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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LONDON STOCK
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Interim Dividend of One Dollar
per Share has been declared for the six months ended 30th June, 1936, and will be payable on and after FRIDAY, 11th SEPTEMBER, 1936. Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's Registered Oflee, P. &O. Building.
EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S CABLED
QUOTATIONS
middle prices at the close of
The following quotations are the the market In London on Aug. 20, All quotations are subject to coli- no responsibility is Armation and assumed for errors in transmission. Last To-day's Price Price
War Loan 36%
redm. after 1052 £100 £104% Chinese 415%
Bands 1800
(Eng. 13.), £1034 Chinose 5% Gold
Bonds 1025-47,08% Chinese 45%
Lean 1908 Chinese 5% Loan
1012 Chinese 6% Rears.
WATER LEVELS
STATE OF RIVERS IN KWANGTUNG
The following returns have been Conservancy issued by the River Commission for Kwanglung Pro- vince, showing the water levels in English feet at the places of obser- vation named:
Wert River at
Wuchow SEAL BUver at
Shiching
North River * Thingy Den North River al
Khambul East River at
kun
£103
£100
£ 8014
£ 0914
£100
£ 312
By order of the Board of Direc-| tors.
Loan 1913 (Ldn. 153.) Chinese
Imperial
£ 02 £ D2
$ 05 £.05
T.T.
Demand
THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from: MONDAY, 31st AUGUST to THURSDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER (both daya Inclusive) during The last day of entry for the which parlad no transfer of shares
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Capable of managing stuff. Willing to take position in private 1936. Entry forms may be house. Excellent references, Please
from the write Box No. 338, "Hongkong Tele- obtained. graph."
Jigh.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE. Immediately, three plece suite, new covers, $45, targe eleven $23. Dining sulte, carpet. pieces, $40, Kitchen utensils, Owner leaving Colony, 86A, Nathan Itoad, FOR BALE. Portable Typewriter 360. Also Long Carriage Remington $45. Steel Safes $30
$45. 112201 "F.E.M.C.A." Room 321, 3rd Floor, Asia Life Building, 14 Queen's Road.
TO LET
.....
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21 YEARS AGO Extracts From The "Telegraph" Files
Secretary.
Local
J. E. ANDERSON,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents. Hongkong, 30th July, 1936.
c/o The Anderson Music | NEW YORK STOCK
Co., Ltd.
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the New York cammodity exchange are issued by Reuter,
October Decriber
| January
New York Cotton
11.78/78
11.58/58 11.64/61
21.60/60
11.68/CH
11.63/63
11.71/71
March May
11.68/08
11:77/77
11.07/08
July
11.63763
The following extracts are from the the Hongkony Telegraph for week ended August 28, 1915.
Spot
19.13
11.74m 12.14
New York Rubber
The rate of the dollar n ste. mami was 18. 9,7/16d,
September October December
14.14/14
16.17ก
16.27/27
January
16.30n
March May July
•
*
to
Honkong donations
the Kwangtung Flood Relief Fund totaled $196,547 16 date.
The Douglas Steamship Co. Ltd., declared a dividend of nine per cent.
*
Lady May opened a fund for the raising of mtney from the women
16.11b/14 10.15m 10.27727 16.30n 16.37/39a 16.38/8
16.45b/18a 10.541
10.-45b/47a 10.63n
Total sales:-610 Lona,
Chicage Wheat
1134/113 112/1124 110/110
September 11444/11415 December 113/113% May..... 110/1105 Wednesday's sales: 41,704,000 bushels, Chicago Carn September 11647116 114%/414
08/98%% December 1094/100%
$479434 9614/06% Winnipeg Wheat
May...
of Hongkong for the purchase of October 1024/102 100%/100% a motor umbulance for service at į December 100%/100% #9/ the Front.
May
...... 1024/102L
THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH
SIXTH
ANNUAL
100%/100%
Amateur Photographic
Competition
Details have been unavoidably crowded out of this edition but the list of sections, rules and Entry Form/ are printed below.
