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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Bayare

dalse Ballara

Nominat

SATURDAY. AUGUST 11.

Banky

ELK. Banks

Do.

Insurances

Sharebrokers' Association

Sellers

Balesion

$1,776

£30

$30

$1,7301

£135 2154

Do. (London)...

Chartered Banks

Mercantile Eks, '

£131

Dov

BIO

$84

Bank of East Asia....

384

N. O. & S. Banks

$6.80

Am. Q. Na. Corp: 8.

Ch. Fin. Corp. Ord. 8.

Pref.

Canton InsiLERIGON....

329

Underwriter

$265

$1.25-

$1,30

Union Insuran006 .....

8530

#310

China Firoes

$280

EK. Firs

[International Assoc. 3.

$540 5050 $340

Shipping

$40.68 Douglass

5411

Steamboat

130

Indos (pref-)

$33

Do. (def.)

47/6

Shells

1131

Watorboate

Mining

5y sta.

44 at

$38

#40

Balateos

G+

(16.0ta.

Do. Exploration

18 cts.

Eu sta.

Do. Goldfield

12 ota.

Big Wedge

13 0.

91 ote, $3 ate.

Gold Creek.............

Ipo Mining.......

Itogons

21/3

Kalans

$21

Langkats (single) 8.

27/. $18t

Explorations....

161

Sist $8.80

44 oth

:$1.60

$13

*unumi!

Amtamoks .....................

Baguio Gold........ 44 ota.

Benguet Consolidated

24 ots. Gold Bivä....

Shanghai Louns

$13.40 Raubs ..............................

$7 Vennzuela Gold Fida.

Docks, WharrOS,

Godowns, ets,

Providents (old

Do.

(new)

H.K. & W. Docks

B. China Motors' A'

$125 Shanghai Docks S. #5

11:41

$36

50% $13

81 stk

***

3113

H.K. & K. Wharren.

$1.85 $1.70 $1.65

150 cts.

"B"

Lands, Hotels, and

Buildings

3411

$132

***

{45 eta.

$1 $2

$120

New Engineeringat.

$319

Hongkewa (old)

***

$310

Do. (new) 3.

***

36.35

H.K. Hotela...

$0.80 $5.70

$48

H.K Landa............

395

Shanghai Lauda...S.

$11

3154

$85

$10.2

Metropolitan Landa..

H.E. Realties......... China Do...

#137 Do. Debentures 5. $10.40 Humphreys

New Asia Hotel

$140 Asia Realtion "A" S.

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

Cotton Milla

S'ta Cutton fuld)S]

D'o. (DOT)S.

$21.10

18.30

Ewo

Do.

"B" 8.

$55

***

$6.30

$10.40

1731

311 $73;

$43

#11

Zoong Sings ....S

$63

Wing On Textiles(8.)

11 $66

Public Utili5am

Tramways..........

$15

Poak Tesins (old).-i)

3211 $14

Do (now)...

3102 Star Ferrica

$8.90

18.35

息する

324

· B

! Tractions

***

38.90

$712

$23.35 $24.20

$11.90

181)

Yamati Ferries

Chine Läghte (old).......

Do. (a)... $8.40

HK. Electric*****

Macao do.

Sandakan Lights...

Telephones (old)

511.80 Do. (new)

$12.90. China Buses ...B.

Do. (pref.).

Industrials

Malabon Sugars (4 Caldbeck, Tord.) d.

Macgregors (prel,)8,

Canton Lous

Cements

*********** 12.80

MiscellaneoKS

#254 Dairy Farros....... $25.00)

Der & Wings....

Amusemente.......

Constructions, (old)] 31 66

Do. (new)]75 sts.)

Lane Crawfords...

Nanyang Tobacco...

Binceres

391

$19

$2.70

-2.85

$4.80

Ropes

$71

Ch. Etainments.......

$1.80

178 ok

$4.30

$21

Mackintonha......

$10

$5,70.

Watsona

170 ot

Wm Powells

M. Greyhounds.

31.

prem.

perm

$108

Do.

rad

27%

* ST

$7.90

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1934.

HOME CRICKET

NEW YORK STOCK AND COMMODITY QUOTATIONS Yorkshire's Strong

AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINÄNCE CORPORATION AND S. E. LEVY & CO.

