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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Buyers Hallero

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Sharebrokers" Association

dellers

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THURSDAY. AUGUST 22..

Bankz

$1,100

£138

Uhartered Banks ...

£181

$78

N, C. & S. Barks...

10 ct.

H.K. Banks

Da. (London) ...

Marcantile Bks "A"

Do.

"U"

Bank of East Asia....

A. U. io. Corp: 8.[

Ch. Fin Corp. Urd. S.

Do. Pref. S.

Insurances

Canton anragooi. - Underwriters .....

$185

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1935.

NEW YORK COMMODITY

STOCK AND QUOTATIONS

(Through Reuter's Agency)

Last

August 22 Close Open 10.20 10.40 11.00- 4971 4971. 497%

ADULTERY CHARGE

Great intrest was evinced by u big crowd in an adultery case. E I wluch was heard by Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Ma- gistracy yesterday. Toe Court was those filled to its capacity, and standing... were driven out.

Chan Su-hong, 32 years of age, & doctor of No. 508. Prince Ed- ward Road, and For Moskit, 23 of complainant, years old, wife 'were, charged with adultery. The complainant was Shum Kun-hung, 30. a dentist of No. 9, Stafford Road

New York-London

498

Cotton, October .....

11.25

11.32 11.31 11.29

$1,080

Cotton, May incre

11.00

11.07 11.07

213

Rubber, December ......

12.20

12.18 12.23

Chicago Wheat, September ......

894

891

Chicago Wheat, December

.92

11.06 12.22 891 911

$751

Corn, September

741"

731 731

Corn. December

364

STOCKS

American Smelting

431

432

437

431

$190

Consolidated Gas of N.Y

321

327 33

321

20 tm,

Unten Insurances...

El. Band and Share

171

181

3380

$385

China Fires, aerupės.

33-2

General Motors

423

43+

1382

H.K. Fires

$190

Int. Tel. and Tel

111

111 112

$185

International Assoe, S.

Loew's Inc. ...

411

414

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Shipping

Montgomery W.

35+

136

Douglases

$35

N.Y. Central

231

233

231

Steamboats ..........d

$30

indos (pret.)

$30

Standard On Co. of N.J.

481

461

481

Do. (dal)

312

0.5. Steel

451-

451

454

noc.

72/6

Shell .....

73/14

Waterboata

311

79jota. Anitamoks

$18

77 ots

...

177 cla.

Balatcos

тья

2cte. Baguio Gold

24 cla.

10 ota.

Mining

$12.10 Benguet Consolidated 12 ots

13 ctx Do. Exploration 11 sts. Do. Goldfield

8 cte. Big Wedge............. 10eta

United Paracales... 32 sts

7 ate.

7 ct

Gold Barer

OLYM

30 cta

dold Creek........

#12 at..

Salazot Mining...... 12o.

90 ats,

po Mining.....

38 eta.

Itogons

141

13/-

Kalans......................

Langasta (single; d

Explorativas...red,

Shanghai Loun

12/6 $11 13 -13.

$7.40

$14

Raabs

14.30 Venezuela Gold Flix. $81

$79

8741

Docks, WharTON,

Godowns, sta.

A.K. & K. Whisryea.

Do. · (old)!

Doi

(new)

65 cts. Providente (old).... 65 cts.

Do.

20 cta.l

(new).... H,K. W. Locks

S. China Motors 'A'

H.Keities.....

$78. $75

NAVAL OFFICER FALLS

TO DEATH

Letter To Girl In Hong

Kong

(Special Ale Mail Service)

London, Aug. 5.

An abandoned car, in which was found a letter addressed to a girl in Hong Kong, led to he discovery yesterday of a young naval officer's body lying at the foot of a 400- 10 ota. fect cliff at Belle Toute Lighthouse, about five miles west of Benchy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex.

$78 34

Do.

"B"

#78

Shangusi Docks S.

New Engineerings.

$240

Hongkows

Lands, Hotels, and

Buildings

$3.60

$3,60

H.K. Hotels

$3.60

$18

H.A Lunda.........B) $28.

or div.

5100

Du. 4% Debentares

$100

$204

Shangudi Lands.....D.

$10

Matropahtan Lands..

$123

Do Deluntu.ess.

371

Hampurøys

$75

New Asia Hotel

335

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As Remition "A".

$88

Chinca EstatĐá -

Cotton Muls

$7.

Bwou

105

$40

S'ha Cottons(uk).

Do.

(new)S

Zong Slugs.

$95

Wing On Textiles(1.)

$6 $64 #40 88 $:25

Public, Ctilities

ex div. $12.90

fex ji.

$12}

$72

(New)...

378

Star FerriGN

$17.60 88./10

Yamali Forries ...

$17

China Lights****.

8.10/3./15

$39

$20

H.A. Mectrics an 149 Macso do.

