20 Bail
So Utilition
1
40 Bonds
MARKET
STERLING
Adams ExprRAI Allis Chalmers
There were sellers at 1/2 29/32 | Amer, Can ............ April-December, buyers at 1/2 | Am. Car & Foundry 15/16 for any delivery. No busi- | Amer. Oyanazıld
were
'Amer. & For, Power 10 Amer. & For. $7 pt. 561 Amer. Locomotive ... 50%
Amer. Metals .......... 56 Amer. Radiator ...... Amer, Raillig Mill. Amer. Smelting .... 811 Amer. Steel F'dries. 59, Amer. Sugar
Amer. Tel & Tel... 169 Amer, Tobacco "B" 83 Amer, Waterworks ...
Anaconda Copper ... Atchison, T. & 8. Fe." 821 Atlantic. Redning
Atlas Corpn. ....... Auburn Motors ...... 31
28th April
M.V. "GERTRUDE MAERSK”
·M.V. "NORDHAVET"
Sallings to U.B.A... £7th April
REICHSMARK RATES
27th May
Paris
Amsterdam
Berlin, April 13. The Reichsmark "was quoted, without guarantee, at:-
New York
40.19 900,
73.38
$7 cum. pt.
102. Baltimore & Ohio... 381 Barnsdall Ou
32 Bendix Aviation ...... Bethlehem Etzel ..... 911 Boeing Airplane *** 381 Borden Co.
20 Briggs Mfacturing 464 Brooklyn-Manhattan
Priestin
Lloyd
NEXT BAILINGS
To Italy **Conte Rosso" 18th April To Shanghai
"Conte Biancamano" 8th May
SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS
Validity 100 days at greatly reduced cost allowing of 21 months stay in Europa. Special concessions to 1st and 2nd Clam travellars to London.
Farm to Venice, Trieste, denon and Return...£13%, £88, 250 Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates
TO BOMBAY
#
COLOMBO
SINGAPORE... SHANGHAI
£44
£25
221
$41
£22
£19
£18 $12
£13
£11
£ 6
BOUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced-Bates in connection with all the Trane Pacifo & Trans-Atlantic "Confer ence Lines
"ITALIA" LINE Agents for the sale of through and indepen- deat tickets to North, Central and South American ports via Italy. THROUGH..TICKETS TO LONDON-23 days-Special facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.
INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditiona
LLOYD TRIESTINO
Telephone 32099/3.
P.O. Box 143. Tal. Addr. "Lloydiano"
Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO. LTD., Shamson.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA 'BROS,
Hong Kong, April 14. Silver prices rose 1/16 yesterday for Ready, but the Forward rate was unchanged, the quotations be- ing 21 1/8 for both deliveries. Silver advlees reported India as having bought. Speculators sold. The market closed steady. After the official fixing there were small sellers, at the fixed rate. Ameri- can Silver was "quoted at 48 for Spot.
The London-New York crOSS- rate was quoted at 490.55. New York-London was quoted at 490.- 25/32.
"Steady.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Now York: April 14.
(Through Router's Service?
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Cross-rate Now York Cotton-July New York Rubber-July "Chicago Wheat -July
Chicago Corn Silver Official
July
Dow Jones Averages
SO Industrial
Stocks
ness was reported.
"V.8. DOLLARS Nothing doing. There small sellers at 30 1/3 April and 30 7/16 'May-September, buyers at 30 9/18 April-May and 30 1/2
MAERSK LINE June-September.
Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
via
Shanghai, and Japan
to
L
SHANGHAI DOLLARS. Business was reported at 102 5/18 for cash. There were sellers. at 102 1/4 buyers at 102 5/16" for cash.
SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 0/18. buyers at 1/2 19/32 for Spot. US Dollars, sellers at 29 3/4, buyers probably at 29 13/16
at 29 13/18, for cash,
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, for cash. Business was reported Baldwin Locomotive
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
It sufficient inducement offers also other ports of call.
Arrivals from U M.A.
1936
Last Today's High Low Close· Closs.
