Triestina
lloyd
S.S. CONTE ROSSO
expected to arrive here
Feb. 17, 1937, 9 A.M.
and Sails for
ITALY vin
Saigon, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Massowah and Port Paid.
Feb. 18, 1937, 9 A.M.
LLOYD TRIESTINO
P.O. Box 143. Tel. Addr. "Lloydiano" Telephones 39982/3. Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO., LTD, Sharusen.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger & Freight Service
Through honkiwa to dinerica via Europe and Ruropa via America. Bookings around the world. Through bookings to London.
A
OUTWARD SAILINGS "NORDMARK "......for S'hai, Dairon, Taku, Tsingtao,
Y'hama, Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka 19th Feb. m." ERMLAND)" for 8'hai. Yhama. Kobe, Osaka,
Dairen, Taku, Tsingtao...... 26th Feb. Im.. DUISBURG"...... for 8'hai.. Dairen, Taku, Tsingtao,
Kobe, Osaka, Y'hama, Nagora...3th Mar. HOMEWARD SAILINGS NEUMARK"...... for M'lles., F'dam., Hamburg......2nd Mar. m.v. 'KULMERLAND' for Genos, Antwerp, R'dam., H'burg. 13th Mar. 18. "NORDMARK "...fe Marseilles, Rotterdam, H'burg, 23rd Mar,
5.
+ Passenger Vossal Limited Passenger Accommodation.
For further particulars and passage furos, otc, apply to
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & CO., AGENTS.
12, Pedder Street, Tel. 28363.
CANTON AGENTS:"CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Kond.
S.S. "BENNEVIS"
Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and LEITH on about the 9th March.
or
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Tel.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN S.S. "BENNEVIS" 21st Feb.
For Freight and Passage apply to :---
22537
CHINA
JAPA
W
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building.
* Agents :
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
VISIT BALI AND JAVA
Special Hound Trip Fares 1st Class HONG KONG-BATAVIA- HONGKONG H$275.
HONG KONG-BALI-JAVA-HONG KONG H$450.
HONG KONG-MANILA-HONG KONG H$135.
NEXT SAILINGS--
TO BATAVIA DIRECT 5.5. TJISALAK 23rd Feb, 11 am.
Tender Queen's Pler 18,00 am. Tender Fallon Pier 10,74 6.9). TO MANILA, MAKASSAR. BALI & SOERABAIA
S.S. "TUIBADAK" 2nd March, 10 a.m.
Tander Queen's Pier 9.00
Tender Notice Pier 9,16 2,0.
TO AMOY & SHANGHAI S.S. "TJIBADAK 19th Feb. 10 AM. For further information apply:
Holland-China Trading Co.
Canton H. Nolascó da Silva, Esq., Macao JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE
York Building
MODERN
Tel. 28016.
LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong. Feb. 15. Silver prices rose 1/16 over the week-end for both deliveries, tha quotations being 20 1/8 for Ready and. Forward. Advices received reported some Indian and gene- ral buying. Sellers were rather reserved. The market was steady.
The London-New York rate was quoted at 4.89 1/4. New York-London was quoted at 4.89 11/32.
الأسد
MARKET
Stendy with very little doing. IN STERLING
A small business was reported at 1/2 29/32 for April delivery.. The market closed with sellers at 1/2 20/32 February-May and pro- bably July, buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery.
I
U.S. DOLLARS
Nothing doing. There were sel- lers at 30 3/8 February-March and 30 5/16 April-June, buyers at 30 7/16 February-April and 30 3/8 May-June.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Business was done at 103 3/5. fer .cash. There were sellers at 102 3/8, buyers at 102 16 for cash.
SHANGRAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 0/16, buyers at 1/2 19/32 for cash. U.S. Dollars, sellers at 29 11/18 for cash, buyers at 29 3/4 cash. Quiet.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Renter's Service!
QUOTATIONS
New York: February 14.
