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GENEVA A BASE FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS.

GANG OPERATING FROM LEAGUE CITY.

EXTENSIVE TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS,

Paris, Sept. 7. - is a result.of frequent seizures of narcotics made by the police of several European countries in recent month, a search is being conducted for the members of an international gang whose headquarters

appear to be Geneva.

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German French, British and Rolice are assisting in the search for the gang who choosing Geneva, the sat of the League of Nations, for their base, enjoy a great liber Ly of movement as most of the nar- in Germany, cotie factories are Switzerland, Italy and Czecho- Slovakia. Experts estimate the present traffic as being very high, and shipments are made to the Far East among other countries.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1930.

Money and Markets

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

SUPPORT FROM THE MARKET WITHDRAWN.

MOST INDUSTRIAL LEADERS LOWER.

[UNITED PRESS.]

New York, September 18-Bulls on the New York Stock Exchange to-day failed to bring a rally, and when they withdrew their support, prices declined, says the daily review of the Dow Jones Financial News Agency..

CANTON TRADE NOTES.

Chinese sugar is being imported from the North and East River, districts in large quantities.

*

The market for edible marino products is slack due to the strike

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE

Y

Enger Barre

Bates Nominal

TUESDAY. SEPT. 23. ̈

Buyers Ballers

Mamical

Banks

$1,510

་ ་་་

2100

$110

of restaurant proprietors Prices 81,010 have, however, remained unchanged as arrivals are"short."

$1,528

H.K. Banks

Do. (London)

10. Chartered Banks ...

Mercantile Bk. “À”

Da

Bank of East Asis ..!

Triguzan.com

Canton Insurances..} $1,020| Underwriters *****

North Chinas;..............

Yang taze Insurances

China Fires

H.K.. Firess

Shipping

Douglases

Steamboats

$2.90 82.63

1160

$400

Union Insurances

Large quantities of foodstuffs have been imported from the North.400 of groundnut oil, 1,048 bags of Monday's figures showed 6,000 jars 81,070 groundnuts and 3,950 bags of beans..

•

+

*3931

There have been large arrivals of 3251 great demand due to reduced prices.. foreign fertilizers which is now in This bas greatly affected the Chi U.S. Steel broke and other in-hose fertilizer market. Arrivals of dustrial leaders followed, with the Chinese fertilizer are also large and China and Production,

speciala hard hit. The market prices have fallen, off on account of Well-informed circles infer from opened irregularly and held with the dull market. Geneva information that an essen. in a narrow range until Steel de- tial chapter in the opium commit-clined, closing at 167, off from tee', repert denis with the neces sity of considering the problem from the point of view of produc tion. The committee was unable to work in China and this fact limits the value of its report for oplum is still the most important produc- tron in several provinces and the real basis of provincial life from an economic and financial point of

view..

The problem seems to be consider ad by Geneva as one distribution of production of provinces which, have large opium fields rather than n problem of searching for auggl ed opium or purchase of the pro- ducts by smoking, countries.

1

Heroin Seizure at Marseilles. Marseilles. Sept. 17.-A large cargo of heroin was discovered here on board a steamer coming from the Black Sea and which loaded at Stamboul. The heroin was con, cealed in a watertight box inside a barrel of oil. The frequency of → such cargoes and their seizures seems to prove that the smugglers are operating. under Turkish offi cial equivance. The French Cus toms have made a strong protest to the Angora Government.

PASSENGERS.

Arrivals.

ärrived

$24

The cotton yarn market has be- yesterday's close, while the Dow come very active. Demand by mer Jones average for 30 industrials chants of the country districts is T1.30 showed a decline of 3.30 to 234.19. brisk and prices have risen by three Te

Bethlehem Steel closed down a dollars per bale. Quotations are. point to 871; Westinghouse was likely to advance still further in down two points to 1472; Eastman the immediate future as stocks are Kodak was down 31 to 2121; Ameri-limited. According to a Shanghai can Can as down 24 to 1261; Ameri-telegram, the market there is also can Waterworks was down 24 to 99; promising. and American Rolling Mill was

down 34 to 48

The Dow Jones average for 20 utilities was down 1.32 to 86.18, with American & Foreign Power off 2 to 691, American Tel. Tel. Frown 11 to 21. International Tel. & Tel, down to 411, Southern California Edison down a half to 59, Consolidated Gas down 12 to 10% and Electric Bond & Share (on the Kerb) down two points to 80.

