1937-01-04 — Page 12

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Hong Kone

Stock Sharebrokers'

Exchange

duyuy

Bellera

Valen

!!!!!

Mom THURSDAY. DEC..

Banks

Association

Buyors

Beller

31.

-U

Mercantile Bis "J

Do.

Bank of East Asia.....] $84

$1,250

BIL

331

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY

THE SHARE MARKET Harriman's Weekly Review

Maria G. A diamine tha Weekdy share report and market raview issued at noon on Saturday states:

1936 ends in optimistic mood in the Hong Kong share”market and It seems safe to prophecy active markets and improving pricen with the advent of the New Year. Prosperity reigns ar pie Ünited Kingdom. the Straits and the The Shanghái) is #304 Philippines.

Its months, awakening from (almost years) of lethargy!! and Hong Kong must" and will follow suit. In due time Over the past two weeks, in spite de Holidays intervening markets have been buoyant, with búréis predominat- ing and quotations steadily ad vancing.

51,800

H.K. Banas ཙཔའི ཏ མ པ མ

in

£110 213

Bo. (London) ...

Chartered Banks

181

N. 0.4 8. Barka me

Insurances

1300

Canton sara | 160,

3814

Union InsuraUIVOS ..... |

1616

11

Underwriters

China Fires a

$457

1300

H.. FireLENDRANILA

$300

$3 International Asson, S.Į

Shipping

$30

Dougla.com

$30

$7.40

Steambos.be

37

$35

Indos (pref.)

$35

197/6

bells

$10

138 197/8 $101

$8

$107

16/3

4

m

$108

Do. (new)...

#1.68

$1.70

Do. (new) .K. W. Docks

$14.20

$38. Do. (def.)

Waterhota

Mining

Baistocs...

Gold Boru

Gold Creek......

Salacota

Kailans

Langkets (single) 4.

Explorations......

Shanghai Loans

3.

113,10 Haub $12.30)

$1.70

20 ot.

#106

Yguezuela Gold Fide.

Docks, Wharves,

Godowns, etc.

H.K. & K. Wharvon.

Da, (old)

Providents (old) ...

S. China Motora 'Á'

Shangu Duck S.

New Engineering8N,

Hongkewa

Lands, Hotels, and

Buildings

H.K. Hotels...

話

H.K Lands.......... $33)

Do4% Dobeatures

Shanghai

Lands...8.

Metropolitan Landı..

H.K. Healties.........

China Dond.

Do. Debenturess.

Humphrays kunne Chirican Estated.......

Cotton Mil

$16.20

*

SHO

$4

+

116

$10

14.40

100

$91

$76

Ewo

$85

S'has Cottons(vld) S.

160

Do (new)8.

$31

Zoong Sings

$36

393

$13) † $13.60|| 13,40/ $10,40]

Wing On Textiles(N.)

Pubila UHlities

Tramways

seni

Peak Trams. (old) ....... !

Da. (now)

Star

Yaznati Ferries

China Lights (old)

Do

136

10 sta.

300

34

$8.20 $8,10

107

111

12

$16.15

185 160 $16

$31

Utility descriptions have been

manner

a sparkling market. rätes advan- ding in no uncertatru Hong Kong Electrics are up to $58, China Lights (old) $18ła ex dividend,

China Lights (new) $101. Telephones (old) $30 and the "New" $101. Trams are $127 bid and Star Ferries. $934. Yau- matt Ferries had transactions →

rose $244. Hong Kong Hotels sharply to $6.- and Eands now have good buyers $33.

1937.

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA'S Incorporated, by Royal Charte, 1833

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI | THE CHARTEREDİBANK OF INDIA

BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital ..... $50,000,000- Issued & Fully Paid-Up $20,000,000

Reserve Funds¡...

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve......................... $10,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital. Reserve Fund

Reserva Liability of Pro- priators

Agencies and Bramekar -- ALOR, ATAR ELÖILU.. BAIQON AMRITSAR

Sterling

£4,500,000

» (British Wireless Service)

Paris

Dec. 20. 105.9/84

Jan. 2 105.9/64

Genera Berlin

21.37-

21.37

12,20

12.191

Athens

850

Milan

931

B31

Copenhagen

22.40

18.594

Shanghai

1/2

Reserve Liability of

New York

4.90.15/16

4.907

Proprietors that

$90,000,000

Amsterdam

8.961

8.961

Head Office:-HONG KONG

261

1481

1401

Madrid ........rascő.............«»oman' Lisbon

Nom.

