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FAR EAST EXPRESS

PASSENGER AND FREIGHT-SERVICE -

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1935.

THE EXCHANGE MARKET

MESSRS. "RUZA BROS

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LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

Amsterdam "Athena ......

Belgrade 'Berlin Bombay Brussels ... Bucharest

Silver prices dropped yesterday to the extent of 9/16 for Ready and 1/4 for Forward, the quota- tions being 29 15/16 for both de- liveries. The drop was attributed | Buenos Aires. to heavy Eastern selling. America Copenhagen bought. After the official · fixing America appeared to be rather a reluctant buyer.

In America the rate was lower Lisbon at 67) for spot.

(BRITISH WIRELESİ SERTION

#

Sterling Parity Aug. 12.

12.10 Floring

7:344

Aug 3 7.344

875 Drachm

78,316 Dinara

20.43 -Marki

12.29

12.30

in d. per Rupee.......

b. 3 Bölgna

29.41

29.43

813,566 Lei

47.38d. pèr Peac

18.169 Kroner

Geneva Helsingfors Hongkong

FS:

France 15.17

"15.20

193,3 Marke

"

24-1

110 Eachdes

Madrid

95.22)* Posetar

36 5/32

36-3/16

..Sept. 3rd

| S.S. POTSDAM

· 9.8. SCHARNHORST ..Nov. Blat

8.S. ONEISENAU...

..Dec. 26th ...Jan" 23rd

The London-New York cross- rate was higher at 4971 and the New York-London to 4971.

Mila

92.45. Lire 601

50.98. per Peso

rate rose 3/8

4.867 Dollar

4.971

New York

Market

1

Oslo Paris ..... Prague....

4.987 Dollar 4.97 3/16 18-150 Kroner

4.98 4:974

Rio de Jan iro

194. France 74 61/64 184.95 Kronen 28.93d. per Gold

Mirois

1/6

1/52

18.158 Kranor 34.58 Schillings

34.561. per Yan

301

29 15/16

30 3/16

29 15/18 -31% 107

EXPRESS STEAMER

Calling at

Naples, Marseilles, Barcalous, Southampton, R'dam, Bremen H'borg 8.8, POTSDAM

8.S. ISAR.......

8.8. SAALE...

FREIGHT STEAMER

Aug, 10th to Genoa, Marseilles, Oran, Casabianca,

Rotterdam, Hamburg & Bremen.

Marseilles Aug. 29th to Genos,

Casablanca, Antwerp, Lisboa, R'dam., Hamburg

Bremea.

:

5.S NEOKAR......... Sept. 14th to Genoa, Marseilles, Barcelona, Oran, Casablanca, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Bremen,

S.S. Oder ... M.B. Trave

ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE

...Sept. 5th S.S. Trier ...Sept. 13th S.S. Donau

Sept. 28th ...Oct. 17th

HONGKONG/SOUTH SEA ISLANDS SERVICE. 9.8. BREMERHAVEN 25th Aug. to Salamana, Lae, Rabaul, Tulagi, etc. S.S. FRIDERU › lat Oct to Madang, Halamaua, Rabaul etc.

Subjeft to Alteration witholt Notice.

For Passage and Freight apply to:

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN

Agenta:

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MELCHERS & CO.

Quzen's Building, Chater Rd.

Telephone 26378. CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., Sharoten, B. C.

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20th August, 10 a.m.

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27th August, 11 am,

May to September Special Reduced

Summer Round-Trip Fare Hongkong/Batavia/Hongkong. H.K.$250.

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HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

All donation gratefully received by the Wynne Jones,

Hon. Treasurer Mrs.

404, The Peak.'

Old Clothes at

The Daily Press Building

Mondays & Thursdays.

