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HONG KONG, SHANGHAT, SINGAPORE, WEIHAIWEL..

SHIPBUILDERS,

SHIP REPAIRERS,

BOILER MAKERS,

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FORGE MASTERS,"

OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL AND

ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERS.

THE HONG KONG DAILY

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING

KONG, LIMITED.

OF HONG KONG,

SALVAGE TUG "TAIKOO"

WIRELESS CALL

V.F.G.N. 00 METERS.

COMPANY

PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1929.

Money and Markets

HONG KONG SHARES. CANTON TRADE

BENJAMIN AND POTTS' WEEKLY SHARE

REPORT.

'The local market has shown" a little more activity during the week and prices show signs of hardening in some of the minor stocks.

Bank.-Hong Kong and Shangbai Banks have continued their rise and were dealt in up to $1,970, but a, few shares are now

NOTES.

There has been some activity in the four market recently and prices are steady,

The quantities of raw silk export- ed from the city in the ten days be- tween the 1st and the 10th inst. (inclusive) totalled 3,197 bales,

+)

*

Business in the tea-houses and obtainable restaurants in Hong Kong is un- slightly below this rate. The latest usually bad this year on account cabled quotation from London is of increased competition. Recently £120.10 (Middle).

two well-known tea-honses have been

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Marine & Fire Insurances.closed down. Crions have been dealt in at 83241/325. China Fires continue! in demand at $305. Underwriters on offer at 89. Cantons at $630 and Hong Kong Fires at 8770 have not moved.

are

Shipping-Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboats are enquir ed for at 24 after transactions at this figure. Preferred Indes can be placed at 847. Shell Transports are quoted from London at Douglas Steamshitis, have remained steady at 897. Whaterboats are to

Le had at 82%

The present rice barvest in the Punyu district will be very bad as the grains has been destroyed by swarms of insects. According to the farmers only about forty per cent of the normal crop is to be expected.

•

Cinema theatres in Wuchow have.

had a very bad time since the inter- Kwang War broke out. Several have closed down and in fact only Оде is operating at present. Restaurants and tea-houses have

According to advices received by Hong Kong merchants from Singa pore, the anti-Japanese feeling is still strong among the Chinese in the Malaya. Most of them still re

Docks, Wharves and Godowas.also been affected. A further improvement is to be noted in Kowloon Wharves, which closed in demanda: $128. Hong Kong and Whampoa Docks were realised at 834. There has been more enquiry for China Providents which have again changed hands at 8.33. Shanghai Docks are slightly lower with buyers at Tis. 138 while fuse to buy Japanese goods and New Engineerings are unchanged.very small quantities of Japanese Lands. Hotels and Buildings.- goods, except piece goods, are being Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels are offering at "89.55 with a_few transactions below this rate. Heng Kong Lands with 15 Interim dividend of $2 pending, are wanted a881. Humphreys Estates were taken off the market at 131/13.55. Realty's can be placed at the ims proved quotation of $8.

imported.

*

Along the West River cereals and fruits are exceedingly abundant. Since the war ended these products have been exported to Canton and other places in considerable quan. Public Utilities.Hong Kong tities. The producers have been Electrics are slightly lower with however complaining about un- transactions made at 557, and there are further buyers at this rate reasonable impositions by tax-farm- China Lights (Old) were again ts and have decided to appen) to negotiated at 8133. Sales of Hong the authorities. Kong Trams were reported at $19. Star Ferries are wanted at 63)..

*

The Canton Treasury bas TC- Miscellaneous Green Islandecived a

telegram from Mr. T. Cements have had a smart recovery V. Soong Minister of Finance, and were booked to a fair extent to the effect that large quantities up to 89.16 but closed. slightly of silver bullion have been sent easier. Dairy Farms opened with to Canton from the Central Govern sales a 816.83 and subsequently ment Mint, Nanking, in order to ndvanced to 819.60. Watson's were maintain the Kwangtung currency. bid up to 811.90, but, the demand The Canton Mint is reported to appears to have been satisfied.

have taken on another 500 hands.

NEW YORK STOCK Dairy Farms

EXCHANGE.

USUAL ACTIVITY MAINTAINED.

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{"D.F." Special Service,]

NEW YORK, July 13. Leading rails and industrial issues to-day added millions to their market value on the New York Stock Exchange," says the daily re- port of the Dow Jones Financial News Agency.

The opening was equal to t highest in history, and sever. stocka in the rail and industrial liating quickly went to new highs.

