PAGE 12-HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS. Hong Kong Stock Exchange
FINANCE
H. K. STOCK
NEW
YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Sharebrokers' Association
EXCHANGE
Jalo
Nominali
WEDNESDAY,
Buyert
tie
MAY 11.
Banka
$1,085 EL.K. Banks ..................
$1,585)
:
1263
Da. (London) ....
2936
BUYERS
12
Chartered Banks...
BLI
H.K. Steamboats, $22.
238
Marcantile Bks. "A"
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS
Buyers were inclined to caution.
In a quiet market.
New York Cotton-July. New York Bubber-July. Chicago. Whoot --July, Chicago Corn: l'—July. Winnipeg Waoat-wig.
New York: May 11.
D
High
Low Close
Today's Close
Chang
678
3.7 867
8.67
ancb.
1.16 1.0 11.83*
19,00
36 up
781
Tit ZNA
717
12.0
631
688
1/4 of
105
10:1
Our
> 1 of
Rauba, 19.35.
234
Do.
"C
214
190
Bauk of East Asia........
Vent Goldfeld, $2.80.
1938
320
High
"Low Dow Jones Averages
May &
High Low Close
Chang
N. O. & S. Bazke ...
12
H.K. Lands, 4% Debentures, $101.
Insurances
Humphreys, $9,15. -
124.95 8.85 $0 Industrial
119.43
180.8 17.73 117 83
150 off
8367
Canton InsuTAJCOS,
$257
H.K. Realties, $5.90.
$5 29/0
Union Insurandes ...
$530
Peak Trams (Old), $7.
{
Underwriters
Macao, Electrics, $174.,
3277 19.00 20 Railr
20 14.14 0 Utilities 8*70 83.39 40 Bonds 54.99 48.33
23.50
33.78
23.48
13, 2419 0.55 18.96" 20.08
11 off
B8.6
11 Jommodity Index
40.63
$931)
H.&. Fires
#333
Watsons. $63.
L'
Shipping
thi
Douglaseadmeteg
580
Steamboats
329)
3+1
-180
Indo-Chinas (prof.)
161
$34
Do. (dof.)
Wing On (H.K.), $50. Wing On Textiles, $45. Entertainments, $6.60. Constructions, $ij..
STOCKS
Last Bale
STOCKS
Last Sele
{Through Reuter's Servico)
QUOTATIONS
100
.38 off '88.11 00 up 45,50 1 bil Business Dong-1,010,'am shares.
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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938.
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI, THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA
-BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-Up 820,000,000 Reserve Funda:—
Starling
£8,500,000
H.E. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
$20,000,000
Head Office: HONG KONG
H
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter. „1833
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:
38. Bishopsgate B.C.2.
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve “Gablilty of Pro- prietors
£3.600.000 £3.000.NO
£1.000.000
MANCHESTER BRANCH: Board of Directors.
71, Mosley Street, Manchester. T. E. Pearce, Esq.,
Chairman. AGENCIES AND BRANCHKS: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
ALON STAN ILOILO
SAIGON Deputy Chairman. |AMUITSAS " IPVN
BANGERE • КЛЯЮНІ [BATAVIA
SEMARANG
SEREMBANG
MANGHAL
J. K. Bousfeld,” Esq.,
A. H. Compton, Esq.,
May 9 10
May 9
10
Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dodwell,
| BOMBAY
Adams Express ....... 91
91
Humble 'Ol
681* 70
M. T. Johnson, Esq.,
CALCUTTA
$83/9
Shelia
83/9
$9.90
10/0
#029 $2.50
::
8.37
Waterboute
Kailous
Raabe ...........
Venezuela Gold Flik
1 os Eongkong Mines. Docks. WharVOR, Godowns, sta.
305
ox.rt. 8:
H.K. & C. Whatcom.
Miptar
18/-
:
$36
$1.81 #1371
Provident (uld
SELLERS
H. & S. Hotels, $1.40.
SALES
Union Insurance, $523/5. H.K. Fire Ins.. $232). H.K. & K. Wharves, $137. Providents (Old), $3.95. H. & 8. Hotels, $7.40. H.K. Lands. $37):
Alleghany Steel Co., 151 Allis Chalmers....... 441 Amer. Can
151
Int. Nickel
477
#7+
J. R Masson, Esq.,
CANTON.
KLANG
KOM
SINGAPORE
KUALA
BITIAWAN
LUMPUR
BOURABAYA
432
int. Tel & Tel.
