EXCHANGE
TAIPING
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
Hong Kong Stock
Exchange
Sharebrokers'
Association
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1937.
H. K. STOCK
LONDON EXCHANGE RATES
Baler
Sayar
Nominal
SATURDAY. JANUARY.30.
Ballar
Barce
|Burie
$1,678
£110
210
232
Banks
H.K. Banks
Bo. (London) is Chartered Banks... Mercantile Brs. "A"
TH
Do.
"O
183
Bank of East Asia...
£14 $36
N. C. & S. Barks ...
Insurances
$310
Canton lueurs 1099.
$310
1320
F020
Union Insura1066 ... Underwriters
TERU $625
***
...
$301] H.K. Firce
Iro otu. $30
are
13 International Assos. S.
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS
Although there has been 31,70 expansion in the volume of busi- ness the local market continues Lit
steady and some of the popular counters have been in improved demand. Several stocks notably H. K. Telephones, Docks, Cements and
Shanghai Cottons closed appreciably higher.
With the exception of Demon- strations and Consolidated Mines Armer, the Manila which market is more or less unchanged.
Paris
Седата,езвертали
Borlin
"Athens
Milan
(British Wirelem Service)
Jun. 28.
105-9/64
105 5/64
21.437
12.17
12.17
93-3/32
BS 1/32
fan. 30.
24.403
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION .
Authorised Capital ....... $50,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-Up #1,000,000 Reserve Funds;
........... 6,500,000 Starling
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated by, Royal Charter, 1982
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Copenhagen
Hong Kong Currency
Robory
Paid-up Capitel.
£3.500.000
Reserve Fund
£5.000.000
no
$10,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
Stockholm
prietors..
$14.900.000
Shanghai
Reserve Liability of
New York...*
4.89%
4.892
Proprietors
$20,000,000
Agencies and Branches:-
Amsterdam
8.94%
8.941
ALOR STAR ILOILO
Vienna
Head Office:-HONG KONG
-ANKITHAK
IPOK
Prague
1408.
BANGKOK
KARACHI
Madrid
Lisbon
Board of Directors. Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
Bombay
Montreal
Brussels
4.00
29.07
4.80% 29,01
A. H. Compton, Esq,
Obairman. CALCUTTĄ G. Miskin, Deputy Chairman. CASPORE
КОНЕ KUALA
KLAN Q
BAIGION
SEMARANG AEREMBAN SHANGHAI
BINGATUER
SITIAWAN
CANTON
LUMPUR
- SOURABĀTA
KUCHING
CLAU
MADRAS
Hon. Mr. & H. Dodwell,
COLOMBO
MANILA
Shipping
Yokohama
M. T. Johnson, Esq.,
MEDAN
BUYERS
$30
Douglasen
A
$30
$7.40
Steamboat
$2
Hong Kong Banks (Lon. Reg.)
Belgrade
J. R. Masson, Esq.,
Monte Video
HAIPHONG HAMBURG
NEW YORK
FAITING
$30
Indos (prot)
$35
£110.
HANKOW
136
Do. (defj
138
Canton Insurances, $310,
Bucharest
HARPLY
134/4]] -Steu@_ ******
134/4
Union Istrances, $820,
Bilver (forward)
STOL Waterbosta
H. K. Docks, $174.
Mining
Bilver (spot)
203
20-7/16
Raubs, $12.05.
War Loan
17/0
Kailann
16/-
$12.66
!!!
H. K. Realties, $4.40.
$192
$
Venezuela Gold File.
161
H. K. Trams. $121.
Telephones (old), $29.
103-15/16
Closing Quotations
201
1401
Docks, Wharves,
Telephones (new), $10.40.
Godowns, ste.
Cements, $11.
3107
$1.00
120 at..
16.35/ 17
190
$107
On LONDON:---
Dairy Farma, $22.
$1.60
10 otr.
S'bai Cottons (new), Sh.$75.
Wing On Textiles, Sh.$44.
SELLER'S
H. K. Hotels, $5.70.
Peak Trams (new), $2.
S'hai Cottons (old). Sh.$100.
Amoy
11
January 30, 1937.
