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THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.

BUILDERS OF ALL CLASSES OF SHIPS.

BUILDERS OF RECIPROCATING STEAM ENGINES. BUILDERS OF MARINE AND LAND BOILERS, BUILDERS OF TURBINE MACHINERY

Under License From Messrs. Parsons.

BUILDERS OF DIESEL ENGINES

Under Special License

From Messrs. Sulzer-Bros., Winterthur.

Licensed To Manufacture Lanz Perlit Iron, Specially Suitable For Internal Combustion Engine Working Parts.

DOCK & SLIPWAYS.

FOR DOCKING VERY LARGE, AS WELL AS SMALLER VESSELS,

ON ANY TIDE

ALL CLASSES OF SHIP, ENGINE AND BOILER

REPAIRS AND EXTENSIVE

WELDING, BOTH ELECTRICAL AND OXY. ACETYLENE SKILFULLY AND PROMPTLY CARRIED OUT.

BUTTERFIELD : &

SWIRE, Agents,

HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.

TIL. ADDRESS: "{TAIKOODOOK," Boxa Kono. TELEPHONE: 30211

CALL FLAG: "NUMERAL ONE "OYEE “ PENNANT ÅNL”

TRUCULENT TAILPIECES

11

by

NO QUARTER

AN AMUSING BOOKLET CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM "STRAIGHT FROM THE

SHOULDER”

REPRINTED FROM HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

A SURE SPECIFIC

FOB

DESPONDENCY & DYSPEPSIA

PRICE: $1.00

NOW ON SALE

AT

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS OFFICE.

AND.

ALL BOOK STORES

Empire Air Services

Unprecedented and refreshing through, stops may be made at smoothness has so far characteris- Caudebec,

on the Seine, near

ed the first fights on Empire air Rouen, and at Macon, on the routes of the new, big flying boats, Į of which three are already in ser-

vice in the Mediterranean. Of the others completed, two are long- range Atlantic boats, and one is for the Bermuda-New York ine.

Badne.

The route from Marseiller

will

be by way of Rome, Naples, and

Brindisi.

As soon us Southampton is ready for temporary duty (pending com- pletion of works at Portsmouth) Es the English terminus of Imperial Airways Empire services, the train stage will be entirely eliminated.

The time schedules, however, will not be reduced until night-dying. for which preparations are for ad- vanced, becomes regular.

One of the Atlantic boats, the Caledonia, by way of a trial run flew non-stop nearly 1.700 miles from Alexandria to Marseilles in little more than eleven hours, The distance is only 200 miles short of the Atlantic crossing between Ire- land and Newfoundland, and the Caledonia carried a big pay-load

The new Empire air mail scheme, The maximum non-stop range of with its carriage of letters without this boat in still air is no fewer aurcharge over thousands of miles, than 3,800 miles, and against a will begin with the South African steady 40 m.p.h..wind it can fly route. Flying boats will do the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1937.

THE SHARE.

MARKET

Harriman's Weekly Review

Saturday, Jan. 30. Messrs. G. A. Harriman & Cos weekly abure report" and market

at review issued

noop to-day states:-

** Both the Hong Kong and Manila markets have, been quist during the pass week, but the undertone la firm and we shall not be sur- prised to see them blazon forth into actively at almost any time. These remarks apply particularly to the local market, for given a lead, many of our popular coun-` ters are ripe for rapid improve- meat in values. Hk & W, Docks are an example. These shares were obtainable early this month at $14.25: On aggressive buying they have now been carried to *$17.- closing. (We recommended

this share to our rendera weeks ago).

two

well

Utilities have again been supported. China Lights touching $14 and Hk Electrics $56, Hong Kong Trama announce a 40 eta final dividend (making.60 cta. for 1936). Earnings were good for the 2nd half of the past year, so that at $12.80 cum dividend this stock appears an attractive investment. Star Ferries offer at $93 cum dlyidend and Yaumatis are quiet

around $24). Telephones (old) are

|

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

(Through Renter's Service)

QUOTATIONS

New York: January 31,

Today'

High Low Close Close

€89-97/31 € 89-25/38 1/ÏG off 12.85 1980 1978 1283 .00 up 91.) 21.03 21.12 21,48

.06 of 128

127

197) (271

Change

106 1061.

