HAMBURG-AMERIKATM LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger & Freight Servios
Through bookings to America via Europe and Buropę via America. Booking around the world."— Through bookings" to London.
OUTWARD SAILINGS .8.4 " PREUSSEN .........for S'hai., Dairen, Tako, Kobe,
Oska, Y-hama, Moji
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong. May 24. Silver, prices were unchanged over the week-end the "quotations. remaining at 20 3/3 for Ready and 20 7/18 for Forward. Silver advi- cas reported a small business as done. The market
31st May. + m.v. "BURGENLAND ”.....for Shanghai, Dairen, Taicu, Kobe,
Omka, Yokohama, Nagoya...... 6th June .v. "MUENSTERLAND"...for Shanghai, Daireo, Taku,
having been Tsingtao, Hankow.....8th June
was quiet.
HOMEWARD SAILINGS
+ m.y. "LEVERKUSEN”.....for Genoa, R'dam., Hamborg..... 23rd May, + mv. “BURGENLAND “........for Genoa, Rotterdam, Hʼburg.....5th July +-m.v. "KULMERLAND ".....for Genos, R'dam,, H'burg..............10th Aug,
}
+ Passenger Vossel. Limited Passengst Accommodation.
For further particulars and passage fares, etc. apply tor--
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & 00, AGENTO.
12, Pedder Street, Tel. 23363.
CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Sbakee Rond
CHINA
JAPA
VISIT BALI AND JAVA
Special Round Trip Fares 1st Class Hong Kong Batavia- Hong. Hong H$350.
Hong Kong-Bali-Java-Hong Kong H$450.
TRANSPORTATION ONLY
H3915.
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE & TOURS ABRORI
Hong Kong
Manila Hong Kong H$135.
NEXT SAILINGS---
TO BATAVIA DIRECT
.s.s. "TJISONDARI" 1st June, 11 am.
Tender Queen's Par 10.00 am. Tander Police Pier 10,15 km. TO MANILA, CEBU, MAKASSAR. BALI & SOERABAIA
› 5.5. “ TJIBADAK ̈ 26th May, 10 LE.-
Tender Queen's Pier 9,00 m, Tender Police Pier 9,35 am, TO AMOY & SHANGHAI
S.S. "TJISADANE" 26th May 10 A. For further information apply? 1 Holland-China Trading Co.
Canton H. Nolasco da Silva, Esq., Macao“ JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE York Building.
Tel. 28016.
The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 494.12. New York-London was quoted at 494, 3/16.
Quiet.
MARKET
STERLING
Some business was done short- ly after the opening at 1/2 27/32 for near delivery. The market closed at I p.m. with sellers at 1/2 27/32 for forward and probably for May delivery, buyers at 1/2 7/8 for any delivery.
U.S. DOLLARS
Business was done at 38 1/2 for 1st half of July. The market clos- ed at 1 p.m. with sellers at 30 1/2 May-June and 30 7/16 July-Sep- tember, buyers at 30 9/16 Cash- June and 30 1/2 July-September.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
A fair amount of business was done at 102 1/4 for cash. There were small sellers at 102-1/4, buy- ers at 102 5/16 for cash.
SHANGHAI MARKET
There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 1/2 buyers at 1/2 33/64 for cash. US Dollars, sellers at 29 7/8, buyers at 29 29/32 for cash.
IN THE AFTERNOON The market appeared easter it the afternoon.
IN STERLING
Same business was done at 1/2 27/32 for May, June and July
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
New York: May 23:
(Through Router's Service)
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Crow-rate New York Cotton-July Dec. Now York Rubber-July Chicago Whoat -July Chicago Corn July Silver Official
1936/7
*
Last Today's High Low Close Close
Change
491 496-3/18 1/16 up 13.89 13.79. 12.75. 12,86
.09 up 1279 12.09
12.03 19.75
21.18 81.12b 05 o'
190 191
up
13 119 1199 1973 up
44% unquoted
High Low Dow Jones Averages, May 21. Bigh Low Close Change 184.40 143.31 50 Industriala.
מם 43.
May 21 22
Great Northern Rly. 561 Great Western Sugar 354 · 354 Holly Sugar Corpn.
