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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Hong Kong Stock

Exchange

Satireler

Nominal

$1,010

1400

THURSDAY.

Sharebrokers

Association

MAY 23..

Basky

H.K. Banks

GOPERATOR

Bo. (London) 1.. Chartered Banks ... Mercantile Bks. "A"

Do.

Bank of East Asia..

Ch. Fin Corp. Urd. 8.

Do. Prof. S.

Insurances

Underwritars

Buyere

Bellam

Balst

FA.

3

80

191

N. U. & S. Banks

$16

Am. O. Fia. Corp:

8.

$4

ex di $203

Canton insuranG?.....

31

Union Insurances

ex dis. $803

90 ot.

144

$345

++

China Firest

c d c d

H.K. Fires...

3340 3400 $186

$200

International Assoe, 8.

U

Shipping

$39

138)

es.mboat

14

130

Ludos (prot)

$33

Do. (det.)

71/3

Shetla

法语

Waterbent

6 ots

$34

Balatcon

21 ota.

811

10 ob

·Douglases

110 ou

à ate.

30 ets

Mining

Antarooks .......

Baguto Gold

Benguet Consolidated $:0

Do Exploration 18 str.

Do. Goldfeld ...

Big

Wedge.......... 7 SEA.

Golf Burar.

Gold Crock

United Paracales... 99 ol

12 Ct. Salacot Mining......

45

utapo Mining.....

30 eta Itogons

Kallas

Leeguuta (sioglo) 3.

7 Ch

et

14

530

$35

70/-

531

67 che

19 C#

$14

18/ 111.FO

ધ

Explorations........

#4)

Bot

Shanghai Loans 8.

15

Raubs

14

33

Venezuels Gold Fida.

Docks, WharTOR,

Godowns, etc.

ii.K. & K. Wharves.

(Cum. Rights)

Shanghai Docks S.

Da. 4% Debentures:

Shingual Lands....

Metropolitsa Loads..

Humphreys

New Asia Hotel

"B" B.

Jat $7

28 ots 20 ets

371

3120

34

131

200

$85

88.1

Do.

Do.

(Ex. Rightal (Rights)

***

Providents (ok)

20 cts.

DJ. (now)...

291

II.K. & W. Locks

'S. Cinna Motors' a'

"B"

3110

35

New Engineerings8.

3287

Hongkows .......

Lands, Hotels, nud

Buildings

H.K. Hatels

833

H.K Lands.....8.

$100

$80

$10

**

Chins Do.........

$123

Do. DobentucESÍ.

e

*******

$75

Amin Healtius "A"S.

110

Do.

.390

Chinca Batatas......

Cotton Mills

$8.30

Erud.........

F8.10

$70

Shai Cuttousfuld,S.

071

$43

845

881

Zoon Sings!!

$0.40

355

Wing On Textiles(15.)

$35

Public Utiliting

$19)

Tramways comesne

$12.

$11

Peak Train (vld) ...

181

$8

Do.

(new)...

$4

$77}

Star Ferries munta

$78

Yaumati Forries 17

$17

Chins Lights

$8.20

$234

Macao do.

H.K. Electrics**

159

Sandakan Lights...

$19

Telephones (old)

11.70

$81

(LOW)...

$118

Cuius Buess...

10/6

Tratto

Djo.

22/0

(pref.)......

$84

Malabon Sugar

31a Caldbeck, jord.) 2.

$13

Macgregors pref)8.

$1.80

Canton Lupa

1080

$6.20

$5.50

***

定

$2

$14

$14

$1.86

18.40

$1.40

45 ab.

=

8.26

331

Industrials

Amusemente

(Permeate

Воров «сезониране

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farman en a

Ch. E'tainments...... 35

Constructions, (old) $1.30

Do.

(new) 30 cts

Lane Crawford............

Mackiawase incont Nanyang Tonsera....... Sinceresome 331 Watsuus. Powell a

Tu ota.

PY L

12 M. Greyhounds......|

C, Enterprises

(1.K. Uoră, 4% Loads

Do.

Wallace Harper ..............

HK. Wing O

Do. Vibro Pileng....

.

***

$1.35

92

C.G. 6,419250. Bda. 92%

Dr The 54%

$100

S'hai

33

MRS. LAWRENCE |ing another.

INTERVIEWED

9.90

Th

3.

33 ol

$1.35

1100

$90 $31

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935.

IMPRISONMENT

FOR NUNS

Breach Of German Currency Law

(3pecial to “Hong Kong

Daily Press")

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NEW YORK STOCK AND

· COMMODITY » * QUOTATIONS

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Last

Sterling, New York-London-

Cotton: July

Catton: October

Ordinance. 1834.

