Chartered Bank, £141⁄2 n.
Mercantile Bank, A. and B.
£30% n.
Mercantile Bank, C., £13% n. East Asia Bank, $79 n.
774/77% 78/78% 774/77% 70%/79% 79%4/79%% 78%/78%
"TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT
6% (Brit. Stpd. Supl. Loan) Tient-Pukow Rly.
FOR
ACCENT
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
25 WORDS $1.50 for 3 DAYS PREPAID 50 cents for Every Additional Day
Alternate Insertions 20% Extra.
If Not Prepaid a Booking Fee of 50 cents is Charged.
WANTED KNOWN.
THE PEACOCK BEAUTY SALOON. Expert European operators, call and see the marvelous Permanent Waving machine. Perm beautifully given. Without electricity. Exchange Bulld- ing, (First Floor). Phone 0779.
PREMISES WANTED.
WANTED TO RENT: 4-0 reomed modern house, mainland (also Fan- ling). Write Box No. 324, "Hongkong) Telegraph."
FOR SALE.
VALUABLE collection of Chinese Art Curion. Reasonable prices, For sale at Queen's Building, 2nd floor, Root 218/19. Entrance. Ice House Street, near Star Ferry,
HOTELS
AIRLIE HOTEL 23-25, Nathan Road,
| WATER LEVELS
STATE OF RIVERS
IN KWANGTUNG
The following returns have been Issued by the River Conservancy Commission for Kwangtung Province, showing the water levels in Englis
the places of teet at named:
observation
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH., FRIDAY, JUNE
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. U. S. COMMODITY
NOTICE.
.LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
'NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
PRICES
LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the that the FOURTEEN ORDINARY New York commodity exchange are YEARLY MEETING OF SHARE-issued by Reuter. HOLDERS will be held in Ex-
July.... change Building. Hong Kong on
October SATURDAY, 6TH JUNE, 1936, at December
January 11 o'clock a.m.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the March Company will be CLOSED from May Spot 29TH MAY to &TII JUNE, 1936,
July both days Inclusive.
By Order of the Board of September
Octolier Directors,
December January
Hongkong, 26th May, 1936.
SHARE PRICES
The following is the list of lucal share quotations issued this morning.
11. K. Banks, $1580 n.
Total Sales:-620 fans,
Chicage Wheat
December 8027867% 88/88%
Wednesday's Hales: 13,326,000 bushels. Chicago Corn
0076044
612/61%
Weat River at
Bhlubing
North River at
Teingyuen
Highest Lowest
on record
+41.0
420,0
03
record June 3 June
4
LZ.A
26.4
D
14.0
[4.2
North River at
Banks.
Shemahui
ーム 427.6
17.0
17.4
Fast River a Heklung
-16.5 -2.7
R.t
0.2
H. K.
Banka
£101 D.
EXCHANGE
Kowloon. Two minutes from Ferry, TT. modern conveniences, excellent food,
TO-DAY'S OPENING
Demand
room from $40, with full board from TT. Shanghai $90 per month. Phone 57357.
RAW RUBBER
PRICES
(Lon.
QUOTATIONS
Belling
Canton In., $263 n.
Union In. $510 b.
1/3/4
China Underwriters,
$1.00 n.
1/3
Chinn Fire, $462 n.
100%
T.T. Singapore
.544
T.T. Japan
106
T.T. India
.84
T.T. San Frisco & New York
.31%
T.T. Java
.40%
T.T. France
.4.84
T.T. Manila
03%
145%
.40%
.0$85
Buying
Larkats (Sing), $8 .
Spot
25% ela. off / che m/s. L/C.
4 m/s. L/C. 4 m/s. D/C.
1/34
1/3
S'hai Explorations, Sh. $419 n S'hal Loans, Sh. $4 n.
1/3%
Raubs, $10.50_n.
July/Sept.
20 cle
4 m/s. San Francisco &
Venz: Goldfield $4
b.
Oct/Doc,
20 cts.
New York
33..
2024 cts.