Bi
G. Miskin, Esq..
B3
$$1
int. Dept. Stores
91*
K. S. Morrison, Esq.,
81
Amer. Cynamid "E" 13
181
Sennecott Copper...
361
Hon. Mr. A. Shielda,
341
D). C. Edmondstan, Esq.,
Ainer. For. Fower 31
3%
Lambert Corpn.
103*
11
Amer. & For $7 pl. 22
201
Labbay- Owens- Ford
HAIPHONG Acting Chief Manager, HAMBURG
Amer. Locomotive..... 182
171
Glass ......
291
291
$3.05
3.88
Do. (Dew)
421
+++
$7.10 $1,40
#94
H.K. & W. Doc.
Do. {rt}}
Shangaa Dock 5.
14.05 New Engio orinas S
and Hotels, and
$3.821
HK. Realties. $5.95 6.
Da.
(new)}
322
94
H.K. Tramways. $17.30/35.
anier. Metals ......... 33 Amer. Radiator... 121. Amer, Rolling Mill ... 171 Amer. Smelting
32
Lockheed Aircraft
94 91
12) 16
Loew's Inc.
43
Amoy
Lorillard...
161
16)
Branches:- ipoh Bangkok Johore Rangoon
Penang
Hatavia
Kobe
Saigon
40
30
McKesson & Robbins
Bombay
Kowloon San
Star Ferries, $87.
$11
MK Electrics, $82.
1100 14
Cements, $18.10.
Marsmans (H.K.), 4/3-4/5.
Las dings
H.K. Hotels
$7.40 7.8040.
(Prices below in Phil. Currency)
Artamoks Ps.,
49
Amer. Sugar Ring ... 273 Amer. Tel. & Tel 1317 Amer. Tobacco "E" 72 ; Amer. Waterworks... 101 Anaconda Copper ... 291 Atchison, T. & H. Fe. 31} Atlas Corpn.
201
$3 DI.....
33
33
Calcutta
Kuala
133
Martin, Glen I...
241
24
Canton
71
Monsanto Chemiens 74
75
Chefoo
London
"Lumpur Shanghai
Singapore
2
Montgomery Ward 331
321
Colombo
Lyons
Sourabaya
Dairen
Malacca
Sungei
281
Not. Send Invest-
29}
ment .....
13
Foodbow
Manila
Patani
13
7
71
Nat. Cash Register 181
174
Haiphong
Muar
Swatow.
137)
Atoks, .24
มลง
SP
15.00
$0.15
0.95 G
Do. Debentures Shanghai Landa... Metropolitan Lands.. H..alties..
Auburn Motors ......
31.
4
Nat. Dairy Products 134
Hamburg (Johore) Tientsin
13
Hankow Mukden
Tokyo
J102
Bagulo Gold, 20
Baltimore & Ohls ...
Bi
61
Nat Distillers".........
201
201
Harbin
Benguet Consol, 9.20
Bmore & Ohlo Pfd.
7+
71
Nat. Power & Light
8
Kongkow Peiping.
#
Rampurey
$9.90
Coco Grove, .50
IX.L....61
Barber & Co.
17
18+
Nat Bupply Corpn. 181
181
Barnsdall Ou
143
141
New York Centrui .....
14
131
$100
Chirioseta LAND..
Paracale Qumaus, 16
Bethlehem Steel
49
38
Niagara Hudson P
Catton Mil
San Mauricio, 47
Boeing Airplane Co.
271
25+
Corpa..........
8+
71
Ewoa
$12.35
$45
::
$75
Borden Co.
16
181
N. America' Aviation
9
Sua Cottons ....S
58
3211
34.79
$254
શ્
$178
$6.00
But
381
፡፡
$18 10
Star Ferric ******** 3861
$19.45) Chins Lights (old)....
$9.20
$10.90
23/
3141
1:36
Du. (DOT)
H.S. Electrics ... Macao do.
Sk an Lights...
Toimitunes (old)....
r. Du. (now)... Traction.
tu. (prof.)...
Culi
Industriala
Mang. (Ord.)8)
Do. ProS
Canton Icon
Cements
Ropes........
Miscellaneous
Dairy Farma...
Ch. Itainments.....
Constructions, (old) $1
Lane Crawford.....
Nanyang Tobacco...
11.20 Sinceres
Watsons.Fr
S. 9. Enterprise...
Zoong Singa S
Wing On TextilantS.))
Ewa Cotton RtM. &
Public Utilities
17.30,3 5
Peak Trams (old).....
Do. (now)...
3)
Yauma Ferries. ...
