NEW YEAR
IN SINGAPORE
£15.0.0 RETUN TOURIST CLASS £20.0.0 RETURN FIRST
8.8. “SCHARNHORST”
LEAVING HONG KONG
*
i
CLASS
DECEMBER & DECEMBER 27 DECEMBER 31
MELCHERS & CO.; Agents.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
BREMEN
Cantoa Agents: Jebsen & Co., Shameen, B.C.
S.S.
"BENLEDI"
Or
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and LEITH on about the 9th January.
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Bailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
S.S. "BENAVON"
9th Jan.
For Freigat and Passage apply to
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
Tel. 99533
York Building. Agenta:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1936.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong. Dec, 29. Silver prices rose yesterday to the extent of 3/16 for Ready and 1/4 for Forward. the quotations being 21 1/4 and 21 1/16 respec- tively Silver advices reported In- dia as having operated both ways." Speculators bought. After the omcial fixing buyers for cash were satisded but there were some de mand for forward delivery, Amo- rican Silver was quoted at 45. 1/4 for Spot...
Steady but inactive.
STERLING
No business was reported. There were small sellers at 1/3 31/32 December-February and 1/2 13/18 March-June, buyers at 1/3 Decem- ber-April and probably 1/2 31/33 May-June.
U.S. DOLLARS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Routar's Service;
New York: December 20.
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-Mar: Now York Bubber--Mar, Chicago Wheat May ---May Chicago Corn Silver-Official
Dow Jones Averages
10 Industrial
20 Baile
20 Utilition
40 Bonds
1
Last Todayt High Low Close Close
Change 491-8/33:4,91-23/39 7/16 up 13.84 19.48 19.99 12.41
.18 up 21.16 2.85 31,87 22.90 1.43 up
137] 1361 1368
1836
12 off
107 105 100 100
aff up
Dec. 28. Bigh Low Close 179.69 176.71 177.19 53.38 58.15 19.20 34.8 3418 34.25
105.84
81.67
High Low Dec. 31. 186,89 145.11 178,00 00.48 40.88 8258 38.16 38.03 2485 106 01 98.92 105.35 16.58 79.73
Nothing doing. There were sel- lers at 30 5/8 December-February | Amer. Tel & Tel... 185) and 30 9/16 March-May, buyers | Amer, Tobacco "B" · 95) · at 30 11/16 for any delivery.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
Sellers at 102 7/3, buyers at 102 Atlantic Redning 311 15/16 for cash.
SHANGHAI MARKET.
There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 17/32 for near, buyers at 1/2 9/16 for cash. U.S. Dollar, sel- fiers at 29 3/4 for cash, buyers at
29 13/16 for cash.
IN THE AFTERNOON
The market remained quiet in the afternoon.
IN STERLING
The market closed with sellers at 1/2 31/32 December-February and 1/2 15/16 March-May, buyers at 1/3 for any delivery. No busi- ness was reported.
Brooklyn-Mannattan
$6 cum, pf. Case, J.I. Canadian Pactic Celanese Corpn. of
America
Basiness Done:-1,790,000 shares.
Change 1.45 64 38 off 30 off 11 of
1,84
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
ANDA
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD. OHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD..
CONSIGNÉES per Ca's Vaul
"TELNĖSTAS"
"
From UNITED KINGDOM
* VIA SINGAPORE. are hereby notified that their Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will Be at Consignees risk and subjoos to Terme and Conditions of Storage at Edit's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown an and after 29th Dec.
1pOptional Cargo will not be landed here anles Matice 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.
199
A
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL- STRAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STRIKER BANGALORE."
ARRIVED HONG KONG OF 90TH DECEMBER, 1936.
FROM ANTWERP LONDON GIBRAL. TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, DEN, COLOMBO
ONSIGNEES Cargo by the above- named Yesel are hereby infarinad that their Goods are being landed wod and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Con I placed at taxin mink in the Honk Re
Godowne at Kowlood, where each Consignment will be world out tark the Goods are landedecked
Marks and Delivery can be obtained.
une instruct my hard been given to the Optional "Goode vill ha landið hörs
Six Hohms before
Brival of the
Baker
Gooda sot cleared within 8 days including date of arrival will be subject bò Beuk
No Fire
is
Insurance will be affected by anyone hatever. Godown for aramination by the Con- Damaged Packagon must be left in the iguses, and the Company's Surveyors.
