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XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS

We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Bates ——

No. 1 HAMPER-$38.

1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial 1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.

1 Pt. Blackberry Branly, 1 Pt. D.O.M.

Champa na! 2 Qis. St. Julien Claret.

1 Q. Martell's XXX Brandy.

9 Qt King George IV dol Label

or Perfection Whisky."

1 Qt. Old Brown Bherry, Black Bea

1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.

1 Qt. Burgandy, Burgoyne's.

1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.

No. 2

HAMPER

1 Qt. Guillemart Champagne."

1 Pt. D.O.M.

1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy,

1 Qt. Martel's XXX Brandy.

2.Qts. King George IV Guld Label

or Perfection Whisky.

-$34

2 Qts. Tawar Dry Port

2 Qta. St. Julien Claret.

1 Qt. Vino de Pasto Shérer.

1 Phial Pomeranzen Bittera.

No. 3

HAMPER-$30.

1. Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.

1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.

1 Pt. D.Ö.M.

."

2 Qus. Superior Rich Old Port.

2. Qta. King George IV Gold Label

of Perfection Whisky,

1 Qt. Engrad's XXX Braady

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1928.

Money and Markets

HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.

Business done in the, Hong Kong market yesterday, in rice, sugar and foodstuffs included the follow ing transactions:-

Per

HONG KONG SHARE

MARKET...

INACTIVITY ATTRIBUTED TO PROPOSED STAMP LEGISLATION.

NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS.

The following quotations, currant in. New York on December 7th, have been. received by Mawers Bwan, Culbertson & |Co., Shanghai, who assume no responsibi

lity for cable matilations.

Market closed work. Business done, 5,439,000 sharES,

Previous Latost Price. Price. Stock Allied Cham. & Dye (Com)

237 203 American Car (Com.)...

... 1081 001 American Smelting

Picul MESSRS. BENJAMIN & POTTS American Tel & Tel. (Com.)

Rice.

1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Lia

Red. Seal White Long

350 bags

Red Kwai Fu White

1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin, 2 Qts. Madoc Claret.

Red Seal New White. Rice,

773 bags

$7.27

6.33 Rice, 102 bags Green Horse White Long

7.58 Rice, 40 bags Red Seal Pink Rice, 179 bags 5.02 Green Lion White Long Rice,

**,07 1,327 bags... Red Lion White Long Rive,,

6.93 1,037 bags........................ Blue Lion White Cong Rice.

300 bags

Rice,

Long"

8.00

8.53

Double Green Line White

Glutinous Rice, 174 bags 7.13 Red Seal White Glutinous

Rice, 230 bags

13

New Style White Rice,

HONG KONG.

bags

S.31

8.31

1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry,

1 Phial Pomeranzen Bittera,

Other Hampers made up to suit Customer's requirements.

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.

TEL. C. No. 135,

BT APPOINTMENT-

General

Accident Fire and Life

Assurance Corporation, Limited.

ESTABLISHED 1885. →

Black Seal No. L., White Broken Rice, 200 bags...

White" Blue Seal No. 1

Broken Rice, 115 bags... 6.33 Dlue Seal No. 2 White Rice,

6.00 43 bags............... Blue Seal White Brewer

Glutinous Rice, 177 bags 6.73 Red Sea White Clutinoua

Rice,-207 bags

REPORT.

be

American Tobacco "B"

Armour & Co. "&"

Armour & Co. (1.) 7% Fid.

Bancitaly Corp....

Anaconda Copper

Bank of kontreal

283 2831

192† 1801

181 176

16 181

84 65

106 102

22 1833 130

400 397

... 1924 192

80 681

Barnsdall Corp. "A" Bethlehem Stoel (Com.) Bethlehem Steel, 7% Pfd. Brooklyn Manhattan Transit... Calumet & Hecia Campe Corp. Canadian Pacific Railway Cavanaugh Dobbe

Chicago Ut. Wost. Railroad Chile Copper Carysler...

