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Lloyd
To Italy
NEXT SAILINGS
"Cbate Verde" 4th Sept.
To Shanghai "Conte Verde" 27th Aug.
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To BOMBAY
**
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要
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......£44
£41
225 £22
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*
£18 212
213 £10
£11
£ 6
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P.O. Box 143. Tel. Addr., "Lloydiano" Telephones 32989/3. Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO., LTD., Shamsen.
MAERSE
DINE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.
OFFICER
NEW
DISMISSED
HIS SHIP
When L.-Cmdr. John Edward Cafin was charged at a court- martial at Devonport with being drunk, it was alleged that between 6.30 am. and 11a.m. he drank the equivalent of three quarters of a bottle of whisky,
He was found guilty of charges of being drunk on board H.M.S. Hermes on July 21 and of drinking intoxicating liquors between July B and 21 to such excess as to 'pro- duce Illness by which he was un- fitted for the discharge of his duty between July 21 and July 28. He was sentenced to be severely reprimanded and was dismissed from his ship.
It was stated that on the mor ning of July 21 he was served on Board HMS. Colombo with 21 whikes. He was in a dazed and stupid state when taken back to H.M.S. Hermes, where he fell asleep in an armchair.
Lt. Cmdr. Caffin, who denied the charges, sald he had been in the
MAERSK LINE Royal Navy for 21 years, and was
Fast regular FREIGHT and
PASSENGER SERVICE
via
Shanghai, and Japan
to
due to retire on pension in about two years.
For three weeks before July 2! he had been sleeping badly, and on the morning of that day he felt tired and "not At to do 1 normal day's work. He had ha~ similar trouble before when hc suffered from neurasthenia.
He agreed that he drank" the
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, whiskies, but said they were dilut
* PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
Isuficient inducement offer also other ports of call,
Arrivals from USA.
29th Aug.
M.V. ANNA MAERSK
Sailings to U.8.A.
29th Aug. 28th Sept.
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AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply:-
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shameen, B.C.
Tel. 10916.
JAVA
CHINA
Agents.
Hong Kong, Pedder Building.
Tel. 28363.
VISIT BALI AND JAVA
Special Bound Trip Fares 1st Class Hong Kong Batavia - Hong Kong
HK$350.
Hong Kong/Bell/Scerabais- Batavia Hong Kong
HK$450.
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HK$940.
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE TOURS SHORE
Hong Kong Manila - Hong_Kong.
HK$135.
NEXT SAILINGS-
TO BATAVIA DIRECT S.S. 'TJIKEMBANG' 24th Aug., I am.
Tender Blake Pier 10,00 nm. Tender l'olive Pier 10.18 m. TC MANILA, CFBU, MAKASSAR.
"BALI & SOERABALA m.s. TJISADANE' 81st Aug., 10 am.
rader Blake Fler 9,00
Tenley Folie Pier 9.15 km
TO AMOY
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Tel. 26015,
MODERN
LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE
KINGS FOR EXPORT
LEADERS' FRAUDS ON Central Europe has always had AMBULANCE BRIGADE
a hankering for Kings out of Bri- tain, including Mr Gladstone who was once offered the throne of Bulgaria, and the suggestion made by the organ of the Polish Monar-
What prosecuting counsel called "a bar-faced fraud on the St. John Ambulance Brigade" was described at Lewes Assizes recently.
ed with ginger ale, and he took them because he was feeling so ill that he hoped they would act as a tonic and enable him to carry
with his 07
work. Instead of producing an invigorating effect they made him sleepy.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1937.
YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Renter's Service)
New York: August 32.
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-Dec. New York Rubber-Sept. Chicago Wheat --Sept. Chicago Corn
-Sept. Winnipeg Wheat-Oct. "Silver Official
*
1926/7
943
J
124
Last Today's High Low Close Close
Change -489-15/16 4.89 1/16 up 9.8% 9,76 9.87 0.75 12 aff
16.20 closed.. 105 104 104 108) up
891 942 1922 1921
143
831 1231 unquoted
up
Aug. 31.
Aug. 90.
-184.95
51.87
37,65
· 32.15 51.85 32.10 27.38 27.66 27.83
100.40
High Low Close Change 183.94 182.55 183,74 .79 up .93 up 18 up ∙100.38 .04 off.
unquoted
High Low Dow Jones Averages. 19440 186,81 30 Industrials
64.46 8017 20 Haile
37.54 $0.45 50 Utilities 106.59 0.84" 40" Bonds
63,44 65.08 13 Commodity Inder 63.46
Stocks Adama Express Allis Chalmera Amer. Can
Läst Bale .Aug. 20. 21
Am. Car & Foundry Amer, “Cyanamid Amer. & For. Power Amer. & For. $7 pl. 4834 Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals
Talk
Amer, Radiator ..... 21k Amer, Rolling Mill.. 381 Amer. Smelting .....
