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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL · 20,- 1929.

Money and Markets

HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS:

Per

CANTON MARKET REPORTS.

CANTON, April 18.

HONG KONG SHARE MARKET.

AGAIN VERY QUIET.

MESSRS. BENJAMIN & POTTS'

WEEKLY REPORT.

Messrs. Beniamin & Potts week ly share report states:-The market has again been very quiet during the week and in some cases lower prices have prevailed.

Local prices of cotton yarn have | Quotation at yesterday's local advanced still higher but there has market for rice and other food-heen no change at Shanghai. As stuffs were as follows:-

to four, the market continues Bice.

quiet. The sugar market is also

BANES-Hong Kong and Shang- dull and both retail and whole hai Banks were dealt in at $1,237) sales were limited. Prices of peel-1,249. The latest cabled quotation ed groundnut have also shown a decline due

to large arrivals from London is £129), Quotations at Canton for the above- mentioned articles are as follows:-

Picul $3.28

6.89.

No. 8 Lion

Cotton Yarn..

Lion, the second Hut Hou....... Sailing Vessel Golden City

Green Seal. White Bran...... Red Elephant

Binck Seal, White

6.33

Green Seal, Unglutinous

7.01

without doubt one

Red Seal, Unglutinous

8.09

Red Seal, No. 3

7.01

Black Seal, Pokmei Bran-

2.71

Black Dragon

7.83

Green Dragon

7.84

Green Seal, Broken....

6.28

Hong Taz, Broken

6.07

Black Seal, Unglutinous......”

6.74

Peacock

Red Seat, Broken ***

MiscellaneouUS.

3.00

Lotus & Fee

Double Lions

Five Lions

No. 4 Coarse granulated

Yan Chung

EUgar

$7.53

Tai Eat

Soy Bean, Sai Sheng

7.00

Tak Leo

Peeled dried chestnut

12,50

White Sesame

17.50

Red Melon Seeds

29.50 7.50

Keerywhere Sampla esch Soap, Clustreet and_Talents free upon request, freer Dayton. Prics & Company, Led F. O. Box 650, Shanghai, KESTM: Bold Throughout the World

STAR

THEATRE.

FOR A SHORT SEASON commencing WEDNESDAY

At 9.15 p.m. SIGNOR CARPI'S

ITALIAN GRAND OPERA CO. DIRECT FROM MILAN 75-ARTISTS-75

THE BIGGEST COMBINATION OF STABS STER BROUGHT TO THE EAST. FULL ORCHESTRA, CHORDS AND BALLET

Wednes. Apr. 24. Thurs. Apr. 25.

Friday Apr. 28.

Satur.

Apr.

27.

Sun. Apr. 28.

IL TROVATORE”

'RIGOLETTO"

"LA TOSCA

"LA TRAVIATA "BARBIERE de SIVIGLIA"

Booking af HOUTHIE'S and STAB Prices: 84, 83, 82 & 81.

-LADIES' COLLEGE, JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS—,

FONID 11.

Public School for ' Chair: The Right Han. Lord Camosou Vice.Chairmen: Sir CHARLES Kina Hinman,

X.O., 1.7.

Bobolarship ranging from £50 to £50 each per aagum and Exhibitions of 20 gainew each per sabun, enable at the School, are upen for competion chest.

*****Au Tramization will be held in Inly,

A particulars may be pɔtained froin, the HEAD HISTLENE

Green BeaE

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO.,

LIMITED.

*-..

SMALLER RECEIPTS FROM COAST PORTS IN 128.

The General Managers of the Douglas Steamship Company, Ltd., will submit the following report to the Shareholders, on the twelve months' working of the Company for the year ended 31st December, 128, at the annual meeting o Monday, April 29-

After paying all running ex- penses, Docking Charges, Premin

Excellent Crops

No. 12 Golden City

Peacock

Foo Kwai

Poo Tee

Tramcar

Pretty Damsel

Aeroplane.

Tak Lee

Foo Kwai

No. 14 Globe.

Yan Chung

No. 20 Golden City

Globe

af Insurance, Allowances for Leave and Pension, transferring the sum of $20.191.15 from Underwriting No. Account to Steamers Account and

after writing off 825,000 for De

preciation, there remains a net Pro-

5t for the year of $7,428.54 which

Good Harvest"..

Double Horses

Double Elephants

MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCES. —

Unions continue on offer at $378 Cantons are wanted at $695, Hong 200 Kong Fires have advanced to $765. 188nderwriters can be placed at 88.

SHIPPING. Douglas Steamships are obtainable at $36. Hong Kong, 273 Canton and Macno Steamboats are ers enquired for ab the reduced rate of 258 $231.

