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IRREGULAR MARKET
YESTERDAY-
The following reports on the New York stock market have bcon 10- ceived through Messrn. Ewan, Culbert- son and Fritz: The Wall Street Journ- al report on yesterday's markets: Stocks were irregular and lothargic, pending definite indication of the trend. The market was featured by the strength of railroad issues, due to anticipated favourable carloading figures. - Silver Issues wore, eanler, probably due to the fact that several companies had raised wagen, which wax taken to menn smaller dividends. Bands were firm, featured by another rally in United States Government issites, especially Home-owners and Furm Corps. Stocks on the Curb Exchange
Wheat are irregular. pélecnndvanced, due to the sharp rally in the Liverpool market, plus unfavourable weather conditions in Canada. S. C. and F. New York
offer cables:
and
The stock trend was mired changes were moderate in a dull session. News, is not inspiring, but sentiment has improved. The Chry aler Motor Co. is retiring bonds to the value of $10,000,000. The Public Service of Jersey's August met in- eathe totaled $1,176,000, agninst $1,735,000 in August Inst year. The Consolidated Oil Co. na declared a dividend of 14, couts per share, com- pared with 28 cents per share paid in Apr. Business done: 390,000.
New York & Chicago commodity received through Messrs. reports Swan, Culbertson & Fritz:
Cotton:
The market war
steadler
an sack offerings rather then on de- nand and also owing to some hope of a settlement of the textile atrike. Movenients were narrow and easily induenced by any news. Liquidaţion of October cotton continues.
re-
Grains: The wheat market Imponded to the improvement in the foreign markets, while corn respond. d to the report of freezing conditions in the North-West. Neithor the wheal nor the corn markets appear to be in the position to show any sustained advance for the present. Better Liverpool cables Invour higher prices. The market appears to be Dversold.
Rubber: The market WAS very better. steady an Trude buying and looks
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THE GREAT MONKEY'S RACE COURSE Clowns from Every Land Famous Funmakerā Cutting Capers continuously.
The Best Riding Jockeys-Ladies—Acrobats~~Jugglers— Dancers and several varictios of exceedingly clever Acts.
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NOTES FROM THE
THEATRES
Lew Ayres has the enviable task of making love to Alice Faye in "She Learned About Sallors," the Fox comedy romance coming to the King's Theatre on Sunday. Lew is the champion heart-breaker of the U. S. | Navy and Alico is 'n night club enter- |tainer in the picture. This gives Alles
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The following quotations on the London Stock Exchango have been received by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson: and Fritz in conjunction with Renter, Chinese Bonds,
Sept. 19 Sept. 20.
$102 £ 93
£ 71%
£ 72
in splendid opportunity to sing "Hero's 4 Bonds 1898
the Key to My Heart" in a manner (Eng. Jan.) 2102 that is reminiscent of her "Nasty 4% Loan 1908. £ 097 Man" number in George Whito's 55% Loan 1912 ... "Scandals." Alding, and abetting 5% Reorg, Loan
1913 (Lin. les.) £ 951% £ 95% there two with the comedy are those knockout slapstick artists, Mitchell Bonds 1925-47 £ 884%, : and Durant, who are Lew's shipmates 5% S'hai-Nanking In the picture, and Harry Green, a Itly.... £ 70% South American impresario. The atory takes them from an Asiatic port, through the vicissitudes of life on shipboard to a cafe in San Pedro, California. Mitchell and Durant set the stage for an accidental meeting of the lovers in Los Angeles, when something goes wrong,
ther 6 force both, lovers into a trumped-up mrriage. There then follows it series Lite
of hilarious events that brings film to a lively conclusion.
