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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929.

and Markets

Money and

HONG KONG. MARKET REPORTS.

Yesterday's quotations for rice and other foodstuffs were 4.5 follow:-

Per Rice.

Picul. Common white, Fook Sing... $7.65 Common white, Lak Sheung

Таа

7.60

Leng

Vaglutinous, Ludg Moon

Hung

Hung

7.13

6.08 3.28

NEW BOTTLE SEAL

(NO CORKSCREW)

QUICK CLEAN SAFE Nobody can put better Whisky into any bottle than that which goes into the Haig bottle.

Doctors are using it

» Judges are using li

find it preferable to

any other stimulan:

Long Unglutincus,

Kum Ou

White Bran, Big Bag

MiscellaneonE,

Wood-ter Oil

Camellia-nut oil

Dried Mussels

White Pepper

White Sesame

Dried Lotus Seeds

Small Green Bean Aniseed

Bufferers from acidity

Sole Agents:-

TEL. C. 135,

Hong Koxe..

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD,

SENNET FRERES

A. Weill (successor)

YORK BUILDING

OHATER ROAD

DIAMONDS,

WATCHES, JEWELLERY,

A WEALTH OF

LOVELY and ARTISTIC

TREASURES and TRIFLES

7.

WILL

AT PRICES WHICH

SURPRISE AND DELIGHT

YOU!

As

we are retiring from are sacrificing

business, we

our

ENTIRE STOCK REGARDLESS of COST

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY! DO NOT LET IT SLIP!

GREAT LIQUIDATION SALE.

WHEN YOU ARE DUE FOR LEAVE

Send a Chit to 11, Ice House Street. and order the Hongkong Weekly Press- to be sent to you for—.

Three months

Six months-

Twelve months

Coarse granislated sugar.

No. 15 Coarse granulated sugar,

8. 0.35

No. 24

Groundnut Oil, Fongtze

6.39 21.20

39.40

19.80

20.35

Dried Cuttle Fish New Green Tea, Shui Sin

135,00 18.00 30.00 760 17.30 30.00 96,00

STANDARD INVOICE

FORMS.

ADVANTAGES URGED BY

F.B.I.

After a survey of existing prac tice, the Federation of British Industries have come to the decision that standardization of invoice forms would be to the advantage of industrial and commercial organi- zations As a result of considering the best present practice, what may be regarded as a common denoni- nator was established dealing with width and spacing. It is quite evident that the width must be economic from the point of view of the papermakers and the printers, and this was established as 8in. after collaboration with the Federa| tion of Master Printers, Invoices are generally checked against urder, quality, quantity, price, and ex- tensions of quantities. There is no single standardized routine, and the present practice is usually to apply a certification check, to in- | coming invoices by means of a rubber stamp. This invoices should Le set out so as to provide certifien- tion pace even though it is is- possible to standardize the check stanp. To do this, it was essential to inquire into the sizes of certi fication stamps and plan the in- AMERICAN COTTON.

voice so that the position of the stamp would be standardized and at the same time leave adequate MAY MARKET QUIET. room for the application of a stamp without any danger of effacing the Messrs. Peatreth & Co. have subject-matter of the invoice. The space for this purpose is at the top kindly forwarded us the following fight-hand corner of the invoice, lester dated May 14, from Messrs.mensuring in. in width. Hornby Hemelryk & Co. of Liver-The next consideration was to plan the form, bearing in mind pool.

the present tendency to the use of what are regarded as window en- velopes, the windows of which are at present as varied as the.sizes and types of invoice forms. Here again consultation with the trade made

The market has been very quiet during the week under review. Valnes have fluctuated within a range of about 20 points, and, on belaned, are about 15 points higher. it possible to arrive at a standard There have been some unfavour-position which will not in any way create dificulties with the envelope able reports of heavy rains in parts manufactures. of the Eastern Belt and of rain in West Texas, but private reports state that the drought has since been relieved in that sector. Then window being fixed at fin. from outlook in Mississippi, which was the lefthand side of the invoice and extremely good a month ago, has, in. from the top, the space for we understand, changed somewhat for the worse. Reports are also to hand of cool nights over the belt and of heavy boll weevil emergence, which is favoured by the present climatic conditions.

The invoice therefore was framed to be used with a window envelope. the address'space to coincide with

the address of the consignec being din. by itin. This spacing and size is satisfactory for the use of me- chanical addressing machines. The above are the essential characterie- ties, and, it is urged, should become common practice.

AUSTRALIA'S FINANCES VERY SOUND.

