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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Snarcurokers Association

Bayste Kellars Öster Mantina?

TUESDAY.. „DEU., 24.

inyora

deilure

Sales

Banks

H.K. Banks

£96

£13

Chartered Banks ...

"$91

Mercantile Bks. "A"

£13

$70

NO, & 8. Backs

$1,478

***ii

$270

2587)

$575

***

$4

$38

34

********* $1,480 $1,550) Do. (London). .......;

Do

Bank of East Asia... $70.

Am. 0. Fin. Corp: 8.

Ch. Fin Corp. Ord. 8.

Pre 3.

Underwriters ****

Union Insurance... $565

atemnational Assos, 8.

MES?

2.3

$275

$1.06

$450 $250

2

Canton ingura uden.........

441

$1.10

China Fires

3480

$260

H.K. Firesniamakakase

Shipping

Douglakon

$35

Steamboat

$3

130

Lados (pret.)

Da (def.j

10%-

Sheila ......

530 311 79/4

$12.

Waterbosta

$12

Mining

$1.30

17

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$1.15

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10fcts.

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29 cts. Baguio Gold

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1935.

BRENTFORD ACQUIRE

NEW PLAYER

Heavy Fee For McCulloch

London. Nav. 30. to restore the confidence of their Brentford have followed Aston supporters. They have a fue set Vilia, their neighbours in distress ❘ of forwards, but only one. victory at the foot of the First Division from the last had-dozen matche. table. Into the transfer market." tells of inconsistency.

Yesterday the London club sign- As the City defence is ed McCulloch, the Heart of Mid- | good as it was six weeks Lothian and Scottish centre-for- especially in away games, Middles- ward, for a £5,000 fee. Thus with brough are the likely winners. the transfer of Richards from

VILLA'S CHANGES

not

ગ્ર

ago,

Wolverhampton Wanderers on i All the six teams at the bottom Thuriday, Brentford have spent jog thê table have häme fixtures, £10,000 in two days in an effort with the exception of Grimsby, to find players to stop their rele- who may meet with their third gation slidė.

successive defent a Preston

McCulloch

and Richards

will

make thel: début for Brentford in the Grin Park game with Leeds United to-day. The Scot leads the attack, and it, is possible that Holliday--who has been the' re- gular centre for some t'me-will accupy one of the inside forward positions.

THE EXCHANGE

MARKET

MESSRS, ROZA BROS.

The price for sp. Buver, drop- ped. 7/18, une" quotaudu peing 21 5/16. Shver soVICES reported america as saving bought 10% of the offerums.'.

In New York the rate was quot ed at 50 10T apoL

The "Lonas/New York Cross- rate was slightly lower at 4.931 and the New York/London dropped 3/8 to 4.92).

MARKET

rate

was

mut

Quiet, the undertone robust Business was lack

STERLING Transactions were arranged during the course of the morning at 1/3 9/16 for December and 1/31 I think Aston Vilia will begin for January. Later offers at 1/31 the upward more that everybody were accepted for first half I

anticipating. With their new January and 1/3 7/16 was

also

men available, including Williams; fixed for January delivery. The the wing forward from Hudders-uarket closed at 1 pm with sell- Beld, they shruid beat Stoke Cheers at 1/3 for December/arst at Villa Park.

half of January, buyers at 1/16 Williams is

outside-right, higher respectively. Houghton moving to the other

U.S. DOLLARS

at

S. E. Levy & Co.

7,"ION. HOUSE STREET S

INVESTMENT - BANKHAS “4 BROKKUS

HAN YORK QUTTON

RICHANG COMMOINTY EXORANGM, ING. N.X.

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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE

CANADIAN COMMODITT KICHANGE, 180,

CORLEIPONDENTS FOS

WHITE, WELD & CO., NEW YORI"

A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT

The Welsh international. Ric-wing to the exclusion of Drink- Business was done at 32 for hards is at left-half. McKenzie re- water. There are hall-buck Lath. The market closed at 1 turns to the other flank after changer Wood goes to right-half p.m. with salers at 313 for De suspension, and Bateman is fit to In place of the injured Gardner, cember. 31 13/18 for Arst half fance of First Diesel- and McLuckle comes in on the January and 313 for January,

reappear at right-back.

