1936-12-16 — Page 19

Christmas

- MICKEY

Sale 4

NOVELTY

COTTON GOODS

FOR THE KIDDIES

MOUSE-

- LULLABY LAND-

"

-THREE LITTLE PIGS-

ON SALE AT:

"THE CARAVAN”

CLOUCESTER BUILDING.

HONGKONG

and

PENINSULA HOTEL ARCADE

KOWLOON

Swing into that new swing tap

in a gay and tuneful romance set to the modern tap tempo!

Gags, girls, music,

romance, gayely

with Eleanoro Whitney, the

fastest girl on foot!

-- A shell Luder provanda

"THREE CHEERS

h

and “tho kwing Tap":

#

FOR LOVE

with

Eleonore Whitney Robert Cummings William Frawley Roscoe Karns John Holliday Elizabeth Patterson and Billy Lee · A Paramount Pictura

TO-MORROW

AT THE

ALHAMBRA

THE

HONGKONG' TELEGRAPH.

SHARE PRICES

The following in the 1st of local

share quotations issued this morn-

ing.

Banks.

H. K. $1,810 b,

Reg.).

H. K. Banks (Lon.

£108. Chartered Bank, £15% n. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.

432 0. Mercantile. Bank, C., £14 n. East Asia Bank, $83 n.

Insurances,

Canton In.. $300 n. Union In. $612 b. China Underwriters, $1.00 n. H. K. Fire, In., $305 n. Internat'l Asace., Sh. $3

Shipping..

Douglas, $30_n.

H. K. Steamboats, $7.40 m, Indo-Chinas (Prof.), $35 n Indo-Chinas. (Def.), 836 n. Shell (Bearer), 124/4 Union Waterboats, $10% n.

Docks etc.

1.

n.

H. K. Wharvea (old), $100% n H, K. & W, Docks, $13 n. Providenta (old), $1.60 n. Providenta (new), 20 cts, n. Now Engineeringa, Sh. $1 B. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $90 b.

Mining

Kailan Mining Ad., 14/6 n. Raubs, $13.10 b.

Venz: Goldfield $8 h.

Philippine Mining

Antamoka, P. 3.25

Atoka, P. 36 Baguio Gold, P. 21% Balatoe Min.. P..14 Benguet Consola, P. 13 Benguet Expl. P. 14 Big Wedges, P. 27

Consolidated Mines, P. .03 Demonstrations, $1.06 en.

Ipo Gold, P, .22

I. X. L. P. 1.30

Itogons, P. 1.20 Madbate Cona., P. 36 Northern Min., P. .13

Paracale Guniaus, P. 45% Salacot Min. P. 05 San Mauricio, P. 2.10 Suyor Consola, P. .34% United Paracale. P. 1.05

Landa, Hotels, etc.

II. and S. Hotels, $6% b. H. K. Lands, $36.an, H. K. Lands, 4% Deben.

$105 n.

S'hal Lands, Sh. $13 n. Metropolitan Lande, Sh. $10 n. flumphries, $9% n.

H. K. Realties, $4.90 n. Chinese Estates, $78 n.. China Realties, Sh. $4 n. China Debentures Sh. $60 n.

Public Utilities.

H. K. Tramways, $12.16 sa... · Peak Trams, (old), $6% 11. Peak Trams, (new), $241 m. Star Ferries, (old), $93 6. Yaumati Ferries (old). $25 n. China Lighte, $12.70. b. China Lights, (new), $10% D. H. K. Electric; $54 so. Macno Electric, $20 n.. Sandakan Lighte, $10 b. Telephone (old), $28.15 n.. Telephone (new), $10 n. China Buses. Sh. $114. Singapore Tractions, 27/- 11. Singapore Pref., 27/- n.

Industrials.

Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19 Cald: Macg. (ref.), Sh. $15.n.

Canton Ices. $2.20 n.

Cement, $11 n.

H.-K. Ropes, $2.50 n.

Stores, &c.

Dairy Farm, $20 93. Watson, $4.85 n.

Lane Crawfords, $621 n. Sinceres, $41.

Wing On (I.K.). $50 n.

Cotton Mil

Ewo Cottons, Sh. $13.70 n. S'hai Cottons, (old), Sh. $85 1. S'hai Cottons, (new), Sh. $60 n. Zoong Sings, $26 n

Wing On Textiles, Sh. $36 n. Miscellaneous.

H. K. Entertainments, 25 .

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1936.

France Can't When Christmas

Pay U.S. Now Festivities Upset KINGS

BUT IS READY TO

NEGOTIATE

Paris, Dec. 16.

The French Government has rent a note to the United States intima- ing that France is unable to pay the Instalment due

Your Children

Baby's Own Tablets Will Put Them Right.

At this festive season children fre- |

quently eat more rich food. than is good for them with consequent on her War Debt, digestive upset. To counter the ill due at the beginning of 1937.

However, the

efferix of such over indulgence, and note нау that quickly to restore normal well-being. negotiations might be shortly regarding future payments--or two of Baby's Own Tablets,

resumed all that is needed generally is a desc Reuter Bulletin Service.