-May -May
1104 108
Last Today' High Low Close Close Change 4.89-19/39 4.89-11/32 † öff 1939 1948 12.62 1246 .06 of
21.65 closed 136 1301 1351377 9) up
109 1098
up
1938
unquoted
Feb. 13.
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-Mar Now York Rubber-Mar. Chicago Wheat Ubicago Corn Silver Official
W
Dow Jones Averages
So Industriais
20 Raila
20 Utilities
40 Bands
High Low Feb. 11. High Low Close Change 180.10 143.11 190.49 190.50 188.04 19.03 .16.off .01 off .18 off .19 off
11 Commodity index 81.87 880.88 73.87
Stocks
Adams Express.....
Allis Chalmers..... Amer, Can
60.46 40.88 59.01
17.72 28.23 35,50
108 01. 98.82 103.86
་
38.75 57.75 58.00 35.21 34.01 31
104.37 18.06
18 up
Business Dono:-1,370,000 shares.
Laut Sale Fea, 11, 13.
.Last Bule
Stocks
Feb, 11, 13.
18
|
Ta 109)
Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid .... Amer. & For. Power Amer. & For. $7 pr. 621 Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals ......... Amer. Radiator
111
551
641
281
*39
931
321
621
Amer, Rolling Mil Amer. Smelting Amer. Steel Fries. 67 Amer, Sugar.......... Amer. Tel & Tel... 183 Amer, Tobacco "B" 06} Amer. Waterworks Anaconda Copper ... Atchison, T. & B. Fe. 161 Atlantic Refining
Atlas Corpn.
26)
571
Auburn Motora...... 331
IN THE AFTERNOON The market was quiet in the Baldwin Locomotiva afternoon.
IN STERLING
No business was reported, finish- ing with sellers at 1/2 29/32 February-April and probably May. buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any de- Livery.
U.S. DOLLARS Business was done at 30 3/8 for April and May. The market clos- ed with sellers at 30 3/8 February and 30 5/16 March-June, buyers at 30 7/18 February-March and probably 30 3/8 April-June.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS The market closed with sellers at 102 5/16, buyers at 102 3/8 for cash.
631"
56%
$7 cum. pl. ........ 1137–1144 Baltimore & Oblo... 26 Barnsdall Ol Bendix Aviation .....
321
441
Bethlehem Steel ...... 914 Boeing Airplane ...... Borden Co...... 2711 Briggs MTacturing 59 Brooklyn-Manhattan
Trans
Brooklyn-Manhattan
$6 cum pf. Case, J.I.
Canadian Pacific... 181
Celanese Corpn. of
America
Cerro de Pasco
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Great Northern Rly. 482 19 Great Western Sugar 37 38 Holly Sugar Corpn. Humble On Int. Nickel
Schenley 5% pf.
Sears Roebuck
40%
431 971 371' 871t 897
13
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings
Frendant Lluerst frequent mallings and their unique stoporer privileges show yen to terval fort exactly so you choose, And Dodge Simenship lamesand Asteriosn Rail Line worldwide asces and agents are maintained to serve you ashore in whatever place you chance to be. Kakr your next trip more enjoyable, travelling “The President Line way.”
TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS ROUTE"
TO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu. San Francisco, Panama Canal and Havana. Fres. Hoover Pres. Clavoinni Pres. Coolidge Tres. Taft Prey. Hooverr Pros, Lincoln
Via Shanghai, Kobe, and Yokohama
Mar. 6th Pres, McKinley Mar. 24th Pres. Grant. Apr. 3rd Fros. Jackson Apr. 21st Pros. Jefferson May 1st Pros. MoKinley May 19th Pres. Grant
EUROPE, NEW YORK
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal Naples, Genes and Marseillan Pres. Hayes Pres. Wilson Pree, Monroe Pres. Adanys Pros. Harrison Pres. Folk
Mar. 13th
Mar. 27th
Apr 10th
Apr. 24th
May 8th
May 22nd
MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE
Next Sailings
Mar. 1st Pres. Hoover' Mar. 3rd Pres. Hayes Mar. 14th Pres. Wilson Mar. 28th Pres. McKinley Apr. 11th Prex Monroe Apr. 95th | Pres, Cleveland
MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIPIO
Feb. 26th Mar. 1st
Mar, 3rd
Mar 6th
Mar. 14th
Mar. 17th
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PADDER BUILDING-HONG KONG.