Board of Directors. Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

110 3/18

Hong Kong demonstrates

1/2.15/18

G. Miskin, Esq.,

Chairman, ALOUTTA

CARTON

KUALA

Bombay

1/8.5/32

LUMFUN

KUCHING

Montreat

4.003

4.801

A. H... Compton, Esq.,

CANU

MADRAS

Brussels

29.13

39.14

Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dodwell,

COLOMBO

Yokohama

1/1.27/32

Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,

Belgrade. UNINTENIRESELL Monte Video

213

391

Vienna

Prague

Bucharest

Bliver (forward) 'Silver (spot)

War Loan

On London:

#

670

21, 5/16

211

1051

Closing Quotations

Talegraphic Transfer... Bank Bills on demand Credits four months'

Right

£1.000.000

tros

BIKÁRANG

BANGKOK KARACHI

BATAVIA KLANG

BHANCHAL

SINGATORS BITIWAN

SOUZABAYA

BOMBAY

· Deputy Chairman. | CAWXPORS

J. R. Masson, Esq

K. 8. Morrison, Esq.,

T. E. Paaros, Esq.,

A. L Shield, Esq.,

V. M. GRAYBURN, Kaq.,

Chief Manager.

San Fran

cisco

Lumpor Shanghai. London Singapore Lyons Sourabaya

Foochow Malacos Sungai

Branches.

Amoy

Iloilo

Peiping

Bangkok

Ipoh

Penang

Batavia

Johore

Rangoon

December 3., 136,

On Naw Your:-

Bombay

Kobe

Saigon

Bank Bills, on demand 30%

Calcutta

Kowloon

Credits, 60 days' sight. 30%

Canton

Kuala

OK BATAVIA:

Chefoo

.On dewand

50+

Colombo

ON PARIS:—

Dairen

1/3 5/39

Bank. Bills, on demand sol

Credits, 4 month's sight 877

Haiphong Manila

.............. 109)

ON SAIGON:

Hamburg Muar

On demand

843

On demand. ****** ** 521 On Japan:

OF MANILA

Hankow Harbin

On demand

ON BANORDE

108)

On demand

1407

SOVEREIGNS Bank Euying

Bate

1/3 Dar Silver, per os. ................... 21)

Ox ShangHat:------

On Demand ON SINGAPORE:-

On demand Or Intra'* ----

Telegraphic Transfer... Bank, on demand... 814

Wharfs frined to $109 and Provident (old) have been sup- ported up to $170 the "New" being wanted 16 cents. Hong Kong Bank continue their un- checked advance and are •hat $1860. Unions exchanged 3615. odd Bank of East Asla can be marketed $85, Small sales 647 were reported of Underwrites @ 70 cents.

||

came to Hong Kong Docks business a $14) and Cements → $11, Dairy Farms are wanted

$24.

Ewo Cottons have been a feature of strength and good business has been done up to Sh.$13.45.

184

12

| $13,40

(new):

ILK. Electrica

$241 13.40/61

#55号

$10

320

Macao do

BIU

310

1:0 งบ.ยะ

Telephones, (old)

$30

Do (new)

$10.00

27-

Tractions ...

17/-

Big Wedge at 66 Cerits.

Concluding Comment

277-

Du. (pref.).....

Saudakan Lights...

China Buses ........8]

Industrial

Malabon Bugars ---]

$12 Caldbeck, lord.) 5.

$10 Magrogomsf(pref.)8.

$3.00 Canton Ice ....

$12

· 321

#91

[$3,40,

$12 42icia,

$82

34.85

Cements Rope

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farmi

#914

!!!!!

"Music"

"Watch For Paderewski

A remarkable watch, gorgeously

eramelléd prid crnamented with notes of music, was presented to Paderewski, the famous Polish planist and composer, to mark the' occasion of his 75th birthday on November 6.

Bronzes Belonging To Long Ago

Magnificent Art Of Ancient

Hun Peoples

Patani Tientsio (Johore) Tokyo Mukden Tsingtao Hongkow New York Yokohams

P

DALEX

HAIPHONG

KAMBTEG

'HANKOW'

MARBIN

KURE)

MANILA KEDAN

TLIPINO

TIONIBIN

ТОМСКАЯ

BEW. TOLK - MEINDELO PRIPINOSŪTOTORAMA

**(Bhuket)

(Peking) saxBOANGA PENANG

HONG KONG RANGOON

FOREIGN EXCHands and General Banking. Business transacted.

