FROSSARD MUCH IMPRESSED
London, To-day.
ARMAMENTS SHIPPING CENSUS
LOSSES
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 3, 1940
London, To-day. KEEP LOW
ernment to learn the allocation
of
LONDON, TO-DAY. LOSSES DUE TO ENEMY ACTION FOR THE WEEK ENDING 31ST
AND
MARCH WERE ONE BRITISH SHIP (DAGHESTAN, 5,742 TONS) the FOUR NEUTRALS TOTALLING and 8,159 TONS. to the
workers in The census of British armament and export industries be- M. Frossard, the French gan yesterday, to enable the Gov- journalist who is Minister of the man-power for an intensified war Information and is now visit-drive. The figures will not be made ing Britain, said yesterday public, since they will indicate that he was very much im- pressed by his tour of the Ministry of Information yes- terday.
extent of Britain's war effort
prove of value, therefore, enemy. Reuter.
"The Times" says "The Ministry has taken an essential step in ordering the census of the labour force in the His tour included a visit to under-engineering, motor and aircraft ground shelters where work can be carried on even while London is being air raided.
He had a long talk with Sir John Reith, the British Minister of In- formation, and staff members of both Ministries were present.
Sir John later announced that a British official will be sent to Paris to act as direct contact between the two Ministries. Both he and M. Frossard will meet at regular intervals in London and Paris. Reuter.
JUST THREE MONTHS LATE!
con-
The neutral ships include two Nor- wegian, the Burgos and Cometa, the Danish, Britta, and the Dutch, Pro- tlnus. Burgos was in convoy when struck a mine and sank. The British and Barnhill, 5,439 tons, bombed last shipbuilding and ship repairing indus-week and set on fire, is now
sidered a total loss. tries.
This week's total losses were the The census will apply to all firms
and lowest since the first of the year and in these industries, both great small, and none will be too insignif- the fourth lowest since the commence- cant to escape the notice of local Min-ment of hostilities. istry of Labour officials who will is- sue prescribed forms and collect the required information.
ex-
WHERE AND ON WHAT When the returns are in they will give the numbers of workpeople en- gaged on Government work, on port work and on work for the 'home market, and will show what numbers of skilled men are employed and what numbers are semi-skilled and unskill
ed.
There are already difficulties in find- ing skilled men and many more new factories are to be brought into pro- duction presently.
of
They represent only one-third the average weekly losses throughout the 30 weeks since the war began and only one-tenth of the average weekly losses during the first seven months of 1917.
Up to noon on 29th March, 20 ships had been lost in British convoys out of total of 14,934 British, Allied and neutral ships convoyed or
Only three neutral ships in 515. were lost in convoy out of 2,215 or one in 738.-British Wireless.
MILITARY BAND ·
one
CONCERT FOR B.W.O.F.
Besides manpower, the census will also give some additional knowledge
A Military Band Concert will be given in the Lounge of the Peninsula of productive power.
When collated and analysed, the re-Hotel on Sunday, April 21, from 9 to will tell what the available 11 p.m., by the Band of the Middlesex turns
is and where it is, and Regiment, under the conductorship of manpower what the productive power is and for Mr. W. E. Kifford, A.R.C.M. what it is being used.-British Wire-
London, To-day. An announcement in German to Germany from the Deutschlandsender radio station to the effect that the sinking of the British ship Gowrie had only just become known through an accidental reference in the English Press, was accompanied by the state-less. ment, "Mr. Churchill has concealed not this loss and even now it has been admitted by the First Lord of the British Admiralty."
The sinking of this small ship of 680 tons, unarmed and sailing in- dependently, by two German aircraft announced in an Ad- was, in fact, miralty communique on January 9th. On the same day, two Danish ships, also sailing independently, were at- tacked and sunk by German aircraft
with a loss of ten Danish lives. British Wireless.
STOCK EXCHANGE QUIETLY FIRM
.
