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RACING PROSPECTS MRS. BRUCE ON WAY

TO COLONY.

FOR TO-DAY,

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WISDOM STAG tipped for ST LEGER.

EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER TIFFIN.

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ANNAM EXPERIENCE.

With every prospect of a bright] and sunny afternoon # largel

The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, the crowd should'put' `in an appear-¡ ance at Happy Valley this after- British airwoman, is expected In noon. Excellent sport. is pro-Hongkong from Hanol this after- noon. According to information

mised.

The special feature on the card received by the local office of the A. is the Hongkong St. Leger, and a P. C. Mrs. Bruce was to take off be keen contest should be seen here, tween eight and nine o'clock this as some of our best long-distance morning, which would mean that ponies will be stripping for this she should arrive here round about event. The winner should turn two o'clock this afternoon.

from An Indo-Pacif message up in Wisdom Stag, who has been doing great track work and is in Hanoi indicates that Mrs. Bruce had a difficult crossing over the An- great fettle.

Candidates for handicap events namese mountain chain. Leaving have a nasty.habit of reversing Thakhek at noon, she met a gale form, but as some of our recent winners should confirm subse- quent form I shall expect them to figure amongst the lucky ones this afternoon.

Good racing should be seen in the handicap events, and as ponies are fairly even in the other two events racegoers should have a

the good day at pari-mutuel booths.

News from the course is very reassuring, as the grass track is in and fast wonderful condition.

times should be the order of the day. My selections are:

1st Race.

Royal Flush. Majestic Hall.

Pride of Tsingtao.

2nd Race.

Little Thunder.

The Tiger.

Pickle.

Tango.

3rd Race.

Tonbridge Hall. Sonny Boy,

4th Race.

Wisdom Stag. King's Colour. Peppermint.

5th Race. Christmas Belle. As You Like It. Shanghai Beau.

6th Race. Young Pretender. The Goods. Christmas Frolic.

7th Race.

Sunning.

Duke of Normandy II. Movanagher.

8th Race.

Windsor Star

Christmas Chimes. Spearmint.

COLONY'S FINANCES.

EXPENDITURE EFFECTS ON

BALANCE.

Mrs. Bruce with her pet dog "Paddy," taken before she set out from Heston.

and heavy rains, lasting three' hours, which she says was the worst experience since leaving London.

She thought she was lost at sea, but when the weather was clearing she saw a railway, find- ing herself miraculously near Hanoi, where she landed exhaust- ed.

She was heartily. welcomed at: Hanoi by the French aviators.

Mrs. Bruce arrived on Novem- ber 1 at Thakhek, and tried the next day the difficult crossing over the mountains, but was obliged to land in a wild spot in the jungle.

EXCHANGE RATES.

8, 1930.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS. The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:

Banks

Hongkong Bank, $1570 b. Chartered Bank, $171⁄4 n. Mercantile A. & B., 226%. East Asia $118 n.

Insurances.

Canton Ins., $1100 b.

Union Ins.. $472 b.

North China Ins., Tle. 160 b. China Underwriters, $2.80 b. Yangtze Ins., $60 n. -

Chipa Fires, $400 b.

H. K. Fire Ins., $1,100 n.

Shipping.

Douglases, 327 s.

H. K. Steamboats, $29 b. Indo-Chinas, (Def.) $30 n. - Union Waterboats $334 b.

Mining.

Benguets, $8.70 n. Kalians, 35/9 n. Langkats, Th. 8 n.

S'hai Explorations, Ts, 1 b Baubs, $25 b.

Docks, etc.

Kowloon Wharves, $170 b. Whampoa Docks, $32 n. China Providents $5.45 s. 40l) Hongkews, Tis, 285 d.

New Engineerings, Tis, 7.30 n. Shanghal Docks, Tis. 120 n..

Cottons.

Ewo Cottons, Tls. 12.25 5.

S'hai Cottons, Tle. 82 (old) n.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. and S. Hotel, $11.85 ± H.K. Lands, $82 s. (Old)

do.

$8034. b. ".

S'hai Land Tls. 315 n. Humphreys, $16 n. Realties, $8.95 b. Chinese Estates $87 b.

Public Utilities. Tramways. $18.40 s. Penk Trams, (old) $14 b. Star Ferries, $86 b.

China Lights, (Old $26.60 b. H. K. Electrics, $314 s. Macao Electrics, $28 a, Telephones $351⁄4 b. China Busea, Tls. 18 . Singapore Tractions. 7/9 b.

Industrials.

China Sugars, 70 cts. b.. Malabons, $27 n.

Cald: Macg. Ord: Tis. 10.75 n.

United Asbestos. $5 n.

Stores, etc."

Previous Day. Yesterday.

Canton Ices, $2.75 s.

Puris

123.675

123.65

Geneva Berlin. Oslo Helsingfors

Athens

25.93

25.03

Cements (Comb), $18.60 x.

.20,385

20.38

Ropes $11.10 b.

18.16

18.15%

192

1995

1927

326

.38%

38.15/32 1/7/

95.25/32 12.06% 18.11 .34.475

4.8527/32

12.07

18.12

34.49

817

As disclosed in a financial state-1-4 ment in the current issue of the on Gazette, the Colony's balance at Beunos Aires the end of July was $10,434,763, Shanghai compared with $10,765,316 at the New York. end of June. The shrinkage is Amsterdam.

Stockholm not due to any falling off in re- Stocking Vienne ventic, which shows considerable

Madrid increase, but is accounted for by Bucharest increased expenditure.

Montovideo The revenue for July was Hongkong $2,346,118, as against $1,878,764 Brussels. for the same month last year.

Milan

Expenditure for the month was Copenhagen.

Prague

$2,676,671 compared with $1.930,- Lisbon 151 last year.

Rio

1300

.43.00

ין

42.95

1/34

.39%

8186/5

1/313

.34.835

34.82%

92.805

92,8014

18.10

18.16

163/

163%

108.25

1/6.25/32 .2/0.17/32

1/5.25/32 2/0.17/32

16%

(forward) 16,11/16

*10.11/16

-British Wireless.

For the first seven months of the Bombay.

the total revenue was Yokohama $14,669,800, compared with $13,- Silver (spot)..10%

year,

373,327 in 1929 whilst the expen-

diture was $13.898,890, as against

$11,498.742 for the first

seven

months of last year.

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.108.25

Dairy Farms, $27.35 b.

Watsons, $12.40 b.

Der A. Wings, $1 n.

Lane Crawfords, $3% 6.

Mackintoshs, $19 b.

Sinceres, $11.60 .

Miscellaneous.

Amusements, 23 n.

Constructions, 83% b.

B'que Ind. G. Bonds, $66%% b.

H.K.G. Loan 5% Prem. X. Inst;

The M.M. liner D'Artagnan will While at work in Stubbs Road yesterday, an earth-carrying coolic be despatched for Shanghai on was injured by a stone falling on Tuesday the 11th November at 6 The P. and O. s.s. Malwa from him. He was taken to the Governam, instead of at 4 o'clock in the Hongkong arrived at Marseilles on ment. Civil Hospital with a frac

the 7th November at 8.30 a.m,

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