Priestina
Lloyd
NEXT SAILINGS
"Victoria"
25th Jan.
1st Feb.
To Shanghai "Victoria"
To Italy
SPECIAL RETURN TIGERTS
Validity 100 days at greatly reduced cost allowing of 24 months stay in Europe. Special concessions to lat and 2nd Class travellers to Lo
on.
...
Farse to Venice, Trieste, Gencaland)Rotura...£139,288,4ess, Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rater
To BOMBAY
COLOMBO
SINGAPORE....
SHANGHAI ...
£44
£41
£18
412
£25
$22
£13
4!
£ 9
£21 EID 11 £8
ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all the Trans Pacifio & Trans-Atlantic Confer enco Lines.
ITALIA & COSULIOH LINES Agents for the sale of through and independent tickets to North, Central and South American ports via Italy.
A
THROUGH TICKETS TO LONDON-23 days-Special Facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal tree allowanc
INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditions.
LLOYD TRIESTINO
P.O. Box 143. Tel. Addr.. "Lloydiano"- Telephones 38989/3. Canton Agents:¬DODWELL & CO, LTD., Shameon.
LINE
MAERSK LINE
Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
via
Shanghai, and Japan
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
If ancient inducement offers also other ports of call.
Arrivals from USA.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
'MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong Jar A silver prices rose 1/16 yesterday for both deliveries, the quotations being 20 1/2 for Ready and 23 3/8 for Forward. Silver advices ·re- ported" India as having bought. Speculators sold. The market closed steady. After the oficial fring sellers predominated. Offers were made at 1/18 under the quoted rate without business re- sulting. American Silver Was quoted at 44 3/4 for Spot.
The London-New York CROSS rate was lower at 490 7/8. New York-London was quoted at 400 29/32.
11
MARKET
Steady but dun, .
STERLING
No business was reported. There were sellers at 1/2 31/32 January- June, buyers at 1/3 for any de livery.
U.S. DOLLARS
A small business was reported at 30 5/8 for April delivery. The market closed with sellers at 30 5/8 January-February and 30 9/16 March-June. buyers at 30 11/18 January-April and 30 5/8 May- June,
SHANGHAI DOLLAKS
Nothing doing. There Were small sellers at 102 9/16, buyers at 102 5/8 for cash.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Router's Servic»,“
QUOTATIONS
New York: January 20.
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-Mar. New York Rubber-Mar. Chicago Wheat -May Chicago Corn Silver-Official
-May
Dow Jones Averagen,
$0 Industrials 20 Baile
90 Utilities 40 Bonds
Lan Today's High Low Close Clown Chango
481-3/38_4,90-39/32 3/18 oft 1947 1340 1248 13.44`·.04 Off 21.18 20.75 31.50 20.76 1334 1307 13 [SO 111 110 111
1938 High Low Jan. 18. 186.64 148.21 184.95
60.48 40.06 55.8 $7.78 28.43 37,31 108.01 08.02 105,89
11 Commodity Index 81.7 85.38 79.13
110)
2 of 1 off unchanged
Jan. 19. High Low Close Change 185.16 183.82 184.02
.93 off 581 53.54 68.00 .14 up 37.18 36.30 36.81
11 off .87 off
.67 oft
106.78 78.16
Lust Sale
Business Done:—2,820,000 shares.
Jan. 18 19
431
.37
821 82#
13t
314
19
181
331
23
Packard Motors ...... 111 11
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger & Freight Service Through bookinga to America via Avropa and Surope via America. Bookings around the world. — Through" bookinge to London. OUTWARD SAILINGS
20. " NEUMARK"... for S'hal, Chemülps Dairen, Tsingtao,
Kobe, Osaka, Thama, Nagoya 99th Jav. my. "KULMERLAND" for Shanghai, Dairen, Yokohama,
Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka ............................. 7th Feb. F.M. "NORDMARK"......for 'ba, Dairen, Taku, Tsingtao,
T'hama, Nagoya, Kobe, Omks 17th Feb. HOMEWARD SAILINGS
"BURGENLAND" for Geros, Antwerp, R'dam., H'burg 8th Feb. .NEUMARK for Miles, R'dam., Eamburg.28th Feb. +m.v. 'KULMERLAND' for Genos, Antwerp, R'dam., H'burg, dth Har. ✦ Fassenger Vossel. Limited Passengre Accommodation.