IN

Consolidated Gas of N.Y. Coty Incorporated Davison Chemical

Du Pont de N., E.I. (Com.) Eastman Kodak.... For Film A General Cigar General Electric Ca

General Motors... General Ely, Signal (Com). Gold Dust Granby Consolidated Haygart...

42

401

100 100

2334. 2207

361

301 371

69

.601 134 197)

... 103 08

82 771

B 50

(483) 492)

183 181

101 97

Okt 641

184 181

210 2021 103 29 1404133

81 77

In their report on the local share market, dated yesterday Messrs. Benjamin & Potts state: Although money appears to plentiful the uncertainties of the proposed Stamp legislation con- continue to act as a deterrent on the employment of funds in the local share market, and very little business has resulted.

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks have remained fairly steady and were realised again at 81,399. The London quotation stands at £140 (Middle). Unions have changed hands at 8360. Cantons have, fallen Hong Kong Fires away to 8875.

China are obtainable at 8790. Underwriters have receded to $2.35. Hong Kong. Canton and Macao Steamboats are enquired for at 1991. Union Waterboats can be placed at 8. China Providenta hara ensed off to $4.96. Kowloon Wharves again fetched 1331.

Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels International Cement (Com.)...

International Match, Pfd. were negotiated at the outset at

International Nickel (Com.) $0.35, but close slightly easier with international Printers Ink. 54 53 sales reported at 89 Hong Kong Inter. Prod. Corp. (Com.) PerLands have further declined to Kelvinator Picul. 861 Shanghat Lands have had a Kassecott Copper

smart rise to Tls. 160, due to an Liggett & Myers, Clans "B" issue of bonus shares in the pro-Lorillard Co. (Com) portion of one new share to fire Mack Trucks old. Humphreys Estates have been Madison Square Garden

Maytag Co dealt in at the reduced rate of 814h. Missouri Fazife Fid, ....

Hong Kong Trams fell away. to

National Dairy Products $10 but have since recovered to a

Pacific Gas and Electric Ca buying quotation ci 819. Hong Kang Electrics were booked down to 852 and 851 for the old and new shares respectively, China Lights fold) were also on the weak side and were put through at 812. A sudden demand for Star Ferries has lifted the price from 8673 to 09). China Buses were sold to the North at Tls. 10.80.

6.63

Sugar.

No. 19 coarse powdered sugar,

450 bags

No. 18 coarse powdered sugar,

300 bags

88.73

8.53

No. 20 coarse powdered sugar,

1.000 bags No. 24 course powdered sugar,

• 300 bags

6.70

.1.23

Miscellaneous, Wood Oil, 200 eans at 831.30 per

.en.

Red melon seeds, 30 bags at 926.00

per, bag.

CANTON MARKET REPORTS.

Quotations for rice, sugar, and four in yesterday's market in Canton were as follow:-

Rico.

Per

Hudson Motor Car

83

+1

$15

811

877-831

957 03 ... 217 210

... 14 141 182 152 180 125 90 87

1271

53

100) 345

721 701

49 47

410 395

158 1581

The Dread of Pain after Eating.

Worse than digestive pain itself is the the cause of the whole trouble by stop- fear of it; the knowledge that if one eats ping the stomach sourness that always certain things (always those one like exists where there is pali. You can get

This the best) pain will marely follow,

¦'a package of "Bisurated Maguosia from is as unnecessary as the pain feeling itself, for a little Bisurated Magnesia say chemist at small st, and you will takan altar sating prevents all risk of never regret the purchase. But it mast digestive or stomach trouble. It pain be Biurated' Magnemia; nothing sise has already started, you can get rid of it will do, so look for the word 'BISMAG, Instantly by taking this wonderful which, for year protections appears on remedy. Risurated" Magnesia remors every genuine package.

•

BUTTER

"DAISY" Brand, Australia's Best

$1.10 per lb..

Superfine and Special Quality,

"DAIRYMAID" First Grade Choicest. $1.00 per lb. Equal to any other Brand on the market but Daisy.

