1937-04-15 — Page 13

20 Bail

So Utilition

1

40 Bonds

MARKET

STERLING

Adams ExprRAI Allis Chalmers

There were sellers at 1/2 29/32 | Amer, Can ............ April-December, buyers at 1/2 | Am. Car & Foundry 15/16 for any delivery. No busi- | Amer. Oyanazıld

were

'Amer. & For, Power 10 Amer. & For. $7 pt. 561 Amer. Locomotive ... 50%

Amer. Metals .......... 56 Amer. Radiator ...... Amer, Raillig Mill. Amer. Smelting .... 811 Amer. Steel F'dries. 59, Amer. Sugar

Amer. Tel & Tel... 169 Amer, Tobacco "B" 83 Amer, Waterworks ...

Anaconda Copper ... Atchison, T. & 8. Fe." 821 Atlantic. Redning

Atlas Corpn. ....... Auburn Motors ...... 31

28th April

M.V. "GERTRUDE MAERSK”

·M.V. "NORDHAVET"

Sallings to U.B.A... £7th April

REICHSMARK RATES

27th May

Paris

Amsterdam

Berlin, April 13. The Reichsmark "was quoted, without guarantee, at:-

New York

40.19 900,

73.38

$7 cum. pt.

102. Baltimore & Ohio... 381 Barnsdall Ou

32 Bendix Aviation ...... Bethlehem Etzel ..... 911 Boeing Airplane *** 381 Borden Co.

20 Briggs Mfacturing 464 Brooklyn-Manhattan

Priestin

Lloyd

NEXT BAILINGS

To Italy **Conte Rosso" 18th April To Shanghai

"Conte Biancamano" 8th May

SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS

Validity 100 days at greatly reduced cost allowing of 21 months stay in Europa. Special concessions to 1st and 2nd Clam travellars to London.

Farm to Venice, Trieste, denon and Return...£13%, £88, 250 Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates

TO BOMBAY

#

COLOMBO

SINGAPORE... SHANGHAI

£44

£25

221

$41

£22

£19

£18 $12

£13

£11

£ 6

BOUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced-Bates in connection with all the Trane Pacifo & Trans-Atlantic "Confer ence Lines

"ITALIA" LINE Agents for the sale of through and indepen- deat tickets to North, Central and South American ports via Italy. THROUGH..TICKETS TO LONDON-23 days-Special facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.

INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditiona

LLOYD TRIESTINO

Telephone 32099/3.

P.O. Box 143. Tal. Addr. "Lloydiano"

Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO. LTD., Shamson.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937.

THE EXCHANGE

MARKET

MESSRS. ROZA 'BROS,

Hong Kong, April 14. Silver prices rose 1/16 yesterday for Ready, but the Forward rate was unchanged, the quotations be- ing 21 1/8 for both deliveries. Silver advlees reported India as having bought. Speculators sold. The market closed steady. After the official fixing there were small sellers, at the fixed rate. Ameri- can Silver was "quoted at 48 for Spot.

The London-New York crOSS- rate was quoted at 490.55. New York-London was quoted at 490.- 25/32.

"Steady.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Now York: April 14.

(Through Router's Service?

QUOTATIONS

New York/London Cross-rate Now York Cotton-July New York Rubber-July "Chicago Wheat -July

Chicago Corn Silver Official

July

Dow Jones Averages

SO Industrial

Stocks

ness was reported.

"V.8. DOLLARS Nothing doing. There small sellers at 30 1/3 April and 30 7/16 'May-September, buyers at 30 9/18 April-May and 30 1/2

MAERSK LINE June-September.

Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE

via

Shanghai, and Japan

to

L

SHANGHAI DOLLARS. Business was reported at 102 5/18 for cash. There were sellers. at 102 1/4 buyers at 102 5/16" for cash.

SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 0/18. buyers at 1/2 19/32 for Spot. US Dollars, sellers at 29 3/4, buyers probably at 29 13/16

at 29 13/18, for cash,

LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, for cash. Business was reported Baldwin Locomotive

PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.

It sufficient inducement offers also other ports of call.

Arrivals from U M.A.