$70 $24
Borg-Warner
211 201
North America Co. 211
204
$15
Tramways 573 $17.46 $17.38
Do.
$24
212.40)
19.10
$32
1977
410
22/6
$1.50
THE EXCHANGE Brooklyn-Manhattan
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
were Silver prices
unchanged yesterday, the quotations remain- ing at 13 11/18 for Ready and 18 7/16 for Forward. Suver advices reported India having operated both ways. Purchases were made the by American Trade. After official fixing. buyers were satis- Ded. The
quiet. market was American Silver was quoted at 42 3/4 for Spot.
Briggs M'facturing. 19
192
Northern Pacific
94.
B
Pacific Gas & Elec
28
TYRDS.......
81
Pacific Lighting
37
371
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Packard Motors ......
32
31"
56 cum. pf.........
248
24
Paramount Pictures 8
81
Case. J.I......
821
82
Paramount 1st. pr. 77
783*
Canadian Pacific
61
81
Pennsylvania R.R...
17
17
Celanese Corpn.
141
13+
Phillips Petroleum...
341
33)
Cerro de Pasco
361
36
Public Service of NJ. 211
21
Chesapeake Corpn.... 35.
35
Pure Ox.to
104
03
Chesapeake & Ohio 291 Chrysler Corpn.
291
Radio Corpn. of Am.
51
6
461
447
Republic Steel.....
141
14
--་་་
07
Columbla Gas & E Columbia 8% "A" pr. Commercial Credit... Commercial Solvents
Reynold Tabac. "B" 37
37
623*
021
171
17
Schenley
33
33
86 *
67
Schenley 51% pf.
74
71
Sears Roebuck
604:
581
$14
34.70
York. The London-New rate was quoted at 407. 43. New York-London was quoted at 487.
CTOSS-
Commonwealth & B Commonwealth & B
6% cum. pt......... Consolidated Edison 261 Consolidated Off
11
11
Shell Union Oil
131
132
Socony-Vacuum
131
13
Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1938.
44
411
Southern Cal Edison
221
231
251
131
Southern Pacific....
131
BANK OF EAST ASIA,
9
87
+
Southern Fly (com)
BA
31
LIMITED.
Toile
Francisco
New York Tsingtao
Yokohama
„Current Accounts opened Ini Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and other Cur- rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.
Alsó up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1938.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION, Rules may be ob-
tained on application.
For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
D. C. Edmondston, Esq.,
Acting Chief Manager,
CAWNPORK YUCHING
TAIPING
MADRAS ŢIANTRIN
i
TONGKAR
NIW.YORK TS NOTLO
YOKOHAMA (Peking) ZAMBOANNA PENAND
HUNG SONG BANGOON
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for Que Year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica. tion.
The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor and Truster business, and claims re
Income covery of British
Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.
R. W. ROBERTS,
Manager.
THE CHASE BANK
16, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
HEAD OFFICE:
1B, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
An American Bank offering com plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK. NEW YORK, with ResourcEK NEFT U.S. 82,500,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
Manager.
ら
COLOMBO
MANILA MIDAN
(Bbuket)
PEIPING
HANKOW
HARSIN.
Continental Cai
40
391
Southern Rly “K”
131
131
$25+
1/4.
Continental Ol
29
28
Standard Brands
71
71
MARKET
16
Corn. Products ......
841
644
stand Gas & Elec.
44
4
Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital
5,808,800.00 |
Quiet.
Curtiss Wright (C)
51
5
Stand Gas & Elec.
Reserve and Undivided
***
Do.
3165
$4,70
***
6% p
Gov. 42 Loans
814% $108
[3/um
Do.
$102
Wallace Harper
H.K Wing Ou
S'has
Ds. $60
STERLING
There were sellers at 1/2 7/8 1/2 15/16 May-July. buyers at Cash-May and 1/2 29/32 June- July.
U.S. DOLLARS
Sellers at 30 13/18 May-June, buyers at 30 15/16 Cash-May and 30 7/8 June.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
Cortiss Wright "A"
201
201
22
21
Profits ......
2,778,728.70
37 pf.
Delaware & Hudson
∙11
113
Standard Oil of N.J.
492,
497
Dei. Lackawanna
Western
Sterling Products
601"
611*
51
Studebaker
Corpn.
#
41
191
.. 18
Deere Co..******
Swift Internationa. 251*
201
Distillers Corpn. Sea-
Technicolor
22?
22
131
133*
grams
Douglas Aircraft
481
471
Texas Corpn. ....