10.45, a.m. and Noow within the Freer. Gönvik & DOUGLAS, at 10 am, Storage period,
No Clams will be admitted after the Goods have left the Stamer's Godown; and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 5th Jan, will be subject to Rent,
All Claims against the Steamer mis be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 19th Jan
not be recognised..
No Fire Insurance will be effected BUTTERFIELD A SWIBE
Agents.
99th Jan., 1936.
(4020
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
8.8. CHENONCEAUX“ SA/St.
BRINGING CARGO Pick MARSEILLES, via Porta, etc.
ARRIVED HONG KONG es SATUR DAY, THE 20TH DECEMBER, 1936,
JONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Tressure and Valuables are being lauded and stored into the Go downs of Hong Kong, Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately
landing.
DUE MANILA
DUE SINGAPORE
A
S.S. "POTSDAM”
LEAVING SINGAPORE
JANUARY 6
DUE MANILA..
JANUARY 10.
DUE HONG KONG
JANUARY 12.
Queen's Bldg.
Telephone #7779,
The London-New York Cross- rate was quoted at 491 1/2 New York-London wa quoted at 4.91 29/33.
11 Commodity Index 79.73
Stocks
Last Bale Dec. 24 23.
Last Sale
• Stocks
Dec. 24 28
!
MARKET
Adams Express
Allis Chalmers ...... Amer. Can... Am, Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid 34 Amer, & For. Power Amer. For. $7 pt. Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals Amer. Radiator...
141 141 757
75
Great Northern Rly. 41 Great Western Sugar 391
404 301
1141
1134
Holly Sugar Corpn.
Humble Out.79}·
331
Int. Nickel
64
19 631
71
61
Int. Tél & Tel.
111
11
551
55
Int. Dept Stores
321
33
45
443
Kennecott Copper
63
53
531
Lambert Corpn....... 18
17
242
25
Loew's Inc.
831
03
Amer, Rolling Mill... 347 Amer. Smelting ...... 943 Amer. Steel Fdries.." 587 Amer. Sugar
53
34
Lorillard
22
22
934
McIntyre Porcupine
501
McKesson & Robbins 441*-
441
521
1841
Monsanto Chemical 981 .981 Montgomery Ward... 557 54
95
Amer. Waterworks ... 25 Anaconda Copper 531 Atchison, T. & §. Fe. 69j
242
Murray Corp. ...... 171 Nat Cash Registor 30%
171 301
"531
Nat Dairy Products 221
23
601
Nat Distillers 294
311
Nat Power & Light 111
28) 114
Atlas Corpo. ...... 167 Auburn Motors 304 Baldwin Locomotive
16
New York Central 41
401
201
Niagara. Hiideod P.
Corpin...
17
171
$7 cum. pt. *....... 831*
89
North American
+301 201
Baltimore & Ohio... 201
201
Northern Pacine
27
263
Barnsdall Ou......
271
271
Pacific Gas Mec. 364
36
Bendix Aviation
Pacific Lighting 252
504
Bethlehem Steel
74
741
Packard Motors...... 101
10
Boeing Airplane ..... -327
332
Paramount
221
22
Borden Co.
201
251
Pennsylvania R.R.
391
392
Briggs M'facturing 561 Brooklyn-Manhattan
541
Phelps Dodge ....
Phillips Petroleum
501
501
Trans
521 51
Public Service of NJ.
431
471
Pullman Inc.
641
65
1451 14
1013 1011*
141
· 148
Pure Of
20+
201
Radio Corpn of Am.
107
10k
Republic Steel ...... 28
281
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 56
267
381
St. Joseph Lead Col
721 721
Schenley
44
"
M.15 86
Schenley 51% pf.
04
93
Sears Roebuck
874
831
Shell Union Oil Bocony-Vacuum
261 -271
15
16
Southern Cal Edison 201
Southern Pacifc.... 231
231
Southern Rly 5% pf. 49
49%
Stand Brands
15,
15
Stand Gas & Elec.
84
BI
Stand Gas & Kec.
cum pi......
701 Consolidated Batson 437
70
571
58
431
Standard Oil of N.J. 691
684
Consolidated. Ou
151
15%
Sterling Products
718
71
432
Swift International 317
311
Com. Products ........ 671 Curtiss Wright (C)
87
Technicolor
20%
20
BL
Curtiss Wright “A” 18%
198
424
Del Lackawanna &
Western Distillers Corpn Bea.
