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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

HONG KONG STOCK

EXCHANGE.

SHAREBROKERS".

ASSOCIATION.

TUESDAY.

Buyers Ballers

Bales Nominal |

Jayar

JULY 18.

Banks

H.K. Banks

Do (London) ....... Chartered Banks ...

184

$1,760

10.

£94

$1.760)

£132

E15

£24)

Mercantile Bks. “A”

E9

Do.

un

5101

Bank of East Asia...

$101

N. O. & & Bar ka

$20

Am. O. Fin.Corp

8.

16.40

Ch. Fin. Cerp. Ord. H.

10 00

Do Pref. 8

Insurances

$300

Canton InsuranDGE..

$310

*

$2.40

Underwriters

$2.40

3540

Union Insurances .....] #540

3595

China Firea

3890

$260

H.K. Fires...

$267

$41

International Assco, 9.

Shipping

$12.66 Douglasca

334

#18

Steamboats

$30

Indes (pref.)

430

1320

Do. (def.) upad

$30

54 44

Shells

$18

Waterboats

110

Mining

$27

Benguets...

45

Venezuels Gold Fids $80

$30

32/0

Kailans

316

Langkats (single) 8.

14

Exploratiune.......

25/- រ

*4

86.40

Shanghai Loans

3101

Rauba

Tronoh Mince

28 ets. Benguet Explorations

Docks, WharveÄ,

Godowns, sto.

H.K. & E. Wharvės. 1128)

(new)... $1.40

$160 Shanghai Docks S.

$3.95

36 $9.80

12/

***

Hea!

18

$1565

37..

$129

$3.85

Providents (old)

$1.40

$1.45

Do.

$161

H.K. &W, Docks

8. China Motors' A'

Do

"g"

37

New Engiaverings.

$310

Hongkow.........8.

Lands, Hotels, and

Buildings

$78

$7,35

376

H.K. Hotels.

H.K Lands.B. 177

$32

Shanghai Landa....

$14

Metropolitan Lande..

$8.10

H.E. Realties.........

1790

$15

$14

31 15

China Dobro....8.)

$137 Do. Debentures3.

Humphreys

Asia Realties "A"S.

Do.

"B" 8.

$14

$140

$20

$47

Chinese Estates ...........

Cotton Hills

8141

iiii

$16.20 Ewos

$109, S'hai Cottons.......

191

Zoong Singe

Wing On Textiles(8.)

Public Utiliting

Tramways re 320.10

Peak Tram (old)...

Do.

Star Ferries

Yauma Ferries

Chins Lighte (old).......| $12.90!

Do. (new)....$12.40

H.K. Electrics $3

Macso do.

Sandakan Lighta ...

China Buses!

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#16 *109

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1933

MONEY AND MARKETS

FINANCIAL

NOTES FROM LONDON

"Times" Comment on the Silver Question: The Electrical Industry and the Grid: Dorman, Long Re-organisation: South Durham Purchase Terms.

(Special Air-Mail Service)

Loudon, July 4, The Silver Question, On June 17 a resolution in the subject of silver passed by the British Chamber of Commerce and China Association at Shanghai was as follows:

While stability in silver would tend to improve trade any arti- feially stimulated rise in the pries of silver, without a corresponding increase in the price of world com modities, would seriously reduce Chin's export trade, restrict, her purchasing capacity, and

caus

serious financial difficulties in Chinn, leading to possible repudia tion of contracts, and would be dis- astrous to China trade.

Subsequently the China Associa tion in London cabled the follow. ing inquiry:-

|

of the General Electric Company was that in which he referred to. the position of British electrical manufacturers as regards the grid. The electrical manufacturing, in- dustry, he pointed out, was called upon to design and produce at. short notice the special generating and transmission plant required for the grid. Research and experi ment on a large and costly scale had to be undertaken. The result from the engineering point of view was altogether satisfactory, Sir Hugo Hirst declared, but, while the Ermy successful in securing the contracts for the grid might have enhanced their own prestige and that of British electrical engineering in general, the prevaloat belief that they also added to their wealth, he said, was entirely unfounded. The special machinery required for manufacturing and testing the grid plant involved a heavy initial ex- penditure; competition was so keen that prices were not too remunera. tive, and with the successful coni- pletion of this great scheme the imanufacturers were fuced with the problem of what was to be done with the shops, machines, and er

Replying to your cable of the 18th, are we right in regarding your resolution as an objection to raising the price of silver alone, and not as opposing plans de signed to raise and stabilize its price in conjunction with that of ther commodities? Do you agree that if such plans were successful the demand for manufactured goods would de stimulated without injur-ganization built up to deal with the ing China's export trade?

