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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1935.

H. K. STOCK

EXCHANGE

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

(BRITISH WIRKLÈse Baavion.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE

•

NORD LLOYD

NORDDEUTSCHER

LLOYD

YESTERDAY'S "OFFICIAL

Far Eastern Mail Passenger and Freight Service

Through bookinga to America via Europe and Europe via Amerion. Bookings around the world. - Through bookings" to London,

OUTWARD SAILINGS *(NDL) 25. "ODER for Shai. Tako Dar, Dairen, Tsingtau, Yokohama, Kobe

... 21st Mar.. * (HAL) 2. " FRIESLAND" for Shanghai, Tsingtau, Taku,

Dairen, Hankow ......... zuzan 23rd Mar. †(HAL) mv. "CORDILLERA

for Shsi., Tokohama, Kaba...... 31st Mar.. +(NDL) & "TRIER for S'hai., Taka Bar, Dairen, Tsingtan, baina, Nagoya, Kobe...

BOMEWARD SAILINGS

QUOTATIONS

Amsterdam Athens.........

China Lights under pressure-Belgrade were on offer at $9.70. Electrics Berlin ... were placed at $654 with more

Bombay. enquiries but at slightly lower Brussels levels. Lands had probable. buy-

Bucharest. ers at $391. Dairy Farms came to business at $19 and subsequently Copenhagen

Buenos Airea a small lot changed hands at Geneva $193. Generally the market is Helsingfort "touchy and rather lacking in Hongkong much resisting powers.

Lisbon Buyers

Madrid

Govt. 4 per cent Loan, 6 per New York

571

40 3 S.O.

Sterling Parity Mar. 1.

19.10 Florina

7.03 495-5.

Mar 18 7.10.

503 sellers

.... 376 Drachmae

976,316 Dinars ----

20.43 Marka 11.82 d. per Rapee 36 Belgna ****** 913,608 Lei 47.58d. par Parc 18.169 Kroner

11.80

20.38

20.63

4771

95.294 Francs

1467

14.85

193.23 Marks

........ 110 Esendon

2/1

9/

Union Insurances, $415.

Milan

28.224 Peseta 92.46 Lir

34-13/16 571

38 3/18

H.K. Fires, $220.

Montevideo

50,88d. per Petc

5th Apr.

Gold Rivers, 17 cts.

Montreal

4.867 Dollare

4.667. Dollars

41.5.0. 4.812 4.754

cent Prem

Oslo

18. 159 Kroner -

((HAL) my. "KULMERLAND"

for Genon, Barcelona, R'dam,

Hamburg,

20th Mar,

Govt 3 per cent Loan. 2 per

cent Prem

Paris

194.21 France 72 7/64

72 29/38

Prague

Sellers

Rio de Janeiro

164.25 K roden 20.d. per Gold

!

ps. "DUISBURG "...

Casablanca, R'dam., H'barg.. Bremen-m for Genoa, Miller, Casablanca,

R'dam, Embarg. Bremen...30th Mar

• (HAL)

24"PREUSSEN". ... for Henoa, Marseilles, Antwerp, R'dam, 'hore. - ********* (NDL) 6.5"NECKAR"...for Genoa, Miles, Barcelona, Oran, Casablanca, K'dam., Eburg, Bremen †(HAL)

for Genoa, Rotterdam, H'burg.

tb/51st Mar.

New Engineer, Sh. $5. Ewo Cottons, Sh. $8.70. China Lights, $9.80. Electrics, $654.

Bhanghai

1/7 7/18

Stockholm

Visdas.....

5th Apr.

Yokohama

16.159 Kronor. 34.66) Schilling 24.58d, per You

1/7/8/10

951

Silver (pot) Silver (forward)

271

27 1/8 271

10th Apr.

13th Apr.

Union Insurances, $417. Raubs, $5.15 ex. Div.

36% 31% 307

Dairy Farms, $192,-.

(NDL) 3. "NORDLAND "...for Gonca, Marseilles, Oran,

*(NDL) ma. "SAALE"

+ Passenger Vomal Limited Passenger Accommodation. N.D.L. HONGKONG/SOUTH SEA ISLANDS SERVICE. 8,8. FRIDERUN** 3rd April, to MADANG, SALAMADA, BABAUL, and Ports

k

For further particulam and presage fares, etc. apply to:- HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIENORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD

JEBSEN & CO., AGENTS,

12, Pedder Street, Tel. 23363.