American Telephone and Tsin graph soared and the whole indus- trin list followed, except for coppers which met with selling. A. T. and T. finally closed at 230, as com- pared with 948 5/8 yesterday and 241 the day before. On June 18 the quotation at close was 218 3/8.

Andes Copper closed down 3/4, Keanecott was down from 87 3/4 to. 83. American Smelting dropping two points from yester day's close, to 182 1/2

at 51.

Among the rails, New York Cen- tral went to a new high figure of 995. Baltimore and Ohio advanced four points to 131 at the close. Canadian Pacific was up from 241 3/4 to 248 1/2 Chicago North- western moved up 2 1/2 points" to 95 1/2. Erie gained 2 3/8 for a close of 81. Missouri Pacific was up 2 3/8 to 08 3/8 at the close. Pennyelvania advanced four points to 94 Reading closed at 118, up 1 7/8, and Rock Island closed at 140.

Simms featured the oils, Shell going off 1/2 for à close of 26 1/2 and Phillips Petroleum dropping a point to 30.

1. T. and T. advanced with other -communications issues.

Week-end profit taking appeared as 'usual toward the close of the morning's scasion, lowering some of the close prices. Sales for the morn- ing were brisk, totalling 2,202,800

shares.

The Dow Jones average was off .43 for 30 industrials, but for 20 raila it was up 4.83.-United Press.

ADVICE FOR INVESTORS.

READERS

Bre reminded that inquiries relating to the share market will be answer" ed on this page next Tuesday by "Kufar." Letters should be sent to this office, and must be accompanied by writer's

name

and address, not for publication. Letters should be addressed to "Kufan," care of the Editor.

HONG KONG. STOCK

.EXCHANGE.

!

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

H.K. Banka

Do

Oil and Mining-Raubs have had a sharp rise with buyers offering 88 without meeting with any second, and third crops of silk in In spite of the fact that the first, response. An Interim dividend of Kwangtung this year were unsatis 1/ and bonus of 6d. per share das factory, the silk flatures suffered been announced and is payable on August 10. Langkats (Combined no loss. The present silk crop is continue to find supporters at Tls. unusually bad on account of stormy 15. Kailans have strengthened to

weather which killed off large num 63/3. Benguets have stiffened andre of silk-worms. The price of are saleable at 83.10.

mulberry leaves har dropped to a dollar a picul as compared with Union Insurances ***.. 160 buy. Cotton Ms.-Evos have been

over three dollars per picul during North: the medium of a fair turnover the preceding erop. The total loss gradually hardening rates and anffered by the silk filatares over the sales were made to Shanghai up to present crop is over 81,800,000, Tls. 14.70, but at the close sellers prevail at Tls. 14.40. Orientals closed the turn higher at Tis: 2.30,

F1

JULY 14, 1929. $1,265. 3. Bo., London...2129 nom. Chartered Banks .....$101 buy, Mercantils Banks, A. &B...23.4 nom.

...415) nom. 'P. & 0. Fant East Arin Baske .........$90 rom. Canton Insurances... ...SEYŮ DOME 1324 nom. North China Ins. .........

Insurance...M. $50 nom. Underwriters... me), China Firs Insurances $305 bay. H.K. Fire Ins...

...3770 nom. Douglas

ELK. Steamboats

25 scl.

while Shanghai Cottons have buyers CANTON STOCK EXCHANGE. Indo-Chinas (Fret.) $47) buy.

at Tls. 77 and Tls. 433 for the Old

and New shares respectively.

Exchange. The T.T. rate London to-day is. 1/11 and or Shanghai 82.

Forward Settlement Days,-July 20, August 27, and September 4,

1029.

HONG KONG MARKET REPORTS.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

.30

CANTON, July 18. Water Works Electric Light & Power....

83.50 4.00 Canton-Hankow Railways... The Sun Company .... Sincere Company Nanyang Bros. Tob. Co........ 4.40 Kwangtung Tramways Co. 2.30 China Merchants' S.N. Ca. 35.00 Central Bank of China

$3.00 ..120.00

25.22

43.00.

33.25 (7)

3.05

Do. (Def).$70 nom. Shell Transparts. 94/- nom. Union Waterbosta.........$22 sal. Benguetá

5 buy. Kalem Mining Admin...88/3 nom. Langkate (combined)...... Tis. 15 tray. Do, (single) Fis. 9 buy.