Change
.00 off
4.90-7/16 4.90-95/32 11/39 up 138113.80 1878 1360. 2368 2340 2345 9344
1342 1222 153 1137 119 117 190 118
65.06 17 31 59.33
48 46
April:13.
unchanged it of
unchanged
High Low April 11. High Low Closer Change 19330 85.61 179.74.169.43 180,59 182:10 236 up 60.77 60.88 €0.90 ..87 up 31.89 31.01 3149 / 31 op 100.86 .38 op 77.4744 oli
- 37.28 18.42 31.11 16801 84.86 100.47
41.98 77.91
Business Done:-1,530,000 shares,
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings
Presidens Liners' freemans sellings and ibdir uniqua, stopover privilegas allowe KAYET JARS Ezantly a you choose, And Dollar Bleship Llom sad Auberican Hit Like worldwide oflows and agents are malalained to bigve yan whore in schabwer plion yet Bannon to be. Make your next trip more su jogábla, traveling The Prapan'). Ziwa Way).
TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS ROUTE"
TO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Via Shanghai, Kobe and
Yokohama
Via Shanghal, Tobe, Yokohama. Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama Ganal and Havana. Fras. Coolidge Sam. Apr. 20th Pres. Jefferson M'night Apr. 23rd Pros. Taft Ram. Apr. 91st Pres. MaKinley M'night say th Pres. Hoover Noon May 1st Pres. Grant M'night May 21st Pres. Lincoln
9am. May 19th Pres, Jackson M'night June 4th Pres. Coolidge Noon June 3rd Ps. Jefferson M'aight June 18th Pres. Wilson Sam. Juge 16th Pres. McKinley M'night July 2nd
EUROPE, NEW YORK
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Snex Cam, Naples, Genon and Marieïlles.
MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT
SERVICE
- Next Sailings 、
8am. Apr. 161b Pres. Jefferson 8 pm. Apr. 17th 8 a.m. May 9th Pres. Poorer 9p.m Apr. 93rd 8 a.m. Apr. 25th Fros. Van Buron 8 am May 23rd | Pres. Fo'k Pror, Garfield 8. June 8th Pres. McKinley 6,50 p.m. May 1st.
8 A... June 20th Pris, Pierce 8am. May 9th
8 a.m. July 4th Pres. Lincoln, M'night May 11t
MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES *AMERICAN MAIL LINE*
•
PÄDDER BUILDING-HONG KONG.
·
...
CANTON AMAROK —31) FRANCH CONÇISITOR, SHAMERN,
19
11 Commodity Index 8244
Last Bale
Last Sple
7.
Apl. 12 13
Stock
Apl. 12" 13
18+
181
Great Northern Rly. 504
51
66
67
Great Westerii Sugar 351
36
105
106
Holly Bugar Corpn.
Humble O........... $21 321
301
301
Int. Nickel
65
651
101
Ent. Tel. Tel. ...... 12
58
Ink. Dept Stores ...
30
301
521
Kennecott Copper
714
72+
Pres. Polk
57
Lambert Carpa, ..........
14
13
Pres. Pierce
237
231
Loew's Inc.
801
811
38
381
Lorillard
23
231
Pres. Hayes
921
Mcintyrë Porcupine ·
Pres. Monroe
60
McKesson & Robbins · 46
$57*
481*
40
Monsanto Chemical 90
90
1682
Montgomery Ward sit
63
821
Murray Corp.
184
161
21
21
Nat Cash Register
27 ·
271
572
581
Nat Dairy Producta: 24
24
82+
Nat Distillers
331
331
**
33
33}
Nat Power & Light 11-
11
17.
17
New York Central ....
481
481
'311
Niagara Hudson P.
+
Corpn.
13+ 134
104
North American
201
27
361
Northern Pacine
$14 321
#321
Facific Gas & Mec. 311
324
Pacific Lighting
461
- 47
021
Packard Motori
107
104
40
Paramount
241 241
26
Pennsylvanis R.R *451
461
Trans
Brooklyn-Manhattan.
