Associated Elac.
Industries
Brit.-Amer.
17/9 17/0 114/4 116/-
23/3 23/6 01/0 01/9 41/16 41/1K
81/8 81/3
General
Dunlop Rubber Everready 6/- h.
87/144 87/1%
Allied Chemical &
29/1
207-
Dyo..
Elec.
American Can ....
(England)
42/0
42/9
American & Foreign
Guinness
08/0
09/-
Power
Impl.
Chem, In- dustries
.
American & Foreign
31/-
30/1014
Pow. 7% Prof.
Impl. Chem. Ind.
American & Foreign
Def. 10/- sh.
8/0.
8/4/4
Pow. Warrants
Impl. Tobacco...
111/0
111/6
American Metal ... 184
Int. Toa Stores
5/-ah.
28/1
28/1
Internat. Nickel
American Smelting 42% American Tel. Tel. 120 American Tobacco
12
LEE
THEATRE
Remodelled and redecorated intest
Western Electric Sound,
The management has pleasure in announcing the ́ re-opening of the Theatre ̧-
To-Morrow with the presentation of OH! LOOK AT Eddie Fighting Bulls!
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
Production
EDDIE
CANTOR
Sex 700 people in the glittering Fele de Sevilla dancing to one lovely song) Ses a real bull fight in a crowded oreno, with Sidney Franklin, Temous American mainder, fighting satoje bulis!
in The KID FROM SPAIN:
Screamingly funny? You know It! But here's a musical ro- *mance that scales a new peak of dramatic thrills and sweeping, breathless beauty!
with
LYDA ROBERTI The Willowy Sex Monaco end The Gorgeous GOLDWYN GIRLS
Mall Beautiful This Sida of Heaven!
UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1933.
LONDON STOCKS NEW YORK STOCK
PRICES
EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S MARKET | YESTERDAY'S MARKET
INACTIVE
The following quotations on the London Stock Exchango have been received by Mossrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Router: The market:--Generally steady, but inactive,
Chinese Bonds.
Dec, 10. Dec. 14.
4%% Bonds 1898
(Eng. Iss.) £100% 4% Loan 1008 £ 88 5% Loan 1012. I 68% 6%Reorg. Loan
in13 (Lin. IAE) + 89% 5 Bonda 1925.47 £80 6% Shai-Nanking
5% Tient-Pukaw Railway (Supl.
Loan)
tro Shat-il chow.
Ningpo Rly.
6% Honan Riy··00
£100 £88
£ 68%
£ 80%
£ 80%
£ 0244
£ 62%
5% Tient-Pukow
Rly.
£ 14-19 -£-14-19
12-17 12-17
£
12
£ 20
£ 80 £ 12
*£ 26
EQ
German 7% Int.
Loan 1007... $ 70 Japan 6% Sterling
84/2 844
£75
Loan 1924. £ 87 ÌHK. & S'haí. Bk.
£ 80%
£132
6% Hukuang Rly.
1011 in
6% Lung
Hal Riy 1013. £9
Foreign Bonds & Banka.
Loan 1924
Japan 5% Sterling
(Ldn. Regd.).. £131 Chartd. Bk. £5 ah. £ 14% 14%
Industrials & Broweries.
(Bearer) Chinese Eng. & Min (Bearer)
J. & P. Coats
Courtaulds
Distiller
STEADY
COTTON, WHEAT
AND SILVER
LATEST NEW YORK
QUOTATIONS
Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Frita]
Cotton
"
. Dec. 13.
Dec, 14.
Closing
Closing
Range
Range
According to Messrs. Swan Culbert- son and Fritz, the Now York market have received the following quotations was stondy yesterday, Business done on the New York cotton and wheat 1,500,000 shares. The Wall Street and silver exchanges for yesterday. Journal reporta:-The market was generally upward but' dull due to Goldmining year-end cautiousness, shares gained the most of all the stocks due to the weakness in the U.B. Dollar which narrowed the gap between the R.F.C. gold and London | December prices. Weakness in Tobacco stocks |January on account of indications that March elgarette output for the month of May November had declined caused some | July unsettlement. United States Bonds October wero irregular with foreign bonds Spot Atrongor. Most traders are satisfied with the market's behaviour believing that it has shown ability to resist pressure.
Our New York office cable: Dec. Stocks: The market remains quiet May Lut firm awaiting TOWE. Wheat: July Consider conditions oversold. Pur- cliases are suggested on further de clines. Cotton: The market is at a standstill but will probably continue
to follow any change in the gold Decenbor price. Undertone steady. Silver: March The market in strong. Understand May India buying.
The R.FC, gold price yesterday! $34.01, unchanged.
The Dow-Jones commodity Index 47.78, off .05.
The opening figure of the Dow. Jones industrial average yesterday was 101.10.
