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SWATOW NOTES.

LOSS TO FOREIGŃ. COMMUNITY.

DEATH OF MR. M. MOORWOOD

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SWATOW. June 28.

The soldiers of the 7th Army stu- tioned at Chao Mei district have lately captured 6 persons who have sinen hron dentified as having taken part in the s/s Blangang piracy a few months back. After i briof trial they were shot by the authorities.

few Communists Arrested in the city last week met with the same fate.

New Electric Plant,

In two or the electric light company is to instal a new and powerful plans. The news is received with more than a welcome seeing that the light has always been such a poor one. Owing to alterations the town often find itself in complete darkness after midnight. On.. the first night this happened, auexpecv- edly it caused a great sensation and fears were entortained that the "Reds" had surprised the city.

three months' time

Automatic Telephone..

The building is nearing comple tion, and after 1 few finishing. touches will be ready for business in August. I hear. In the mean. time underground cables have been aid there are Fitmours that pro- spective subscribers may not agree with the conditions under which the business will be "done,

Obituary.

It is with much regret than 1 have to record the death, which took plaen yesterday, of Mr. Marvin Moorwood. late of the Imperial

· Chemien ludustries, after a very short illness. Marvin was in per- fect health until a few days ago when he contracted sunstroke while out. bathing, but malaria also set in and that proved too much for the victim. The whole "town was hocked about his untimely death. Some who heard the news thought it was'n joke, and greater still was the surprise when his remains were interred yesterday in the Kakchio cemetery. Mr. Moorwood had been a most popular figure in the social circles. and since his arrival here some three years ago, had endrar ed himself to all who had come into contact with him by his sense of humour, genial personality and pleasing "and lively spirits To his firm the loss. is a great one and is society a gap has been made; The I.C.I staff and numerous friends were present at the "graveside to pay their last respects.

Foreigner Beaten Up,

Mr. N. Zahar, a Jew, and loend' representative of Bardwill Bros.. had a bad time not long ago when he was badly assaulted by a bip crowd of Chinese me hin asid ence. It happened that his two sous--boys of 10 to 14 years old- somehow or other got into a serap with some Chinese boys. Undoubt odly they got the worst of the Ôght. and Mr. Zahar them came out and took the law in his own hands. With a stick the little Chinese archins got the beating of their lives. The parents were vaturally Ieuraged and won fierce crowd assembled in the vicinity and wreaked revenge on Mr. Zahar, who was mauled and had to remain indoors for aoine days before the matter quietened down.

"STRANGERS IN LOVE."

FREDERIC MARCH FILM AT KING'S THEATRE.

A trade notice states:- The hand may or may not be quicker than the eye. But the im agination outdistances any form of speeding modern transportation

known.

Money and

Markets

HONG KONG STOCK SINGAPORE STOCKS.

MARKET.

YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL

QUOTATIONS.

Very little interest was displayed at yesterday morning's session, mar. kem being under the influence of the "approaching holidays.

Sales.

Hong Kong Banks, 81842 China Lights (Old), sij Hong Kong Electrics, $22

Buyers.

Canton Insurances, $1200 China Fire Insurances, 2000 H.K. &W Docks, 818 Providents (Old), $4.90 Hong Kong Lande, $78) Hong Kong Trams, Youmati Perries (Old), $331 Yaumari Ferries (New), $324 Telephones (P.P.),” 829) Hong Kong Ropes, $13.10 Dairy Farms. 8274 Lane, Crawfords, s H.K. Gur. Loans, 2 per Premium.

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Bellars,

COLL.

South China Motors"E" $11 Humphreys, 8152

Hong Kong Renities, $12 Hong Kong Ropes, 8134

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Practically the past week Really consisted of only two whole business day, Settlement Day and holidays intervening, and the extent ending in the interval, therefore, hardly gives nay indiention of the tele state of the market.

The closing tone, however, steady..

CLOSING RATES.

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Buyers.

