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FAR EAST EXPRESS

PASSENGER & FREIGHT- SERVICE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936.

Paria

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

Geneva

Berlin

Athers

Milan

Shanghai

New York Amsterdam

Vienna Prague

(British Wireless Service)

October 8.

104 53/64

October 10. 106 3/32.

21.28)

12.171

12.18)

-931

4.89 9/18 9.191

4.90 7/16

9.18

1391

134

870

4.89)

4.902

Prom Hner Woc lai

Europe

Foranla

Ports

Data

Bucharest

Madrid

Potadam

Genoa, Mara, S'hampion, Rattariem, Bremen, Hamburg

Lisbon

Ereled

Kursarios, Oran, Antwerp, Pekingumo, Hamburg, Bromun

Hong Kong

Nov.

Brussels

29.08

29.1

Strata & Ceylon

Pott

S'pore Pezing, Belawan, Calompho..

器

Montevideo

Crefeld

Bagaporn

Punkcia.ro

Manila

Oct.

Belgrade..

Shanghai & Japan

Shanghai, North China & Alagan

South Ses inlande

Oreful..

(befor

Manija

NOT.

Montreal

S'. Yokohama, Kobe

Nov.

Yokohama

Helsingfors

Shaarbai, Duirma, Taku, Thington, Y'asma, Nagoya, Kobe, waka

Мат

Rio

Buenos Aires

Breast heart...

Madhag, Rabaul, Tulagi, Ravkog, etc.......

Nov

Silver (Spot

Silver (forward)

War Loan

Subjart to Alteratios without Notice,

201

31% 107.

Closing Quotations

Octabor 8, 1936.

On LUNDUR: -

Telephone 227A,

Telegraphic Transler.

1/ Bank Bills, on demand 13/16 Credits. four months'

*ight

For Page and Freight apply to -

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN

Qu's Baildog-

MELCHERS & CO.

AGENTA

CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & .00., SHAMEEN, B,0.

THE

CHINA-SIAM

LINE.

OG JAPAN-

* HELLAS" HELIO8"

HONG KONG-BANGKOK '

leaving Hong Kong 20th October via Swatow leaving Hong Kong 28th October, via Swatow

20th October

BONG KONG-SWATOW-AMOY 1.8, “HAI HING" | leaving Hong Kong Accepting Passengers & Cargo for all the above motioned porta. HONG KONG-BINGAPORE-PENANG-RANGOON Regular Express Service

THAI HING" leaving Hong Kong 26th October vis Holbow

Accepting cargo for all the above mentioned ports.

Excellent passenger accommodation available,

For freight, jrtwage rates und all other information-Apply to --

THORESEN & CO., LTD.

Tel. 30237.

General Agente,

S.S. "BENWYVIS"

Sailing for LONDON,

ROTTERDAM,

ANTWERP, HAMBURG, LEITH and HULL

on or about the 9th October.

Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill

f Lading to the usual transhipment ports.

S.S.

Next Sailing for JAPAN “BENGLOE” 17th Oct.

For Freight and Passage apply to:-

Tel. #2633

W. A. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,

York Building Agenta:

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

SCIENTISTS

DISCUSS DRINK

AND THE DRIVER

Whiskey And Mild Beer

WHAT A TEST SHOWED

were

Many, interesting papers read at the various section of the British Association at - Blackpool recently."

Dr. H. M. Vernon in an address in the Physiology section described experiments in the effect of al- cohol on motor driverë.

Bome drivers he said, maintain ed, in spite of a mass of evidence from laboratories, that moderate quantities of alcohol either had no effect on their driving or improved It..

Apparatus had been installed at the National Institute of Industrial Psychology in which a person drove a dummy car along a track pre- jected as a moving picture on a screen in front of him and the path taken by the car was record ed automatically, 2

Drivers underwent this test be- fore and after taking, on an empty

On New York !----

Bank Billa, ou demand 303/16 Credits, 60 days”, sight" and",

ON BATAVIA

On demand

bet

ipt

ON PARIO:-

Bank Bills, on demand 645

ON SHANGHAI:---

Credit, month's sight 685.

On Domand

103/

ON SALON

ON SINGAPORE:—

On demand

...... 59 16

ON MANILA-

On demand

6413-16

ON BANGKOK :--

On demand......