41
London
12.30
$6 cum, pf. n. 943* Case. JI.......... 150 ** Canadian Pacide 141 Celanese Corpn. of
America Cerro de Pasco ...... 741 CertainTeed P'ducta (17 Chesapeake
Corpa.' 831 Chesapeake & Ohio so Chrysler "Corpn. - 116 Columbla Gas & EL 149 Columbia 8% "A" pf. 94) Credit 581 Commercial Commercial Solvents 167 21 Commonwealth & 5. $8 Commonwealth
cum. pr. .... Consolidated Edison 39 Consolidated Ou
171 Continental qi ...... 451 44 Corn. Products....... Curtiss Wright (C) 61. Curtiss Wright "A" 191 Delaware & Hudson 194 Del. Lackawanna &
Western Distillers Corpn Bea-
grams Douglas Aircraft Du Pont
$5 pl... glee. Bond & Share
36 på.....
.....771 Bicc Power & Light 211 Elec Power & Light
Firestone Tire & R 37 Flatrate.
Gen, Asphalt ... 41 Gen. Cigar
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
Gen. Electric ..........
HAMBURG-AMERIKA
LINTE
Gen. Foods .........
||
Gen. Motors Gen. Railway Signal Gillette Safety Resor 251 Glidden Gold Dust Goodrich (BF) ...
99th April.. M.V. "PETER MAERSK "
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.) EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply -
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shamcon, B.C. Agents.
Tcl. 10918.
Hong Kong, Pedder Building.
Tel. 28363.
S.S. "BENGLOE"
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and LEITH on or about the 9th May.
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
"Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
́“BENRINNES” 20th April.
S.S.
i
Tel. 22633
For Freight and Passage apply to com
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.
York Building. Agente i THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.
THE 8.8. BEN VENUE,
VONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNELS
THE M.V
'RHEINLAND"
having arrived from 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 and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's gedowns at Kow loon, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the goods are linded.
landed at their ziak into. the hásardoni
Optional cargo will not be landed and/or extra hasardous Godowns of the here, unless notice has been given 48 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND hours prior 10 vessel's strival, but GODOWN COMPANY, LTD., whence and/or carried on from port to port to the final from the whares Delivery may be
port of call to which the option obtained.
extends, No Claims will be admitted after the No Claims will be admitted after
Paris sterling 109.85 to -109.95" Paris US. dollars 22.39 to 23.405 Prunaurean News ServicAT
SUGAR CONFERENCE
London, April 13.The bureau of the International Sugar Con- ference met this afternoon, and an official communique states it took note of the progress made in the work of the sub-committee entrusted with the negotiations with delegations for the purpose of Axing a basis of agreement. These negotiations will continue for several daya yet-
L
British Wireless, “
STEEL PRODUCTION
London, April 13-The produc tion of steel ingots and castinga in Great British in March amount- ed to 1,109,500 tons as compared with 995,900 tons the month be- fore, and 980,100 tons a year be- fore. The output of pig iron in March was 680,300 tons a com- pared with 603,700 tons the month before and 633,600 tons a year be- fore.- British Wirele
TREASURY. RETURNS
London, April 13. Exchequer returns for first ten days of new financial year show that the total ordinary revenue amounts to £21,070,823 as com- pared with 18,522,089 at the cor- The responding date last year, total ordinary expenditure is £32,- 530,347 as compared with £34- 992,014 at the corresponding date of 1936.-- British Wireless
Electric Boat ..... Elec. Bond & Share 20 Elec. Bond & Share
Goodrich $5 pf. Goodyear
Coallon petrol tax,
Production Of Oil From Coal
Decause of the prohibitive cost,
From
It is understood that because of high manufacturing costs in sus or plant, building costs, and the traila, in which the capital cost
the chance of the early establish Goods have left the Godowns, and all the Goods have left the Godowns, and the manufacture of petrol from ment in Australia of a plant for Goods remaining undelivered after the all Goods remaining undelivered after 20th April, 1987, will be subject to rent, the 17th Apr., 1907, will be subject to coal is remote,
cost of winning back coal are all All Olaims against the steamer must Rent
The Ministry reported to be important factors, a bounty of Bd. All broken, chated, and damaged Goods keenly disappointed with the re-
a gallon would probably be deces
be presented to the Undersigned on u
not be redogmasd
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
NÜNSIGNED8 per Co.'s Yeave).
