Allis Chalmers ..................... Amerada Corps.

| Amer. Can

Amer, & Foreign. Power ... Ameri & Foreign #7 pt....

American Gas & plec

On demand On Paris:

New York, July 15 (Heuter). T.T. on London (Opening Rate), 63 13/16 unquoted.

Bank Bills, on demand 1083

Credits 4 months' aight 1196

108

Uni Saigon --

On demand

Un Manila:-

On demand

On Bangkok -

Calcutta Exchange

Calcutta. July 15. (Reuter). T.T. on Japan, 78-5/8.

57/3 India Rupee Paper

On demand

Sterling Notes:---

Bank Buying Rate

151 1/

1/2 29/32

Bar Silver per oz.

16 7/9

Market Report

Bombay, July 15 (Reuter). Govt. 3}% Rupec, 95-11-0,

Official Price 14-11/18 14-3/4 Foreign, Omcial

14-13/16

. Final Afternoon Transactions.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

STOCKS

Silver prices rose yesterday t the extent of 1/18 for Ready and 1/8 for Forward, the gustations being 18. 7/8 and 18. 3/1 respoc tively. Bliver advices reported In- dla sä having bought to a small extent. Speculators operated both Adams Express ........... waya. The market was steady but Alleghany Steel Co.

quiet at the close with sellers at the quoted rate. -American Silver was quoted at 39 3, 7 for Spot.

The London-New York cross-rate was quoted at 483.21. New York- London was quoted at 468. .1/4.

Allied Stores

QUOTATION

Last Sale July 15

431

to

3 months 14-3/4

SPELTER

Ordinary,

Official Price 14-1/8

Ordinary, Official.

PACE 12-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Finance and Commerce

MONEY AND

EXCHANGE

CLOSING. QUOTATIONS

JULY 15,1839

On London:-

Telegraphic Transfer. 1/2 23/12 Bank Bills, on demand/2 11/39 Credits 4 months' sight 1/3 31/39 On Shanghai:-*

On demand

On Singapore:—

On demand

On Ispan:-

SILVER MARKET

London, July 15 (Reuter).

LONDON SILVER- Silver-India and speculators bought and sold. Market quietly steady.

JJ

Spot

16-7/8d... Forward ............................. 16-3/8d.

NEW YORK SILVER New York, July 15 (Reuter). Official Price, unquoted.

BOMBAY SILVER Bombay. July 15 (Reuter). Market-Steady Offtake 125 bars.

Indian Mint Silver

LONDON METALS

EXCHANGE

London, July 14 (Reuter).

buyers sellers

F

3

FINANCE

HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

SHAREBROKERY ASSOCIATION

SATURDAY 15,

Mysen | BazarK

STOCK EX CHARES

Nominal

Extrars Bellota Saloo

||

$1360

#1350/40,... H.K. Banky

£78

ET

Do. (COL" Bes) Da (Lan. Bag.) Chartered Banks.....

3921 Mercantile Bas, "A" Mercantile Bla "0"

£IRI

$80

Bank of Fast Asim ... [N." C. & B. Hanks.............

Insurances

Canton. Insurances

$1.35 Underwriters 1185 E Fir

COPPER

3 months 43-1/8 Electrolytie 49

Standard, Cash 42-19/16 42-7/8 Standard,

43-3716 49-1/2

#1230

1415

TEN

Standard, Cash 229-7/8 236 Standard,

$18

59 /18.

3 months 225.

275-1/4

On demand

100

Ready

On India:-

Aug. 11 Settlement

48-03 45-08

$1

LEAD

Telegraphic Transfer.

Sept, Settlement

45-02

Foreign,

|

82 IN

and demand ......

On New York:-

Bank Bills, on demand 28 11/16 Credits, 80 days' sight 29 3/18 Un Batavia :-

New York Exchange

8 8 8 8 8 8 8

***

#990

Union InsuranceA

#1}

#416

$425

$165

Shipping

387

Douglas ESD TO

1967

$16

toma boa ta

360

Indo-Chines

(Prof.)

$30

Indo-Chines (Def).....

82/0

Shails

H::

$16

$50

JULY.

Banks

******

#1350

£78)

ET

£94

£11

MONDAY, JULY 17, 1939.

PAYNE & CO.

COMMODITY BROKERS

STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING HONGKONG

COMMODITY MARKET REVIEW

(FROM PAYNE & CO.)

