1936-09-03 — Page 12

12

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Hong Kong Stock

Exchange

Snarebrokers

Association

Bayaw Galle

(Nominal:

WEDNESDAY | SEPT. 2.

Seliera

$75

$670

::

Banks

ELF. Banks

Do. (London) ... Chartered Banks ... Marcantile Bis. "A"

!i!

***

$1,580

*£100k

216

214)

1560

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936.

SOME FACTS ABOUT GERMANY

Land Poor In Natural Resources

Germany Hes literally in the very middle of Europe.

CLOSE SEASON FOR WHALES

British Regulation Withdrawn

London, Sept. ".

to

It is announced this evening that the British Government have de-

with great reluctance The chief mining districts are incided As the crow the Ruhr, Upper Silesia, the Saar withdraw the regulation imposing

and.un

whaling ships registered in Wurm, Zwickau Dear Bles there is very little difference and

Bituminous coal is United Kingdom close season for Berlin-Waldenburg. between the distance Madrid, and Berlin-Moscow, and a found mostly near Halle and Bit-whaling in Antarctic waters and to straight line from Hamburg to the terfield, in the south of the pro-impose on such ships such regula- North Cape in Norway would hard vince of Brandenburg, and in the slons only as are required by, 1931 International Convention for the. 180 bly be longer than one drawn from Lower Palatinate.

The decision Before the War Germany also protection of whales. 1437 hamburg to the southernmost tip

had quite considerable iron ore to withdraw the regulation, It is. €250

of Stelly.

but these lay mainly in stared, has been forced upon Go- mines, Lorraine and had to be given over vernment by circumstances which they are powerless to control Bug- to France after the Peace Treaty.

The remaining iron ore deposits gestions which have appeared to on the Lahn and the Sleg are total- the effect that Norway is champion of the protection of whales while ly inadequate for German needs.

Other minerals found are zinc. Great Britain stands in the way copper, lead and some tin. nickel are regarded as complete misrepre- and silver, but the quantitles are sentation of the position. So far not very considerable.

$1,685)

£1031

કાર્ડ

£311

£141

Do.

C

Bank of East Asia...

N. G. & B. Barks ...

Insurances

$970

Canton lusTALGUE,

Union LaunRUOOS .--.

#I

Underwriters

3482

China Fires

5240

H.K. Fires...

931

International Ace S.

Shipping

130

Douglases

$35

14

Steambos s

$30

Indos (pref.)

$20

Do. (dot.)

107/0

13.90

130 เท 103/7 319 20

24.eta

114 cta.

59 cts.

8 ete

31-

$1014

$11.60

ོའཨྰཿ::

::

...

S.

*** 18

Shells.......

Waterbou ta

Mining

Balatocs

Gold River.

55 ct Gold Creek.......

jets. Salacota

20 at

$233

Kailans

Langkats (single).

Exploration...n De

Shangbai Lwin

Tauba

Veunzuela Gold Flis.

Docks, Wharves, „Godowns, etc.

H.K. & K. WhaPTON.

Do.

(old)

Do. (new) ***

Providents (old)

Do. (new) al

H.K. & W. Docks

S. China Motors 'A Shangnal Docks S. New Engineerings8.

Hongkewa

.......

Lands, Hotels, and

H.K. Hotel.....$5.70

$81

84

$185

Shanghai Land.....

Metropolitan Lands..

$1,80

ช

$2.30

$1,60

341

the

To the East and South East of Germany De Lithuania, Poland and Czechoslovakia, to the South, Aus- tria and Switzerland, to the West. France, Belgium and Holland and to the North Denmark and North Sea and Baltic. However, in many directions

German- speaking territory extends far be- yond the political frontiers, but this article will only deal with the geographical and

the

climatic cor

FRONTIER BARRIERS

"

"On the other hand, the salt de- posits are of the very utmost im-

as the British Government is con- cerned the question is one of se- curing reasonable limitation of the number of whales killed without unduly enhanclog the price of whale oil and of protecting British companies from sabotage inspired Majesty's Government is still pre- pared if the Norwegian blockade is unconditionally withdrawn to dis- cuss any reasonable proposal for the limitation of the catch during the forth coming season.~~ British Wireles

ditions of the German Reich pro-portance for the chemical industry.

agriculture and export. per.

