75 19/64 15,331 12.33
526 .... 83 6/16 1/21/16
ND.L.
FAR EAST EXPRESS
SAILINGS TO EUROPE
S.S. DONAU
3ialta, Mles, Oran, Casablanca, R'dam., Hamburg & Bremen....... May 15 5.S. ONEISENAU........M'lios, Barcelona Palma _D. "M. Southampton, Rotterdam, Bremen
Hamburg
HONG
KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1936.
H. K. STOCK
EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL QUOTATION
The position of the markets show very little change-local stocks re- maining strady while zold mine shares are activa arid have made further advances
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
New York
Vienna Prague
May 13.
(Barrie WIRLING SERVICH
May 19,
Paris
75 31/84
Geneva
15.39
Berlin
12.33)
Athens
525
Milan
631
Shangha
172)
*4.67 11/16
4.961
Amsterdam
7.381
7.35
119]
Eucharest
673
Mädrid
38 7/18
36 11/32
Lisbon
Hong Kong
1/91
Brussels
29.34
29.31
Montevideo
213
S.S. NECKAR
June 4 S.S. SCHARNHORST Jure 9
Belgrade
219
Montreal'
4.970
4.971
Yokohama
SS. FRIDERUN..
HONGKONG/SOUTH SEA ISLANDS SERVICE.
Madang, Salamaun, Rabnul, etc. ................. BS. BREMERHAVEN..... Rabaul, Tulagi, Kavieng, etc............
Helsingfors
Bio
June 11 ...July 11
United Paracale. 88 cts.
Buenos Aires .........
Vena. Goldfelds, $4. Wharves, $90.
Silver (Spot
22 201
Subject to alteration without Notice.
Silver (forward)
20.7/16 34% 106 3/16
20 7/18 201 31% 1061
May 22
9.S. ISAR..............Malta, Marseilles, Oran, Casablanca,
Antwerp, Rotterdam & Bremen... June 10
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPEĮSAILINGS TO SHANGHAI
Jaze 5.8, NECKAR &S. BCHARNHORST June 9
BUYERS
Antamoks. $288.
Beng. Consolidated, $183, Beng. Exploration,. 21 cts,
Demonstration, 22.cts...
Itogons, $1,20,
I. X. I. $1.65.
Salacols, 13 cba,
Masbate, 80 cts.
For Passage and Freight apply to:
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN
Agenta:
MELCHERS & CO.
Queen's Building, Connaught Rd.
Telephone 27772,
CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., Sharmera B.C.-
A
THE
CHINA-SIA M
HONG KONG-BANGKOK
LINE.
**"BIRAM"* baving Hong Kong 24th May via Swatow
HONG KONG-SWATOW-AMOY
1.9. "HAT HING" leaving Hong Kong 16th May m.s. "HAI LEE"
leaving Hong Kong 18th May
Accepting Passengers & Cargo for all the above metioned ports.
HONG KONG-SINGAPORE-PENANG-RANGOON Regular Express Service
m.s."HAI RING" leaving Hong Kong 22nd May Accepting cargo for all the above mentioned ports.
Excellent passenger accommodation available.
Providents (old), $1.10. Hotels, $44.
H.K. Land 4% Debtrs, 100* Humphreys, $8ž.
Hong Kong Trams, $11.13. China Lights (old), $10.60, China,Lights (new), $7 35.. Electrics. $501. Telephones (old), $25. Singapore Traction. 23/-. Watsons, $3.45.
Constructions (new), 30 cts. Govt., 4% Loan, 51% Prem. Govt. 31% Loun, par.
SELLERS
Raubs, $11. Providents (old), $1.20. Ewo Cottons, 8h. $84. 'Dairy Farmns. $20.
SALES
Hong Kong Banks. $1565. Antamoks, $2,90.
Big Wedge, 32 cts. Demonstration, 83 cts. Itogons, $14.
Salacots, 14 cts. United Paracale, 94 cts. Song Kong Trams, $11. Mlectrics, $51.
Telephones (old). $25.10. Dairy Farms. $193/20. Watsons. 33.45.
