HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger & Freight Service
Through henkings to America via Furope and Europe via America. Bookings around the world. — Through bookings in London. ...
OUTWARD SAILINGS
8.A.
"PREUSSEN"
V." HAVELLAND... for 8'hai.. Dairen, Taku, Tsingtao,
Yokohama, Kobs.
....... 9th May. "ITAURI"..................for Shai, Daires, Kobe, Osaka,
Thama Moji..
17th May, .......for.. S'hai., Dairen, Tak, Kobe,
Osaka, Yhama, Mojí HOMEWARD SAILINGS · "RHEINLAND" for Mos., Antwerp, R'dam, F'burg 12th May.
28th May,
+ my. LEVERKUSEN"...for Genou, I'dam., Hamburg. 9rd May. 8.8. "OLIVA "... for Mes., Antwerp, R'dam., H'borg. .... 5th June
+ Passenger Vessel. Limited Passenger Accommodation.
For farther particulars and passaga faron, etc: apply to:--
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & 00... AGENTE.
13. Pedder Street, Tel. 28363.
CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road
THAE
BURNS
PHILP LINE
M.V. "NEPTUNA"
Due 26th May.
LINE
Return: £76,»0«{)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong, May 7. Silver prices were unchanged yesterday, the quotations remain- ing at 20 7/16 for Ready and 20 1/2 for Forward. Bliver advices reported the market as being fea- tureless. American Silver quoted at 43 1/8 for Spot.
Was
Cross-
The London-New York rate was quoted at 499.80. New York-London was quoted at 493.- 11/16.
Dull.
MARKET
STERLING
There were sellers at 1/2 29/32 May-December, buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery. No busi- ness was reported.
U.S. DOLLARS
A amall business was done at 30 5/8 September and 30 6/8 July. The market clased at 1 p.m. with sellers at 30 5/8 May-July and 30 9/16 August-September, buyers at 1/16 higher respectively.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers at 102 1/2. buyers at. 102 5/8 for cash,
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
New York: May 7
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QUOTATIONS
New York/London Crows rate New York Cotton-July Dec. New York Rubber-July Chicago Whoat July -July Chicago Corn Silver Official
Low Dow Jones Averages
271
Int. Dept Stores Kennecott Copper 661
5 B
351*
* 771
«McKesson & Robbins 443* 45
Monsanto Chemical 884 Montgoniery, Ward 521 Murray Corpn......... 147 Nat Cash Registor 272*
A
Paramount
Pennsylvania RR.
Phillips Petroleum
Public Service of N.J. 421
Pullman Inc.
Pure O***
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings
President Idnære",frequent sailings and their unique stoperet privileges allow you to travel just exotly me you choose. And Dollar Steamship Lines and American Wall Line worldwide offices and agents are maintained to serve yout ashore in whatever place you chance to be. Make your next trip more enjoyable, travelling “The President Line way.'
TO SAN FRANCISCO „NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Vin Shanghai, Kobe, Tekobama, Honolulu. San Francisco, Panama Canal and HavSES. Pros. Lincoln
Pres. Hoover
༣
TO SKATTEK, VICTORIA
“THE EXPERSS ROUTE”
Via Shanghal, Kobe and
Yokohama
8am. May 19th Pres. McKinley 0 am. May 9th Noon June 3rd Pros Grant "M'night May glot 8 am, June 18th | Pres, Jackson M'night June 4th Noon June 28th | Pres Jefferson M'night June 18th Pres. Cleveland M'aight July 13th | Pren. MeKinley M'night July and M'night Joly 18th Pres Coolidge Noon July 24th Pres. Grant
MANILA EUROPE, NEW YORK
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suar Cana Naples, Gance and Marseilles. Pres. Pierce Aa.m. May 9th Pres. Pierce Pres: Van Buren 8am. May 23rd Pres. Lincoln Pros, Garfield 8 a.m. Jan 6th Pres. Grant Pres. Hayos .Pres. Monroe Pres. Adams
THE MOST FREQUENT' SERVICE
Next Sailinge**
9am. May 9th M'night May 11th
8 p.m. May 17th
8am. June 20th Pros. Van Buren 8 a.m. May 23rd 8am. July 4th Pres. Coolidge
9 p.m. May 17th
8am. July 18th Pren. Jackson 6 p.m. May 29th
MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON TER PACIFIC
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DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES * AMERICAN • MAIL • LINE *
FEDUAR BUILDING- HONG KONG.
CANTON BRINCA 1, TRING CONCESSION, SHAMEEN.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE,
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THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
FROM LEITH, MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS,
Last Today'a High Low Close Close Change
4.03-7" 4.03-11/16 1/10 # 13.19 13.03 1315 13.12 .03 of 1%83 19.70 12.50 12.86 .05 off 2185 21.73 91.48 21.01
119 118) 120 110
118 1181 119 1201
45)
33 up
of
ti up unobanged
1936/7
May 6.
