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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS Hong Kong Stock

1.dyark

Bellez

Exchange"

SATURDAY.

Sharebrokers'

OCTOBER 20.

Banks

H.A. Banks

20. (London) ... Utarterid Banks

Association

Bayon

Seders

Sales

Ch. Min. Corp.yni. S.

Insurances

Underwriter 31.30

Santor

$1,81

$1,580

135

BISY

£15)

534

Mercantile Bks. "A"

£13

£30) £13

303

Bank of East Asia.........

31

N. U. & S. Barks

Sti

$20

Am. O. rin.Corp: .

335

130.

Prof

$225

Cantor insur:LBANO 4.

++

$500/350

ǝ510

China Fires

5237

H.. Fires

Interbations! Ausce. 3.

- Shipping.

-$41

Doogiases

341

#7

Steamboats

#30

Judios (pret)

$33

48 3

5137

60 C

337

$107.

3

mf

:.!

432

pre ni

46 ota.

841

Do (der) Duelist Watertots

Mining

Antamoks ....................

Balateosaimn

Baguio Gold.....

مات 24

·HONG • KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1934.

NEW YORK STOCK AND COMMODITY QUOTATIONS

"AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND S. E. LEVY & CO.

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The following mid-day prices were received on Saturday from New York by The American Oriental Finance Corporation and Messrs. S. Levy & Co.

COMMODITIES

Oct. 18

Oct. 20 Close Open 10.30 10.40 10.40 11.00 Sterling, New York-London. 4942 4071 4968: 4967 4083 496)

12.29 12.28.12.28 12.26 12.27 12.30 12.39 12.38 12.37 12.37" 12.37 12.38 14.11

14.02 14.00 14.00 13.98 14.42 14.40 14.40 14.40 98 981 982 981 984 984 987 984

23

$275

Cotton: December

144

Cotton: March

114

$500

Rubber: December

620

Rubber: March

14.50

$240

Wheat: December

981

*

Wheat: March

991

Corn: December

761

703 767 763

781

37

Corn March

792

703 791 79+

79

$30

Winnipeg Wheat; May

At. 82

8:1 81

82

$35"

46/€

STOCKS

$13)

Industrial Averages

84.90 94.76

Business done

58 otu.

American Smelting

384

Auburn

272

42 ets.

Consolidated Gas of N,Y.

263

267

201 - 261

Benguet Consolidated

340

Du Pont

033

921

923

924

272 203 923

22 ch.

Do. Exploration

20 ct.

El. Bond and Share

101

10

10

·10 -

10

Do. Goldfield ...

1 at

Big Wedge

104 oth

General Motors

30

294 297

294

201

jui ats.

Gold is ver tellin »

|20% sku

Int. Tet, and Tel.

91

92 91

93

9

132

Gok! Crook

Loew's Inc.

30%

304 304 301

30+

United Faracales ...

34 cla

McIntyre Porcu.

454

45

16 3

Salacob Mining.......

15jets,

Montgomery W.

28

281 283 28 28

281

Ipu Mining.

NAL Distillers

201

201 201 201

201

201

$6.30

Itogona

22/6

N.Y. Central

218 214

214 211

211

21

25/

8174

Langsats (angle) J.

$18

Standard Oll Co. of NJ,

404

401 40+ 401

40+

45

Exploratiucson Je

$5

U.S. Steel

331 331 334 334 331 331

$64

Smugha n

S.

416

111.85

Venezuela Gold Fida.

54

Docks, WharTOR, Godowns, eta. „

$107

130 ct

412

$2"

$2

$12.90) Ruube wakuntapa

35.

30' cts

(Low)

$12

#tet

$310

H.K. & K. Wharree. Provideatz (old). --- $1}

Do.

H.K. EW. Docka

5. China MotorsʻA”

Do.

"B" Shanghai Docks S. New Engineering. Hongkows ..... S.

Labds, Hotels, and

Buildings

H.K. Hotels

....$5.20 $5.30

H.K Lunds ........15.|$51.80| 352. 511/51

Humphreys.................

$15

541

31%

14.40

Do. 4% Debentures

$274

Shanguni Lauda....

$14

Metropolitan Lands..

