THE
CHINA-SIAM
HONG KONG-BANGKOK
LINE.
***BELLAS" leaving Hong Kong 27th July via Swatow
HONG KONG-SWATOW-~-AMOY m.6. "HAI HING" leaving Hong Kong 7th Aug. Accepting Passengers & Cargo for all the shove metioned ports.
HONG KONG-SINGAPORE-PENANG-RANGOON Regular Express Bervios
Accepting cargo for all the above mentioned parts.
Excellent passenger accommodation available,"
For freight, pamage rates and all other information--Apply to 1-
THORESEN & CO., LTD.
Tel. 30237.
General Agenta,
Queen's Building.'
S.S. "BENMOHR"
Sailing for LONDON," ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, HULL and LEITH on or about the 9th August.
Cargo will also be "accepted on through Bill
of Lading to the usual transhipment ports.
Next Sailing for SHANGHAI & JAPAN
́S.S. “BENNEVIS
5th Aug.
For Freight and Passage apply to:-
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.
York Building. Agents:
Tel: 22633
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1937.
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
MESSES. ROZA BROS.
Stiver prices were higher yester day to the extent of 1/18 for Ready and 1/8 for Forward, the quotation being 191 and 19 15/18 respectively. Silver advices report- ed India and speculators was having bought. A small business was done, After the official Axing there were sellera, at the "fixed rate. American Bliver was un. changed at 44/34 for Spot.,
The London/New York crus- rate was quoted at 497.35. New York/London was lower at 498.7/
16.
Steady.
MARKET
STERLING
at
There were sellers at 1/2 31/32 July/Decembet, buyers
1/2 11/16 for any deliveyr. No truns- Betions were reported.
The
U.S. DOLLARS Business was done during the course of the morning at 30 5/46 for September and October. market closed with sellers at 30 July 30 5/16 August/September and 301 October/November, buyers at 30 7/16 for cash, 30" August/ September and 30 5/16 October November
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Business was done at 102 for Spot. There were sellers at 1021 | buyers at 102 11/16, for Spot, SHANGHAI MARKET There were sellers of Sterling at 1/2 17/84, buyers at 1/2 19/64 Xox Spot US Dollars, sellers at 29 19/32 buyers at 49 21/32 for Spot, Steady for both Spot and Forward.
ANGLO-JAPANESE
CONVERSATIONS
|
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Now York: July 28.
(Through Ranter's Berrion)
QUOTATIONS
New York/London Croes me New York Cotton-Dec. New York Rubber-Sept. Chicago Wheat --Sept. -Sopt. Chicago Corn Silver -Official
+
Last Today' High Low Close Close Change
497-7/18 4.97 9/16 up 11.14 10.98 11.7 11.13 $14.00
15.48 olosed 120 118 120 119 1018 981
Low Dow Jones Averages
1938,7
Higli
194.40 165.8 $0 Industrials
64.48 30.17 20 Ralli
37.64 93.45 20 Utilitzen 10589 99.54 40 Bonds
82.44 65.38 11 Commodity Index 69.85
Amer. Can... Am. Car & Foundry Amer. & For. Power Amer., Cyanamid ".....
Last Bal
July 23 24
10
471.
Amer. Locomotive Amer. & For. $7 pr. 531
Amer, Metals Amer. Radiator Amer, Rolling MIU.. 367 Amer. Smelting .... 931.
451
Amer. Steel F'dries.. Amer. Sugar Amer. Tel. & Tel... 172 Amer, Tobacco "B" Bl.
227. Amer. Waterworks .... Anaconda Copper Atchison, T. & 8. Fe. Atlantic Refining ... Atlas Corps, ......................... Auburn. Motors v..... Baldwin Locomotive
27
$7 cum. pl. ...... 83. Baltimore & Ohio... 281 Barnsdall Oil Bendix Aviation London, July 23. Bethlehem Steel Conversations between Japan's Boeing Airplane Economic Mission and representa- Barden Co. tives of the Federated British In- Briggs dustrifes, concluded to-day and a communique was issued, stating: It was decided that discussions on the possibility co-operation and the economic development of East Asia should be resumed as soon as the position appears to be favo able...
Trans
July 24.