1936

Last Today's High Low Close· Closs.

Change

.00 off

4.90-7/16 4.90-95/32 11/39 up 138113.80 1878 1360. 2368 2340 2345 9344

1342 1222 153 1137 119 117 190 118

65.06 17 31 59.33

48 46

April:13.

unchanged it of

unchanged

High Low April 11. High Low Closer Change 19330 85.61 179.74.169.43 180,59 182:10 236 up 60.77 60.88 €0.90 ..87 up 31.89 31.01 3149 / 31 op 100.86 .38 op 77.4744 oli

- 37.28 18.42 31.11 16801 84.86 100.47

41.98 77.91

Business Done:-1,530,000 shares,

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings

Presidens Liners' freemans sellings and ibdir uniqua, stopover privilegas allowe KAYET JARS Ezantly a you choose, And Dollar Bleship Llom sad Auberican Hit Like worldwide oflows and agents are malalained to bigve yan whore in schabwer plion yet Bannon to be. Make your next trip more su jogábla, traveling The Prapan'). Ziwa Way).

TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS ROUTE"

TO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK AND BOSTON

Via Shanghai, Kobe and

Yokohama

Via Shanghal, Tobe, Yokohama. Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama Ganal and Havana. Fras. Coolidge Sam. Apr. 20th Pres. Jefferson M'night Apr. 23rd Pros. Taft Ram. Apr. 91st Pres. MaKinley M'night say th Pres. Hoover Noon May 1st Pres. Grant M'night May 21st Pres. Lincoln

9am. May 19th Pres, Jackson M'night June 4th Pres. Coolidge Noon June 3rd Ps. Jefferson M'aight June 18th Pres. Wilson Sam. Juge 16th Pres. McKinley M'night July 2nd

EUROPE, NEW YORK

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Snex Cam, Naples, Genon and Marieïlles.

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT

SERVICE

- Next Sailings 、

8am. Apr. 161b Pres. Jefferson 8 pm. Apr. 17th 8 a.m. May 9th Pres. Poorer 9p.m Apr. 93rd 8 a.m. Apr. 25th Fros. Van Buron 8 am May 23rd | Pres. Fo'k Pror, Garfield 8. June 8th Pres. McKinley 6,50 p.m. May 1st.

8 A... June 20th Pris, Pierce 8am. May 9th

8 a.m. July 4th Pres. Lincoln, M'night May 11t

MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES *AMERICAN MAIL LINE*

•

PÄDDER BUILDING-HONG KONG.

·

...

CANTON AMAROK —31) FRANCH CONÇISITOR, SHAMERN,

19

11 Commodity Index 8244

Last Bale

Last Sple

7.

Apl. 12 13

Stock

Apl. 12" 13

18+

181

Great Northern Rly. 504

51

66

67

Great Westerii Sugar 351

36

105

106

Holly Bugar Corpn.

Humble O........... $21 321

301

301

Int. Nickel

65

651

101

Ent. Tel. Tel. ...... 12

58

Ink. Dept Stores ...

30

301

521

Kennecott Copper

714

72+

Pres. Polk

57

Lambert Carpa, ..........

14

13

Pres. Pierce

237

231

Loew's Inc.

801

811

38

381

Lorillard

23

231

Pres. Hayes

921

Mcintyrë Porcupine ·

Pres. Monroe

60

McKesson & Robbins · 46

$57*

481*

40

Monsanto Chemical 90

90

1682

Montgomery Ward sit

63

821

Murray Corp.

184

161

21

21

Nat Cash Register

27 ·

271

572

581

Nat Dairy Producta: 24

24

82+

Nat Distillers

331

331

**

33

33}

Nat Power & Light 11-

11

17.

17

New York Central ....

481

481

'311

Niagara Hudson P.

+

Corpn.

13+ 134

104

North American

201

27

361

Northern Pacine

$14 321

#321

Facific Gas & Mec. 311

324

Pacific Lighting

461

- 47

021

Packard Motori

107

104

40

Paramount

241 241

26

Pennsylvanis R.R *451

461

Trans

Brooklyn-Manhattan.