;
W
For traight, passage rates and all other information-Apply to:- THORESEN & CO., LTD.
Tel. 30937,
General Agents.
Queen's Building.
S.S. "BENREOCH",
Sailing for LONDON,
ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH on or about the 9th June.
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN S.S." BENCLEUCH" May 16th ⠀
-For Freight and Passage apply to:-
Tel. 29533
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building. Agents:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD.,
THE WORLD'S STAMP DEALERS IN LONDON
GOOD BUSINESS DONE
London. April 29.
War Loan
On LONDON: -.
Closing Quotations
My 15, 1936.
Telegraphic Transier.
14
Bank Bills, on demand 13 Bank Bills, months'
· night
ON NEW YORK:-)
Bank Bills, on demand 32 5/16 Credita, 60 days' night. 33 3 16
ON BATAVIA:--
On demand
* 1/31/16
ON PARIB:-
Credits four months'
sight
Bank Bills, on demand 190
1/1
Credits, 4 month's sight 550
ON SHANGHAI:-
ON SALOON:-
On Demand
107)
On demand
481
ON SINGAPORE ;---
ON MANILA :-
On demand
35..
On demand ...........
On JAPAN:-
ON BANGTOX:-
On demand
111
On demand
Of Inata:-
Telegraphic Transfer... Bank on demand.......
JEG
NEW YORK
New York: May 14.
SOVERSIONS. Back Buying
Bate
BAR SILVER, per ok.
1428
20 7/16
STOCK EXCHANGE
{I DIVVKA Kevier's Agency)
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-July New York Rubber-July Chicago Wheat -July Chicago Corn -July Silver Official
Stocks
The English stamp bourse has Adams Express ...... existed for nine years, and each Amer. Can year it has opened in the Holborn | Amer, Cyanamid “E' Restaurant. Each year more Am. & For, Power dealers attend and more business Am. & For. P. $7 pt has to be done. A the opening Am. Light & Trac. of the bourse yesterday there Amer. Locomotive... were over two hundred and fifty Amer. Radiator..... dealers, about half of them Amer. Roling Mill... Br.tish, but the remainder from
Amer. Smelting France, Holland, Belgium, Austria. Greece and Spain. There was even one from Japan.
A Viennese dealer said that the reason why Central European dealers found England excellent for their deals was partly because England was in any case, one of
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8528
841
PRESIDENT LINER TRAVEL SERVICE
is Yours to Command
Freshdent Liners trequent sailings and their unique stopover privileges allow you to travel just exotly na yon chouse. And Better steamanip kings and American Mall Line worldwide amous and agents are maintained to serve you shore inɛwhatever plus you charosa be. Make your next trip more anjaychle, travelling "The Promident Ling way.”
To SEATTLE, VICTORIA "Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama
and Victoria.
To SAN FRANCISCO Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama Canal, Bavana, New York. Frew. Coolidge 8 a.m. May 16th Pres. Jackson N'aight May 22nd Fras. Taft 6 am. June 3rd Prem MeKinley M'night June 5th Pros, Hoover Ram. une 13th Pres. Grant M'night June 19th 8. July 1st Pros, Jefferson M'night July 3rd Pres. Coolidge 6 m. July 11th Prea Jackson M'night July 17th
Fres. Pierce
EUROPE, NEW YORK
MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE
Vis Manis, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Buez Canal.
Next Sailings Naples, Gance and Marselles. Pres. Van Buren 8 àm. May 23rd Pres." Jackson 8 p.m. May 16th Pres. Garfield 8 am June 6th Pres. Van Buren 8 a.m. May 23rd Pres, Polt 9 4. June 20th Pres. Taft
6 p.m. May 26th Pres. Adams 8 a.m. July 4th Pres. McKinley 8 pm. May 30th Pres. Harrison 8 am. July 18th Pres. Hoover D p., June 4th
MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC
LINES
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP AMERICAN MAIL LINE
PRODER BUILDING-BONG XONG, CANTON BRANCH ;-4, SHAKER ROAD,
May:
Change
of
May 12. 13.
Westinghouse ec. 105 101
1%
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.