The main potash strata stretch Most of Germany's trontiers are right across the middle of Ger- entirely lacking in natural protec-many. especially near the Harzby their foreign competitors. His Mountains. Before the War, when the East and tion, especially to

Germany still owned the potash $101 along the Danisr. boundary. The

mines in Alsace, she had a world Western frontier is better protected In the South by the Rhine and the monopoly in this commodity.

Black Forest and in the centre by the Palatinate Heights, the Huns- ruck and the Eifel Mountains, but northwards of Venn right up to the caust it is open.

$1.50/80

h

$811

$5

Bui dings"

$5,50

$5.65

$38

$36

$105

H.K Lands......8. $37

Do. 4% Debentures

re

$15

€13

#1:

H.K. Dealties.........

34.70

China Du

160

Do DobonturowS.

18

18

Chinese Estates......

Hamphreys *******

191

Cotton Mile

Ewo

18

$70

S'hai Culto(vid}S.

$70

$39

Do.

(newS

$391

718

Zoong Singe.......

'#14"

$20

Wing On Textiles(3.)

Public Utilities

Punk Trams foid).....!

Da (now)...)

1901

Star Ferries

Yannusti Ferries

$21.

319.50

363)

China Lights (old) .. $12.4

$12)

Du (Daw).. $8

¡532/81

H.K. Electrica pro

1031

Macso do.

#8.3

Baudakan Lights

$28

$28

Tolupuonos (old)...

126

$0

25/3

ગ્ર

i

12.00/12.08

Tramwaji na

$113

Jo... (caeW! ..

China Bures ..........

29/- Tracuvga

8/

Do. ((prof.) •*. ---

Industrials

$19) Caldbeck, 1{oni.) 8.

Macgregora f(prof.)8.

11

$144

Malabon Bugars

$15

$2

Canton Ices

$10.86

Cements

LA

bu du

181

13

[BW]

Hopes

Miscellaneous

3211 Dairy Farma.....

Amusement *********

$2.90 Ch. E'tainments...... $3.15

10 ot.

34 $1.35

Constructions, (old)

Do.

Lane Crawfords.........

Mackintona ............... Nanyang Tobacco...

Sinceros....in

Watsons

Powells......

Preyhounda.

3. C. Enterprises Ch.G.041925G.Bdr.

H.B. Gort. 4% Loans

Do. 21%

1

ཚེ 38དྡྷི ྂ75ཡོ

$12.36

15

$1,70

$102

$3.70

211

$12

<f) ats $5.00

33.60

13

$4,15

30 DES

11

prom.

par

$100

Wallace Harper......

$80

ELK Wing Co.....

B'kai 1ο

$60

Vibro Píling

$4.40

$9

JOY ENDS IN TRAGÉDY:

Husband and wife had celebrated

were

motoring

their golden wedding with friends in London, and home when joy was turned to tragedy.

←

3108

BASQUES SIDE WITH GOVERNMENT.

POOR LAND

I

BALLOON RACE

Warsaw. Sept. 1 Only fragmentary information here regarding the is available fate of the Gordon Bennett bal- All reports, however, stress loons

balloons have the fact that the been over Soviet, territory since Monday morning and are drifting further eastward.

