1936-02-18 — Page 13

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LUNA A

OUTWARD SAILINGS +mv. "SAUERLAND" for Shanghai, Dairen, Taku, Kobe,

Osaka, Y'hama) Nagoya ...29th Feb." *m.v." RAMSES".. for Shanghai. Dairen, Kobe, Osaka,

"Thams, Nagoy819th Mar. m.v. "BURGENLAND" for 8'hai, Dairen, Taka, Kobe,

Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya...37th Mar, HOMEWARD SAILINGS.

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7 m.y. "LEVERKUSEN"... for M'lles., R'dam., Hamburg...19th Feb. "PREUSSEN for M'lies, R'data., Hamburg. 8ib Mar. m.v. "SAUERLAND" ...for. Genoa, Barcelona, A'werp.,

Rotterdam, Hamburg Limited Pahsenger Accommodation.

+ Passenger Vessel

For farttor particulars and passage fares, etc. apply to:-

·HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE

JEBSEN & 00., AGINTS.

12, Fedder Street, Tol. 29963.

HONG KONG DAILY

H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL

AM QUOTATIONS

The market showed signs of im- provement with a fairly good de- mand for most stocks In Home cases at advanced rates,

Bayer

China Underwriters, 31. Antamoks. $1,80.

Bagulo Gold, "22 cts.

Benguet Consolidated $18.

Raubs, $11.40.

7th Mar.

Venz. Goldfields, $3.

CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road.

FOG AT SEA

锌

Safety Devices

Perfected

Systems promising but not yet perfected, to prevent fog accidents

at sea, have come into prominence

with three recent serious colliatons

NEW INTEREST

IN WINE

Merchants Housing Private Stocks

London, Jan. 22. "Win you send round two bottles European waters, writes of red wine? Anything, as long. # as it's drinkable-and not too ex«: London Correspondent:-

Need for such safety appliances ↑ pensive.”

Is emphasized by the arrival upon Nowadays wine merchants ex; the scene of such ocean townships pect to receive that kind of order. as those gtant steamers the Nor-They have become hardened. Yet mandle and the Queen Mary. only 30 years ago the buyer-. On August 18, 11 casualties oc- besides ordering considerably more. curred in the Irish Ses in a cot--would have gone into precise Lision

the steamships details, and would have expected between Laurentic and Napier år. Twelve every instruction to be obeyed. days later three persons perished in a somewhat similar accident in the English Channel involving the battleship Ramilies and the steamer Eisenach. On September 5, off the 'Portuguese coast, 700 passengers narrowly escaped when the liner Doric and the steamer Formigny collided.

are

Peak Trams (old), 57.

Peak Trama (new), $2. China Lights (old)), $11.30.,

China Lights (new), 58,

Electrics, $722.

Cethents, $84.

Govt. 4% Loan, 4% Prem.

Sellers

Hong Kong Banks, $1800. Union Insuranceà, $555, Wharres (old), $101. Providenta (old), $2. Hong Kong Trams, $13. Dairy Farman, €22. Binderes, $2.70.

Sales

Hong Konb Banks, $1600. Antamoka, $1.80.

Baguio Gold, 23. cts. Benguet Consolidated, $18.

[* China Lights (old), $11.35,

- Eléctrica, 179.

THE EXCHANGE.

MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA BROS.

Silver price dropped 1/8 over the week-end for both deliveries, Wine merchants, proud of their quotations being 101 for Ready trade, do not like the leave it to and 19 for Forward. Silver ad- They frankly vices reported small seilers but you" REEitude, lament the passing of the old there were, no keen buyers. In unchanged type of buyer, the man who knew America the rate was what he wanted and who would at 441 for Spot.

The London/New York cross- discuse vintages with the best.

Nevertheless, there is hope orate was higher at 499 9/18. New better days. Experts who were York/London was quoted at 5001. consulted by a "Morning Post"

MARKET representative yesterday, agreed that taste is improving and that another generation of connaisseurs may arise.

Dull, the tone was steady.

STERLING

A small business was reported at 1/33 for near delivery. The mar ket closed at 1 p.m. with sellers at 1/3 13/16 February, 1131 March, 1/3 11/18 Apr and 1734 May, buyers at '1/16 higher re- spectively.

