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HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger]& Freight Service
Through bookings to America via Europe and Europe via America. Bookings around the world. --- Through bookings to London.
OUTWARD SAILINGS ·"
"OLDENBURG” ... for Shai, Dairen, Taku, Tsingtao,
Moji, Kobe, Oaks, Y'hama, Nagoya 21at Mar. 1. "CAPE ST. GEORGE" for Shai, Taku, Tientsin... 7th April. m.y." RHEINLAND"... for Shangbai, Dairen, Taku, Kobe,
Osaka, Y'hama, Nagoya ......10th Apr. HOMEWARD SAILINGS
m.v. "ERMLAND" for M'Hes., Antwerp, R'dam., H'burg 31st Mar... mv. "DUISBURG"...... for Gerca, R'dam., Hamburg......8th Apr.
+ Passenger VernelLimited Passenger Accommodation.
For farther particulars and passage fares, eto, apply to:--
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & CO., AGENTS.
12,-Pedder Street. Tel. 28363,
CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shake Road.
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PHILP LINE BURNS M.V. "NEPTUNA"
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
Sailing Monday, 22nd March at 10 A.M.
for Saigon, Manila, Sandakan, Salamana, Rabani, Sydney & Melbourne.
First Class Fare to Sydney:
Single: £47.10.0d.
Passenger & Freight Agents
Return: £76.-0-0.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 28031,
F. & O. Building.
Joint Passenger Agents:--
MAERSH
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
LINE
King's Building.
MAERSK LINE
Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
via
Shanghai, and Japan
to
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS," SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
Hong Kong, March 19. Silver prices dropped'1/16 yes- terday for both deliveries, the quotations being 20 7/8 for Ready and Forward. Silver advices... re- ported a little general selling. In- din bought. The market closed steady, After the official fixing the market was idle. There were some small offerings at 1/18 over the quotes rates. American Silver, was quoted at 45 5/8 for Spot,
The London/New York cross- rate 'was quoted at 488.66. New York/London was quoted at 488.- 23/32.
MARKET
Stagnant.
STERLING
There were sellers at 1/2 29/32 March/October, buyers st 1/2 15/16 for any delivery. No trans- actions were reported.
U.S. DOLLARS
Ballers at 30 3/8 March/April and 30 5/16 May/September, buy- era at 30 7/16 March/May and 30 3/8 June/October.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Business was done at 101 7/8 for cash. There were sellers at 101 7/8 for cash, buyers at 101 15/16
SHANGHAI MARKET
There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 5/8 for cash. buyers at 1/2 21/32 cash. US Dollars; business was done at 29 13/15 March and 29 3/4 April. There were sellers
at 29 13/16 cash, buyera at 29 7/8 for cash or 29 13/16 March.
IN THE AFTERNOON The market WHS dull in the afternoon.
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IN STERLING
In Sterling no business was re- ported, finishing with sellers. at 1/2 29/32 March/Oct., buyers at 1/2 15/16 for any delivery.
U.S. DOLLARS Sellers at 30 3/8 March/April | and 30 5/16 May/August, buyers. at 30 7/16 March/May and 3013/8 June/August.
METAL PRICES STILL RISING
London, Mar. 18. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked in the House of Com- mons whether he was aware that owing to the demands of the arma- ment programme and the man- pulations of speculators, prices of Iron, steel, and non-ferrous metals were still rising.
He replied that the position was being carefully watched, but that the questioner attached exaggeral- ed importance to the demands of the armament programme of the Government. These were only
part of the total of British de mands and that in turn was.a small fraction of the world de- mand.
The fundamental cause of the rise in the price of these commo-
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, dities was neither armaments nor
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
If su cinnt inducoment offers alao"other ports of call.
Arrivals from U 8.A.
M.V. "ANNA MAERSK"
T
Sailings to UB.A.
27th Mar
24th Mar. M.V. "TASMANIA "
13th April 31st Mar. M.V. "GERTRUDE MAERSK" 27th April
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.). EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS'
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply --
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shaineon, B.C. "Agenta. Hong Kong, Paddor Bulding
Tel 10918.
Tel. 28363.
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 Bailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN"
S.S. “BENGLOE”
5th April.
For Freight and Passage apply to :-
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.,
York Building. Agents: THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
Tel. 92633
speculation, but a rapid progress towards economic recovery over a large part of the world.- British Wireless.
JAPAN'S BUDGET
Tokyo, Mar. 19. The Cabinet has submitted to the Diet the Supplementary Estimates Bill, totalling 58,197,000 yen, making the aggregate of next year's Budget 2,872,134,000 yen.
The supplementary list includes
a small additional amount for the Navy.
This total means that the Bad-
get of the former Prime Minister,
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
New York: March 19,
{Through Reuter's Service?
