1931-12-02 — Page 11

DAIRY FARM NEWS

GAME

First Shipment of the Season.

COCK PHEASANTS... $1.75 EACH

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1931.

Money and Markets

MALAYAN TRADE ON RISE.

INCREASE IN AVERAGE TIN

· AND RUBBER PRICES.

IMPORTS-PRICES

CURRENT.

The raporta and prices are puhkabod aa supplied by Importor, and the Chamber

cemcy thereof. ennmot nodept responsibility for the

Metala.

Markot dull.

HEN PHEASANTS

$1.35

(PER BRACE)

$3.00

WILD DUCK

$1.20

TEAL

.55

SNIPE

.36

PIGEONS

.40

With the issue of the Malayan IRON AND STTEL:- trale statisties for October it is revealed that for the first time this year both the import and export ! trade showed an increase, ne well as the commodity prices.

Stool Nail Rode

Вати

H

Anglus

Bodm

Joista

+12

All Specially. Selected.

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

LET

FONEO

STEEL

FILING CABINETS SIMPLIFY YOUR

FILING SYSTEM.

Drawers run smoothly and silently on ball bearing suspension slides."

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

PENINSULA HOTEL

SIR ROBERT AND LADY HO TUNG'S RECEPTION

Wednesday, December 2nd. 1931. '

O

ᄆ

THE "ROSE ROOM" having been reserved for the above occasion, the

management beg to inform their patrons that

the USUAL SERVICE will commence only at 9 o'clock

p.m.

口口

IN connection with the RECEPTION it is desired to advise that a special service "of MOTOR CARS will be in readiness to convey GUESTS to and from the Star Ferry

Wharf and the PENINSULA HOTEL- between 3 and 8 p.m.

口

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

What do

you want?

·

or

'BIG' BILL TILDEN

. If there in anything

you want to buy well, try

amall Classified advertisement.

25 words $1.00, prepaid)

for 3 Insertions.

COMING

TO HONG KONG

The rubber averngę prien was up from 88 cuts to 8.2 cents per b. and tin rose from. 80073 to $64.81 per picul

Imports from the D1.S.A. ward up | that exports were slightly down. To some extent this is due to the stimulation of trades following the abandonment of the gold standard hur ip is notable that the exchange does not enter into the question with regard to "the trade with Grea, "Britain, the two currencies being on the same basis.

The total value of imports of

Sheots Pintea

Small round roda .... Hoops, black, stevi.....

galvanized...

Black Te Steam Tubes 1.

Wirs Nails, 14-9...

CAPITAL INCREASED

CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. TO ISSUE NEW SHARES.

Presiding at the extraordinary general meeting of the China Light Find Power Company which was convened yesterday for the purpose. of increasing the Company's capital from $6,000,000 to $10,000,000, Mr. 'R. G. Shewan, the chairman, gd- QUOTATIONS. dressed the gathering in tho' fal- Continental,

lowing terms.-The object of the per pieul 10.00 resolution just read is to increase the present authorised capital from 6.30 $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 by the cren- 5.00 9.70

tion "of,ane' million new shares, of 5.80 the nominal value of 35 encli to he 8.30

"

"Discount

4.60-490 4.00

7.30 issued at such time or times and on 17.80 such terms and conditions as the Directors in their absolute dinere. tion shall see fit..

·70%.

per pioul 10.00 Galvan, corrugated shoote, RIG$10,00

This money, will, of course, not be 24/24...

par 100 lbs. 200 110,60required all at once, but our buss. Galvanized fat sheets, 1/32.

-

British

15.30-16.50

B.M., Spot per picul $14.00-18.00

To arrivo.... Australian---

B.H.P., Spot

To arrive

15.70

--1/6′′, 8/82" x 4" x 9. por lb. $13.50ness is rapidly expanding and wo

Galv. wiro 18/2

per picul 17.80 wish to take power to issue fresh capital from time to time as it may he required. Accordingly," I beg formally to propose the following -resolution as an ordinary resolu- 15.40-15.50 tion, namely:-"That the authoris ad capital of the Company be in creased to ten million dollars by the creation of one million new shares of the nominal value of 5,00 ench and that such new shares be issued at such time or times and on such teams and conditions as the Dire tors in their absolute discretion shall see fit"

PLATES (

English LC.W., 20 x 14".