A reply to these questions has now been received reading:

Our answer to both is in the affirmative, provided that the in- crease is due to stimulation of natural demands and not to ar- $bitrary or artificial measures which we are confident would be most detrimental to all, interests.

200

(new)...

171

$84

$28

Maogregore(pref.)8.

$18

$6

$5.38 16.80

$33.20

2.3.20 30

$151

$14

$251

$25

$12.96

$12.40

*773

$73.85

$23

346

$10

་་་

$31.20

Telephones.

$31 $31

$112

S.

22

Tractions

15/

Do.

(prof.)**

$16

$20

$10

$8

16

31

18

1231-

*

1124

$11

Ch. E'tainments......

$3.90

1.89 at

$1,40

$21

41

$14

89

Watsons

$2.10

Wm. Powells

$10

M

Greyhounds

131

8. 0. Enterprises

United Thestres... 8.

791.

$8

Wallace Harper......

China Sports Ltd ....

0183

H.K Wûg On

B'bai

$185

$28.40

***

premo. (Anzanited)

Industrials

Malabon Sugars ...

Caldbeck, Tord.) 8.

Canton Icoa..................... Cements (comb.)....

Do (old).. Do. (DOW)... Ropes

Miscellaneous

Dairy Far Der A Wings................

Amusements.........

Constructions, (old)

Do.

(new)

Lane Crawfords......$4.15

Mackintoeba 10949

Nanyang Tobacco...

Sinceros ............

$281

B. Ind. G. Bonds... 80%,

H.K. Gort, Laus... $4

LOCAL AND REGULAB OUTWARD MAILS,

$4

85 ata

**The Times ** Comment. The Times commenting on this question says:-

construction

The of the grid. chairtean was able to slate, how- ever, that the experience gained in connection with the grid might remain of direct value in another direction: when foreign countries had re-established their purchasing power, he said, the proved ability of this country to manufacture. large generators and high-pressure power transmission systems ought to be productive substantial re- sulta.

Doring Long Reconstruction.

war-

HONG KONG STOCK MARKET

YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL

QUOTATIONS

A better tone prevailed in the market to-day, there being a per- sistent demand for most of the dividend-paying issues, notably_for Trams, Electrics, Telephones, Star Ferries and Dairy Farms, all of these being distinctly firmer.

Bales.

Union Insurances $545, Pruvidents (New) #1,48.

Hotels $7.35.

Hong Kong Lands $78.

Hong Kong Trains. $23.20/23.-10. China Lights (Old) 813. Electrics 874.

Telephones $31.20. Dairy Farms 8251. Lane, Crawfords $1,20.

Buyers.

Hong Kong Banks $1,760. Bank of East Asin $101. Canton, Insurances $300. Union Insurances $640. Hong Kong Fire Insurances $200. Provident, (Old) $3.85. Providents (New) 81.40. Hotels $7.30,

Hong Kong Lands $78. Hong Kong Trams $23.20. Star Ferries. $04. Yaumati Ferries $28).

11

China Lights (New) $12.40,- Electrics 873.85.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

ASIA LANDS, LTD., QUOTATIONS

(INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG.)

Tel. 28380--Gloucester Building, Rodi 300.

[NEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE }

Low: July 16. July 17.

13

New York: July 17.

Dow Jones Averages:

30 Industrials

High-1838

105.81

Change.

41.22 106.10'

108,27 2.17 up

66.53

13.23 $4.60

85.10

.41 up

37.60 87.86

-16.63 37.10

37,56

.37 op

20" Rails

20 Utilities

40 Bands

03.78 88.68 88,84 .16 up

Asia Lands, Limited, has received the following report hom their Now-

York correspondents, E. A. Pierce & Co. The market does not look particularly dangerous, except possibly for the so-called "wet" tooks: where speculation has been violently. carried on, and would avoid thems at prosent from the trading standpoint. We think rails should gather strength and believe in trading positions on the long side. Wheat: More buying of all

"

ballish Canadian Crop te went forward on a large scale, influenced by reports and the strength of the stocks market. Cotton: General demand has been influenced by the strength of stocks and grains in the West-Belt and reports of insufficient showers in the Southern Belt Selling forced a recession near the close. Silver: This market continues to receive public support, with commission houses the principal buyers of offers from profit-takers on foreign accounts. Business Done: 0,380,000 shares,

1992

Div. $ HIGE Low FzE. 80.