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Crosa-rate New York Cotton-May New York Rubber-May Chicago Wheat -May Chicago Corn
-May Silver-Official
Dow Jones Averagos
So Industrial
20 Utilities
20 Raile
40 Bonds
Last Today's High Low Close Close Change
4.88-21/32 4.88-93/32 1/16 up 14.39 1408 14.98. 1413 .18.of 25.6 25.35 0.08 25.49 41 up.
139 138 139 138)
108 109
11 Commodity Index 81.57. 41.88 78,89)
Mar. 18.
High Low Close Change 18758 183.7 18473 277 off 63.76 69,04 €244 $,03 of 31.19 38 80 39,84 13 of .. 101.88 .60 off 79,88 .17 off
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TO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama Canal and Havana.
TO SKATILE, VICTORIA' **THE EXPRESS ROUTE"
Via Shanghai, Kobe and
Tokohama
Pres. Cleveland M'night Mar. 24th | Pres. Grant M'night Mar. 90th Pres. Coolidge Noon Apr. 18th Pros, Jackson M'night Apr. 9th Prea. Taft
m. Apr. 211 Pres. Jefferson M'night Apr. 23rd Noon May 1st Pros. McKinley M'night May 7th 6 am. May 19th Pres. Grant M'aight May 91st Noon June 3rd Pros, Jackson M'night June 4th
Pros. Hoover Proa. Lincoln Frea. Coolidge
EUROPE, NEW YORK
MANILA
THE MOST FREQUENT
SERVICE
Next Sailing
Pres. Grant 8 p.m. Mar. 20th Free. Harrison 8 am Apr. 11th Pres. Adems 8 m. Mar. 31st Prea. Polk 8am. Apr. 98th Pres. Jackson 6 p.m. Apr. 3rd Pres Fierce. 8. May 9th Prve Harrison 8am. Apr. 11th Pres. Van Buren 8am. May 23rd Pres Coolidge, & p.m. Apr. 11th Frea. Garfield, 8am. June 6th Pree. Taft 6 p.m. Apr. 14th
MOST JEEQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES * AMERICAN MAIL LINE *
PADDER BULLDING— BONG KONG.
CARTON BRANCH 9), FRENCH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES"
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
S.S.PRESIDENT DOUMER "
.9'A/37.
BRINGING CARGO Fox MARSEILLES, via Porta, etc. ARRIVED HONG KONG ON FRI- DAY, THE 19TH MARCH 1937.
109 110
up. Yup
48 45
1930 High Low Mar. 17. 143.69 88,61 188.60 65.8 27.31 64.48 37.72 18,48 32.97 108.01 84.86 102.38
Business Doce:-1,250,000 shares.
Stocka
Adams press Allis Chalmers ...... 671 Amer. Can
108
Last Sale Mar 17 18 221 21
681 1051
Stocks Great Northern Rly. 533 Great Western Sugar 36
Last Sale Mar 17 18 51
38
Holly Sugar Corpn.
Am. Car & Foundry
Humble Ol
8
821
Amer. Cyanamid ..... 321 Amer. For. Power 417 Amer. & For, $7 pl. 61
301
Int. Nickel
702
·691
111
Int. Tel. & Tel.......
14.
131
60
Int. Dept Storea":
34
34
Via Mania, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Buáz Cana, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. Pres. Adams 8.. Mar. 31st
Amer. Locomotive -
56
521
Kennecott Copper
166
82+
Amer. Metats
641
.. 613
Lambert Corpn. ......
141
143
Amer. Radiator
261
251
Loew's Inc.
78
78
Amer Rolling Mill .. Amer. Smelting ....
39
981
Lorillard
244
231
901
97
McIntyre Porcupine
Amer, Steel Fdrics. - 64 Amer. Sugar ...........
491 Amer. Tel. & Tel... 1734 Amer, Tobacco "B" „821 'Amer, Waterworks ... 241 Anaconda Copper. 657 Atchison, T. & S. Fe. 861 Atlantic Refining ... 341 Atlas Corpn.
18
022
McKesson & Robbins 47. 161*
481
Monsanto Chemical 93
02.
1731
Montgomery, Ward.. 67
63 1
812
Murray Corpn. ......
171
17
231
Nat Cash Registor
H
371
36
642
Nat Dairy Products 244
241
83+
Nat Distillers 34+
331
33+
Auburn Motors ..... 201 Baldwin Locomotive
18 29
Nat Power & Light 117 New York Central 544 Niagara Hudson P.
11t
52.
い
$7 cum. pf.116 112
Corpn. North American ......
151
15
271
271
Baltimore & Ohio... 392 Barnsdall ON......... 317 Bendix Aviation
31
!!