ON NEW YORK: —
Bangkok Batavia
Ipoh
Johore
Bank Billa, on demand 201
Bombay
Kobe
Peiping Fenang Rangoon Saigou
Telegraphic Transfer... 11/3 Bank Bills, on demand 18/31 Credita, four months'
Credits, 60 days' sight, 303
Calcutta
ON BATAVIA
Canton
On demand
551
Chefoo
Colombo
ON PARIS:-
sight
1/3 3/32
Bank Bills, on demand 852
Dairen
Lyons
ON SHANGHAI:
Credits, 4 month's sight 678
Foochow
On Demand
103
ON SAIGON:-
ON SINGAPORE: —
On demand
65
Hamburg Muar
Haiphong Manila
Star Ferries, $93.
On demand
ON MANILA-
China Lights (old). $13.90.
On demand .................................
601
Harbin
Mukden
Tsingtao
On JAPAN:-
ON BANGKOK :--
Hongkew
On demand
1062
On demand we w
148)
One Imbra
SOVERSIONS Bank Buying
Current
Bate
!!
$5.70
134
$105
118
$10
14.40
14.30
A.K. Realties..
$4
160
Da. DebenturesS,
191
3TG
$100
131
$41
1123
144
A
****
:::
$90
54
F5.50
e d
sef
$16.20
186
180
$10
$44
་
$1270 a d
$4
$16.60
K. & K, Wharves,
Providents (old) ...
Do. (new)
H.K. & W. Docks Shangani Docks S. New Engineerings8. Lands, Hotels, and
Bul dings
H.K. Hotels
H.K Land...8. 1311
Do. 4% Dobenturea $103
Shanghal Lands....
Metropolitan Lands..
Humphreys |
Chinca Estates......
Cotton Mills སྤྱིurp4ས་བཙ
ཅ.S S'hat Cottona(old S.
Do. (new).
Zooog Sings S
Wing On Textiles(8)
Public Utilities
Tramways ******** Pook Traus (old) .......Į
Do.
Star Ferries
(now)...
Ysunati Ferries...
SHX ad
Chins Lights (old)... 13:0 $13.90
H.E. Electrics...)
Sandakan Lights...
Telephones (old)
(QAW)
*** $29
China Buses.......
Tractions
17/- Do. (prof.).....
Industrial
319) Caldbeck, Lord.) 8.
Macgregors (pref.)8.
Canton Ices
Cements
Eopes-
Miscellaneous Dairy Farms........ Ch. Étainmonta................. Constructions, (old)
Do.
Lane Crawfords......
Nanyang Tobacco...
Watsons Tw
Wm Powells........................
9377Ch.0.6419250.3 Bde.
HE. Gort, 1% Conna
31%
Do. Wallace Harper.....
393
$13.90
$
$10.90
158
Do. (28)
$20
Macao do.
110
$20 $10.40
$10.45
$84
27
$15
$2.05
$11.10
321
122
124ote.
Sinceros....
(A6W)
34
8
C. Enterprises
prom: 82*
X. Inst
pr.n. 17"
ti
$60
HK Wing On
S'ha Do
Rs.
Vibro Piling
*Sales to Shanghai
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE
From February 1, to 7, 1957,
HIGH WATER.
LOW WATER.
Hoog Kong
Hong
9 Standard
Height
Mon
Tue, 2
Wod 3
Thur. 4
1338. 10 3
1341 6 4
0155 48
Kong
Standard Time
Height
39
$55
$10.40
**
!!!!
⠀⠀
50/
SALES
H. K. Docks, $10.35/17. H. K. Realties, $4.30. China Lights (new), $10.90. H. K. Electrica, $56.
Telephones (new), $10.45. Cements, $11.10.
THE EXCHANGE MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Telegraphic Traveler... Back, demand. 82
ANY LETTERS
FOR YOU?
Post Office Notice
A.
Mrs. John Abbot, F. A. Abraham, Mrs. L. Andrews. Roy Andrews, H L. Askey, Baptista & Cie, Miss G L. Bendeich, Anglican Girl's School, Mrs. Patrica W. Bennett, Berenguler, Mrs. E. F. Brewster Methodist Mission), K, Bumstead, J. H. Cairns (The Tebong Rubber Estate), Mile. B. Carlsen, W. M. Carst, Miss Chan Yoo Koo, Walter Chang. Dr. and Mrs. Chao Chu Wu, was quoted at 4.894. New
C. J. Clark, Mrs. E Clark, Clay York/London was quoted at 489 Fong & Co., Dr. John Cogan, Capt. 27/32. "
Saturday, Jan. 30. Suver prices dropped 5/16 yes- terday for both deliveries, the quotations being 20 5/16 for Ready. had 20 for Forward. American Silver was quoted at 44 for Spot. The London/New York cross- rate
$1.70
311.101
324
A
was
MARKET Quiet, the tone, was not robust. STERLING small business
done during the course of the morning at 1/2 31/32 for March delivery. The market closed with small $1.70 sellers at 1/2 31/32 Caah and 1/2 15/18 - February/Anguat buyers at 1/3 Cash/February and 1/2 31/32 March/Augast.
