1940-04-26 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

· PRESIDENT LINER

HONGKONG

Sailings

to SINGAPORE

Last week in April.'

direct

HONGKONG

to SAN FRANCISCO direct

Middle of May.

STEAMBOAT CO.

Continued from Paze 9

New-

you will be as much gratified as were the Directors at Mr. bigging's acceptance.

CUT-THROAT COMPETITION

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

(REUTER'S SERVICE)

London, April 24.- The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the market in London. All quotations As I ventured to remärk to you are subject to confirmation and no last year, "unless it is generally responsibility is assumed for errors recognised and appreciated that to transmission. adventuring in the river trade can

prove to be costly, I fear that we War Loan, 31% (Red

continue to expect the after 1953)

must

worst." I am happy to say that Canton-Kloon Rly. 5% from various indications it would Chinese 41% Gold Loan

1898 (Brit. Issue) ...... seem that the truism that cut- throat competition, by resorting Chinese 5% Gold Bonds,

1925-47..... to reducing fares to absolutely

uneconomic levels, can do no good Chin. 44% Anglo-French to anyone, is now more generally Loan, 1908 recognised. When I mention that Chinese 5 Crisp Loan.

1913 (Ldn. Is.) at the worst period of such com- petition it was possible to travel Chinese 5% Rearg, Loan,

1912. to Macao for about eight cents, my point will be readily stood.

At long last a combine of the Chin. Imperial Rly. 5% river shipping companies has been mooted, and if such a

combine

Loan Honan" Rly, 5%

52

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2

should materialise, as the Direc- Eukuang Rly, 5%, 1911. 19 tors hope it willl then at all Sukuang Rly. '5%, 1911

[Chosen Corporation

Pekin Syndicate

6/6 3

Shat Elec. Constr. Co... S'hai Waterworkз “A” Union Insurance

15

13 291

Gula Kalumpong Rubber 18/3

14 Allied Ironfounders, ...... Asso. Elec. Industries. 40/1 Austin Motors, ord.

15/8

£

Cable & Wireless, New

10031

Form. ord.

572

15

B.-A. Tob, (bearer)

105

Mexican Eagle

121

Cammell Laird, ord.

7/4

Mexican Eagle

8/3

Courtaulds

37/6

Distillers

AT

Dunlop Rubber ..................it

34/9

Gen. Electric (England)

80/13.

25+

Guinness (A) Bon & Co.

77/9

Hawker Siddeley Airt. ...

13/3

36

Bristol Aeroplane

14/6

under- Chinese 8% Ster. Notes, 1935 (Vickers)

Imperial Chemical Ind.

31

11

Imperial Tobacco

115

Marks & Sp'cer "A" ord.

43/9

80

Rolls Royce

91/8

.15

Leyland Motors

73/6

Tate & Lyle

54/8

Turner & Newall

85

(German Isquei

17

United Steel

U. Hai

Smethwick Drop Forg.

23/6 1379

Rly. 6% 1913

13

Armstrong Stevens, ord.

6€

Shai-N'King Fly. 5%

21

Pressed Steel, com,

17

REPORT ADOPTED

Mr. W. Kirby seconded. the chairman's proposal for the adop-Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5% tion" of the Report and statement

Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%

(Brit. Stpd.)

Vickers. ord.

17/104

13

Woolworths

00/6

Anglo-Dutch

21/4/

(German Stpd.)

...",

13

Rub, Plant, Invest. Trust

29/9

TEL. 28171.

of Accounts and this was unib- Tientsin-Pukow Rly..5% imously adopted.

Burma Corporation

9/41

Proposed by Mr. Wel Tat seconded by Mr. Wong Mesars, M. K. Le and J. P. were re-elected" Directors.

