HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
STOCK EXCHANGE
SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION
Beliora
Nouta
WED..10. APRIL.
Buyer
Balee Hombon!
Banks
Bilas
£94
FINANCE
Finance and Commerce
Better Trade. Conditions
CHUNGKING
DECISION
CHUNGKINĜ, Apr, 10 (Central)
Not Sign Of Weakness
COMMONS QUESTION ABOUT STERLING ANSWERED
LONDON, Apr. 9 (Reuter).
Supplies For Russia
TIN AND RÜBBER
INDUSTRIES
LONDON, Apr. 9 » (Reuter) Mr. Ronald Cross, the Minister of Economic Warfare, replying
to
-- Important measures for the promotion of productive enter-Replying to a question about the Mr. H. J. Parker in the House of prises were adopted at yesterday's recent trend in sterling, Str John Commons said that exporte of meeting of the fifth session of the Simon in the House of Commons rubber and tin from the Nether- People's Political Council.
today declared that the recent land Indies" to Asiatic Russia in
the unofficial rate According to the measures, the fall in
for the first four months of the war. government should lay down prae- sterling on foreign markets was at least in part, were orders tical productive programmes.
In no way a sign of British finan- which had been diverted from
European to Far Eastern ports.
The government should alsocial weakness or difficulties. work out practical measures for
It was a natural result, he said, Mr. Cross added that before the protection of such enter- a recent regulation providing the outbreak of war. Asiatic Rus- prises In this connection war that exports of tin, rubber and sla was not shown as 3 country Insurance should e promoted certain other commodities must of destination for tin and rubber and tax on excess "profits from be paid for in foreign currencies in the Netherland Indies' mining and other industries in or in sterling obtained from BU returns. volving great risk
$1485
H.K. Banks
Do. (Col. Bog)-
£93
Do. (Lon. - Høg)
£93
£91
Chartered Bankı
£31
Marcantile Bha. "A"
erg
Mercantile Bh, '“0”
£31
£18
$73
$74
i
$465
80 ct. Underwriters
$171
$174 $171
H.X. Fir
Shipping
$150 Dougla
Bank of Bark Aala so
N. C. & 6. Ranks ... Insurances
#930 Canton Intracat ... Union InsurENCES ***
150 ct.
**
$230
$500
85 cts.
$174
$150
$80
75/7
$7
$100
$4.80 Providente
Providente (now)
86.65
$10 Steambosis
$100 Indo-Chloss
|Indo-Chinaa (Del.).......
Bbolis
Waterbonden.”
Docks. Wharves,
Godowns, etc.
H.K. & K. Wharves
***
H.K, Docks C. RTS.. H.K. Docks N. Rta....
do Rtx
841 Shanghai Dooks $.
19/0 Kailor
Mining
$0.05 Raube kanaa
Venozuola Gold Fide
4 eta Hong Kong Mines ...
$5.00/5...
#36)
Lands, Hotels and
Buildings
H.K. Hotel
H.F. Landa
$100 Do. 4 Dabecare
14 40 Shanghai Lande
841
$6
H.K. Realti
Humphreys me
$103 Chiness Ertaion
Colton Mills
847 ¡Ew. (8.)
3190 Sbal Cottons (8.)
#5
8.
息
Zoong Sings (8.) .... Wing On Tartiles (8.)
Public Utilities
14:
$100
810)
$100
-8120
75/7+
$7.60
$100/100.20
$4,45
$215
$22
$19
161
should be re-thorised dealers.
842
duced to the minimum.
19/0
:
::
!!
$9,05
$4
The fall in the quotation Government assistance should incidentally the result of be extended to Various factories tightening of the exchange in the training of technical per- trol sonnel.
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trade
In the Arst four months of the was war, 3,387 metric tons of rubber the and 516 tons of tin were export- con-ed from the Netherland Indies to
Asiatic Russia.
SMALL PROPORTION
The fall, he said.
was limited to a very small proportion cf sterling, namely that held by such would choose "to private, foreigners as
dispose of it to another foreigner
A planning committee should be formed to draw up plans and make investigations for indas- trial. commercial and mining enterprises undertaken by
$37
$100
$45 $7.00
interests
$48)
$190
$50
$17.85 $17.00 $172
44
Tramwayɔ ..........