The Dow Jones average for 20 rails was down, .53 to 130.33, with New York Central off a quarter to 1614. Erie closing at 45, Pennsyl vania down a half to 73, B.. & 0, down a half to 100, Canadian Pacifie up an eighth to 1853 and.. Rock Island down 1 to 05.

Mu

$160

GOLD SHIPMENT FROM JAPAN.

$30

T15

T.280

FIVE MILLION YEN TO AMERICA.

【THROUGH BEUTER'S ÄGEKOY.]

TOKYO, Sept. 23.

to

MIHK

*

A.

NI

$40

Indos (prof)

$35

Do. (def)

Shell Transports.

$31

Water-boats

Mining

$9

Benquets.

348

$100

$1,075

323

$9.90 $2.85

90

B) BEEE ! A Mr StL

TA

Kailann.

Langkats (comb.) Do. (single) Explorations....................... Shanghai Loans Raubs *** Tronch Mines ******

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, etc. HE&L Wharfs... Providents (old). .|||

Do (new)

H.K. Docks ********

Shanghai Docks ...

17,301 New Engineerings

Hongkossa estos

Lands, Hotels, and

Buldings

HK. & S. Hotels $10.90 $11.10

H.K. Landa cam.r

Do. ex rights $74.

$4

HIN

$3.30 $5.26

537

$79

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FOREIGN MAILS

On add after Wednesday, 1st October, the entrance to the Parcels Delivery Section of the General Post Office will be in Daa. Var Road oppoälts hisaare. Whiteaway & Laidlaw's Store.

Parcels for posting as tho General Post Office should will be handed in, as at present, over the counter in the Pablis Bal

· RADIO · NOTICE.

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

INWARD MAILS.

FROM

PER

Dus

JAPAN 242

Heiyo Maru

94th Sept

SHANGHAI and Swarow

Buiyang

34th Bert

CALOUTTA and Staird

Yui Sang

24th Sept

AMOY and HWLTOW

Van Houtsa

24th Sept

STRAITS

Naspore...

24th Sept

Canada, U.S.A, HONOLULU, JAPAN and)

SHANGHAI (Vancouver, BC, 4th Sept)}} Ewin of Japan

gith Bept.

MANILA

Tilabost

35th Bapt

BORO via Susz (Letters and papers,

London, 28th Aug, and pargate, 211|| Khyber August)

25th Sept.

JAPAN, SHANGHAI and EUROPE TIS

20th Sept

SHANGHAI and ÅKOT,

18th Sept

90th Sept.

SAIGON

Tjipondok...

30th w

серт

JAPAN and SHANGHAI

Gen. Metninger

SHANGHAI

...Patroclus

50th

SELLITU JAPAN

Cremer

Suth Sept.

St. Albans

1st Oct.

BATAVIA JAPAN...

Bisondari

AUSTRALIA and MANILA

Brisbane Maru Nalore

5th Oct

5th Ost

SILA (London, 6th September)...}. Kashgar ...

Tribadak Porthos

For

PIR

OUTWARD MAILS.

REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 am registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm on the previous day.

·Empress of Japan

Glenamoy Saarbrucken

Van Houtar

DATE TIM

Wednesday, 4th,

-8.30 AM

1.30

3.30 P

3.50 PX

4.30 x

Thursday, 25th,

9:30 Ax 1050

*3.00 9 °

5.00 1x

Hoitov, Pakhoi and Haiphong.

Chongtu

Halvard...

Baigon

Taiyuan

Amoy... Manils Straite Fermoss

5.00

$11 $781

8787

Straits ..

$701 $75

Day

".. rights 3135

Amoy and Fermosa via inatow Bwator

Deli Maru

Bydrangea

T.SOS

Shanghai Landa...

Amoy and Japan

Bus Sang

88.8J

H.K. Healtys var ́582

Friday,

28th

$18

Humphreys

114.

315,45

$37

Chinese Batates

Elcbow, Pakhoi and Haiphong

Limehow

8.30 A.

getton Mus

Shanghai, Japan and EUROPE via Biberia Khyber Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Haiphong

10,30

1.00.