Amer. Steel Fdries.. Amer. Bugar
44 *
Amer. Tel. & Tel... 168
+
Amer. Tobacco "B" 79" Amer. Waterworks Anaconda Copper ... $74 Atchison, T. & 8. Fe. 781 Atlantic Refining Atlas Corpn. Auburn Motors Baldwin Locomotive
$7 cum. pi.
80."
Baltimore & Ohio... 201 Barnsdali Oil
Benaiz Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
"I was not drunk, but sleepy," Boeing. Airplane..... 327
he said.
IN CHARGE AT TIENTSIN
Borden Co. Briggs
Mfacturing 45
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Trans
Brooklyn-Manhattan
3ỏ cùm pf. Case, J.I..
Canadian Pacific
Celanese Corpn. ot
America
Cerro de Pasch
The British population in Tien- tain is fortunate in its present Consul-general. He is Mr. J. B. Affleck, rosy-checked and Inclining | Certain-Teed P'ducts to portiiness, a tower of strength. ↑ Chesapeake and silence. who is not likely to lose his head. Mr. Affleck is 58 and has spent 35 years of his life in Chins.
Even in the remotest spots Mr. Affleck keeps in touch with Euro- pean news through his wireless set. One night, during the troubles of ten years ago, he listened. in. with a sense of ironical amuse- ment, to a speech by Sir Austen Chamberlain. declaring that every- thing In China was now quiet.
Mr. Affleck was holding the fort alone in 3 hostile part of Sz- echwan. In his bungalow was the bead of A European missionary which had been brought to him that morning. He was still trying to find the body.
1
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Stocks
Last Sale
Aug. 20. 21
342
Great Northern Rly. 50 50 Great Western Sugar' 341* Holly Sugar Corpn. Humble 11
Int. Nickel
Int. Tel. & TEL
811 82
631
101
191
69
Int. Dept Stores 19 Kepnécott Copper 68+ Lambert Corpn. .... 127 12 Loew's Inc.
Lorillard
McIntyre Porcupine
817
211 211
1
621
McKesson & Robbins 45} 441* Monsanto Chemical 1044 1043* Montgomery Ward. 81 Murray Corpn. ****** 101 Nat Cash Registor 344 Nat Dairy Products 20 Nat" Distillers
Nat Power & Light 10
New York Central... 381
Niagara Hudson P.
Corpn.
North American
.. 10
341
201
30
101
32
121
124*
241
282
Pacific Gas & Elec. 304 Pacific Lighting
30
431
434
87
87
Paramount
155
160
Pennsylvania R.R. Phelps Dodge
36
361
58
584
Northern Pacine
Fackard Motors
Phillips Petroleum
Public Service of N.J. 401 Pullman Ine.
Pure Oll...
Radio Corpn of Am. 101 103 Republic Steel
107 20
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361 371
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 34) 34 St. Joseph Lead Co. Schenley
52
512
Schenley 54% DI. ...
92
91
Corp. 681 67⚫
Bears Roebuck ....... 94
95
Chesapeake & Ohio 49; Chrysler Corpn.
Shell Union Oil
251
25+
.... 1123
1131
Socony-Vacuum
207
20%
Columbia Gas & El. 12) Columbia 6% "A" pf. 94 Commercial
Southern Cal Edison 241
24
Bouthern Pacine
44
443
Credit 62
Southern Kly 5% p. 42
43
Stand Brands
117
117
Stand Gas & Elec. 8
8
Stand Gas & Elec.
$T DI.
451
461
661
65
Commercial Solvents 13 Commonwealth. & 8. Commonwealth
cum. pl.
58
Consolidated Edison 341 Consolidated-O-15 Continental Of ......
Corn Products Curtiss Wright (C)
Del Lackawanna
Western
Distillers Corpo Sea.
grama
Douglas Aircraft
Du Pont Electric Boat
ཙྪིཏྟོ-ཝོཎྜ
132
1601
201
"EXPERT STOWAWAY Elec. Bond & Share 17
Eight Times Across The World
Two London men were discover- ed as stowaways in the Norwegian liner Talleyrand soon after she left Australia, it #13 revealed when the liner called at Cape Town on her way to Europe.