Bethlehem Steel .... 081 95 Boeing Airplane
46
451
Borden Co.............27 Briggs M'facturing 494
281
Northern Pacific.. 3T+
Paclic Gas & Elec. 321 Pacific Lighting 45 Packard Motors...... 11 1011 Paramount ... 241 Pennsylvania R.R, 491
35* 33+
314
445
.k
237
471
483
Phelps Dodge
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Phillips Petroleum - 561
55
Trans
43
43
Public Service of NJ...441
447
Brooklyn-Manhattan $6 cum, pf. .......... Case, J.I..... Canadian Packag 154 Celanese Corpn. of
America
344 Cerro de Pasco ...... 30 CertainTeed, P'ducts 20 Chesapeake
Corpn. 861 Chesapeake & Ohio 637 Chrysler Corpn. **** 1272 Columbia Gas & El. 164 Columbla 6% "A" pf. "991 Commercial Credit 601
59% Commercial Solvents 19.
191 Commonwealth & 8. 3131 Commonwealth $6
cum. pf. Consolidated Edison 41 Consolidated Oll Continental Ou Corn. Products ....... Curtiss Wright (0.) 77 Curtiss Wright “A” 224 : 3134 Delaware, & Hudson 24 Del. Lackawanna &
Pullman Inc.
95.
05 *
Pure Oll
211
201
1564
154
Radio Corpn of Am. 11
111
15
Republic Steel
441
42
Reynolds Tobac. "B" 521
513
33+
St. Joseph Lead Co.»
787
Schenley
50%
492
181
Schenley 5% pl
98 978
844
Sears Roebuck
94
92
631* 1231 16
Shell Union Oll
311
317
Boceny-Vacuum
. 183
181
Southern Cal Edison
271
2774
08.
Southern Paciic
85
617
Southern Rly 5% pf.
68
564
"Stand Branda
15.
Stand Gas & Elec.
12
151
·∙12+
Stand Gas & Elec,
82
61
$7 pi.
671
85%
384
Standard Ol of N.J. Ti
171
164
43
42
Sterling Products 661 Swift International 311
691
681 71
22
Western Distillers Corpa Sea.
130
127
grams
281 Douglas Aircraft..... 641 631 Du Pont....... 167
271
707 601 314 Technicolor ............ 224} 2017 Texas Gulf Sulphur 391 39+ Tidewater Assoc. Oil 201 192 Timken-Detroit Axle 25 25 Transamerica
161 .161 20th Cent. Fox Films 39
38 20th Cent. For Films
PL.........ce
481
47 ⚫
Un. Carbide & Car-
168
bon
106 1037
Electric Boat........ 134 Elec. Bond & Share 231 Eles. Bond & Share
13
Un. Pactic
1471452
231
Un. Airline Trans-
$5 pt. .............. 74 * 75 Elec. Bond &- Shara
port
221
221
11
United Corpn.........
58.pl. Elec Power & Light 231 Eles Power & Light
22
81.
United Corpn. $3
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO.
241
cun DL, meina................ 42 Un. Gas Iprovem't 14)
414
ANTWERP, LONDON
AND STRAITS.
141
$7 pl......... Firestone Tire & R42)
397
381
Un. Light & power
411
**!!
Planote
U.A. Industrial Alco- Bl
..8
Gen. Asphalt
47
46+
hot
301
301
581 5611
U.S. Rubber
604
66
421 417
US. Rubber $8 pt. 109
10032
641
62%
US. Steel
1214
1174
Gen. Motors
574
55
Vanadium
36+
351
Gen. Railway Bignal
Warner Bros Pict.....
15
147
Gillette Safety Razor 271 Glidden
27
Li
Youngstown Sheet
491
48
& Tube ...ANENKANTIN
Goodrich (BF.) ***** 481 Goodrich $5 pf.
481
Goodyear
401
st 86
4347
1 az div.
94
→.9231 Chase National EL. 601* 597* National City Bank 561
55.j. Call Money
1% 1%
• Bid
Gen. Cigar
Gen. Electric
Gen. Foods
Gold Dust..
Mr. Koki Hirota, which caused a APPEAL TO MISS
storm in Parliament earlier in the year, has been cut by 186.447,000. But the total is still 560,617,000 yen above the present working Bud- get.- Beater
TIN COMMITTEE MEETING
London, March 18. Tin circles are of the opinion that to-day's meeting of the Inter- national Tin_Committee dealt only with routine matters" and hence are not surprised that no com-.. muniqué was issued.
· BARBARA HUTTON
New York, Mar. 18: Fifty sales girls in one of the
establishments Woolworth
here are striking, demanding unton re- cognition, a minimum wage of $20 week and a 40-hour week. At present, the girls get only from $10 to $12 a week.
