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LLOYD TRIESTINO

· FLOTTE RIUNITE LLOYD TRIESTINO-MARITTIMA ITALIANA-SITMAD "Next Sailing Nozibward S.S. CONTE VERDE" 18th April

Next Salling Southward 5.5. "CONTE VERDE" 28th April, Special 10 days Return Tickets at greatly reduced cost allowing of 24 months stay in Europe, and concessions to 1st & 2nd class travells a to London.

lat 3nd He £132 68-

וי

HONGKONG to Venice/Triesto/Genos and return

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1936.

THE EXCHANGE

다

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

MARKET

MESSRS, ROZA BROS.

Last advices received reported a rise in the price of Sliver of 3/18 for both deliveries, the quotations

Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates being 20 1/16 for Ready and For-

To BOMBAY

COLOMBO

SINGAPORE...

SHANGHAI

£44 J£41.

£25

£21

$22

€19

£18

£13

£11

£12

£9

£ 6

EXPRESS PASSENGER SERVICE FAREAST-INDIA-ITALY" ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all the Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Conter- ence Lines.

ITALIA & COSULICH LINES Agents for the sale of through and independent tickets to North, Central and South American porta via Italy.

TICKETS

THROUGH facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.

TO LONDON-3 days-Special

INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditions,

LLOYD

P.O. Box 143.

TRIESTINO

Tel. Addr. "Lloydiano" Telephonse 32982/3. Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO. LTD., Shameen.

D.L

FAR EAST EXPRESS

SAILINGS TO EUROPE

SS. POTSDAM......... M'lles, Barcelona, Plama D. M.

ין

(BRIT WIRELENA SERVICE);

April 8.

Paris Geneva

74 61/84

15.171

Berlin

12.281

April 11, 74-31/32 15.151 12.27

Athen

520 S.

Milan

621

528

Shanghai

New York

4.841

4.987

Amsterdam

7.273

7.271

Vienna

the

Prague

119

Bucharest

669 8.

cross-

119-9/16 9870 S.

36-3/16-

Lisbon

Hong Kong

Brussels

29.201

217 4.967

4.94

ward. The American and London markets were closed during holidays.

The New York/London rate was quoted at 4.941.

MARKET

Steady but very dull

STERLING

reported.

No transactions were There were "sel'ers at 1/3 13/16 for cash/December. buyers at 1/3 10: any delivery.

U.S. DOLLARS

Some business was done during the early part of the morning at 321 for September and October. There were sellers at 821 Cash/ August and probably September and 32 9/16 October/November buyers at 1/16 higher respectively. SHANGHAI DOLLARS There were sellers at 1091, for cash and buyers at 109 3/18. stor cash.

SHANGHAI MARKET

There, were selera of Sterling at 1,2 for Spot and US. Dollars at

291 for Spot.

Madrid

Montevideo

Belgrade

Montreal

Yokohama

Helsingfors

Rio

Buenos Aires Silver (Spot

Silver (forward) War Loan

197

34% 107 9/16

Closing Quotations

April 14, 1938. On LONDON: -

Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Bills, on demand 134 Bank Billo, months'

sight.

****'" }/16

Credits. four months' H

ON NEW YORK:-

Bank Bills, cn demand 32 3/16 Credita, 60 days' sight. 33 1/16

ON BATAVIA:-

On demand

ON PARIS

Bank Bills, on demand 188

Right

Credits, 4 month's sight D13

ON SHANGHAI:-

ON SAIGON :--

On Demand

10T?

On demand

#8!

ON SINGAPORE!--

ON MANILA-

The market

On demand

63)

was dull in

On JAPAN:-

ON BANGKOK:-

afternoon

On demand

11t

On demand

1428

STERLING

ON INDIA-

SOVEREIGNS. Bank Buying

Bate BAR SILVER, per of

1/4)”

20 1/18

EL IN. THE AFTERNOON

sellers

PRESIDENT LINER TRAVEL SERVICE

"is Yours to Command

To SAN FRANCISCO

President Liners' frequent seüiloge and their unique stopórur pelvileg allow you to _texval just prolly you choose, And Dollar Steamship Lines and American Mail Line worldwide Dütees xad agents are maintained to serve you nahore ja whașover place yes 'chance to be. MA your host trip more enjoyable, travelling "The Presidens Line way."

