HONGKONG
The Cloucester
AIR-CONDITIONED
LOUNGE
THE popular rendezvous in Hongkong in the heart of the Shopping district. Here in the air-conditioned and spacious lounge
Appetising
Cold Luncheons, Ice Cream and
Soda Fountain
Specialities
are served under ideal conditions. "Everyone" goes
to the Gloucester
Lounge. Come in out of the heat, and revel in the temperature of Capri and thrill to the shock of a Polar drink
Morning Coffee
and Afternoon Teas
SALESMAN SAM
TUT, TUT, FOLKS!! ENJOYED EV'RY MINUTE OF MY VISIT WITH YOU!
GOOD-BYE !
WAL. SAM TE YA CALL BEIN HIT BY! LIGHTNIN', KICKED BY A MULE, KETCHED IN A SKUNK TRAP AN' SO ON, FUN, WHY YA SURE HAD A GOOD TIME! G'BYE!]
OH, MIGOSH,
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
MARKET DOWNWARD
YESTERDAY
Now York, Aug. 1.
The following reparts on the New York Stock market have been received through Mossrs. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz:
The Wall Street Journal report on Stocks to-day yesterday's market: were downward on general profit. taking. Utilities slumped on the Senate decision rejecting the "death sentence" clause in the Utilities Bül demanded by President Itookevelt. Ball, steele, motors and farm equip ments rased, Bonds were upward, led by rails. Stocks on the Curb Ex- change were irregular,
scattered day
9. C. & F. New York offico cabios: Wah casier on The market
with the undertone irregular, Northern Amori- can earned $1.13 per share for the year ending June 30 as against $1.05 The June for the previous year. quarter profits of the itadlo Corpora Ipre ton were 21 cents per share ferred b.b.) as against 13 cents per share for the same, quarter of inst Fax Films showed a profit for year. the June quarter of $706,074 against a prebt of $393,865 for the Aune quarter of 1934. Electric 'ower lost $831,857 1or the June quarter as against a loss of $004,880 for the perio lust year. Brokers Loans during the past week totalled $850,000,000 compared with $880,000,- 000 during the previous week.
same
a
New York and Chiengo commudity Alebarn. reports received through Swan, Culbertson & Fritz:
Cotton: Following on favourable lending crop reports, the average private estimates to-day indicate a crep of 11,492,000 bales.
And
Wheat: The J, E. Bennett Company estimate of the wheat crop
BUY NOW
WING ON'S
GREAT SUMMER SALE
NOW IN FULL SWING
EVERYTHING AT ITS LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE 1
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
LATEST SHARE QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on thei is believed to be about average. London Stock Exchange have been There has been heavy profit-taking received by Mestre, Swan, Culbertson
July 31. Aug. 1. and we think that we would purchase and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter.
until the on good declines only tendency for a quick turn-over has
British Government Securities
subsided.
Corn: Favourable rains are main-War Loan 3%
redm. after 1952 £100% £100% taining the crop outlook.
Chinese Bonds
Allied Iron Found.
cr...
BUY NOW
Miscellaneous
Kalumpong
12/1
Burms Corpn. Rs. 9/7/10/-
10.
Commonwealth
Randfontein
Estates
Spaarwater
40/14 Brining
123/14
Springs Mines Sub-Nigel
53/0 64/-
0/3 41/10% 42/8 256/- 265/-
90/3
Foreign Bonds and Banks - German 1% Int.
Loan 1924.... £ 6244 Japan 6 Sterling
£ 83 Loan 1007 Japan 0% Sterling
Loan 1024.... £ 93. H.K. & S'hai Bk. (Ldn. Regd.) Chartd. Bk. of I.A.
& C.
United Steel
....
*33/7 04/-
Vickers, ord.
10/-
16/-
Watney, Combie &
£ 024
Reld def, ord...
77/0
70/-
Woolworths ....
110/3
111/-.
£ 83
£ 93
Anglo-Dutch
21/9 22/3
Gula
£1052105
Rubber
22/
22/.
Pekin Synd. 2/
£18 £ 13% Commercial and Industrial
ord, ah.