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SECTION 3
Views
SECTION 5
For Children
SECTIONS:
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the
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EXCHANGE
MARKET IRREGULAR
YESTERDAY
Rly. 5% Honan Ry. 5%. £651⁄2 £ 05 Hukuang My.
1011 5%
Highmat Lowent
bh
..
recor] record Aug. 19 Aug. 20
62.2 -1.70.6 2.5
TRACK OF LATEST TYPHOON
4-41.0 Q $1.5
+20.9
-+-27.8-6
+4.12.5
рассчи
5,0
7.1
10,7 17,8
~~~2.7 22.1 .1.2
EXCHANGE
Selling
T.T. Shanghał T.T. Singapore
T.T. Japan
T.T. U.S.Ae.
£ 5214
£5231
Lung Tsing U. Hai
£ 3134 Rly. 1913 5 Shai-Nanking Rly.
£ 76
£ 32
£76
T.T. Indin
T.T. Monilo
T.T. Batavia
£.40
£ 47%.
Tient-Pukow Rly.
£4714 £ 48
57% (Brit Stpd) £ 48 Tient-Pukow Rly.
5% (Ger. Sipd) £47 Tlent-Puky Ry 50 (Brit. Stpd. Supi, Loan) Tient-Pukow Ry, 5. (Ger. Stpd. Supi, Loan) Janni 5 Sterling
Loan 1997 Japan 6% Sterling
Lann 1924
New York, Aug. 20, Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow Jones summary of yesterday's mur-| Sets:The market to-day wan duil and irregular, with the majority of Issues registering declines. Dealings. German 7th- however, became lighter on the 'de - į ternational Loan
1924 eline, but some support appeared be-i fore the close of the sesaton.
Busi-Chartered
Hess reports continued favourable and there is nothing in the news that I.K. & Shai Hiking would adversely affect the market, which requires some unustat
Regd.) stunul-
ant to shake off the lethargy. Steel, Chinese Engineer- ing & Mining copper, silver and railroad stocks deelined. Rubber shures Adivanced,
(bearer) led by Goodrich Issues, The market hosen Corpn. for bonde was mixed, whilst slocks Pekin Syndicate on the Curb Exchange were irrequ- Shai Electric Con-
struction Co. larly lower,
Waterworks
T.T. Bangkok
T.T. Saigon
T.T. France
T.T. Germany
T.T. Switzerland
EXCHANGE RATES
Paris Geneva
Berlin Athens.
The Manila Observatory reports at 8.49 a.m, lo-day that the typhoon is situate in about 129 Lông, 20 Laty moving W.NW, White dots show,
the track,
POST
OFFICE.
INWARD MAILS
(Seattle, 1st August).
Jupan.....
Achilles
Cremer
Hector
102 .52
105
.81%
027
153
150%
46.11/10
.4.71
.70%
.35
T.T. Australia
1/G
T.T. Lisbon
.0508
Buying
£ 1714 £ 4714
£ 80
£.884
4 m/s, L/C, London
1/3
4 m/s. D/P,
do
1/3
£ 2014
4 m/s. L/C. U.S.A.
4 m/s. France
31% .5.00
Siraits
Toba Maru
Japan
.August 12.
Eokuyo Maru
£ 08/2
30 d/s. Indin
.03
Streita
.August 22,
Conte Verde
U.3. Crow rate in London
.5 63
Shanghai and Swatow
.August 22.
Kwangtung
.August 22.
U.S.A., Canada, Japon and Shanghal
£ 5911⁄2
Pres. Jefferson
Bank
Montevideo Maru
August 22.
of I. A. & C.
13%
15%
Shanghai and Amoy
August 23.
Tsinun
(10. Corpn.
Straits
.August 23.
Aug. 19.
Aug. 20.
Manila
Pres. Cleveland
August 24,
£103 £102
70.29/04
70.27/04
Calcutta and Straits
.August 24,
Sulzang
15.44
15.422
Straits
.August 24.
