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HOUSES
WANTED
SHARE PRICES
The following is the list of nuraing.
WANTED. For 1 or 2 years. Mo-t lern house on Hong Kong side of harbour, or rooms, 2 bathroom.ocal share quotations issed this Preferably furnished. Full parto lars to Cominander C. D. Arbuthnot, 1.M.S. "Tamar."
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-Contax Camera, latest model, fitted with fl. Sonnar lens. What Brand new. Cast price 320. offer? Please wrue Bus No. 323, "Hongkong Telegraph.
HOTELS
AIRLIE HOTEL 23-25, Nathan Road, Kowloon. Two minutes from Ferry, modern conveniences, excellent food, room from $10, with full board from
Phone 67857. $00 per month.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the May 28. market
London in All quotations are subject to con- firmation and no responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission.
To-ulny's Last Price. Price.
War Loan #44
redm. after 1052 £105% £105 Chinese 177
Bonds 1896
(Eng. Iss.) ... £100 £100 Chinese Gold
1912
Bonda 1025-17 Chinese 449
Loan. 1908
£94
£ 974
Chinese 5 Lonn
£ 90%
£ 976
$96
Chinese 5
Reorg
Loan 1913 (Lain. IFR.)
1 804
£ 88
Chinese Imp. Rly.
5% Loan
£935
£ 0544
Ilona Rly.
Ilukuang y 1911
£ 595
£ 51
£ 524
£ 61
Lung Tsing U. Hat
Ry. 1913 5 S'hai-Nanking ly.
55%
31 £ 314
Tient.-Puk Blv.
62
£ 744
£47
* 7516
£ 47
... £ 45
£45.
Tient-Pukow Rly.
Tient-Pukow Rly.
56 (German Stamped)
5(Supl-Loan) £10 Tlent.-Pakow Rly.
55% (Ger. Stpd.,
Supl Loan)
Japan 5 Sterling
Loan 1907
$45
£ 78
£45
£ 77% Japan Sterling
Loan 192477290% 90% German Int.
£58 £ 67% Loan 1921 Chartd. Bk. of L.A.
£14 £14% & C.
IK. & S'hai Bk.
Corpn. London
Regd)
See of Canton
£10 £105
Chinese Engineer- ing & Mining (bearer)
12/
12/-
Chosen Corpn. ... Pekin Syndiente,.
11/3
11/3
2/9
2/9
S'hal Electric Con-
struction Co... S'hai Waterworks
"A" Jalon
45/-
-15/-
34/-
3-17-
Insurance
34
34
Gula Kalempont
Rubber
25/...
25/-
Allied Ironfound-
org
35/0
30/0
Associated & Elec
trical. Industries
.16/-
-16/-
Austin Molors ord
49/6
50%-
loots Pure Drug
53/116 53/3
Brit. Amer. Tob.
(beurer)
123/16 124/14%
Laird
8/736 8/7
1027-
102/6 102/9 x
50/- 51
102/-
35/14 82/0
35/6
8276
Cammell,
ord.
Canadian Celanese
Courtaulds
Distillers.............
Dunlop Rubber ..
General
Electric
(England) Guinness (A) Son
& Co. Hawker Aircraft Imperial Chemical
Industrias
155/G 155/6 28/6 2976
38/104 39/14 Tobacco 150/3 157/6
Banks.
II. K.. Banks, $1565 b,
H. K. Ranks (Lon. Reg.).
£105% B.
Charteret Bank, £149% n.. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.
£30% n.
Mercantile Bank, C., £13% n. Best Asin Bank, $73 n.
InsuranceEA.
Canton In.. $263 n.
•
Union In.. $500 b. and ma China Underwriters, $1.00 n. Ching Fire, $462 n.
H. K. Fire In... $200 n. Internat'l Asace, Sh. 3% 1. Shipping.
Douglas, $36 D. H.K. Steamboats, $4 n.' Indo-Chinas, (Pref.), $30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.), $20 п. Shell (Bearer). 100/- [1. Union Waterbonts, $12.20 n.
Mining.
Kailan, 12/ n.
Langkats (Single), $8 n. S'hai Explorations, Sh. 84% D S'hai Leana, Sh. $4 n. Raubs, $10.55 n. Venz: Goldfelt! '$4 h. Docks etc. H.K, Wharven (old). $88 s. 1.K. & W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old), $1 b. and sa. Providents (new), 20 eta, n. Hongkew (old), Sh. $185 n.. New Engineerings, Sh. $4 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $100 n.
Hotels, etc.
II, and S. Hotels. $4.85 9. 1.K. Lands $30% 1.
.. Lands, 4% Deben.
