10
VOLUNTEER ACTION
GUNBOAT OPENS FIRE ON CAVALRY
Harbin, Aug. 21. Anti-Manchukuo forces are still causing some trouble in North Manchuria.
LONDON STOCK
PRICES
MARKET RATHER
IRREGULAR
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1933.
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The following quotations on the London Stock Exchange have been It is officially announced hore recalved by Messre. Swan, Culbertson that the gunboat Kunngaan open-and Fritz in conjunction with Router. od fire at short range on a body of 150 anti-Manchukuo
The market: Cheerful, but rather cavalry irregular owing to profit-taking.
ese Bonds Chinese
Aug. 18. Aug. 21.
£ 102
on the left bank of the Bungari, north of Fuchin, The gunboat subsequently Innded detach-4 Bonda 1808
ment and attacked tho anti- Manchukuo cavalry,
that n
61%
SHARE PRICES
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following is the list of local sharo quotations issued to-day:
Banks.
COTTON, WHEAT AND SILVER LATEST NEW YORK
QUOTATIONS
Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz have received the following quotations an the New York cotton and wheat
'kong Banks, $1825 an. 'kong Banks, London, E1281⁄2 n. and silver oxchanges for yesterday. Chartered Bank, $16 n.
Mercantile Bank, A.
£24 n
& B.
Mercantile Bank C., 59% D.
East Asia, $101 b.
Am: 0. Finance Corp, Sh. 820 China O. Fin: Ord., Bh.$5.40 n. China O.. Fin. Pref. Sh.$6.00 n.
Range Range 9.40-0.41 9.38-9,30 9.01-0.05 0.58-9.00 0.74-0.76 9.68-9.08 9,90-0.00 0.85-0.85 10.00-10.05 0.98-0.98 10.19-10.10 10.14-10-14
0,95
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
STEADY
According to Mesars. Swan, Cul bertsan and Fritz, the New York markot was steady yesterday. Busl-
Corn Products Douglas Aircraft Drug Inc.
NEW
YORK · STOCK Cano, J.I. EXCHANGE
70% Chase National Bank 27. Chesapeake Cor
poration
78%
Montgomery
Ward 26: *** 20%
29
National City Bank B1%
National Distillers •
09
48%
New York Contral. 484
481
Chrysler
40
4216
North American
Columbia Gas and
Electric
Owens-Illinois Glass
289
19%
104
Co.'
76
Consolidated Gas of
70%
Pacific Gas
And
New York
48%
40
Continental Oil.
Electric
25
24%
15%
614
70%
Pennsylvania Rail
80%?
road
35.
85%
14
10
40
40%
Phillips Petroleum
14%
*147*
Colton.
поэк
Aug. 10. Aug. 21.
Closing
Closing
December October
January March
May
done 1,660,000 shares. The Du Pont de Nemours 74% Wall Street Journal report on yester Eastman Kodak ... day's market:
Electric Bond and On Improved sentiment due to con-
Share solidation of the steel, old and lumber General Electric
་་་་་་ codes, stocks rose from 1 to more General Foods ... than 0 points. Sugar stocks
were General Motors... Arm due to reported agreement
on General Railway the quota plan. The New Pubile Servico. Commission ordered
Reynolds
Tobacco
77%
404
4014
80%
70%
Sears Roobuck
30%
41%
Shell Union
814
0%
244 24 86
80%
24%
Socony Vacuum
24%
Corporation
12%
12%
30-0/87 Southern California
Yark Signal
30%
81
41%
Edison
21
21
Standard Gas and
July
€ 0136
Canton Ins., $326 n.
Spot
£
740
£ 40%
Union Ins. $5675/70 sh.
China Underwriters, $1.80 b.
China Firo, $595 n.
H.K. Fire, Inn., $290 n.
Sept.
88
Wheat, Aug. 19.
Aug. 21. Chicago Winnipes Chicago Winniper
96%
International Assce. Sh. $61⁄4 n.
Ocl.
71%
Dec.
01 73% 91
71 73
Shipping.
May
95% 784 04%
78
Silver.
to
Aug. 10.
