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Necta

Seat

From the Bens and the Glens

This Illustration. depicts the attractive "Highland Nectar Decanter.

Welcomed and esteemed

because of its exquisite" delicacy of flavour and tree Highland characteristics, no other whisky makes such a definite appeal to the palate as "Highland Nectar" The quality is guaranteed and always rigourously maintained.

THE DISTILLERS AGRNEY, LTO,

DISTILLERS.EDINBURGH.

"Highland Nectar"

Rare Old Scots Whisky

SOLE AGENTS:

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.,

183]

HONG KONG.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 1928.

Money and Markets

HONG KONG MARKET

REPORTS.

.

Business done in Hong Kong yes. terday on "rice, sugar and other foodstuffs included the following Transactions:-

Rice

Green double sword white

rice, 300 bags

87.44

Br

CANTON MARKET REPORTS.

Yesterday's quotations in Canton of rice, sugar, four and other food stuffs are as following

Flower Pot****

Red Seal

ני

No. 1 Granulated sugar ...... 10.11. No. 1. Fine granulated sugar

Rice.

Per picul

Per Picul.

Chui Mi ...

$10,30

Wong Chung Chai Mi

11.00-

White Siam Ribe

10.83

Old Glutinous Brewer

10.10

Green O' Tau white rice, 680

bags

Middle Chai Mi

10.70

8.50

10.00

Red Single gash white rice,

300 bags

0.3.3

6.17

Green Seal..................

0.03

Red dragon white Sium rice.

Red Wo Fung

0.83

441 bags

7412

Red Bell".

9.44

Red horse white rice, 580

Green Flower Pot

9.73

bags

3 Marks

9.48

Green Hung To white Siam

Red Po Kpi

9.40

6.88

Round Dragon

9.99

No. 3 White broken rice, 600

bags...

Green Double Afrow

9.83

546

Sugar.

No. 4 white Siam broken rice,~-

Per picul.

420 bags

298

Red Sing Ping white Siam

rice. 73 bags

7.54

9.10

Green Sing Ping white rice,

Fine granulated sugar

8.70

30 bags

7.50

No. 2 coarse powdered sugar

8.20

Red O Tau white rice, 304

bags"

No. 3 coarse powdered sugar

7,60

$$1

No. 20 coarse powdered sugar

7.70

Red flower pot white rice, 050

Spring Candy

"10.40

bags

7.09

Wai Chau Sugar

6.40

Green Seal pured Siam rice,, •

Shing Mor Sugar

8.00

100 bags.....

6.06.

Wah Lick Sugar

8.80

Red Seal white brewer rice,

Fleur,

76 bags.............

8,02

Per bag.

Black Seal white brand, 352

bagy

Man of War......

$4.00

431

Flower Silver Seal

4.90

TEL. C. 135.

Sugar,

Por

Banana

4.10

"Picul

Cheung Luk

4.10

No. 18 coarse powdered sugar,

500 bags

Maize

3.83

36.00

Sword of Kwangtai

4.33

No. 18 coarse powdered sugar,

100 bags,

Cannon

4.75

6.00

Native Cabbage

4.45

No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,

Daltor.

4.00

200 bags.

7.40.

Dog's Head

4.50

No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,

Miscellaneous.

200 bags......

7.45

Per picul.

No. 4 coarse powdered sugar,

300 bags

"Shark, Fins

4.50

7.40

No. 18 coarse powdered sugar,

Awabi.......

3.20

200 bags.

6.00

Mushroom

3.90

No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,

Tai Kai Fungers

280

Tai Lin Green Bean

70, 60

300 bags

7.39

800 bags

7.40

Miscellaneous..

KESORENE OIL REPORTS.

November 21st.

Per case.

New Star

$7.83

7.75

New Hang Fuk New Eagle

7.50

7.45

New Cherag Hoe New Day Break

7:30

7.30

CANTON COTTON YARN

REPORTS.