"AJAX"
FROM UNITED KINGDON VIA SINGAPORE
dizcharged into
"HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINTE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.
THE
CAFE ST. GEORGE" having arrived, from Hamburg and Porte of call. Consignees of targo ste hereby notißed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf
Hell's Kowloon where delivery may
on
and the total are hereby notified that their Cargo and Godown Company's godowas at
will be added cost would, therefore, be ap-whart, Kowloon, where it will be obtained sa noon as the Goods are landed. proximately is. a gallon.
Therefore, it is understood, the Ministry has accepted the fact for the time being, the production of petrol from the coaineids, district
garded as impracticable. of New South Wales must be re- So far as the Newnes shale de posits are concerned, the output would be limited to a small part
WEIT Be
Apesdays and
at Consignees risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at 'bere, unless Notice has been given 45 Optional Cargo will not be handed Half's Wharf. The Cargo will be hours prior to sel's mirival, but carried
from Goda Delivery
on from port to port to the final port of ready
call to which the option extends, and the 1st April
Optional Cargo will not be landed No Claims will be admitted, after the here, unless lychee has been gives prior. Goods Lave left the Godowns, and all „to Vessel's Amysl, but samed on from Goods rensining undelivered alter the port to port to the final port of call 19th Apr., 1927, will subject ta
Rent. to which the option extende
All broken, chaled and damaged foods goods are to be left in the Godown
Real broken, chafed, and damaged In the Godoyus soye Vad where they will be examined on 17th
Where Fridays Berwarn the hours 10 comply with the General Bonded at 10 m., by our Surveyors Means. actor in the decision to undertake compete with petrol imported in- sent a useful reserve source of spend Noor within the Free Stonego pork they will be examined on 18th Apr. 1987, stated, have been an important from coal by. Hýdrogenation to Commonwealth; but would: repres -
moried Surveyors, Mesars, Goddard & Draglas Warehouse Hegulations consignees Goddard and Douglas,
Present plans, which involve a No Claims will be admitted filter Lo comply with the General Bonded must have a Revenue Officer in alten.
further negotiations for the deye der prevalling conditions.
Federal development loan of £500,- Goods have left the Fosse Godon Warehouse Regulations, consignees manak dance when damaged dutiable goods
lopment of the Newnes shale de-
Jou In Táx
000 as well as the remission of ex- and all Goods remaining, undelivered have a Bayenne Officer is attendance ard examined.
posita
The estimate, it is understood, is cise duty on fuel produced at New-after the 19th April, will be subject to white chamared dutiable gobde
Bant
examinédzerke t The Investigations by the Federal based on the sumption that nes are regarded as unduly costly
All Claims &galdit the Vessel must
mustAll claims must reach us before. Government into the establish- | Australian-produced petrol would by a majority of the Cabinet. It be Freeted to the Undersigned on or the 12 pr. 1987, or they will not. ment of a plant in Australia for be sold free of excise. Because it is likely however, that if in agree. before the and May or they drill and be recognised, the manufacture of liquid fuel would displace an amount of im- ment can be reached to reduce
No Insurmacell be affected. from coal by hydrogenation_reveal 'ported petrol - aquivalent to the substantially the amount of the
Bo Fire Insurance will be süscted.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIBE that the cost per gallon of the fuel output of an Australian factory, proposed Federal loan to the com- bland. produced would exceed three times the Commonwealth would lose, in pany, the Ministry will be disposed | 12th April, 1997. the present landed cost of petrol. addition, the equivalent of 7d, a to accept the pitu
before the 4th May, 1937, or they will ! are to be left in the Godowns, where suit of investigations, which, it is sary to enable petrol produced l'of the annual requirements of the are to ideained on aayo 2397:10 am by our
To comply with the Geporal, Banded Warehouse Regulations, consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attend. All broken, chafed and damaged Goodsance when damaged dutiable goods are
be left in the Godowns, where examined. to
All claims must reach us before the they will be examined on the 7th Apr 1997, at 9 in., by Mesara Carmiorael 10th May, 1987, or they will not be & Clark.
recognised.