The girls have cabled Miss Bar- Kution the Woolworth heiress, asking her intervention to secure the increase demanded.--. Reuler.
11.200
BANK OF ENGLAND PROFITS London, March 17. The half-yearly dividend of 6 per as long as the demand continuescent, payable on April 5, has been
Well-informed circles stress that
at the present rate, there is little declared by the Bank of England. or nothing the International Com-Profits for the half-year ended mittee
cando.which Would February 18, were stated to be alleviate the existing tightness £664,967,-
Tranwccan News Service.
Houter,
United Aircraft...... 33 324
Westinghouse Bec. 145 143
BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA
ONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Go- downs of Hong Kong, Kowloon Wharf Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing.
All claims must be sent in to me on. or before the 80th Mar., 1937, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged Package will be examined by the Company's in the presence of Burveyor, Messra, Goddard & Douglas
the Consignees at 10,00 am, on Thurs- day, the 25th Mar 1937..
Consignees must have a Revenue
Officer in attendance when any dutiable goods are examined by the Company'a Surreyors.
No Fire insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
R.. OHL,
Agent. Bong Kong, 19th March, 1917. [6003
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE,
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIOREES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL-
STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'
STEAMER "CATEAY.”
ARMITED HONG KONG an 18TH MARCH, 1937.
P
FROM AANTWERP, LONDON, GIBKAL- TAE. MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS,
NONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above-named Vesvol are hereby in formed that their Goods are being landed
and placed AT THE RISE in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark y Mark and Delivery can be obtained as
the Goods are landed.
Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions have been given to the contrary Six Hours before arrival of the steamer.
Goods not cleared within 8 days in-
rent
а
in
dinding date of arrival will be subject to No Fire Inrarance will be effected by
any caes whatever. Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the. Consignees, and the Company's surveyors, Mesars. GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.
Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for a Revenue Officer to be present at the examination of damaged dutisble cargo.--***
AN
Claim
against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or
THE BEN LINE STRAMERS, LTD. before 7th April, 1937, or they will
THE 88. BENALDER.”
JONBIGNEES of Cargo sie berely intormed that all Goods are being landed at their zisk into the kasardona and/or extra hazardons Godowns of the Home Kors And Howroom WHARD ARD GoDOWN COMPANY, LA, whence and/or from the whares Delivery may be obtained.
No Claime will be admitted after the 'Goods have left the Godowne, and ali Goods remaining undelivered after the 25th Mar., 1937, will be subject to rent. All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or
before the 8th April, 1937, or they will
not be recognised.
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations consiguices
must have a Bevenue Officer in atten-
dance when damaged datable goods are examined,
not be recognised.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowa
N
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co
Agents
Hong Kong, 18th March, 1937,
[5133
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
BURNS-PHILP LINE.
FROM MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, SALAMAUA, BABAUL, SAND- AKAN AND MANILA.
•
THE M.VNEE
"NEPTUNA."
informed that all Goods are being MONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby landed at their risk into the basardous and/or extra bazardous Godowns of the All broker, shafed and damaged Goods Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and
to be left in the Godown,
-Golown Co., where they will be examined on the 83rd Mary In the House of Commons, re-1937; at 8 am, by Mesers. Carmichael
& Clark,
London, Mar. 18,
STB to
No Fire Insurance has been elected. Bills of Lading will be seuntersigns by W.R: LOXLEY&'C.'(OHINÁ) Tren.
Agenta
Co. Ltd, whense and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained. No Clans will be admitted after the Goods have left, the Godowas, and all Goods remaining undelivered alter the 23rd Mar, 1937, will be subject to Bent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or 15130 before the 6th April, 1837, or they
will not be recognized.
plying to Mr. Louis Smith (Con- servative), Captain Euan Wallace, Secretary of the Overseas Trade Department, said every effort was being made to allow visits by Bri- tish diplomatic, and commercial officers in China to the chief cities in the hinterland, with the object REICHSMARK RATES when damaged dutiable goods are
of stimulating British trade.
Hong Kong, 18th Mar,, 1987,
Captain Wallace added that the
Berlin, March 18. number and scope of such visita The Relchamark was quoted, must be limited by the exigencies without guarantee. at:- of the service as a whole. During New York, 40.226." 1935 and 1938, visits were made by Paris, 877. these officers to various places in China, and they would be con- tinued as far as possible in the future.
Heuter
Amsterdam, 78.54 to 78.55. London, 12.148.46 Paris sterling, 106.48 to 108,53. JA. doller, 21.800 to 21.814 Transoccan News Bervice.
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations, consignees must RATO a Revenue Officer in attendance examined
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowany where they will be examined on the 22nd 1987, at 10 by Momis. dard and Douglas
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD.
Agente
Bong Roar, linh chi 197
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