Elec. Bond & Share
15 Dr.
Elec. Bond & Share
$6 pf.
Bec Power & Light.201
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Standard Oil of N.J. 67 Sterling-Products ... 67) Swift Internațional 90%
Technicolor
United Aircraft
Un. Pacific
Un. Airline TTANË-
port.............
United Corpn.
United Corpn.
cum pi.
13
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings
President Lizare frequent mijings and their unique stapower privilages allow you to travel just exactly sa you choose, and Dollar Bimzsakij Lines and American alia Lige worldwide offiore kod agents are maintained to have you subare to whatever pises 700- chance to be. Waks zone next trip more enjoyable, Ligvading “The President Line way."
TO SAN FRANCISCO. NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama | Canal and HavERS.
Frca. Foover 4 p.m. Aus. 28th
8am
TO SKATILK, VICTORIA, "THE EXTRESS ROUTE"
Via Shanghai, Kobé and Yokohama
MANILA
Pres. McKinley 4.30 p.m. Aug. 28th Pres. Lincoln M'night Sept. 7th Pres. Grant M'aight Sept. 10th Pro Coolidge Noon Sept. 18th Pres. Jackson M'night Sept. 24th Pres. Wilson
Oct. 8th Pres. Jefferson 3'night Oct. 8th Pres. Hoover Noon Oct. 16th Pres. McKinley M'night Oct. 22nd Pres. Cleveland Bam. Nov. 3rd Pres. Grant M'night Nov. 5th
EUROPE, NEW YORK
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal. Naples, Genoa and Marvellion. Pret. Pierce ,8 am. Aug, 29th Prea. Van Buren 8 a.m. Sept. 11th Pres. Garfield Pros. Hayes Pres. Monroe Pres. Adanie,
THE MOST FREQUENT
SERVICE
Next Sailings
Pres. Pierce Pres. Licoln
Aa.m. Aug. 29th M'night.Aug. 31st
8 m. Sept. 96th Pres. Grant 6 p.m. Sept. 4th 8 am. Oct. 10th Pres. Coolidge Pp.m Sept. 10th 8am. Oct. 24th Pres. Van Buren 8 a.m. Sept. 17th: Sam. Nov. 7th | Prea Jackson & pim, Sept. 18th.
MOST FEEQUENT SERVICE ON
THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES * AMERICAN • MAIL • LINE *
PRUDER BUILDING, BONG KONG.
CANTON BRANCH -21, FRENCH CONCHOSION, KHAMEIN.
BURNS PHILP LINE-
M.V. “NEPTUNA'
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
Salling on Saturday, the 28 Aug. at 12 Midnight| for Saigon, Sandakan, Salamana, Rabaul,
Sydney & Melbourne,
Single: 47.10.0d. Return: £76.-0.0.
Passenger & Freight Agents --
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD." Telephone No. 28031.
P. & O. Building.
Joint Passenger Agents:-
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
King's Building.
60
Texas Gulf Sulphur 381
381
Curtiss Wright "A" 19 19. Delaware & Hudson
Tidewater Assoc. On 19
20
15
Timken-Detroit Azle 25
254
&
Transamerica
16
161.
20th Cent. Fox Filme 364
37
20th Cent. Fox Flims
pt.
48 444
First Class Fare to Sydney:
Un. Carbide & Car-
bon
997 991
120
1134*
28 281
147
151
51
21
371
364
71
Un. Gas Tprovem't Un. Light & power
"A" US Industrial Alco-
hol
131
131
A
351
-357
58
59
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
·94 954
US Rubber $8 pf
374
US. Steel
1144
1151
584
Vanadium
31 32
Gen. Railway Bignal 43 Gilette Bafety Razor Glidden Gold Dust stories
+42
42ǎ
424*
Warner Bros Pict, Westinghouse
Elec: 151 Youngstown. Sheet
& Tube ......
14
141
1491
"
SILVER LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
90
01
381
Chase National Bk. 491*
491*
FROM
National City Bank 451"
451*
Call Money
1%
1%
1 ex. div..
• Bid
THE "SILVERTEAK"
Elec Power & Light
$7 pl.
Firestone Tire & R Fintkote...... then, Asphalt Gen. Cigar
36
Gen. Electric .......... 321* They were Patrick Costello, aged | Gen. Foods 31. and Harry Gotts, aged 35.
Gen. Motora Both were described as labourers, Costello said in an interview that this was the fourth time he had stowed away in ships leaving Aus- traila for Europe. On each occa- Goodrich (BY.) ....... 38 sion he had worked his passage | Goodrich $5 pf. out to Australia but stowed away coming back.
