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The following quotations on the London Stock Exchange have been, received by Mesars. Swan, Culbertron! and Fritz in conjunction with Router.
Sept. 18. Sept. 10. British Government Securities War Loan 34%
redm. after 1962 £104
Chinese Bonds
NEW YORK STOCK 45 Bonds 1838
EXCHANGE
MARKET DOWNWARD
YESTERDAY
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renewed and evening classes in all commercial The market was down on subjects. Call at Exchange Huilding, 3rd floor or telephone 31512 for prospectus and enrolment form,
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Colton: Buying was less aggres sive to-day and foreign demand was lighter. It appears that the market in dependent upon European news for advance, further
Otherwise,
Wheat: price will decline on bedge sales,
The market absorbed heavy profit-takng well. The world
strong,
Reports markets remain from Winnipeg indicate that all ex- port offers have been accepted.
Rubber: Liquidation was largely of a professional character, owing to securities market. ensiness of the The undertone of this, market was TO LET~[Brm. FURNISHED, ROOMS
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£101
4% Loan 1908. Con 6% Loan 1012-804 6% Reorg. Loan
1913 (Lin. Iss.) £884 5 Bonds 1926-17 £91 5% S'hai-Nanking
£103%
£101% £100
£ 80
£8015
£ 01
£ 71%
£ 25
6
Tient. Pukow
5% Tient. Pukow Railway (Supl.
£ 71%
£ 25
Loan
Honan Rly.. £ 25°
£ 23%
£ 2314
£ 25
5
Hukuang Rly.
1911
£ 40
£ 40
5
Lung
U.
Yui Úy. 191
£ 12
£ 12 Banks
£ DD
Foreign Honda and German 7% Inter.
Loan 1924. £ 69 Japan 5 Sterling
£ 80% Loan 1907. £ 81 Japan 66 Sterling
Ionn
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G. G. Paul Doumer ....
September 20, General Sherman......September 20.
Pres. Jefferson........September 20,
Japan and Shanghai U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Shang-
hai (Seattle, 81st August) Japan, Shanghai and Europe via
Siberia (London, 29th August) Ranpura Japan Shanghai
Saigon.
Shanghai and Swatow
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7th September.)
Straits
Manila
Shanghai
September 20. September 217-
Rio de Janeiro Maru. September 20. Alipore
Andre Lebon Soochow .... Tokushima Moru
Pres. Cleveland
Athos II.
IL Patroclus
Calcutta and Straits
Halphong
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
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Jada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and
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September 21
September 21.
..September 21.
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September 22.
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September 22.
Septembar 23,
September 24.
September 24.
Takaoka Maru
September 21.
.September 24.
September 24,
Canton
.September 20.
Pres. Coolidge Takaja
Soptember 20.
September 20.
39/3 38/3
Yasukuni Maru
September 26.
35/4
35/1
Alax
September 27,
Atsuta Maru
September 27.
· D4/-
5270
4878 487-
Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., 7th September).
Emp. of Canada
.September 27.
Loans
Tobacco (bearer) -113/9 Canadian Celanese Chinese Eng. and Min. (Bearer). Courtaulds
Distillers Dunlop Rubber Electric
113/119
Straita
86/3
BG/3
Saigon
Ginyo Maru Houtman
September 27.
September 27.
11/0
11/0
54/6 547-
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
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Pres. Monroe
September 27.
Telresias
September 27.
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Toyama Maru
September 27.
41/6
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Japon
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September 28.
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.Fri., Sept. 20, 2 p.m.
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Musical
(England) ....
Aircraft Hawker
Impl. Chem. Ind.
Impl. Tobacco
Royco Rolls
Sept. 10.
7451/64 Anglo-Dutch
15.20% Gula Kalumpong
12.24 · Rubber
1173
20/714 26/3
52/734 62/4%
30/3 20/0
REUTER QUOTATIONS
34/7
34744
OK. Bazaars
20/9 29/5
Dow Jones Averages:
Sept. 18. Sept. 10.
133.11
13141 30.74 36.30
134/3
135/714
£1
sh
151/10 150/-
25.84 25.24 16,6-4 10.67 65.02 56.47
S'hai Elec. Constr.
45/-
45/-
Tate & Lyle
79/91
79/6
Turner & Newall.
65/3
55/0
United Steel..... Vickers ord.
33/1% 837-
16/7
Watney, Combe & Reid def. ord.. Woolwortha
70/6
111/3
111/6
Shanghai.
New York.
Amsterdani
Vienna
Prague.
Buolinrest
Madrid..
