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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1931.

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From

INWARD MAILS

FRIDAY,

Per

9.

(London

.Haruna Maru

Jeypore.

JANUARY Japan. Shanghai and Europe via Siberla

(London, Dec. 20, 1930) Shanghai and Europe via Siberia

December 18, 1930)

Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-

hai (Vancouver, BC. Des. 20)

SATURDAY, JANUARY

Shanghai and Swatow

..Emprese of Ju

10.

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

Francisco, De 12)

SUNDAY,

MONDAY,

Shanghai and Amoy

.Sui Yang

President Harrison JANUARY 11.

......Tjinarcea JANUARY 12,

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

Francisco, Dec. 20; 1930)

Manila

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

TUESDAY,

Asama Maru President Madison

Francisco, Dec. 19

President Pierce

Australia and Manila

WEDNESDAY,

Australia and Manila

Japan and Shanghal

Japan

FRIDAY,

WEDNESDAY

JANUARY

JANUARY

JANUARY 10.

JANUARY 21.

13.

Kitano Maru 14.

.Tai Ping

.Kashmir

Kamo Maru

For

Samshul & Wuchow Saigon

OUTWARD MAILS

FRIDAY,

Per JANUARY 9.

Kong Ning Haldis

10.

SATURDAY, JANUARY Straits, Ceylon, Indin, Mauritius, E. & S. Afrien, Aden. Egypt & Europe via Marseilles

K.P.O. Registration ....Jan. 10, 9 a.m. Letters

....10 a.m. Australia (except places North of Brisbane) and New Zealand via Singapore and Brisbane

Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius,

East and South Africa

Fort Kayard

Monilla

Manila

Formosa

Bangkok via Swatow

4 p.m. 1.80 p.m.

Haruna Maru

(Duo Marseilles, Feb. 7.) G.P.O. Registration..Jan. 10, 9.45 am. Letters .........10.30 am.

Haruna Mary, connecting with Nieuw Holland at Singapore.

(Due Brisbane, Feb. 3.) Registration ..Jan. 10, 9.15 am. Letters

.....10 a.m.

Jeypore

Tchekam

Empress of Japan.

10.30 a.m. 11.30 a.m.

3.30 p.m.

President Harrison. Ben!ed!

5 p.14.

5 p.m.

SUNDAY,

JANUARY 11.

Kaying

9 a.m.

Hozan Maru

9 a..

MONDAY,

JANUARY 12.

Hydrangea

3 p.m.

Swatow, Amoy & Formosa

Ewatow

Japan, Canada, US.A., G. and S. America and Europe via San Francisco

President Madison (Due San Francisco, Feb. 4.) Parcela

.Jan. 12, 3 pm. Registration ....4.15 pm. Letters

LAST DAY OF FLAT RACING.

Bookies

THE CHINA MAIL.

*CRICKET.

44

on the Brink of Ruin."

LOCAL TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW.

"HONEST FRED."

CHAMPIONS IN ACTION,

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

On London- Hank, wire

.... 11% Bank, on demand 11% funk, 4 months' sight 11% Credits, 4 months'

sight Documentary,

months' sight..... 1/9/16

Im Paria— actionable, his voice the K.C.C. and the IR. in a

On demand Credits,

от

Let us call him "Honest Fred."

The following will represent His bowler that Was grey, bla waistcoat

League match the K.C.C. awful. He was one of the gigantle cohort of bookies at Manchester on ground to-morow at 2 p.m. sharp: Saturday for the Inst day of flat. F. Fincher, F. Goodwin, W. Brace, K.C.C.-J. C. Lyal, E. C. Fincher, racing, writes D.D. in the Dally F. Zimmern, W. C. Hang, G. G Express. It was a beautiful Man- Barnett, F. E. Lawrence, N. A. E.

Mackay and R. A. Carroll. chester afternoon-atishoo!!

I.R.CA. H. Ramjahn (Captain), A. H. Madar, A. el Arculli, A. A. Rumjahn, F. D. Pereira, S. A. Ismail, A. R. Minu, A. K. Minu, O. Ismall, J. S. A. Curreem and F. M. Arcaill.

