392,- 008.917 at the corresponding date Or last year. Total ordinary ex- penditure is £491,944,683, con- pared with £470,073,758 at the corresponding date of 1935.- British sentens.
721 11 Boeing Airplane 341 351 Borden Co... 277 271 Briggs M'facturing 601 601 Brooklyn-Manhattan
531 531
Trans
Business was done during the course of the morning at 30 5/8 | Anaconda Copper ... for December delivery. The mat- ket closed with sellers at 30 9/16 December-February and 30 1/2 March-April, buyers at 30 5/8 December-February and 30/16
·March-April,
Amer. Tobacco "B" 100) Amer. Waterworks ...
254
481
Atchison, T. & S. Fe. Atlantic Refining Atlas Corpn.*...** 161
73}
312
Auburn Motors.... 334 Baldwin Locomotive
37 eum. pr.
794
Baltimore & Ohio... 224 Barnsdall Ol Bendix Aviation ..... Bethlehem Steel
191
VISIT BALI AND JAVA
*pecial Founo Trip Fares 1st Class HONG KONG-BATAVIA-HONGKONO H$275.
HONG KONG-Hali-Java-HonNO KONG H$450.
HONG KONG-MANILA- HONG KONG H$135.
NEXT SAILINGS-
TO BATAVIA DIRECT
5.5. "TJISONDARI ' 17th Dec, {} a.m. ·
Tender Blake Pur 10,000 1,0. Truder Police Pier 10,15 m.in. TO MANILA, MAKASSAR. BALL. "
& SOKRABAIA S.S.TJIBADAK" 8th Dec., 10 am.
Tuvier Cake Pier 440 km, Tender Füllen Pier 9,10 0,ta ·
TO AMOY & SHANGHAI
m.s TJISADANE' 10th Dec. For further information apply:
Holland-China Trading Co.,
Canton B. Nolasco da Silva, Esq., Macaol JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE York Building
Tel. 28016!
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
THE EXCHANGE MARKET
MESSRS ROZA ‘BROS.
Hong Kong, Dec, 2. Silver prices rose 1/8 yesterday for both deliveries, the quotations being 21 1/8 for Ready and For- ward. Bülver advices reported in- dia as having bought China and speculators sold. *Buyers satisfied. After the official fixing there were buyers at the fixed rate and sellers asking 1/16 over the quoted rate. In America the rate rose to 46 for Spok
wars
The London-New York CECSI- rate was quoted at 4.90 1/2. New York-London was quoted ai 4.99 25/32.
MARKET
Firm during the early part of the morning but towards the close the tone appeared a shade easier. STERLINGA
A small business was done dur- ing the early part of the morning at 1/3 for cash. Later business was reported at 1/2 31/32 for The market February delivery. closed with sellers at 1/2 15/16 December-February and 1/2 29/32 March-April, buyers at 1/3 Decem- ber-January and 1/2 31/32 Febru - azy-April.
U.S. DOLLARS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1936.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Rauter's Service?
QUOTATIONS
New York: Decumber 2.
New York/London Croc-rate New York Cotton-Mar. New York Rubber-- Mar. Chicago Wheat -May Chicago Corn
-May Silver Official
40
Last Today's High Low Close Close Change
4,90-98/3x 4.40-25/25 unchanged
(1.83 11.98 .16 up 18 48 12.45 .01 off
11.80 11,85 1848 18,14 110 117
1171 19
104 10 110 1037
11 Commodity Index 7432 85.56 74,32
.
Burices. Done;-£,£20,000 shares,
14 of
MA
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger & Freight Service
Yhrough hookinge to America via Europa and Europe via America, Bookings around the world, -- Through bookings "to London.
QUTWARD SAILINGS
.. "SAUERLAND"...for Shanghai. Dairen, Kabe, Omka
Yokohama, Nagoya ....... 13th Dec. 44. "PREUSSEN ".............. for_ Phak, Dairen, Tsingtao, Moji,
Thama, Nagoya, Kobe, Oraka 24th Dec. |¤iv, "RAMSES”....................... for 8'hai,, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka,
Tsingtao...
HOMEWARD SAILINGS
....... 31st Dea.
* "OLDENBURG”... for Miles, Rotterdam., Famberg 4th Dec.
1.v. "LEVERKUSEN" for Genca, Blona, Antwerp, R'dam.,
Bamborg
... 18th rec. m.. "RHEINLAND "... For Mlles, R'dam. Hamborg... 4th Jan.
+ Passenger Vessel. Limited Piasenger Accommodation,
For further particulars and passage faces, etc, arply to:--
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & CO., Aspres.
#
13, Padder Street. Tel. 28363. CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road.
