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Priestina

Lloyd

NEXT BAILINGS

To Shanghai "Victoria" 17th Mar. To Italy Conta Verde"

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SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS

Validity "100 daya'at greatly reduced cost allowing of 2 months stay in Europe. Special concessions to 1st and 2nd-Glas travellera to London:

Fares to Venice, Trieste, Genoa and Keturn...£132, £88, £58 Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates

To BOMBAY

COLOMBO

.. SINGAPORE...

SHANGHAI

£44

£41

Ar

£18 £12

£25

£21

£22

£19

£13

£11

£9

£6

ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all the Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantio Confer ence Lines.

ITALIA & COSULICH LINES Agents for the sale of through and independent tickets to North, Central and South American ports via Italy:

THROUGH

TICKETS

TO LONDON — 23 days - Special

Imollities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.

T

INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditions,

LLOYD TRIESTINO P.O. Box 143. Tol. Addr. "Lloydiano" →→ Telephonea 39999/3, Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO, LTD., Shameen.

BURNS PHILP LINE

M.V. "NEPTUNA

Due 16th March at 11 A.M.

"

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

THE EXCHANGE MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA BROS.

Hour Kong, Mar 15, Ready Silver was unchanged over the week-end but the For- ward rate dropped 1/16, the quotations being 20 11/16 and 20 5/8 respectively. Silver advices reported India as having bought. China and Speculators sold. The market closed steady, "--

The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 488.58. New York-London was quoted at 438,- 17/32

Steady.

MARKET

STERLING

There were sellers, at 1/2 28/32 March-September, buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery. No trang- actions were reported.

U.S. DOLLARS Sellers at 30 3/8 March and 30 5/16 April-July, buyers at 30 7/16 March-May and 30 3/8 June-July:

SHANGHAI DOLLARS Business was done at 101 15/16 for cash. There were acllera at 101 7/8, buyers at 101 15/16 for eash.

SHANGHAI MARKET Steady. There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 5/8, buyers at 1/2 21/32 for cash. U.S. Dollars, sel- lers at 20 3/4, buyers at 29 13/16 for cash.

IN THE AFTERNOON The market was quiet in the afternoon.

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Now York: March 14.

(Through Benter's Service)

› QUOTATIONS

New York/London Crosa-rata New York Cotton-May New York Bubber-May Chicago Whoat -May Chicago Corn Silver Official

-May

Dow Jones Averagos

So Industriais

20 Raile

20 Utilities - 40 Bonds

11 Commodity Index 81.57

Stocka Adams Expres

Last Sale

661

Last Today's High Low Close Close Change

480-17/39 4.88-17/09 unchanged 13.06 19.82 73.87 15,94,07 up 23.70 23.58 $3.51 93.69 .10 up 135 133) 1357 1248 1 of 108 107 107 106

40

unquoted

1936 High Low Mar. 17. 185.20 145.11 191.24 63.98 40.00 89.97 37.79 £9.23" 33.00 10601

Mar. 13. High Low Close 193 82-188,85–190,59 82.84 61.04 89.05

98.92 103.10 35.58 77.55

Change .66 off .92 of

· 33,06 32.70 32.88 .19 of 109.10 .09 off 77.66 .10 up

1.

Business Done:-1,130,000 shares. ·

Mar. 12 13

Stocks

211 21#

Allis Chalmers....... Amer. Can Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid 3211 Amer. & For. Power

121 Amer. & For. $7 pf.

59

Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals

70 68. 1111

1113

Last Bale Mar. 12 13 Great Northern ‹Rly.

531 Great Western Bugar 354 Holly Sugar Corpn.

53

351*

Humble Of

24 831*

1

312 12

Int. Nickel ....

714

711

Int. Tel. & Tel. .......

131

141

59

Int. Dept Stores

347

341

542

542

Kennecott Copper 681

661

651

Lambert Corp. ...... 213

211

Amer. Radiator ..... 261 Amer, Rolling Mil 4311 Amer. Smelting ... 103 Amer. Steel Farles. 65 amer. Sugar stess 40+ Amer. Tel & Tel... 17341 Amer, Tobacco "8" 83 Amer. Waterworks ...

241 Anaconda Copper... 671 Atchison, T. & S. F. 84 Atlantic Redning · · Atlas Corpa. ..................... Auburn Motors"...... 301 Baldwin Locomotive

261

Loew's Inc.

421

Lorillard

240+

78 181 243

1021

McIntyre Porcupine.

643

McKesson & Robbins 46

461

491 1741 84

Monsanto Chemical 92

93

Montgomery Wärd 673

671

Murray Corpn.

