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THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Share Registers of the Company will be closed from Saturday, 17th August, 1935, until Wednesday, 28th August, 1935, both days Inclusive.
DERRICK & CO.,
Local Secretaries,
. Singapore.
HONGKONG TRAMWAYS
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at
Notice to Shareholders
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE HONGKONG PUBLIC STENO-completely re-organised within a that an INTERIM DIVIDEND of GRAPHY Bureau, Exchange Building,
40 (forty) cents per Share kas will give you good training in year.
The reorganisation, which will Commercial subjects under qualified
Enrol now and affect the Colonial forces as well been declared payable on WED- British teachers. receive a special reduction in fees as the Homeland defonders, will NESDAY, 21st AUGUST next, on Evening classes for Shorthand and include the scrapping of the pro- and after which date Dividend Typewriting starting September 2nd. sont rifle and the supply of more Warrants may be obtained upon application the Registered portable machine guns.
High speed tanks and armour-Office of the Company, Canal Road ed cars will replace the horse and East, Bowrington. Hongkong. the
ALSO IS HEREBY NOTICE mule wherever possible,
the
GIVEN that the REGISTER of FLATS WITH MODERN convenien-scheme being to mechanise
minutes threa
from Ferry army to the fullest extent.
Road, Winglock building-Nathan
Horse drawn artillery will be MEMBERS of the Company will be Hankow Road, Lock Road, Peking Ilond. Very moderate rental. Apply entirely abandoned except for use closed from WEDNESDAY, 7th, to The Wing On Co., Ltd., Estate and in country inaccessible to trac- TUESDAY, 20th AUGUST, 1935, Agency Department, Phone 28071/ tors. They will be replaced by both days inclusive.
artillery drawn by small petrol driven
Thirteen caterpillars. pounder guns will be replaced by 3.7 inch howitzers.
Uniforms of an entirely new de- THE PRESIDENT APARTMENTS, Rign will replace the present in- 626 to 683 Nathan Road, Kowloon, fantry dress-United Prace, three and four roomed
COM
20075,
TO LET
modern
European flats with servants' quartorn, and
bathroom.
Gas, water and electricity laid on, installed with 1935
WESTINGHOUSE
REFRIGERA
Navy For Ireland
By Order of the Board,
W. F. SIMMONS,
Secretary. Hongkong, 29th July, 1935.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Dublin, July 20.
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has an Interim Dividend of £2.10.0 par Cabinet Free State 1935, Busca cupation from 1st August
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stop at door.
LOST.
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STRICT ENFORCEMENT IN
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ur Bank of Communica- lons-Wah Kiu Yat Po.
the HALF YEAR eading 30th June. 1935, at the rate of 2/2.% por Dollar.
on
THE DIVIDEND will be payablo and after MONDAY, 12th AUGUST 1935, at the offices of the Corporation, where Shareholders apply for War- are requested to rants,
EXCHANGE
LATEST SHARE QUOTATIONS
on the
The following quotations London Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter,
July 26. July 29. British Government Securities War Loan 3%
redm..after 1982 £100 £100%
Chinese Bonds 4% Bonds 1808
(Eng. In.)
£102 41% Loan 1908.99
21024 £99
5% Loan 1912
£ 79%
£70
5% Reorg. Loan
1913 (Lin. Isa.) £ 91%
£ 90%
5 Bonds 1025-47 £ 904
£ DO
S'hai-Nanking
Rly. ***
£ 74
5
Tient.-Pukow
£ 27
£ 74
£ 27
Tient.-Pukow
£23
Railway (Supl. Loan)...
5 Hukuang Rly. 50% Lung Taing U.
5% Honan Rly. £ 27
1911
Vickers ord.....
Reid def ord... Watney, Combe &
Woolworths
£ 10
Hai Rly. 1918. 14
Foreign Bonds and Loan 1924 ... £ 03 German 7 Int. Japan 5 Sterling
£83% Loan 1007 Japan 6% Sterling
Loan 1924. £ 931
£108 (Lin. Regd.) ILK. & Shai Bk. Chartered Bank
£ 40
£ 14 Banks'
£ €2%
£83
er
Elec.
£ 03'A
£100
£ 10% Commercial and Industrial Allled Iron Found-
41/3 41/9 Anaociated
Industries
Austin Motors ord
sh.
