THE
CHINA-SIAM LINE.
HONG KONG-BANGKOK
1. "HELIOS" leaving Hong Kong List February vin Swatow living Hong Kong 28th February via Swatow
* "BIRAM ”
HONG KONG--SWATOW-AMOY 21.8. "HAI HING" leaving Hong Kong, 25th February Accepting Passenger & Cargo for all the above metioned porte. HONG KONG-SINGAPORE-PENANG-RANGOON Regular Express Servicn
1.8. HAI LES" leaving Hong Kong 19th February 19. "HAT HING" leaving Hong Kong
3rd March "Accepting cargo for all the above mentioned ports.
Excellent prisenger accommodation available,
For freight, pamage rates and all other information-Apply to:-
THORESEN & CO., LTD..
Fal. 30237.
General Agents,
Queen's Duikling.
S.S. "BENNEVIS"
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and LEITH on or about the 9th March.
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill
of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHÀI &`JAPAN
S.S.
C
BENNEVIS
Tel. 22533
21st Feb.
For Freight and Passage apply to :-
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building. Agento:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
CONSIGNER NOTICE, ·
"LT. ST. LOUBERT BIE"
4°10/37.
SS.
BRINGING CARGO FROM DUNKIRK via ports, etc.
ARHIVED HONG KONG TUES- DAY, TE 16TH FEBRUARY, 1937.
ONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treon and Valuables are being landed & stored into the golowns of the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. Kowloop, whence delivery may be obtained immediately
landing All Claims must be sent in to me on or before the 20th Feb, 1937, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged Packages will be examined by the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & Dongle in the presence of the Consignoes at 10.00 am on the 32nd Feb., 1837. Monday,
Consignos must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when any dotiable goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in any case whatever.
2. OHL Agent
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINTË.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE M.V.
KULMERLAND" having arrived, from Hamburg and Porta of call, Consignees of Cargo are bereby notified that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whari and Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon, where delivery may be obtained sa soon na the Goods are landed. Optional Cargo will not be landed hors, unless Notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, bat carried from to port to the final port of call to which the option oxterds.
on
port
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godawas, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 20th Feb., 1837, will be subject to Reat.
All broken, chaled, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 19th Feb., 1937,
at 10 am
by our Surveyors, Mesura. Goddard & Douglas, To comply with the lieneral Bended Warehouse Regulations, consignees must have Rarenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods as examined.
All claims must reach us before the 13th Hart, 1997, or they will not be recognized.
No Inmarsace will be effooted. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
IEBBEN & CO..
Agents.
Hong Kong. 16th Feb., 1937. [5043 Hong Kong, 13th Feb., 1987,
FOREIGN CURRENCY
POSITION:
Franc Recovers: Guilder Weakens
The further recovery of The Meanwhile, the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSKS. ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong, Feb. 13. The priestor Ready Silver was unchanged yesterday but the For- ward
-1/16, rate dropped
the quotations being 20 1/16 and 20 advices re- respectively. Bliver ported India and China as having bought. There WILS also some American commercial buying. The market closed steady. After the official fixing the market continu- ed very steady with buyers at the fixed rate and sellers rather re-
Sliver served, American
was quoted at 44 3/4 for Spot..
The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 4.89 3/8. New York-London was quoted at 4.89
17/22.
MARKET
Unchanged. Steady.
IN STERLING
A small business was done at 1/2 20/32 for June delivery. The market closed at I p.m. with sel- lers at 1/2 29/32 February-May and probably June, buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery,
U.S. DOLLARS
No business was reported. There were sellers at 30 3/8 February- May and 30 5/16 June, buyers at 30 7/16 for any delivery.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Business was done "at 102 5/16 for cash. There were seller at 102 1/4 for cash, buyers at 102 3/8 cash..
SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling al 1/3 9/16 for cash, buyers at 1/2 19/32 for Spot. US. Dollars, sel- Jers at 29 11/18, buyers at 29 3/3 for Spot,
IN THE AFTERNOON, The market was dull in the afternoon.
IN STERLING
No business was reported, finish- ing with sellers" at 1/2 29/32 February-April and probably May, buyers at 1/2 18/16 for any de- livery.
U.S. DOLLARS
The market closed with sellers at 30 3/8 February-April and pro- bably May, buyers at 30.7/15 for any deliver.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Bellers at 102 5/16, buyeṭs at 102 3/8 for cash.