Gold River,

8 ots.;

30 ota

Gold Creek

United Paracales .....

8 ots.

16 cta.

Salacob Mining...... 15 sts.

90 at

Ipo Mining.

36 ot

Itogons

10/8

10/0

313

Langkats (single) d.

$10

141

Explorations...

$3

15:

Shanghai Loans

d.

I

39.70

Baube

I'd

$9.40

.8

191

*A*

$1.40

15 cta

$5

(old)) $94

.401

$1.10

i ote

Venezuela Gold Fide! $3

Docks; WharTON,

«GodowEL, `ate,

H.K. & K. Wharves,

Do. Do. (new)

Providents (olus · ...) Do. {new) ...) il.. W. Dočka

China Mowry' A

""

Shangnai Docks S.

New Engineeringəbi.

1237) Hongkewa .......

Lands, Hotels, xzë

Buildings

H.K. Hotele ... $5.20 H.K Lands................S. Du. 4% Debentures Shanghai Landı... S.

$80

34

Do.

390

€4

$35

$93

Receiving Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers should secure full points. There is merit

the Wolves' young team.' and If their forwards would only open out the game they should make rapid headway,

These are trying days for Brent-other flank ford, who have lost bur of their last five games. They w' and Leeds a

proposition. very touch and may have to be content: with ne point. Leeds have only been besten once in their last 11 games CUP CLASHES Meanwhile, the football season

&long moving

on greased More than a third of the wheels. League programme is completed, and to-day comes the First Round Proper of the Cup.

Thirty-four cup-ties are being played this afternoon, and all the Third Division clubs are concern- ed with the exception of Miwall, Luton, and Stockport County.

Everyone will be anxious to know the fate of the Corinthians in thelr

at Reading. The famous old club are stronger than last season, I am told. but I am

buyers at 1/8 higher respectively. SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers were quoted at 108 for cut.

SHANGHAI MARKET”. There were sellers of Sterling at 1/21 for spot and US. Dollars at 29+ for spot.

IN THE AFTERNOON The market was quiet in the

STERLING

To And Chelsea and Birming- ham in the top half of the fable at this stage of the season is agemoon.

But they are k distinct novelty, there on merit and I am prepared In Sterling business was re- to see both make a point to-day.ported, finishing with sellers though they

are playing away 1/31 ter December, 1/3 7/16 for from noma

January and 1/3 5/18 for. Febr- aary, buyers ar 1/18 - higher spectively.

Chelsea's team is unchanged for the visit to Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham, who are at Bolton, will have Steel at left back.

SECOND DIVISION

U.S. DOLLARS

JL.

Te-

A small business was arranged at 31 for the first half of Jan- Two matches which are likely vary. The market closed with sell- to have important bearing on the ers at 31 13/16 for December and Second Division promotion

race

Satisfactory Perform-

Electric Lug

The first British tug to be equip– ped with Diesel-electric propelling machinery, the "Acklam

Crosa," built by Hall,' Russail & Co., Ltd.. Aberdeen, in 1933, aroused wide- spread interest in shipping circles as well as a certain amount of ad- verse criticism, "especially in re- gard to her high speed. Diesti en- gines designed to give 960 r.p.m continuous running,

This vessel has now been in re- gular service on the River Tees for nearly two years and her behav lour has in every way justified tha confidence of her owners, the efficiency and reliability of her machnery being: demonstrated ́in a convincing manner.

For the last 18 months the “Ack- Iam Cross" has been engaged in

afraid they have been set too heavy are staged in London. Leicester 31 for January. buyers at 1/8 assisting large liners in port and

a task against the leaders us the Third Southern section.

The draw has decreed that four more well-known Southern ama teur clubs face professional op- ponents, but in each instance they have the advantage of playing at

City, the leaders, visit Chariton Athletic, while Tottenham Hots- pur-now in second place-receive close rivals in Blackpool."

Leicester are Hikely to find Charlton difficult to beat. Indeed. promoted side, who the newly

to bring back Alten centre-for· home..

Wal-ward, may continue their success. Dulwich Hamlet, With

at the expense of the thamstow Avenue. Nunhead. and full run Southall all meeting Third Bouth-promotion pace-makers,

will ern teams London is well catered #41 for.