40
381
Texas Gulf Sulphur 30
301
107%
104
Du Pont
10
91
Tidewater Assoc, 011 13.
131
Eagle Picher Lead
Transamerica (new) 10
DI
81
4/2-3/5
#51
Yibro Piling
11/6 | Maromans Inv. (Lon.)
17 at W. Rows!le
*Sales to Shanghai
LONDON EXCHANGE
35
Nomina!.
Electric Boat
20th Cent. Fox. Films 22
22
B
SHANGHAI MARKET
Elec, Bond
Bhate,
do.. Films pf.
29"
29 *
(HK)
Nominal.
Elec. Bond & Share
70 cts.
547
56
Union Carbide &
$5 pr.
Carton
691
681"
Elec. Bond & Share
Union Pacific
671
6**
RATES
36 vi......
Elec Power & Light 111
Elec. Power & Light
Paris
Geneva
Berlin
Athens
Milan
Copenhagen
Stockholm
(British Wireless Service)
May 9 177-25/32 21.77
12.382
948
$7 pt.
Fotose
Freeport Bulphur
Gen. America Trans
Gen. Cigar
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motors
Gen. Railway Signal 184
Shanghai
New York
Amsterdam
Vienna
Prague
Glidden Co.
4.97-11/16 8.931
1427
Helsingfors
Labou
Hồng Kong
Bombay
1/2-15/16 1/5-15/16
Montreal
5.001
Brussels
29.57
5.001 29.57
Tokohama
Belgrade
Buenosaires
Godchaux
Class "A"........
Goodrich (B.F.) ...... Goodrich 35 pl:
Rio
Silver. (Forward)
Bucharest
Silver (Spot)
War Loan
ON LONDON:-
May 10 177-49/84 21.78 12.38
94-9/16
11ąd. 4.97-9/16 8.98
BRINGING FIRE
SERVICES UP-TO-DATE
Dangers In Air Raids Stressed By Home Secretary
London, May 11. In moving the second reading in the House of Commvas yesterday of the first measures dealing with Bre precautions which bad besn before Parliament for more than 40 years, and the first legislation to place on local authorities legal obligations to arrange for efficient fire services, the Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, said the system of fire precautions in Britain had grown up in a very haphazard way, without any co-ordinated public effort. The Bill gave effect to many of the recommendations of the Riverdal Committee which had made a study of the questions.
Sir Samuel Hoare made it a point Bank Bills, on demand 3011/18that the need for fire precautions Credits, 60 days' sight; 31-3/16 was especially urgent in view of the danger of incendiary outbreaks due to aerial bombing. Arrange- ments would be made under the Bill for different brigades to come. to each other's aid in times of emergency.
18-7/16. 18-11/16 3+%.101.
Closing Quotations
"May 11, 1938:
Telegraphic Transfor... 11/2 Bank Bills, on demand 13/16 Credits, 4 months' sight 1/3-1/16
OR SHANGHAI:-
On demand
SINGAPORE:- On demand
OS: JAPAN
On demand
ON INDIA
Rauit, où riemand
Telegraphic Transfer...
ON NEW YORK : –
18-7/16 18-11/16 34% 101-10/16.
66-516
Bank Bills, on demand 1,095 Credits, 4 months' sight 1,170.
ON BATAVIA
On demand ......
ON PARIB:-
- 115
ON SAIGON:-
On demand
109
ON MANILA:-
On demand
BIR
Os demand
1082
Gen. Electric
Goodyear Tire & Co. 19 Great Northern R. 18 171 Great Western Bugar. 271 271 Greyhound
91 Corpn.
71 71 Becker Products ...
REICHSMAKK QUOTATIONS
Berlin, May 10. The Reichmark was quoted without guarantee ati-
New York, 40,20. Paris, 1435
Amsterdam, 72.40. London, 12.387.
Paris Sterling, 177.76 to 177.82. Parle US. Dollar, 35.705 to 35.725
--(Transocean).
BRITISH EXPORT TRADE PROBLEMS
Government Seeking To Remove Difficulties
GIFTS TO MUSEUM BY QUEEN MARY
A special gallery for recent ac-century astronomical clock for- quisitions has been set apart at merly in the collection of Casimir the National Maritime Museum;} V., King of Poland. It gives 44 Greenwich.
different readings, including Several new gifts by Queen Mary phases of the moun, perpetual are to be seen in Gallery XL. They calendar, day of the month, Do- include a Staffordshire bowl com- minical letters and all Roman memorative of Nelson, and three feasts. In addition it shows hours, London, May 11, framed reliefs of St. Vincent Dan- half-hours,, quarters,・ half-quar- Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of can áng Lord Nelson in plaster ters, minutes and movements of the Board of Trade, resumed his from the dealgns executed for the sun such a sunrise, sunset, Parliamentary duties yesterday Josiah, Wedgwood by 3. de Vaere twight. It is also a pre-set after the rest ordered by his in 1798, Malarum clock, doctors.