Smoke and elect and slush. Honest Fred had his pitch in puddle. His clerk, a disillusioned man in gold pince-nez, worked slowly and mournfully, only raising his head to say, "Speak up, can't 'ear yer."

"Wot A Day!" Honest Fred also employed a gentleman in a Gladstone collar to hang on the pole of the big um- brella and look like a tent peg. This official was reciting a litany which ran, "Lumme, ain'tSit wet, me collur's soaked; lumme ain't it wet. Wot a day!"

The three together were impres- sive.

Seventy half sove to a halt sov -put it down!"

"Speak up, can't 'ear yer!" "Lumme, ain't It wet, me collar's soaked, lumme ain't it, wet, wot a day!"

I approached Honest Fred. "Where ure you going for your holidays?" I asked cheerily.

Honest "Carey Street," said Fred.

"What can you give me on Richborough?"

"Sixteers." "But, man alive, they're offering twenty-fives all round."

Was

A

"Who do you think I am-Lady 'Ouston?" snapped Honcat Fred.

Brink Of Ruin.

It

singular thing. Throughout that great Saturday there must have been more than 2,000 bookies. And every one was on the brink of ruint

course on

"It's the end of the season, thank heaven," grumbled a portly book- maker with three diamond rings on his fingers and a bulging satchel. "It's going to be a hard struggle until next year."

"What price Richborough 1" Tens."

"But Honcat Fred offered six- teens," I complained.

the fat book- "Reckless," sald maker, "very reckless."

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE

Opening Daily Official Quotations 9th Jan., 1931.

Imurances.

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D

STOCK

Buy Sell Sales Nom. PIR

La dividend and when pală

YAY

Banka.

1/- 7/16 4

Hong Kong Bank ......$ 1450 Chartered Bank ...............

*++

Mercantile Bk.. 189. (

即食

4 montha' sight

On New York- On demand Credits 60 days'

Bight

605

645

231

Bank of Aria 15

... 1850/1900: Deo. Interim 23 al 1930

(171 (23) D}

100 141

13. 1/31-813 18} | Aug. 11,80 Deo. Intarim7) free Tax at 1950 | Sep-10 Dec. Int. 1230 loss Tax... Sep. — 10

#8 for 1929...

Feb. 28, 8

Canton in 1990

Dea

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Latarko 18 al 199

Finsi 27. for 1923 -

Union 10. $550 *China Underwriters...3 8.15 3.20

680/5471)

lolacím 24 s/o 1959)

Final 10t for 1923).

May 16, 20

May 80, MA

Jap

Yone

24%

On Kombay--

China Fire Ina. ....... 460

Dee

Wire On domand

66

H. K. Fire Iok, .............. 1300

LAN

L

66

On CalcuttR----

Wire on demand

66

66

On Singapore--

On demand

421⁄4

H. K, Steamboat ...S Indo-Chins (Prof.) ...$|

31

Un Manila-

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47%

Tis. 75 3% dis.

Mining.

Bengueu

48

Kailan Mining Ad. 1/-|

Sunday's Game. The following will represent the Volunteers against the Civil Service Cricket Club at 11 a.m. sharp on Sunday:-

E. J. R. Mitchell (Captain), Capt. On demand...... W. H. G. Goster, R. R. Davies, A. 'C. Beck, N. A E. Mackay, A. Koid, F. S. W, Smith, R. H. D. Wade, J. P. Whitham, G. C. Burnett and H. & Clippingdale.

'Varsity Past & Present Team

Against League:

The following have been select- ed to represent the University Past and Present against the Combined League in an all day match on the Home ground at 11 a.m. on Sun-1 day:--

D. J. N. Anderson (Captain), L. T Eide, S. V. Gittins. F. Zimmern, E Zimmera, J., L. Youngaaye, D. K. Samy, A. T. Lee, A. B. Suleman, A. M. Rodrigues and A. Baker.

University Second Eleven.

The following have been select- ed to represent the University 2nd XL in a friendly match against Queen's College to-morrow p.m. sharp on the Home ground:—

at 2

G. E. Yeoh, P. L. Tan. P. M. N. da K. T. Lake (Captain), A. A. Ašiz

Silva, R. Leung, H. Nomanbhoy, W. James, E. Gosano, F. Zimmern and M. Yahyabhoy..

