1936-02-27 — Page 5

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

U.S. COMMODITY.

PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS.......

QUOTATIONS

LATEST SHARE

The following quotations on this The following quotations on the London Stock Exchange have beca, New York commodity exchange ara received by Mcante. Swan, Culbertson insund by Reuter.

and Frits in conjunction with Reuter,

Stocks and Ordinary Shares

Feb. 25. Fob. 26.

War Loan 3%

redm. after 1052 £107 £1074

Chinese Bonds

British Government-Securities-

Hly...... £ 73

Railway (Supl.

5% Henan Rly.. £34

15.76/76

89% 90% 00%

12,455,000 bushels.

Chicago Corn

New York Cotton

Feb. 26.

Feb., 26.

March

11.10

11.10/10

May

10.07

10.77/77

July...

10.28

10.42/49

October

0.89

10.00/07

December

0.80

10.08/08

4

Bands 1898

January

9,94

10.10/12

Eng. )...

£104

£104

Spot

11.25

11.26

4

Loan 1908. £ 98

984

6% Loan 1012 .. £ 82

£ 804

New York Rubber

5

Reorg Loan

March

15.51

15.41 /41

1913 (n. Iss.), £ 94%

£ 93%

BCA Gold Bonds

May

15.613

16.03)/66

1925-47

£ 06

06

July

15.74

15.02 /82

5% S'hai-Nanking

September

10.83

£ 73.

December

10.00

16.92b/05

5 Tlent. Pukow

5% Tlant-Pukow

Rly

Total males:

110 lots.

£ 48

F AN

Chicago Wheat

May

Loan)

£ 40

£ 46

July....

90% 00

100%/100% 91%%/01%

£ 34

6 "Hukuang My.

September

Tuesday's sales:

1011

£ 49

£ 17

5% Lung Tsing U.

Hai Rly. 1913. £30

£30

Foreign Bonds and Banks

May

July

German 7% Int.

Loan 1934. ... £ 58%

£ 58

Japan 5 Sterling

Lean 1007...

£81% 80

Japan 6% Sterling

May July

84%

85%

Loán 1924... £ 91% £ 00

October

81%

H.K. & S'hai Ek.

(Ldn. Regd.).. Eina

£102

New York SILK

Chartd. Bk. of L.A.

& C...

£14 £145%

March May

1.55

1.62 152

1.55

July

1.54%

1.51751 1.49

Allied Ironfound-

367-

30/-

EXCHANGE

Associated & Elec.

..

Industries

47/-

4670

Austin Motors ord.

kh.

50/6

50/-

TO-DAY'S OPENING

Boots Pure Drug

56/0

60/0

British American.

QUOTATIONS

Selling

Chinese Eng, and

T.T.

Min. (Beurer)

14/-

13/-

Demand

1/3

Courtaulds

Distillers

50/1463/3 1027- 101/3

407-

T.T. Shanghal

39/9

T.T. Jepan

10/10% 06/

Commercial and Industrial

Tobacco (bearer) 126/8

Canadian Celanese 117/6116/

Dunlop Rubber

Marks & Spencer

"A" ord.

General Electric

(England).. 78/3 77/3

Hawker Aircraft Impl. Chem. Ind.

O.R. Bazaars

Imp). Tobaera

Rolls Royce

327- 30/0 40/- 39/4 4871% 48/1 153/0 152/6 181/3

177/0 407- 40/- 88/A 88/3

60% 60%/01 00% 61%/01 Winnipeg Wheat

T.T. Singapore

T.T. Indin

T.T. Frisco & New York

T.T. Java

TT. France TT. Manila

85%/85%%% 80/80 80%/60%

Edward G. Robinson, Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea forto an almost tragic triangle in Samuel Goldwyn's "Barbary Coast'', released through United Artists and showing on Sunday at the King's Thèstre,

CINEMA NEWS

NOTES SUPPLIED BY

THE THEATRES

FEBRUARY

27,

1936.

NEW YORK STOCK

EXCHANGE-

MARKET. IRREGULAR

YESTERDAY

New York, Feb. 20,

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Wall Street Journal comment:-"Automo- bile sales during February are prob ably alightly below the corresponding month of last year. Professional tra- ders are tending to withdraw tem-)

from

the market. Tho elections In May аго perhaps Д more Important market factor thah the dontial elections in the United Stater: of and indicate possible devaluation the French Franc. Wise traders say! that professional operators are not likely to follow the current reaction; far and hence the decline will probably end in dull irregularity." *.

Presi

3. C. & F. Now York office cables: Stocks: The market continued irre- fairly firm under- irregularity. Lead prices have ad- Kuinr, but shows tone. We expect further moderatej vanced by 5 points to 4.55 cents per

lb.