New York, Aug. 11.

The American Oriental Finance

New York, Aug. 11.

Messrs. 8. E. Levy & Company's Corporation's report through their report, through their New York New York agents. Mesara E Agents. Messrs, White. Weld & Co. Pierce & Co. states:-

states:

ร่

Position

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 25, At the end of a day which lasted from 11 o'clock to 7 o'clock, York shire, with all their wickets in

hand, needed 82 runs to beat Kent At Maidstone. The day through- and sunny and But was warm Yorkshire, with what was virtually a'mixture of their first and second Stocks!--The belief that early Stocks:-There was no new buy elevens, deserve every credit for Inflation is inevitable was apparing to-day, nor were there any finishing in so strong a position. ently too hasty. There was some inflationary indications. Yester- ·Yorkshire added 51 runs to their profit-taking and no follow day's silver announcement was overnight score of - 245 for six through on the buying side.

either too mild or too insufficient wickets and Davidson himself add- to on-set the continuing business éd 20 runs before he was caught uncertainty or to attract further off J. W. Davies. Davidson once purchasers. We still believe that more in this innings has showni selected metal, packing and of himself exceptionally strong stocks are in the buying zone, but the on-side, but it would be plea- we would continue purchases on saint to see him hit the ball more

Grain:-The Gorter, report was about as expected. News is gener- ally bullish and profit-taking met

with support. News regarding the Canadian crop remains unchanged.

on,

Leading mills estimate the total period of weakness only. Business on the off-side. When Kent went

crop in three Canadian Provinces at 250,000,000 bushels Exports from the Argentine are the heaviest since March, 1932. Good rains would help the crop in the Argen-

strong.

done: 770,000 shares.

Bonds: High-grades were weak on heavy offerings. The market for second-grades was easier.

Cotton:-Rains in Central and

An important" spot

In again. 154 runs behind they had two things to encourage them-one that Macaulay was not well enough to play and, two, that the pitch was playing quite perfectly. For

tine. The Liverpool market was South-Eastern Texas caused South all that they made a calamitous ern selling and speculative liquida-start, for Ashdown and Woolley tion: A little trade buying was were both out by the time the noticeable.

score was four. Ashdown Was caught at backward-point in mak- house is reported to be a large in a thoroughly bad shot, and buyer of near positions. The wea- ther is still the dominating factor Woolley, who was beaten by a ball on the market.

that swung, had his of-stump shot out of the ground. Har- Rubber:-There was a consider-greaves took both the wickets, and able amount of profit-taking. he, continued to force the batsimen Silver:-The Commodity Ex-which action we continue to re- to watch him closely. He is tall

Cotton:-There were some rains in South and Central Texas, which promoted professional selling and liquidation. Liverpool, the Con- tinent and the Trade bought on a moderatë scale, The drought situation in the West has not been relieved,

change announces that all nut standing contracts of silver are in be settled and liquidated as of August 9 at 49.98, irrespective of delivery months.

steel

Flashes:-United States shipments in July totalled 368.928 tons as compared with 615,399 tons.

The income of the Western

Union for the past six months totalled $1.311.000 against $2.645.- 000 for the corresponding period of

last year.

The Annalyst Index of Business Activity: 78.3, compared with 79.8

Automobile the previous week. output in the USA. during the past week amounted to 58,554 units. Money in circulation has increased by $18,000,000.

and over medium in pace and has the merit of making the good.. length ball rise. This ball of his led the uninstructed portion of the crowd to make remarks about Larwood.

commend for the time being, as buyers appear to be hesitant. Business done:-848. lots.

Grains:-The Government estim- ate was slightly larger than the Trade had expected, but this did not take into consideration the

A Partial Recovery. damage done to the crop since the

The scoring was slow, as indeed report was complied. "The condi- tion of the Canadian wheat crop it was practically bound to be, but is 63 per cent. of normal, which is once Todd square-cut Smalles to about as expected. The action of the boundary and once Fagg hit all the commodity markets to-day Hargreaves through the covers for indicates less inflationary inter- another 4. Yorkshire began to pretation of yesterday's silver or miss Macaulay badly, and at lun clamation. Thursday's sales: 76.cheon Todd and Fagg were still

together and

score was 54. 435,000 bushels.