LAST SALE

July 15. July 17.

100

30%

3.00 Air Reduction

2007 $1011

131

42)

6.00 Allied Chemical & Dye

1314

120/

95

29

4.00

American Can

031

914

5A

America Smolting.....

408

137 #93

701

0.00 American Tel. & Tel.

1303

131

44

5.00 American Tobacco. “B

013

NI

408

11

1.00 American Waterworks

30

40A

211

3

Anaconda Copper Mining

20

287

200 Auburn

76%

+

Bendix Aviation

20%

48

18

1.60 Borden Company

36

7+

Canadian Pacific

20

20

161

J. I Cane

007

DOS

4

0.50 Caterpillar Co.

17#

2:00 Chase National Bank

33) bid 34) bid

37

1.00 Chrysler Motors

36

361

68

3.40 Consolidated Gas of N.Y.

014 01

Curtiss Wright

61

23

3.00 Drugs, Inc.

54

841

Telephones $31.20.

83

22

2.00 Du Pont de Nemours

BO

831

Cements (Combined) $61, ».. Dairy. Farms $28.40.* Watsons 89.

351

3.00 Eastman Kodak

87

BOL

B

Electric Auto-Lite Co

201

8% s. Electric Bond & Share .....

37€

381

Government Loans 41 per cent.

Prem. (Assented).

20

21

Electric Power and Light...

13# 14

30

84

0.40. General Electric

28994

198

1.60

General Foods

381

Sellers.

1.00 General Motors

327

33

10 10

Gillette Safety

16

165

1.50 Gold Dust

254

201

44

10%

0.60 International Hirvester

43

- International Tel. & Tel.

208

20

.34

4.00 Liggett & Myers “B”

90

81

1.00 Loc's Inc.

201

37

34

Montgomery Ward

20

2.80 National Biscuit

572

·384

1,00

National City Bank

372 bid

bin

319

10

1.20 National Dairy Products

34

9

0.60 Otis Elevator

02

37

10%

2,00

Pacific Gas & Electric

31A

66

0.50 Pennsylvania Railway

384

38%

Radio Corpo.

107

12

Sears Roebuck

437

29

1.00

Standard Brands

342

Standard Gas.....

201

1.00 Standard Oil Co. of New

Jersey

39

40}

14

1.00 Texas Corporation

201

28

21

-

Trans-America .....

BA

1.00 Union Carbide & Carbon

49

500 Union Pacific

196

195

United Air and Transport...

45

0.40 United Corporation

13

13

64)

576

Lane, Crawfords $4.40.

THE EXCHANGE MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA BROS.. REPORT

Messrs.. Roza. Bros. have for warded us the following exchange market report for yesterday:

Silver prices were unchanged yes. terday, the quotations remaining at 18:11/16 for Ready and 18 13/16 for Forward. Silver advices re- ported speculators as having oper ated both ways. America bought. The tone at the close was steady. In America the rate was higher at 40 for Spot, The market was strong.

Market.

The terms of the long-experienced re-organisation of Dorman, Long and Co. now announced are no less drastic than circumstances

New York advices reported the rant, though involving the writ-opening rate at 4.77 and the clos ing down of the assets by nearlying rate at 4.79. £9,500,000. The alteration in the capital structure from £11.248.140

Opened steady but later firmed to £1,750,078 is in preparation for the acquisition of the South Durup owing to selling pressure on the ham Steel and Iron Co, which part of speculators both here and

in Shanghai. owns 6 pc. of the Cargo Fleel Iron Co. It is hoped that the pros perity of the steel industry in the Tee-side area will be restored by this effective consolidation.

Sterling,

On June 17 the Shanghai Cham- ber passed a resolution to the effect that noy artificially stimulated rise in the price of silver without a corresponding rise in the world price of cominodities would sericus ly reduce China's export trade and generally, would be disastrous to Chinese trade As this resolution seemed to imply that the Shanghai Chamber was opposed to the pro- posals to rehabilitate silver, the China Association in London in- quired of Shanghai whether its re- solution merely registered an ob jection to raising the price of silver alone, or did the Chamber agree that if plans for raising the price af commodities generally, including silver, were puccessful the Chinese import trade would be stimulated without injury to her export trade. The Chamber at Shanghai has re- plied that it is in favour of an increase in the price of silver ifceive thirty 6 p.. Preference shares tively.

of £rach and thirty Preferred it is accompanied by an increase

Business as done early in the in the world price of commodities, Ordinary shares in the reorganised

Preference shareholders morning at 34 15/16 for near de capital. provided only that it is due to n natural growth of demand and not will have os. written off from their livery. The roarket closed at lunch to arbitrary of artificial

£1 shares, and 171⁄2 8d. will be time with sellers at 35 for cash, 36 written off the £ Preferred Or August and 353 September, buyers dinary shares will be reduced to dinary shares, while the £1 Orat, 3/16 higher respectively.