190 978

268

989

284

NEW YORK STOCK MÁRKET.

IRREGULAR PRICES: LOWER TENDENCY.

New York, April 13.-Stocks quoted on the New York Stock Ex- change suffered from heavy profit taking to-day.

Prices were highly irregular and the market closed generally lower. two-hour Saturday session was the The volume of trading for the smallest of any Saturday in a year, totalling only 1,383,000 shares. Despite the general sluggishness of the market favourable business and mercantile reviews, and heavy covering by short interests, eup- ported the leading shares. close, Standard of New Jersey stocks strengthened towards the closing up three-quarters at 601 and Standard of New York at 44, also up three-quarters. Texas Cor- poration Common was up a quarter to close at 66.

Oil

BERLIN STOCK EXCHANGE

in-

Berlin, April 11-Selling on characterized the proft-taking stock exchange to-day as an crease of the Reichsbank's discount rate is generally expected. Potash

from 2 to 3 points. Frankfurt was irregular and mainly weak, the de-

256 DOCKS, WHARVES AND GODOWNS- 253 Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharves have remained steady at 813 274 Hong Kong and Whampoa Docks are a shade lower and were done at 247 $36. New Engineerings shew and electrics tumbled. Prices fell

smart rise and can now be placed at 258 Tls, 5.60 Hongkew Wharzes are 256 unchanged with buyers at Tis. 179.

China Providents have further depression being the result of the fears concerning the discount rate. clined with no buyers over $42.

Berlin exchange quotations: New 978 238 LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS. York 4917, London 20.47, Paris

Amsterdam 169.24, 238 Hong Kong. Lands have weakened 18.47, 310 and after sales at 860 are wanted at 9.07.

Hodg 306 a little above this rate. 304 Kong and Shanghai Hotels are en- 343 quired for at $8.70 Humphreys

continue 33$ Estates

in request at 333 $14.33. Realty's are slightly higher | 334 with buyers at 88.35. 334

334

33° 330 327

Fui Sing

Tin Koon

"

Ng Fook

Yan Chung

Tramcar

Shepherd

Poo Yee

Three Stars...

330

32 Pagoda

488

Double Horses

472

Tin Koon

408

Pine Tree & Deer

Sheung Hee

Butterfly Sheung Hee

Flour.

Cabbage Big Mandarin Orange Gunboat. Pat Kwai Kwan Ying Fa Ngun Yab Five Swallows Banana

it is proposed to transfer to the No. 49 Five Song credit of the Reserve Fund which will then stand at $138,430.49.

The Const Trade from Hong Kong has been fairly satisfactory but there has been a falling off in the receipts from the Coast Perts as compared with last year, the loss in Exchange on the earnings at the Coast Ports is a serious item, ns is also the heavy expenditure made on account of Leave and Pen- sions to the Floating Staff

The Hot Mr. D. G. M. Bernard Tesigned his seat on leaving the Colony and Mr. B. D. F. Beith was invited to fill the vacancy.

Mr. C. G.. S. Mackie has also re- signed his seat and Mr. L. J. Davies has been invited to fill the

vacancy.

The Committee now consists of Mr. B. D. F. Beith, Sir Robert Ho Tung and Mr. L J. Davies, who retire but offer themselves for re- election.

The Accounts have been audited by Mason Love Dingham and Matthews and Messra. Linstead and Davis, who retire but offer them- selves for re-election.

SIR SIDNEY BARTON ON

CHINA TRADE.

MUCH BUSINESS LIKELY TO GO TO THE CHINESE.

BRITAIN'S IDENTICAL

INTERESTS.

Sir Sidney Barton, recently "Con- sul-General in Shanghai, and now appointed British Minister to Abys sinia, was last month the chief guest at the quarterly luncheon of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce.

Sir Sidney said that in China they were trading in a country not only far removed from their own coun-

CHURCH_ _NOTICES. try but they were trading in the

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, Hora Kosa.

APRIL 21, 1929, 3r. Bunday after

Banter:---

Holy Communion at Bam Children's Service at 10a.m. Peak Sunday School at 10 .m.

Mating at 11 am,

Preacher-Te Bar. W.

sto e

(Bedmaster.

Вота ancot

midst of a civilization, ancient and important, but entirely different from their own. It was not too much to say that they were, in fact, in- terpreters of 'one civilization to the people of another.

Shanghai was ideally situated geographically, whereas other trad ing centres were practically all rather little groups of people given or at- Discecontaining as best they could lodgment on the fringe of existing Chinese cities. In Shanghai the original Chinese city was very small, while Becial Evening in Catedral Hall to-day the port of Shanghai was about the sixth in the world, with 8,000,000 tons of shipping going in and out every year.