CANTON

CARŁOWITZ & CO., Shakes Road,

MELCHERS & CO.. 'AGENTS, Queen's Failding, Tel. 26378, AGENTS :

JERSEN & CO. Shameen. B.C

ICUL

BALI & JAVA

On Home leave why sot visit BALI & JAVA—the

Isles of Romance and Beauty,

Through tares to Europe by steamer all the way or by

stearner and Aeroplane combiced. Special reduced round trip fares. Through fares to

Australia and South Africa,

TO MANILA, MAKASSAR. BALI

& SOERABAIA

2.S. "TJIBADAK "

19th Mar,, 10 am.

TO BATAVIA DIRECT

S.S. "TJISARDEA "

20th Mar., 11 am.

TO AMOY & SHANGHAI

B.F.TJISADANE

For further information apply:

21st March.

American Express Co., Inc.

Thos. Cook & So., Ltd.

American Lloyd

Holland-China Trading Co., Canton.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN N,V,

York Building..

Tel. 280,15.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE

THE KING'S LEVEE

(Special Air Mail Service)

WEST AUSTRALIA'S PETITION

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Feb. 25, The King made his arst state

London, Mareli 1. apearance in Jubilee year when The composition of the Joint he drove from Buckingham Palace Select Committee to consider the To St. Jame's to hold a Levee. He receivability of West Australia's was in full-dress naval uniform petition for secession from the Commonwealth will be announced and sat bareheaded in the gold'

shortly. state coach, accompanied by Lord Granard, Master of the Horse, and was escorted by a captain's escort of the Life Guards..

West Australia's case raises BO law that any of the legal members many novel points of constitutional of either House would have been At St. Jame's Palace he was re-glad to serve upon the committee. ceived by a guard of honour of the

Constitutional lawyers, like doe Welsh Guards.

tora, delight in a new form of The King was received by the case." Zest is added to the West great officers of state. Attended Australind petition by the strong by the Lord Chamberlain, the objection of the Commonwealth to Lard Steward, Gold Stick-in-Wait- Westminster's taking a hand, ing, and other high officers of his There will, however, be only household, the King took his place three members of either House on on the golden trone with its crim-the Joint Select Committee, son hangings ..

Personnel of the Committee

The Duke of York in naval uni- It is confidently anticipated that form and Lord Harewood in the the Upper House will be represent uniform of the Grenadier Guards ed by two eminent lawyers in Lord were members of the Royal Fam- Beading and Lord Wright, Lord fly present, Members of the Cab Ponsonby will be the third peer on

the committee

inct, were also in attendance,

The representatives of the three I was a Diplomatic Leree, and parties in the Commons are ex members of the Diplomatie Corpspected to be Mr. L. 8. Amery, Mr. were introduced to the King by W. Luan, Dominion Under-Secre the Marshal of the Corps Biz Sidary in the Socialist, Government, ney Cilve, and "named to Eis and Mr. Isso Foot, the Opposition Majesty by the Lord Chamberlain. Liberal stalwart,

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Cements. Converted, $7.80, Entertainments, $7.

Sales

War Losa

Gov. 4 per cent. Loan, 81 per

cent, Prem.

THE EXCHANGE

MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA BROS.

UN LONDON :—~~

Milreis

Closing Quotations

March 18, 1925,

ON NEW YORK :--

4.84€

"4.80

115 1/18

Bank Bills, on demand 474

Credita, 60 days' sight. 457

ON BATAVIA:

On demand

60%

Bank Bills, on demand 71: a

Credita, 4 months" sight 7474

Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bills, on demand 1/ Bank Billa, 4 months”

sight

1/41

ON PAKIS

Credits, four months'

sight.

2/

ON SHANGHAI :—"

UN SAIGON:-

41

ON, SINGAPORE:----

ON MANBA: ~~*

the

On demand

On demand

Ox JAPAN:-*

OF BANGION:-

On demand

............ 16'

On demand

Rate .....

13

Silver prices dropped over week-end to the extent of 3/18 for Ready and 1/8 for Forward, the quotations being 27 and 27 respectively Silver advices reported India as having sold and China and speculators as having bought at the decline. The tone was stendy.

On Demand 131

Ox. IXDIA:—

Telegraphic Transfer... Bank, on demazıd

In America the rate was unchang RUBBER MARKET

ed at 59" for Spot.