1001

On demand

1801

ON INDIA:

SOVEREIGNS Bank Buying

Exte

******* 1/3 1118 ......... 94

Telegraphic Transfer... Bank, on demand.......... 818

BAR SILVER, per os

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

(Through Reuter's Service)

QUOTATIONS

New York: October 11.

New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton- Dec. New York Rubber-Dec." Chicago Wheat.-Dec. Chicago Corn -Dec. Silver Official

90 Haile

Bklyn

Last Today's High Low Close Close Change

4.90-10/19 4,80-15/16 11/32 up 1.83 11.79 1164 11.76 ,08 off

16.48 closed

1168 1'5 DA 93

115 118

58) 95

1836

Oct 10,

unquoted

High Low Oct 8. High Low Close Change

17821 175.14 176,05 59.8 59,01. 69.86 35.28 35.17 36.30 105.48

unquoted

.86 up .69. ap .10 ap .03 off

19.53 40.8859.03 38.05 3883 36.30 108 51 88.92 105.32 53.68 87.41_

Business Done; -970,900 shares.

Pgo ofert qEE*********: #ITCHE

PASSENGERS

Arrivals By Empress Of Canada

VISCOUNT

ROTHERMERE

Among passengers arriving by the liner Empress of Japan from the North on Saturday morning were the following local residents: Major V. E. Duclos, Canadian Government Trade Commissioner; Mr. Eldon Potser. K.C. pro- minent local barrister, and Mrs. Eldon Potter:

Mr. L. W. Amps of Messrs. Logan and Amps;

Mm. D. M. Biggar, wife of Mr. D. M. Biggar, Manager of the Chase Bank;

Mr. J. K. Bousfeld. of the, Astatic Petroleum Co., and Mrs. Bousfeld;

Mr. J. Harrop, of Messrs. James H. Backhouse Ltd., and Mrs. Har-

rop,

Mr. D. J. Keogh, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.. and Mrs. Keogh;

Mrs. L Dunbar, wife of Mr. L. Dunbar, well-known local horse owner:

race

Miss Jean B. 'Lyons, sister of Mrs. Dunbar:

Mr. G., V. T. Marshall, · Messrs S. J. David and Company. and Mrs. Marshall;

Mr. F. G. Nigel, of the solicitors Area of Messrs. Johnson. Siokes and Master;

Mrs H H Pethick and-Misɛ 8. Pechick;

..THE SHORTY

FAST ROUTE

DAYS

TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA

FARES

495-40

First Class £62-7-9 Tourist Class and upward

Travel fast-luxuriously — enjoyably – economically to Europe, via Seattle, aboard

a President Liner. *

On your way home see the beauty spots of America.

·leisurely, or on the fly.

American Mail Line duced fares, Hongkong to Europe, offer the maximum in travel comfort and speed at minimum cost.

AMERICAN

HONGKONGI

12 PEDDER STREET

LAST 10 YEARS

Mr. R. R. Roxburgh, of Messrs AIR PROGRESS OF

Thornycroft Ltq.

and

John L Mrs. Roxburgh and Miks Rox- burgh

Mr. Rallon, son of Mr. N. L H. Railton. of Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Company Ltd; an

Mrs. John W. Mayhew and Miss P. Mayhew:

Mrs. J. H. Lock, wife of Captain J. H. Lock, pilot of the R. M. A. Dorado. returning from a "holiday in Japan:

→

From Lindbergh To

"Blue Riband”

MANY CAPITAL-TO-

CAPITAL RACES

The air race from New York to

Parls which is being organised on May 21, the tenth anniversary of Col. Lindbergh's first solo crossing. striking recognition of progress

Mr. E. Cock, Chief Manager of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd.;

Mr. E. V. Fuerholzer, Transocean Representative for the Far Easti

Wing-Commander A. G. Bishop; The race is promoted by the Mr. L Kadoorle well-known | French Air, Ministry, directed by local Onancier:

M. Pierre Cot.':

Distinguished passengers includ- ed Viscount Rothermere, famous newspaper magnate.

Other passengers were:

Misa A. C. L Alexander, Dv. and Mrs. J. J. Luddy, Miss Elste Wells, Miss E B. Kayser, Mr. and Mrs.

In the air.

MAIL

LINE

|| CANTON BRANCH: '*, FRENCH CONGESSION

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STRAM NAVIGATION O«/«

STRAMIZ - “ MIRZAPORE."

ARRIVED BONG KONG o 8TH OCTOBER. 1998.