100 lbs., Spot..per box $11.00-11.20

To arrivo. ***

· 11.20-11.50 English IC.W., 1937 x 147,

110 lbs, Spot

... per box Ta arrive

merchandise, parrel post and hul- {TIN lion and coin for the month of Orteder was $30.334,000, which is the second lowest figure for the year, the total for September hay- ing been $34,333,000.

Petroleum Producta.

WHITE ROSE BLAND COMET BRAND Cook

EAGLE

EAGLE

}

21.80 12,00

Britlab, ...par case 16.03

11

This was seconded by Mr. A. I. $37 Compton and was carried unanim- 2 tins 650 ausly.

*** *

bulk' 0,40 480 12,46

SOCONT MOTOR GALING.... SILVEZ LIGHT CROWN BRAND

Those Present.

The monthly average for 1930 was $00,323,000; while that a date for the present year is 830,286,000 a decrease of $93,964,000,-

The total exports far Orlober were 329,005,000, showing a web

1.49 Those present were:- Messrs. R. 14 lbs: 2 tive: 6.00

G. Shewan (chairman). A. H. Com- increase

September,

9 galla. 69 lb. bulk 0.40 pton, C. A. da Roda, Sin Robert #29,303,000, and unly $14,857,000 lesa Cross BAND 71 lbs. 2 tins 6.74 Ho Tang. Sarl Kadoorie, than for the corresponding period LAMY GLARE

8.1. galle. 71 lbs. bulk 4.14 Messrs.J P. Braga L. Kudoris, tine 5.59. A. Josph, and Now Braga of last year, the nearest the can- SHELL MOTOR Brit

case 12.45 444 parative figures have over approa- ched in 1931.

come

יני

The monthly average of exports for 1030 was 255.175,000, that to. date for the present year being $36,388,000, a decrease of $21.740,-

000,

The total trade for October, namely, the combined import and export figures, is 909,250,000, which is less than last October's total hy $32,107.000. This is the most fav ourable trade "balaner for any month of the presenït year, however, representing as it does the lowest margin of difference between any of the prresponding months in the two years.

MOSCOW SENDS GOLD TO BERLIN.

ti 12.00 (secretary). balk 11.26 gallon (ex pump) 1.35

FCALR TIN FOO TADO MOTOR Spurr

KATING-

2 tine 6,18

F

0,00

12.06

per gal; or pump 1.36

Coals.

QUOTATIONE

,, No. 2 Lump...per metric ton $10,25

Special Slack

Nu. 1 Slack

.. No. 2 Slack

Flour

American Patent per

Straight... Cut off Australian No. Canadian Cut off

STOCK

Straight.

Mixtur

$nd Clear...

American .. Canadian ... Australian...

WINDOW Grie

14.75

13.25

12.25

+

Shareholders were Messrs, 1. W. Shewan, J. Toppin, F. J. Tavares, A. G. M. de Figueiredo, A, A. Bestellre and Tse Tsan-taí,

RAILWAY RECEIPTS IN GERMANY FALL.

Berlin, Nov. 24.-Germany's pr went plight was illustrated by the publication to-day of the estimated receipts of the German State Rail- ways for the current year with QUOTATIONS. 3,800,000,000, against 8,200,000,000 in Sinco mack $1.00-1.70 1920, the last normal year.

8.15-3.0 then. freight and passenger trafic 3.26.3.50 has decreased by approximately 30 3.15-3.30 per cent, despite a lowering af 3.30-8.40 tariffs and various inducements for 325430 stimulating holiday traffic

3.16

3.0%

... 180,000 bags

60,000

70,000

110,000 baga

Sundries.

4th Quality of 100 sq. ft....p. box $8.00 Fair average size-

1/1 1/8*

thick (18 oz.)...