To SEATTLE, VICTORIA Via Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama and Victoria.

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu. San Francisco, Pan ma Canal, Havana, New York. Pres. Hoover 10am. Apr. 18th Fres, Cleveland 8 a.m. May 6th Pres. Coolidge" 8 am May 16th Pros. Taft 9 a.m. June 3rd Pres. Hoover 8am. June 13th EUROPE, NEW YORK

Viz Manila, Singapore, Fenɔng, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal. Naples, Ganon and Marseilles. Pres. Wilson 8 a.m. Apr. 25th Pres. Monroe 8 a.m. May 9th Proe. Yan Baren 8 am. May 3rd Pres. Garfield 8 am. June 8th Pres. Polk 8 am. June 20th

Pros, Grant Pres. Jefferson M'night May 8th M'night Apr. 24th Pres. Jackson M'aight My 2nd Pres. McKinley M'night June 5th Frew. Grnat

M'night June 19th MANILA.

THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE

Next Sailing

Prea. Grant Pres. Wilson

8 p.m. Apr. 18th Pres. Cleveland 6 pm. Apr. 28th 8.m. Apr. 25th Pres. Jefferson 6 p.m. May and Prea. Monroe

Ba.m. May 9th

MOST FREQUENT AERTICE ON THE PACIFIC

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES

AMERICAN

MAIL LINE

PEDDER BUILDING-HONG KONG.. CANTON BRANCH 1—4, RUAKRE ROAD,

S'S. DONAU

Sorthampton, Rotterdam, Bremen & Hamburg

May 3rd, at 10 in. Milles, fran, Casablanca, Antwerp. R'dam., Hamburg & Bremen...

May 13

Apr. 20 SS. POTSDAM May 5 S.8. ISAR

Apr. 20 May 5

ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE) SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI

S.S. POTSDAM ... S.3. ISAR

HONGKONG/SOUTH SEA IS ANDS SERVICE.

8.8. BREMERHAVEN..., Rabnul, Tulagi, Kavieng, etc...

Subject to alteration without Notice.

For Passage and Freight apply, toj

...... May 11

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN

Agenta:

MELCHERS & CO.

Queen's Building, Connaught Rd.

Telephone 27772...

CANTÓN AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., Sliamoen 8.0.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

From LEITH. MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.

THE S.S.BENWYV:S." ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby

Come that all Govda are being

landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hone KONG AND Kowloon WHARY AND GUDOWN COMPART, LTD., whence and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and Goods remaining undelivered after the 16th Apr,, 1936, will be subject to rent.

All Ulaims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 30th Apr., 1936, or they will Bot be

Tecognised.

comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Olcer in atten- lance when damaged dutiable goods are examined.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 14th Apr. 1936, at ... by Messrs. Carmichael & Clark.

No Fhe Insurance has been affected. Bille of Lading will be countersigned by W. R. LOXLEY & Co. (CHINA) Ind. Agenta Hong Kong, 9th April, 1936

VALUE OF COPPER

A Big Depreciation

14356

In Sterling no business was re- ported. finishing with

1/3 13/16 Cash/December, buyers at 1/31.

U.S. DOLLARS

sellers

The market closed with at 32 cash/September and 32 9/16 October/November, buyers at 32 11/18 Cash/October and November.

Telegraphic Transfer... 10

Bank, on demand........

NEW YORK STOCK

EXCHANGE

Farouza Kepler's Agency)

QUOTATIONS

New York: April 14.

H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL

QUOTATION

The market opened on the quiet side after the holidays but during the day enquiries were made for Hotels, Cements, Dairy Farms and

New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-July New York Kubbor-July Chicago Wheat -July Chicago Corn -July Silver Official

SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER some of the Utlilties with prices Adams Express

Latest Singapore Prices

Tuesday, Apr, 14.

and at the close buyers were hold-Am. & For P. $7 pi

Mears. H B. Juseph & Co., Te-g off waiting advices of the Lon- Am. Light & Trac.

ceived the following quotations dividend.

don reaction to the reduction in in Straits Currency for Singapore Raw Rubber.