North American
11 off off
82
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE Sailings
Proudans Liners” brequent wilings and their unique stopover privileges allow you to travel just excily as you choose, and Delke Quesnship Lines and American Mail Lowe worldwide out and agents are maintained to warto zali mchore in whatever place you chance to be. Make your next trip mare enjbjabim, travelling “The President Lina waju
- TO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK AND BOSTON
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Tokobama. Honolulu. San Francisco, Panama
TO SKATILE, VICTORIA **THE EXPRESS KOUTE"
Via. Shanghai, Kobe and
Yokohama
Canal and Havana. Pros. Taft M'night Aug. 10th Pres Jackson M'night July 30th Pres. Hoover Non Aug. 2 Pres. Jefferson M'night Ang. 13th Pres. Lincoln M'night Sept. 7th Pres. VcKinley M'night Aug, 27th Pres. Coolidge Noon Sept. 18th Pms Grant M'night Sept. 10th Pres. Wilson
fa
Oct. 6th Pres. Jackson M'night Sept. 24th Pres. Hoover Noon Oct. 18th Pres. Jefferson M'night Oct. 8th
MANILA
EUROPE, NEW YORK
THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE
Pres. Palk 6am. Aug. 15th. Pres. Tatt Pro*, Pierce
Next Sailing
Pres, Harrison 8am. Aug. lat
M'night Aug. 3rd 8.m. Aug. 29th Pres. Jefferson 6 pm. Aug. 7th Pres. Van Buren 8 .m. Sept. 19th Pres. Hoover 9pm Aug. 18th Pres. Garfield 8 a.m. Sept. 18th Pres. Polk 8am. Aug. 15th
Aam. Oct. 10th Pres. McKinley 6 pm. Aug. 31s
MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP. LINES * AMERICAN • MAIL • LINE
PADDAR BUILDING-KONG KONO.
'CANTON KHANCH -21, TRINED CONCRASION, SHAMEEN.
LINE
BURNS PHILP
M.V. NEPTUNA" Dae 4th Ang.
IUS$ 100,
草
unquoted
July 23. High Low Close Change 183.78 184.83 1880 184.80 107 up 34.8053,11 54.78 55,05 .23 up 98.80 30.67 28.90 20.65
.60 ap 101.06
101.77
.11 up "naquoted Business Done:~510,000 shares.
Stocks Adama Expresi man Allis Chalmers
19+
68 107
89+
107
16
331
时
•Last Sale Stocka
July 23, 24 Great Northern Bly. 514 511 Great Western Buğaz' 35+ 350 Holly Sugar Corpn. Humble Oli Int. Nickel
841
841.
641 643
107
Int. Tel. & Tel
111
131
561
Int. Dept Stores.
Via Manda, Singapore, Penang, Colembe, Bombay, Suar Canal, Naples, Genos and Marseilles. Pres. Harrison 8 am, Aug. 1st
191
195
471
Kennecott Copper
87
671
311 ... 211
52
Lambert Corpn.
121
121*
227
37
Loew's Ind Lorillard
82
Pres. Hayes
22.
941
Mcintyre Porcupine McKesson & Robbins 441
441*
"$89.
-172
82
211
564 851 30 154
841
301
184
184
Monsanto Chemical 103 Montgomery Ward.. 64 Murray Corp. ................... 11" Nat Cash Register .. 35+ Nat Dairy Products 203 Nat Distillers
·30 Nat Power & Light 1011 New York Central... 414 Niagara Hudson P.
Corpn.
102)
641 101* 347
21
297
11
421
31
14
142
271
293
Northern Pacifc .....
301
.304
Pacific Gas & Elec. 321
33
Pacific Lighting 45
451*
941
954
Packard Motora......
91
91
321
33
Paramount
· 162 ·
160 *
244
25
Pennsylvania R.R.
391
391
Mfacturing 431 Brooklyn-Manhattan
131
Phelps Dodge..
Phillips Petroleum
631
63+
241. 25
Public Service of NJ. 434
441
Pullman Inc. ********
691
59
Pure Olli
21
211
180
1811
5
Radio Corpn of Am. 睡
·116
11
Republic Steel
387
394
Reynolds Tobac, "B" 37
37
37
Cerro de Pasco · Certain Teed P'ducts Chesapeake Corpn. 76. Chesapeake &. Oblo... 53 Chrysler Corpm.... ........ 1124 Columbia. Gas & El. 14
761
751
St. Joseph Lead Co.- Schenley
*511
614
Schenley $156. pf. ....
75%
521
1151
151
"Columbia 8% "A" PL. 00: Commercial Credit 602 Commercial Solvents 141 Commonwealth & 8. 3 Commonwealth $3
com. pt.
58
90
14
141
3+
Southern Cal Edison 364 Southern Pacific.... 491 Southern Kly 8% pf. 464 Stand Brands ......... 121 Stand Gas & Elec" Stand Gas & Elec.
04. _94 Sears Roebuck....... *94. : 041 Shell Union Oil
201 29 Bocony-Vacuum
214 21 26
10°
+
59
$7 pl.
erupeale 51
54
Consolidated Edison 394 41.
Consolidated Of
15
10
Continental Olt
487
481
Com. Products
617
62.
Curtiss Wright (C) 72
71
Curtiss Weight "A" 201
201
Delaware & Hudson 161
161
Del Lackawanna"d
Western **** 142 Distillers Coren Sea.
*1417
KTRIA
Douglas Aircraft
Du Pont... Electric Boat
221
221
57+
581
182
164
101
101
Un. Pacida
PHILIPPINE
Elec. Bond & Share 20 - 211 | Elec. Bond & Share
$5 pt....... Elec. Bond & Share
United Aircraft
Standard Oll of NJ. 714 Sterling, Products .. 627 83. Swift International 271 28 Technicolor
844 641 Texas' Gulf,'Sulphur 391 Tidewater... Assoc. Oil 197 Timken-Detroit Axle 241⁄2 241 Transamerica
134 13 20th Cent. Fox Films 387 · ·37.* 20th Cent. Fox Filins
pf.
