$1,420
a d
$1,520
ex div £130
440
216
2311
£38
£13
£13
New York/London Cross-rate Now York Cotton-May New York Rubber-May Chicago Wheat -May Chicago Corn
May
590
Montreal Silver -March
320
31.80
Ch. Fin. Corp. Urd. 9.
Am. 0. Fin.Corp: S
361
Silver-Official
54
Do. Pref.
好食
is
Insurances
$260
Canton lusurance. $960
110.73
Dow Jodes Averages High-1833,4 Low: Feb. 13. Feb. 14.
30 Industrials
84.38 102.59
Underwriters
1
Ab
11.33
20 Rails
66.91
31.78 3:461
$1.36
3492
Union Insurance**** $491
20 Utilities
37.73-
1864 18.30
3400
China Firas ******* 1470
40 Bords
96.03
84.73 96.59
H.K. Firest
$291
$287
11 Jommodity Index
85,45
41.98 58.88
International Asco. S.
$5
Shipping
$391
Douglas
1391
Last Sale
Steamboats
130
Ludos (pret)
$30
Stock & Div.
Feb. 13 Feb. 14
Stock & Div.
$3
Do. (det.)
$35
Adams Express : ...........
61 8
Goodrich
51/101 Shells.....
621-
Air Redue (3)
1101
111:
Goodyear
Waterhosts
F12A
5121
Mining
94 ct
$41
Balatcoa
39 cte. Baguio Gold
$:3
سان 18
Do. Exploration
20 116
at etsi Am.
(80) Amer. Can (4)".....
Alaska Jun (1.00%) Allied Chem (8) Allis Chalmers
Brate
169
- 167
Herc Pwdr. (3d). ....
135*
195
Minois Central
17
16
Int. Cement ....
Shoe
Int. Hary" (.60).
25
26
Int. Nick (60)
116
116)
Int. Tel. & Tel.
·10 ch.
Do.
Golatieli...
144
Am. Comm
Alcohol
Johns Manville
12
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Buyere
Sellers
!!!!! *mun
Hales Nomisi
FRIDAY, FEB.. 15.
Banks
Sharebrokers'
H.K. Banks...............** 20. (London) Chartered Banks ... Mercantile Bks. "A"
Do.
Bank of East Asia...
N. C. & S. Barks ...
92 eta Amtamoka.....................
814 Benguet Consolidated
Association
hayers
34.
$90
***
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY,
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Reuter's Agency)
New York February 15.
QUOTATIONS
Last Today'a High Low Close Close 48 487 4.58 4.971 12.44 19.80 19.39 18.41 13.34 19.98 1319 13.28
981 971 90+ 852 847 381 86 64.40 54.30 54.10 - 64,60
531
Change
off Stearly .08 up 04 up
up
40 up
up
FEBRUARY 16, 1935.
LATE NIGHT CABLES
The following cables were re- ceived last night through Reuter's Agency: ak
London Forecast of the American Market
Stocks: Wall Street is anticipated
to be lifeless with some selling. owing. to the week-end, and the possibility of the Gold Clause de- cision being given early during next week.
Rubber: Rubber will probably
Rubber open up.
consumption figures for January are estimated at '57,000 tons, which is a record.
Wheat: Dull conditions will prob- ably be seen at the opening of wheat.
Cotton: Cotton" is expected to open frmer.
New York Cable Stock: The opening of the mar- ket was slightly strong with a bet- ter activity.
Cotton: Liverpool and Continents being smalt sellers, while the de- mand from trade was good."
Night Quotations
of New York Stocks and Commodities
The opening quotations of
open from
until
Our offices are pm. midnight,
every night. except Sundays and New
York holidays.
selected list of New York
Stocks and of Commodities will be received in our offices ut approximately 10-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 sessions are received within the half-hour.
American Oriental Finance Corporation
Asia Life Bldg..
Federal Inc. U.S.A.
Hong Kong.
S E. Levy & Co.
7. YOA HOUSE STREET INVESTMENT - BANKERS & BRO
Tel. 26631.
103.05
39.61
Change .46 up unchanged
16.64
.06 off
$6.95
$8.70
26 up .19 up
Last Säle Feb. 13 Feb. 14
221 221
75%
74.
134
13+
274
271
393
40
SOVIET - FRENCH
221
23
81
81
INTERVIEW
501
51
10 cts.