Boots Gsh..!! British American
Tobacco
30/0 30/0
62/6 52/0 49/3 49/3
Canadian Celanese Chinese Eng, and Min. (Bearer). Courtaulds
119/44 119/4%
91/3 91/3
13/0
13/0
53/3
04/0
Distillers Dunlop Electric
92/6
03/3
"Rubber"
42/3
42/9
Musical
Industries
20/31
97/-
General
Electric
(England) ***
07/0
67/6
Hawker Aircraft lol. Chem. Ind. D.R. Bazaar... Imperial Tobacco 141/3 Rolls Royce £1
271-
.20/0
35/3
3570
23/0
23/4
140/7
sh. S'hai Elec.
153/0
153/145
lec, Constr.
47/0
: 47/6
Tate & Lyle ..... Turner & Newnil United Steel
88/0
86/0
55/6
65/6
32/0
32/10
14/4/
14/716
75/8 110/3
75/0 110/3
Miscellaneous
23/1
22/9
Gula Kalumpong
Rubber Pekin Synd. 2/-
22/6
ard. sh.
1/6
1/6
Rubber Trusts
30/6
30/3
Mines Burma Corpu. Rs.
20
Common wealth
EXCHANGE
RATES
0/3 9/3
12/14 12/195
Randfontein
54/3
8-47-
Paris..
Geneva.
July 27. .75.5/64 .10.20
July 20.
75.3/04 Sub-Nigel
6/0 4/6 42/6 41/10/% 205/74 256/3
15.17%
Rhokana Corpn..
00/3
95/-
Berlin.
.12.31
12.20
Athens
Milan
Shanghai.
.618
60.6/10 .1/0
New York.
..4.90%
Amsterdam
Vienna Prague.
Bucharest Madrid. Lisbon..
.7.32
.26 1194 .025
.00.1/10 .1104
26
·
110.9/10 020 36.1/16
11014
Hongkong
Montevideo
Yokohama..
Helsingfors
.2/1.9/16 ,20.20 .89 .217 .4.96% .1/2.5/32 .220
2/1.5/10
29.31
3014
217
4,05%% 1/3.5/32
Rio
..4%
Buenos Aires....15
THE REGISTER OF SHARES of closed the Corporation will be from MONDAY 29th to SATUR DAY 10th AUGUST (both days in- clusiva) during which period no transfer of shares can be rogis
tered.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chlef Manager. Hongkong, 10th July, 1985.
SWAN, CULBERTSON & FRITZ
Investment bankers and brokers in securities and commodities Daily New York and London Stock Exchange Service. Commodity Futures on the principal “American markets
Members of:
New York Cotton Exchange.
Chicago Board of Trade.
Commodity Exchange, Ing
(81lver, Rubber, Silk, Copper, Hides and Tin). Now York Coffee and Sugar Exchange.
Canadian Commodity Exchange Inc.
Winnipeg
Grain Exchange.
Manila Stock Exchange.
Correspondents for Hayden, Stone & Co.
Telephone: 80244, 30245, 30246. Cable Address: Swanstock
9, Queen's Road Central (Corner of Ice House Street).
Brussels.
Silver (Spot)....30.3/16 Silver (forward).30% War Loan.......100.13/16
Belgrade
Montreal
Anglo-Dutch"
Mining
Estates
Spaarwater
Batates Spring Mines
618 Anglo-Persian 60% Burma Oil
1/0.1/10
Shell Trans
and Trad. (Bearer) 4.98% Marsmen Invest. 7.81% nient, Lid.
22/0
6879
58/9 78/9 79/4%
71/10% 71/1015
30/- 3178
U.S. COMMODITY
PRICES
LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the 2207% New York commodity exchangé are
44 Issued by Beuter:
GOLDSMITHS IN
FIGHT
ONE FINED FOR CAUSING INJURY Appearing before Mr. Macfagyon at the Central Magistracy thin morning on remand, Bui Tak-chau, aged 21. goldsmith, was charged with occasioning bodily harm to Luk Lai, aged 20, also a goldsmith, at 64, Staunton Street, on July 26.