Atlantie
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
MONTHLY SERVICE.
*TO
Panama 16
BALBOA (Panama) NEW YORK LOS ANGELES CRISTOBAL (Volon) BOSTON.
NEXT SAILING
"TAI PING "
ON
DECEMBER
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION
FOR 12 PASSENGERS,
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
AGENTS
JA up
ป up
454 46
*
RP
Dec, 1.
2
High Low Nov. 30. "Bigo Low Close 185.39 143.11 183.33 183.50 181,88 189 08 60,48 4034 55.40 5.43 $1,33 55.03 38.16 29.3 35,76 36.00 36 40 35.83 108 87 98.92, 106.81
Change 1.37 off .37 od
100.72
.11 up 74.44 .63 up
691
Last Sale Nov. 30 Stocks
1 Great Northern Riy. 301 391 Great Western Bugar 103 391
Holly Sugar Corpn.`
Humble Ol........... 72
72"
361
Int. Nickel
8311
611
7
Int. Tel. & Tel........ 128
122
531
Int. Dept Stores 26
25+
42t
Kennecott Copper
581 673
-51
Lambert Corpn.
191
191
24
Loew's Inc.
841 632
331
Lorillard
2341 23
981
McIntyre Porcupine
58
McKesson & Robbins 464†
461
581
Monsanto Chemical 691
091*
Pacific
187
1001
Montgomery Ward... 671 601 Murray Corpn...... 193 19
SAN FRANCISCO
25+
Nat. Cash Registor 321
32
481
Nat Dairy Products 241
241
721
Nat Distillers
311
31
31
Nat Power & Light 12
12
M.V.
18
New York Central .. 444
431
33
Niagara Hudson P.
Corpn.
18
16
18th
:
до
North American
33
32
221
Northern Pacifc .....
28
25
191
Pacific Gas & Elec. 38+
38
Pacific Lighting
* 191
48
Packard Motors"
111
12
Paramount
211
212
Pennsylvania R.R. 41+
**
41.
REICHSMARK RATES
Brooklyn-Manhattan
$6 cum pt. Case. J.......
Berlin, Dec. 1. Reichsmark The
was quoted, Twithout guarantee), at:-
New York Parts
Canadian Pacine Celanese Corpn. of
America Cerro de Pasco
40.24 363.5
Certain-Teed P'ducts 14t
Amsterdam 74.- London....... 12.203 Paris Sterling 105.13 to 105.17 USA Dollars 21.45 to 21.42 Transocean News Service.
Chesapeake . Corpn. 91 Chesapeake & Ohio 721 Chrysler Corpn.
Columbia Gas & El. 18 Columbia 8% "A" pt. 104 Commercial Credit 751 Commercial Solvents 103 Commonwealth & S. 34
Commonwealth
.cum. pr...............
Consolidated Edison 473
Consolidated Oil
Continental Oll
Corn. Products
Curtiss Wright (C) 61 Curtiss Wright “A” 201 Delaware & Hudson 461 · Del Lackawanna &
Western Distillers Corpn Sea.
grams
S.S.
BENARTY"
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH
on or about the 9th December.
13
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports,
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
S.S. BENLEDI” 9th Dec.
For Freight and Passage apply to:-
W.
LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building. Agents:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS RAISES ITS BONUS
Imperial Airways board proposes a dividend of 6. per cent., and a bonus of 2 per cent, both less tax, on the Ordinary shares, according to the "Evening Standard,”
The dividend is the same as that declared for the previous3
months, but the bonus
with 1 per cent
The preliminary statement shows net profits at £199,328 for ob- solescence.
After making the dividend and bonus payments and special ap- propriations, the carry forward is £65,118 an increase of £615.
Douglas Alrcraft ... 731 Du Font
Electric Boat
Elec. Bond & Share 201 Elec, Bond & Shure,
$5" pt. Elec. Bond & Share
$6 pt...
791 Elec Power & Light. 18% Elec Power & Light
$7 pi.
Firestone Tire & R .37
Flintkote
Gen. Asphalt
12
Gen. Cigar ......
compares
Gen. Electric
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motor
Gen. Ballway Signal
Gillette Safety Razor. 257
Glidden
Gold Dust
Goodrich (B.F.)
Goodrich $5 pf.
Goodyear
i et div.
4.07
Tel. 99533
SIR T. INSKIP ON AIR MENACE
"Plans Prepared For Auy
Eventualities"
Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the. Coordination of speaking at Havant.
Defensé. Hampshire
on Nov. 20 said that the Govern- ⠀ment were fully aliye to the dan- gers of air attacks. (according to "The Times."*)
for events which we
hope will never happen, but which the de- fence Services exist to meet. It is one thing to prepare plans" and another thing to publish them abroad.
