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To Los Angeles

(Southern California)

Via Honolulu..

VISIT of a few hours or days" in

California can be arranged by booking on the LASSCO liners, "City of Los Angeles," "City of Honolulu" and "Cal- awaii" from Honolulu over the southern route to Los Angeles. Good connections and the finest of accommodations. Regular through passage fares can be. secuted in connection with the Dollar Line and N. Y. K. See Dollar Line of N. Y. K. agents for full particulars.

LASSCO

LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP CO Bishop Street neer Pier 8

HONOLULU

36-1

HAWAII

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE

H

WESSEL.

FAR EASTERN, MAIL-FREIGHT-and PASSENGER SERVICE between: JAPAN, CHINA,, HONG KONG, PHI- LIPPINES, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, COLOMEO and EUROPE..

SAILINGS TO EUROPE.

DESTINATION.

MT. RAMSES" (1) ...Genoa, Botterdam, Bremen

LEAVING HONG KONG.

& Hamburg MY. "DUISBURG (1)...Genoa, Rotterdam & Hamburg M.V. SAUERLAND" (1) Genoa, Marseilles, Dunkirk, Botterdam & Hamburg Other Ports of Call if Inducement offers. "ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE.

25 Mar. 3 Apr.

19 Apr.

XV

"KULMERLAND" (1)

DUE HONG KONG. 28 March

8.8.

"SAARLAND" (1)

16 April

9.8. AMMON" ́(1) ...

29 April

Subject to Alteration without Rotice.

(1) Excellent Accommodation for Fassengers, "Qualified Surgeon carried,

Fare from Hong Kong to Genca from £70.0.0.

(2) Limited Passenger Accommodation, Qualified Surgeon carried.

8.8.

RESOLUTE”·

Round the world Cruise 1930.

Arrival from Manila on 26th March at 8 &... Departure for AMDT on 28th March & Noon,

For further particulars please apply to:

JEBSEN & CO.

AGENTS.

Pedder Street, Hong Kong.

Tel: C. 4754.

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALOUTTA & COLOMBO - TO. SUUTH AFRICAN PORTS

8.8. "UNZUMBI”

Sale fron Calcutta onsor about 10th May Regular Passenger and Cargo Servich to South African Ports, Through Bills, of Lading famed from Hong Kong.

Yer Freight or Passage, apply to me

.

DODWELL & CO, LIMITED.

Agenta,"

Telephone: Centen? 1090,

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.

THE Steamer

"LAHN"

having arrived from BREMEN, HAM- BUEU and Ports, Consignees, of Cargo are hereby notified that their Cargo i being landed at their risk into the Go down of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf

And Godown Do., Ltd., Kowloon Consignees are forther

FLORIDA SWIMMING

CHAMPIONSHIPS,

NEW WORLD'S 'RECORD.

(UNITED PRESS.]

THE

1:

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 25,

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

4 MILLION SHARES CHANGE HANDS.

CANTON TRADE NOTES.

·Supplies of kerosene are abug- dant but demand is limited. Prices are however stendy.

New York, Mar: 18. The amuse. ment issues spurted in the final 101 minutes of trading on the New York Stock Exchange to-day, giv-prices caused by the Exchange. ing a climax to a series of gains in nearly all sections, says the daily review of the Dow Jones Financial News Agency.

Demand for foreign pieca goods has fallen off owing to the high

Warner Bros. began the advance on a transaction of 10,000 shares. The close found Paramount Famous Lasky up to 12. Fox Film "A" declined, however, closing down to 32).

Advance in Ralls,

*

The price of fire-wood has drop- ped and medium-grade is now sold at eighty to ninety catties a dollar.

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930.

TARIFF ON SILVER: IN U.S.:

SENATE VOTES FOR 30 CENTS AN OUNCE,

TOTALLY UNEXPECTED

.DECISION.

[UNITED PRESS. ]·

Washington, March 19-Despite previous indications that there would be no change in the silvar tariff, the Senate this afternoon 'voted in favour of a 30-cents-an-

ounce tariff on silver.