Canton Insurances, 81230 China Fire Insurances, 8800 HE. & W. Docks, $15 Providents (Old), $4.00 Hotels (Cam Rights) 11.10 Hong Kong Lands, Gre Ewo Coptons, Tis. 13.40] Hong Kong Tramas Yaumati Ferries (Old), $33 Yaumati Ferries (New), 800) Telephones (P.P.), 62

Dairy Farms, 8827)

Lane, Crawfords, $5.70 Constructions (Old), $5

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FRASER & CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Messrs. Frazer & Co.. Singapore, in their weekly report dated June 12, state:-

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

A.O.F.C. QUOTATIONS.

[REUTER' AMERICAN SERVICE.]

New Youx. June 29.

LAST TO-DAY'S AVERAGE AVEILIGE CHANGES'

43.60 48

.11

50 Indus,

Grials ... 45.18 Rails

... 13,45

13.30

.18

Utilicion 17.09 17.97 Mesars. E, A. Pierce & Co. Raport, Market Steady :-Business done i

Conditions in the local share market during the past week call for little comment and quotations | 600,000 shares. remain. practically unchanged.

The price of Tin, after a surp full Air Reduction has improved again and according Allied Chemical and to Lendon advices the tone of the Dys

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LAST TO-DAY'S PRICE PRICE $35 8352

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market generally appears healthier. American Can...... 311 There is still so announcement from American Telegraph the International Tin Committee on American Tobieco "B" 482

and Telephone

TO the subject of the proposed holiday | Auburn. scheme, but it is generally consider. Borden Company ad that one is imminent. Menn.

Canadian Pacific while the closing price for the three

Consolidated Gas of "

Now York months' position is £117.30. Rubber Drugs, Inc. remains dull with very little real Du Pont Be Nemours 24 buying demand. London and Liver. Eastman Kodak General Electric pool stocks show a decrease of 9:950 General Foods tons over the "week, the total now General Motors standing at 111,237 tons. The chief International Harves item of interest in the Industrial

ter ......

Tai.

232

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* * $7.9527 23 22 SFGE ** 92 7

302

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112

3

38 301

18

15#

101

194

78

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market has been the publication of Internacional Tei. and the Straits Trading Co.'s half-

Myers Liggett and preciation and making provision Loew's Inc. yearly report. After writing off de- for bad and doubtful debts, the nett Pacific Gas and Eleo- profits amount to 8583,960.91, show.. 835.000 from the previous half Sears Roebuck ing a falling off of approximately Radio Corporation

Pennsylvania" Railway

tic

year. The Directors have, however, Standard Off Com- brought into the Balance Sheet the Socony-Vacuum Carp, pany of New Jersey sum of 81,500,000 appropriated out Union Carbide and of internal reserves to meet

Carbon con- fingencies arising out of Tin"re-nited Aircraft und

Union Pacific

304 striction, and have declared the Trans.

"ame dividend as previoudly ez. 73 United States Steel... 214 kcents per share. Ou the whole the Westinghouse E. and

market has received the report well, and the shares are slightly firmer. Other Industrials remain unchang ed with practically no, business passing. All issues of Loans cop- tinue active round current quota- tions.

Mining. On an entirely neglected market, Kuchais have changed bands at 373 cents, Kintas 004 cents

H.K. Gort. Lean's 2 per cen- and Perawats at 32 cents premium..

Sellers.

South China Motors B, 811 Humphreys, 3153

Hong Kong, Realtics, $19 China Lights (Old), 819 Hong Kong Ropes, 813.10

Sales.

#

Rights),

Union Waterboats, $10 Providents (Old), 86.10 H.K. Hotels (Cum. $11.10

H.K. Hotels (Rights), 0 cents. Ewo "Cottons, Tls. 13.45

Sales During the Wook. Hong Kong Bank, #1442) "Union Waterboats, 8101

Raube, $23

Providents (Old) 94.05 to 85.10 Providents (New), $2.30

A small parcel of Pangahs made / nad Bangrin Tin Dredges were placed at 5/1 There is a small enquiry Car Tronols at 12/3 and Palang Consolidats offer at 3s. 4d. Raubs, after business as $17.00 have further

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"People Who Matter".