Reserve: W. K. Chea,

FOOTBALL.

CLUB RESERVES FOR TO-MORROW.

Against the Eastern, on- the Navy ground at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, the Club will be repre sented by:

Fogwill; Stoker and Potouloff; Sloan, Puncheon and Hynes; Smith, Bell, Strange, Jackson and Tavin,

Reserva Hooper...

HOTEL GUESTS

AT THE HONG KONG HOTEL.

The pity of it! These splendid follows, broken and insolvent, had yet turned up to a man to say fare- well to the flat season. And, ac- cording to the tradition of Last Day, Mrs. Bookie had come as well. Staunch to the end in her last chinchilla coat and the only remain- Ing car, with only a few paltry Messrs. James H. Backhouse, caviare sandwiches and a sip of Leo A. Bick, Mr. and Mrs. Bar champagne for her frugal luncheon, boza, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Brias- Jan. 12, 5 p.m. she attended to be by her husband's

...B.p.m. side at the last grim struggle.

Popping Corks,

Shanghai and "Europe via Siberia President Madison

TUESDAY,

Registration Letters JANUARY

13.

Batavia

Tjibodas

Swatow; Amoy and Foochow

Swatow

WEDNESDAY,

Japan

Bandakan

Amoy

THURSDAY

Straits

Dairen

FRIDAY, Swatow. Amoy and Foochow ... Straits, Coylon, India, Maurius, E. & S. Africa, Aden. Egypt & Europe via Maraeilles

K.P.O.

Parcels......Jan. 16, 4.30 p.m. Registration ....Jan. 17, 9 a.m. Letters

.10 am: SATURDAY,

Sandakan... Straite and Calcutta

MONDAY,

Manila, Australia & New Zealand

via Thursday Island

Halning Chak Sang JANUARY 14, Kitano Maru Yu Sang Tal Vran JANUARY 16. Van Heutsz Rhexenor JANUARY

Hai Ching

Kashmir

.5 pm.

10.30 A.M.

2 p.m. 5 p.m.

Happy homes were being smash- ed, children disinherited. fortunes lost all over the course. I took up my stand beside one bookle at every

racc.

Tommy Atkins won.

"That's torn it!" said the bookie. Glorious Devon won.

9.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1.30 p.m.

10 4.1.

5 p.m.

16,

"Bust!" said the bookie. Landsong won.

1 p.m.

(Due Marsellles, Feb. 14.) G.P.O. Parcels

Jan, 18, 5 p.m. Registration Jan. 17, 0.45 am. Letters

..10.30 a.m.! JANUARY

Mau Sang

10. a.m.. Ho Sang

Jan. 17, Noon,

Parcels

17.

Letters JANUARY 13.

Tai Ping

"Alas!" I cried.

"Aye!" said the bookie. The poignancy of it!

And now comes a strange hap-

Four pening.

extra first-class coaches were put on the 4.10 from Manchester to accommodate the re- turning bookles.

Champagne popped and sizzled, aromatic smoke filled the coaches, diamonds glittered in the expensiva haze. Perspiring stewards flitted up and down with groaning trays

January 7, 1931. Mr.-H. Arfas.

made.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Chockson. Mr. Leslie S. Day.

Messra. F. Gregory, C. Garrison. Mr. and Mrs.-F. J. Gellion, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gargulho,

Messrs. R, H. Hill, R. Holmgren, Mesara, J... Joseph, E. G. Judd, N. Jurndine, Mr. and Mrs. C. w. Johnson. (

·

Messrs. Albert Kopp, 8. G. Kirkland.

Mr. C. H. Morgan,

Mr. A. E. Nobbins. Mr. F. S. Odom.

Mr. C. D. Parker, Madame O Paulovitch.

On Shanghal- On demand Dollar

On YokohamŃ- On demand Sovereigns (Bank's

buylag rate)............. 1/- 3/16 Silver (per oz.).... 13 7/16 .. Bar Silver in Hong

Kong

Copper Cash Copper Centa

..4% prem. nom.

Nominal

3% prem.