"Malikam klɣgello.in

$20.80

18.20

Tolspanics (014) .......[ #20g

Do. (new)

$790

$tit

216

$15

$1.30

prema.

THE

Tramways WORK

Fosk Trams (old).....

Da.

China Busso.......

Ja,

(prel).....

industriais

Malabon Bugars

SID Caldbeck, Kord.) 8. Macgregors pret.)8.

$13

$10

31.10 38.40

$3.1u

Canton $1

j Comenta

Kopes.......

...................! $1.80

stiscellaneous

Dairy Farms

Amusementa er k

Ch. E'tainmenITH,«**** Constructions, (old)

Do.

(дет

Lane Crawfords...... Mackintoshs.*** Nanyang Tobacco...

515.30

$4 $1.10

12 eta

32j

Hinteresuar. a) $8.40 Watsonsate už $3.10

70 ata. Wm, Powalia...............

$2 $1.35

M. Greyhounds. S.. Enterprises 93. C.G.641925. Bds ILK. Gort. 4% Lanza

Do. 3

preci

Wallace Harper......

$55

B.K Wing On ***

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Vibro Pileng

MONACO SETS THE

FASHION

[Special to the "Hong Koor Dally

Press

Paris, August 21. The tiny Riviera principality the oldest of Monaco,, one of

Europe. sovereign states - 01 whose total population is under 25.000 have decided to set a world example in disarmament.

The motives for this policy

COSTLY JOB

whom my son was th love, and he was not engaged to anybody.

"He went on a world cruise year ago, but I do not know if he met any particular girl. He used to correspond with friends Shanghai and Hong Kong, but he had no special attachment for one girl so far as I know.

"I cannot quite explain the re- ference to the Consular Service, as I did not know that he was es pecially anxious to join it."

The officer has been identified as Lieutenant Derek N, T, H. Webber (27). Cobbe Cottage, Glynde, near Lewes, Sussex. He left the cottage in his car on Tuesday night and

It was revealed at the inquest 30 more was heard of him until

yesterday that Mr. Derek Norman his body was found yesterday.

Webber, the Belle Toute Lighthouse is used as Troubridge Hume

INQUEST

a residence by Sir James Purves-young Naval officer who was found dead at the foot of the 400rt. cliffs Stewart, the noted nerve specialist and it was his servant, Mr Hum- near Beachy Head, was married.

M. S. E. Mayo, an Eastbourne phreys, who took the first steps

solicitor, stated that he represent- towards discovering the tragedy.

Hits suspicions were aroused when ed the widow.

The body of Mr. Webber, who he saw the abandoned car on the private road leading to the light-was the son of Brigadier-General house. He searched the car and found the letter addressed to the girl

"Apparently," Mr. Humphreys o'd a reporter, the writer had re- cently come back from the tne East and wished to return to Hong Kong so that he could meet the girl agam.

NO VACANCIES "He appeared to have applied for a position in the Consular Service. There was a telegram saying that there were no vacancies in Service:

the

number of In a wallet were cards bearing Lieutenant Webber's name and address. There was also -a letter to his mother and a cheque for £le made out to the proprietor of the White Hart Hotel, Lewes.

"On the back of a letter was a list of accounts which he asked to be paid "

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Mr. Humphreys informed the po- a Eastbourne, and a párty went out in a boat to search the cliffs.

BEACH SEARCHED Meanwhile, P. C. Hide, of the East Sussex Police, began to search the beach at the foot of the clifis. He had just found the body beneath Belle Tout, where the 55 at clis are 400 feet high, when the police boat arrived, and the body was taken to East Dean.

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Norman W, Webber, was found on Wednesday after his car had been discovered on the road leading to of the a lighthouse, at the top cliffs. In the car were some papers of which, it is and letters, one

to a understood, was addressed woman in Hong Kong, but It was not disclosed whether she was his wife.

The first witness yesterday was He said his Brig.-Gen. Webber,

who was 27, had been a son. lieutenant in the Navy until two, years ago, when he retired.

BAD TEETH "We discovered when he retired that he had 16 rotten teeth, which the Naval doctors had failed to discover in four years," he said, "That was the cause of his re- tirinig."

His son had been endeavouring to obtain employment, but without success. After being shown a tele gram by the coroner. the General said that it came from Hankow, and indicated that there was no post available for him in the cus tors there.

Inspector K W. Andrews, of the Secretariat of Chinese Affairs, prosecuted.

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Outlining the case Inspector Andrews said that the defendants were gave the excuse that they both intoxicated but it could be proved by evidence that they were

Complainant,

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giving evidence

sald that he was a Hong Kong- born Chinese, and his ancesters

descent. were of Fukien

Second defendant was his wife. They were married six years. ago in Hong Kong at Shanghai Street accord- At ing to full Chinese customs. present the family, father and mother of witness's wife Was Canton. The marriage papers were then produced in Court.

