$300
$500
STERLING
There were sellers after the opening at 1/2 15/18, buyers bid- ding 1/2 31/32. Subsequently some business was arranged at 1/2 13/16 for near and forward. The market closed at lunch time with sellers at 1/2 15/16 October and 1/2 29/32/November /Decem- ber. buyers at 1/2 31/32 Crah /October and 1/2 15/16 December, "possibly November.
U. S. DOLLARS
A transaction was reported at 29 11/18 for cash. At lunch time the market closed with sellers at 20 5/8 October November and 29 9/16 December at 29 3/4 Cash 11/16 November
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
$225 Canton Insurances...................... Union InstrKOĽKO ................. Underwriters (measure
$200 H.E. Fires .....................
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS Hong Kong Stock Exchange
THE EXCHANGE
MARKET
*Sharebrokers'
Association
Bars Ballers
Balen Nomiani
FRIDAY. OCT. 28.
Buyers Ballers Sale" omn
Banku
1,380/00...
£82 E9A
9.K. Banks
D. (Lon. Reg.)...... Chartered Bank....
297 Mercantile Bka. “A” 213 Mercantila Bka "C"
Bank of East Asia ....
188
Do. (Col Reg.)...............
$1,300
£83)
для
£91
£971 £13 $38
J
N. C. & B. Banks .........
Insuranos
***
MESSRS. ROZA BROS.'-
REPORT
Silver prices were unchanged yesterday, the quotations remain- ing at 19, 5/8 for Ready and 19 7/16 for Forward. Silver advices re- ported the market as being steady but "featureless. Later there were buyers at the quoted rate but wel- lers were scarce. American Silver was quoted at 42 3/4 for Spot.
The London New York croBS- rate was quoted at 476. 62. New York /London was quoted at 473. 5/8.
MARKET
1938
Hich Low Dow Jones Áreragos 154.37 98.96 30 Industriala
39.77 19.00 90 Rails 2483 18.14 90 Utilition 97.70 83.39 40 Bonds
Oct, 26
189.10
31.58
32.48 31.08 314
.30 up
14,57
0.37 94.42 96 19
.69 up
90.12
90.13
11 op
59.00 41,03 11 Commodity Index
48.95
48,0
.03 of
Business Dono:-2,100,000 shares.
STOCKS
Last Bale Oct. 26 27
STOCKS
Last Sale
Oct. 28 27
1120 $500
Adams Expresa
121
121
'Greyhound'
Corpn.
191
19.
12
Alleghany Steel Co.
21
21"
Becker Producta
101
104
$300
«Allis Chalmers .................
51%
533
Int. Nickel
551
561
Shipping
166
168
Donglasen ...........
830
Quiet.. Rates were a shade lower than yesterday. The tone www stendy.
Amerada Corps,
703
691*
Int. Tel. Tel ......
DJ
10
Amer. Can.........
101
104
Kennecott Copper ...
47:47.
$19
Steamboats**
Amer. For. Power 41
41
Libbey- Owens- Ford
$80
Indo Chinas (Pruf.)
$80
324
Indo-Chinas (Det.).
$24
Amer. & For. $i pf.
21.
201
Glass ....
501
551
85/0
Shella
86/7
$9
Waterbeats
Mining
17/6 Kaline..................
$9.70 Raubs.......
17/6
$3
Venezuela Gold Fide.
13
$129
$122
BU
$19
$18
912
$4.66 $8.80
137
$37
$107
#8)
H.K. Raaltion
$91
Humphreys
108
Chinese Estate
7 eta. Hong Kong Mines......
Docks, WharvÁK,
Godowns, etc.
JH.K. & K. Wherres...
86,05 Providele (new).......
1.K. & W. Dock.....
Do.
Shanghai Bocks 8. ....
13.90 Now Baginserings 8.
Lands, Hotels, and
Building,
H.K. otels
H.E. Landa.....
Do. 4% Deatures
Shangbai Lands S...
Cotton Mill
#171 Ewon (8.)
6048'hai Cotton (8.).....
324
Zoong Bing (8) .......
TLI
Provident (old)....................
::::::
3122
36.40
$6.20
218
$18 5.20 33)
Amer. Locomotive. Amer. Metala" ...................... Amer. Radiator Amer. Rolling Mill... Amer. Smelting
551 - Amer, Sugar R’ing ...
