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Printed Crope-de-Chine, 27"
Printed Georgette, 36”
Puro Silk Plain Georgette, 36" Victoria Crepe. 36"
Fancy Shalwal Crepe, -27”
Checked Taffeta, 27" (all colours)
Silk Murray, 27" tall colours)
Angel Skin, 27" (all colours)
Plain White Washing Silk, 29"
Striped Washing Silk, 27′′ & 29"
Plain Washing Satin, 27" tall colours)
Crepe Embroidery, 27"
.30 yd. up. .50 yd. .40.yd, up. .75 yd. up, $1.00 for 4 yds. $1.00 for 6 yds.
.80 yd. up. .60 yd up. $1.00 for 8 yds. $1.00 for 7. yds. $1.00 for 3 yds.
.55 yd up
Heavy Burmese Crepe for Evening Dresses, 40" $1.55 yd. up. Fancy Lace, 36′′
.50 yd.
Fancy Wool for Winter Dresses with Satin
Back, 27"
.75. yd.
Goatex Crepe, 36′′
.60 yd. up.
Heavy Morocain Crepe, 36′′
.30 yd. up.
White Silk Shirts
White Silk Pyjamas
Striped Silk Shirts
Striped Silk Pyjamas
Cents Fancy Silk Shorts
Gents' Fancy Dressing Gowns
Printed Cotton Crepe Kimonos
Gonts Fancy Silk Socks
Gents' Winter Neckties
Gants' White Sports Sweaters, Puro Wool
Ladica & Gonts' Pure Silk Brinted Kimonos Ladies' Satin Beach Pyjamas
.50 ear up. .99 ca. up. .75 ea. up. $1.10 ea. up.
.25 ca. up. $1.50 ea..up. .40 ca. up. $1.00 for 5 pts. $1.00 for 10
$1.50 up
$3.50 ca. up. $3.25 set.up.
HOLEPROOF STOCKINGS, NEW STOCK... $1.30 pr. up.
JUST RECEIVED NEW STOCK IN FRENCH VELVET, PLAIN & FIGURED, IN ALL COLOURS AND SHADES.
PRICES LESS 40%
FANCY. WOOLLEN MATERIAL FOR DRESSES AND COATS 1936 FASHIONS AT MAKERS' PRICES.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS
The following, quotations on the New York commodity exchange are issued by Reuters
Nov. 4. Nov. 5.
Chicago Wheat
December May
08% 97% 97%
July
074 .06% 00% 80% 89 81
Monday's salos: 11,821,000 'bushels.
December
Chicago. Corn
0812 68% 1844 May
68% 591⁄4 59% Juiy
00 00% 60% Monday's sales: 3,786,000 bushels.
Winalpeg Wheat
December May
85% 8434. 844 88 88%
Montreal Silver
Dreeminer
Jonunty
March
65.60 (5,00/45 65.60n 64.95/45.43 15.801 05.15/50
1985.
Jack Buchanan in a hilarious scene from "Brewster's Millena,"
showing to-day at the King's Theatre.
SHARE PRICES
The following is the Hat of
66,40 45,50/66.90 fecal share quotations issued this
May
Total sales: contracts.
THE VERY IDEA!
[Continued from Page 6.)
gome good antiseptic glue, The patient may then be allowed to go home, If he has a home. If he hasn't got a home don't treat him. There's no nidney in it."
About this time we were interrupted by a delegate who had been herkling us.off and on for hours. He wanted to know what cure we would recommend for coughing complaints.
Editor's Note: Doctor's The Kelly are usually responsible for collin complaints.
Eddie's Note: Coughing, man coughing! Spelt like dough, rough And tough.
Anyway, at the conclusion, the Chairman coughed (Quiet, plense!) discreetly and, addressing the Con- gress, pointed out that something should be done in recognition of our
services.
If you're going to make it sterling. remember the dollar has relapsed, we suggested.
At the mention of dollar, the whole Congress turned pale, and for 21 moment we thought that we would ta treat the lot for pernicious anaemin. We explained this to them, and they went even paler. and
and there was unseemly unscramble for the exits.
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Only the lady doctor remained.
"Doctor," she said, "I think you're mrvellous," Cuyly she laid her cheek on the coracoid process of our scopula, and we could feel her auricles and ventricles flapping madly against our left lung.
Arm in arm, we left the building. What goitre thing is there than love? Ah, well, nus omien seiprosis qui; mal y pense,
That it Ture your catarch. We'll be sinew,
"CLOUDY WEATHER
A strong anticyclone extends from Central China to Manchuria. The depression is passing into the Parific to the north-east of Japan. Local forecast:-N. E. winds, fresh; cloudy. -
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Children's Chills And How
To Avoid Them.
