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

The "Queen Mary" Now

Now Holder of All Trans-Atlantic Records.

OUR SWATOW LETTER

No Smoking In Post Office

PREVENTIVE SERVICE

RUMOUR

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Swatow, Aug. 20.

CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

CONTINENT

WANTS AGENTS

The

monthly En

committee meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was held at the Cham- ber's Board Room, Connaught Road Cenital, yesterday afternoon, when the Chairman, Mr. Li Sing-kul pre- sided. He was supported by Mr. Wong Mow-lum, Vice-Chairman and Mr. Tso' Hok-yue, Secretary.

In my last letter I reported the appointment of a new Mayor for Swatów; to-day I can add the installation of a new" Chief at Police in the person of one Mr. Teng who, until recently, was comin, Chang Lan-chow, Lau Yuk-

Other members present at the meeting were Messrs. Tang Shlu-

nected with the Municipal Omice. wan, Yeung Shu-Cheong, So Chiu,

NEW YORK STOCK

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EXCHANGE

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Now York: Soptember 2.

QUOTATIONS

New York/London Close-rate New York Cotton-Oct. Now York Rubber-Sep. Chicago Wheat --Sep. Chicago Corn Silver Official

dog--

Dow Jones Averages

So Industrial 20 Bail

20 Utilice

Change

Last Today'a High Low Uloss Close

5.03-6/32 5.03-11/34 3/16 up

11.55 (1.45 11.41 11 19 18.43 16.66 16.67 10.48

108 1071 10811081

6381

911

Sopt: 1.

,u8 up

167.91 185.4 166.38

Stocks

.13 up

1 OLE

lg off

44)

unchanged

1936

High

Cow Aug 31.

High Low Close Change.

170.15

40 Bands

11 Commodity Index 68.37

143.11 180.19 50.02 10.68" 54.78 38.00 28.3 34.77 +104.11 98.82 104.17 13.50 65.91

06 up

51.90 14.30

64.82

16 off

34,90 34.48 34.64

.13 off

104.20

.03 up

65.50

32 ot

Business Done: -1,180,900 shares.

Last Sale

Last Sale

Stocka

Aug. 31 Sep. 1

Aug 31 Sep. 1

It would appear that previous Fung Ki-cheuk, Yung, Koun-man. Adams Express experience does not matter much Fung Shuen-po, Chi Chiu-fan. Amer. Can

is

131

134

Western Sugar ...

363

361

1231

1231

Humble OL

65: 851

£0

you

only have a bit of "pulling." everything is plain sailing.

so far as appointments high Kok Chin, Au Chak-sum, Chu Shiu Amer. Cyanamid 'B' 34 positions are concerned;

wah. Mak Lin. Low Kow-mow, Am For. Power

331

Int. Harvester Co.

7

7.

Int." Nickel

54

531

I much regret to say that the numerous provincial taxes are still being enforced despite Nanking's presentatives of the varicus busi-Amer. Rolling Mill...

The taxness associations and guilds. desire to cancel same.

Kwong Kong-fuen, Chan Chung-Am. & Far. P. $pi 3. chi. Ko Chung-nam. Chow Bing-Am, Light & Trac. cht. Lu Yam-abuen, Sin Pul-kwan, "Amer. Locomotive,.. Amer. Radiator ...... Hang Yuk-ming and several

36

mt. Tel. Tel.

121 121

31

311

Kennecott

471 472

23

221

Loew's Inc.

591 591

re-

28

211

Carillard

221

231

$3

841

McKesson & Rob-

Amer. Smelting ....... 83

+63

bins Inc.

45

45+

The mighty driving turbines of the "Queen Mary" are lubricated

with GARGOYLE LUBRICANTS, as previous record holders :-

are the engines of the

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1933-EUROPA

1934-BREMEN

In China,

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Gasoline

1910-MAURETANIA

1922-MAI RETANIA

1923-LEVIATHAN 1924-MAURETANIA

1929-MAURETANIA

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ber by the China Steam Navigation co. (Hong Kong Branch), request- Canadian Pac. Rly. A ing the co-operation of the Cham- Chase Nat. Bk.

Corpn. 831 ber in the re-organization of the Chesapeake Company. It was decided that all Chesapeake & Ohio. 661 members of the Chamber should Chrysler

of time, possibly do their best to assist in further-Columbia Clas & E" 21 many will have given up smoking ing the interests of this Company. C. G. & E. 6% 'A' pг 105

ent rely.

Rumour has it that the same ban

Hong Kong University Memorial Consolio. Ou... Scholarship,, it

decided to Continental Ou ..... appoint the Chairman, Mr. Li Corn. Products Another rumour gaining grounasing-kuil, the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Curtiss Wright 'A':.. is that anent the Government Pre-Wong Mow-lum and the Sec-Cartiss Wright (C) ventive Service. Some say it will

for Delaware & Hudson be abolished altogether; others

this purpose, and that a special Distillers Corpa, Bea-

*TRIS maintain they will continue to

meeting

held in the will be function, handing over to the

hall of the Chamber to-morrow for Douglas Aircraft Custom House whatever smuggled the examination of the ave appli- Du Pont de Nemours goods they seize and not auctioning cants for the said scholarship.