201 Amer. Tel. & Tel. 1181 Amer. Tobacco "B" 891 Amer, Waterworks...
15 141 39 381 Anaconda Copper... Atchison. T. & S. Ft. 391 Auburn Motors ......
264
28
Lockheed Aircraft ... 211
221
424
422
Loew's Inc. ....... 58}
591
18
18
Martin, Olen. L
331 331
207
201
McKesson & Hob-
55
bins, 53 pf.
351.
364*
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Through Renter's Service)
QUOTATIONS
Ock, 13, 1938. Higa Low Close 163 93 151.48 15269
Chanu
.19 up
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1938.-PAGE 13
Priesti
Lloyd
FORTNIGHTLY
EXPRESS SERVICE
PAR EAST-EDTA-PALS
Hongkong-London 93 days Hongkong Italy 21 days
SCHEDULE OF BAILING FROM HONG KONG
TO MANILA, SINGAPORE,
COLOMBO, "BOMBAY, EGYPT
TO BILANGILAT
"544"CONTE ROSSO"- 6th Nov. | 80. "CONTE ROSSO" g9th Ock 11th Nov.
י
mv. "VICTORIA"
s. *CONTE VERDE", and Nov. "C. BIANCAMANO" 17th Dec, ... "CONTE ROSSO" 99th Dec,
"C. BIANCAMANO" 23th Dec... 8.5. "CONTE ROSSO” 6th Jan."
LLOYD
"
TRIESTINO
P.O. Box 143. Tel. Address "Lloydiano"-Telephones 32982 Passenger
& ITALY
in.v. "VICTORIA"
19th Nov.
5.8. "CONTE VERDE" 30th Nov.
32983 Freight
294
Monsanto Chemical 1041 ·
1031
1481
Montgomery Ward... 511
514
+
894
Nat Dairy Products 141
144
Nat. Distillers.......
28
284
National Load
274
27
391
Nat. Power & Light
01
91
5
42
Nat. Supply Corpn. 171
171
Baltimore & Ohio Barber & Co.
81
New York Central... 194
201
211
217
N. America Aviation
14}
141
Barnsdall Ol
174
171
North America Co. 25
251
Bethlehem Steel
671
681
Northern Pacific
121
121
January, buyers
$6,85
...
137
$106
901
Boeing Airplane Co. 27?
281
Pacific Gas & Elec 23
201
October and 29 December.
Borg-Warner
341
331
Paciac Lighting.....
42)
414
Briggs M'facturing - 341
34
Pickard Motors
61
51
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
Far Eastern Mall, Passenger & Freight Service
Through bookings to America. via Europe and Burope via America. Bookings around the world. - Through bookings to London
OUTWARD SAILINGS
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Paramount Pictures 121
111
Trans.
127
12
Pennsylvania R.R..... 211.
214
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Phillips Petroleum.. 39
39
$17.80
$90 $24
-36 cum, pí. .... Canadian Paciic Case. J.I
33
33
Public Service of NJ. 341
341
接查
83
Pure Ou
11
11
12th Nev 8. NORDMARK "......for Shai, Dairen, Yokohama, Kobe
9.5. VOGTLAND......for_S'hui, Dairen, Taku, Tsingtao,"
Yokohama, Kabe... ...th Cct. m.v. "KULMERI AND for Shai Dairen, Tak, Kobe,
Y'hama....
15th Nov.
94
95
Radio Corpn. of Am
81
82
Telephones fold)..
$8.60 Telephones (oew)...
Tractions
13-
$42 Wing On Textiles (8.)
Public Utilities
$161 $16,90
Tramways cooAINT
$18.50 $17
961
$31
Peak Trams (aid)...... Peak Trazan, (DeW}......-
131
473
Star
Ferries.......
173
123
Y'mali Ferries C.R.#
$23)
$12
Do.
{new}$}]
$107 $10.40
China Lights {olà)....
{hina Lights (now).
810.70 $101
$58
HK. Electrica .........
#537
817
Macao Electrics
310
Sandakan Lights
$14,60
$36
581
22/6
Chesapeake & Ohio 351 Chrysler 'Corpn. Columbia Gas & H. 9 Columbia 8% “A” på. 81 Commercial Credit 581 Commonwealth & 8. 2 Commonwealth &&
8% cum pt. Consolidated' Edison 34 Consolidated Ca
.354
Republic Steel
20
191
83+
.834
Reynold Tobac. "B"
45
451
16
Scherley Distillers
201
20
HOMEWARD SAILINGS
6. "NEUMARK".