106 1081

44 unquoted

1938

Jan, 30.

New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-Mar. New York Rubber--Mar. Chicago Whost --May Chicago Corn -May Silver Oficial

Dów Jones Averages,

SO Industrials 20 Rails

High Low Jan. 29. 187.80 143.11 184.74 60.45 40.88 51.77 27.79 28.23 35,71 106.01 98.99 104.81 11 Commodity Index 81.57 65.58 70.89

20 Utilities * Bondis

Last Bale Jan

18

78

..

1081

Stocks Adams Expresa Allis Chalmers Amer, Can. Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid .... 331 · Amer. For. Power: 12 Amer. & For, 37 pf. 04 Amer. Locomotive ... 51 Amer. Metals......... Amer, Radiator Amer, Rolling Mill.. Amer, Smelting ..... 80+ Amer. Steel Faries. 68 Amer. Sugar

20 30

High Low Close Change 186.10 103.37 188.74

1.00 up 58.05 54.88 85,50 .13 up 34.90 35.36 35.83 13 up 104.81 -.03 off 74.70 .18 of Business Done:-1,190,000 shares.

Stocks

Last Sale

Jan 29 30-

Great Northern Riy. 428 Great Western Sugar -361- Holly Sugar Corps,

Humble Ou

Int. Nickel

85+

821

THE

CHINA-SIAM

LINE.

4. "HELLAS" 2.3. "HELIOS" a. "HIRAM

HONG KONG-BANGKOK

leaving Hong Kong 5th February via Swatow leaving Hong Kong 31st February via Swatow leaving Hong Kong 28th February via Swałow HONG KONG-SWĄTOW-AMOY m.. "HAILEE leaving Hong Kong 10th February m.s. “HAI HING* leaving Hong Kong 25th February Accepting Fassangers & Cargo for all the above metioned ports. HONG KONG-SINGAPORE PENANG-RANGOON Regular Express Serrios m."HAI LEE" leaving Hong Kong 18th February ma. "HAI HING* leaving Hong Kong 3rd March

Accepting cargo for all the above mentioned porta.

Excellent passenger accommodation available, For freight, passage rates and all other information-Apply to 2--- THORESEN & CO., LTD..

437

38

Tel. 30237.

:1

.841

031

12 12

Int. Tel. & Tel

501

Int Dept Stores . Kennecott Copper. Lambert Corpn. ... Loew's Inc. Lorillard

302-

301.

58

58

21

21

281 344

53

231

Amer. Tel & Tel... 1827" Ander. Tobacco "B" 99 Amer, Waterworks Anaconda Copper ... 53 Atchison, T. & B. Fe. 721 733

Atlas Corpn.

In enquiry at $29 and the "New" | Atlantic Redning at $10.40.

311

174

81+

$7 cum. pf....... 101 Baltimore & Ohlo... 221 Barnsdall Oil

331 Bendix Aviation ..... Bethlehem Steel... Boeing Airplane... 381 Borden Co, Briggs Mfacturing 55 Brooklyn-Manhattan

Singapore Tractions ordinary | Auburn Motors... 31 can be taken at 25 cts.- Hotels Baldwin Locomotive are a rather limited market, for on pny reaction to around $5.50, buyers quickly appear, but around $6, sellers predominate. These shares are gradually passing into stronger hands and their market is therefore becoming healthier. Lands are in good buying enquiry at $34.50, but Humphreys offer at $9.80 Wharfs and Providents have had transactions at $107) and $1.60 respectively.

Of sterling stocks, sellers of Banks offer shares at $1875, and sales of Unions have been con- summated at $625, Ewos are quietly firm at Sh.$15.80 and Raub Gold have buyers at $12.80.

Philippine Mining

Just a moderate volume of búsl- ness has been done. Consolidated Mines have been featured and sales have been made up to 8 This share is expected to cents.

Demonstrations also go higher. are active and can be taken at $1.62. East Mindanaos are now generally popular on this' market and at around 70 cents, exchanges are frequent, San Mauricios and Antampla are quietly steady at $5.30 and $290 respectively. Coco Grove eased to sales at $1.40. Benguet Explorations have buyers ut 32 cts. and Buyses at 85 cts. Santa Rosas have taken a sharp spurt to 15 cents buyers.