VESSELS DUE

0

i

Alipore, P. & September 12. Asphation, 0. S. September 23. Australien, E.A. Co., September 11.

kassenrd, Jebsen's. Sept. 29. Bangalore, P. & O., Sept. 12. Bourinnes, Landey's, Sept. 24." Bahar, P. & O., September 11." Benmohr, Laxley's, September 12. Benubis. Loxley's, Sept. 12 Bhuten, C. &, September 5. Bremerhaven, Melchers, Sept. 1. Burgenland, Jebeen's, Sept. 9. Chenonconi, Monnagarien, Sept. A. Chitral, P. & O., Sept. 18. Conte Rosso, Lloyd Triestino, Sept. 23,

Sept. 30, Corfu, P. &

7. Crofeld, Melchers', October D'Artagnan, September 27.

Massageries

Sept. 19. Deucalion, Dau, Melchers, Sept. 4. Emp. of Asia, C.P.S., Sept. 2. Emp. of Canada, C.P.S., Sept 11. Emp. of Japan, C.P.S., Detober 9. Emp. of Russia, C.P.S., September 2 Fridorus, Melchers, Delaber Fuijama, Lloyd Triestino, Sept. 4. General Shettuan, States Co., Oct. 2. Gen. Pershing, Stator Co., Sept. 11. Grootekerk, J.C.T. Line, September 9 Havel, Melchers, Sept. 5. Hawaii Maru. 0.8.F., September "3. Idomene, Jardina's, Sept. 18. Ixion, B. & S.. September 3. Jara. E.A Co., October #. Jean Laborde. Messageries, Sept. 4. Katori Maru, N.Y., Sept. 19. Kulmerland, Jebsen's, Sept. 9.

Menelans, B. & S. September 21.

eacstheus, H. & S., Sept. 8. Nagara, Gilman's, Sept." Neptuna, Gibb's or N.Y.A., Sopt. 5.. Potsdam. Melchers', October 6. Pres. Adams, Deilar's, October 23. Pres. Coolidge, Dollar's, Sept. 4. Paul Deumer, Mesdageries, Sept. 4. Pres. Doumer, Messageries', Sept. 8 Pros. Garfield, Dollar's. Sept. 25.. Pres. Grant, A.M. Line,, October 2. Pro Hoorer Dollar's, Sept. 24 Pres. Jackson, A.M. Line Sept. 4. Pres. McKinley, A.M. Line, Sopt... 18. In spite of great progress during

Pres. Pierce Dollar's, October 12. recent months, the German output

Pros. Polk. Dollars, October 9. of petroleum only covers a fraction

Pros, Taft, Dollar's, Sept. 34. Pres. Van Buren, Dollar's, Sept. 11. of her needs. Altogether, Germany

Pyrrhus. B. & S., September 8: In the South, on the other hand, may be described as a land poor

Rajputana. P. & 0., Sept. 4. the gigantle chain of Alps formals in natural resources which is ob-

Rawalpindi, P. & O., September 18. natural barrier, but the Con-liged also to import the greater

Saale, Melchers, September 12. alderably lower helghts on the proportion of her food supplies.

Saathia, B.I. pearl, September 15. sarpedon, B. & S., September 11. Bohemian and Silesian frontiers. German farm land is not very rich the Bohemian Forest, the Erz and and the population is particularly

Scharnhorst, Malchers, Sept. 8. Shantung, Gilman's, Sept. 18. (India, for instance is ten Riesen ranges and their continua-dense.

Shirala, B. Apear), Sept. 10. Soudan. P. & O., Sept. 29. lons can no longer be regarded as times as big as Germany in size, is only ave

Messageries, October 3. Sphinx. Sufficient protection, especially in but her population

Taiping, B. & S.. September view of modern means of warfare times as much).

Tai. Yang, Dodwell's, Sept. 17. Given all these factors it is such as powerful military planes.

Three Polish balloons. Sanok, Talma, B.I. (Apear), Sept. 2.

Talthyhius, B Germany is bound to take ac- natural and inevitable that Ger-

& S. October 2,

NY.K.. Sept. 10 count of her geographical position many should have become a big Syrena and Goplo, which have

As a manufactur mail on "board and started "hors Terus B. & S.. Beptember 4.