4 m/s. France
5,50
Market Dull,
New York
5:02/2
T.T. Bangkok
T.T. Saigon
Mesars. Benjamin and Potts reTT. Lisbon
ceived the following Straits currency quotations (buyers) from Singapore to-day for raw rubber:
عليم
5, 1936.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S CABLED
QUOTATIONS
14
the The following quotations are middle prices at the close of the London market in
on June 4. All quotations are subject to cons no responsibility is frmation and nssumed for crrora in transmission.
Lust To-day's Price.
Japan
New York Cutton
11.05/65
10.78/78
11.82/02 10.86788
10.74/75
10.77/70
10.77/78
20.80/НО
10.70/76
10.78/78
Pricu.
10.77/77
10.80/80
War Loan 3%
11.80
11.77
redm. after 1952 £105% £105
New York Rubber
Chinese 434%
17,806/82
15,71b/72n 15.445/051
15.74/75
Bonds 1898
(Eng. **) £97. £'00%
15.811
15.75b/77n Chinese 6% Gold
A. W. BROWN,
Mannger. March
15,01/91 10.04 10.010/03
15.83/83
Bonds 1926-17
£ 90
15.861
Chinese 4%%
May ...
15.03/05 16.0in
Loan 1908
£90
£ 94
Chinese 5% Loan
1912
£ 93
£ 30
Chinese 6% Reorg
July
September
84%/84% 854/8554 84%/84 80%/80%
Loan 1913 (Ldn.
ON YOUTH
at your next
FANCY DRESS BALL
wear a
CHINESE DESIGN DANCE FROCK
FROCKS THAT ENHANCE AND YOUR CARRIAGE EMPHASIZE YOUR CURVES.
Jan.)
£ 84
Chinese Impl. Rly.
55%
* 95
Honan Rly, 5%
£ 50
£ 49
Chinese Dress is Fashionable in the Occident,
July
Hukuang Huy 1911
September
57/57% 5844768% Winnipeg Wheat
50%
£ 48
£ 47
Lung Taing U, Hal
July October December
Ry. 1013 6%
*£29
£ 28
3'hal-Nanking Rly.
Reg.).
69%
£ 71
£ 69
Tient.-Pukow Riy,
6% (Brit. Stpd) £ 45
£ 43
Tient.-Pukow Kly.
5% (Ger. Stpd) £ 44 Tient.-Pukow_itly.
£ 40
£ 44
£ 42
་
£ 40
£ 76%
77%
on sale at
CHINA EMPORIUM
LADIES' SALOON
(1st FLOOR)
German 7% Int.
£ 89%
£ 60%
Lean 1924... £ 684 Chart. Bk. of 1.A.
&C. II.K. & S'hai Bk. Corpn. (London Regd.) Chinese Engineer.. ing & Mining (bearer)
£ 14%
£ 58
£ 14
£104
£101%
11/0
11/6
11/3
11/3
2/0
2/0
Japan
Japan
45/-
45/-
Japan, Shanghai and Formous
Jajan
34
34
Shanghal and Swatow
Java and Manila
Boc. of Canton
34
34
Shanghai
Gula Kalumpong
Rubber
Straits and Manila
Allied Ironfound-
June 5.
June 5.
June G.
June 0.
June
Juno 7.
June 7.
-35/9
35/~
Yuensang
Juno T.
Straits
Stentor
June 8.
40/
46/3
Straita
Burdwan
..June 9.
Laird Canadian Celanese 107/6
1/3 63/0
121/4 123/1
9/-
51/7
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways
63/6
direct Service"-London date, 30th May.
R.M.A. Dorado
June 9.
Manila
Scharnhorst
June D.
Calcutta and Straits.
Shirala
June 1.
9/1
Batavia
Tiibudak
June D.
107/6
Japan
Anyo Maru
.June 10,
Courtnutia
61/3
50/3
192/3
10/2/-
Dunlop Rubber
36/6.
36/6
General Electric
For
(England)
63/3
82/0
Per Friday,
Guinness (A) Son
& Co.
155/9
150/--
28/1
28/..
