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XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS
We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Fortiva Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Bates ----
No.
HAMPER-$38.
1. Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial 1 Qu. Superb Tawny Port.
Champagne 2 Qu. St. Julien Claret.
1 Pt. Blackberry Braddy. 1 Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Martells XXX Braudy.
Qta. King George IV Gold Label
or Parfection Whisky.)
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal. 1.Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyne's." I Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.
No. 2
HAMPER-$34.
1 Qt. Guillamart Champagne.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Qt. Martel's XXX Brandy.
2 ta. King George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
2. Qts. Tawny Dry Part, Qta. St. Julien Claret.
1. Qt. Vino de Pasto Sherry,
1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters
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No. 3
HAMPER $30.
1 Qt. Burgerne's Burgundy.
1 Pt. Popparmint G.F.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
Qts. Superior Rich Old Port,
2 Qts. Elag George IV Gold Label
or Perfection Whiskyf
1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy.
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.
2 Qts. Medoc Claret.
1 Phil Pomeranzen Bitters,
Other Hampere made up to suit Customer's requirements.
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.
TEL C. No. 135.
- THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21st, 1928.
Money
and Markets
HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.
Business done in Hong Kong yesterday in rice, sugar and other foodstuffs, included the following transactions:—
CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING CO., LTD.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual general meeting of the CANTON MARKET REPORTS.shareholders of the Chinese En- gineering & Mining Co., Ltd. was held in London on December 17th. Yesterday's quotations in Canton when the Directors' report and market in rice, sugar, flour and oil statement of recounts for the year ended June 30th, 1925 was sub- Permitted.
were as follows:-
Pienl.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS."
DICEMBER SATH, 1925. A.K. Banka... men
......$1,900 bar. Chartered Banket bay.
Do.. · London...£i«04 nom. Mercantile Banks, A. &B...£34 nom. P.&O. Banks......£9 BOM,
0.214) nom Fast Asia Banka... ba75a Canton Insurances $855 bay, Union Insoranors 200 - -
$360 bay North China Ins... T. 160 bay. North
Do
Extract From Directors Report."
The net resuls of the year's trans- Langtere Insurances................ M. $30 nom.
Underwriters 32.45 sel action shows a balance to the eredit China of Profit and Loss Account of
9.60 £334,437 made up as follows:-
Proportion of Kailan
ast
2477,503
(Less Sundry items). 233,447
Europe £16,113
Inrayanoes....3980
bay.
Kong Fire Ins780 so
H.K. Steamboats..... H.K. Tug
******
Indo-Chinas (Prof.) ...........
Do (Del)
| Shell Transporta
bay.
bay, $72) bay.
1181-nom.
buy.
nom.
(combined)..
Us.............Tls, 30% mom. ghat, Exploration, T., 3 ony.
Do. (single)......... 22a, 64 nom.
**** 11s 9.90 dom. Shanghai Lon
£734,923
Fanbe
Trough Hines
A.K. & K. Whack..
H.K. & W. Docks
$5) buy.
17/8
$13
nore #5).
Uhin Proridants...$4.45 bay. 3 s.
Hongkows
.....137 buy. .......................Tis, 158 buy. New Engineerings ......kia. 31 nom. Shanghai Dooki .......Tu. 104 bay, Ewo Cations...
****** 18.15 nom. Oriental Cottons....... The 23 sal S'hai. Uotions (old)......11. 651 buy.
(new). T. 31 buy. Hotal $9.10 bay, 91
9.20
Rice,
Rice.
Per Picul
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.
Red Cash White. Long Rice,
660 bags
$8.93
Green Fuck White Long Rice,
1.264 bags ....
Chai Mee native white rice... $11.90 See Miu native rice .....
10.60. Red Seal white Annam rice... 9.85 Green Cannon white long
7.01
rice
Kai Kwan White Siam' Rice,
*39 bags
0.53
Tuk Kam White Siam Rice,
412 bags.
7.17
Three Stars white long rice 10:00 Green Peach white long rice 9.62 Blue Lion white Siam rice....