Thurnaus. B. in the heart of Europe in the same industrial land.

concours." have landed 01.

Co., Sept. 19. Tongking, E.A. way as her lack of natural protec-ing country Germany depends on de

territory shortly before, Touraine, Thoresen's, September 9. tion on the main frontiers if she lively foreign trade, in the first Polish

Trianon. Thorarea's, September 28. Van Hentez, J.C.J. Line, Sept. 8. is to assess the situation correctly. place to guarantee her supplies of reaching Russia.--

foreign raw materials and food- Transocean News Service.

Yuenssag, Jarine's, September 6. WATERWAYS The main system of German stuffs, and secondly to enable her waterways (including the rivers to find a market for her surplus Rhine, Ems, Weser, Elbe and Pre-ot finished articles. It is, therefore, gel flows into the North Sea. Only a mistake when critics of present the upper course of the Danube day. Germany say she is hostile to That has nothing flows which

South-east to the foreign trade. Black Sea being German. The whatever to do with the efforts of natural waterways have been sup- the German Government to ensure plemented by an extensive system the barcst necessities of life out of is quite of canals, so that inland shipping home supplies is able to supply a large proportion natural. "

Germany is also renowned for of the needs of the hinterland. The German waters of the North Sea her medicinal "waters, and her spas and Baltle are connected by a and health resorts are visited by

large numbers of foreigners. deep-water canal.

'Germany's climate becomes more most famous extreme the farther one goes East others, Aix-la-Chapelle, Ems, Wies- out of the influence of the tem-txden. Wildungen, Baden-Baden, conversation with the Regent.

The average Oynhauser. Nauheim, etc.-(Tran- perate, sen winds. anqual temperature rises from 8.5 socean). degrees C, in the North East to 11.5 degrees in the South West, the 'medium being about 9 degrees C. The average temperature in Janu- ary rises from the East (5 deg.) towards the West ( 2 deg.). whereas the July medium increases from North (17 deg. C.) to Bouth The average annual (21 deg. C.). rainfall is 650 mm.. It is lowest

in (under 500 mm.) the river valleys of Northern Germany, and Highest In the mountainous dis tricts (Brocken 1800 mm., Sauer land 1400 mm.).

1

Before the War Germany com prised an area of about $40,000 84. metres, but by the Treaty of Ver- sailles she was obliged to cede certain territory to the victors, so that the total area now is about 470,000 sq. metres.

POPULATION

which

The

SDAL are among

COUNTY CRICKET

STANDINGS

London, Sept. 1. Final positions in the country cricket championship table were revealed to-day.

Derbyshire wins the title with a percentage of 56.90. Middlesex are runners-up with 52.05 per cent,

third with 51.11. Yorkshire are Gloucestershire fourth with 45.11, Nottinghampshire Afth with 45.00 and Surrey sixty with 42.44— Reuter,"

4

Matches in this year's County Cricket Championship concluded to-day leaving Derbyshire at the head of the table with a percentage of 58.9. The hext five clubs in order In 1890 the population of Gerare Middlesex 52.05, Yorkshire 51.12, many counted about 50 milions.Gloucestershire 45:11, Nottingham- According to numerous reports By the end of the last century and shire 45 and Surrey 42.44- from that region, the Basque Se-beginning of this, it had increased British Wireless. paratists are not prepared to listo 56 millions, and when the War

Hendaye, Sept. 1.

ten to the Bishop of Victoria, who urged them to give up their "unna- tural alliance with the Madrid Mar- mats. On the contrary, the activity

The couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Arthur Reginald James, of Parley-road, Moordown, Bourne- & increasing from day to day, and mouth came to Chelsea to revisit on Monday a detachment of 1,000 the scenes of their early married was formed to fight on the side of

the Government.. lite.

Transocean New Service.

Mr. James is 72; his wife was 76, They set out for home on a motor-cycle combination, with Mr.