PIECE GOODS FOR CHINA
Fall In Britain's Exports
The China and Far East Section of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce has issued its report, and as far as China is concerned it makes melancholy reading:- Cotton plece-goods exports in 1933, 33,800,000 square yards; in 1934, 14,500,000 yards: in 1936 eleven months), 4,300,000 square yards. fall in The report ascribes the exports to disturbances in China, but acute competition is probably the answer.
The trend is still downwards. though the general opinion is that China and China's trade are re- covering. The contention is ad- (3029 vanced that the import tariff is prohibitive, that China will suon And her high duties will result in less revenue, and that a reduction will follow.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Renter's Service!
New York: February 18.
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QUOTATIONS
New York/London Croda-rate Now York Cotton-Mar. Now York Rubber-Mar. » Chicago Wheat -May Chicago Corn --May Silvor Official
Dow Jones Averages
80 Industrial
20 Bail
20 Utilit 40 Bonds
!!
Change
Last Today's High Low Close Close
4.80-23/32 4.83-17/35 3/18 up 2.48 12.18 12.38 19.41 21.5 21.30 21.23 21.30 136 134 ·134 1301
10911071
106 108 44 - 442
1038
High
190.70 143.11 189.78
80.45. 10.85 57.44
Feb. 17
01 up .08 up
unobanged
off unchanged
Low Fob, 18. High Low Close Change
189 39 167.30 187.98
37.79 28.03 35.24 1601 98.97 103.91
11 Commodity Index 81.87 50.58 75,30
331 121
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123
69.61 67,63, 88.00 36,03 34 98 38.16.
.20 OH .66 up
,02 alf
104.00 78.60 Business Doas-2,580,000 sharoa,
.06 up
.20 up
Last Bale
Stocks
Feb. 16 17
474
Great Northern Rly, 471
Great Western Bugar 372 367
Holly Sugar Corpa,
13
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Pres. Coolidge
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Laut Bale Feb. 16 17
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18
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Adams Express
Allis Chalmers .......
741
742
Amer, Can
1071
1081
Humble Ou
331
Int. Nickel .......
86+ 86 651 662
Int. Tel. & Tel.
15
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Int, Dept Stores. Kennecott Copper Lambert Corpn. Loew's Inc. Lorillard
321
33
B17
621
23
221
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261
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McKesson & Robbins 16 * 482*
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Amer Smelting Amer. Steel Fdries.. Amer. Sugar
Amer. Tel & Tel...
Amer, Tobacco, "B" 951
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Cerro de Pasco...... Certain-Teed P'ducts 22 Chesapeake Chesapeake & Ohlo 651 Chrysler Corpn. Columbla Gas & E: 18 Columbla 8 "A" pf. 102 Commercial Commercial Solvents 181 Commonwealth & 8. Commonwealth
cum. pl........................ Consolidated Edison 448 Consolidated Oll Continental Onl Corn. Products ........ Curtiss Wright (C)
$6
Curtiss Wright "A" 201
Delaware & Hudson 401
Del Lackawanna &
Western
Dizilers Corpn Ses.
STAMB
Douglas Aircraft Du Pont
Electric Boat
Eler. Bond & Share
Elec. Bond & Share
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Elec. Bond & Share
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Nat Dairy Products 247
241
Nat Distillers
271 273
Nat Power & Light. 124
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New York Central 44. 442
- 321
Niagara Hudson P.
16
153
302
302
Pacific Gas & Elec. 331
34
481
484
114 12
252
201
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433.
Phillips Petroleum
55#
551
Public Service of NI. 504
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704
603
214
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Paramount Pennsylvania R.R. Phelps Dodge .......
Pure Oil...
Radio Corpn of Am. 114 12 Republic Steel Reynolds Tobac. "B"
St. Joseph Lend Co. Schenley Schenley 54%. pl.... Sears Roebuck.....
Shelf Union O!! ...... Socony-Vacuum
Mar. 13th
Mar. 97th
Apr. 10th
Apr. 24ch
May 8th
May 22nd
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Mar. 3rd
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CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNELS
THE S.S
"NORDMARK " having arrived from. Hamburg and Ports of call Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk into
Godown Company's godowns at Kow. loon, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.