New York, July 15, 1939.

"

$108

$4.40

3 months 14-3/8

14-3/18

14-7/16

$8.10 Waterboata ...........................

Docks, Wharves,

Godowns, etc.

H.K. & E. Wharven Providesta

Providente (new)

$17) H.K. & W. Docks...

Do. (sw)

#108 Shanghai Docks B. 18.30 New Engineering 8.

P

$108

MARRIE

$440

$100 $8.30

Mining

17/9 Kailans

17/9

$8.40 Raubs

K

Venesuela Gold Fids | fi

Z

cts Hong Kong Mines ...

Tin. Standard. Cash, £230 sel- lara

Lands, Hotels and

Bulidings

Tin, Standard, 3. months 225- 1/4 paid and sellers.

H.K. Hotala

$5.70

#35 H.K. Lands .........E. | $35)

[Do. 4% Debentures t

#8

Shanghai Lands

1480 .E. Hanltics ......................

JULY 16, 1939 STOCKS

$15)

144

Humphreys

100 Chinese Estates

Cotton Mills

$18.30 Ewo (8.)

#106 S'hat Cottons (8.)

41 Zoong Sings: (8.).... #481 Wing On Textiles (8.)

Public Utilities Tramways

$110

$1.80 Bet

$30

BS/€

SPOT

OCT.-DEG.

JAN.-MARCH

SINGAPORE RUBBER

July 14

July 15 buyers sellers buyers sellera 28-5/18 18-9/16 29-3/8 28-5/8 23-1/3 28-3/4 28-9/16 28-13/16 ..... 23-9/16 28-13/18 28-5/8 · 28-7/8.

change

up 1/18.

The market opened 1/8 of a cent higher for all deliveries as com- 817.10 pared with Friday's closing quotations.

"!

In response to advices received from London and New York, the ruled steadier with fair buying interest for immediate and forward deliveries being displayed by consumers and dealers.

Although speculators were inclined to operate cautiously, sen- timent, nevertheless, was more optimistic due to the fact that American absorption figures for June were generally regarded a3 - very satisfactory" Furthermore, the fair Increase in Motorcar- .. production for the week ending 14th. "Instant also was an aiding factor. For the moment it would appear that uncertainties with regard to the fourth quarter quota announcement on the 25th, in- stant together with possible labour-unrest in USA. did not affect the market.

Closing tone was quiet.

$18.80

$110

Previous close

$40

345

БРОТ

OCT.-DEC.

$16.60

JAN.-MARCH

8-5/16

B-3/8

8-1/2

8-7/16

8-9/10

LONDON RUBBER

buyers sellers buyers sellers 8-1/4

To-day's close

change

CLOSED

Last Bale

July 15

$7.40 Peak Trama (old) 13.70 Peak Trams (new)

$7.40 33.70

"Market closed.

$65 Star Ferrion

865

161

Int. Nickel......

122'mati Ferries

81*.

Int. Tal & Tel.

Do. (Daw)

337"

Johns Manville

$3.35

China Lights (0)

$8.20

73)

35.40 China Lights (New)

$5.90

J. & Laughlin Steel $7 pfd. 414*

China Lights Rin.

981

Kennecott Copper.

342

H.K. Electrica

356

2+

|Libbey-Owens-Ford

Glass

43

$18

Macso Electrica

191

Lockheed Aircraft

$12

Sandakan Lights'

252

NLA

923

361

Loew's Inc.

431

Macke

י:

Amer. Locomotive

174.

Manhattan Shirt Co.......

Quiet,

Sterling

Amer. Metals Co. Amer. Radiator

291*

(Martin, Glen L.......

331

12+

McKesson, Robbins

101*

Telephones (old) 37.80 Telephones (new) 18/0 Tractions

21/0Tractions (prať,))

Industrials

$7.90

22/.

The average forecast of last week's stock of rubber in London and Liverpool shows a decrease of 700 tons."

NEW YORK COTTON

Selling and hedging were mainly responsible for to-day's down- ward movement. Sentiment, on the whole, however, remains good, with new crop' prospects a sizeable influence.

Operators are somewhat cautious, awaiting the latest develop- ments on Capitol HUL

NEW YORK RUBBER

25/32 August-September and 1/2

No business was reported. There were sellers at 1/2 13/16 July, 1/2.

Amer. Rolling Mil ........