Sanshui and Wuchow ....... Toishan Straite and EUROPE via Marseilles Behar
Due Marseilles.,0th July
K. P. O.
Reg Letters,
June 5, 3.30 p.m. June 6, 4.30 p.m..
Reg..
Hojhow
Hai Leo. Pres. Garfield
POST
OFFICE.
INWARD MAILS
Alipore Morioka Maru Kator Mari Lisbon Maru Szechuch Tjikembang
Ixion
Shanghal, Amoy and Europe via 26/414 20/41
Siberia (London date, 18th May) Tinegara Calcutta and Straits
June 6.
June 7.
Memnon
Jan./Mar.
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.
Member of:
New York Cotton Exchange. Chicago Board of Trade.
Commodity Exchange, Inc.
(Silver, Rubber, Silk, Copper, Hides and Tin).
New 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. Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Buildings, Suite 118/122.
ADVERTISING
China
in the "South Morning Post" and "The
Hongkong Telegraph" affords the most economi- cal approach to Hongkong
the
and
South
China Market.
Suggestions for campaigns
submitted without obligation.
Paid sales certified by Chartered
Accountants.
With business on the upward trend, you will develop your turnover by judicially increasing
your
Newspaper
Advertising
Insurances.
II. K. Fire In., $260 n. Internat'l Assce., Sh. $3% D. Shipping.
Douglas, $36 n.
H.K. Steamboats, $4 n. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.), 180 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.). $20 D.. Shell, (Bearer), 98/9 n. Union Waterboats, $12.20 n.
Mining.
Kailan, 11/6 n,
Dosks etc.
H.K. Wharves (old), 888 n.
H.K. & W..Docks $9 n. -Providents (old), 95 cts, b.
Providents (new), 20 cts. n. Hongkew (old), . $185 n. New Engineerings, Sh. $4 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh, $100 n.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, $4.65 sa. H.K. Lands $3034 b. H.K. Lands, 4% Deben.
$100 b.
S'hai Lands, Sh. $13. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10 n. Humphries, 38.55 n.
H. K. Realties, 34. n. Chinese Estates, $82 n. China Realties, Sh. 84 n. China Debentures Sh. $60 n.
Public Utilities.
H.K. Tramways, $9.40 b. Peak Trams, (old), $7 n. Ponk Trams, (new), $3 n. Star Ferries, $564 b. "Yaurti Ferries, (old)-$20 n.
China Lights, $10.80 b. China Lights, (new), $7.70 b. H.K. Electric, $51 b. Macao Electric, $18.75 ex d. n. Sandakan Light, $8.30 n. Telephone (old), $25 b. Telephone (now), $8 China Buses, Sh. $11. Singapore Tractions, 27/- b. Singapore Pref 28/- ǹ.
sa.
Industrials Malabon Sugars, $9% b. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19, Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. 15 n Cantor Ices, $14 n. Cement, $9.40 n. II.K. Ropes, $4.40 n. Stores, &c.
Dairy Farm, $19% ea. Watson, $3.45 n. Lane Crawfords, $64 n. Mackintoshs, 36-n. Sinceres, $1.70
.
Wm. Powells, 40 ets, n. Wing On (H.K.), $50 n.
Cotton Milla.
Ewo Cottons Sh. $8 n. S'hai Cottona (old), Sh. $70 n. S'hai Cottons (new), Sh, $39
n.
Zoong Sings, $18 n.
Wing On Textiles, Sh. $25 n.
Miscellaneous.
II.K. Entertainments, $2.90 n. S. C. Enterprise $1.85 n. Macao "Greyhounds," $2 n. Constructions (old), $1% n. Constructions (new), 30 cts. b. Vibro Filing, Sá n.
Ch. Govt. 5% 1925G.$Bds. 99%
n.
H.K. Govt. 4% Lonn 6%
prm. b.
·H.K. Govt. 82% Loan par. b. Walince Harpers, $4 n. Manila Mining
Antamoka, $3.20 0.
Atoka, 56 cta.'n.
To-morrow's Picture
Featurea
Numerous pictures of topi- cal Interest will appear in
of
the to-morrow's issue Telegraph Pictorial Supple- ment, including several of the athletic events in which Fili- pino Olympic stara recently appeared in Hongkong.