41

London

12.30

$6 cum, pf. n. 943* Case. JI.......... 150 ** Canadian Pacide 141 Celanese Corpn. of

America Cerro de Pasco ...... 741 CertainTeed P'ducta (17 Chesapeake

Corpa.' 831 Chesapeake & Ohio so Chrysler "Corpn. - 116 Columbla Gas & EL 149 Columbia 8% "A" pf. 94) Credit 581 Commercial Commercial Solvents 167 21 Commonwealth & 5. $8 Commonwealth

cum. pr. .... Consolidated Edison 39 Consolidated Ou

171 Continental qi ...... 451 44 Corn. Products....... Curtiss Wright (C) 61. Curtiss Wright "A" 191 Delaware & Hudson 194 Del. Lackawanna &

Western Distillers Corpn Bea-

grams Douglas Aircraft Du Pont

$5 pl... glee. Bond & Share

36 på.....

.....771 Bicc Power & Light 211 Elec Power & Light

Firestone Tire & R 37 Flatrate.

Gen, Asphalt ... 41 Gen. Cigar

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

Gen. Electric ..........

HAMBURG-AMERIKA

LINTE

Gen. Foods .........

||

Gen. Motors Gen. Railway Signal Gillette Safety Resor 251 Glidden Gold Dust Goodrich (BF) ...

99th April.. M.V. "PETER MAERSK "

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

AT MODERATE RATES.

For Freight and Passage please apply -

JEBSEN & CO.

Canton, Shamcon, B.C. Agents.

Tcl. 10918.

Hong Kong, Pedder Building.

Tel. 28363.

S.S. "BENGLOE"

Sailing for LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and LEITH on or about the 9th May.

Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.

"Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN

́“BENRINNES” 20th April.

S.S.

i

Tel. 22633

For Freight and Passage apply to com

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

York Building. Agente i THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.

THE 8.8. BEN VENUE,

VONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNELS

THE M.V

'RHEINLAND"

having arrived from Hamburg and Forts of call. Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's gedowns at Kow loon, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the goods are linded.

landed at their ziak into. the hásardoni

Optional cargo will not be landed and/or extra hasardous Godowns of the here, unless notice has been given 48 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND hours prior 10 vessel's strival, but GODOWN COMPANY, LTD., whence and/or carried on from port to port to the final from the whares Delivery may be

port of call to which the option obtained.

extends, No Claims will be admitted after the No Claims will be admitted after

Paris sterling 109.85 to -109.95" Paris US. dollars 22.39 to 23.405 Prunaurean News ServicAT

SUGAR CONFERENCE

London, April 13.The bureau of the International Sugar Con- ference met this afternoon, and an official communique states it took note of the progress made in the work of the sub-committee entrusted with the negotiations with delegations for the purpose of Axing a basis of agreement. These negotiations will continue for several daya yet-

L

British Wireless, “

STEEL PRODUCTION

London, April 13-The produc tion of steel ingots and castinga in Great British in March amount- ed to 1,109,500 tons as compared with 995,900 tons the month be- fore, and 980,100 tons a year be- fore. The output of pig iron in March was 680,300 tons a com- pared with 603,700 tons the month before and 633,600 tons a year be- fore.- British Wirele

TREASURY. RETURNS

London, April 13. Exchequer returns for first ten days of new financial year show that the total ordinary revenue amounts to £21,070,823 as com- pared with 18,522,089 at the cor- The responding date last year, total ordinary expenditure is £32,- 530,347 as compared with £34- 992,014 at the corresponding date of 1936.-- British Wireless

Electric Boat ..... Elec. Bond & Share 20 Elec. Bond & Share

Goodrich $5 pf. Goodyear

Coallon petrol tax,

Production Of Oil From Coal

Decause of the prohibitive cost,

From

It is understood that because of high manufacturing costs in sus or plant, building costs, and the traila, in which the capital cost

the chance of the early establish Goods have left the Godowns, and all the Goods have left the Godowns, and the manufacture of petrol from ment in Australia of a plant for Goods remaining undelivered after the all Goods remaining undelivered after 20th April, 1987, will be subject to rent, the 17th Apr., 1907, will be subject to coal is remote,

cost of winning back coal are all All Olaims against the steamer must Rent

The Ministry reported to be important factors, a bounty of Bd. All broken, chated, and damaged Goods keenly disappointed with the re-

a gallon would probably be deces

be presented to the Undersigned on u

not be redogmasd

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.