- Yen.

sures.

$13.80

$1.50

$1.90

$190

SUNDAYS A HOLIDAYS

{ 7,16 mm, ki ƒ 7,00 mai, i

5.00 p

17.00 p

WEEE DATH.

FUR.

From Q.P.O.

FEOX Вилонетах BRANCE P,O,;

FROK G.P.O.

FROM Shana GWAX BRAKE P.O.

CADLOD ...

Famahti and Wuchow (By)

direct steamer)

6.00 p.m.

4.00, p.

17.00 p

*400 p

600 pa

(7:16 am, & ƒ 7.80 8.00, ***1.15 p.,

6.00p.m.

1,80 p.

18.15 1.16

P. Sundays 8.15 only

Vacao & Trueban

mocy (Except Estordays)

Kaubong (except Fatordays)

Fatebay and Wuchow (lig.15

1min)

F

fid n

TH

Jai Po

Ebunchan

Steangchow

Aberdeen Stanley

Autau

1,00 p.m. (0,00 a.m. &

***} { 8,00 patth

£9.00 &

8.00 p. 1,00p.m. 6.00 P

*8.00 12 1280 pin.

8.30

Pingshan, Santia

Statin

Bletanker and, Bheung-

8.00

shmi

Famina Brekk & Taiping

Salung***

هو

6.00 p.10. 6.00 p.m.

9.00

màf830 am

·5.00 px.

7,15 te

11.00 $12. 9,001,"

11.00 8.

(11.00am.

&6.00pm

8.00 1, 11.00 12. 8.30 ..

10,30

10,30 m,

Lap Sundays

8,30 3 Lonly

6.00 p.m. 0.00 .

7:00 pm

mea-

at 1/5 11/32, buyers at 1/5 13/32 The market opened with sellera but the selling rate soon rose to 1/5 7/10 at which rate & small business was reported for near de livery. The market closed at lunch time with sellers at 1/8 15/32 July, £1 nominal of Debenture stock, and|1/8) August and 1/5 17/32 Septem. in respect of each £100 held re her, buyers at 1/16 higher respec-

For the proprietors of Dorman, Long the propozal that they should surrender 10% out of each

Gold Dollars.

The heavy fall which has taken place since the War in the price of

28 each. Redeemable prior lien Merchants were quoted at 114 silver has reduced the purchasing stock bearing interest of 5 pc for for near delivery, power of all silver-using countries, £2,500,000 will be created wince it has the effect of depreciat-issued repayable at par on Novem ing their currencies. Because of

N

and

Shanghai Dollars. Shanghai dollars were quoted at

Firm.

Shanghai.

Early advices reported

and stockholders'of the South Dur-sellers at 1/3 0/10 but absequent hum Co.

ly the market gradually rose to 1/3 sellers for near, buyers prob ably at 1/16 higher.

E

South Durham Purchase Terras,

The scheme in so far as it con- ceras the South Durham Freel and Iron Co., is one of purchase, the consideration being that £330,000 in cash will be paid for the $300,000 of 4 pc.Debenture stock, £135,005

Strong.

# 8 8 6 ÷ ÷ + 5 1 4 8 8 8 458°525#*2898781 8858ÕHan 739+17¶ 15*384788

Packard Motors

Socony-Vacuum Corpn.

United States Steri Westinghouse E, & M.

40A

44

56

Asia Lands Limited

Gloucester Building Tel. 28380 We offer you a complete brokerage service for the purchase or sale of New York Securities Daily quotations sent-gratis-upon request. See our investment news on the Financial Page of The Hongkong Daily Press

Carton Agents

John H. Ferguson & Co.

32, B. C. Shameen.