14
45 ots.
15.90
12.10
$3.00
31 98%
3108 $101
1
U.S. DOLLARS Business was done at 30 1/3 for August, July and 30 9/16 for Cash. The market closed with sellers at 33+ Cash/April and 30, 7/18 May August. buyers at 30 9/16 Cash/ April and 304 July/August.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
SHANGHAI MARKET There were probable sellers of HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL | Sterling at 1/2 for Cash, buyers at that rate for early February. US Dollars, sellers at 29 15/16, buyers at 20% for cash,
|
BAB SILVER, por du dé. 20 5/16
K. S. Morrison, Esq.,
T. E. Pearce, Esq. TA. L. Shields, Esq.,
V. M. Grayburn, Esq.,
May Chief Manager.
Branches!-- Iloilo
San Fran-
cisco
Kowloon Kusta
Lumpar Shanghai Loudon Singapore
Sourabaya
Malacos Suugei
Petani Tientsin.
Hankow (Johore) Tokyo
New York Yokohama
Accounts opened
in
DELH¡
(Peking) PENANG
HONG KONG RANG00
TIENTALA TONGKAR
(Bhuket) ISLESTÃO
TOKOHAMA
AMBOANGA
FOR ION EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CFERENT Accounts opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for. On Year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica tion.
The Bank's Head Office in Lon don undertakes Executor & Trustee bitsiness, and claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.
A BEBARLEY,
Manager.
***** 1/3 1/39 | Local Currency and Fixed Deposita received for one year or shorter periods in Local Currency and 15, Sterlar "on terms which will be
NEW 'PLANE FOR quoted on application.
LINDBERGH
CONSTRUCTED BY A BRITISH FIRM
A Flight With The Designer
дет
I have flown to-day in a
personal use of the famous Trans- Pe of aeroplane, designed for the atlantic pilot, Col. Charles "Lind- bergh, writes a London correspon
dent.
The pilot was Mr. F. G. Miles, a director of the constructing firm Phillips and Powis, Airerart Ltd. who, with the close co-operation of Col. Lindbergh, designed the ma-
chine.
Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let." Hong Kong, 11th Jan, 1937.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
HONG
HE Business of the above Tonducted by the KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.
For the Hong Kong & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong,, 4th February, 1938.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS
INC
Incorporate
CO.,
with
Limited
| Libility in U.S.A,
THE CHASE BANK
QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PIN STEERT,
--NEW YORK.
An American Bank offering com plate Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK, New YORK, with Resources over U.S. $9,097,000,000.00
D. M. BIGGAR,
Manager.
2
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANË
LIMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
Reserve Fund
Yen 100,000,000 00 Yen 130,900,000,00
HEAD OFFICE-YOKORAMA
BRANCHES AND ADENCIES AT: Alexandria Honolulu – Bangoon Bangkok Hsinking Ria "do
San
Although it is not intended to put the type, named the Mohawk, into producien, It will be surpris- Head Oulee: 65 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Batavia ing if the practical result of the guidance of so famous an airman Capital
1s
Karachi
(Maiden) New York Sydney.
Dairen
Moji
Shanghai
(Dalny) Nagasaki Singapore
Fengtion
Nagoya
Soerabaya
Hamburg Osaka
Tientsin
Hankow Otaru
Tokyo
Paris
Tsingtao
Yintow
Harbin
Janeiro Berlin
..Kobe
London Francisco U.S.$8,000,000.00 Bombay U.8.97,340,344.38 | Calcutta. Los Angeles Seattle is not repeated for other pur-Burplus སྨཱ ཝཱ ཝཱ ཙཏསཎྞན ཧོ
Manila Semarang chasers.
