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LARKSPUR SEEDS: New crop of double mixed

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Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Moni- bera will be held in the Board Room of Mesars, Jardine, Mathe- on & Co., Ltd., on Thursday, 18th November, 1937, at 5.15 p.m.

NOTICE

W. A. CORNELL F.R.ID.A., F.S.I., Chartered Architect, Sur- veyor and Valuer, has returned from England, and reopened his APARTMENTS WANTED. office at The Hong Kong Stock

Exchange, leo House Street.

WANTED

IMMEDIATELY, small flat, preferably furnished, and ser- vants quarters, Kowloon or long- kong side. Hieply to Box No. 424, "Hongkong Telegraph."

U.S. COMMODITY

PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

New York Nov, 10.

The following quotations on the

New York commodity exchange are issued by Reuter,

December

January

March

May

July

October

Spot

New York Cotton

Opening

7.87/80

Ilvery Date December 1.

New York Rubber

December March

May July

September

14.40/40 15.01/01 14.70/77 15.17/22

15.20b/33 15.37/30

14.82/05

14.00/02

15.14 N

Sales for the day:-5,720 tons.

Chicago Wheat

58%/68% 80%/00% 087%/50!% 88/894

Dec,

May

July

Tuesday's Sales:→→

...

8414/047%

28,000,000 bushels. Chicago Corn 5032/50% 50%/50 50/50% 40%/50% 59%/587%

Dec. May Closing July

The First Notice Day December 7.80/86) 7.80/06 Grains is November 30 and the last 7.06/00) day December 28,

Winnipeg Wheat

111/1112 1114/111% 100%/100% 100/1085 1041/104%

7.90/80

7.95/95

8,00/00

8.01/02

8.01/04

8.06/06. Dec.

0.14/13

July

8.13/12-May

The First Notice Day for Decem- The last Notleg Day for October her Catton is November 24 with De-Winnipes Grains is October 30,

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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,

HONGKONG SINGERS ARMISTICE DAY RECITAL

at

St. John's Cathedral at 9.15 p.m. TO-NIGHT

For the Fallen .... Toccata. Adagio and

Elgar

Fugue in C Major.... Bach Requiem Mass ... Mozart

Assisted by the Philharmonic

Orchestra

Collection In aid of St.

Dunstan's

JAPAN HINTS · OF ACTION IN SETTLEMENT

(Continued from Page 1.)

aboard three transports. It is learn- ed that 500 members of the Japanese engineer corps were landed in the city. The vessels also unloaded 100 tanks, 100 armoured cars and 500 army trucks.--Central News.

Six Japanese Warships Attack Amoy Again

Ansisted by n

Amoy, Nov. 11. lone bember, six

Japanese warships launched an attack ຍກ Amoy at o'clock yesterday

morning.

The Chinese land batteries replied and drove the warships away after a two-hour duel.-Central News,

NEW YORK STOCK

EXCHANGE

SWAN, CULBERTSON & FRITZ LATEST REPORTS

New York, Nov. 10.

S. C. & F. New York correspondent cables:

Stocks: The market reflects short- covering and new buying by those who expect Congress to hasten measures to encourage business. The rally should carry further.

#LETTERS TO THE

EDITOR

VOLUNTEERS'·

PROBLEM

To the Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph;

Sir, have heurd, and have re- ceived the news with much concern, Bint heads of firma and employers generally are Anding it dimeult to release their employees who are "Volunteers" to attend the annual week-end compa

NOVEMBER 11, 1937.

POPPY DAY Queen Marie FUND AIDS Of Rumania THOUSANDS Seriously Ill

Many Avenues Of Expenditure For Ex-Servicomon

People

must often wonder how the amounts raised each year by the Earl Haig's British Legion Appeal are disbursed. A study of the re- port shows that practically every Fund founded as a result of the War receives help. Here is a list of some of them:

Grants for Rellef of Dist cas,

Prayers Said For Her Recovery

Bucharest, Nov, 10. Morie of Roumania is from intestinal trouble

Queen suffering following an attack of influenza.