1/6
1/0
Rubber Trusts
30/0 30/0
Mines
40/6 43/3
(Eng. I)... £1024 Loan 1912... £75 44% Loan 1908. £.98 6%. Reorg Loan
98 £102
Associated
Industries Austin Motors ard Boots 5/- sh.................. British American Tobacco (bearer) Canadian Celanese Chinese Eng. and
Elec.
30/8
36/6
Mining
12/-
54/9 49/3
55/- 49/3
121/3
02/6
02/0
Min. (Bearer).
13/-
13/-
Rhokana Corpn.
90/3
£74
Courtaulds
65/9
50/1
Qll.
Distillers
03/- 03/3
Anglo-Persian
61/3. 63/1
Sugar:
The market is unchanged
1913 (Ldn, Jas.) 2 88% 5% Bonds 1925-47 € 90
£ 86
4346 43/10
Burma Oll
-80/ 80/7
£ 90
and
5% S'hal-Nanking
Industries
£ 69
£ 66
General
Marsmen Invest-
5
65/0 68/3. 20/9 27/9
ments, Ltd....
30/-
31/3
REUTER QUOTATIONS
Rly
£ 26
£ 24
5% Tient. Pakow
Impl. Chem. Ind..
84/9 -
34/0
Dow Jones Averages!
Railway (Supl.
"Bazaars ....
*20/3 24/0
July 31. Aug. 1.
Loan)
£ 21
£ 21
120.23 126.85
6% Honan Rly... £ 25
£ 24
Rolls Royce
Impl. Tobacco
143/0
146/-
35.26
20 Utica
23.85
35.04. 23.76
40' Bondis
90.06
11 Commodity Index 66.41
54.02
Hukuang Rly. 1911
..... £ 38 5% Lung Thing U. 00.88
Hail Rly, 1918 £ 13..
sh.
163/0
163/9
£57
S'hai Elec, Constr..
477-
47/6,
Tate & Lyle
36/-.
86/6
£ 13
Turner & Newall
5813
58/3
Rubber: The rubber market is steady. Buying by one of the large dealers was a feature to-day and the market acts well.
Hides: It is reported that manu- Is facturers are well stocked for the present and the leather trade quiet.
in all its branches,
30 Industrials
20 Rails
4%% Bonds 1808
Anyway, It Won't Hurt to Ask
FERGOT TA TAKE TH!. SAN' WICHES MRS, WISSELGREEN
ALL
MADE UP FER ME! WHARA HAM CAM! TICKETS,
PLEASE
JES AS SOON AS ~~TH' CON__TAKES. MY TICKET, I'LL SCOUT AROUND
FER TH DININ'
CAR!
0/3
Dunlop Rubber Electric Musical
Electric
(England).. Hawker Aircraft
27/- 27/-.
Shell TranzA
Trad. (Bearer) 74/44 ·747432
The weekly
Christian Fellowship
meeting will be held at the Helena May Institute to-day, when the Rar P. Bunton will deliver ari Hedley address on "Prayer." The Rev, Mr. Bunton will be the speaker at each of the meetings during August...
By Small
LET'S SEE, NOW! TH' DINING CAR IS USUALLY IN TH' 'FRONT OF TH' TRAIN, IF IT'S NOT IN TH' BACK; OR IN TH' BACK; IF IT'S NOT IN FRONT! I'LL GO BACK BEFORE I GO FRONT!
G BYE, SAM!
GEE, AN' ONLY ATE A LIGHT MEAL, CAUSE FELT SO HEAVY AT LEAVIN'
THOSE NICE FOLKS!
ER-UL- PARDÓN) SURE, I DID!|| IS THAT A NICE
ME YOU JUST
AN' WHO'S
CAME THROUGH) GONNA
THE TRAIN
8/2
STOP ME? "THIS IS A THROUGH TRAIN!
WHY-ER-
(UAY TO TALK TO. JAH-YES!
A HUNGRY MAN? WHY, I'M ABOUT
COME
WITH
ME, MY
STARVED!is THERE A DINER ON THIS TRAIN ?.
13%
HEY!
GOOD
FELLA!
MEBBE, HE'LL SHARE HIS
LUNCH WITH YOU!