We are

Exclusive Agents and Importers of

DAISY

BUTTER

This Brand cannot be equalled anywhere.

THE DAIRY FARM, IGE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

WURM'S

STOMACH DOCTOR

The Best Bitter for the Stomach.

73

Thi 69

90 54 13 401 3st 871 651

Best Remedy for Poor Appetite, Deficient

Packard Motor Car (Com) Pennsylvania Railroad... Phillips Patroleum Radio Corporation Beynolds Tobacco, "B" Standard Oil of California Standard Gas Elec. (Com.)... 78 Standard Dil of Indiana standard Oil of New Jemey Standard Oil of New York Tazas Corporation (Com) Toxas Gulf Stipher Timken Boller Bearing Union Carbide... Union Pacific B.R. (Com.) U.S. Later. Socality Pid. U.S. Leather

Dairy Farms are slightly firmer with buyers at 821.40. Telephones are wanted at $7.10 eum Rights. Green Island Cements (combined) Picul felf away to 8.00 but were bid up

to 39 at the case. 811.15

Kailan with a dividend of 51.U.S. Realty & Imp. Co.

EB. Bobber (Com) pending. are in demand at, 73/-.

C.S. Steel Bengucts are steady at Fs. 21. A Vanadium Corp. dividend of 5 centavos has been de Willys Overland Co. clared. Ewes have been in good Wright Aeronautical ..." demand and the price has advanced to Tls. 135. Shanghai Cottons (old) have also strengthened and

... 74 715

146 138

180 190 913-2061

... 104 100

621 494

401 30

Digestion and Disorderly Stomach.

Obtainable at

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

80% 503

1631 1577

"981, 90

HONG KONG STOCK

31 29 261 251

hase buyers at Tls. 05. Orientals PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE.

CANTON COTTON YARN REPORTS.

HOUSEHOLDERS' COMPREHENSIVE POLICY

Insures the contents of your residence against Burglary, Larceny Housebreaking,

Theft (excluding theft by servants). Earthquake, Typhoon, Flood, Burst Water Pipes, and/or Tanks, Riots and Civil Commotion and extends to cover temporary residence in any inha bited Dwelling House or Hotel in China. The cover may be extended to a country outside China by arrangement on application."

AG EXTS:

J. H. BACKHOUSE, LTD.

la, OraTER ROAD.

No. 1 fine granulated sugar 10.10 No. 2 Five Sons Refine sugar Wai Chow white sugar

Tel. No. 1733,

Asahi Beer

Invigorating & refreshing.

ASAH

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.

BONG KONG.

The following quotations, current in Paris on December 8th, have been re- ceived by the Banque Franco-Chinese which assumes no responsibility for cable

mutilations.

է.

Banque de Frazce Banque de Paris

Hanque de l'Union Parisienne Tainer du Rhone

Rio Tinte

Crédit Foncier de France

Crédit Lyonnais..."

Société Générale pour favouriser,

Fr.

EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

DECEMBER 16, 1922, A.K. Banks..............$1.5224 num.

Do.. London...

...£140 noms Chartered Banks bay. Mercantile Banks, A. B...£34 nom.

De.

(...£if] nom.

sə

F. & 0. Banks........... 2015. East Asia Bank......... Onaton Insurance ...... Union Insurances.. ..$357 bay. 23,800 North China Ina, Tis, 180 buy. 4.800 Yangtzze Insurance....... 350 nom. 2,960 China. Underwriters ...... $2.45 sel. 3,700 China Fire Insurances....3280 buy.

Hong Kong Fire loa.....$780 a 3,920 H. Steamboats

Douglas............. 38 2005.

$29 buy.

4,870

1,880

Hk

$15 bay.

buy.

................$1.40 sel, 24.400 Indo-Chinas (Pref.) .........

(DeL) Do. 1,860 2,180 Shell Transporte......118- nom. 1,000 Union Waterboats......192) tay.,

Chai Mi Native Rice ......... Pak Kan Yok Native Rice Ping Chow Glutinous Rice 12.00 Green Lion White Annam

8.80

Rice...