Big Wedge.
11 a..
***
(.25)
27
28
Keanecott (151)
161
164
81 cca 123 olv,
Gold Biver
122 ct.
MEMBRES:
38jcts
Gold Creek............
Am Cyanamid "B“
Krog, Gro. (1.50a),..........
257 251
United Faracales...
36 ata
"(.25dr.)
167
154
Lehman (240)
721
714
18 at
Salacos Mining...... 14juta.
"Am. Express (6)..... 100**
100*
Lig. & Myers. "B"
1
po Mining.....
Am. For. Pw
44
4+
(4)
107
105 t
Precedence To The Eastern Pact
42 ots.
Itogons
Am. For. Pwr. $7 1st
Liq. Carb. (1)
27
27**
19%-
18/0
$15.
Langkats (single) 3.
$15
Pt.
23
23
Loew's (1)
321
.. 33
15
Explorations.
De
35
Am Locomotive .....
17
171
Lori (1.20)
201 201
$8
Shanghai Loans 3,
Am Metal Co.
161
164
McIntyre (22)
"41
7 402
$7,6)
$7,88
Raubs.
$2,70
Am. Pwr, and L
26
27
Mont. Ward
261"
"263.
+10
15
Venezuela Gold Fids. 39.80
Am Radiator
.......
14.
131
Nash (1).
16
18
Docks, Wharves,
Godowns,” etc.
Am. Smelting ....
34
34
Nat. Blsc. (2)
23
281
Am. Sug. Ref (2)
642
66.
Nat City B. (1) ...
221*
22**
$112
H.K. & K. Wharves
3111
130 cta
$11
1.K. & W. Docks
Providents (old)
Do
(new) ... IU CIK
S. Cuica Motors A
Du
11.25
Am. T. and T. (9)...
103)
103
Nat, Da. P. (1.20)...
181
181
Am. Tob "B" (5)
803
81
Nat Distillers
271
27
4
Am. Waterworks (1)
111
112
Net, Pwr. Lt. (.80)..
#t
61
Am. Waterworks $6
Nat. Steel (1)
471.
47
$120
Shanghai Docks S.
pret (6)
56. *
56 *
N.Y. Central
161
161
$115
Anaconda Copper
10%
103
N. Amer. (50c, 4%s) +124
124
$5,80
New Engineerings8.
35
3308 Hongkows
8.
Atch. T. and S. F.
Nor. Pacific
167
17
Lands, Hotels, and
(2sd.)
424
43
Otis Elec. (60)
14#*
144
Buildings
Atlantic Ref (1)
241
244
Owens-, GI. (3)
86.*.
88
34.90
350
H.K. Hotels............... $4.25 H.K. Lande........]
Atlas Corpn. ...
8.
81
Fac. Gas (1.50)
141
141
$50
Auburn
Automobile 237
234
Pac. Ling. (3)
227
23
$22
$101.4% Debentures
Shangbai Lande...S..
$12.30 Mutropolitan Lands.. $5.10
H.K. lties. 4.65 $10.60 Chius Up..
51%
Baldwin Locomotive
Packard Motors
41"
41
$113
FLU
Do. Debentures. Humphreys
$J,85
Baltimore & Ohio' Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Barden Co. (1.60)
11 15+ 15
111
Pennroad Corpn.
14 17
Penn. Rly.:(1)
22
294 29
Phelps Dodge
14
15
81
Phil Petro (1)
151
151
25
2411
Pierce Arrow
.1
1
New Asia Hotel
$45
Borg. Warner (1dr.)
30
30.
Pro. & Gems (1.50)...
+
$10/
Asia Realties “A”S.
Brook Man (3)
467 467 Pub. Ber. N.J. (2.80) 231 23
15
$17
Du.
"B" 8.
Cal Pack (1.25)
41
41
Pullman *Inc. (3)
49 481
$93
Chinese Estates............
Cotton Mila
Case
55
55**
Radio Corpn.
5
51
$8.90
Ewus
Canadian Pacific
121
121
Radio Keith Op.
17
11
374
S'hai Cottons(uld)3.
39.10 874
Caterpillar Tract
412
411t
Repub Steel
131
134
$45
Du.
(new)S.)
7442
Celanese
201
301
Rey. Tob "B" (3)
473
472
89.30
Zung dings-S.
265
Wing On l'extiles(.)