174

171

241

Nat Cash Registor .. 37å

371

6T

Nat Dairy Products 247

251

84

Nat Distillers *********

321

32

351

354

Nat Power & Light 113

117

181

181

New York Central .... 521.

-517

30 *

Niagara Hudson P.

.

Carpa.

15

15

| #7 cum. pl.

Baltimore & Ohio... 38 Barnsdali on Bendix Aviation

1143

114

North American

2711 28...

36*

Northern Pacinc

344

341

32+

324

Padic Gas & Bec. 334

331

Bethlehem Steel

102)

1011

Boeing Airplane

451

Borden Co.

Brooklyn-Manhattan

Trans.....

Brooklyn Manhattan

Briggs Mfacturing 501 50+

43

451 27} 271

421

Pacific Lighting +451 Packard Motors ...... 111 Faramount

251 25 -Pennsylvania R.R. 48 481

Phelps Dodge ....... Phillips Petroleum. 581 57 Public Service of N.J. 434 43+ Pullman Inc.

45

#341

111

+

$8 cum, pf. Case, J.I.

081 96 *

"Pure Ol

22

211

1591

158

Radio Corpn of Am. 121

117

BY AIR

Canadian Pacifë 18 Celanese Corpn. of

America Cerro de Pasco ...... 811 813 CertainTeed P'ducts 201

16

342

341

St. Joseph Lead Co.

128

Commercial Credit 60

60+

* 49 Schenley 51% pf. 08 841

Sears Roebuck....... 94 Chesapeake & Ohio 65 841 Shell Union 011 Chrysler Corpn..... 129)

Socony-Vacuum .. 191 Columbia Gas & El. 16 - 181 Southern Cal Edison 28 Columbia 6% "A" pf. 100* 1004* Southern Pacine.... 83+ 621 Southern Rly 5% pt. 394. 39+ Commercial Solvents 183 181 Stand Brands ....... 131 Commonwealth & 8. 3 3. Stand Gas & Elec. 12) Commonwealth

Republic Steel ......... 451. Reynolds Tobac. "B" $1

Schenley

451

517

49

973*

941

321

331

10

271

151

12

Stand Gas & Elec.

601*

.681

IN STERLING No business was reported, finish- ing with sellers at 1/2 29/32 March-September, buyers at 1/2 15/18 for any delivery.

U.S. DOLLARS

Sellers at 3/8 March-April and 30 5/16 May-July. buyers' at 30 7/18 March-May and.30 3/8 June- July.

442

68

བྲཱཎྜཱཐཱ, ཙཀྑལ༹ྷནྣཙྩཝཛོདྡྷིཙྪཀྐཀཾ, ཿཨྰཿཨྰཿཐྭཨྰཿགཊྛསླུ ཏྠ saeམྦསྶུ e de བྷུཀྑུ, aཚོ8#ཧྲྰི

Standard Oil of N.J. 734 731 Sterling Products 681* 873

314

DOLLAR G7NSHIP

13

LINES

AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings

Presbiens Llaars” frequens smilings and thaly unique stopover privilajiem silow you to travel just exactly Myou chooit. And Dollar Sinamaħip Lins and American Mill Line worldwide some and agents are maintained to agree yon nahore in whatever place you obance to be. Make your seal trip more mjoyable, traveling "The Presideni Liow why?

TO SAN FRANCISCO -- NEW YORK AND BOSTON ·

Via Shangbal, Kobe, Yokobama. Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama Canal and BavADE. From Cleveland `8 am. Mar. 28th Prom. Taft 8am. Apr. 1st Prea. Hoover Nood May at Pres. Lincoln 8am. May 19th Pros. Coolidge Noon May 20th Pres. Wilson 8 p.m. June 16th

EUROPE, NEW YORK

TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS ROUTE'

Via Shanghai, Kobe and

Yokohama

Pres. Grant M'night Mar. 26th Pres. Jackson M'night Apr 9th Pres. Jefferson M'aight Apr. 23rd Pres. McKinley M'night May 7th Pres. Grant M'night May glit Pres. Jackson M'night June 4th

"MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Buss Canal. Naples, Genos and Marssilles.

Next Sailings Pres. Monroe 8am. Mar. 17th Pres. Monroe 8 a.m. Mar. 17th Pres. Adams 8 a.m. Mar. 31a Pres. Cleveland 8.p.m. Mar. 17th Prea, Harrison 8 a.m. Apr. 11th Pres. Grant 6p.m. Mar. 20th Prea. Polk Sam. Apr. 15th Pres. Adenis 8 m. Mar. Sist Pres. Fierve 8am May 0th Pres. Jackson Bp.m. Apr. 3rd Pres. Van Buren 8 a.m. May 23rd | Phys. Barrison 8 a.m. Apr. 14th

MOST FREQUENT BERTICE ON THE PACIFIC

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP.LINES * AMERICAN ⚫ MAIL LINE *

PADDER · BUILDING-HONG KONG,

CANTON, BRANCH —91, VERNON CONCESSION, SHAMEEN.