131

{Monsanto Chemical

981

$14

3/4 October-November, probably

December, buyer at 1/2 27/32 Amer. Tobacco "B"

Cash, 1/2...13/16 August and 1/2. 25/32 November, probably October

U.S. Dollars

A small business was reported at 28 7/8 for the first half or August. The market closed with sellers at 28 7/8 July 28 13/16 August and 28: 3/4 September, buyers at 28 15/16 Cash, 28 7/8 first hall August and 28 13/18 September.

Shanghai Dollars

Business was done at 225 3/4 for Spot. The market closed with sel- lers at 225 5/8 for Spot.

́Shangha: Market

Steady Sterling sellers were re- ported for near delivery at 6, 9/16

| Amer. Waterworks Anaconda Copper

Atchison, T. &`8. Fe. [Auburn Motors ...

Baltimore & Ohio Barber Asphalt Co Barnsdall O...... Bendix Aviation Bethicbem Steel

Iss & Co.

Chesapeake & Ohio

and 6.716 July, US Dollars, 12. Chrysler Corpn.

3/4 for Spot and 12′ 1/2 July.

Shanghai Exchange

Amer. Sting and Ring Co. Amer. Sagar Bing Amer, Tel, & Tel

431

Montgomery Ward

517

#

918

Zat. Dairy Products

182

$1.10

Nat. Distillers

$12.60

Cald, Macg. (Ord.) 8. Cald., Macg. (Fret.) 8. Canton Ice m Camenta........................

Market close.

$1

$11.60

165

26

National, Gypsu

12

91

National Load ............

21

#21+

251

Nat. Power & Light

$21

3

27

National Steel Corp."

59

Nat. Supply Corpn.

New York Central

41

141

$3.70 Ropesre

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farm (Old) Dairy Farm (New)

$4.90 Ch. E'tainmenta

$1.55 Constructions

Lane Crawfor

**

$3.80

Bazi VAL

127*

Niagara Hudson Power

Bi

N. American Aviation

15+

231

North American Co.

23

Ба

Northern Pacific......

81

97*

Pacific Gas & Elec.

[

314

Boeing Airplane Co. Borg-Warner Biggs Macturing Brooklyn-M'hattan Trans.

23+

Pacific Lighting

472

41.

$6.90

(old) $1

Constructions,

(now)

#

871

Nanyang Tobacco

New York Stocks

$1.80 Bincere

$1.98

$8.40 Watana

$8.40

40%,

Ch. G.5%, 1930 SBdr.

*40°%

144

H.E. Govt, 1% Lönnsa

$104

ex.int.

H.. Govt. 81% Loan

$100

H.K. Wing On

CHICAGO WHEAT

After declining on favourable weather and the lower Liverpool advices. the market steadied on new buying and covering.

The imminence of the US, export subsidy announcement struck a favourable chord,

Previous

To-day's

close

137.57

close Change 137.88

up .31

231

Packard Motors

31

216

Paramount. Pictures

12

Pennsylvania R.R.

172

Phelps-Dodge

'klyn-M'hattan $6 cum pl. Canadian Pacific R'way. Case, J.I Celanese

403

"30

14/0

40

31

4

Phillips Petroleum

342

Public Service of NJ..

382

Pulkman Inc.

234.-

254

Pure Ot....

331

7

751

Radio Corpn. of Am.

51

Republic Steel

Columbia Gas & El

61

152

Reynold Tobac. "B"

40

hai Wing On

Vibro Piling

Marsmans Inv. (Log.)

Marsmans Inv. (H.)

Wis. Powells

#Bales to Shanghal

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

(REUTER'S SERVICE)

Columbla 6* "A" pl.

Commercial

461

Richfield 01

72

London, July 14.

Commonwealth & ́8. (ord.)

11

Safeway Stores

44

་་

Shanghai, July 15 (Reater).

C'wèalth & 9. 0% cum pt.

651

Schenley Distillers

Consolidated Edison

314

Scheriley, 51 pfd.

74

Official T.T. Rates

Consolidated Of

71

Sears Roebuck,

781

The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the market in London." "All quotations are subject to confirma- tion and no responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission.

"Q

N. Y. Commodity Market

(By Courtesy of Messrs. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz and

"S. E. Levy & Company)

New York Cotton, Oct. New York Rubber, Sept. Chicago Wheat, Sept. Chicago Corn, Sept. Winnipeg Wheat, Oct. New York Hides, Sept.