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"Tarzan and His Mato" Drama that appeals to the eye can be as forceful as drama that appeals to the intellect. In fact, the eye is the Inlet to the brain just as is the unr. Which prinelple, according to Cedric Gibbons, famous art director, who now makes his debut as a direc tor of drama, makes possible the use of a vast amount of pictorin knowledge to embellish the thrills and Associated romatice of "Tarzan and His Mate" Industries now adventure pleture now showing British-Amer. Tob (Bearer)...... at the Queen's Theatre. For years Gibbons business has been the art at Chinere Eng, and "dramatising" buildings, roams, landss Min. (Bearer). capes-designing the sets for Metro- Tate & Lyle Goldwyn-Mayer productions. Some-Courtaulds times be designed settings subdued Distillers bues and quiet tone so as tot In Dunlop Rubber intrude on the spoken drama. At Everready 5/- sh. ather times he designed flamboyant General Electric settings A garrish spectacle that
(England).. themselves told n story. For years he Boots G/– sha has made an intensive study of fitting Impl. Chem Ind. his settings to his drama; his achieveImpl. Chens Ind. ments range from the huge settings Impl. Tobacco
Def. 10 sh... Intensely drama- Woolworths 5- lie settings of "Grand Hola!." He recently created the "house made out
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un Turner & Newall consciously link the dramatization of Unilever.......... eye-appeal and reason-appeal together.
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In his first plcture with Johnny Anglo-Dutch ..... Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan Burma Carpn. Rs. and Neil Hamilton, the original tri- angle in "Tarzan, the Ape Man" reunited in a sequel to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle thriller, he has worked out a number of novel idens along this line. Paul Cavanaugh, Doris Lloyd, William Stack, Desmond Roberts and Nathan Curry are also In the east.
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"It Happened One Night" That "It Happened One Night which is now showing in the King's Theatre, might possibly have emerged as anything but the grand entertain- ment it really is, is a prospect hardly compatible with the film's great cust, story and grent director. How, for instance, eculd the picture fail to "ellek," in the parlance of the studios, with Clark Gable and Claudette Col bert, co-starred together for the first time on the
screen, in the leading Toler with Frank Capra directing, the same Capra that gave motion pictures "Lady For A Day." "American Mad- ness" and "Platinum Blonde;" with Robert Riskin writing the screen play based on the Cosmopolitian Blagazine stery by Samuel Hopkins Adams, I Geldenhuis was, evidently, to be expected that "It Happened One Night" would rank high among the year's best. That it has surpassed even the must ambitious estimates in tribute to the fine acting of the two stars, the direction of Capris, Riskin's sparkling script) nl the elaborate production afforded i R by the Columbia Studios. The sup porting cast, nå in every Capra dhcoted picture is excellent, Walter Connelly, Roscoe Karas, Alan Hale, Blanche Frederici, Ward Bond, Mickey Daniels, George Breakston, Father Jodi and Irving Bacon are all to be seen and even the minor its ure Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz played by seasoned and experienced have received the following quota. troupers. "It Happened One Night" tions of the New York exchange for
Shell Trans ante Trad. (Bearer) Crown Mines 101-
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ean be listed as the best picture Gable | yesterday, lus dine; the best picture Colbert hus dore, and the best picture Capra has cope..
"Wonder Bar“
New York Cotton..
Sept. 20.
Closing
SHARE PRICES
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day,
Banks.
V
Hongkong Bank, 81725 na. H.K. Bank (Lon. Reg.), £195. Chartered Banks, 4163⁄41⁄2 n. Mercantle Bank, A & B, £30% n. Mercantile Bank C., £18 n. East of Asia Bank, $90 n. Am: O. Finance Corp., Sh. 620 China O. Fin. Ord, Sh. $4 13. China O. Fin, Pref, Sh. 15
Insurances.
Canton Ins, $290 n. Union Ins.. $537/8 A. China Underwriters, $1.15 .
China Firo, $510 n.
III. Fire Ins., $249 n.
Internat Aeace, Sh. $6.
Skipping.
Douglas, $10%, b. H.K. Steamboats, 57 n. Indo-Chinas, (Prof.), 880 n. Indo-Chinas, (Dəf.), $38 n. Shell'a. (Benrer), 47/6 .n, Union Waterboats, $13 a.
Mining.
Antamoks, 64 cts, by Balatoes, $37 n. Baguio Gold, 47 cts. b. Benguets, $421⁄2 b. Benguets, Exploration, 18 eta. b. Benguet Goldfield, 20 cts n. Blg Wedge, 12 cts. n. Gold Creck, $2 1.
Gold River, 23 cts. b.
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Mining, $21. Itogons, $5 n.
Kallan, 24/- n.
