NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. U.S. COMMODITY
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
OF CANTON, LTD. (Incorporated in Hong Kong)
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange aro
New York Cotton
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN|issued by Reuter. that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at the HEAD OFFICE, Union May Buliding, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, July 22nd MAY, 1936, at 11 o'clock, n.m.,; for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the January....
March Statements of Account to 31st December, 1935, and of declaring Dividend, ote.
11,02/02
1041/42
11.02/02 11.34/34
October
10.48/48
10.36/36
December... 10.44/44
10.31/33
Spot
10.45/46 10.47/47 11.72
10.30/30
10.34/34 11.72
New York Rubber
15,53n 15.020/04 15,71
15.68n
15.67/68
15.75b/70
October.....
15.74n
16,78n
December
15.81b/82a
16,80/80
January...
15.84n
15.00n
March
15.01b
16.08/09
*
General Manager,
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS MAY of the Society will Ve CLOSED |July from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both September Daya Inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1930.
Total sales:-000 tona
Chicago Wheat
July
V2%4/02% 85/85%
05/05%
80%/80%
September
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE | May
COMPANY, LTD.
844/84% 85%/85%
Tuesday's sales; 14,903,000 bushela.
(Incorporated in Hong Kong)
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDENS.
July
May July
Chicago Corn
00%/60% 00%/60%%% 08/08%
Winnipeg Wheat
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN September. ...58%4/58% that the SIXTY-SEVENTH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 22nd MAY, 1936, at 11.20 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report
October
70%/70% 70%/76% 70%/704 77%/773⁄41⁄4 78%/78% 78%/78%
of the Directors and the Stato Let's eat-
ments of Account to 31st Decem- ber, 1935, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
"The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
Where?
-KING'S
RESTAURANT.
A. W. HUGHES, General Manager.
of course!
Breakfast
Morning Coffee
THE
HONGKONG-TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, MAY -21,-----1936.
Here's the smartest idea
wo've ever seen
TATTOO your lips!
¿Tattoo them with this oxciting,
Justing, transparant stain,
Instead of coating them.
The idea cause from the ever-so-romanile Bouth Hena, and wo'te for it. Sigin for lips. intend of pastry coating. Lurious, excti; Ing, transparent color that really stays oll - day and that never makes marks on hani-
ketchieves... or eclinra. And wonder of Moslem! TATTOO, actually makes lips, Invingly soft... keeps them youthfully catering instead of drying keni. Yes, actually!
You put infot Il sot... then wiz It off. Noblog remains on your lips bút transparent color. And what color. Four starting shades to choose from, Shades never seen in ipstick before. We have them all,
NO. 1 has someriting prangial pink cut. Rather light, Ravishing on blondes and Usian blondes, 16 in called "ORAL."
NO. 3 is our tholos of them all. An erotic, trew shade-brilliant, yet transparent, Kozuelow wa just cantos Ind the right words to describe it. It will "EXOTIC."
•
NO: 3 le a nedam shade. A true, rich, blood color that will be ati kmet to any brunetia. It is called "NATURAL"
NO, 4 la of the type that change color when applied to the Jips, Gires an umumaily tran parent rich and a depth of warm milor that. le truly amazing, 19 is called “PASTEL“
Prices Effective Hongkong
Full Size
Small sizo
Tattoo Lipstick
$3,00
$.30
Taiton Powder.
$3.00
-3.80
Tattoo Compact Rouge
$1.50
$.00
Tattoo Lip & Chock
$1.50
3.30
Mascara: Cream & Brush
$1.50
3.80
Make Up Kit: Lipstick. Rouge, Mascara, Powder $1.20. OBTAINABLE AT ALL DRUG & DEPARTMENT STORES.
Solo-Distributors: Hongkong, Shanghai, British-Malaya and Dutch-East Indies:
AUW PIT SENG'S TRADING COMPANY, LTD. Hongkong-Singapore--Medan-Batavia.
Tiffins
Teas
Dinners Open from 7 a.m."
First & Mezzanine Floor, King's Theatre Building.
:
The
established
favourito
FLEET
for
-OOT
overy sport or outing.
SHARE PRICES
The following is the list of local share quotations issued this morning.
Banks,
H.K. Banks, $1565 n.
H. K. Banka (Lon,
£106.
Chartered Bank, £14% n. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.
£30%.
Reg.).
Mercantile Bank, C.. £10. East Asin Bank, $73 .
Insurances.
Canton in., $275 .. Union In.. $527% n. China Underwriters, $1.00 .. China Fire, $180 n.
H. K. Fire In,, $250 n. Internat'l Assce., Sh. $34 n.
Shipping.
