Priestina
Lloyd
NEXT SAILINGS
To Shanghai Conte Verda" 22nd Aug. "Conta Verde" with Aug.
To Italy
ti
*
SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS
Validity 100 days at greatly reduced cost allowing of 2 murichs stay in Europe. Special concessions to 1st and nd Claw travellers to Lindon.
Fares to Venice, Trieste, Genoa and Return...£132, £88, £56.
Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates
To BOMBAY
" COLOMBO
.. SINGAPORE...
SHANGHAI
..
£44
£41
£18
£12
$25
£21
£22
£19
£13
£11
6
£9 ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all the Trans- Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Confor ence Lines.
ITALIA & COSULICE LINES Agents for the sale of through and independent tickets to North, Central and South American ports via Italy.
THROUGH
TICKETS
TO LONDON-23 days Special
Facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal tres allowance,
INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar, Linee no very favourable conditions.
LLOYD TRIESTINO
P.O. Box 143. Tel. Addr. "Lloydiano" — Telephones 32982/3. Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO., LTD., Shameen.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger & Freight Service
Through bookings to America via Europe and Europe mia America. Bookings around the world. - Through bookings, to London.
OUTWARD SAILINGS m.v. "BURGENLAND" for Shai., Dairen, Taku, Kobe,
5.8. "NEUMARK"
Osaka, Yokohama, “Nagoya ... 11th Aug. for 'hai, Dairen, Taka. Tsingtao.
Kobe, Osaka, Y'hama, Nagoya 24th Aug. HOMEWARD SAILINGS
+m.v. "SAUERLAND" (or Y'llas., Antwerp, R'dam, H'burg 9th Aug.
ma.T. BURGENLAND" for M'lims, Antwerp, Rotterdam,
9th Sept.
23th Sept.
8. "NEUMARK*. for Milles, B'lona, Antwerp, R'dam.
Bambury....
H'barg....salerante
* Passenger Vessel Limited Passenger Accommodation,
For further particulars and passage fares, etc. apply to:--
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & CO., AGENTE.
12. Peddar Street. Tel. 98363.
CANTON AGENTS CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road,
S.S. "BENVORLICH"
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG,-HULL and LEITH on or about the 9th August
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
BENMACDHUI Aug
S.S.
Tel 22533
5th
For Freight and Passage apply to :----
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building.
Agenta:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD.,
COMMERCIAL TRADE WITH RUSSIA
Unemployment Benefit
London, July 30.
THE EXCHANGE MARKET
MESSKS. KOZA BROS.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1936.
H. K. STOCK
EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS
The week opened displaying signs of strength, which did not last long and at the close most rocks have moved against holders. The Manila market recorded only slight variations.
BUSINESS DONE DURING THE WEEK
Union Insurances $547, $550. Wharves $99.
Providents (old)." $1.50, $1,55.
$1.57, $1.00, $1.70, $14.- Hotels, $5.05. $5.15. 35.10, $51.
$5.20.
Humphreys, $81, $8.70, $8.95. Tramways. $12.15,
$31.45.
Yaumat! Ferrias, $20.
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
London, July 29, London, July 31.
15.53/64 15.35+
(BEITIAN WIRIMO SERVIOS)
Paris
Geneva
Berita
Athens
Milan Shanghal New York Amsterdam
Vienna Prague
Bucharest
"Madrid
Liston
Hong Kong
Brussels Montevideo
Belgrade
Montreal
$12, $11).
Yokohama
Helsingfors
Rio
Buenos Aires. Suver (Spot
Bilver (forward)
China Lights (old), $112, $11.65, $11.95, $12 $12.15, $11.70, $117, 11.80.
China Lights (new), $84. Electrics, $52. $523. $52.35, $521
$52.60.
Macao Electrics, $20...
Telephones (Old), $27, $26.80.
$26.70. $26.60,
Cements, 301. -
Watsons, $3,45, $3.80,
Sinceres, $3.