U.S. DOLLARS

FOUR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

In order to reduce such risk in future, four independent mechani" cal systems are being experiment- ed with to supplement men's

WAR INFLUENCE vision and hearing which are al-

The decline after the war was ways Mable to fail in thick weather. Inevitable. The influence of the

None of these mechanical

war, a less leisurely age, life in systems

yet perfect, the

flats, and the doom of the fares Monitor learns on high authority house-all these contributed. None of them so far, has become

A small business was arranged Big cellars are few nowadays. "part of the standardized equip-Wine must be kept at a certain at 33 1/16 for cash. There were ment of sea-going vessels. But a temperature, and it is unrensen: sellers at 33 February, 327 March of them appear to have possibill-able to hope to store it id and 323 April, buyers at 1/16 ties of utility especially in crowded pocket-bandkerchief flat beside a higher respectively. routes of ocean traffic. They are hotplate or an airing cupboard. respectively television, infra-red The old roomy cellars and base- ray vision, wireless direction hud- ments had their uses. ing, and echo-signaling.

their

secrets

2

The owners.

1100

SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers were quoted at 100 11/16 for cash.

SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling opened with sellers at 1/2 7/18 and closed a shade stendler at 1/2 15/32 for Spot. U E. Dollars opened with sellers at 30 1/16 and closed at 30k for Spot. Steady.

Dull.

MARKET

STERLING

A small business was Cone at

PRESS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1936.

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

(Barrie WiRÁLISE. SERVICE)

BURNS PHILP LINE M.V. NEPTUNA

Paris

Седета Berlin

Athens

Shanghal

New York Amsterdam

Vienna Prague

Bucharest

Madrid

Lisbon

Hong Kong

Bryssels

Montevideo Belgrade

Montre BJ

Yokohama Helsingfors

ملع

Buenos Aires

Bliver (Spot

February 15. 74 51/64

February 19..

+74 61/64

16.15

15.12

12.29

12.29

..517 $.

518 8.

62 3/16

62 3/18

4.98 3/16

7.281

4.991 7.274

1191

119 3/18 J

38 11/841

29.37%

29.33

4.974 1/3 1/84

4.981 1/2 1/32

·Hiver (forward) Wär Loan

19% 194

On LONDON:

34% 1004

Closing Quotations

February 17, 1838.

Telegraphic Transfor Bank Bills, on demand Bank Bills, 4 months'.

sight

OF NEW YORK:

Bank Bills, on demand 323 Credila, 60 days' right. 37) ON BATAVIA:

On demand

ON PARIS:

Orbdits. four months'

Bank Bills, on demand 483

sight

1/4

Credits, 4 month's sight 5081

ON BRANGHAI :—

ON SAISON :

On Demand

107

On demand

48}"

OK SINGAPORE: —

On Demand

55

On demand ----

On JAPAN:

ON BANGKOK:

Oh demand

#110).

On demand

14B

ON INDIA:

+L

SOVEREIGNS, Bank Buying

Telegraphic Transfär. Bank, on demand........

Jest

Bate

BAR BILVER, per es

16%

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

trarougn xenter's Ajmer)

New York: February 18.

QUOTATIONS

New York/London Cróki Exte New York Cotton-Mar. New York Rubber Mar. Chicago Wheat-day. →May, Chicago Corn Silver Official

11 Commodity Index

Last Today's High Low Close Close

4.98 8.00 1120 11.28 10 11 11 of 16.72 35.75 18.700 13.798 .01 up

(98.71 151.37-

93.43 109.82 102.60

12.45 66.9760180 #17 ou

Business Done:-1,370,000 shares.

611 61

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unquoted

Dow Jones Averages

30. Industrials

High-1934/25 Low: Feb 14.

152.87

Feb. 15. Changa 182.40

20 Babe

48.89.

17.31 48.40

48.76

90 Utilities

34.08

14:36 83,39

33.78

40. Bonds

109,37

62.10

Stock & DIVE Adams. Express Amer. Can (4)%%

Last Bats Feb. 14 Feb. 15.