35.20 $35

$351

$100

$20

$10.05

Metropolitan Lands..

ti.k, nesiteN.................. ---

$8.05

China Do....S.

$35

Da Debentures.5.

$10

Humphrey

19

SIUJ

New Asia Hotel

14

325

Asia Healties "A'S.

Do.

$94

Chinese Kata LOB...

Cotton MUIS

$91

Ewos

...............S.

191

.176.

Sim Cottons(uld)S.

$73

$412

1.

(new).

Zoong Singa ****

$25

Wing On Textiles(3.)

511 323

Public Utilities'

141/36

fedmwaya ........................... $14.45

$14.5€

· Peak Trams (old) .....

Ша (DW)...

Star Ferricon

1 Xaumati Ferries

$18

110.40]

1601

H.K. Elocuries

China Ligtits .................. $10.41ex div.j

68

$20

Macsú do

19.10

Saudakan Lights...

Tulephones (cold) ... $26′ 25.

Do. (new)...

#11/

Ubins Busoda B.

17/-"

fractions

$9.80

18/6

26/- 1

Do.

(pret.)......

Industrials

18.40

1. Malabon Sugara ---

$196

Caldbeck, Tord.) 8.j

$16

Macgregora (pref. 18.

ax dir. $1.45

Canton Ive

$1,45

!ements

$6.30

$8

$42

$18

3884

$17

or ug⠀

$10.45

$70

$25+

$9.80

31.60

13.40

$9

30 otk

141

170 ōta

32.

Ropestaran $4.60

Stiscellaneou

Dairy Farma *** Amusements are 1- Ch. Etainments..... Constructions, (old)

$194

Da. (ROW)|30 cts. Lane Crawford.encan Mackintoans......... Nanyang Tobacco.....

MAULANATION, AG

Pawella

$1.75

4. Greyhounds... $1.36 30. Batarprises ....

Ch.6.6419250.3Bda 917

1.5. Gort

:::

11.10

+

$6

$3.20

SUNDERLAND'S TEST

higher respectively.

H. K. STOCK

EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S UFFICIAL

QUUTATIONS

If Leicester lose, "Spurs

Further Improvement in the probably go to the top of the table. Their task axainst Black-rates have taken place in the pool is by no means easy, but market and a fair amount of ground advantage shou'd swing business has been transacted, the result their way

the market closing firm with an Another attractive London. gamall round enquiry for shares. is the Fulham-West Ham clash a' Craven Cottage. An open-looking affair, this, for both clubs are now playing their best football

As it

But the real interest is stl 1 the League, and to-day's pro- gramme is as attractive 15 an we have had this season.

Sunderland, with 11 points from their last six games, are certainly playing like champions. Can Ever- tön check their winning sequence?

This match at Goodison Park. I think West Ham are quite

'capablë of aaving a point, promises to be one of the best of the day, and I do not think Sun- derland

beateri On Will be "form," "of course, Everton should win, as only a week ago they iriumphed 4-0 at Grimsby, where Sunderland suffered their heaviest reverse of the season.

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In the North there is yet an- other intriguing Axture. "This is the meeting between Manchester United and Doncaster Rovers- chabs still in the promotion run~| ning..

The United now seem to have recovered from an Indifferent ARSENAL DROP HULME spell, but they will have to fight Another game that should be desperately hard to upset their packed with thrills is Hudders- | Yorkshire rivals field v. Arsenal, at. Huddersfield. Arsenal can maintain their r cent improvement and make the

full points, their challenge to eaders will become very rea

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

The P. & O. steamer "Soudan” It is a critical axture for the left 8ingapore for this port on the champions, who are taking the 21st instant at 10 am, and is due unusual step of changing a win-here to-morrow at about noon. 55 ča ning team. Holme is dropped

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91

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5%

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Wallace Harper :............

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$42

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A. K. SHAREBROKERS',

ASSOCIATION

**Banks, $1493

Buyers

Bank of East Asia, $731. Steamboats, $3. . · ·.. Antamos, $1.17 XD. Baguio Gold, 15j ets. Beng Explorations, 10 Big Wedege, 10 cts. Sulacots, 15 ctx

United Paracajes, 28 cts. Hotels, $5.15

Lands $351 Humphreys, $101. Wharves, 504 Providents (old), $11. Yaumati Berries,' $17,

Lights, Rights, $4.35. Electrics, $69.