From BOMBAY, COLOMBO ARD STRAITS,

Camed Vocal are hereby inforand CONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above

that their Goods are being landed and placed ar Tax in the Hong Kong sad Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company's web Cansignment will be sorted out

Godowas

at Kowloon, where Mark by Mark and Delivery can be obtained the Goods landed.

Optional Goods will be handed hers" unless Instructions have been given le the contrary Six Hours before arrival of the Steamer.

Goods not aleared within 8 days, in- anding date of arrival, will be subject in Rest-

Small at races and gymkhanas have served their chief purpose; the spur of competition must now also serve modern practical aims in'

No Fire Insurance will be affected by air transport, which are Continen-

sög csse: whatever?". tal and oceanic.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Three years ago the Federation Godowns for examination by the Oơm.;

་

F. M. McBain, Mr. W. C. Bestin, Aeronautique Internationale in-sigs, and the.. Company's BurvareI Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cameron, Miss stituted a capital-to-capital record | HOT. GODDARD & Douglas, at 10 am.

each will be a practical test of air- craft on toportant routes:

Free Storage period.

Consignose are specially verified tkáv

it is necessary for Revenue Officer de damaged dutiable cargo.

All Claims against the Steamer mu be presented to the Underigned on or before 28th Oct., 1856, or they will The first will be the England-,

not be Johannesburg áir race, to start on

recognised: No Claims will be admitted after the Sept. 20. It is an all-British con-Goods Have left the Godown test. for which so far there are 13

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & 06. entries. The route is not in the Hong Kong, 8th Oct., 188. Agents. present oficial capital-to-capital record category...

[4799

A. Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lcategory, and two such records on Mundays and Thursdays, within the Hayles, Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Mr. have already been officially recog and Mrs. S. L. Massina,, Miss. J. ¦ nised. Massina. Captain and Mrs. D. M. This year two great long-dis-be presente: the" examination of Shean, Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Mr. Otance air races will be held. and Ruhl, Captain R. L... K. Allen, Mr. C. W. Cheng, Mr. B. K. Lam, Mr. J. W. Linton, Mr. 8. D. Bagg, Mr. F. Benoist, Miss T. Blaser, Mr. J. L. Chen. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cornell and Infant, Mr. G. H. Deaforth, 121 Mr. W. A. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs B J. Garfunkel, Col. F. E. Gowan, Mr. J. E. Hargreaves. Dr. Hans Harnals. Mr. M L Fu Master Rou Misa Hari, Mr. Y. T. Hau, Mrs. M. L. Hsu (two). Mr.. Y. K. Kan. Mr. Y. C. Kan, Mrs. P. H. L. Kan. Miss Kan, Master W. Robin, Miss S. Cpromoted by the Aero Club of Robin, Lieut. B. V. Lee, Mr. B. France and the Aero Club of Indo- Lieu. Mr. K 8 Lut Mrs. China. The price money amounts Mansar, Miss H. C. Mansar, Mr.

to about £16,000. The distance to C. V. Mark, Mr. R. T. McDonnell,

be flown is 13,600 miles,·· Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Parsons, Mr.

The route will be by way" of | FINBE Motor Vesral A. M. Scrimgeour, Mrs. G. Tilden, Baghdad and Allahabad on Miss J. Tilden, Mr. T. Wang, Mrs. way out the return by the same having arrived from the above Forte on

"HILVERTEAK" the THE K. Z. Wong, Mr. K. C. Woodhouse.

route, but with a stop at Cairo. 8th fistant, Consignees of Cargo 876 Through passengers were:

2,400 miles. The first hop, Paris to Baghdad, is bereby informed that their Gobití pre being landed as their maz into the fo downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon

had sad Gede, Company,

Edited Kowloon, and stored at

Dow Jones Average

So Industrial

17843 143.11 175,18

20 Utilities t

40 Bonds

Queen's Building.

II Commodity Index 68.37

Last Sale

st Sale

Stocks

Oct. 9

Stocks

Oct. 9

Adams Express

141

Western Sugar

352

35)

Amer. Can

128

1272

Humble Oil

Amer. Cyanamid 'B'

35)

351

Int. Harvester Co. ...

Am. & For. Power

Int. Nickel

621

¡¡

Am. For. P. $7 pr

Int. Tel & Tel.

122

121

Am. Light & Trac.

381

3at

Kennecott

52+ 52

Amer. Locomotive...

231

Loew's Inc.

58)

Amer. Radiator ......

321

Lorillard

23:

232

Amer. Rolling 'Mill.......

