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BURNS PHILP LINE M.V. NEPTUNA

*

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA

Sailing Sunday, 21st March at 5 P.M.

for Saigon, Manita, Sandakan, Salamaua, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne,

First Class Fare to Sydney:

Single: £47.10.08.

Passenger & Freight Agents

Return: £76.-0.0.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 29031...

P. & O. Building.

Joint Passenger Agents-

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

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

For Fright and Pasauge apply to:-

5th April.

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

TAKE

York Building. Agenta:

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

DEPS

L.", 791.

for COUGHS, COLDS, INFLUENZA,

SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS etc.

Chemists and medicina desleri avaeywhere sell Pape

PROGRESS

"

Better Times are Ahead Are you ready to reap the benefit ?

報

Unly by consistently advertising your goods can you hope to reap the bauft that better busines conditions will certainly bring you. And what better medium than the

SOUTH CHINA DAILY NEWS

(NAM WAH YAT PO).

Whose daily circulation of 18,000 reaches modern and progressive Chinese in both Hong Kong and South China.

A great favourite with young and modern Chins on account of the excellence of its sporting news and authoritativo political articles, the Bouth China Daily News is too, valuable a medium to be left out of you appropriation.

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For Rates Apply To The Advg. Manager South China Daily News (Nam Wah Yat Po)

49-51, HOLLYWOOD BOAD, HONG KONG.

CABLES “SWEFONIG "?

Tel: 25612 & 28284.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1937.

THE EXCHANGE

MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA BROS.

Hong Kong. Mar 16, Silver prices' were higher yester- day to the extent of 1/18 far Ready and 1/8 for Forward, the quotations being 30 3/4 for both deliveries. Silver advices reported that offerings were small. India and speculators bought The market closed steady. After the official fixing there were some "speculative" buying at 1/16 over the quoted rates. Sellers were rather reserved. American Blver. was quoted at 45 3/8 for Spot.

The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 4.88.60, New York-London was quoted at 4.88 | 21.32,

MARKET

Dull but steady.

STERLING There were sellers at 1/2 29/32 March-September, buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery.

U.S. DOLLARS Nothing doing... There were ael- lers at 30 3/8 March-April and 30 5/16 May-July, buyers at 30 7/18 March-May and 30 3/8 June-July.

SHANGHAI DOLLARS

A small business was done at 101 15/16 for cash. There were sellers at 101 7/8. buyers at 101 15/16 for cash,

SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling' at 1/2 5/8, buyers at 1/2 21/32 for Spot. US. Dollars, sellers at 29 13/16, buyers at 29 7/8 for Spot.

IN THE AFTERNOON The market was dull in the afternoon and no business was re- ported, finishing with sellers at 1/2 29/32 March-September, buy- ers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery.

U.S. DOLLARS

|

Sellera at 30 3/8 March-Apr!! and 30 5/16 May-July. buyers "at 30 7/16 March-May and 30 3/8 | June-July.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

(Through Renter's Service!

QUOTATIONS

New York: March 16,

New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-May New York Rubber-May Chicago. Wheat -May Chicago Corn -May Silvor-Official

Dow Jones Averagos

30 Industrials

1

20 Rails

20 Utilities 40 Bonds

Last Today' High Low Close Close

Change

4.80-17/32 4.58-21/32 ↑ up 14.97 14.10 13.94 1435 .31 ap 93.63 23.63 23.82 93.55

.07 of 138) 138) 1344 1361 il up 109) 109 108 109 it up 45 40g up

1930 High Low Mar. 13. 193,59 85,61 190.58 63.72 27.31 69.05 37.72 18.4 32.88 106.01 84.86 103.10 41.98 77.68

Mar. 18. High Low Close 10H 188.59 189.41 63.52 61.43 62.03 33.13 32.58 32.66

102.68

1879 1.08

.03 of .22 of

11 Commodity Index 81.87

Last Sale Mar. 13 15

211

******* 68

1114

1091

312-321

12

59 544 651 261

241

67"

175

Stocks Adams Express Allis Chalmers ................... Amer, Can Am. Car & Foundry Amer. Cyanamid 2... Amer. & For, Power Amer. & For. $7 pt. Amer. Locomotive Amer. Metals ........" Amer. Radiator dhe

427 Amer. Rolling Mil. Amer. Smelting

1024 102 Amer. Steel Fdries.. 64. 65 Amer. Sugar

401 482 Amer. Tel & Tel... 1744 Amer, Tobacco "B" 84 Amer. Waterworks Anaconda Copper Atchison. T. & 8. Fe. 84 Atlantic Refining

354 34 Atlas Corpa. Auburn Motors ...... Baldwin Locomotive

$7 cum pf.

