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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936.
MAIZEE'S
SUMMER
SALE
Commences MONDAY,
July 27th
Drastic
Reductions
ON
Evening Gowns, Day Dresses, Beach Togs, Hats, Hand-Bags
and
Novelties.
UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS
DEBATE IN COMMONS
A Great Social Problem
THE SPANISH SITUATION
NEW YORK
WARSHIPS ORDERED
TO SCENE
London, July 21. Madrid press telegrams to-night report the omcial Government declaration that the whole of Madrid and the surrounding areas London, July 21 have been cleared of rebels and The important, three days' Com are now in possession of Spinksh mons' debate on the draft unem-| Government forces. ployment assistance regulations Conflicting reports from Govern- was opened to-day by the Minister ment and insurgent sources during o. Labour who moved for their ap-fday leave the general position proval. The Draft regulations are obscure, but widespend distur- the second to be issued under the bance prevall, and measures for 1934 Act, setting up the new ad- the safety of British nationals are ministration of unemployment as being supplemented where neces- sistance for those who have ex-sary. In addition to the British hausted the insurance beneût.
warships now at Vigo, Malaga and The Arst draft regulations were Tangier, HMS. "Witch" is pro-
Perrol partially suspended 18 months ago ceeding to
as a result of general criticism in "Wren to Corunna,
16.
and
New York: July 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.
(roug Koters Agency)
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Cross-rate New York Catton-Oct. New York Rubber--Sep Chicago Whoat -Sep. Chicago
Corn -Sep- Silver-Oficial
Change
La Today's High Low Close Close
-3.09-37/38 6.0-9/16 9:34 o
1658 01 up
18.44 12.39 1231 19.37 18,63 18.01 18.01
Dow Jones Averages. High-1834/35
20 Raila
Stocks
Last Sale July 20 21 Adams Expresa...... 121 121 Amer. Can.............. 1351 1361
......
all parts of the House of Commons. The Admiralty announced this Amer. Smelting The new regulations if approved, evening that the Rear Admiral Am. Sugar Refining 171 will come into effect on November commanding First Cruiser Squad-Amer. Tel. & Tel... ron has been instructed to send Amer. Tobacco 'B'... one cruiser to Barcelona and one Amer. Waterworks... cruiser Anaconda Copper. ... Atchison, T. & S. Fe. Atlas Corpn.
cruiser
The to Palma.
Amphion which sailed to-day to Join the Africa station has been ordered to go to Tenerife- British Wireless.
COLONEL-IN-CHIEF
Mr. Ernest Brown claimed the proposals formed a sound and just foundation for a solution of great social problem involved, Defend- ing household means test he said, If relief of unemployment was to be charged upon the national ex thequer. It was only common jus- tice to all who paid taxes including the qrdinary man in work to see to It that the proceeds of the indus- try were not wantonly and need- lessly frittered away. The Minis- ter drew the House's attention to the provisions for more dexible ap- plication of rules regarding allow- ances for rent and for association of local Advisory Committees with pleased to become Colonel-in-Chief Chesapeake & Ohio cases of which there were many of the Royal West African Frontler Chrysler in which discretionary adjustment Force. Colonel-in-Chief
The King's New Offices
London. July 21 The King has been graciously
Of
the Columbia Gas & E. of payments were permitted. He King's African Rifles and Colonel C. G. & E. 6% 'A' of taunted the Opposition with the in-Chief of the Ceylon Defence Commercial failure of attempt which he alleged Force. on their part to stir up agitation
Comm. & Southern
(ord.)
442
143.11 164,43
G Western Sugar
08 up
Monsanto Chemical
up
go 10'
Lost Sale
July 20 21
1011 1011 1031
203
891 843 84
899
unchanged
Low: July 29. July 21. Changa
50 Industrial>
164,43
165.33 80 up
63.01
0.88 53.01
13.44
43 up
30 Utilitasa
35.83
30.43 35.93
34.12
40 Boods
10344
88.82 103.35
103.45
.10 ap
11 Commodity Index
68.80
53.58 84.71
65.06
Business Doce: −1,590,90
.35 up shares.
Stocks
36 352
Humble Oil
671
67
Amer. Cyanamid 'B'. 33 35) Am. & For. Power Am. & Far. P. $7 pi
Int. Harvester Co.
821 82
71
Int. Nickel
511 51
HOT
38
Int. Tel & Tel.
...131 14
H.M.S.
Am. Light & Trac. Amer. Locomotive... Amer, Radiator
27
2T
Kernecott
14. 11
211
211
Loew's Inc.
514 517
261
271
Lorilard
241
Amer. Roling Mil...
871
87
551
551
McKesson & Rob-
bins Inc.
431
43
1701
95 D
971
1011
1017
251
25 891 393
Montgomery Ward... Nat City B: .........
