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U.S. HIGHWAY EXPERTS ARRIVE
IN CHINA
KUNMING, Sept. 12..(Central)—–—– At the invitation of the Chimase Government, a šroup" of American. highway experts, including Messrs. ME. Sheahan, A.3. Başsi and C.W. Vark Patter, arrived in Kunming last Saturday by way of French "Indo-China.
They called 'n Gen. Lung Yun. Chairman of the Yunnan Pro- vincial Government, and visited various highway transportation organisations $0 the Yunnan provincial capital on Sunday.
FINANCE
WATER-POWER PROJECTS
FOR SOUTH-WEST
CHUNGKING, SEPT. 12 (CENTRAL)—THE CHINESE GOV. ERNMENT IS WORKING ON THREE LARGE WATER-POWER PROJECTS. EXPECTING TO PRODUCE MORE THAN 100,000 „KILOWATTS OF POWER FOR THE USE OF CHINESE FAC-
TORIES
They left for Kwelyang, capital on
Two of these hydro-power projects are in Szechwan, `sad in the neighbourhood of Kunming in Yennan, In one of them, a modest beginning has already been made and by next spring # 1,000-kilowatt plant will have been erected. It can later be increased to 25,000 kilowatta In the case of the other two, sur- veying will soon be completed. One of them will have a ExpKCity of 60,000 kilowatte while the other will have 30,000 kilowatts. The largest and most hope- seven kilometres." By driving a project 13 that one tunnel through the interposed the Tatuho,
'the mountains and by diverting the Tatuha current to Maplenho through it, a gross " head of 84 metres can be gain- ed"
of Kwelchow, en route to Chung-the Copper River, in western king by motor car yesterday: They Szechwan. will make a thorough inspection the river
The average flow of p.m...of the networks of highways metres per second, with an ordin- about 1,200 cubic the southwest and northwest pro-ary minimumi now during the win- vinces and will make recommenda-
ter of not less than 350 cubic tions for improvement.
metres per second.
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RAUB REPORT NO. 550
Raub Report, Number 560, Man Results 4,618 tons; Bullion 1403
azs fine Gold 1297 ozs.
Re-Treatment-plant 8378 tons bullion 860 ozs Five gold 701 ozs. Estimated profits dollars 63000.
"DNIEPER OF CHINA” Mr. Frank P. Fiter, a hydro- electric expert of Hugo L, Cooper HIGHER WATER LEVEL Fand Co. of America, after examin- Above Tungkalise, a small town ing this site, suggested that if "a on the river near Kiating. the high dam is constructed across the river has a drop of 580 metres in Tatubo near Tungkaitse, raising' a stretch of 180 kilometres. What the water level by 60 metres, and makes the river particularly valuir a large part of the flow of the that its water level at Tungkaitse second, is diverted to Maplenho, it able for hydro-power is the fact Tatuho, 600 cubic metres per
is 84 metres higher than that of will be possible to obtain some an adjacent river.
850,000 h.p. at this single spot.
Between these two places, the shortest distance is only
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATION
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The remarkable geological -formations there permit the construction of such a dam." Mr. Fifer was so favourably im- Dressed that he compared it with the widely known hydro- electric plant in U.S.S.R. and called it the "Daleper of China,"
HONGKONG
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Volume of Business Transacted "
on Tuesday, Sept. 12. 1939,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1939.
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THE S.S. GIULIO CESARE" Will sail for
Genoa, Naples (London Overland) via Maulla, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay and Portsaid
00
16th September, 6 p.m.
LLOYD
TRIESTINO
Queen's Bldg., Ground Fl., Tel. 32982 Tel. Add, “LLOŸDIANO" P.0.B 143
Agents, Canton-Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Shameen
BARBER - WILHELMSEN LINE
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Vu LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS. Also taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for West Indies ports, Rio de Janeiro, Bantos, Rio, Grande do Sol, Buenos Aires, South America and West Africa,
M. V.
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on 18th SEPTEMBER
STOCKS
Last Sale
Sept. 11
SEPT 12, 1939 STOCKS
Last Sale
Adams Express
114
Sept. 11
Alleghany Steel Ch
267
Cat Tel & Tel
41
Állied Stores
81
Jobins Manville
13
Allis Chalmers
451
J. & Laughlin Steel $7 pfd.
71
Aluminium Ltd
100
Kennecott Copper
Amerada Corpa.
731
Lakey Foundry & Mac..
41
Lands
200 $31.15
Next Säiling
C
m.v.
PRINCE LINE-SILVER LINE
JOINT SERVICE.