Afterwards they went on steadily unt, with the total at 82, Fagg was well caught on the leg side by wood. B. H. Valentine then came in to drive Hargreaves for two 4's in one over, one to long-off and one through the covers, and gener- ally to make, Yorkshire wish they were less reliant on four right- handed bowlers who varied from. fast medium to medium pace, and er the keenness and accuracy of the ground fielding.

Silver: The Exchange ruled late to-day that all silver contracts were liquidatable Immediately on a basis of 49.96 for all positions.

NEW YORK MARKET

August 12.

The following quotations from "London were received last night from Messrs. American Oriental Finance Corporation and 8. E, Levy & Co. between the hours of 5.30 p.m. and" 10.30 p.m.

LONDON SILVER -

Last cloee

Last recd.

21-7/16

21-9/16

21-9/8

21-7/18

Silver Report:-America bought. China zold, Market-steady.

Spot

Forward

London Gold ......

138/1'

138/14

London-New York Rate.

5.09-1/8

5.09-5/8

London-Paris Rate

76,34

78.28 ..

Liverpool Cotton: October......

7.08

Liverpool Wheat: October

6/3-7/8

London Rubber: Oct.-Dec.

7-5/8

7-11/16

6/1-3/8 ..market closed

London Rubber: Oct.-Dec..........

unreceived

LONDON FORECAST OF · AMÉRICAN MARKETS

A forecast, from London on the probable trend of the New York markets states:-

On the commodity markets we expect a sharp decline in wheat owing to the bearish interpretation of the American and Canadian: Bureau reports and also in sympathy with the weak-" ness of the Liverpool market. We expect a very uncertain and prices may, react in sympathy with wheat.

Winniper Wheat

9189 87 87 05.. 91 89 81 88 09 85 94. 911 913 -New-York Sugar 1.79. 1,86 1.09

$10

$5.80

COMMODITY PRICES

55 ate.

New York Cotton

Oct, Dec. May

931

New York. Aug. 11.

August 10 - - August 11

Closing. Opening Closing

[ Sept.

Dec.

Mar.

13.83 13.63 Sept 13.74 13,75 Dec. 13.79 13.80 Feb. 13.86 13.86 13.55

1.16

1,13||

1.17

were

$150

8. C. Enterprises ... 31.20 United Theatre

85%, Ch.G.531936G.@Bda 50/

H.K. Govt. 4% Loans 81%

Do. 31% Wallace Harper.

H.K, Wing On

THE SHARE

MARKET

Harriman's Weekly

Report

New York Bubber

$118. Cict. 13.64 13.50 13,47 13.43 13.45 ex the dividend of 40 cents just Dec. 13.76 13.84 13.60 13.58.13.60 pald. Minor Issues

Also Jan, 13.81 13.70 13.73 alightly easier with Cements done bar. 13.92 13.80 13.81 down to $2.80. China Lights were. May 13.99 13.85 13.84 easier around $8.86, and Hotels July 14.04 13.90 13.92 quiet at $5.80. Providents (old) Spot. 13.76 eased to a buying quotation of $1.85 after business done at $1:80. Sterling Counters were marked lower due to a substantial rise in Sept. 18.68 exchange, 'Hong

Kong Banks Oct. 15.81 The market during the past week changing hands at falling rates Dec, 18.11 has been dull and uninteresting, from $1815 to $1750 and Unions at Jan. 10.23 very $550/40. Philippine mining shares Mar. 16.50 consequently trading was limited. With the exception of showed some activity. Antamoks May 16.78 Wharves which were in steady came to business at 60/61 "cents. demand at $112.000, investment Gold Rivers at 24 cents, and Ba- counters ruled, easier with Hong gulo Gold, at 48 cents. The tone of Kong Lands suffering a substan- the market at the close is dull. tial set-back with shares offering freely at $55, due to the decreased interim dividend. Hong Kong Trams opened with a buying rate of $21.35 put.closed slightly easter with enquiries and businese done at $21.10. Hong Kong Electrics. atter having been transacted at $12, were on offer at $11.75 Tele- phones (old) had sellers at $24.20