SIR HUGO HIRST'S OPINION.

IMPORTS-PRICES CURRENT.

The reports and prices are published_at supplied by Importare, and the Chamber cannot accept responsibility for the sccuracy thereof,

Motala

No change.

4,40

BIG

"J

DOUBLE

ATTRACTION I

A THRILLING ROMANCE whirling its

devil may care way through revolution and a thousand other dangers!

IBOY AND STIL

Nail Rods ...per picul $6.70

Steel Bare(round į tolį "

4,50

43

Angles

Roda

"

5,00

TIM

Jolets

410

Sheets (4x8-$3.50)"

9.30

:

5.00

111.30

IN

5.00

7.70

11.10

per cent.

Is Fister

Swedish Bar

Small round red" Hoops, black steel

galvanized

Tabor, black

"

galvanized

Wire Nalls, ¡¡-3 per picul 7.00 Galvanized corrugated afieets,

34/26

"

per 100 lb. 24€ 87.20 Galvanised flat sheets,

1/32", 1/0# ... per 100 lb. 200 $820 Galvanized 3/33 xxv p pieul " 48.80 Galvanised wire 18 Galvanized wire 3′ x 7′′

(Japan made)

LAD

B.M., Spot

**

11,60

.... per picni

" '14.70 "14.45

TO ATTIVE Australian-B.E.P., Spot "-15.60

"To arrive 15,35

English Yellow Motal

Shoots (14 & 16 ozs.) Japan make 2) oza.... JAPAN COFFER -

Slabs

Tilea

H

Zore Surrts, 8 x 4 WASTE AND OLD Materials TIN PLATES:

***

English ICW., 20′ x 147, 100

lbs. Spet

P. bot 9.20 English I.C.W. To arrivo " 9,30 English L.C.W, 184# ± 15%,

110 lbs. Spot

9.50 English LCW. To arrive 2.60 America I.C.W. (Spot) 20% x 147 (0. 100 lbs, p. box 112 sheets ...11,60 American LO.W, To arrivo 20x147

100 lbs. p. box 113 sheets...11.80. Petroleum Products. Warra BosH BRAND Cock

Comer BR33

EAL BRAND

per caso 4.08 3.80

در

3.83

2 tina 3,50 ... per bulk, 2,90 SOCON'T MOTOR GASOLINE... per case 5.50 BILTKE LIGHT

3.80

ม

144

2

CROWN BRAND 68 h. per 2 tine 3,50 8. galis. 68 lbs. per bulk 2,90 Cross BRAND 71 lbs. per 2 tins 3.24 8. galls. 71 lba. per bulk 2.81 per tine 3.42 LARP GLASS SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT

per case 6.80

TEXACO "SCALS?

per 2 tins 6.35 par baik 3.36 per gallon (ox parup) 0.70 per case. 1.87

n "It Foo"

• "Tzzačo ADTO ÜASOLINE” “

Coala

J

AIPING-No. 1 Lamp

Nut Conl No. 2 Lump

No. 1 Black

www

No. 2 Slack

Flour Report.

3.69 8.50

$15.00

15.00

11.00

9.40

8.70

QUOTATIONE:

American Patent ...per sack $3,50-8.00

Straight... Cat off Shangbal Flour

F

McCOY

with

DOROTHY

SEBASTIAN:

CHARLES

DELANEY

The ADVENTURER

Also

SLAVES OF BEAUTY

AT THE

A FASCINATING COMEDY-DRAMA,

featuring

SUE CAROL EARLE FOXE

QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

, ני

At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

Performances Commence Fromptly at the Times Advertised.

AN AMUSING FARCE OF MARRIED LIFE

-in which Cupid plays a lot of

merry pranks !

ELEANOR BOARDMAN

IN

EXCHANGE OF WIVES

With

LEW CODY & RENEE ADOREE.

#

2.75-3.06 2.80-3.20

2.

Australian No. 1

D

3.00-3.20

*

No. 2

No. 8

AT THE

Canadian Cut off

2.70-2.80

**

**

Straight.... Mixture 2nd Clatz...

17

2.65-2.75

2.50

24

2.50

There is, of course, nothing in the foregoing reports of a nature to frighten anybody. The situation is that New York is somewhat short, and that Liverpool is fairly well sold out. Liverpool may con ceivably be a rather stronger and steadier market than New York for some time, as has been apparent the last few days owing to the fact that

Sir Hugo Hirit was the guest of Brock, the British Engineers Association the forwardings. to spinners con- tinue very good-last week, 72,653 at luncheon at St. Ermin's Restaur- bales of all growths, including ant, recently, when he gave an 49,917 bales of American. More address on his visit to Australia as over, no importer is buying my-

a member of the Trade Commission thing in America, so that the stock invited by the Australian Govern- here -718,000 bales of American-ment. Sir Gilbert Vyle, presided. will have to suffice for our require- ments for the rest of the season.