....... 134 • Baltimore & Ohio... 361 Barnsdall Ol Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel 1011 Boeing Airplane Borden Co. Briggs M'facturing 501 Brooklyn-Manhattan

Brooklyn-Manhattan

$8 cum, pf. Came, J.I. Canadian Pacific

Trans

H. K. SHAREBROKERS | Celanese Corpn. of

ASSOCIATION

BUYERS

Bank of E. Asia, 385.

Underwriters, $1. Unions, $625.

H.K. Fires, $205. Douglases. $354. Wharves XD, $112. Providents (Old), 52.15. Provident (New), 20 cts. HK. Docks, $30,

Hotels CD. $8.85.

Star Ferries. $88.

Y. Ferries, $251.

China Lights (Old), $14.35, Electrics. $58.

Telephones (Old), $30. Telephones (New), $12.20. Cements. $13.65.

Dairy Farms .CD.. $261. Entertainments. $41. Nanyang Tobaccos, 37. Watsons, $5.10.

. SELLERS Providents (Old), $2.20. China Lights (Old); $14. Cements, $13.00.

SALES

Providents (Old). $2.20/4. H.K. Docks. $30/4. Lands.- $35/36. Trams, $14.70/1. China Lights (Old), $14.35. Electrics. 3581/59. **

Telephones (Old). $30.15.. Telephones (New); $12},

Cements, $13.85.

Ropes, $4.60/75.

Watsons, $5.10/20

H.K. FIRE INSURANCË COMPANY

The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Hong Kong Fire Insurance Company Ltd., wil be held in the offices of the Com- pany, Pedder Street. at noon on Tuesday, 25th. inst,

Shareholders have already been supplied with copies of the report which shows that the surplus of $704,688.53 is recommended to be appropriated as follows:-

To pay a Dividend of

$12 per share........ $480,000.00

To add to Investment

America

S 181 30 ⚫

324

454

271

Chesapeake & Ohio 641

Business Done:-1,770,000 shares.

Change

1 17 GE .0% of

Lust dule Mar. 13.15

Stocks Great Northern Rly. 53 Great Western Sugar 35

Holly Sugar Corpn. Humble Ou int. Nickel

Int. Tel. & Tel.

521 35

831 83

711 711 141 137

int. Dept Stores 34) 341* Kennecott Copper 661 651 Lambert Corpa....... 211 21. Loew's Inc.

781 771 Lorillard

247 241 McIntyre Porcupine

461 McKesson & Robbins .481 MonsantoTMTMTM Chemical 93

671 Montgomery Ward..

177 Murray Corpn........ Nat Cash Registor .. 374 Nat Dairy Products 25) Nat Distillera

321 331 Nat Power & Light 117 New York Central .... 517 Niagara Hudson P.

Corpn.

118

North American

351

Northern Paclás

÷ 55 3 ± Ç ‡ ÷ ã gפ‡×¤×‡¤× gä I** * *** **ä§Ã¤¶~ **=*** ̃ ̃ 8 *GE:* : ** ** T**es a test

Chrysler Corp. 128 Columbla Gas & E. 163 Columbia 8% "A" pí. 100%* 100 *

Commercial Credit: 604 Commercial Solvents 187 Commonwealth & 8. 3 Commonwealth $6

cum. Di......

211

Pacific Lighting

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President Liners' frequmsi satlings and their unique stopover' privileges allow you to travel just natly sú you choose, Aud. Dollar Steamship Lines and American, Máti June worldwide offices and agsnis are mosizisined to serva you ashore in whatever phos you Kohance to be. Make your next trip more enjoyable, travelling "The President Line way."

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TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA **THE EXPRESS ROUTE””-

Via Shanghai, Kobe and

Yokohama

Via Shanghai, Kabe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisec, Panama Canal and Havana. Pres. Cleveland M'aight Mar. 24th Pres. Grant M'night Mar. 26th Pres. Coolidge

Apr. 18th Prea, Jackson M'night Apr. 9th Pree. Taft 8am. Apr. 2181 Pres. Jefferson M'night Apr. 23rd Noon May 1st Pres. MoKinley M'night May 7th 8am. May 19th Pres. Grant M'night May 21st Noon June 3rd Pros, Jackson M'night June 4th

Pres. Hoover Pres. Lincoln Pres. Coelidze

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EUROPE, NEW YORK

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT

SERVICE

Next Sailinga

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Buer Canal; Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. Pres. Adamis 8am. Mar. 31st Pres. Cloveland #p.m. Mar. 17th Pres, Harrison 8am. Apr. 11th | Pros, Grant 6 p.m. Mar. 20th Pres. Polk 8am. Apr. 18th | Pros. ådsms 8am. Mar. Rist Pres. Pierce 8. May 8th Pres. Jackson 6 p.m. Apr. 3rd Pres. Van Buren 8 a.m. May 23rd Pres. Harrison 8 a.m.