D

Berlin, Nov. 1.---A consigument.i of 7.500 kilo-gramines of gold er rived beare to-day from Moscow via Riga and was placed in the vaults of the Reichsbank. The shipment. which will probably be followed by others, in the direct result of the trade persistently unfavourable balaner..of Soviet Russia, compell | 800- ing her to meet her obligations by payments in bullion instead of by exports..

#

SOUTH AFRICA AND GOLD· STANDARD.

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR ITS RETENTION.

7.00 18.00.

Ühina, India and Straita Produce.

(Spot) 88,201,00

Per ploul

Reported sales

pioula

Hough White... $7.00-8.48

5,857,00

Do.

7.03-8.58

Rough Brown... 7.88-8.13

* Do.

7,28-9.03

Molneros

7.73

(To strive) 3.217:00 (Spot) 23.205.00 (To arrivo) 823.00 (Spot)

Capetown, Nov. 25.-The gold standard will be maintained in the MR. Union of South Africa as the re- sult of a vote to-day in the Logis- Intive Assembly, which passed a Government Bill empowering the Governor-General to make regala- tions in regard to any matter con- verning surréncy, banking and ex

change rates.

DEVELOPING EMPIRE

TRADE.

THOMAS WILL ENDEAV. OUR TO FIND NEW

MARKETS. 2

London, Nov. 24-Answering various questions in the House of Commons today regarding methods The Opposition strongly critles the Secretary of State for the of developing inter-Imperial trade, ed the measure which, however, was

Dominions, M. J. H Thomas, | adopted by: 78 votes to 43,

Baid that in the course of his for The Government is planning to the coming tour through the Domin introduen a new gold coin of 113ions he would certainly endeavour grains of fine gold to replace to find new markets for British. the present British pound, the goods. existing form of curroney.

**

cata.

This plan indicates the Govern- Asked if the Dominions would mont's determination not to follow lower their tariffs, he said he hoped

position to offer cer Britain in suspending the gold to be in a standard, despite the large body of tain advantages, and the Domin- South African opinion in favourions might be expected to recipro- of nuch a glap,

The British sovereign in South The Frime Minister, Mr. Rain! Africa at present stands at a pro- say MacDonald, later said that the mium of 20 per cent.

question of the development of The new coin will probably be inter-Imperial trade was receiving called Rand after the diatrien the Government a consideration. which is the centre of the famous and the necessary information was Transvaal gold folds,

being collected and examined.

SUITS

"Send them to the Dry Cleaners

FROCKS

The experienced touch of skilled cleaners restore all the first, freshness to creased and solled

garments.

al

Household textiles of all kinds Cleaned or

Dyed."

LOOSE COVERS

THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO. Sauitary Laundrymen, Dyers and Dry Cleaners

HEAD OFFICE and WORKS, Mongkak. Tel. 87032. KOWLOON HOTEL DEPOT. Tel. 58006,

HONG KONG DEPOT, 80, Qhoon' Road Central. Tel. 21279. PEAK HOTEL DEPOT. Tol, 20071. PENINSULA EOTEL (Visitors only).. HONG KONG HOTEL.

73, WYNDHAM STREET.

SPECIAL VALETERIA SERVICE.

No. 2, Peainsala Hctal Aroäde. Tel. 58081

864, Nathan Road (Noxt to Majestic Theatre). Tal 58908.

60; Queen's Road Central, Tol. 21978.

Parfumerie Pongaud

PARIS.

"MARY GARDEN”

Perfumes

that sell themselves because the packing is attractive, the contenta fascinating and the price amazing, Copious selection with or without alsobol from stock goods to scents for the Smart Set)

AGENTS.

VICENTE ATIENZA & CO. No. 54, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

TRL. 5755.

AN OLD FAVOURITE!

N. J. Club

OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY

FORMERLY SUPPLIED TO THEIR MAJESTIES

KING GEORGE IV

WILLIAM IV

UEEN

VICTORIA

REPUTATION AMONG CONNOISEURS FOR ITS DELICIOUS MELLOW FLAVOUR GUARANTEED FREE FROM FUSEL OIL

·OR ANY DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCE

་་

PRICES REDUCED

$6.00 per bottle $70.00 per case, duty free.

Sole Agents:

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.