September
36.15
1 December
36.82
March
37.60
30.26 37.05 37.80
% reduction in New York City Goodyear Tyre and electric rates. This ness among the utility group." Our International Now York Omice cablo (This morn-
Coment ... Ing) Stocks:
Trading market likely to be had temporarily but base for
International Har-
vester.. ultimately higher prices seems In International Nickel 10% the
Wheat: Ignored Liver- International 101. & makly pool.
trade light, Market
Tel. narrow and erratic. Buyers refuse Johns Manville"
follow
advances. Professionale Kennecott Copper bearish, would
buy on Aug. 21. Cotton: Inflation is the main bullish Liggett &
setbacks. Lehman Corporation 69%
Gol
Electric
15%
15%
Dunt
21%
38
20
801
Standard Oil Co., of
N.J.
37%
38%
Texas Corporation
29
24%
Texas Gulf Sulphur
30%
80%
32
3036
· ឌ
Union Carbide and
Carbon
38
Union
40%
47
Pacific
121
124%2
10%
United Aircraft and
Trans.
Bü冻
87
15%
16
49
604
United
United Corporation 8%
Gas
83%
Im-
20%
21
provement
10%
19%
71
U.S.
Rubber
possibility
although too Indefinite 10 inspire aggressive buying.
Loow's Inc. Southern mills
are reported to bo Lorillard P. contemplating closing due to increas-McIntyre Procupine
Муств
U.S.
Steel
18 62%
10
$4 81
94
Universal L
54.
924
Tobacco
44
Ung.
214 214
Westinghouse E. &
M.
4214
03
3914
Woolworth
4341
404
40
003
(Eng. Ina.)... £101 44% Loan 1908. £84% £84 5% Loan 1912... £ 61% It is also announced
5 Reorg. Loon detachment of 200 polico yester. 1919 (Lin, Iso) £ 00 day opened an ongaremont with 5% Bonds 1026-17 £ 92 so-called bandits on the Sungari% Kiver, five miles from Harbin, Fighting between the two forces 5%
still continuing Router.
ANTI-NAZI PACT? TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT DENIED IN VIENNÁ
Bhal-Nanking Riu Pakow
Rly St 66 Tient.-Pukow
Railway (Sup Loan)
6% Shal-Hang- chow - Ningpo Ily.
Honan Rly...
5
5 Hakuang Rly.
1911
£ 22-27 £ 21-27
£ 18-20 £ 17-22
£83-88 £ 83-89 £12 £12
£ 28 £ 274 5% Lung Tsing U. Ini Rly. 1913 between
1111% Foreign Bonds & Banks German 7% Int.
Lean 1024
80
Vienna, Aug. 21. The sensational reports of a trl-party agreement, Great Britain, France and Kaly, tą take, military action to pre- tect Austrian Independence against any threat of invasion by Nazi forces, was described by the Foreign Office to-day n absurd.
Japan 5 Sterling Loan 1907.... Japan 6 Sterling
Lonn
The report was Jubelled "Associated pure invention."
The Foreign Office added that the matter was not mentioned at the conversations fictween Premier Mussolini of Italy and Dr. Dollfuss, Austrinn Chancel Jor.-Reuter,
EXCHANGE RATES
Paris...
84.11/32
17.11
79%
88%
£ 88%
£16 £ 96% Industrials & Breweries
Elec. Industries Brit-Amer. Tob. Chinese Eng and
Min.
P. Coats J. & Courtaulds Distillers. Donlop Rubber
Everready
Elec.
General
Guinness...
Impl. Chem. In
Impl. Tobacco
226 Internat. Nickel ..
Turner & Newall
1.60% Burma Corpn....
Athens
allan..
Buenos Aires Shanghol Now York
Amsterdam
Vienna
Prague
Stockholm
.30
111%
.39.9/16
500
23223/10
10.38
111% Guta Kalumpong
3914
500 Trepea Mines
1/4 Langlaagte
21/3 21/3 112/6
112/6
28/0
28/0
59/0
60/-
30/71⁄2 40/-
90/-
00/6
36/3
35/16
28/...
43/3 49/3
287-*
96/9 30/1
20/7% 20/74 103/6 109/3 28/3 28/4 2244 $ 22
Aug. 18,
Aug. 21.
Godava
Berlin
.84.15/32 .17.124 .18.88
dustries
13.86%
Helsingfors
2264
Int. Ten Storca
$
Onlg....