Cut Rates On Clipper Ships

Airways Bid For

More Business

China National Aviation Corpera- Lion, General Traffic Agents for Pan- American Airways system, lo-day announced an exceptionally large re- duction in passenger fares for travel via Clipper from Hongkong or Macao Her two daughters, Queen Marle of across the Pacific. These new rates. Yugo-Slavia and Queen Elizabeth of now bring luxurious transportation Greece are constantly at her bedside. by the Flying Clipper Ships within

The doctors have recommended pocketbook, and are as follows:

the range of the average man's month of absoluto quiet.

The entire country is grieved over the queen's lness, and prayers are being offered in the churches for her speedy recovery-Reuter.

Britain Buys Gold From America

Hongkong to Manila-one way $50.00; round trip, $63.00,

Hongkong to Guam-one way $232.00; round trip $257.00.

Hongkong to Wake Is.-one way $364.00; round trip $399.00.

Hongkong to Midway-one way S401,00; round trip $500.00.

Hongkong to Honolulu-one way $640,00; round trip $665.00.

The low round-trip fares are, in the euse of Monila, a one-way reduced fare of $50.00 plus $15.00, and, in the other cases, one-way reduced fares rates are in United States currency. plus $25.00. All of the above quoted

I realise fully the difficult times through which all business houses Grants for Employment,. British ore now passing, at the same time Legion Schemes, such as Onleers' 1 feel most earnestly and in this I Benevolent Department, Prince of have the permission of His Excel Wales' British Legion Pension Fund, lency, the Governor, to say that he Preston Hall, Disabled Men's Indus- agrees fully with my views that the tries Sales, Ltd, Burnham Hall, St. very situation which is making ille Dunstan's, King's Rall

Clerks Assu dificult and arduous is just the one ciation, Deafened Ex-Service

Men's which demands of us all the accept: Fund, Lest We Forget" Association, ence of the fact that nothing mual incorporated Association of Blind be left undone which will further Ex-Service Men, Spero Leather the security of the Colony. One of Workers. Royal Alfred institution.

New York, Nov. 10. the essential measures of security is the efficient training of the "Volumen Alexandra Hospital (Worth-

Ing)

The United States Treasury teers" and therefore, 1

St. David's Home, Royal Victoris has announced that five million appeal to all employers to make a special effort Patriotic Fund, Earl Jellicoe dollars worth of gold is being nt this moment to release all their Memorial Fund, Ex-Imperial Organi-shipped to England to-morrow.

It has also been pointed out that by "Volunteers", to attend

the camps eations, Cleveland Training Centre,

| travelling aboard a Clipper as for us which are starting next week-end.

rex, Limited, Disabled Men's Work- It is explained that the British Honolulu and a Matson liner from San Francisco, the As I consider the matter an urgent shops (Cambridge), Lord Roberts Equalisation Account has bought Honolulu to one I am adopting the course of re- questing you to publish this letter Memorial Workshops, Star and Gar- gold to prevent any undue rise in round-trip to the United States could

be made for $915.00. Tickets will be · Tavistock Clinic, Disabled sterling against the

dollar on sale unil! March 31, 1938, and are ns the quickest means of bringing it Sailors' and Soldiers' Workshops to the notice of all those who I am (ournemouth), Council for the Pro-

Reuter. convinced would wish to know my motion of Occupational Industries, view's.

Area Housing Scheme;

A. W. BARTHOLOMEW, Major-General.

ter

Home.

Friends Committee of Land Settle- ment Commanding, the British Troops Roll War Disabled Men's Assoclu- Association, Limited, King's

in Chino.

SALE OF WORK

May 1 ence again seek The courtesy of your columns in order to give your readers fuller inform tion concerning the fete which is to be held in the Cathedral grounds on Thursday, December, from 3.30 p.m. onwards.

There will be stalls for the sale of Home Produce and Sweets, Fancy and Woollen Goods and Novelties,

Dolls and Dolls' clothing,

tion, Hedingham Rover Scout Train- fing Camps and Employment Scheme,

Stock Market

Tone Firmer

good for thirty days from date of de- parture from longkong.

New impetus is being given to travel to the delightful resort islands, Guam, Wake, and Midway, and, to add to the already-existing attractions, Pan- | American Airways has reduced hotel rates for those desiring to stop over at ony one of the islands, to $5 per

The British Legion still needs London Stimulated By day. Inclusive.

funds.

