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POSITION VACANT WANTED by The Hongkong & Whampoa

Dock Co., Ltd., two Europeans for Dock Yard Pollee sad twe European Storekeepers. Candidates should be between 26

Force not

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1946.

London Excited By Malt Export JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

Arrivals Yesterday, Erin from Aus-

tralia.

Scheduled Arrivals Today:-.. Fort Amsterdam from Bangkok and H.M.S. Veryan Bay from Labuan with 4 LS.T.. Masxman Tomorrow:-IM.S.

from Sydney, H.M.S. Apollo from Kure, P.S. Duquesne from Saigon and a.a. Aspen Park from Singa- pore,

Departures Yesterday: H,M.S.

Swiftsure

30 years of age. Previous for Shanghai and U.S.S. liyades. experience in Pollen

In writing or essential. Apply

all on the Acting Chief Manager, Kowloon Docks, lunghom.

TUITION GIVEN

Mandarin and CANTONESE Leasons given by expert teacher assistants. with young girl, Moderate charges. Write Box No to, "China Mail."

WANTED TO RENT

TWO or three toomed fel, furnish-

der unfurnished, with kitchen and bath-long Kong side-by Oficer of National City Bank. Write Box No. 80, "China Mail."

LOST

Scheduled Departures Today:-11.M.S. Serene to join with M.S. 10, H.M.S. Pheasant

for M.F.V. 40, 168 and 165 Shanghai and U.S.S. Parka.

Tomorrow: H.M.S. Speaker for Colombo and H.M.S. Trafal gar for Yokohama.

Thousands shipped to Middle

East.

昏

Gold Strike

LONDON, APRIL 18.

WHILE OLD HANDS IN THE CITY OPLONDON. RECALLED. THE GOLD BOOMS OF 50 OR MORE YEARS: AGO BRI- TAIN'S SMALL SPECULATORS TODAY GOT CAUGHT IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE BICÇEST GOLD STRIKE IN HISTORY, REPORTED, YESTERDAY FROM THE ORANGE FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA, AND

· SCRAMBLED WITH THEIR 100 OR SO TO NET A INTO MR. QUICK PROFIT, WITHOUT PAYING, IT HUGH DALTON'S TAXATION CHEST.

BROKERS WERE INUNDATED WITH ORDERS, AND PRICES SOARED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF BUSI- NESS, OPENING THIS MORNING-BY THE LATE AFTERNOON IT WAS REPORTED THAT SHARES IN SEVEN. LEADING GOLD MINING COMPANIES HAD APPRECIATED BY SOME £18,000,000, AS COM- PARED WITH LAST YEAR.

the close of;

Cut Plea

New York, Apr. 18. Brewery representatives strug gling with trade problems arising shortage from a growing beer bave urged a drastic cut in ex- ports of malt to foreign nations obtaining American grain for re- lief purposes,

Brewers, were halted on Feb. 69.5. WOSANG from using wheat, or any product 8.5. YUENSANG derived from whoat in the pro- duction of malt beverages, includ-

ing beer. Effective, March 1 uso

SHIPPING DEPARTMENT← 14 Podder Street Tel. 90311.

General Managers, INDQ-CHINA S.N. CO.,

SAILINGS

S.3. FOOSHING (No Passengers) ·

of all other grains. was restrict S.S. TAKSANG

Dir

ed to 70 per cent of the amount 15.S. KUTSANG (Operator commod in 1948. The use of consumo

rico, except screenings and bre-

wor's rice, is also prohibited.

Gerald Walsh, secretary of the S.S. KWAISANG New York Brewers Board of 3.3. YUENSANG Trade, aald a large part of malt exports, were going to Mexico and S.S.. FOOSHING

form of 9.9. 'WOSANG boing returned in the boor.

"It exports of malt were eut back to 1940 levels of 1,400,000 bushels the industry, then would

LTD.

to BANGKOK, 19th, April to Shanghai & p,m, 20th April Singap ore, Penang, Calcutta. 24th April

ARRIVALS

from Swatow 19th April (Busy B.6) P. & 0.) from; Bombay: (vin Singapora): **

IN PORT

-304p Appl

Kowloon Dock Kowloon Dock Buoy,

..Buoy BA .C.M.S.N, Co, Wharf,

All the above subject to alteration without notice

Agenta: THE GLEN LINE LTD.

Also Agents for PRINCE LINE LTD,

Managing Agents

AUSTRALIA CHINA LINE.

