1932-12-28 — Page 12

12.

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

HONG KONG: STOCK

EXCHANGE.

SHAREBROKERS'

Chartered Banks...

Mercantile Bks. A.“

Bank of East Ants.....

Do.

Prof.

ASSOCIATION.

China Fin. Corp. Ord.

Insurances Canton InsurSHOES.... |

$7.25

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932.

MONEY AND MARKETS

BOOM IN BRITISH

TOY TRADE

+

***

M

214 £231 201 $1081

RECORD OUTPUT EXPECT- "ED FOR CHRISTMAS

SATURDAY,

Ballers

Uytrailore

ünle Nominal

DEC. 24.

Hogeer

Bala Nolan

Banks

$1,675

1,685 1,675

£116 £13

FI.K. Banks

(*****) 31,860... Do. (London)***

£231

201

·Do "C"

น

$108

N. C. & S. Barks

126

Am. 0. Fin. Corp:

116

T.1.60)

$1,2400

$2,00

Underwriters

144

$1,300

DIAM

Vaikh

1820

Union Insurances... China Fires oikos H.K. Firees

12.90

$535

44

Shipping

823

Steamboats

345

Indos (prof.)

TAN

$39

Do. (def.)

Shells

193 65/ 80/- 48/.

Kining

$20

14.20 Venezuela Gold Fidr.

26/3 Kailas

318 $4.15

25/

7.4 Langkats (single).......

T.4

T2.16 Explorations.........

Tel

12.30 Shanghai Lu... Ti

$11.20

414

Haubs

Tronoh Minus

35673

***

$1,100 T415

$97.70

144

$1

International Assoo..

Douglases $28

$184

48/1

$201 Waterboata

Bongueta......

$142 $4.45

$1.80

$15

$141

Datum

$75

$75)

$26.70

Docks, WharvOR,

Providente (úld]}

...34.45

H.K. & W. Docks

23 otr. Benguet Explorations

Godowns, etc.

11.K. & K. Wharver. $141

Do. (new) $1,60

S. Chlua Motors · A

Do.

T.96 Bhanghai Decks T6.20 New Engiuverings 7.996 Hongkowa ...

Lands, Hotala, and Bulidings

$24 810

"E"

'

Humphreys *** $14.00j

Tramways 420.4

·S823

OUTSTANDING QUALITIES

OF PRODUCTION:

MOTHERHOOD AND ITS RISKS

London, Dec. 10-An amazing boom in British toys has taken $1,200 place this season and this week is

expected to see a record outpus intion. the industry.

16,6

One London manufacturer stated to day that his factory which did not exist nine years ago, turned out over 250,000 toys last week and would do even better in the fow days remaining before Christmas. He pointed out that after the war the toy markets were floodied by cheap products from Japan, Ger-

countries where the standard of

HALF THE DEATHS --PREVENTABLE.

SIAMESE DEBT REPAYMENT

RESULT OF PRUDENT ADMINISTRATION

The formal announcement made London. Whilst maternal mor tality remains in this country al- by the Hong Kong and Shanghai that the most stationary, at the rate of Banking Corporation about four per thousand births, an Government of Blain will repay on official report has just been issued March 1 next the Siamese Seven which shows that in the Nether por Cent. Sterling Loan of 1992 lands, Sweden and Norway pro- will come as no surprise to those gress is being made in its reduc who have followed the course of Siamese finances The amount of thia now outstanding is £1,018,800, The report of the Netherlands is the balance of an original issue of especially interesting, Miss Tuck £2.000.000. Its repayment dose not well, secretary of the Maternal involve a refunding operation, for Mortality Committee, said, in an 'as a result of prudent financial interview with a representative of administration the country during The Observrg, because the rate earlier years of Budges surplusCH there is materially lower than ours, accumulated a large debt redemp and nurses in that country have lion fund. three years training, doctors have more opportunity of studying "the subject, there is extensive ante

healthier lives au are better nou-

rished.

In the report of the late financial.

(Sir Edward Cooke), adviser

any, Cachoslovakia and other natal supervision, and women lead published no far back as 1930, it $11.20 living was low and manufacturers could undercut British competitors." British makers, however, refused to be beaten. He says they have now adopted mass-production met hods from their foreign rivals and have also made their toys more at. tractive, ingenious and strong..