EXCHANGE

CLOSING QUOTATIONS

the fall in the purchasing power of ber 1, 1973. Under the terms of the 111 for delivery.

scheme £1,287,930 will be required silver China has not been able, to for distribution to the Debenture buy as much. from abroad as she would have been able to do if the price of silver had remained high. In fact the' affect of the low value of her currency in exchange is to cause China increasingly to indus- trialize herself. The danger of industrial competition from a coun: try with a low standard of living is too obvious to need emphasis. It is clearly apparent in the inroads made by Japanese competition in cash for £130,100 of 4) P.C. cash, finishing with sellers at 1/5 Cargo Fleet Debentures, and 19/32 July/August and 1/5 Rep- £521,325 in cash in respect of tember, buyers at 1/10 higher res- £490,500 6 p.2. "A" Debentures of pectively. the Cargo Fleet. The purchase

Gold Dollars. price for the shares is £300,000 in Strong. Business was done in the cash and 150,000 6 p.. Preferred Inter-Bank market at 38 and 36 Ordinary shares for 300,000 6 p.c. September, 30 August and also 25 Cum, Preference shares; £350,000 August. The market closed with 5 pic. A First Mortgage Resellers at 35 July. 35 11/16 August, deemable Debentura stock and and 30 September, buyers at 35 £282,500 e n.c. Preferred Ordinary for rear, 36.16/16 August and af shareef in mitisfaction of 350,000 September. South Durham Ordinary and £298,010 5p.c. A" First Mort

Firm. Sellers were indiented at gage Redeemable Debenture stock, 1/3 for near, buyers at 1/3 13/10 £203,910 6 pc. non-cumulative Pre July. ference and 220,433 8 p.c. Preferred Ordinary in satisfaction of 587,820 "B" Ordinary shares.

IN THE AFTERNOON. Market,

Sterling. 'Business' was done at 1/5 0/10

July 17, 1823. followed by transactions at 7/54 for ON LONDON:-

Telegraphic Transfer.... Bank Bille, on demand Bank Bills, 4 months'

sight. Oredits,

Advocates of the rehabilitation of silver contend that an appreciable rise in the price of silver would increase the purchasing power and therefore the standard of living in China, and would prevent the hot house growth of industry, such as might be expected to happen under the stimulus of a depreciated cur- rency. They further contend, there fore, that a rise in the price of silver, by increasing the purchasing power of the Far Eastern market, would increase the demand fer, and thus raise the price, of com- modities, but that, on the other hand, unless the outlet for silver among the Western gold-using nations is increased there would be a check to the possible absorption of silver by the gold, or former

gold-using, countries. Hence the suggestion that more monetary use should be made of silver by the nations generally,

Electrical Mapulacturers and the Grid.

An interesting passage in the speech of Sir Hugo Hirst, the chairman, at yesterday's meeting

Shanghai.

Tel, 18624

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

IBETTIAH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

HUOBY, July 17.

Faris

85 7/32

4 months'

New York

4.78

night

1,52

Montreal

7:014 (3)

O

NEW YORK:4

Brussels...

23.89

Bank Bills, on demand 31 nom

Genera

17.25

ON

Credite, 60 days' aight. nom PARIS:—

Amsterdam

'8.20

Milan

*}

Bank Bills, on demand 6 s

Credits, 4 months' sight #45

ON INDIA--

Bank, on demand

: Telegraphic Transter... 194

Qala

Berlia Stockholm Copenhagen

Vienna

19.07)

19:40

22.40

10,90

30 com

ON SHANGHAI:--

On Demand...ise ON KOBE:-

14

On demand ........

$192

877 nom

Pragat Helsingfors Madrid Lisbon Athens Bucharest

112

2201

30 15/16

110:

585

245

appeared, and South Durham O MANILA 2-** shareholders have received a com- On demand The proposals are far-reaching, munication to reject the scheme. Or SINGAPORE:**** and are, certain to be scanned care. The cash payments with bare dis On demand antennent à 60°4 fully by the proprietors of the tributions to the South Durham ON BATAVIA merging undertakings, meetings of Co: do not seem unfair. The sperifies On demand the shareholders of the Dorman, is made by the proprietors of the ON SAIGONN Long Co. being called for July 27 Dorman, Long Co., who, as in al!

On demand and the South Durham meetings such cases, have to recognise that ON BANGKOK:- for July 19. Though the proposals. their assets have already deprociat

On demand

131 are only now in the hands of theed, and that the best hope of re SOVEREIGNS, Bank Baying shareholders, opposition has already covery is for the undertaking to he

Rate

1/08 (Contimed at foot of next col.) revalued.

BAR SILVER, per ....... 18 11/16

-Belgrade

Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay...

· Sbanghai Hong Kong Yokohama. Silver (Spot) SilverForward) War Loan 31%

4 official

42 official

34 nom: 1/01/16 1731 1/55/16

1/3

18 11/16

18 13/10/

DEL

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