Crowds surged round the "Hnd this not been Easter Stock Exchange building and week, dealing in certain issues for the first time since before would have put the activity of have to contend with only a 24 All intending Passengers are requested to register their names ai the war"kerbside punters" the 1890 gold boom well in the par cent cut la production instead far as possible in advance of the time at which they wish to leave.

present 30 per cent," made their appearance, crowd-shade, one operator commcat- of the

Walsh said. Malt exports had in- ing on the sidewalk outside the jed.

creased Eased Again

bushels in to 5,470,000 main doors and calling on all and

*1946. HALF A MILLION

suadry for prices.

Prices cased again, however, Walsh's plea for a cut in malt At one time, prices tended to slightly towards

Duo from United Kingdom 2nd week May about 10th May MEN'S SECOND-HAND

case, us if profit-takers hud business tonight, Western Hold-exports coincided with cabled re- M.V. GLENOGLE

ports from Holland that export of M.V. GLENAPP

Loading for UK. & North Continental Ports. JACKETS and TROUSERS ·

standing at beer from Dutch breweries to the Suitable for Hongkong trade gained the upperland, but this inga 6 shares

having reached United States would be resumed at FOUR SHILLINGS each, proved an illusion and the nearly 106/

made yesterday's over 111/ soon after the open-shortly but the same cables said rush to buy

ing. Free State Developments Dutch home consumption of beer turnover look insignificant.

Dealings started about an finished at 86/6d., after topping had been restricted accordingly.

The Department of Agriculture hour before the official opening 7/6d, while Orange Free State Quick shipment of pressed bales time and for some two hours it Investment Trust's 10/- shares, reports the Netherlands would the Commando Captain, who of une thousand assorted gar-was a hard job to get coherent which had soared from 55/- to receive from the US. in the first quarter of this year 340,000 tons prices. gave three ladies a ft to Repulsements.

66/30, closed just over 63/-, found a hand- Bay on Sunday.

On the Stock Exchange, gold of food including 45,000 tons of

wheat-Associated Press, mining shares have again pro- bar initial "," would he kindly communicate with Box No. 81,

vider the major interest today. "Chino Mall,"

Getting away to a good sturt weird Slam hand before the official opening, the were active the other day," writes a Hous-Free State issues ton. Texas fun, which caused through. At one time it seem- ed likely that the extent of the quite a ruction: ·

rise had been too fast, but this subsequently proved not to be hu ese and, although there was some occasional sco-saw move- ments, the closing levels were in most cases the best of the day.

There was a fair average In gilt-edged securi- turnover ties in a very firm market, while industrials, better class the though quieter than recently, re- corded numerous gains.

come

NOTICE

On and after the 18th April, 1940, the following Fares will the On into operation.

Mongkok and Jordan Bond. Shamskuipo Ferry Services;---- 1st Class Single Fare 20 Cents

1 Class Single Fare 10 Cents (Armed Forces, Police and Children).

3rd Class Single Pure 10 Cents Pernona in Vehicles on

Vehicular Ferry

20 Cents

THE HONG KONG & YAUMATI FERRY CO., LTD

KOWLOON OPTICAL CO.

Refracting and Manufacturing Opticians

P

P. M. Wright, D.O.S. (U.S.A.) Optometriat-in-Charge 563, Nathan Rd., Kowloon,

Establish confirmed credits in payment of any quantity on English Bank.

an

M. Newman, (Contractors)

Ltd. Heap Street, Manchester 7. England. Cable Address: Harbinger,

LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers, Surveyors and Appraisers,

Pedder Building, Telephone No. 20224.

SERVICE AUCTION ROOMS Auctioneers, Surveyors, etc. Basement, French Bank Bldg., A.EB. de Sousa, Auctioneer. Telephone 31867.

KOWLOON AUCTION

HOUSE (Auctioneers, otc.) No. G04, Nathan Rd. (1st Fl.), Kowloon.

Tel. 66125,

+

BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION HONG KONG -

Department of Imports & Exports

Tax on Proprietary Medicinos and Toilet Preparations

BRIDGE NOTES

"We had

North, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

8. A 387 8

H. J 10.

B. K 100 54 R. 7 4 3 2

D, AK 10 4 2

8. 6 2

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D. 705

IW

ED. 8

J. AJ 10 8 @

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U. 1.3 2

B. Q

H. AKQ S

D. QJ03

C. KQ 9 G

15

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PASS Pass

.

Home railways turned dull, but the Argentine 'railway prior charges showed some improve- ment.