The four market is still slack but A number of important senators prices have not fallen as stocks are

including Senator Reed Smoct "of Utab, chairman of the Senato Fia small. A revival of business is ex

ance Committee, changed their pre- pected.

vious stand because of what was termed Great Britain's attempt to The market for oils is normal."force the gold standard" upon In- Latest quotations are:-Groundnut dia, resulting in the dumping of oil $28.30 per picul. ten-seed cil Indian silver upon other markets of 993, wood-tar oil 343,50 and bean

the world.

Rails revived in the afternoon when industrials met with profit taking the Bow Jones average for | oil $27.00, 20 rails being up 2.63 to 977.97. Union Pacific advanced five points to close at 230. Pennsylvania was up 1 to 9: New York Central gained three points to close at 1813 Canadian Pacific gained close at 203. Rock Island was up 1 to 119. Erie moved up 31 to 60.

|

Some 0,6 tons of foreign coal were imported into Cantors during the first half of March showing i decrease over the precoding month. Last year were imported . 409,799

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The cotton yarn market remains C. S. Steel strengthened and reached a new high for 1030 in weak but prices have not dropped spite of reports that it was operatin view of the slight increase of the ing at only 80 per cent. of capacity, silver exchange. According to a the close finding it up to 1841 there is unchanged..

Shanghai telegram, the market Bethlehem Steel was up 1 to 103.

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The vote was 56 to 12.

In an evening session the Senate defented the Thomas amendment which would place a dollar-a-barrel tariff upon oil. The proposal in- cluded a 60 per cent. ad valorem duty on imported oil products,

Opponents of the measure esti. mated that the increase in the price

of gasoline and other products. in the event of this admendment being adopted, would result in an incres ed annual cost to Americans of more than $900,000,000.

Senator Thomas Walsh, Repuls- lican independent from 3ntaun, charged that two Oklahoma ma- tors bad bartered votes on sugar. in return for a promise of favour.

Industrials Maintain" Gaina.

Demand for raw silk by foreign Leading industrials such a merchants is still disappointing American Can, Eastman Kodak During the first half of the present and Westinghouse Electric main-month, only 916 bales of raw silkable votes on the Thomas amend- tained their substantial gains and were exported showing a decreasement.

Five steam-launches have suspend-

Senator Key Pittman of Nevada declared, in the course of the de-

the Dow Jones average for 30 in by about 900 bales on the corre Indian, and Chinese' Factors," dustrials was up 3.01 to 277.27.sponding period of last year. American Can closed off half a pot to 144. Eastman closed at 230), up 51. Westinghouse closed up 2 to 187. Allied Chemical & Dyed sailing between Canion and Wubate on silver, that a possibie in- gained seven points to close at 977. Call money could be had outside the market at only 2 per cent., while the market price was 3 per

ccnt.

Oils Quieter,

Oils continued strong but became quieter in the late trading. Con- tinental Oil closed off a quarter- point to gt. Standard Oil of New Jersey was off an eighth to 67 while Standard of New York de clined to 34.

Cotton, grains and bonds advane ed to-day."

The Dow Jones average for $0 utilities was up .00 to 100.26. American Tel. & Tel gained 15, closing at 391. International Tel. & Tel. was up 14 to 667. Columbia Gas & Electric gained 3 for a close af Dit. Standard Gas & Electric was up three points to close at 116j.

Motors ImprovS. General Motors held at 484, Willys Overland gained an eight to close at 9, Hudson was up a point to 58, Packard gained 1 to close at 22 and Chrysler declined to 28).

Andio Corporation was up 591. Anaconda Copper was off eighth to n.

chow, there being no cargoes, on account of the fighting in the in terior of Kwangsi. At present, only two vessels are carrying on. The owners complain that they have lost over 8100,000,

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI

HOTELS, LTD.

DIVIDEND OF 30 CENTS PER

SHARE.