Carton

Iwoa

TIS.60

T84.

S'hai Cottont...

Zoong Sings

110

It is officially announced that the Yokohama Specie Bank will ship Yen 5,000,000 in gold coin Call money was at per cent. America by the Asama Mara, lear T12,60 T1270 with time money at 21 per cent. foring Yokohama on the 6th inst. 60 days and 2 per cent. for 90 days. Sales for the day totalled 1,370,900 shares..

QUOTATIONS..

New York, Sept. 19. Market weak, Business done, 1,876,990 shares.

Sept. 17

261 261 1294 1261

15

424 481

esi

The following-passengers

Adams Express *** yesterday by as President Taft: American Can....

American & Foreign Power

American Emelting

Mr. B. Bissell, Mr. Chas. Edger- ton, Mr. Wm. Howard, Mrs. Fran-American Rolling Mill... cesca Landes, Mrs. M. P. McRae, Mrs. G. C. Schryver, Miss Florence Schryver, Mr Win T. Wallace, Miss Lulu M. Warner.

Departures.

Tel & Tel.

American Tobac20 * B*** American Waterworks...

Tantic Be Baltimore & Bethlehem Steal Bethlehem

"arder

Pacife

Railway Canadian Chiengo Rock Island .... Chrysler

The following passengers left yesterday by s.5. President Jack son: Mr... Chow, Mr. Wm. J. Deegan, Mr. Maynard Dodd, Bra, S. F. Gaches, Mr. Jose Lim, Jr. Mr. A. Strok, Mr. Masuji

Service Common Masa, Mr. Clifford H. Barlow, Father Adolofo Caballero, Captain Columbia Gas & Electric Thos. J. Davis, Mr. and Mra Victor Columbia Graphaphone

Commonwealth & Southern

Cities Ser

Diaz," Mrs. Bert Jilg. Major-Gen-C48. Wart

Gea of N. T

oral Douglas MacArthur, Major John J. Reddy, Mr. and Mrs. Continental Oil... Stanley G. King. Mr. Zadoc Riggs, Corn Products.... Lieut. Colonel C. H, Patterson, Curtis Wright, Common Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Kirkwood, Du Pont de Neinoura

Rustinan Kodak... Master LJ, Kirkwood, Dr. Adoit Alpers. Mr. CJ. Wafelbakker, Miss C.. J. Wafelbakker, Master C. 1. Wafelbakker, Mr. R. R. Womtek,

1. F. V. Chamberlin, Miss K. Shekury, Miss Lucy Pashanina, Mrs. M. E. Tomkins, Mr. O. D. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Enault, Mr. C. T. Smith.

The following passengers left yesterday by 5. Atsuta Maru Mr. T A Edipeades, Mr. R. J. Ferry, Mrs B. Cox, Miss P. Har- wood, Mr G. Turner, Mrs. Bering, Samal.

PRINCE LINE. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM NEW YORK.

HET. B.

TEET

ROYAL PRINCE"

Electric Bond & Share... Erie Railway Fokker Aeroplano Fox Film "A" General Electric General Foods... General Motors... General Railway Signal Gold Dust Goodrich

Rubber Goodyear Tire

Tire & Rubber Granby

Chasalate Horshey International Cement International Combuston Eng. International Harvester International Nickel International Tel. & Tel. John Binaville Keanecott Copper Trenger & Toll

Kroger Grocery Liggett & Myers Loews' Ind.

Ladium Steel Montgomery Novada Consolidated Copper

Railroad

mery Ward New York Central Parifio Lighting Packard Motor Car having arived from the above Port os Paramount Publix Corporation 33rd instant, Consignees of Cargo art

Pennsylvania) hereby informed that their Goods are Fennroad Corporation... being landed at their risk into the Faillips Petroletim Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloos Public Service of New Jersey Wharf and Godown Company, Eimited Radio Corporation Kowloon, and stored at Consignees risk Radio Keith Orphen.... Reynolds Tobacco “B”

This is the official exchange bank's frat gold shipment since the removal of the gold embargo in January.

Other shipments will probably 818.20 follow, reaching a total of Yen 813.60 30,000,000, for the purpose of 86.60 balancing exchange sold forward on New York.

