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LINE.
ath April via Swatow 96th April via Swatow 18th April
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Excellent passenger accommodation available,
-" For freight, passage rates and all other information-Apply to1—
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. Tai, 30237.
General Aponta.
Queen'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:-
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York Building. Agenta:
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WORLD SUGAR
CONFERENCE
Brussels, March 31.
M. Beaudin, head of the Belgian
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SPECULATION IN COTTON
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
SUCCESS OF THE FAIR
All Records Broken
MORE BUYERS FROM OVERSEAS
The
British Industries Fair, which closed recently, has beaten all records, and there is already every indication that next year the demand for stand space will he greater than ever, and that in- creased accommodation will be re- quired by exhibitors both in Lon- don and Birmingham..
Meanwhile, a great deal of new and increased business has reshi- ea from this year's. Fair, and, to quote the Federation of British Industries. "valuable new conrec- Kona have been established."
The wonderfully successful re- rd of the Fair was the subject the following statement by Cap- tain Euan Wallace. Minister for Overseas Trade:—no
EXPECTATIONS EXCEEDED "In aize." he said." "It was the largest which has yet been held; and as regards the quality and range of goods exhibited it may fairly be claimed that it was bet- ter than any of its predecessors. As the Duke of Kent said in hix speech at the Mansion House on the opening day, the finished pro- ducts displayed at the Fair have shown that British Industry is keeping pace. with the changing conditions of the modern world.
The num-
The increase in Overseas buy- ers-a record number visited Olympia and the White City-1s very encouraging at a time when an expansion in our exports is of such vital importance. ber of home buyers at Olympia and the White City was
also most satisfactory, and was higher than In 1936. In Birmingham, where only a general attendance figure is at present available the total of the visits paid by Overseas and home buyers and the general public was 8 per cent, in excess of last
year,
delegation to the World Sugar Rise Too Great Topation.
Conference, which will open
in
London on April 5, has already
** left here to confer, in advance, with the English delegates concerning the agenda.
After
Be Held?
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valurne of
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1937.
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QUOTATIONS
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20 Utilities
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129 170
1918 1218
11 Commodity Index 8244 41.88 82.44
Bendix Aviation ..... Bethlehem Steel
Borden Co. Boeing Airplane"
Briggs
Mfacturing 501 Brooklyn-Manhattan
Trans
Brooklyn-Manhattan
36 cum; pf.......... 941 93 * Case, J.I.
155" Canadian Pacific
158
Celanese Corpn. of
151
453
Stocks
Last Sale
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TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA
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CONSIGNER NOTICE.
" SONTAY " .5°20/37.
BRINGING CARGO FROM DUNKIRK via porte, etc.
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NOTICE TO CONSTANEES.
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ARRIVED HONG KONG 05 31ST MARCH, 1937.
Уком ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBRAL- TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
+ up unchanged
1936
High
Low Mar. 30. 195.59 88.81 188.77 65.08 27.31 62.30 37.79 18.42 32,00 106 01 84.66 109.18
Mar. 31, High Low Close Change 1870 185.77 180.41-
36 0 62.47 81,59 81.73 .37 off 32.43 31.88 32.08
.03 ap 102.13 .05. oft 81.78 .66 of Business Done: -1,660,000 shares.
Blocks Adams Expresa
211 211 Allis Chalmers ......
677 Amer. Can.......... 1084 Am. Cat & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid ·32) Amer. For, Power 101 Amer. & For, $7 pf. 551 Amer. Locomotive ... 53 Amer. Metals
Last Bale Mar. 30 31"
681 108)
Great Northern Rly. 52] 514 Great Western Sugat 36 Holly Sugar Corpn.
3't
Humble Of
82
321
Int. Nickel
704
10Z
553
531
631
631
Int. Tel. & Tel....... 127 121 Int. Dept Stores Keanecott Copper Lambert Corpn.......
65
637
141
141
Amer. Radiátor
254
25+
Loew's Inc.