CANTON BRANCH ;-21, FRENCH CONCESSION, SHAMERN.
NORUDEUTSCHER LLOYD
BREMEN,
A
THE
HE Steamer
*ONEISENAU"
having arrived from BREMEN, HAMBURG and Ports, consignees of cargo are hereby notifed that their cargo is being landed at their risk into the godowns of The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Where delivery can bu Kowloon, obtained.
Consignees are further notified that the Steamer "GNEISENAU has taken at HAMBURU and BREMEN through cargo for HONG KONG 8.8. "HONG SIGURD", 5.8. "HELEN RITA" S.S. "KONO DAG 8.S. JALE, S.S. S.S. "EONG ALP and 8.S. from OSLO COPEN
KRISTIANSAND. goods remaining undelivered 18th Feb., 1937, will be subject to rant.
HAGEN and
All
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
Steiner "WILLANDRA" From MELBOURNE & SYDNEY
via MANILA.
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
from
informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Lid. at Kowloon, whoso a Company. the wharvas delivery may be obtained.
Optional cargo will not be here, unless notice has
landed been
given 48 hours prior to vemel's arrival, bat carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends. No Claims will be admitted after the NO FIRE INSURANCE will be Goods have left the Godowe, and all effected by us in any case whatever. Goods remaining undelivered after the
Damaged packages must be left in 20th inst. will be subject to reat, the godown for examination by the All claims
against the vessel must consignees and the Company's surve be presented to the undersigned on or yors, Messi Anderson
before Ache, at io
the 97th inst. or they will am, on the 17th Feb, 1937.
not be recognized.
Int. Tel. & Tel. In Dept Stores' Kennecott Copper Lambert Corpn. Loew's Inc.
84 883 651 65 131 14 32) 32
831 61
231 221
76# 77.
Lorillard
27 261
McIntyre Porcupine
McKesson & Robbins 48
451 Monsanto Chemical 581 081 Montgomery Ward 611 62 Murray Corpn...... 201 Nat Cash Registor 36
201
36
Nat Dairy Products 254 Nat Distillers
241
271
271
341
Nat Power & Light 143
128
171
New York Central... 441
441
Niagara Hudson P.
Corpo..
16
18
North American
314
30
Northern Pacific
601
Pacific Gas & Elec. 33}
*338
Pacific Lighting
471 47
Packard Motors
111
Paramount
291
26
Pennsylvania R.R.
494
431
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Petroleum
581
561
471
Public Service of NJ.
501
401
Pullman, Inc.
69
89
1011 100*
Pure Oil.
221
231
1731
Radio Corpn of Am.
112
11
Republic Steel
33
371
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 55+
551
301
-711
St. Joseph Lead Co. Schenley
431
Certain-Teed P'ducts 221
Chesapeake
Corpn. 781
Chesapeake & Ohio 667
Shell Union. Oil
Chrysler Corpn.
***** 134 Columbia, Gas & Ele
Socony-Vacuum
19 19 291 291
Southern Cal Edison 50
494
Columbia 6% "A" pf. 1023 1021 Commercial
Southern Pacific
after
344
341
Credit 861
Commercial, Solventa. 191
Southern Rly 5% pf. 504 Stand Branda ......... 151 Stand Gas & Elec. 12 Stand Gas & mec.
581 -151 121
Standard Ol of N.J. Sterling Products ...
53 721 714
53 721
711
Swift Technicolor Texas Gulf Sulphur Tidewater Assoc. Oll Timken-Dotroft Axie Transamerica........