881

McKesson & Rob-

Amer, Smelting......

501 551*

bing Inc...........

44 1434

Am. Sugar Refining 1781

179

Amer. Tel. & Tel, .. 10072

Amer. Tobacco 'B' ...

1001 27

Monsanto Chemical Montgomery Ward...

971

074

524 53**

Amer. "Waterworks... 41)

414

Anaconda Copper

807

| Nat, City Bk. .................... 43)* 43**

Nat Dairy Prods... 25! Nat. Distillers

251

30.

30+

Atchison, T. & B. Fe.

281

Nat. Power & Light

12.

Atlas Corpn..

151

New York Central...

482

491

Auburn

344

341

North American

33k

Baltimore & Ohio...

25%

Northern Pacific....

282

2017

Bethlehem Steel

.740

·741

Pacific Gas & Eẹc.

382

301

Boeing Airplane Co.

Borden Co.

29 291 274 281

Pacific Lighting

542

543

Bklyn

• Manhattan

Packard Motor Paramount

!! 13

Picture

Trans Corpn.

562 581

Incor, 0.

13+

131

Manbattau

Pennsylvania- R. R. 401

414

$8 cum. pt.

stomach, a dose of whiskey con- taining, as a rule, 20 c.c. of al- cohol, (Le, rather more than a

Case, J. I

102)* 1031 159

Phillips Petroleum 401

407

160

Pure Oll Co

47+

474

"large" whiskey), or a dose of mild Chesapeake beer contal ing only 5 c.c. of Chesapeake & Ohio 147

Chrysler

Canadian Pac. Rly. 13

402* Chase Nat. Ek.

Corpn. 92

137

Pub, Service of N.J.

181

493*

Radio Corpa.

104

101

'95

Radio Corpn "B"

754

$5 Of .....

1261

1271

Reynolds Tob 'B...

561

573

201

Schenley

Schenley 51% pla

091

901

ΤΟΥ

Sears Roebuck

914

174 ** **

Bocony-Vacuura

18+

8thm. Cal.

Edison

314

311

(ord.) Comm, & Southern

Sthrn. Pácide,

471

Stand. Brandin.

101

(ord., $8 cum. p. Consold. Lans of N‚Y.

771

Stand. Gas Y. Elec

441

Stand. Of of N.3.

644

- 851

Consolio. Oil

141

Sterling Prods....

Continental. Oli

344

Swift International

30f

errors than had

Corn. Products.....

691

891.

Technicolor

261

Curtiss Wright' 'A'....

Texas Gulf Bulphur

367

387

Curtiss Wright (C)

187

Transamerica

14:

-531

20th Cent. Fox Film.

comm...........

"32

228 744

20th Cent. Fox Film.

301

751. .

* { * *

·1881 μ

Un. Carbide & Car

bon

101 100

231

Un. "Pacifc

139

quantities of alcohol should be Elec. Bond & Share avolded before driving, and that all 45 pt. ..... cats should be fitted compulserlly Hee. Bond & Share with speedometers."/>

Un. Aircraft (New)

242

291

75 Un. Airline Trans...

151

Uni. Corpn.

..TZ

$8 pr...

Hec. Power & Light 151 Flintkote Co. Gen. Cigar

pt.

853 154 362 38 Un. Gas Improve-

Un, Corpa. #3 cum,

and Mrs. 8. 1-Schwartz, Miss M4.

467

461

L. Schwartz Mas E. Schwartz.

+251

252

511

537

Tierit U. S. Indus Alcohol

152

HARUNA MARU

371

48. 49

U.S. Rubber

374

383

30%

U. S. Steel

761

117 721

Vanadium

241 241 472 461 Warner Bros. Pictr. 1313₤ 14 144 Westinghouse Dec 1501 150%

1% Call Mones

alcohol.

Fifteen experienced drivers were Columbia Gos & E. 208 examined in this way. The mild C. G.-E. 6% A p. 108* beer had no effect on them, but Commercial

Credit 702-

the whiskey caused a reduction of Comt. Bolvents ....... 6 per cent. In the driving time and Comm. & Bourbera an increase of 12 per cent, in the driving errors.

INCREASED ERRORS Five non-drivers were also test ed, and on these the mild beer had more effect in reducing time and increasing the whiskey.