792
Amer, Rolling Mil Amer. Smelting
411
41+
Lorillard
242
241
961
98
McIntyre Porcupine
Amer. Steel F'dries..... 83 Amer. Sugar
43 Amer. Tel. & Tel... 1701 Amer, Tobacco "B" "841 Amer. Waterworks .... 228 Anaconda Copper 651 Atchison, T. & S. Fe. 83j Atlantic Refining Atlas Corpn. ******* Auburn Motors...... 282 171
Baldwin Locomotive
83
McKesson & Robbins 47
461
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SERVICE Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal Naples, Genos and Marsellies.
Next Sailing Pres. Harrison 8am. Apr. 11th Pres. Jackson 6 p.m. Apr. 4th Pros. Polk 8am. Apr." sath Pres. Harrison 8am. Apr. 11th Pres. Pierce 8am. May 9th | Pres. Coolidge 9 p.m. Apr. 11th Pres. Van Buren 8am. May 23rd Pros, Taft A p.m. Apr. 14th Free. Garfield 8 mm. Jane 8th Pres. Jefferson 0 p.m. Apr. 17th
481 1714
844
22
Monsanto Chemical 894 Montgomery Ward. 621 Murray Corph. .............. Nat Cash Register ..
917
17"
68.
321
Nat Dairy Products 241 Nat Distillers
24
337 34
341
341
Nat Power & Light 11
111
17
New York Central 52
513
301
Niagara Hudson P.
Corpn.
$7 cum. pt."........ 112 Baltimore & Ohio... 39. Barnsdall Ol
110
North American
14
27
131
261
384
Northern Pactic..... 33
321
321
322
Pacific Gas & Elec. 31
317
Paclic Lighting
447
441
1012
99
411
414
261
264
491
Packard Motors ...... 11 Paramount
*་་་་་་་་* 1 251 Pennsylvania R.R. Phelps Dodge .........
101
Ad
471
471
Phillips Petroleum.
581
57
421
4211
Public Service of NJ.. 454 Pullman Inc.
451
Pure Oil.........
207
8.8
211
- 15#
Radio Corpn of Am. 11 Republic Steel Reynolds Tobac. "B" 524
111
462
451
52+
33€
812
181
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." 48%
421
98
81
Sears Roebuck
914-
91
50%
Shell Union Ol
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1241
Socony-Vacuum
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19
19
15
98
Southern Cal Edison 20 Bouthern Pacine.....
201
627
611
601
181
Southern Rly 5% pt. 55% Stand Brands
15
554
15
31
Stand Gas & Elec. 114 Stand Gas & ec.
111
562
587
$7 pt......
832 64
401
Standard Oll of NJ. 714
721
167
161
Sterling Products 68
672
441
Swift International 33-
334
67
671
Technicolor
211
22
7. 201
Texas Gulf Bulphur -44
425
Tidewater Assoc. 011 201
20
218
Timken-Detroit Axle 253
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Transamérica
16 151
123
1281
20th Cent. Fox Films 378
381
20th Cent. Fox Filma
267
27
pf.
461
474
61
62
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1594
1594
bon
1041 104 Hong Kong, 31st March, 1927, [6161
ist
122
128
Un. Pacine
1481
1451
219
United Aircraft
307
314
721*
72
Un. Airline Trans-
port
20 201
United Corpna......... 62
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$6 pt.
80
B2
United
Corpn.
*3
mec Power & Light 75
77
cum pl..
421
412
Un. Gas Pprovem't 144
$7 pt.
за
397
Un. Light & power
Life Association will shortly be
Firestone Tire & R 423 Rinkote
.42
"A"
paying a visit to the Colony after
U.S. Industrial Alco-
74
78
having visited the various branches
44
45
hol
41
401
of the Confederation Life Associa-
581
581
US. Rubber
717 714
42#.
