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Money and Markets

BRITISH COAL MARKETS IN

SCANDINAVIA.

COAL TRADE APPROVES NATIONAL DEPUTATION,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 13.

STANDARD OIL BID "FOR

SPANISH MONOPOLY.

RUMOURS OF HUGE LOAN.

Wall Street was flooded by rum curs to-day that one of the largest nad most powerful vil companies in the United States is negotiating The Minister for Mines. Mr. Ewith the Spanish Government with T. Shinwell, with representatives of the British coal traile, has a view to obtaining a Spanish oil gono to Scandinavia on a fort-monopoly. night's visit in an effort to reap- ture markets.

This is the first time that a Government venture of this kind has been approved by the whole of the coal trade, and the first time that a national deputation from the coal trade has visited foreign

pountry..

SPAIN'S GOLD PESETA.......

FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALINGS DISALLOWED,

(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.]

1

According to a circumstantial re- port published here the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has offered the Spanish Government a loan of 1,000,000,000 pesetas-ap. proximately £22,750,000, interest Eree, in return for a Spanish oil

napuly. The money, the report says, would be used to assist the stabilisation of the pesetas

Colour has been lent to the res| port by the sudden departure. of Mr. Walter C. Teagle, president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, for London, where, it MADRID, Sept. 13. was said, he was going to disuss the With a

view to stabilising the situation with his epresentative, peecta on the gold standard, the who is reported to have been deal- Government has opened a contre

ing with the Spanish Government. for dealings in foreign currencies.

Bankers are not allowed to dealThis representative is Mr. 3. J. in foreign exchanges, and it is Moffett, jun., vice president of the

the

Standard Oil Company of New suggested that

peseta be stabilised at forty to the pound.

Jersey and bead of the export

Seven Years' Censorship Lifted."

The tensorship is being lifted immediately, on

the seventh an- niversary of its application, when excented his Primo de Riveri coup d'etat.

EXCHANGE RATES.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Lisbon

Athens

RUGBY, Sept. 13.

section.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930,

BUSINESS CONDITIONS

IN AMERICA.......

MR HENRY FORD'S

OPTIMISM

[UNITED PRESS. ]

New York, September 9-In the course of last week 336 business

failures were reported..

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

SHAREBROKERS” ASSOCIATION.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

Suyert

Sallara

Sala

SATURDAY,

SEPT. 13.

Buy Ballers

Baik Nominal

U.S. production of motor cars $1,510

month of August during the amounted to 240,000 vehicles of, all descriptions against 312,849 for the corresponding period is 199

The motor magnate, Mr. Henry Ford, prior to his departure for Europe, expressed the view that the depression could not continue be

and the end of October. He bo- lieved in a definite recovery, and did not consider any reduction, in salaries necessary to bring about a return to the normal position.

AMERICAN COPPER.

Messrs. Pentreath & Co. have ré- orived the following telegram from Mesars. Horaby Hemelryk & Co., Liverpool:

American, copper shews increase refined £3,000 tons; Decrease blister 91,000 tons.

BRITISH IMPORTS OF GOLD.

Londen, Sept. 8.-British imports of gold from September 1 to 4 amounted to £1,483,283, all from South Africa.

Exports during the same period woro 2000,486, of which £194,062 went to France.

Mrs.

Delilah robbed Samson of his strength by shaving his locks. Now "comes ra. M. G. Adams who would rob man of his whiskers"! Adams, who is a Cambridge-lecturer on biology, believes that such things as say. Bernard Shaw's At the headquarters of the Stand-

beard and Ronald Colman's mous- tache are evidences of racial weak- ard Oil Company of New Jersey

ness. Following her lecture, at the in New York an official denial is given to the reports that negotia Cambridge Summer School recent tions are penting for a large loanly, Mrs. Adams said that it was to the Spanish Government in ex-usually men who were opposed to If men only natural" selection. change for a monopoly, but in American oil quarters it is general realised how silly, it is to have to ly believed that the denial is of shave every morning they would not a diplomatic nature, and that some be so against. eugenics," said Mrs. negotiations along the lines indi- Adams. "By natural selection they cated in the reports are bring car- could develop hairless faces," she ried on.

aded.

AMERICAN STOCKTIONS.

LATEST WALL STREET PRICES.

