SHARE PRICES
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following is the list of Joga) -share:quotations issued to-day.
Banks.
ཊྛིཏི
LK, Banks, $1820/1825 su. 1.K.Banks, (London), £138% n Chartered Bank, $10 n. Mercantile Bank, A.
£20.
Mercantile Bank C., 212, n. East Asia Bank, $96 n. Am: 0. Fidance Corp., Sh. $20 n China O. Fin. Ord. Sh. $4 n. China O, Fla. Pref. Sh. $5 a.
Insurancen.
Canton Ins., $310 n.
Union Ins.. $570's. China Underwriters, $1% 8. China Fire. $525 n. H.K. Fire In,, $283 n. International Assco, S. $6.20 n..
Shipping.
Douglas, $35 b.
H.K. Steamboats, $12% n. Indo Chinas, (Prof.). 380 n. Indo-Chinas, (Def.), $33 n. Shells (Bearer), 567- n.
Union Waterboats, $11, n.
Mining:
Antamoks, 76 etu, n. Balatoce, $40 m
Bagulo Gold, 54 cts. n. Benguets, $40 n.
-Benguet Exploration, 30 cts. n. Benguet Goldfield, 80.cta. D.; Big Wedge, 25 cts, n.
Gold Creek, 84% n.
Ipo Mining, 87 n.
Itogone, 87
n.
Kailan, 27/6 n.
Langkats (Single), $17
n.
S'hai Exporations, Sh. $4.50 11. S'hut Lonne, 30 n. « Raubs, $144 8.
Vent: Goldfields, $6,50 n.
Docks, etc. H.K. Wharves, $118. H.K. Docks, $14 b.
S. China Motors A., $2 p. 8. Chinn Motors B., $8 p. Provident (old), $2,60 sa. Providents (new), 80 cts. b. Ilongkowa, Sh. $851 n.
New Engineerings, Sh. $6.00 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $145 m., Cotton Mills.
Ewo Cottons, Sh. $13, b. S'hai Cottons, Sh. $119 n. Zoong Singa, Sh. $13% 1.
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH
Wing On Textiles, 8h. $70 n..
Landa, Hotels, etc.}
IL. and S. Hotels, $0.50 s, H.K. Lands. $71 b, and sa. S'hal Lands, St. $24 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $14 në Humphreys, $11.20 n. II.K. Realtica, $0.80 n.
Asin Realties "A" Sh. $140 n. Asia Realties "B" Sh. $20 п. Chinese Estates, 887 n. China Realties, Sh. $18 a. China Debenture, Sh.$137 n.
Public Utilities. Tramways, $21.80 sa. Poak Trams (old), $15.00 n. Peak Trams (new), 37% n. Star Fortes (old), $94% n. Yaumati Ferries (old), $21 C: Lights (old), $9.80 n. C. Lights (now), $9.40 n. ILK, Electrics, $77% s. Macao Electrics, $24. Sandakan Lights, $8 n. Telephones (oid), $2534 sa, Telephones (new), $12. China Buses, Sh. $13.40 n. Singapore Tractions, 5/- n. Singapore Prof., 15/- n.
Industriala. Malabon Sugars, $1434 n." Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $21 m.
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21 YEARS AGO
Extracts From the "Telegraph" Files
The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended Feb. 22nd, 1913, -
The rate of the dollar on demand was 28. 01⁄4d.
•
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LONDON STOCKS
PRICES
GILT-EDGED ISSUES STRONG
on
the The following quotations London Stock Exchange have been rocolved by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter.. Market:-Intercit VGA chiefly centred on industrial issues and glit edged securities. The latter especial-
Mr. Wallace J. Hanson severed hia connexion with the firm ofly rated strong. Messrs. Arthur Nilsson & Co.
Chineso Bondn.
Feb. 21. Feb. 22.
(Eng. Iss.)... £102% An impressive memorial ser-446 Banda 1808
£ 93 44 Loan 1908. vice to Captain Scott and his Polar Expedition companions was 5 Loun 1912 £69
5% Reorg Loan hold at St. John's Cathedral.
1918 (Lin. Iss.) £93 Bonds 1926-47 88 S'ini-Nanking
Tient-Pukow
.❤
"
The Government intimated that 5 an experimental school for Euro-5 pean boys would be started in a 5% matahed at Kowloon.