Mining Administra-
tion's Profits plus In-
9.62
terest in China'......
Red San White Siam Rice,
ES bags...
8.20
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gis.
Four Star White Siam Rice,
Green Lion white rice Red Double
0.60
Interest in Europe
14,89%
Union Waterboste
Sword white
Agency Fees
6,000 Benguete
1:
200 bags...)
6:72
rice
9.08
Sundries ......
079-
Balance brought forward.
Yat Chi Mui White Siam
Green Flower Pot white rice
0.69
Rice. 479 baza
3.62
Red Seal-white Siam rite-...
9.42
New Moon White Long Rice,
029 bags...
7.87
Green Scal New Style White
Green P No. 3 white rice...... Black Seal No. 3 white rice...
0.72
9.30
Rice
7.98
No. 1 White Broken Rice, 166
Green Seal No, 3 white rice... Green C No. 3 white rice.......
1.29
Deduct;-
9.63
Expenses in
HONG KONG
bags
6.21
Fer
Directors Fres...
No. 2 White Broken Rice, 36
bags
Sugar.
3.72
Picul. Taels.
Exchange
4,200 78
Income Tax.........
JA,373
Red Seal Glutinous Brewer
Rive. 100 bags...... Red Seal No. 1 Glutinous
Broken Rice, 100 bags. 7.80 Double Red Line
White Brewer Rice. 157 bags... 6.36 Bine Seal" No. 2 White Broken Rice, 107 bags...
Interim Dividend
6.12
211
1 Granulated sugar...... 9.40
1 Fine. granulated sugar...10. 11 Walchow refine sugar Spring native candy
9.40
Sugar.
3.81
Per
Sang "Mo native sugar
Flour.
Per
Picul
No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,
1,000 bags
Bag.
$7.33
Man-of-War
$4.05
No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,
Silver Seal
4.15
500 bags o
-7.49
Banana
4.10
Directors' per
No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,
2,000 bags
Cheung Luk
4.15
centage
13,900
Balance carried
7.38
Maise
3.33
forward
No. 24 coarse powdered sugar,
Sword of Kwantai
4.30
300 bags
.... No. 24 coarse powdered
*.40
Cannon
4.75
sugar,
White Cabbage
4.40
310.337
£334,437
7.38
Dalton
4.50
Dog's Head ......
4.35
6.93
Per
'CHINESE FURNITURE
Picul.
Taals.
.... 96.70
27.00
23.50
24.30
HERE is no worry or anxiety in rearing baby. healthfully and happily, even in a tropical climate,
Glaxo is the food that has been used to rear the children in five Royal Nurseries. Court Physicians ace that Royal Babies have the best and most nourishing food--- that is why Glaxo has been chosen.
Give your Baby Glaxo, and watch the difference after a few days see how restfully he sleeps, how contented he is and how steadily he increases in weight. Ask your Doctor i
glazo
The Vitamin Milk Food
"Builds Bonnie Babies".
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., BOLE AGENTA,
Have a glass of
ASAHI BEER cheers & invigorates
Sole Agents:
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HATS, GOWNS
& NOVELTIES..
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"Felix.'
"7, for House Srrest,
500 bags. No. 18 coarse powdered sugar,
1,30 hag5,4༩༠༢་་
Miscellaneous.
Wood Oil, 200 cans at 821.80 pel
gan.
Duck's feather, 30 bags at 87.50 per
picul.
Newchang Black Melon Seeds, 30
bags at 813.30 per bag, Middle Black. Beans, 100 bage a
85.00 per picul.
Yellow Bean, 100 bags at $6.50.
CANTON COTTON YARN. MÄRKET.
A cable from Shanghai stated that
No. 3 coarse powdered sugar... 7.50 Do."