89.40 $51
Ch. Nat. Bk (1.40)... 25)
247*
Schenley
25
25
Public Utution
C'Peake Corp." (2.50) 38 *
381
Sears Roebuck
354
351
C'Peake Corp. and
Shell Union Of
61
*62*
$20.10
4.
Btar Ferries
329
$10.06
$702
Do.
Macao "do.
18
Bandakan Lights...
$254 $10.10
$20
$25
Tramways...
Peak Trams (old) .....|* $8}
Da.. (new)...
Yauanti Ferries...
China Lights (old)...$100 $10.15)
H.K. Electrica ......) $70)
Telephones (old) .....| 3261
Do. (new)
$12.40 China Buses......8.
Tractions 7/3
120
720.20
Onlo (2.80)
#421
424
Simmons Co.
81
81*
**
$4
Chrysler (1d)
381
381
Soc--Vac. (60).
14
137
1941 uz div.
Col. Gas & Elec.
61
6
Sm, Cal Ed. (1-50) 12
12
5211
Com Invest. Trust... Comm. Solv. (.60)... 21
601
601.
Southern Partic
141
142
21
Southern Rly:
111
111
(new)...
Comm. Stbrn.
1
Stan. Brands (1)
18
.171
E. Bond and Share
211t
[Special to the Hong Kong Daily
·Press" (Copyright),1 ·
Paris, Feb. 14. Wednesday's interview between the Soviet Ambassador, Potemkin, and the French Foreign Minister, M Laval-the third within recent considerable days is "attracting attention, it being Interpreted as evidencing the Soviet Union's tenacity of purpose in insisting on the French Government honour- ing her "diplomatic bills of ex- change" drawn by the late M Barthou. It is generally assumed that the Soviet Government is demanding that France should de- cide her positive course of action in the event of the negotiations "for the conclusion of the propos-. ed Eastern Pact on a broader basis should prove unsuccessful M. La- val who while in Geneva had com- mitted himself to the standpoint
CORRESPONDENTS, FOR
WHITE, WILD & CO., NEW YORK.
NEW
YORK STOCK
QUOTATIONS
COMMODITY
(Through Beuter's Agency)
Sterling, New York-London Cotton: March
of the Little Entente and Soviet Russia by undertaking to give pre-Cotton: July cedence to the Eastern Pact nego." tiations and
not to open direct discussions with Germany before the Eastern Pact is concluded, Is believed to have reiterated this as surance in his conversations with Potemkin, although the official in- formation is somewhat vague on this point. merely stating that Potemkin has been given the ne- cessary reassuring explanation. Transoceza Kud im
Rubber: March
Rubber: July
Wheat: May AT Wheat: July
Corn: May
Winnipeg Wheat May
American Smelting Consolidated gas of NY. Du Pont.....
Last Close Open. 10.30. 10.45.
4873
11.00 487 487 4871
12.37 12.39 12.38 12.48:12.46
NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE
'COMMODITY EXCHANGE, ING. N.T.
CHICANO BOARD OF TRADE
QANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHAN, E, INC,
AND
February 16
-12,36
12.44
12.46
13.14
13.15 13.16 13.16
13.44
13.44 13.44 13.46
967
971
9'7
894
901 891
B54
861
853
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STOCKS
821
821
34:
341 34
344
344
18
181
18: *IBI 182
944
95
95
.95
95
51
57
51
57
5%
A
Comm
Schrn.
$6
Stan. Gas
*34
31*
General Motors
302
31
311
311 31
cum. Pt. (8) Congo-Nairn
$10.30
Cons, Gas. N.7 Cons. O (28) Cont. Can (3)
391 397 (1.60) 33 334 (2) 181 182 *74 T
Sta. Oil Cal (1)
301" ·301+
Stá Of NJ (1)
Ster. Pro. (2.86) ...........
401 612
":40tt
6011
Studebaker Corpn...
1
OR
Bai
63+
Texas C (1) ......
291
194
18/.
Da. (pref.)...
200
Industrial
Cont. 01 (25)
181* 181
Texas G, Sulp ́(3)
344
340
· 18+..
Malabon Sugars ..
Corn Prod (3)
65+
65+
Transamerica (1.12}}
51
51
191
Osidbeck, Hord.) 8;}
Caty Inc.
51
53
Un.. Car. and Carb.