For further particulars and passago farms, etc, apply t
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & CO., AcuRTE.
12, Peddar Street, Tel. 28963
CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road.
ROTTERDAM;
321"
Monsanto' Chemical 100% Montgomery Ward 58 57 Murray Corpn. Nat Cash Registor.. Nat Dairy Products .243 Nat Distillers
28+ 281 Nat Power & Light 141⁄2 131 New York Central ..... 43) .431
S.S. "BENAVON"
Sailing for LONDON, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH on or about the 9th February,
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN S.S..
"BENMOHR" 5th Feb.
For Freight and Passage apply to:
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building, Agents:
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL. STEAM NAVIGATION Ca's ST" CORFU."
ARRIVED HONG KONG N 20TH JANUARY, 1937,
FROM ANTWERP,LONDON,GIBRAL TAR, MARSEILLES, YALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.
- AND
CBINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.
(ONSIGNEES por Co.'s Vornal
MAGAMEMNON"
FROM UNITED KINGDOM TIA SINGAPORE,
are hereby notified that their Cargo will be discharged Into Holt' Wharf, Kowloon, where it will Heat and Conditions of Storage Bolt's Congress risk and subject to Terme Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 18th Jan.
ONBIGNEES of Cargo by the above named Vessel are heroby informand that their Goods are being landed and placed AT TRAIL RISK in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Con Godowns at Kowloon, where each pany's Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery can be obtained the Goods are landed.
OptionalCargo will hat be lazded here Optional Goods will be landed her unl Notice has been given prior to anies Instructions have been given to the Steamar's arrival, but carried on from contrary Six Hours before arrival of the port to port to the final port Steamer.
which the option extends port of call to All broker, chafed and damaged Goods Goods not cleared within 8 days including date of arrival will be subject to are to be left in the Godówna, where they will be amamined on any Tussdays No Fire Insurance will be affected by 10.45 AM. and Nons within the Free and Fridays between the hours of us in any case whatever.
Starsge period.
་
Damaged Packages must be laft in the Godowas for examination by the Con signees, and the Company's Barreyors Means. GODDARD & Dougian, at 10 am on Mondays and Thursdays, within: the Free Storage period.
Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for a Revenus Officer to be present at the examination of damaged datable cargo.
All Claims against the Steamer mnat be presented to the Undersigned on or before 9th Feb., 1937, or they will not be recognised.
No Claim will be admitted after ske Goods have left the Steamer's Gedown, water the 25th and all Goods Be abject Lo Rent
“undelirmed
All Claims against the Steamer murt be presented to the Dudersigned or er before the 8th Feb, or they will ant be recognised.
No Fire Casaranos will be effecfað
BUTTERFIELD & SWIBE
Agents
· [4964
18th Jan., 1837.
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Stocka
Adams Express ́....... Allis Chalmers Amer, Can
Last Sale Jan. 18 19 181 181
Stocks
804
782
116 1
116
Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid
Great Northern Rly. 431 Great Western Bugat 384 Holly Sugar Corpn. Humble O........
341
341
Int. Nicks
431 63
Amer. & For. Power
13
12
Int., Tel, à Tel.
Amer, & For $7 pt. Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals
68)
66.
Int. Dept Stores
13 32
461
452
03 60+
Amer. Radiator
251
Kannecott Copper Lambert Corps. ......
60+ 60
201
201
25
Loew's Inc.
Amer, Rolling Mill... 344 Amer. Smelting
341
Lerlilard
711 231 24
951
951
McIntyre Porcupine "
Amer. Steel Faries. 67 681 Amer. Sugar............