201 201
411
21
281
17
20th Cent. Fox Flims
20th Cent. Fox Films
301
401 201 281 17 301
pf.
601
Un. Carbide & Car-"
451
45
bon
1751
1082
108!
131
Un. Pacific
1321
United Aircraft
248
311
31
Elec. Bond & Share
Un. Airline Trans-
De-
$5 pf.
79.
port
214
211
Elec. Bond & Share
United Corpn.
71
71
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
847
United
Corpn. $3
brother of Elec Power & Light 221 223
Cum pt.
441
447
Elec Power & Light
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.,
i
Un. Gas Tproven't
151
151
AND
$7 pf.
383
441
Un. Light & power
"A"
371
U.S. Industrial Alco-
07
94
40
hol
407
414
62
US. Rubber
573 574
***** 431
U.S. Rubber 3 Dr. 991
991
701
US. Steel
1097 108
63
Warner Bros Pict.
Westinghousa Youngstown
Elec. Sheet
334 181 16 160 158
33,
& Tube
854, 851 831 831 571* 581 1% 1%
Bid
REAR-ADMIRAL MONRO
Surveys And Harbour Service
Commonwealth & 5.
31 31 Commonwealth $6
cum. pf. Consolidated Edison Consolidated Oll Continental OI Com. Products' Curtiss Wright (C) Curtis Wright "A" Delaware & Hudson Del. Lackawanna &
Western
Distillers Corpn. Bea.
grama
Douglas Aircraft Du Pont
Electric Boat ......... Elec. Bond & Share
$6 pt.
Firestone Tire & R
rien, Asphalt.......... Gen. Cigar... Gen. Electric Gen. Foods Gen. Motors ..... Gen. Railway Signal Gillette Safety Razor Glidden"...... Gold. Dust Goodrich (BF) .............. Goodrich $5 pf. Goodyear
633
45
101
44.1
691
211
50
128
********.
q.
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242
2.
30
8*5*877°
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251
2 of
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Rear-Admiral Charles Edward Read Monro, B.N., retired, died recently at Newton Stewart, Wig- townshire, at the age of 74. Τη addition to valuable work as hydrographic surveyor in the Royal Navy he did excellent service for many years in the Board of Trade. During the War he not only carried out his work at the Board of Trade during the day, but slept at the Admiralty and acted as a Dury Omeer in the Hydrograpnie partment during the night.
The second son of the Rev. H. G. Monro, sometime rector of Strat- fieldsaye, Hants, and Sir Horace Monro, late of the Local Government Board, he was educated at Stubbington. entered the Navy in 1876, and joined the surveying branch in July, 1885. He took an active part as an as- sistant surveyor in surveys in the Mediterranean, the East Indies, the Pacifs, and the West Indies bo- tween the years 1885 and 1900. when he was appointed to cam- mand HMS. Dart and in charge of the survey of the Queensland coust. He was promoted to com- mander in June, 1901, and his next seagoing appointment was in com. mand of the Rambler in China, where he remained for three years engaged on surveys in British North Borneo and on the China coast. and in 1907 he took command of the Mutine on the West Coast of Africa. Having been promoted to captain. In December, 1907, he was
H. E, JOSEPH & CO. appointed assistant hydrographer two years later, and after a brief
Hong Kong, Feb. 15. spell in command of the Hearty in
Messrs." H. B. Joseph & Co. re- the North Bea was appointed Pro-ceived the following quotations fessional Officer to the Harbour from Singapore in Straits Cur- in 1910, when he retired from Department of the Board of Trade rency for Raw Rubber
active service in the Navy. was promoted to rear-admiral, re- tired, in January, 1919. Admiral Monro was a very able and clever hydrographic surveyor, and pos sessed an endearing personality, which was reflected in the hap piness and contentment of the Here he acted as adviser on fore- ships which he commanded.
40
842
414
SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER
Spot He
March April-June: Ne July-Sept. Market:-Quiet.