The air turns cold as soon as thes sun goes down these autumn days and children cannot be expected to tuke precautions against, sudden chills as grown-ups do; therefore at the first signs of a chill, a sneeze or a cough, Baby's Own Tablets should be ministered.
nd
These pleasant tasting little-tablets are just the thing to break up a cold. Mildly laxative, they cleanse the little one's stomach and bowels, tone up appetite and improve his general health.
The prescription of a medienl child-specialist, Baby's Own Tablets Are guaranteed pure and safe even for the youngest infant in arms,
For all childish allments such as constipation, wind', colle, simple fever, diarrhoea, colds and croup, to ense, the pains of teething and expel worms, there is no better medicine for the young than Baby's Own Tablets, sold by chemists everywhere.
GOODBYE
THE
CORNS!
HE wise woman does not ex. periment when a troublesome corn makes her life a burden- she knows it can be removed quickly and safely with
GETS-IT
morning.
Banks.
ILK. Banks, $1,330 n.
H. K. Banks (Lon. Reg.).
£105% n.
Chartered Bank, £14 n. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.
£281⁄2 n.
Mercantile Bank C., £124 n. East Asio Bank, $67 b.
Insurances.
Shipping.
Douglas, $30 1.
H.K. Steamboats, $4 n. Indo-Chinus, (Pref.), $30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.), $11 n. Shell Bearer), 81/3 n. Union Walerboats. $114 n.
LONDON STOCK
EXCHANGE
LATEST SHARE QUOTATIONS.
The following quotations on the London Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Router.
Nov. 4. Nov. 5,
British Government Securities War Loan 34
redm. after 1052 1045 £104%
5 Tient.-Pukow Railway (Supl. baan)
£244 5. Honan Itly... £20 5 lukuang Rly.
Canton In., $230 b.
Chinese Bonde
Union in., $530 21.
4
Bonds 1898
China Underwriters, $1.10 sa. Chins Fire, $400
(Eng, Iss.)... £102
*£10214
.
4
Loan 1908 904
,
HK. Fire In., $227% b.
5 Loan 1912. £ 77
£ 994 £ 77%
Internat'l Assce., Sh. $4 n.
B
Reorg Loun
101 (Lin. Ins.) I D
£ 93
5
Bunds 1925-17 £ 98
5 Shui-Nanking
Rly.
Tient Pukaw
£ 60% 71%
£ 2014
£ 27
£ 25
201
£ 40
£17
Fareign Bands and Banks
Loan 1924
· £59 Japan 5 Sterling
Loan 10078416
£114 Jaan Sterling
Loan 1923
£ ORA £ 16 HK. & Shat Dk.
(Ldn. Regd.). 101 £105 Chartd. B. of LA.
£14
£50
Mining.
Autamoks, 90 ets. b. Balatoes, $10 b. Baguio Gold, 22 cts. n. Benguet Consolidated, $12 Benguet Expt, 13 cts. n. Big Wedge, 8 ets. n. Gold Creek, 30 eta. n. Gold River, 5% cts. n. Ipo Mining, 00 ctạ, n. Itogons, 30% cts. n. Salacot, 1 ets. . Kallan. 13/6 n.
Langkats (Single). $1 n.
S'hai Explorations, Sh. 54% 1. S'hal Loans, Sh. $6 n. Rnubs. $8.50 1.
Venz: Goldfield $2.30 n.
Docks etc.
11.K. Wharves (old), $82 n. II.K.Wharves-(new), $79-n
ILK. & W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old), 90 CLB, Providents (new), 20 cts, a Hongkews (old); Sh. $237% New Engineerings, Sh. $4 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $80 n
Cotton Is.
Ewe Cottons' Sh. $8.75 b. S'hai Cotton (old), Sh. $75 b. S'hai Cottons (new), Sh. $47 b. Zoong Sings, $8 n. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $25 n.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
II. and S. fotels, $4.30 sa. ILK, Lands, $31% b. H.K. Lands, 4% Deben.
100 n.
Shai Lands, Sh. $13.00 11. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10 B. Humphries, $9_b. H.K. Realties $134 n. Chinete Estates, $96 m. Chinn Realtice, Sh. $4 n. China Debentures Sh. $35 n.
Public Utilities.
b.
n.