53+ 53 Amer. Tel & Tel... 1837. 1831 Amer, Tobacco "B" 951 97 Amer, Waterworks ... 29 Anaconda Copper ... 541 Atchison, T. & 8. Fe. 74 Atlantic Refining 32+ Atlas Corpul, a
171 Auburn Motors ...... 31+ Baldwin Locomotive
McKesson & Robbins 461
47
99
531
75
*
31% 171
311
Niagara Hudson P.
$7 cum. pf.
69+
87*
Baltimore & Ohio... 23
Corpn.
17 10+ North American ..... 33 Northern Pacife.
321
201
Sailings to U.S.A.
144
MV. "DAGFRED,"
25th Jan,
1st Feb.
M.V. ANNELIESE ESSBERGER" M.V. "NIEL MAERSK "
8th Feb.
27th Feb.
SHANGHAI MARKET
There were sellers of Sterling for cash at 1/2 19/32, buyers at 1/2 5/8. 0.3 Dollars, sellers at 29 13/16, buyers at 28 7/8 for eaan.
Barnsdall On
311
301
Pacific Gas & Elec. $7
371
Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane
Pacific Lighting
53
521
701
751
361
351
Paramount ...
251 27
Tel. 9633
Borden Co. «............... Briggs M'facturing 351 Brooklyn-Manhattan
271
27+
Pennsylvania R.R.
43
424
531
Phelps Dodge
Trana
51
51
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Phillips Petroleum .. 51 Public Service of N.J. 52 Pullman Inc.......... 85
51
511
681
$6 cum, pf.......... Case, J.I.
101 101
Pure Oll
22L
214
1621
1611
Radio Corpn of Am. 11
121
Canadian Pacifc
151
151
Republic Steel
261
2
Celanese Corpn. of
Reynolds Tobac. “B”
561
574
America
281
291
Cerro de Pasco
801
68
St. Joseph Lead Co. Schenley
יי
44 433
One New Share For CertainTeed Pducts 167
162
Schenley 51% pf.
963 97
Chesapeake Corp. 881 Chesapeake & Ohio 673 Chrysler Corpn. 1211 Columbia Gas & 191 Columbia 8% "A" pí. 106
Commercial Solvents 19 Commercial Credit 88 Commonwealth & 8. Commonwealth
cum. pt.
83
Sears Roebuck ..... 86
85
661
Shell Union-Oil
281 281
1202 181 1041 67+
Sotony-Vacuum
17
161
Southern Cal Edison 48
471
191
Southern Pacific..... Southern Rly 5% pf. Stand Brands
261
262
31
514
161
151
41
31
Stand Gas & Elec. 134
121
$8
Stand Gas & Elec.
75
721
Consolidated. Edison
40
481
Consolidated Ou Continental on
18+
101
44
44
Swift
$7 DI...... Standard Of of NJ.
687 691 Sterling Products
International 31%
50
67
T41 731
31
*****
701
701
Curtiss Wright (C) Curtiss Weight "A" Delaware & Hudson Del. Lackawanna &
71
71
Texas Guit Sulphur 401
Technicolor Kandictment 21年
22N
40
207
202
491
52+
Tidewater Assoc. O 21 Timken-Detroit Axle Transamerica
201
241
24
16.
131
Wester Distillers Corp Ben-
119
117
20th Gent. Fox Films 20th Cent: Fox Filme
381
37
Boat
grama
201
201
pi.
46
444
Douglas Aircraft Du Pont
741
721
Un. Carbide & Car-
179
178
bon
105
104
Electric Boat
Company,
134
131
Un. Pacific.......
131+
131
Elec. Bond & Share
271.
26
United Aircraft. ....
301.
291
Elec. Bond & Share
Un. Airline Trans-
35 pt.
TB
79
port
22
221
Elec. Bond & Share
United Corpn.
8
7+
$8 pi........
66
85
United Corpn. $3
Holland-China Trading Co.,
Canton
Th
Elec Power & Light
241
231
Ctn ....
40
451
Elec Power & Light"
Un. Gas Iprovem' 161
151
$7/pi, .....
341
341
Firestone Tire & R
44
43
Un Light & power
"A"
美好赛
10
CHINA
371
US. Industrial Alco-
い
Tel, 28016.
