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The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:
Banks.
Hongkong Banks, $1565 b. Hongkeng Lon. Reg) £114 n. Chartered Banks, £13. Mercantile Bank, A. &. B. £21.n. Mercantile Bank C., £0% n., East Asin, $109 ́n.
Am: 0. Finance Corp., $25 n. China O. Fin. Ord., Tls.6 1. China O. Fin. Pref. Tis.4.60 n.
Insurances
Canton Ins., $1410 n. Union Ins., $465 b. China Underwriters, $2.95 an. China Fire, $620 b.
H. K. Fire Ins., $1200 n. Internation Assco, Tis. 4 n.
Shipping.
Dougluses, $20 n. H.K. Steamboate, $224 b. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.) $45 . Indo-Chinas (Def.), 832 n. Shell (Benrer) 47/6 n. Union Waterboats, $20 b.
Mining.
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Langkats (Single), Tla.4 n. S'hai Explorations, Tis.2.10 n. S'hai Loans, Tis.2.30 n.
Raubs, $40 b.
Vent: Goldfields, $1% n. Benguet Exp., 20 ela, b.
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H.K. & S. Wharves $138% n. H.K. & W. Docks $23 n.
S. China Motors A., $10 n. S. China Motor B., $5 n. Providents (old), $10 s. Providenta (new), $2.30 n. Hongkews, Tia. 216 n. New Engineerings, Tls. 5% n Shanghai Docks, Tis. 85 b.
Lands, Hotels, etc. Hotels (old), $10.60 b. Hotels (new), $10.30 n. H.K. Lands $75% b S'hai Lands, Tis.24 4 n. Metropolitan Landa, Tis. 10 n. Humphreys, $16.90 b. HI.K. Realties $9.45 sa.
Asia Realties "A", $155 n. Asia Realties "B", $264. Chinese Estates, $105 n. China Renities, Tls. 11.40 m. China Debentures Tis. 96% 0.
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Sinceres, $15.76 n.
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Wing On (H. K.), $265 n.
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Dates for the finals of the Open Championship and the Spicy Itoyal Cup competitions have now been arranged.
The open championship, will bo decided on Tuesday next on the Kowloon C. C. green, commencing at 5 p.m. The contestants are H. Nish, of the Kowloon Howling Green, and L. A. Gutierrez, of the Club de Recreio.
On Sunday afternoon, on the Taikoo R. C. greon, starting at 2.30 p.m. the Club de Recreio and the Kowloon. Dock R. C. will meet In the final of the Spey Royal Cup Competition.
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"Tell England"
During the production of England's war film "Tell England," Kreatest which will be shown at the Queen's Theatre lady, Anthony Asquith and Geoffrey Barkas, the directors of the picture, happened to want
few * ships for ten days to use as "props" for the thrilling secars of the troops on the famous Benches of
Kull depicted in the epic story.
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"The Misleading Lady,"
If worst comes to worst, Edmund Lowe can qualify as a first-rate steve fore. Ile demonstrated his weight carrying ability by moving close to a ton of human
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The story concerns the humorous which will be the Faramount attrae- a
troupe of actors visits the Pald-Up Capital Lian
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the Reserve Funds attempts to give to-inorrow.
Eastern guests a close-up of real life It is the story of a girl who makes in the wild and woolly West. Onkie, refuses him, and is later kidnapped to man" temporarily, and does the job! a man propose to her to win a wager, the leader of the troupe, turna "bad become the scorned male's compulsory so realistically that he almost lands bride. One scene of the film calls for in a peek of trouble. Lowe to carry Misa Colbert out of a second storey roum down
flight of
Etulra to his car. In order to give the
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"The Spy".
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comeramen chance to focus and set baming experiment in economics now other Public Funds of the Chinese Govern Worldwide interest in the new and domestle and foreign banking and exchangw up their cameras for the shot, the being carried un in Soviet Russin ntment both at home and abras& famous Sergeant
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featuring taken.
Johnson and Neil Hamilton, now The star repeated the process with play at the King's Theatre. Claudette eleven times before Director
Berthold Viertel, the director, has Stuart Walker was antished that
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"Lovers Courageous." Robert Montgomery in the captivat ing star of "Lovers Courageous," a everyday life in Moscow, "The Spy" ataria
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BRANCHES- charming new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer succeeds in enpturing the lightness Bankok
Howrah offering to be screened next Sunday and galety as well as the sordid side Bombay
Ipoh nt the Queen's Theatre.
Kannias of existence there nines the upheavel Calcutta Montgomery fans will go wild over brought about by the Revolution,
Kandy this dashing romanca in which Madge An unusually powerful supporting Dethi Evans is the girl of his dreams. Twenst which adds much to its strength Galle gether they make as pleasing
a include Fredric Frederick, Milton, Hongkong romantic team as ever appeared on Holmes, Austen Jewell and Henry the screen. They evoke a ring of Kolker." sincerity in their
performances that The Spy" was filmed from a
original story by Ernest Pascal. story in Frederick Lonsdnie,
original by noted British playwright, who penned it especially we are told. It fa and
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Montgomemple and rear
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In the story Montgomery is n love with the daughter of an English struggling playwright who fails in admiral. To break up her affair with the poor youth, the girl is
Is hastened into a marriage with a titied barrister. However, on the eve of the wedding
ho, slopes with the
impoverished author. Tribulations prove too grant and the young husband la obliged to return hor to her parents. His play becomes a success later and, of course, there is a happy reunion.
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