Optional cargo will not boy landed hora, ualesa votice has been given 48 urs prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final ort of call to which the option extends.
No Claims will be admitted after No have left the Godowns, and
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383
501 55
43
431
974
891,
202
181
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Southern Cal Edison 291 Bouthern Pacifc .... Southern Rly 5% pt. 331 Stand Brands
291
48
492
337
15
15%
8tand Gas & Elec, 138
134
Stand Gas & Elec.
$T DE.......
551
56
124
709
71
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101
Technicolor
50%
Texas Gulf Sulphur 401 Tidewater Assoc. Oll 201 Timken-Detroit Axle 271 Transamerica.
401
201
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United Aircraft
Un. Airline Trans-
port
447
214
109
1093
1331
1361
30 301
211
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151
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US. Industrial Alco- 91
bol ........
401 40
UB. Rubber
591
601
Elec Power & Light 22
Elec Power & Light
$7 pt. Firestone Tire & R.431 Flintkote
Gen, Asphalt Gen. Cigar ..... Gen. Mectric Gen. Foods........................ Gen. Motors Gen. Railway Signal Gillette Safety Razor Glidden Gold Dust's Goodrich (BF) .............. Goodrich 35 pf. Goodyear
IMMIGRATION TO CANADA
This should be of some assistance, but the competition Britain likely to meet with from piece- goods woven in Chinese mills is likely to increase. The demand for yarn, shipped as a rule via Hong Kong, has remained steady and the construction, óf more mills should increase this demand. In Malaya the position is reversed and our exports of piece-goods were over five million square yarda weakness of more in 1938 (eleven months) than French franc, which, at one time, the guilder, which was quoted in 1933. Increased prices in rub- touched 104.98, was chiefly attrl- at 8.984, compared with 8.964 ber and in should improve pur-
London, Feb. 17, The immigration to Canada for the previous close, combined chasing power in Malaya, so Bri-
tain may hope for a good market amounted to 11,643 persons in 1938, with the apparent inclination of for plece xts for some time to including 4,876 from the United the Swiss franc, which, at one come. The Netherlands East In-States and 2,197 from the British time, moved to 21.474 as against dies are taking more Lancashire Empire. These Agures mean that 21.46 for the previous close, are
goods and the outlook
there is immigration to Canada increased taken by some quarters to repre- brighter than it has been for same by 3.2 per cent last year. sent the change-over attitude of time. International capitalists, who, per- haps, are beginning to move funds long stored in Swiss and Nether- H. K. SHAREBROKERS
buted to bear covering induced by unconfirmed reports that impor- tant changes are contemplated in the French financial policy.
Traders in the foreign exchange market asserted that dealings were not heavy, pointing out that, with relaxation of the recent essure against the franc, moderate cover- ing suffices to cause a sharp in provement in the rate,
Forward quotations improved to 75 and 256 centimes discount for
lands currencies to French "mur-" rency, where the chances of ap-
one month and three months post-preciation possibly are greater.
This change in policy might also a desire to invest in
tions, respectively, as against 83 and 293 for the previous close. Indicate showing that, at least some of the French securities. rocent... pessimism regarding the Another school of thought bf- future of the franc has been dia- firma that the weakness of the pelled, though operators are still guilder is natural, since a stage has inclined to treat rumours with re-been reached where' repatriation serve, pending more definite in- lot the Netherlands capital is tal- formation.
most complete:
ASSOCIATION
BUYERS
Steamboats, $84.
Douglases, $32. Hotels, $51.
Northern Mines, 231 cts, Electrics, $55
HALES Beng. Expl, 31. cta. Northem Mines, 23 eta. Electrics, $56.
Tennaneran News Sern
REICHSMARK RATES
Bezin, Feb. 177 The Reichsmark .... was'' quoted, without quarantee, at;
Paris
New York
40.235 865,--
Amsterdam
London
73.60 to 73.65. 12.17 Paris Pound Sterling 106.10:
to 105.13 Paris US dollar
21,408 to 21,468 Transcan News Servic
United Corpn.
Un. Gas Eprovem't
Un. Light & power
U.S. Stee!
Vanadium
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all Goods remaining undelivered after the 25th Feb., 1997, will be subject to Rent.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined on 24th Fob., 1957, at 10 am, by our Surveyors Messrs. Goddard and Douglas.