2/0
10/- 10/- 30/51% 10/714
2/0
12.501
.
12.50
Shanghai
¡August 25.
.August 25.
520
329
| Milan
037
43%
Oslo
10.90
19.90
For
4576
45/6
Shanghai
172.13/32 1/2.13/32
Per
Date and Time.
.5.03
741
3416
34
2634
12144
5.03.1/10 7.41 2014 1213
Samshul and Wuchow
33%
3324
Madrid.
.40
40
28/3
Lisbon...
1101
110
28/3
Hongkong
1/2.29/32 1/4.20/32
.... Tal Hing Manila, Straits and Europe vin Gneisenau'
Marseilles--and Parcels only for Germany via Hamburg...ERS (Due Marsellles, 13th September).
Fri., Aug. 21, 4 p.m. Fri, Aug. 21.
Bombay.
10%
170
Saturday
35/9
35/0
Brussels.
29.322
Montreal,
5.0314
54/0
5-1/0-
38
54/3 5473
.1/2.1/04
1/21/64
54/104% 57/42
19
121/101⁄2 123/194
Laird,
11/0
14/D
20/
20/-
49/0
51/0
105/6
105/0
30/9
General Electrle
(England)
36/9
40/-
15/0
& Co. Hawker Alrernfi ristel Acroplanes
:50/
150/-
28/9
28/0 3
75/9
56/3
Atok
40/- 160/11⁄2 160/9
30/714
Sha
S. C. & P. New York oflice cables: Stucks: The market was irregular, Union Insurance but it maintained a drm tone.' The Soc. of Canton Cen Products Hefining Company has | Gula Kalumpong advanced the bulk of. s prices by 20 cents and packaged gands by 10 cents per hundredweight,
Cotton: It is rumoured that two prominent cotton authorities have reduced their estimates of the crop by 000,000 bales comparison with Tir Jast
issued report
by these authorities. This is due to the fact that there have been no rains in the Scuth-West,
Rubber..** Allied Ironfoun-
ders Associated & Elec- trical Industries Austin Mators, ord Boots Pure Drug Brit.-Ainer. Tab.
(bencer) Cammell,
ord. Mexican Eagle Courtáukts
forel Distillers
Wheat: The mill and market are easier, Active ploughing Dunlop Rubber is reported in the South-West, in spile of the dryness, Snow & Computy estimate the 'Caridian wheat erop al Guinness (A) Sen 225,000,000 bushels
Corn Rains in the East and scattered showers in the West may not help corn materially, but the feederd crops should derive some benef Cash demand is less urgent and there is more talk of the probabilny of lark Argentine Insports.Sentiment- 15 more bearish and sellers are cautious, due to the underlying strength of the cash position.
Chemical dustries Marks & Spencer Imperial Tobacco
"A" urd. O.K. Bazaars Rolls Royce
& Lyle.... Tate 5. C. & Wall Street Journal Turner & Newall morning comment:"Some brokers United Steel are still strongly bullish in railroad
ori, Vickers, stocks. Brokers report that to-day Woolworths witnessed some European buying here Anglo-Dutch for the first line in the last couple Rubber Plantation Investment of weeks, Investors are buying pre- ferred issues of steel securites. The
'Trust
-July railroad earnings statements are
are Burma Corpn. equipped to simulate an advance in Co monwealth roils. The entire steel outlook is satisfactory, possibly with the excrp- tion of the labour situation."
REUTER QUOTATIONS
Dow Jones Averages:
30 Industrials
20 Rails...
20. Ultics
40 Bonds
Aug. 18. Aug. 10.
105.59 3.63
106.04
54.07
34.77 34.54
Mining Marsanaa Invest-
ments Rundfontein
tales
38/9 60/9 32/3 54/-
New York
Amsterdam.
Vienna..
Prague..
Yokohama
Silver (Spat).