Weddings illustrated will be those of Dr. William Lai Fook and Miss Phoebe Chan, and Mr. Chan Hung-tat and Mias Pak Yuen-han; whilst there will be a group taken at the christening of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. B. Muskett.
A portrait of Mr. J. E. Joseph, who has generously agreed to provide headquare. ters for the New Territories Agricultural Association, will
whilst be given,
Amongst groups will be one of the new- ly-formed 13th Kowloon Troop of Boy Scouts, another of the staff and students of St. Mary's School, and other taken at the Y's Men's Club anniversary dinner and at the opening of the headquarters of the Christian Mission to Chinese Seumen.
The Supplement will con- lain the usual entertainment and feature pages, results of last week's. Children's Compe- tition, and details of new com~~ petitions for the kiddies.
21 YEARS AGO
Extracts From The "Telegraph" Files
.
The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended June 12, 1915,
*
6% (Ger. Stpd. Supl. Loan). £ 44
6% Sterling
Loan 1907
% Sterling
Japan 1924
Chosen Corpn. *** Tekin Syndicato. S'hai Electric Con- struction Co... Shai Waterworks
HAN Union
ст
Insurance
Associate & Elec
trical Industries Austin Motors ord Books Pure Drug Brit-Amer. Tob
(bearer) Cammell,
ord.
Distillers
Hawker Aircraft Imperial Chemical
Industries Impl. Tobacco
Marks & Spencer.
-"A" ord.
O.K. Bazaars
Rolls Royce
Tate & Lyle
Turner & Newall United Steel Vickers ord. Woolworths Anglo-Dutch
Marsman Invest-
monta Randfontein
Estates Spring Mines Sub-Nigel
39/3 30/1 156/10/150/10%
95/- 93/0 42/-
42/-
157/1
157/1 99/- 99/- 80/080/- 30/10% 30/10 25/14 24/G 130/- 120/9 26/8 20/3
OUTWARD MAILS
Letters,
Date and Time.
Fri., June 5, 4 pan. ..Fri, June 5,
G. P. O.
Juno 5, 4.10 p.m. .....June 5, 6 pm. .Fri., June 5, 6 p.m. Fri., June 5, 5 p.m.
Manila Shanghai, Japan and San Francisco General Sherman Fri, June 6, 5 p.m.
(Duo San Francisco, 28td Juno).
Saturday..
Tilma
Straite and Calcutta
Parcels,
June 5, 6 p.m.
Swatow
Sat., Juno C.
„June 6, 9 a.m.
...Sat, June 6,
G.P.O.
Letters, Kung Fing...Sat., June 6, 130 p.m. Letters for "K..M. Service" due Katori Maru
Amsterdam, 18th June,
Rez..
Leiters,
East and Katori Mar
.......June 6, 2 pant. June 6, 2.30 p.m. ....Sat, June 8.
Rubber Plantation Invest. Trust.. Burma Corpn. ...
30/-
30/-
K.P.O.
9/7
9/71⁄2
Reg.,
•
•
Common wealth
June 6, 1.30 p.m. Letters.......June 6, 2 pm.
The rate of the dollar on de mand was 1s, 9.9/16d.
Mining
9/0
0/4%
Straits, Ceylon, India,
27/0
27/0
South Africa, Aden, Egypt and EUROPE via Marseilles
68/3 07/3
Due Marseilles, 6th July
...
K. P. O.
G. P. O.
43/14 42/0
Reg
..June 6, 2.00 p.m.
Reg.,
240/-
210/-
Letters,
..June 6, 3.00 pam.
Letters,
1/10
1/10%
Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New Tania
85/-
02/6
885/- 91/10%
Zealand via Brisbane.
Parcels
(Duo Brisbane, 24th June).
Reg, ..
Letters
09/4% 08/9
-Reuter.
The death took place of Mrs. Helena Gomes, wife of Dr. A. S Gomes, of Kowloon,
+
The Prince of Wales' War Re- Bef Fund in Ilongkong reached a total of $301,371.