$100 b.
S'hai Lands, Sh. $13 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10 a. Humphries, $8.55 n. 1. K. Realtics, $4% n. Chinese Estates, $82 n. China Realties, Sh. $1 n. China Debentures Sh. $60 n.
Public Utilities.
H.K. Tramwaya, $9-b. Penk Trams, (old), $7 n. Peak Trams, (new), $3 n. Star Ferries, $90 s.
Yaumati Ferries, (old) $19% China Lights, $10.80 sa. China Lights, (new), $7.65 b. H.K. Electric, $50% n. Manu Electric, $9. n. Sandakan Lights, $8.30 n. Telephone (old), $25.b, Telephone, (new), $9 n.
Min Buse Sh. $114 n. Singapore Tractions, 257 K Singapore Pref 28/- n.
Industrials
Malaben Sugars, $9. Cat: Mack. Cold), Sh. $191⁄2 Cald: Macg. (Prof.), SE. 315 Canton lees, $14 n. Cenient, $9.60 11. H.K. Ropes. $1.40 . Stores, &c. Dairy Farm, $19.70 sa. Watson, $3.46 .
Lane Crawfords, $6% n. Mackintoshs, So n.
Sinceres, $1.70 n.
Wm. Powells. 40 cis, n.
Wing On (1.K.), $50 n.
Cotton MiNA.
n.
Ewo Cottens Sh. $8 n. S'hal Cottons (old), Sh. $72% n. Shai Cottons (now), Sh. $41 n. Zoong Sings, $18 n.
Wing On Textiles, Sh. $25 n.
Miscellaneous.
II.K. Entertainments, $2.00 n. S. C. Enterprisu 51.06.n.. Macao "Greyhounds," 32 n. Constructions (old), $134 n. Constructions (new), 30 cts. b. Vibro Piling, $4 n.
Ch. Gevt. 5% 1925G.$Bda. 934%
n
I.K. Govt. 4% Lonn 6%
prm, b.
H.K. Govt. 3% Loan par. b: Wallace Harners, 84 n.
Manila Mining.
Autamoks, $2.75 b. and sa. · Atoks, 50 cts. n.
Baguio Gold 27 cts, n. Balatoes, $21% n.
$18.60 n.
Benguet Consolidated, Benguet Exp., 281⁄2 cts. sa. Big Wedge, 33 cts. 8.
Consolidated Mines, 11⁄2 cts. b.
Demonstration, 96 cts, a..
Marks & Spencer
"A" ord.
92/3.
O.K. Bazaars
41/3
02/0 11/3
Holls Royce
160/- 146/10x
Tate & Lyle
90/-
09/-
Gold Creek, 9 cts.'n.
Turner & Newall
93/0
80//
United Steel
29/0
30/0
Ipo Gold, 31 cis. n.
Vickers ord.
2241- 23/9
Itogons, $1.28 n.
1. X..L. $1.76_n:!"
Woolworthe
Avrilo Klutch tr
Northern Mining, 30 ets. b.
Babber Plantation Invest. Trust.. Burma Corpn. Commonwealth
Mining Marenian Inve
menta
Randfonteli
Estates... Spring Mines
Hub-Nigel
Tanami Gold Min-
Tag
Anglo-franian
Burnin
Shall Transport &
129/0 129/0
25/6 t 20/6 20/1014 20/0
0/7.0/73%
27/0
028/0
016- 04/0 41/10% 41/10% 238/0 237/6
1/10 1/10 85/74 85/7/ 01/1014 01/10
"Trad." Clearart. 100/-
10047.
the eight,
~ Pumilile mutilation
—Lleuters Converreal Service,
Masbate, 80 cts. .
Paracale Gumaus, 55 cts. n. Salacot, 14 cts. n.
San Mauriclo, $1.12 n. Suyoe Consol.,:34 cts. n. United Paracalo 08 els, A, Universal Explor, 18 ets.
NEW APPOINTMENT
London, May 20
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1936.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LAMMERT'S U.S. COMMODITY
BANK. HOLIDAY.
In accordance with Government Ordinance the Exchange Banks will be closed for the transaction of public business on Monday, the 1st June, 1930. (Whit Monday).
Hongkong, 29th May, 1936.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
NOTICE.
AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION
The undersigned have received, Instruction to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
оп
TUESDAY,
the 2nd June, 1936, commencing, at 10 am.
at No. 2 and 4, Mody Rond, "Enipress Lodge", Kowloon
A Quantity of Valunble Household Furniture
ON MONDAY, the 1st June, 1936, The Company's Offices and all Departments will be CLOSED. The Hongkong Dispensary,, Dispensing Department,
for dispensing | June, 1936. will be open |prescriptions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
H. M. the Klang bas, approved the appointment of Mr. J. H. Ewbank ne
The Kowloon Dispensary will be open for business from 10 am. to 1 p.m.