No Fire Insuranos has been affected 'Bills of Lading will be ezzatezaigusð by W.R. LOXLEY & Co (CHINA)·LTD. Bong Bong, 14th April, 1857, 4 |
No Insuration will be affected.
· Bills of Lading will be countersigneð
SEESEN & db..
Agenta. Hong Kong, 11th April, 1987.
Bills of Lading will be counterwigheyd
Agenta, ($189 Borg Bong, 12th April, 1987.
15681
47
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Petroleum - 561
67
401
402
Public Service of NJ. 437
44
Pullman Inc................................
942*
Pure O...........
201
214
157
Radio Corpn. of Am. 107
102
141
Republic Steel .......... 421
421
Reynolds Tobat, "B" Soj
501
351
387
St. Joseph Lead Co.
Hong Kong
-
742
Schenley
47
473
18
Schenley 51% pf.
96 *
57
843
Sears Roebuck ...............
881
901
601
Shell Union Oil
301
32
1181
Socony-Vacuum · ........ 191
194
151
Southern Cal Edison 26+ Southern Pacific. 374 04
-264
39
001
Southern Rly 5% pf. 514,53+
17
Stand Brands '********
14+
14t
27
Stand Gas & Elec. 104
101
Stand Gas & Elec.
57+
57
ST pl...it
611
62
301
Standard Of of N.J.
701
703
174
65
65+
Sterling Products 661 601 Swift International 324 327. Technicolor ......... 201 201
JAVA
63
192
193
Texas Gulf Sulphur 407 Tidewater Assoc. Oll 191 Timken-Detroit Axle 24° Transamerica
401
101
24
171
161
124ł
128
20th Cent. Fox Films 38
39+
CHINA
20th Cent: Fox Films
VISIT BALI AND JAVA
Special Round Trip Fares 1st Class Hong Kong— Batavia — Hong Kong H$350.
Hong Kong-Bali-Java—Hong Kong H$450.
TRANSPORTATION ONLY
H$915
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE & TOURS ASHOKN
· Manil H$135.
NEXT SAILINGS“
TO BATAVIA DIRECT 5.6. "TJISALAK” 20th April, 11 am.
Tænder Quees'r Für 10,00 a.m. Troder l'olics Pier 10.13 1.3.
TO MANILA, CF BU, MAKASSAR. BALI & SOERABAIA
%
m.s. "TJISADANE' 27th Apr, 10 M
| Tender Queen's Pler 130's/m, Tender Pilze Pier 9.15 am. TO AMOY & SHANGHAI ̧m.s.' “'TJINEGARA” 28th Apr., dami „For further information apply:
Holland-China Trading Co.,
Canton H. Nolasco da Silva, Esq., Macao JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE York Building
Tel. 29018,
Hong Kong
கும்பள்
251 25
551 561
pi.
47%
481
Un. Carbide & Car-
155 1574
bon
99
1011..
22 221
Un. Pacifc
141
147
211
United Aircraft
281
281
Un. Airline Trams-
port
181
18
68
United Corpn.
ני
9
19
United Согра $3
237
cum pi.....
43
43+
Un. Gas, Iprovem't 14
14
78+
194
Un. Light & power
371
"A"
LIJN
MODERN
U.S. Industrial Alco-
71
71
EXPRESS SERVICE
411
394
391
451
47
US. Rubber
691
541
55
US. "Rubber $8 på. 101
1041
591
591
UR. Steel
1121
1131
491
50"
Vanadium
327.
33**
Warner Bros Pict: ...
153
161
28
WestinghousS
Esec. 134
1361
Youngstown
Sheet
43. 452 80 * 831
431
& Tube
881
881
THE M..
461
Chase National Hic 56 "National City Bank 50 *
51⚫
41 421
Call: Money
1%
1%
1 ex. div
• Bid