Detective Sergeant Guild, relat ing the facts, stated that at noon on the day in question, defendant brought a model anvil to com- plainant's shop to have it engraved. He returned at 4 p.m. to get it, and was given the article by the master. Complainant, who is a fold at the shop, snatched the anvil from defendant, and asked that he be paid back $1.60 which had been borrowed from him by defendant, before the anvil could be given him.
·A· struggle ensued, during which defendant managed regain possession of the anvil. Complain- ant is then alleged to have struck defendant 'over the head with a hammer, but the only injury found on defendant was a slight graze. He, in turn, struck complainant with the anvil, inflicting a wound with the sharp end of the anvil,
removal necessitating his hospital. Defendant then ran out of the shop, but was stopped by a detective who was attracted to the scene.
to
to
In convicting defendant, his Worship sald that even if his story about being struck first were true, there was по ексиве for him to cause such serious injury to com- plainant. Defendant was sentenced to one months' imprisonment, while complainant was bound over in $50 to keep the peace for one year,
NEW · YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE
MARKET UPWARD
YESTERDAY
New York, July 29. The following reports on the New York Stock market have been received through Messrs. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz:
The Wall Street Journal report on Stecks" to-day yesterday's market: were upward, led by telephone issues, Dow-Jones' industrial average touch- ed the highest level since 1931, utility the year's high and railroad the high- est since February, Telephone and all steel issues renched the high mark for 1935. Stocks on the Curb
Ex- change were irregular, but quiet. In the bonds market domestic tanuÐS were strong,
8. C. & F. New York office cables: The broad upswing continues, with steel and motor issues leading the market. Sentiment is bullish. Steel mill activity during the past week is estimated at 44.0 per cent. of capacity, compared with 42.2 per cent. the pre- vious week.
New York and Chicago commodity reports received through Messrs. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz:
Cotton: There is a wide divergence af opinion regarding a Government loan and we expect continued un- ! settled conditions pending the out- come of this question. Crop pro- greax is favourable,
Wheat: Reports regarding damago to the crop are unabated, but the market meets with heavy realizing on advances. The visible supply has increased by 4,108,000 bushels. The mill markets are strong.
Carn: Trading was small. crop progress is favourable.
Rubber: The market is acting well in face of the Dutch Cabinet situa- tion. The market looks likely to go higher.
The
Sugar: This market was quiet, but fully stendy with no new features of interest.
REUTER QUOTATIONS
Dow Jones Averages;
POST OFFICE.
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Bandorng-Amsterdam via Bingapore: Sulgon-Marseilles
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Letters and postcards for Europe and South Amorica are for- warded "via Siberia" if o superscribed.
.July 11.
.July 81.
INWARD MAILS
Japan
Nellore
Salzon
Рговрег
Shanghai and Europe. via Siberia
(London, 11th. July),
Aonea's
Haiphong *****
Canton
Straits and Air Mail ex Amsterdam
Bandoeng Service
(Amsterdam,
Conte Verde
........ August 1.
20th July) U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
hai (San Francisco, 12th July) Pres. Coolidge Straita and London Parcels only
London, 27th June
Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and
What, Vancouver B.C., 13th
Japan and Shanghai ...... UB.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hai (San Francisco, 6th July) Manila
Deucalion
Emp. of Canada Hakusan Maru
.. Pres. Adama
Pres. Jefferson Tilawa
Amoy Straits and Europe via Negagatam (Letters and Papers) London, 4th July and Air Mail ex. Amsterdam -Bandoeng Service (Amsterdam, 24th July).
Calcutta and Straite
Australia and Manfs Japan
Straits
Shanghai
Japan
Calcutta and Straits
Jaya
Kashima Maru Sulsang
August 1. .August 1.
............. August 1. .....August 2.
..August 2. .August 2
.August 2
August 2. „August 2..
.August 3.
August 8.
Tanda..
August 8,
Arabia Maru
August .5.
Soudan
August B.
Calchas
August 6.
Melbourne Maru
August 0.
Talma Tjinegara
.August 8.
August G
Europe via Suez (Letters and
Papers) London, 11th July Parcel London, 4th July
and
Naldera
.August 7.
Japan and Shanghai
Tatsuta Maru
August 7.
Australia and Manlia
Changle
August 9,
Japan and Shanghal
General Leo
August 9.
Japan and Shanghai
.August 9.
...................... August 9.
