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HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1936.
NEW YORK STOCK What Your Child Really Thinks Of You U.S. COMMODITY
EXCHANGE
MARKET IRREGULAR Only 12 Boys And Girls
YESTERDAY
were
New York, May 11. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow Jones summary of yesterday's market:-Selected Industrial issues to-day were firm, but the majority of stocks on the List weakened and the market experienced one of the dullest sessions this year, Farin-implement, motor and metal securities under pressure in the nature of short selling General Motor and steel Jester weakened after early firmness, Olls have also cased. In the bonds market, French issues soared, whilst domestic and Corporation bonds were firm. Stocks on the Curb Exchange were irregularly lower.
market:"First
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Wall Street Journal', comment on 0/5 quarter totni net profits of six of the lending automo- bile manufacturers are 5 per cent. above those of last year. Wall Street placed sizeable bets on Saturday un President Roosevelt's re-election In Novrinber 1k odds of 1 to 5. Pro- fessional traders
are short sub- stantially. Including United States Steel and Chrysler shares. There are many selling orders in the market at somewhat above the current levels, There was some buying of Western Union stocks on talk of an increased dividend this year."
5. C. & F. New York offler cables:
Stocks: The market developed Irregularity as traders stood aside. The United Aircraft Corporation stur- ing the March quarter earned 10 cents! per share, ngait st 3 cents the previous! year. The Times Business Index for the past week is 09.1 as compared with 90.0 the previous week.
Cotton: There was some selling of new-crop cotton on further rains in! the Western Belt and favourable weather condition in other cotton- growing centres. It is estimated that 050,000 bates of
of Government stock! cotton have been sold to date.
Wheat: Heavy shipments from the South-West to Calcago are expected to case May wheat. Hedging will become a probable market factor The Government estimates the winter crop at 403,700,000 bushels which is lower than had been expect. ed. The visible supply shows a de- crease of 2,040,000 bushels. The visible supply of corn shows an in- crease of 218,000 bushels.
Rubber: The Dutch tax on the! export of native rubber has been re- duced by 1 cent an from to-day. Mathet conditions are' extremely quiet,
Silk: Large tenders of May, silk are expected to case near positions.
REUTER QUOTATIONS
Dow Jones Averages:
30 Industrials
20 Rails
20 Utilities
10 Bonds
11 Commodity Index 57.02
EXCHANGE RATES
Paris Geneva Berlin
May 8. .75.39/64 .15.41
:12.31
521
+
Out FILM STAR
Of 150 Admire Parents
ADMITS THEFTS
Police say Mrs. Dorothy P. Quine, 27, adraltted burglarizing seven Seattle. Wash homes, saying "T don't know why I did it." Her husband, a State Tax Commission attorney, will defend her in court.
1
Japan Versus U.S. In
Chinese Trade
Shanghal. Apr. 28.
JAPAN is steadily creeping up
the United States and seems due in the near future to capture America's position as No. 1 Foreign Experter to China.
un
a showing of latest trade figures made available here.
Four nations-America. Japan. Germany and Great Britain- supply, among them, more than half of China's total imports. Here is buy their percentages have shifted during the past three years:
ADULT
HUMOUR
KILLS
IN NIGHT
CLUB SCENE
PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are issued by Reuter.
May
July
October
Los Angeles, May 1. "Scene" last night at a Los December
Angeles night club:
New York Cotton
11.60/60 11.59/58
11.26/25
11.24/24
10.28/20
10.27/27
10,20/30
10.29/20
January
10.Sin
10.29/20
Marchi
10.33/33 10.31/31
New York Rubber
11.63
15.29/23
16.34/34
Miss Helen Twelvetrees, the Spot
film actress, and Mr. Edward May
FRIENDSHIP Forest, the San Francisco ship-sui
PARENTS?
Detober.. December
11.05
15.29n
15.42/43
15.51/62. 15.436/45a
15.02/63 15.56/65
15.58n
16734h
WTHINK
WHAT DO CHILDREN REALLY ping magnate, were leaving the September
ABOUT THEIR club.
They met Mr. Frank Woody, hus-January IF THE 3,000 ANSWERS OF 150 whom she is separated,
band of Miss Twelvetress, from March SENIOR BOYS AND GIRLS CHOSEN FOR A PSYCHOLOGY Mr. Woody ft Mr. Forest. TEST FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS Two men seized Mr. Forcat's OF MISSOURI CITY ARE GUIDE THE ANSWER 19 "NOT Mias Twelvetress then inter-Saturday's antes; 17,601,000 bushels.
| MUCH"
ANY arms.
vened.
15.74u Total sales:-37 Jola,
Chicago Wheat May
03/04 03/03 NG/80% 85% 185 8515/86% 84/84%
July
September
"Forest and are just good July THE test was carried out by friends." she said afterwards. "I September
Dr. II. Meltzer, of Washing-don't ton University, and seven expert would do such a thing."