Reserves. U.S.$297,612.05 Canton The Mohawk a low-wing Amsterdam The Hague Montroux monoplane, with two seats in tan- Antwerp Hamburg Munich
Havana dem in a cockpit which may be Athens
Naples Basle Havre Nice elther open or closed, as desired.
Berlin Heidelberg Paris To-day the sliding panels were
Interlaken Peiping Bombay - closed, and I sat behind the pilot
Brussels Jerusalem Piraeus In acomfortable compartment
Cairo Liverpool Rome *** Calcutta London Cannes Lugano Colombo Lucerne Copenhagen Luxor Dublin Manila Tientain Edinburgh Marseilles Venice Florence Milan Vienas
Monte Yokohama Geneva .Genca
Carlo Zurich Glasgow Montreal
Herberts Cukurs, K. T. Daryanani, Mrs. Laurence L Doggett, Eastern Isles Trading Co., Ltd., Sir F. M. Ellwood, S. W. Evans, P. W. Fisher, Johnnie Fitch, Jack Fitchette. Messrs. G.C.G. (China), Ltd. The Gramaphone Co., Ltd, Great Asia Co., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall, G. A Harrison, Archibald Hayes, C. M. Heanley, F. Hickey, Hong Kong Art Society, Hong Kong and Publishing Bureau, Hong Kong Radio Co. (The Artistic Director), General Huang Chiang (Kowloon), Imperial Bank of India, Java Flashlight Factory, Jose Domingos Barreiro, Lda Mons. Pletre Kahn, Kao Pan Leather Trunk Factory, Miss G. Travel Kelly (c/o Australian Bureau), Lady Kirby, L-Comdr.
The predominant note in the de- Sellers at 1024, buyers at 1024 and Mrs. J. Holmes Kyger, Bond-glazed on all sides and overhead. for cash,
facio Labat, 8. W. Liang (c/o Rozaign in the evidence of common- Lo), Lighthouse Flashlight Manu- sense, and the refusal to be led facturing Co., Miss Jenny Lind, C. away by superficialities. Mather, Mr. C. Mitchell (Lloyd's Bank), Miss Sadie Miller, George O'Farrell & Co Messrs. The Oriental Stores, Ltd, Oxidite Bat- tery Corp., Mr. Federied Padilla, Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Prasaloy, Mrs. Richard Parcell, Mrs. V. Reeder, Mr. G. M Place Remedios, Mrs. E. F. Rice. J. E. Richmond, Miss Romrie Ritchie (Queen's Road), Berlin, Jan. 30. The arrival in Berlin of the Mrs. Marion W. Rondle, Blahop Direction
director of the French Ministry of Logan H. Roots. Royal Book Ex Force4
·
Commerce, M. Alphand, foresha- change, Wm. Shakesphearce, Mr. Weather BC
dows the early start of pretimin and Mrs. John Shaw, Shipowners Rain
Protection Association, Standard ary negotiations for the arrange-t
Export Co., Ltd., Bwedish Co. Ltd., Higher open-aly Tampermbare, 29:70ment of a new Franco-German Mrs. W. 8. Sweet, H. Thomas (as Last open-air Temperature, 30:6 Trade. Treaty.
The discussions will in the Louise Moller), Tilleke and Gibbons B=Blue_sky; C=Cloudy, main centre about anance, since (Bolicitors), Mons. Agent Wall- F=Fog: L-Lightning; in the Franco-German clearing work (De La Cie Monotype), Mrs. Owes G. Watson (c/o Captain Watson), M-Mist; OmOyprózat; P=Randing arrangement, Showers;
Hin France a balance of nearly 200,- The Western Telegraph Co., C. D. Williamson (c/o Vernon & Smyth), T-Thunder.
The Rev. I. R. Wilson, Mrs. R. G. Witchell, H. Young, Miss Ellen Zwingle.
*RECHSTER.
Hong Kong Observatory, Jan. 30.
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4. p.m.
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RISE IN FRENCH BANK RATE
Surprise Caused In Paris
And London
Paris, Jan. 30. The raising of the French bank rate from two to four per cent. has caused considerable puzzle ment in the French capital, and all the newspapers carry editorials on the subject-
"Le Journal" attacks the finan- cial policy of the Blum Govern, ment, which, it says, has not achieved the expected result of
OD
FRANCO-GERMAN TRADE TREATY
000.000 franICA.