The report of the Directors of tho Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1999, states that the profit on Working Account for the year 1920 amounted to 81,358,900.16. The

balance at credit of Profit and Loss Account (including the sum of 8175,510.47 brought forward from the previous year, "and 8389,165.93 profit on sale of the Majestic Hotel property, Shanghai) after providing for Interest on Loans and Mortgages, Insurance,, etc, also to setting aside 8320,799.50 for de- anpreciation, amounted to $791,293.43, which your Directors recommend be apportioned as follows:~~~ . #

To pay a dividend of 30 cents per share on 798,357 shares, 8388,178.50. To transfer to Exchange Fluctus- tion Account, $150,000.

To transfer to Repairs and Re- Dewals Accounts, 8100,000.

To carry forward to New count, $143,114.93.

There was a heavy turn-over with a total business. done of 1,247,980 share.

NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS.

*New York, Haz. 19. Markat strong. Busina dona 4,247,950 shares.

Adams Express ..... Allied Chemical & Dys... American Can..... American Rolling Mill... American Smelting American Tel. & Tel. American Tobacco "B" American Waterworks... Anaconda

Atlantic Bofining Baltimore & Obio Bathleben Stool.

***

Mar. Mar.

17 18

crease in duty on silver of from 40 to 70 cents an ounce would cost the motion, picture industry 810,000,000 a year and would some what increase the cost of taule silver.

He said that England's embargo on Indian silver was because Eng- land realizes that it "can't con- tról India until it takes the silver out of the country."

China, Senator Pittman continu ed, is already trying to defem it self against rash dumping of silver. Both Senator Reed Smoot and Senator Pittman agreed that the. silver industry in the United Statry is at a standstill.

In the course of the debate on oil. Senator Elmer Thomas of

Dutch-Shell Oil, the Standard Oil Oklahoma denounced the Royal Co. and Gulf Oil, asserting that they had opposed through their. paid lobbyists the so-called "in- dependent oil men's plan" for duty on imported oil.

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR CARNERA..

"CHUCK" WIGGINS KNOCKED OUT.

[UNITED PRESS.}

St. Louis, March 17-A total of 18,000 persons, making up the lar gest indoor crowd in history, watched the giant Italian heavy- Ac-weight Primo Carnera knock out "Chuck" Wiggins in the second round of their battle here to-night. Generally regarded as the best opponent to face the tremendous Italian during his current trium- phal knock-out tour, Wiggins wad- ed in gamely during the first round and gave a good account of himself. At the beginning of the second round, however, Wiggins jumped from his corner straight into a right cross and was knocked out of the ring. He crawled back in time for the count of nine but Carners: swung on him yigiously once more and knocked him through the ropes. for the finale,

The above proposed allocation for the year under review has been in- corporated in the accounts. Your 321 321 Directors further recommend that ... 270 277

the sum of $1,000,000 at credit of 1441144 ... 54 944 Construction and Development Re- 71 72 servé le transferred to a reserve for 237 2304 depreciation which recommenda- 237 230

lion has also been incorporated in 1031 106 the balance sheet now submitted.

71 71

Mr. John Fleming resigned from the Board on the December 4, 1029. 1178

Sir Elly Kadoorie retires by rota 4464 tion, and being eligible offers him-

self for re-election.

45

471

119

101 103

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...201203 The accounts have been audited 781 741 by Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and 118 119 Fleming, who are eligible and offer

281 381 themselves for re-election.

Borg Warner Calumet & Bocia Canadian Pacifle Railway Chesapeake Corporation Chicago Rock Island ... Chrysler ..... Cities Service, Common Columbia Gas & Electric Columbia Graphaphone Commercial Solvents... Commonwealth Southern Commonwealth S. opt war.... Consolidated Gas of N. Y. Continental Oil

Cora Froducts ...

whare Delivery can be obtained that mers to-day won the championship Coty, Incorporated

Curtiss Wright, Cowmen

Davison Chemical

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Miami Beach, Fla., March 17.-. New York's team of women swira the Steamer "LAN has taken at of the swimming meet here by roll- HAMBORG and BREMEN Through ing up a total 433 points.