Apr. 11th Pres. Garfield. 8 am, June 8th Pros. Coolidge 9 p...

Apr. 11th

MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIrto

93

661

..

171

37

242

11

511

15 15.

28 274

341

331

321

451

451

Pacific Gas & Hec. 331

Packard Motors ...... 111 11 Paramount Pennsylvania: RR.

Phillipa Petroleum .. 57

Public Service of N.J. 43

Phelps Dodge

Bocony-Vacuum

25

241

481.

473

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES *AMERICAN MAIL LINE*

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CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

BURNS - PHILP LINE,

FROM MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, SALAMAUA, RABAUL, SAND- AKAN AND MANILA.

114THE M.V.,

92⠀⠀ DE¤‡Œ#EZ ¤&XE78⠀⠀ #6880=X¤ ¤¤ ⠀⠀©• #¤×⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀II⠀⠀ • I** ** ** **ne TREA

"NEPTUNA." " YONSIGNEES of Cargo are beraby

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD. ·

AND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

YONSIGNEES por Co's Vessel

"STENTOR"

FROM NEW YORK VIA MANILA are hereby notified that their Cargo.. will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where will be at Consignees' risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Whart. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 16th March.

Optional Cargo will not be landed here anless Notice has been given prior to Steamer's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends,

ars to be left in the Godowns, where All broken, chafed and damaged Goods they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of Storage period. 10.45 AMA and Noow within the Free

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 22nd March, will be abject

lo Rent

Conformed that all Goods are being 484 landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the 98 Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and

Godown Co.,

Ltd whence

and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained. No Chime will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining and

andelivered, after the Mar

1937, will be subject to Bent All Claims against the Steamer must ba presented to the Undersigned on or before the 6th April, 1837, or they will not be recognized.

To comply with the tieneral Bonded Warehouse Regulations, consignees mast have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined.

All broken, abated and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 2nd Mar, 1837, at 10 AM by Masers. Goddard and Douglas.

All Claims against the Steamer must No Fire Insuranos has been affected.

be presented to the Undersigned on or Bill of Lading will be countersigned before the 6th April, or they will by

not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Lan,

BUTTARFIELD & SWIRE Agents.

Agents. Hong Kong, 18th Mar, 1987 16128 16th March, 1827,"

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

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

CONSIGNEES.per Co.'s Vessel

"MEMNON" FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE

431

43

Pullman Inc.

96 -

86 *

Pure Onl

217

211

158. 156

16

Radio Corpn of. Am. 11 Republic Steel....... Reynolds Tobac. "B" 517

45%

43)

52

341

33 +

Cerro de Pasco

814

Certain-Teed P'ducts 192 194 Chesapeake Corpn. 841

St. Joseph Lead Co. Schenley Schenley 51% pt. Sears. Roebuck Shell Union Ou

·

.....

49

971*

942 93

'331

337

127"

10

181

181-

Squthern Cal Edison 274

271

Southern Pacific

621

617

Bouthern Rly 5% p. 391 K Stand Brande

151 Stand Gas & Elec. 12 Stand Gas & Elec.

23rd

381

·15)

121

601TM

$7 pi.......

68&

88

Consolidated Edison 401

Consolidated. Oil.... 171

445

431

687

401 Standard Oil of N.J. 737.

Sterling. Products ... 672 Swift International Technicolor Texas Gulf sulphur 394 Tidewater Assoc. Oll

207 20+ Timken-Detroit Azle Transamerica

73

65

314 31

•

221 231

391

201 281

184 181

20th Cent. Fox Films 404.

391

20th Cent. Fox Films,

pf.

50

49

Un. Carbide & Car-

170 1701

bon

10811081

Un. Pactic

144

144

United Aircraft.

327

33+

Un. Airline Trans-

port

21

21

United Corpn..

#t

United Corpn. $3

cum pt.

421

424

Un. Gas Tprovem't 147

141

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THE Steamer

Un. Light & power

· 411

"A"

U.S. Industrial. Alco-

81

21

hol

39

39

US., Rubber

66

85

US. Rubber # pf. 109

108

US. Steel

do 1221 121

371

360

Warner Bros Pict ... 154

15

Westinghouse Elec. 1471

146

Continental Oil Corn. Products Curtiss Wright (C) 71 Curtiss Wright “A” Delaware & Hudson 224 Del. Lackawanna &

Western Distillers Corpa Sea.

grams Douglas Aircraft

Du Pont

Electric Boat

131 130

Elec. Bond & Share 237 Elec. Bond & Share

$5 pt.