Rubber: July

Rubber: September

" (ApTqiograph, Copyright, Tele- graphie

Beceived, May 23. 4-30 p.m.)

Berlin, May 23 The second of a series of cases against members of the Catholic religious orders for breaches of the foreign exchange regulations ended on Wednesday before the locul court here with Sister Neophyta the 56-year-old Mother Superior of Cologne convent being sentenced to five years penal servitude and fined 521,000 marks and deprived

of her civil rights for a period of five years. The second defendant, the 57-year-old Sister Englatia, was sentenced to ten months' imprison- The court. ment for complicity. moreover, ardered the sum of 180,- 000 marks for which the convent'ts rendered liable to be confiscated. Sister Neophyta, who admitted her guilt had taken German cur- rency to the total amount of 200,000, marks across the Dutch border concealed under her nun's clothing and had used these funds for the repurchase of bonds for her Order held abroad, thereby taking advan- tage of the low rate of exchange. Her co-defendant. Sister Englutia. who had knowledge of these transactions did nothing to prevent them.

Wheat: July

Corn: July

Winnipeg Wwheat: July

American Smelting Consolidated gas of N.Y. Du Pont....

El Band and Share General Motors

Int. Tel and Tel Loew's Inc.

Montgomery W.

National Distillers

New York Central

Standard Ol Có of N.. OS. Steel.....

REVISION OF TARIFF

May 33

Close Open 10.20 10.40 11.00

4831

4934 4931 493+** 11.96 11.97 11.06

M

12.06

11,80

11.73 11.79 11,70

12.64

12.76

90

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12.60 12.58 12,68 1275 12.71 12.72

90 901 814 817

87+

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STOCKS

W

45%

401 481 481

22

21

22

32

1011 102 .1017 102

1013

7

32

32 311

321

8

82

81

411

412

412

418

27

271

271

201

261

261 261

26

161 161

18

164

50

Shanghai Telephone Company's Offer

1837

50 50+ 50%

341 344 342 341

¤ ag -?~ 68÷8%

WEST RIVER FLOODS

Towns Affected

14

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, May 23. Flood has.. played havoc with Kwel Hsien in Kwangsi, which has become a vast lake. This is due to the overflow of the upper-stret- ches or the West River following all crops and plantations are covered with wa- ter, Kwel Hsien is under five feet of water.

Shanghai, May 19. The public prosecutor in a speech

The Shanghai Telephone Com- took issue with a section of the foreign press which on the occasion piny and the Municipal Council's of the recent trial of sister Wernera departmental officials have been in the tariff of the Order of St. Vincent-who close consultation on

The situation revision question. to was likewise sentenced

similar bus been examined and on Monday years' imprisonment on charges-had insinuated that the it is believed the Public Utilities severe judgment merely serves to Committee will have under special intimidate those still possessing consideration a sporting offer made

The West River in Kwangtung foreign exchange. The prosecutor by the Company with the object of fell back on May 19 only to rise

a settlement. stressed that the foreign exchange facilitating

The again the next day. Towns in Western Kwangtung are under one regulations were meant not only Company, in brief, proposes that, to protect Germán currency but provided the new tariff schedules also to maintain satisfactory rela- can come into force without fur- tions with other, countries by en-ther delay on June 1, it should abling Germany to fulfill her for agree to the existing charges re- eign obligations as far as possible.maining unaltered for April and Iranacean Kuo žlin.

heavy rain, and Ave

STATE RELIEF

DEPOTS

Hunger-Marchers Win

May. This offer does not prevent the Counell from appointing an expert committee, and the Com- pany is prepared for the views of that committee. If it be appointed, to be taken into account in due course within the provisions of the franchise. The questions regarding the payment of American.income tax and management fees, now being examined at the Controller's suggestion. are not affected by this offer.

EXCESSIVE USE *"

The Company's desire is to put an end to the uncertainty which is involved by further delay in deal,

Springfield, May 22. The Illinois hunger-marchers encamped here. since May 9, have triumphed in their campaign for the re-opening of state relief deing with the message rate pro- pots.

posals, it is being made increasing tax bille ly clear, are in the general interest Although the sales were rejected by the State Legisla- | of subscribers who are protected Lure for the fifth time last night, against the excessive use of the the position immediately grew so telephone at the flat rate by a serious that the Legislature was small percentage of present users. forced to act quickly to break the For example, it has recently been crisis.

revealed that one subscriber, for To relleve the terision, the the flat rate charge of $12, record- House rushed the Bills throughed 9,000 calls in a month-a clear with a. seventy-seven majority, exploitation of the interests of the Governor Horner is expected to whole body of telephone "subscrib- ers. Under the message rate sys- aign it immediately.

