HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mail, Passenger & Freight Service
Through bookings to America via Europe and Europe via America. Booking around the world. - Through bookings to London.
OUTWARD SAILINGS .... "PREUSSEN" ......for Shai Dairen, Tako, Kobe,
Osaka, Yhama, Moji
alst May, +m.v. "BURGENLAND".. for Shanghai, Dairen, Taku, Kobe,
Ouka, Yokohama, Nagoya 5th Jans “MUENSTERLAND”.....for Shanghai, Dairen, Taku,
Tsingtao, Hankow..
5th Jem
m.v.
HOMEWARD SAILINGS *m.v. "LEVERKUSEN"...for Genon, R'dain.. Hamberg... 23rd May +m." BURGENLAND". for Genoa, Rotterdam, R'burg...5th Jaly m.v.KULMERLAND "...for Genoa, R'dam.,. H'burg.....31st July
+ Passenger Vessel. • Limited Passenger Accommodation.
For further particulam and passage fares, etc. apply to-- HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & 00.,
AGENTR.
12, Pedder Street, Tal. 2383,
CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road.
JAVA
CHINA
JAPA
&
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.
THANSPORTATION ONLY
H$915.
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE & TOURS ASHOKI
Hong Kong Manila Hong Kong
H$135.
NEXT SAILINGS-
TO BATAVIA DIRECT S.3. "TJISONDARI" 1st June, 11 am
Tender Queen's Pier 10,00 Km. Tender Police Ples 10,18 m.
TO MANILA, CFBU MAKASSAR
BALI & SOERABAIA « 'TJIBADAK" 25th May, 10 an
S.S.
Tander Quten's Ÿ'ler 0.00 k., Tender Police Pier 9,15 m.. TO AMOY & SHANGHAI S.S. * TJISADANE" 26th May. For further information apply:
Holland-Ching Trading Co..
Canton H. Nolasco de Silva, Esq., Masso JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE York Building.
Tel. 2801),
MODERN
LIJN EXPRESS SERVICE
KENIK
SERVICE
MAERSK LINE
Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
via
Shanghai, and Japan
to
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.
||
Ready Silver. was unchanged yesterday but the Forward rate dropped 1/18, the quotations being 20 3/8 and 20 7/16 respectively. Silver advices reported India" and speculators 1.5 having operated both ways. The market was quiet. After the official fixing the mar- ket was steady with speculators buying at the fixed rates. Sellers were scarce. American Silver was quoted at 45 1/8 for Spoti
The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 494.35. New York-London was quoted at 494.- 7/10.
MARKET
Quiet for Sterling but the US. Dollar market was rather active."
STERLING
A Small bustness was reported at 1/2 7/8 for November delivery. The market closed with sellers at 1/2 7/8 May-December, buyers at 1/2 29/32 for any delivery.
U.S. DOLLARS Opened with sellers at 30 5/8 June. buyers blcding September delivery. Subsequently offers 30 5/8 were accepted for June, May and cash followed by trans- actions at 30 9/16 tor November. October. September and August The market closed with sellers at 30 9/16 May-August and 30 1/2 September-November,
1/10 higher respectively.
buyers
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Sellers at 102 1/2, buyers at 102 9/16 for May-Junt.
SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 1/2. buyers at 1/2 33/64 for Spot, US Dollars, sellers at 29 7/8, buyers at 29 29/32 for Spot.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Now York: May 19.
1036/7
Blocks Adams Express
Allis Chalmers Amer. Can
PLEA FOR STEADY Briggs
of
TRADE
(Through Reuter's Servics?
QUOTATIONS
443
May 18.
Change
קט 33
קט
Int. Tei. Tel.......
Int. Dept Stores. Kennecott Copper Lambert Corpn. .... Loew's Inc.
McKesson & Robbins 447 Monsanto Chemical" Montgomery Ward Murray Corpn........
Public Service of N.J.
13
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings
Frealdent Lluera' frequent sellings and their unique stopover privileges allow you 10 teare? just exsedly as you choose, And Dellar Etmmship Lines and American Mall Line worldwide once and agrata are muletained to serve you ashore in whatever) chance to be Male your anak trip more enjoyable, traveling The President Line w
TO SKATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS KOUTE"
TO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokobama. Honolulu, San Francisco, Panama Canal and Havana. Prés. Coolidae Noon June 3rd Pros, Wilson 8am. Jane 16th Pres. Hoover Noon Jane 26th Pres. Cleveland M'night July 13th Pres. Coolidge Noon July 24th Pres. Taft M'aight Aug, 10th
EUROPE, NEW YORK
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal. Naples, Genos and Marseilles. Pres. Van Buren 8 a.m. May 23rd Fres, Garfield
Via Shanghai, Kobe and
Yokohama
Pros. Grant 10.00p.m. May 24th Pres. Jackson M'night June 4th Pres. Jefferson M'aight June 18th Pres, MoKinley M'night July 2nd Pres. Grant M'aight July 16th Pros. Jackson M'night July 30th MANILA..