Buyer
301 Up 1 301 Up ↑ 37 Up 37 Up 2
International 31 311
Vanadium
Chase National · Bk. National City Bank
Call Money
1 ex. div.
Chees must have a Revenue i
In attendance when damaged goods are examined by the Company's surveyors.
No claim will be admitted after the goods have left the godown and_all claims must be presented within Two Weeks of the ship's arrival hore, after which date they will not be recognised. Consignees are requested to sur- render their Bill of Lading to the undersigned for countersignature.
MELCHERS & CO., Agents: NORDDEUTECHIE LLOYD, BREMEN, Hong Kong, 10th Feb., 1937.
OHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
NONSIGNEES per Co.'s Vessel
"DEUCALION"
FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE,
are boroby notified that their CargO
be discharged Inte Bolt
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 18th inst. at 10 am, by our surveyors, Mears. Goddard & Douglas.
In the case of dutiable cargo, con- signees are requested to inform the Imports & Exports Office that they have such goods for examination.
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned
by.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
*** Agents Hong Kong, 15th Feb., 1987. [8084
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES..
DE M.V..
THE
KULMERLAND
having arrived, from Hamburg and Ports of call, Consignees of Uargo are hereby notified that their Goods are being saded and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon, where
Wharf, Kowloom, where it wil he at obtained sa sook a dalt landed.
Consignsea risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage, at Holt'e Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 13th Feb,
Optional Cargo will not be landed here aulers Notice has been given por to Steamer's arrival, but carried on frum port to port to the final port of call to
St. Dunstan's By The which the option extends
Sea
NEW £115,000 BUILDING
Work on the new home, near Rottingdean, Brighton, for British. blinded soldiers, ballors, and air- men, under the care of St. Dun- stan's, will be started as soon as possible, and it is hoped to have the building completed in the spring of 1938.
Optional Largo will not be landed
bere, unless otice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried off from port to port to final
mal port of
call to which the option extends.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Uveds
20th Feb., undelivered after the Fetumia will be abject to
Bent.
All broken, thafed and damaged Goods All broken, chafed, and damaged are to be left in the Godowns, where Goods are to be left in the Godowns,
they will be examined on any Tuesdays
where they will be examined
And Fridays between the hour of Fob For More Goddard &
To
on 19th 1957, at 10
am by our 10.45 m. and our within the Free
Douglas Storage period,
Claims will be admitted
after the Warehouse Begulations, consignees must comply with the General Bonded Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, havo Revenue Officer in attendance and all Goods remaining undelivered when damaged dutiable goods are after the 20th Feb, will subject examined, to Boat,
All claims must reach us before the 18th Mar, 1997, or they will not be recognized.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on pr before the 6th March, or they swill not be recognised.
No Firs Insurance will be affected
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE'-.
Agonta.
The cost, when completely furn- ished and equipped, will be about 18th Feb., 1867; £115,000. An offset to this will
No Insurance will be effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JEBSEN & CO.,
Agents.
(5040 Hong Kong, 18th Feb., 1987,
[BORD
cne room he will know the way about the others."
be the money, received from the shores, navigation, pilotage, lights, sale of the old site and home... The Harbour Department of the &, until he was retired for age. There will be 130 beds, and the representative. "It has been spec- Board of Trade, which Monro in December, 1927. On rethement building will be the most modern talls designed so that there are no Joined on retirng from active ser- he consented to act as the Board that has ever been devised for corridors, steps, vice in the Navy, was afterwards of Trade representative on the blind people or for disabled corners. All the dormitories are enable the men to go to Brighton merged in the Mercantile Marine Forth Conservancy Board until a soldiers," Bir Ian Fraser, Chairman on the same plan, so that once a for a period of 3 to 4 weeks when Department of the Board of Trade. week or two before his death. of St. Dunstan's, stated to a Press man has learned the way about run down.
OT awkward The aim of St. Dunstan's is to
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