421
U.S. Rubber $8 pf. 100
1077
634
621
U.S. Steel
1231
1211
534
534
Vanadium
36
36
25+
Warner Eros Fict 141 Westinghouse. Elec. 145
15
143+
Youngstown Sheet
44*
441*
& Tube
054
951
484
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Chase National Bk. 537*
591*
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MOVEMENTS
America བསམ་བ་་་་་་་ འཐ EXHIBITORS WELL SATISFIED Certo de Pasco ... 801 "The majority of exhibitors." Certain-Teed P'ducts 18+ Capt. Wallace went on to say Chesapeake Corpn. 801 "seem to have been wholly satis- Chesapeake & Oblo 60j fled with the results of their parti-Chrysler Corpn... 126. many trades the Columbia Gas & 151 business transacted, Columbia 6% “A” PL 38 both on home and Overseas 'ac- Commercial Credit 604 count, has exceeded
the most
Commercial Solvents (18) considerable activity sanguine expectations, and in the Commonwealth & 8.3 Although the proceedings of the throughout the day the markets Textiles Section comment has been Commonwealth conference are supposed to be of for Egyptian cotton futures at made on the increase in export in- a confidential nature, it is declared Liverpool closed with prices show-quiries as compared with
last in. well-informed circles that cer- ing "advances up to 71 points tain signs indicate that an agree-equivalent to nearly 3d. per pound ment will be arrived at whereby in the price of actual ectton-as production and consumption will compared with the previous day's be brought into accord with the closing rates, which, in their turn, stabilisation of prices.
had shown advances up to 50 From another. quarter it 18, how points as compared with the day
will before, states
"Manchester Guardian,"
THE
Paris, March 31.
One ar
the
year.
"Behind these successful eleven
cum. pr.
Consolidated Edison 397 Consolidated Oil Continental Ol..... 44 Corn. Products Curtiss Wright (C) 7 Curtiss Wright "A" 201 Delaware & Hudson 21f Dal; Lackawanna &
Western Distillers Corpn Bea.
grams Douglas Aircraft Du Pont Electric Boat ......... Elec. Bond & Share 213 Elec. Band & Share
$5 pt. Elec. Bond & Share
days' trading," he remarked, "Hes mass of detailed organising work which goes on ceaselessly through out the year, and on behalf of the Department of Overseas Trade, he thanked all those who helped to ever, feared that difficulties
organise the Fair, and particularly arise through the Japanese attitude
the Birmingham Chamber of Com- The activity as on other recent towards the Chinese market. This
merce. the
London Exhibitors' might in turn affect the position days, was largely speculative in Advisory Committee, the British taken up by Java and Cuba, with origin, and it appears that for the Textiles Exhibition Committee and out whose co-operation an inter-present
more groups of the Furniture Section Committee. national agreement will be impos- speculators are prepared to come
"The Fair," he added, "has again sible-
into the market as buyers when- been enormously helped by the Transocean News Service.
ever other groups sell to take pre-Interest and support of the Royal FRENCH DELEGATION
fits on their earlier purchases. In Family, whose members paid seven view of the meagre supplies of separate visits to it this year. Her
cotton, especially Sakel Majesty, Queen Mary, has now Elec Power & Light French delegation to the actual forthcoming World Bugar Con-laridis, which are available for visited the Fair thirty-four times ference will be headed by the consumption and for tendering in since its inception in 1915." Minister for Economics, M.
the futures markets, trade in-
BIRMINGHAM'S BEST! tèrests are unable spinasse, and will include one re-
entirely to
The Management Committee of Gen. Asphalt presentative from each of the ignore the market and its move the Fair
at Birmingham stated Gen. Cigar ... Ministries of Agriculture. Econo-ments, and some covering pur- that, by general consent, this year's Gen. Electric
chases by merchants and spinners display of hardware and engineer“ į mica Colonies and Trade.-
Gen. Foods are being made at the advancing ing has been the best ever held. Transocean News Service.