THE MOST FREQUENT
SERVICE
Pp.m. May 27th
Next Sallings. Pres. Van Buren 8 a.m. May 23rd. a.m. June 8th Pres. Coolidge 8 a.m. June 70th Pres, Jackson Jam. July 4th | Pres, Garfold 8 m. July 18th Pros, Wilson
am, Aug. 1st | Pres. Jefferson
6 pm. May 29th Ha.m. Jace 8th M'night June 8th 6 p.in. June 19th
MOST 'FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP.LINES
* AMERICAN • MAIL • LINE *
PEDDER AUILDING-HONG KONG.
CANTON BRANOU —27, FRENCH CONCASION, SHAMEEN.
BURNS PHILP LINE
Due 26th May.
New York/London Cross-rate New York Cotton-July. Dec. New York Rubber-July Chicago Wheat July -July Chicago Corn Silvor-Official
Last Today's High Low Close Close
496) 494-7/18 1/18 up 12.78 12.63 128 19.77 11 up 18.63 12.44 12.46 1269 .18 up 20.81 20.42 90.66 20,70 1914. 1172 118 1914 119 118 1181 119
.10 of
す
451 456
High
Low Dow Jones Averages. 19440 143.11 So Industrial
04.16 40.66 20 Rails
37.54 27.43 20 Utilities 100.01 98.92 40 Bonds
8.44
27.10
101.15
66.58 11 Commodity Index" 71.88_
May 17. High Low Close Change 187,84 170,88 108.20 160.97 213 up
57,13"
08.14 06.35 67.99
79 op 27.48.26.55 27.28 .18 up 101.20 .05 up
77.69
1.07 up Business Done:-1,200,000 shares.
Last Sale
Last Sale
May 17 18
Blocks
May 17 18
161 181
Great Northern "Rly. 53
55
583 60 97.
07
Great Western Sugar 344 · 348 Holly Sugar Corpn.
+
Am. Car & Foundry
Amer. Cyanamid .... Amer. & For. Fower Amer. & For. $7 p. 473 Amer. Locomotive ... 43 Amer. Metals
291
30
"Humble, Oll 78
Int. Nickel
76
604
74
73
101
151
2141
44
641
46
at
Amer. Radiator... Amer, Rolling MI.. 324 Amer. Smelting
49 21 21
12
Pres. Hayes
761
Pres; Monroo
811
at
Amer. Steel Fartes. 50% Amer. Sugar ..... Amer. Tel. & Tel... 163 Amer, Tobacco "B" 75 "Amer. Waterworks ... 175 Anaconda Copper ... 481 Atchison, T. & S. Fe. 854 Atlantic Retning
331 83 521 46 163
Lorillard
Pres. Adams
211
Mcintyre Porcupine
Prez Harrison
45
881
51
"75%
121
172
Nat Cash Registor
33 ▾
50
Nai Dairy Products 22
211
Nat Distillers"....
89
30
29
Atlas Corpn.......
281 151 151
Nat Power & Light
9
New York Central...
457
Auburn Motors
24 24
Baldwin Locomotive
$ cum. pf.
Niagara Hudson P.
Compa
121
91.
Baltimore & Ohio... 597 Barnidali OH ...... Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane.. Borden Co.
26
924 -301 26
771 792 *32 334
24 M'facturing 42 Brooklyn-Manhattan
248
434
North American Northern Pacinc Pacific Gas & Elec. Pactic Lighting Packard Motors Paramount Pennsylvania R.R.. Phelps Dodge...... Phillips Petroleum
231
341
29
425
M.V. "NEPTUNA"
94
20
..42
43
"544
Trans
20
28
387
Pullman Ine.
L.
Brooklyn-Manhattan $8 cum..pf. B.......... Case,
Pure Oil...
73
77
177
155 * 155
Radio Corpn of Am.
81
Canadian Pacific Celanese Corpn. of
America Cerro de Pasco 60 CertainTeed Pducts 15 Chesapeake
Corpn. 80 Chesapeake & Ohio 552 Chrysler Corpn. 107 Columbia. Gas & El. 117 Columbia 6% "A" pt. 93
123
13.
353
49
501
37*
382
St. Joseph Lead Co.
€21
Schenley
411
154
Schepley 54% ̧ ̈pf.