$17.
$8
Pak Tram (old) - ...
$4
Peak Trams (now) ...
સ્વ
$88
Star Ferrion
$68
$26
I'mati Ferries
$25;
Do. (new)
$8
$6.20 China Lights (New)
China Lighie (0)
F8
$4.00
China Lights K.
$66
$64/65)
H.K. Electrics.
$651
$22
Hacao Electricn .....
$11
Sandakan Lights
$23 $10.95
Telephone (chi) ............
$20
21000
Traction
21/0
$8,80
Telephones (new)
Tractions (prat.)
+
Industrials
$14.00 Cald., Maog. (Ord.) 8.
Cald, Macg. (Pref.) 8.
+
$12
$1
Cantón Loss
$21.35
$177 Cemen
#6.55 Ropes weren
Dairy Farm.....
$17}
$51
Miscellaneous
$21.35/45
Dairy Farm
Ch. É'ainmania
$6.50
312
Constructions.
$1.80
Constructions (Dew)
Lane Crawfords.
Nanyang Tobsobo
834
82
Binceres
32
$0 22/9)
Watsons
29.90
$9,22/25
62%
Cb. G.3% 1928G #Bds,
J
$102
H. E. Govt. 4% Lönns
307
H.K. Gort. % Loan
$39
X.D.
H.K. Wing On
$44
laha! Wing Cho t
$14
28
14/0
41.
$2
52°/ 102
90+%
81
During the same period, fis rubber
the was exported by Netherland Indies to European Russian ports amounted to 48,000 tons.
at the rate, current on foreign the House
markets.
PRECAUTIONS, TAKEN LONDON Apr. 9. (Reuter)-in RAW MATERIALS
of Commons today. Some of the profitable govern- ̈
Mr. Ronald Cross, The proportion of transactions Mr. Geoffrey Mander, said
replying to ment enterprises, except those
that which should be owned by the outside the official market he
steps were being taken as rapidly į government should be transferted said, was much smaller still
prevent as possible to
exports allowance were made for to private interests
from the Netherlands Indies to fact that 4 very great couragement.
pórtion of our purchases Ministry of made from sterling and franc-.. Finance and Economic Affairs on using areas, and did not involve
Industrial bonds issued jointly by the
لود
as
an en-
should De
should
sound security to induce private capital.
The government
give every facility in the supply of raw materials, apparatus, and fuels for private-owned mining and other Industries
New Japanese Policies
intervention of
cles at all,
foreign
12
the
pro- Vladivostock from reaching Ger-
mány.
were
Curren
Exports from the Netherlands Indles to Vladivostock had risen. he said. from 520,000 kilograms in j January to August 1939. to 10,811,- 'OPINION. SPREADING
000 kilograms from September to Dealing with a suggestion that December, 1939, Britain should block sterling It was not to the public 10- *assets belonging to foreigners. terest...he said, to say what the
·Sir John said that on a balanced steps were. review of all considerations in-
volved, we chose not to put an WEATHER REPORT erabargo upon foreign money, or Hongkong Royal Observatory securities held in Britain expoa-
10 am April 10. ing ourselves thereby to the risk Barometer fat sea level), 29.97 ins that some foreign holders would Temperature, 64 F. ug their freedom to dispose of Humidity, 84 per cent.
Wind Direction,,E «
Facilitating Defence their sterling assets.
Programme
TOKYO, April 10 (Reuter) The Japanese Government is contem- plating the inauguration of two major economic policies, according
RIT to the Japanese press. The of the first will be to strengthen and stabilize Japan's four-year Material Mobilization Plan, with a view to Tallitating her huge new natioral defence programine which is planned to be so power- ful that no other Power dares menace Japan.
That had not happened to any Wind Force (Beaufort), 8. substantial extent. "Sterling is Temperature; maximum yesterday, good to hold" be said, "and
HO F. believe this opinion is spreading Temperature: minimum last night. in neutral countries."
LONDON METALS
EXCHANGE
London, Apr. 9 (Reuter)..