WURM'S

STOMACH DOCTOR

The Best Bitter for the Stomach.

Best Remedy for Poor Appetite, Deficient.

Digestion and Disorderly Stomach

Obtainable at

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

"GREATR than RUST?

Wilkinson's

ANTICORROSIVE

Ready Mixed Paints

for. Every Description of Iron and Steel Work

Large Stocks kept

of Two Shades each RED AND GREY

Specify

Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark's

Large shark's fin, 3 bags, at 350

per bag.

Red melon seed, 30 bags, at 825 per

bag.

New wihte grapes, 5 cases, nt 340

per case.

Green seed black bean, 40 bags, at

$7 per bag.

Middle black bean, 150 bags, at

$8.10 per bag.

Vegetable yellow bean 100 bags,

at $6.80 per bag.

New red bean, 30 bags, at 88.20

per bag.

OVERSEA MARKET

REPORTS.

NOVEMBER 12th.

Sugar.

.03

New York, Dec.....2.02 cents New York, Mar....2.07 cents -.04 New York, May......35 cents New York, Sept....2.30 cents New York (Cuban) 2.3-16 cent& Java, Spot 13.7-16 guilders. Nov.13.7-18 guilders .....13 guilders .134 guilders 133 yuilders

Dec, Jan.

Feb. London, Dec. London, Mar: London, May

New Balance

"CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

No. 10 Sailing Vessel

..8.9-16d. -318 No. 32 Po Tap

..::s‡8. —3-18

A

TIME-BALL TIME

IN EVERY HOME AND

OFFICE.

Modern Science now enables all users of Electric light to have, also, an Electric time-keeper at but an infini- tesimal extra cost for current.

Simply plug this wonderful clock into the nearest light socket, set it to the right time and forget all the worries of winding, cleaning and regulating.

It costs less to operate this electric clock than to keep an ordinary clock in repair, and you get Time-ball

time always.

Many beautiful models of this Telechron are now on show and you are invited to inspect them-to-day. "A Telechron will make a distinctive and much appreciated

present.

Telechron

THE ELECTRIC · TIMEKEEPER

is on view at

Andersen, Meyer & Co.,

David Building,

67, Des Voeux Road.

Hong Kong Electric Co.,

12, Des Voeux Road.

General Electric Co. of China, Queen's Building.

November 21st.

Per bale.

$273

Lutus Bee

266

Peacock

༣

270

-.03 -:04

Golden City

264

No. 12 Fu Kwai

292

Golden City

287

дом

Fun Hee......

281

Pretty Damsel

971

No. 10 Man Clock

Globe

302

306

No. 20 Ng Fuk

.306

............. nom.

.19%. Bid. +91 .198. 1018. +1} .138. 14. +94

Man Clock

310

Họ Chao

324

Po Yee

315

Clable A

324

and when the new Australian ser- Union Insurance**** 180 DAY.

... HOM...

London Rubber.

Golden City

328

Spot. Jan.-Mar.

440

Crack Double

PAINTS

. Spot

Extra, Spot

Dec.

New York Raw Silk.

Extra,

86.15 $3. $5.05 -01

Double Horse... No. 42 Foon Hee

433 516

34

No.

Varigrated Butterfly.. 524 6 Lion............ Vice Lion

240 103

HE

| Indo-Chinas (

Jan.

Agents:

Apr.

May

$3.07 -.02 .$5.08 -.01

S. C. LAY & Co.

Egyptian Raw Cotton,

Nov.

Alexandra Building

Jan.

Telephone Central 637.

Nov. Apr.

35.10 tallaris +.02 .35.53 tallaris +.09 Shanghai Cotton Yarn,

187.8 tacks +.7 .159.8 taels

November 21st.

Water Work Co. Electric Power Co.

# 3.10 5.10

-.1

Canton Hankpw Railway

0.45

The Sun Co

8.30

Wall Street.

Sincer, Co.