War Lonn
Baguio
Gold
29.03
.5.03%
OUTWARD MAILS
Friday,
Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe vla Marseilles.
Halphong
Manila
Canton
Sunday,
Monte Video, .30%
| Silver (lovward) 19%
G.P.O, & K.P.0. Reg..
.Aug. 21, 3.45 p.m Letters, ...Aug. 21, 430 p.m.
Shanghol and Europe vin Siberin Conte Verde Sat., Aug. 22, 9.30 am, Letters for "K.L.NL. Service" due Kaisar-1-Iliad.Sat, Aug. 2,
G. P. O. & K. P. O.
Amsterdam. 31st. Augual.
Rer. ......Aug. 22, 9.30a.m. Letters, ...Aug. 22, 10 am.
Straits, Ceylon, India, E. and S. Kalsar-I-Hind 10
30%
100% .1007
British Wireless.
MANILA SHARES
The following quotations have been received by Swan, Culbertson & Fritz from their Manila office after the close of the morning's session:
Prices in Pesos
Antamok
POPE NOT AFFLICTED
Vatican City, Aug, 20,
Questioned about reports that Pupo Pius is suffering from rheumatism, a spokesman of the Vatican to-day sald the suggestion was "ridiculous nud fnise-United Press.
(Due Marseilles, 18th September).
........Sat., Aug, 22, G. P. O, & K. P. 0. Parcels,...Aug. 21, 5 pm.
Aug. 22, Reg......
2.45 1.3. Letters, Aug. 22, 10.30 a.m. Sat, Aug. 22, 2 p.m.
Pres. Jefferson Sat., Aug. 22, 4.30 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, E. and S. Montevideo Muru Sat., Aug, 22, 5 p.m
Africa,
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa
Holhow
Canton Maru ..Sun., Aug. 23, 9 a.m. Muinam ......Sun., Aug. 23, 9 a.m. Monday.
Fort Bayard, Holhow, Pakhol and G. G. Paul Doumer.
Haiphong Amoy
Mon, Aug. 24, 1 p.m. Sinklang..Mon., Aug. 24, 3.30 p.m. *Superscribed correspondence only.
SHARE PRICES
The following is the list of local shure quotations issued this] morning.
Banks.
Chartered Bank, £15 n. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.,
314 n. Mercantile Bank, C., £14% n. East Asia Bank, $74 b.
Insurances. Canton In, $265 n. Union I., $650 b. China Underwriters, $1.00 n. China Fire, 3402 n.
H. K. Fire, In., $240 b.. Internat' Assce., Sh. $33⁄41⁄2 n. Shipping. Douglas, $30 n.
Santa Rosa, 13 cts, n. Lands, Hotels, etc.
H, and S. Hatein, $0.10 b. H. K. Lands, $33% b. H.K. Lands, 4% Deben.
$105 m.
S'hai Lands, Sh. $13 'n.. Metropolitan Lande, Sh. $10 n. Humphries, $9'n,
H. K. Renities, $4.25 b. Chinese Estates, $80 n. China Realties, Sh84 n. China Debentures Sh. $60 n.
Public Utilities.
H. K. Tramways. $12.10 b. Peak Trams, (old), $014 n. Peak Trams, (new), $2 n. Star Ferries, $87 b.
Yaumat Ferries, (old), $201⁄4 b. China Light, $12 b. China Light, (new), $8.70 b.- H. K. Electric, $53 b. Maçao Electric, $20 n.
Benguet Consolidated
Benguet Exploration
Big Wedge Consolidated Mines
-05-27-
Buyers Sellers
3.35
3.40
58 .59 35
37
14.75 15.00
.39
.055 .00
1.00 1,05
1.75
1,00
.04
.05
San Mauricio Suyoc
1.00
1.05
47
48
United Paracale
1.55
1.60
Market:-Dull:
H.
t
II. K. Banks, $1,565 b.
K. Banks (Lon. £102 n.
Reg.).