Douglas, $36 n. ILK. Steamboats, 34 n. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.), $30 n: Indo-Chinas (Def.), $20 Shell (Bearer), 90/4 n. Union Waterboats, $12.20 n.
Mining.
Antamoks, $231/2.68 sa. Balatoca, $21. Bagulo Gold 27 eta, n.
Benguet Consolidated, $18.00 n. Benguet Exp., 22 ets. b. Big Wedge, 35 cta, n. Demonstration, 87 cts. b. Gold Creek, 15 cts. n. Northern, 33 êts. sa, Itogons, $1.28 .
1. X.. L. $1.77% 0. Salacot, 14 eta, n. Kullan, 12/- n.
Langkats (Single), $10 n. Masbate, 85 eta, n. Raubs, $11 n.
San Mauricio, $1.22 na.
S'hal Explorations, Bh. $44 n. S'hai Loans, Sh. $4 n. United Paracale $1.00 so. Venz: Goldfield 4 b. Docks etc.
H.K. Wharves (old), 391 B. H.K. & W. Dock $9 n. Providenta (old) $1.10 8. Providents (new), 20 eta. n. Hongkew (old), Sh. $185 m. New Engineerings, Sh, $4 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $100 n.
Cotton Mills,
Ewo Cottons Sh. $88. S'hai Cottons (old), Sh. $74 n. Shai Coltons (new), Sh. $891⁄2 n. Zoong Singe, $12 n.
Wing On Textilca, Sh. $25 n.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
HI, and S. Hotels, $1.85 1. H.K. Lands $31% n.
11.K. Lands, 4% Deben.
$100 b.
S'hai Lands, Sh. $15 n.
Metropolitan Lands, Sh, $10 a
Humphries, $8.55 .
ILK. Realties, $4
b.
Chinese Estates, $82 n. China Realtics, Sh. $4 n. China Dobentures Sh. $60 n.
Public Utilities.
H.K. Tramways, $11 n. Peak Trams, (old), $7 n. Peak Trams, (new), $3 n. Star Ferries, $00 H.
Yaumati Ferries, (old) $19 n.
China Lights, $10.86 s.
SWAN, CULBERTSON & FRITZ.
Investment bankers and brokers in securities and commodities. Daily New York and London Stock Exchange Service. Commodity Futures on the principal American marketa.
Momber of:
New York Cotton Exchange.
Chicago Board of Trade,
Commodity Exchange, Inc.
(Silver, Rubber, Silk, Copper, Hides and Tin).
New York Coffee and 'Sugar Exchange.
Canadian Commodity Exchange Inc. Winnipeg Grain Exchange.
Manila Stock Exchange.
Correspondents for Hayden, Stone & Co.
Telephone: 30244, 80245, 80246. Cable Address: Swanstock, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Buildings, Suite 119/122.
POST
OFFICE.
INWARD MAILS
Canada, USA, Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., 2nd May) U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan & Shanghai (San Francisco, 24th April)-and Europo via Siberia (London, 30th April).
Shanghai
Japa
Japan
and Shanghai
and Shanghai
Straits and Europe via Negapatam, Letters and papers London 23rd April and London_Parcels-Lon- don, 16th April Manila
Shanghai
Straits
For
Samshai and Wuchow Shanghai
Salgon
Letters for
Emp, of Canada
May 21.
Pres. Van Buren
May
Bhutan
•
May
Chichibu Maru
May
Gneisenau ....
May
Haruna Maru
May
Kitano Maru
May
May 22,
May 22.
May 22.
May 22.
Date and Time.
Thurs., May 21, 4 p.m.
Thurs, May 21, 4 p..
Thurs., May 21, 5 p.m.
Patroclus
Pres. Jackson Sunning... Toba Maru
OUTWARD MAILS
Per
Thursday.
Tai Bing
Tamara
Haldis..
Friday.
"Imperial. Airways R.M.A. Dorado........ Fri., May 22, direct Servico" due London, 1st June.
K.P.O.
Reg..
Reg..
G.P.C. ..May 21, 5 p.m.
....May 21, 5 p.m. Lefters........May 22, 8 m. Letters..... May 22, 8.30 a.m. Letters for "Australia by Imperial R.M.A. Dorado
Fri, May 22 Airways Servico" (Due Darwin, 26th May)
K. P. Q.
G. P. O. Reg. May 21, 6 p.m. Letters,....May 22. 8.30 a.m.
Reg
May 21, 5 p.m.
Letters,
May 22, 6 m.in.
Hallow
Hal Hing
Sandakan
Mausang
Haihow, Pakhoi and Haiphong
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ... Formosa
Manila
Kaying
Fri, May 22, 1.30 am. Fri., May 22, 10 am. Fri., May 22, 1 p.m.