9.95

Red Lion White Anaam

Rice

9.05

Red Double Sword Annam

Rice.

9.60

Green Double Arrow An-

nam Rico

............

9.73

Red Bell Siam Rice

0.85

Green Elephant Siam Rice

9.75

Red Z Siam Rice.

9.70

are unchanged at Tls. 2.40. Hong Kong Government 6 per cent. Loan is obtainable at. 5 premium.

per

cent.

Red Stars Siam Rice

10.05

Three Marks Siam Rice

4.43

Sagar.

Per

Picul.

To

course powdered sugar No. 3 course powdered sugar No. 20 course powdered sugar No. I granulated sugar

8.00

7.30

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.,

7.60 9.40

December 13th.

$552.00

9.50

Fui Hee

$18.00

10.10

Butterfly

-390.00

Flour:

Per

No. 32 Pine Deer

etc.

469.00

Soez

Tin Koon

Bag.

460.00

F. L. M. ...

Man-of-War Silver Seal

$4.00

Double Horse

434.00

Nord

4.13 No. So City of Gold

327.00 Ext:

Banaun

4.10

Globe

323.00

Chemia de Fer Santa Fé

Cheung Luk

4.15

Ho Chưa

322.00

Thomson Houston

tit

Maize

3.95

Double Horse

318.00

Produits Chimiquer

Sword of Kwantai

4.30

Tin Koon....

323.00

Forges and Camargue

Сардов

4.60

Double Elephant

Kuhlmann

324.00

Secteur Marocain

White Cabbage

4.40

Tram, Car

314.00

Pathé Ciném

Dalton

4.80.

Man Clock ..........

310.00

Rafinerie Suy

4.60

Shepherd

313.00

Crédit Foncier de l'Indo-Chine

Three Star

214.00

306.00

Eaux and Electricité de l'Indo-

Fui Kwai

302.00

Chine

CLOSING QUOTATIONS:

No. 12 City of Gold

292,00

Tramways de l'Indo-China

12,000

7,000 Hongkow

Peacock

285,00

Water Works ........

4th December, 1998.

...... 83.20

Ciments Portland & de l'Indo-

Tram Car

275.00

China

2,850

Aeroplane

275.00

Caoutchouc Indo-Chine

263.00

Terros Rouges

Hankow-Canton Railways....

0.40

City of Gold

283.00

Caoutchouc de Cambodge

The Sun Company"

6.45

Sincere Company

9.20

Peacock ......... Lotua Bee

267.00

257.00

Tramwaya de Shanghai

Nanyang Bros, Tobacco Co.

3.70 | No. 6 Lion

219.00

Canton Tramways

1.90

Lion No. 2.

198.00

Chine Merchant 8.8. Naviga

tica Co. Central Bank

*

8.30 4.60

THE WEAVING INDUSTRY.

CANTON KEROSENE OIL

Dog's Head

CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE. No. 18 Globe

Electric Power Co. ......... 3.00 No. 10 Sailing Vesse!

MARKET.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

December 14th.

New Star

Per Case 87.70

New Balance

7.45

New Hang Fuck

New Engle

7.25 7.15

New Sheung Hi

.7.95

New Daybreak

7.95

SLUMP IN SALTPETRE.

DECREASED MILITARY

CONSUMPTION.

over

There are several wearing lae tories in Hong Kong, and the volume of business done with Eng- land, Germany and Japan in woven goods, such as singlets, socks, showls etc

amounte to $2,000,000 a year.

Local productions are inferior to the imported goods, and although every description of waren goods is manufactured here, none of them are up to foreign goods. In some

German products

Cakes,

cheaper.

are

Since the anti-Japanese boycott came into force, the hope, was ex- pressed that local weaving factories would capture a portion of the trade, but this hope has not been

Hanque de l'Indo-China

Charbonnages du Tonkin.

d'Almi

Financière des Caoutchoues

EXCHANGE RATES.