19.00
10.00 Pinchin Johnson
13/
34/-
587 19
37/3
37/6
62.13/16
02.13/16 tinilever
27/0
27/0
.42
424
Miscellaneous
.1/3.1/16
1/3,1/16 Anglo-Dutch
17/
18/0
4.65%
13/7 13/7
8.49
8.18 Canadian
Pacific
30 Ris.
$ 17% $ 174
Rubber
16/0
16/3
13/-
13/12
23.67%
Estates
27/0
287-
10.39 London Tin
12/0
12/3
Bomb
109 1/0.1/16
109% Rubber Trusts .. 1/6.1/10 Shai. Elec. Constr.
23/3
23/-
Montevideo
.1/2.5/16
Van Ryn Deap
55/- 56/- 35/74 35/-
4.07
Silver (Spot).....17% Silver forward)..17%
4.70% Anglo-Persian Oil 17.13/18 Burmah Oil
17.15/16 Royal Dutch
£ 21
War Loan.....90.13/16
Olla
41/4 48/10% 81/3 81/10%
£ 21%
British Wireless
00% Shell Trans.
Trad.
52/6
53/0
-Yokohama
Montreal.
Insurances,
Douglas, $3214 b.
H.K. Steamboats, $18 n. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.), $30 n.
Indo-China, (Def.), $86 n. Shells (Bearer), 53/9 n. Union Waterboats, $16 n.
Mining.
Benguets, $86 Kailans, $28/0 n.
n.
Langkats (Single). Sh. $14. S'Kal Explorations, Sh. 84 n. S'hai Loans, Sh. $6.40 n. Raubs, $11.80 b.
Venz: Goldfields, $51⁄4 n. Benguet Exp., 31 cte. n.
Docks, etc.
H.K. Wharves, $129% n. II.K. Docks, $16% n.
S. China Motors A., $6 n. S. China Motors B., $8 n. Providents (old), $3.80 n. Providents (new), $1.35 a. Hongkews, Sh. $339 n.
New Engineerings, Sh. $74 n. Shanghai Docks Sh, $143 a.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, $6.90 sa. H.K. Lands, $70.60 an. S'hai Lands, Sh. $32 Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $14. u. Humphreys, $14 n.
FI.K. Realties, $7.90 b.
.
Aaia Realties "A" Sh. $140 n. Asia Realtica "B" Sh. $20 n. Chinese Estates $97 n, China Realties, Sh..$16 n. China Debentures Sh.$137 n.
Cotton Mills.
Ewo Cottons, Sh. $14%. b. S'hal Cottons, Sh., $106 n. Zoong Sings, Sh., 314 n. Wing On Textiles (S.) $80 n. Publir lei Tramways, 22.30 b. and so. Peak Trams (old), $15 b.
SALESMAN SAM
WELL, S'LONG, SAM!
́BACK TO TH' CITY!
Total sales for the day
5,400,000 ozs. 4,076,000 oz. (218 Contracts) (163 Contracts)
Ponk Trama, (now), $70% n. Star Ferries, $96, n.
Yaumati Ferries (old), $25% China Lights (old), $12.80 n. China Lights (new), $12.35 n. H.K. Electrics, $74% b. Mucno Electrics, $23 n. Sandakan Lights; $101⁄2 n. Telephones (old), $33 s. Chinn Buses, Sh, $11 n. Singapore Tractions, 2/- b. Singapore Pref., 15/- b.
Industriais.
Malabon Sugars $15 n. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $20 n. Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $16 Canton Ices. 56 n.
Cements (Old), $4.75 n. Cements (New), 80cts. n. H.K. Ropes, $780.
Stores, etc.
Dairy Farms, $29.20/4 8. Watsons, $9 n.
Der A Wings, $1 n. Lane Crawfords, $3.90 n. Mackintosha, $21 n. Sinceres, $13.40 s. Wm, Powells. $2.10 n. Wing On (H.K.), $180 n.
Miscellaneous,
n.
caused nervous- Rubbor
tax and now wage scales, working Mines, Ltd.......
alack business. Market hours and Imust and narrow. Silve
very little interest. Our New
Office cablo (Last Night) Stocks:
The market le responding
ling to the re-
ezcery in grains and looks
Wheat: Liverpool
reghor.
concentrated buying absorbed
Canadian
deterioration continues. The murkot faces economical action. Advise buying on helpful selbacks, Cotton: Higher in Livor- pool and light scattered buying but spot houses and brokers who set for Japanese sold after opening. The market is apparently awaiting action, in grain.