Concluding comment. Hong Kong. Steady: improving slowly. Manila. Generally steady, business selective,

INDIAN CIVIL

SERVICE

Recruitment By Selection

Trans

· Brooklyn-Manhattan

Cerro de Pasco...... 631 CertainTeed P’ducts 21 Chesapeake Corpn. 75 Chesapeake & Ohio. 64 Chrysler Corpn... 123 Columbia Cras & El 17 Columbia 6% (“A” pr. 1014 Commercial Credit 65 Commercial Solvents 194 Commonwealth & S. 3) Commonwealth $6

cum. pf.

67+ Consolidated Edison 48 Consolidated Oil 161

411

74

⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀==¤å⠀⠀⠀‡*****⠀⠀ 8⠀: *6*# * *8* ⠀⠀***F÷8*** ****;*** • *70** * ** **58**** ■ foot,

McIntyre Forcupine

72} 731

231 234

451

942

McKesson & Robbins 451 -Monsanto Chemical 951

Montgomery Ward .. 55 564 Murray Corp. ....... 191 Nat Cash Registor.. 34 Nat' Dairy Products 231. Nat Distillers

194

332

232

28 273

Nat Power & Light 121; 121 New York Central... 42 Niagara Hudson P.

Corpn.

42

161

16

304 302

De

North American ....

Northern Pacific..... 231 281

Paciic Gas & Mec." 35 35

Pactic Lighting

Packard Motor Paramount Fennsylvania R.R.. Phelps Dodge_ *********

Phillips Petroleum'

Schenley

Schenley 51% pf.

Sears Roebuck

Shell Union Oll

*85% ? ̃ ̃ ̄⠀⠀⠀ ⠀€¤¤¤¤¤• ¶¤*•¤¤¶¤ ⠀⠀⠀×786 *=*=****** ********** † ⠀⠀* ** ** • *s** **

General Agents,

Queen's Building.

S.S. "BENAVON"

ROTTERDAM,

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. "BENMOHR 2nd Feb.

19

For Freight and Passage apply to :-

W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD., York Building Agente:

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS AND UNDERWRITERS

MAERSK LINE

GENERAL AVERAGE S.S. ANNELIESE' ESSBERGER "

It is hereby notified that the 3.S. "ANNELIESE ESSBER GER", having cargo on board

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIK.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE S.8.

THE "NEUMARK*

5th

having arrived, from Hamburg and Ports of call, Consignees of Cargo aro hereby notified that their Good are being landed and placed at their rink into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon, where delivery may be Detained an noon sa the Goods are landsd. Optional Cargo will not be lended hours prior to vessel's arrival, bat carried bere, unless Nonce has been given 43. on from port to port to the final port of 69* from Baltimore, Philadelphia, call to which ilo option extends

will be admitted after the New York, Norfolk and Japan Goods have left the Godowns, and all ports, grounded after leaving loode remaining undelivered after the Kobe on the 21st January, 1937, 1837, will be subject to in the afternoon. The vessel re- All broken, obafod, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns floated at noon on January where they will be uxamined on oth 22nd, 1937 and continued her Feb., 1997 at 10 m, by our voyage to Hong Kong via Surveyors, Moner Goddard & Douglas, To comply with the General Bandled Shanghai, In consequence Warehouse Regulations, consignees must thereof General Average has been | bare a Rovenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are declared.

examined. The "ANNELIESE ESS- class wurt reach

Da before BERGER" is expected to arrive

the 28th Feb, 1887, or they will not. Бё

recognised.". here on or about 31st January, No Insurance will be affected. 1937, and the consignees of

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

JEBBEN & DO,, cargo are requested to sign

(4990

50 492 114 111

Tel. 99533

281 281

411

412

..

.

53 531

50

Public Service of NJ 514 Pullman Inc,

511

63+

se cum, pr. ......... 101 Case, J.I. 1521. 160 Canadian Paciic.... 154 Celanese Corpn. of

America

101

Pure Of

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

227 23

Radio Corpn of Am. 117

117

Republic Steel........... 35 381

Reynolds Tobac, “B” 581

501

30+

St. Joseph Lead' Ca..