II.K. Tramways. $13 Peak Trams, (vid), $5 Peak Trams, (new), $1% n. Star Ferries. $83 b. Yaumati Ferries, (old) $17 n. China Lights, $10.40 b. H.K. Electrie, 304 b. Macao Electric, $20 n. Sandakan Lights, $3 n. Telephone (old). $23 b. Telephone (new), $84 b. China Buses. Sh. $11 n. Singapore Tractions, 135/- n. Singapore Pref, 25/-n.
Industrinis
1911
| 50% Lung Thing U.
£ 42
Hai Rly, 1913. £15
b. German 75 Int..
£ 14 Commercial and Industrial Allied Iron Found-
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Associated
Boots 5/- sh....
Impl. Chem. Ind. 10.R. Bazanys Impl. Tobacco Rolls Royce fi
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Elec.
Industries Austin Motors ord.
sh.
- 39/6 -407-
37/- 38/-
44/3 44/6 4879 497-
British American
Tobacco fleurer) 117- TRA
Canadian Celanese
92/6
36/---
b. Chinese Eng, and
Min. (Bearer).
1176
13/8
n.
Courtaulds
5376
5473
Distillers ...
9979
937-
Dunlop Rubber
3876
38/74
Electric Musical
Industries
2074
2070
General
Electric
(England)....
60/-
57/-
Hawker Aircraft
30/0
3078
RAW RUBBER
EXCHANGE RATES
30/0
3774
3976
40/0
140/716 14276
LATEST SINGAPORE
Paris...
Nov. 7445/04
PRICES
Geneva,
15.14
Nov. B 74.47/04 16.14
Berlin..
.1224
12.24
Athens.
GIG
the following Straits currency quota- Milna. tions (buyers) from Singapore to-day songhai..
.00%
1/20/16
60.11/16 1/2.9/10
York.
4.02.5/36 4.92%
213 eta. up et.
22
ela, unchanged ets. up
Amsterdam. Vienna.
.7.26
1706
7.25
DAY
.26%
201
Prague..
110
118
1972
24
ets, uj, ct.
Bucharest. Madrid..
.625
025
.38.1/16 .110%
30.1/10
110%
8/-
.1/8%
1/05
20.14
.30.7/16
20.14 19%
.215
215
.4.06% .1/2.3/04
1/2.1/82
200
44
15 20.6/16
Malabon Sugars, $8.50 n. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19% n Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh, S13 n Canton Ices, $1,60 n.
Cement, $5 b. and sa IK, Ropes, $3.10 n.
Stores, &c.
Dairy Farm, $17 b Watson. $4% b.
Lane Crawfords, $2.75 n. Mackintoshs, $5 n. Sinceres, $1.60 B.
Wm. Powella, 70 cts. n. Wing On (H.K.), $40 n.
Miscellaneous.
HK. Entertainments,$4 n. 9. C. Enterprise $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounda," $2 n. Constructions (old), 321⁄2 b.. Constructions (now), 25 cts. n. Vibro Piling. $4 n.
Ch. Govt. 6% 1925 G. $ Bonda
91% 0.
ILK. Govt. 4% Loan 5% prem.
...
H.K. Govt. 92% Loan par. n. Wallaco Harpers $4 n.
155/- 151/4 Blee, Constr
44/- Tate & Lyle ....
87/0. 88/0 Turner &
58/9 Newall
59/4 32/7VL82/71% 18775
18:0
United Steel Vickers ord. Watney,
Combe & Nyid def, ord. Woolworths pess
Anglo-Dutch
73/-- 11076 Miscellaneous
Gula Kalampony
Rubber
Pekin Synd,
Messra. Benjamin and Folts received:
for raw rubberi Spot December 73/6 11C/0
April/Juno MarketStrady.
Mining Springs Mines
Sub-Nigel
Jau./Mnr.
25/9
25/7
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29/
ard. sh..... Rubber Trusts
1/..
1/3
Rhokana Corpn.
30/0
30/11
Oils
Minea
Burma Corp. Rs.
10
Angio-Persian...
11/9
11/10
Shell Trans and
.
11/9
12/-
Rundfontein
Chosen Corpn. ...
Marsman Invest-
54/-
54/-
Spaarwater Gold
ments, Ltd.
16/10 16/3
32/0 32/-
-Reuter.
Common w
Mining
Estates
Hurma Off
43/0
7/10..
43/1 201/3 262/6
117/6 120/-
60/10% 67/4 80/- 80/74
Trad. (Bearer) 80/7% 81/3
Brussels. Monte Video. Belgrade.. Montreal.. Yokohama.
elainetors..
Ris
Buenos Aires.
.15
Silver (Spot)....20% Silver (forward).20.3/16" War Loan.......10454
20% 104.13/14 -British Wirciosa.
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