Priestina
Lloyd
NEXT BAILINGS
To Shanghai "Victoria" 17th Mar. To Italy Conta Verde"
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SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS
Validity "100 daya'at greatly reduced cost allowing of 2 months stay in Europe. Special concessions to 1st and 2nd-Glas travellera to London:
Fares to Venice, Trieste, Genoa and Keturn...£132, £88, £58 Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates
To BOMBAY
COLOMBO
.. SINGAPORE...
SHANGHAI
£44
£41
Ar
£18 £12
£25
£21
£22
£19
£13
£11
£9
£6
ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all the Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantio Confer ence Lines.
ITALIA & COSULICH LINES Agents for the sale of through and independent tickets to North, Central and South American ports via Italy:
THROUGH
TICKETS
TO LONDON — 23 days - Special
Imollities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.
T
INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditions,
LLOYD TRIESTINO P.O. Box 143. Tol. Addr. "Lloydiano" →→ Telephonea 39999/3, Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO, LTD., Shameen.
BURNS PHILP LINE
M.V. "NEPTUNA
Due 16th March at 11 A.M.
"
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
THE EXCHANGE MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Hour Kong, Mar 15, Ready Silver was unchanged over the week-end but the For- ward rate dropped 1/16, the quotations being 20 11/16 and 20 5/8 respectively. Silver advices reported India as having bought. China and Speculators sold. The market closed steady, "--
The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 488.58. New York-London was quoted at 438,- 17/32
Steady.
MARKET
STERLING
There were sellers, at 1/2 28/32 March-September, buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery. No trang- actions were reported.
U.S. DOLLARS Sellers at 30 3/8 March and 30 5/16 April-July, buyers at 30 7/16 March-May and 30 3/8 June-July:
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Business was done at 101 15/16 for cash. There were acllera at 101 7/8, buyers at 101 15/16 for eash.
SHANGHAI MARKET Steady. There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 5/8, buyers at 1/2 21/32 for cash. U.S. Dollars, sel- lers at 20 3/4, buyers at 29 13/16 for cash.
IN THE AFTERNOON The market was quiet in the afternoon.
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
Now York: March 14.
(Through Benter's Service)
› QUOTATIONS
New York/London Crosa-rata New York Cotton-May New York Bubber-May Chicago Whoat -May Chicago Corn Silver Official
-May
Dow Jones Averagos
So Industriais
20 Raile
20 Utilities - 40 Bonds
11 Commodity Index 81.57
Stocka Adams Expres
Last Sale
661
Last Today's High Low Close Close Change
480-17/39 4.88-17/09 unchanged 13.06 19.82 73.87 15,94,07 up 23.70 23.58 $3.51 93.69 .10 up 135 133) 1357 1248 1 of 108 107 107 106
40
unquoted
1936 High Low Mar. 17. 185.20 145.11 191.24 63.98 40.00 89.97 37.79 £9.23" 33.00 10601
Mar. 13. High Low Close 193 82-188,85–190,59 82.84 61.04 89.05
98.92 103.10 35.58 77.55
Change .66 off .92 of
· 33,06 32.70 32.88 .19 of 109.10 .09 off 77.66 .10 up
1.
Business Done:-1,130,000 shares. ·
Mar. 12 13
Stocks
211 21#
Allis Chalmers....... Amer. Can Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid 3211 Amer. & For. Power
121 Amer. & For. $7 pf.
59
Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals
70 68. 1111
1113
Last Bale Mar. 12 13 Great Northern ‹Rly.
531 Great Western Bugar 354 Holly Sugar Corpn.
53
351*
Humble Of
24 831*
1
312 12
Int. Nickel ....
714
711
Int. Tel. & Tel. .......
131
141
59
Int. Dept Stores
347
341
542
542
Kennecott Copper 681
661
651
Lambert Corp. ...... 213
211
Amer. Radiator ..... 261 Amer, Rolling Mil 4311 Amer. Smelting ... 103 Amer. Steel Farles. 65 amer. Sugar stess 40+ Amer. Tel & Tel... 17341 Amer, Tobacco "8" 83 Amer. Waterworks ...
241 Anaconda Copper... 671 Atchison, T. & S. F. 84 Atlantic Redning · · Atlas Corpa. ..................... Auburn Motors"...... 301 Baldwin Locomotive
261
Loew's Inc.
421
Lorillard
240+
78 181 243
1021
McIntyre Porcupine.
643
McKesson & Robbins 46
461
491 1741 84
Monsanto Chemical 92
93
Montgomery Wärd 673
671
Murray Corpn.