"... 7.90 Do
... 7.60
Groundnut oil
Tientsin best quality Dairen best quality Honan best quality Chefoo best quality Kwangsi wood oil Fang Chi oil
לי
10.90
NEW YORK STOCK ·
QUOTATIONS.
paid od 1/5/23. 140,000 £213,788
Leaving
4 net balance of
£334,137
which the Directors recommended 8.50 should be appropriated as follows:
The following quotations, current in
Final Dividend
of 15 per cent.
(free of in- - come-tax) .....£210,000
TRADE...
SOME WORKING COSTS.
Between 30 and 40 foreign-style 9.30 furniture makers are operating in 20.00 Shanghai, the large ones being Tai Chong & Co. on Neaking Road, Chun Tai Co., and the House Furnishing Co. on Szechuan Road. The Tai Chong was founded in 1873 with a capitel of $300,000 and has a factory employing over 300 hands. Its yearly sales range from $300,000 to $400,000. The Chun Tai "was opened in 1889, has a factory em- ploying over 200 hands with an average yearly sales figure of about "$300,000. The House Furnishing Co. was established in 1925, has a factory employing, over 100 hands, and has a yearly sales figure of from $150,000 to $180,000,
These
the cotton yarn market was very New York on December 17th; have been dull, only a few transactions being received in Shanghai by Messrs. Swad, completed. The Canton cotton Culbertson & Co., who assume no respon- market was also slack and pricessibility for cable mutilations. have declined
quotations aru subject to confirmation.
Market Dull. Business done, 1,596,300 shares.
St bet
Quotations in the Canton märket yesterday were as follow:
No. 42 Five Sons
Fui Hee
Butterfly
No. 32 Pine Deer
Po Tap
Tin Koon
Double Horse
No. 20 City of Gold
Globe
Good Harvest Double Horse
Tin Koons - Double Dragon Tramcar Shepherd Three Stars
No. 16 Globe
Fui Kwai Man Clock No. 12 City of Gold
Peacock
·Tram-car- Aeroplane Pretty Damsel Victory
Pretty Damsel No. 10 Sailing, Vessel
City of Gold Peacock Lotus Bee
Victory
No. 6 Lion
Lion No. 2
Previous Latest Per
Price, Price, Bale. Allied Chem. & Dye (Cur.) 225 225
2543 American Can (Com.)... *** 971 261
... 261 281 512 Americas Smalting geg 620 American Tel & Tel. (Com.)... 1907 190 170 176
403 American Tobacco "B
454 Armour & Co.."&"
453
450
***
Armour & Co. (1) 7% Pid.
Anaconda Copper
Bancitaly Corp....
327 Bank of Montreal
320 Barnadall Corp. “A”
317 Bethlehem Steel, 7% Pd
317 Bethlehem Steel (Com.)
... 18. 164
319 Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit...
322 Calamet & Hecia
82 1051 105
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In each of these factories there are seven departments: carpentry, painting, carving, decorating, brass- work mounting, and upholstery de- 290 394
partments. With the exception of 401 401 80 80 those in the upholstery and 'paint
122)ing departments, all the other ca 69
bands are paid by contract through
40
40
312 Campe Corp.
100-100
308
Canadian Pacifle Railway Cavanaugh Dobbs
302 Chrysler....
310 Chile Copper
63) 82
300 Consolidated Gad of N.Y.
1171 116, 1004 00
300 Coty Lacorporated
292 Darison Chernical
70 70 67 56 470 469
180
44
983 Du Pont de N., EL (Com.)
Eastman Kodak...
Foz Film A”
274 General Cigar
General Electric Co.
280 General Motora...
285 General Bly. Signal (Com.)
265 Gold Dust
933 Grinhy Consolidated
968 Haygart...
Hadson Motor Car
$55 International Cement (Com.) 262 Internations! Match, Hd. 210 International Nickel (Com) 193 International Printers Ink,
Inter. Prod. Corp. (Com.) Inter. Prod. Corp. Pid.
CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE. Kelvinator
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
Water Works
December 20th."
Electric Power Co, Canton-Hankow Railways' The Sun Company Sincere Company ................... Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Co.... China Merchant, SS, Nov.
·Co.