N.Y. STOCK MARKETS

A

BUTTERFIELD & SWİRE

AGENTS:

CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

| S.S. "TŠINAN" (No deck passen gers)

8.S. "KWEIYANG"

New York, Apr. 18. Stocks moved indicisively after early gains, Steels, retail store and aircraft issues eliminated most of the morning advances. Some closed-lower Rubber and S. "NINGĦAL" chemical shares, which started slow, finished near the best levels.

Sales totalled 1,530,000 shares.

4 pm. 26th Aprħ

SAILING TO SHANGHAI

SAILING TO SINGAPORE

Noon 20th Aprli *

4 p.m. 23rd Aarti

SAILING TO BANGKOK

No passengers-thereafter fortnightly callings

SAILING TO CANTON

Of 1,021 fastes traded, 447 gained 38. "FATSHAN” and 371 declined.

Bail issues were the day's most and most consistent performers leaders held their gains. Dow Jones "Averages Interest

revolved 30 Industrials in oils around Mexican Eagles and An-20 Rails West glo-Iranian, the latter showing 15 Utilities

Pass Pass

$77.32 207.03 64.86 43.02 Adama Express $23, Alaska Juneau

Can

10.00 a.m. 20th April

Subject to alteration without notice..

For Freight and Saloon Passages all lines, please apply tại- .

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Connaught Road, Central, Telephone 30331 (Privato exchange). For Passages other than Saloon to Coast Ports and Singapor

please apply to:-

Hour, NAM TẠI

127, Des Voeux Road, Central: Telephone 20116.

The bidding: North Enst South

2D

a net gain of 6/16ths at 6-a-

American 80% CNT Разз

The gold mining shares affect-

$99*, American Smelting $71, the ed by the gold strike at noon American Telephone The bidding was among

American Tobacco $94%,

Waterworks was lay-down, but South weirder aspects. Six diamonds today were: Western Holdings Amer

didn't 110/ up 35/- African and can

$40% trust his partner (a very weak European Investment 195/-, up Copper.

so jumped to six 20-26/- Orange Free State In- tion $11%, Baldwin $32, Barns For Freight and Passages other than Saloon by S.S. “FATSHAN player)

21/-dail $30%, Bendix Aviation 65/9, up trump.

Steel $106, Boeing West opened the Jack of clubs, Free State Development and Bathr

Borien and South won with the Queen Investiment Trust

83/ Pacific $20%, Declarer then led the Queen of

10/--Reuter. spades and let it ride to East's King East thought for a split second and returned a heart.

That ended the party of course. South discarded dummy's two low spades on his extra

vestment

MALAYAN RUBBER

Singapore, Apr. 18.

Chrysler

Aviation

Corpora

$52,

Canadian

$1824

Commercial Solvents

$401 Corn

Products 302, D. * 509,

&

Eastman Kodak $260, Electric General Motors Goodyear

Sir Edward Goat, Governor of SET $201, General]

Goodrich $0 $40%, }

hearts, and then dummy won the the new Malayan Union, said $75%,

yesterday that production of sheet 376%, Homestake rest of the tricks.

"Now: West maintains

please apply to:-

THE CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE

Telephone 81118, -

BLUE FUNNEL LINE

SAILING TO U.K.

his rubber in Malaya has gone up 1 Harvester $95 DE JE "SAMIDWAY" sails for Port Said, Liverpool via

partner

should have returned a very substantially" in the last few clab. only an weeks. He added that find: autista that A-10 Won has reached the Boint where against six no-trump; and that a the main problem is one of storage heart lead was correct unless he ponding

bad Press. realised that his partner

lost his mind. Who ip

Attention is drawn to the fact that all Proprietary Medicines and Toilet Preparations roust bear duty paid labels, when sold in shops. These labels are:

1 cunt for an article selling for not more than 11 centa

7 couts

10

11

15

+

20

"

"

1

24

22

"

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**

"

65

1

-

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$1.10

#

$1.65*

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21

$2.20*

*including duty in each case,,

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and 10 cents for each dollar or fraction of a dollar by which sold for $5.50 the retail price exceeds $2.20, L.e. un article mast Ucar a 50 cent label. It is an offence to sell improperly labelled goods, e.. an article bearing a 20 cent label must not be sold for more than $2.20.

The public are invited to send or phone their complaints

to this office.

Phone Nos.: 99248-Mr. H. A. Taylor.

39301-Mr. H. R. J, 'Woulfe Flanagan.

Mr. David J. E. McWhirter.

89249—Mr. U. Kam Ping.

30248- Mr. Lo Kwong To..

Hong Kong, April 16, 1946.

