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A REAL DRINK

"BOARS HEAD BRAND

GUINNESS'S

FOREIGN EXTRA

STOUT

A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION

SOLE AGENTS :

GANDE, PRICE & CO.,

LTD.,

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, ICE HOUSE STREET.

Tel. Central No. 135.

BY APPOINTMENT.

General

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16th, 1929.

Money and Markets

HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.

Quotations at yesterday's loca! market for rice, sugar and other foodstuffs were as follows:-

Rice,

HONGAY COAL IMPORTS.

FLOURISHING BUSINESS IN

HONG KONG

In our issue of January 19th, "Increased Per under the heading Pizul Demand for Indian Coal," there 87.13

CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

January 15km, 1929

8.5. Banks.........$1,955 buy. 1.365 in.

Do., London...£148

Backs *** nome

Do

P. & O. Banks

east bay.

0.14% nom

East Asia Baskı (m. 1994 buy.

Danton Insurances ***$877) bag.

Union

Insurances North Chins Ini.

TH

160 bay.

Yangtare » Insurannes............. M. $30 nom. Chins Underwriters.......20 buy China Fire Insurances...1230 buy.

Kong Fire Ins....

Douglases.....

Steamboats

144 14

H.K. Tag*******

Indo-China (Prof.)

Do (Def)

nom.

...$1.40 som $50 buy.

$90 bay.

Shell bay,

Union Waterboat.........120

Benguet, man 32.40 bay.

Kailas Mining Admin... 10/- buy.

CANTON, Jan. 14th..

Water Works Electric Power' Co. Canton-Hankow Bailways The Sun Company Sincera Company.

$3.00

5.10

0.30

6.90

9.70

Nanyang Bros, Tab. Co. Canton Tramways.... China Merchant 9.3. Nav.

Com Central Bank

4.30

2.00

6.50

4.03

Green Three. Stars

Black Seal White Bran

Green Dragon White

3.26 €1.68

No. 1 White Broken

6.97

No. 3 White Broken

3.65

Bed Dragon White

7.13

White Line Glutinous

7.91

Green Seal Glutinous

8.57

were some references to French coal which were inaccurate. A corre- spondent kindly draws attention to these errors.

First of all, there are no imports Hang Fuk, vaatama of coal from "France, but from

CANTON KEROSENE OIL.

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

CANTON, Jan. 14th.

New Comet ..... *1 Balance

87.70

7.50

7.90

Red Seal Glutinous...

6,23

Red Star Glutinous

*.36

Red Pearl White Brewer

6.53

Green Seat Old Brewer

6.48

Blue Seal No. 1 Broken Blue Seal No. 2 Broken

6.18

Sugar.

No. 18 ccarse powdered. No. 20 coarse powdered No. coarse powdered

· ́`Miscellaneous.

87.34

7.-13

7.58

French Indo-China, which is much nearer the local market. The coal imported is a semi-anthracitona çoni of very good quality indeed, and the principal colBeries, the Honger. Picul. mines, of which the Société Fraq- çaise des Charbonnages du Tonkin are the owners, have an agent - im Hàng Long.

Eagle ten Sheung Hi Day Break

7.10

7.20

7.20

EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

RUGBY, Jan. 14th.

194.133

New York

4.82 3/32

Brussels

34.901

+

2

China

12.09

Per

$9.79%

New Engineering

20.413

Shanghai Books

Stockholm

19.13

Copenhagen

19.19

Oriental Cotton.......... Tl.

Awo Votions............ Tis 13.20 com

Osio.....

13.191

S'hai. Cottons (old)......T. 65 bay.

Vienna

34.483

Prague

1831

Helsingfors

1920

99.71

1001

37%

808

3 29/32

2/7

Wood Oil

Hong Kong.

Red, Melon Seeds White Grapes

Accident Fire and Lift Assurance Corporation, Limited.

ESTABLISHED 1885.

HOUSEHOLDERS' COMPREHENSIVE

POLICY

Insures the contents of your

residence against Burglary, Housebreaking Larceny Theft (excluding theft by -servants), Karthquake, 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.

Acarts:

J. H. BACKHOUSE, LTD.

TEL. No. 1733.

ü

1A, CHATZE ROAD.