PEOPLE WHO

MATTER, to the Advertiser are the people

who can afford to buy his goods. Most of

these people bay and road the

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sellers slightly over and a line of Hong Kong Daily Press,

Malayan Collieries made 814. ·

Industrials-Straits Traders have continued a fairly active market and prior to the appearance of the Balance Sheet shares changed hands down to $10.75. At the close, how- ever, there is a steadier feeling and there are buyers at 820 Straits Steamships continue weak with sellers at 83277 and bids are still I wanted for Hammers and Fraser

H.K. Hoteis (Chm. Rights) 811 and Neaves. There are sellers of to $11.10

H.K. Hotels (Rights), 50 70 cents.

Singapore Cold Storages at 83,

to while Robinson Ords, have buyers Fac 62.90; a pareri of Robinson Hong Kong Lands, 887) to 8701 Prefa, ure available at 835.50. Hong Kong Realties, #11 to There is a small buying enquiry for $11.80

Hong Kong Tramways, 3221

China Lights (Old), $100 to $20 Hong Kong Electrics #70 to 872 Telephones (P.F.), $2 Cements (Combined), 818.30 to

818.35

Hong Kong Ropes, 833.10 Constructions (New).. 01 Ewo Cottons, Tls. 13.40 to

This was proven during the film- ing of Strangers in Love," Para- mount picture in which Fredric 13. March. Kay Francia, Stuart Erwin and Juliette Compton are featured, and which is now showing at the King's Theatre.

SHANGHAI SHARES.

I

McAlisters at 870 and South British Insurance 气 819. Censolidated Tin Smelter Prefs. cm be placed at 15/9, while the Ordinaries are obtainable at 10/0. United Engi ncers have come to business round quotations and bida are wanted for Alexandra Brick Orde. and Prefs., Gammons and Thornycrofts Lon- don Middle Frices by to-day's eable: TIs. are as under: Shell Transports £114.0, British-American Tobaccos £3.12.0, Hong Kong Banks £05.0.0, Dunlops 10/6, Imperial Tobiecoś 3.15.0, Courtaulds £1.0.0, Imperial Chemicals 11/0 und Bailevers £1,5.9.

Dividenda; Straits Traders: Dividend, 7 cents; total for year to date, 73 cents half year; year ends, 31.3.32, date payable, 27.8.32;

March, arriving home after work-LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

ing all day on the California “In

'timate" bel, was grected at the door

by an excited housemaid.

The studio just called, 'Mr Messrs Carroll Bros. have receiv-booke alose, 18-27 June 1935

Ulu

March, and Mid, to tell you theyed the following cabled quotations Klang Tin Dividend, 2 per cent; forget to ask you to be ready to leave early in the morning for Italy".

"Italy pondered March in a surprised manner tempered by a calm that comes will kziowing some of movieland's current miracles.

Why I rover heard of that, where must be some error.".

March got in touch with one of Director other Mendes' assistants and was relieved to heart.

I told the maid to tell you not to forget to be ready to leave for Naples at six in the morning,

Naples, California, a beach town below Long Beach, near Log An- goles, California, had been selected for some maritime touches,

of Shanghai Shares:

China Finance Corp International Investment

Trust Co. (Ord.)... 7.73 Cathay Land................ 11.30 Yangtze Finance, Co.

8.50 International Assurance Co. 4.00 China Realty Co.

10.70

5.55

Shanghai Land Investment

Co.

24.5%

New Engineering and hip

Building Works (Ord.). 5.80 Shanghai Dock and Engine-

ering Co. Bhanghai and Hongkow

80.00

Wharf Co...219.00 Shanghai Electric Construe, “(Continued at foot of west column.} |

total for year to date, 2) per cont; year enda, 31.3.32 date, payable, 2.7.32; books close, 2 June-2 July 1232.

tion Co. "B

28.75

Ewa Cotton Mills Lid..... 13.70, Shanghai Cotton. Manufac

turing. Co.

71.00 Zoong Sing Cotton Mills

Ltd. a C. 10.21 American Asiatic Under-

writers (Ord.)

27.00 American Oriental Finance..»

Corp. " Asia Ronity 'B' 3.25 Gold Bonda 1924.57.00%

28.00

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