---THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 6, 1939
GERMAN BANK BUYS CZECH
2337
COAL MINES
Berlin, Yesterday.
The Dresdener Bank has pur- chased from the Czech Zivnosten- ska Bank the enormous Bohemian brown coal fields, which since the cession of Sudeten territory had become German.
Payment will be made at two thirds in coal deliveries to Czecho-Slovakia and one third in
cash.
The price is not revealed but is believed to be comparatively low since the coalfields had been sold only last summer by the former owners, the Jewish Petschek family to the Zivnostenska Bank at a very low price.
The Petscheks, in anticipation of the anschluss of Sudeten ter- ritory, sold the mines only at a fraction of their value but on con- dition that the money had to be paid in pounds sterling in Lon- don. Trans-Ocean.
LOCAL SHARES
Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations this morning:-
BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1400 b., $1420 Bank of East Asia $81 b.
INSURANCES
Canton Ins. $210 b., $220 s.
Union Ins. $465 b.
China Underwriters 52% cts. b.
H. K. Fire Ins. $175 b.
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS,
ETC.
H. K, and K. Wharves $116 b.
H. K. Docks (Od) $17.60 b., $17.60
sa,
H. K. Docks (New) $16 b. Providents (Old) $6.35 b. Providents (New) $6% 82,
MINING
Antamoks Ps. 42% sa, Atoks Ps. .35% sa. Baguio Gold Ps. .261⁄2 sE. Benguet Consol. Ps. 14.00 sa. Coco Grove Ps. .0025 sa. Consolidated Mines Ps. .81 să. Demonstrations Ps. .66 sa. I. X. L. Ps. .12. sa. Paracale Gumaús Ps. 1.72 sa, San Mauricio Ps, .23 sa. Suyoc Consol. Ps. .67 sa.
LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. and S. Hotels $6.80 b. H. K. Lands $364 b., $38% sa. Chinese Estates $97 b.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
H. K. Tramways $17.40 b., $17.40/-
50 88.
China Lights 38% b., $8.00 sa.
H. K. Electrice $58% 5., $68/8
sa.
Macao Electrics $171⁄2 b. Sandakan Lights $10 b. Telephones (Old) $23 b. Telephones (New) $7.60 b.
INDUSTRIALS Cements $15.80 b., $16 sa. H. K. Ropes $4 b.
STORES, &C.
Watsons $7.90 b,
Wing On (H.K.) $98 b.
MISCELLANEOUS
Entertainments 37 b.
Marsmans Inv. (H.K.) - 8/- 2/6. þ.
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1-2-13/16. "Spot" silver was quoted in Lon- don at 20-1/16 and forward at 19-3/4.
The London on. New York rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.67.87 and the New York on London rate at £-U.S.$4.68.
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CHINESE AERIAL ACTIVITY
CHUNGKING, YESTERDAY. AN ARTILLERY DUEL IS PROCEEDING ACROSS THE YELLOW. RIVER BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE FORCES IN THE VICINITY OF TUNGKWAN AND HOTSIN.
Otherwise there is no fresh de-
velopment reported on the Shan-
si front.
A Chinese despatch claims that a squadron of Chinese planes re- connoitred
over the Japanese lines along the Peiping-Hankow Railway.
The Chinese planes bombed a Japanese troop concentration as well as the railway bridge at Fengtsun, thereby interrupting traffic on the railway.-Reuter.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
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Answer to-morrow.
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CHINA'S HEAVY ORE EXPORT IN '38
Shanghai, Yesterday.
Mineral ores to the value of $106,500,000 were exported from China during 1938, repre- senting an increase of four million dollars compared with the pre- vious year and of fifty million dol lars compared with 1936.
These figures have been ob- tained from Chinese sources.
With the organisation, during the later part of last year, of numerous mining companies in the South-Western provinces of China, it is expected that the current year will see a still fur- ther rise in the export of Chin- ese mineral ore.
Significance of this lies in the fact that increased export has been achieved despite the fact that, as a result of the hostili- ties, China has lost some of its biggest iron ore mines, notably the Tayeh Mines near Hankow, which are claimed to be the largest single iron ore mining unit in China. Trans-Ocean.
help to develop good relations among various sections 'of the
FRENCH PAPER IN population of Tunis independently
ITALIAN
Paris, Yesterday..
A new newspaper in the Italian language will begin publication on February 15 in Tunis.
The paper will be titled "Il Giornale," and will set itself the task of "disseminating impartial information. and serving. as a pro- paganda organ for democratic ideals."
In French circles it is declared that the new paper is intended to
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