High
194,40 113.11 $0 Industrials
May 5. 174.87
64.46 4060 20 Rails
69.03
High Low Close Change 170.05 17400 175.81 1.14 up
80.42 53.80 60.32
1.29 up
27.54 28.3 20 Utilition
29.87
108.01 98.92 40 Bonds
82.44 65,58 11 Commodity Index
101.80 74.94 Business Dona:-760,000 shares,
19,63 99.10 29.00 101.60
07 OU -unch
78.00
.18 up
Pres. Coolidgo
Pres. Wilson
Stocks Adams Express
HUMILI 173 Allis Chalmers ......
62 Amer. Can.
Last Sale May 5 "6
Stocks
Last Bula May
174
62%
09
101
Great Northern Rly. 524 54$ Great Western Sugar 38 Holly Sugar Corpn.
Am. Car & Foundry
Humble On ...
Amer. Cyanamid ..... 201 Amer. & For. Power Amer. & For. $7 pt. 534 Amer. Locomotive ... 48 Amer. Metals .........
301"
Int. Nickel ..........
79 77 601 811
81
82
Int. Tel. & Tel.......
J11 11
53
273
471*
601
50
52
Lambert Corpn.
121
124
Amer, Radiator
214
22
Loew's Inc.
BU
Amer, Rolling Mill Amer. Smelting
35%
38
Lorillard
21. 217
86
8611
McIntyre Porcupine
SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 17/32. buyers at 1/2 9/16 for Spot. US Dollars, sellers at 29 7/8, buyers at 29 15/18 for Spot Atchison, T. & 8. Fe. 89) Steady but quiet.
Amer. Steel F'dries. 541 Amer. Sugar ........... "453" Amer. Tel. & Tel.... 169 Amer, Tobacco "B" 815 Amer. Waterworks 201 Anaconda Copper...
541
451
1681
531
821
141
201
281
524
541
932
Nat Dairy Products 227 Nat Distillers
221
30% 311
"
Atlantic Refining
301
30%
IN THE AFTERNOON
Atlas Corpo. ....................... 161 Auburn Motors..... 201 Baldwin Locomotive
101
29 *
#7 cum.“pf, Baltimore' & Onlo... 331 Barnsdali Oli│..... 28 Bendix Aviation .... Bethlehem Steel .... 85 Boeing Airplane..... 377 377
254 Borden Co... Briggs M'facturing 451 Brooklyn-Marhattan
100
96. 347
Nat Power & Light 10+ 10% New York Central ... 461 Niagara Hudson P.
Corpn. North American ...... 254 Northern Pacific... 331
48
121
13
251
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
351
274
Pacific Gas & Elec. 304
301
Pacific Lighting
46
452
861
Packard Motors
10
211
211
254 "452
431
Phelps Dodge
}}
561
Trans
34 337
411
Brooklyn-Manhattan
82 * 166 167
191
192
Radio Corpn of Am. 94
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Canadian Pacific Celanese Corpn. of
America
131 137
Republic Steel
384
391
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 501
501
38+
Cerro de Paaco...... 881 Certain-Teed P'ducts 17 Chesapeake Corpn. 84 Chesapeake & Ohio 581 Chrysler Corpn...... 1143 Columbia Gas & El. 137 Columbia 6% "A" pf.“.944 Commercial Commercial Solvents 15" Commonwealth. & S.
394 66 IT*
85
581
116
14
Et Joseph Lead Co. Schenley Schenley 5% pl.... Sears Roebuck Shell Union Oil...... Soceny-Vacuum
431
441
941*
94.
867 87
301 31
191
191
Southern Cal Edison 25
25
95"
Southern Pacinc
38
391
Credit 621
83
Southern Rly $% pf. 494
51
18
24
.:24
4
Commonwealth
$6
cum, pl.
55
54
Stand Brands Stand Gas & Elec. ફ Stand Gas & Elec..
$7 pL....
131
13:
81
512
511
Consolidated Edison 391
.3911
Consolidated Oll
157
157
Continental On
441
431
Corn. Products
602
66
Technicolor
Standard Oll of N.J. 672 Sterling Products 64 Brift International 32
227
871
64
314
231
Curtiss Wright (C)
6
61
Texas Gulf Sulphur 371
371
Curtiss Wright "A" Delaware & Hudson Del Lackawanna &
181
19
182
20+
Tidewater ARSOC: 011 178 Timken-Detroit Axle 23 Transamerica
237
144
141
Western
130
133
Distillers Corpn Sea-
"Brands
Douglas Aircraft
221/ 221 531 537
20th Cent. Fox Films 384 20th Cent. Fox Filma
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38
47
46*
Du Pont
1554 156
Un. Carbide & Car-
bon
99
001
Electric Boat
101
194*
Un. Pacifc
140 * 1441
Bong Kong, 7th May, 1837
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Elec. Bond & Share 19
19+
United Aircraft
251
201
Elec. Bond & Share
Un. Airline
67
67
162
17
port
5+ 51
United Corpn.
