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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 1928.

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SHARE DEALS IN BED.

8 A.M. CALLS FROM LONDON TO U.S.

BROKERS' BATTERIES OF TELEPHONES.

New Yoax, Oct. 18th. Shortly after the opening of the London Stock Exchange to-day bedside telephones in the homes of about twelve New York stock- brokers sounded a strident alarm. Instantly aroused, each of these men seized one of the three or four telephones attached to his bed and listened to a recital of prices from London.

Quotations thus chtained-the bands of the clock showing that it was 6 s.m-they quickly communi. cated to customers in other parts of the metropolis or in their coun- try homes, receiving in retum orders to buy or sell in the Lon- don market,

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Shifting on their pillows the brokers then turned again to the instrument connecting them with the Central Cable offices, and a few moments later their business bro- thers in Cornhill were carrying out their instructions, confirma tion

of which the New York brokers.received in bed.

Saving Trouble...

A CERTAIN YOUNG

MAN."

RAMON NOVARRO WITH. A MONOCLE.

AMUSING - PICTURE AT THE QUEEN'S.

II "A Certain Young Man" had: been written as a novel in Victorian days it would, probably have had as a subtitle some such words as

Being the story of a young noble man of London, with an account of his amorous adventures in that City and how he was reformed by young person from the Americas" And in the novel as in the film' the young man would have been far more interesting in his unregenerate daya

-Possibly national prejudice t responsible for an imagined sequel to the screen finale, which pictures the reformed Englishman joining the Rotarians, and being taken to

uplift" meetings by his 100 per cent. American father-in-law, who showed considerably less sympathy with our hero's pecadilloes than did the heroine. But the fact re mains that to English tastes Novarro with a neat little mous

che, a monocle, and a roving eye is more attractive than the senti mental, mooney youth whom he usually plays and into whom the heroine succeeds in reforming him.

The part of the philanderer is a Few one for Novarro and he plays and very well. nene Adorée, as the milliner, seems to have the power

I was present this morning. writes a pressman, at one of these sessions of bedside buying and sell ing in the home of friend, who explained to me that, like several of his business rivals, he had had telephones installed in his sleep- ing quarters to save himself the trouble of rising at 5 am rushing down to his office to re ceive quotations from London.

One of his customers whom he aroused from sleep this morning WE8 in Montreal. In 3 few seconds, however, the broker and the Canadian capitalist were, busi- ly converging.

My friend, after impressing on me. the confidential nature of his actual transactions, talked at some length on the growing volume of Stock Exchange busines between New York, London, and other European capitala. Most of the London purchase of United States stocks during the unending boom on this side have been effected in New York itself by rich English- men who usually hold their shares And refrain from daily trading in and and out of the market.

Only comparatively few broker- age houses in London and Paris at- tempt, aftar closing their own er- changes to engage in Hghtning transactions with New York, buy ing "and"-selling large blocks of stock on one and the same day.

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Owing, however, to the vast dimensions of speculative activity here, the day is long past when liquidation of United States stocks. in London could sensibly weaken prices in New York. On the other hand, the eagerness of United States speculators to extend their operations abroad has been great ly facilitated by the enterprise of a leading New York bank, which has invented an ingenious device for counteracting discouraging effects of what are described as the old-fashioned methods of busi- ness still practised in London.

The machinery of the New York Stock Exchange is beautifully ad- justed and oiled for quick and safe transactions, but Americans who desired a field for their passion for buying and selling stocks in Eng land were until recently "dif couraged and disgusted' by the red tape employed soliberally in London. Their complaint was that. they could not obtain the transfer of stock purchased in London under two months, and that to secure transfer they had to furnish London with "almost the colour of our hair."

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make him act with unusual vivacity and humanity; and some of the scenes with Carmel Meyers are also very good.

"A Certain Young Man" is z very good flm in many respecta There are three women in it-the third is Marceline Day as the. heroine--and they all act well. The hero's two valeta both give amusing performances as well. Londoners will enjoy the glimpses of London' streets and the settings when the atory moves to Biarritz are excel lent It is a lively amusing story which will pass away an hour or so very pleasantly.

CINEMA NEWS.

ROUGH HOUSE ROSIE " AT

THE WORLD.

"Rough House Rosie," Clara Bow's new picture at the World, finds her the lovable belle of Teath Avenue, living, by her wits. An un expected situation provides a series. of dramatic incidents and "Rough House Rosie ".. moves from an vid a police court to a country club. amusement park to a cabaret, and The picture closes with a thrilling ringaght.

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"Baby Kino."

"Baby Mine," a popular stage play produced in America, is the co-starring picture of Kari Dane and George K. Arthur, and" will be shown at the Queen's on Bunday and Monday.

The story concerns two collegians at an institute of physical surgery.. Charlotte Greenwood, a compara- tive comer to the screen, plays the rôle of an old maid enamoured of Dane, and her antics are as mirth- provoking as those of Dane and Arthur.

*The King of Kings," : There has been much adverse

criticism of the The King of Kings." With such a theme there is bound to be, but upon one point, the critics generally have agreed- that the life story of Jews of Nazareth has been brought to the screen with befitting reverence. The producer, Cecil De Mille, bas -treated the theme with respect and deserves praise for his handling of

A few months ago, however, a New York bank cut all this red tape by issuing in New York" da- positary certificates" of stocks bought in London. The bank's London office obtains information of stocks purchased, communicates it by table with New York, and next day the United States inver- tor receives his guarantee of stock purchased in the form of a certi ficate. He has immediately a valu- able trading asset, which has mightily encouraged speculation in English stocks.

During the past months more than 1,000,000 shares have been bought. The present daily trading exceeds 100,000 · shares.

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There are about 20 stocks' which are at present attracting Ameri- cans' attention, chicly industrials and a low automobiles, but prac- tically, no rails. But Americaas not having everything their own way. Some English specula tors in the New York market are drawing out tidy fortunes. If Americans have won handsomely through buying early in Grapho phones, Englishmen have respond-

difficult task. The most one can ask of cinema patrons is to go. and see the picture before judging it. It will be screened at the Queen's for a short season com- mencing on Tuesday November 27th. Owing to its great length, there will only be three perform unces daily..commencing promptly st 2.30, 6.00 and 9.15 p.m.

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At the rate bedside buying is in creasing it will soon have given way to properly organised staffs rising early enough to do their work in Wall-street. Already brokers' wives are forming a chorus of complaint against this modern invasion of their dream, houra

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