1934-12-07 — Page 10

No Rumours Of Inflation

(Continued From Page 6).

Chicago Wheat:- December

1024 .102

"Grains: The

strong and the underlying bullish July foundation was unchanged.

would buy declines, especially In December Corn. Wheat: Total salce-56-May 072,000 bushels, Corn: Total sales: July

20,303,000 bushels.

"Cotton:-Freer Southern offer-December inge were confined to purchases May and breaks.

"Rubber:-A gradual increase New York Sugar:-

market was May

-104

108%

974

97%

We Chicago Corn:-

95

95%

92%

92

89%

89%

Winnipeg Wheat:~~~

80%

79%

864

841⁄2

July

864

85

of outalde buying favours

the December

1.84

.1.84

longside. Total sales:-362 lots." March

1.80

1.80

-Reuter.

May

1.85

1.89

Market Comment

July

1.89

1.87

The following telegrams

wore New York Silk:-

received by Masara S. E. Levy & December Co. from Reuter:

March

Pennsylvania crude oil has been May. reduced 25 eta, a barrel.

The Bureau of Railway Econo-December mics reports the net operating March income of first class Railroads for May

1.28

1.27

1.29%

1.29

1.80%

1.80

Montreal Silver:-

54.20b 64.75

65.15 56.85

55.70 56.90n

the ten months ended October 81 July

56.40n

56.00n

at $391.236,000 against $398,324,-New York Metals: 000 for the corresponding period

Dec. 8.

Dec. 6. .6.13

THE CHIMA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1934

COLD meat and

fowl become really appetising with a little

LEA & PERRINS' SAUCE

of last year.

5.86 Copper, March..

50.70 60.75 B. BID: N.:-NOMINAL.

New York City is shortly offer. Tin, March ing publicly bonds totalling $42,- 900,000 maturing in one, to forty years, the proceeds for various The following quotations have been of received through Mekara. S. E. Levy purposes, including the acede

and Company

American and the the Municipal subway.

Oriental Finance Corporation:

New York, Yesterday.

Prev. Today's close close

Bank clearings were $4,512,000,-| 000 R against $4,207,000,000 last

year.

N.Y./London

Brokers? loans totalled $639,-

cross-rate 000,000, an increase of $63,000,- N.Y. Cotton-May N.Y. Rubber-May

000.

Wall Street opened fairly active Chic Wheat-May

Chic Corn-May

4.94% 4.00

12,65 12.56

13.52 13.60 .104 103

924 92%

and firm, but gains were confined Montreal Silver-Mar. 55.15 to minor fractions. Confidence in Silver Official

the outlook of the market appears

to be steadily growing and some

5-14 Dow Jones Averages.

To-day's

55.35

55

An air view of the Union Pacific's new streamlined aluminum alloy train approaching Grand Inserts Central Station, New York, where it came to a stop 56 Hours and 56 minutes after leaving. Los Angeles. At two stretches in the record dash the train attained a speed of 120 mm.p.h. show the bullet-like nose of the Diesel motored locomotive, and Engineer H. D. Robinson being assist. ed from the cab at the end of the run,

UNSOLVED MURDER MYSTERY

Japanese Masseuse Who Was Beaten To Death.

INQUEST HELD YESTERDAY

GOLF STARTING TIMES Sunday's Pairings

At Fanling

The following are the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club starting times for fanling on Sunday:

OLD COURSE re-0.36 a.m. E. S. Robertson, H. U

9.40

A verdict of murder by some per- son or persons unknown, was 106% turned by the jury at an inquest held

77

into the circumstances surrounding

Dec. 5 Clone Change extension in advance seems to belas Industrials 103.42 103.47 .03 up indicated.

20 Rails 37.96 $7.75 ,21 off 19.05 18.81 .24 off The weakness in sterling is due 20 Utilities

.18 up 40 Bonds 94.96 95.14 to the temporarily improved out-

.19 off 11 Commodity 62.38 62.19 look in gold currencies, also the

17 Leading Stocks repatriation and commercial pur-Amer Can chases of dollars. We do not ex- Amer Smelt Amer T & T pect a serious decline in sterling Auburn and anticipate further strength Case later. The London market re-Du Pont

El Bo & Sh

cently has been showing some in-Gen Motors terest in American stocks, chiefly int T & T fixed interest.