711691 ALLEGED RUSSIAN FAMINE

2104 214) 250 3451 100% 98

CONSPIRACY.

ATTEMPT TO DISORGANISE

SUPPLIES.

Public Utilities

Tramways

Peak Trams (old)

Da (new)...

Star Ferries

Sandakan Lights...

Telephones (fully pd.) (part pd.) 1.184 China Buass.........

$18.15

$13.55

$7.20

KERNE

Cements (comb.)... $17:65 $17.70 17.68/7s

Strait, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Eart and South Afrion, Aden, Egypt and EUROPE in Marraillesdne, biar sallies, 23th October

Kashgar

17

Amoy

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, *.8‚„‚¬

Canada, 10, and 8. America, And *EUROPE via San Francisco- dua San Francisco, 22nd Oct., and EUROPE via Siberia

Bangkok vin Swatow

Hoihow and Bangk

Kalgan, in

Kowloon E.O Parcela 4.30

Letters

| Par.,26th, 5.00 PM }Bag,27th,9.45′′x v2 Letters 10.80 a's.

Saturday,

6.00 PM

5.00 i

Letters 8.00

Tuesday, 28th.

9.00

Monday, 29th

Beg

Taiyo Laru

*10.30 á x

Noca

10.30 AM

(1,00 1,36

6.00 PM

$25

C. Lights (old).

193

Do.

$784

$70

781/79

(new).

H.K. Electrica

#781

Macao do.

#112

$35

$22 32.10

Do.

B/

Tractions

19/-

Do (pref.)......

Industrials

82

Sandskan

Kiunjahora Hinaang

100 100

687 877

(TAROCGH REUTER'I AGENCY.]

T10

Caldbeck, (ord)

28

TI040

Macgregora (pref.)

Straits and Calcutta,

Yuen Song

Parcels Letters

13 127

Canton Icoa

185 185

Moscow, Sept. 22.

$17.65917817.65

Japan, U.B.Canada, C. and S.America and EUROPE Victoria, B.QTM***

Parcels 8.00 M

Pros, Taft

Reg.

4.15 7 w

Do

(old)...

28

27

$52

counter-re-

- Do. (now)...

#13 844

dua. Victoria, B.O., 17th October

Letters 5.00

··6,00 ₫°

28+ 281

68 631

$21.au

Ropes

$11.56]

Shoghai and EUROPE via Siberia

Pros Taft

Letters

| $1.10

|| Chins Sugara.

spth,

17 18

$27

Malabon Bugurə

$29

14

15

United Asbestos

Manila and Jata via Sourabaya“.

Tjibadak

-9,00 £

1084 107 says that seventeen members have

19 181

Miscellaneous

Japan, Honolulu, San Francisco and

South American Ports

Heiyo Maru

25 admitted that the organisation aim-

... 60

118 117

ed, in conjunction with foreign | -926) || 9:6,80 capitalists, at making the supply.

$26.70

Saigon, Straita Gavion, India, Mauri-

Beg

น.

Der A. Wingskapas

216.212

22

'80

17

gystem miscarry, thus creating a famine, hoping that the discontent- ed masses would dictatorship.

$254

Amusemente.....

$20

$10

Chin Entertainm'ts. 510

tins, East and South Africa, Adnu, (Genl. Helsinger

Egypt and EUROPE via Marseilles

due Marseilles. Ist November

Letters

Beg

the $2.40

$3

Constructions

$2.25

+4

Lane Crawfords

3.25

$9.25

Swałow

Hai Ning

491

Mackintosha

Bog

10

Nanyang Tobacco...

Parocher

$11,60 Hinceres

$11.90 Watsons ..---....

.312

12.85

Wm. Powells

prera, 8%

B. Ind. G.8 Bonds... 81% H.K. Gott Loans.

B2%

$108

An official communiqué relating $11.35

the discovery of a

volutionary and mischievous spying $11.10

organisation in connection with the

137 supply to the population of meat,

9afah, tinned goods and vegetables,"

Matl 40

Matla

30 Math

40

224 Mutl 53

59+

Matl,

21

The heads of the organisation|| $19 were a former landowner, a former Major-General, Professor Riazant Bev. and the former Chief Editon of the pre-revolutionary Trade and Industrial. Guzetic, M. Karatygain. The majority of its members are former nobles and ex-officers under

• Mat/ the Tsarist régime, and members of

201

41

the constitutional democratic Men- The organisation shevik parties,

was also connected with the White Guards.