+
McKesson & Robbläs– 447
Monsanto Chemical -__91}___^.914 Montgomery Ward
16 51
Murray Corpn. ....... 124
Nat Cash Registor 34
..... 121
North American... 25- Northern Paclic..... 341
Phillips Petroleum
W
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13
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TO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, "San Francisco, Panama
Canal and Hava:1. Pros. Coolidge Noon June 3rd Pros, Wilson Bam. Juse 18th Pres. Hoover
Noon June 16th Pres. Cleveland M'night July 13th Pres. Coolidge Noon July 24th Fras, Taft M'aight Aug. 10th
EUROPE, NEW YORK
Via Manila, Singapore, Fenang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Naples, Omen and Marsellion. Frer. Garfield Pros. Hayes Pros. Monroe
Pres. Adama Pres. Harrison Pres. Polk
<J
TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS KOUTE”
Vla Shanghai, Kobe and
"Yokohama.
Pros, Jackson M'night June 4th Prea Jefferson M'night June 18th Pres. McKinley M'night July 2nd Pres. Grant M'night July 16th Pres. Jackson M'aight July 30th Pros. Jefferson M'aight Aug 13th MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE
9 p.m. May 29th 6 p.m. May 29th 8 a.. June 8th
Next Sailing" 8am. June 6th Pres. Coolidge 8 a.m. June 20th Pro Jackson 8.m: July 4th Pres. Garfield 8am. July 18th. Pros, Wilson 8am. Aug. 1st Pres. Jefferson 8am. Aug. 18th Pres. Hoover
M'night Juno 8th
6 p.m. June 19th 9 p. June 18th
KOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES *AMERICAN • MAIL • LINE *
PADDER BUILDING— BOED KOKO.
CANTON BRANCH —}], FRINCE CONCESSIÓN, SĦAMEZN.
BURNS PHILP LINË M.V. "NEPTUNA"
Due 27th May.
May 29,
173.83
44.48 40.60 20 Rai
58.00.
37.84 27.03 20 Utilities
27.91
106.01 98.92 40 Bonds
101.04
82.44 55.68
11 Commodity Inder 71.14
175.37 173.98 175.40 1.17 ap 59.07 58.88 56.98 36 up 28.38 28.00 98.34
101.02 .09" off 71.98. 89 up Business Dono:-750,000 shares.
Stocki
Last Bale May 21 22 Adams Express ...... 17) 17 Allis Chalmers Amer. Can
Last Sule
Stocka
43 981
83
99
Am. Car & Foundry
Humble Ou
Amer. Cyanamid ....
317
317
Int. Nickel
rat. 77
611
Amer. & Fot. Power
77
Sk
Amer. & For. $7 pf. Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals ......... Amer. Eadiator
454
481*
48
48°
60
60%
217
221
Int. Tel. & Tel...... 101 Int. Dept Stores 20 Kennecott Copper B81 Lambert Corpn. ...... 12 Loew's Inc.
792 791
Amer, Rolling Mill.. Amer. Smelting ---- Amer. Steel Faries. 551 Amer. Sugar
35
351
Lorillard
22
22
861
88
Mcintyre Porcupine"
581
.47
451'
Amer. Tel. & Tel... 187 Amer, Tobacco "B" 18'.. Amer, Waterworks Anaconda Copper Atchison, T. & 8. Fe, Atlantic Reining ... Atlas Corpn.
1874
BO
170
18
-53
-541
874
$72
29
291
154
151
Auburn Motors Baldwin Locomotive
24. *
24
Nat Dairy Products 221 Nat Distillers ...... 314 Nat Power & Light 91 New York Central .. 451 47 Niagara Hudson P,
Corpn.
$7 cum. pí......... 95* Baltimore & Ohio.... 314 Barnsdall O!!
96 *
313
27
271
Pacific Gas & Elec. 201
Bendix Ariation
Paclic Lighting
441
Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane
B41
857
Packard Motors ...... D
34
354
1. U.S. DOLLARS The market closed with sellers at 30 1/2 May-June and 30 7/16 July-October, buyers at 1/18 high- er respectively.
Anishing with sellers at 1/2 13/16 Briggs Mfacturing 424 May-June and 1/2 27/32 July-Brooklyn-Manhattan" December, buyers at 1/2 27/32 Trang May-June and 2 7/8 July-De- Brooklyn-Manhattan çember.
»$6 cum, pl. ............................ Case, J.L
Borden Co. 241
247
Paramount Pennsylvania R.R.
207
431
43
Phelps Dodge
5/5
27
291
Public Service of N.J. 40
Pullman Inc.
90
80
Pure Oll
181
165
.165 •
Canadian Pacific.... Celanese Corpn. of
127
13
Radio Corpn of Am. Republic Steel .........