H.K. Lefties...............

6103

Chiu Down.

$137

Do. Debentures 5.

110

Now Asia Hotel

$45

$14

320

Asia Renttien “å”5.

1J0.

"".

$80

Chinese Estates........

"Cotton MNI

$61.70

Ewos

S

175

S'ba: Cotton(uld)S.

$721

Do.

{newjS.

89.40)

Zoong Singe

Wing On Textiles(8.)

89.40 $52

Public Utilities

Tracy..........................

320

$20,90

314

Peak Trains (old)...

$7

Da (ROW)...

314 $6

198}

Star Ferries

$97

$212

Yadauti Ferries

J

... $218

$9.05

com

Chins Lights (old)... <.05

$9

38.76.

Du. (now)... $3,05

370

H.K. Electrics $60.00 $70

$25

Macao du.

52

Sandakan Lights ...

(new)

$20

$10.1ft

$13.20

Telephones (old)...

Do.

China Buses

Tractions

Do. (prof.)......

Industrial

Malabon Sugara.

Ouldbeck, ord,, d..

Magrogers prof.)S.

23 Rupes...... ......***

$23.70 Dairy b'arma

38.70.

$21

320

$1.05

Caston Less

$2.36

Cements

MiscellaneouE

Amusements***

Constructions, (old)] 31 00

$23 $10.30

$260

$2.05

13

#231

#1

Der A Wings..

$4

$3

$7}

Ch. E'tainment...

$1.6

7 cla

178 ots,

Do.

(40W)|78 036.|

176 ota.

34

Lane Crawforda......

$4.

821

Mackintosha.

$10

Sinceres

$54

70 cm.

Wm. Powella.....

12

M. Greyhounds.......

31.30

3. 0. Enterprises.

$12

87.

uren. 8%.

872

$110

3860

31%

פין

Nanyang Tobacco. $1.75

Warions

:

***$1.20

United Theatro 8.

Ub.G.541925G. Bd. 25%

HF. Gort, 4% Cosme

Do.

31%

Wallace Harper

H.K. Wing On

S'hai Da." Vibro Pilong

S.E. Levy & Co.'s Cables

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reports

The following cabled were furnished by Messrs. B. E. Levy and Co. on Saturday night:

American Weather Report

In the United States Grain belts it is temporarily warmer and again

$6.00

$84

55 cte..

3′′

$10

10a

3 | | ឆ [គគឺ { } និឌីដឺ (

AIR RACE TO MELBOURNE

(Continued from page 9)

wind. He and his companion were both tired but determined and few straight except. that they Just avoided a prohibited area in the' Northwest frontier.

compatriots

ambulance engines were actually, India and afterwards a following started. Col. Roscoe eventually handed well enough. He said that he was delayed by bad weather and mist in Europe and sand in the atmosphere, over Iraq.

Mr. Cathcart Jones arrived, at

The Dutch pair Parmentier and Baghdad at 5.12 11,170

Moll and also their .G.M,T. After a tempestuous journey from Asjes and Feysendeddorfer left the Black Sea, he found his petrol Karachi for Allahabad at 9.10 a.m. running very short in an unknown and 10.30 am. respectively. Most territory believed to be Persia, Hep, the others are considerably be- saw lights and landed

near a hind. native village and took off in the morning. He arrived at Baghdad after i 250 miles detour with only a gallon of petrol in the tank. Mr. Cathcart-Jones left at 6 a.m., returned owing to engine trouble. Repairs may take several hours,

Out

MOLLISONS' BAD LUCK

The Mollisons landed at Karachi at 4.45 a.m. GM.T. The plane left for Allahabad at 11.15, but return- ed ten minutes later owing to a retractable under-carriage being jammed.

THE OTHERS Lieut. Hansen, "owner-pilot, left Athens at 9.11 a.m..

Flylag Officer Davies with his companion Lt-Com. Hill, landed near Brindisi

Pater and Hemsworth took off" from Abbeville at 7 a.m.

Mr. C. J. Melrose left Rome at 7.34 azn.

It is stated from Le Bourget that Captain Nevtile Stack and his companion Mr. S. L. Turner may abandon the race owing to trouble with the brakes binding.