* for Genos, Mart,, Antwerp, R'dam
Hamburg
79 *
Schenley, 64% pfd... 721
73
m..." RAMSES"....
57
Scars Roebuck
781
2nd Nov... ...for Genca, R'dam., Hamburg.2nd Nov, Freighter with Passenger Accommodation.
24
Shell Union Oll
151
151
Socony-Vacuum Oil
14
14
531
543
Scuthern Paciic
198
197
W
341
Southern Rly $5 pfd.
28
283
9
3.
9
Standard Brands
71
174
Continental Can
44
433
Stand Gas & Elec.
4.
47
Continental 011
201
281
Standard Oll of N.J.
53
53.
Corn. Products
70
691
Stone & Webster....
14
1441
$4.65 Bopes......
25/- Traction (pref.)
Industrials
314
Cald., Macg. (Ord) 8.
$13
Cald, Macg. (Prof.) 8.
$1.70 Canton Ices
$16.60 Cemuta
Miscellaneous
Curtiss Wright (C.) "T Curtiss Wright "A" 271 Distillers Cerpa.
Swift International 24
301.
271
Technicolor
23
23
Texas Corpo.
431
431
KTAM...
201 22
Texas Gulf Sulphur -33
321
Douglas Aircraf
681
$25
Bet
B
...
32
Ferien E'tainments
Constructions (new)........
Lane Crawfords... Nanyang Tobicon.....
Sipontes deman Wateons R JONESANDS TULED [Ch.G.5% 1925G.@Bda.
Constructions (old).
BLE $104 34.40
325
16.10
$1,60 $1,70
Du Pont
147
69 1481
20th Cent. Fox.
251
254
do. $1k pl
19%
1.344
MINE
Eagle Pilcher, Lead 131 Elec. Bond & Share 14 Elec. Bond & Share
$5 pl.......
...... 621 Elec. Bond & Share
13
Union
Carbide
For further particulars and passage fares, etc. apply to:+~
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & CO., AGENTS,
12, Pedder Street, Tel. 31205---6.
CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road.
ERSK
MAERSK LINE
Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
144
Carbon ....
874
87
Union Pacific
92
94%
831.
United Aircraft
361
382
United Airlines Trans 12
111
RVICE
$5 pl.....
69
70
United Corpa. ....................
41
++
Elec, Power & Light
United Corpn. $3
$7 pf.
44
444
'cum. pt.
364
Flintkote
281
271
United Gas Corpn. 4
361 41
30 Maramana Inv. (H.K.)
90 cla Wm. Powella`...........
*Beles to Shanghai
LONDON EXCHANGE
¬British-Wireles-Service)-
Oct, 25
20.98
07.85
74.K. Gori. 4% Loga
733%
$106
|H.E. Gort, 33% Logos
$100
3471
H.K. Wing On
1474
B'bai Wing Ou
1b1
$6,85
Vibro Piling
56.40
13/9 Marnans Inv. (Lon.).
90 ct
Gen. America Trans 531
541
Un. Gas I'provem't 11
12
Gen. Electric
457
£7
U.S. Rubber
.531
52)
Gen. Motors
501
502
U.S. Rubber 38 ptd... 971
95
Gen. Railway Signal 23
US. Steel
24
€54
851
Glidden Co.
25
25
Vanadium
24+
241
2nd Nov,
Goodrich (B.F.)
225+
242
Warner Bros. Plet....71
7
20th Nov.
Goodrich 35 pf.
627.. 83
Westinghouse Elec 118
1211
RATES
Oct. 28. 178-31/84
Goodyear Tire & Co. 334 Great Northern Iron
Ore
142 'Great Northern Riv. 234 Great Western Bugar 29
321
Woodward Iron Cor. 23
23j
Chase National B. 334*
331
148
National City Bank 251
251
241
Call Money
1%
1%
281*
1 ex..div....
bid.
BAS
SHANGHAI - und JAPAN
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA,NEW YORK, BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA
& BALTIMORE.
If sufficient inducement offers also other, pórts of call. Arrivals from UB.A. **
M.V. "ANNA MAERSK”.
M.V. "KATTEGAT"
27th Nov,
(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.) EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGEFÜ AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply ---
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton Shameen, B.C. Agents Hong Kong, Pedder Building
Tel, 10916,
Tel. 31205-6. Swałow Agents: GEBR. ROESE Tel 1803.