It is interesting to note that offers from the other side are few

and far between and are steadily getting dearer, which would rather look as if the amount of cotton left in first hands is of very small ex- teat.

A fair amount of cloth business has been put through in Manches- ter during the past week, and we hear-although we have no proof of this that merchants who have booked orders for export are wait ing for a further decline to cover these sales.

1.

The Board of Trade returns for April published on. Saturday are favourable, showing, as they do, eloth experts at 343,414,400 sq. yards, compared with 314,773,000 last year and 316,848,000 two years ago. Yarn exports at 13.130,000 lbs. are, however, smaller, the cor- responding figures last year and two years ago being 13,752,000 lbs. and 17,329,000 lbs. respectively,

EXCHANGE RATES.

CURITIBK WIRELESS SERVICE.)

"Paris

New York Brussels Genevasse Amsterdam Mitiar

Oslo

Vienna...

¿

RUGBY, June, 17.

123.95 484 25/22 34.933 25.203.

12.07

92.65

•

Berlin .....

20:325

Stockholm

18.11

Copenhagen

18.20

18.20

34.52......

1831

Helsingfors

1024

Madrid

34

1001

376

817

Prague

Lisbon

Athens

$3.75

Bucharest................

Rio

$7.50

Buenos Aires.

$15:00

Bombay

47 1/16 Holiday

Shanghai...

Yokohama .....

A. 1/91 Bilver (spot) 247/16 Silver (forward) ...... 24

Australia, said Sir Hugo Hirst, was a country whose future very but bound up with its development largely depended upon engineers,

knew there was a feeling that Aus was the problem of finance. He tralia had borrowed unwisely. He and his colleagues inquired on the spot into the facta and came to the conclusion that Australia's finances were very sound. There had beca unwise borrowing and mistakes had been made, but Australia bad de veloped upon entirely empirical lines, and had met with wonderful success up to a point. When all was said, of Australia's national debt of nearly £1,100,000,000 more than half was owed to Australians. A comparatively small amount might have to be written off, though it had A very good chance of being re- munerative. What difficulties there were, were due to the disorganized way in which the financs had been required and demanded. An im- portant step was the setting up of the Migration Commission, whose schemes were "vetted" by brilliant engineers and scientists.

Amarican .. Canadina Australian...

MARKET-Unsteady.

Sundries.

WINDOW GLARE-

4th Quality of 100 sq. ft.

por box...

Fair average sizes

450,000 bags

$50,000

60,000

880,000 taga

1/16 thick per box... 5.30 1/8

(27 ozs.) 19.50 China, India and Straits Produce, Биоле

Java Eough White... per picul $7.88-7,83

(Reported sales 14,100 picals. Spot). Java Bough White per pical $7.08-7.48 To (Beported sales 40,280 piculs.

arrive during Jaze. July, August, September, October, Nov., 1929.) Java Fine White 8.40 (Nominal) JAVA Rongh Brown por pical 36.73-6.98 (Reported sales 27,515 picula" Spot.) Java Rough Bruwni per picul 16.28-8.48 (Esported sales 19,800 piauls. To active during June, July, August, Beptember, 1929.)

Java Molasses per picul $5.35-5.28 (Reported sales 809 picals. Spot.) Java Crystal No. 24.....per pioul. 15.45

*(Reported axles 69,880 pienīs.) Jaya Crystal Ko, 18..............per picul $7,88

(Reported sales 19870 picuis,) Java Soft White per picul Java Soft Yellow ... Java Brown.

WORLD

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 15 & 9.20.

At 230 & 7.18-

Chinese Picture: "Divorce."

POLO, PEP, PRETTY GIRLS -and a thousand real laughs!

WILLIAM HAINES

*. IN

THE

SMART SET

AT THE

with ALICE DAY, JACK HOLT

STAR

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

JUNE 18, 1929,

mom.

· $1,949 zel, Londen...£132 nom.

$199 bay. Mercantile Backs, A. &B. nom. 0.15 m. East Asia Banks $904 non, Canton Insurances........ $640 sel Enim Insurances .... $320 buy, $23. North China Las....