THE ROYAL WEDDING

Eight, Bridesmaids Chosen

London, Oct. 20. At the Royal wedding in West- minster Abbey on November 29. Princess Marina will be attended by eight bridesnialds-f-inje45 Juliana of the Netrenands. Prin- cess Irena of Greece. Princess Katharing of Greece. Grand Duchess Kira of Russia. Princess Elizabeth 0% York.

Princess Euganté. of Greece. Lady Iris Mountbatten and Lady Mary Cam- bridge. Princess Elizabeth will be acting as bridesmald for the second time as she was brides- mald to Lady May Cambridge lù 1931. Princess Jullana

he niece of Princess Alice, the King's cousin and Princess Irene Greece is the sister of King George of Greece and first cousin to Prin- cess Marina Princess Katharine of Greece Is Princess Marina's sister.

The Grand Duchess Kira is the daughter of Grand Duke Cyril and Princess Eugene is the daughter of Prince George of Greece, Princess Marina's uncle. Lady Irls Mountbatten is the 14- year-old daughter of the Marquess of 'Carisbroke, King's cousin, and Lady Mary Cambridge is the 10 year-old niece of Queen Mary. British Wireless.

KING EMANUEL'S TOUR

་་

(Special to the "Hong Kong

Daily Press").

(By Telegraph. Copyright, a Tele- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1894

Eeceived, October

21, 13 p.7.) Rome, October 20." King Victor Emanuel, who ar rived op board his yacht "Savola" | in Catania yesterday to take part in the celebrations of the five hundredth anniversary of the University 10-day inaugurated the new motor track in Etna.

The King will continue his journey to-" morrow to Somaliland

Port

Sald. He is due in Mogdusau on November 3 and is expected back here at the end of November. Transoceam Kuo Min,

LATE NIGHT

11

CABLES

The following cables were re- ceived on Saturday night by the American Oriental Finance Cor- poration -

London Forecast Wheat: It is expected to open easier on favourable rains in the South-west..

Rubber: The prices, may open slightly lower.

Flying Officer H. D. Gilman left Amy was looking fit and smiling Marseilles at 9.10 a.m, for Rome. when "Reuter" approached after Flight Lieut. Shaw was lost in 'a Cotton: A, steady market is ex- the first landing. She said that fos and had to land near Barce-pected in sympathy with Liverpool, they halted at Karachi owing to Iona on Saturday. He left for while the weakness of the Dollar doubts about adequacy of petrol Rome at 10.25 am. on Sunday. in terms of Sterling is likely to supply to carry them straight on Mr. H. Ly Brook arrived at Rome prove a stimulating factor in all

Allahabad non-stop. The

and reported serious engine tdou-American markets. marvellously, ble. The machine will probably

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machine behaved

At night it was very misty, but need a complete overhaul and it apart from head winds the journey will be unable to leave on Sunday. was uneventful.

A Budapest message stated that Bad luck has overtaken the Mol-the Granville monoplane piloted by isons, involving a delay of twelve Miss Jaqueline Cochran and Mr. hours. The machanics have set a Wesley was the first withdrawal fault in the engine right, but there from the race owing to difficulties was insufficient daylight to enable with the machine. them to reach Allahabad on Sun-Heuser. day and are taking off at 3. a.m on Monday (9.30 p.m. G.MT),

The KLM plane; Parmentler and Moll, landed' at Karachi 8.50 a.m.

at

Mr. J. Woods and Bennett on the Lockheed Vega, of which the owner Mr. H. C. Maler intended to be the pilot, overturned in land- ing at Aleppo at 8.05 a.m. Neither of the pilots was seriously injured, but the race has been abandoned.

MARRIED COMBINATION (Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Gangright)}

London, Oct. 20. The longest and most hazardous air race ever held started this mor- ning when the greatest married flying combination, the Mollisons, took off at 6.30 from Mildenhall

aerdrome in the Haviland Comet "Black Magic” on the England to.

'A.O.P.C. New York Cables Stock: The opening was fraction- ally lower, inactive and trendless but the tone was good.

Cotton: Selling is light; domes- tic trade and Europe. the chief buyers.