Dow-Jones averages:
n.20 Industriale
ר
Aug. 18. Aug. 21.
08.32 100.17
20 Rails
49.60
49.67
Cements (Comb.), $5.40/35
sa.
20 Utilitica
80.21
30.08
40 Bonds
87.01.
87.90
Alanka
Juneau
Mining Co.
20%
2776
Allled Chemical &
Dva
1:0
132
Спи
87
88%.
& For.
Power Amer. & For. Pow. American Metal Co.
1214
125
25% 10
20
194
American Smelting 30% American
Tel
36%%%
Tel,&
120
1274
Antziran
Tobacco
8844
SO
Water-
28.
2856
Anaconda Copper
17
17/
Allas Corporation Auburn Automobile 6716
14%
15
Baltimore & Ohlo
29%
31147
Bethlehem Steel
30
b.
Borden Company..
40%
3016
2034
Borg Warner ....
10
20%
Canadian Pacife
Railway
16
1044
Amusements. $11 n. H.K. Entertainments. $111⁄2 n. S.C. Enterprises, $34 n. United Theatres, Sh. S4 n. Macao "Greyhounds." $10 n. Constructions fold,, 43.90 n. Constructions (new), 80 cts. R. Ind. & Bonda, 77% 1. H.K. Govt. Loans, 4% b. Prem. Wallace Harpers, $8 n.
American
works
GO
All Depends on How You Do It!
OH, I DON'T THASS LUCK! WITHOUT, TAKIN' A STEP, HERE'S BETTER SIT WITH ME- DOESN'T SEEM YAGOT QUITE A WALK) MIND THAT,
A LIFT!
'NOT MUCH ROOM FOR
YA THERE!
MR. WISSLE-
GREEN!
MONK
Miti
HONG KONG FOOT
IS CONTAGIOUS – BE SAFE-USE
ABSORBINE JR.
'ITCHING
CRACKS
SCALY DRY SKIN
BLISTERS
Beware of Hong Kong Foot, the nasty infection caused by tlity germa that get into the skin and quickly spread.
Do your feet Itch, burn, crack be- tween the toes or have dry scaly places? Theso are sure symptoms of Hong Kong Foot. Douso on Absorbinu Jr. for immediate relief. It penetrates the skin, kills the germs and heale
the acres.
Absorbing Jr. for years has re- lieved skin troubles, sore muscles, sprains and stiff-nock.
Complete directions in English
and Chinesa with each battle.
4.
Balan Agri-Mutter, MacLoku J
By Small
BOY, YA GOT A NICE) WELL, I WAS A BIT
PICK-UP HERE!
TO BE! PORKY'S HOGGIN'
IT ALL!!
COINK, "OINK OINK)
SUSPICIOUS OF YA AT FIRST-
и
HONK
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE) YEAH, AND COMPANY, MISTER!
YOU ARE, TOO!
NEO. U. B. PAT, OFF.
YOU SAID IT, WE HAVE! BUT HERE'S WHERE ! GET OFF-WHAT DOES HOUR MILEAGE SAY?
TELL YA IN JESTA SECONDI
WELL, WHEN YA GOT, ON AT WISSLEGREEN'S IT WAS 13,397 MILES
AND NOW IT'S.
13,432
35 MILE HIKE
ゆめ
GEE! THAT'S
A
"AND"I'M NOT ONE ·
BIT TIRED!
OINK
WHAT HAVE WE. DEEN DOIN' ?
RIDIN', FELLÄ —
AND HOW!
THE RIDDLE GRIDDLE
MET'S SEE YA GUESS THESE THREE, HOT ONES!
Oi
Z.WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP WATER FROM
COMING INTO THE HOUSE?.
WHAT ALWAYS MOVES WITH ITS HEAD DOWN? WHAT DOES A HEN DO WHEN SHE STANDS ON ONE FOOT?
ست
ONSWERS TO LAST WEEKS RIDDLES-
I, A BEDSTEAD HAS ONE FOOT AND POUR
LEGS!
2 WHAT GOES INTO
MITE'S MOUTH IT IS SMALLER THAN A
"D" IS LIKE AN UNRULY CHILD PECAUSE. I
MAKES MA MAD.
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