Central Bank
Kannecott Copper
Lake Superior Corp. Liggett & Myers, Clam “B": Lorillard Co. (Com.)
24
Mack Trucks Madison Square Garden $3.20 Maytag Co.
6.00 Missouri. Facido (Com.) 0.49 National Dairy Products 8:45 Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Packard Motor Car (Com.) 9.25 Pennsylvania Railroad 3.60 Phillips Petroleum
565
-181 181
1834 1814
921
*
127 1254
8389
... 433-44
83 837
821 81
934 91
524 Ga
256 249
a foreman who provides free meals. and lodging for the men. The monthly wages"for each hand vary from $6' to $30 according to skill and experience." The other furni ture shops operate on much smal ter scale. each with a yearly sales figure of from $20,000 to $50,000. Most of these dealers keep only a small workshop, the rough frames of the furniture being always, made. by other carpentry shops by con- Fract. The dealers only do the painting and decorating.
The Wood for 'making high-grade furniture comes from abroad. Red wood is imported from Malayan
ports and sold, retail, in Shanghai at about Tis. 10 per picul, while
BR
HK. Lands.....$83) bay. 844 d. Shanghai Lande ....Tla. 160 bay. Humphreys Estates...$14.50 buy., 15 sel. E.K. Balties...18
Penk (all) $13
Do.
Star Ferrise
20j #l.
ya...... 120.20 bas
(20)$6.30 nom.
*********4801 bay. China Lights (old).........312 nom.
Do. (Dow).........$11,90 well. 1o. (1928 Lane) $11.80 wel. H.K. Electrica (old)....$59 bay.
Do. (e) $51 bay. Macao Electrica.....264 bay.
(all)
Telephone (c)
Do.
Chies Buses
Singapore Tractions.
Do.
China Bugars
$6.55 buy „Tim, 101 buy.
12/ BU
(Pret.)...17/6 buy., 12/3 sal.
Mainbon sugars
Canton Icea
90 с., доп.
1991 buy.
..83 noms. Cementa (combined). ..$9f buy., 91 sal.
Do. (old) ..$7.80.nom. 10. (now).........1ij sel. H. Ropes (old) $7.50 nom.
$7.55 Bol (now) Dairy Farms...$21 bay, 21.30 sel Grited Anbestos$5 m Watsona
..$18+ Dom. 80 cia, bay,
De.
Der A Wings Lane Crawford...
Mackintoshs.. Sinceres Wm. Powell
HK. Amusements
320 nòm ...191 bay.
13.65 buy.
sel
H.K. Constructions. nom. B'que, Indon, GBonds...67% bay, HK. Gorl Loans prom.sel. bay.-buyers; sel-ellers; sa- smlos;
som.—gominat,
EXCHANGE RATES.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
Paris New York Brussels Geneva
Rucar, Dec. 19th.
124.03.
4.85 9/16
34.88
25.18
Amsterdam
12.08
Milan....
92,85
Berlin
Stockholm
Copenhagen Oslo
20.36 18.12 18.18
13.19
Vienga
34.45
Prague
1831
Helsingfors
1921
Madrid
29.78
Lisbon
110;
Athens
375
Bucharest
809
Rio
Buenos Aires
47.11/32
Shanghai
1/8 1/32 2/7*
2/01
20 8/16
****** 201
Bombay
Hong Kong Yokoham Silver (spot) Silver (forward)
8,37/01
PEARLS
AT
Messrs.
KOMOR & KOMOR
.
The Yearly EXHIBITION of MR. KÖDAKA'S,
PEARLS
is Now Open
For ONE WEEK
#
Only.
PEARLS
to suit every taste and every Packet.
Christmas
Presents
are KODAKA'S PEARLS mounted in Platinum, Gold and Silver.
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KOMOR & KOMOR Art and Curio Experts
Chater Road.