Mcintyre E. A. Pierce Co.'s Report

Montgomery Ward In their market report, the Nat Distillers American Oriental Finance Cor N.Y. Central

Socony-Vacuum

17, at the Kowloon Magistracy yes- 10.08

41 terday,

וח

9.44

110.

27

the death of Miss Maru, the Japan- 54% ese masseuse, who was found dead

9.48

9.52

It

9.56

984 with a fractured skull at her home

B

3814 at No. 566 Nathan Road, on August 10.00

10.04

10.12 80% Mr. E. W. Hamilton sat as Coro-10.12 2844 22ner, and the jury comprised Measra,

10:24

M

108 :98% 85%

It was stated in the course of the 10.28 inquiry that a Mr. X wanted to 10.32 marry Miss Maru, but that she bad 10.86 not accepted him.

14 G. A. Nicholls (Foreman), R. Gomes 10.26

and J. M. Fonseca.

poration, correspondent for Messrs. Union Pacific E. A. Pierce and Company New U.S. Steel. York state:

West & M

Business Done:--1,420,000 shares.

"Stocks: The failure, of Railroad Issues to extend gains brought| realising into the market, although Automotive issues are still in favour because of the optimistic predictions! of 1935 earnings.

"Grains: Trade narrowed to-day] with considerable profit-taking on rallies, especially in Corn, owing to disappointing foreign markets.

LONDON EXCHANGES

Montreal

Brussels Geneva

10.40. Dr. Smalley, of the Kowloon Hos pital, gave évidence that he was 10.44 called to 566, Nathan Road on

$10.48 August 20 and found, in the back 16.62 room, the body of Miss Maru cloth-110.56 There 11.00 ed in a pink silk garment.

#

Ireland.

W. J. Jamieson, A. McKellar. G. Marseille, T. A. Pearce A. E. Lissaman, D. S. Robb.

C. L. Tatham, J. Angwin.

J. G. Charlton. R. K. Collings.

C. Mycock, A. Ritchie.

..

K. W. Jones, W. H. B. Rigg 5. A. Sleap, W. A. Weight,

I. P. Edwards, G. W. Stabb.

H.K. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Annual Meeting Tributes Late Mrs. Dyer

The following officers were elect- etd for the current year for the Hong Kong Horticultural Society at the annual general meeting of the society yesterday, in the boardroom of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company:

President: Sir William Hornell, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: Mr. J. T. Bagram.

General Committee: Mrs. F. C. Hall, Mrs. R. E. Hoare, Dr. G. A. C. Herklets, Mr. Ho Kom-tong, Mr.

R. A. Rodger, C. J, Stelling-J. P. Robinson, Mr. H. Green, Mr. werf.

V. H. C. Jarratt, Lt. Col. H, · B.

H. Overy, H. G. Wallington. L. Dowbiggin, Mr. G. G. N. Tinson A. C. 1, Bowker. AD and Mr. J. F. Grost.

Humphreys:

T. J, Draper, R. Sanger. A tribute was paid to the work of

H. T. Button, E. MacEwen, the late Mrs. R. M. Dyer; a former

S. H. Dodwell, B. K President of the Society, who had) Valentine.

W. N. A. Smalley, J.

Mayhew

G. H. Bond, W. W. Shewan.

E. Lewis, W. Fittendrigh.

w.done much in advancing horticul

C.

H. H. Beddow, A. O. Brawn,

"F

H. C. Meeks, D. K. Hislop.

频

J. MaKiight L. C. Grover.

ture in the Colony.

PRIZE-GIVING AT PEAK SCHOOL

were blood stains on her face, hair, 11.04, N., R. Littlejohn, A. Lady Southorn Presents

A post-mortem was held that after 11.12"

Paris New York

London, Yesterday. 76 7/82

4.98

4.84

21.23

15.30

Amsterdam

Winnipeg was a principal influence in Wheat and little change showed

Milan

Berlin

in the cash situation.