Holy Commd ions 11.Nooh.

Evensong at 6 p.m.

PreacherThe Dean,

after Eve song.

[97

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

Big Cannon Dog's Head Red Casket Double Flags Golden Ox Kung Wo Rainbow

Rome

LEAGUE ARMS PARLEY

COUNT BERNSTORFF TO HEAD DELEGATION.

Berlin, April --The German de- legation to the forthcoming pre- liminary disarmament conference of the League of Nations, which opens on April 15, will again be headed by Count Bernstorff, the former Ambassador to the United States.

NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS.

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Previous Latest Price. Prize.

Os 109

50

1424 141){

GERMAN CABINET AFFAIRS. CHANCELLOR WILL CONFER WITH VON HINDENBURG. COALITION PLANS MAY BE POSTPONED.

New York, April 13. Market Strong. Business done, 1,383,000 Share.

Stock Alleghany Corporation

83) 321

Berlin, April 11.—Chancellor Her- 2789 275 Alled Chem Dye (Com.) American Can. (Com). ... 7802 151)

mann Mueller will, if his health Américan Ɛmalting

... 103 43

permits, call on Reiche-President American Sugar

von Hindenburg in the course of 2107 210 | this evening to report on the out- American Tel & Tel. (Com) Anaconda Copper American Tobacco B

164 Unq

come of his converentions with the 133 33 party leaders concerning the recon-

struction of the Cabinet

It is expected, that, thereupon. 751 893 $ 58 the Reichs President will appoint, 124_129) within the next few days, the three Tinq. new Ministers proposed, after hav. 100 100 ing accepted the resignation of the 48 451 Democratic Minister of Justice, Dr. UEq.

Koch, his party having agreed to ... 2557 3331

Bgive up this portfolio in order to 01 make room for the post demanded 584 68 by the Clerical Centre Party. *** 1041 2031

Noteworthy Appointments. Continental Diamond Fibre ... 371 781 592 501 Coty Incorporated Davison Chemical

Amour & Co., "A" Armour & Co. (IL) P Atlantic Bazing Associated Gas & Elec.

real Bank of Montreal Bethlehem Steel (Com) Calumet & Hedla

Canadian Pacific Railway. Cape Corporation Chicago Northwestern Chrysler

Columbia Graphaphone Consolidated das of N.Y.

Dry Docks

Da Pont de Neriors (Com)

Fat Fum

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99

46

53

1816

181 150

801 37

... 231 234

General Electric Co. General Motors... General Rly. Signal Andes Copper... Geld Dart Goodrich Rubber Granby Consolidated... Great Western Sugar ... Baygart... International Cement (Com.)...

+++

883 83

97

854 85

時

53 523

***

367 88

SD BI 32 91 30 39

87 88 108 105 ...471 43 ... Ung.

181 180

International Harvester International Match, Pid International Nickel (Com.) International Printers Ink, International Prod. (Cam.) Johns Manvilla, Kelvinator

Kentecots Copper

Lehigh Valley

Liggett & Myers, “Ƒ” Mack Trucki Madison Square Garden Maryland Dil Mathieson Alkali Missouri Pacific (Com.) Montgomery Ward Nash Motors National Dairy

Products

National Distillers Pid.

$5 gs

... 14 151

84 85

+

Of the latter, Dr. Josef Wirth, will get the Ministry of the Occupied Territories, Dr. von Guerard the Ministry of Justice, and Berr Stegerwald, the Ministry of Com- munications.

The most noteworthy, of these thres appointments is that of former Chancellor Wirth who, for some time, was persona non grata with the leaders and the majority of the

Party on account of his strong and outspoken opposition to the course taken under the leadership of Chan- cellor Marx and the party's right wing, which finally led to Dr. Marx's retirement.

The Prussian Diet has resumed its plenary sessions after ita Easter recess. Nothing is known about the formerly contemplated reconstruc- 911 Urs. 87 87tion of the Prussian Cabinet on the 104, 103 baaís of the grand coalition, but it 19 19 is surmised that this too will be 411 41 postponed, at least until a full agreement has been reached among parties. represented in Reichs Cabinet

81-801 117 118

the

... 100

901

120 127) 791 79

Standard Oil of New York

183 184

194 105

Texas Corporation (Cam.)

14 15

Texas Guf Sulphur

1021 1011

Timken Roller Bearing

127 128

Union Carbide & Carbon

844 641

PUBLIC UTILITIES.-Hong Kong 319 Electrics bave fluctuated between 850 and $57. Star Ferries have had 29 transactions at $87 and $67.