Liston
Supt. 18. .74.63/64 .15.20
12.24% .616 .60.5/16 .1/6.7/32 4.93% 7.291% 20%
1193/16 .624
38.7/03 110%
Miscellaneous
27-
60.0/16
1/64 Rubber Trusts 4.92%
170 27/-
1/6
27/3
Mines
7.28 Burma Corpn. Ra.
20% 10... 10/- 10/- 119.3/16 Commonwealth
624 Mining
30.3/02 Randfontein
110% Estates
11/0 11/8.
62/0 G1/G
.2/0.13/16
211 Spaarwater Gold
29.20 Mining
Belgrade
216 Sub-Nigel
'6/3 40/740/- 247/6 245/
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The River Conservancy Commission for Kwanguipe Province Issues the following re- port on water levels, in Engilah feet, for the Yeel, North and Exit Riversi
Flaco
of Observation
Higbeet Lowon
W. E W. 1
on
on Sept. Ernt.
meant reved IM 19
75/7' 76/-
70/-
68/9 15/71% 10/716
25/-
26/-
U.S. COMMODITY
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LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the
10.9 10.7 New York commodity exchauge are
Issued by Router:
West River
at Shishing
Fa1.0
+
North River
at Tanayom
1.26.0
Π
7.0 5.K
North Riter
at Shemshat
+-17.6
4.0 1,7
Et Iliver
October
nt ShekhanK
---15.6
-2,7 3.5
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3.2 December
January March
May July
New York Cotton
Sept. 18.
Sept. 11,
10.63
10.62/62
10.07
10.65/41
10.00
10.08/63
10.79 10.76/77
10.62 10.83/83
10.90
10.89/80 11.00 11.00
New York Rubber
Spot September
ed like being there for life, because December
January we had forgotten to make any
March provision for doors.
May
11.286 11.30 11.52 11.5-1/54 11.60 11.62/02 11.76/70 11.87 11.88
11.7
When they were ultimately Total sales: 286 lots.
Chicago Wheat
rescued they had eaten all the
September
kalsomine off the walls and December : 084 100%/100% ⚫were gnawing at their last May
I
07/07 004/99%
Wednesday's sales:-
904 1015%/101% -10,787,000 bushels Chicago Corn
81 *814/814 584 58 157 68% 6856768
I
blow-lamp. Since then, we have decided that Hongkong is too backward to op- preciate modern structures. Tin-September pot places like the new Hongkong & December Shanghat Bank building are good May.....
Wednesday's sales:- enough for the natiyes here,
7,016,000 bushela Besides, what sort of an architect
Winnipeg Wheat was it who designed this place, October ..
02 95% (95% 034 ILT December .......... putting air-conditioning in
.96 190 98% 90% 790% What he should have had
was May
New York Sugar- plenty of faniights above the doors.
September
2.00: 2.54/55 and windowB.
December Otherwise, how are all, the January customers going to get over Marchi
2.00 2.14 draughts?
May.... Total sales:-12,000 tons.
Now York Bik September
1.82.n 1.78/7 December March ... 1.81% 1.74/76-
Mr. & Mrs. Y. Mori MASSAGE
Acupuncture, Moxocausta and Doos Betting Total
Holder of Japanese and Hongkong Governa
9.50
2.50/51
208
9.10/11
2.12/13 2.17/18
1.89
Rates:-211 lots.
ment Licences. Corse Sprained Ankle and Septombor Wrists. Recommended for many years by December Loent Torplade and Doctors, E
January
4. Wyndham Street, (let floor). March....
Tel. 26051.
Montreal Bilver
65.00/08,10 05.90 06.14.
60.02/40 06.25n 00.2017 00.60 60.80/70
Total unter:-27 contracla.
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Amoy
Manila
...Sept. 24, 5 p..
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Yasukuni Maru.
.Fri., Sept. 27,
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Regi, Rex.
Sept. 27, Noon. Letters, ..... Sept. 27, Noon. Letters, Swatow, Amoy and F'pochow Hai Ning. Manila
Emp, of Canada
Fri., Sept. 27, 3.30-p.. Pres. Monroe.Fri., Sept. 27, 5 p.m. Baturday.
Manila
G. P. O.
Sept 27, 12.45 p.m. .Sept. 27, 1.30 p.m. Fri, Sept. 27, 3 p.n.
Sat, Sept. 28,
Manila, Australia and New Zealand Atsuta Maru
via Thursday Island..
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Canton Sat, Sept. 28, 2 p.m. Shanghai, Japan and Europe via Fushimi Maru Sat, Sept. 28, 3.20 p.m.
Siborley
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