Dow Jones N.Y. Avorages:
30 Industrials 20 Rails'
20 Utilities 40 Donde
Dec. 18. Déc. 14. 100.00 101.44
41.90 .42.19
24.45 24.13 63.11 88.34 The following market closing prices aro quoted subject to confirmation as to accuracy in transmission:
Dec. 13. Dee, 14. Adams Express Gold
84 Alaska Juncau
221
160 084.
Mining Co.
9.08-0.08 0.93-0.93 10.00-10.01 0.06-9,05 10.17-10.17 10.13-10.14: 10.30-10.31 10.20-10.27 10545-10.45 10.40-10.41 10.03-10.04 10.30-10.60
10.20
10.15
Wheat
Dec. 13.
Dec. 14.
C'cago. W'p*#. C'aro. W'piz.
B1% G06 81,7% 5023- A6% 63% 84% 0276 80% 04 882 04
Total sales for the day'i-
3,725,000 078 6,675,000 oza. (140 Contracts) (237 Contracts) |
SPECIALS
AND
LATEST ARRIVALS
NEW SEASON GAME
CHRISTMAS
Cock Pheasant
$1.60 each
Silver
SHOPPING HOURS Hen Pheasant
Dec. 13.
Dec. 14,
43.10
43.36
ALL BRANCHES
$1.20 each
49.70
$4.10
41.26
44.60
will remain open until
Wild Duck
$1.10 each
Teal Duck
50 cents each
23rd December SUNDAY,
Snipe
Pigeon
35 cents each
45 cents each
LOAN FIASCO.
ONLY HALF FREE STATE OFFER TAKEN UP
London, Dec. 14.
It is learned to-day that barely half of the Irish Free State loan for £6,000,000 at 8% per cent. was subscribed. Reuter.
This was the fourth Irish, Free State National Loan. The sub- scription lists were closed Wednes- day. The underwriters took up the balance, and, leading Indus tries and business firms support- ed to the fullest extent of their resources.
.4 p.m.
on
SATURDAY,
24th December.
Festive Fare
IMPORTED HAMS SCOTCH BEEF'
83%
*** 21%
1464
07
10
Uni.
9%
20%
TURKEYS
GEESE
SAUSAGES.
FARM BEEF
Lekman Corporation 69%
60
7
01
Liggett & Myers "B" 86%
*84%
DUCKS.
SAUSAGE MEATS
AUSTRALIAN BEEF
10
Loew's Inc.
32
3244
44
Lorillard P. (Com.)
18
174
CAPONS
PIES
LAMB
115%
McIntyre Porcupina
Mines Ltd.
30
40
CHICKENS
Also Added Attraction
Silly Symphony
i
and
no par val .......... $ 21% $ 21
Plachin
Johnson
T
74%%%
7244
American
Montgomery Ward 234
.23
GAME
Water-
National City Bank
10/- ah. ***
Miokoy's ** Mad Doctor"
Father Noah's Ark "
Turner Nowall Unilever
29/9 30/- 38/- 37/9 27/3 27/0
works
194
10%
(bid price)
16% 7
18
Anaconda Copper 14
14/
National Distillers
2014
26
Brought to you for the first time at popular prices. 55 Cis., 35 Ct., 20 Cts., &′ 10 Cts.
T
(Including Tax.)
Performances Daily at 12.30, 2.30, 5.80, 7.00 & 0.30 p.m.
Auburn Automobile 51% Atlas Corporation Unq.
57
New York Central'.
36% 30
11%
Owens-Illinois Gloss 82
83
Miscellaneous.
Baltimore & Ohio..
24%
25
Pacific Gas
&
Bethlehen Steel
80%
36%%
Electric
17%
17%
Anglo-Dutch
19/6
18/14
Borden. Company.
21
21%
Packard Motors
4%
Burma Corpa Ra
Borg Warner
10%
20%
Pennsylvania Rail-
10
13/-
13/10%
Canadian
Pactio
road
30
31
Canadian Pacile
Railway
18
13%
Pennroad Corpora
Rly, $25 ah... $12
$ 18
Case, J.I.
71
71%
tion...
2%
21
Chartd. 16/- ah.
Charo National Bank
Phillips Petroleum.
10% 11004
(Bearer)
Tropea Mines
Brush? No!
20/-
20/7/ 18/- 13/-
16/0 16/0
28/6 28/6
(bid price)
18%
1844
Radio Corporation
7%
7%
Chesapeake Corpora.
tion
Chrysler Corporation 61%
Columbia Ġas &
Electric
Lather? No!
Commonwealth
15/- 16/
Southern
Pekin Synd 21-
Consolidated Gas of
ord. sh.... Rubber Trusta .. S'hal. Elec. Constr.
97-
3/
New York...
25/G
25/3
Continental Oil
31/
01/
Corn Products
30/3 30/3
Coty Inc.****
Curtiss Wright Com.
Douglas Aircraft
Oila.
Anglo-Persian Oil Burma Oll Mexican Eaglo
Mex. $4 sh. Royal Dutch 100
40/3 40/3 85/- 83/0
astman Kodak
Du Pont de Nemours- 80
Bond
Share
Electric Power &
. 10/44 10/3
Light
Fox Flim "A"
sh.