Norminal at the opening. there were large buying enquiries with sellers reluctant to quoto, At the lower level a very large business was done closing on the easy side. Sterling

Montevideo Montreal

Shanghai Stockholm Vienna Pokobama

Silver (spot) Silver (forward) War Loan

Opened with buyers at 2/0 bat offers at 1/11 were immediately accepted, followed by transactions at 1/11 for near and forward and 1/11 9/16 for near delivery. The market then reacted and business was done at 1/11] for near and October, 1/11 11/18 for October and September and 1/113 for Ob- tober. 1/11 13/18 for October and second half of October and 1/11} | On for September. At this stage, buy- ing enquiries" were again in evid- ence and the market weakened and business was ddhe at 1/114 for October, 1/11 11/18 for Sep- tember. 1/11 11/16 for October. 1,11 for near and, September and 1/119/16 for cash. The market | Ox SINGAPOLI:-- closed with sellers at 1/114 for August. 1/11 9/16 for September O JAPAN:- and 1/118 for October, buyers probably at 1/16 higher respec- tively.

US Dollars

The market opened with buyers a 493 but offers at 494 and 49 5/16 were accepted for near and forward followed by transactions at 491 for near delivery. The market closed with sellers at 483 buyers at 48 15/18 for near and for August and 487 for September.

40 for September.

Shanghai Dollars Sellers were quoted at 1354.

Shanghai Dollar Opened" easy at 1/5 and closed weak at 1/5 for spot. U.S. Dol- lars-opened at 36 9/16 and closed easy at 381.

H. K. STOCK

EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL.

QUOTATIONS

With the drop in Exchange Banks and Unions firmed up and were in demand at $1070 and $380 respectively. Trams and Electrics changed hands" at $12.65 and $581/ 59 and Dairy Farms were wanted at $15.10.

BUYERS Hong Kong Banks, $1055. Union Insurances,.. $375, Antanoks, 76 cts.

Bagulo Gold, 24 cts. ... Gold Rivers, 6 cts Salaçots, 12 cts..

Raubs. $74.

H.K. Docks, 56).

Hong Kong Trams, $12.85. Star Ferries, $77.

31

Singapore Trac.. (Pref), 22/6. Sinceres, $4.80.

Govt. 4% Loan, 84% Prem. Govt. 31% Loan. 2% Prem.

SELLERS Electrics, $691. Sandakan Lights $3. Telephones (old), $201. Cements, $34. Dairy Farmis, $15.40.

SALES Humphreys, $7}/?1. -

L.M.S. AND SOUTHERN STOCKS

...A *1% 34%.1073

Closing Quotations

August 14 135.

LosDON ;-- Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bilis, on demand Bank Bills, 4 months",

sight

Credits, four months'

11. sight

ON SHANGHAI --

On Demand

On demand

ON Naw TORK. --

60 7/16-

74 31/32 119 9/16

Bank Bills, on driwand 491. Credits, 60 days' sigba. 011

ON BATAVIA:

On demand

ON PARIM:

13

Bank Billa, on demand "ros

Credits, 4 months' sight 795

UK SAIGON-

-135

Ou demand

·ON "MANILA":

On demand

O'N BANGKOK-

169

On demand

ON INDIA-

Telegraphic Transfer... Bank, on demand

Rato

132)

BAR S1173, per os

On-demand

CANTON SILK MARKET

The Kwangtong Raw Silk Test- ing Bureau, Department of Recon- reports struction. Canton, China the following

Canton Quotations

August 12 Extra O.S. 13/15 H.K. $410N. Small Extra O.S. 13/15 HK

$330N.

Crack N.S. 14/16 H.K. $285P. Extra Extra 20/22 HR. $260P. Waste NS. Open H.K. $65N.

Yokohama Quotations

Spot

Bourse 6 months.

New York Quotations

August 13. Opening Yen 727 Yen 670

Bid

Sept Dect Mar..

1,55

August 12.

Ask

1.55

1.50

1.51

1.52 1.531 New York Quotations are ob- tained through Courtesy of Amer- ican Oriental Finance Corpora tion.

SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER

Lateer Singapore Prices

BENJAMEN & POTTS

Messrs. Benjamin and Petts have received the following Straits cur- tency quotations (buyers) -- from

for Singapore yesterday

Raw Rubber:

Spot

191 cts. down. 4 et. September 194 cts."down 1. et.. Oct./Dec. 197 cts, down i et. Jan./Mar. 201 cts. down i et. Market: Qulet.