.A. S. WATSON &CO., LTD., langkong, 28th May, 1936.
WALLACE HARPER & CO., LTD.
Shareholders are reminded that the Eight Annual General Mecting of the Company will be held at its Registered Office on Friday, 29th May, 1936, at 5.15 p.m.
NEW
(Full particulars from catalogue) On view from Monday, the 1st
Terms: Cash on delivery, -
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
TO-DAY'S OPENING
T.T. Demand
EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
Selling
T.T. Singapore TT. Shanghai
T. Japan T.T. India
T.T. San Frisco & New York
*ST, Java
TT France
1.T. Manila
YORK STOCK TT. Bangkok
EXCHANGE.
MARKET DOWNWARD
YESTERDAY
New York, May 28,
Fritz Dow Culbertson & Swan, Jones summary of yesterday's 'mar- ket-The
to-day turned
market
listless as prices drifted lower after trading, in which aviation and shares advanced and the market extension (1) ve promise of
recovery. Tuesday and Wednesday's
unve
10
A combination of circumstances, how- ever, retarded trading, including
with the Tax. uncertainty in
cunnexion
of Bi, th engagement
additional and the French gold shipments
Aviation stuck the best tone, some issues naking new high levels. Some min- ing shares, however, have improved, skull and but other groups were generally lower. The market for bonds was mixed, whilst Curb Ex- change stocks were irregular,
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Wall on 28/5 Street Journal coniment market-"A larger volume of Cor purate financing is due in June. Londing steel authorities are store future encouraged regarding the outlook for their industry than a any time in the last five years, The Treasury believes that the distribu- Lion, of Veterans Bonus will offer another possibility for credit inflation. Wall Street is generally optimistic for the mediate markets. Buils say that the United Fruit Company's second-quarter will show
of last year. good gain over Detroit operators predict that General Motors will earn at least $2 per share during the second-quarter."
#
5. C. & F. New York ofte cables: Stocks: The market reflected some realising, but we anticipate better prices. The Electrle Power & Light Corporation carned 33 cents per com- ended quarter ino share for the March 31, against $1.57 per pre- ferred share. The Federal Reserve Board's indux for industrial produc- tion during April was 100 an com- pared with 93 for. March.
Cotton: There was some
sellingt
| on forecast of rains in the East. There is little outside interest in the market.
slightly Wheat: Prices advance
in the en continued dry conditions North-West and on some improve- but mil? markets, ment in the pressure la expected on advances.
during Ruber: Dutch exports
tons. The April totalle 21,338 market is steady, but is without any outstanding feature.
REUTER QUOTATIONS --
May 27. May 28. 152.67 151,77
30 Industriale
20 Rails
20 Utilities 49 Bond... 11 Commodity
Index
46.90 40.39 31.31 31.23 102.31
102.26
50.58 56.47
EXCHANGE RATES
Parks Geneva Berlin Athens.. Milan, Oslo Shanghai. New York Amsterdam Vicuna Preguo. Madrid
Lisbon Hongkong, Bombay.. Brussels
Monic Video.
Belgende. Montreal. Yokohama
75.53/64
16.45
13.41
May 27. 75.43/04
May 28.
.15.4214
.110%
12.38 921, €3 .10.30
1/2.77102 .4.98/4 .7.3744*
7.30 .2012
20% .123%
120% .30.17/32 30.10/32 110%
520
63
19.90
1/2.7/10
4.00%
.1/3.0/10 •1/3,0/10
.1/0%.
170%
.29.47%
20.63
.394...
-39%
.219
219 .4.00%
4.00% .1/2.3/32 1/2.3/32 .4%
:19.15/ 10.15/10 105%.
a member of the Commission of the Silver (Spot)....10% Government of Newfoundland,to Silver (forward) 19.13/16 succeed Sir Jöhn Hope Simpsoni, "in War Loans 105%
British Wireleta.
'Neptember noxt,-Urtilah Wireless,
IT Salgon
PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are Issued by Reuter."
May (1937)
HONGKONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED
NOTICE
ALTERATION OF FARES
.
