1936-10-21 — Page 13

NDL

FAR EAST EXPRESS

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE,

Date

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1936.

THE EXCHANGE

MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA BROS.

Silver prices dropped 1/16 yes- terday for both deliveries, the quotations being 19 3/4 for Ready and Forward, Silver advices ported India as having ‘bought to a small extent. There were some general selling, particularly on the part of China. America bought. The market closed quiet. In Ame- rica the rate was unchanged at 44 3:4 for Spot,

The London. New York cross- rate was quoted at. 488 3/8. New York-London was quoted at 4.88.

Tram Hong Kong to

Yourl

Furta

Europe

Upletam

Marrellion, **D. flatteriam, Bremen, Fanburg

Coat.

Cevfold

Mazsodiles, Oran, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Flamburg, Bromma...

Nor.

*

Straits & Ceylon

Manila

Potulin

S'pore Purg, Belawant Colombo..

Oui.

Crefold

Singapore, Columbo-

Nor

4

Posts ta

Manlik

Op

27/32.

Shanghai & Japan

S'hai. Tokohama, Koče

3

Shanghai, North China & JODER

South Sea lelanda

Neckar

Shanghai. Dairo. Taka, Taington, T'kama, Nagora, Koło, Drake

NOY.

#

Kevinerbawa....

Habadi, Tulari, Kita & "Kavieng, etc...

Not

It

Anaject to Alteration without Note,

For a wall" Freight apply to i

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN,

Queen's Balldiar.

MELCHELS & CO.

AGENTS

MARKET

Steady but quiet.

STERLING

A small business was done ni 1/2 29/32 for cash. The market closed at lunch time with sellers at 1/2 7/8 October-December and 1/2 27/32 January-February, buy. ers at 1/2 29/32 Cash-December and 1/2 7/8 January-Febrary.

U.S. DOLLARS

*

Talpinas 977

CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., SHAMKEN, B.C.

S.S. "BENRINNES”

Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and LEITH on or about the 9th November.

Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill

of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.

Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN

S.S.

Tel. 22333

BENREOCH

1:

梦露

4

24th Oct.

For Freight and Passage apply to:-

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

York Building.

Agents;

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

Good Printing will get your

Sales Message

faster-

across

in a way that it will stick !

Phone or Write direct to:-

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

Specializes in Printing

Scientific Journals, Missionaries'

Tracts and Reviews, All kinds of JOB priating, Book-binding and Stationery

undertaken

At Moderate Prices.

A small business was arranged early in the morning at 30 3/16 for January delivery. The mar- ket closed at 1 p.m. with sellers at 30 1/4 October-November and 30 3/18 December-January. buyers bidding 1/16 higher respectively.

SHANGHAI DOLLARS Nothing doing. There were sel- lers at 102 11/16. buyers at 102 3/4 for cash.

SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 15/32 for near, buyers at 1/3 1/2 US Dollars, sellers at 29 1/2 for cash, buyers at 29 9/16. Business was reported at 29 1/2 for cash.

IN THE AFTERNOON The market was quiet in the afternoon.

1.

IN STERLING

No business was reported, finish- ing with sellers at 1/2 "7/8 Octo- ber-December and 1/2 27/32 January-February, buyers at 1/2 29/32 October-December and | 1/2. 7/8 January-February..

U.S. DOLLANS

Business was done at 30 3/16 for cash. 30 1/4 first half December and December. The market clos- ed with sellers at 30-1/4 October- November and probably December and 30 3/16 January, buyers at 30 3/16 Cash-December and 80 1/4

January.

SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers at 102 11/16, buyers at 102 13/18 for cash.

"MACS" IN CANADA

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

Paris

Geneva Berlin

Athens

Milan Shanghai New York Amsterdam Vienna Prague

Bucharest Madrid

105 1/64

(British Wireless Service)

October 17.

Uctober · 19.

104 61/84

21.39

21.37

it

12.16

12,14

02 15/18

92 27/32

1/2)*

1/2 7/16

4.89 1/16 9.07

4.88 7/18 9.11

138 1/18

138 13/16

Lisbon

Hong Kong

1/21.

Brussel

29.08

1/2 27/32 29.03

Montevideo

Belgrade

Montreal

Yokohama

Helsingfors

Rio

Buenos Aires.

Silver (Spot

Silver (forward) "War Loan

4.897

4.88 3/8

2261

PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS

TO SAN FRANCISCO

Vin Shanghal, Tobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama

To SEATTLE, VICTORIA

13

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Victoria.

!