Sole Agents-

Drink

Asahi

more

5.98

Per

Mesare Jardine Matheson are im- Picul porters of Hongay coal, and seem 831.30

to be quite satisfied with it, but it 29.00

would be an error to believe that 33.00

they are sole importers of coal from French Indo-China. Messrs. Butter- field & Swine use it both for the China Navigation Co. and the Tain koo Sugar Refining Co. The Hong Kong Electric Co., the Green Island Cement Co. are also very large con- sumers of Hongay coal, and what proves the favour

which this cos)

LOCAL BUSINESS - IN RUBBER SHOES.

50,000 PAIRS A MONTH.

It may surprise the average mea in the street to know that the Cology buys no less than 50,000 pairs of rubber soled shoes monthly, This commodity enjoys a brisk market in these days of trade de. pression and while other lines are suffering a set-back, rubber shoes are selling.

In an interview with, the agent of the Singapore "rubber king," Mr. Chan Kah Kee, a Daily Press representative was informed that they alone sell between 30,000 to 35,000 pairs of shoes monthly in Hong Kong. Then there are the American, Japanese and local made rubber shoes" to contend with, but the first named product have a very small share of the business owing. to their prohibitive prices, while Japanese and locally made shoes are of an inferior quality, and though cheaper than the ones from Singa- pore, they find a small market.

ia beld is the tonnage marketed in Hong Kong and Canton, which amounts to over 180,000 tons per year for Hongay coal only, not in- cluding the coal from smaller mines

CANTON MARKET REPORTS.

Quotations at Monday's market for rice, sugar, flour and oil were as follows:-

Rica,

Ching Wo Fung Green Lion Red Lion New Moon Three Marki Blue Lion Hung To Elephant Red Bird Pak Bok Chai Mi See Mai

No.

Sugar,

2 coarse powdered No duty is paid on this comNo. 3 coarse powdered modity, and the Singapore shoes, No. 20 coarse powdered which are of good rubber, are sold No. 1 Granulated.

Paris

Geneva...

Amsterdam

Milan Berlin

Madrid Lisbon Athens Bucharest Rio..... Buenos Aires Bombay Shanghai Hong Kong

Yokohama

Silver (spot)...... Silver (forward)

23.215

1/61/32

2/01 1/10 13/32 .: 907/16

281

Langbats (combined)..... 10.83 zom.

(single)

CORNAME

#UM 2.9) nom.

St num.

Bas. Explorations mon

Shanghai Loans

Batiba...******

(Trench Minor"

B.K. & K. Wharfa.........$153 nom.

K&W. Docks 10 bay, 1

bay,

Snel.

Providenta

Hongkow T. 3 nom,

***** 106 buy.

Do. (now)...... Tia. 89 buy. H&S Hot 9.30 bay.

Lands

Shanghai

Inds 165 bay. Humphreys Katatas......$1-4.BU buy. Bad $9.20 buy. Tramway... 120 buy, 30.65/70 M.

...

Peak Trama (old)...........813 vol.

Bo. Star Forden

buy 74 Obin Light 19), bel de sa. B.K. Electrics (old) .....354 bay.

(new .....

Do. (new)..... 53) buy, 53 xa. Macao Electrics.......1261 buy.

(Continued on next Column).

POSITIVELY THE FINAL SHOWING IN HONG KONG of Mr. Irvine Clarke's WONDERFUL NATURE

FILM

"THE BIRTH OF

A FLOWER

AT THE

WORLD

TO-DAY

Promptly At 11 am.

Bandakan Lights Telephonse fold)

Do.. (new)

China Bosed ...95

$5 nom. $7. buy.

18.00 buy.

Tis. 11 buy.

Sings pare Tractions.......12/- nom

D

China Sugars 80 cte, som Malabon Bugars

(Fref)...17/6 bay...18/3 sal

Omatan Ices

Dam

bay.

...$10.10 sol.

Cementa (combined) ...........

Do. Do.

(old)....37.80 mom. (new)......$11 buy.

H.K. Bope (old)

Do

(www)

United. Asbestos

FATEL

Dairy Watsons Der & Wing Lane Crawfceda. Singer... Mackintosha.....

$7.60 nom. $7.53 mal

+911 val.

$13.50 sol.

.80 eta, bay. $3.05 nom.

391 bay. 65 BO

L

Wm. Powells H.K. Amusementa H.K. Constructions ......$lé nom. B'que, Indas. GBonds...69% bay. HK. Cort, Loans.5% prem, sel buy-buyura; vel-sellers; sa-sales;

nom,menominal,

Some of the Feature Numbers from the JANUARY list of VICTOR RECORDS

Here's a great start for the new year. Music to please everybody. Popular ditties of the hour. Smooth dance music with a wallop in every rhythm. Several selections of the more serious' music. You'll be missing something if you fail to hear these January Victor releases. Plan to visit us soon!.

INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL RECORDS

Christmas Hymns and Carols---No. 3

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Chris- tians, Awaka Holy Night Oh Little Town of Bethlehem—Hallelujah Christmas Hymns and Carols—No. 4

Calm on the Listening Ear-It Came Upon. the Midnight Clear-Nazareth Star of Bethlehem-Oh Coine All Ye Faithful

TRINITY CHOT

Per Pieni.

80.68

9.84

9.74

9.74

0.45

10.05

0.56

9.30

8.90

11.20

-10.58

10.45

Per

Picul

Täels.

...... 88.40

8.10

8.20

10.80

10.90

8.70

10.20

8.00

Per

Flour.

Bag,

$4.05

4.20

No. 359146, 12-inch Prelude in C Sharp Minor

4.05

(Rachmaninoff, Op. 8, No. 2)

4.80

Prelude in G Minor (Rachmaninoff”,

4.15

4.40

4.18

4.09

4.25

4.50

Per

DII.

Picul.

Taels.

25.20

25.30

95,20

94.80

97.00

28.40 $0.50

at from $1.50 to $1.70 per pair. No. 1 Fine Granulated

Walchow White Local shoes, which are being sold at i 80 cents to $1 are mostly made of Spring Candy old rubber. They do not stand the Sang Mor Native wear and tear so well as the im- ported ones from Singapore. Ame rican made rubber shoes are sold Man-of-War at anything from $2.50 to 84 per Sword of Kwontai

Silver Seal pair.

The yearly turn-over of the Chan Cannon Baunns Kah Keefirin in Hong Kong amounts to over $1,300,000. This Cabbage big concern has about eighty brat. Cheung Luk ches throughout the world, and in Dalton Maize addition to rubber shoes, motor-car tyres are also manufactured. These Dog's Head tyres have recently been introduced to Hong Kong but they need to be well advertised before they will and

a wide market here.

Available stocks of shoes in Hong Kong at any time exceed 100,000 pairs of different sizes and qualities, and a constant stream of consign- ments regularly comes in.

One reason which may account for the success of this line of goods in the Colony is the fact that Chinese cloth shoes are being sold at about $1.30 per pair, and it is cheaper to wear rubber soled shoes, and that the Chinese are wearing them ca be seen at any time in the "streets

Groundnut Oil:-

Fanchi Min How Honan.... Tientsin Dairen Kwangi Wood Kwangai Tea Seed

CANTON COTTON “YARN MARKET.

SANDAL WOOD TRADE IN with Sixiang buyers, but stocks

HONG KONG

A SATISFACTORY REPORT.

Sandal wood is a sweet-smelling

wood grown chiefly in Australia,

Business in, cotton yarn on the 14th instant at Canton market showed a little improvement and some large transactions were done

were still scarce and prices advanc- ed two dollars a bale.

Quotations done at Monday's market for cotton yara were follow:-

the Malabar Coast of India and No. 42 Five Sons

the islands of East Indian Archi-

pelago. It is used as a perfume,

in medicine, and is manufactured No. 32 Pine Deer

into light articles of furniture and

put to a great variety of uses.

Australian sandal wood is, the No. best and considerable quantities are

Beer received here for transbipment.

it is

refreshing and

invigorating.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA LTD.

HONG KONG

There is a smaller tráde, in the In- dian product which is not quite of the same standard. Business in this line amounts to 84,000,000 ̈an- nually of which about 80 per cent. is from Australia and the remain- der from India and the East Indies.

"ו

According to a well-known mer-No. chant, the present condition of sandal wood market is satisfactory No. from the local point of view. The trade is chiefly in the handų of European firm who send consign- rents to the North and South ports of China and also to Yangtzze porta

Prices have steadily ad- No. vanced in recent years and the prem sent market price is 830 per picul for the Australian product and No. 228 or 828 a picul for the Indian.

Per

Bale.

3681

Fui Hi

524

Butterfly

532

478

Cheung Hi

468

Tin Koon

488

20 City of Gold

324

Globe

319

Good Harvest

315

Double Horse

310

Tin Koon

320

Cheung Hoo!!

310

Tramcar Man Clock Shepherd

300

312

301

Three Stars

508

Fui Kwai

314

16

Globe ........

