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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940.
AMERICANS WANT OPEN MARKET IN GERMANY
Berlin, June 26.
Six American business executives who came here as guests of the military government, today urged that controls over entrance into the German markets be relaxed and that other measures be taken to start German economy moving and develop foreign trade.
COTTON PRICE JUMPS
TOW
New York, June 26. you seen the "Scamp?"
New York cotton futuren open- display by "First" exclusive
na 40/100 of 1 Mode Elite 22 Queen's Road Ced at as much
of Aisn featuring straw-hats cent per pound higher in heavy Ultra-distinction, Exquisite Pure buying today as the result of a
belief that
price control Sith embroidered Hageria, conta
Colvin "Gomaine Jade-gold legislation will aid the pyjamas,
"Prewar-made" teak market. Quotations: July $29.89, jewels, camphor chests
"Incomparably October 29.97, December 39.98. Beautifully Carved."
New Orleans cotton also show SITUATIONS VACANT sharply higher prices-above 30 cents per pound for the first
time in 22 years.
N.Y. STOCK
MARKET
New York, June 25, The New York Stock Marke Closed regularly lower today after one of the slowest seasons since March
World Radio Conference
Brusseis, June 26. After a two-day session kela in complete secrecy, representa- tives of the radio stations of 31 nations issued a statement in Brussels on Tuesday, to the ef fect that they were endeavour- ing to set up the basis for a now International radio organisation.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
BEIPPING 'DEPARTMENT 10 Pedder Street
Tel. 80811,
General Managors.
INDO-CHINA S. N. CO., LTD.
S.S. EMPIRE PERLIS 5.3. ESANG
M. Julian Kuypers, secretary of the Belgian Ministry Education, and President of the conference, told the Associated Русия that a preliminary in- formative conference had taken 3.5. YUENSANG place with a view to drawing S.S. KUTYANG
One of them, Mr. Philip Reed, chairman of the General Electric
Railroad and automobile issues Company told n press conference that if we could get the Americar lost ns much as $2 a share. Lier- imposter and the German exper-chandising, utility, metal, rubber ter where they could nteet, We and aircraft shares were mostly up the status of the proposed
could do business,
All six agreed that the Ameri- can market would accept goods that coal-short Germany could pro-
duce.
rox
Other suggestions were to keep
Gerinan on Governor Industrialization by national and also Internations) control and the ministrative agencies many, as well as an easing of zonal restrictions to permit freer movement of people and goods.
lower.
shares new, body, now being discussed.
According New
to one delegate, the members
encountered some difficulty regarding rules for the organisation.
Steel and petroleum were irregularly higher. York cotton futures closed at 34 to 100 of a cent a pound higher.
early establishment of central nd-Express 20, Alaska Juneau 44%, body to take
Can 104, American for Ger-
can
Mr. Henri Harh, foreign 40 Industrials $200.64, 20 Rails 06.18. 16 Utilities 41.02.
of director
the Swedish Closing Quotations:-American "Radiotjanst," said that a new the place of the American
pre-war international radio Smelting 64. American Telephone 1, American Tobacco 94. Ameri-union was to be expected at the conclusion of the present confer- Waterworks 243% Azaconda Mr. Haggot Beckhart, of the Copper 15, Aviation Corporation ence.-Associated Press. Chase National Bank, New York, Barnsdall 28%,
16 Baldwin Locomotive 12, 284, Bendix Aviation observed that "economic integra 48, Bethlehem Steel 10%, Bor- air-tion in Germany is needed also to
Borden"
Co. 53, in the trovy neticusing Aircraft:
Cass Case and Central Europe, Associated Canadian Pacific 19.
40%. Co Chrysler Commercial Solvents Products 04 Nemours 212
New York stock market trends were irregularly lower and trad fing was extremely dull,
LARGE Firm has vacancies for 10 Chinese youths of sound health 1 to 21-of good English and Chinese education for office
Must
have nu and sales work. ubisetion to providing out of the Colony, tiond treatment for thored Press. relected. Apply in English and to Box No. 95, "Chinn Chipse Mal."
FOR SALE
OVERCOAT
Naval Amerienn
ofcer's doeskin 3121 -twie, enth. Never worn. Suit' tall mur travelling upcountry, Write Box No. 4, "China Mail"
LOVELY CARPETS:
f) $130 (10 x 16 ft.) Surprisingly cheap! Electroplate
Teanut!
(6 x 12 $200!
Diamond Iting
$150!
289, Prince
"Zeiss" Binoculars! Edward, top, (6-8 p.m.)
TUITION WANTED
abroad GENTLEMAN going wishes to improve fluency of spech iesires assistance. Please slate terms. time, etcutra, to Box No. 93, "China Mail."
• HALF A MILLION MEN'S SECOND-HAND JACKETS and TROUSERS suitablo for Hongkong trade at FOUR SHILLINGS each.
Thousands shipped to Middle
Bant.
Quick shipment of presned hales of one thousand assorted garments.
credite
Establish confirmed
in payment of any quantity on an English Bank.