Sailings to U.S.A.
⠀⠀
$7,50
Parts
Genera
Berlin
Athens
Milan
Lisbon
-Stockholm
178-23/32
21.03+ 11.92
183.
SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling opened with sellers at 8. 9/84 October and 8. 8/64 Novem-. ber and at the close there were sellers at 8. 1/8 October and 8. 1/16 November. U.S. Dollars, sel- lers at the opening at 16. 3/16 October and 18. 1/8 November At the close, there were sellers at 16. 1/8 October and 14. 1/16 Novem- ber.
THE AFTERNOON
The market was quietly steady In the afternoon.
STERLING
The market closed with sellers at 1/2 15/16 October and 1/2 29/32 November December, buyers at 1/2 31/32/October and 1/2 15/18 November December.
U.S. DOLLARS
The market closed with sellers at 29 11/16 October and 29 5/8 November/December, buyers at 20-3/4 Cash /October and 29 11/16 November/December. A transac- tion was reported at 29 11/16 for November.
"183.
SHANGHAI MARKET
SHANGHAI 'MARKET
Last advices indicated sellers for Sterling at 8. 1/8 and U.S. Dollars
at 16. 1/8.
H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE
3
Oct. 28.
In the main during the past week the market has been active. Sales "reported would appear to indicate uthe than average turnover when compared with the few preceeding weeks, There are further enquiries at the close, and the undertone is steady.
BUSINESS DONE DURING THE WEEK
Hongkong Bank, $1410, 31420, $1400, $1390, $1395, $1390, $1380 $1385
Union Insurance, $500, $505,
$500, $302
Providents (Old), $8.40,
Providents (New), $8.20.
Hotels, $6.70.
11.89
5471
904
001.
110
10.414
3d
Shanghai
New York
4765
4.773
8.75+
Amsterdam
8.771
Waterboats, $9.
Vienna
Wharves, $122.
Prague
138+
1301
Helsingfors
2263
Bucharest
600
Hong Kong..ungeonnas.
1/2-15/16
Bombay...........
1/5-15/16
Montreal
4.801
4.811
Prussels
28.16
28.201
1/2
211
19.01
19.00
19.05
3.
22.40
192.
Yokohama
Belgrade
Buenos Aires
Monte Video ............
Rio de Janeiro
Copenhagen Calo
Silver (Forward),
Silver (Spot) War Loan
UN LONDON:—
19-11/16 34%99-1/18.
Closing Quotations
October 2, 1838.
Telegraphic Transfer... 11/8 Bank Bills, on demand 13/16
Credits, 4 months sight 1/91/19
ON BHANGHAI:--
. On demand
UN SINGAPORE:--
On demand
JB JAPAN:-
On demand
Telegraphic Transfer..
ank ne demand
ON NEW YORK:-
19-7/16 LO
31% 99-3/16
Bank Bills, on demand i Credita, 80 days' High 292
ON BATAVIA
*On demand
ON PARIS:
Bank Bills, on demand 1,098. Credits, 4 months' sight 1,180
170 no UN SAIGON:
On demand......
Or Máxá-
On demand
Lands, 337, $372. $37.
Humphreys. $9.30, 394,
Tramways. $16.85, $16.80, $17,
$16.90, $162.
Star Ferries, $73.
China Lights (Old), $10.70, $10.85,
$10.80, $10.7T3,
Electrics, 3584, $585, $581, $581,
$584.
.
Telephones (018), $241, 125,
$242
Telephones (New), $8.60.
Cements, $16,40, $18.60,
Dairy Farms, $25.
Watsons, $7.85. $7.80, $7.50.
Govt 4 per cent Loan. 8 per
*prem
Marsmans (HK), 3/- CHANGES (3.15 p.m.) · CLOSING. QUOTATIONS BUYERS
Trams, 916.80.
Ch. Lights "(014), $10,70,
Ch. Lights (New), $10,20.
Electrics, $581.
Watsons, $7.
Hongkong Banks, $1380/85.
1001
SALES
581
Unions, $500/21.
ON BANGKOK :*
Trams, $181.
On demand
160
Ch. Lights (Old), $10.70.
Sovereign Notes
Bank Buying Rate.........
TA
JAZI
Klar River DAF, DE
10%
Watsons, $7.
Electrics, $681: ·
Telephones (Old), $244,
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