... Tls, 180 bay. Yangtze Insurance......M. $50 nom. Chins Underwriters ......$3.10 wel. Ohins Fire Insurances...$300 buy. $10.00 LK. Fire Las......... Douglasex

U

48.88

(Reported sales 84,950 picals.) JAVE

per pical Iloilo

* (Reported miles 10,800 picule,) Iloilo, No. 2

per picul (Reported sales 8,410 picuis.)« Doilo, No. 3

per picul (Reported sales 6,530 picats.) Пolio, No. 4

per pical No. 4 Manila Brown.

(Reported sales 17,500 pienis) Manila Block

per pical (Reported asles 2,000 picule.) Holbow Brown.... per plcul Bingapore Candy

(Keported sales 540 picnls.). Market steady at advanced prices. BALTKRIEN ——

per picat

$8.83

$5.43

$5.23

H.K. Banks

Do., Chartered Banks

Dow

Don

P. & O. Banks

16.90

15.18

No. 1 No. 2 "Ho. 3

11

- People in Britai should realize how little Australia knew about its industries as compared with its well-informed knowledge of American industry. That was point to which attention should at once be given by the Mother Coun try. To the industrial world here he urged that representatives of Gur firms must be given the power of doing something at home. He bad met those representatives, cap- able in every respect, but unable to get their firme in this country to fake notice of the letters and.re commendations sent home. From an electricsi point of view, we had probably lost Canada to American ownership. Australia did not want to leave us. -Australia had the " right to manufacture things for winch. Australia was fitted, but it did not quite know what it was fit for. Let there be partnership. Australia was fit for it and was Basin:-M.S. Tamar, Bruce, prepared to give Britain double the L.15, and: L.19; North Arm: preference, Australia, sold to and Bridgewater, Thracian; West Wall: bought from us about £60,000,000. Somme, No. 12 bucy Sirdar, America wold in it £44,0000,000 and

Foreign Mew of War:-U. B. 8. bought only £1,000,000 to £3,500,000 Gold Star and Mindanao wach To get the baditional 291,000,000= || odd trade for Britain was the de Embouts Alerte, and Vigilante.

H.8. Castor arrived yesterday from Weihaiwei.

sire of Australia and should be thế, aim of Britain

WARSHIPS IN HARBOUR.

ELE. Steambosta...

$775 nom

sel, $2.60 ml.

HK. Tgcom indo-Chinas (Pret) ....$50 buy-

Do. (DAL)

Shell Transports.100/-not Union Waterbosta.........$nom.

HOTL

Mining Admir ...65/. nom. Langkats (combined)...., Th, 34 nom.

(ringle):14; 74 nom.. S'hai, Explorations.11.2 Bhanghai Loans The #wol Rauba uirguizarisienn Track Mini17/5 poin HK&K Wkazilom, $1241 wel. HLE & W. Docks $85 buy. China Providents

New Engineering... Shanghai Dook Ewo Cortana i

noin

Th. 385 bar.

Thi 1991 bày. Tha. 131 cm.

At 5.30 & 9.20.

Oriental Cotton.......... Tls.

20 boy. 'hui. Cottons(old)...Tl, 70 bay.

Do. (now).....Tia 33 buy, H.K. & G. Ho

$31 bay,, 8,50 HK Lands..... $32 802. Shanghai Lands Cia. 142 buy. Humphreys Estates......$13 buy, HE. Realties $73 buy, H.K. Tramways.....$19.40 buy, & 15.

$11.80 Peak Trams (old)"

bay. Bo.

(new).......$6.05 mo

365 bay, 86 sel Cam

Rights...$15.40 buy

Star Ferries Obius

Lighte 300.

nom

Er Eights....112.90 bay, Rights

17,90 bay,

B.K. Electrica...355 buy. 651 sel Macao Electrics 326 mm.

Lights

Bandakan

·Telephonesa angel

#7 bay. China Busse

Th. 14) buy, Singapore Tractions......11/- saí,

Do. (Prof.)......18-nam, China Sugars

80 cta. buy. Malabon Buga! ***** Canton Ices Comenta (combined)

De.

buy

..37,90) mal. (old)$75 sol. Do. (new) HE. Eoper** United Asbestoserie

Dairy Farms o

Watsona Der & Wings Lane Crawfords... Mackintosh M Bigreses W Powelle EK Amusements..

$1,40 nom

| sol. 16 bay

$19 nom. $1% nom.

„,80 eta, bay.

$14 Kol

18-buy.

alibur

1991 bay

HE, Gort LouDE buy-buyers; sel—welleza i

prons, bay,