THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 14, 1941.
LOCAL SHARES
H.K, GOVT. LOANS
4% Loan 96 b.
311⁄2% Lean (1934) 94 b. 31% Loan (1940) 93%1⁄2 b.
BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1400 s. Bank of East Asia $76 b.-
INSURANCES
Union Ins. $407% b.
H.K. Fire Ins. $187% b. DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS,
ETC.
H.K. Docks (Old) $17 80 sa. Providents $5.95 .. $5/85 sm. LANDS, HOTELS & BLOGS. HK. Lands $34% s.
11.K. Lands 4% Debentures
$97 b.
Humphreys $7.05 sit.
B.K Realties $3, s.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
HK Tramways $18 Star Ferries $561; b. China Lights (e) $6 b HK. Electries rolds $40 Sa Sandakan Lights $12 sa Telephones (Old) $24% Sat.
INDUSTRIALS Cements $171, 6. $17g sa HK. Roper Sat Sil
STORES, &c.
Watsons $HI 6. S11058, SIT sa
LAST DAY'S SALES
55 HK Bank
100 Docks (Old)
$1415
$17.80
1500 Providents.
3.600 Provident:
$53 55 BO
300 Cements
F
$17
* $12
$7.05 X D
100 Sand Lights
333 Humphreys,
230 Electrics (d) $40 200 Rones 191
Sa
CO2-
WHER
City Sheriff Killed. Mr. G Very Trentham, building tractor and engineer, who elected a sheriff of the City London at the end of June, was killed in a recent air raid. Mr
Trentham was a veryman of five City companies.
ET APPOINTMENT TO HM KING GEORGE VI
The Whisky of unvarying quality
quality
Fells
Strike Spreads To S'Hai's Red
Light Zone
SHANGHAI'S FAMED "red-light district" in the vicinity of Yu Ya Ching and Foochow Roads faces a black-out unless the 350-odd sing-song house operators succced in reaching an agreement with their 1,500 employees over the salary question.
The dispute brewing for nearly- to a head recently a week came when
the of representative operators told the employers that their demand for a 100 per cent had been rejected pay increase "without reservation,"
a
Among workers. employed by a number of sing-song house arr nesha puller whose duty it is to chouleur the entertainers to their "elents", personal mands of the entertainers, cricks and servants of the buses,
employed
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The
ROYALS
WITHOUT FORD
By "Scrum-Half" Royal Scots are without Ford, bilhant hooker, for the their
Rugby Tourna- Seven-A-Side ment, which opens on the Navy Bay, to-mor- ground. Causeway row at 2:30 pm
Their teams are as follows "A**:
Pie Parnaby, Capt. Dou-
the workers' de- In rejecting mands, the employers pointed out That most of the earnings cone, from tips given them by customer- Evry since the -ng-ong house bo. Fame Jam e tablished institut on
euten lament a place of sand, worker hetists are either not paut a reglass (capt) and Capt Patterson, Sgt Nealon: 2/1 Mar, 1./Cpl. golar monthly salary at all or a
Sutherland and 2/1.4. Pinkerton. paid only nominal wages
Reserve L/Cpl Gracie. "B" LA Gibson feapt ); Pte. Batenian and
Pte Farley: Sgt. Stevenson.
2/Lt. 2/11 Fargus, Hunter and L/Cpl. Durie,
Reserve - L/Cpl. Combe.
The workers conterrned were re- posted unde, ided whether they would mediately ge on strik. Should a strike be declared, the most hard-hit parties will be rev taurants and hotels in the downl town district where fun-makers be entertained by the gather to sing-song girls.
SCOTS WIN BOXING
The Royal Sents proved much foo good for Middlesex last night in the finals of the army novices' boxing tournament and they won by 28 points to 16. scoring five knockouts, three technical knock- outs and four victories on points
Results:
Bantamweight: Pte beat Pte Anderson
EHS (Scots)
Featherweight Pacey Mudelle- sex) beat Pie. Woodrow, Pie Hanshaw
Ritchie (Middlesex) beat Pte
Lightweight;---Pie Cooke (Scots) beat Pie Crafton, technival knockout. Pie Laws (Scots) beat L/Cpl HB, Knock-
Vie Pte. McCall ut,
(Scots) beat Lanagan.
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Two Walk-Overs
ASC and 8th Heavy "C" have withdrawn from the Tournament, and Butterfield and as a result
Swire and Tamar and Small Ships "A". their competitors, will meet in a friendly game at the conclu- sion of to-morrow's programme.
TEAMS FOR VOLUNTEER
CRICKET WEEK