James in the saddle. All went well HEAVY DEMAND FOR

till they reached Micheldever, a few miles north of Winchesters

Mr. James tried to pull in behind a stationary car to allow ozicom'ng' trame to pass, when the motor- "cycle mounted the grass verge, and

Mrs. James was thrown out.

She seemed to be little the worse, but a few minutes later she collaps- ed and died. Mr. James was un- hurt.

JI

NEW STAMPS

London, Sept. 2. The demand for the new King Edward postage stamps yesterday, the first day of issue, was very large. It in belleved that the aver- age daily sale, of stamps which is about 20,000,000 was exceeded by 60 per cent. British Wirelean,

broke out there were 65 millions: The resultant fail in the birth-rate during and after the War naturally led to a decrease in the population. It now £gures at about 70 millions, but had the War not in- tervened, it would undoubtedly

AMERICAN BUDGET

DEFICIT

GOEMBOES GRANTED

LEAVE

Budapest, Sept. 1. The Hungarian Regent, Admiral Nicolas Horthy de Magybanya, received Premier Goemboes in an che audience which lasted over ard-a-half hours. in the course of which Goemboes obtained weeks' vacation. The Minister of Education will act as deputy.

After Cabinet session WILS convened. his when Goemboes reported on

the audience, a special

Transocean Heus Service.

CIVIL GUARD...

RENAMED

OLYMPIA RADIO EXHIBIT

1

Steps For Suppressing

Interference

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL- STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s BTAXIR "RANPURA."

"

AND HONG KONG ON 2ND SEPTEMBER, 1938,

FROM ANTWERP,LONDON,GIBRAL TAR MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

TONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above. named Vessel are hereby informad that their doods are being landed and placed. AT THIR in the Hong Kong' and Kowloon Whart and Godown Cou

Godowns st Kowloos, where each

Payment will be sorted out Mart by Mark and Delivery can be obtained se the Goods are landed.

Optional Goods will be landed here anies Instructions bave been given to the

Six Hours before arrival of the Goods not cleared within 6 days including date of arrival will be subject to Rent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by ue in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowas for examination by the Con signeem, and the Company's Surveyora. Kerry. GODDARD & Docosas, at 10 m

and Thursdays, within the

autore period.

Free

Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for a Revenus Ulcer be present at the examination of damaged dutiable cargo.

All Claims against the Steamer must be prescated to the Undersigned on or before

store sind Sogt., 1838, or they will

not be recognized.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Oa

Ágents.

14850

Hong Kong, 2nd Sept., 1936.

BRITISH SOLDIERS

WOUNDED Explosive Trap Laid On Roadway

Jerusalem, Sept. 1.

of

Cameron the Two men Highlanders were wounded this post- "taking up morning when tlons to engage snipers between Jerusalem and Nablus.

4

The incident occurred when bus conveying troops ran into a "booby trap" which was ingenious- ly arranged on the roadway.

The trap exploded, but did no damage: The men dismounted, and in doing so, wo Highlanders tripped over the wire of another trap, which exploded and wound- ed tnem, Beuter Bulletin Servico."

NAHAS PASHA'S STATEMENT

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty Benefits

42

London, Sept. 2. During a visit to Radio Olympla this morning. Major Tryon, Post-

London, Sept. I. master-General paid particular at-

Before leaving London to-day tention to an exhibit Illustrating with the remaining members of the steps being taken for suppression Egyptian Delegation, Nahas Pasha, of radio interference. The problem

of minimising the interference with the Egyptian Prime Minister made a statement on the Anglo-Egyptian radio reception caused by domestic

treaty kigned last Wednesday which and electrcal appliances and equip-he said he was convinced would be

ment, he said, continued to en-

of the greatest benefit to the peo- gage the active attention of the Post Office. The Importance of the ples of both countries. Alliance had a moral, social and economic im- problem was increasing owing to

portance for the British and Egyp- the extended electrical appliances dans. Nahas Pasha expressed the of all kinds. During the past year thanks of the delegationi for the Hendaye, Aug. 1.

the Post Office' had increased com~

welcome accorded them in Eng- The Spanish “Guardia Civil" has plaints from listeners. In a large

land.-- been reorganised by the Govern-majority of cases some measure of British Wireless rent and renamed "Republican relief was effected.— National Guard." Their uniforms British Wireless.

are the same, and they have been reinforced from the ranks of the Government Red Militia.