The sales tax bills were made tem, that kind of abuse will be necessary to supply funds for re-stopped,

to

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or two feet of water but the river THE CANTONESE

is Aowing dangerously quick. Many tow-boats have to go via Yung Kee in order to avoid the swift current at Kum Chuk Rapids, where"H.M.S. Robin grounded some six months ago..

The Pearl River. here 19 ⚫lso coming up. The Bund is only three feet above the water which nundates some of the low-lying suburbs such as Honam and Sal- kwan.

Canton Transport

Local press reports station that the Canton Municipal Government wid accept tenders by private com- panies for the operation of track- less tram lines are incorrect, ac- cording to a high official of the city government. It is pointed out that the franchises of the present bus companies will expire by the end of the year and that new ap- plications, fer franchises will be received on May 30,

Fees are determined by the

Municipal Bureaus of Public Utility

and Finance. There will be fourteen

ARMY

Efforts To Bring

It Up-to-Datei

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Tel. 26631

Commodities Prices

May July

(Through Renter's Agency?

New York, May 22.

NEW YORK COTTON

Closing Opening · Closing "11.96 11.99/12 12.01/01

12.04 12.04/04 12.04/06. 11.78 11.78/77 11.80/80. December 11.81 11.79/79 11.84/85 January 11.88 11.83/83 11.88/88

(1936)

October

Canton, May 22.

the Kwangtung divisions, the Can-March

With the object of modernising

visiting Spot

ton Military Mission is England add continental countries. Members of this Mission are Lt.-

11.91 11.88/88. 11.91/93 12.40

12.45

NEW YORK ·RUBBER

12.38 12.44/43 12.543 12.45 12.49B/53A 12.83/84: 12.56 12.03/05 12.78/78 12.63 unquoted 12.85/85

13.00/12.99

General Tao Yin Chien, Deputy May Superintendent of the Yentang July Military Academy. Lt-Gen. Li Sept. Chen Chiu, Executive Officer of the Oct.

12.80 12.88/91 1st. Army, Lt.-Gen. Huang Chib Dec. Wen, officer commanding the 8th Jan. Division, and Lt.-Gen, Lin Shi.- Mar, Ching, Commandant "of

Gendarmerie Corps.

12.88 12.98/13 13.08/09

13.03A

13.24/24

Canton Total- sales: 490 lots

CHICAGO WHEAT

·891 80 891 891 80

901

901 901

891 DO

914

911 Di

901 201

934

93 93

921 921

Educated at military schools in North China these officers have May Lever been abroad, and most of July them do not speak any foreign Sept.

They rely to a great Dec. language. extent on interpreters, although Tuesday's sales: 19,156,000 bushels

CHICAGO CORN

routes linking all parts of the city The spokesman claimed that systematic plan has been made in this connection, hence the cperation or a trackless tram ser- vice is out of the question. New bus companies will be required to they are now trying to learn some English and French and hope to use only petrol and not kerosene,

practise speaking them during which gives out considerable fumes

their stay in Europe. and offensive smeli tajurious to public health.

STUDY ON SPOT

May

881 BB 881 - 874 (87

July

811

811 811 811 81

Sept. Dec.."

75 751 751 | 741 74} 601

66% 60% 661 66

WINNIPEG WHEAT

851

861

851 851 87 871 871 871

NEW YORK BUGAR

lief purposes. When Illinois cut The Company has enforced a of reller payments, the Federal check on calls from April 1 and it Government refused to continue has found that its calculation of

Air Defence Publicity

Their sojourn abroad is fixed Tuesday's sales: 9,742.000 bushels one-sided contributions thethe average number of calls on Over twenty public bodies will at six months, but during this state, and over 1,000,000 persons which it based its application for

take part in the huge demonstra-period these senior officers are The revision were "faced with starvation.

was amazingly accurate. tion and procession to arouse the learning how to manipulate light May hunger-marchers moved down This reinforces the view that the public on the necessity of air de- artillery and coastal defence runs July upon the capital threatening vio-new tariff, with the application of

Ience on June 17 to June 24❘ and how to protect cities from air lence, finally, if their demands for the message rate to business users,

There will be an intensive public- raids. They are visiting ordnance Instant relief were not immediate actually will involve a comparaty campaign during these seven depots, barracks and will witness 17 met.

tively small increase in expenditure days and every effort will be made military manoeuvres in Berlin, Al- The Republican block in the for the large majority of subscrib- to bring home to local residents on dershot and French military cen- May Legislature which had blocked the era. If any other method of re-

July how to take cover during an air tre. tax billa. to-night reconsidered vision were applied on the "flat rate raid. 6. its position and allowed the bills basis--and it must be remembered to pass...

that some revision is necessary to able the Company's rights under Rester,

the franchise to be fulfiled-the¦ burden on the general users would be very much greater.