"I think any enemies that we may have would be very glad to know what exactly we propose to do in certain events. The best plan ls for us to make our plans and
keep these plans to ourselves, but to be quite sure that we have plans to meet every possible form of attack
Speaking of recruiting. he said "I am asked whether the Gov ernment has prepared plans for that while they wanted men up to any eventualities which may over-
at least 50 for Territorial Army take the country.” he said" "Wall and anti-aircraft defences, they of course they have. You don't wanted young men to come for- suppose that the heads of our de-' ward and do their part in Joining fence Services are sitting twiddling up with the Territorial Army it their thumbs and never preparing not with the Regular Army.
was
NEW LINER
London, Dec. 1
PASSENGERS
The new Orient liner. Orcades, launched at Barrow-in- Furness to-day. Constructed at the works of Vickers Armstrong. The following passenger are safi- the Orcades 1s a vesselor 23,800 ing for Australia, via ports, by the tons and will provide for passenger 3.5. Tanda to-day and cargo trafe to Australia There is accommodation for 463 first-class passengera and tourist passengers.— British Wireless.
US. Rubber $8 pf. 981 96 Us. Steel gainm 763, 741 Vanadium
.......... 23
231 Warner Bros Pict.... 101 161 Westinghouse
1461
A
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. R. P.. Holmes, Mr. E. McGowan, Mr. R. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. P. Farrell, Miss L Lonne, Miss M. A. Hedder-
kett, Mrs. M. K. Poole, Mr. wick, Miss J. Vickery, Mr. A. Bec- D. Slattery, Mr. R. Sherif, Mr. H. R. Mr. R. V. Alford, Captain J. E
Collishaw, Mr. and Mrs. J. C 80s Savage, Miss N. Wilson, Mr. H. W. Galletly. Mr. G. W. Dalby, Mr. A. Nightingale, Mr. and Mrs. A. GM. Moloney, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Smith, Captain D, Ferguson, Mra Beer, Mr. and Mrs. C. Stacey, Mr. H. Bales, Mrs. H W. Gray, Miss
and Mrs. F. Parker, Mr. M. J. K. Ramsay, Mr. A. Tolmie, Mr. F. Halbert, Miss W. Williams, Mras D. M. McKay, Mrs. V. C. Schlittler, Miss M. K. Schlittler, Mr. T. Quirk, The following. Latsh
Mr M. Quirk, Mrs. W. H. Dwyer, expected to be in wireless com-
Mrs. 3. M. Hope, "Miss H. Berry, munication
with Hong Kong Miss B. Beirne, Mr. and Mas H. Radio:-
Magnus, Mrs. M. T. Caswell, Mr. Tangshan Maru, Memnon, Feng C. Harding, Mrs. M. M. England, The age of discretion, if there Lep.- Muncaster Castle, Antilochus, Miss R. T. Farrell, Miss N. G. T.be such an age-Mr. Baldwin." Nagisan Maru, Phenius, Eelemis, Savary, Mr. and Mr. B. M. Cantor, As far as I know from the for Corahank, Hong Kong Maru, Peter Miss H M Harris, Miss FL Feign Press, I left this sinful, world Maersk Hector, Chichibu Maru, Bwalin, Mr. J. Swain, Mr. R. C. a long time ago and settled i Canton. Noto Maru, Scharnhorst. Dugan. Mr. and Mrs. K. Enox. the world beyond-"Stalin."
IN, WIRELESS TOUGH
are
Walker, Mrs. ET. Davies, Major and Mrs. H. Fox and five children, Mr. J. A. Ryan, Mr. L A. Harvey. Miss E. Williams and Mrs. J. Ž. Savage.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
HE "M.S.
RHEINLAND"
having arrived frem Hamburg and Forts of call, Consignees 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 godewus at Kowloon, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unleas Notice has been given 48 hants prior to Vessel's arrival, bat carried en from Tort to port to the final part of call to which the option extendı.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all
Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th Deo., 134, will be subject to
Rent.
Al broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 6th Dec. 136, at 10 am, by our Surveyors, Mess. Goddard & Donging,"
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Kegulations er signees must, bave a Revenue Officer in & tendance ben dama ed dutiable goods are
eramined,
All Claims must reach as before the th. Dec.. 1936, or they will not he recognized.
No Insurance will be effected.
TELEPHONE 28021.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OOBAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.
מונג
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
CONSIGNEES per Co's Vessel
"IXTON"
FROM SEATTLE, VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA vű JAPAN
are requested to take Delivery of Figur and Lumber Shipments as soon as the Vessel is ready to discharge and are bereby notified that if their Lighters are not placed alongside the Vessel required,
their Shipments will be dis- charged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, at their expense, where the Cargo will lie also at their risk and expense and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage at Bolt's Wharf. Steamer will commence
perlarge on the id Dea.
will be decharged into Bolt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will le at Consignees risk and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage, at Hoit's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from the Godown on and after 2nd Dec.