The following quotations have been received from their cor respondents, Messrs. Hayden, Stone & Co., of New York, by Messrs. Swan,. Culbertson & Fritz, Sassoon House, Shanghai, (cable address: "Swanstock," Shanghai), who are not responsible for cable mutilations:-

No. of Shares. done.-2,000,000..

$110

8906

$1.00

1.160

$100

$455

$400 $1,000

***

FIT!!!

2107

£18

£12

Banks,

H.K. Banki

******* $1,320

Do. (London) ... Chartered Banks... Mercantile BËL. “A”

Do.

Bank of East Asia.

LEF

DL

FOREIGN MAILS

RADIO NOTICE.

Individuals and arms are recommended to register their tale graphic address at the Radio Office. No charge is made for this.

:

£121

MANIKA NAIGON

www

KOTY

INWARD MAILS.

SHANGHAL

94114

Calcutta and Spurs

LONDON Parcels (14th Aug.) and. STRAITS Japan and Shanghai STAUITS

PKB

Pros, Piarca Andre Labon Alipor Kursang... Van Houtes

Aki Maru. Sphing

Tibadak...

Dus

15th Sept

16th Sept

18th Soph

16th Sept.

Insurances

16th Sept.

Australia and Marila

18th Sept.

Canton Insurances.. $985

Jaran and SHANGHAI

16 h Best.

Underwriters

17th Sept.

32.75

BATAVIA

North Chinas...................

T180

JATAK...

Union Insuranoct ....- $450

M350 Yangtare Insurances

$60

Asoma Maru Aplenor in Kashima Mar --

17th copt.

18th Sept.

16th Sept.

*

China Fires

******** 840U

Fuakini Maru

·20th Septe

A.K. Fires

$1,000

USA, HONOLULU, JAPAN and SHANG-1 THAI (San Francisco, 22nd August)....

Prea. Harrison

20th Sept.

Shipping:

U.S.A, HONOLULU, Japan and SHANGHAI

$231 #201

$281

(San Francisco, 29th Aug.)}| Pres, Taft «Canada, U.B.A, HONOLULU, JAPAN and

22nd Sept.

Steamboats.

14th Sept.

$40

Indos (pret)]

$43

$35

Do. (del) .........

90/-

Shell Transporta

... 88/3

$31

Water-boats................

831

Mining

Banqueta......

*T1.30

T.6 $23

JAP

8163 31.30 85.35

144

1.975

$36

311.26 $11.43 $113

#78)

$9

30/-

བས་

2.8

201

Douglases

Kailang

Langkats (comb.) ...

Do. (single)...

FEES

Explorations.............

26.9 T14,40 $7:40 1.1

Shanghai Loans Raabe

те

$23

Tronoh Mines

14-

Docks, Wharves,

Godowns, etc,

H.K. & K. Wharfa.... Providents

H.K. Docks

117 Shanghai Docks .... 7.71 New Engineerings

Hongkews.....

$781

$75

$13

$83

T.298

$18

$87

18.10

$13:40

T12.40

::

$81

$81 $24.60 $241

3192

##!

[Landa," Hotels, and

Buildings

HK. & S. Hotels... H.K. Landa cam.r

190 ex righta $74 Do

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SHANGHAI (Vancouver, BC, 4th Sept}}| Emp. of Japan

OUTWARD MAILS.

REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below, unless otherwise stated, nad whero mails are advertised to close at or before 2 am, registered and parcel mails are closed at op.m. on the previous day.

FOR

Shanghai and *Japua ...' Swatow

Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C, and S. Amarion. and *EUROPE vía Victoria, B.Q.—

$181) $5.46 $6.35

$39

due Vicioria, B.0., 3rd October

Shanghai and "EUROPE vin Siberia Amoy

urguu

PKK

Date and TimR

Monday, 15th,

Andre Labon Hydrangea

Pros, Pierce

Pres. Pierce Chinhu

T

9.90.P M 8.00 3.00 2

Parsala Bog. Letters Bag. Letters 6,00

4,15 PM 5.00

5.00 em

$.30

Tuesday, 16th,

Kowlqum P.U.

10.00

Letters 1:00 P`M....

G.P.O,

1.15 M

$11.20

879

Shanghai Lands

nghts 13)

$134

Saigon. Unylon. "India, Manelli, *East und "South Afrios, Aden, *Egypt and EUROPE via Marseilles

dus Marsailles, 18th October

Manila and Java via Sourabaya

Rog.