The Oppu has been entrusted with the investigation of its activi

EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SEEVICE.]

Ruger; Sept. 29,

123:74

4.85 15/18 34.80

Dairy Farms-***

AMERICAN STOCK QUOTATIONS.

LATEST WALL STREET PRICES.

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

NEW YORK, Sept. 22; 1030

Tone of Market. Weak

No. of Shares donoe-3,000,000. Call Money-9 per cent,

American Smelting

Anaconda Copper Baltimore and Obio Borg Warner ................... Continental Oil

City Service Common

225

901 83 341 84

275

tiea.

81

50

· ក

2789 771

361-88

162 1614 80. 80 12 13

Last Dividend.

4

3.50

Paris

107 10

39 881

New York Brussels Genera Amsterdam

None 30

25,045

12.03

Curtis Wright Common

Nons

627 511

Monday,

Bimmons Company. Bouthern California, dism Standard Gas & Electric

·201· 584 59

1011 104

Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhaien

92.80

Eastman Kodak Menjani

20.41,

18.00

Electric Boud and Share ... General Motors

18:16

Oslob Vienna Prague

18.17

34.435

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68 - 68

241.

Atheás,

Bucharest

Rio

193 1/16 44.58 108.25 3754 616 431/32

None

None

2D

Buenos Aires

40 1/16"

Bimmons Co

Montevideo

241

Btandard Oll of New Jersey.

19

169107

*18) Bombay

Standard Oil Co. of New York

1.00

Shanghai Hong Kong:

1774

Union Carbide and Carbon..

2:60

+1/3 11/16

United Aircraft and Transport....

1401 147 Yokohama

2/0.13/82

Non

Silver, spot & forward

and up chated, and damaged Goods Bears Roebuck...

All broken, are to be left in the Godowns, where Shell Union

examined on: they will be *29th instant, at 10 am.

20804 Helsingfors

611 51 Madrid

Olaims must be presented within Standard Oil cf. New Jermy, 15 Days of the Yeasel's arrival here Standard Oil of New York

Texas Corporation after which date they cannot be cognized.

No Claims will be admitted after the Texas Gulf Balphur

Roller Bearing Timken Goods have left the Godowns, and all..00

Trans Amerien Goods remaining undelivered after the Union Carbide & Carbon

Union Pacifle Railway... 217 218) 30th instant, will be subject to Rant.

United Aircraft & Transport 61 68 No Fire Insurance has been effected Bills of Lading will be countersigned United Gas & Improvement

United States Hubber... United States Steel FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD,

Vanadium 2nd Floor, King's Building."

Wamer Bros. Pictures Connaught Head,

Telophone 28165, Westinghouse & M Hong Kong, 93rd Sept., 1980, 19884 Woolworth

Lisbon't

General Railway Signs! „Gold: Duit

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Granby Consolidated International Cement International Nickel

Montgomery Ward:

Radio Corpassavenusarán Radio Keith Orpheum Sears Roebuck & Co.

United States Rubber United States Steal-

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and Fooshow...

Ceylon, India, Mauritius, - E anis Africa, Egypt and EUROPE visi Marseilles-due Marseilles, 29th Oct.

Systow

Shanghal, Japan, Canada, U.8.A., U. and)

Yatthing in

8. Amerion and "EUROPE via Van-Emp; of Japan

courer, B.0-due Vancouver, B.U..|

17th Dot, and Europe via Siberis ...)

Mantis and Australia (except places

North of Brisbane) and New Zealand St. Albans via Thursday Island-due Thursday Lland, 18th October

Australia and New Zealand in Mazils and

Brisbane-due Brisbane, 1945 Oct.) Brisbane Mari

*Superscribed correspondence only.

10,80 À M

Kowloon P. 0.

100 M 1.00 PM- PO Letters 2,50

1.45 PM

$2.00 X

Howloon P.O..

Letters 307S

BIG.P.O. Blog. Letters 6,00

5.00 P

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