Rauba, 311.80. -
Antamoks, 35, 35.31. $5:36. Bagulo Gold, 39 cts.. 38/38 cts. Benguet Exploration. 35 cts. 37
...ets., 38 cts.. 374 cts, 37/38)
cts,
War Loan
12.464
83 9/16
5.01 15/18
7.381
Fox
75 61/64
15.151
13.46
63 9/10
5.012
7.35
36 7/8 1211
121 1/8
.674
673 b.
36 7/8
38 15/18 S. O 1/3 29.74
2P.74
5.01 7/8
5.01 7/8
19 7/18
191
19 7/18 19)
3 108 11/18
3+
Closing Quotations
„D“ LONDON: -
Telegraphic Transfer.. | 1/2 Bank Bills on demand 13/10 Bank Bills. months":
eight
Bank Billa on demand 30 10/10 Credits, 60 dayı” sight. 31
Oredite, 4 month's sight 497
July 31, 1830.
Ox New York:-
ON BATAVIA:-
On demand
45 3/18
ON PARIS:-
Credits four months'
sight
Bank Bills, on demand 150
1/3 3/18
On Baison:-
On Demand
On demand
48-9/18
A
ON MANILA:
On demand 2... JapaN :----
581
On demand as a s
611
ON BANGEDK:-
100
On demand
1501
SOVEREIGNS Bank Buying
Bate
છું.
1/3 3/18 107/10
ON SHANGHA
Os SINGAPORE:-
Big Wedge. 60 cta., 62 cts., 86 | On
68 cts., 65 cts., 63 cts. Consolidated Mines, 5 cts. Damonstrations. $1.46. 31.43.
$145 $11. $157. $1.52, $1.60.
Itogons, $215, $21.
I, X. L.. $3.20.
Masbate Consol. 95 cts., 97 ets..
$1.02 $1.
Northern Mining. 36 cta.. 38 cts. Paracale Gumaus 69 cts., 75)
.cts.. 78 cts.. 72 cta. San Mauricio. $1.51, $1.58, $1.60, $1.70 $12 $2. 52.30, $2.20, $2.07
Suyoc. Consol., 55 cts.. 581.cts.,
58 cts., 584 cts., 59 cts, United Paracale, $1.45, $1.48,
." $1.60.
CHANGES (315 pm) CLOSING
QUESTIONS
BUYERS
Providents (old), $1.45.
·Tramways, $11.60.
SALES
Humphreys, $8.95... Tramways, $11.45. China Lights (old), 11.60. China Lights (new). $81. Raubs. $11.60. Benguet Explor., 37/38 cta. Consolidated Mines-5 cts. San Mauricio, $2.07.
"}
H.K. SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION
Buyer Providents Old, $14. Realties, $4.30. Trams, $11 Lights Old, $11.55, Telephones Old CD., $26.60. Cements, $9.80. Baguio Gold, 38 cts. Northern Mining, 36 ets. Paracale Gumaus. 73 cts. Suyoc, 59 cts. United Paracales, $1.58.
Sellers Electrics CD, $521 Ropes: $3.60. Bagulo Gold, 38 cts. Northern Mining, 38 cts.
Fales
Providents Old, $1.55. Trams, $11.45.
Electrics CD, $521/523.
Cements, $9.60,
Suyoc, 591/60 cts.
Benguet Explor., 37/38 cts. Universal Explor., 31 cts.
market was quietly steady. In 3/16 was
arranged for
cash
the Boviet Trade R. America the rate was unchanged August and September, The mar-i
at 44 3/4 for Spot.