Da Pont de Nemours... Cargo for HONG KONG ex 6.8. The Illinois Women's Athletic

Eastman Kodak Nisa, 8.8." Kong | Club scored 20 points, Los Angeles Electric Bond & Share... BIRGIT, 8.8. "

6.6. "N****

nade 17, and Seattle 15.

Erie Bailway BARONIA" from HELSING

Fox Film A New York team composed of General Electric "and 8.3.

The OSLO, BERG,

080ARSHAMN,

Eleanor Holm, Catherine Ames, General Food STETTIN and GOTHENBURG

All Goods remaining undelivered after Lian Lindstrom and Adelaide Lam- General Motors .... the 27th of March, 1980, will be subject bert set a new world's record for General Eailway Signal

the 400-yard medley relay to-day- Gold Dant to Bent.

No. Fire Insurance will be effected by by covering the distance in 4 min Goodrich Rubber

1192/5 sec.. defeating teams repre. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Sme in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the scnting Chicago and Coral Gables, Gray Godown for emmination by the Oca Florida.

and the Company's Surveyors,

Helen Madison set a new "world Anderson & Aele, at 10 am record for the 100-yard free-style Mors. on tas 28th of March, 1930,

No Olaim will be admitted after they swimming it in 1 min. 19 sec. Goode aave left the Godown and Claims must be presented within Two Works of the Ship's arrival here, after which date they will not be recognised.

Agnes Ceragty won the conclud- Congase are requested to surrendering event, the 100-yard, breast thor Bill of Lading to the Undersigned stroke, in 1 min. 21 3/5 sec. Etta Kennecott Copper for Coantorsignature.

Wood came in, second and Jens bart Fauntz was third,

MELCHERS & CO; ·

Agentar NORDDETACHE LLOTS, BREMEN, Hong Kong, 20th Mar,, 1950, 19196.

Miss Madison also equalled the world 30-metra record in the, free style swim.

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

from the States

feed head lettuce. Celery Louis. Fresh Asparagus. Hot-house Tomatoes, California Oranges and Grapefruit. Washington Apples.. These are specialties on the President Liners...That is one rea- son why the experienced traveler prefers this American Service. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES and AMERICAN MAIL LINE

Round the World

Hongkong

Belawan Deli

Podar

A:Necklace of Tropical Jewels by

JOJ L

Tourist Routes.

Seven days:

Baro

HONGKONG – JAVA

Seven days:

MANILA

Traffic

Menila

Nolucces

Banda

CELEBES - BALI JAVA

-

1. 9

3 1

The new 12000 tons tourist motorships „TJINEGARA” „TJISADANE”

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN

Great Briffat

D. 11. Dvska serah

Sandpa, da napakunna B.SC.L.

General Passenger-Agents:

'Untied Simies of America!

Mh. M. Kash

Brandong & 414

D. A. Yak

San Francion

144 Barkat Kiral

Hanaluku (away (1) Trine Därise & Co. Ltd.

Australas Kamtšina Pikiran, KB

1 Guaran Utawal

Far Eastern own Passenger-Offices:"

Yako POS

Yokohamar Malal-Had Chry |29|_ Yaggahitm=sh®_ Uchian Buliding

Crimperial Matal) As Much, 4.3. Miarium & C

Okazaki 4.

Shangheli

** Building

Hongkondi

York-busine CenterRand

Man

Et Magar Ma

** 41 Szachven ka,

SOUTH BOUND

STEAMERS

FACK

EXPICTED ON OX ABOUT

None of Carnera's opponents in the United States has lasted more TJIMANOEK than one or two rounds, but for the

TJIKARANG most part they have been nonenti- Lies. The crowds continue to throng- in for virtually any sort of match.

TJISALAK

Whil LEAVE ON

In Port A MOT ...B'HAL. & AMOT 30th Mar. ΑΝΟΣ 6th Apr.