Rate of Native In-

terest

32% p.a. Chinese Sub. Coin. 23% dia. Hong Kong Sub, Coln 1⁄44% prom

LONDON EXCHANGES

Paris New York Brussels Geneva

Milan

Rugby, Yesterday.

123 7214 4.85 15/32

Shipping.

Douglases.....com........

(Del.) ...$

Shell Transports ...).

Union Waterboats

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Hongkewe ..........Th

N. Engineerings ...7ls. Shanghai Docks ...Th.

Lands, Hotels & Buildings.

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Aug. 8, 30

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...ateria306/1950bep. 4, 80 Fab, for year 2500. July 21, 30

Elec..) Mar. 27, 80

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34.79

25.05

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Dec. Interim T. 11950

July 81, 80,

.Stockholm .Copenhagen

Osio

18.03%

Humphreys (Cum Rus.)$17.45

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18.16

18.16

H. K. Restues ......$ 9.10 Chinese Extates ......$

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Vienna

34.50/2

Prague

Helsingfors

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163.8014 192.9214 45.45

•Ewa Cotton........ T. (18.00

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35 1/16 35

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2/0 16/32 13 7/16

Bucharest Rio... Buenca Aires Montevideo Bombay

Shanghai

Hong Kong Yokohama

Silver Spot

Silver Forward... 13 5/16

-British Wireless Service.

MINES DISPUTE.

SETTLEMENT MAY SOON BE REACHED.

C

DECISIVE MEETING. ·

Rugby, Yesterday.

·Public Utilition.

!!!

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Star Ferrier...♣ "China Light......

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81

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23

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June Nune

H. K. Electrics ......$20!

Mação

Aug. 27, 80

June 18; 30

Feb. 14,30

Mar. 12,8

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... 207-

Sept

Feb. 6,80

-Sandaken Light H.K. Tels. fully peld

part paid $22.90 China Bows T. S'poreTractions(Ord.)}-

Industrials.

China Sugarsveins Malabon Sugun $ Cald: Macg. Ord.... Th

Pre.... Tls. Canton k *Cements (com.} ......$

(old) ............$ |12||

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of certain points to an independent

{ Chairman brings the dispute a Dairy Farm (old)

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Miscellaneous.

Hope of Settlement.

Rugby, Yesterday. The anticipation of improve- ment in the coal dispute after yes- Messrs W. Vander Steen, F.. Rterday's conference at the Board Smith, W. Smith, Madame Van of Trade in London was reinforc- ed later by an assurance of Dr. Slemans, Madame L. Schiléper.

Mr. B. W. Tyler-

Richards, the miners' delegation Bi lod. G.S Boods... 70% president, that the basis laid H. K. Goyt, Loans...$ 16% From... down for discussion gives every hope of a settlement being reach- ed. British Wireless Service.

Mr. and Mrs. D. Vasconcelles. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Webater. Mr. E. A. Yates.?

The first interior provincial ex-

1 p.m. of liquor. Great mounds of silver hibition to be held in Arm- chinked on the card players' tables, strong wha pronounced suc mighty wads were being thumbed, cess and an event of some im by jewelled fingers. Wina, smoke, he livestock on show were said by portance" to the Okanagan. Valley, and clinking coin.

And I heard a familiar voice. It the judges to be as good as any that came from the corner of the car could be seen at coast cities' fairs, ringe and remarked, "Oh, I'm a and the results have stimulated the Dreamer-raren't we all? Jus a movement to get rid of scrub stock dreamer-r... It was the voice and built up pure-bred herds upon

a red ribbon foundation.

(Duo Thursday Island, Jan. 31.)

Parcels

Jan. 19, 5 pm. Registration Jan. 20, 9.45 a.m. Letters

.10.80 nm.

*Superscribed.coïrespondance only.

of Honest Fred,

MR. T. V. SOONG.

TALK ON FINANCIAL SITUATION.

Nanking, Yesterday. Mr. T. V. Soong left for Tien- tsin by special train last night to confer with Marshal

Chang Hseuh-liang on the financial situa- tion in North China-Reuter.

H. K. Contruction...30

*Speculativa shame}"Sales to Shanghai.|

Intacock ball yearly,

MAN LOONG.

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