Prague

7.882 58'5/32 12.38 118%

left upper arm and palm of hand. 11.08

noon, and the body identified as Mrs.

11.16

U

WAS

Southern

Madrid

86 9/82

Athens

520 sellers

Shanghai

1/49/16

The skull. and upper jaw were fractured, the nose broken and the 11.24 teeth knocked In. There was an

11.20

1/8 7/10

1/2 1/16 24%

25

"Cotton: There selling due to a slight increase in the movement of actual goods. The marketa were aptive for January and February deliveries and barter proposals were discussed but with- out any effect. Yarns shewed more inquiries.

"Rubber:-The market was again! steady, but more active. Dealers continued to sell and Commission

Hong Kong

Yokohama Silver Spot Forward

War Loan 3% 106 9/16 --British Wireless Service

:

Marunaga or Mias Meru...

Parves.

C. H. Bradley, D. EINS, Williamson. H. N.

Forbes.

J.

R. L S. Webb, E L. Arnold, W. H. E. Thomson, D. J. Gilmore.

J. Coulthar, P. S. Grant,

NEW COURSE

extensive hemorrhage over front 9:86 am. OJ. Shannon,

walls of chest. The cause of death

9.40 was a fractured skull and cerebral 148 hemorrhage. The woman had been 9,52 brutally beaten to death by a heavy 10:00 10,04 [Instrument or heavy boots. It was

Impossible-to-say whether or not the 10,12 woman had been outraged. She badj10.20 been dead about two and a half days 10.28 10.36

Houses were buying. December and WHITE PAPER POLICY when witness saw her.

first quarter consumption estimates

have been raised considerably cently.

re-

"Sugar: The members of the

Sugar Exchange will vote од

DANGER

(Continued from Page 87

December 22 on a new form of means the loss of one or two Min- sugar contract and, if approved, sters who seem to persist in losing trading will start on January 2, the

ATTACK ON HOTEL MANAGER

3 Chinese Assailants. both? first trading month to be March. The stubborn pride of a few

To Stand Trial Flash: The American Railway political leaders will not, in any Association's estimate of carload event, deflect us from our deter Three Chinore, Ho Lam-sang, Pun ings, which approximated 60,000mination to resist this policy of

Fong, and By Yu, alias Kwan units last week, appears to indicate defentiam and to reassert the prinNg, who were charged with attack- more than a seasonal decrease. ciples, which placed our country at ing Mr. Ma Taunant manager of Heavy melting steel scrap in Chicago the head of the world a position the Empress Hotel, in the early has advanced 25 contit a bons, which, we belleve, It Is the will of

hours of the morning of November Reuter

the nation to uphold.

وراد

The Awards

A most encouraging raport was! made by Miss Newaholme, Head- mistress of the Peak School, wher! 1the school's prize distribution day A. B.

was held at the Peak Club yester Stewart. HF. Phillips, J. C. Taylor, day afternoon: Mra. Adams, Mrs. Thomson. Mrs. Smalley, Mrs. Webb. G. A. Stewart P. Morrison J. M. Brown, D. L. Newbig

P. and Mrs Sherry

H. Rampton, W. 3. Hillier:

J. A. Shawt F. D. Tracy.t

G. B. S. Thomson, J. L. Adams t

་

On the platform with Lady Southern, who presented the prizes, were Mr G. R. Sayer, the Director. of Education and Mr. A. O. Brawn, Inspector of English Schools.

The following la the prize list:

THE PREMIER

FESTIVE FARE

FOR THE COMING

FESTIVE SEASON

IS THE

TURKEY

ORDER YOUR BIRD NOW FROM

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE

CO., LTD.

COMBINED

FORCES

IN SAAR REGION

(Continued from Page:9.)

At, Geneva, on- Wednesday, M. certain other powers.”

STATEMENT, ACCLAIMED Laval, French Foreign Minister,

There was much details to be insisted that the Saar was not re

Class 10-Hamish Nicol, Eleanor Franco-German, but an interna arranged, but the matter was being Sanger, Tommy Draper, Graeme tional programme, and urged that handled with due regard to the

G. & Hugh Jones, Car, G. Young, Bernd Adamczewski, Marthe Council should assume the British interest, he said, and at the " F. Hole.f

11

10.44

(TA 52.