Sphine

Hog. {{Letters

200 P

Tjikarang

10.30 AM

1,00

Kowloon T.ON

B. Africa, Egypt and EUROPE via Marseilles-dus Marseilles, 16th Oct.

Mamelama

Beg. Letters

1,00

M

1,45 • *

Bennevis ...

Van Houtas

###

H.K Realtys

Humphreys $15.451

Chinese Estates

Cotton Mills

-Ewo

1.89 S'hai Cottons.... T.15" Zoong Sings an

Public Utilition

Tramways #18.16 Peak Trams (old)... (new)..

MyDo

Star Forries

Lights (old)...... $24.65

Do. (now)... 820

Sandakan Lights

Telephones (fully pd.){

Do, (part pd) 8x21,

Chins Buses *********

Tractions

Do. (praf.)

...

TI2.40

!!!

Swatow, Amoy and. Fo.chow

Straita, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. and

Sbangbai

1.80

Swatów and Amuy

19.30

Swatow...

Japan

$128

Btraite and Calcut's

-$84

Haiphong

$83

Amoy

24.50/175

Amoy

$78

Paris

New York

123.773 4.83 15/16

Brussels

34.66

Geneva

25.05

Amsterdam

12.075

Milor

99.900

Berlin

20.41

Stockholm

18.095

Copenhagen

18.16

Osto

18.17

Vienna

34.433

$78 $781 $78)

H.K. Electrics ......

"Progue

1031

BAY

$23

Macro do.

ATALA

Helsingfore

193 3/16

$11

Madrid

44.60

Tone of Market.-Easy.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 1920.

$35

+4

108.23

375

Call Money.-2 per cent.

Bucharest

814

Last Dividend.

Latest

T.191

Sales.

Rio

རྨུ་

American Emelting

Buenos Aires

41

Anaconda Copper ...

3.59

Montevideo

414

Baltimore and Obio...

Bombay

1/53

Borg Warner

7

Shanghai

1/72

Continental Oil

None

Hong Kong

......... 1/3 9/10

City Service Common

30c. A

Yokohama

2/01

Curtis Wright Common

Nons

Eastman Kodak

5B

Electric "Boud and Share General Motors

B

30

+

ŽERJAJUNSAUREUXAPABÕLUGU818

19/-

Industrials

T.10

Caldbeck, (ord

+

**

T10.40

Macgregors pref.

$17.80 818

$12

361

Do

Do..

(old)... (now)...

Canton icus noised $2,67 | $2.80 Cements (comb.)....... $17.70 $17.50)

Silk

#27

Ung.

*: 37

None

None.

$28.40 $26.60

81 $201

Dairy Farma

$26.60

Der A. Wingsres

Amusements

$254

$10

Chin. Entertainm'ts. $10

2+D

Construction18 ~ ******

$1.80

3

$19

Lane Crawfords. $3 Alackintoshs...)

1.00

-2.60

None.

$11.60

$12

Nose

preta.

.....

Rope

$1.15 China Sugars cons

Malabon Sagara

United Asbestos

Miscellaneous

Nanyang Tobacco..

$11.60 Sinceres ... $.IJ.

Watsons as

$285 Wm. Powells ....................... .61%.

LOCAL AND REGULAR OUTWARD MAILS.

312

B. Ind G. Bonds.... H.K. Gort Loans...

-81% 62%

$13

S

tunning

81091

in

Silver, spot & forward 167

EMPLOYMENT IN THE

UNITED STATES.

SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.

[UNITED PRESS.}

་་་

New York, Sept. 7-Weekly re- view show signs of improvement

the

situation employment throughout the United States, as well as generaj mercantile business and other departments.

J

Oils, foodstuffs and raw materials are displaying a firmer tone, lead- ing to belief that the recent down. ward trend has at last been arrest- ed.

LYONS SILK. MARKET.

Lyons, September 8.-The silk market is quiet. In spite of the worldwide break in values of raw silk, manufactures have succeeded in improving their position during Stocks of the last 18 months. manufactured silk have decreased, which is a factor in stopping the decline in the price of the raw material, and with the aid of artificial silk manufacturers have succeeded in maintaining a fair amount of activity in their fac Lories.

On the other hand, ribbons, up to the present moment have been neglected, seem. to be coming back. into fashion, and there is a better. feeling in the mills of Bt. Etienne.