Apen-drawing, grisaille," by
An early 18th century globe is Questioned in the House of Com-william van de Velde the elder of great interest as it has been mons about the difficulties ex- perienced by the export trade. be increases the museum's rich collec-identified as an example of the said he was well aware of the various restrictions and uncertain- ties which confronted United King dom exporters at the present time.
His Majesty's Government was stimulate export trade by appro two tine Portulans, one of the constantly endeavouring to remove priate methods and especially by West Indies by Joel Gascogne. of lateral trade 1878, and one of the East Indies miligate these difficulties. In negotiation particular, was the policy to agreements (British Wireless) by Nicholas Comberford, 1685.
The Home Becretary thought they had gone in these new ap- He mentioned that he had in-pliances as far as human ingenuity spected only last week at the Home could go to deal with the terrible Office a number of new and in danger of are following air raids, genious appliances for dealing with They were proceeding in this mat- such outbreaks in times of emer- ter upon a big scale and had di gency which it was the intention ready started distribution to local Bank Buying Bate............." 1/3
to issue to local authorities unider authorities of these auxiliary apo
pliances (British Win Kan Airwer, der os
1811/in the provisions of the present Bill.
ON BANGKO
Bovereign Maten
1801
tion of these works, T
A rare exhibit is the 18th
globe reproduced in Holbein's "Ambassadors at the National Gallery. NAM WAR
Among the maps.and charts are
574
571
United Aircraft ...... 271
27
AMOT
101
Fatatia
United Airlines Trans-
9
Bombay
Kanila Baigon
United Corpn. ........ 31
3
Chleutia
Melbourne
Bra
tantum
Nariki
411
40
United Corpn. 33
limphong
161
16
Hankow Dacia
cum. pt.
31.
31
Honolulu..
New York
actio
· Semarang
Farts
Ebangbal
28
261
United Gas Corpn.
44
Kobo
Singapor Priplog
38
37
Un. Gas I'provem't 10%
10+
221*
221*
Un Light & power 31
3
363
35%
U.S. In'trial Alcohol 187
181
261
253
U.S. Rubber
281
284
323
312
U.S. Rubber pt.
71
711
18
U.S. Smelting..
58
571
191
191
U.B. Steel
401
45
Sugar
Vanadium........
157
151
Warner Bros. Pict...
51
51
rencies on
terms which will be
Head Office:-HONG KONG No 10, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Board of Directors :----
Sir Bhouson Chow, Chairman Li Koon Chan, Esq. Li Lan Nang, Faq. P. K. Kwok, Faq Wong Chuson, Eaq. Wong Yunlong, Esq. Kan Ying Po. Esq Chan Ching Shek, Fung Ping Wah, Esq.
Esq
Kan Tong Fo, Esq., Chief Maonger. Li Tan Fong, Esq., Manager.
Branches and Agencies pi
Kowloon Fesang Sourabaya London 1. Валося
Swat Bydory Taiboku
dace Tientsin
Takyo Yaboerver
Yokohama
Every description of Banking
BANK OF CHINA
BANK
Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PAID-UP CAPITAL. $40,000,000.00 (BRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA) Cwing to our numerous Branches in China and connections in the principal Commercial Centres of the World, we are able to extend lour Clients special facilities for Domastic and Foreign Banking and Exchange.
Head Office: SHANGHAI
Hongkong Branch:
4, QUEEN'S ROAD, O.
South China Office:
and Exchange business transacted. CANTON Loana franted 00 ‚ approved | SWATOW securities.
KONGMOON
TOISHAN KINGCHOW
We also handle the issue of Bonds
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposita re ceived for one year or shorter and other Public Funds, of the periods in Local and Foreiga Cur Chinese Government both at Home
SHIUCHOW
144
144
Westinghouse Elec. 2011
781
quoted on application.
and Abroad.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
44.
44
Woodward' Iron Cor. 148
141
1st
Youngstown Sheet
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager,
SHOU J. CHEN
Manager.
Tube ....
327 32 Chase National B 307* 30* National City Bank 244* Call Money
19/
-44
1%
Clez dlv.
* bid.