Woody assistants.
understand why Among films in which Miss Twelvetrees has starred are: "She Gets Her Man," "My Woman," and "King for a Night."
Chicago Corn
01/01 594/60%
NOVELETTE
00%/00% 58%/58%
It revealed that only twelve of the 150 children admired their parents, while more than half of them proved to be elther neutral or actively hostile to FIRST MASTER-PILOT'S In the lining of an old coat they sent bath their fathers and mothers.
| CERTIFICATE FOR BOTH cleaner, was found sewed $0,000 in
LAND AND MARINE i
Here are some of the causes which, according to Dr. Meltzer, lead friction in the home-m
AIRCRAFT
a few weeks ago started west in an A poor lown couple named Yorboss old car, bound for California and fortune. They found fortune, but they had brought it west with them. to O. E. Kelffer, an Olympla (Wash),, old-fashioned large currency. The sinalt fortune apparently was hidden there by Mrs. Yorboss' mother, who died seven years ago.-United- Press, One of the pilots of Imperial Alr-pany's pilots on the Africa route. L. Powell, has just Ever since then he has been pilating, gained the distinction of being the "Hannibal" land-planes and "Scipio" first airman to be issued with a An equal number
dis- Master Pilot's certificate endorsed for to put in enough night as well as flying-boats. This has enabled him satisfied because they were for both land and marine types of air-day flying on these land and bidden to drive
marine or examine the craft.
Capt. Powell loft the Royal Air Pilot's ticket endorsed for both types. craft to be the first to have a Master family motor-car, One out of every five had a grudge Airways, bocoming one of the Com- total of approximately 7,000 hours.
Force six years ago to join Imperial Capt. Pawell has now flown for a against their parents because they disliked some of their children's friends and would not allow them to be invited to tea.
More than 100 of the children tested complained about their
par-
ente meanness in the mantier of
pocket money.
were
Many disliked being compelled to go to church and Sunday school,
UNCHAPERONED
Others said their parents did not dress them properly, and there was a general complaint that they were forbidden to go unchaperoned partles.
re
One of the most general com plaints showed the distressing effect on many children of their parents' sense of humour. "Wisecracks and other forms of humeur seem to be regarded by a large majority of children," says Dr. Welizer "as lamentable signs of weakness or lack of charac-
adult
The age-long bellet that children, und especially girls. are fonder of their fathers than of their mothers was blown sky-high by the Mis- sourl
inquiry.
ex-
An overwhelming number pressed preference for their mo- thers and a surprising percentage showed an active dislike to their fathers.
This, the inquiry. showed, was mainly due to a belief thai fathers neglected-their-children-because they spent so little time playing with and reading or talking to them.
May D.
147.85
May 11.
140.85
19.33
43.75 43.38 29.10 20.93 101.46
1. America 2. Great Britain 3. Japan
21.86 11.33 9.71
101.44
1. Germany
7.85
50.79
1934
tor
1. America
26.10
2. Japan.....
3. Great Britain
12.21 12.00
4. Germany
8.90
1035
1. America
18.93
May 11.
2. Japan
15.03
74.19/04
3. Germany
15.33
4. Great Britain
11.09 10.4K
12.20
Athens. Milan
523
Shanghat
.03%
033
Amsterdam.
17244 New York: 4.003
.7.3814 .2014 110 .36.17/32 110% .1/0.13/16
•1/04
1/2.2/18
EXCHANGE
4.06.7/16
7.33
201
119
30.11/36
QUOTATIONS
1101%
Selling
1/3.13/16
1/6 T.T.
Monte Video
Montreal.
Yokohama
Rio
Silver (Spot).
29.2314 .30.3/16
217 4.98 14 .1/2.1/33
4K .20%
20.2414 Demand
39 TT. Shanghai
217 TT. Singapore
4.987
Silver (forward) 20
100.3/10 -British Wireless
100
TT. Manila
TT. Bangkok
TT. Japan
1/2.1/32 T.T. India
414 T.T. San Frisco New York
30.7/10 TT. Java
20.7/18 T.T. France
094 m/s. San Francisco & 2.5/16 New York
4734 m/s. France
.4.90 Dar Silver (Ready) 849% Bar Silver (Forward) .142% | New York-London
enna.
Prague
Madrid.
Lisbon.
Brussels.
Belgrade
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IN COLOURS SKY, APPLE, PEACH
PRICE
T.T. Salgon
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"
T.T. Lisbon
.*800
1/0%
Buying
1/3%
10734 m/s. L/C.
1/4
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11140 m/s, L/C.
1/4 14
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KING'S
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. & D. Building.
Mr. KWOK CHAN,
c/o Banque de L'Indo Chine,
Hongkong.
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