Texas Gulf Sulphur 534 Tidewater, Assoc. Oil 20 Timken-Detroit Axle 243 Transamerica
531
21
. 241
17
17
1041
1024
20th Cent. Fox Films 351 20th Cent. Fox Films
35
STRIAS
27
27
pl.
444
Douglas Aircraft .....
682
701
Un Carbide & Car
Du Pont.co
1741
1721
.bon
Electric Boat
12
114
Un. Pacific
1027 1017 125 124
Elec. Bond & Share 211 Elec. Bond & share
207
United Aircraft
271
277
·$$ pl............. 70 Elec. Bond & Share
$8 pf.
781 Elec Power & Light 234 Elec Power & Light
37 bi Firestone Tire & R 401 Fiatota
71
Un. Airline Trans-
port
JAKAKÖŞKEN
20
20
United Corpn........
61
61
78
Dalted
Corpn.
231
cum pit... 44
433
Un. Gas Pprovem't_145.
141
331
331
Un. Light & power
391
“እ”
."
+7
354
351
US, Industrial Aïco-
491
40%
hol
381
363
52+
524
-U.B. Rubber
467
478
-391 381
U.S. Rubber $8 pt. 98
661
65+
3.S. Steel
来
771
52
521
Vanadium
281
71
Gen. Railway Signal 15) Gillette Safety Rázor · 224. Glidden
151
Warner Bros Pict
174
167
211
Westinghouse Elec: 1454
1434
1.
Youngstown
Sheet
or
13 334 827· 271 271
• Bid
13
& Tube
78
771
331
Chase National Bk. 487′′
821
National City: Bank_38)* Call Money revi
1%
481* 374* 1%
U.S. DOLLARS
A New Home For The £40,000
Treasures Of Charlie Brown at 30 5/8 De
The Railway Tavern, the famous Chandler told me. "It has been "Charlie Brown's," of the West In-like moving a museum into a pri dia Dock-road, has passed into other hands.
„The market closed with, sellers at 30 5/8 December-February and 30. 9/18 March-May, buyers at 30 11/16 for any delivery.'
vate house. We simply cannot RAILWAY
get any more into this house. and the rest will have to remaini
we
The shelves which bore Charlie Brown's collection of curios, valued in store. Later on we hope to take at £40,000, stand bare. The visitors' another public-house somewhere book, which contained even royal fand exhibit them again, sp signatures-King Alfonso wrote | shall not sell any of them
"I have lived in the old Railway Tavern for 41 years-I was there as a little girl-and all that time my father was collecting his trea-
his name there has gone.
Charlie Brown's daughter, Mrs EJ. Chandler, and her husband, have given the place up and gone Into temporary retirement.
The only link left with the cen- tre of the pre-war and wartime East End, with its dancing and Its singing and its lights, is the Blue Posts over the road, run by Charlie Brown's son, which still houses part of the curio collection.
EASTERN TREASURES Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have moved into a small house in one'or the East London suburbs. In its dining-room and drawing-room stand the best of the curios. The rest are in store.
A
to
sures.
"He had agents all over the world who let him know if they had anything good. If he liked ju he bought it."
Mrs. Chandler went on to recol- lect some of the scenes she had witnessed in Charlie Brown's at the height of his fame, Film stars. diplomats, celebrities of every sort and even Royalty she had seen there, she said and hundreds of tourists who came down every night to look at the collection. Besmen wandered in from all over the world, often carrying with them some curiosity they had picked up in far away porta.
SECRET SERVICE TRAP During
Mrs. Chandler, showed them to me to-day. One small room, is full of treasures from the East. Glazed Buddhas perch on the win- dow ledges. A huge carved ebony
the War the licensing cabinet almost fills one wall.
hours
were amazingly long, and tail bronze figure takes up one cor- singing and dancing went on at ner and an ivory temple another.
Charlie Brown's at almost any On a small table in the middle of hour of the day. The reason, Mrs. the room Bands an ivory chest that took three generations
Chandler told me, was that the Se- cret Service, knew that if a man carve, Delicate ivory chessmen in red and white line the inside of London Docks, he was sure to turn they wanted had come into the a Florentine cabinet. Old Chinese clofssonne jars and Sevres vases
up at Charlie Brown's before very adorn the dining-room mantel- long. So they stayed open. piece, and in the centre stands the last plece Charlie Brown bought before he died, a coloured figura carved from a single ivory task.