To comply with the Gateral Buded Warehouse Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attend.
i damaged dutiable goods are
SILVER LINE,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
FROM NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES
T
NHE Motor Vessel
**SILVERWALNUT
baving arrived from the above Furts on 19th instant, Consigneos of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Go- Wharf and Godown Company,
Limited Kowloon, and stared at Consignem risk and pense.
All broken,chaled, sad damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on Thursday, 25th instant, 1937, at 10 am,
All Claims must be presented within 15 Days o
of the veel's arrival here after which date they cannot be re- cognized will be admitted after the
No
Goods have lift the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undeliverød after the 26th instant, 1037, will be subject to Rants Insuance has been affected,
No Fire Bills of Lading will be countersigned
by
FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD. 2nd Floor, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building Diala 93165 ́& 23169.
All claims must reach us before the Hong Kong 19th Feb, 1937. 18th Mar, 1837, or they will not be recognised.
No Insurance will be effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JEBSEN & CO.,
Agents. Hong Kong, 16th Feb., 1937.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
[8047
Steniner WILLANDRA”
From MELBOURNE & SYDNEY
via MANILA
ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are U.S. Rubber $8 pt. 99 108 being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, Lud. at Kowloon, whence and/or
for from the wharves delivery may be obtained. Optional cargo will not be landed here, unlers notice has been given hours prior to vesel's srrival, but carried a from port to port to the final port of I call to which the option extends. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 20th inat will be subject to rent
All claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned on or
Warner Bros Pict Westinghouse Youngstown Sheet
105.
· 1062.
321 311
151
157
Elec. 157
155
83. .821
Chase National BL 622
613*
National City Bank 584".
571°
Call Money
1%
1%
1 x dł.
Bid
& Tube ....
(5049
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEEA-
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL- STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMER “NALDERA.
ARRIVED HONG KONG on 18TH FEBRUARY, 1937.
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBBAL- TAK, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
"ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the
Corre named Vessel are hereby in formed that their Goods are being lauded and placed AT THEIR RISE in the Hong ng and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery
can be obtained as the Goods are landed. onless instructions have been given to
Options! Goads will be landed here -. the contrary Nix Bours before arrival of the steamer
aluding date of arrival will be subject to Goods not cleared within 8 days in-
rent.
No Trs Lowrance will be effected by us in any case whstäver.
Damaged Packages must be left in the lodowns for stamination by the
BRITISH EXPORT before the 27th inst. or they will Consignees, and the Company's murveyors,
INCREASE
Figures For 1936
not be recognized.
will
on
Mosers. Goopan & DOUGLAS, at 10a.m. All broken, chafed, and damaged
And Thursdays, within the Goods are to be left in the Godowns, Free where they
Period." be examined on the 18th inat.
Consignes are specially notified that at 10a.m. by our surveyors, it is necessary for a Revenue Officer to Mears. Goddard & Douglas.
be present at the examination of daming ed In the case of dutiable cargo, condutable,cargo
against the Btomer must
signees are requested to inform the Imports & Exports Office that they be presented to the Undersigned on or
The preliminary Agires of Over- seas Trade in December, and for '1936, published in the "Board of Trade Jotirnal." make a more en-
by.
couraging showing for the past month than for some little time Hong Kong, 15th Feb., 1037.
have such goods for examination.
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agenta
past.
It is true that, as against the
[5034
Mar
All Clai
not be recognized. before
or they will
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have laff, the Godown. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co.,
go Agents, Hong Kong, 19th Fab., 1937.
[6002
value of imports in December of 000,000, against £756,000,000 for—a result to which higher prices £83,857,000, the value of exports 1935, while exports and re-exports no doubt largely contributed. and re-exports was £46,018,000.
So far as the visible adverse
but the latter figure showed an aggregated just over £501,000,000, † increase over the same month or against £481,000,000 for the pre-balance of trade was concerned. last year of more than 28,000,000vious 12 months. and also an advance over the
gure for November..
१
For the whole of the year, the totar value of Imports was 2849,-
the position is rather worse than
Thus, as regards the entire turn-in 1935. The Table adverse over of trade represented in value balance for 1955 is £348,000,000, or there was an increase for the year about £73,000,000 more than for of no less than about £113,000,000 the previous year.
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