Witness said he had had many quarrels with his wife. Firstly, because she had been to Canton She ard Itved there for 9 days. had gone up there without wit- ress's permission. That was about the 5th moon of last year. she returned witness asked her why she had gone up to Canton, to which the latter replied that he

should not ask her.

Ex..

When

FOUND IN HOTEL On August 13 last at about 10 his wife went out with their son without even telling wit- ness. At about 2 p.m. brought witness's son back to his

Woman

Mr. house. The woman said. a Chan had asked her to bring the boy back. Witness's wife" did not come back to the house then. Wit- ness did not know who that woman

was at first, but now he knew she was the wife of first defendant.

At about 10 p.m. on the same day. witness's elder brother came to his house, and told him something, as

the result of which they both

A Chin- tion and made a report. went to the Yaumat! Police Sta- ese Detective, C523' went with wit- ness, and his brother to the Wo Ping Boarding House. The detec- tive talked to the room-boy at the boarding house, and the latter brought them all up to Room No.

They were 86. They could not find what they were looking for. brought to Room No. 99 where they found the defendants togeth-.

er.

had gone for a walk, left the car," said Mr. Humphreys.

"We often have cars come up them. there and people leaving When I got up the next morning the car was still there so I became suspicious and informed the po- lice." he added.

Mr. Webber's medical attendant, Dr. M. L. Irvine, of Lewes, who is dis.rict, for the deputy coroner

Webber said he had known Mr. since May 22, when he came down from London for a rest cure for depression. "I was asked to look after him." said the, doctor..

"He was very depressed about leave the Navy and about his heath and his unem ployment, which I took to be the chief cause."

The Coroner: So the receipt of the telegraph that has been pro- duced to-day. announcing a fur- ther failure to obtain employment, would affect him?

"He was very keen on getting into the Chinese customs. I un-having o derstand that the telegram was re- ceived about 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon," "added the General.

Brig. Gen. Webber identified as being in his son's writting a short A member of the saff of the letter handed to him by the coroner, which was read as follows: White Har Hotel, Lewes, said:-

"Please sell all my belongings to "Lieutenant Webber has not been staying at the hotel, but he fre- mees my debts. Forgive me. I quen dy came in as a customer have lived my life too quickly and Just recently

I find I cannot slow the pace up DOL BeeD we have

now. Selfish-yes. I have always anything of him at al

so. Once upon a time, I been been "I understand he had staying at Glynde, and I believe he brought happiness to others, "but there is nothing left now, either was home on leave..

of them or happiness-Derek."

On the back of the note, the Coroner said, was a list of debts which amcunted to £87.

ABANDONED CAB

M.Ps"CUTTAGE Rome, Aug. 21.

"Regarding the cheque. I expect The Treasury accounts for July he wanted it cashed. We had show that £6,250,000 have been cashed cheques for hur in the past spent upon the East Africa adven-There was certainly no debt.” ture thus far.

Cobbe Cottage belongs to Lieut-

Doctor: Yes, I think that would certainly have a very bad effect on him.

"BRILLIANT OFFICER" The coroner, summing up, sald was abundantly evident that the young man, who, he understood, was a briliant officer, or a young man of brillart promise who had served his country, was intensely depressed owing, in the first place, to h's enforced retirement from Mr. Clarence Humphreys, a ser-he Navy, and then probably to

obtain other employment.

The July budget deficit is 28,- Colonel Chaslea Ponsonby, who just vant employed by Sir James Purves 350,000, the public debt is £1,771 over a week ago was returned un- Stewart, a nerve specialist who 600,000.00

opposed as member of Parliament uses the Ighthouse on the clits Liquid cash in the bank of Italy, for Seven Oaks in the by-election as a residence, said he returned the Mat, or holdings abroad, total caused by the elevation to the with his wife about 10.40 pm, on £11,783,000,

peerage of Sir E. Hilton Young

A villager of Glynde stated that Lieutenant Webber was staying af the cottage for the summer with his sister and my hers

**SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED

Metal coverage, minus the for- however, are rather mercenary eign obligations, amounts to $0.2 than idealletle since the business per cent- of the gambling establishment in Reuter. Monte Carlo from which the

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revenues, decided though with the greatest has Burke to such a degree regret, to reduce the strength of

to 87 men economy inescap the army tran

Koyardmen

It is frue that he had appear ed slightly depressed lately, but it was due to the trouble with his teeth. He has just had 14 0

Tuesday, and as he came up the drive he saw a car standing on the road at the top of the hill about 20 yards from the edge of the clin

hea

·ean think of no girl witn

think

zhts on it so

dot turned on, the blew the hooter to

The let er which has been pro- duced to-day evidently seems to show tha he had made up his mind to put an end to his life, and bere is no suggestion of foul play. of, any kind. I think the obvious

Maft of further depression. inference is than the young man, mounting to unsound mind, had lade up his mind to end his life. "Therefore, I find that the de- ased came to his end by throw-

over the cliff and that. time he was, of unsound.

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