Spot

May/June

July/Sept. Oct./Dec. Market. Quiet.

Buyers

25 Un.

27 up 27 up 271 up A

PHILIPPINE GOLD MINING SHARES

Tuesday, Apr. 14.

Meira. Benjamin and Potts re ceived the following quotations from their Manila Agents this morning-

Beng. Consols, Antamoks

BUYERS

Antamoka, $2.18. Bagulo Gold, 25' cts. Demonstration, 68 cts. Itogons, $1.08.

IX. L.. $1.55.

San Mauricio, $$1.20. United Paraca:e, 68 cts. Pravidents (old), $1.20. Ewo Cottons, Sh. $8, Hotels, $4.35.

H.K. Land 4% Debtrs, 100. H. K. Trams, $10.60, China Lights (old), $10.40. Electrics, $514. Cements, $9.15.

Govt. 4% Loan, 5% Prem. GovE.3% Loan, par.

SELLERS

Bklyn

Trans Corpn.

Today's

Change up

Last High Low Close Clos

4.94 4.94 11.0 11.01 1107 05 up 16.24 16.15 16.14 16.10b co up

11.08

£70 HBA 87 -872

501

537

594

442 441

#up off unchanged

High-1934/36 Low: Apr. 11. Apr. 13. Change

Business Done:-1,460,000 shares.-

Stockts

G. N'thern Rly. pl. 391

Pennsylvania R. R. Phillips Petroleum

S.S. "BENGLOE"

Sailing

for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, and LEITH (direct) on or about the 9th May."

Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports,

Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN S.S. "BENREOCH” April 26th

For Freight and Passage apply to:-

W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,

York Building." Agents:

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD.,

294 342 341

S.S. "NAURU CHIEF“ From MELBOURNE & SYDNEY,

CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that the above vessel has arrived and is berthed at Buoy B12, whence delivery may be obtained from ship's tackle.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. OOBAN STEAM SHIP. 00., LTD.

AND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

YONSIGNEES per Co's Vessel

"TALTHYBIUS"

Fox SEATTLE, VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA Flag JAPAN are requested to take Delivery of Flour

and Lumber Shipments as soon as the Vessel is ready to discharge and are hereby notified that if their Lighters arm not placed alongside the Vessel de- charged their Shipments will be dis

into Hole Wharf, Kowloon, at their expense, where the Cargo will! is also at their risk and expense and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt'e Wharf. Fteamer wik sommence Discharge on the 14th Apr..

General Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Whart, Kowloon, where it will lis at Consigneer risk and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage # Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from the Godown on and

14th Apr. All broka, chafed, and damaged Goods

after

Optional cargo will not be landed hers, unless notice has been given 48 bouse prior to vessel's arrival, hot carried on from port to port at Master's option to the final port of call to which the option extends.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the ship, and Goods remaining undelivered prior to the departure of the vessel will be landed and stored in our godowns &/or lighters the cost of landing and storage being for Consignes's Account.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods will be examined on board by are to be left in the Godowns, where they our surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & will be examined on any Tuesdays and Douglas, before the goods are delivered. Fridays between the hours of 10.45 a.. In the case of dutiable cargo, con- and Noor within the Free Storage period. signees are requested to inform the Import & Export Othen that they have auch goods for examination, and to make arrangements for the goods to be landed into Bonded Warehouse.

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agents. Hongkong, 14th April, 1986.

No Claims will be admitted after the floods bare left the Vessel's Godown, ad all General Cargo remaining undelivered after 21st Apr, will be subject to Rent.

All Claims against the Vessel most- be presented to the Undersigned on before the 6th May, 1936, or they will not be recognized.

No Tire Insurance will be affected,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIEL [436914th April, 1996,

Agents.

Dow Jones Averages

30 Industriala

163.07

96.71 160.48.