431
432
411b 411b
Nat Dairy Prods....
271 271
83
841
Nat Distillers.......
26
282
30%
30
Nat. Power & Light
13
131
13)
131
New York Central...
391
404
Auburn
321
331
North American
33
341
Baltimore & Oblo....
201
201
Northern Pacinc
271 277
Bethlehem Steel
531
541
Pacific Gas & Elec.
401
401
Bocing Airplane · Co.
21+
241
Pacific Lighting .....
581 583
Borden Co.
30
311
Packard Moto
11 111
Brlyn - Machattan
Paramount · Picture
Trans Corpn. ... 491
494
Incor
81
Eklyn Manhattan
Pennsylvania R. R.
381
371
$8 cum. pi.......... Case, J. I.
*1011
1011
Phillips Petroleum
401
48
159
167
Pure Oil Co
481 481
Canadian Pac. Rly.
13)
131
Pub, Bervice of NJ.
31
201
Chase Nat. BK, Chesapeake Corpn.
451b 4870
Radio Corpn.
12
12
84
A2
68+ 671
Radio
$5 of
Corpn "B"
108
107 b
118
119
Reynolds Tob 'B'...
554
551
314
21
Schenley
39 30+
106
1064
Schenley 51% pl....
991b
Credit
701
721
Bears Roebuck
79
79
Comi. Solvents ......
151
151
Bocang-Vacuum ......141
14
Sthin. Cal. Edison
31
311
31
31
Sthra Pacific
381
301
Stand." Brands
16
16
(ord.) se cum, p.
771.
77)
Stand. Gos Y Elec
B
72
Consolid. Gas of NY.
42
414
#tand. Oll of K.J....
841
641
Consolid, O ..... Continental. Off Corn. Products
13+
131
Sterling Prods,
732
731
334 33
Swift International
31
30 b
731
734
Technicolor
251
261
Curtiss Wright (C)
.. 62
+2
Teru Gulf Bulphur 35
351
Curtiss Wright. 'A'...
18
171
Transamerica
13
13+
NEW ARMY UNIT
Delaware & Hudson
444"
451
20th Cent. Fox Film.
27
271
Distillers Corpn. Bea-
comm.
* STAINS
221
221
20th Cent. Fox Film.
167 17
London, July 21.
Douglas Aircraft
694
691
pl.
351 351
184
1661
Un: Carbide & Car-
137
"131
bon
951 96
of Commons that the Royal De-Elec. Bond & Share fence Corps is to be replaced by Hec. Bond & Share
$5 pt. the National Defence Companies
24
241
Un. Pacific
135
137F
Un. Aircraft
(New)
25% 27
78
781
Un. Airline Trans...
17+
182
1
Un. Corpu
8
81
871
Un. Corpn. $5 cum.
17.
161
pl.
471
471
57b-581h 424 421
Un. Gas ImproVE-
ment
171
17+
402
402
U. 8. Indus A'cohol
351 351
694 10%
U.S. Rubber
291
30Ł
381 38
U. 8. Steal
631 83
131
131
Vanadium
204
201
201
211
Warner Bros. Picts, 131
111
241
241
Westinghouse
Meo, 133+
1351
neither will they
Call Mones
.
turbance.-
Last Sale
1% 15%
Last Bale
Stocks
Am. Steel Foundries
201
July 14 21
321
Stocks Int. Mining (com.) Lambert Co. McCrory Stores 'A'
July 14 21
10+ 11
20 191
Murray Corpn.
184
55+ 531
Nash Motors
17
17
Bristol-Myers
471
47+
381 37+
?
Lacka...
NO
Owens Ilinois in 1804 1597
Pennroad Corpn.... 55
Radio Corpn. of Am.
Wanna & Western Eitingon Schold Co.
177
. 181
$5 'B' pf.
91
Firestone Tire and
Raybestos Manhat
tan
32
Rubber 6% pr.
105
105 b
Freeport Texas......
241
244
Gen. Asphalt
251
25+
64
641
Texar Pacife Land
Trust Tidewater Assoc. Dil United Biscuit .......
Republic Steel Co.... Simmons Co.,... 334
104
107 214
181
འཚ བསཚོག || ཿཎྜ
332
101
160
271
271
49
521
UB. Rubber $8 pl.... 731 753
t ex div
* Bid
The King has approved the ap- in the country against the regula-pointment of Mr. E.A. Collymore. tions.
Attorney General, Barbados, to be Mr. Arthur Greenwood in mov-Chief Justice, Barbados, succeed- Ing an amendment for Labouring Sir R.H. Furness- Party condemning regulations de- British Wire!us, clared the Patty's unalterable ob- jection to household means test, British. Wireless.