91
35
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 501
I
America Cerro de Pasco
394
..3D
654
68.
St. Joseph Lead Co. Schenley
421
* SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers at 102.3/16, buyers 102 5/16 for cash.
at
WEEKLY MANILA
Certain-Teed P'ducta. 164 Chesapeake Corpn. 80 Chesapeake & Ohio 581 Chrysler Corpa. --- 112 Columbla Gas & El 12 Columbia 8% "A" pl. 02 5 Commerciai Credit 621
17
Schenley 51% p£, ••••
94 *
BO
Sears Roebuck
801
581
Shell Union Ol
281
1134
Socony-Vacuum
181
12
Southern Cal Edison 244
871
Southern Paclic
371
62+
Southern Rly 5% PZ. 481
141
Stand Brands "........
124
22
24
r
52.
Stand Gas & Elec. Stand Gas & Mec.
$7 pt.
61
45.
361
Standard Ou of N.J. 664
151
Sterling Producta
54
43+
Swift International 30%
601*
01
Technicolor
ធម៌
51
в
19
Texas Gulf sulphur, 37 Tidewater A2300. OfI
171
187
Timken-Detroit Axle 191
133
134
"
214
21
532
552
Transamerica. 20th Cent. Fox Füms 20th Cent: Fox Films.
pf. 'Un. Carbide & Car-
131
132
387
451
47 *
First Class Fare to Sydney:
Slagle: 47.10.0d.
Passenger & Freight Agents:-
Return: £76.-0-0.
bon
..... 158
157
100 1011
10 167
614*
10
Un Pacific.
144 1441
United Aircraft 174
25)
Joint Passenger Agenta:-
*18*
Un. Airline Trans-
port
16
Elec. Bond & Share
$6 pt.
United Corpn. .............
... GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. P.&O. Building. Telephone No. 28031.
Nippon Yasen Kaisha King's Building.
42
712
701
United
Corph, $3
Mec Power & Light, 17 Elec Power & Light L:
174
CHEL DI..
38
CONSIGNEE NOTICES,
Où.
Cras Iprovem't 127
$7 pl.
65
67
Un... Light & power
*331
31
57
61
US. Industrial Alco-
32 40
317
-hol
34+
347
40%*
US. Rubber
584
601
544 55
US. Rubber $8 vf. 85
86
58
571
US. Steel
087
1004
TOTAL SALES FOR WEEK. Total sales for the week amount
Gen. Motor ....... 44 Gezi. Railway Signa! Gillette Safety Razor 211 Glidden
48
Vanadiurn
281
29
Warner Bros Pict
131
134
217
Westinghouse ec. 198
131
Youngstown Sheet
ed to 43,308,870 shares, with an ap-
Gold Dust ******** 417- Goodrich (BF)
40 *
& Tube
861..
43
441
proximate value of P.5,221,040, as Goodrich ́pt.
BOL
80
compared to 26,140, 418, of an ap- |· Goodyear, ukammar proximate value of F.3,843,045, Koz
384
391
ex, dir,
1%
• Bid
the previous week.
›MODERN
LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE
AERSE
FIN
MAERSK LINE
Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
via
Shanghai, and Japan
to
LETTER
With easy conditions persisting prices continued to sag during the week under review. 8. C. & F.'s gold share average closing at 126.09 for à loss of 13.39., The encouraging news from Britain, Holland and Germany of the improved gold holdings of those countries and the raising of the gold price in Japan from Y.3.50 to Y.3.77 per gram did no more than to stimulate activity and arrest the downward trend for a couple of days. Ordinarily, news of this nature would have given an
Commercial Solvents 14 Commonwealth & S Commonwealth. $6
cum. pf......... 51- Consolidated Edison 351 Consolidated Oil.... 16 Continental On
* 451 Corn. Products Curtiss Wright (C) Curtiss Wright "A" 181 Delaware" & Hudson Del. Lackawanna &
Distillers Corpo Bea.
Western
grama
Douglas Aircraft Du Pont
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, impetus to a buoyant market, par- Electric Boat.....
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE,
If sufficient inducement offers also other ports of call.
Arrivals from USA.
"
M.V. *PETER MAERSK’
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Foth May M.V. GRETE MÅERSK"
1st June
ま
M.V. "FERNHILL".
Sailings to U.B.A. 27th May
26th Juve
«¿Ali dates are subject to alteration without notice)
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply :-
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shameen, B.C. Agents. Hong Kong, Pedder Building.