Elec. Bond & Share

$8 pt......

75 *

Elec Power & Light 231 Elec Power & Light

"$7 pt.

301

Firestone Tire & R 414

Flintkote.

Gen. Asphalt.......... Gen. Cigar Gen. Electric

Gen. Foods

Gen. Motors.......

**** D *888* ** ** * 853

53

Gen. Railway Signa! Gillette Bafety Razor 271 Glidden

Gold Dust

Goodrich, (BJ) Goodrich $5 pi....... 567 Goodyear

Vanadium

Youngstown Sheer

& Tube 96

Chase National Ek 58.

National City Bank 501.

552.

451

Call Monty demons

1%

1 ex. div.

Bid

U.S.S.R. To Produce Crude Copper

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN,

to rent.

effooted

"NECKAR"

AND

are hereby notified that their Cargo

will bu du charged into Holfa Wharf, Kowloon, where it will be at Consignees risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on aud after 15th Mar.

Optional Cargo will not be landed hare, unless Notice has been given prior

Arrival,

bat carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends,

baving arrived from BREMEN, HAMBURG and Porta, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their cargo is being landed at their risk into the Godowns of The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godowi Co., Ltd., Kowloon, where delivery can be obtained.

All goods remaining undelivered after the 22nd Mar., 1997, will be subject NO FIRE INSURANCE will be

by an it any caso whatever, Damaged packages must be left in the godown for examination by the con- signees and the Company's surveyere, Messrs. Anderson & Asho, at 10 am to the 20th Mar, 1937.

Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendanca when damaged dutiable goods are examined by the

BUT WOJOIN. claim will

admitted after the have left goods

the

godown and all claims must be presented within Twa Weeks of the ship's arrival here, after which

date they will not be recognised. their Bills of Lading to the undersigned Consignees are requested to surrender

countersignature.

for

PYELOHEES & 00., Wa Agenter" NOREDEUTECHER LLord, Baskar. Kong, fhih Mareli, 1937. [

GERMAN POST OFFICE

Berlin, March 15,

One hundred thousand tons of a thermo-electric station of 100,- crude copper ts projected capacity | 000 kilowatts capacity and a mine of the glant combined copper connected with the ore-dressing smelting works now being built by factory by a 17-km. railway line and Exchange Fluc-

Boviet engineers on the shores of and a "water-conduit. Bealdes tuation Account ... $100,000.00 To add to Reinsurance

the Bertys Bay of Lake Balkhash these principal enterprises, the Hong Fund

$124.068.53 (Central Asia). The works are be- combined works

ing built on the base of the rich bullding material plante, railway $704,668.53 est Kounard copper ore deposits and water transport shops, com- with a copper content of 1.3 per plicated structures for water sup-

ply and purifying the salt water | owns about 18.000 vehicles fa the of the lake, municipal enterprises biggest motor, transport under

Since the last annual general cent. meeting, Mr. L. Dunbar tendered

The

Karaganda Coal

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Вать,

his resignation which was accept which, in 1936, was connected ed with regret. At the forthcom-with Balkhash by a railway line ing meeting Sir Robert, Ho-tung, about 500 km long, provides the Messra. C. Brown, A. H. Comp- Works with fuel ton, F. A. Joseph, T. E. Pearce, J. The Balkhash Combined, Copper H. Taggart and S. T. Williamson retire but, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

also include

The German Post Once, which

All broken, chafed and damaged foods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of '10.45. A., and Noos within the Free Storage period. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Vessel's Godow And all Goods remaining undelivered Bent after the 22nd Mar., will be object to

All Claims against the Vents) mnot be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 6th April or they will act be recognised.

No Fire Iniurance will be affected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents.

15th March, 1937.-

PRICE OF TIN the House of Commons to a ques- London, March 16 Replying in

der construction, auxiliary agricul- less than 2,363 passenger services or tin, the Rt. Hon. Lt. Col. D. J. of the neighbouring city now un-taking in Europe. There are no on regarding the increasing price tural enterprises, etc.

covering a distance of 2,570 miles. Colville, in a written answer, says Apart from 3,855 cross country the International Tin Committee buses, the German Post Office has have the position under constant 1,735 village postal vans covering review and he understood they a distance of over 80.000 miles, and were holding a further meeting on it employs 16,500 drivers,

Thursday... Transcccan News Service."

In all, 85 per cent. of the con atruction of the works was com pleted at the end of 1936. It is Smelting Works consists of a me- expected that the enterprise will tallurgical and ore-dressing fac-produce its first copper in the last tories, a mechanical-rebait plant, quarter of the current year,

"Retter.