Commencing 1st June 1936, until further notice, FARES will be as follows:-
On Western Market and Shaukiwan Cars On Western Market and Quarry Bay Cars On Shaukiwan Cars between Causeway Bay and Western Market or vice versa Between Causeway Bay, and Quarry Bay or Shaukiwan
10 cents
5 cents
་་
New York Cotton
July
11.19/49
¡October
10.46/45
December
January
10.35/35
March
10.39/40
10.40/40
Spot
11.74
New
York Rubber
July
15.02/62
September Ocleber December January March
11.51/52 10,50/60 10.34/34 10.42/43 10.42/42 10.16/40 10.44/44 11.76
15.02/02 15,700/72a 16.72b/73a
On Kennedy Town or Whitty Street Cars O Causeway Bay or Happy Valley Cari
1st Class
6 cents
3rd Class
3 cents
15.73n
15,750 15.82/83 15.8m
15.85n 15.00b/93 16.92/93 Tolal sales:-1,040 tonn. Chicago Wheat
16.80/80
Sailors and Soldiers in Uniform-All routes } Children under 12 years of age--All routes
5 cents
July September December
8344/83%
84/84%
95/85 86/864
H34/8354 844/84% MONTHLY TICKETS-Available on All Cars at
All times -
$6 per month.
Wednesday's Sales: 14,062,000 bushels CASH TICKETS-Books of 13 cont)Tickets on Sale at tho
(July
September
Chicago Corn
60%/60% 50/60
57/57 575/674
Winnince Wheat.
May
July
October
13
1/37
1074
.5474
1002
1
.3216
(5 cont)
Hongkong, 26th May 1936.
Company's Office.
F. H. GLOVER Acting General Manager
746/7416 16157765 74%/744 74/75 754/75% 703776%
WATER LEVELS
STATE OF RIVERS
IN KWANGTUNG
The following returns have been 47% issued by the River Conservancy 4.87 Commission for Kwungtung Province, 6414 showing the water levels in English 144% feet ot
the places of observation
Highest Lowest
POST OFFICE.
GENERAL HOLIDAY
On Monday, the 1st June, the General Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Shoungwan Post Ofee from 8 a.m. to 10 am. and the other Post Offices from 9am. to 10 ani.
+
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes, one delivery of ordinary correspondence as on Sundays and one delivery of registered correspondence at 10 am.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
INWARD MAILS
48
named:
TT, Lisbon
,0$92
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on
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4 m/s. L/C.
1/3 18
record preon May 27 May 2
4 m/s. D/C.
.1/4
West River st
Shiubing
U m/s. L/C.
.1/4
| North Illiør ut
4m/s. San Francise &
Twinryuen
New York
4 m/s. France
New York
33 North River at
Hambul .5.50 Fat Tuver t .4.391
Shicklung
O +41.0
+G.D {1
427.4
-4-15.5-2.7
17.3
41.5
18.0
Shanghai
*
12.6
18.2
Saigon
2,2
6.0
Shanghai and Swatow
Salzon
Straits
Straits
Manila
WE GOT RHYTHM! WE GOT STARS! WE'VE GOT A HIT!
100's Of Cirtal
3 Song Bite!
just try and
make your feet babave when one
DICK POWELL
starts singing
RUBY KEELER,
starts tapping
JACK OAKIE.
starts swinging
JOAN BLONDELL
...warte trucking
HUGH HERBERT
starta clowning
PAUL DRAPER
alerts slapping
Louise FAZENDA
startarlet
Is Mars' First Big Musicd in a Yout
The most delirious, dit- ferant, deffy, dancing da light since "42nd Street"l
QUEEN'S TO-DAY
Fot
Saigon Manila
Akaponor
May 30.
D'Artagnan
.May 30.
Sulyang..
May 30.
Roggeveen
.May 31,
.Juno 1.
Calchas..
Houtman
Pres. Taft
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F'er: Friday.
Juno 1.
June 1.
Date and Time.
New Mathilde Fri., Mny 29, 1.30 p.m. Pres. Mckinley Fri., May 29, 4.30 p.m. Saturday.
Strails, Ceylon, India, "East and Chitral
South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
(Due Marseilles, 26th June) Κ. Ρ. Ο.
Parcels, Fri., May 29, 4.30 p.m. RK.....
Sat., May 30, 3 a.m. Letters, Sat., May 30, 10 a.m. Letters for K... Service" due Chitral
Amsterdam 8th June
+
K. P. 0.
Rcg....Sat., May 30. 8.30 a.m. Lettern...Sat., May 30, 0a.m. Bangkok vin Hoihow Saigon
Helhow, Pakkei and Haiphong Shanghai, Japan and Europe via
Siberia
Formuan
Samshel and Wuchow
Ameya
ז'
-Sat., May 30.