Tel. (0916,
Tal. 28363.
ticularly as it is indicative of forces
Elec. Bond & Share being hard at work to correct the Elec. Bond & Share mal-distribution of the yellow $5 pf. metal.
A feature of the week has been the steady accumulation of the better producers to the compara- tive neglect of other counters.
Information that the Becurities Firestone. Tire & R and Exchange Commissioner Is Fintkote formulating rules. with the view of
Gen. Asphalt further arresting a
decline in Gen. Cigar .. prices reached- us at the close of
Gen. Electric business. We await their publica- Gen. Foods tion and feel sure they will be welcomed by all classes of traders and brokers.
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
Sailing Monday, 31st May
for Saigon, Manila, Sandakan, Salamana, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne,
S.S. "BENARTY"
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH
on or about the 9th June.
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill
of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
S.S. “BENLAWERS"
46
26th May.
S.S. BENMACDHUI” 28th May.
For Freight and Passage apply to:—
Tel 22533
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.
York Building. Agents: THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
Sales of unlisted stocks were re- ported at the following prices-E Anacon 08, G. River .045, .04 Tocos M. 30, Lepanto 21, 22, Mamb. C. .30, Mamb. G. 13, 14, 14, 16 Mind. Mg. 11, 12, 115 M, Oper 11, Nielson .22, No. Agusan .007, N. Cam. 30, .34, No. Mind. .07 Pref. Gold Shares .08, 8. Cross 40, 30 Bur Cons. 23, .27 Suyog, Blide 01, Tinago 12 U Mine. .035 Union Mgt; .06, .065, .08 and V. Placer .04.
DIVIDEND
Ipo Gold Mines Inc. 5 per cent. Payable May, 20 to stockholders of record as of may 15, 1937.
8.0. & F. GOLD SHARE
AVERAGE
Monday 134.76, Tuesday 130.34, Wednesday 130.68, Thursday 190,84, Friday 127.78, Saturday 126.08.
SINGAPORE RAW
"RUBBER
HB: JOSEPH & CO.
Hong Kong, May 24. Messrs H. B. Joseph & Co., re- ceived the following quotations trom Bingapore in Straits Currency tor Raw. Rubber:
Spot
June
July-Sept
Oct-Dec. Market: Quiet.
Buyers
-367 down i
381 down 361 down f 381 down t
Chaze National Bk. · 53 · 534* National City Bank 47, 471* Call Money
1%
CONFERMENT OF HONOURS
Fees And Duties To Be Abolished
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
NONSIGNEE8 per Co.'s Vause)
"AFNEAS".
FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE are hereby notifed that their Onego will be
into disočarged
Hol Wharf, Kowloon whore it will lie at Consignees risk, and subject to and Conditions of storage at Terms Holt's Wharf The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 2nd May
will not be landed Optional here, unless Notion him beers given prior
port to
to port to the final port of call to which the optimiertende
All broken, chafed and damaged floods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined in Tuesdays and
Fidays between the hours of 10.45 and Noos within the Free Storage period.
· No Claims will be admitted after the
and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 29th May, will be ambjent to Bent
Mr. Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons recently all that provision would be made in the forthcoming Finance Bill to abolish the fees and stamp duties payable to public funds on the con- ferment of honours and dignities, He fully concurred with the recom- mendation of the Committee whichi. examitted "the question, that these charges should be abolished.
All Claims against the Vessel must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 12th June or they will not be recognised, a
No Tire Insurässe will be affistedi. BUTTERFIELD & SWIBE
Agents.
1987.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.
AND CHINA" MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION.CO, LTD.
YONSIGNEES per Co's Vessel
"ANTILOCHUR
FROM UNITED KINGDOM UD CONTINENTAL PORTS L
SINGAPORE.
are hereby notified that their Carga
be discharged into Bolt Wharf, Kowloon, where it will be me Cadguses risk and subject to Terme and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf The Cargo will Delivery from Godown on and after be ready for
24th May.
Optional Cargo wil not be landað bere aula Natide has been given prior to Steamer's arrival, bat carried on from
port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.
All broken, chufed and damaged Gooda srs to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuaminys and Fridays between the
hones
of 10.15 and Noor wit
within the Free Storage, period
No Claims will be admitted the Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and alle Gods remaining nodaligned undelivered after the 31st May, will to Rent. i
・
A Claims against the Steamer wuat be presented to the Undersigned on DF before the 14th June, or they will not be recognised,
No Fire Insurance will be affected SEBUTTERFIELD & 693
Agents. Beth May, 1937.