Americans, Turner and Pangborn, the Australians, Woods and Ben- nett, the New Zealanders Macgre- gor and Walker. The much ad- vertised Miss Cochran abandoned the race in Bucharest. None of the remaining

competitors have been sighted farther than Rome.- Transocean Run Min.

Capt.

Neville

THE HANDICAPS The following are the speed handicaps and estimated Bying Melbourne flight shortly followed times provided by Reuter:

Stack, 188.44 by other entrants- FURTHER PROGRESS

Leading the entire field of them.p.h., 68 hours 45 min. 38 secs.

Mr. J. A. Mollison, 182.83 m.ph, Parer and Hemsworth arrived at London to Melbourne competitors. Le Bourget at 12.30 p.m.-Captain the popular favourites, the Mol-

67-21-0. Neville Stack left for Rome after ilson couple, arrived at the first

control Unfavourable factors:-1, The repairs. Mr. John Wright had a

station in Bagdad at 19 opinion regarding the immediate forced landing at Agrinion. Squad-G.M.T. on Saturday, having cover- outlook, is somewhat mixed; 2, Theron Leader Stodart arrived at ed the distance of 2600 miles from

Mildenhall to Bagdad in 12 hours. approach of the November elections Athens at 12.08 p.m. is becoming an additional poten-

14 minutes. Transocéan Kuo Min.- tial market factor.

The Mollison restarted from Karachi after adjustment of §| London Silver:-Spot 23 15/16, minor engine trouble - at 1 pan., unchanged; Forward 24, down but returned to Karachi an hour

Col. Roscoe Turner arrived, at Allahabad at 9.45 m. and left at 11.45.

1/16.

London Silver Comment:-India bought. Speculators bought and

rainy especially in the South West.sold. China sold. Market steady. A forecast for the week-end in- dicates unsettled and possibly cooler weather.

The Market In the Cotton belts the weather

fine.

Tavourable, factors prior to the opening of the markets:-1, The failure of important-liquidation to devels on astbacks is construed as encouraging; 2. Indications of mo- difications of Washington policies tend to create a better feeling.

According to reports received in Shanghal, the Yellow River flood in western Shantung is spreading and at present four districts along the banks of the River have been flooded. The depth of the water

in river, towns is from one to four fest and all crops in western Bhan- tung have been completely des- troyed, Famine is feared in the coming winter.

later.

Mr. Cathcart-Jones left Baghdad

för Karachi at 12.34 p.m.

SCOTT LEADING

Mr. C. W. A. Scott and his co- pilot T. Campbell Black Fanded at Allahabad at 9.15 an-They are leading" well from Allahabad. ·

|

Mr. Catheart Jones, 182.81 m.p.h.. 87-21-36.

Mr. Parmentier, 148.03 m.p.h., 73-16-48.

*

F/O. Davies, 146.68 m.p.i., 83-56-

24.

Mr. R. Parer, 143,43′ m.p.h., 85- 51-0.

H

Mr. J. D. Hewelt, 140.1 mph,

WIDE SEPARATION [Special to the "Hong Kong Daß) |· 87-54-0.-

Press" (Copyright.)]

Berlin, Oct. 20. The last reports on the air race from England to Melbourne Indi-

cate that the field of competitors in already widely dispersed. There is no news as yet, of the' three Engilsh Comet airplanes and Flight-Lleutenant Shaw on a Bri- fish Klemen which are assumed to be well on their way to Bagdad.

8g.-Ldr MacGregor 120,57 m.p.h.. -102-7-48.

Fl. Lt. G. Shaw, 115.44 mp.h. 106-40-12.

Mr. C. J. Melrose 114,32 m.ph., 107-43-48

Lieut. M. Hansen, 113.18 m.p.h., 108-48-0.

Bq. Ldr, Stodart, 140.54 m.p.h., 87- 37-12.

Mr H L Brook, 110.29 m.p.b..

Of, the machines so far sighted | 103-13-13. are two Dutch planes piloted by

Mr. John E. Wright, 154.02.