U.S.A.. Canada, Japan and Shang-
hai (Seattle, 20th July)
For
Samshui and Wuchow
Kalsar-I-Hind
Pres. Jackson
OUTWARD MAILS
Par Tuesday.
Date and Time
Kongo .... „Tues., July 30, 4 p.m.
*Shanghat, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., President Wilson....Tues., July 30.
Central and South
July 80, 6 p.m. Tues., July 80.
July 30, 4.15 p.m. July 30, 5.00 p.m. *Tues., July 80.
Americs,
"Canila and Europe vin San Francisco
Parcels, Reg.,
.July 30, 3 p.m.
July 30, 4.16 p.m.
(Due San Francisco, 20th August)
Letters,
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A,, Chichibu Maru
*Central and *South Americs. *Canada and Eurupe via San Francisco and Europe via Siberia (Due San Francisco, 21st August)
Reg. ...
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A, 'res, South
America, Central and
Canada and Europs via Зап Francisco,
Letters Wilson
Wednesday.
Amater-
(Duo San Francisco, 20th August).
Letters for "Bandoeng-Amsterdam Aenean
Air Mail Service"-due dam, 12th August.
K. P. O. Reg...August 1, 11.30 a.m. August 1, Noon
---Let. Straits, and Europe via Marseilles Aeneas
-due Marseilles, 3rd September..
K. P. O.
August 1. Noon August 1. Noon
Reg. Letters
Swatow Amoy ... Samshui and Wuchow
Parcels, ......July 30, 8 p.m. Reg.July 80, 4.15 p.m. Letters, .......July 80, 5 pun.
Wed, July 31...
G. P. O..
August 1, Noon
Reg.
Let.
August 1, 12.30 pu. Wod., July 31,
G, P. O. Reg. August 1, 12.46 p.m. Lettern... August 1, 1.80 p.m. Selatan......Wed., July 31, 3 p.m. Tainan..... Wod., July 81, 8.30 p.m. Tai Hing ... Wed., July 31, 4 p.m. Thursday,
Shanghal and Europe via Siberia Conte Verile, Thurs, Aug. 1, 8.30 am. Japan, Canada and *U.S.A., via Talthybius Thurs., Aug. 1, 9.80 m
Victoria B.C
(Due Victoria B.C., 26th August).- Madang, Salamaua, and *Rabaul.. Friderun...Thurs., Aug. 1, 10.30 a.mL
Pres. Coolidge, Thurs., Aug. 1, 5 p.m. Manila
Friday,
*Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New- Nellore...
Zealand via Brisbane-due Brin- bane, 19th August .......
Parcels Reg.
....Fri, Aug. 2.
Letters
...Aug. 1, 5 p.m. „Aug. 2, 8.45 a.m. .....Aug, 2, 9.30 .. Binsang....Fri, Aug. 2, 10.80 m. Kiungchow
Fri, Aug. 2, 1 p.m. ..Fri, Aug. 2, 3 p.m.
Fri., August 2, 4.80 p.m. Fri, Aug. 2.
.Aug., 2, 8 p.m. „Aug, 2, 4.15 p
2, 5.p.ra
Sandakan
Hoihow, Pakhai and Haiphong Swntow, Amoy and Foochow Manila
Hai an
Emp of Canada..
July 27. July 20,
15
New York Cotton
30 Industrials
125.27
120.50
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.Ay Pres. Jefferson .
Central and South America
and
20 Rails
34.32
35.20
Europe vin Victoria, B.C., and
Parcels,
30.3/16
July 27.
July 20.
20. Utilities
22.05
23.28
*Europe vin Siberia
Reg.,
20% October
11.62
11.00/50
40 Bonds
00.86
90.98
(Dae Victoria, B.C., 20th August)
Letters,
100% December
11.47/37
LI Commodity Index
55.22
British Wireles
January (193
11.45
Letters for "Imperial-Airways Ser- Hakusan Maru
vice due London, 19th August
Au, A., 2.
K.P.O.
G.P.O.
March
12.41
Beg.,
May
July
Three casts of Typhoid were re- Spot ported to the local Health authorities during the week-end.
K.P.O.
G.P.O.
Aug. 2, 4. pm.
Aug, 2, 3.30 p.m.
Reg. ..... Letters,
HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN:
The children cannot fight starvs- tion and disease. We can, but only with your help.