AND
CHINA" MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
CONSIGNE
Sre
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CORSION:ES.
PENINSULAH AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMIA" SOLDAN."
Arrived HONG KONG as 14TH MAY, 1935.
YONSIGNEES per Co's Vessel
* TYNDAREUS" Frox SEATTLE, VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA YIA JAPAN are requcated to take Delivery of Flour and Lumber Shipments as soon as the Vessel is ready to discharge and hereby notified that if their Lighters are not placed alongside the Vessel required, their Shipments will be dis charged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, at their expense, where the Cargo will He also at their risk and expense andove-named Vessel are hereby in subject to the Terms and Conditions of formed that their Goods are being landed Storage at
at Holt's Wharf. Steamer will
commence Discharge on the 12th
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBHA)- TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the
and placed at THEIR BISK in the Hong
General Cargo will be discharged into Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, whore
it will le Company's Godowne, at Kowloon where at Consignees' risk and subject to the each Consignment will be sorted out Mark at Cond Conditions of Storage ste Goods are landed.
Mark and Delivery can be obtained an
Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from the Godown on and after 19th May.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods
Optional Goods will be landed here antess Instructions have been given to
the contrary Six Hours before arrival of
are to be left in the Godowns, where they the steamer, will be examined on any Tuesdays and
Goods not cleared within 8 days in
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in any Ch whatever.
Friday between the hours of 10.xcluding date of arrival will be subject to and Noor within the Free Storage period. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Vessal's Godown, and All General Cargo remaining undelivered after 19th May, will be subject to Bent
All Claims against the Vessel must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 2nd June, 1938, or they will
not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
19th May, 1936.
[4417
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.
THE M..
TH
"DUISBURG
having ved, from Hamburg and Porta of call, Congress of Uniga sie hereby notified that their foods are being landed and placed at their' risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company's
godowns
Kowloon, where delivery may obtained na sa'n as the Goods uro janded Optional Cargo will not be lauded bere, unless Notice has been given 49 bours prior to vessel's arrival, but carriol on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Golowns, and all. Goods remaining undelivered after the 18th May, 1938, will be subject to Beat,
the Godowns for examination by the Damaged Packages must be left in Consignees, and the Company's surveyors, Messrs. GODDARD & Douglas, ab 10
on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.
Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for Revenue Officer to be present at the examination of damaged dutiable cargo.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or befors 3rd Jare, 1936, or they will not be recognized.
Na Claims will be admitted after, the Goods have left the Godown. MACKINNON, MAÇKENZIE ↑ Co.,
Agents. Hong Kong, 14th May, 1936.
[4422
· NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES:
41
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL-
STEAM NAVIGATION Coʻa STARANPURA"
ARRIVED HONG KONG
14TH MAY, 1936.
#201 ANTWEEP,LONDON,GIBRAL
TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, " PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
All broken, chafed, and damaged ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above- named Vessel are hereby mlommed Goods are to be left in the Godown, that their Goods are being handed o where they will be examined on 16th placed ir Tx xx in the Hong Kong 510 May, 1936, at 10 am, by
and, Kowloon Wharf and Godoya Canal- & Douglas Burveyors, Mesars. Goddard
comply with the General Bonded Contigament will be sorted out MAK pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where much Warehouse Regulations, consignees must by Mark and Divery can be obtained as
the Goods are landed.
To
Lave when damazed datable goods are
Revenge Offcer in attendance
All claims must reacht te before the 11th Jane, 1936, or shey not be recognized.
H
- Optimal Goods" will be landed here, unless instructions have been given to the Bix Hours before arrival of the
Goods not cleared within. 8. days. Including date of arrival will be ambjent to
Ro Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by Kent,
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25 words $1.00 prepaid
for 3 Insertions.
No Fire Inntrance will be affected by na in any caso whatever, "ay:
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the Con aignees, and the Company's Surveyors. Mesure. GoodAND 'Doustas, at 10, on Mondays
and T'karadays, within the Free Storage period
Consignees are specially notified that
it in necessary for a Revenue Uloer to
at the examination be present
· of damaged dutiable cargo.