S'am. Explorations

Shanghai Los...........Tim. 41 buy.” Barbs...

Tronoh Mines

H.K. & R. Wharfa ...

buy.

$1/bay $1254 bay,

ELK & W. Docks.........$35 tel. China Providenti

buy. & sa. Hongkowan

188. nom. New Engineerings....... Th. 7 buy. Shanghai Decks

........Tis. 138 buy. Ewo Cotions................................. ₫ Tis, 14.40 s01., 1440/144 88. T. 2.30 bay. Criental Cottons.** a hai. Uotions (old) .............. Tle, 774 buy. Do. (new) Tla 19 buy. B.K. & §. Ketel....................... $3.65 BOIR. ELK. Lands Bhanghai Lands

$61 buy.

147 buy. ...Ta Humphreys Estates...... $1320 buy.

3

HK. Realties

buy.

H.K., Tramways... ------- $19 Dom Peak Trame (old)....... $11.80 noma.

(new)....65 nom.

B

-DRY DOCK-

"

Length 787 Feet. Length on Blocks 750 Feet.

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

Por Rice,

Picul. Common White, Hung Ma87.82 Common White, Hung Sheung

Hay Common White, Leung Yet... 7.33.. Common White, Ching Foo

EXCHANGE RATES,

(BRITTNE WIRELESS SERVICE.]

7.61

Rusby, July 18.

Tou

7.39

Paris

123.853

Broken, Blue Bag

6.04

Broken, Kong Po ̄ ̄0.04 Long Unglutinous, Shing

Kung

7.25

Geneva Milan Stockholm Oslo

02.74

18.00

Miscellaneous.

Prague

18.20 1831

Madrid

Coarse granulated sugar,

"No. 18

Athena

$ 6.75

Rio

376 5}

Course granulated sugar,

Bombay

1/5 28/32

No. 24

7.40

Hong Kong

Bandakan Lights

Coarse granulated sugar,

Silver (spot)

1/211 241

Telephones..

No. 20

7.18

New York

4.85 3/321

Green Sugar, Manila

5.05

Amsterdam

Sugar Candy, Kwantung

8.60

Berlin

20.352

Camellia-nut oil

19.00 Copenhagen.

16.20

Groen Flax

27.00

$0.00

Vienne Helsingfors Lisbon

34.49

1024

Dried Persimmon, Peking.. 18.00 "Black Melon Seeds

Bucharest

818 (1)

:16.50

الحالة من ال ite

Buenos Aires.

Lokohama

471

∙1/10 (1).

Depth on Centre of

Sill (B/W:0.5.T.):84 ft. 6 Ins. THREE SLIPWAYS.- Capable of Handling Ships Up

to 3.000 Tons Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,

HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.

TEL. ANDERSS: "TAIECODOCK, HONG KONG.".

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Dried Mushroom, Tung Koo 220.00 Fish Maw...........................

12.08$

108

Star Ferries....... 1042 nom. Ühine Lighte, (old).....$13, sal.

(new) 1z0 som H.H. Electrice, consumezan bay. Macao Electrics

*****....$204 nom.

China Buses in

Singapore Tractions.....1/sal

Watanas

Der A Winge

Lars Crawfords.

Mackintoshek (T

Binder...******** W. Powalls.. soun

$194 buy.

$11,90 bay. .50 at bay. #11 nom $18 buy. $19 bat.

...1954 arm.

HK. Amusementa B.E. Constructions......alt..

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bur.

好

B'que Indus, G. Banch...64% ex in íterest pons. HK. Gort, LoaDE... .7% pram, buy. buy,-bayan; vel-sellers

nom-zominal

LONDON.

Visitors to Loxion will find she com forts and amenitie of a home at

TREBOVIR HOUSE, Advantageously situated. Ons minute- Tube Station. Tas minutes-Piccadilly and Kansington Gardens Large Banay Rooms Constant Hos Water. Excellent Cuisine

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"loading" on or about

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For

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SAILING LIST.

SHANGHAI, ETC.

Orxan Sammed trei,

144 buy.

MS. "Java"

20th July

MS. "Asia"

14th August

ELS, "Chile."

1st Sept.

China Bug +12+ ete bay.

Malabon Bagues amena 27, namu

Canton Ice ...

$2.10 bay.

Cements (combined)... $0.85 bry., 9.10

Do. (old) $7.70 bay..

Do.

(BBW)....$3,40 nom,

COFTWEST, ETC.

28th August

24th Sept. 12th Oct.

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