By the dining-room fire the old grey parrot, that once graced the
"The East End doesn't seem the same to me now," she continued.
and it won't to a good many. other people. There will never be another house like the old Rail- way Tavern.
bar peers uncertainly from his "It has been terrible wrench to edge at these new surroundings. leave it. It was, after all, one of "We bought him from, á sailor | the sights of London, and now its who came into the bar" Mrs. | old character Has finally gone." Chandler said, "and not one bad word does he spenk-not one."
THE VISITORS' BOOK Treasured in the house is the 'visitors' book in which celebrities from all over the world signed their names,
None of these things has ever been insured, in spite of " their value. It was said that no crook in all the East End would touch any of Charlie Brown's things. None ever did, "N
“What we are going to do with all these things I don't know," Mrs.
REICHSMARK RATES
Berlin, Dec. 28. Reichsmark quotations without guarantee:-
New York
40.23 Paris
864 Amsterdam 13.421 to 73.47% London
12.201
Paris Sterling 105.15 to 105.18 UB.A. Dollar 2141 to 21,423 Tresaocean News
COACHES
Cerro de Pasco
Certain-Tred P'dgeta 141 Chesapeake Corpn. 861 Chesapeake & Ohio 85103) · Chrysler Corpn. ........ 119)*(318) Columbia Gas & El 174: 161 Columbia 6% "A" pr. 105
1041 Commerciai Credit 89168 Commercial Solvents 19§ 101 Commonwealth & B 317 31 Commonwealth $8
FOR CHINA Continental Oll. 437
English Manufacture Delaware & Endson 43
SPECIAL SYSTEM OF
STEAM HEATING
A. demonstration, attended by mechanical engineers and techni- cal officers in the railway service, was given at the Smethwick works of the Birmingham Carriage and Wagon Company recently of the application of the "Vapor" heating system to coaches which are be ing built for the Canton-Hankow section of the Chinese National Railways. The "Vapor" system is in general use in the United States of America. and Canada, and the equipment is now being manu- factured in England by the firm of Gresham and Craven, Limited. of Manchester.
1302
Gen, Asphalt .......... Gen. Cigar Gen. Electric Gen. Foods Gen. Motors
Gold Dust......... Goodrich (BF) Goodrich $5 pĚ. Goodyear
tex. div.
The chief features of the system are that inside the cars of a train steam for heating is supplied only at atmospheric pressure and that regulators are located outside the cars and are readily accessible. It is stated that, when once installed, no pipe joint need ever be broken for maintenance or examination of detalls, and that the system is economical in steam and, sensitive This diaphragm consists of a round in operation, and provides a maxi-flat-shaped box made of spring of controlled comfort for brass, which contains 籍 small passengers.
amount of expansive fluid and is High-pressure steam from the hermetically sealed. The nua train line pipe is not used in the boils at a, temperature of about 180 radiating pipes or in any of the degrees and when raised to about valves or attings inside the cosch. 212 degrees exerts considerable in The gutlet of the equipment is al-ternal pressure. There are two ways open to the atmosphere, and types of the "Vapor system, one this makes it impossible for pres-hand operated and the other, sure or condensation to be built which has been applied in America up. Pressure steam from the steam to passenger-ears, built in recent line is received by the regulator,years, thermostatically controlled. converted to steam at atmospheric The Birmingham Carriage, and pressure, and distributed to cut-out valves which, when open, pass it on to heating colls or pipes in the carriages, or, when shot, short cir- cult it back to the regulator.
4211
MONETARY GIFT TO
GERMANY
Amsterdam, Dec. 28.
All claims must be sent in to the on before the 6th Jan., 1937, or they will not be recognized.
ΟΙ
Damaged Packages will be examined by the Company's Burrevor, Mer Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 am on Thurs day, 21st Dec., 1858. !
Consignees must have a Bevense Officer in attendance when any dutiable goods are examined by the Company's Вигтоуств
No Fire insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
R. OHL.
Agent
Hong Kong, 28th Dec., 1976,
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES 'MARITIMES
CONSIGNER NOTIUE,
2oAZ0/37.
BRINGING CARGO
FROM DUNKIEK vis porta, etc.
ARRIVED HONG KONG 62 SATUR. DAY 13 26TH DECEMBER, 1988.