G. P. O. Parcels, Fri., May 29, p.m. Reg.,...Sat., May 30, 9.45 am. Letters, Sat., May 30, 10.30a.m. Sat., May 30.
G. P. O. Reg.Sat., May 30, 9 a.m. Letters, Sat., May 30, 9.30 n.iş. Hermod....Sat., May 30, 12.30 pm. Solviken ..Sat., May 30, 12.30 jum. Kingyuan .....Sat, May 30, 1 jm. D'Artagnan, Sat., May 30, 1.30 pm. Fooshing ....Sat., May 30, 3.30 p.m. Sat., May 30, 4 p.m. Kong Ning Kwangtung Sat, May 30, 5 pm.
Sunday,
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa ...
Canton Maru. Sun., May 31, 9 a.m. Superscribed correspondence only.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours THERE 18 CONSUMMATE POLICY IN NEVER BAYING ONE'S LAST WORD. ending at 10 am, to-day totalled 0.47- Inch. The total since January 1s Disraeli.
of 18.79 inches, against an average in
the Hong-21.54 inches. Two retired inspectors
A.J.W. kong Police Force, Mesars. Dorling and F. Hoare, will be leaving the Colony to-morrow. Both of them are on pension and have been awarded" the Police Silver Medal for merit.
A new monthly publication hus made its appearance in Hongkong, this being The Commercial Journal, published by the Polytechnic Commer cial School. Selling at twenty cents, isuus fifty the first number comprises
Chan Tung-san, aged 32 years, a clerk at the Wing Fung Lung rice pages, and articles deal with local shop, No. 18 Bonham Strand West, Kossin, business and currency mat the attractions of to the tourist. The. died at the Government Civil Hospital ters, as well as yesterday morning following injuries Hongkong received when he is believed to have journal is well produced and freely
illustrated. jumped from the second Door of No. 13 Queen's Road West, where he was residing.
at
A remand of 24 hours was granted when Wan Kwai-shan, aged 46, fore- Charged before Mr. S. F. Balfour man, appeared before Mr. E. Hims
this worth at the Kowloon Magistracy Central Magistracy .the morning with embezzling the sum of this morning, charged with the theft $30 from the Alfred K. Yuen Com of 750 pounds of yellow metal sheath- May 23. The com- pany on February 8 last, Wai Chi ing, the property of the steamlaunch man, 27, was remanded until June 6 Tak Hing on
at 2.30 pm. when the case will be plainant was Yau Wong-shi, of the heard. Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones appear Kai Tak shipbuilders and repairers, R. Chester-Woods W. ed on behalf of the defendant while for whors Mr. Peter H. Sin upeared.
M.A. Mr.
Silva prosecuted, Inspector Detective Sergeant Dyrun. is for the prosecuted.
allowed at police. Bull has been
$150.
dia
Charged before Mr. W. Schofield, at. the Central Magistracy this morning, with the theft of electric wiring from
The Daily Herald, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, of April 27, reports the first and third floors of No. 200 the arrival there of Mr. and Mrs. 11. Lockhart Road, the second and third of No. 11 Thomson Road and. floors Latham and two daughters, former-the Beat and second floors of No. 145 E. ty of Hongkong, on a month's visit to Themaun Rond, Cheung Fat, unle Mr. Latham's sister. Mi
Latham
of in default, while in Vancouver renewed acquain employed, sured: 31 years, was fined a hard labour and also ordered to pay funcerisip with Capt. E. P. who recently mada a trip from Hongdamage to the complainants, in kong to Vancouver in his schooner, default twelve days hard labour. It
the Romance, and who contemplates was stated that defendant had ripped
voyaging in the same craft from Van couver to England.
We have received from the local agents, Messrs. John D. Hutchison
walls on
the wiring from the landinge of the houses, application
An
the
mado before."
was
morning by and Co., Ltd., in most interesting illus. Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kow trated booklet issued by Messrs. loon Magistracy, this Cadbury Bros., Ltd., giving a descrip Sergeant H.-Green for the confiscation of 6% gallons of datiable liquor and at tion of the factory in a garden," Bourneville, where Cadbury chocolates four pounds of dutiable tobacco, found are manufactured. The booklet is unclained on board the 11.85 a.. beautifully illustrated and shows all train from Sheung Shui on May 27. C. P. Shoang arpects of life in the Bourneville ect Sergeant Green stated that he board-
Shul, and tlement, including work and play, and ed the train at shows not only the happy conditions C580 reported to him that two baskets tobacco and wine containing some. under which the employees Ive and can been found. When witness; left work, but also the extreme care and cleanliness taken in the manufacture the train at Yaumati, so claimants of the firm a world-renowned cholo had yet come forward. The applica
tion was adjourned for one week: lates and cocon.