AND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

NÜNSIGNED8 per Co.'s Yeave).

"AJAX"

FROM UNITED KINGDON VIA SINGAPORE

dizcharged into

"HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINTE

NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.

THE

CAFE ST. GEORGE" having arrived, from Hamburg and Porte of call. Consignees of targo ste hereby notißed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf

Hell's Kowloon where delivery may

on

and the total are hereby notified that their Cargo and Godown Company's godowas at

will be added cost would, therefore, be ap-whart, Kowloon, where it will be obtained sa noon as the Goods are landed. proximately is. a gallon.

Therefore, it is understood, the Ministry has accepted the fact for the time being, the production of petrol from the coaineids, district

garded as impracticable. of New South Wales must be re- So far as the Newnes shale de posits are concerned, the output would be limited to a small part

WEIT Be

Apesdays and

at Consignees risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at 'bere, unless Notice has been given 45 Optional Cargo will not be handed Half's Wharf. The Cargo will be hours prior to sel's mirival, but carried

from Goda Delivery

on from port to port to the final port of ready

call to which the option extends, and the 1st April

Optional Cargo will not be landed No Claims will be admitted, after the here, unless lychee has been gives prior. Goods Lave left the Godowns, and all „to Vessel's Amysl, but samed on from Goods rensining undelivered alter the port to port to the final port of call 19th Apr., 1927, will subject ta

Rent. to which the option extende

All broken, chaled and damaged foods goods are to be left in the Godown

Real broken, chafed, and damaged In the Godoyus soye Vad where they will be examined on 17th

Where Fridays Berwarn the hours 10 comply with the General Bonded at 10 m., by our Surveyors Means. actor in the decision to undertake compete with petrol imported in- sent a useful reserve source of spend Noor within the Free Stonego pork they will be examined on 18th Apr. 1987, stated, have been an important from coal by. Hýdrogenation to Commonwealth; but would: repres -

moried Surveyors, Mesars, Goddard & Draglas Warehouse Hegulations consignees Goddard and Douglas,

Present plans, which involve a No Claims will be admitted filter Lo comply with the General Bonded must have a Revenue Officer in alten.

further negotiations for the deye der prevalling conditions.

Federal development loan of £500,- Goods have left the Fosse Godon Warehouse Regulations, consignees manak dance when damaged dutiable goods

lopment of the Newnes shale de-

Jou In Táx

000 as well as the remission of ex- and all Goods remaining, undelivered have a Bayenne Officer is attendance ard examined.

posita

The estimate, it is understood, is cise duty on fuel produced at New-after the 19th April, will be subject to white chamared dutiable gobde

Bant

examinédzerke t The Investigations by the Federal based on the sumption that nes are regarded as unduly costly

All Claims &galdit the Vessel must

mustAll claims must reach us before. Government into the establish- | Australian-produced petrol would by a majority of the Cabinet. It be Freeted to the Undersigned on or the 12 pr. 1987, or they will not. ment of a plant in Australia for be sold free of excise. Because it is likely however, that if in agree. before the and May or they drill and be recognised, the manufacture of liquid fuel would displace an amount of im- ment can be reached to reduce

No Insurmacell be affected. from coal by hydrogenation_reveal 'ported petrol - aquivalent to the substantially the amount of the

Bo Fire Insurance will be süscted.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIBE that the cost per gallon of the fuel output of an Australian factory, proposed Federal loan to the com- bland. produced would exceed three times the Commonwealth would lose, in pany, the Ministry will be disposed | 12th April, 1997. the present landed cost of petrol. addition, the equivalent of 7d, a to accept the pitu

before the 4th May, 1937, or they will ! are to be left in the Godowns, where suit of investigations, which, it is sary to enable petrol produced l'of the annual requirements of the are to ideained on aayo 2397:10 am by our

To comply with the Geporal, Banded Warehouse Regulations, consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attend. All broken, chafed and damaged Goodsance when damaged dutiable goods are

be left in the Godowns, where examined. to

All claims must reach us before the they will be examined on the 7th Apr 1997, at 9 in., by Mesara Carmiorael 10th May, 1987, or they will not be & Clark.

recognised.