NONSIGNEES Are hereby informed stat fheir goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables mee being landed.& stored into the godowns
of the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Lia, Kowloon, whoice be obtained immediately
delivery after Landing
hed to me on
sent in
AB
Claims
must before the 6th Jan, 1937, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged Packages will be examined by the Company's Surveyors, Mesra, Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 65 Thursday, the 31st Dec., 1938.
Consignees must have Reypan Officer in attendance when sny dutable
goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by
na in any case whatever,
ROHL Agent.
NILE FALLS TO BE EXPLOITED
Electricity Project
A 10 million Gillders present is Hong Kong, 26th Dec., 1988. at Socialist welfare associations by to be made to the German Nation- Sir Henry Deterding, who recent ly resigned as general director of the Royal Shell concern, according here. The donation is to be in to unconfimed reports received agricultural and dairy products which will be bought in Holland so as to further Dutch agricul Wagon Company are constructing ture, and it is stated that Bir 34 coaches for the Chinese Nation Henry has already established a al Railways. They are remarkable number of purchasliig offices in for their height, length, and momi-Holland under the direction of Dr. ness. Becond-class vestibuled day M.D. van Dijk, who is also in Return steam acting on an ex- cars have seats for 62 passengers, charge of the German estates be pankive diaphragm actuates the and a second-class, sleeping car longing to Bir Henry. It will be regulator and feeds sigam to the used for the demonstration to-day remembered that Sir Henry was system as and when required in has 24 berths. The couches are of recently married in tiermany- exactly the necessary quantity--all-steel construction.
Transocean News Service.
on
Fros
„Thursday)," within the period.
are specially notified that
it is necessary for a Revenue Officer to
be present at the examination damaged
لله
be pres
of
against the Steamer murt to the Undersigned on or 2000gnized
Last 9th 1987, or they will
No Claims will be admitted after the Gooda have left the Godown MACKINNON, MACKENZIE à Oc
Agente. Hong Kong, 18th Dec., 1938
4918
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.,LTD.
AND
*ONSIGNEES per Ca's Vouse]
"ADRASTUS "
From NEW YORK A MANILA are hereby notified that their Cargo will be dis charged in to Holl Wharf, Kowloon, where is will le at Consignconditions of Storage at risk and subject to Tarms and Hoits Wharf The Cargo be ready for Delivery from Godown and after 29th Dec.
Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice has been given prior to Vessel's serial, but carried on from
which the ophion artende. port to port to the final port of call
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 AM. and Noor within the Free Storage period. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the
Godow
and all Goods remaining undaivered after the 4th Jan, will be subject to Kant, da
All Claims against the Varsel mat be presented to the Undersigned on or Before the 18th Jan, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be affected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRES
Agents. 28th December.. 1956.
[4909
CONSIGNEES' ́NOTICE.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS; ITD..
མ ཡོད པ ན ་
FROM LEITH, MIDDLESBRO' ANTWEÈP, LONDON AND STRAINS.
Tai 68. "BENLAWERS."
CON
ONSIGNEES of Cargo sa hereby informed that all. Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the And Kowloon Whirl and Hong Godown
Lid, whence and/or from the wharvan Delivery may be obtained, Goods have left the No Claims yello
after d all Goods remaining and Jan, 1887, be anijest to Bent.
after the
the
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 18th Jan, 1937, or they will not
be
› recognized, vai A Το
Warchons in the General Bouded
whed
amitted
Regulations, consigness invet Oficer in attendance "Jibble goods
All boken, chafed and damaged Goods sco sobe left in the Godowns, where Dec. 1930, at, q ki, by Hems. they will be examined on the dise Carmichael & Clazk
No Fire Insurance has been effected hy video denbor
Bill of Lading will be counteraigned W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA) LaÐ..
Agenta. Hong Kong, 27th Dec, 1886,
The electrical power generated at the work will be used above all for the operation of machinery In several new factories which will be built near the falls At the biggest of the new factories artificial fertilizer will be pro Cairo, Dec. 28. duced. Another factory will be near Assotan for generation of the stone quarries region, which The expinitation of the Nile falls bullt for helding iron ore from electricity which was planned for to declared to be of abundant some time will be realised in the raineral wealth. The electrical not too distent fature, according power generated at the Nile falls to a statement made by the Is moreover to be utilized for sup minister of finance, Makram Ebla,plying electric cufrent to numeros who said that the construction of cities in upper Egypt,-" the power plant Will Thortly begin." Transorean News Service.
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