Cunamer Accourts opened "anr FIXED DEPOst:te" received for On" Year or shorter periods at, ratée which will be quoted on applies tion.

The Bank's Head Office in Lon.

don undertaken Executor & Trustee business, 'and, claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches

DA, BREAKLEY,

Manager.

Current Accounts opened · in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits | received for one year or shorter 18, péridda "in Local Curréday; and Sterling on tarms which will be quated on application.

Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let. Hong Kong, 1st Nov., 1930..

3

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

3

THE

HR Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application...

For the HONG KONG & BIAXUHAI BANKING CORPORATION...........

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 4th February, 1936.

The rich harvest of bronzes and other brids yielded by the Sulyuan and Ordos areas of Inner Mongolia It was a gift from the Society

was described by Dr J. Gannar of Veterans of the Polish Army in Andersson, director of the Museum America. · The chairman of this of Far Eastern Antiquities at union; Mr. E^Kajko; mádé a spe-Stockholm, lecturing ori⠀ "the clai: "pilgrimage" from the United Bronzes of the Ancient Huns" be- States to Paderewski's, home: at fore members of the Royal Asiatic Morges, Switzerland, to present the Society, recently. Dr. Andersson said that about 20 years ago there watch.

appeared in the antique market of Peking a kind of small bronze. mostly - knives, daggers, buckles, and plaques, all richly decorated. with animal designs and all entire-

year 1920 he was fortunate enough | Head Office: 6 BROADWAY, NEW YORK

DESCRIPTION.:

The platinum face of the watch 13 covered with richly coloured enamel. On this, the hours are representated by 12 gold letters

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS

Incorporate with Limited Liabilty in U.S.A.

The Philippine. Mining Section has risen steadily during the past 2 weeks, and quotations arè getting back to nearer the high levels prevalling early in Noveni- ber ist. There has been heavy buying of San Mauricios up to $6.50, Buybes have also been well $18 supported up to 88 cents Paracale Cumaus are a strong 'Texturé up to $1.35 and Demonstrations have touched $1.40 Gumaus Goldfielda have had keen buyers up to 54 cents, and East Mindanao to 68

ar cerita Coco Grove wers a fiature to just under $2.00. Sala-1. 3. Paderewski, the composer'sly un-Chinese in type. In the

A plano keyboard in ena- cots were taken a 9 cents. Con- name. solidated Minescents and mel represents the minutes:

The hour hand is in the form of a pen-signifying Paderewski's talent as a composer. The minute hand is like a conductor's baton.

In the 12 spaces between the We wish all our readers Happy and very Prosperous New hours, there are 12 phrases taken

from 12 of Paderewski's composi tions-each note. being delicately up a number of graves: yielding Basle picked out in enamel. In a cire this type of bronze, with cowrie Berlia

shells, carnolfan beads; and a re- Bombay Brussels cle right round the face. justmarkable type of painted pattery.

Cairo Furthermore, thousands of on-

Calcutta hours, are the notes of his famous jects of this group had, during the Cartrid Minuet.

last ten years, been acquired from The small secondi dial is mark-different sources, foremost among ed with the 12 letters Polska-Po- dole, the Polish district in which them being Mr. F. A. Larson, the Paderewski was born, The second awedish missionaries working u and the Mongolian Duke," Mongolia. It was how well estab

Manila

& Hong Kong close very firm and markets buoyant.

Year.

#1.70

#11

$2,80

(new) 43 sta

$1.70

$3.90

Amusemonta ***** Ch. Etainments.................. Constructions, (old)]

Do, Lane Crawfords... Mackintoshs Nanyang Tobacco..

19.90 Sincares in 24

Watsons st Wm Powell........ M. Greyhounds

8. C. Enterprises ...

931b.G.6219260.0 Hau,

HK. Dort 4% Louna

Do.

Wallsco Harper

prem prem

***

34

500

Hi Wingdo

bal Do

***

#54

Vibro Piling.............

•Sales to Shanghai

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

150 t1.