Germany
The French Government, it is tearned, attaches special impor- 'causing a flow of capital back in-tance to an arrangement permit- ting about 60,000. Germana, each to France.N
a letter of credit for 5,000
This, the paper considers, would with have made possible continued francs, to visit Paris during the maintenance of the rate of interest coming World Exhibition, which
opens on May 1. ut a low level data
The raising of the bank rate has also caused surprise in London, where no such action was thought possible until the conclusion of the present loan negotiations.
The Times says that the hope is entertained that the short-term Engilah bank loans will exert a favourable, inquence on the for- the development of the French financial position.
negotiations The preliminary will be followed in February by a conference of wider scope when a more representative. French de- legation arrives in Berlin- Transocean Nass Service.
000.000 loan to France, declaring that the money could be better employed for reconstruction work The Dally Express," however, in England's distressed areas.— ë attacks the granting of the £50-Tranaocean Nowa Sen
REGISTERED ARTICLES. Miss May Florvatt, G. Francisco, Mons. A. W. Gaidimann, Inter- national Petroleum Co. Kwong Tung Commercial Bank (Des Voeux Road C.), Rev. W. H. McLaughlin Concordia Seminary, Parcel), Mrs. Nissim (130, Route de, Grouchy, Parcel) Miss Pearl TL?
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS 7802, from Shanghai. 4628. from Shanghai. Chipa Yak Ling, 151, Waterloo Road, from sx Böntekos,
Vury, from Shanghal Lebolow, 68, Kilung Street, Shamshulpo, from Shanghai,
Col. Lindbergh places safety and eficient control first, and the re- sult is a more than usually lavish equipment.
Batterdam Shanghai Bingapore Southampton
Branches of American Express Company in Principal Cities of United States of America and Canada,
All classes of Commercial Bank.
Personal investment BoCounts ing Transactions undertaken.
handled.
Hong KongPeiping
Intereat allowed on Current Ac counts.
Deposite received for "Fixed Periods at rates to be obtained on application,
Y. KANO,"
Manager,
Hong Kong, 13th Nov., 1938.
BANK OF EAST ASIA, JUMITED.
Authorised Capital ...$10,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital ......... 5,608,800,00 Reserve and Undivided
Profite
Parachute Flares The Miles split trailing edge flaps reduce the minimum and tanding speeds, and I noticed that Mr. Miles had complete lateral control even when the machine was slowed down almost to "stall-
The Company offers to intending ing." The Mohawk needs but it
travellers the use of its "Travelers the control labour; Indeed, it "files
Cheques and Letters of Credit No. itself."
The machine is required for the and, in addition the world wide owner's general travelling, and services of ita thoroughly equipped
E. W. DUGGAN there is no straining after mers Travel Department.
Manager. high performance.
SINGAPORE RAW RUBBEK
It had a fixed-blade propeiler tu day, and this gives it a cruising speed of about 170 m.p.h., but, with the variable-pitch propeller intended, this cruising. speed will be considerably exceeded, with a. maximum speed of probably about 200 m.p....
Latest Hingapore Prices
HA. JOSEPH &.09.
Hàng Kong là 30, Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co., r.
Col Lindbergh has provided for emergencies. For example, the machine carries parachute fares. which can be discharged one at a time by pressing an electric switch. cetved the following quotations night landings in from Singapore in Stralia Cur- They are for Open country. Another contrivance tancy for Raw Rubber: is a Harrow landing lamp, let in
dush with the surface or the left- wing, but when in use swinging out so a useful position,
The aeroplane is fitted with a Menasco engine, an American type of which the manufacturing rights were acquired by Phillips and Po wis Aircraft Ltd. nearly two years ago. They chose it because it Is the only supercharged-In-line low
Spot
Feb.-Mar.
April-June
* Buyers
35 up 354 unchanged 36 down 351 down i Market Uncertain.
July-Sept.
powered engine available. Great Britain has not an engine of this class super-charged,
9,085,395.59
HEAD OFFICE-Hoнo-Konɑ
10, Des Voeux Road, Central
Boar of Directors
Bir Bhouson Chow, Chairman
Li Koon Chun, Esq. Id Lan Song, Esq. P. K. Kwok, kaq, WongChution, Esq. Wong Yun Tong,aq. Kan Ying Po, Esq. Chan Ching Sħek. Esq.
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Okiel Manager. Là Téo Fong, Enqi, Manager.
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