Fri, May 22, 3 p.m. Naruto Maru Fri., May 22, 3.30 p.m. Emp. of Canada
Seistan
Fri, May 4.30 p.m.
Australia and New Zealand vla Kitano_Maru
Thursday Island, due Thursday Island, 4th Juno
Reg
Letters,
and South America and
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Pres. Jackson
Parcels,
vis Siberia
Rox..
Letters,
Fri, May 22,
May 22, 4.16 p.m..
May 22, p.m. ... Fri., May 22.
..., May 22, 3 p.m. May 22, 4.15 p.m. May 22, 5-p.m. Fri, May 22,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1936.
BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in Hong Kong)
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
that
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the SEVENTIETH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on Friday, 22nd MAY, 1936, at 11.25 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1935, and of declaring Dividend, etc.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both Days Inclusive.
By Order-of-the-Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1936.
COUNT THE
"TELEGRAPHS"
EVERYWHERE
DEATH
to Mosquitoes!
FLIT
kills
them
FLIT
周舞 CATHAY 泰
D
BALLROOM
(King's Theatre Bldg.).
TEA DANCES
The enviable reputation of Fleet Foot has been built on the secure and steady founda- tion of quality, in materials and workman- ship, in careful attention to fit and comfort, which assures long wear and satisfaction.
OBTAINABLE AT
MAMAK &
Sports
Outfitters
CO.
China Lights, (new); $7.40 b.. HI.K. Electric, $50% 8. Macao Electric, $20 n. Sandakan Lights, $8.30 n. Telephone (old), $25.20 'n. Telephone (new), 59 n. China Busca. Sh. $114 0. Singapore Tractions, 23/- b. Singapore Pref 28/- n.
Industriala
Malabon Sugars, $8.40 n. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19
Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $16 n Canton lees, $1 n. Cement, $9.80 8.
II.K. Ropes, $4.40_n. Stores, &c.
Dairy Farm, $194 n.
Watson, $3.45 n.
Lane Crawfords, $6% .. Mackintoshs, $5 n.
Sincerea, $1.70 n.
Wm. Powells, GO cts. n. Wing On (H.K.), $50 n.
Miscellaneous
ILK. Entertainments, $2.00 n. S. C. Enterprise $1.36 a. Macao "Greyhounds," $2 n. Constructions (old), $13⁄41⁄4 n. Constructions (new), 30 eta. n. Vibro Piling, $4 n.
Ch. Govt. 5% 1925G.$Bds. 93%
1.
H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 6%
prm. b.
H.K. Govt. 3% Loan par. b.
Wallace Harpers, $4 n.
Pia Victoria B.C., and
(Dao Victoria B.G., 10th June)
Manila, Ceylan, India, East Africa, Gneisenau
Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
Due Marseilles, 14th June-and
Parcels only for Germany via Hamburg
Reg.
K.P.O.
May 22, 3.30 pm. Letters.....May 22, 4.30 p.m.
G. P. O.
Reg., May 22, 4.15 p.m. Letters, ...May 22, 5 p.m.
*Superscribed correspondence only.
LONDON STOCK Chinese Engineer-
EXCHANGE
The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the Allied Ironfound market in London on May 10.
All quotations are subject to con- Associated & Elec- firmation and no responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission. Last To-day's Price. Price,
War Loan 3%
redm. after 1052 £100 Chinese 4%%
ing & Mining (bearer)
11/0 12/-
Chosen Corpn...
11/3
12/0
Pekin Syndicate.
2/0
2/0
S'haf Elec. Con-
struction Co.
44/3
46/-
YESTERDAY'S CABLED 'ha,, Waterworkcs
£ 34
£ 34
QUOTATIONS
Union Insurance
Soe. of Canton & 34 Gula Kalumpong
Rubber
£ 34
20/6
26/8
30/-
35/-
⚫trical Industries 16/3
10/-
Austin Mutors ord
50/6
60/0
Boote Pure Drug
537- GR/3
Brit.-Amer,
Tob.
(bearer)
£105%%
124/4 124/4%
Cammell, Laird
ord.
75.31/04 1. X. L.
EXCHANGE RATES
Messra, Benjamin & Potts received Chinese 5% Reorg the following buying and selling quo
May 20. San Mauricio'a
Con.
11.00
1.70
67
..08
Bonds 1898 (Eng. Jaa.) £101 - £100 Chinese 5% Gold
Bonds 1925-47. £ 93 93 Chinese 45%
Loán 1008
£ 07
1 97 Chinese % Loan
1012
£70
tations from their Manila Agents this Chinese impl. Rly.