Previously acknowledged $5,352.00 Kowloon Bowling Green

Club

A. W. Hughes First Church

of Christ Selentist Lodge "St. John" 618, S.C. Club Lusitano Richard H. Challinor E. 1. 1. Lang T. M. Gregory G. I. Gompertz J. & G. Craigentower Cricket Club

D. L. Strellett lion. Mr. E. Davidson

A. Nienl

Premier's Speech

TRIBUTES GIVEN TO

STATESMAN

100,00

London, Nov. 10. 100.00

Satisfaction with the Premier's 30.00 speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet 20.00 last night, and a Armer Wall Street, 25.00 stimulated sentiment on the London 15.00 Stock Exchange, though business was weekly meeting of the Cabinet which

20,00 small.

20.00

(Continued from Page 1

20,00 Far Eastern Bonds were again a asked the Prithe Minister to convey 20.00 feature on bear covering, but gilt-messages of sympathy to the family. 20.00 edged stucks were irregularly lower-Reiter. 40.00 owing to pro-aking.

15.00

19.00

$3.00

10.00

T

10.00

P Saunderson

10.08

5.00

Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Lacon

5.00

Alfred Morris

5,00

There will be various side-shows, Bran-tubs, a Christmas Tree, "Pick-

J'ost My-Pockets,"

Office, and of course tea will be served.

We sincerely hope that many of D. 11. Blake your readers will inake attending this Sale of which we feel sure that they will derive considerable enjoyment both for themselves and their children.

1. W. BAINES, Chaplain-in-Charge,

point of Work from

COLONY MARKS ARMISTICE DAY ·

(Continued from Page 1.)

the Chinese pornmunity and the Con sutar Body following.

Dotteluments totulling 462 in-

Gordon's Lid. (Poppiess

Commodities and base metals were agoin high, with copra, rubber, wheat and suştar firm.

HOUSE OF COMMONS HEARS NEWS

London, Nov. 10. Wall Street was strong, consider-; As soon as the House of Commons able covering being reported.-Reu-assembled to-day, the Speaker re- ter's Special,

gretfully informed the members of U.S. SELLING gold

the death of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, New York, Nov. 10. and expressed the sense of loss the According to well-informed Bnun- House had sustained, and extended $5,830.00 ciers, the United States has sold sympathy to the relatives, Further

wil be anything up to 150 million dollars The Speaker's action was a forma- gratefully

of gold from Mr. F. G.. worth

undisclosed]lity resulting from the recent decision take formal Maunder. Secretary to Bari Haig's holdings of the Stabilisation Fund to of the House that he Fund, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank foreign countries during the past notice of the deaths of all members. Bldg. Hongkong. Cheques should

month and a half-Reuter's Special. of the flouse of Commons.--Reuter. be made out to Thomson & Co., and crossed "Poppy Day Fund",

contributions received

by

Distinguished Priest To Visit Here

Colton: The absence of selling pressure, rather than any volume of buying, and the more favourable Washington attitude towards business dividuals, were present-Royal Navy are generally encouraging, but somờ, improvement in "spot" and textile and Itoyal Marinery Hongkong-Volun-

Iver demand is awaited. Meanwhile, a

Force. Army, Hongkong continued two-sided market is prob- Volunteer Defence Corps, Royal Air

Merchant Force.

Navy. British able for the present.

Legion Royal Artillery Association, Royal Engineers Old Comrades As- sociation, Foreign Armies and Navies, A very well-known Catholic priest, Consular Servlees, St. John Am- | V, Rev. Martin Gillet, O., Superler balance Brigade, Boy Scouts Asso-General of the Dominican Order, is ciation, Girl Guides Association.