174
171
241
Nat Cash Registor .. 37å
371
6T
Nat Dairy Products 247
251
84
Nat Distillers *********
321
32
351
354
Nat Power & Light 113
117
181
181
New York Central .... 521.
-517
30 *
Niagara Hudson P.
.
Carpa.
15
15
| #7 cum. pl.
Baltimore & Ohio... 38 Barnsdali on Bendix Aviation
1143
114
North American
2711 28...
36*
Northern Pacinc
344
341
32+
324
Padic Gas & Bec. 334
331
Bethlehem Steel
102)
1011
Boeing Airplane
451
Borden Co.
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Trans.....
Brooklyn Manhattan
Briggs Mfacturing 501 50+
43
451 27} 271
421
Pacific Lighting +451 Packard Motors ...... 111 Faramount
251 25 -Pennsylvania R.R. 48 481
Phelps Dodge ....... Phillips Petroleum. 581 57 Public Service of N.J. 434 43+ Pullman Inc.
45
#341
111
+
$8 cum, pf. Case, J.I.
081 96 *
"Pure Ol
22
211
1591
158
Radio Corpn of Am. 121
117
BY AIR
Canadian Pacifë 18 Celanese Corpn. of
America Cerro de Pasco ...... 811 813 CertainTeed P'ducts 201
16
342
341
St. Joseph Lead Co.
128
Commercial Credit 60
60+
* 49 Schenley 51% pf. 08 841
Sears Roebuck....... 94 Chesapeake & Ohio 65 841 Shell Union 011 Chrysler Corpn..... 129)
Socony-Vacuum .. 191 Columbia Gas & El. 16 - 181 Southern Cal Edison 28 Columbia 6% "A" pf. 100* 1004* Southern Pacine.... 83+ 621 Southern Rly 5% pt. 394. 39+ Commercial Solvents 183 181 Stand Brands ....... 131 Commonwealth & 8. 3 3. Stand Gas & Elec. 12) Commonwealth
Republic Steel ......... 451. Reynolds Tobac. "B" $1
Schenley
451
517
49
973*
941
321
331
10
271
151
12
Stand Gas & Elec.
601*
.681
IN STERLING No business was reported, finish- ing with sellers at 1/2 29/32 March-September, buyers at 1/2 15/18 for any delivery.
U.S. DOLLARS
Sellers at 3/8 March-April and 30 5/16 May-July. buyers' at 30 7/18 March-May and.30 3/8 June- July.
442
68
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Standard Oil of N.J. 734 731 Sterling Products 681* 873
314
DOLLAR G7NSHIP
13
LINES
AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings
Presbiens Llaars” frequens smilings and thaly unique stopover privilajiem silow you to travel just exactly Myou chooit. And Dollar Sinamaħip Lins and American Mill Line worldwide some and agents are maintained to agree yon nahore in whatever place you obance to be. Make your seal trip more mjoyable, traveling "The Presideni Liow why?
TO SAN FRANCISCO -- NEW YORK AND BOSTON ·
Via Shangbal, Kobe, Yokobama. Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama Canal and BavADE. From Cleveland `8 am. Mar. 28th Prom. Taft 8am. Apr. 1st Prea. Hoover Nood May at Pres. Lincoln 8am. May 19th Pros. Coolidge Noon May 20th Pres. Wilson 8 p.m. June 16th
EUROPE, NEW YORK
TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS ROUTE'
Via Shanghai, Kobe and
Yokohama
Pres. Grant M'night Mar. 26th Pres. Jackson M'night Apr 9th Pres. Jefferson M'aight Apr. 23rd Pres. McKinley M'night May 7th Pres. Grant M'night May glit Pres. Jackson M'night June 4th
"MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Buss Canal. Naples, Genos and Marssilles.
Next Sailings Pres. Monroe 8am. Mar. 17th Pres. Monroe 8 a.m. Mar. 17th Pres. Adams 8 a.m. Mar. 31a Pres. Cleveland 8.p.m. Mar. 17th Prea, Harrison 8 a.m. Apr. 11th Pres. Grant 6p.m. Mar. 20th Prea. Polk Sam. Apr. 15th Pres. Adenis 8 m. Mar. Sist Pres. Fierve 8am May 0th Pres. Jackson Bp.m. Apr. 3rd Pres. Van Buren 8 a.m. May 23rd | Phys. Barrison 8 a.m. Apr. 14th
MOST FREQUENT BERTICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP.LINES * AMERICAN ⚫ MAIL LINE *
PADDER · BUILDING-HONG KONG,
CANTON, BRANCH —91, VERNON CONCESSION, SHAMEEN.