(Brit. Stpd. Supl. Loan) and Tientain-Pukow Rly. 5% Chik, (Ger. Stpd. Supl. Loan) Braga sap, 5% Ster. Loan, 1807 Jap. 6% Ster. Loan, 1824 Messr's Lowe, "Bingham and der, 7% Intl. Loan, 1924 Matthews and Messrs. Linstead chartered Bank' and Davis were re-elected auditors HK. & S'hal Bank (Idn. on the proposals of Mr. Chik, seconded by Mr Kwan Yau-LK, &' Shai Bank (Col. kwong.

Reg)..

13

Commonwealth

Mining

Marsman Investments

14.

13 471

Randfontein Estates ....

40

Western Holdings

534 .. 7

Sub-Nigel

17/3 202/6

Tanami Gold Mining

6d.

9-3/16

Anglo-Iraniani

35

Burmah

72/6

Wong

Reg.)

03

Shell Trans, &

Trad.

(bearer)

75

||

93

•—Nominal"

19/41

t-ex-dividend

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

AGENTS FOR TWA. AND UNITED AIR LINES.

12, PEDDER ST.

events some of the ill effects of

the suicidal competition can be Lung Ting

eliminated.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940. —PAGE.11

HONG KONG, TIDE TABLE. From 26 Apr to 1 May 1940.

HIGH WATER. .

P. & O. S. N. CO.

We have

:(

a Sailing Homewards MIDDLE MAY

carrying Passengers and Freight. Also Frequent Cargo Departures

B. I. S. N. CO. LTD. Frequent Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta."

E. & A. S.S. CO. LTD. Monthly Sailings to Rabaul, East Coast of Australia and Tasmania.

Also frequent sailings to Shanghai and Japan. "All vessels may call at any ports on or off the roata and the route and all sailings are subject to cancellation change or deviation with or without notice.

Passengers are requested to register their requirements but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.

Details may be obtained from

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO

P.CO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL. HONGKONG

PHONE. #7721.-

Nitta Maru

MAIDEN VOYAGE

FIVE DAY EXCURSION TO. MANILA

Leaving Hongkong.

EARLY MAY

Using the ship as your Hotel during Overnight AT MANILA

ALSO: - SECOND WEEK" IN" MAY THIS NEW VESSEL TO:

SAN FRANCISCO,

LOS ANGELES,

via

SHANGHAI,

- JAPAN,

and HONOLULU,

A few reservations still available. NEXT VOYAGE THIRD WEEK IN JULY,

Complete Information From Your Agent or:

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA-

KING'S

BUILDING

Telephone 30291.

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

GUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns- ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbournë, etc.

44

NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN JUNE, 1940.

For Freight or Passage apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30332.

Agents.

1. Connaught Road.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

SAILINGS FÖR SWATOW, AMOY & FUOCHOW & RETURN

Subject to alteration without notice

KWANGCHOWWAN--HONGKONG SERVICE

Sailings Twice Weekly, from Hong Kong

Tor Fraight sod. Prusses apply to Im.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

P. & C. Building.

General Managers.

Tel. Nos. 18037 and 28038,

The appointment of Mr. L. B. Chinese Eng. & Mining Wood as Director was confirmed.

(bearer)

- INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT OF WEATHER REPORT

"MANCHUKUO"

Special To H.K. Dally Press

TOKYO, Apr. 25 (Reuter)

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 am., April. 25.

Barometer (at sea level). 29.90 ins.

Owing to the shortage of goods Temperature, 74 F. “

and foreign exchange "Manchu Humidity, 90 per cent. kuo's" industrial expansion will be Wind Direction, E/S concentrated on the development Wind Force (Beaufort), 2.

of the five vital industries coal, Temperature; maximum yesterday, gold, iron mining, hydroelectricity and rallways.

Days of

Week

78 F. Temperature: minimum last night. Sat

Date of

Month.

Height

Height.

Low Winze

Hong

Hong

Kong

Kong

Standard

Standard

Time.

Time

b. m.

then the

th, in

Fri.

26

00 33

4'7

04 68

13 3

11 30

7.0

18 48

1 2

27

0156

45

05:30

3 6

70 F.

12:06

67

1840 11 5

Total rainfall since January 1st Mon. 29

Rainfall for 24 hrs, ending 10th San 28

today, 1.53 ins.