93 *
037
TA
Sears Roebuck
821
56
Shell Union Oll
28+
1111
Socany-Vacuum
18.
11장
13
24
357
361
601
471
Stand Brands
21
147 21
123
Stand Gas & Mec.
8
Commonwealth
$8
Stand Gas & Elec.
cum. pt.
52
514
$7 pf.
444
Consolidated Edison Consolidated Of Continental On .... Comm. Products
344 342
64
142
142
64
40+
401
303
58*
597
274
Curtiss Wright (C.) Curtiss Wright. "A" Delaware & Hudson
54
- 51
361
174
184
17
18
181
228
131
126+
361
207
441*
441
184
Return: £76%-0-0,
154
991
07
144
161
24
82 *
61 *
161
.4%
Passenger & Freight Agents —
GIBB, LIVINGSTON Telephone No. 28031.
& CO., LTD.
73
Joint Passenger Agents
101
.404
"IS
$30
33
51...
51
31
35
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
401%
US. Rubber
57
51%
US. Rubber 48 pr: BOL
82
541 50+
U.S. Steel
961
42
421
Vanadium"
271
NOEDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
121
BREMEN.
Bec.
214
301
1334 1363
Youngstown
Sheet
39 *
40 *
& Tube
82T
THE Motor ship
"HAVEL".
417
Chase National BK, 401
511*
771
364 374
Sir Geoffrey R. Clarke, President the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, speaking at the annual meeting at the Hotel Victoria, London, said that a disturbing feature of the Im- provement in trade was the steady rise in prices of materials. In 15 mouths the price of English lead had Increased 100 Der cent electrolytic copper by 95 per cent. and rubber by 73 per cent.
This meant & considerable in- crease in the price of many pro- ducts, and with it a demand for a rise In wages due to the high cost of Ilving. These were factors which would have an important bearing on industrial output and consequently on the cost of the Government rearmament pro-
gramme.
He appealed to the Government to promote steadiness by the man-
Commercial Credit 594 Commercial Solvents 144 Commonwealth & S.
Del. Lackawanna &
ner of placing orders, by a strict Wester guard on prices and by making | Distillers Corpo Bea, known, as far as possible to in- grams dustrial organisations their pro- Douglas Aircraft spective arrangements between
given dates.
Mr. C. Granville Gibson, M.P.. Vice-President, said that he would continue to fight for fair and
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, equitable treatment in the Gov-
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
If woefent inducement offers also other ports of call.
Arrivals from USA.
28th May
lat June
... M.V. PETER MAERSK '
· M.V. "GRETE MAERSK"
...M.V. "FERNHILL"
Sailings to U.S.A.
27th May
26th June
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.)
EXUELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply :-
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shameen, B.C.
Tel. 10918.
Agents. Hong Kong, Padder Building,
Tel: 28363.
S.S."BENARTY”
Sailing for LONDON,
ROTTERDAM,'
ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH
on or about the 9th June.
Cargo will also be accepted on through Bill of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPÁN
S.S. "BENLAWERS” › 26th May. S.S. "BENMACDHUI” 28th May."
For Freight and Passage upply to:-
Tel: 22033.
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.
York Building,
Ågesta : ^ THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
ernment's anti-dumping legisla- tion.
aver-
TRADE WITH CANADA "There is not the same freedom of imports meted out to us by Canada as we afford Canada." be said, "and the anti-dumping legis- lation set out in the Canadian agreement is an effort to come the difficulty. I have my doubts as to whether it will cperate successfully."
The first resolution passed re- ferred to the efforts of a number of European nations adhering to the Oslo Convertion to form a low tariff group open to all like-mind- ed nations, and urged the Govern- ment to bring about a concerted effort to remove or reduce barriers
clause.
Du Pont
Electric Boat
"Elec. Bond & Share Elec. Bond & Share
$5 pl........................ Elec. Bond & Share
$6 pl.
Elec Power & Light Elec Power & Light
$7 pi
Firestone Tire & R Fiinikote
Gen. Asphalt Gen Cigar Gen, Electric Gen. Foods Gen. Motors Gen. Railway Signat Gillette Safety Razor Glidden Gold Dust Goodrich (BF) Goodrich $5 pf. Good; rear-
153
**** * *I*** ** ** * ****
Republic Steel
Reynolds Tobac, "B
Southern Cal Edison Southern Pacine
Southern Fly 5% pf.
pf..............
bon
Standard Oil of N.J. Sterling Products Swift International
.............