214
223
441 Swift International 311
Technicolor ........... 23. 221 Texas Gulf Sulpbyr gał 391 Tidewater Assoc0. Oll- 201 201 Timken-Detroit Axle 254 Transamerica ******* 164
282
CHINA
131
20th Cent, Fax Films 301
161 404
** 271
20th Cent. Fox Films
pl.
Un. Carbide & Car-
bon
484
50
1072 108+
Un. Paciicile 1441 1441
JAPA
United Aircraft .....
33
$5 pl............ 751* Elec. Bond & Share
$6 pr.
75
Un. Airline TTANK-
port
214.
321
21
United Corpn.
61
Elec Power & Light 237 Elec Power & Light
$7 pf.
234
82 ⚫ 811 United Corpn. .$3
Cum Dr.
421
427-
Un. Cas 'provem't' 144
14.
*****391
Un. Light & power
"A"..
474 47"
U.S. Industrial Alco-
hol
87
81
591
US. Rubber.
394 67
381
66
423
421 US. Rubber $8 pt. 110) 1094 124 1221
Vanadium
37% 371
Gillette Safety Razor 271 Glidden
27
Youngstown
Warner Bros Pict, ..... 154 -| 151- Westinghouse Elec. 150 1473
Sheet
482 47*
401 48
& Tube Goodrich (BF.) ***** 491 481 Chase National Bk. · 593′′ Goodrich $5 pl. B61" 861
National City Bank 581" Goodyear,
i ez div.
Call-Money
981 961
591* 561* .1% 1%
* Bid
VISIT BALI AND JAVA
Special Bound Trip Fares 1st Class Hong Kong
Batavia- H$275.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong-Ball-Java-Hong Kong
H$450;
THANSPORTATION ONLY
H$950.
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE & TOURS AXHORI
Hong Kong Mabila Hong Kong H$135,
NEXT SAILINGS—
TO BATAVIA' DIRECT 5.9. TJISARDEA 23rd Mar, 11 am
Tonder Queen's Fier 10.00 in. Tender J'ulko 'Pier 10,35 m
TO MANILA, MAKASSAR. BALI & SOERARAIA
S.S. TJINECARA' 30th Mar, 10 am.
Tender Queen's Fier 0,00a.m. Tender Police Pler .15 ...
TO AMOY & SHANGHAI m.s. "TJINECARA" 19th Mar.
at ni For further information apply:
Holland-China Trading Co..
Canton H. Nolasco da Silva, Esq., Macuo JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE
· York Building. ⠀
Tel. 23015.
PASSENGER & Freight service to AUSTRALIA
Sailing Saturday, 20th March at Midnight
for Saigon, Manila, Saudakan, Salamana, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne.
First Class Fare to Sydney:
Slagle £47.10.03/ Return: £76.-0-0
Passenger & Freight Agents
·GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 28031.
P., & O. Building.
Joint Passenger Agents-
Nippon Yusen Kalsha
King's Building.
S.S. "BENDORAN"
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH on or about the 9th April. *-
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill
of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
S.S. “BENGLOE"
Tel: 22533
5th April.
For Freight and Passage apply to :----
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building.
Agents:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
SPECIAL CHARTER
FLIGHTS IN INDIA
FREIGHT
TRANSPORT
Growing Use Of The Chesapeake Corpn. 85
Flying Routes
BY THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY
During a recent period of twelve months nearly 2,000,000 lb. of freight were carried in the air- liners of Imperial Airways.
cum. pl. Consolidated Edison 401 401 Consolidated Oil 171 171 Continental Oil Figures show that an ever-grow-
Corn. Products ing use of air dispatch is being
Curtiss Wright (C.) 72 made by the wireless industry.
Curtiss Wright "A" 221 Instead of needing to be packed Delaware & Hudson 223 specially to protect them from Del. Lackawanna & damage, as would be the case if Western ............. 130 they were consigned by surface Distillers Corpa Sea. transport; wireless valves travel STAMS
safely
by air in ordinary card-Douglas Aircraft -65+ board containers. In addition to
Du Pont
large consignments of valves be- Electric Boat
171 170
13
tween London and Parls, and other Elec. Bond & Share 234 cities on the Continent; dispatches. Elec. Bond & Share are now frequent from England to destinations along the Empire routes.