The New York/London cross- rate opened at 4.80 and closed at 4809

Starling

4

REVIEW

Prices Falling Rapidly

Some business was done during the course of the morning at 2/01 for cash and April followed later by a small business at 2/0 1/18 for near

delivery. The market closed with sellers at 2/0 March/ April and 2/0 1/16 May/June, buy- ers at 2/0 1/16 for March and Report, issued by Messrs. Stanton The following Rubber Market probably April and 2/01 May/Nelson & Co., Ltd., has been for- June.

warded us by Mr. G. A. Harrison: During the past week local pri ces have fallen away rapidly, fol-

Market, Dull; he undertone was not ro- bust,

U. S. Döllars

at

The mar-

lowing weakness in New York and

On demand

Sovietics, Bank Buying

Bix Sлv, per c

712

93

13

PRESIDENT Liners

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE AMERICAN MAIL LINE

THE PALATAL LINES

&... PRESIDENT HOOVER"

will sail for

Shanghai-Kobe-Yokohama-Honolulu San Francisco-Los Angeles

NOON-SATURDAY-

MARCH 23rd

Arrives Shanghai

Monday Morning-March 25th.

DOLLAR

STEAMSHIP LINES

AMERICAN MAIL LINE

·PEDOER XUILDING-HONG KONG.

CANTON BRANCH-4, KWALNY HOAD.

2/7 271

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

B.B.C.'S £2,000,000

INCOME

Increased Revenue

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Mar. 1. The B.B.C.'s share of licence re- venue was nearly £250,000 greater last year than in 1933. The num- ber of licences increased by 806,811

SILVER LINE,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

FROX

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.

AND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM - NAVIGATION CO., LTD."

YONBIGNEES per Co Versi

* DEUCALION” FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE

TIRE Motor Vessel

"SILVERSANDAL” having arrived from the above Portaon are barsby notified that their Cargo bereby informed that their Goods are Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at 15th March, Consignees of Cargo are will be discharged into Holt'a being landed at their risk into the Go-Consignees risk and subject to Terme downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon and Conditions of Storage at Holt Wharf and Gedown Company, Limited, Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Kowloon, and stored at Consigneesfrist Delivery from Godown on and after and expente,

16th March. A

This is revealed in the eighth annual report of the British Broad-

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goode are to be left in the Godowys, whers The amount available for broad-1st March, 1934, at 10 am casting Corporation Just issued. they will be examined on Thursday,

A small business was

3. sympathetic decline in London in the 12 months to 6,780,569. done 48 for June delivery.

The main cause appears to be ket closed at lunch time with sell-changes resulting from

the general disturbance of the ex ers at 48 March, 48 1/16 April/

the fall in sterling, and the revival of cur- May, buyers probably at 48 1/16 cash, 481 April and probably May.

rency rumours in America. "Apart Shanghal Dollars.

from these factors, which has con- casting service was equivalent to 'tributed to the depression.

471 p.c, of the gross licence re- At the close of the week the venue, or is 9d. of each 10s licence market is considerably steadier fee. after a fair amount of liquidation

Sellers were quoted at 124 for near delivery: "

Shanghal Market. Steady but "quiet. Sellers were indicated at 1/7 5/16 for near and 1/7 for April. U. S. Dollars,

thing

The total income of the Corpora- by speculators, and unless any tion for 1934 was £2,058,983. This

unforeseen occurs, there seems little likelihood of a

enabled the Corporation (the re- sellers at 38 11/16 for near andther relapse in the immediate fument of programmes, retarded m

fur-

port says) to continue the develop 33 8/16 for April. Subsequently tare. the selling rate receded to 381 for

consequence of emergency contri- butions to the Exchequer, £128,880 of the income increase was ap- plied to programmes, and £41,888 to engineering expenditure. Other points in the report are: Gross receipts (ap- prox), from, licen ces

Business done in Standard Rub- near and 38 April Steady bulk bed smoked Sheet-during--the

quiet

IN THE AFTERNOON The market was a shade stead-

ier in the afternoon,

Sterling

In Sterling business

was done at 2/0 1/16 for cash and April and towards the close 2/01

was ar- ranged for June and May, finish- ing with sellers at 2/0 1/16 cash/ May and 2/01 June, buyers at 1/18 higher respectively.

U.S. Dollars Business was done early in the afternoon at 481 for May. The market closed with sellers at 48 1/16 March and probably 483 Apri and 48 3/18 May, buyers at 1/10 higher respectively.

H.K. SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION

BUYERS

Unions $405, Douglases, $39. ⠀ Waterboats, $12. Antamoks, 83" cts. Big Wedge, "11" cta. Gold Rivers, 18 ct.s Balacots, 17 ets, fin Feak Trams (old), $84 Telephones (new), $10. Entertainments, $6. Constructions (old), $11.". Constructions (new), 50 cts. Govt, Loan 31% $2 per cent.