1

45

MESSES, JOSEPH & CO. Messrs. H. B, Joseph & Co. re- ceived the following Straits Cur- reney Quotations from Singapore for Raw Rubber-

·

Buyers Sellers Spot

19 down i 191 Oct./Dec. 19] down i 201 Jan./Mar 201 down 21 Apr./June 213 down 1214 Market.Quiet.

748

..... 99$

923

2/-1

29 75/16

SOVEREIGNS, Bank Buying

“BERLIN BOURSE

(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright).)

Berlin, Aug. 13.

The shortage of stock on the sharemarket gave small buying orders a strong driving tendency, so that many shares notably the public utilities closed firmer than on Monday.

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are

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Fortnightly nailinge

Pres. Lincoln... Aug. 28, 6 a.m. Fres. Boover... Fept. 7, 8 a.m. Pres. Cleveland... Fept. 25, 6 m, Pres. Coolidge... Oct. 5, 6 n.m. Pre Taft Clot, 93, 6 a.,

EUROPE, NEW YORK

Inquire for round-trip tickets to Imrope la connection with Llovd Triestino.

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo Bombay, Suez Canal Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilen

Pres. Harrison Aug. 17, 8 am. Pres. Hayes... Aug. 81, Tam. Pres. Johnson. "Septé 14, 8 a m. Pres. Merre... Sept. 28, 8.a.m. Fres. Van Buren.Oct. 12, 3 a.m.

Yokohama

Fortnightly sailing Fres, Jackson Aug. 16, M night Pres. McKinley.Aug. 30, M'night Frea. Grant...Sept. 13, M'night Pres. Jefferson.. Sept. 25, 1. a.m. Pres. Jackson...Oct.11, M'night

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE

Next Sailings Pres. Harrison...Aug. 17, a.m. Pres. Lincoln.Aug. 20, 6 p.m. Pro MoKinley..Ang, 24.. 8 p.m. Prem. Hoover......Aug. 29, 9 p.m. Pres. Hayes ... Aug. 1. 8am.

BOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES ANERICAN MAIL LINE

FENDER BUILDING— HONG KONG. CANTON BRANCH :---4, SHAKER MOAD,

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.

THE Steamer

"POTSDAM"

BURG and Parta, Consignees of cargo having arrived from BREMEN, BAM.

are hereby notified that their cargo is being landed at their risk into the Go downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, The

turnover however,

where Delivery can le obtained. small. Fixed Interest Securities the Steamer "POTSDAM" has taken at Consignees are further notified that were uniform, the Treasury bonds | HAMBURG & BREMEN, through of 1923 closing one

3.2. per cent cargo for HONG KONG higher, but gold mortgage bonds "Lo", 8.5. "KONG BING", S.: "JADE" and 8.8. ERPEL from OSLO, advanced a shade and only in

COPENHAGEN, KOTKA and exceptional cases.

VILPORI.

was

Call Money was at "21 to 27. Young Loan was unquoted while on Monday It was 104. Reichsbanks weakened à to 189, Dyetrusts firmer at 160, Salz- detfurth Potash unchanged at 200. German Steel Trusts rose 5/8 to 871, German Mineral Oils weakened 1/8 to 114). Selmenshal- ske improved 1/2 to 187, Bemberg Rayon remained at 119, Monday unquoted-Transocean Kuo Min.

RECHSMARKS QUOTA- TION

- Berlin, Aug 13 Reichsmark quotation (without zuarantee):

New York

..... 40.45

Amsterdala

59.58 809 174.

12.3

Paris

London

Paris Sterling Dollar Transocean Kuo Min.

7

15.08

BANK TO THE RESCUE

--(Special Ala Mall" Service)

London, July 29. The Bank of England is to help

All Goods remaining undelivered after the 20th August, 1995, will be subject to Bent

No Fire Insurance will be affected by

any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the Con- riguses and the Company's Surveyors, Mosers. Anderson & Ashe, at 10 am. on the 19th August, 1995.

Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined by the Company's surveyora.

No Claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown`` and all claims must be presented within Tw Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, alt-i wales date they will not be recognised.

Consignees are requested to surrender ther Bill of Lading" to the Codersigned for Countersignature.

MELOHEES & ¤0.,

Agents NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. Hong Kong, 13th August, 1995. [3742

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"NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.

OHENA MUTUAL STRAM

NAVIGATION CO., LTD. ..

CONSIGNEES per Co.'. Vousel- "DIOMED

thic depressed areas of the Tyne-O

side.

It is understood that the amount of money involved is more than £900,000,

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

SILVER LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

FROM

NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES

BILVERSANDAL " E Motor Vessel

having arrived from the above Ports an 9th Aug., Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their riak into the Go- downs of the Pong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Consigneer rüt and expense.

All broken, cha fed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on Thursday, 15th Ang, 1935, at 10 am.

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

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 16th Aug, 1835, will be subject to Bent.

by

No Fire Insurance has been offeoted, Bills of Lading will be countersignéð.

FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD,

4th Floor, King's Building Connaught Road. Dial 23'65 Hong Kong, 9th Aug., 1935.

[37 8:

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DEV MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

UUNSIGNES NOTICE.

ss. CHENOHUEAUX”

BRINGING CARGO From MARSEILLES

ONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being lauded & stored into the godowng of the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing

All Claims must be sent in to me on or before the 21st Aug, 1936, or they will not be recognized.

Damaged Packages will be examined' by the ompany's Surveyors, Metsra Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 am, on Friday, 18th Aug., 1936.

Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in strandance when any dutisbļo goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors, a

In order to prevent this closing FROX UNITED KINGDOM,

TIA SINGAPORE. down of the Armstrong Whitworth engineering works at Scotswood, are hereby notified that their cargo Newcastle and "Gateshead, the will be discharged into Holt's Whare bank has offered financial assist Kowloon, where it will lie at Connig news' risk and subject to terms and ance to the parent company, Arm-conditions of storage at Holt's Wharf. strong Whitworth Securities. The Cargo will be ready for delivery

from Godown on and after 12th Aug.

Optional cargoTM will not be landed here, unless notice has been giyen prior to steamer's arrival but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends

All broken, chafed, and damaged Hong Kong, 10th August, 1935. [8730, goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any hours of 10:45 AM. and Tuesdays and Fridays between the Nook within the free storage period.

[Special Air Mall Service)

London, July 29, A desire to equalise the interim and final distributions rather than

At the annual meeting of the any improvement in the revenue

company. tu-day the chairman position is believed to be the rea- cent preferred ordinary stock, Major-general G. P. Dawney, an-" son for the decision of the direc- against nothing a year ago but bounced that the offer had been tors of the London Midland and per cent for the whole of 1934, the accepted, that the assistance Scottish Hallway Company, an- directors of the Southern Railway would be used to pay off the com- nounced yesterday, to pay the full explain that the company's net pany's debentures, and that Mr Interim dividends of 2 per cent revenue for the half-year ended Bruce, Gardner, & director of the and 23 per cent respectively on June 30 la approximately £75,000 Bankers Industrial Development the company's 4 per cent and 3 less than a year ago. "Although Company (of which Mr. Montagu per cent preference stocks the directors have no reason to Norman is chairman) would be year ago the interim dividends think that the results for the come chairman of the were 14 per cent and 17 per cent, whole of 1938 will ge better than Whitworth - (Engineers) the full distributions for the year those of 1934 it is stated, "they By these being made up in the final pay, have decided, in fairness to the vital ments.

large number of holders of pre-Fit is hoped

In announcing an interim divi-ferred ordinary stock, to pay, and which dend of 1 per cent on the 5 per interim dividend of 1 per cent hund

No claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the senzuwer Godown, and sill Goods remai undelivered after the 19th Aug

be subject to rent

الم

BUTTERE

August, 1925.

SWIRE

No Fire Insurance will be effected by in any case whatever.

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