Prev. To-day's High Low Close Close Change 8.85 8.79 8.87 3.79 08 off

16.58a closed

67 .667 1 of 451 45 unch. 55+ 541 547 5424 off

11.40 closed

NEW YORK COTTON

£

London

0/6-1/2

Continental Can

374*

Seversky Aircraft

31*

New York

12-5/8

Continental Of

21

jShell Union Oil;

11

Japan......

46

Com Products

.60).

[Socony-Vacuum Oli

113

War Loan; 31% (Fred

after 1952) Canton-Kloon Rly: 5% 14

Union Insurance

26-7/8"

Close Opening

Closing

Change

Paris

Curtiss Wright (C.)

Southern Pacific

131

Chinese 1% Gold Loan

Hongkong

Curtiss Wright "A".......

251

Southern Rly 35 ptd.

1898 (Brit. Issue)........

Indla

38"

Deere & Co.

191*

Sperry

431

Chinese 5% Gold Bonda,

Spot

July

Open Market-Selling Rates

Spot

Sterling

Sellers

Opening Closing 0/6-9/16. ́0/6-9/16. July0/6-11/32 0/6-27/64 August 0/6-1/160/6-5/32 U.S. Dollars

$12-25/32 $12-25/32 12-3/8 -12-1/2

August... 11-25/32 11-31/32

Market.-Quiet but steady.

Morchant Bates

Elec. Autolite

Distillers Corpn. Seagrams

18

Standard Brands

61

Douglas Aircraft

681

Stand Gas & Elec.......

21

Du Pont de Nemours

1491

[Standard Oll of California.

26

Eagle Picher, Lead

9

Standard Oil of N.J.

Eaton Mig Co. «

251

Stone & Webster

114

Elec. Bond & Share ........

331 B

Swift International

27

̈Chin,” 41% Anglo-French

Loan, 1908

Chinese 5% Crisp Loan,

1912

· Chinese 5% Reorg.. Loan,

{Technicolor

151*

1918 (Ldn. I.)

Elec. Bond & Share 15-pt.

Texas Corpa

36

Chinese 8% Ster. Notes,

"

Elec. Bond & Share 36 pt. Elec. Power & Light #7 pf, Funtkote

68.

Texes Gulf Sulphur

274

1925 (Vickets)

281"

Trans-America Co.

51

Chin. Impérial Rly. 5%

201

20th Cent. Fox.

-20

Loan

Food Machinery Corp. -

31)*:

20th Gent. Fox 313' pf.'.............

Gen. "American Trans. .....

491*

Union Carbide & Carbon

781

Gen. Electric

304

Union Facific......................

97

Sterling

0/6-17/32'

Gen. Motors

451

United Aircraft

37

Gen. Railway Signal

* 104*

United Airlines Trans.

114

Honan Riy, 5%

Hukuang Rly." 5%, 1911 15

Bukuang Rly. 5%, 1011

(German Issue)

Lung Tsing & U. Hai Rly.

US Dollars

$12-11/16

General Tire & Rubber Co 233

United Corp.

-21

5% 1013

༄་བ བབ ལ ས སྡུབ་༢ འ

Gula Kalumpong Rubber 18/10) Allied Ironfounders ...... 17/3 Asso. & Elec. Industries- 39/9 Austin Motors, ord.

October

8.87/87

8.85/34

8.79/19

.06 of

December

8.69/69

8.64/53

8.69/62

January.

8.56 N

8.49/49

8,49 N

πό

214240

28/9

March

8.45/45

8.38/57-

8.37/37

Cable & Wireless, Now

Form, ord, esimen E-A Tob. (bearer)","

on a

May

8.33/34*

8,28/27

8.25/26

.08 off

50

July

8.15b/168.

8.12 N

93/I

Spot

9.77 N

9.69 N

.08 oft

Cammell Laird, ord;

The last notice day for July cotton is 14th,

Mexican Eagle

7/101

Courtaulds

28/3

Distillers

94/3

Dunlop Rubber

26/8

July

„September..

12

Hawker Siddeley Aire.... 17

44

July September

December

Silver Duty Rate

Glidden Co.....

171

United Corpn. #3 cum pi

351

The Central Bank of China's

Goodrich (B.F.)

18

United Gas Corpa.