ADMINISTRATOR DISMISSED

Sporlat to the "Hong Kong Day

· Press" (Copyright),}

Nanking, May 17.

No. 1, No. 3 No. 1 No. 3 Con. Con. Con. Con 2.47A 2.44N 2.47/47 ting. 2.47 2.48 2.488/47A 2,458 / 48A 2.55 252 2.54m/55A 2.518/52A 2.83 258 2.028/63% 2.57/57

ung. 2.388/40A $3.46 2.40

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NEW YORK SILK

1.37 1.37 1.40 1,383 1.40

1361 1361 1.38 1.37į 1.39

A

the

Lisbon, May 22.

the state of alarm for army and police has been pro- claimed here. as a measure for demonsrations planned

NEWS GUNS ORDERED Nevertheless, the military au- thorities here consider it best to send a mission to study military conditions in European countries, and on the spot as it were. They will have a variety of choice as to the kinds of gune suitable for

May July Sept

Dec."

1.35 136 1.36 -1.361 137į

75 lots

MONTREAL SILVER

75.75B 75.75877 78.35/65 76.408 : 76.65/77.00 - 77.00/30. 77.407 78.00T 77.40/70 78.40 78.70/70.25 78.80/79

LISBON PRECAUTIONS.

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Fress" (Copyright).]

There is a group of German staff Sept. Among the government offices | officers attached to the Kwang-Dec. taking part in the procession in-

tung high command, and they are Jan. clude the First Group Army, the helping in a way to modernise the Total sales:-No. 1: 1,000 tons, No... Air Defence Committee, the Chinese detachments. Light field 3: 8,000 tons. Bureau of Public Safety and the pieces are ordered time and again Gendarmes Headquarters. Hand- from England and France, and The Company has Intimated bills, leaflets and speeches con- French artillery officers represent- May his death in order to avoid hurt-

that, if the Council decides to institute part of the campaign. ing armament works often come to July stitute an expert inquiry, it will be

Sept. Canton to demonstrate the use of "Since childhood, he was good,

prepared to give every assistance

Total sales: French guns. upright and honourable. He was

to the experts appointed, although elevated by God for a great pur- Mr. Chow Kwel Heun, special it is still of the opinion that the. pose, which I think he accomplish-administrator for the 8th adminis-matter really has been thrashed ed: His greatest friend. Major trative area in Kiangel and conuut by the Counell's own advisers) "Upright and Good" Hogarth, told me he came out of currently magistrate of hang and that all relevant information the war with clean hands: He district, who was recently impeach-has been given to the Public Utill- despised people who made money ed by the Control Yuan for imposities Committee for the Council's from the war,"

tion of exorbitant taxes upon the guidance. people, was dismissed from his posts and suspended from Govern- ment service for eight years by the Commission for Disciplinary Mrs. Lawrence listened with the Punishment of Public Function- deepest interest to "Reuters" ac-aries. A decision to the above count of the simple, well-attended effect was rendered yesterday by funeral, with the King's message the Commission, the impeachment to the family, and stated that she having been brought by Mr. Hang was proceeding to England as fast Yu Hal, member of the Control as possible,

Yuan. Rater

Hankow, May 22.

A bespectacled, grey-haired and shy little lady, the mother of Lawrence of Arabia" shares her famous son's hatred for publicity, and only after persuasion did she .consent to meet Reuter's represen- ..tative on her arrival here

Mrs. Lawrence declared:

"My

Bon was always self- sacrificing, and I feel sure he met

Dr. M. R. Lawrence, brother of the late Colonel, has been confined to his cabin for the past few days with dysentery.

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use on the battle Deld and those feated the Chinese forces by ar- MORE GIANT PLANES

for coastal defence. This new, ad- tillery bombardments and air at the Left Wing elements as a pro-dition to the Cantonese divisions lacks. The military here realise test against the action to IN RUSSIA

taken by the Government against is necessary in view of the fact that if the Chinese defenders had Moscow, May 23. - Freemasonry and politically use that they are mostly Infantry. modern guns at Wookung and The Sino-Japanese hostilities at other fronts, the attackers could Two glant seroplanes of the rellable functionaries, It is stress- same type as the ill-fated Maxined in official quarters that the Shanghai in January, 1331 is a have been held at bay. Therefore, Gorky will be constructed in ad army is solidly behind the Gov- good lesson to the military leaders efforts are being made to modern- here. Despite the heroism of the Ise the Cantonese detachments as altion to the three already decided ernment-

19th Route Army, the Japanese de a means of national defence. Troningena An Hiên. -Reuter,