31

J8% $108 $1031

2

Finding New Homes above the letters representing the

For 20.000 Jews

Aiding German Emigrants: £1,000,000 Wanted

The interim report of the Council for German Jewry, published on shows that in the November 12

past nine months no less than 719.592 has been raised in Bri- tain alone by the council.

The council aims at raising at 301 least £1.000.000 in Europe and the British Empire. Towards this a further £40.000 is expected from Australia, New Zealand and Bel- gium.

It is estimated that the cost of

hand is a tiny fag or Poland and in the middle of this little dial there is a small map of Poland.

The seconds themselves are re presented by the letters Urodzony Szczesliwie Dnia 6 Listopada Roku 100 W Kerytowce which means "born happily on November 8 of the year 1880 at Kurstowka." ;

THE CHAIN

THE CHASE BANË

QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

HEAD OFFICE ::

18, PINE STELIST,

NEW YORK.

An American Bank offering com- plete Foreign. Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Hates on Application.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHAIR NATIONAL BANK," New Yoak, with Resources over U.§. #9,087,000,000.00 -

D. M. BIGGAR,

Manager.

THE YOKOHAMIN UPHOIN: BANK

LIMITED

·Capital (fully paid up)

Yen 100,000,000.00 Reserve Fund Yen 130,000,000.00

HEAD OFFICE:-YOKOHAMA

BRANCHES, AND AGENCIES, AT: Alazandria Honolulu Bangkok Hainking Batayin Karachi

Kobe

U. §. $6,000,000.00 | BerlinTM U. 8. $2,840,344.38 Bombay

London

Hangoon Rio de

janeiro Sab

Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Canton Manila Semareng Dairen Moji Shanghai

to acquire a whole board of these. bronzes found near Jehol and Capital probably all originating from one Surplus and the same grave. Later in RoseTERU.6.8 897,612.65 Calcutta 1923-24, he excavated in the squin- | Amsterdam The Hague Montreux

Hamburg Manich Napion Havre Niod Heidelberg Parig Interlaken Peiping Jerusalem Piraeus Liverpool Reme

Havana near the Chen Fan oasis, digging Athens western portion of the Gobi Desert, Antwerp

London Rotterdam Lucerne Colombo Lugano

Shanghal Singapore Copenhagen Luxor Southampton Dublin Manila" Tieftain Edinburgh Marseilles Venice Florence Milan Vienna Ganovs

Tokohama Monte Gezon

Carlo Zurich ished that the home of these

Glasgow Montreal bronzes was Inner Mongolia, espe

Branches of American Express cially the Sulyuan and Ordos Company in Principal Cities of areas.

1

UNCERTAIN AGE

the Stockholm Museum was struge

United States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial-Beak The great problem with which ing Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts The watch chain 1s also remark-gling was the age of the Ordos bandled."

The Company offers to intending able. It is formed of 75 red-gold brons. They had been dated as hearts fastened together with 75 late as the first Christian mil- travellers the use of its Travelers and Letters of Oredit platinum links-one for every lenlum, which was a mistake. This Cheques

great animal art was at its zenith and, in addition the worldwide year of the composer's life.

-

C. H. BENSON,

General Manager.

A miniature gold lyre, the sym- during the latter part of the Chou services of its thoroughly equipped assisting emigration and training bol of art, fastens the chain to Dynasty. As they knew the Ordos Travel Department. schemes for the current year will watch. It is wound by turning a art flourished in Mongolia side by be £500,000. The number of Ger small golden crown in which is man Jews to emigrate from Gerset a topaz, Paderewski's favourite

Jewel HONGKONG LIETEOROLOGICAL | many or adiacent countries in

which they are refugees is expect. The watch case, Itself, is made ed to total about 20.000 for the

of red gold. Round the face are 75 whole of 1936.

stars, with a diamond set In each. On the back is a White Eagle-the symbol of Poland.

RINGEISTER.

From January:4. to 10. 1937.

Hion WATER:

LOW WATER.

Hong Kong Deervabury, Jan. 3,

Previous On Date On Date

Day

at

'at

jat 4 p.m.) 30 a.m.

80,10 .68.

4 p.m.

29.97

66

81

04

N

W

Tues, 5

Rong Kang Standard

Time.

Height.

Hong

Height

Kong

Standard.

Tizzie

b.

Mon.

4 #LOR 15 B:

0193 1307

to. Wind h. 1.

03:00 2:4 20414 1 15 20 5 3

08 26 48

08 19 41

1652

18 32

Fri.