Gen. "MotorS prices, thus giving support to the Orders and inquiries, have never
Gen. Railway Signal manipulators.
before reached so high a level, and Gillette Safety Razor 251 aiready there is a bigger demand Glidden than in any previous year fo: Gold Dust exhibition sites, and in many cases
Goodrich (BF) larger sites, for the next Fair.
Gedrich $5, på. Manufacturers
who have
not, Goodyear exhibited before have been so ini- pressed by their visits this year that they have already applied for stand space in 1938.
EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN
14
or 2
The spot price of fully good fair Sakellaridis cotton at Liverpool was raised recently to 12.124., a London, Mar. 31.
record for the season so far, and The Ministry of Labour estimates representing an advance of 2d. per on March 15 the number of in pound,
per cent, since sured persons in employment in February 20.
In yarn and cloth Great Britain, exclusive of persons trade quarters the general feeling within the agricultural scheme, is that the present high level of was approximately 11,242,000. Thle prices cannot be maintained and was 55,000 more than the month that a sharp reaction will take before and 553,900 more than the place in the near future. In the year before.
circumstances dealings in yarns and cloths made from Egyptian cotton have been brought almost to a standstill.
Adverse weather conditions on the day affected the returns, es- pecially in Northern England and Scotland, but nevertheless employ- ment showed an improvement over the previous month in most of the principal Industries.
NEW SILK DUTY
ANOTHER BIG RISE IN TIN
SCHOOL OF
The
ACCOUNTANCY
Hong Kong Examination
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informed
ONSIGNEES are hereby informed CONSIGNED of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed & stored into the godowns of the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery
obtained immediately bo after landing.".
All Claims must be rent in to me an
or before the 10th April, 1937, or they will not be recognized:
Damaged Packages will be examined by the Company's Barveyora, Messrs. Goddard & Dongles in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 am. од Tuesday, the 8th April, 1987.
Consignees must have a Revenue O@cer in attendance when any dotiable goods are examined by the Company Surveyors,
No Fire Insurano will be effected by "us in any case whatever,
B. OAL, Agent:
Mr. Charles Strange MacDonald
the President of the Confederation
ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above-named Vessel are hereby in formed that their Goode are being landed and placed AT THE RISK in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon where each Consignment will be sorted out Mari by Mark and Delivery can be obtained na the Goods are landed.
Optional Goods will be landed here anlose instructions have been given to the contrary Six Hours before arrival of the steamer.
Goods not cleared within 8 days in- cluding data of arrival will be subject to
No Fire Insurance will be effected by ns in soy case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's surreyors, & DOUGLAS, at 10a.m. Megere. GODDARD ou Mondays and Thursdays, within the Froe Storage period.
be
Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for * Revenue Offer to present at the examination of damaged datiable car
All m80
sgainst the Stemmer must [be. presented the Undersigned on or bitors 1015 April, 1837, or they wl! not be recognised
No Claims will be admitted after the, Goods have left the Godown, MCKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co
Agents. Hong Kong, 31st March, 1937.
[6188
PRINCE LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,'
THE
Frox
tion in other parts of the world. NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES He was born in July 1873 and is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. K. MacDonald both of Toronto. He was educated at Dr. Tassie School. Jarvis Street Collegiate, Ridley College, and the University of Toronto. '(M.A., 1899)..
He started in the Actuarial De partiment of the Confederation Life Association oronto 1898, and in 1907 was Assistant Actuary. In 1914 he was made the Assistant Superintendent of, Agencies, be was made President. In 1919, and then General Manager In 1920,
Motor Vessel
CINGALESE PRINCE
on 30th Mar., Consignees of Cargo are having arrived from the above Porte hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their riak into the. Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon What and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Consiguses risk. and expense.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on Monday, 5th April, 1987, at 10 AM.
