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LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are issued by Reuter,
New York Cotton
11.71/76 11.83/83 11.78/82 .11.87/88 11.91/03 11.96/06 11.07/97
October
December January
11.82/82
11.87/87
11.84/86
11.79n
12.36
11.084 12.43
March
May July Spot
ing carning.. The continued strengthen helt are over-shadowed by dry- ur"
ness and high temperatures in the steel scrap prices inficates In- evensing manufacturing activity in the
farge Europea de- There is West.
New York Itubber Autumn Wall Street is pessimistic mand. An Argentine official estimate
16.25/25 16.11/12 with regard to the White House in
nives the remälning exportable sur- September
16.29m
16.14 dication of no new increases in taxes
plus of corn from that country at October
16.37b/180 18.23/23 This cons December Speculative interest 17 commodities is 1448.000.000 bushels.
16.10
16.26/24 The visible January decreasing
as a bullish factor. trued
16.48b/50 16.39/39 supply has decreased by 514,000 March
May
16.556/57 10.42b/443
16,50n 16.63n dull. July *Ti market
Total sales-740 tons. The Pennsylvania Rallrond Company Consumption during Juty totalledi
Chicago Wheat earned B8 cents per share for the 648,126 ton. The English stoeit of
11/113 months ended June 30, as against 7rubber decreased by 1,001, tons dur- September 111/111%
112/1127 December 110/11 cenils during the corresponding ing the past week.
110/110 sy ..... 1087% /10 The Times months of last year.
Saturday's sales: 20,062,000 bushels. Chlengo Corn
1117/112 September. 108/10834 December
O8J08 95%/95%
94%/04% May
904/91% Winolper Wheat.
102%/103 October 100%/201 December 0014/90% 1114/111 1024/102 May. 101/101
Ü
Business Intex for the past week
is 103,0 us against the revised figure
REUTER QUOTATIONS Dow Jones Averages:
of 102.7 the previous week and 85.8 during the corresponding week of last 30 Industrials
20 Rails year.
Aug. 15. Aug. 17.
105.80 103.38 53.08 53.61 24.76 34.53 103.88 103.82
Mr. & Mrs. Y. Mori MASSAGE
Cotton:
Further crop complaints 20 ties from the South-West had a slight 10 Bonds
An improve-11 Commodity Index unquoted 07.48 effect on the market. ment is reported in export inquiry. Hedging is light, but it is anticipated This to increase in the near future. expectations chrelang aggressive do- mand.
mill markets and cash Wheat! wheat
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1936.
Jack Huibert as he appears in "Bulldog Jack." showing to-day at the King's Theatre. Fay Wray is co-starred with the British comedian.
DETENTION OF CAR SUMMARY COURT ACTION
FOR ITS RETURN
The alleged detention of a motor) ear formed the subject of a claim for $200 before Mr. Justice 3. J. Hayden in the Summary Court ges-¦ terday afternoon.
The notion was brought by Chan Hon-chuen, of 177 Sai Yeung Choi Street, against Wong Misin, of 17 But Street, claiming $150 for the car on Austin soven No. 735, and $50 ns damages for wrongful deten tion.
50. He admitted that, under the circumstances, nobody dealing with the car would have noticed the change in ownership.
He had no interest in Fint car No. 285 and he did not know a man hy this name of Lau Kim-ban.
Mr. McCallum then explained to the Court that he wanted this man n a witness but so far had been unable to serve the subpoena on him.
broker and it
it was on The man was a his introduction that his client went to the garage where the owner and authorised by plaintiff to he had sell the car. Immediately upon pur- chase of the vehicle, his client went to the Trofile Office to register the change in ownership.
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Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for the plain:T, and the defendant was
In reply to further questions, represented by Mr. M. C. McCallum.
plaintiff said he had used the car The plaintiff, in the witness-box for only a week. He did not know said he purchased the car from the ear was involved in an accident Wa-kal, a Police interpreter, for $85 on February 21 last. He found the on December 6 last. Immediately car towards the end of 31arch, upon purchase, he took it to the through a friend named Ng Pui-fan. Wei Sing garage for repairs. OnHe admitted that if he had carried January G last, he boused it at the Fout the traffic regulations the car into Lee Man garage at the rate of $5 a would never have found its way
the possession of defendant but month.
About n month Inter he went to denied that he hnd nuthorised Wong Shanghai and Amay his untive village where he remained Chung to sell it.
On his return to the for 20 days. Colony, he found that the garage had closed. Some time in March he found his car in the possession of the defendant. He sent a friend to seo the defendant, and on a refusal to return the vehicle, he instructed a soliciter to write a letter demanding
Offence Realised
Re-examined by his solicitor, the plaintiff said that when the duplicate license was applied for it was in the name of Y.K. L.o. The reason why the he did not report his loss to Police was because he realised he had
Its return. On receiving no reply, committed an offence by not notifying he issued the writ for the action, the Traffic Office of the change in
ownership.
In answer to His Lordship, the plaintiff said, the amount claimed for damages in connection
with the detention of the vehicle was for in-
1/2+1 1/201
He had never authorised Wong 1029% Chung, the owner of the garage, to sell the car on his behalf, nor had 105
he surrendered his license either 19 81%
tim or to anybody. He did not convenience caused him as he was authorise anybody to report to the employed at the Shing Mun Dam, Trails Offee for the loss of the He had to spend 50 cents a day for 45.5/10 license or apply for a duplicate. Up
result of the detention.
charge of able to trace the whereabouts of the records of the Traffic Department, car was first
On January 23 last, a person unknown to him applied for .a
llcense in the name of Lo
to the present time he had been, un-
ax a T.
ING. Stokes, in
that the
Wong. Je had spent over $70 to
red to T.K. Lo on August 20
150
48.11/16
4.71
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pair the vehicle."
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Regulations Ignored
Buying
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4 m/s L/C. U.S.A.
.31
4 m/s. France
4 m/s. L/C. London
30 a/s, Indu
U.S. Cross rate in Londun
Cross-examined by Mr. McCallum, duplicate cation was granted, but |
the plaintiff said that when he pur-| The chased the car, the then owner hard such a request was also neceded to
record of
1/3 edils Bicense to him. Although he in cases of loss of the original
knew of the regulations, he did not license. There was no 5.00 notify the Traffic Office of the change of ownership by the plaintiff. .83% change in ownership.
reason The case was then adjourned until 5.021 was because he had no time to do September 10, at 10a.m.
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