$143

$4.50 $1,70

19

39

1.05 7.81

$115

Another firm reports that up to to-day it has made considerably

more than half a million of one particular soft toy.

Eirms have found that during

this Christmas there has been à steady demand for working models. One arm has produced scale models of the "Blue Bird" and "Miss England" and sf many of the most famous types of aircraft.

Many shops this week are show ing miniature motor-cars complete in every detail-even to windscreen wipers 1

The centre of London's toy mar- ket is Petticoat Lane and this

T.71 morning it was crowded with lor ries piled high, with toys of British manufacture being rushed to the shops to fill the gaps made by Saturday's shopping.

2017

372

cum, rights... Now inus call pd

Bandakan Lights.

Telephones foll)

Do, {DOW)

China Buses

Tractions

Do. (prof.)...

$15.30

74:C/50

$142

$28

·325)

AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINANCE CORPORATION

through its Agent Asia Lands Limited

Gloucester Building

offert &

The Committee is holding a great meeting at the Friends' Hall, at which more than a thousand wa men of all parties and denomina- tions and representatives of, vari- nus societies in touch with mother hood will pledge themselves to sup port the Minister of Health in every possible way in raising the welfare services to the highest level. Sir Hilton Young will him- self address the meeting.

was stated to be the intention of the Government to redeem the Seven per Cent Loan of 1922, at the earliest possible dato-namely, March 1, 1932, and to follow with the repayment of the Six por Cent. Loan of 1924 in 1934-the earliest date at which this loan may be re- deeined according to contract. The delay of a year in dealing with the 1923 loan arose from the Budgetary difficulties which Siam, in common with the rest of the world, encoun tered last year, her troubles being connected mainly with the heavy fall that took place in rice and Siam ther primary products however, was able to meet her de Describing the chief requirements ficit for 1930-31, not by encroaching for progress, Min Tuckwell said: on the debt redemption fund- We want efficient ante-natal which was actually increased-but supervision, the services of skilled, by using other Government reservca, obstetricians, and better training and a higher status for the mid- wife.

Requirements for Progress."

to

Local authorities already have powers, under the Maternity and, Child Welfare Act, to aid the ma, ternity service of their districts by the appointment of health visitors, the establishment of anté-natal and post-natal clinics, assistance midwives, and by various other means, which would form the nucleus of a national maternity service. As far, however, as we can see they are using half of more of these powers in only half the areas, and there are no areas at all in which they are using all of them. And yet it is the official view that half the deaths of mothers are pre- 'ventable. It is the aim of the Committca and of the meeting to bring every influence to bear on the question so that the rate of mortality may be brought down."'

So great is the interest in the meeting that every ticket was 'issu- ed more than a week ago.

10

10.40/+

$3.60

I.K. Hotela (old) 310 25

Do.

10340

(new)

H.K. Landa

191 $01

T.36

Shanghai Landa

T.10

Metropolitan Lands....

$7.90

7.45/9, 10

H.K. Resitles..

$8

$8.30

T.101

China. Do

T.99

Do. Debentures

M$140

Asia Realtive "A"

LA

| M328

Do.

HR"

Chinese Estates.

Ootton 11

T14.40 Ewas

[T14,40

T.73 S'hai Cottons.....

Tu

Zoong Singe

$130

Wing On Textiles(S)

Public Utilities

$20,40

· ទូ

$151

Peak Trams (old)...

Do

(now)...]

Star Ferrias

191

$34

Youmti Forries(old)

$33)

Do. (now,

Chins Lights (old)... $15.10|

Do. (now)...

$741176/70

H.K. Electrica...... $74

Macao do.

$12

444

$80

T.10

3/-

12/.

Industrials

#27)

Malabon Sugars

T.14

Caldbeck,

(ord.)

$6

Canton Ives peristal

$9.80

$9.80

Cements (comb.)... 19.00

18,70

**Do. (old)...

#135

*Do, (now)...]