11

Loadan, July 15 ́ (DWS),

rate on London at 10 am, to-day Goodrich $5 pf

was 1/2-1/2d, unchanged from Goodyear Tire & Co. yesterday..

The Equalisation rate was not Great. Northern Ry, pid. quoted.

London Exchange

Clasing mean rates were:

Paris, 176-22/32. '.

New York, 4.88-1/32.

Montreal, 4.15/16. Brussels, 27.564. ·

Geneva, 20.7.

Amsterdam, 8.791.

Dalian, 89-1/32.

Berlin, 11.661.

Buenos Aires, 20.25...

United Gas Improvement 13

28

US. Rubber .....

421

Great Northern Iron Ore ....

· 14).

US. Rubber $8 píð. mon

-1084

Bhai-N'king Rly. 6% 17 Tientsin-Pukow Bly. 5%

(Brit. 8tpd.) Tientsin-Pakow Rły, 5% (German 8tpd.) .

12

18

23

U.S. Steel

47

-Tientsin-Pukaw Ri. 5%

Vickers, ord

18/3

Great Western Bugar ....

Vanadium

coproepe

214

Brit, 8tpd. Bubl Lean?

Woolworths

64

July September December

Chan Electric (England) 74 Guinness (4) Bon & Co. 104

Bristol Aeroplane ........... 20 Imperial Chemical Ind. 28/41 Imperial Tobacco

128/9 Marks & Spicer #A" ord. 57/4 Rolls Royceorge

*****103/9 Leyland Motors

90 Tate & Lyle

62/11 Turner & Newall ..... 77/41 United Steel22)10) Smethwick Drop Fag. 14/9 Armstrong Stevens, ord. 5/9 Pressed-Bleel, com.

December

March

The last notice day for July rubber is 77th.'

"NEW YORK RUBBER

16.45b/48a

16.52b/582

16.81/81

18.83b/65a

CHICAGO WHEAT-

864/681

66/66

[552/67-

682/107 *681/68] 681/68

607/667 68/681

off

Friday's sales:

18,205,000 bushels,

CHICAGO COREN

433/43 45/457

44/44

Greyhound Corpn.

187

Warner Bros. Pict:

47

Tientsin-Pukow Bly. 5%

Anglo-Dutch

22

Hecker Products

12

Westinghouse Elec..

1017

(Cer, Stpd. Sup), Lɔan)

12

Homestake Mining

Woodward Iron Cor.

177*

Industrial Rayon ̧ International Harvester

264

Chase National Bank National City Bank

254*

Jap. 5% Ster Loan, 1907 30 Jap. 6% Bter. Loan, 1924 35 Ger. % Intl Loan, 1924 331 Chartered Bank

Rub. Plant. Invest. Trust 2618 Burma Corporation... 7/3 Commonwealth Mining Marsman Investments...14 Randfontein Estates

443/444 451/43

WINNIPEG. WHEAT

451/451 46/461

July October

Cember

451b 547/547

541/541

541/644 548/543

561/561 561/50

561/561

36/3

-bid

ex diy, DOW JONES AVERAGE

1819

July 18, 1989,

HK & Shat Bank (Lan.

Reg.) HK, & Shat Blank (Cul

Reg).

Western Holdings

11/6

NEW YORK HIDES

78

Bub-Nigd

Tanami Gold Mining.

Beptember

11.40/40

High Low Dow Jones Averages, July 14, High Low Closs

16485 121.44 20 Industriala

137.57

34.33 9414 90 Baile

STAB

26.52 20,71, 20 ·Utilities

26.81

92.32 87.06 40 Bonds

88.43

Change 1138.12 187,44 327,58 31 up 17.50 27.88 STAB ,04 up 24.77 34,87 24.75 10 0

39.4003 off

Chinese Eng. & Mining

(bearer) "t

Anglo-Iranian

72/6

December

11.89/70

Burman Z

70:17

17/6

Shell Trans.

NY Blver, Omcial... 34-3/455 y-London Cross Rate 486-174-

Closed

Unquoted Unquoted

Chosen Corporation/

4/0

Pekin Syndicatė......

1/9

(bearer)

Nominal

32/6

Shaf Elst. Constr. Co.

|53,09 45.59|| 13 Commodity Index 48,41

Other rates were unchanged.

aminem Dona:--$10,000 shares

B'haf Waterworks-JAK.

191€

Heptember

NEW YORK STRAITS TEN

42748,10b/55a3

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