2

17 38 6 9001 34 13 801 20

12 8

18 15

Bat.

9.

Bun. 10.

1853 70 094840 1920 72

14 68 27 02 32 1350

w

1.

About half the migrants are need of substantial assistance. The rest need uttle or no help from the relief organisations.

SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINE

Through the Jewish Agency 1,500 young persons. afier training for

This work of art was made by a Pollah Watchmaker in New York named Roman Dzikowski.

the

THE

‘ADVENTURE'

BACH

(Dalny) Nagasaki Singapore

Fengtien Nagoya

Noer says

(Mukden) New York Sydney:

Hamburg Osską

Tientsin

Hankow

Tokyo

Harbia Parjo

Tsingtao

Hong KongPeipink

Finkor

co

Interest allowed on Current A.

Depprite received for. Fized Periodent rates to be obtained on application.

Y. RANG

Manager. Hong Kong, 13th Nov., 1936.

BANK OF EAST ASIA, LUMITED.

Authorised Ompital $20,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital ..................... 15,506,000.00 Beserve and Undivided

No.

Profits 2,686,305.59 Fun Orrio : Hoa Koo

10, Des Vox Road. Central

Board of Directors :

Sir Bhouson Ohow, Chairma

Là Keon Chun, Esq. La La! Bang, Esq. EK-Kwok, Bad Work Chuson, Esq. Wong YubTong, Bag Kan Ving Po, Eng. Chan Ching Shek, Esq.

Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Mausger, LA Two Fung, Esq., Manager.

Brindha and Agências,

side with the Chinese art of the Chou Dynasty and the Ear Dynasty, it became evident that these bronzes must be the in- heritance handed over to our time' from

ancient Huns, thos herdsmen, hunters, and warriors- who lived at the end of the Chou

HMS Adventure, the mine Amay Dynasty and the early part of the

laying cruiser attached to the Puerta. Han Dynasty. They were a scourge tes the peace-loving Chinese, Fifth Cruiser Squadron, arrived Scourge finally disposed of when from Shankhal on Saturday at the people of the Han period, in a supreme effort, drove them west- ward, only to have them pavage,

a.m,

“Kowloon Pang

Boudous

Meolla

Rangown

Balgon

· Melbourne - San Fran

a

phong

M10 Bankow

Honolulu Kobe

·Felping".||. Mingipare

the whole of Eastern Europe, supported by Dr. Andersson, who

EQ

Souemorya

Barometer... 80.05 Temperature 69 Humidity... 60

work on the land, have been eml-400, familles as artisans or small

Every description of Bankink Direction

grated from Germany to Palestine manufacturers with the assistance

and Exchange business transacted Forca

for settlement in existing villages. of credits. 9 Weather

The greatest problem encounter said that the basic idea under Loans--~gianted The cost of consolidating and ex- Cases of assisted emigration, La

mural paintings of securities, 39 Rain 29 50

tending the settlements is £150,- cluding repatriation of non-Ger- ed in the study of these bronzes lying the 0916-38 Highest open-si, Temperature, 2 83000, the major part of which is mud antepasado emigration to was as to the spiritual background animals was a "hunting magle," Current Accounts opened in Lowest open-air Temperature, 864 contributed by the counell. Palestine and elsewhere from Ger- of the great art of the ancient and the belief of many tribes of Local Currency and Fired De posita received for one year or Thar 7 06 0433 00202

Another plan, which is in course many and European countries of Huns. One possible theory was hunters, that the drawing of a pic shorter periods in Look and B-Blus sky Cloudy: U of execution, provides for the refuge, totalled 1.622 in July and that this was a case of art for arts ture or the making of a sculpture Foreign Currencies on terms which Drizzle Fog Lightning immigration

persons 1,706 In August. About 5,000 Ger- own sake, a purely artistic per- of a game animal would give him will be quoted on application.

Rafe Deposit Boxes To Let 09-10 3.9 01 580 verout; P=Paming into Palestine to be trained man Jews were admitted into formance playing fancifully with a magic power over this particular

KAN TONG-PO Squalla Bain for agricultural and manual work, Palestine during the first six the animal motives surrounding kind of game, making it easy for

Chief Manager the Huns.This theory was not and for the settlement of 300 to months of this year.

Wed.

T~Thunder.

of 1,000

him" to kill-