172/6 172/6 89/D 20/0 102/- 102/3
35/- 35/44 33/-
33/- 112/- 14379
20/10% 20/10N
Demonstration
Itoron
Masbate
31/31/-- 10/714 117-
.
8/0
0/0
35/0
35/D
Es-
77/-
77/-
Spring Mines Sub-Nigel Tanam
10/- 40/--
241/3 242/6
(bearer) Chinese 5 Ster)- 1/3
1/3
inx Notes 1925
(Vickers) 80/14 88/11/2 90/3 90/3 Canton Kowloon
Rly: 50%
105/-
105/72
23
33
231
33
-Reuter:
II. K. Steambouts, $4 n. Indo-Crinus. (Prefo), 530 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.), $20 n. Shell (Bearcr). 105/7 n. Union Waterboats, $12 n.
Docks etc.
Mining... Anglo-Ironian Burmali
103.84 103.83 Shell Transport
11 Cominodity Judex 67.60
00.30 and Trading
TYPHOON PHOTOGRAPHS
COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TYPHOON
DAMAGE SCENES, RECENTLY PUBLISHED
IN THE "SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST”.
AND "THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH", MAY
BE OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THE
"S. C. M. POST".
"
H. K. Wharves (old), $99% b. H. K. & W, Docks, $14 sa Providents (old), $1.60 b. Providenta (new), 20 cta, n. Hongkow (old), Sh. $185 m. New Engineerings, Sh, $4 11. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $81% n.
Mining. Kailan, 10/- 1. Langkats (Single), $5 n.. S'hai Explorations, Sh. $3'n. S'hai Loans, Sh. 83 n. Raubs. $11.60 b...- Venz: Goldfield $43⁄41⁄2 b.
Antamoks, $5.28 b. Atoks, 95 cis. B Bagulo Gold' 59 cts, a. Balatoes, $25 n. Benguet Consolidated, Benguet Exp., 44 cts. an. Big Wedges, 64 cta. n. Consolidated Miner 10% cts, 8.1 Demonstration. $1.70 e.
Ipo Gold 421⁄2 cts, sit. Itogons, $2,95 n.
1. X. L, $2.95. n.
$24 n.
Masbate, $1.03% 88. Northern Mining,. 52 cts. b. Parmenle Gumaus, $1. b.. Salacot, 2242 cts. n. San Mauricio, $3.05 b. Suyoc Consols, 73 cts. b. United Paracale $2.89/.45 ea. Gold Creeks, 48 cts..n. Gold River, 13 cts. n..
Sandakan Lights. $8.30 n.
Telephone (old), $271⁄4 b..
D.
Telephone (new), $9. n.. China Buses. Sh. $11 Singapore Tractions. 29/- n. Singapore Pref 28/- n.
Industriala.
Malabon, Sugars, $9% n. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19 Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $15 a Canton Ices, $2 n. Cement, 89.70 1.
b.
H. K. Ropes, $31⁄44 b.
Stores, &c. Dairy Farm, $21 Watson, $3,60 b. Lane Crawfords, 30% ne Mackintosh, $5 n. Sinceres, 3 s.
Wm. Powells, 40 cts, n. Wing On (I.K.), $50 ñ.
Cotton Mills.
n.
Ewe Coltona, Sh. $7 S'hal Cottons (old), Sh. $70 n. S'ha! Cottons (new), Sh. $391⁄2
Zoong Sings, $18 n. Wing On, Textiles; Sh. $25 ri,
Miscellaneous.
H.K. Entertainmenta, $2.00 n. S. C. Enterprise $1.35 n. Macao" "Greyhounds,” 42-n. Cpustructions (old); $144 n. Constructions (new), 30 cls, b. Vibro Piling, 82 b. and sa. Ch. Govt. 6% 1925. G.$Bda
92% b.
H. K. Govt. 1% Loan. 6%
prm. b,
H.K. Govt. 32% Loan par. b. Wallace Harpers, să n.