Mr. Scott, in a talk with Reuter at Allahabad, sald that he had a splendid trip without any inci Astes, Geyssendorcer, Parmentier m.ph., 75-57-0. dents

since passing Baghdad. † and Moll who were the first to pass Mr. J. Woods, 177.71 m.p.h., 69- There were head winds towards Athens followed at intervals by the 17-0

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QUOTATIONS

Last Today's

Change High Low Close Close

4.901 4.351 497) 2 up Weak 12.26 12.29 12.30 .01 up 14.09 .09 off 13.88 14.11

12.31

New York/London Cross-rate 4.98 New York Cotton-December New York Rabber-December 14.04

-December 98 Chicago Wheat

-Deceraber 76%

-Dow Jones Averages High-1933/34

40 Bonds

American Radiator.......... American Smalting..

9.00 American Tel & Tel...... 5.00 American Tobacco "B" 1.00 American Waterworks

Anaconda Copper Mining Auburn.

Bendix Aviation

1.80 Borden Company

J. I Case

Canadian Pacifio

2.00 Du Pont de Nemours......... 3.00 Eastman Kodak .................. Electric Auto-Lite Co.......... 8% 8. Electric Bond & Share

Electric Power and Light... 0.40 General Electric 1.60 General Foods

ww

401

**

1 off

1 off

unchanged

Oct. 20.

95.02

Change .12 up

27

#71994

ยา

Chicago Corn

76 77

76

Silver Official

Bał

631

Low: Oct. 19.

30 Industrials

110.7A

84.38 94.90

20 Rails

.66.04

32.8 36.08

36.03

UD off

20 Utilities

. 37.73

1.80 10.88

10.88

.09 up

95.48

84.73 93.43

93.41

.02 off

11 Commodity Index

555,40

41.98 68.81

$9.19

.6% of

1933/34

LAST SAL

DIV. 3

Hron

Low

Oct. 19. Oct. 20.

PER Sa.

11:

474

$104

·$1047 ·

8.00

Ar Beduction

6.00 Allied Chemical & Dys

凄い

704

130)

130

4.00 American Can

1071

401

103

1031

10

131

131

501

102

36+

30%

1344

1104

111

94

GO

794

801

431

151

151

5

11

11

5

28

27

841

201

231

11 "121

12

Bh

26

251

37%

18

461

48

103

3.4

124

121

201

Th

274 27

0.80 Caterpillar Co... 1,40 Chase Nations Back “ 1.00 Chrysler Motors 3.40 Consolidated Gas of N.Y.

Curtian Wright

33.

5+

23 bid 23 bid

- ist

eig

301

301

74

04J

201

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21

421

21

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1

934

93

1031

32

10 1

104

103

46

247

24}

31

10

101

10+

48

97

4

4

181

31

184

18+

301

101

30% 304

391

21

30.

30

42

10

13

13+

211

17)

17+

.271

12

341

341

461

138

247

241

29

DI

219

52

100

101

994

307

301

36

454

45.

50

181

281

28+

35

81

291

20

601

31

43

107

141-

251

304

201

201

41A

207

211 218

·BB}

24

144

14

26

104

144

15

31%

10

31

31

62

#

0.50 Pennsylvania Railway

23

234

427

040

Radio Corpo. ******** Sears Roebuck.................. Boxony-Vacuum Corpn. Southern Pacific, .............. 1.00 Standard · Branda.

Standard GE '.....

131

53

19

3

511

41

121

13

301

111

18)

378

131

201

197

221

1.00 Standard Oil. Co. of New

Jersey

223

401

401

101

20%

201

511

191

133.

1028 102 bid

United Air and Transport,

United Corporation

United States Steel

971

Westinghouse B.

1.00 General Motors

1. Gillette Safety

1.90 Gold Dust.......

0.60 International Harvester 0.10 International Nickel

International. Tel. Tel. 4.00 Liggett & Myors" B 1.00 Loew's ILC.. 2.00 Mo Intyre Porcupine.

Montgomery Ward 2.00 National Biscuit 21.00 National City Bsak

1.20 National Dairy Products

National Distillers

...

N. Y: Central... 0.00 Oils Elevator 1.50 Pacific Gas & Electric ......

Packard Motor

1.00 Texas Corporation 0.12 Trane-America... 100 Union Carbide & Carbon 800 Union Pacify

491

40

209bid. 21 bid

1520