Telephones (old)," $253, Telephones (new), $2), Canton Zees, $1.50 XD

Cements, $8.40.

Dairy Farms, $191.

Constructions (new), 30 ets Lane, Crawforda, $64. Sinceres, $1.95. Wing On (Shai) $434. Gold Bonds, D1g: •

Sales

Banks $1500. Antamoks. $1.20 XD.. Humphreys, SIOL. Lights, Rights. 54.40. Electrics. $691. Telephones (old) 26.35/25.49 Cements, $810 Gold Bonds, 911%

*

•

Moji, Kobe and Caaka on or about Friday, 27th December, 1935, at

6 a.m.

from the attack and his place The B.L steam ship Talma" being taken by Rodgers, who has will leave for Amay, Shanghai, been at outside-left in the asf two weeks. Bastin's partner on the left wing is Beasley. :

Arsenal's management belleve will make that the, switch-wer for greater thrust in attack, Cer- tainly they will need every ounce Huddersfield are unbeaten

on their own ground, where they have conceded only two goals "sa far.

an

·

POINTS FOR DERBY?

The 8.5. "Potsdam" will arrive here on the 28th instant at 4 p.m. and will berth alongside Kowloon Wharf. She will leave here at 4 am on the 27th instant.

+

The P&O steamer "Naldera" is scheduled to leave Shanghái fór this port on the ith Instant at

·HEAVY OIL CARGOES

(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily From" (Copyright).3

Like Sunderland and Hudders- deld, Derby County still maintain p.m., and is expected to dus here unbeaten home record. A on the 27th instant at about a m fortnight ago they allowed Bit- mingham to get away with d point, but I do not think the slip will be repeated this afternoon.

Their visitors are West Brom wich Albion who, with a weaken- ed side, lost at home to Hudders feld last Saturday With Pearson back in goal, W. G. Richardson eading the attack in place of Alsop and Wood on the left wing, the Albion will be much stronger, but It should be Derby's match

Middlesbrough, at home to Man- chester City, "have an opportunity

Bazdad, Dec. 28. Within the last two weeks, 150 tank ships left the port of Aba- den on the Persian Gulf for Europe, all carrying oil for the Anglo-Italian Of Company It is estimated that the oil export this year will reach 6,000,000 tons

Used

BUYERS Hong Kong Banks, $1490 bank of Bat Asia, $73 Cânion Insurances, $270. Union Insurances, $572† Gold Creek, 30 cts.' Venz. Goldfields, $3

Wharves (Old), $94

• Wharves (New), $81} •. -Providents (0°), $143

Hodes, $5,30 Hong Kong Labda, (855) Humphreys, 310.20 HK Realties $5.30 Hong Kong Trams $144. Peak Trams (Old), $5 Star Ferries $39 Yaumati Ferries $17 China Lights, 10.45 Telephones (öld), $25,35 Teephones (new), '50.60 Cements, $64

H. K. Ropes, $47 Dairy Farma, $194; Lane, Crawfords, 584 Sinceres, $1.60,

BAND SELLERS Electrics, $70

SALES

Hong Kong Banks, $1495/1500 Canton Insurances, 5275 Union, Insurances, $575 Providents (016),. $1.45 Hong Kong Lands, $35) Humphreys, $16.20 ::. Hong Kong Trams, 314.55 China Lights, $10.40 Electrics, $89 1990 Telephones (old), $25,35. Telephones (new), $91 Dairy Farms, $1999

ETHIOPIAN REPORT

river duties and also in towing hopper barges to the sea and back -a distance of approximately 20 mies. All her duties have been carried out in an

efficient man-

qer. Her Diesel engines have run for 2,585 hours with a consump tion of 17,545 gallons of oil fuel, averaging 6.83 gallons per hour. The lubricating of consumption Forks out at 5:148 gallon per hour. During the whole period of her dutles 15 per cent. of her work has been carried out under the po wer of one engine.

· MUSEUM FOR FILM "GHOSTS"

The Favourites. Of Yesteryear

Ancient screen prejudices, 107 quite dead, wa pe. revived by the news that outstanding early flims are now being selected for per- manent sate-keeping in Museum of Flim Art, New York

SHOWING TO-DAY AT MAJESTIC

THE

ARRIVALS

December 24,

Sandviken, Norwegian str. 1,775 tons, Capt. A. Norvalls, from Canton, buoy No, B2-JM, & Co.