China Lights have been the medium of a fair turnover round about

Nevada Consolidated Copper... to 50 330 $13.40, Hong Kong Trams are en-

New York Central Railroad quired for at 818 Telephones can

Norfolk & Western be placed at 87:

COTTON MILLS.-Ewos have re- North American Aviation Island MISCELLANEOUS. - Green Ceraents (Combined)fter a short i mained very steady and were dealt Northern Pacific Ely...

Paramount Lasky 800 period of weakness have again in at Thu. 12.70, the market closes Packard Motor Car (Com.) 485 strengthened and were booked up to with buyers at Tis. 19.65. Shanghai

Phillips Petroleum 608 88.65, the market closing with Cottons were put through at the imezisylvania Eailway... 588 buyers at 884 Dairy Farms are proved price of Tia 741, while the Radio Corp. of America 350 obtainable at $194 Watson's are New shares have buyers at Ts. Reading Railway

idle round $13.20. Sincere's at $19

Hong Kong Amuse mark a rise. 84.48

ments have firmed up to 6. Hong 4.17

Kong Government Loan is in de 4.18 4.70 mand at 8 per cent. premium. 4.08

(Continued on next Caluma).

4.17

4.12

4.12

4.50

4.24

4.05

4.05

4.10

3.65

3.85

4.

... $12.00

12.45

11.70

13.10

14.80

14.80

Peeled Groundnut.

Honah Poalian Tientsin Dairen

$10:05-

.11.28

11.72

10.08

Sugar, No. 24 coarse granulated Big Grain No. 18 coarse granulated White Sugar Brown Sugar Sugar Candy

EXCHANGE RATES.

{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rucay, April 18.

Parin

New York Brussels

Genera

Amsterdam Milan Berliz Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo Vicama Prague

Helsingfors Madrid Lisboa Athens Bucharest

Rio Buenos Aires Borabay Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver (forward) Silver (spot)

i24.25.

4.85 13/2

34.955

25.215

12.08€

92.70

20.475

18.11-

15.21

18.205:

34:56 154 193 32.805

108

375

8201

5 67/64

47 5/16

1/5 29/39

2/6

1/11

· 1/2 13/16

25 13/18

25 13/18

Civil War Possible. At present everything indicated the possibility of a recrudescence of civil strife in China, but even if this came about it would not neces Barily destroy the very great pro Commercial Changes:

gress that bad been made, already Discussing possible commercial towards the unification and stabiliza changes, the speaker said he imagin. tion of the Government in China. ed that a great deal of what was One thing certain was that our in- known as the import and export terests and the interests of the business commission which had Chinese were identical. To the ex- been done by British firms for Chi-tent that the Chinese progressed so nese clients would tend to soms ex-would our trade progress. It was tent to come into the hands of the our duty to assist in the stabiliza- Chinese themselves. There was tion of that country to the utmost already a certain amount of direct of our endeavours, not only in our trading between the Chinese con interests, bat because we owed it sumer and the British producer. to our tradition in China in the Then, also, the Chinese were learn past. He did not think there was ing the art of banking and insur any cause for panic, and if we P.m

Reading Room at above address, open:ance, and perhaps a full participa- could only steer a steady course of Tuesday and Friday, 10am. to 12 Noen.tion by the Chinese in these branco-operation with the Chinese we Monday and Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m. ches of trade would come later. It should see before long the realiza- Fas Pablicis cordially invited to attend was already beginning, and would tion of that market in China which

| bnd-been the subject of sO-IDADF | the services and vint, the Reading Room. continue to grow

187

speeches in the past.""

(Branch of The Hather Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Haut, V.S.A.). MAUDONNELL ROAD, BELOW BOWEN ROAD TEAM STATION, BUNDAY SERVICE, April 21, 1929, at

11.15 ... Subject-DocT INR OF ATONEME T. The Sunday School is held on Saadey Mornings at 16 o'clock.

Wednesday Evening Meeting" at 5,30

(Continued on next Column)."

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Reynolda Tobacco, "1"

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215 311

151 25

Union Paciso E.R. (Com.) D.S. Later. Security, Pla V.B. Leather A

U.8. Realty & Imp. Co.

United Steel Vacuum Oil

Vanadium

Warner Quinlan (Com.) Westinghouse Elec. (Com.) Willys Overland Wright Aeronautical Call Money

... 210 215

411421

96 95 1084 106

33

EXCHANGE The T.T. rate London to-day in 1/11 Shanghai 79.

64 541

on

and on

FORWARD

SETTLEMENT

DAYE.-

Rock Island Bailway ... Shell Union Oil... Southern Pacific Railway Standard Gas & Elec. (Com.)...

123 124

294 30

.... 127 127

864 Ung. 69 591

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