Will you help us? No donation too small: All will be gratefully acknowledged.
Hon. Treasurers:
Mr. A. McKELLAR, CA.,
c/o Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Lo,
P. & O. Bulding,
Mr. KWOK CHAN,
elo Banque de L'Indo Chine,
Hoar Kong.
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The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor, of No 6 Queen's Road Central.
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"old styles have come back..
11.48
11.35/35 -11.28/28
11.38 11.20/26
.
11.31
11.23/20 12.16 12.05.
New York Robber
September
December
January
March
May.
11.82b 11.98b/12.00 12.03 12.19/20 12.08 12.24b/20 12.26 12.89b/42 12.52b/64
Total sales:-102 Jote
July
September
December
May ...
Chicago Wheat
92
924-02 92% .02% 92%
03 0314 944 96 95%-95
Saturday's sales:-54,107,000 bushels
Chicago Corn
July
824 B3
September
December
May
84% 78 7036
04:04 64 67% 66% 00% Baturday's sales:10,468,000 bushels
RAW RUBBER
LATEST SINGAPORE
PRICES
re-
Messrs. Benjamin and Potts ceived the following Straits currency quotations (buyers) from Singapore to-day for raw rubber: Spot Aug/Sept Oct/Dec Jan/Mar
Market: Steady.
WATER LEVELS
Aug., 2, 4 pm.
Letters... Aug, 2, 4.20 p.m.
Reg. Aug., 2, 4.30 p.m. Letters,..... Aug. 2, 5 p.m. Fri, Aug, 2.
Letters for "Bandoeng —Amsterdam Hakusan Maru ......
Air Mall Bervice"-due Amster dam, 15th August
Fleg
Letters,
Letters for "Bingapore-Austraila Wakasen Mara
Air Mall Service-due Darwin,
K.P.O.
Beg Aug, 2, 4 pm..
Leitern, Aug, 2, 4.30 p.m.)
Pros. Adams ....
Straits, Sandakan, Ceylon, India, Hakusan Maru
and *South Mauritius, East
Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe
Ang., 2, 4.30 pm,
.... Aug. 2, 5.p.m. Fri, Aug., 2.
G.P.O.
Aug, 2, 4.30 pm- Aug, 2, 5 palkka Fri, Aug. 8, 5.p.m. Aug. 2
11th August
Reg
19 cte. up et.
Letters,
10% cts. do
Manila
20 20% ct. -
cts. ****
do
do
via Marsellies.
(Due Marsellies, 1st September).
Rag..
Rer.
Letters,
K. P. O.
.Aug. 2, 4,30 p.m. Aug. 2, 4.80 p.m.
Saturday.
Canton.. .Sat., Aug. 3, 2 p.m..
Kashima Maru Bat., Aug. 8, 3.80 p.m. Suisang
Sat., Aug. §. 5 pm. Sunday, M
G. P..O.
Aug. 2, 5`am.. „Aug. 2;.6 p.m."
Fisc
141 142
1.43 1.49
of Observation
second
00 July July carita
Min
Monday
Wank River
Cat' Shihlour.
20.3
East and Bouth Africa
Montreal Hilver
08.10 67.50/95.
North River
Swatow and Bangkok
at Tarruen
+24.5'
18.1 240
69.10 69.00
67.70/08.10 - at Khamshul
63.50/50.
+11.6**
Winnipeg Wheat
July August
8514
85%
854 85%
New York 8itk
FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS
85%
The River Conservancy Dominion for
· 85% | Kwangtung Prestase imuse the following re pork on water level, in Foglich Lost, for the WL North and East Riverwalk
Highest · Laws
W.L
OR
September.... 1.41% 1.48% 1.44
1.41 142
December
March *******
Total sales:-199 lots
July
September December
Total
Haiphong Shanghal, Japan and Europs vis-
Siberia.
Amoy
Swatow, Amoy and Formoss Foochow
Hozan Maru..Bun., August 4, 9 am, Brechnen.....,.Jun., Aug. 4, 9. x.m..
Straits, Ceylon, India, Maurition, Arabia Maru....Mon., Aug. 5, 8.80 p.m.
Klangan Tuesday, Ja
Hai Nh
. Tilsada
ing. 6, 8,30 am.
Manila, Makasser and Sourabaya 11.11 Swatów, Amoy and Foochow
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