20 Rail

61.73

27.31 40.05

20 Utilit

40 Bonds

36.36 103 2

-14.4 33.18

160,76 28 up

32,80

Tel. 22633

93:43 102.42

102.43

.20 off .01 up

11 Commodity Index

62 10

62.4 unquoted $7.15

Last Sale

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

Stocks

Apr. 11 131

"12131

inclined to harden.

Amer. Can

1204 1214

G. Western Sugar

Apr. 11 13

391 34 344

The quotation for Unlens is un-Amer, Cyanamid B hares were placed at $540, Am, & For. Power

367

Humble Oil

.71

701

Int. Nickel

491

NOTICE TO CONSIGNRES

381

за

Int. Tel. & Tel.

167

Kennecott

411

Amer. Locomotive...

234

Loew's Inc.

451

461

Amer. Radiator......

30+

291

Lorillard

22+

221

Amer. Roling Mill...

847

85)

Monsanto Chemical 102

100

Amer. Smelting........

-531

Montgomery Ward...

441

Am. Sugar Refining 167 Amer. Tek & Tei. ... Amer. Tobacco 'B'"... Amer. Waterworks... Anaconda Copper Atchison, T. & 8. Fe... Atlas Carpi, Auburn

1€8

Nat, City Br

351*

912: 821

Nat Dairy Prods....

231

241

Nat, Distillers

314

311

382

391

Nat. Power & Light

114

113

851

86!

New York Central...

403

421

327

North American

294

132

131

Northern Pacific

484

✓. 45)

Paelic Gas & Eec. 381

Baltimore & Ohio. Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Co. Borden Ca......

227 221

Pacific Lighting......

541

824

€13

211

Packard Motors "... Paramount Picture

113

271

Incor

Manhattan

35+

351

491401

471 47

Bkiya - Manhattan

$6 cum. pt.

1034 102

Case. J. I.

1672 170

Pure Oul Co Pub. Bervice of NJ. Radio Corpn.

424

227

221

127

United Paracales

11.50"

1.40

11.70 1.50

Union Insurances, $550. Hotels, $4,45

Canadian Pac. Rly. Chase Nat, Bk.

131

Radio

Corpo "B"

391

391*

$5 of......

1001

100%

| Chesapeake

Corpo.

Reynolds Tob 'B'....

San Mauricios

H.K. Ropes, $4.

.84

Chesapeake & Ohio

58+

Schenley

52+

1.00

Dairy Farms, $194.

1.05

Chrysler

102

103

Schenley 51% pf!.....

091* 291

.46

Wm. Powells, 50 cts.

Columbia Gas & E.

201

Bears Roebuck

671 67

.44

-441

SALES

.17

.174

C. G. & E. 6% 'A' pf Commercial

100

101

Socony-Vacuum

147 15

Credit

551

Sthrn. Cal,

Edison

Com. Solvents..... Comm, & Bouthern

201

Sthra. Pacific

37+

Stand. Brands

161

(ord.)

Stand. Gas. Y Elect

Comm. & Southern

Stand. Oil of N.J....

681*

60 ⚫

Sterling Prods.

691

341 144

331 Swift Internationa! 301.. 148 Technicolor ******

30.

292

30+

.35)

131

...7.

62 20th Cent. Fox Fum.

NEW BONDS TO BE ISSUED

17+

16%

Delaware & Hudson

50%

comm 20th Cent, Fox Film.

271

| Distillers Corpn. Bea-

grams

DI.

Douglas Aircraft

641

Du Pont de Nemours, 1517 Electric Boat"..

bon 152 Un. Paclac...

23 Un. Carbide & Car- 61

·83

.871

1331

1332

Elec. Bond & Share

23#

-13

221

Kisc. Bond & Share

Un. Aircraft (New) Un. Airline Trans... Un. Corpn...

201

251

191

.19

71 T

$5 pt.

741

Elec. Bond & Share

$8 pi.