ม G. T. May,t E. L. Groome.t

1100 11.08

*+

11.10

garet Anderson, Constance Monag burden of deciding how order same time with the earnest desire.

A. T. Lay. G. C. Worrallt han, Jennifer Butters, Vivien Bals-should be maintained.

THE BRITISH OFFER

to secure beyond question the carry-

ing through of the Plebiscite in due

1. H. Geare, K. S. Morriton, Hans Adamczewski, Wilfried

Ortlepp, Bernard Mills, Pat Green- Sir John Simon then referred to order and under the authority of 3. G. Dunbart R. G.. Webbt hill, and Peter Harris-Walker. the intervention in the Council's the League of Nations, whose res- Caddies from Superintendent.

+ Unsuccessful in ballot for Old Course.

CHINESE DETECTIVE VINDICATED Shing Mun Shooting Affray Inquiry

Sir John Simon's statement was

Class 9 Div. (1.)-1, Robin discussion of Captain Anthony ponsibility it was and under whose Young 2, Alan Mackichan, Div. Eden's proposal, with the British auspices Britain was bound, and (11)-1, Neville Mills; 2 Robin Government's approval, that there willing to play her Taylor. Peter Stellingwerff (Gen- should be introduced into the Saar, part. eral Proficiency), (Prize presented on the responsibilities of the Coun- by Miss Buckwell).

cil as, a whole, and before the greeted with general choers.

The League Council yesterday Class 8.1, Elspeth Forster; 2, Plebiscite was held an international Margaret Purves. Helen Tracy body for the purpose of police duty approved the Jaar committee report, (General Proficiency). Joan David- which should not include troops and Captain Anthony Eden ex- son (General Progress). (Prize from either France or Germany and pressed the hope that it was a happy presented by Mrs. Hooper). that the announcement would co-augury, for future Franco-German 18, word committed to stand trial at As the result of an Inquiry Intol Latest Quotations

We are asked to be loyal to the next Criminal Sessions by Mr. the death of a coolie Kung Taun, the Class 7-1, Helen Sanger operate, if both France and Ger relations. Mr. Knox said that many agreed, and it other con public opinion in the Saar welcomed- The following quotations have leaders. Should not leaders be loyal w. Schofield at the Central Magis Chinese police detective, Ying Chun, June Ralston.

Saar, governing commission Bri tracy yesterday.

who shot him during a riot at Special Prizes. Miss Bicheno's veniently situated countries would the report as warmly as did the been received by Messrs. S. E. Lay have the great mass of Conserys The charges against the defen- Shing Mun Dam, on November 11, Prize for Progress in Music award-provide contingents

M. Laval had at once expressed tlab Wireless Service. tive opinion, behind, us — and, ants, were that they assaulted Mr. was exonerated yesterday by the ed to. Tom Williama.

Headmistress Prizes for Neat the French Government's concur

DRUNKARD AT AGE firmly believe, the majority of

nce I am happy to asy, con- Shin

rded to Geraldine David- nation in holding that India,

OF TWELVE Hazed Sir John Shition, that I have for us by Clive. arren Ha

Frank

already received

eply to my en- hers) (Class 18). Sylv and Wellesley, shall not be

9) Graeme Young, fol

quiry from the doped to the demand of agit

to quel

FOX KILLED IN A RECTORY KITCHEN

and Co., and the A.O.F.C.

Dec. 5. Dec. 6.

Closing Closing

New York Cotton :-----

December

Farruar

March

12.55 12.47

*12.56

12.49

12.63

12.65

May

12.65

12.56

12.59 12.49

Octob

12.85 12.28

12.801270

to the party? We know that we

in Asia or sentimentalist

We still hope that the

Committee may stop

should be

take the gloves

Ma Tšu-nam in High Street at about District Officer 12.16 am on November 16 with The affair Kooch Intent to rob him that they unlaw- Mun, when a fully and malleously wounded him: bet

workmen

tive

who say

would be

en-Govern Boy Goes To School In

alderit have this

Fighting Mood.

Dght

to other boys hub