Н

Hal Heng, Chinese str. 2.065 tons Capt. C. C. Ma, from Shang-

via hal,

Bwatow CMSN. Wharf.C.M.B.N. & Co... Tchekam, Chinese str, 806 tons, Capt. Kwok Shau, from Hol- how via Tourane, buoy No. C1. -Ping On & Co.: Selston, BritishY

W

tons str 1,571 Capt. R. C. Greer, from Swaz tow, Douglas Wharf-Douglas

& Co. King Yuan, British str. 1,546 tons, Capt. J. Taylor, from Hothow. buoy No. 121.-5.& §. Szechuen, British str.. 1,594 tons.

Capt. W. L. Paul, from Canton, buoy No. B12.—B. &. S. Anhui, British str., 2,080 toms,

Capt. J. D. Whyte, from Singa- pore, buoy No. B-B. & B Luchow, British, str. -1,281 tons, Capt: C. Harris Walker, from Canton, buoy No. C2-B. & B. Argun Maru, Japanese str., 4.040 tons Capt. K. Yanozi, trom Singapore, Kowloon Wharf --

Glenogic, British str., 5,825 - toris, Capt. E. Beer, from Dairen via Shanghai, kuoy No. A3 J & Co., Daishu Maru; Japanese str. 2.030 tons, Capt. S. Kitamura, from Milke, Talkoo B.. R. Wharf. MAK..

December 23 ' the Mao Lee, Chinese str., 1,222 Capt 8. Sano, from Hol bow, buor No. 316. Jebsen & Co.

Already films with an aggregate length of 200,000 feet have been deposited in the cellars. Some of them date back to 1898.

There, imprisoned for posterity, are the ghosts "af forgotten fRY~ ourities,

CLEARANCES

~ 24TH DECEMBER. the old, once-familiar Tjinegara, for Manfia faces that made millions' weep or Shantung, for Bwatow laugh: Mack Sennett's first cus-Kanchow, for Canton Lard pie; the vampire love-making Kohiwa Mara, for Hongay of Theda Bara; "first of the man- Deucalion, for Shanghai maulers," "A Fool There Was Koenigsberg, for Singapore D. W. Grifith's ""The Birth of a Hai Heng, for Canton Nation," in all its 12 reels; and, Glenogle, for Cantoin Conger still, a French version of Hat Tan, for Swatow "The Count of Monte Cristo" in Lyeemoon, for Balgom 23 reels that runs 7 hours 30 | Teljun Maru, for Port-Walitis. minutes.

Tin Beng, for K. O. Wan Tchekam," for Canton Argun Maru, for Moji

The" oldest relic in “The May Irwin-John C. Rice Kiss," a 60 feet long fragment frunning about half a minute) which so shocked-1 Broadway that the first censorship

· WEA established. Tals was made In 1890, RS

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935

Other enyne museum pieces Four or five million Americans are The Great Train Robbery" | learned, during the late World of 1993, are to be the first picture War, what it is to do things by with a plot, in which Broncho Billy the numbers, but it remained i for Anderson, was: an extra; a one- Busby Berkeley to make fall-use reel "Hamlet" made by Beerbohm or his army training in the crea- Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Tree, as an experiment, for tion and direction of screen spec-

Press” (Jopyright.)] = 2, Thomas A. Edison; a six-reel tacles.

Addis Ababa, Dec 23 feature, the title of which has not Every thrill that Berkeley has Fighting on the northern front yet been deciphered, starring provided audiences in the musical seems to have degenerated into Sarah Bernhardt, and a two- nurabers of "42nd Street, mere skirmishing. The Abyssinian reeler entitled "Bernhardt at light Parade troops are reported to have made further progress and are, already four miles from Aksum. No fur ther action is reported from the southern front Tranencean, Hua Mina,

-400

Na

For

Theatre

Home."

D Dames and his latest Fir Of the moderns the best rational musical "Cold

at the presented is Harold Lloyd, with 1935

“Just Nuts" ((1915), "Luke's Fatal to-day, FUV (1918), and "Welcome Berkele Denger (1929)

glied