JOCKEY CLUB'S BIG
CHEQUES
The Hong Kong Jockey Club to-day despatched cheques for $61,250 each to the British War Organization Fund and the British Fund for the Relief of Distress in China, being a contri- bution to these Funds as a result of
the Sweep on the Hong Kong Derby,
1940.
LOCAL DOLLAR The demand rate on the Hong dollar to-day was 1/2 13/16.
Silver was quoted at 20-1/4 and 20-3/16 forward.
Included in the programme will be outstanding local vocalists, and the entertainment should prove worthy of the purpose, namely The British War Organisation Fund.
To auginent the funds, a programme is being compiled which will be on. sale, and an admission charge of $1 will be made.
NO RADIO LICENCE
Summoned before Mr. Q. A. A.
Macfadyen this morning for posses- sion of a radio-set without a licence, Leung Sang, residing in Kremer Street, was fined $25.
LOCAL SHARES
Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations to- day:
| BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1490 ma.
INSURANCES
Canton Ins. $230 s.
Union Ins. $508 s, $510 sa. H.K. Fire Ins. $182 b., $185 s., $185
sa.
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS. ETC. China Rights $211⁄2 b., $22 s., $211⁄41⁄2
sa.
Providents $41⁄2 b., $4% sa.
LANDS, HOTELS & BLDG8, H.K. and S. Hotels $5.10 b. H.K. Lands $37 sa. H.K. Rights $64 sa.
PUBLIC UTILITIES H.K. Tramways $171⁄2 sa.
China Lights (Old) $8.20 8., $8:10
sa.
H.K. Electrics $65 b., $651⁄4 30. Telephones (Qld) $30 s., $291⁄2 sa. Telephones (New) $11 sa.
INDUSTRIALS Cements $10 b., $101⁄2 9. H.K. Ropes $5,40 b.
STORES, &c. Dairy Farms (Old) $213⁄41⁄4 b. Watsons $9.15 b., $9.15 sa. Sinceres $2 b.
Wing On (H.K.) $44 b.
COTTON MILLS Wing On Textiles Sh.$100 b.
MISCELLANEOUS Entertainments $8.80 b.
MISCELLANEOUS. Antamoks Ps. .11 sa. Atoks Ps. 141⁄2. ja. Baguio Gold Ps. 211⁄2 sa. Batong Buhay Ps. 01 b. Benguet Consol. Ps. 5.35 b. Big Wedge Ps. 18 sa. Coco Grove Ps. 101⁄2 b.
·Consol. Mines Ps. 0035 b.. Demonstrations Ps. .101⁄2 b. East Mindanao Ps. 091⁄2 sa.
·I.X.L. Ps. .321⁄2 b. Ipo Gold Ps. .9% sa. Itogons Ps.,20% sa Masbates Ps. .08% b. Mind. Mother Lode. Pq. .08 68. Mine Operation Ps. .084 sà. North Camarines Ps. 03 sa. Paracale Gumaus Ps. 171⁄2 sa. San Mauricio Ps.. .84 b. Surigao Consol. Ps. .181⁄2 sa.. Suyoc Consol. Ps. .12 b. United Paracales Ps. 211⁄2 b..
Wireless Inspector J. Key, prosecut- NAZI'S DENY EL CIERVO Konging, said that a licence was issued on the day following his visit,
spot
|
Mr. M. A. da Silva, pleading guilty, said his client had, on the day pre- vious to Inspector Key's visit,
but was plied for a licence, given it that day.
ap- not
Mr. E. A. Hill, of "Carlian," Pok- loss fulam Road, has reported the of a black leather wallet containing money and keys, while walking Conduit Path on Sunday,
in
London, To-day. Quietly firm conditions characterised
The cross rate London/New York yesterday's Stock Exchange markets was £-U.S.$402.50 and New York/ in which gilt-edged securities slowly London £-U.S.$357-3/4., improved while rayons were further bought by provincial investors.
Gold-minings were higher on gen- eral buying.
Wall Street was firm. Reuter.
at the Dr. J. C. Pyne, residing
reported Peninsula Hotel, has
the theft of a rug from his car, No. 6071, in Nathan Road yesterday.
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