Gen, Asphalt
50*501
bol ......
381
38
Gen. Cigar ........... Gen. Electric Gen. Foods
81 60 421 421 861 66 Gen. Motors... Bit 013 Gen. Rallway Signal Gillette Bufety Razor 211
US. Rubber
51
511
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods hays left the Godown. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & 'Co,
Agents,
US. Rubber #3 pl. 967 97
Hong Kong, 20th Jan., 1987,
!4968
US Steel
841
831
Vanadium
31
307
Warner Bros Pict
17
17
211
Westinghouse
Elec. 1521
1534
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
Glidden
147 147
Впуста
35
Goodrich (BF) Goodrich $5 pt. Goodyear
331 391 201 801 32
32
Youngstown & Tube Chase National Bk. sp National City Bank 421.
Sheet
792
77
503*
442*
Call Money
1% 1%
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.) EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGEPS
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage plons apply -
JEBSEN & CO.
Cantes, Shameer, B.C. Agents.
Tel. 10916.
Hong Kong, Pedder Building.
Tel. 28363.
VISIT BALI AND JAVA
Special Round Trip Fares 1st Class HONG KONG BATAVIA-HONGKONG
H$275.
F
HONG KONG-BALI-JAVA-HONG KONG H$450. HONG KONG-MANILA-HONG KONG H$135,
NEXT SAILINGS---
TO BATAVIA DIRECT 8.5. "TJISAROEA" 26th Jan, 11 am.
Tender Queen's Pier 30,00 am. Tender Yolice Pier I m. TO MANILA, MAKASSAR. BALI & SORRABAIA m.s. "TJISADANE" 1st Feb., 10a.m.
Tander Quren's Pier 2.00 s.m
Tander Police Plar 9.15.m
TO AMOY & SHANGHAI
BONUS FROM "SHELL"
Every Five
of
Shareholders
the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company. Ltd., received a pleasant surprise early in the month when the d- rectors intimated that, in addition to resuming interim dividends, af- ter a lapse of Ave years, with a payment of 7 per cent, tax free, they propose to make a bonus is- sue from reserves of one new shire for every five at present held.
Following the announcement the shares rose in the Stock Market to 1378 9d. This represented a rise of 58 and is the highest point touched since 1920. Last year's dividend was 174 per cent, free of tax.
The
Royal Dutch which is associated with the "Shell" Company, is also resuming
m.s. "TJISADANE" 28 Jan. 10 AM | interim dividends, the payment in
For further information apply:
- H. Nolasco da¡Silva, Esq., Macao
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE York Building
this case being 5 per cent.
Corn. Products
SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER
Latem Singapore Prices
Hong Kong. Jan 20 Mesara, E. B. Joseph & Co., re- Teived the following quotations from Singapore in Straits" Cur- rency for Raw Rubber:
Gold Dust
MODERN
LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE
GIANT CAMERA FOR ISTANBUL
REICHSMARK RATES
Berlin, Jan. 19 The Reichsmark was quoted. without guarantee, at:
New York Paris
Amsterdam
London ..........
.40.23 ..893
.73.45 ..12.205
Jena, Jan. 19. The world famous Zeiss Optical Works at Jena have just despatch- ed to Istanbul University, for the observatory, their new astronomi- › cal camera, the objective for which has the enormous aperture of 300 millimetres, focal length · ‚1,5 The sensitized plates metres. have a dimension of 24 x 24 cen- timetres. The esmera -stands' on one longitudinal polar axis and fa fitted with two guide telescopes eliminated as far as the photo and an electrical rotation equlp-graphic exposure a concerned.
ment, so that whilst the photo- graphic exposures ·are. being made the camera remains al- ways at exactly the same position, Le. the rotation of the earth Is
Paris quoted the pound sterling at 105.14 to 105.16 and US. dollars at 21.411 to 21.414,—— Tranincean News Vereine.
Spot
Down 1 Feb.-Mar... 351 Down 1 April-June
351 Down 1 July-Sept.
251 Down Market:-Irregular fluctuating.
PACIFIC SHIPPING
1 ex. diy,
* Bid
FLAX-GROWING
INDUSTRY
Rome, Jan, 19.