Regular Sailings Te
Amer. Metala Co.
Amter. Radiator
Amer. Rolling Mil...................
HALIFAX, BOSTON and NEW YORK Amer. S'ing and Ring Co.
(vin Cape of Good Hope or Panama until further notice)
m.v. "MALAYAN PRINCE”
SILVERSANDAL"
LIMITED PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION AT MODERATE RATES
Allsa & Co,
Amer. Can
113
| Libbey-Owens-Ford
0359
461
Lands
200 31.75
American Cyanamid B
342
Lockheed Aircraft
304-
Amer. & Foreign Power
21
Loew's Inc.
31
Ameri, & Foreign $ pi...
24
Manhattan Shirt Co.
Providents Providents Providents
*** 2,750
4.35 600. 4.40
500
4.45
Agents.
American Gas & Elec
311
Martin, Glen L
39-
Trams
200
16.15
Amer. Locomotive
24
McKesson, Robbins
181*
Hotels
500 5.00
Hong Kong, Bank Building
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
'Telephone 28021.
311
Monaanto Chemical
112A
Hotels
500 5.05
४३
Montgomery Ward
52+
Hotels
500
4.90
22
National Cash Register Co 154
Star Ferries
100 59,00
62
Cat. Dairy Products
16
Telephones (N)
100 7.00
"Amer, Bugar Ring Amer. Tel & Tel. Amer. Tobacco “B” Amer, Waterworks Anaconda Copper
304
Nat. Distillers.....
23
Realtles
500
4.30
165]
National Gypsum
B
China Lights (0) ...
200
7.85
791
National Load
241
China Lights (0)
34 7,80
101
Nat Power & Light
81
381
National Steel Corp.
82
China Lights (N) Kowloon Rises
В 4.80
300
4
7th Oct.
28th Oct.
Atchison, T. & S. Fe.
Auburn Motors Baltimore & Ohio
Barber Asphalt Co
291.
Nat. Supply Corpn.
131
Entertainments
250
13.50
6.60
5
New York Central
19
Mine Operations
€1
Niagara Hudson Power
Bi
Mine Operations
13
N. American" Aviation
214
Marsman (HK)
10.000 Pa. 0,22 10,000 F8.0.11)
200 3/-
Barnsdall Of
174
North American Co.
21
Bendix Aviation
302
Northern Pacioc
PHILIPPINE GOLD MINING
114
Bethlehem Steel
991
Owens-linols Glass Co.
QUOTATIONS
57
18
Pacific Gag & Elec.
294
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 1939.
Boeing Airplane Co.
971
Pacific Lighting
Atoks ....
175
B31
Cable & Wireless, New
Form, ord.
B.-A. Tob. (bearer)
Cammell Laird, ord.
Mexican Eagle
Courtaulds
Distillers
1 T
Dunlop Rubber
Leyland Motors
Turner & Newall
United Steel ......
Smethwick Drop Forg....
51
HK. & Shal Bank (Ldp,
Reg.)
HK. &B'bai Bank (Col.
Reg.)
TO
Tanami Gold Mining... 6d Anglo-Iranian
FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
2nd Floor, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building
Telephones 23185 & 23160.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
(RKUTKE'S SERVICE)
The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the market in London. All quotations are subject to confirmB- tlon and no responsibility. la assumed for errors in transmission.
£
War Loan, 34% Red
after 1957) Canton-Kloon Rly. 6% Chinese 41% -Gold, Loan, 1898 (Brit. Issue)...... Chinese 5% Gold Bonds,
1925-47
Chin. 41% Anglo-French
Loan, 1908
Chinese 5% Crisp Loan,
1912
Chinese 5% Beorg. Loan.
1913 (Ldn. 13.)
Chinese 8% Ster. Notes.
1925 (Vickers)
Chin. Imperial Rly. 5%
Loan:........... Honan Rly. 5% Hukuang Rly. 5%, 1911... Bukuang Rly. 5%, 1011
(German Issue) Lung Taing & U. Hai Rly.