The United States Standard Ship ping Co. which belongs to the Standard Oil has ordered six Diesel motor-tankers of 18,200 tons esch from the three German dock yards) Deutsche Werlt, Hamburg, Vulkan, Bremen, and Germania Werft, Kiel The six tankers will cost about Mks. 30,000,000. Only last year the same company ordered from Ger man dockyards three tankers of the ame size which were delivered: some time ago and apparently proved very satisfactory.

General Railway Signal

Gold Dust underre Goodyear Tire and Rubber Granby Consolidated

International Cement

International. Nickel Montgomery Ward.

Radio Corporat Radio Keith Orpheum Sears, Roebuck & Co. Simmons Co.

Standard Oil of New JerseT....... Standard Oil Co. of New York Union Carbide and Carbon...................... United Aircraft and Transport........ United States Rubber.............. United States Steel ....

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WEEK DAYS,

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS

FOR

·FROK!! G.P.Q.

FROM SHEUNGWAR BRANCH P‚O.

Frox G.2.0.

57.15 & 7.30 8.01. 6.00 pm. 17.00 p.m.

7.15 m. & 6.00 pm Bundays 5pm. only

£7.15 am. &

( 7.15 am, & ƒ *.30 am. (1.15 p.m.

(1,30 put

1.15 h Bundays

16.00p.m.

8.15. Lonly

5.00 p

Sundaya 6.30.1 Lonlý

8.00 pl

$.00 p

6.00 pm

7.15 am.

0,00 m

7,15 9.00

$ 3,00 13. &

9.00 $

$8.00

8.00am.

110 km2

B.DL

11.00 1.3

1 & 4.30pm)

Macão & Talushan

Kongmoon (except Saturdays): 5.00 p.m.

Kankong (except Saturdays).

Fatahan (By Train)

TO

Tai Fo

Shamebun

Cheungcha

Aberdeen Stanley Autan, Pingshan, Shatin, Sastan

Shaungahul

Balking

Namtan, Shekki & Taip

8.00 p 11.30 B.

480p Saturdays 1.00p.m. 14.30 p.m.

8.30am.

100p.m

Foo Shing Aki Mara

Hasang

1.00 M G.P.0.

Leiters 8.30 M

1.30PM 6.00

Wednesday, 17th,

8.30 =

8.30 AM

J!Parcela Letters

Noon

·100, ♬ M

Canton

1,20 x =

Txinan

4.80 FX

Bum Sang

6,00. M.

Asama Mara

Reg.

5.00

Let, 18th, 8.30 AM

Friday,

Hai Ning

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A. Canada. Central and South America, and *EUROPE vía San Francisco ——— due San Francisco, 9th Oct., and *EUROPE vi■ Biberia.

Swatow, Amoy and Fooshow... Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritina, East and South Africs, Adm, Egypt and EUROPE via Marsailles-das Mar "seilles, 19th October

Huhow, Pakhoi and Exiphong

10th -9.00 PM. Kowloon P.0. Bog. -490

Kashima Maru, 20th, 9.00 AM -

Chengtu

Shanghai, Japan and EUROPE vis Siberia Fushi Maru

G.P.O.

Reg. 845 M Letters 9.80 M Saturday, 20th,

8,30

830 M

Monday, 22nd,.. Parpola

5,00 [Reg.£3rd,9:45 a M.

·Letters" 10:30 AM

Menila, Australia and New Zealand vix)

Thursday Jaland das Thursday Island, 4th October

Taiping

Tuesday, 23rd

Manila, Australia and *New Zealaüd vis,

Bog.

8.45 #

Thursday Taland-due Thursday Is- land, 6th October Swatow, Amoy and Foochow

Alrula Maru

Lettors

9.20 AM

Hatching...

1.00 K

Wednesday, 24hr,

Swatow

Bopiang Empress of Japan

6.30 AP 830 M

Manila

Htraits, Ceylon, India, Mauriting, East"

and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and EUROPE via Marseillendae Mar mellion, 25th October

Kashgar

„#8zpermoribed correspondence only.

Friday, 28th

[Kowloon P.0.

Parcels 4.80 Beg 27th,9.00 Letters 10.00 ▲

G.P.O. Par 28th, 5.00 M

Reg. 37th,8.45 m

Lettera : 10,50 ■*

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7.30 am &. 180 n.

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