+

441 441

971 97

831 844

171

18

Socony-Vacuum

30+ 30

Southern Cal Edison 481

401

Southern Pacine.....

27 28

Southern Rly 5% pr. 481 Stand Brands

501

151 15%

Stand Gas & Elec. 121 Stand Gas & Elec.

121

$7 pl. limuna BBF Standard Oll of NJ. 69% Sterling Products

56+

76

734

Swift International 814 Technicolor

314

211

214

Texas Gulf sulphur 40

401

Tidewater Assoc. Oll 201 201 Timken-Detroit Azle 241

247

Transamerica

161

161

20th Cent. Fox Films 37

371

20th Cent. Fox Films

DI.

461

461

105

1051

1294

1291

204

283

23

7

450

45%

151

睡

401

39

55

55+

US. Rubber 18. pl. 97

signed' for 'delivery.

941 961

31 314

15

15

Bills of Lading will be counter-

JEBSEN & CO,

Agents.

-4984

Westinghouse Elec. 153 159

831

Chase National B 561*

571*

National City Bank 501.

Call Money

1%

--1%

Continental Of Corn. Products ....... Curtiss Wright (C) Curtiss Weight "A" 214 Delaware & Hadson 48 Del: Lackawanna - &

Western ***** 118 Distillers Coryn Ben-

STRIS Douglas Aircraft

but

Du Pont

Electric Boat

251

71

134

70+

Elec. Bond & Share 241 Elec. Band & Share

$3 pt. ....... Elec. Bond & Share

$6 pi. ............... 862 Elec Power & Light zij Elec Power & Light

37 pi.....i Firestone Tire & R 42 Flinthote

Gen, Asphalt

Gen. Cigar

341

37+

50

63+

681

627

Gen. Mectric.... 434 Gen. Foods Gen. Motors Gen. Railway Signal Gillette Safety Razor 21; GMdden

In order to remedy the 'under- recruitment of Europeans which has occurred in recent years, the Secretary of State for India pro- poses to select in 1937, as in 1936, a certain number of candidates for admission to the Indian Civil Ser-Gold Dust vice and to the Burma Civil Ser- Goodrich (BF) vice (Claes L) otherwise than by | Goodrich $5 pf. written competitive examination, "Goodyear

The examination will, as hither-

con

16

321

831

331

• BA

United Aircraft

Un. Carbide & Car-

bon

Un. Pacio

Un, Airline Trans-

port

United 'Corpn.

United

Corpn. cum Di.4204884|

Un. Gas Tprovem't 164 Un. Light. & power

U.S. Industrial Alco-

hol

U.8. Hubber

U.B. Steel

Vanadium

Warner Bros Pict.

Youngstown Sbeet

& Tube.............

81

REICHSMARK RATES TO NORTH POLE

BY SUBMARINE New Attempt By Sir H. Wilkins

40.23, 363,

Berlin, Jan. 29. * The Reichsmark was quoted, without guarantee, at:-*

New York. Paris Amsterdam ....73.42 to 73.40,

· London ............. 12.173.. Pazis quoted the Pound Sterling at 105.07 to 195,10 and the USA Dollar at 21.44 5/8 to 21.45§- Transocean News Service

Bir Hubert Wilkins, the explorer, hopes to sail this year in a new

Agenta.

Lloyd's General Average Bond Hong Kong, 30th Jan, 1987,

at our Office paying a deposit of }

one per cent of the invoice value including prepaid freight before

Describing the craft as a "steel

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

AND

OCEAN STRAN SHIP CO., LTD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

CONSIGNEES per Co's Vessel

AS TENDABRUB Frox BEATTLE, VANCOUVER

pencil, sharpened both ends," SAME VICTORIA VIA JAPAN Hubert said:

are requested to take Delivery of Flowr "For steaming out, to the ice I and Lumber Shipments as soon as the shall have false noses-stream- Vessel is ready to discharge and are lined steel tanks-atted to stem hereby notified that if their fighters are and stern. This should give her 4t placed alongside the

estel ne a more seamanlike appearance, abarged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, at

required, their Shipments will be dis and additional speed on the st their expenses where the Cargo will face. When we reach the ice we lie also st their risk and

expense and shall unship the 'noses, revealing subject to the Terms and Conditions of the sharp pointed ends of the un- Storage at Holt's Wharf. Steamer will

commence Discharge on the 28th Jan crushable steel cylinder,

General Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where

Consignet and subject to the Terme Bod Conditions of Storage wi ∙Holt's

be ready from the Godown on and. 28th Jan

Wife As Ship's Cook "If we sail this year my - wite * will sign on as ship's cook