5% 1913 Shai-king Rly. 5%..... Tientsin-Pukow Rly, 5%%%
(Brit. Stpd.).... Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(German, Stpd.) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Brit Stpd. Supl. Loan) Tientsin-Pukow Rig. 5% (Ger. Stpd. Supi. Loan) Jap. 5% Ster. Loan, 1907 341 "Jep. 6% Ster, Loan, 1924, 41
Ger. 7% Intl. Loan, 1824 11: Chartered Bank
Hawker Siddeley Air.... 12/6 Bristol Aeroplane .......... 13/9 Imperial Chemical Ind. 31/14 Imperial Tobacco .......... 117/6 Marks & Sp'eer "A" ord" .50 Rolls Royce
93/9 85
Tate & Lylu
Armstrong Stevens, ord Pressed Steel, .com. Vickers, ord,
Woolworths
Anglo-Dutch
27/741
........ 61
27/6
Rub, Plant. Invest. Trust 28/9 Burma Corporation..... 10 Commonwealth Mining.. Marsman Investments... 11/3 Randfontein Estates 37/6 Western Holdings ...
10- Sub-Nigel
Great Northern Rly, pfd. (29)
Great Western Bugar
Greyhound Corpn. Becker Products
LTD. Biggs Mfacturing
Borg-Warner
254
Packard Motors
41
Antamoks
231
Paramount Pictures
Batong Buhay .
Brooklyn-M'hattan Trans.
101
Pennsylvania R.R.
23
Benguet Consol,
B'klyn-M'hattan $8 cum pt.
381
Phelps-Dodge
47
Big Wedge
18
Canadian Pacific R'way..
51
Phillips Fetroleum
46
Coco Grove
Case, J.L
86
Public Service of NJ.
364
Consol Mines
0045
Telegram: Farnprince
Celanese
251
Pullman Inc.
321
Demonstrations
07
Chesapeake & Ohlu
38)
Pare Oll.......
111
I. X. L.
34
Chrysler Corpn.
86
Radio Corpn. of Am. .....
52
Ipo Gold
11
Colts Patent Fire-Arms
95
| Reading Company, Com
164
Itogons Mining
201
Columbia Gas, & El,
67
Reading Company," lat píd
24
Manbulao Consol.
.05
Columbia 6%: "A" pl.
78
Remington Army Co., Inc.
57*
Masbates Consol.
"
Commercial
41
Republic Steel
271
Mine Operations
11
London, Sept. 11.
Commonwealth. & 8. (ord),
1
Reynold Tobac. "B"
353.
Paracale Gumaus
14
C'wealth & 8. 6% cum pt.
B3
Richfeld Ou
91
San Mauricao
75
Consolidated Edison
29
Safeway Stores
391
Burigap Consol.
16
Consolidated Oll
**
Schenley Distillery
12
Suyce Consol.......
11
Continental Can
491.
Schenley, 54% pid.
63
Syndicate Investment
Continental Oll
307
Sears Roebuck
United Paracales
27
Union Insurance ........ Gula Kalumpong Rubber 18 Allied Ironfounders...... Asso. & Elec. Industries 38/9 Austin Motors, ord.
Com Producta
66)
Seversky Aircraft
4
Mindanao Motherlode
081.
Curtiss Wright (C)
73
Shell Union of....
161
16/3
Curtiss Wright “A”
271
Socony-Vacumin Oil
15
Deere & Co.
23T
Southern Facine
151
25
Distillers Corpn. Seagrama
141
Southern Rly 85 ptd.
251
Douglas Aircraft
79
Sperry
50%
46
Du Pont de Nemours
187
Standard Brands
61
83/9
Eagle Picher Lead.....
137
Stand Gas & Elec.
3+
7/3
Eaton Mfg. Co.
261
Standard Off of California
311
4/8/
Elec. Autolite
354
Standard Of of NJ.
52
29
Elec. Bond & Share
&
Stone & Webster
101
91/3
26/3
Gen. Electric (England) 74/8 Guinness (A) Son & Co. 27
Elec. Band & Share $5 pl. Elec. Bond & Share $6 pt. Elec. Power & Light * pf. Flintkote ......
Swift International
344
64
Technicolor
10
291
Texas Corpn...
50
101
Texes Gulf Sulphur
374.
Food Machinery Corp.
351
Trans-America Co.
Gen. American Trans, ......
50
20th Cent. Fox.
12
Gen. Electric
401
20th Sent. Fox. $13 pf.
·201
Gen. MotorE
541
Union Carbide & Carbon ...
M
Der Railway Signal
21
Union Pacific ....
991
General Tire & Rubber Co 214
United Aircraft
452
Glidden Co.
171
United Airlines Trans,
101
02/.6
78/0
Goodrich (B.F.)
231
United Corpn.
21/9:
Goodrich $5. pt.
872 United Corp. $3 cum pf.
331
CHEFOO & TIENTSIN
Goodyear Tire & Co.
293-
United Gas Corp....
27
Great Northern Iron Ore
22
United Gas Improvement
131
US. Rubber “.