214

223

441 Swift International 311

Technicolor ........... 23. 221 Texas Gulf Sulpbyr gał 391 Tidewater Assoc0. Oll- 201 201 Timken-Detroit Axle 254 Transamerica ******* 164

282

CHINA

131

20th Cent, Fax Films 301

161 404

** 271

20th Cent. Fox Films

pl.

Un. Carbide & Car-

bon

484

50

1072 108+

Un. Paciicile 1441 1441

JAPA

United Aircraft .....

33

$5 pl............ 751* Elec. Bond & Share

$6 pr.

75

Un. Airline TTANK-

port

214.

321

21

United Corpn.

61

Elec Power & Light 237 Elec Power & Light

$7 pf.

234

82 ⚫ 811 United Corpn. .$3

Cum Dr.

421

427-

Un. Cas 'provem't' 144

14.

*****391

Un. Light & power

"A"..

474 47"

U.S. Industrial Alco-

hol

87

81

591

US. Rubber.

394 67

381

66

423

421 US. Rubber $8 pt. 110) 1094 124 1221

Vanadium

37% 371

Gillette Safety Razor 271 Glidden

27

Youngstown

Warner Bros Pict, ..... 154 -| 151- Westinghouse Elec. 150 1473

Sheet

482 47*

401 48

& Tube Goodrich (BF.) ***** 491 481 Chase National Bk. · 593′′ Goodrich $5 pl. B61" 861

National City Bank 581" Goodyear,

i ez div.

Call-Money

981 961

591* 561* .1% 1%

* Bid

VISIT BALI AND JAVA

Special Bound Trip Fares 1st Class Hong Kong

Batavia- H$275.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong-Ball-Java-Hong Kong

H$450;

THANSPORTATION ONLY

H$950.

INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE & TOURS AXHORI

Hong Kong Mabila Hong Kong H$135,

NEXT SAILINGS—

TO BATAVIA' DIRECT 5.9. TJISARDEA 23rd Mar, 11 am

Tonder Queen's Fier 10.00 in. Tender J'ulko 'Pier 10,35 m

TO MANILA, MAKASSAR. BALI & SOERARAIA

S.S. TJINECARA' 30th Mar, 10 am.

Tender Queen's Fier 0,00a.m. Tender Police Pler .15 ...

TO AMOY & SHANGHAI m.s. "TJINECARA" 19th Mar.

at ni For further information apply:

Holland-China Trading Co..

Canton H. Nolasco da Silva, Esq., Macuo JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE

· York Building. ⠀

Tel. 23015.

PASSENGER & Freight service to AUSTRALIA

Sailing Saturday, 20th March at Midnight

for Saigon, Manila, Saudakan, Salamana, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne.

First Class Fare to Sydney:

Slagle £47.10.03/ Return: £76.-0-0

Passenger & Freight Agents

·GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 28031.

P., & O. Building.

Joint Passenger Agents-

Nippon Yusen Kalsha

King's Building.

S.S. "BENDORAN"

Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH on or about the 9th April. *-

Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill

of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.

Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN

S.S. “BENGLOE"

Tel: 22533

5th April.

For Freight and Passage apply to :----

W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,

York Building.

Agents:

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

SPECIAL CHARTER

FLIGHTS IN INDIA

FREIGHT

TRANSPORT

Growing Use Of The Chesapeake Corpn. 85

Flying Routes

BY THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY

During a recent period of twelve months nearly 2,000,000 lb. of freight were carried in the air- liners of Imperial Airways.

cum. pl. Consolidated Edison 401 401 Consolidated Oil 171 171 Continental Oil Figures show that an ever-grow-

Corn. Products ing use of air dispatch is being

Curtiss Wright (C.) 72 made by the wireless industry.

Curtiss Wright "A" 221 Instead of needing to be packed Delaware & Hudson 223 specially to protect them from Del. Lackawanna & damage, as would be the case if Western ............. 130 they were consigned by surface Distillers Corpa Sea. transport; wireless valves travel STAMS

safely

by air in ordinary card-Douglas Aircraft -65+ board containers. In addition to

Du Pont

large consignments of valves be- Electric Boat

171 170

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tween London and Parls, and other Elec. Bond & Share 234 cities on the Continent; dispatches. Elec. Bond & Share are now frequent from England to destinations along the Empire routes.