In such parts of Spain that are controlled by the Insurgents, the original organisation still exists.- Transocean News Service.

LLOYD GEORGE TO MEET HITLER

Informal Talke On World Situation

London, Sept. 2.. Mr. David Lloyd George, former Prime Minister of Britain, accom panied by his son, Major Gwilym and his daughter Megan, left for Germany to-day.

They will have informal talks with Herr Adolf Hitler on the Euro; pean and the world situation ge- nerally. Washington, Sept. 1.

They will also study Germany's have been higher still, However. A gross deficit of $2.007,000,000 the fact that in spite of the detri- in the current fiscal year is fore-agriculture schemes and labour

camps.→→ mental effects of the War and post- casted by President Roosevelt in Rentär.. War years, the German population a revised Budget summary, rais'ng has still attained to this level is the previous revenue estimates. due largely to the measures which The President estimates a have been taken to encourage a deficit of $1,517,000,000 after de- rise in the birth-rate.

ducting $580,000,000 arotted for MINERAL WEALTH

statutory debt redemption during A regards

mineral the Fear" natural

It is further forecast by

the gross

public wealth. Germany is well supplied with coal and potash The coal President that output before the War (1912: 280 debt on June 30. 1937, will $34.189.- million tons) was only second to 000.000, a net increase of $410000.-

that of the United States and Great 000 during the year. Britain.

Reuter

||

net

the

MEI LAN FANG IN PEIPING

Peiping, Sept. 2. Dr. Mei Lan-fang; the famous Chinese artiste, arrived here from Shanghai to-day by plane. He is to see his friends and to give two expected to make a brief stay here the charity performances

for

POLISH ARMY CHIEF

IN FRANCE

Paris, Ecpt. 1, The Inspector General of the Po- ilsh Army. Marshal Rydz Smigli was present on Tuesday afternoon at the manoeuvres of a tank squad- ron.

J

Earlier in the day he visited the various battlefields and military cemeteries, where i addition to 6,000 French Buldiers, 109 Polish sharpshooters are also buried.- Transoran News Service,

SIR SAMUEL HOARE ON TOUR

A Malta

Landon, Sept. I inessage states that Sir Samuel Hoare. First. Lord of the Admiralty, is now aboard HMS. Arethusa on his way to Haifa to visit ships and naval units there. After leaving Haifa Bir Samuel will rejoin the Admiralty racht Enchantress at Famayista... British Wizzlein.

benent of the poor actors From Felping he will proceed to Tientsia. He may pay another visit to

future It is learned- Europe and America in the near Central Pre

MOSCOW CALL TO COLOURS

Six Thousand Youths To Join Up

Moscow, Sept. 2. About 600,000 youths of the 1914- 15 clans have been called up to the colours, but though this means a considerable temporary excess over the normal strength of 1,300,000, it is pointed out that the ultimate discharge of the older preceding class, which is still under arms, will bring the army to normality.

The calling up of the 1914 class and half of the 1915 class gives effect to the recent decree lowering the age for military service to 19-

Reuter.

1)

SHOCK RESTORES VOICE

For over two years Miss Harwood, of Swineshead, near Boston, Lincs, has 'been dumb as the result of a serious illness. Her enforced alience, however, was ended when her bro ther sustained injuries as the re sult of an accident, Mr.

The shock of being informed of her brother's mishap caused Miss Harwood to utter an exclamation in

gated the complete use of her voice. alarm, and since then she has re