COMMON SENSE
..compels you to
SELL NOW,
at the highest price on record; your
OLD, BROKEN, Useless gold artICLES.
102%
£ 03
:
1
£ 93
£8874
£ BU
£ 60
£ 38-42 £38-42
£ 98-28 ↑ 23-28
5% Bhai-'chow..
Ningpo Rly.
FOR
£ 90'S £ 3394
BC Hukuang Rly.
ABANDONING BASES. 1911
£ 34
£ 14%
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Mr. A. V. Apcar purchased the Oriental Browery at Lalehikok on behalf of a syndicate.
Rly
Tient-Pukow Railway (Supl. Loan)
£ 4G
M. BERAHA
Room 519, Gloucester Building. Telephone 28528-Hours 2-6 pim,
THE SEASON
IDEAL RADIO & ELECTRICAL SERVICES.
Tel. 27806.
Morning Post Bldg.
RADIO. REPAIRS. METER REPAIRS. MOTOR RE-WINDING. TRANSFORMERS
RE-WOUND OR MADE
TO ORDER.
MARINE WIRELESS INSTALLATIONS AND -MAINTENANCE.
SETS MADE TO ORDER.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING. FULLY EQUIPPED WORKSHOP
UNDER A QUALIFIED EUROPEAN,
SPARE PARTS CARRIED FOR
MOST OF THE NEW
MAKES OF RADIO SETS.
SALESMAN SAM
WELL, LAST WEEK I WAS SKATIN' AND THIS WEEK I'M DOIN' TH'SAME)
WHY, THAT MAKES A PAIR OF. SKATES!
5% Honan Rly... £%
£ 34% 5% Lung Talog U.
Hai Rly. 1013 £ 14
Foreign Bonds and Banka,
927; 9244
U.S. MAY REMOVE ALI. FORCES German 7%
FROM P.I.
Loan 1924
Japan 6% Sterling
Int.
£ 77%
£ 77
£ 8014
£ 8514'
£138
Loan 1907 Japan 6% Sterling
£ 16
Loun 1924. K. & S'hai Bk. (Ldn. Regd) £138% Chartd. Bk. £6 sh. £ 16
Industrials and Breweries.
Elec. Associated
Industries..... Brit.-Amer. Tab.
(Bearer)
Washington, Feb. 22. The United States abandonment of all military and naval bases in the Philippine Islands Is contem- plated in the Administration's new plan to obtain the Philip- pines acceptance of the Hawes Cutting Independence Act.
Although B large
party of Filipinos desire independence, the terms offered by the Hawes-Cut- ting measure are not to the liking. of the majority.-Reuter,
Caid: Macg. (Pref.), $19% n. Canton Ices, $2 b.
Cements (old), $34 n. Cements (new), $34 n. H.K. Ropes, $6.50.
Stores, etc.
Dairy Forms, $27% n. Watsone, $7% 1. Der A Wings, $1 n.. Lane Crawforda, $4.10 n. Mackintoshs, 821 n. Sinceres, $13.20 n. Wm. Powells, $1.60 n. Wing On (H.K.), $140 . \
Miscellaneous. Amusements $41⁄4 n. H.K. Entertainments, $10 S.C. Enterprises, $11⁄2 n. United Theatres,,Sh, $2 ; · Macao "Greyhounds," $2 n. Constructions (cid), $2 n. Constructions (new), 54 cts. n. B. Ind. G. Bonds, 81% n. H.K. Govt, Loan, 6% b. prem. Wallace Harpers, $8 n.
Min. (Bearer).
Courtaulds
& P. Conta
Dunlop Rubber
General
(England)
19/9 1970
1207 12017 -
Chinese Eng. and
27/6
27/6
027-
497-
49/3
40/101% 47/-
Everrendy 6-sh.
20/..
Elec:
44/-
43/9
Guinness
10376
103/9
407-
34/10%
Impl. Chem. Ind.
Impt. The
Def. 10/sh...
9/0
Tobacco
119/3
9/4%. 119/3
Ten *Storce
Ali
23/-
28/-
Internat.
Nickel
no par val
$ 23
$'
Pinchin Johnson
10/- sh.
35/- 35/1
Impl. Chem Ind.
Int.
Turner & Newall 18/0 18/0 Unilever
25/70 26/6 Miscellaneous. Anglo-Dutch.... 20/- Burma Corpn. Its.