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow Jones Summary. of Wednesday's market: The market to-day was quiet; and Irregular. National Lead common shares have risen to 24 on the proposal of a ten for one stock split. Utility securities were the best group, while isolated issues in other groups have! advanced fractionally. The Bethlehem tural extension of the lines. Miss affected by the stock-holders' approval Steel Corporation stocks were not Swarthout departs for the first time of the merging of its subsidiary con from her accustomed operatie arias and sings frankly "popular" numbers cerms and the issuance of a 5 per cont. in at least two instances. Her other preferred bond with which to retire two songs are of the operatta Lype, the Corporation's 7 per cent. preferred In the Her two popular melodica aro Thun issues which are in arrears. der Over Paradise" and "Don't Tell market for. bonds, Japanese issues aro A Secret to a Rose." During the weak, whilst domestic and corporation Frank Morgan, that inimitable Spanish fiesta scones, the star sings bands cased, but Government inues. comic fussbudget, of the screen, Where is My Love?",

Her other are firm. Stocks on the Curb Ex- comes out of supporting roles to head songs are "Vigilante Song" which change are dull, but higher. the cast of the hilarious new Metro- nerves to summon the Spanish Dons Goldwyn-Mayer comedy, "The Per- to fight lavading American land- fert Gentleman," now playing at the gabbers and "The Padre and the Alhambra Theatre. Co-starred with ride". him is Cicely Courtneidge, England's Rose of the Rancho," "There's Gold Boles numbers are "Little ranking comedienne, who makes her in Monterey, a drinking song with American film debut in this picture. a chorus of miners, and I Met Her Individually, each is the funniest

The duet on the Prairie".

number his or her fine; together they are "If I Shouli! Loke You," and unsurpassed.

Ably

supported by Willie Howard's two songs are "Got Machi players as Heather Angela Gal in Californ-I-A,' Richard Waring, Henry Stephenson, Lone Cowboy". Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Mary Forbes and others, they have

"The White Cockatoo" been given a fine production by larry Rapf. Tim Whelan's directlon is up "The White Cockatoo," the new to his usually fine standard. The Warner Bros, murder mystery drama, atory,

from the pen of Edward opens at the Star Theatre today, Child Carpenter, concerns the rise with Jean Muir and Ricardo Cortez of a lovable old ne'er-do-well, a re- in the featured roles. The picture is 56 tired army mafor, to the position of based on the thrilling novel of Mig. 1104 music half star, and the complica non G. Eberhart and is said to be Rubber: The continuance of the

Bitions therels. It wan

especially | Alled with hair rising situations that Goodyear Tyre strike retarding 32% written for Morgan's exceptional hold the suspense to an unusual buyers. We expect a sharp upturn 46% talents.

climax. There are three murders, when this is settled. Purchases are the kidnapping of an American advisable on declines. Estater' pro hetress, and several other attempted duction of rubber in January totalled 143% The Barbary Coast", America's crimes, all committed in a spooky 20,545 tona; stocks totalled 3,329

last frontier of untamed emotions, hotel in the wind swept coast of lives again in all its stark, rowdy France. The plot centres about the tons; dealers' stocks 33,760 tons and realism in Samuel Goldwyn's, produc attempt of two bands of criminals, exports amounted to 20,101 tons. tion of that title, which begins next working independently, to steal the Sunday at the King's Theatre, with fortune of the heiress. The crimes Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robin are committed in an effort to get son and Joel McCrea in its leading hold of secret papers, Mysterious Her first picture under hor | persons creeping about the crenky roles. new contract to Goldwyn, "Barbary old hotel at night and suddenly Const" offers Miriam Hopkins her vanishing as into ithin air, a hidden 5.06%

greatest role as Swan, a beautiful chamber without doors, a girl ap 30. Industrints 4.00% | girl who invades this gold-mad city pearing in two places at the sanie: 20 Rails

1/04/

1083

4.82

64%

T.T. Bangkok T.T. Salgon T.T. Lisbon

48

6$95

S'imi: Elec. Constr.

Buying

Tate & Lyle

Turner & Newall

75/~

74/6

4 m/x. L/C.

United Steel....

84/3

34/-

4 m/s. D/P.

Vickers onl

25/6

267

6 m/s L/C.

1/4% 1/4/4 1/4/

Guinness

153/- 163/-

4 m/s San Frisco &

New

Woolworths

122/G

121/3

York.

33

4 m/s. France

Miscellaneous

New York-London

-Anglo-Dutch

297-

28/6

.

Gula Kalumpong

Rubber

28/3

. 28/3

Sub-Nigel

Pekin Syn.