The various people tested differ- ed greatly in their reactions, but Delaware & Hudson half of them had their driving Distillers Corpo: Bea- time reduced by 10 to 24 per cent.

grams

"As a rule the drivers were quite Douglas Aircraft unconscious of any speeding-up Du Pont de Nemours 168 after drinking alcohol, and this Electric Boat ........ 134 14 suggests that even moderate Elec. Bond & Share

Dr. Ratcliffe (Birmingham) said that the most dangerous driver was a man who had had a Httle alcohol which removed his caution gen." Electric and lessened the speed of his reac- den: Foods tion to danger.

Glen Motors

-"Bome of the worst accidents Gen. Rly. Bignal. ... have known have béen where Gold Dust..... young people have been, coming! Goodrich Tyre Co. back from adance in the early Goodyear Tire & R. 241 241 hours of the morning after having a thera Rly. pf. 274 271 | had a few cocktails.

ex, diy

• Bid

76 ⚫

Mr. G. Honour, Mr. H. Morison, Mr. and Mix. B. H. Blaisdell, Mikk

G. W. Blaisdell, Mr. and Mrs W.

B. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. K. B Day,

WORLD'S LONGEST AIR RACE

On Oct. 25 will begin the longest air race ever held, the Paris-Sai- gon-Paris International contest,

-Bo far no British machine has been entered.

Records are now octally recog-

Mrs. Robert Hancock, Mr. Anised over the following capital-to:

Jestes, Mr. James Morton, Mrs. L

capital routes: ..

E. Ohnick, "Mr." J. M." Ross, Mr. F. Bager. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Scarfe, Ms. C. A Weekley, Mr. and Mrs. © R. C. Chamberlini, Mrs. G. 8. Dyer,

Miss T. Speary, Mra. F. L'and' Miss G. Washburn, Mr. G. E. Wilkinson, Mr. T. C. Maitland, Mr and Mrs. J. R. H. Mason, Mrs. T. V. Miler. Mr. B. B. Ohnick, Mr. D. Ritchie, Miss Tonle Wenz, Mr. and Mrs. H D., Cöllier,⠀⠀⠀ Mr. ́8. Tatsuki Mr. H. M. Hind, Mr. and Mrs. Chas A. Hendry, Dr. T. E. Hsiao, Col., and Mrs. A. Kim-. berley, Mr. H. A. McComb, Misa is

New York-San Francisco. London-Sydney

Paris-Antananarivo

CST)

SILVER LINE,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

FROM

NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES

and

All breden, cha fod, and damagliga koodin parise: Copsom zisk

to be left in the Godomate they will be exaquined" off" "Thursday, 15th matabert, 1906, ut reʻaut, Ve

All Charts must be presented withi (Madagas 16 Days of the veeldi's strical hete

after which data they

Friedrichshaven-Rio Janeiro Rome-Rio de Janeiro London-Gabe Town Paris-Saigon.. Amsterdam-Batavia Rome-Cape Town Tokyo-New York London-Buenos Aires

The principal oficially adopted

that capital-to-capital records

b. M. Minty, Mr. J. Morris, Miss V. will be recognised where the dis- Pustingeva, Mr. M. Rivera, Mr.

Japanese Liner From North

tance exceeds 1.250 miles

HEAVY COSTS

Conditions for the Paris-New

Clins will be sifmitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods renting anticliver after the 18th install, 1936, will be subject to Rent...

No Fire Insurance has been efforted, Bills of Lading will be countersigned, by

FURNESS (PAR EASTY LTD

2nd Floor, Hongkong & Shangar Big Building Dini, 92165 & 28109.

Heng Leng 8th Oct, 1986.

York race have not yet been announced, but it may be seened

that they will rios call for a be stop fight, whilst it is probable McEachern, Miss Sadie McEachern, that only aeroplanes and Mrs. Ada Carmán, Mr. Hürold Pon- | boats will be admitted. toppidan, Mr. Eduardo Arduino, The cost of participation will be Märs. Alda Arduino, Mrs Else Ban heavy, and no doubt the prises wit The N.Y.Kloer. Haruna Marudog Dunning, Mrs Elleen Margaret be big ones

to de arrived on Saturday from Jupen Divett Miss Julian Divett, Mrs. | All the principal aircraft produc; via-Shanghai, with the following Helmie Cunietti, Mr Franklin Raying countries now have in detemp Lassengers:Mr. John Hector Mr. Zakariya Almohamed, and Mr. | ment types of strerast quander, so McEachern, Mrs. Ruby Myrtilla | Tetauto shipoda,

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