JAPAN AS CANDY EXPORTER
Record Amount Eaten Last Year
The "sweet tooth" of the inhabi- tants of British India, Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and the South Seas Islands has munched a record amount of Japanese- made candy last year,
Exports of candy, chocolate and other sweets to these countries were valued at Y.2,000,000 in 1935; Y.2,500,000 last year, and will reach Y4,000,000 this year,' they added,
Until 1933, Great Britain and the Netherlands maintained an unbroken monopoly in the region.
Their combined present exports, to the countries of &. Asia amount to y.10,000,000 annually.
FRENCH DEFENCE
LOAN
Firestone Tire & R 42
Flintkote
Den, Asphalt
Gen, Electric
53
Ger. Foods ............ 684 65 U.S. Steel Gen, Motora Gen. Rallway, Signal
Gold Dust
Philippines Gold Production
valued at $45,000,000 by 1945, ac- cording to Mr. J. H. Marmari, head of 27 Philippine mining
MODERN
LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE
MAERSK LINE
Fast regular FREIGHT and -PASSENGER SERVICE
Shanghai, and Japan
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA
If suffcient inducement offers also other ports of call.
MORE.
Arrivals from USA. 7
"M.V. “ ANNA' MAERSK”
28th Mar. M.V. "TASMANIA
Bailings to USA.
27th Mar 13th April
27th April
2nd April 22. M.Y. "GERTRUDE MAKROK”
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice) EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS.
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage plesso, xp
apply
Work At The Dum-Dum
Air-Station, Calcutta
Improvements are proceeding The chartering of special air-rapidly, according to the latest oraft for urgent fights is consider reports, at the Dum-Dum air-port,
Philippine gold production dur¡ Interest in the expanding mine, ably on the increase in India Calcutta. Already, in the provisioni Detalls have just reached London of new night-lighting equipment,
ing 1937 will exceed $25,000,000 | activities in the Philippines, Mr. of recent nights in India and ad- two flood-lights, a beacon light,
and reach an annual output Marsman asserted. He comment- ed on the favourable outlook for Jacent territories. Among these together with boundary and ob-
charome ore, predicting that cut- are a number of survey fights car-struction lights, have been install- ried out in India and Burma by ed; also an illuminated wind-
put would increase in view of the geologists. Among the medical speed indicator.
The whole of the French de-enterprises, who was attending general industrial activity in the
Canton, Shamsent,” B,C, The landing-fence loan, at present being raised, meeting of the American Institute alted States. Extensive explora uses of special-charter aircraft ground is being enlarged to give which will total approximately of Mining and Metallurgical Engi-tion for petroleum is being con- was the rushing of a supply of
a run of 1,000 yards. A special $5,000,000 francs, will be spent neers at Washington.
ducted in the Philippines at pre- oxygen from Calcutta for a planter runway, roughly 700 yards in
sent, Mr. Maraman reported, and who was lying critically in at length, has been put down for Edouard. Daladler, Minister
before next December, gald M. Mr. Marsman advocated a 20- the outlook was said to be 'en- point 600 miles away. Tourists use when the ground is soft owing War, broadcasting today.
of year to 25-year extension of tree couraging. and sightseers charter › speclai
trade relations between the United The previous estimate of gold planes to view the Himalayas from the air; while special charter flights are also made to carry out
to rains.
surveys prior to shooting expedi-day which would have occupied tions. In one air-taxi trip, recent three or four weeks by surface tra- ly, a journey was 'completed in a vel
Paris, March 14.
JEBSEN & 00.
Agents,
Hong Kong, Pedder Building.
Tel. 28363.
Tel. 10918.-
opening of the air-port as a part SINGAPORE'S NEW
of the Coronation celebrations. AIR-PORT 2:
What people In Singapore are looking forward to particularly is Keen publie interest is being a visit to the garden-care which has been, slashed because of delay taken in Singapore in the creation is to be provided on the spacious in deliveries of mining equipment of the city's new air-port. Every roof of the terminal buildings, and during the maritime strike, Mr. effort is now being made to have which will, it is anticipated soon Maraman said,
everything ready for the official become a popular rendezvous.
He said that 20 per cent. of the States and the Philippines in br-production to the Philippines for loan would be spent on air equip-der to enable the Philippifies to 1937, which was set at $30,000,000, ment, 28 per cent. for the Navy make adjustments to new condi and the remaining 46 per cent, on tions following independence. the land forces of the country. Great Britain, Japan and the Beuter
United States are showing active