8.60

Steel' Anaconda Shares dealt in 3,250,000 +3,000,000 New York Raw Cotton.

resh.

+

+

Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Co. Canton Tramway Co.

4.60

ath & bay. #5) bay, ..17/8 noia. ..3137 sel.

$37

o

..it nom. TU, 158

1.80

Chinese Merchants' Steam

Navigation Co.

8.30

Central Bank"

4.23

Centa

.19.85

+.10

[4.2.1.3)

Sole Agents:**

Drink

Spot. Dec.

Lowest

Jan:

May

July

THE WOOL TRADE.

Woch values at the last London auctions fell in most 'enses to

lower level than those ruling a year ago, and the new clip is being Bold in Australia at about a car. responding reduction. The decline

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

·CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

NOVEK ZA 21ar, 1929. A.K. Banks.......................$1,325 buy.

Do., London...141 nom.

buy.

is the outcome of the fact that Chartered Banks

prices paid for Australian wool to Marcantile Banks, A. wards the end of last season proved

Do.,

pom.

too high to permit semi-manufac- P. & O. Banka tures to be sold at commensurate East Asia Bank.. 380 boy. rates. This checked consumption, Canton Insurance ......1675 sel

son opened inat August, importers | North China Ina, Mom! held a considerable quantity of old Yangtze Insurances.....M. $50 nom. wool, for which they had been un

85.00 CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE obtaining at the end of last reaBOD,

more Highest

Asahi Beer Mar

it is

refreshing

Jon

and Feb.

.19.50 +.13

10.00 19.45 .

NOVEMBER 13th. Osaka Sugar.

Opening. Closing.

12.13

12.16

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

Osaka Bice. Opening. Closing.

20.25

29.82

30.28

D

China Underwriters...............o; sel Okina Fire Insurancea... 280 buy. able to find remunerative outleta

Fire Ana.....3780 ast. Much of this raw material was Hong Kong returned to the last London aue Dougom. tions, which weakened market, and K. Steamboats.....23 buy. assisted the decline. I

(Pref.)......$12 bay. viously impracticable to pay for the new clip prices equal to those

(Def.) ...$72; buy. Shell Transports.......118 m. Wsterboats...............est bay. and fortunately the growers, realis

Bengueta

24 bay. ing the position, met the market,

Kailan Mining Admin....75/- nom, Values have thus been reduced to

kata (combined)...... Tla Langk

it som. more workable level, but the

The. 5 com Do. (ingle) ........... problem as to whether the lowest Bha

„Th. 28) buy. Explorations point has been touched has been rendered almost insoluble by Shanghai Loan...Th. 3

Batib occurrence of the strike in Austra-1 Tronoh Mines lin, where the, selling programme | R.K. & K. Whards............. has been dislocated, so that con- H.K. & W. Docks siderably less wool than expected China Providents will be forthcoming from that Bangkew! Bource prior to Christmas, while New Engineerings the offerings in the second half of Shanghai Docks the season will be proportionately Ewo Cottoas... avolien.

In the circumstances confidence

Min. St bay.

13 sal.

Tis. 12.85 buy

12.60/15

Oriental Cottons...T. 2.35 buy. 2. sol.

Do,

Tis, 65 buy. (now)......Tla. 34 DE H.K. & Hatela......$9 buy. & s.,

in a sound wool basis has been 'hai. Cottons (old) ..... dificult to re-establish, but it is known that the placing of a big volame of orders awaits the de monstration of the lowest point, and it is generally agreed that the 30.12 +.21 possibility of obtaining cheaper raw material increases the chances of successful manufacturing opera-

20.28 +.27 20.61 +.11

Oraka Cotton Yarn,

19.43 11 .10.41 11

Nov.

19.31.14

Dec. Jan.

19.18.15

Opening. Closing.

Nov.

Dec.

$240.00 240.30 +2.30 .239.00 238.60 +2.80

Nov. Dec.