9
TIN
F
£
buyers sellers
Standard. Cash 250-3/4 251 Standard.
3 months 248-1/2 240
271 to 276
LARGE-SCALE EXPANSION The second policy will embrace Japut. North China, Manchoukto Standard, and Inner-Mongolia, with emi- Set'ment Price 251 phasis on the objective an Straits econonic bloc which will be self- sufficient and self-supporting-
of
A large-scale expansion of the industrial and agricultural pro- ductive capacity is envisaged in both projected programmes, de- tails of which, áre expected to be developed in.. a conference to be held shortly in Tokyo of: experts nominated by the China Affairs Board and Japanese Finance, Commerce and Industry and Agri- culture and Forestry, War and Navy ministries.
PROGRAMME BROADENED
BEST
SHOE CO.LTD.
HONGKONG SUPPLIES ALL
KINDS OF FOOTWEAR
CANDY STORE
IN
The new domestic economic policy will centre about the existing Materials Mobilisation Programme, put into effect last year, which will be broadened to Include the acquisition of a grea- ter number of important materials, COLONY, WITH LARGE ASSORT- probably to be extended to cover MENT BRITISH-AMERICAN CAN~ the 1944-45, financial year.
DIES FRESH CONSIGNMENT A much higher degree of na- NUTS,
FIGS, RAISING tional control will be required to CHOCOLATES, BRITISH-AMERI- operate the policy, the draft of CAN CANDY STORE, 15, POTTIN- which is expected to be presented GER STREET.
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Vibro Filing .......
Margmans Inv (Lon.)
| Maramais Inv. (H.K.):
Wm. Powell
*Sales * Shanghai
LONDON STOCK
EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE,
London, April 9.
HONGKONG
SHAREBROKERS'
ASSOCIATION
Volume of Business Transacted
on Wednesday, April 10, 1944,
The following quotations are the HK. Docks C. Rts, 1,500 middle prices at the close of the H K. Banks
market in London. All quotations |
are subject to confirmation and no responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission,"
40
$21.75 1,487,50
1.540
The total value is $92.125.00.
£
War Loan, 34% (Red
after 1952)
99 Canton-K'loon Rly. 5% 15
Chosen Corporation Pekin Syndicate
6/8
1/6
Chinese 41% Gold Loan 1898 Brit. Issue)...... Chinese 5% Gold Bonds.
1925-47 ...
S'hal Elec. Constr. Co: 8'hal Waterworks "A"
16
151
38
52
Ualon Insurance ................. Gala Kalumpong Rubber 18/6 Allied Ironfounders ......
29+
Chin. 44% Anglo-French
Asso. & Elec. Industries
14 38/7
Loan, 1908
50
Austin Motors, ard.
16
Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.
1913 (Ldn. Is.)
Cable & Wireless, New
,
29
Form, ord:
41
Chinese 5% Reorg. Loan,
B.-A. Tob, (bearer)
108/3
1912
3:3
Mexican Eagle
1211
Chinese 8% Ster. Noten,
| Cammell Laird, ord.
7/3
1925 (Vickers)
Mexican Eagle
8/6
Chin. Imperial Rly. 5%
Courtaulda A
38/9
Loan
80
Distillers
68/3
Honan Ely, 5%
15
Dunlop Rubber
35/3
Hukuang Rly. 5%, 1911... 19
Gen. Electric England) | 79/44
Hukuang Rly.. 5%. 1911
Guinness (A) Son & Co.
79.
.German Isque)
Lung Tsing & U. Hai
Rly. 5% 1913:
S'hai-N'King Rly, 5%
Tientsin-Pukow. Rly, 5%
ང་འཐུའ
17
Hawker Siddeley Aire. .....
12/9
Bristol Aeroplane
15/11
13
Imperial Chemical Ind.
31/14
to the seventy-sixth Diet next spring. In addition to coal, iron, light metals, liquid fuel, soda, salt, ammonium sulphate, gold, pulp, machine tools, rubber, wool and other articles are already
21
Imperial Tobacco
116/3
em- HIGH WATER.
LOW WATER
Marks & Sp'cer. "A" ord.