781
781
United Corpn. $3
20
||
204
cum pf.
41*
401
Un
76
75
Gas Iprovem't 134
137
351
Un. Light & power
"A"
61
61
|
D.B. Industrial Alco-
347}
34 *
bol
38
351
41.
421
US. Rubber
59+
54 451
A. Rubber $8 pr. 89
87
590
US. Steel
1024 105
of the year at Y3.40 per 10 Kwan Gen. Motors
454
43:
Vanadium
284
30
as suggested by the Government Gen. Railway Signa! authorities. Its orginal intention Gillette Bafety Razor 241 was to fix the maximum price at Gildden Y3.75.
Warner Bros Pict,
127
131
235
Westinghouse
Elec, 138+
1388
Youngstown
Sheet
42 *
44
& Tube
82
414
44 442
82
41
BA Chase National BK - 531*
90
531.
National City - Bank 473" Call Money man, 1%/
471*
1%
1 x div.
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THE S.S. "BENARTY." "
ONBIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kewicon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 14th May, 1837, will be subject to Bent. All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on az hefore the 28th May, 1837, or they will not be recognized.
To comply with the Glaneral Bonded Warehouse Regulations, consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged datable goods are examined
A.2.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINTE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE
THE M.S.
"LEVERKUSEN " 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 inte the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon, where delivery may be obtained as poosi as the Goods are landed.
Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice has been given 48 hours prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port - of call to which the option extends.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowas, and a Goods remaining undelivered after the 10th May. 1937, will be subject to Bent.
All broken, chafod and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined 1937, at 10 am, by our Surveyors, an 8th May, Mesars. Goddard & Douglas,
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations en signees must have a Revenue Officer is attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined.
All Claims must reach us before the All broken, chafed and damaged Goods 2nd June, 1987, or they will not are to be left in the Godowns, where be recognized, 18 they will be examined on the 11th
No Insurance will be effected. May, 1937, at 0 by Messrs.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by Carmichael & Clark.
JEBSEN & CO., No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1937. hy W. H. LOXLEY & CO: (ÖHINA) LTD.'
Agenta.
Agents.
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PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIATM
Sailing Monday, 31st May
for Saigon, Manila, Sandakan, Salamaua, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne.
First Class Fare to Sydney:
Single: 47.10.0d.
Passenger & Freight Agents:-
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD,
Telephone No. 28031.'
Joint Passenger Agents:-
P. & O. Building.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
King's Building.
MAERSK LINE
Vast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
via
Shanghai, and Japan
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
If sufficient inducement offers also other ports of call,
Arrivals from US.A.
M.V. PETER MAERSK '
Sailings to US.A..
27th May
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.) EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS.
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply :-
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shimeon, B.C. Agents. Hong Kong, Pedder Building."
Tel 10916,
Tel. 28363.
S.S. "BENGLOE
15
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and LEITH on about the 9th May."
or
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports."
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
S.S.
Tel. 22533
· BEŃMACDHUI” ·
For Freight and Passage apply to :—
25th May.
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.
York Building.
Agents
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
The market was quiet in the afternoon. and no business was re- ported, finishing with sellers of sterling at 1/2 29/32 May-Decem- | ber, buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery.
.U.S. DOLLARS Sellers at 30 5/8 May-July, and 30 9/16 August-September, buyers at 1/16 higher respectively.
H. K. SHAREBROKERS'
ASSOCIATION
BUYERS
Banks, $1855. Underwriters, $1.50. Providents (Old), $2.15. H.K. Docks, $30.
Hotels, $7.10.
Lands, $35.35.
China Lights (Old), $14.30. Electrica, 801.
Star Ferries, 843.
Banks, $1865.
SELLERS
Underwriters, $1.60.
Providents (Old). $2.25, Realties, $5.90.
Cements, $151. Dairy Farms, $26. Watson, $5.
SALES Cements, $15.
PRICE OF SULPHATE
OF AMMONIA -
Farmers Still Dissatisfied
Alarmed over the report that the Government has decided to call a meeting of the Fertilizer Control Committee in order to discuss the invocation of Article 11 of the Principal Fertilizer Indus- tries Law, the Sulphate, of Am- monia Manufacturers' Association has agreed to fix its new official quotation for the second quarter
48 cum, pl.......... 25 * Case, J.L.