$11

$11

$10

$7

Ch: Agricultures

*

Miscellaneo

#98) ·

Dor A Wing.......

$16)

Amusements.......

116

$13,

Ch. Etainments......

$131

$6.10

Constructions, (old)

80 10

31.40

Do. (LOW)

6.40

Lane Crawfords...

F11.20 35.25

121

Mackintoasem

Nanyang Tobacco....

$181 Sincerca

$104

[REUTER'S AMERICAN 'SERVICE]

$19

Watsons (old)

$12

$121

13.36

Wa

Powells

New York: December 24

$3.20

$10

M. Groyhounds.

382

Pot

United Theatres

5. C. Euterprises...

69*1..

B. Ind. G. Bonda...

prem,

Wallace Karper.......

China Sports Ltd ...

€235

H.K. Wing On ....... S'hai

Do.

Canton

-

T.10 Macgregors pref.)

Ropes

J

127

$5.00

ས་

Dairy Farton ....................... #25,80) $29

$11.400, (NOW)

H.K, Gort, Loans.....| $102}}

LOCAL AND REGULAR OUTWARD MAILS,

{6.00 p Enzoshu! and Wochow (Br) 4.00p.m.

COMPLETE

BROKERAGE

.SERVICE.

in

NEW YORK STOCKS

Full and Odda Lots of Eisted Securities bought and sold for cash or carried on conservative margin.

Phone 28380, Cable :'ASIALANDS

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

A.Q.F.C. QUOTATIONS

The need for a réduction of na- tional debts was rever more urgent than. it is to-day, yet owing to the chaotic condition of world trade the countries which require most to scale down their debt charges by rafunding operations, with ene or two exceptions, now lack the credit necessary for the carrying out such measures. It is, therefore, possible to record with peculiar pleasure the ability of Siam not merely to refund lebt, but to extinguish it. -The Times.

EXCHANGE

CLOSING QUOTATIONS

ON LONDON:

Deormber 24, 1932.

Telegraphic Transfer.. } 1/3 Bank Bills, on demand Bank Bills, 4 months'

right Oredits,

4 Imonths* sight ...... ON NEW YORK:—

1/3

Bank Bills, on demand 201 Credits, eo days' sight.. 22 ON PARIS:

Bank Bills, on demand sas Credits, 4 months' sight 675

ON INDIA:

Telegraphie Transfer....g Bank, on demand. ...........

ON SHANGHAI:

On Demand

761

ON KOD:--

On demand.

97

ON MANILA:-

On demand

412

ON SINGAPORE:--

On demand

43%

ON BATAVIA

Change

On demand

$2

88.78

41.22 56.80

ON BAIGON:-

41.30

13.22 24.05

.43 up

On demazid

"1

36.11

16.53 28.35

20.65

30 up

ON BANGKOK :-

83.28

65.78 76.62 ·

78.81

01 down

On demand

1484

SOVEREIGNS, Bank Buying

Rate

1/al

10 13/10

Dow Jones Averages: High-1838 Low: Deo. 23

30 Industrials

20. Reils

69177

20 Utilities

40 Bonds

+4

$235

3216

Dec. 24

87.98 1.18 up

24.48

E. A. Pierce and Go, Report. Today's market is typically a praholi- day affair. It seems that we can fairly count upon at lenat a mod- erate rally and at-this point, we like particularly the market action of chemical issues.

Business Done: 330,000 shares.

BAR BILVKE, per oz.

400

-4:00 “Auburn, WA

2.00 Borden 'Company.

Canadian Pacific

1.00 Chrysler Motors

MESSRS. A.G. HARRIMAN'S

1929

HIGH

Div. $ LOW PER BE,

LAST BALE

WEEK DAYS,

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYE

62

318

3.00 Air Reduction

Dec. 23 Dec. 24 -867, * 8572.

REPORT

87

42

6.00 Allied Chemical & Dypj.

78

FUR

zat

20 4.00 American Can

621

53

Frox G.F.O.

FROM KARUNGWAN BRANCH 2,0.

FROM BEBUNGWAN

1374

712

G.P.0.