WELCOMING MARSHAL CHIANG

same as usual. Walt and see.

to take

cided that the whole Chinese com- Elec. Bond & Share munity of the Colony should form

Welcoming Committee 1 advantage of the opportunity of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's pre- sence in Canton to invite him to pay a visit to Hong Kong.

$8 pf... Elec. Power & Light Fintkote Co. Gen. Cigar ........ Gen. Electric Gen. Foods... Gen. Motors

A government ban to be enforced from September 1, and which is accompanied by much importance, significance and excitement, takes the form of the stopping of all kinds of gambling and oplum smoking in town. The unharmful game of mahjongg also comes in the category of gambling, and how

Referring to letters sent to the much this most popular and favourite pastime will be missed Hong Kong Telephone Co., Ltd.. Gen. Riy. Signal ...

Co., Ltd..Gold Dust... can be better imagined than des Hong Kong Electric cribed. whether in restaurants or and the Hong Kong and China Gas Goodrich Tyre Co.. private. houses and residences. Co., Ltd., requesting them to re- Goodyear Tire & R The vernacular papers devote much duce their rates and charges, the G. N'thern Rly. p. attention" and space on the mat- Secretary informed the meeting ter, and already the forms of pun- that replies had been received giv- Ishments have been published. ing reasons for their inability to

Am. Steel Foundries person found gambling is make such reductions, but after a liable to a fine of $2.000 or, in de- short discussion, the committee de-Am Waterworks $8

pi. fault, two years imprisonment. elded that letters should again be When mahjongg is proscribed the sent to the above mentioned com- Briggs Manufactur- restaurants may as well close their panfes through the Chinese repre- doors, for the percentage of tre- sentatives in the hope of that they quenters who indulge in this game might receive favourable re-con- comes close to 95.

Any

MONETARY LOSSES

ing Co. Bristol-Myeza

wanna & Western 181 Eilingon Schold Co. Regarding the election of a Chin-Firestone Tire and ese representative to represent Rubber 6% p.

The monetary losses will be im- mense: what is to be done with the big number of mah jongg Beta Hong Kong in the Congress of Re-Freeport Texas which are let out for hire at 20 presentatives to be held in Nan- Gen. Asphalt cents per hour by the small shops:king in November.next, the Chair-Gen. Mills and how about the "kongals" which man suggested that the Chamber Goodrich. (BF) have invested the money in selling of Commerce should be temporarily Hercules Powder Co. these cards. Landlords are liable for electing purposes. The Int. Cement

to have their property seized if gambling is found in the houses they "lease--whether for residential purposes of for the specific purpose

suggestion was approved.

No other matters of importance were discussed, and at the con clusion of the meeting, the Secre-

of gambling. The subject is dis-tary declared that during the last cussed everywhere, and I. gather few weeks; several new members people. In the meantime, are mak-from the different firms and manu- ing the best of it for in a few days facturers had applied to the Cham- hence prohibition will come in ber for membezanin. On the pro- force.

position of Mr. Ko Chung-nam.

It seems there is no demur about seconded by Mr. Kok Chin, the ap- "fan tan," though hundreds of plications were unanimously, passed houses run the game. Meantiine accounts are being liquidated;

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led to wonder how employment can be found for the then ex-employees which run to at least over a thousand in num- ber.

by those who were present.

The meeting then concluded.

POLICE OFFICERS

RETURN

DOLORES DEL RIO "PLAYS HAVOC

Practices Knife-Throwing In London Hotel

a practice-range, or if you will a laboratory, Miss Del Rio prepared for the sequence in the nim in which she is required to heave a long and flashing meat-cutter or two. A tall board was erected at one end of the room, and in four days the star learned to toss a Dolores Del Rio, co-starring with knife so that it would land within Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in the two inches of its intended des- forthcoming Criterion production, tination

Miss Del Rio undertook the study "Accused", payed havoc with the

OF

Mr. K. Bidmead, Assistant Super- During Augnat" 20.99 inches of intendent of Police and Bergeant B, traditions of the sedate Claridge of the fascinating science rain were recorded the Botanie Moran, Police finger print expert Hotel in London recently. Every would you call it sport? under the Gardens. Of this total 8.88 inches and photographer, and Mrs. Moran, day for two hours she indulged in tutelage of Jack Carson, claimant

to the title of The World's Cham fell on August 1, 4.21 on August 3 returned to the Colony yesterday

Using her large sitting-room aspion Knife Thrower.";

and 2.94 on August 16. There were aboard the P. and O. liner Ranpura the practice of knife-throwing. only 11 days on which no rain fell. from England.

Glasgow, Scotland applying for re-Baltimore & Ohblo...

for reliable local Bethlehem Steel commendations Chinese agents and influential re- Boeing Airplane Co. presentatives for their products. Borden Co... 30 He added that replies to the above Btlyn Manhattan An innovation, setting a nation-mentioned requests had already

Trans Corpo. Bklyn been in- Ike good example, has

- Manhattan been sent.