Caṇal, Havana, New York, Pres. Coolidge 10 am. Oct. 31st Pies. Jefferson M'night Oat, Sand Pres. Lincoln M'night Nov. 17th Fres. Jackses 'night Nor, 6th Pres. 'Hoover Noon Nor, 28th Pres, McKinley M'night Now 20th Pres. Cleveland M'aight Doc. 15th Pres. Grant M'night Dec. 4th Pres. Coolidge 10 am. Dec. 28th | Pres Jefferson Muight Dec. 18th

'EUROPE, NEW YORK

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE

Next Sailing

Via Manila, Singaporn, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canali Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. Pres. Adams am. Oct. 15th Prea. Geolidgo Frea. Harrison 8 mm. Nov. 7th | Pres. Adama Pres. Hayes

19 13/18

19 13/18.

19 3/4

Pres. Wilson

108 3/16

Pres. Monroe

Closing Quotations

October 20, 1938.

On LONDON

Telegraphic Transfer... 11/2 Bank Hills, on demand Credits. four months"

night

28/32

1/3 3/29

ON NEW YORK-

Bank Bills, on demand 30 Credits, 60 days' sight. 302 ON BATAVIA:

On demand.............. 554 Che PARIB:--:

Book Bills, on demand 845 ...

Credita, month's sight 875"

ON BAIGON!--

On demand

84

80

ON SHANGHAI:-

On Demand

ON SINGAPORE:

On demand

52 7/10

ON MANILA: m

On JAPAN:—

On demand

Qu demand

100%

ON BANGKOK :-

Op demand BOTIXXIONS Bank Buying

101.

Bat

1/3 1/38

ON IND14-

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

BAX SILVER, per o.................... 101...

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

. (Through Renter's Service)

New York: October 20.

QUOTATIONS"

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

-Dec.

Dow Jones Averages.

CO Industrials

20 Rail

Last Today's High Low Close Close Change

485-15/16 4.88-17/38 3/39 off 12.01 11.90 13.87 1.80 .07 0 18.53 18.50 15.48 14,51

118 11 931 93

.0% off

1187

114

Il off

541

83)

Oct. 19.

fof unchanged

1836 High

Low Oct. 17. Bigh Low Close Change 178.00 143.11 177.63 178,44 176.58 177,42 $0.46 40.68 59.85 60.21 39.53 59.65 $38.06 48.23 35,08 35.43 -34.81 30.04 105 53 28.97 104.57) 11 Commodity Index 68.37 .65.58 62.14

20 Utilities

Bonds

40

Stocks Adams Express `...... 151 15 Amer. Can

1261 125

G. "Western Sugar ...

Am,& For. P. $7 pi 464 454 Int. Tel. & Tel.

Kennecott

Make Up Quarter Of Amer. Smelting....

A Province

T

Charlottetown, PEL, Canada The directory of Prince Edward Is- land, smallest of Canada's

nine provinces contains 25,000 names, and '8,000 of them start with “Mc" or "Mac" The McDonalds lead all but there are great numbers of McLeods, McNells, and in addition numerous Campbells, Camerons, Frasers, Stewarts and so on.

Prince Edward Island families with "Me" names have their own ways of preventing confusion which might arise when several familles in one community bear. ing the

surname choose Identical Christian names for their offspring.

same

邝

Wak

Amer. Tel. & Tel. ... 1021

1014 Amer. Tobacco 'B' ... 201 26j Nat City Bk.

Nat Amer. Waterworks... 46j Anaconda Copper ... Atchison, T. & E. Fe. 271 Atias Corpn. Auburn

Baltimore & Oblo... 25} Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Co. 28

Borden Co. Balyn - Manhattan Trans Corpn. '..... Bklyn Manhattan

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.91 off 40 off „04 off .07 off .04'OFF

Last Sale Oct. 17

27

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FELES

FICb%÷F÷ETE

TITELE

#TacEE

#

8am. Nov. 21st Pres. Jackson 8m. Tec. sth Pros: Harrison am. Dec. 19th Pres. Lincoln.

8 pm. Oct. 21nt

9 a.m. Oct. 28th

8 p.m. Det. Blat

Pam, Nov. 7th

8 p.m. No. 10th

MONT FREQUENT BERTION ON THE PACIFIÙ

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES

AMERICAN

MAIL LINE

· PEDDER BUILDING~ HONG KONG,

CANTON BRANCH :—91, FRANOM 'CONCEBBIÓN, SHAMEEN. „

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

AND

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD,

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

YONBIGNEES per Co.'s Vessal

"PERSEUS"

FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE.

aro horeby notified that their Cargo will

Holl's be discharged into Wharf, Kowloon, where it will be at Consignees risk and rabject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after

20th Oct.

OptionalCargo will not be landed here unless Notice has been given prior to Steamer's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goode are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined an ary Tuesday

19 and Fridays between the hours_of

10.45.

AM, and Noor" within the "Free" Storage period.

No Clams will be admitted after the Goods have left the Stammer's Godowa, "and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th Octy will be subject

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or

will not be recognised.

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DER ·

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,

CONSIGNEE NOTICE.