Sliver prices were upchanged The President of the Board of yesterday, the quotations remain- Trade informed the House ofing at 19 7/16 for Ready and 19 Commons at question time that 1/2 for Forward. "Silver advices an agreement was made yesterday reported India and China as hav- between Export Credits Departing sold. Speculators bought. The ment and presentatives under which the department will give guarantees in
The London-New York Cross- connection with orders which the
rate was quoted at 501 3/4. The Soviet Government organisations New York-London rate was quot- will place within the next 12 moned at 5.01 21/32. ths for £10,000,000 worth of goods such as will give rise to substan- tial amount of employment in this country. They will not include munitions of war.- Britian Wireless.
ANGLO-SOVIET TRADE
MARKET
ket closed at 1 pm, with sellers at 31 3/16 cash-August, and 31 1/8 September-November, buyers 1/16 higher respectively.
On demand
ON INDIA:-
Telegraphie Transfer...
Bank, on demand........
כפלין
BAR SILVER, por ol..
PHILIPPINE MINING
NEWS
Record Output For Half Year's Work
Through the courtesy of Mestra, G. A. Harriman & Co. Ltd.
Once again all gold Productions records for the Phppines were broken. when the reports of June this week, operations, tecelved showed that a total of 3,598,568 in bullion was shipped from the 15 operating plants. This is more than P200,000 better than the best previous record made in March of this year.
With one new plant. Big Wedge, going into production this month: one plant under construction at
Demonstration's production Was a little lower than in May, because of the installation of new ma chiriery. The new washing plant is; now in service, and July's output is expected to be higher m
NEW MACHINERY
Benquet Exploration dropped slightly, also because of the work going on within the plant. A new crushing unit will add to the et- Aciency of operations considerably. TAAL Mindanao; three dredges Baguio Gold's production was operating on the rich deposits at about the same as usual, as was Coco Grove: and several smaller ) Salacota. operations not reported on, it is evident that estimates of P40,000.- 000 for the year's production will be to conservative.
The four plants under Benguet) management contributed, as usual, about two-thirds of the total, 22.007,944. Balator was well over в million pesos; Benguet Consoli- dated was well up; Cal Horr and Ipo Gold maintained their usual averages.
PRESIDENT LINER TRAVEL SERVICE
is Yours to Command
President Liners, frequená sailings and shela unique stoperer petržejví allow, y20, 10 travel fout vantly as you choose. And Dollar Bisarnship Line and Americas Matt Babam worldwide aflow and spents are maintained to serve you sabaro in whalere pison. yan shantze ku be. Make your next trip mors enjoyable,. Simvalling * The President Elne way."
To SAN FRANCISCO
To SEATTLE, VICTORIA Via Shanghai, Kobe. Yokohama and Vistoria.
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, PanamE. Canal, Havana. New York. Pe. Hoover 8 a.m. Aug. 9th Pres. Grant M'night Aug. 14th Pres.leveland M'night Aug. "5th | Pres. Jefferson M'night Aug. 313, Pras. Coolidge Nood rept. 5th Pies Jackson M'night Sept. 11th' Pros. Taft M'uight Sept, nd Free McKinley 'night Sept. 6th Pres. Hoover Noon Oct. 3rd Pres. Grant
EUROPE,
NEW YORK
M'aight Oct. 9th
MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT JEBYICE
Next Sailing
Ba.m. Aug. 1st
Vis" Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal Naples, Ganos and Marseilles. Pres. Wilson 8 m. Aug. 15th Pr. Hayas Pres. Monroe 8 D. Aug. 29th Prea. Grant 6 pm. Aug. 8th Pres Van Buren 8 a.m. Sept. 19th Pres. Wilanp, 8 am. Aug. 15th Pres. Garfield 8 a.m. Sept. 16th Pres. Cleveland 6 pm. Aug. 18th Prer. Poik 8am. Cat. 10th | Pres. Jefferson 8pm. Aug. 22nd
MOST FERQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
FADDER BUILDING-HONG KONG, CANTON BRANCH !--4, BEAXZ1 2010.
ITALIAN FRUIT IN LONDON
Five Hours After Sanctions End
(Special Air Mall Service)
London, July 12. Fifty-nine minutes after Britain officially Kfted Banctions against Italy at midnight on Tuesday— 400 tons of Italian plums peaches reached British waters,
and
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
NSE M.S.