Liverish People Need Vichy Celestins
1.#
VICHY-CÉLESTINS in a natural -..
orderly which helps the liver. to famotion normally, Its gently stimulating effect is welcomed in aft caron of singgisbness. It clears the blood-stream from all impurities, s
Vichy-Calestins is very pleasant to the taste, and may be taken at meals. either alone or mixed with light wines or spirits
The French Natural Mineral Water.
| VICHY-CĖLESTINS)
Obtainable at all Hotels, Clubs,
Chemists and Stores, or from the
Sole Adents
1/10 23/32 The French Store
teakwood from Siam is sold at ming, Kiangsu province, at 33 centa
Tla. 900 per 1,000 square feet,
Japanese ash at Tis. 30 per 1,000 per piece of 16 yards.
square feet, Luan wood from the The varieties of staining and
"18 161 Philippine Islands at The 100 per painting vary with the taste of the
1337 133 1,000 feet, Oregon and Japanese customers. For foreign customers,
14 14
86 867 pine at Ts. 30-Tia 40 per 1,000
28 281 square feet and Japanese oak at
19]
181
..2421
62 62
57 64
43 44
11
imported stains and paints are generally used and for Chinese Tis, 80 per 1,000 square feet.
customers, Chinese lacquer. The The upholstery is also largely of products of some furniture makers foreign origin, Cretonne for sofa are generally varnished with Chi- coverings is imported at 80 cents nese lacquer, because their clien 110 118 to 8% per yard, moquette and tele consists chiefly of Chinese. tapestry chiefs from England, Three kinds of lacquer are' used: ... 1401 1681 France, Germany and the United the golden lacquer sold at $1.10 a States at 25-820 a yard. The catty the 80 per cent raw lac 350 283 stuffing materials are partly from quer, at 81.70 and the pure raw The best kind of ... 1837 161 abroad and partly of home produc- lacquer at 82
761 75 tion. White horse hair is obtain. lacquer is of Anhwei and Szechuan 701 70ed at 9 toel-cents per pound and production. These are used only 861 Bat rey horse hair, at 5 tael cents, by high-class, furniture makers. The 52 621 both from the United States, fibre small makers prefer oil paint and 30 from Malayan ports at. 4 dollar polish because of their cheapncés. 844 824
cents, cotton wool from Kwangtung Furnitures treated with oil paint 73 73 1874 107 province at. 870 a picul and ham and polish involve lower cost of 1807 180 boo shavings from Wenchow, Che-production and can be more readily 2071 2071 kiang province, at $3 a pical. The disposed of.
Radio Corporation 6.40 Reynolds Tobacco, "8" 4.60 Standard Gas & Elec. (Cozm.)...
CANTON KEROSENE OIL.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
New Daybreak New Cheung Hi Now Eagle
New Hang Fuck
New Star
December 20th.
Standard Oil of California..
· Standard Oil of Indiana Standard Oil of New Jersey ... Standard Oil of New York Texas Corporation (Com). Taze Gulf Sulphur Timken Roller Bearing
Union Carbide ...
Union Facião B.R. (Com.) US, Intor, Becurity Pid
Per Case. V.9. Leather
$7.20
7.20
.8. Realty & Imp. Co.
U.H. Eubber (Com.)
V.B. Stee!
215 Verdium Cor
7.20 Westinghouse Elec. (Com.)
4.63. Wright Kato
100100 springs from England cost 80 cents In Shanghai foreign-style furni
59 60
to $1 a dozen and those of local ture is popular among the Chinese 701 781 production 30-60 cents a dozen. community because of its cheapness * 413 41
The line for sofa lining is import and its better appearance than the 2521 101+ 904-80-led from England at Tia 200 per ordinary Chinese style furniture, 192 1,050 yards, and the faxen bandgh-grade Chinese style furniture pholstering sofas from Tsung being too costly for middle-class (Continued on next ColilniKY,”
Beaconsfield Arcade.
QUEEN'S
THEATRE.
SPECIAL ADDED
"ATTRACTION
CARPI'S
PARISIAN REVUE
SUNDAY TO SATURDAY
At 9.20 p.m......... Increased Prices &
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