No Fire Insuranos has been affected 'Bills of Lading will be ezzatezaigusð by W.R. LOXLEY & Co (CHINA)·LTD. Bong Bong, 14th April, 1857, 4 |

No Insuration will be affected.

· Bills of Lading will be countersigneð

SEESEN & db..

Agenta. Hong Kong, 11th April, 1987.

Bills of Lading will be counterwigheyd

Agenta, ($189 Borg Bong, 12th April, 1987.

15681

47

Phelps Dodge

Phillips Petroleum - 561

67

401

402

Public Service of NJ. 437

44

Pullman Inc................................

942*

Pure O...........

201

214

157

Radio Corpn. of Am. 107

102

141

Republic Steel .......... 421

421

Reynolds Tobat, "B" Soj

501

351

387

St. Joseph Lead Co.

Hong Kong

-

742

Schenley

47

473

18

Schenley 51% pf.

96 *

57

843

Sears Roebuck ...............

881

901

601

Shell Union Oil

301

32

1181

Socony-Vacuum · ........ 191

194

151

Southern Cal Edison 26+ Southern Pacific. 374 04

-264

39

001

Southern Rly 5% pf. 514,53+

17

Stand Brands '********

14+

14t

27

Stand Gas & Elec. 104

101

Stand Gas & Elec.

57+

57

ST pl...it

611

62

301

Standard Of of N.J.

701

703

174

65

65+

Sterling Products 661 601 Swift International 324 327. Technicolor ......... 201 201

JAVA

63

192

193

Texas Gulf Sulphur 407 Tidewater Assoc. Oll 191 Timken-Detroit Axle 24° Transamerica

401

101

24

171

161

124ł

128

20th Cent. Fox Films 38

39+

CHINA

20th Cent: Fox Films

VISIT BALI AND JAVA

Special Round Trip Fares 1st Class Hong Kong— Batavia — Hong Kong H$350.

Hong Kong-Bali-Java—Hong Kong H$450.

TRANSPORTATION ONLY

H$915

INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE & TOURS ASHOKN

· Manil H$135.

NEXT SAILINGS“

TO BATAVIA DIRECT 5.6. "TJISALAK” 20th April, 11 am.

Tænder Quees'r Für 10,00 a.m. Troder l'olics Pier 10.13 1.3.

TO MANILA, CF BU, MAKASSAR. BALI & SOERABAIA

%

m.s. "TJISADANE' 27th Apr, 10 M

| Tender Queen's Pler 130's/m, Tender Pilze Pier 9.15 am. TO AMOY & SHANGHAI ̧m.s.' “'TJINEGARA” 28th Apr., dami „For further information apply:

Holland-China Trading Co.,

Canton H. Nolasco da Silva, Esq., Macao JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE York Building

Tel. 29018,

Hong Kong

கும்பள்

251 25

551 561

pi.

47%

481

Un. Carbide & Car-

155 1574

bon

99

1011..

22 221

Un. Pacifc

141

147

211

United Aircraft

281

281

Un. Airline Trams-

port

181

18

68

United Corpn.

ני

9

19

United Согра $3

237

cum pi.....

43

43+

Un. Gas, Iprovem't 14

14

78+

194

Un. Light & power

371

"A"

LIJN

MODERN

U.S. Industrial Alco-

71

71

EXPRESS SERVICE

411

394

391

451

47

US. Rubber

691

541

55

US. "Rubber $8 på. 101

1041

591

591

UR. Steel

1121

1131

491

50"

Vanadium

327.

33**

Warner Bros Pict: ...

153

161

28

WestinghousS

Esec. 134

1361

Youngstown

Sheet

43. 452 80 * 831

431

& Tube

881

881

THE M..

461

Chase National Hic 56 "National City Bank 50 *

51⚫

41 421

Call: Money

1%

1%

1 ex. div

• Bid