THE
"RAMBEB" haring wrived, from Hamburg and Ports of call, Consignees of Cargo are bereby notified that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's godowns Kowloon, where delivery obtained as soon as the Goods are handed- Optional Cargo will not be latided hers, unless Notice has been given: 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to park to the fu
Anal port of
MAY
They were sold at Covent Gar-call to which the option extends. den yesterday morning, and from there they were carried to all parts
No Claims will be admitted after tha Goods have left the Godowns, and all
uf London and the country to re- tail shops.
The fruit was shipped at "Zee- brugse for Harwich on the LIN.E.R. train ferries and was contained in
Goods remaining undelivered after the 4th Aug., 1936, will be subject to Rent.
34 wagons. They reached Bishore-Berveyor. Z 410
gate station at 5 am,
Large supplies will now be ar- riving daily by this route.-
Another consignment of 10 tons of plums came by the Bouthern Railway via Boulogne and Folke- state.
1
&
There 1 no news of Italian manufactured goods.coming into
All broken, chaled, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowna, where they will be examined on 5th ADE
am," by our Moura, Goddard & Douglas, To comply with the General Bonded. Warehouse Regulations, consignees must have a Revenus Officer in attendanes when damaged dutisble goods are zxamined.
All claims must reach us before the 20th August, 1986, or they will not be recognized.
No Insurance will be affected. Billa of Lading will be countersigned by
JEBBER & CO.,
Agents
2
||
the country, and British exports to Hong Kong, 80th July, 1986. Italy are held up pending a de- cision about the payment of the
The money for the Italian plums which arrived yesterday, and for subsequent consignments, will be paid to the Bank of England for the account of the Anglo-Italian Clearing Office.
Most of the mining companies large sums of money owing to are mining. lower grade ore than British industries by the Italians usual, because of the continued dry for goods delivered long before
Sanctions were imposed. weather. In this way it will be possible to mine out areas which otherwise could be mined during the rainy season only with con- siderable trouble and expense.
Precautions have been taken by those companies which have plants subject to damage during typhoons, and every attempt made to secure
against interruption operation no matter how severe The Soriano interests jumped, possible storms may be. about. P200,000, to account for P808,466. Antamok Goldfields, with P$28.004 coming from its mill, re- corded the most sensational gain, while Masbate Consolidated, II L, and I. X. L-Argos continued at their usual rate.
GAINS SHOWN
them
SPANISH GOLD
"Hong Kong Dafly Preau" Specia
of
Paris, July 30. Another 1,500 km., of Gold came in from Madrid, that is the third shipment of Gold to arrive by pláne
Marsman and Company shipped P527,677 from Itogon, Suyoc 'Con- solidated. San Mauricio, and Unit- ated Paracale. Construction is go- ing on at each of these plants, and bigger · production figures are, in Pari predicted for later months.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers were quoted at 103 3/18, Opened easy but later reacted. buyers probably at 1/4 higher. closing steady at 1 p.m.
STERLING
SHANGHAI „MARKET' There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 13/32 and US. Dollars at 30 1/8 for cash.
Opened with buyera at 1/2 15/16 resulting in a small business at 1/2 29/32 for near delivery fol.
IN THE AFTERNOON lowed by transactions at 1/2 7/8 The market opened steady in
October, for
September and the afternoon and a fair amount August. The market, then reacted of speculative, setons were done at and offers at 12 29/33 were ac-1/2-15/16 for various, deliveries. cepted for September; subsequent-Towards the close the tone ap- ("Hoor Kong Daily Press Spectat 13 there were no buyers unless at peared à shade easier with offers 1/2 15/16 for nese and forward. at 1/2-29/32 were accepted für London, July 30.