M. Newman, (Contractors)
Ltd.
Heap Street, Manchester 7. England.
Cable Address: Harbinger.
Rail, motorcar, metals and craft shares declined, while stevia remained about stendy.-Associat-
New Orleans. June 25, New Oricans cotton futures a baie clused at $1.70 to $1.00 higher-
July $20.80, October 22,00- 30.00,
December 30.11--30.15, March 30.20-30.21. May 30.04. Spots 2.00 higher, Milding 29.83.
-Associated Press.
SHIPPING NATIONS
MEET
Press.
BRIDGE NOTES
Today's elegant swindle had to he excepted swiftly, like most de-] ceptive plays:
South, Dealer
North-South. vulnerable Surth-South part score 40
Amsterdam, June 26.
H. AQ42 United Maritime Co-D. 7 The sultative Council, at its first 0.96 » session in Amsterdam, has ap- jointed a committee in examine the possible establishment of an inter-governmental organization do dent with internațional ship- ping matters..
8. Q 10 7
H. 10
D. A G 5 4
C. Q 10 5 4 2
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C. K j 8 7
H. 3 83
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North INT 3D
The bidding: South the 11 20
The Council is to meet again next autunn to consider committee's report.
26
Corn
Du Pont Do Electric
and Power 20, General
Light Electric
French Bid For Higher Pay
Paris, June 26.
A resolution maintaining the
Generáje Confederation
du
47, General Motors 70, Goodrica Travail claim for a 25 per cent
igol.
Ward
at their
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IN PORT
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Agents:
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AUSTRALIA CHINA LINE
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Agents: PRINCE LINE LTD.
78, Goodyear 64, Homestake Min-salary increase was passed un- M.V., NEWBROUGH
46, 1nternational Harvester animously today by the secret-i International Paper 45 aries of its federations and International
& Tel.
23 departimental muiens Johns Manville 146.
general meeting here.
S.S. SAMAVON 66 Montgomery, Come th
The resolution stated that S.S. SAMTREDY HD National Distillers 84. Sa- "Congress could not renounce tional
37%. New York Cen-
the wise and just measures claimed by the Confederation's commission" Andio administrative Real Silk and urged the quickest possible 37% summoning of the Economic
to deal with the SS. GARDEN PARK 43-4/8-43 Commission
Roebuck problem of living conditions 41%, Shell, O% 30% Socony and production.
Southern Pacific
tral 25% Packard Motors Pan-American
Airways
na R.R. 41S,
14%
Republican Steel
Reymulds Tobacco Schenley 84, Sears
17
Standard
on
Standard Branda
of
Callf.
30
School teachers will strike if 16, the CGT (French traden union
63.
Standard Ull of N.J. 70, Stutte Congress) claim for a 25 per baker, Unie Bag 18, Urion cent salary increase in not uc
|cepted.-Reuter Carbide 111. U.S. Rubber 60%, | East US. Steet 80, Westinghouse 35, Youngstown Sheet and Tube 75,
Associated Press.
West
13 Pasa
Pass Represented on the council Las Pass are the United Kingdom, Aus- West opened the King of spudet. tralia, New Zealand, Canada, but then shifted to the nine of East's signal to South Africa, India, the United clubs despite States, Belgium, France, the continue spades. South won with Netherlands, Norway Sweden, the club Ace and led the low Denmark. Greece, Poland and diamond to dummy's Ace in order to return the ten of hearts front
Chile.--Associated Presn..
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NOTICE
the dummy.
NO SILK FOR BRITAIN
Scarborough June_26............ Britain's silk industry is in a; "serious position," L. Gaskell, representative of the National Silk Workers Association said
today.
When Ease played a low heart, South felt sure that West held the Ace; for East, a sound buc
He told the General Federa- artless player, would surely have gobbled up the singleton heart ittion of Trade Unions that Bri- ho had held the Ace. South there-tish silk manufacturers were re- FOTO
a low heart, and West fusing "thousands of pounds" played Tenders are invited for rc-
from with the worth of orders
North calmly won the trick conditioning the P. & O, steel; beart Acel
American and South American lighters FATCHOY and West then took the spade Acel importers Decause of "restric-
taxes. SHANWAN' now lying in the end let us partar gulf the third tions and
on raw silk Yaumati shelter. Application round of spades. East then re-
imports. As for inspection should be made turned a trump, South
a result, hundreds of to Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., with the Jack,
South was convinced that East looms are standing idle because P.&O. Building.
is available and the old the Queen of hearts, so he no silk tried to drop the Queen by rung machines are not adaptable to low hearts in the dummy. Much other type to his digust, East eventually sociated Press. over-ruffed the dummy-defeating the contract.
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Sailing for Swatow on or about 2nd July
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LINE
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For Freight Apply:-- A. E. GERONDAL & CO., LTD. Agents.
Union Building
winning
of material.-As-
SOVIET GRAIN HARVEST
Moscow, June 26.
FARM HOLD-UP
SCHEME
Ohio, June 26.
due from U.S.A. 27th June due from U.S.A. about mid July
Agents:
:
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...Discharging Kowloon No. 1 N.