Wheat: Forced liquidation appears ta. liave been about completed, but the market would welcome a better export demand. Out of 7 leading brokers, 5 are bullish, while 2 are neutral.

is

Units of the Garrison represented coming to Hongkong next week. ife visiting the Missions of his Order were: 8th Heavy Brigaule, R.A., 5th. Corn: The profitable feeding basis Anti-Aircraft Brigade. R.A.. Royal visit Indo-China and the Chinese throughout the East and hopes tu at the present level is expected to Engineers, Corps of Signals, 2. n. mainland after leaving Hongkong. contribute a steadying effect to prices. Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1st. Bn. The The final Government estimate of the Middlesex Regt. 1st. Bn. Scafort dence is in Rome, has been Superior Fr. Gillet, whose permanent res- crop shows 2,651,000,000 bushels, Highlanders, Ist. Hn. Royal Ulster

of the Dominicans since Rubber: Short-covering of c.lf. Rifles, Hongkong Brigade, H.K.S.RA, G 1820. He is a Frenchman and had rubber was limited. October con- Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Corps, Royal Ariny Army Medical sumption was higher by 40,000 to

Ordnance Corps, Royal Army Pay 42.000 tons, although lower con- sumption figures had been expected. Corps, 5/0th. Rajputan Rifles, 1st. The Kumaon Rifles, Hongkong Sugar: The market is quiet but Mule Corps, R.I.A.S.C.

Bn.

CATHEDRAL SERVICE

arm. There has been further Cuban covering, which was probably in- duced by a better London market, A special Communion Service was as December liquidation in London held at a am. in the Cathedral to now appears to be nearing

com- day. pletion.

General

11

a very distinguished career as a Professor before being elected to bla

office. He omice.

ja well-known Present | 201

both

and a writer, and Drenther has written upwards of twenty volumes on various subjects, chiefly on subjects of Catholic culture and particularly on education. He is re-

Following the service, which was into many longest in China is

garded as an authority on questions of Christian art, and his writings on social questions have been translated

pave S. C. & F. Dow Jones summary of conducted by Rev. H. W., Baines,

IIis specini yesterday's markets:

Captain 1. S. P. Hopkinson, repre-centred in the Fuklen Province, senting the Army, und Paymaster Lt. where the members of His Order Washington's efforts to stem the F. V. Harrison, representing the have laboured as missionaries for business recession reacted favourable Navy, placed a wreath in the form of

more than three centuries. Fr. Gil- Utilities re- on the stock market.

a crons and made of red poppies, on jet,

is accompanied

two by fected President Roosevelt's offer of the Cathedral Memorial Cross out- secretaries, including the Secretary- cooperation and expansion, if evalunt- | side the church,

General of the Dominican Order, ed on a common-law basis. Coppers

The

procesalon, hended by the will reach Hongkong next Wednes- and electric equipments responded to choir, fled from the Cathedral in the day, and will stay for the first part the prospects of the expansion of last hymn was being pung and on the of his visit at "Rosaryhlil", utilities. Ralls were helped by the last versa was played and the Cheir Dominican House of Studies hope that the Inter-State Commerce and congregation stood round the Stubba Road. Commission would raise the purchases memorial, the wreath was laid at the

of rall-equipment.

Curb stocks and bonds were higher, with United States Government bonds Irregularly higher.

Wall Street Journal morning com- ment:

base of the cross.

REQUIEM MASS

As the nations of the world to-day pay tribute to the men who died in the World War, no does the Catholie

China Floods

Church remember; for as wreaths are Causing

Inia

POST OFFICE.

GENERAL HOLIDAY

To-day Thursday November 11, the General Post Office and Kowloon Centrul Post Office will be open from 0 a.m. to noon. The Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 am, and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.

There will be one collection from the plller boxes, one delivery of ordinary correspondence as on Sundays and one delivery of regis- tered correspondence at noon,

Strails

The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.

INWARD

MAILS

Conte Biancamano....November 11.

November 11.

Air Mail by "l'an-American Airways

Direct Service"--San Francisco Pan-American Airways Plane date, 3rd November. Struits and Europe via Suez (Letters and Papers) London, 14th October and London Parcels-London date, 7th October Shanghai and Amoy Bangkok

Straits

Japan

US.A., Canada and Japan (Seattle,

23rd October).

Manila

Salgon

Calcutta and Straits Amoy

Straits

Rajputara Szechuen

November 11.

November 11,

Yingchow Behar Ozarda

November 11.

.November 12.

,November 12.

Pres, Jackson Pres. Coolidge Arumis Hosang Shirala...

November 12.

November 13.

November 14,

.November 10.

.November 10,

.November 10,

Van Heutsz

OUTWARD MAILS

Registered and Parcel Malls are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5. p.m. on the previous day.

Fer

Thursday.

Date and Time.

Lecsang......Thurs., Nov. 11, Noon. Conte Blancamane

Thurs., Nov. 11, Noon.