444
15
361
UB. Rubber 8 pta"
103
15
US. Steel.
78
121
Vanadium
381
Hercules Powder Co.
1011
Warner Bros. Pict.
Homeatake Mining - Industrial Rayon.
55
Westinghouse Ilec.
1181
20
Woodward Iron Oor.
29
WAR RISKS
BIG FIVE
TO PLAN FOR BUILDINGS
Industrial Clinics All Over Britain
Sh Morton Emart, manipulative. surgeon to the King. foresees Britai * chain
Captain Crookshank, Financial throughout Becretary to the Treasury, an- of "Industrial clinics" where nounced in the Huse of Commons workers in every, industrial centre the names of those selected to
could receive the benefits of 101
form the conference to consider mechanical aids to, healing. 011 a scheme for mytual protection Urging this, as the Public Health 9.30 against risk of war damage to Congress at Hastings, he said the fixed property in private owners proposed clinics should provide 154 ship.
light and heat treatment besides
Possible formation of motor cycle corps for each regiment now garrisoned in Singapore is indi cated by Inquiries made by the War Department from motor cycle, agents as to their stocks of new and even.. second hand 111.3. chines The Inquiries were made quite recently, and in
Viscount. Weir is to be chair-manipulative surgery. man, and serving with him he As a result of meetings.between will have three baroneta, Br some of the miners' M. P's and the Ernest Musgrave Harvey, Sir Wal Medical Committee of the House ter Benton Jones, and Sir William of Commons, the matter WAS Clare Lees, and a knight, Sir Alan already receiving attention. Rae Smith.
"To-day physical medicine has at
All the chosen five have had last taken its true position in long and distinguished public modern medicine," satr Sir Morton careers and are authorities In Smart. He added: I can foresee their own particular splieres
the day not far distant when "Lord Weir, who is 65, is one of will not be confined to the wealthy
treatment by physical methods. the greatest living experts on air classes, but will become the ex- craft production. Has been Air pected right of every insured Minister and Government's chief worker who demands treatment adviser on Air Council and Dom- by these modern methods.” mittee of Imperial Defence..
"!
Sir Ernest Harvey, 72, was De- puty Governor of the Bank of England until his retirement in 1936.
Ble Willtum Clare Lees, northern cotton and silk magnate, is 64.
Str Walter Benton Jones, 58- Sir Alan Rae Smith, youngest of certain years-old chairmen of £9,000,000 the committee, 54-years-old char- United Steel Companies, Ltd., istered accountant, partner in in- also vice-president of the Mining ternational accountancy firm of Association of Great Britain. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths and Co.
cases intimation was given of possible purchase of both new and used machines,
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
31 SWATOW (7) SHANGHAI
Taicang 14th Sept. 5 p.m. Wingsang th Sept. 4 p.m. "Fansang 24th Sept. 4 p.m. Esang 17th Sept, put "Tingang" 29th Sept,p.m. Minguang 1st Oct. 4pm. Taksang" 4th Oct. 4 p.m. + Calls at WainAIWRI TS SANDAKAN "Mausang" 16th Sept. 10 am.
F. SINGAPORE, PENANG
and CALCUTTA
"Kumsang" 18th Sept. 2 p.m. 'Trensang" 30th Sept. 2.p.m.
To KOBE and OSAKA "Yaensang" 14th Sept. 9 a.m. "Islami" 20th Sept.,.. "Hasang" 20th Sept 9am.
International Harvester Int. Nickel
66
.45.
Chase National" Blank: National City Bank
342+ 281*
"Woolgar" 28th Sept. 5 pm. TO HAIPHONG
*bid:
217/8
DOW JONES AVERAGE
70 ||
1939
Sept. 12, 1939.
Chinese Eng & Mining.
(bearer)
·Burmab
66/3
Shell Frans & Trad
High Low Dow Jones Averages, Sept. 9 High Low 154.65 191.44 20 Industriala
18091
Chosen Corporation
34 33 - 2014 -20 Balsa
3051
(bearer)
Pekin Syndicate..... Bal Elec. Constr. Co. Bhal Waterworks
89/41
27.07 2071 Tillises
22.68
Close Changs 155.12 421 up 31.30 .79 up 23.49 18 of
#--Nominal!
92 22286.51740, Bonda
67.80
600348.59 11 Commodity Index/ 6a 46
Business 'Done point
0,000 shares
"Eng
14th Septy 4p.m.
"Wong" 20th Sept. 4p.m.
Yang 87th Sept. 4 pun
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