56 cum. pf, stituted by the Chinese Post Office.

As to the letter sent to the Cham- Beginning from last week members

Case. J. I. of the staff are prohibited from smoking 'during office hours and in office premises. The restriction may be found trying and pretty unbearable at the commencement. but, in course

Am. Sugar Refining 1744 AGENTS WANTED on imparted föreign rice has gone

Amer. Tel & Tel Customs for good, but then the

After reading correspondence and now levy import duty to the ex-reviewing the business of the last Amer. Tobacco 'B' tent of C.G.V-1.65 per quintal. month, the Secretary informed the Amer. Waterworks... Whereas Japanese importers have meeting that during that time, the Anaconda Copper ... all along ignored the local rice tax Chamber had received many letters Atchison, T. & S. Fe. - 274 the collection of duty" by the Cus-from the different frina and manu-Atlas Corpn. tom House bringe each and everyfacturers in Canada, Norway and Auburn trader on equal footing and re- duces the chances of competition to a minimum.

174

Monsanto Chemica

991* 991

102

1021

Montgomery Ward..

467

-481

251

251

Nat City Be

42* 413-

983"

381

Nat Dairy Prods...!!

271

272

· 821

831

Nat Distulera

301

30

274

Nat. Power & Light

124

121

131

134

New York Central...

43

43

321

314

North American

$3

327-

231

231

Northern Padne"....

271

771

677

681

Pacific Gas & E'ec.

381

381

28

281

Pacific Lighting

52 521

291

Packard Moto

118

112

Paramount

Picture

32+

531

Incor.

素

81

Pennsylvania R. R.

387

381

1021 180

1021*

Philips

Petroleum

427

424

157

Pure Oll Co.....

484 461

111

47"

Pub., Service of N.J. Radio Corpo 46**

17

164

114

11

83

»661

Radio

Corpo $5 of...

*"

100

100

115

Reynolds Tob B'.... 1131

661

561

213

Schenley

47

"105

Schenley 51% pí........

981

981

Commercial CHATER'S SCHOLARSHIP With regard to a letter sent by Comi. Solvents ...... Southern may be extended to all other go-the Hong Kong General Chamber Comm. &

\ord.) ernment organs and departments.

of Commerce requesting the ap- The restriction is said to be one

pointment of a committee of three Comm, & Southern (ord., $6 cum pf of the several principles of the

members to attend to matters con- New Life Movement to be adopted nected to the late Sir Paul Chater's Consolid. Cras of N.Y.

Credit 80+

191

Bears Roebuck

834

85

161

18#

Socony-Vacuum

134

131

8thm. Cal

Edison

311 311

31

14

Sthrn. Facine

427 421

Stand. Brands

15+

151

10

71

Stand. Gas Y Elec

7#

"B1

437

431

Stand. Oil of N.J....

82Į

621

121

121

Sterling Froda.

72

72

301

301

Swift Internationa:

301

301

WIS

691

63"

Technicolor

271 27+

61

81

Texas Gulf Bulphur

38 387

181

181

Transamerica

134

131

464

45+

20th Cent. Fox FÜm

retery, Mr. Ts'o Hot-yue

comm.

30)

· 308

251

25

20th Cent. Fox Film.

71+

71.

pt.

381

391

157

.1541

Un. Carbide & Car-

Electric Boat .....

13

13:

bon

93 051

During the meeting it was de-

Elec. Bond & Shar Elec, Bond & Share

$5 pi.....

231

"234

Un. Pacific

140

139

Un. Aircraft (New)

25

25

714°

72

Un. Airline Trans.

17.

174

Un Corpn.

77

. B

#21*

B31

Un. Carpa. 13 cum........

153

153

pf.

471

467

37

364

Un Gas Improve-

54

54

ment

181 181

474

47)

V. S. Indus Alcohol 344

334

384

381

V.S. Rubber

301 304

673

St

C. 8. Steel

701

897

49

417

Vanadium

231

231

141

141

Warner Bros. Pictz. 131

131

241

243

Westinghouse

Tier 1391

1423

247

241

Call Mones

1% 1%

41

415

Stocks

Last Sale Aug. 25 Sep. 1 411 431

1

Stocki

k

Last Sale Aug. 25 Sep. 1

1021

1074

Int Mining (com.) Lambert Co. MeCrory Stores 'A' Murray Corpm.

11

11'

17 163

194

201

541 571

Nash Motor

....

16

10%

451 45t

Owens Illinois Glass 144

143

sideration.

CONGRESS OF REPRESEN- TATIVES

Cudahy Packing Delaware, Lacka-

37 +381

Pennroad Corpn.... 44

41

Radio Corpn. of. Am.

ཚུ,

191

$5B pl.

Raybestos Manhat~

tan

1037

24

ថ្មី ខ

104 *

Republic Steel Co....

211

221

251

257

Simmons Co.

361

371

.231

Texaz Pacific Land

62

Trust

101

10

Tidewater Assoc. Oil

101

United Biscuit

281 27

551

551

US. Rubber $8 pf....

72

73

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