For

the

Swalow Shanghal

on

Friday.

Air Ma for. Manila, Guam, Pan-American Airways Plane

Honolulu and U.S.A., by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service" -due San Francisco, 17th Nov.

Kowloon P.o.

Untold Misery

Reg...... Nov. 11. Noon. Ordai...Nov. 11, Noon.

Samshul and Wuchow

Rex, Ozd

.... Chungon.....Fri.,

Air Mail for North China, Slan and Eurasia Plane

Nanking (via Hankow) by the "Eurasia' Always Servico" (To further points by surface trans- port as Services permit).

Joseph's Church, 2,000,000 People Japan and Europe vin Siberia...

at Cenotaphs and other marks, The Street is alightly more cheer- af respect are kept, maases are offer- Tho ful. Traders are of the opinion that up on Catholle altars for the market is oversold and that the souls of these vallant men.

In Hongkong this practice has present state of business has been been observed year after year, and largely discounted. Traders say that this morning St. Air Reduction issues ore showing Garden Road, was the venue for realstance at around the $50-level,

many who attended a Rememberance Some "Floor" traders are now more Service in the form of a Requelm) bullish, expecting a continuation of Mass where the Rev. Fr. W..J. the rally, which they termed as Driscoll, R.C.. Naval Chaplain an "technical,"

H.M.S. Medway, offelsted.

Salling about .28th Nov. .20th Dec. .29th Jan, .26th Fob, .29th March

.£49 ..£60

30. Industrials

20 Raila

G. E. HUYGEN

20 Uilities

Canton,

40 Bonds

+

Brokers expect that Tax switching, both in stocks and in bonds, will assume important proportions before the end of the year.

Dow Jones Averages:

Nov. 0. Close 128.10 132.10 32.08 34.03 21.00 23.40

93.30

53,05

93.12 11 Commodity Index. 59,05

Afflicted

· Shanghai, Nov; 11. One million people are homeless, The Church was filled long before destitate and facing starvation, and the service commenced and Catholle another million are on the verge of men of is Majesty's Forces were ruin in Shantung province as L among those present. Pews were result of the worst floods for 30 reserved for them and for school years, according to Mr. II. R. boys and convent girls

their Williamson, prominent Famine Hellet teachers. As Fr. Driscoll, attended worker, who has just arrived in by two acolytes, began the opening Shanghai. prayers of the ceremony those who attended also knelt in

und

He anys that the floods were caused dykes on the prayera by breaches in the

for the souls of dead fighters, and Yellow River, which resulted in the also invoked of Heaven the bestowal | inundation of roughly one-fifth of of world-wide peace.

the province.-Reuter.

4

Fri., Nov. 12,

Q.P.O.

m.

Nov. 11, Noon. .Nov. 12. 0 Nov. 12, 7.18 am, ..Fri, Nov. 12,

GP.O. and K.P.O,

Rez

...Nov. 12, 0 m. Ord........ Nov. 12, 9.30 a.m. Rajputana..Fr., Nov. 12, 10.30 .m.

Japan, Canada, V.S.A., and "Europe Emp, of Russla

vin Vancouver D.C., (Porcels.for

Parcels, Canada only)-duc

Vancouver

RCH B.C., 29th November.

Oril

Saturday

...Fri., Nav. 12,

Nov. 12, 11 am,

Nov. 12, 12.15 p.m. ..Nov. 12, 1 p.m.

Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plane Sat, Nov. 13,

Direct Service”—due London, 22nd November."

Re Ord.

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

...Nov. 13, 8 ..

.Nov. 13, 8.30 a.m.

Air Mall for "Australia by Imperial Imperial Airways Plane Bat., Nov. 13,

Airways Hervice"-dne Darwin,

17th November.

Air Mall 'for' North China and Nanking (via Itankow) by the "Eurasia Airways Bervice" (To further points by surface trans- port as Bervices permit).

Eurasia

G.P.O. and K.P.O. Reg.Nov. 13, 8.00 a.m. Ord.......Nov. 13, 8.30 am. Plane.........Bat, Nov, 13,

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

Nov. 13, 9 A.TH. ..Nov. 13, 9,80 m.

Org

Superscribed correspondence only.

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