03 06

43

06.04

3 8

12 40

€ 3

20 48

11 8

04 22

44

06 45

41

1330

58

2152

20

18.16 is.

Tues, 30

06 29

45

083044

16 24.

55

29 00

1

Wed. 'I

06 30

148

10 10

3

1855

5 2

23.39

22

Thur. 2

07 of 18 11

5 1

13 1

1911 3 8

Maximum temperature, 70' F. Minimum temperature, 70 F. Rainfall, mil.

Other "non-urgent industries" will probably be compelled to abandon the expansion of the pro-} duction plans for the current year.!

All previous expansion schemes by so-called private enterprises Against an average of, 10.18 Ins. will entirely be subordinated by Sunset tonight, 6.47 p.m. the necessity to curtail the pur. Sunrise tomorrow, 5.55 a.m. chases abroad in order to spare] foreign exchange.

LUMBER YARD OUTBREAK

TSINGTAO, April 4 (Reuter)- The largest conflagration in many years occurred here yesterday in the yard of the China Export. Lum-1 ber Co., Ltd. The fire started in the early hours of the morning in a mill and was alleged to have been caused by the blowing of fuse.

The flames spread rapidly to the adjacent outbuildings and a large stock pf lumber in the yard:

The mill was completely burnt down and while the fire in the lum- ber yard is continuing, it is under) control. No one was injured but the loses are estimated at over one Million dollars.

LINER REQUISITION

The Indo-China Steam Naviga- tion Company's ships, the laid-up Yangtze River Fleet. excepted, will be taken onto Liner Requisi- tion by the Ministry of Shipping from May 1, next.

The Company understands that de- the Ministry of Shipping will

later cide rates of charter hire but it has at present no more in-

formation than this,

4 pm April 25. Barometer (at sea level). 29.80 ins. Temperature, 76 F. « Humidity, 82 per cent Wind Direction. £/S Wind Force (Beaufort), 3.

UHINA

NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED

Frequent and Regular Sailings for

SWATOW, AMOY, SHANGRAL TSINGTAD, WEIHAI WES,

CHLJ00 and Tizxray.

KWANGCHOWWAN, PAXHOI and Яotno

HAIPHONG,

CANTOF.

Tourant SAIGON and BANGKOK,

SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM and PENANG

For further particulars regarding loading dates etc please apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

TELEPHONE NO. 30331

BANK LINE (CHINA)LTD

AGENTS FOR

ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.

Regular slegs for UNITED KINGDOM as opportunity offera

NEXT SAILING SECOND WEEK IN MAY

"AGENTS POR

THE BANK LINE, LTD.

ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

NEXT SAILING ABOUT END APHIL BEGINNING MAY.

for Mauritius, Rension, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durbanfand Cape Ports.

AMERICAN-ORIENTAL LINE

Regular, sailings for Boston, New Youk, Philadelphia & Baltimore

NEXT BAILING SECOND WEEK IN APRIL

For Freight or Fausge on any of the above lines apply -- Telephone 27791

THE BANK JINE (CHINA), LTD.

THE

"Route-of-Wonders"

ACROSS CANADA

Speed across the Pacific by luxurious. Empress liners, then Victoris. stop over if you wish ..", and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen playground.

NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG THIRD WEEK IN MAY

(Omitting Honolulu)

Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies--Lake Louise, Band-600 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Scenery. Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as optional routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.

then Montreal and Quebec, gay French-speaking cities on the famous St, Lawrence Seaway, and a quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacific's Atlantic fleet.

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THE SECOND WEEK IN MAY

For Ful Information Consult Your Travel Agent

OR

Union Building

Hong Kong

"Telephone: 20752

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel System

BARBER - WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE. TO

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

VIA LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS.

by NEW FAST VESSELS

NEXT SAILING ABOUT MIDDLE MAY

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Hong Kong, Bank Building,

Agenta.

Telephone 28011.

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