During the past year. Costello added, he had travelled more than 2,000 miles in Australia by taking free rides in freight trains. Pre- viously he had travelled right
through the British Isles, securing rides from motorists.
On two of his previous trips as a stowaway Costello was held in the detention quarters at Table Bay during the time that his ship
and Gotts were locked up in a While at sea they worked on board apare cabin in the Talleyrand. the liner as deckhands.
Goodyear |
80
40%
*** ****
PROPERTY IN ADDIS ABABA
U.S. Rubber
EX-MILLIONAIRE "BROKE/"
millionaire
MAXRESK LINE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNELS
!
THE MTASMANIA
having arrived from New York and Farta of call, Consignees of Cargo are... hereby notified that their goods ar
NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES being landed and placed at their risk into
HE Motor Vessel
Bre
the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godowa Company's godowns at Kaw loon, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the goods are larided,
having arrived from the above Forte on 17th instant, Consignees of Cargo are here, unless notice has been given
Optional cargo will not be landed hereby informed that their Goods are being landed as their risk into the Go hours prior to vessel's arrival, but downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon carried on from port to port to the fing Wharf and Godown Company, Limit port of call to which the option
extends Kowloon, and stored at Consignees risk No Olaims will be admitted after Owners" of property in... Addis Ababa are invited by the Governor outside Oklahama City a man who
In a four-roomed rock cottage and expense.
the Goods have left the Godowns, sach All broken,cha fed, and damaged Goods all Goods remaining undelivered after to present their title deeds at the five years ago was a
to be left in the Godowns, where the 28th Aug., 1987, will he subject to Registry Ofice of the Governor at lives happily on fish and berries 24th instant, 1887, at 10 am.
they will be examined on Tuesday Rent Addis Ababa before February 28, and on what food he can buy with
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods All Claims must be presented within examined, as it is felt necessary to
after which date they cannot be rat 10 am, by our Burveyors Capt.. they will be examined on 24th Aug., 1987, "I'm broke and like it," he says. perty. After examination the do- know myself. No one could run Goods have left the Godowns, and all Warehouse Regulations consignees. 'verify all deeds of registered pro- "It cost me $2,000,000 to get to
cognized.
Walter C. Westen, Claims will be admitted after the
To comply with the General Bonded carments will be returned to the faat enough to give me a million Gocas remaining undelivered after the must have a Revenue Officer in attend- owner.
dollars now,”
28th instant, 1937, will be subject tance when damaged dutiable goods are Rent
examined No Fire Insurance has been effected, Billa of Lading will be countersigned
chist Party that the Duke of Kent Thomas Tassell Coleman, aged was'in Cape Town. This time he 1938. These title deeds will then be proceeds from the poetry he writes. 16 Days of the vessel's arrival here are to be left in the Godowns, where
and
is a very suitable candidate for the 50, transport officer and secretary Polish crown is in the traditiori. of the Hastings Brigade. Some of Queen Victoria's less im- George Hazeldene French, aged 69. portant relatives were planted on superintendent and treasurer, were certain of the smaller thrones of convicted of obtaining 28 88. by Europe, but that sort of thing conspiring together and with falsi- almost went out with the ninete-fying the accounts.
enth century, though not quite. Mr. Eric Neve (prosecuting) sald French received £6 188. bearer's for the Mohammedan Lord Hedley that when the ambulance was fees, whereas, it was allegéd, he might have been King, of Albania, called out privately the stretcher was entitled to only 125. for one and not so very long ago one of bearers were paid 2s, each. Coleman long journey. Lord Rothermere's sons was men- tioned as a possible King of Hungry.
would make out a form for each French was sentenced to eight case. An investigation of the re- months and Coleman to four ports for September revealed that months, both in the second division,
片
As a time limit has been fixed. Five years ago Mr. Everitt W. for the production of such deeds, Hill was head of a flourishing ice any which are not forthcoming by and cold storage chain. The busi- the end of February next year willness collapsed.
be automatically cancelled from
the register, and will not be re-
cognised after that date: This 10, has now been omcially received order by the Governor, dated June in London.
by
FURNESS (FAR EASTY LTD,⠀
2nd Floor, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building Dials 33165 & 28169. Hong Kong 17th Aug, 1987,
18th Sept., 1937, or they will not be All claims must reach us before the
recognised.
No Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by.
JEBSEN & CO.,
Agente [5489 | Hong Kong, 17th Ang., 1987. ...