BUTTERFIELD &
وسم
AGENTS:
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SAILING TO SHANGHA}·.
S.S. "PAKHOI (No Passengers)
4 pm. 2nd July SAILING TO SHANGHAI &, NORTHERN PORTS
+
It was learned from reliable S.S. "HUFEH eources today that farmer's pro test association with a member ship of about 17,000 farmers, S.S. "NINGHAI” bave agreed to sell nothing, and withhold livestock, mile and other ferm products from markets in S.S. "KWEIYANG" (Patsongers only) protest against the continuation of the Office of Price Administre- tion and other regulations.
A large number of non-member farmers promised to cooperate.- Associated Press.
CAR FIGURES
Detroit, June 25. The Automobile News report- ed that 53,447 cars and trucks were produced this week as compared with 49,695 last week.
The publication reported a "slight easing of the material shortages" and predicted that next week's output will "act a Note that South would have
nostwar record" topping the made his bid if West had won the
previous peak of 70,170 in the first heart trick with the Queen.
week ended On May 11 by aj The next few tricks would be the
4,000 The beginning of the grain 2,000 to
marglo.--As- but South would have Game, drawn one more tramp and led the harvest in South Russia made sociated Press, King of hearts through West's front-page news here today. marked Ace. Whenever West cov-The first reports from the
WHEAT PILE Caucasus Republics, red, dummy would ruff; and thon North the South hand would take the where the barley harvest has
Kansas City, June 20. rest of the tricks.
started, indicated that some
The job of bringing in a big crops were 18 good as and wheat harvest in Southwest Unit-.
shortage of railroad
"Yesterday you were Merwin
vide vulnerable, you held:
cara.
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Ship
From
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Bom bay Bombay
UK
Dve
July 1st. July 4th..
Mid-July
Grain elevators reported they! BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD
Maior's partner and, with neither others better than last years.ed States, is .complicated by the
Dagestan, adjoining the Caa pian Sea, has begun to harvest wheat, while other regions ex- pect to start next month-Reu- ter.
S AJOS
H J 7 4
D A 6 3
C
The bidding?
Mater Jacoby
ע1
You
Pasa (7)
Schenken.
ANSWER: Bid one spade. You
have a good hand, but are not
SHIP
are brimful of grain and the in- coming supplies are being piled on the ground. Officials expressed confidence that the wheat will be
paved without serious loss-As-] “NIDAROS" Gociated Press.
EUROPEAN TRANSPORT
HIGHER LEVEL
Detroit, June 25. United States automobile quite strong enough for two no-, and track manufacturing plants ump. In any case there is no moved to a slightly higher pro- Doint in suppressing the ajor duction level with the reopening
Paris, June 26. suit.
of most Ford factories and the
The European Central Inland acceleration of operations of Transport Organisation, to which other companies.
most European governments have inter-Indbered, has been holding con-
ferences in Paris,
Score 100 per cent for one! pade, 40 per cent for two no rump 30 per, cent for three dia- monds.
Question
Today you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:
You Malet Jacoby
Pass Paks
ID- INT
What do Tomorrow)..
Schenken Pass
bid? (Answer
18
(?)
400
Washington, June 26.
Representativo" The House of Small Business Committee ropęrt- ed that the War Department has dropped plans for recruiting American Spgineers to help estab- lish a chemical industry in Japan.
Associated Press
Chicago, June 20.. The National Association of Retail Grocers has urged Con greas to insist on the removal of meat and price contrain · from'. dairy products-Associated Press
Barring unexpected ruptions, United States and Canada may turn out 75,000 units this week, making the week the highest post-war peak, --Associated Press.
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
Arrivals
It reported satisfactory results in its efforts to get the European railway system back to normal.
Router,
CHICAGO WHEAT
Chicago, June 20.
All grain futures held at tell- ings after an opening selling Tostorday: 8.S. Fort Amstor-furry in oats temporarily lock dam, 3.8. Tjibesar, from poro, U.8.8. Harwood (D.D. 801), Scheduled Arrivals
Traders marked time during most of the sessions and watched Todays U.S.8. Wachawk both the old and how crop of (A.P. 108) and U.S.S. Malala ryo at Winning advance at five (A.T.F. 100).
cents daly limit-Associated Tomorrow-U.S.S. Warrick Press. (A.K.A,_80).
Binga-d: the September and Novenibor
deliveries from the top.
Departures Yesterday: U.8.8. Bremerton
New York,. Juno 25. The American Paper, And for Manila, 8.8. Mindoro for Pulo Association reported that Shanghalipotimez
9 paper reduction for the week Minneapolis, Jung 20.
Scheduled Departures" onded June 10, was 104 percent Prices of both four and flax Today:8.8. Ofranto for. Sin- of capacity," the same as the,
unchanged. Associated Igapore.
Tomorrow-NILA
Tel. 88387
were Press
preceding week. -- Associated! Press.
FROM
Calcutta
DUE
July 2nd.
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