8.3. "ARAMIS”

25*A/36. BRINGING CARGO Fox MARSEILLES, &a

AE HONG KONG on SATURDAY, THE 17TH OCT., 1938.

CONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opism, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Go downs of Hong Kong, Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery may

be obtained immediately after landing.

1.

All claims must be sent in to me on

or before the Wednesday, 27th Oct, 1930, or they will not be recognized.

Damaged Packages will be examined Goddard & Douglas in the presence of by the Company's Surveyor, Messrs. the Consignees at 10.00 am, on Friday, Brd Oct., 1936.

Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when any dutiable. gooda are examined by the Company' Surveyors. us in any case whatever.

No Fire insurance will be effected by

R. OHL,

before the 10th Nov., 1836, or they Hong, Kong 17th Öst, 1916:

No Fire Lazarancs will be affected

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents.

CANADIAN

EXHIBITION

Agent.

[4765

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD..

FROM LEITH, MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAFTS,

Taz 8.8. "BENGLOE,"

A

YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby that all Goods are being

Development landed at their risk into the hatardons

and/or extra bazardous Godowas of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Toronto, Canada-For the Cana-the wharves Delivery may be obtained. Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from dian National Exhibition held each

No Claims will be admitted after the

summer in Toronto, from late Aug Goods have left the Godowns, and all

105.60

68,1..

Business Done: -1,880,000 shares.

Last Sale

Oct. 17

19

Stocks

357

30

Humble Oll...

641*

654

Amer, Cyanamid 'B' 351 352 Am. & For, Power-

Int. Harvester Co.

LI

71

7

Int. Nickel

621

62

13

123

Am. Light & Trac. 381 38. Amer. Locomotive... 23 231 Loew's Inc. Amer. Radiator

324 317

562 57

to Bot.

58 -571

Lorlard

231 234

Amer. Rolang Mill... 923 02

McKesson & Rob-

542 542

biris, Inc.

431

434

Am. Sugar Redning 1794 1791

Monsanto Chemical

54

944

Montgomery Ward.... 57 -571

431* 13)

20th Oct., 1936.

Dalry: Prods....

28

20

834

-832 Nat. Distillers

29

201

302 Nat. Power & Light

121 12

15

347

15 New York Central.... 48) 48*

North American

324 321

247

Northern Pacine

304

31

751 751 Pacific Gas & Bec. 38 373

282 Pacific Lighting .....

541 5344

271

271

Packard Motoa

13

Paramount

Picture

127 Enterprise

561

56.

.Iacor,

157 152

Shows Amazing

Pennsylvania R R

447 44

-

16 cum på. ........... 1023 1034 Case, J. L

Philips

Petroleum 45

448

1681 165

Pure Ou Co

47

487

Canadian Pac. Rly: 137 Chase Nat. Bk.

131

Pub. Bervice of N.2. 17

18

1491*

491*

Radio Corpn.

10%

Chesapeake

1301

Corpn. 961 964 Radio Corpo Chesapeake & Ohio 761 Chrysler

76+

$5 of

129

Reynolds Tob ‘B....

57-

58

Columbia Gas & E'. 19}

1911

Schenley

51+

Echenley 5% p... 100

Credit 71;

71

Bears Roebuck

101 161 Bocony-Vacuum

501 90+ 85+ 941 101

Sthra, Cal. Edison 317

4

8thrn. Paclic

*BL

184 31 461

10

Stand Brands,

18.

172

TAL

Stand. Gas Y Blee

7%

71

Stand. Oil of NJ....

641

651

131

Sterling Proda......

761

762

337

Swift International 32

32

714

Technicolor

241

睡

Texas Gulf Bulphur. 361

244 364

19 Transamerica

15

-52 20th Cent, Fox Film

comm.

227 23

721 73

20th Cent, Fox Film.

pt.

1611

Un.. Carbide & Car-

141- 144

bon

221

Un. Pacific

32+ 32+

401 401

101

-100 1457 145)

Un. Aircraft (New) 25 25

Un. Corpn.

144

357

250

Un.

21

261

Gas * Improve- ment........................

54

521

U. 8. Indus Alcohol

Un. Airline Trans. 144

Un, Corpn. $3 cum.*

pt.

454451

153 154 397

151

7

301

401 49

U.S., Rubber

37.

371

40元

40$

U. 8. Steel

78

701

Vanadium

241 24

481

140141

C. G. & E. % 'A' pr. 1074 105++ Commercial Comi Solvents Comm. & Bouthern

(ord.)