Hongkong Banks, $1750- Union Insurances, $540/650.--. Underwriters, 31.30. Hongkong Lands, $58/67- Wharves, $112/113. China, Lights (old); $8.90. Hongkong Electrics, $72 Ewos, 6$11.-R.

market closed

Chicago Wheat

market closed

New York Bill

market' closed

H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE

SATURDAY'S OFFICIAL

QUOTATIONS

There was a steady undertone In the market with more enquiries for most of the principal indust" a 109 104 104. 104 104 stocks. The few stocks that were Dec: 1117108 1075 1074107 offered at reasonable prices were May

115 111 110 110 119 readily absorbed. Friday's "sales;--

Sept

Unavailable

7876

Chicago Corn

Sept Dec.

80 17676

Construction (öld), 31,70,

May

Constructions (new), 78 cts.

Total sales

Unavailable

SALES

Baguio Gold, 44cts,

China Lights (New), $8.35.

DE BUYERS

Hong Kong Banks, $1730. Underwriters," ni.“

Antamoka, 59cts. Balatocs, $36.

the

Todd, who had quite properly played a defensive game and had shown himself ready to keep up

end if anyone should show himself capable of taking advan- tage of the limitations of the Yorkshire bowling and the excel- leace of the pitch, eventually reached his 50 by hitting Har- greaves round to long leg for 4" and cutting the next ball down to third man for 2. Immediately after- wards he tried to book a rising ball from Hargreaves, but did not quite get hold of it, and Mitchell, at long leg."took a catch that was almost too easy for him. At 149 Valentine, who looked set for a big innings, was caught at the wicket on the leg side--a good catch off a hard hit-and Kent were only six runs ahead when A. P. F. Chapman. in attempting a big drive, lifted his head and was caught in the deep off Turner.

F.G. Chalk and J. W. Davies did their best to ensure that York- shire would have something more thán a' nominal number of runs to make, ang at ten the scoreboard read 182 funs for six wickets, Chalk 23, Davies 4 Chalk and Davies both indulged in stroke- play afterwards, and the score-. board, which had been, misleading as to the numbers of the bowlers. began to register 4's instead of singles The later" Kent batsmen, indeed, did well, and Chalk and Davies acded 70 runs in 55 minutes. Chalk was then caught at third man, - and the end of the innings was en- livened by Davies, who proved by means of strokes all round the wicket that bowlers found it dim. cult to bowl a length to him,

Baguio Gold, 44cts. Docks, $131.

Providents (Old), $1,60. Ewo Cotton, BIESTO.85. Chinese Estates, $85, Hong Kong Trams, $21,15 China Lights (New), $3.30. Singapore Tractions (Pref.), 17- Constructions (Qld); $1.60. Govt. Loan (4%), 61% Prem, Govt. Loan (31%), 2% Prem.

SELLERS

China Lights (Old) $8.90. Electrics, 1

Telephones (Old); $241;

Night Quotations

of New York Stocks and Commodities

Our offices are

open from 10 p.m. -until- midnight," every night except Sundays and New York holidays.

The opening quotations of a selected list of New York Stocks and of Commodities will be received in our offices at

approximately 15-minute intervals.

Thus, our clients have, on the same evening, quotations for the morning session of the New York Stock Exchange..

Advices of executions on orders placed during the night. 'sess one are received within the half-hour.

American Oriental Fin

Asia Life Bldg.

NEW

YORK

Finance

Finance Corporation

Federal Ino. U.S.A.

Hong Kong.

STOCK

THROUGH REUTER'S

· Tel. 26631.

EXCHANGE

AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINANCE CORPORATION

AND S. E. LEVY & CO.

QUOTATIONS

New York: August 11.

New York/London Cross-rate Now York Cotton December New York Rabber-December Chicago Wheat -December Chicago Corn →→December Silver, Oficial

Last Today's

High Low Close Close Change .5.1ī₫ 5,084 5.08-5/16 5.11† 2-16/18 up. Weak 13.76 13.59 13.78 13.60 0.16 off

18.11 111 107

109

107

83 781 4 off

4% off

unchanged

Dow Jones Averages. High-1933/34 Low: Aug, 10.