WAK SELLERS Hotels, $4.604 Lighta," $9.55. Telephones (ald)," $233; WOSALES Gold Rivers, 19 cta“. Yaumati Ferries, 3211: Lights, $9.55.

week:

Position Spot April/Bept. July/Sept. Oct./Dec.

Lowest Highest 201 cts. 21 cts. 214 cts. 224 cts. 224 cta. 234 cts. 231 cts. 241 cts..

MESSES. HL B. JOSEPH & CO.

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co.. re- ceived the following Straits Cur- rency" quotations from Singapore for Raw Rubber. W

Spot

181 down I cent April/June 191 down 1 cent July/Sept... 201 down I cent Market.-Easier."

... £3,389,000 Net licetice income

received

poration'

by 'Cor

£1,710,285- Absorbed by Income- }

£113,000

Sum

美......

available for broadcasting

Ber-

£1,597,285

The Corporation made an emer- gency contribution to the Exche quer of £187,500, in addition to the £1,653,715, which is the State's MESSES BENJAMIN & POTTS share of BBC. receipts

Messrs. Benjamin and Potts have received the following Straits cur rency quotations (buyers) from Singapore to-day for Raw Rub ber:

Spot

April/June July/Bept. Oct./Dec Market

18) down ct. 19 down 1 ct. 204 com 14 ct. -214 down 14 et.

The report points out that cer tain capital schemes were delayed for various reasons, and will be a charge on 1835. These include the construction and equipment of highpowered transmitters in North-East Scotland and North- East England.

Future capital schemes include the acquistion or erection of more adequate Regional studio premises and the extension of head quarters in London; the provision of a more powerful Empire service, and low or medium powered transmitters in North Wales and in the West, South and East of England.

After You, Bir What is meant by interrupted passare" at trian crossing? Bir Gerva toul, the magistrate at the London Police Court, admits that sheet it puzzles him. In Kis

he said, when one

at a crossing the stopped, and each ren tionary looking at one

All Claims must be presented within 15 Days of the vessel's arrival here after which date they cannot be re

gnized.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Gooda remaining undelivered after the 22nd March, 1836, will be subject to

Bant.

by

No Fire Insurance has been effected, Bills of Lading, will be countersigned

"FURNESS (FAE FAST).

4th Floor, King's Building

Connaught Road.

Dial 23145. Hong Kong, 15th March, 1935,

PASSENGERS:

8.8, Talyo Maru'

[8340

Optional Cargo will not be landed here anises Notice has been given prior to port to port to the final port of call to Steamer's arrival, but carried on from

which the option extends."

All broken, chafen snd damaged freda are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the tours of 10.45 and Noor within the Fro Storage period. A

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godowa, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 21st March, will be..

subject to Rent.

All Olaima' against the Steamer must- be fsragenläd fo the Undarzigned.. before the 4th April, 1985, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be affected

BUTTERFIELD & BWIRE

Agents 15th March, 1985.

(1844

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The following passengers arrived!THE MY per 8.8."Taiyo Karu" yesterday.

"DUISBURG" from Los Angeles and way port Porta of call, Consignus of Cargo are

having arrived, from. Hamthary aid? Miss Eudors Fredendall, Itaums hereby notified that their Goods are Maru, Mr. Shigehiko Ogahira, Mr. being landed and placed at their r Mazuji Kumagaya Mr. Butell Sumi, into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf Mr. Kenzo Tanaka, Mr. Kisaburo, and Godown Company's godowza st. Tani Mr. Hikozo Toyama

Kowloon, where delivery may” bes obtained sa soon as the Goods are landedi Optional Cargo will not be landed bere, anis Notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel a arrival, but carried. on from port to port 10 the final port of call to which the option extendab Goods have left the Godoma, kad sk).

No Claims will be admitted after „Good realning undelivered after the 31st March, 1935, will be subject to

The "Corfu " List

are

Amongst the passengers expected on the P. & O..." Corfu W, Barron, Mr. R. Belttam, Mrs. M. A, Baldwin, Maj. Gen.

Mr. WA Chidlow, Lt and Mrs. A. V. Brown, Mr. Crabbe, Mr. J Comdr. D. E. Everett, guson, Mira, WAH Mrs Ful

W

"It is evident from the balance an

says the

Corpo

tion has no

the

eft in the Godowns,

examined

TEBSEN

March 1988.

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