1936-08-18 — Page 23

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NEWS OF THE DAY IN PICTURES

FROM FAR AND NEAR

Telegraph

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1938.

HAPPENINGS AS SEEN BY

PHOTONEWS THE CAMERA'S EYE

TYPHOON HAVOC-EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS

J The Dollar Steamship Company's vessel Chief Capilano, which dragged its anchor to the China Light and Power Company's wharf at Hung Hom. It was

refloated, undamaged, yesterday afternoon.

All that remains of the river ferry steamer Shun Mon, which was blown against the Dairy Farm wharf at Lafchikek and battered into matchwood, Five men were saved.

These two cars were left outside the Peninsula Hotel on Sunday,

night. The picture tells its own story.

A scene on the island during the height of the floods. IN CENTRE-The Chinese Custom's -Cruiser-Hol-Chow-aground in Kowloon Bay, alongside a Chinese tenement. On the left is the hulk

of a British submarine wrecked In the 1923 typhoon.

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1937

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

SAILS FOR VANCOUVER via SHANGHAI, JAPAN & HONOLULU

AT NOON

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S CABLED

QUOTATIONS

The following quotations are the of the middle prices at the close

on Aug. 17. parket in London

All quotations are subject to con- firmation and to responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission. Last To-day's Price Price

War Loun 350

redm. after 1952 106 106%

Union

Insurance

Soc. of Canton Gula Kaltanpeng

Rubber Alltel Ironfoun

Gers

Associated & Elec

trical Industries Austin Muturs ord. Boots Pure Drug. Brit. Amer. Tob.

(bearer)

Ing & Mining

(beater).m

10/3

10/3

Chosen Corpn.

3076

10/7).

Pekin Syndicate

2/0

2/9

Chai Electric Con-

struction Co.

40/-

S'hat Waterworks

"A"

45/6

3313 34/0

33 2014

26/3 28/3

307- *35/0

55/- 53/- $4/3 54/6,

£/3

57/0

121/3 121/3

Caninell, Laird,

brd

15/- 14/0

Mexican Eagle

26/9

25/0

Courtaulds

50/-

50/-

Chinese 4%

Distillers

105/0

105/6

Bonds 1993

Dunlop Rabber

34/0

36/0

(Eng. Iss).... £103 Chinese 5% Gold

1103

General Electric

(England)...

86/0

83/0

Steamer

Leave Shang- Naga- Hong

hat

Baki Kong

Arrive Lea'vo

Yoko-

Van-

Kobe

Leave

couver hama Honolulu

Leave

Donds 1925-47. £ 90% £634 Chinese 42%

Guinnças (A) Son

& Co.

152/-

150/-

Hawker Alrcraft

28/0

20/0

Leave

Victoria

Loan 1908 £50 £360 Chinese 5 loan Arriva

2012

£ 89'2

Bristol Acroplanes

ord.

55/0

55/3

Imp.

Chunleal

40/112 40/-

108/0

00/- 30/

53/0

$3/

80/0

09/0

35/115 35/3.

E/Japan Aug. 21 Aug. 23 E/Asia

* Sept. Sopt. E/Canada Sopt. 18 Sept. 201

་

1 Oct.

Aug. 20 Aug. 28 Sept. 8 Sept. 8

Sept. 21

6'Sept.

6 Sept. 10 Sept. 12

T

4.Oct.

6 Oct. 8 Oct.

E/Bamis Oct.

E/Japan Oct. 16 Oct. 18

1 Nov. EVAsia

80 Nov. Oct. B/Canada Nov. 13 Nov. 15

Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Oct.

2 Oct. 7

101

Oct. 19

Oct. 21 Oct.

23 Oct.

29 NOT, $ 8 Nov, ·G Nov. 7

Nov. 10 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 2

Doc. 12 3 E/Russia Nov. 25 Nov. 27 Nov. 29 Doc. 1 Doc.

Doc. 1 Dec." 18 Dec. 24) Dec. 20 E/Japan Doc. 11 Dec. 18)

TO MANILA

'EMPRESS OF ASIA

EMPRESS OF CANADA

EMPRESS OF RUSSIA ...,

Aug. 27th: .Sept. 11th. ..Sept. 24th.

Full information from your own Agent or

Canadian Pacific

WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL

Union Building.

Tel. 20752.

£ 92

1 92.

* 05 £63

Chinese 5 Reorg

Loin 1913 (Ldn. 159.) Chinese Imperial

£95 Kly. 5% Honan Rly, 5%. £ 60 Hukuang Rly.