BHANGR

801

44:

19

3

9.00American Tel. & Tel 5.00 American Tobacco B

Anaconda Copper Mining

101

1029

58

MARKET ACTIVE LAST WEEK

*28).

$7.00 put

4.00 p

11.00 pan.

LCO Puzle

17.00 pm

9.00 sch

431

91

„direct steamer)

Vacuo & Trinebah p

Angmoon (zoept Saturdays) Kankong (o cept Baturdayı), Batihan and Wuchow (By)

Train}

§ 7,15 a.m. &] ƒ 7,80 a.z,' {1.16 p...

11.15 patte Bandays

| 1.80 Pi

6.00 p.m.

4,00 p

8,15 a.m. only 6.00 p

1.80 pa Bundays 8.20 28.

57 50

87*

L'only

6.00 p

1.00

・

7.15 a..

$1.00 p

7.15.2.

11,00

6.berdeen Stanley, 1

Ping

50,00 km, &

3,00 P

3,00 p.m.

(8.00pm

1.00 pm &

8,00 ∙12.80 pe 8.30am.

6.00 p.m.

19,00 am,

· 13,00 8,00

$11.00 Am

·⋅ 1 & 6.00 pm)

8.00 £1,00

8720 p

10.30 м

4.80 p.m.

10.80 min,

Baikung

Bratt &

40

4.00 Consolidated Gas of NY. 23 4.00 Drugs, Inc." ...... 222.00 Du Pont de Nemours

3.00 Eastman Kodak Si

0% Electric Bond & Share.

-0.40. General Electric

2.00 General Foods

1.00 General Motors ....

10 100 Gillette Safety .....

Əs 10

2

1.20 International Harvester

International Tel. & Tel:

4.00 Liggett & Myers

3.00 Loew's Inc.

B

Montgomery Ward ...........

2.80 National Biscuit

2,00 Pacific Gas & Electric

Pennsylvania Railway .............. Radio Corpn.

Sears Roebuck ............................

19 1.00 Standard Oil Co. of New

:0,40, Boconya) souum"

1.20 Union Carbide &

8.00 Union Pacifo

United States Stee Westinghouse E

The market was exceedingly ac tive throughout the week with the #bullish alement prevailing and strong reaction set in and soon brought stocks like Caments back to 810.10 Lights to 815.25, Hotels

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Insurances Unions

11, Ian HousH STREET.

changed steady at Tis. 14.40 after busineKS hands at 2500/00, China Under-done at Tis, 14.22 to 810.40, Realtys to 88.00 and writers were on offer at 82.05.

Publio Utilities Hong Kong Providente (old) to 84.50 The In Shipping Douglases

Douglases improved Trams were dealt in at 00) and vestment section was also fairly a great deal; and were enquired more shares could be placed at active with Trams in strong de- for a $26.00 Unions Waterboats 30.40 Star Ferries had buyers mand at 320.30, Electrics at 8741, could be obtained at $20.89.

at 2001, but sellers were scarce Lands $74, and Wharves at 8142.00.

China Lights (old) experienced #

The Starling section was also buo Docks, Wharves and Godowns. I sharp rise and were put through yant with Banks and Unions in Wharves were wasted at the slight at as high as $154 for January strong demand at $1,663.00 and ly reduced rate of $141.00 Pro-Settlement Hong Kong Electric $500.00 respectively. The optimis vidente (old) came to business at could fetch buyers at 8744- Hong tia tone swhich pervaded the may- |24,60, 2

Kong Telephones (new) were:

kat" throughout the weak continues a

at the close and nearly all stocks. Hotels and Real Estate Hotels close a point to two higher than changed hands at as high as

sharp rise and Miscellaneous Com (old) experienced, the previous week.

$10:30, closing in demand at this negotiated at 39.607

changed Banka, Hong Kong Banks re- rate, - Hong Kong Lands receded a

Farm Umained man o demands at 21.655.00 final with buyers offering only!

with 2business: reported?zat (873) 155 (Hong Kong „Realtyn: rokg/

:tained at 1,955/00, • Bank of Brat Asias had, a buying rate of

were on sellers at $108.00)

(Continued on next Column Cotton Hal

ware rather

ndat

Construotic

Forward Bettlement; da