13 1187

181

1204

Am. Cyanimid “B”

- (25dr.)) Am. For. Pw'

Int. Cement

36

377

Int. Nick80)

Bi

That is why the cellars of the Television is a process whereby leading wine merchants so often special rays are made to penetrate contain stocks of clients wines. fog and to record upon senalized The merchants are pleased to plates, images of objects otherwise perform the service. invisible Such photographs, it living possibly in modern. has been found, might possibly be basement houses, are glad that effective at least up to short dis their wine has so good a home.

To-day it is the custom to "lay tances, if they could be made to

somewhat down" one's wine in another per- reveal more quickly than is now the ; son's cellar, where, in perfect sur

11/18 February, 1/31 March, 1/3 Am. For. Pws. #7 1st "development," that is, their and await the call," treatment to enable them to dis- The younger generation, brought 11/16 April and 1/3 May, buyers Am Locomotive..... close a pleture visible to the up during the war or just aftet 1/16 higher respectively.

Am Radiator 241 U.B. DOLLARS navigator, mus already been rewards, had no opportunity to

am. Smelting snimio : 881 a matter of seconds learn the finer points of duced to

The market closed with sellers rather than of minutes, but the Now, it appears, they are taking at 33 February. 327 March, 324 All Tand... 177 - 2 1773

Am: Tob "B" (5) time element is still sufficient to more interest. The increase in April, buyers at 1/18 higher re-

Am. Waterworks (1) 224 Interfere with their adoption by the number of sherry parties may

spectively.

Am. Waterworks $5 ordinary navigators. An oncom- have contributed, for at the mo-

prat (6) ing vessel may be detectable with ment sheizy is the most popular SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER Anaconda Copper certainty, but under certain condwine. Part has kecond place

east. The time taken for their roundings, the bottles can rest in

tions a collision might occur “be- fore the ship's course could be adequately changed.

recent

QUICK ACTIÓN

WIDE.

SHERRY, HOCH CLARET

One pld-established London Arm has sold more sherry than port in

a year, for the first time in the history of the firm. Hocks and

Although

Pt.

-101

Stock & Div

Gold Dust

Goodyear (0)

Int. Tel & Tel. Johns Manville Kennecott (16)

Loews (1)

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N. Amer. (50¢. #%*) "288

48

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA

Next Sailing 22nd FEBRUARY for Saigon, Manila, Sandakan, Salamana, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne.

First Class Fare to Sydney:

Single: £47.10.0d.

Joint Passenger Agents :---

Return: £76.

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King's Building.

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farer to Australia and South Africa)

TO MANILA, MAKASSAR,

& SOERABAIA

S.S. **TJIBADAK

18th February, 10 am.

BALK

Inder Bike Pier 9.60 .zg. Tender Pollen Pier 9:16 a

TO BATAVIA DIRECT

TJISAROKA

3.S.

25th February, 11 am.

Tonder Éinks Pier 10,00 m. Teider Folios Pier 10.15 am,

TO AMOY & SHANGHAI

m.s.

**TJISADANE "

20th February, 10 a.m. Special Found Trip Fare 1st class Hongkong/Manila/Hongkong H.. $136.00.

Winter Bound Trip Celoter Birch Lengkong/Extatry/Herk Fong LE.1876.00. For further information apply:I NA Holland China Trading Co.,

SERENÇA Canton

B. Nolasco de Silver, Esq., Masao JAVA-OBINA JAPAN LÍNE York Building.

Tel. 28018.

MODERN

LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE

NOTICE TO CONSIÓNEES.

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD; CHINA MUTUAL STRAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

1ONSIGNEES per Co.'s Vomal

From UNTȚED KINGDO

VIA BING OBT

Las Bale

Feb. 14 Feb. 15

191

191

300

30+

491

50

181

181

361

301

301

***52629.

242

Lori (120)

671

Modt, ward... (373

Nat. City E. (1)

381

100%

Nat Da P. (1.20). 22)

..23

Nat: ; Distillers"

201

Nat. Pwr La.- (80).

NY. Central

-341: 841

Atch. T. and:8:"

Pac. Gas (1,50)

Pac. Lius (3)

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

Latest Singapore Prices

Auburn Automobile 461 Baltimore & Ohio?...