201

Fui Kwai

290

12

City of Gold

£80

Peacock

980

Fui. Kwai

1'1

Tramear

Aeroplane

Pretty Damsel

10 Bailing Vessel

Peacock

City of Gold

8 Fion

Hnt How

Op. 23, No. 5) VICTOR CONCERT ORCHESTRA

No. 35951, 12-inch

Three Shades of Blue Suite---Part I

Indigo (Grofa)

Three Shades of Blue Salto-Párt 2

Alice Blue-Heliotrope (Grofá) PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS

CONCENT ORCHESTRA No. 35952, 12-kich Twisting the Dials-Part 1 and Part 2

THE HAPPINESS Boys No. 35953, 12nch My Little Old Home Down in New

Orleans With Guitar # Dear Old Sunny South By the Sea

"JIMMIE RODGERS

With Guitars

No. 21574, 10-inch

POPULAR DANCE AND VOCAL RECORDS.

"I'II Get By As Long As I Have You

Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain

Irving AaronSON'S COMMANDERS Sleep Baby Sleep With Vocal Refrem

EDWIN J. MCENELLY'S CECHUSTEA

No. 21786, 10-k#ck; Shreveport-Stomp Shoe Shiner's Drng-Slow Blues

JELLY-ROLL MORTON'S RED HOT PEPPERS

No. 21558, 10-inch

Sonny Boy (Theme song of the motion

picture production, The Singing Fool) Jeanine I Dream of Lilac Time

(Theme song of the motion picture pro- duction, Lilac Time)- Vicron SALON GROUP

No. 35945, 12-inch '*- Cross Roads (from the Hetro-Goldwyn-

Mayer picture, Shore People) Marie. (from the United Artists picture,

The Awakening) (Berlin) FRANKLYN BAUR

No. 21787, 10-inch Sommy Boy (from Warner Bros, picture,

The Singing Fool) She's Funny That Way-I Got a

Woman, Crazy for Me

to

GERE AUSTIN

No. 21779, 10-inch Dusky Stevedore Blue Shadows (from Earl Carroll's

Vanilica)

Naz Egyerm

No. 21765, 10-inch L'als Just Pals (from the motion picture

production, Submarine) .... Remember Me to Mary (If She Still

Remembers Me) · THE MELODY. THRES

No. 21754, 10-inch

There's a Rainbow "Round My

Shoulder (from Warner Bros. picture, The Singing Fool) Happy Days and Lonely Nightse

JOHNNY MARTIN `No. 21780, 10-inch

Pompanola-Fox Trot (from the

musical comedy, Three Cheeri) With Vocal Chorus

Maybe This Is Love-Fox Trot (from the musical comedy, Three Cheers) With Vocal Refrain WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS

No 21788, 10-fuch Say That You Love Me-Fox Trot

(from the musical comedy, Hello Yourself!

With Vocal Refrain

I Want the World to Know-Fox Trot

(from the musical comedy, Hello Yourself!) With Vocal Réfrain

WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS

No. 21783, 10inch

I Found You Out" When I Found You “In” Somebody Else's Arms Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain

THE WEEMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Take Your Tomorrow (And Give Me

Today) Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain

EwIN J. MCENELLY'S ORCHESTRA,

No. 21773, 10-inch Another KisWaltz (from Paramount

picture, Manhatten Cocktail) With Vocal Refrain THE TROUBADOURS Gotta Be Good-For Trot

·(from Paramount picture, Manhattan Cocktail) With Voisi Refrain NAT SHILKEET AND THE VICTOR ORCHESTRA

No. 21772, 10-inch

Oh! You Sweet Old Whatcha May Call It

For Frot With Vocal Refrain My Scandinavian Gal (By Yumpín”.

Yiming)----For Trot With Vocal Refrain

IRTING AARONSON'S COMMANDERS

No. 21778, 10-ach

"Upo-a-Daisy!--Fox Trot

(from the musical comedy, Ups-4-Doing!)" With Vacat Chorus

Will You Remember? Will You Forget?,

·Fox Tref (from the musical comedy, Upe-&-Daley!) With Vocal Refrain VICTOR ARDEN-

PHIL OXMAN AND TALE OECHESTRA

No. 21774, 10-fach

Just a Sweetheart-Fox Trot

(from the motion picture production, The Battle of the Sexes) With Vocal Refram NAT SHILKEET AND THE VICTOR, ORCHESTRA Was It Love?--Waltz With Vocal Befrukt

THE TROUBADOVEN

No. 21771, 10-inch

S. Moutrie @ Co., Ltd.

Chater" Road.