*£ 52 £ 52 1911 5% Lung Tsing U. Hal

Rly. 1913 £ 2016 £30. Shai-Nanking Rly.

£ 75%. £ 70 Tient-Pukow Rly.

548 5 Brit Stpd) £ 40 Tient-Fukow Rly.

5% Ger. Sipd.) £47 Tlent-Pukow Rly. 55% (Belt Sipd.)

£ 474 Supl. Loan) Tient-Pukow Rly. 5% (Ger. Sipd. Supl. Loan) 47

Sterling Jupar. 5%

Loun 1007 Japan 6% Sterling

Loan 1974

German 7% In-

ternational Loan

Industries Imperial Tobacco 168/0

Marks & Spencer

"A" ord. OK. Bazaars

Rolls Royce Tate & Lyle

Turner & Newall

United Steel Vickers, ord. Woolworths Anglo-Dutch

Plantation Rubber

Investment

Trusl Burma Corpo. Commonwealth

Mining Maraman Invest-

ments

tries

173/9 173/0

102/... 101/0

33/16 33/3

140/9 1417-

27/3 27/14

This was once popular Laichikak beach and a 80 ft, roadway that skirted it. The entire re clamation has been washed away to a depth of 200 feet.

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.

BUILDERS OF ALL CLASS OF SHIPS.

BUILDERS of reciproCATING STEAM ENGINES. BUILDERS OF MARINE AND LAND BOILERS. BUILDERS OF TURBINE MACHINERY

Under License From Messrs. Parsons.

BUILDERS OF DIESEL ENGINES

Under Special License From Messrs. Sulzer Bros., Winterthur.

Licensed To Manufacturo Lanz Perlit Iron, Specially Suitable For Internal Combustion Engine Working Parts.

DOCK & SLIPWAYS

FOR DOCKING VERY LARGE, AS WELL AS SMALLER VESSELS,

ON ANY TIDE.

ALL CLASSES OF SHIP, ENGINE AND BOILER

REPAIRS

AND EXTENSIVE WELDING, BOTH ELECTRICAL AND OXY-ACETYLENE, SKILFULLY AND PROMPTLY CARRIED OUT,

Tol. Address "Talkoodock” Hongkong. Tolephone No. 80211

Call Flag: "Numeral Ono" avor "Pennant Ans”

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents

HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN

16.25/26 16.11/12 10.20m

Chicago, Corn “

September 108/108% December

May

October

December

10.87b/38 10.23/23 May 16.400

£ 474

31/3

-- 10/9 10/0

0/132 9/-

31/3

U.S. COMMODITY

July

11.700

11.03n

37/0 30/0

Spot

12.80

12.43

£ 47%

Randfontein

Es-

PRICES

£47.

B £ 8014

£80 £8

Spring Mines Sub-Nigel Tanami Gold

77/9 77/3 10/- 407- 243/9 242/6

New York Rubber

September

October N

16.147

1/3 1/3 .88/9 08/0 97/0 97/1

December..

January

10.28/26

Shell Transport

and

Trading (bearer), Chinese 56% Sterl

The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are issued by Reuter.

March

May

July

10.63

18,60n

Total sales:-740 tons.

104/45 104/42

New York Cotton

Chicago Wheat

October....

11.71776

11.88/83

.24

24

33

December.. January March

11.78/82-

11.87/88

11.82/82

11.01/01

11.87/B7

11.96/00

-Reuter.

May

11.84/80

11.07/07

19:24.503 £ 5011⁄2

Chartered Bank

of I. A. & C.. £ 15

H.K. & Shal Bking

Corpn. (Ido. Regd) Chinese Engineer-

£ 15

£10144

210114

Mining Anglo-Iranian Burmah

In Notes 1925

(Vickers)

Canton Kowloon

Riy. 8%

10.48b/60 10.30/30'

16.5Gb/57 10.42b/4Ja

111/112

953/95507 08%/08 01/915 045794% Winnipeg Wheat

10072/101 302%/103

DD%/09% L11%/111% 202%/1024 101/101

COLLISION IN FOG

San Francisco, Aug. 17.

the

The cruiser Marblehead and September 1114/111% 113%/111% Dutch steamer Manderan collided in

#112/112 fog. off the southern California, coast- December 110%/111 May

110%/110% and both are 108%/109

slightly damaged. Saturday's rales: 20,062,000 bushels. United Press.