Flax-growing for making of
GERMAN CABINET
MEETING
Berlin, Jan. 19. "The German Cabinet will meet
lluen had for many years been on January 26, under the chair- rapidly declining, until the fack manship of Chancellor Adolf Elt- oi raw materials in raany Euro-ler. and it is expected that it will pean countries led to its revival. pass the laws which will be an- According to a report issued by nounced on January 30, the an-
advent to power Iranistean Faws Service.
the
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
8.8. “ARAMI8”
"B*A/37. BRINGING CARGO FROM MARSEILLES, via Porte, pto. ABBITED HONG KONG on TURU-. DAY, THE 19TH JANUARY, 1937:
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN.
THE Steamer
DONAT** having arved from BREMEN, HAMBURG and Parts, Consignees of Cargo sen bereby notified that their cargo it being landed at their risk into the Godowns of The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Lid., Kowloon, where delivery can be obtained.
Consignees are further notified that the Steamer "DONAU" bas taken at BAMBI RA and BREMEN through cargo for HONG KONG ex 8S FAVAL, 8.8 "Low" and 8.8. "STRATI" from 8TOCKHOLM, VILPURI and KOTKA
the 28th Jan, 1987, will be calfect All goods reskinlag undelivered after to reater
UNSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception being fanded and stored into the effected by us in any case whatever. of Opium, Treasure and Valusblag' are.
NO FIRE INSURANCE will be downs of Hong Kong, Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co, Ltd, Kowloon, whence
Damaged package mast be left in the
and the Company's signees elaine must be sent in
Messrs. Anderson & Ashe, at 10, -in to me on the 23rd Jan., 1937, n.
10 am.on before the 19th Jan, 1987, or they
obtained
International Agricultural i niversary of National Socialist delivery may be "gaediałały godown for, examination by the on-
London, Jan. 19. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, asked in the Commons if a statement could be Institute here, the harvest of the made on the discussions between year 1936-37 promises to be larger the Government and the Govern than the average of the last five ments of the Dominions regarding years, despite the crop failure in assistance for British shipping ser- North America. The increase has vices in the Pacific, said the re-accurred chiefly in European port of the Imperial Shipping countries.. Germany shows I Committee had been under son- greater increase than any other sideration and the United King- country, and will now stand third dom Government had formulated in Europe, behind Poland and certain proposals as a basis for Lithuania The European flax
Zeiss have also supplied a mov-discussion with the Governments seed harvest is estimated at 380,- able astronomical cupola of about concerned, which would be com 000 tons, while the U.S.A and 6.5 metres diameter, within which municated to those Governments Canada together barely reach the the glant camera is mounted.--- In the course of the next few days. | 100,000-ton mart Transocean News Service.
British Wirdets,
Transocean Nowe Bervice.
TURKEY CLAIM"
Ankara, Jan. 19..
after landing.
AF
or
Fackages will be czamined
∙Mon-
ill not be recognized
in attendance when Damsey's Burseyor, Mesara. by
goods are examined by the Company's surveyor Goddard & Desgian in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 on Mo
No claim
be admitted after the day, 3615 Jan 193755 claims must be presented within Two goods have the godown and all The reports to the effect that Officer in attendance when any datiable boardgnees must have * Bevense Alexandretta question, Turkey will Surveyore mined b
settlement or the
· goods"
by t
the Company's No Fire insurance will be effected by un in any case whatever.
B. OBL
Hong Kong, 19th Jan, 1937,
after
the
claim Mossland Aleppo, are en- tirely unfounded, according to an authorised statement of the Anatolian News: Agency. Transocean Nova Service,
Agent.
Weeks of the ship's arrival hers, after which date they will not be recognised,
Consignees are requested to anyreader their Hill of Lading to the undersigned for countersignaturo,
A MELCHERS & CO.,
MyAgentac NORDONUTRIKER LIATE BA
[4897 Hong Kong, 18th Jan. 198
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