Mr. F. C. Jenkin was appointed Deputy Superintendent of the Special Police Reserve.
•
The Colony's credit balance at the end of March was $3,046,466. Revenue for the month was $827,- 709 and expenditure $014,626.
Bagulo Gold 27 cts. n.
Tanami Goki Min-
ing Anglo-Iranian Burmak Shell Transport &
Trad. (Bearer).
EXCHANGE RATES
Benguet Consolidated, $18.75 b. Onlo.
Shanghal, Japan, Canada, USA, Pres. McKinley
C. and 8. America and Europe via
Victoria B.C. and Europe
via
Siberia.
(Due. Victoria B.C., 20th June).
Sunday.
Monday.
Tuesday.
.June 0. 2.45 p.m.-
June 6, 3.30 p.m. ..Fri, June 5, June 6, 8,00 p.m. June 6, 4.15 pam. 1
June 6, 5.00 p.m. ..Sat, June 1,
Parcels,
...June 6, 3 p.m.
Reg., Letters,
..Juno 6, 4.15 p.m. ...........Juné 6, 6 pm.
110% 1/3.13/32
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa...... Hongkong Maru Sun., June 7, 9 am
Hineng... Mon., June 8, 9.30 am. Anahun....Mun., Juno 8, 1.30 p.m. Yuensang... Mon., June 8, 3.30 p.m.
and Europe via lennon ... .Mon., June 8, 5 pm.
Tjinegara.. Tues., June 9, 8.30 a.m.
Wednesday.
Shanghai and Europe via Siberia. Stentor.... Wed, June 10, 10.30 am. Kwelyang..Wed, June 10, 1.30 p.m. Bangkok via Swatow
Chaksang Straits and Calcutta
Letters,
Taiyuan...Thurs., June 11, 3.30 p.m. Thurs., June 11, Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A4 Emp. of Russia ....
Contral and South America and
vis Vancouver B.C *Europe (Parcels for Canada only)' and
Europe via Siberia (Due Vancouver B.C., 29th June)
"Superscribed correspondence only.
Puris
Geneva
June 3. 70.17/04
15.15
Berlin
.12.47
June 4. 76.0/32 15.64 12.48
Sandakan Swatow and Amoy
Japan...
Athens.
533
Balatuca, $21% n.
Milan.
031
633 63.11/16
Shanghai, apun
Siberla.
19.00
19.00
Shanghal.
Benguet Exp., 27 cts. n...
New York
1/2.7/16 5.02
1/23%
Shanghai
5.02
Big Wedge, 37 cts, h.
Consolidated Mines, 1 cts. b..
Demonstration, $1.00 an.
7.43% 20%2 ,121% 30%
7.43/
20%
1214 36.13/18
.110% -1/3.7/16
Parcels,
.... June 10, 1 p.m.
Thursday,
170
170%
Amoy
Monte Video.
Belgrado..
Yokohama
Rio.
..38%
219 .1/2.3/32 .4% Silver (Spot)....19.15/16
20.72% 38%
210 1/2.3/32
414 10.15/38 19.15/10 Silver (forward) 10.15/16
105.5/10 105% War Loan.'
British Wiralcas.
20.71
Gold Creek, 9 cts. n.
Ipo Gold, 31 cls, n.
Itogons, $1.28 .
I. X. L.. $1.75 n.
Masbate, 80 cts. n.
Northern Mining, 34 cia. n. Paracate Gumaus, 42 cts. n. Salacot, 14 cts. n.
•
San Mauricio, $1.00 b. Suyoc Consol., 34 ete. b. United Paracalo 99 cta. b. Univorani Explor, 17 cts. b
Amsterdam Vienna... Prague. Madrid Lisbon. Hongkong. Bombay Brussels
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THE
GROCERS BUTCHERS
ASIA
COY.
FRUITS, GREENS & SUNDRIES
Parcels, Reg.,
Letters,
Wed., June 10. June 10, 2 pm,
June 11, 3 p.m., June 11, 416 p.m.
......... June 11, 5 pm.
The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road Central.
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