All Claims must be presented within The R.M.B. Empress of Britain later he was made Vice-President Her Which date they cannot be re- i Days, of the Vessel's arrival here,
Supervisor has been notified by (RAW Cruise) arrived at Chin- and in 1930 he was made President.puguis will be witted after the
the Institute of Book-keepers, wangtao on March 31 (WednesHe was the past President of the Ltd, London, that the following day) at 4 a.m., leaves Chinwang Following Chhadlar Exte In- Goods have left the downs, and all Tin had another spectacular rise students were successful in the tao on April 4 (Sunday) at 8 pm. surance Officers Association. Goods remaining undelivered after the yesterday to £311 5s. for cash and December Examination:—
is due at Beppu on April 7 Dominion Mortgage and Invest8th April, 1937, will be subject to Bento £303 158. three months a rise of School of
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Accountancy and (Wednesday) at 6 am. and leaves ment. Association. He is mem- 18 55. compared with Friday's Commerce
Bill of Lading will be intersigned Students: Asoclaten, Beppu for Kobe bá April 8 (Thurs-ber of Toronto Board of Trade, by closing price, part of the move- A M. Braga, J. V. Braga, H. M❘ day) at 2 am.
Chairman of the Banting Re- FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD. At the same date the number of ---New Delhi, Mar. 31-The Impartment was anticipated in the un- Britto, W. J. Brown. F. A. GNI,
search Foundation, President of
2nd Floor, Hongkong & registered unemployed totalled 1-duty on artificial silk fabrics and official dealings on Saturday, when Lau Mung-lo. Elementary, A. EL.School of Accountancy and Com-
the Children's Ald Society of
Shanghai Bank Building 601,201, comprising 1,359,656 wholly art ailk mixture fabrics has been business was done up to £303 108. Bakar, K. K. Bau, D. V. Hy. K. 8.merce:
Toronto, and. Honorary Treasurer
Dinis 28165 & 28189. unemployed,.. 167,677 temporarily increased by approximately one the ton, states the "Manchester, Parmar, A. R. Razack, The Kok
Associates Examination:- Aciety,
of the Canadian Red Cross So- Hong Kong, 30th March, 1987. on, and 73,988 normally in casual apna a square yard from to-mer- Guardian" of March 16.
Po Tau! Tak-hol, Vuong-Bang. Gill, 1st place with distinction.
(Ontario Division). He enrployment and including, about row,
The forward price is 28 108. per Wong Bhul-hal Preparatory. E.
married Miss (the Institute's
Ethel Margaret Prize); Lau 20,000 previous unemployed but re- Goods of British manufacture inton higher at £303 10s. American K. Abbas. A. Abdullah, Carciano Mung-lot, 10th Place with distinc- Justice Magee, of Toronto in May Magee, daughter of Hon. Mr. gistered in March for the first time all cases are excluded from the prices for the metal rose sharply Rozario, E. J. Heidler, Miss J, Lee, tion.. I as a result of the arrangements increased duties.-
at the week-end.
1903 and has one sori. E M. Marques, Mohinder Singh, Preparatory Examination:-E. M. member of all the prominent clubs He is a for second appointed day under Reuter
Current prices are the highest P. Nguyen Trung Canh, H da Marques, 2nd place; E J. Heidler, in Canada and England. the Last Unemployment Assistance
since 1927, and the rise srce Feb- Elva, R. Souza.
8th place. Act. A further increase in regis-
favourite porta are golfing, |ruary 10, the day before the Gov- H.K. Commercial Institute The examinations are. held in motoring, and hshing. He is a tration from the same cause may gistration, was 26,644 less than ernment's armament plans were Students: Elementary. Usuf Is 300 centres throught, the world, member of the United Church of occur in April.
February 22 and 280,330 less than announced, has been £85 per ton. mail and Wong Po-on: The total of unemployed
and these successes should be Canada, and is residing at 453 unemployed on on March 23, 1936-
while the gain on the past week! The following distinctions were very encouraging to Hong Kong Russell Hill Road, Toronto, On- March 15, despite additional re- | British Wirelñas.
has been £42 per tón.
by students of the students.
tario, Canadi: “
obtained
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