$194
Maogrogors praf.)8.
Cwn. Cork $2.70 F.
(140)
Canton Ives ...................
32.90
(2.70)
443
444
Un: Pac. Rlys. ((6)...,(<99)
100
Cements ************* 12.02|| 32.07||
Curtiss Wright......... 21
21
Un. Altcraft Corp.
134
131
$3.80
Ropes....SUOANSUOTAI
$31
24
$1.85
$74
11.86
MiscellaneoRES
8231 Dairy Farms.....
Amusements. ................
16.16
Constructions, (old); štį
Curtiss Wright. "A"
81
Un. Air Line Trans.........
6
6.
$234
Delaware & Hudson 32).
32
United Corpo.
24.
21
Der A Wings-ör......****
Douglas Aircraft
22/
221
Unt. Gas Impr. (1.20)
108
109
Du Pont (2.60x)
94
941
Univ. Leaf Tob. (2) 53)
Ch. E'tainment......
East. Kodak (4)
115
119
US. Indus. Alcohol
Fiec. Autolite Co.... 24
244
UB. Pipe Fdry. (50) --18"
49 ots.
Do.
(ROW) 50 cts.!
Elec. Bond & Share
51
51 U.S. Rubber
332
Lane Crawfords.......
$31
#21
Mackintoshs CADEN
Elec. Bond $5 PI (5)
47
481
US. Rub. $8 1st P. 331 ·
Nanyang Tobacco...] $4.00)
Elec. Bond $8 PI (6)
51"
50'
U.8. Steel
Sincerosam e
.
Elec. Power & Light
24
-217
US Steel $7 Pf."(2) 371
Fi
Watsons
$4.20
Fux Film "A" .....
-10
sp
Vanddium
70 ota. Wm. Powell
65 et
Free. Texas (1.20)-
221
2141
Vick Chem (2.40%)......."38
$2
M. Greyhounds
Gen Am. Tr, (1.0088) 353*
358
Warner Bros. Picts. {3}"
$1.35
8. O. Enterprises
€1.35
United Theatre. 8.
Gen. Elec. (BO).·******
231
237
CL.G.5X1826G.Bd
80
Gen. Foods (1.80) 35
36
West. Unton Tel 28 West Air-Brake
184% prem
14.8. Gorbc4% Lønua] 61%
Gen. Motors (10) E22 81 1
307
West E. & M (65) (381
pre 3
Du
Gen. Rly. Bigs (1) 524
241
Wilcox Oil and Gas
Wallace Harper..............
Gillette Bar (1) ......
14-
Woolworths (240) 42 64/
$100
ELK Wing On
$105
Glidden Co. (1).
281
201
Cal Money
She Do
$95
Vibro Pileng
Gold Dust (120)
* Bld
17
div.
I possible mutilation
GEN. GORDON'S. TRADUCI IS
MAGNIFICENCE
(Special Air. Mall Service)
WINNIPEG WHEAT
May 827 821 827 821 624
July9821 821 821
It is believed that more such May 12.39 12.39 12.39 12.40 12.41 March
July 12.42 12.42 12.42 12.44 12.44
Oct. 12.32 12:31 12.32 12.34 12,36 Dec, 12.38 12.38 12.39 12:42 12.42
12.39 12.38 12.39 12.44 1244 May Jan. (1936) Spot 12.55
NEW YORK. SUGAR
Old Old
1.92 1.91/92 1.85/90 New New New
1.91 1.88/90 1.92/93
Old Old Old
1.96 197/911.99/00 New! Now
1.95 1.95/96 1:38/99
Old Old Old,
2.01 2.02/03 2.04/05 New New New
2.00 2:00/01 2.03/03 Old Old Old 2.07 2.08/08 2.99/09/ New New New 2.04 2.08/00 2,08/09 Old Old Old 2.13 2.13/14 214/15. New Now New 2.11 2.10/12 214/15
NEW YORK RUBBER Mar. 13.05 19.17 13.19 13:13 13.14 May 13,19 1331 13.34 13.28 13.28 July 13.35 13.48 13.49 1344 13.44. Home, Feb. 14 4 Sept. 13:52 13.63 13:63 13.58 13.58 The transportation of two re- Oct. 13.80 13.70 13.73 13.69 13.69 The portrait shows the Minister cently mobilised divisions to Dec. 13.78 13.90 13.90 13.82 13.85
African colonies has begun with Total sales: 303 lots wearing a scarlet and gold tunic, the embarkation in South Italian dark green trousers with a Purports of some smaller detachments ple stripe, and the helmet of pearls | consisting chiefy of technical and diamonds, surmounted by the troops whose task will be to ac- Sept. 881 881 888 871 874 Total sales: Old: 10,000 tons: New- head, body, and plume of a bird of paradise, which is the prerogative
account of his relations with Gor- don. He exaggerated Gordon's partiality for brandy pegs, though these in pre-whiskey days were the habitual drinks of Army officers.