25th Mar.. Noon

Fox

BATAVIA:

1st Apr., MANILA, Mx'sAN. Noon' &SCERABÁIA 8th Apr.. BazavLL

Noon

ME BAR

& SOTMANATA

BATATLA

in order to see Carnere, far-renown- TJIBADAK ..SHAL & Axor 13th Apr. 15th Apr., MA

3 Noon ed for his size, strength and speed though he has not shown much box. THISAROEA

20 h Apr. 12nd åpг.,

Noon

4444ing ability.

01 047 281 281

831 83

163 17

Mack Trucks

64

119 119

Madison Square Garden Missouri Pacifo

801 811

Unq,

931 £39

20t 20

Montgomery Ward

921 94

29 28

New York Central-

11

Northern Pacific Railway

4142

Pacific Lighting

1321 1321

Packard Motor Car

234 239

$8i. 60'

98108

Nerada Consolidated Copper ... 271 273

Paramount Famons Lasky Pennsylvania Railroad... Fenarcad Corporation... 32) 321 | Phillips Petroleum 77 77

Public Service of N. Jersey 201·50% |- Radio Corporation 481 451 Keynolds Tobacco B $3971 Seara Roebuck ... 43 431 Shell Union

Biament Company 801 01 Southern California Edtam. 63 521 Bouthern Pacific Railway

Do Standard Brande

48 48

Great Northern Certificates Grigsby Grabow Hudson Motors... International Coment International Combus. Eng....

2 International Haironter Int'l Hydro Electric “A” International Nickel International Printers Ink 201 201 Trans America

17 17 Standied Gas & Electric 661 601 Standard On of New Jersey

181 184

90 91

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701 721 81-82 144 154 871 38 95 975 52627 671 501 021 91 231 232 554 547

GIF 61F

Singer Beats Wagner.

New York, March 17.-A. Singer. New York feather-weight, knocked out. Eddie Wanger here to-night in the third round of their scheduled 10-round match..."

NO SOFT DRINKS FOR HARD LIQUOR.

Ακοτ

NORTH BOUND

STEAMERS

FROK

EXPECTED ON OL ABCOR

WEL LLAVE ON OR ABOUT

FOR

IMPORTANT DECISION BY

TЛISALAR TIRADA TJISARO TJISONDAE TJILEBOET

[UNITED PRESS.

U.S. SUPREME COURT,

Washington, March 17-A deci-

sion rendered to-day by the U.S."

Supreme Court stated that hotels

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118 1107

67, 871

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7781 Ts Corporation 914024 || Téras Gulf Sulphur

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serve ginger ale and ice, or pro

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vide glasses, for persons intending

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to mix intoxicating drinks.

1841

930s

188 187

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Timken Roller Bearing... 61 Union Carbide & Carbon International Products Com... Uag, Union Pacife Railways...

684 664 United Aireraft & Transport International Tel & Tel.

... 139 1419 United Dry Dópsk Johns Manville...

UA. Hesity & Improvement 203 104 C.B. Steel

Liggett & Hyer "B" ... 107 200| Vazadiviti

Winghouse E. & Janet Gaynor retained the high Ludnim Sterl board diving title..

(Qontinued at foot of next gojesta), - Willys Overland

[JavaMSKÁBBin 20th Mar, 21st Mar. 8WATOW & AMOT BATATA 2nd Apr. 3rd Apr. Aмor & B'HAL Java,Makaian 19th Apr. 14th Apr, Swatow & AMOY

BATAVIA

16th Apr. 17th Apr. Axer & S'Hat. JAVA,MAKASKAZ 26th Apr. 20th Apr, Swazow & Amor

For particulars apply tor

in the United States cannot legally JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN

The Court refused to review the

appeal of the Butler Hotel of. Seattle from conviction arising up- der a charge of this nature

Agents:

ROYAL NETHERLANDS INDIES AIRLINES, LTD.

York Bullding

Telephone C. 1674, 1575, 1555