451* 453* Un. Carbidé. & Čar-
bọn
1011 102 132 1914
291
72
391
201
.
66
851*
75
75
Elec Power & Light 22} Elec Power & Light
$7 px. Firestone Tire & R Platoni
231
801
81.
30+
30%
:36
36
Gen. Cigar...
581
59
3812
481
Un. Airline " Trans-
port United Corpu United Corpn. $3
cum pf. Un. Gas Iprovem't Un. Light & power
U.S. Industrial Alco
bol US. Rubber sin 594 US Rubber $8 DL. 93. US. Steel
116
291
171 173 51 81
394 402
"
13
14
71
314 311
601
561
Vanadium
· 93.· 117 291 "30
441*
14 141
Reuter.
1
Brooklyn-Manhattan:
$6 cum, pf. Case, JL Canadian Faclic Celanese Corpn. of
America
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PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
*
Salling Monday, 9th
for Saigon, Manila, Sandakan, Salamana, Rabaul,
Sydney & Melbourne.
First Class Fare to Sydney:
Single: E47.10.08.
Passenger & Freight Agents -----
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone Na 28031.
P. & O Bailding. Joint Passenger Agents
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
King's Building.
NOW ON SALE
DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE
OF THE FAR EAST
CHINA, JAPAN,
MALAYA,
ISLANDS, INDO-CHINA, NETHERLANDS
INDIA, ETC.
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1937
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Gen, Asphalt
Gen. Electric Gen. Foods,mini Gen. Motors,
561 Gen. Rallway Signal 46 Gillette Safety Razor
Hidden
Gold Dust
Warner Bros Pict.. Westinghouse Hec. 155 156 Youngstown
441
44
Sheet
38
38+
Goodrich (BF)
79+
291
Goodrich $5 på. Good rear
414
42
& Tube/LETEMI Chase, National B 521 National City Hank 471* Call Money
521*
471* 1%
Bid
HK STOCK EXCHANGE
SATURDAY'S
OFFICIAL
QUOTATIONS
Rates were maintained
quietly steady market,
Hong Kong Bank, 31915 Cum.Div.
BUYERS
Douglases $48 Union Waterboats, $9.30.
K&K Wharveb; $119. HK. & W. Docks, 4324 Providents, (old): $21. H. & 8, Hotels, 36.50. HK, Healties, $6.10. Chinese Estates, ste.
H. K. Tramways, $413,
Peak Trams (old), $5. Peak Trams (new), $24. Star Ferries, $86. Yaumati Ferries; $261. HK Flectrics, 180. Telephones (old), $29. Cements. $15.10...
H. K. Ropes. $5.05.
Watsons, $5.49
Win Powell, Ltd., 49 cts. Constructions (new), 45 cts. H. K. Govt. 81 Loan, 1% Prm, Maramans (HK), 6/94.
AN SELLERS M Canton Insurance, 8300.
Canton Insurance, $300.
Union Insurance, 3625.
H. K. & W. Docks, $328/ 85,
SLUM CLEARANCES
IN LONDON
London, July-24 Further alum clearances in Lon- don were approved to-day by the housing committee of the Landớn County Council. ".
Under the plan, twenty-two acres in the districts of Bethrial Green, Shoreditch, Hackney and Bouthwark will be cleared at a cost of £270,000.00
Re-housing of 4,000 people at present living in the slums will cost a further £500,000 ---
Router
REVIEW OF WORLD
TRADE. 1936
PERANANGGeneva, July 24
The League Secretariat has just published its "Review of World Trade 1938 which describes trade relations throughout the world in 1946 and compares them with pre- viens years.MOR
Special attention is paid to the recent changes in the distribution of each country's trade brought about by variations in competitive I power or by new methods of com- FK Govt 31% Loan, 11/2% mercial policy-
Pri
British Wireless.
EL & 8 Hotels, HR.Electrics * $60.
Aug.
Return: £7650-0
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSÄGERIES MARITIMES
CONSIGNÉE NOTICE.
8.8. JEAN LABOBDE" 18 A/87 BRINGING CARGO FROM MARSELLLES, via port eta. ARRIVED
HONG KONG ON FEI DAY, THE S3RD JULY, 1937,
UNSIGNEES Härrepy informed ✪ that their good with the exceptich of Opium, Treasure and Valuables-man being landed and stored into the Go downs of Hong Kong, Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after laping
Ail olams must be sent in to me on will not be recognized, perple or before the 3rd Aug. 1637, or they
Damaged Packager will be examined by the Company's Surveyor, Messrs, Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the Consignees of 10.00 am, on Thurs. Jay, the 29th July, 1837.00 Officer in attendance when suy dutisbla Cossignoen must have BeveORG gords are examined by the Company a Beiravera
No Fire Insurance will be us in any case whatever.
J0BARD 11 GAPANY, Hong Kong, Yard Jaly, 1937.
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