Down west there was a Big Mal- colm

McDonald whose Bo called Johnny Big Malcolm, and bis son, Alex McDonald, There were so many other "Alex Mc Conalds" about that the grand- son was called "Long Alex" which made him "Long Alex Johrmy Big Comm. & Southern ford., $8 cum. pi. Donald Alexander McKinnons-Consolid. Cas of N‚Y. 433

Consolia, OL or other similarly popular com- binations-in some quarters

Continental OR differentiated by the old Highland Corn. Products use of "Black" before the first Curtiss Wright 'A'... "It's

a riddle

even. the Mad name! giving "Black Donald”

Curtiss Wright (C) 187 Hatter would have some difficulty

Please call at the Printer's Offics at 15-19, Quaen's Road Central

(Tel. 80251) and not the Middleman for Estimates,

"Reconstruction”

With Road Drills Enigma Of Waterloo Bridge

Malcolm."

aru

in solving said one of them, an amtring the name of an object like Distillers Corpn. Bea-

In other parts of the province Delaware & Hudson 523

oldish man, "I've stood here for. "axe" or "pump" before the sur a moment or two

TAMA Douglas Aircraft

night on my

almost every name, giving "Johnny Axe Camp Du Pont de Nemours 1694 way home to see bell" or "Malcolm

Pump Mc- how they were getting on, and Donald" solves the problem of Electric Boat From the iron structure of the

What I want to know is" he probable confusion quite satisfac-Elec. Bond & Share 221 temporary Waterloo Bridge two paused impressively and pointed torily.

Elec. Bond & Shar enormous notices glare up and across the water how do you

$5 DL. Lüggemanpi. 12‡ down the Thaines,

reconstruct in bridge with road

Elec. Band & Share. "London County Council," they drills?" s

ly and the signs

their $8 pf

84 ·84. announce aggressively, and below, "Ab!" agreed the ttle group, destructive work was

equally Elec: Power & Light 142 in even larger letters: "Recon- but they had no answer to give. evident.

lintkote Co struction of Waterloo Bridge."

Instead," We

The gazed solemnly

oldish man glanced up Gen. Cigar «Appearing as if by magic from over the river to where, on one quizzically at the towering, com Gen. Electric the vold they ave created EL of the two remaining stumps of | placent notice.

Gen. Foods minor sensation among that little | the old' bridge, seven. workmen

of

"It's all #rong," he remarked. | Gen." Motors group of people who, day by day, stood like miniature dentists on "Mr. Morrison is too optimistic. Cien, aly. Bignal watch reffectively from the Em-] a gigantic tooth, arfling away You can't reconstruct a bridge | Gold Dust':.... bankment "the disappearance of ] with all their might, writes a with road drills."

Goodrich Tyre Co.,

Rennie's graceful link with the correspondent. The chatter of 'Ah!" sareed the little group as Goodyear Tire di R. 217 251 -

Southern shora.

their machines came over clear" he caught h1⁄4-tram,

G. Nthern R. p. 281

ust to mid-September, is claimed Goods remaining endeligned after the the distinction of being the world's | 25th Oct. 1936, will be ambjent to Best greatest annual exhibition. This

All Claims agamat the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or year was the exhibition's 58th. before the 7th Nov, 1930, or they

will not be recognized.

The history of the Canadian National Exhibition dates from

examined

to

::

Warehouse Regulations, consignees mest To comply with the General Bonded 1879, when the population of all have Revenue Officer in attendance Canada was less than 4,000,000 when damaged dutiable gooda sro souls compared with almost 11,- 000,000 to-day: when there was no transcontinental rallway acrOES the Dominion, when motor

cars and aeroplanes were things merely dreamed of, and wireless tele- graphy, 147

motion pictures, radio, and television had not entered the most vivid imagination.

All broken, ahafed and damaged Geode be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 23rd Oct, 1836, 9, by Meara, Carmichael & Clark.

by

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigurd

将

W. H. LOXLEY & 00. (OHINA) LTD. Hong Kong 19th Oct, 1956.

Agents.

[7163

The annual exhibition in Toronto has become the greatest in the world; in the short space of two weeks it attraets about 2,000,000 persons to see displays of some of The exhibition has its own tele- the most remarkable examples of

graph, telephone, street lighting, human ingenuity, some of the best street cleaning, products in arts, science, industry, customs, postal, police, fire and transportation, agriculture, horticulture and other hospital systems, as well as its own spheres that it is possible to gather, together,..

administrative departmenta

The exhibition site is within the On the grounds are 100 per limits of the City of Toronto and manent buildings of attractive de flanks Lake Ontario for a mile and sign, providing over. 2,000,000 a half. The value of land, build-square feet of space for exhibits. Ings and plant equipment is plac-The agricultural price list reaches 141ed at $21,000,000. The total area $100,000, and to stage this ice 153 152 of the grounds, in which there are enterprise kich, year

- Warzer ("Brox.", "Pictz. "144" Westinghoure

Call Monew

1%

·1%

Di miles of paved streets, is 250 expenditure of more than $1,008 Acres.

000.