JAPAN AS CANDY EXPORTER

Record Amount Eaten Last Year

The "sweet tooth" of the inhabi- tants of British India, Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and the South Seas Islands has munched a record amount of Japanese- made candy last year,

Exports of candy, chocolate and other sweets to these countries were valued at Y.2,000,000 in 1935; Y.2,500,000 last year, and will reach Y4,000,000 this year,' they added,

Until 1933, Great Britain and the Netherlands maintained an unbroken monopoly in the region.

Their combined present exports, to the countries of &. Asia amount to y.10,000,000 annually.

FRENCH DEFENCE

LOAN

Firestone Tire & R 42

Flintkote

Den, Asphalt

Gen, Electric

53

Ger. Foods ............ 684 65 U.S. Steel Gen, Motora Gen. Rallway, Signal

Gold Dust

Philippines Gold Production

valued at $45,000,000 by 1945, ac- cording to Mr. J. H. Marmari, head of 27 Philippine mining

MODERN

LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE

MAERSK LINE

Fast regular FREIGHT and -PASSENGER SERVICE

Shanghai, and Japan

to

LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON,

PHILADELPHIA

If suffcient inducement offers also other ports of call.

MORE.

Arrivals from USA. 7

"M.V. “ ANNA' MAERSK”

28th Mar. M.V. "TASMANIA

Bailings to USA.

27th Mar 13th April

27th April

2nd April 22. M.Y. "GERTRUDE MAKROK”

(All dates are subject to alteration without notice) EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS.

AT MODERATE RATES.

For Freight and Passage plesso, xp

apply

Work At The Dum-Dum

Air-Station, Calcutta

Improvements are proceeding The chartering of special air-rapidly, according to the latest oraft for urgent fights is consider reports, at the Dum-Dum air-port,

Philippine gold production dur¡ Interest in the expanding mine, ably on the increase in India Calcutta. Already, in the provisioni Detalls have just reached London of new night-lighting equipment,

ing 1937 will exceed $25,000,000 | activities in the Philippines, Mr. of recent nights in India and ad- two flood-lights, a beacon light,

and reach an annual output Marsman asserted. He comment- ed on the favourable outlook for Jacent territories. Among these together with boundary and ob-

charome ore, predicting that cut- are a number of survey fights car-struction lights, have been install- ried out in India and Burma by ed; also an illuminated wind-

put would increase in view of the geologists. Among the medical speed indicator.

The whole of the French de-enterprises, who was attending general industrial activity in the

Canton, Shamsent,” B,C, The landing-fence loan, at present being raised, meeting of the American Institute alted States. Extensive explora uses of special-charter aircraft ground is being enlarged to give which will total approximately of Mining and Metallurgical Engi-tion for petroleum is being con- was the rushing of a supply of

a run of 1,000 yards. A special $5,000,000 francs, will be spent neers at Washington.

ducted in the Philippines at pre- oxygen from Calcutta for a planter runway, roughly 700 yards in

sent, Mr. Maraman reported, and who was lying critically in at length, has been put down for Edouard. Daladler, Minister

before next December, gald M. Mr. Marsman advocated a 20- the outlook was said to be 'en- point 600 miles away. Tourists use when the ground is soft owing War, broadcasting today.

of year to 25-year extension of tree couraging. and sightseers charter › speclai

trade relations between the United The previous estimate of gold planes to view the Himalayas from the air; while special charter flights are also made to carry out

to rains.

surveys prior to shooting expedi-day which would have occupied tions. In one air-taxi trip, recent three or four weeks by surface tra- ly, a journey was 'completed in a vel

Paris, March 14.

JEBSEN & 00.

Agents,

Hong Kong, Pedder Building.

Tel. 28363.

Tel. 10918.-

opening of the air-port as a part SINGAPORE'S NEW

of the Coronation celebrations. AIR-PORT 2:

What people In Singapore are looking forward to particularly is Keen publie interest is being a visit to the garden-care which has been, slashed because of delay taken in Singapore in the creation is to be provided on the spacious in deliveries of mining equipment of the city's new air-port. Every roof of the terminal buildings, and during the maritime strike, Mr. effort is now being made to have which will, it is anticipated soon Maraman said,

everything ready for the official become a popular rendezvous.

He said that 20 per cent. of the States and the Philippines in br-production to the Philippines for loan would be spent on air equip-der to enable the Philippifies to 1937, which was set at $30,000,000, ment, 28 per cent. for the Navy make adjustments to new condi and the remaining 46 per cent, on tions following independence. the land forces of the country. Great Britain, Japan and the Beuter

United States are showing active