The market closed at 1 p.m. with forward anishing with seller at The President of the board of sellers at: 1/2 29/32 July-October 1/2-7/8 for July-December and trade. Mr. Runciman announced in and 12 7/8 November-December, buyers at 1/2-29/32 for any de the House of Cominons on Thurs- buyers at 1/2 15/16 for near up to Livery. day that after negotiations between October and probably 1/2 29/32
the Soviet Board of Trade delegates | November-December.
and the Department of Export Cre- dit assurance, the latter declared itself. prepared to undertake
U.S. DOLLARS
Fransson News Serviza"
MANILA MINING SHARES
This has been set up by the Treasury Order under the Debts Clearing Offices Act, 1934, and will enable British traders to get some of the money owing to them. :/
Welsh coal exports cannot be re- sumed until the British and Italian Governments, which are now, ne gotiating, "have agreed upon a plan for the payment of large sums of imoney due to the Welsh coal trade.
PHILIPPINE MINING
RATES
(Through the courtesy of Messrs. G.A. Harriman & Co.)
Friday, July 31,
SILVER LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
FROM
(4694
NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES
THE Matar Vessel
**SILVELYE · " baving arrived from the above Portaon. 30th instant, Consignees of Cargo are being loaded at their rak into the Go- hereby informed that their Goods are downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloos, and stored at Consignees risk and expense.
All broken, cha fed, and damaged Goods. are to be left in the Gedowns, where they will be examined on Wednesday | 5th August, 1936, at
All Cikams must be presented within 16 Dayz of the vemteľa úrrival herw after
which data they cannot be re-
Dognized.
Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all ́. Goods remaining undelivered after the 8tb August, 1984, will be subiect to Hant.
No Fire Insurance Eaz been affected, Billa of Lading will be counterkigned by
FURNESS (FAR KAST), LTD,
Red Floor, Hongkong &
Shanghai Bank Building
· Dials 23165 & 23109.-0
The following are this morning's Hong Kong 29th July, 1926.
opening and closing rates
Names
'Atamoks
on the
Opening Closing
Manila Stock:
30.7.38
БТОСКА
Antamoks Atoks Bagalo Gold Benguet Consci. Benguet Explor Big Wedge
31.7.38 31.7.36 Cloking Opening Closing #3.35
P3.30 P.3.25
57c708. 57cvos. 23. P.15.00 P.15.00. P.15,00
23
Pr. PA.
3.30
3,25
Atoks
57
23
SACVOS.
23
54
Bagulo Gold
23.
ལྷ་་
Benguet Con.
15.00
15.00"
21+
Benguet Explor
23
*1*
" 39
Big Wedge
39
38*
Demonstrations
1.05
$8.
P.1.6
P.200 P.1
P.1.06 'P.1.95:
98
P.1.95
Itogons
1.60
Masbate
P.1.80
1:60 2
Northern : Mining
62
22.
Paracale Gumaus IXL
47....
P.145 $38
P138
San Mauricio BuJocs
F1.00 P1.00
Demonstration
Itogona
Masbate E Northern Mining Para Chima us "Ban_Mauricio-
Business was dons at 31-3/16 for October and September. The market closed with sellers "at" 31- 1/8 for July-October and probably November and buyers at 31-1/4 for cash and 31-3/16 for August-⠀⠀⠀ Briyor Consol
U.S. DOLLARS. Opened with buyers at 31 1/4 with business done at 31 3/15 to guarantees up to a total amount of cash followed by transactions at tep million Pound Sterling
31 1/8 for September and August. Transocean News Service.
Later the market reacted and 31 October.
United Paracale
P.1.40
1.95 1.95
145135
30
* United Paracate
1:00 ~1.00
Steady Steady
Market
SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER
Latest Singapore Prices
H. B. JOSEPH & CO...
Friday, July 31,
Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co. re
ceived the following quotations from Singapore: in Straits Cur rency for Raw Rubber:
Buyers
201 down i
$27 unchanged
211 down 274 down
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