Jan,"

238.80

230.00 +2.10

12.16 12.16

Feb;

238.20

235.00 +2.10

11:27 +.01

Mär.

..235.40

234.80 +1.90

11.33 +.01

Apr.

..235,50

Mar, Apr.

11.30 -.01

May

11.41 11.40.04

invigorating.

Yokohama Sük,

Opening. Closing.

Nov.

Nov.

Dec.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA LTD.

HONG KONG.

130.50 135.60 -80 Dec. 137.30 136.80 20 Jan. “135.50"*"*1:30" "FEU, Baby138.70125.901.10 Mas

Mar. 130.00 135.30 -1.20 Apr.

(Continued on next Column.)

Muy

17

9.10 sel

vel.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16th. Department of Commerce pre- 234.00 +1.80 liminary figures on United States ..236.00 -234.50 +1.50 exports for October show a total of 8555,000,000, which is the largest Osaka Raw Cotton.

monthly total since January of Opening. Closing. 1021

61.00 61,80 +10 The bulk of goods exported, has 81.80. +.50 increased, which as reported to be 02.46 +80 due to shipments of cotton, wheat 12.85 *** B2*7*****.05

and bactD.. €3, 2017 man83;35

Imports are the largest...which have been recorded for the year, and they totalled 8357,000,000...

K. Lands 888 bay, Bhanghai Lands......... Tls. 138 sel Humphreys Hatates. $151 E.. Resities 183 nom. FLK. Tramway...... (119.10 bay, 101

sel.79.10/t se. tions in the immediate future. Peak Trams (old) nzim$132

3 buy, Bo. (10).........48.80 now. AMERICAN "EXPORT TRADE: | Star Ferrias

..367) sal. Chins Lights (old)....***.. 15130 sal,

Do. Do, (1928 Issue). E.K. Electrice (3ld)

buy., 521 sa. Do.

10. (now) ...361 bay. 314 Macao Electrics ... #251 bay. Telephones...... $7.30 bay, cum righta

Do.

35.65 nom. x rights. 'Do. rights

The 11 bay. China Buses Singapore Tractions.....12/

Da (Pred)........ 10/0 sd China Bugar

$0.50 185 .420g bur. Malabon Ungars Canton Lees

...: 81.70 02.40

03.00 83.15 +75 £1.60 63.00 +.85

·

1334 nom.

HATS, GOWNS

& NOVELTIES.

“Felix.”

7. Icż Hoorz STREET,

HONG KONG.

TEL. C.6294.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris Brussels

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

RUGBY, Nov. 20th.

124.10

34.89

Amsterdam Berlin Copenhagen Vienna. Helsingfors Lisbon Bucharest

12.081

90.36

19.19

34.39

1921

I enos Aires New York. Geneva Milan. Stockholm

Oslo.......... Prague

Madrid

Athens

Rio

Bombay

Yokohama

Shanghai

Hong Kong Silver (spot) Silver (forward)

108.1/18 8051 47.18/32

4.84.31/32

25.19

$2,55

-18.14

18.10

183)

30.08

37巻い

5.29/32 1/8.1/82

1/10.13/32

9/7h

2/01

28.11/16

26.33/16

Cements (combined)......39.70 sel.

Do. (old)....$8ael.

Do. (now)...$1,60 sol, H.K. Ropes (old) ..$7.80 nom...

Do, (NEW) ..37.55 D02. United Asbestos montice 35 nom.

Dairy Farms...$22.00 mal Watsons

314) 30%. Der A. Wings

...$0,75 bay. Lane Crawfords. $3.00 nom Mackintosh......

820 Om.

Bindermusik bay,

Powells.

$3.65 buy.

WAL

H.K. Amusements....323) sol H.K. Constructions to

buy.

Bique. Ludas. G. Bonds...66% bay. HAL-Gori, Loans V

buy buyerselam-sellera 3-sai-