Langkuts (Singio), $17
R.
S'hai Explorations, Sh. 86 n.
S'hat Loans, Sh. $014 m.
Raubs, $13 ex, div, BR.
Vonz: Goldfield, $5 n.
Docks, etc. H.K. Wharves, $100 n. H.K. Dacks, $14 n. Providents (old), $11⁄2 n. Providents (now), 50 cts, n. Hongkewa (old), Sh. $309, n. New Engineerings, Sh. $4% n.. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $118 n.
Cotton Milla
Ewo Cottons, Sh. $10.00 n. S'hal Cottons, (old), Sh. 875 a. Shai Cottons (new), Sh. $44 n. Zoung Singe, Sh. §114 n. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $55 n.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hoteln, $6,40 b. II.K. Realties, $50 b S'hat Lands, Sh. $27 a,
Metropolitan Landa, Sh. $14 2. Humphreys, $10 n.
H.K. Realties, $4.00 b. Asia Raalties "A" Sh. $140 n. Asía Réaltics "B" Sh. $20 1. Chinese Estates, $80 b.
Chinn Realties. Sh. $16 n. China Debenture, Sh.8187 n.'
Public Utilities,
Tramways, $20.15 b.
Peak Trams (old), $15 s Peak Trams (new), $7 n. Star Ferries, (old), $98 n. Yaumati Ferries (old), #21% n. China Light (old), 38.60 n. China Lights, (new), $8.20 b. H.K. Electric, $71% ... Macao Electrice, $25 n. Sankakan Lights, $8 B. -Telephones - (old);-$28.90 -1:~
Telophones (now), $11 n. China Buses, Sh. $13.20 a. Singapore Tractions, 64 b. Singaporo Pret. 17/9 b.
Industrial,
Malabon Sugars, $9 x... Cald: Mack. (old). Sh, $2} a. Cald: Maeg. (Pref.), $20 n. Canton Ices, $2.70 a.
Cement (com.). $2.50 8. H.K. Ropes, $3
n..
Stores, etc.
Dairy Farme, $24. Watson, $5.60 n. Der A Wings, $1 n. Lane, Crawfords, $4.16 n. Mackintoshs, 821 n.
Sinceres, $10 33.
Wm. Powells, 70 cts. n. Wing On (ILK.) $110 n.
Miscellaneous. Amusements, $4 n.
H.K. Entertainments, $71⁄2 n. S. C. Enterprises, $1.10 n. United Theatres, Sh. $14. Macao "Greyhounds." $2 n. Constructions (old), $1.80 n. 12.62-12.62. Constructions (new), 78 cta.`b
Ch. Govt. 5% 1926 G.$ Bonda
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A sear approach to a motion pic- October ture musical number has been at- Decimber tempted to "Goin' To Heaven on a | Jumary" Mule," which Al Jolson sings In the March: First National sereen version
of May "Wonder Bar." which will be shown July at the Alhambra Theatre to-morrow, Spot according to Harry Warren and Af Dubin, composer and lyricist of that Warner Bros. musical spectacle. October Both in its musical treatment and in Decen.ber its screen presentation, they say, the January number is unique. They mention it March as the most interesting, at least to May them, of the five rongo they created | July for the production.
in the "It's Jolson tradition', and at the same time it's more modernistic than the Chicago Fale," said Warren. "It's a sort of September semi-spiritual." Another of their December Jalson items to be used, in the film May is "Vive La France" with which he Weines. entertains the guests of this enormous Sept. 19, Sept. 20. continental night club from the floor.
Chicoge Corn .74.81/32 74.25/32 Ashlo from the five original Warren
September 7C3% 16.11 and Dubin numbers, Jalkon will revive December .... 70% 12.347 "Dark Eyes," of his previous song May........ 783%
2204ccesses, in somewhat new guire. Total antes:-9,874,000 bushels
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October
19.00 Wonder Bar" is the Internationally 610 famous musica) drama with spectacu- 5734lur numbers cranted and staged by 30% Busby Berkeley, which 300 beautiful December
the all star 1/5 1/5.8/10 girls tuke part. Others
May .6.00.5/16 4.99.7/10 girls take padt. Olliors in the ull star
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