All Claims against the Starmer wnet be presented to the Undersigned bak r before 3rd June, 1936, or they wil not be recognised.
No Claims will be admisted after £50 Goods have left the Godown. Lett MACKINSON, MACKENZIE & Ca How, Kong, 14th May, 1886.
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up
eo *609
BU
off
411
442
unchanged
Dow Jones Averages
30 Industrial
High--1934/35 Low: May, 12. May. 13. Change
16207
88.71 148.70 147.00
20 Fails
61.73
97.31 42.20
... 43.79
20 .Utilit
38,36
14.42 29.01
29,10
40 Bonds
103.24
93.43 101.43
101.19
11 Commodity Index
62 10
52.15 06.61
· 07.00 Business Done: -690,000 shares.
30 up .43 up .17 ap .16 up .39 up
Last Sale May 12..
13. 10 101
Last Sale
Stocks
G. Western Sugar
...
34+ 36
129
129
Humble Oil
58+ 58
344
344
Int. Harvester Co.
81
62
Int. Nickel
811 441 45%
33.
32
Int, Tel. & Têt,
13
13
24
25+
Kennecott
351
361
191
194
Loew's Inc.
48
464
281
267
Lorillard
221
128
741
75%
McKesson & Rob-
52
521
bins Inc.
411 411
Am. Sugar Refining 1551 Amer. Tel. & Tel."... Amer. Tobacco 'B'... Amer. Waterworks... Anaconda Copper ... Atchison, T. & S. Fe. Atlas Corpn. Auburn
1567
Monsanto Chemica:
86 80
927
93+
Montgomery Ward... 301
40%
201
20
Nat. City Bk. ........
31tb
324b
321
334
Nat. Dairy Prods....
23 +221
881.
694
Nat, Distillers
293 30
28
28:
Nat. Power & Light
10
10
114
12
New York Central...
327 38
23
28
North American
*24
24
the two largest stamp-collecting Baltimore & Ohlo... countries in the world (the other Bethlehem Steel was the United States), but also Boeing Airplane Co. 174 because British dealers tended to Borden Co. want British, American, and Bklyn Manhattan British colonial stamps, with TransCorpn. which Central European dealers Brivn Manhattan could supply them in exchange for
$e "cum. pl. the. European stamps which
Case. J. I. mid-European collectors mostly Canadian Pac. Riy, preferred From the Japanese Chase Nat. Bk dealer one heard that in Japan Chesapeake' Corpa. stamp-collecting was almost as Chesapeake & Ohio popular áb in Europe, but that the
Chrysler Japanese collectors found the rare Columbia Gas & E. stamps excessively expensively. C. G. & E 6% 'A' pt. 100.
171
171
Northern Pacific
262 271
481
481
Pacific Gas Eec. 331
334
172
Pacific Lighting
484
491
274
271
Packard Motors:
94 94
Paramount. Pleture
451
461
Incor Pennsylvania. R. R
81
81
29+"
291
102
102
Phillys Petroleum 411
414-
146
147
Pure Oil Co.
12
131
351b 381b
64.
64.
391 Pub. Service of N.J.
19 191 Radio Corpa........... 34 10 Radio Corpn "B"
391
554
554
$5 of
9346 931
911
921
Reynolds Tob 'B..
524
53+
16
17
Schenley
431
451
001b
Schenley 54% p2...... 991
100
Commercial
564
57
Bears Roebuck
647
171
171
Bocony-Vacuum
127
Stbm. Cal.
Faison
65+ 13 25+ 24
(ord.)
24
Bthrn. Pacific
30 301
Comm. & Southern
Stand Brands
161.
154
L
Beng. Consols. Antamoks
11.70 11.80
also has enormously appreciated.
"(ord.) 38 cum. pf.
60
811
Stand. Gas Y Elec
54
- 1.00
1.95
United Paracals
58
.81
San Mauricios
177
.TB
I. X. Li's.
1.15
*1.20.
ed £15, and a sheet of Bfty South Continental Of ...... African Jubilee, originally worth Corn. Products
A singularly marked shilling Falk Consolid. Gas of NY. 281 land Islands Jubilee to-day fetch Consolid, Ou
281
Stand. Oll of NJ....