Technicolor Taxas Gulf Sulphur Tidewater' Assoc. ONI Timken-Detroit Ale Transamerica
20th Cent. Fex Films 20th Cent. For Films
Un. Carbide & Car-
Un. Pacifie
United Aircraft
Un. Airline Trans-
part
United Corpn.
United Corpo.
Un. Qas Tprovem't
Un. Light & power
"A"
U.S. Industrial Alco-
hol..................
cum. pi.
Warner Bros Pict,
Westinghouse
Call Money an
I a div.
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.
1% 1%
• Bid
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
Sailing Monday, 31st May
for Saigon, Manila, "Sandakan, Salamana, Rabaul,
„Sydney & Melbourne.
First Class Fare to Sydney;
Single: £47.10.0d.
P. & O. Building.
Nippon Yusen Kalsha
King's Building.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
THE
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
8.8.
"ITAURI" National City Bank 43 451 having arrived from BREMEN Ports of call, Consignees of Cargo are having arrived from Hamburg and HAMBURG and Ports, consignees of hereby notified that their goods are cargo are hereby notifed that their being landed and placed at their risk into cargo in being landed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & to a freer exchange of goods even cial areas), and fear that without ask for protection, he said, but an Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Loon, where delivery may be obtained as the godowns of The Hong Kong Godown Company's godowns at Kow If it should involve some modifica, it, businesses might be transferred opportunity to buy fully from the Kowloon, Where delivery can be soon so the goods are landed. tion of the most-favoured-nation to the special areas to the further coal owners on the basis of a will- obtained.
detriment of the distressed areas. ing buyer and a willing seller. All goods remaining undelivered
Optional cargo will not be landed The vital necessity of maintain- Mr. T. K. Briggs (Tees-side) Ing export trade was emphasised said they felt it unfair that their sea) said that the coal quota sys-
Mr. W. Craven Llewellyn (Ewan-after the 26th May, 1937, will be here, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but In another resolution which urged one Industry-Iron and steel-tem was detrimental to the de-effected by us in any case whatever.
NO FIRE INSURANCE will carried on from port to port to the final the Government to impress on
port of call to which the option should be ruled out of the Bill.velopment of collleries. They Dominion Governments, in order They had thousands of people must remove, or modify the re- the godown for examination by the Damaged packages must be left in
extends...
No Claim will be admitted after to promote Empire unity, the with nu kalihood of employment strictions so as to give an incen- consignes and the Company's surve.
the Goods have left the Godowns, and necessity for a freer market for and they thought that continued tive to individuals to open colors, Mesera Anderson & Ashe, at 10
all goods remaining undelivered alter our manufactured goods to enable pressure should be put on the lertes and supply consumers at a
a.m. on the 28th May, 1837.
the 1st May, 1987, will be subject to us to import larger quantities of Government to see that all areas reasonable figure.
Consignees must have a Revenue
Rent, their primary products.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods should have equal opportunities to
Officer in attendance when damaged Mr. M. Morris (Port Talbot) dutiable goods are examined by there to be left in the Godowas, where AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS
attract further industry.
they will be examined on 20th May, 1997, said that the coal industry, were Company's surveyors, Another resolution, which was Mr. LH Cripps (Liverpool) advancing prices and were not
No claim will be admitted after the at 10 am, by our Surveyors Mcasts. passed, suggested that expenditure moved a resolution, which was responsible to anyone but them-claims must be presented within Two Warehouse Regulations, consignees
goods have left the godown and all Goddard and Douglas.
To comply with the General Bonded incurred by businesses expressly in carried, expressing the view that selves. connection with air raid precau- If British coal was to Improve its
Weeks of the ship's arrival here, after tions should be allowed as a de- position in the export and bunker
An amendment suggesting that which date they will not be recognised, must have a Revenue Officer in attend- the Coal Mines Act, 1930, should Consignees are requested to sur- Apce
•
subject to rent.
duction when arriving at profits markets, it must he capable of not be extended beyond a limited render their Bills of Lading to the examined aged dutiable goods are
for income tax purposes.
Regret
expressed that was Inadequate provision was made in the Special Areas Amendment Bill to assist the recovery of the distressed areas (outside the spe
competing in the world markets period was defeated, and a re-undersigned for countersignature. both for coal and oil, and asking solution was carried expressing the
MELCHERS & CO., the Government to consides the opinion that consumers and
Agents: whole question of competition and distributors should be given a
NORDDZUTSONER LLOYD, BREMEN. restriction.
more effective voice in the ad- Hong Kong, 18th May, 1937, The shipping industry did not ministration of the Act.
All claims must reach us before the 14th June, 1937, or they will not be recognised.
No Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
JEBBEN & CO.; Agents.
(3295 Hong Kong, 14th May, 1987.
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