3,280 Bengueta

902 Kailan Mining Admin....73 buy.

Langhata (combined)......Th. 11 nom. 3,790 Do. (ingle) „Tym. b) nom;" 1.250 S'ha Explorations

225

700 Shanghai Loens

2,880 Fanba

71 Tronoh Mines

14,100 HK

Wharfs

H.K. & W. Docks

4.55 bay..

2.30 sol

Tis. 3 bay.

.1776 noin.

$185.snl.

дол

MARCHANT'S

SIR?

Certainly.

What else

7,160 China Providents...$4.90 bar 5.05 sel. should I

Ti 155 bay. Now Engineerings........Tis. 5 nom. Shanghai Docks

T& 105 sel 1.120 Ewo Cottons...Tis. 18.40 buy, 1947.60.

(BRITISH WINKLISS AKRVICE.]

Paris New York Brussels Genera

Cotton M. 2.48 pel.

400 Cottons.(old),...........Tle, 85

256 Bhai. 286

Do. (new). Ts. 22 buy. 3,720 HK. &8. Hotels

Bros, Dec. 13th.

Shanghai

19.30

864) bay, 65 sol. Tie 160 bar. Lands Humphreys Estates.....$15 sel. B.K. Besities. ...$81 Bel H.K. Tramways. $19.40 kay, & 28. Peak

Trams (old)

.......$13 vol

Bo (new)... $4.30), BOW. Star Ferries $123 sel.

...1681 boy. 69. Chins läghts (old).........

Do.

Da ・DO

(new)....) $12.16 et (1928 Land)...$12.05 mel. H.K. Slectrics (ald) ......$52; nom.

(now)......351 com. Macao Electrics.........$281 buy.

197.10 bay, 7.30 Telephone

Do.

Do. rights

ael cum righta $5,70 now. x rights

83 buy,

Okina Buses.....The 101 buy. Bingspore Tractions.....12/ nom.

Da (Pre1).18/9 bay, 19/3 eel.

Malabon Bugars

90 cia, nom. 802) buy.

3 nom.

Osments (combined), 9/9.33 85.

124.15

4,85

34.89

25.18.

Amsterdam

12.071

Milan -Berlin

Stockholm Copenhagen Osló Vienna Prague Helsingfors

92.65

20.355

18.14

18.18

China Bugars

18.19 34.475 163

Canton Low

buy, 9.30

Madrid Lisbon Bombay Athens

"Buenos Aires...

Bucharest Yokohama Shanghai Hong Kong n

1937 29.76 111

1/61/32

ama

Silver (forward)

807 21/10 11/16

-2/7

2/01

201

One of the consequences of the realised owing to the difficulty in cessation of civil war in China is getting yarn. The pickets ruthless- ground a falling-off in the demand for salty seized such goods on the petre. Makers of crackers and that they had come from. Japan. been other fireworks are still in the mar The Chinese factories have ket, but there is little inquiry for forced to buy yarn from India, and

as these take a long time in transit. the article from those engaged in making more damaging explosives and prices-are-higher than the Saliha aaltoetse market in Hong Kong Japanese goods, the prices of the

have recently dropped, from 8 to | creased, making competition imposed s 813.a picul.

sible.

!

Do. (ald).$7.80 nom.

Do. (new)................... 14 #ol. ELK. Roper (old) ....

Do.

$7.60 nem..

(20)$7.65

United Asbestos

Dairy

Watacza

| Der A Wings

ans Crawfords...... Mackintosha Binceres

201

$92 sel, 21.40.

(Continued at foot of

$14 sel. 80 eta, buy. $3.05.

bay

drink?

MARCHANT'S

Gold Label Whisky.

·HATS, GOWNS

& NOVELTIES,

"Felix.

7 ICH HOUSE STREET,

Ano Kanna

י

"IL.K. Amusements

HK. Coortenationų

Txt 0.6294

$110.

B'qus. Indos. G. Bonds...67% buy, Hik. Gort, Loans music 57% prem; sel ́buy. --- bayers' sel-sellors; Manlang