47

Packard Motors

101

251

251

Penn, Rly, (1).

435748364

Bethlehem Steal.

451

Phi: Petro (1)

Boeing Airplane... 981

Borden Co. (1.60)

127

SILVER LINES NOTICE TO COSÉIGNEES

Borg Warner (dr.)

108

109

Canadian Paclic Buyers Bellers Caterpillar Tract 25% up t 281 261 up 1 201 204 0 1 287

13

2:136)

Sears Roebuck

5858

NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES

Boc-Vac (60)

Ch. Nat. B. (1.40)... 399* CPeake Corp (168)

Brn, Cal El

-50) 151 15T

72

721

Bouthern Pacif

OPEAKE Corp. Ohio (2-80)

Stan. Brand (1)

341

351

59

601

151

152

Chrysler (14)) Col Gas

961

Sta 04 NJ (1)

Ster. Pre (2.80)

661

Studebaker

and stored at ConsignnoR

Transam

Ung Car and Cart

are to be left

#36)

they will

port to port

Mich the option All broken, aka

Un. Pac Blys

128元

212 Feb., 1980, st

Un Altcraft

80%

Un. Air Line

United Corpr

after which dat Laay, cannot be re- cognized.

148

Unty. Leaf, Tob,,4(2),

Share20

Uni. Gas Impr. (120) U.S. Rubber

461 18184 21 201

B. B. JOSEPH & CO. "Infra-red" vision disclosed by clarets are, in favour

Monday, Feb. 17. Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Care investigations made by hocks alumped in the war years, ceived the following quotations Commander Paul MacNeil may and after, owing to prejudice, in Streits Currency from Singa Case not impossibly meet this difficulty that feeling has long passed.

Bore for Raw Rubber This system is so instantaneous in The days of the private cellar its action that it is claimed to be may be ending, but wine mer capable of synchronization with chants hope for a time when anti-aircraft guns so as to fire young, hoste, telephoning from them simultaneously with the their fats, will speak knowingly crossing of the besim by a distant many vintages, and insist, airplane. Its possibilities never moreover, on geting what they theless as applied to the detection want, of ships at sea are stlh, "in the experimental atage.

Spot Apr./June July/Bept Oct./Dec.

27 up 12 273 Market-Firm, Bellers reserved,

direction from which It cones Comm Bolr. enable the position of a vessel to Comm

Comm. Sturr be determined

It appears to have possibilities Goms On (28) well deserving of exploitation. It cqm PI (8) seems particularly suited for the Cont detection of the presence of ice- Cant OT bergs Nevertheless up to the Corn Prod t

Douglas Aircraft present, the Monitor und that the United States Ice Patrol Du Pont which for over 20 years

Bleck Bond Set completely robbed the mailing depends upon Affantle of what

Elec. Bond father system. Here the surface: | one of its major perils to

is swept by beam has so far found itself xeturns an echo when it depend more upon ship

Wireless direction-finding, as BEST AT A DISTANCE. under investigation by the Mar This system seems to be already. con! Marine Communication Com- workable, so long as the signal pany here, la also promising ling ships are at a considerable This system enables an oncoming distance from one another. On vessel to notify the direction of the other hand. It appears to be its approach to other ships which less reliable in cases where ap- are equipped with the necessary proach has become so near as to receiving apparatus. Here the ap make dazıger of collision parent amplitude of a signial of minent. constant dimensions Indicate nearness of approach.

is shown by movement of the receiving instrument 30 2.3 obtain maximum resu

occur when the zece

Im

These strikes any such obst

an the actual observations side of 8 LED

echo ist communicated by amplified by receiv insten=” upon any of the ments and its dimensions and the apparatus kow

points directly towards the sender

of the Kizas.

331

Radio Corpn.

Pab. Ser N.." (2.80)

Rey. Tob "g

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having arrived Lama the ore Portada 152 Bratant Goulignees of Cargo are their Good Pare.

All Claims ditst be prese

Vanddium Warner Bro West E& Call Mon

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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all

Goods remaining undelivered after 2nd Feb, 1936, will" bu auble

No Fire Insurance has Bills of Lading will

Doda: have left the