$5 pf. Flez, Bond & Share
$6 pi. Elec Power & Light Elec Power & Light
$7 pt. Firestorie Tire & R 35 Phntkote ... Den, Asphalt
Gen. Cigar... Gen. Electric Gen. Foods
SERVICES CONTRACTUKLS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
8.S. PORTHOS "
12 A/87. BRINGING CARGO FROM MARSEILLES, via Saigon, etc., ARRIVED HONG KONG on MON- DAY, THE BED WAY, 1837.
MÄERSE-LINE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
TIDE 18.
THE
"PETER MAERSK " having arrived, from New York and Ports 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 and Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon,
where delivery may be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed. Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.
CONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are
No Claims will be admitted after the being landed and stored, into the Go Goods hays left the Godowns, and all downs of Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf Cloods remaining undelivered after the & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowlcen, whence 7th May; 1937, will be subject to delivery may be obtained immediately Bent: after landing.
All broken, chafed, and damaged All claims must be sent in to me on Goods are to be left in the Godowns, before the 19th May, 1937, or they where they will be examined on 6th will not be recognized.
May, 1987, at 10 am, by our Damaged
Fackage will be ozamined Burveyer, Capt. Walter O. Weston. by the Company's Burveyor, Messrs. To Goddard & Douglas in the presence of Warehouse Begulations, consignees must comply with the General Bonded the Consignees &t 10.00 am, on Saturbate a Revenue Officer in attendance day, the 8th May, 1837...
when damaged dutiable gooda, are
COM Dust ... The above decision was reached | Goodrich (B.F.) by the Board after a heated de Goodrich $5 pt. bate on Aprli 6th. Many directors Goodyear bitterly criticized the attitude of the Government in not giving any technical reason as to why the price should be fixed at Y3.40.
operative societies, is dissatisfied They complained that the price with the above price, holding that
CANADA CLAIMS suggested was "impossible. Other
the most reasonable price is Y3.
AIR RECORD directors, however, signified "their
The Federation also demanda a readiness to accept the price, say-
rebate on the purchases to be
Ottawa,
Canada-Canadá has ing that they could do nothing made by it as in the past. The
established a record in the amount against the Government which Manufacturers Association, how-of freight and express carried by hus full authority to control prices.
ever, has no intention of allowing air which it would be dificult for The upshot of the discussion' was
the rebate, In view of the fact that any other nation to surpass. In the decision that the Association
it has had to fix the official quota-1930 this totalled 1,759,250 pounds should accept the price nominated
tion at such a low level..
and by last year it had grown to Hong Kong, 3rd May, 1917, [241 Hong Kong, let May, 1987. by the Government on the express understanding that they be allowed to adjust the official quotation property after 'August..
Consignees must have a Revenue examined, Officer in attendance when say dutiable goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.
No Fire insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
B. OBL - Agent.
GAS MASKS FOR SCOTLAND.
All claims must reach before the 30th May, 1937, or they will not be recognized.
No insurance will be affected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
JEBBEN & CO.,
Agenta.
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The Japanese preas saya that 27,000,000 pounds which was also although the official quotation has an increase of 50 per cent over, been fixed at Y3.40, farmers will the preylous year, have to pay higher prices, inas- This tremendous gain in carriage
has been selected as the main cen- Towards evening Mr. Mori, the much as speculative purchases are of goods by ale may be attributed
tre for storing respirators in Beot- president, visited the Department being made by dealers, especially to some extent to the enormous
Ind. An official said there is. of Commerce and Industry, and in view of the dificulty of making increased in activity in Canada's
no strategical signincance in the interviewing Mr. Kojima, Director imports. Some time ago the Demining, deida. Many of the most
Though the financing of air raid choice of the Scottish Capital, and of the Industrial Affairs Bureau,, partment of Agriculture made an productive Ands are located far precaution schemes throughout the that negotiations are in progress reported the above decision. Ac-arrangement with the Mitsui Arm from other means of communica country has not yet been finally for the establishment of sub- cordingly Mr. Kojima cancelled the for imports, amounting to 100,000 tion and the aeroplane has been adjusted, arrangements are being depota in Glasgow, Dundee, Aber- Fertilizer Control Committee meet tons, but it is now reported that the connecting link to some of pushed forward to ensure that deen, and other large centres of ing.
considerable difficulty is being ex- these rich, districts which other protective equipment will be with population. The Edinburgh build- pertenced in these imports due to wise would have been locked up in the easy reach of civilians in the ing in view will hold some 3,000,000 the shortage of, shipping space. for years, by their inaccessibility, event of an emergency. Edinburgh gas masks.
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It is reported that the Zen-Ko- Ren, a federation of farmers' co-