51/10)
braced by Japan's Materials Mobi- lization Programme.
(Brit. Stpd.)
13
Rolls Royce
80/4)
Jap: 6% Ster, Loan, 1924 53
Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5% (German Stpd.) ......... Tientsin-Pukow Rly.
5%
(Brit. Stpd. Supl. Loan) 13 Tientsin-Pukow Rly.5% (Ger. Stpd. Supl. Loan)
Jap. 5% Ster. Loan, 1907
Ger, 7% Inti. Loan, 1924 72
Chartered Bank
Leyland Motors
13
49
HK. & S'hai Bank (Ldn.
Reg.)
HR & Bhai Bank (Col
Reg){
གླ ༷ ཨྰཿཀྶཾཚཟླ
Tate & Lyle
73/9. 64
Turner & Newall ....... 84/0 United Steel
23/11
It is expected that the following essentials will be included in the revised plan: rice, wheat, mis- cellaneous grains, staple food-
Days of
Wook
Data o
Month.
Hong
Hong
Kong
Standard
Time.
Height
Kong
Standard
Time
Height.
Smethwick Drop Forg....
16
13
Armstrong Stevens, ord.
6 ...
Pressed Steel, com,
Vickers, ord.
17/44 17/3
stuffs, special machine tools, arti- ficial rubber and synthetic gaso- line.
Thur. 11
th, m. 1040
The S
h. m.
fin
8 8:
04 48
19
17'06
15
F*
12
CU 10
4 8
03 04
I
1115.
88
18 45
18
Bato
13 01 01
144
0524
12 4
Woolworths
63/41
Sub-Nigel
195
115487
19 43
11 8
94
Anglo-Dutch
23/3
Tanami Gold Mining
64.
Sau, 14 02 10
41)
05 48
Rab, Plant. Invest. Trust
31
Anglo-Iranian ...........
041
Burma Corporation
Burraan
53/11 70
12.40 18.5
.20 50
Mon..15
03 34 14 01
OB 23
Commonwealth Mining
13 49
Shell Trans, dz Trad.
6 4
2209
FL. 16
0462
410730
93+
Chinese Eng, & Mining
.(bearer)
Mársman Investments .... 14 Randfontein Estates ..... 38/9 Western Holdings
16/3
(bearer)
75/7
16.92318
Nominal
Wed. 17
t-ex-dividend
FINE
64 F Rathfall for 24 hrs, ending 10th
today, nil.
Total rainfall since January ist
14.32 ins..
Against an average of, 7.33 is, Sunset tonight, 6.42. p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.07 a.m.
4 p.m., April 10. Barometer (at sea level); 29.96 ins. Temperature, 83 F. - Humidity, 91 per cent Wind Direction. SE. Wind Force (Beaufort), 2. Maximum temperature, ég F. Minimum temperature, 81 E Rainfall, 1.82.
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940. —PAGE 9
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having arrived; from New York and Forts of call, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and pinced at their rink to the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon, where
be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
delivery may Optional Cargo will not be anded here, unless Notice has been given 48 hears prior to vessel's arrival, hat carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.
No Claims will be admitted after the No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods have left the Goderns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the Goods remaining undelivered after the 18th April, 1940, will be subject to 18th April, 1940, will be subject to rent. Rant."
All Claims against the Steamer musi
All broken, thafod, and damaged be presented to the Undersigned on er Goods are to be left in the Godowne, before the 30th April, 1940, or they will where they will be examined on 18th not be recognised.
April, 1940, at 10 am. by our. To comply with the Geners! Bonded Surveyor Mestra. Goddard & Douglas, Warehouse Begulations, consignses To comply with the General Bonded must have a Revenue Officer in, attend Warehouse Regulations, consignees must when damaged dutishle goods have Revenue Officer in attendance when damared datiable goods are
ance
are examined
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the, Godowns, where they will be examined on the 13th April, 1940, at 9 s.m., by Messrs. Carmichael
& Clarke.
No Fire Insurance has been affected Bill of Lading will be counteraiøred by W. R. LOXLEY & Co. (CHINA) Lev,
Agents
Hong Kong, 9th April, 140
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