591
11
11t
Sterling Prods, "
69
01 89.
31
314
Bwift
Internationa!
30b. 304
14
||
742
Technicolor
271 23
Masbates
.55
.58
Demonstrations
.63
.54
Big Wedges Itogons
...23
22
:77
78-
Market.--Undertone' Firmer,
BENJAMIN & POTTS
Thursday, May 14. Messn. Benjamin and Potts re- seived the following Straits" cur- rency quotations (buyers) from Singapore to-day for Raw Rubber:
Spot July/Sept. Oct./Dec. Jan./March
BERLIN SHARE MARKET
("Hong Kong Dally Frens? Special?
Berlin, May 13, Buying was at a low ebb on the Sharemarket, investors great caution, and operatora hold- Sellersing aloof. There
WAS a slight 251 up t
Buyers
251 up i
251 up i
261 up i
Market--Steady.
showing
rally at the close, Business in-Pix- ed Interest Becurities was small, prices were mostly firm. Call Money stood at 2%
ranmcear News Service
Paris quoted the Pound Sterling Goodrich Tyre Co..
at 75.53 to 75.57 and the U.S.A. Dol- Goodyear Tire & R. 24 lar at 15.17.5/8 to 15.18
REICHSMARK . QUOTA- TIONS
five guineas, fetched £110. Very Curtiss Wright (C)))) popular, too, have been the Queen Curtiss Wright 'A'... 14] Astrid mourning stamps, issued in Delaware & Hudson (37)
Distillers Corp Sea- Queen Astrid's Belgium after
221 grams death, but these have as yet no
Douglas Aircraft.... · 544 rarity value,
Du Pont de Nemours. 137 Electric Boat...... Elec. Bond & Share 171 Elec. Bond & Share
$5 DI... Hong Kong Daily Press" Special) Elec. Band & Share
56 pf.
g Berlin, May 13.-
Eed. Power & Light 134 The Relchamark was quoted
Gen. "Cigar (without guarantee) at:
Texas Gulf Sulphur 35
*35+
141
Transamerier .......
121
12
371
20th Cent. For Film.
Comm.
23+
23+
247
20th Cent. Fox Film
551
pi.
*331
334
139
Un. Carbide & Car-
101
.101
bon
.791
804
Agents. Hong Kong, 11th May, 1988.
171
Un. Paelic
125 124
Un. Aircraft (New) "217
221
87b
BBL
và Airline Trans
161171
Un. Corpn.
What do
75
T5
Un Corpn. $3 cum.
131
-pf.
401
· 412
35
55)
Un Gas Improve-
Gen. Electric
351
351
ment
141
New York
40.35
Gen. Foods
(38.2] v 8. Indus A'cohol- 45+
461
Paris
Amsterdam
London
622,5 $9.925 12,34
Gen. Motors
834
62ix'
US. Rubber,
281
287
Den Rly, Signal rig 855 Gold Dust
351
U. S.; Steel di
554
उक्ष
15%
Vanadium
17 b
174
∙198
101
Warner Bros. Picts.
བ་
244
Transocean News' Servico,
G. Nthern Rly, p
t.ex. dis
341
341
Call Money
Bid
† possible mus
SINGAPORE RAW
RUBBER
Latest Singapore Prices
B. D. JOSEPH & CO.
Thursday, May 14.
Mesara. H. B. Joseph & Cò,, re- ceived the following quotations from Singapore in Straits Cur- rency for Raw Rubber.
Spot
July/Sept.
Oct./Dec.
Jan./March
251 up t
25 up 1
25% up ↑
261 up t
PHILIPPINE GOLD MINING SHARES
Since only dealers attend the
Credit Thursday, May 14 bourse, the
business is mainly Comi. Solvents ...... Messra. Benjamin and Potts re:
yet yesterday some wholesale.
Comm, & Southern ceived the following quotations stamps valued at £500 were Irom their Manis Agents this in the dealers' fists, The value morning*--
of King George Jubilee stamps
vaamined,
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