10 Canadian Pacific ly. $25 h. .. Chartd. 16/ sh.
(Benrer]
Gula Kalumpong
Rubber Trepca Mines Langlaagte
Estates London Tin 10/-
LIGHTER GREY and CREAM FLANNELS
IS HERE.
A DOUBLE SHIPMENT OF CREAM DOE-FLANNEL TROUSERS COMPELS US TO SELL AT THE VERY LOW
PRICE OF
PER
$15.00 PAIR
These are usually sold in. London at 32/6.
We are also
retailing a very excellent range of Grey Flannels at $9.50. which in view of the increase in Wool prices, cannot be repeated.
BERNARDS' OF HARWICH
HONGKONG.
Chater Road:
19/6
14/0
14/9
3 164
$ 10%
14-
14/8
Berma Oll
Pekin Synd. 2/-
Mexican Eagle
23/0
23/6
ord. Hit.
3/3
3/3
Mex. $4 h.
0173
11/0..
91/10/2
1179,
Rubber Trusta
27/0
27/3
Royal Dutch 100
20/-
207-
S'hni Elec: Constr.
15/-
05/-
£ 23%
£23%
13/0
13/9
Van Hyn Deep ...
30/4
89/4%
Shell Trans
&
Vickers 8/84. each
· DX-
0/
Trad (Benrer)
55/-
207-
26/-
Olle.
Geldenhuis
20/9 30/-
Anglo-Persins, Oil
61/3
51/8
Crown Mines
Now, Bring on Yer Plunges!
BLUB!
MEBBE I'M THICK-BUT I DON'T. BELIEVE THAT SIGNI
H. Als
JEST BECAUSE, YA WENT IN FOUR ER FIVE TIMES, YA AIN'T QUITTIN'
ARE YA?
By Small
OH, NO! I'M JEST
GOIN' HOME TA (CHANGE. MY CLOTHES -AN-THEN-I'LL-BE-
RIGHT BACK!
213/14 212/6
REG. U. S, PAT, OFF.
"THAT'S TH' THIRD TIME I'VE CRASHED
THRU THE ICE! I'M A BUST AS A SKATER",
DANGER
THIN
ICE
DANGER
ICE
THIN
A LI'L HOT WATER AN' MUSTARD BATH, So's I WON'T KETCH COLD - THEN BACK
ON THE ICE!
A SWIMMIN' SUIT. IS WHAT
YA NEED ON THIS ICE!
HEY, TAXI, TAKE US DOWN TO CH SKATIN' PONO!
OKAY 'SCRAM IN,
TAX!
"TH' SIGN'S RIGHT-
чи
I'M WRONG!
FOR THE NATURALIST.
DANGER
THIN
ICE
EXCHANGE RATES
HONGKONG STARFISHES AND Geneva.
SEA URCHINS
Vienna
The third of the Supplements to Athens the "Hongkong, Naturalist" is out. Milan and deals mainly with the Star-Buenos Aires fishes and Sea Urchins of this Shanghai. area; containing also a list of New York. fishes collected in Hongkong. (use Amsterdam. ful na a hardlist for checking purposes); and a further instal-Madrid ment of the sorios on the crabs of Bucharest Hongkong, which, commenced in Hongkong the "Naturalist" some time ago. Brussels. There are several striking photo-Stockholm graphic illustrations in addition to Copenhagen. a number of drawings supplement-Lisbon
Bombay, Ing the text.
Paris.
Berlin... Helsingfors. Onio...
Feb. 21. Feb. 22. .77.19/32. 77.3/32
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16,96
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12.80
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68.11/16
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DOB
7.60%
2814
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610
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21.03
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38
22.40 100%
1/0.3/32
4%
226
5.11
5.11
20%
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102
-British Wirelena..
The Supplements are intoudedYokohama. to augment the "Naturalist" in the Montevideo case of the more scientific reader, Belgrade the articles boing of a rather Montreal technical nature, but most keen Silvur (spot) nature lovers and students will Silver (forward).20.7/10 appreciate them despite the asme-War Loun.......1024 what detailed scientific text:
The present number may be ob
tained direet from the Editor. Dr. veralty, price $2-local currency or G. A, C. Herkiots, Hongkong Uni- four, shillings post free.