SPECIAL AMBASSADOR

Paris, Dec. 15.

Keep this idonl'children's medicing handy for use in all cases of health Irregularities in Ittle children such M. Georges Bonnet, former Finance as constipation, wind,, billousness, Minister, has unoMcially accepted feverishness, coldr and croup, diarr

M. Leon Blum's invitation to act as hocs, worms.

a special Ambassador at Washington

for six months, in order to negeilate

They are splendid at teething

for the resumption of War Debt pay-time, allaying pains almost as if by ments. It is planned to begin dis-magic. Children like the tablets on cussions in this month

matter with the

United States in January.

account of their sweet taste; safe and effective, they are easy to give, being M. Bonnet's acceptance followed necuracy of dosage is assured by the readily crushed to powder, whlist soundings of Parliament, which dis-lozenge form in which they are put closed that much former hostility

to the renewal of payments had dis- up. appeared.—United Press.

T.T

Demand

EXCHANGE

Selling

T.T, Shanghal

T.T. Singapore T.T. Japan

T.T. India

T.T. U.S.A.

Bataviu

T.T. Bangkok T.T. Saigon

gon T.T. France

T.T. Germany T.T. Switzerland T.T. Australia

TT. Lisbon

Buying

4 m/s. L/C, London

4 m/s. D/P. do

4/s. L/C, US.A.

4 m/s. France

30 d/s. India ...

U.S. Cross rate in London

Baby's Own Tablets are entirely free from any injurious ingredient and may be given with perfect safety to the youngest or most 'dellente Infant. The prescription of a medical | child-specialist, they have f forty year reputation to recommend them. Chemists everywhere' can

supply 1/2 you.

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1/213

.52 14

105%

.811

30%

...60

15524

.747

"THERE ISN'T TIME..!"

(Continued from Page 6.)

150% twenty minutes here. You do the 64% Inside and I'll do the outside." And .0.48

in this modern time-saving manner 131% they "did" a building in which in 1/0 old-fashioned tourist would have

.8$66 | spent half the day.

1/316

Those Americans, who had reduced 1/3 time-saving to such a ne art, were

.30% typical of their generation. By not ..6.75

wasting a minute anywhere they

03

4,90%

MANILA

SHARES

were probably able to see our'enun-

try in two weeks, alt Europe in two months, and the whole world in leas than a year. And by the end of that time they would know less about have they could

The following quotations have the world than

been received by Swan, Culbertson learnt by sitting quietly at home and and Fritz from their Manila office reading Stevenson and a few other after the close of the morning session: | writers for whom the present genera-

Atok

Big Wedge

Coto Grove

tute Mities

Demonstration East Mindanao Gold Creek

28

26

Seeing a show-place in twenty

·minutes, reading a headline instead of an article and an article instead of book, using a train instead of a coach, a car instead of train, ond un neroplane instead of a car-these are the means by which we add to the amount of time at our disposal, And most of the time saved is promptly lost again.

Prices in Pesos Buyers Sellers)

tion has no time."

Antamok

Baguio Gold

3.25

.30 21

.37

3.35 The Miser's Hoard.

.22

Benguet Consolidated 13.50

13.75

Benguet Exploration

14

.10

20

.43

.04

.0275

.03

.24

.65

.20

20

,20

7,

22

1.20

1.25

1.30

1.36

.105,00

109.00

30

.37

Mineral Resources

33

25

Mother Lode

Paracate Gold

.12.

13

Paracale Gumaus

.45

45

43

San Mauricio

2.30

2.15

Suyer

35

United Paracnle

1,05

1.10

Universal Exploration

21

l

Market Steady.

1. X.

Marsman & Co.. Masbate

chi ja

Constructions (old), $1% n. Constructions (new), 421⁄2 eta, n. Vibro Piling, $5,50 să, Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 GSBda

93% n.

H. K. Govt. 4% Loan 8% prm - b.

H. K. Govt. 34% Loan 3% prm

b.

Wallace Harpers $4 n.

•

The old misers used to live in squalor in order that they might save every possible penny. But as they never spent their money it was of na use to them and they might as

well not have saved it. We live.nt.

nt break- neck speed In order that we may save every possible minute. And never stop to think that if we do not make wise use of the time thus saved it is no more use to us than gold was to the misers,

we

What is the good of reducing the. time taken over a journey unless we can make some profitable use of the time we save? And where is the sense of saying. "There isn't time for it in these days?" If there isn't time for a thing in these days, when was there ever time for it?

Robert Manning

•

COMMENCING TO-MORROW⚫

"HI, FOLKS!! Alexander Botts

APPROACHING!"

Stopping right out of the uproarious Saturday Evening Post storiesianto shake the screen with the delirious adventures of the world's "supar» salosman" (he admits it himself)!

BROWN

JOE E.

EARTHWORM RACTORS

A richt salienel Pittore with

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DICK FORAN CAROL HUGHES GENE LOCKHART

OLIN HOWLAND JOSEPH CREHAN 1; Directed by Kaymond Enright

AND

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