H. A. TAYLOR

Superintendent,

Imports & Exports.

BEN LINE STEAMERS LIMITED.

8.5. "BENVORLICH", expected to wrive from U.E.,

via Straits, Mid May

For particulars apply tolm-

(China) Ltd...

some extent. The

..

opening lead deserved some of

Inter

Paper $61

& Tel. $27. Johns Manville, $104, Kennecott Cher $57% Montgomery Ward $92%,

shipment Associated Distillers $714, National

N. Y. COTTON

$40% New York Central RR Packard Motors $19, Pan- Americas Airways $21 Pennsyl vania RR $42, Radlo Corp $17, Real Silk $30, Republic Steel Schenley $80, Sante Roebuck Shell Oil $344, Socony Southern Pacific Vacuum

$175,

Brands

$62, Standard Standard of Callf. $59, Stand- baker $31%, Union Bag $34, Union Carbide $123, U.S. Rubbor $76, U.9, Steel $84, Westing house $34%, Youngstown Sheet & Tube $72.Associated Press..

New York, Apr. 18.- East's harsh criticism. But East Futures prices in the New York $34, Reynolds Tobacco 844%, should have returned a club any Cotton, market were lower today way. Bast could count five dia in slow trading.

and one club! two spades, monda,

May 27.44 cents per pound: July Decembor for Declarer. South might have 2767 October 27.55;

March 27.55; May two more club tricks, but that 27.48 62; would total only ton tricks. There was therefore no such dan (1947) Middling Spot 28.03. and Oll of New Jersey $75, Stude

Associated Press,

Rer in a club return as there actually was in the heart return.

Howard non-

Yesterday you were

and, Schenken's partner vulnerable against vulnerable up- ponents, you held:

You Разв

S. KJQ7 H. AJA D K-10 6 8 A 10 The blidingt Maler

Jacoby 2C Разв

INT ANSWER: DOUBLE. The op ponents will probably develop four club tricks, but after that

13

80

Pass

Schenken Pasu

...

Pass

NEW ORLEANS COTTON

of

New Orkana, Apr. 18. - Cotton prices at the close the market hero yesterday wero as follow:

May 27.32; July 27.62; October 27.40: December 27.40/61; Mid- diing

Spot 27.16-Associated Press.

WINNIPEG RYE:

Winnipeg, Apr. 15. Rye prices closed yesterday' as] follow:

May $3.61 per bushel; July $2,42

the going will not be smooth for per bushel-Associated Press.

20

doublo Thay but it may bring in a real

them. ** This

"our" but

fortune if the cards are for-

tunately placed. Since a redouble

is out of the question, you stand

N. Y. EXCHANGES

New York, Apr. 18, The New York Exchango Mar

to gain much more than you stand ket closed as follows;

to late by the double.

Francj Score 100 per cent for double, of Argentina for any other bid.

QUESTION

the Today you hold hand, but the bidding is differ-

'Other Intes

-Associated Press.

W

tion

HUNGER STRIKE OVER

Jerusalem, Apr. 18. Tension among the Jewish po pulation here oased a bit follow- ing the announcement yesterday

Com by the Palestine High missioner that 1200 Jewish refu gees detained aboard Laspezia, Italy, o

would be granted entry into

this

country. The announcement brought an end to the hunger strike ambark- ed upon five days ago by 16 Jewish leaders, in a protest against

;a

Straits 24th April.

"LYCAON" sails for Port Said, Liverpool, via

Straits 1st week of May.

Accepts cargo for European Continental ports other than Mediterranean ports. VESSEL DUE.

"LYCAON" from UK. vin Straits at the end of April.

For Passage and Freight Particulars apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, AGENTS

Telephone: 30338.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM

NAVIGATION COMPANY

From

Steamer

Bombay & Singapore “KUTSANG" "FENGTIEN" United Kingdom vin Singapore

Dee

end Apri

end April

Ahip BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

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SAILINGS FOR STRAITS AND INDIA

the Jewish refugees detention.— EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

Associated Pre

Steamer

Steamer

"KAIPAKI"

B44

Now York Apr. 18. 24.40 Trade sources said today that "EMPIRE, JOY" unchanged sit hoalary will begin to appear in Himited quantities within the next two months but prices Wêre ent yet determined. Whether the return of Tapations affic will have much offect on the over- Fall?hoplary "upply will depend largely on the price of raw, alle.

Apr lectric

Loading for

Sydney

From

Australian Ports

full pastionlara CKINNON, MACKINZIE & CO.

Ready

carly May

Due

3rd May

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