Lonn 1913
£ 87 morning:-
5% Loan... £ DO Benguet
12.00 Honan Rly. 5 Antämoka United Paracales
Canadian Celanese 105/-
105/-
Courtmalda、、
18/0
48/7
Distillers ..
103/0
103/-
Dunlop Rubber
35/3
35/-
General
Electric
(England)
197-
70/-
Guinness (A) Son
£ 70-
& Co.
160/-
159/-
Hawker Aircraft
30/0 30/3
£87
Imperial Chemical
Industries
39/14 30/-
05:
£ 63
£53
1.80 Hukuang Rly. 1011
Impl. Tobacco.... Marks & Spencer
158/9
158/14
"A" ord.
03/0
02/0
77
1.05
15.38 Masbates
1.75
5% Lung Tsing U. Hai
£63.
£.61
O.K. Bazaars
40/-
41/72
Rolls Royce
107/0
Rly, 1013 6%. £33
'£32
105/-
Tate & Lyle
00/6
00/0
-.01
12.95
Demonstrations
5R
52 S'hai-Nanking Rly .GO
Turner & Newall
520 Big Wedges
.214
034 Itogons
1/2.7/10
4.07.1/16
7.354
23 Tient.-Pukow Rly. .BG
£ 70
£ 45
£ 73
United Steel
86/0 BB/G 20/9
20/6
Vickers ord.
£,40
Woolwortha
Kowloon. Tel. 56469.
PIHLIPPINE GOLD
MINING SHARES
DAILY from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
with
EARL WHALEY'S
ALL AMERICAN NEGRO ORCHESTRA.
Admission $1,00
To-morrow "Follow Tha Fleet"
Including Tea.
Spot Dancing.
T.T.
EXCHANGE
TO-DAY'S OPENING
QUOTATIONS
Demand...
T.T. Shanghai
T.T. Singapore
PT. Japan
T.T. India
Selling
TT. Sun Frisco New York
T.T. Java
T.T. France
T.T. Manlin
T.T. Bangkok T.T. Saigon T.T. Lisbon
Buying
4 m/s. L/C,
4
m/s. D/P.
6 m/s. L/C.
4 m/s. San Francisco &
New York
4 m/s. France
New York.
Peris. Geneva. Berlin.
1/3 Athens+: 1/3 Milan... +107%
Shanghai..
854 New York. 110 Amsterdam. .85% Vienna. .32 Prague
4734 Madrid..
.4.09 Lisbon 04 Hongkong .143 Bombay.
40% Brussels.
6508 Monta Vide
Belgrade
1/4 Montreal.
.1/4. Yokohama)
May 10,
.75.39/04
.16.27/4 .12.34%
.620 .00%
1/27/16
.4.97.1/10 -7.35% .28%
.120%
20
120%
.30.7/16
.110%
1/3 1/8
29.38 .30%
218
.4.06%% .1/2.1/10.
1/4
Rio
Silver (Spot),
20%
.33% Sliver (forward).20
6.50 War Lon
.4.07
-British Wiralezą.
British Wireless
OVERSEAS TRADE
G% Tient-Fukow Rly. 5% (German
Stamped)
• £47% £40
Tient-Pukow Rly.
6% (Supl Loan) £45
Tient-Pukow Rly.
5% (Ger. Stpd.
£45
Supt. Loon) £ 4735 £10
Japan 5% Sterling
Loan 1907.
£7744
£ 01
50%
36.7/16
110%
London, May 20. Figures of the distribution of 1/3.23/32
1/64 overseas trade in the first quarter of 29.30 the year between British and other
£78% shows an 30 countries
increase
In Japan 6% Storling 210 percentage of imports from 39.38 por Loan 1924.... £ 91 4.086 rent, in the corresponding period of Gorman 7% Int. 1/2.1/10 last year to 40.72 per rent, this year. Loan 1024...
44 Exports to British countries accounted Chartd. Bk. of IA.
£ 60% 20.5/16 in the March quarter for 48.4 per
& C.
£14 £14% 20% cent. of the value of total shipments. & Shanghai 105% against 46.2 cont, a year ago,—-
Bk. Corpn. (Lin. Regd.)
£105 £105
Anglo-Dutch
Rubber Pinntation Invoat Trust' Burma Corpn. Commonwealth
Mining
Marsman Invest- ment.
Randfontein
Estates Springs Mines. Sub-Nigel
Tanami Gold Afin
ing Anglo-Iranian Burmah
Shell Transport &
Trad. (Bearer)
20/0 23/1
130/130/-
20/-.
..28/0
31/- -30/7%
917
970
10/14
9/0
20/0 20/3
03/6
03/
42/6
43/1
240/- 240/-
2/-
2/- 00/76/90/10% 05/74 05/7% 08/900/414
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