2/-

Tanami Gold Min-

Rubber Trusts

38/9

32/2

ing...

Maramon

Invest.

Mines

ments

245/-

2/0

316

243/0

273

31/3

Burma Corpn... 10/~

10/-

Common w dal th

Mining

10/3

1073

Anglo-Iranian

90/7%

Randfontein

Burmah

03/D

89/4/% 92/6

52/9

Shell Trans and

Cammellwird ord. Springs Mines

10/0 1076

Trad. (Bearer)

8074

4371%

48/14

Chosen Corpn...

12/0

8870 13/-

-Estates-eyer,

Over

38

Miles per Gallon

זי

WITH A

Morris "8"

PERFORMANCE PLUS ECONOMY

Solo Agents

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

"Barbary Coast"

"Skip Cafe"

and "The

Cotton: There was some selling of March cotton, which is attributed to

NEW SEASON'S GOODS

BE PREPARED

FOR THE

RAINY SEASON.

LADIES' RAINCOATS

IN

The Latest Styles

AND

Various ́ ́ ́ Shades PRICES RANGING

FROM

$850 $2550ch.

Girls' & Boys' BLAZERS

Suitable for

the Producers' Pool. New crop-cotton SCHOOL or SPORTS

is in fair demand and the tone is steady at around 10 center. A denite selling policy of the Government hold | inge is awaited,

Wheat: The Government weekly report is construed as bullish.

Re- ports of damage to the crop in the South-West are probably premature,

REUTER QUOTATIONS ·

Dow Jones Averages:

Feb. 25. Feb. 26.

... 150.78

140.81

49.27

48.97

31.48

$1.76

102.74

102.58

60.70

Feb. 25. .74.53/04

of love-hungry men and becomes timg and other strange-phenomena 20 Utilities hard and cold as the diamonds with add to the ceria atmosphere. There 40 Bonds which she is decked by Chamalis, the is an all star cast with Jean Muir 11 Commodity Index 66,39 powerful, ruthless owner of the and Ricardo Cortop in the romantle notorious Bella Donna cafe, over roles, and around whom the plot whone crooked roulette table she centres. Other Include Ruth Bon- reigns. Into this struggling mass of nelly, Walter Kingsford, John El- humanity wanders Jim Carmichael, a dredge, Gordon Westcott, Addison tiny, clean-cut young chap, who has Richards and Paulino Garon. made his strike. He and Swug fall in love, but the man meets a bilter disillusionment when he discovers | Carl Brisson, Paramount actor, Paris her-connection with the Bella-Donna.sought realtam for his new screen Geneva. Death and destruction talk the role as ship stoker by spending much scene and Chamalis' jealous rage of his time with, the black gang" Berlin. nearly turna. the TOMANCE into in the stokehold of a ship, in order Milan.... tragedy before the lovers are free to get the proper feeling and back- Athens.. to face the future together, Robin ground of his part. The Danish star son is seen as the brutal Chamalia featured opposite Arline Judge in

Shanghai and Joel McCrea, who has also just Paramount's comedy drama

with New York.. aigned a long-term contract with musle "Ship Cafe" which is now de- Amsterdam....... Goldwyn, plays Jim, Charica Mac-lighting audiences at the Queen's Vienna.. Arthur and Ben Recht wrote the Theatre. The story denla with the screen play of "Barbary Court.

Prague adventures of Brisson, a stoker, who Howard Hawks handled the mega- becomes the bouncer in a waterfront Bucharest, phone. The supporting cast includes dive and makes the place an over- Madrid.. Walter Brennan, Frank Craven night society rendezvous by knock-Lisbon.. Brian Dontovy, Clyde Cook, Harry Ing out a champion boxer who visits Hongkong. Carey, Donald Meek and many others. the club one evening with a party "Barbary Coant" is released through of high-brow friends. When the re- Bombay..

gular featured entertainer in the cafe Brussels Lakes ili one night, Brinno steps into Monte Virica. the breach and himself becomes the

Belgrade. A countes

United Artists.

"People Will Talk"

Rio

EXCHANGE RATES

Feb. 20.

74.51/04

15.1235 .12.0914

15.13

12.29

.62%

02%

.610

510

.1/2.9/10 1/2.0/10

.4.09.0/10 4.09.8/10

.7.28

7.27

.20

20

.119.

..068

..30

.110%

110

.1/3%

1/3%

.1/64

1/64

.29.3314

20,32

.39.9/18

30.9/16!