Elec. Power & Light Gen. Cigar

734 Un, Corp. $3 cum.

pf. 82** 82 Un. Gas. Improve-. 141 14 571 671

440 441

60,000 bonds of $10

·ment

181 ·101·

U. B. Indus A'cohol 574

Gen. Electric

404 401

V.B. Rubber

341

Gen. Foods'ini Gen. Motors

360

37.

U. 6. Bteet

717

721

70%

Vanadium

Werder Bros. Picta. Westinghouse

11 111

luc 1201 1201

Call Money

·B'd

1 pasable, mums

I. X. L's

Masbates

Demonstrations

Big Wedges

$50,000 FOR HISTORIC

HUANGSHAN

Nanking, April 8.

A.de-

the

A sum of $50,000 will be granted by the Central Government to Tientsin, Api: &. subsidize the development Owing to depreciation of the Hangshan, historic mountain re- copper coins in the neighboring lort in southern Ankwei. districts and the over-issue or cup-cision to this effect was reached per notes by the Pelping branch at the 257th meeting of of the Agriculural and Industrial Executive Yuan in compliance with Bank of China, the value of cop- the petition of Mr. Fish Shih-ying. pers has dropped tremendously Chairman of the Committee Li the city. The exchange rate is the Reconstruction of Huangshan, now 460 coppers to the dollar. transmitted through the Secre The Municipal Bureaux of Punile tariat of the Yuan-(Kuo Min). Safety, Finance and Social Affairs yesterday convened a meeting of

for

representatives of the local Cham-tain Municipal Government should ber of Commerce, the Tentsin be petitioned to ask the Agricul~ Tramway and Lighting Company, tural and Industrial Bank "to re- and various guilds, to devke ways call part of its copper notes. The and means to improve the situa- Chamber of Commerce will also i tion.

be requested, to urge the Bank to provide facilities for the merchants to exchange the copper notes for coins. (Kuo Min)..

It was decided that while the exchange should be maintained at 460 coppers for a dollar, the Tenr

Union Insurances, $540. Wharves, $91.

China Lights (old), $10.40. Electrica, $512.

H.R. SHAREBROKERS! ASSOCIATION,

Kuyera

Artamoks, $2.15... Baguio Gold, 27 cts, Ben. Explorations, 19 cts. Demonstrations, 68 cta. Big Wedge, 24 cts.

Paracales, 67 cts. Véns, Goldfields, $3, Hotels, $4.40.

Land Debentures, par.. Providents (old), $1.15. Trams, $103. Lights (d), $10.30. Cements, $8.10. Entertainmenta,. $21.

Sellers

Banks, $1555. Unions, $550.

Sales

Beng. Explorations, 19 Lights (o'd), $10,40)

(ord.) $8 eur. p. Consolid, Gas of N.Y. Consolid Oil........... Continental O Corn. Producte...... Curtiss Wright (C) Curtiss Wright, A

353 351 Texas Gulf Bulphur 351 7212 721 Transamerica

Gen. Rly. Bignin! ... (421* 42 Gold Dust

20122 Goodyear Tire & R. 291364

211

tions:

Chinklang, April 8,

TIENTSIN SMUGGLING

Tientsin, April ́v.

The rampant smuggling in North The Kiangsu Provincial Govern-¡ China has the Tientsin Customs a ment, at a meeting yesterday, loss of over $200,000 in revenue decided to issue $2 millions Land during the past 17 days despite Expropriation Bonds (Cheng-Yung enforcement Tu-Ti T-Chia Chuan). The Bonds measures on March 21, it is, re-

of the preventive. will be of the following denominallably learnt...

More than four milion tons of 2,000 bonds of $100 $200,000 goods have been smuggled into. $800,000 the Tientsin area, the daily loss or 240,000 bonds of $5.... $1,200,000 Customs revenue averaging more

The printing expenses for the than $10,000-(Kuo Min). bonds, totaling $0,362, will be remitted froin the Reserve Fund.

The Provincial Government also are $33,000; besides the provincial decided to allot $1,300 towards the grant of $1,300, the balance of construction of an administration $31,700 will be secured by the building for the District Government trict Government through the of Kuyung, south-western K'angau, position - of farm surtax-(Kho The total construction expenses, Min),

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