London, Jan. 28 (Special Ale Mail Service }
Impish Iconoclasm
The uniform uf General-Com London, Jan, 28." This was the authority on which
Bahadur Shumshere The fabricator of the damned Lytton Strachey relied for the manding lle" that Gordon was a secret statements about Gordon in his Jung, the first Nepalese Minister of a member of the Nepalese Ro drinker Canon Dearmer referred impish and iconoclastic Eminent in London, excited a great deal of yat house.
Interest, on account of its magni- The headdress in question to him from the Abbey palpit was Victoriana.”
acenca, when he arrived here in over 100 years old,
the status of the Adi the summer.
eldest son
An American, Col. Chaille-Long.
Gordon himself described his
He accompanied Gordon as Chief--temptation to drinking and smok
"great make, & yellow-
The uniform as im tälised on the canvas of Mr. AE Harris, has In consequence, at one time he left for Nepal via British India limited himself to 15 cigarettes a
of Staff when he first went to ing as Equatoria in 1874. After about a brindled one." year Gordon decided that their ncompatibility of temper made it better for them to part.
Subsequently the Bohemian Colonel who had knocked about the world-wrote a highly coloure
day and gave up brandy entirely
for six months. He even included claret shows, however, that he was sherry in the band og far from being
That he continued to drink fanatic.
the great length
Mr. Hai
lis spent
Bor
Idahay- and Lord Lytton;
CHICAGO WHEAT Decembe May 971 987 052 062 957 July 90 90 697 891 891
war gute Wednesday's sales: 17,873,000 Eritrea and
the stor
eing shipped
Some
velin-info
red quar-
bushels
NEW CHINESE OFFICIAL
€8,000 tons, R
NEW YORK SILK TA
Mar 1981.38 1881 1.37 1.381 May-1.38138 138 137) 1371 July 138 1371 1.381 137-1382 Total males: 176 10t
MONTREAL SILVER EA 54.10 3425 54.30 54.40 BESO 54.40 54.40 64.60 540 54.90 July 55.00 55.05 55 25 5613 5540 Bept 55.6053 56 bid – 56 60.56.10 Total exfeshi 14 contracts.
Shanghai Feb. 15
Mr Sheng
Mar
the
May
Ren
Bouter
37
371*",
on the Fort Arthur-Dairen Rail- 531* way.
.FOSSILS OF BEAST DISCOVERED
Dairen, Feb. 15. "The fossils of a huge beast which trampled over the plains of the three Eastern Provinces in distant ages are believed to have been found by Ryutaro. Ogawa, a' Japanese resident of Port Arthur, who discovered the fossils in a ravine near Muchengtzu” station
Commodities Prices
Int, Tel and Tel. Inew's Inc.
al
81
87
33
34 34
34
Montgomery W.
267
201
261
26 251
National Distillers New York Central Standard Of Co. of N.J. 0.9. Steel
27
27. 27 271 27
161
161
17 161 187
401
401
401
407
351 95+ 351
351
354
CHICAGO CORN
(Through Reuter's Agency)
85 May July 791 0764
761 761 Sept Total sales: 5,245,000 bushels
851 847 851854 798-701
-793-793
761761
Japanese archaeologists estimate
181
141
14"*
the beast was six feet in height and 18 feet from end to end, and
341
351
that it Uved anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 years ago,
M
Mar.
New York, Feb. 15. NEW YORK COTTON
February 14
Closing Closing Opening
12.33 12.33 12.33 12.35 12.36
82
82
862
174
17
354
fossils are lying in the district. leuter.
31
28
(1) 244
24
New
381
ITALIAN TROOPS FOR
12:65
2
21"
531
AFRICA
July
1% 1%
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily "Press" (Copyright).1
September
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