.217 .4.90 .1/21/32

14%

217

4.98%

17/2

414 197

10.11/10 107.1/10

Domestic life in the raw is the restaurant sensation. theme of the new Paramount comedy, takes, an interest in him, promises Montrea}... "People Will Talk," which comes to him a huge salary in a swanky night Yokohama

nakes him her the Oriantal Theatre on Friday and club and promptly Saturday, and those two most noted giggle. Many hilarious episodes r Silver (Spot)..... 103. exponents of the subject, Charles sult when Brisson is brought to Ruggles and Mary Holand, play the realisation of his position, and re Silver (forward)..19.7/16

Directed War Loan........107 starring rolea in the production. touners his benefactress." Once again they, stage n boudoir by Robert Mordy, the supporting battle royal-this time, howover, as cast includes William, Frawley, Mady a prearranged bout to show their Christians, Inez Courtney and Edlic daughter and her husband, who are Davis, well known night club singer on the point of a slivorce, just how and owner of the famous night club, silly it is for married people to quar-Leon and Eddie's Manhattan night rel. All goes well until Miss Boland club. forgets is all in fun and begins

"She Couldn't Take It

•

and

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30.3/32 KAI TAK AIRPORT

:-British Wireless.

SIR F. LEITH-ROSS

LEAVES HONGKONG FOR NORTH CHINA

new musical ropiance which comes to George. Raft is seen as the reva Canton.

In

an interview just before his. departure for the North Sir Frederick said that his trip to the South had enabled him to meet people from A part of China ho had never previously visited and to obtain their ideas on the economic and trado problems of the country.

to resent her husband's realistic "Sho CouldnTake It,” Columbia's citorts. By the time the daughter widely-acclaimed romantle comedy and her husband are reunited, Miss co-starring George Raft and Joan Boland and Ruggles are ready for a Bennett, is at the King's Theatre

At noon yesterday Sir Frederick divorce. How their troubles are set-ko-day. Directed by Tay Garnett Leith-Ross, Chief Economic Advisor to tled is portrayed in one of the most from a story by Gene Townie hilarious climaxes filmed in many Grahani Baker, She Couldn't Take the British Treasury, left for Shank- months.

It tells the situlizing tale of an hal on the Empress of Russia. Sir Frederick has spent a little over a ex-boot-legger who is commissioned week in South China studying con "Rose of the Rancho"

to, tanie the front-paging, cacapad- "Rose of the Rancho," Paramount's ing socially prominent Van Dykes. ditions hero and conferring with Government and banking officials in thrill patrons of the Queen's Theatre ed Ricardi, while Joan Bennett this week-end, boasts the first ori- the madcap Carol. Their constant ginal operatta-type score ever writ- battling winds up in one of the most ten for the screen. And the picture exciting climaxes in recent films, has more new songs than any other with an honest-to-goodness kidnap

for good measure. film ever made-eleven, to be exact, ping thrown in plus four Spanish dances. "Rose of Supporting the two stars are Walter the ancho marks the screen debut Connolly, Billie Burke, Lloyd Noland, of Gladys Swarthout, beautiful Wallace Ford, James Blakely and Metropolitan opera star, and of the Donald Mook. new comedy team of Willie Howard and Herb Williams. Miss Swarthout singa five sos while John 'Holes, who plays opposite her, has three, and they "sing; a; duet together. Willis Howard has two songs. The

IN SHANSI pisture represents an entirely now technique-In screen musicals, Here-

Peiping, Feb. 20. Chinese sources reveal that over tofore motion picture producers have been somewhat ballad by the dim- 5,000 Mootzatung communists have culty of presenting Bongs without crossed the Tellow River and ImvO slowing up the story, but composera occupied three counties in Western Ralphi Rainger and Leo Robin hava Shansi. overcome thiar problem,--They wrote Marshal Yen Hai-shan has dis- the songs to tie in directly with the patchod a large force to surround dialogue. The music becomes, a na- and drive them out. United Press.

COMMUNISTS BUSY OCCUPATION OF COUNTIES

다

"At the nioment I see little opport unity for any expansion of our trade with China," said the expert. At the present time the currency position 15- satisfactory provided its properly managed, though I would like to mee a unified currency for the whole coun- try. That, however, is for China to decide and I sea little possibility of IE occurring in the near future."

Sir Frederick returned to Hong- kong on Monday evening and since been the guest of ILE Liten has the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, at Government House

GIVES INSTRUCTION

IN

HONGKONG

ALL BRANCHES OF CIVIL AVIATION

APPLY FOR PROSPECTUS

HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN The Society asks for $25,000

In 1936. to continue its work for. sick and destitute children.. Hon. Treasurers:

Mr. A. McKELLAR, C.A.,

c/o Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.,

P. & O. Building.

Mr. KWOK CHAN,

c/o Banque de L'Indo Chine.

Hongkong..

The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road Central.

JUST OPPOSITE the Dairy Farm's Soda Fountain.

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