Shell Tranz and
£ 21% £ 21
Trad (Beater).
51/3
60/74
28/0
183/9
20/412 185/
Foods Motors
Signal
Rubber International
Gold
Dust Goodyear Tire &
International Tol. &
Rub-In? No!
When you use ›
Barbasol
Throw away your brush Wet your face, either bot or cold water, spread on the creamy Barbasol
Then feel the razor mow Dow down the hair which has
been held stiff against the blade with this scientific, smoothing and soothing 'shaving cream.
It cools, soothes and heals
—an active antiseptic.
For Sale at leading Chambad Bhagn
Diver Drabad By MULLAR, MACLEAN (-00, B.
Barbasol
For a Troëntieth Century Shave
NAVAL MARCH PAST.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO REVIEW FORCES
The annual review of the Royal Naval Forces In Hongkong will
BALLANTINE'S
AN OLD
FAVOURITE
OF UNQUESTIONABLE PURITY,
ALWAYS THE SAMI.
Challantines
PER SCOTEN
LARCHER: WIR:SKY
TOYANOL
10 YEARS OLD -EVERY DROP OF ITI
OBTAINABLE AT
13
Gula Kalumpong
Rubber
Langlangto
Estates London Tin 10/-
eh.
Van Ryn Deep .. Vickers 6/8d each 8/10 8/10
Geldenhuis
Crown Mines
WHY BLAME THE BANKS?
(Continued from Page 8.)
materialise; for this forms the foundation and ground-floor of the whole edifice which the Sociallata propose to construct, and without it they will simply be building a castle in the air.
Tel. Johns Manville
If a Socialist Government should NEWSPAPERS ARE-
ever be returned to carry their présent programme into, offect the history of 1931 would undoubtedly bo repeated.
Foreign balances would be with. drawn and domestic depositors would take fright at the uses that might be made of their money, and all confidence-which is an onsen-
THE FRENCH STORE tial factor in the conduct of traile
99, Queen's Road Central Near Central Market
and at All Leading Wine Doafers..
and commerce-would be destroy od with the result that tho finan- cial position of, the country would bo put into chaos.
It is true that, as storling is no | longer linked with gold, foreign depositors can no longer demand payment of their money in that motal,
But the result to this country and to Its trade and commerco would be much the same, for with our foreign depositors all becom-
Participating in the review willing sellors of sterling our currency take place at 10.15 am, on Thurs-be four soamen's companies, one would bogrontly depreciated, day next at the Happy Valley Re-company of Royal Marines, and thereby increasing the cost of creation Ground, when dotach- one Howitzer. Battery of five guns. everything which we have to im ments from ships at prosent, In In charge of the Battalion will Hongkong will march past the be Captain C. G. Sedgwick, of Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir II.M.S. Berwick, while Cdr. F. E, Frederio C. Dreyor, K.C.B., O.B.E., P. Hatton, of. II.M.B. Cumberland, in review order.
will be Second In Command.
port; and our domestic depositors would withdraw their menoy from the banks and become hoarders of currency, which they would feel to be safer in their own hands than in the banks controlled by such a Government..
TELEGRAP
AMERICAN
PETTY FARENCE
EXSCARDIN STIR
"CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
THEY CIRCULATE EVERYWHERE
Radio Keith Or-
FARM FED VEAL
FARM FED PORK CHEESE ICE CREAM CAKES, ETC., ETC.
A Colossal Selection and "WHAT" Quality.
ORDER EARLY AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
MUTTON
36
35%
pheum
244
Und.
6214
Reynolds
Tobacco
"
484
.48%%%
12%
Hi and
12
Shell Union
8
84
| Socony - Vacuum
1%
1
Corporation
16
16
Southern California
304
38%
Edison
1614
10%
18
18
Standard Gas
77
774
Electric
84
84
4
4.
Standard Oil Co. of.
24%
2
NJ.
40%
40%
14%
1436
Sterling Products
01%
Inc.
524
4244
81%
82
Studebaker Corpora
tion
434
14
13%
Texas Corporation
25%
Texas Gulf Sulphur 4244
42%
5%
G
Transamerica
0%
Unq. Ung.
Union
Carbide &
General Aviation
General Electric
General
Ung. Unq, 2014 19
Carbon
Union Pacife
40%
47
36% 30% 34
way
344
Rail-
United Aircraft &
113 114%
Railway
Trans.
334
83%
3.4 18
36%
United Corporation
54
184
United Gas
Im-
provement
16
36%
36%
U.S. Rubber
1814 16%
154
U.S. Steel
47
47%
Cement International Har
vester
41% 41 International Nickel 214
30
31%
Univerzal Leat
Tobacco
Vanadium
Ung. 23
Unq.
24
214%
Warner Brothers
Pictures
0
14% 60%%% Kennecott Copper 2014 20%
14% 60
Westinghouse E. &
M:
THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
40
40
Woolworth
414
41