A
Comm. & Southern
STEEL COULSON'S
PALE ALE
1000000
00000
The Favourite Drink
of all three Services Since 1843
Obtainable at all Canteens, Messes and Institute.
Sole Agents
H. Ruttonjee & Son.
MORE MEETING FOR THE THREE POWERS
Ways And Means To Ensure Peace
The Secretary for war announ- Du Pont de Nemours ced this afternoon in the House Electric Boat
in Territorial Army. The role of Elec. Bond & Share
se pr..... the companies will be to protect important points in Great Britain Elec. Power & Light on threat of and during war only, Gen. Cigar London, July 21.
Omcers and other ranks will con- Gen. Electric A commuunique lasued from the gist of ex-members of His Ma-Cen. Foods "As a resuit of the exchange of and 60. They will not be called
jesty's forces between ages of 45 Gen. Motors
Gen. Rly. Bignal views foreshadowed in the com- munique Issued in Geneva on July for service until the guarding Gold Dust ............
Goodrich Tyre Co. becomes important points or 4 relating to the further meeting
be Goodyear Tire & R. necessary, of powers whose representatives called up on account of civil dis-G Nthern Riy, pf. 391 39 drew up the London arrangement
Foreign Officè this afternoon states,
of March 19. the Governments of British Wireless. France, Belgium and Britain' have now decided that there shall be
a meeting in London on July 23
of representatives of these three powers. The object of this meet- ing will be to éxamine and to consider how best to further the dentres of
the three powers to consolidate the peace of Europe by Heans of a general settle- ment."
As was stated in the House of Commons last night, the Govern- ments of Germany and Italy have been and will be kept informed.
To-day the received at
D'Affaires.
Foreign
CLYDEBANK'S ACHIEVEMENT
BIG ORDER TO COME
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, June 27.
Secretary For obvious reasons. Lord Aber- Foreign Omce both conway added little yesterday at the German and Italian Charges the annual meeting of John Brown and Co. to what is already known about the projected sister. ship to the Queen Mary. He did. however, indicate that if the con-
British Wireless..
;"
2
COURT HELD
First Since The Death Of King George V
Am, Waterworks - $6
pf.
Briggs Manufactur-
ing Co.
Cudahy Packing Delaware,
1051 100
Gen. Muls Goodrich (KF) Hercules Powder Co. 115 Int: Cement
tract is assigned to Clydebank 400-FOLD RETURN
DEMANDED
London, July 3.
̈circum...
t possible muRECER%CDT
RARE MAURITIUS STAMPS
High Prices At London Sale
tas is now almost certain) the new vessel will have all the merits of the Queen Mary and something more, this being possible 25 A TÊ-" sult of the company's persistent research work, particularly in
London, June 30. their experimental tank, where Even taking all the
Mauritius has the reputation of hull-forms of all types are con- stances into consideration. Halle possessing the most valuable post- London, July 21.
tinually being investigated. The Selassie's request to the League for age stampe Two years ago the The King held an afternoon present is an eventful time for the loan of 10,000,000 18 so exces Colony's 90-year-old original penny reception in the grounds at Buck-company. Coinciding with the sive as to amount to effrontery and twopenny stamps brought in Ingham Palace to-day, at which delivery of the Queen Mary there It may be argued that Abyssinia, several thousand pounds. There Ayehundred debutantes were pre- was turned out the largest ship having been let down" by the are only about a dozen coples in seated. Full court mourning end- every constructed in this country League, has a moral right to de-existence, and the original plate. ed yesterday, and this was, the exclusively for the carriage of and some compensation for her roughly made by a local engraver, first social function to be held by lubricating oila, orders were book- annual subscriptions,
is still in existence and now safely the King at Buckingham Palaceed for several merchant and Ad- But these have never amounted guarded at the Bank of England. since the death of King George.miralty ships, including EMS. to more than £2,500 a year and, At Harmer's. Bond Street, Lon- The reception will rank as a court Maidstone. the large depot ship taking arrears into account, Abys- don, there was a sale yesterday of for those ladies presented. Altb-for submarines; two "T" class dessinia has paid only about £25,000 Mauritius stamps only three two- gether one thousand two hundred troyers for the British Govern- to the Beague coffers since she penný indigo blue1838 unused people were invited to the recep-ment, and two destroyers of became a member. Now she asks stamps realising over £1,120, while tion and large crowds gathered special design for Argentina, for a 400-fold return on her pre- another, a used one, was sold for outside Buckingham Palace to Moreover, they had the distinc-miums, in the shape of a loan. £400 These stamps are among witness the arrival of the King's tion of launching HM8. Sou- Great Britain pays the biggest the very few Mauritius twopennies guests
thampton, a cruiser of the new. annual subscription to the League printed in a deep shade of indigo Krition Wire/pas,
type known by that riame:
about £140,000 a year.
blue.
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