The aim of the expedition is to

for

attempt to reach the North Pole verage from Spitzbergen to the after The Cargo

2.450 miles at an airspeed of 160 whole journey, with the important to," be used to meet the normal m.p.it, or 2,700 miles at 143 mph. charge on the European side al requirements of the year. In 1937 The Castor has already in- ready mentioned, and diverging and subsequent years the majo augurated an important change in from the present route at Mom-rity of the vacancies reserved tor the working of the Empire air Bar-basa, whence they will, follow the Indian candidates will be filled in India, the London examination vices. Up to the present passengers cast coast to Durban. and malls have travelled "between efore the year is out the new being restricted to Europeans and Paris and Brindisi by train, taking scheme will be in operation almost to those Indians who have had about thirty-six hours. Including in its entirety. It provides for the their University education in this two nights. Two of the services in shortening of the journey to In country. The European vacancies rach direction each week-the out-

dia from 5 days to 24. to the Cape will be filled independently of the ward Indian services and the in- from 10% to 44 days, and to Aus- Indian vacancies, and it is pro- ward African--will now be worked tralla from about 124 days to &bable that there will be a by air between Alexandria and days.

siderable increase in the number In 1931 a few hundred thousand of European vacancies to be filled

by... submarine, Marseilles, and by train between

writes & Home Behring Ses, spend some days at correspondent.

the Pole, and then head for Elles- Marseilles and Paris. This will letters were carried on Empire at by examination (provided that a

An unusual submersible craft mere Land to establish shorten the train stage by one services in a year. This traffic has sufficient number of suitably tained from the Secretary, Services has been designed, largely by Birthe land that Peury and Macmil- night.

grown to 31 tons (representing qualified European candidates and General Department, India Hubert himself. HARRERA lan claimed to have seen actually about 350,000 letters) leaving Croy apply for appointment), and that Office, Whitehall, London, 8.W.1, don for the Empire routes each this number will exceed the nnin-

The cost of the 210-ton vessel exists. The trip should last two A foretaste of the great accelera week. At a conservative estimate ber Alled by selection without of Universities in the British tales, scientific apparatus is ready. The Owing to the pressure of Navy

or from the Appointments Boards will be about £40,000 All the months from Spitzbergen, tion in the services which is at 20 tons of air mail will leave Eng-written examination. A candidate and must be returned to the India hull will be offin steel, 74t in work in British shipyards, however, hand was provided by the Cale land weekly under the new scheme, is at liberty to enter for appoint Once with the necessary docu- overall length, 14ft in beam, with Bir Hubert is still in doubt whether donia's fight from Marseilles to Ceylon is now linked with the ment by both methods, Southampton in four hours. But Empire air routes by air by means

ments, not later than Saturday, a 21-square keel, Motive power he will be able to reach the Pole Applications to be considered for April 19, 1937. No applications re- on the surface will probably be this year, though he said he would normally, when the whole of the of a service between Colombo and selection must be made on a celved after that date can be con- Diesel-electric machinery, journey will regularly be by air 'all | Karachi.':

printed form, which may be obsidered.

and | dot give up hope until the end of under water by batteries,

next week,"

GREAT ACCELERATION

whether

All bruken, chafed, and damaged Goods

to

be left in the Godoway, where they be examined on any Tuesdays, and and Noow within the Free Storage perind *Tidays between ↑ the hours of 10,45 ANG. No Claims will be admitted after the Goode bare left the Vogel's Godown, and

All Claims against the Vessel nay all General Cargo remaining undelivered after 4th Feb, will be subject to Rent, be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 18th Feb., 1937, or they will not be recognized,

No Fire Interance will be affected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, 28th January, 1987.