20 Railt

40 Bonds

Drv. 8 PIR. SZ.

200 Air Bøduction '6.00 Allied Chemical & Dye

4.00 American Can....

1.80

www

American Radiator....... American Smelting..

J. I Cans.200.00

0.50 Caterpillar Co.

2.00 Du Pont de Nemours 3.00 Esatina Kodak .......................

Electric Auto-Lite Ca. ................. 8% & Electric Bond & Share

Electric Power and Light... 0.40 General Electric ....... 1.60 General Foods 1.00 General Motors 1.00 Gillette Safety

103

Aug. 11.

Change

89.79 0.3 ap 33.60 0.17 of

Rusi Q15 of

LAST SALE

· Aug. 10. Aug. 11.

$97+ $97

12741283

30 Industrials

110.74

50.16 89.86

56.84

26.43 33.77

20 Utilities

..87.73

10.33 90.38

85.48

73.21 92.64

91.83 0.81 of

1. Commodity Index

65.95

41.98 84.79

1933/34

Low

112

47)

160

701

1074

49)

941

113

63+

102

361

37€

9.00 American Tel & Tel. 5.00 American Tobacco "B" 1.00 American Waterwork,

1344

୪୫

1091

1092

60%

741

431

184

164

Anaconda Copper Mining..

**R

12}

127

184

187

Auburn

842

+12+

12+

Bendix Aviation

231

25+

247

Borden Company

391

131

Canadian Pacino udadvan

271

www.

1.40 Chase National Bank 1.00 Chrysler Motors .... 3.40 Consolidated Gas of N.Y, Curtiss Wright.....

254bid 251bid

402

301

311

271

273

est

871

1037

321

974

1001

171 17

111 111

Enrecd. 4.

เ

181

291

291 294

111

10+

171

27.

26}

251bid

257 非

99€

402

94295

957

- 951

473

50%

221

331

327

23 bid 23 bid

10%

16"

.181

187

417

201

144

-141

ᏗᏅ

15..

451

131

ོ་་་6་

381

331

141 ·14·

161 17.

19+

191

431

432

221

404

-133

682

313 311

· 1.20. Gold Dust ....... 0.60 International Harvester 0.10 International Nickel

International Tol & Tel. 4.00 Liggett & Myers "B" 1.00 Loew Iue," 2.00 Ma Intyrs Porcupine

Montgomery Ward

20 National Biscuit 100 National City Bank 1.20 National. Dairy Products

National Distiller

N. Y. Central 0.00 Otis Elevator

1.50 Pacific Gas & Electric.......

Packard Motor

9.30 Pennsylvania Railway .............

Radio Corpo, ... Bears Hoebuck

0.40 Socony-Vacuum Corpn.

Southern Pacific.

1.00 Standard Brands .......

Standard Gia

1.00 Standard Oil Co. of New

"Jersey 1.00 Texas Corporation 0.19) Trans-America

100 Union Carbide & Carbon 8:00 Union Pacifo.php

United Air and Transport... United Corporation United States Steel Westinghouse E. & K

CANTON SILK MARKET

The Kwangtung Ray Suk Tent- ing Bureau, Department of Recon- struction, Canton, China

Cantón Quotations

August R Extra OB. 13/15 HK $450K, Small Extra 08, 13/15 F.K. +92-337ON,"

Best No, I OB, 13/18 ELK. $3201... Cracks NS. 14/18 HLK. #200P, Extra Extra 20/22 HLK $287P. Waste N.S. Open' ELK. $60N. Yokohama: Quotations.·

Spot

August 10

Opening Yen 438

* 8 * > ===<*•*=*==81968+1+886102860 266REIC

Bourse six months Yen 489 New York Quotations

Beptember

December

February

August 9.

Bit

Ask

1.13

1.13 -1,181-1.17.

1.16 1.181

· New York Quotations are ob- tamed through Courtesy of Amer- ican Oriental Finance Corpora tion.

THE VICEROY'S RETURN

London, August 11 The Earl of Willingdon, Viceroy of India, accompanied by the Countess of Willingdon, left Oroy den by an Imperial Airways liner on their return to Delhi where they are due to arrive next Friday.

1934-08-13 — Page 12

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