All bruken, chafed, and damaged Goods aze to left in the Godown, where will
Fridays between the hours of 10.44 £ and Noor within the Free Storage period.
be examined on day Tuesday ad-
No Claims will be admitted after the.
Goods have left the Vessel's Godown, and all General Cargo remaining undelivered, after ath Deo, will be subject to Bent
All Olaims against the Vessel must be presented to the Underaigned on or not be recognized,
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by before the 23rd Deo, 1936, or they will
JERNEN & 00..
Hong Kong, 29th Nor., 1933
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.
AND
CHINA "MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
NONSIGNEEB per Co. Voszal
"LYCAON"
From UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE,
be
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agente,
Bad December, 1938.
[4858
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM "NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
TONSIGNEES per Co's Vennel
"ANTILOCHUS “
FROM UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENTAL PORTS VIA
SINGAPORE.
sre hereby notified that their Cargo will
Holt' discharged into
are hereby notified that their Dargo' Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at will be ducharged
Holt' Consignees risk and subject to Terms Wharf,
into
and Conditions of Storage at Holt's at Consigne where it will lie
risk and subject to Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Terms and Conditions of Storage at Delivery from Godown on and after Holt's Wharf. The Cargo wil 30th Nov.
ready for elivery from Godowa OD ROU after 2nd Dec.
Optional Cargo will not be landed here unler Notice has been given prior to Steamer's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final part of call to which the option extends.
Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice has been given prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call All broken, chafed and damaged Goods, to which the option extends... are to be left in the Godowas, where
they will be examined on any Tusadays 10.45 AM, and Noom within the Free aud Fridays between the hours of Storage period.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th Dec, will be subject to Hent
All Chims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 31st Dec., or they will not be recognised
No Fire Inmarsace will be effected
BUTTERITELD & SWEE
Agents. 80th Nov., 1983,
are
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods to be left in the Clodowas, where they Fridays between the hours of 10.46 x will be examined on any Tuesdays and and Noom
oom within the Free Storage perind. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Vessel's Godown and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 9th Dec, will be subject to
Bont,
· All Claims against the Vessel musk be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 23rd Doc, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Thanraboe will be officted.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
(4851 2nd December, 1938.
[4887
1201 102-
"Phelps Dodge ....... 55
Philips Petroleum . 451 Public Service of N.J. 50 Pullman Inc. ................... 601 Pure Oll
543
45% 491 60
HONG KONG Bank BuildinG.
161
17
153
1591
Radio Corpn of Am. 11 112
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
131
131
Republic Steel......... 25
241
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 501
591
....... 271
1273
St. Joseph Lead Co.
42
111
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
887
671
Schenley
532
54
141
Schenley 5% pl.
977
981
001:
Sears Roebuck
99
981
7011
Shell Union Oit
201
261"
1247
123
Socony-Vacuum
15%
151
THE
177
Southern Cal Edison 30
297
1037*
Bouthern Pacific ....
413
742
Southern Rly 5% pi. 49
41+ 484
161
Stand Brands
16
16
3)
Stand Gas & Elec.
7
"I
Stand Gas & Elec.
73
21
ST pt.
59
58
47
Standard Of of N.J.
657
65
13)
131
377
37
Swift International 37
Sterling Products 734
724
32
715
711
Technicolor ........... 221
224
61
Texas Gulf Sulpburit
41"
203
464
Tidewater Assoc. Oll Timken-Detroit Axle 27
191
191
267
Transamerica
17
172
181
184
20th Cent. Fox Films
371
371
20th Cent. Fox Films
a
257
261
pt.
401
47
76+
Un. Carbide & Car-
1811
182
bon
1047
13
124
Un. Paciic«*****
132
201
United Aircraft
1031 130
274
Un. Airline Trans-
68- -671*
port
ابر
177
United Corpo.......
71
7+
79
United Corpn. $3
19
cum pt.
444
447
Un, Gas Fprovem't
143
344
351
Un. Light & power
361
"A"
51
61
287
31
U.S. Industrial Alco-
517
511
tol
Agents.
14818
40
30+
514
50
U.S. Rubber
481 451
414
411
691
682
481
48
17į
17
251
Mec. 1451
Youngstown Sheet
134
134
& Tube ............... 824
811
32
31
Chase National Bk. 481* 48.
841
051
National City Bank 391*
381*
297
294
Call Money ....
1%
1% CO
* Bid