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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
STOCK EXCHANGE.
SHARKBROKKRS' ASSOCIATION
Nomi TUESDAY 9.
JULY.
Banks
H.K. Brak
Bayure
Bank of East Asia.......
Bayer
Bollars
Balta Wonstrai
11:1:1:
01100 266
193
31100
£66
Du. (Col. Reg.)
265
Do."(Lon. Reg.)....
£BI
Chartered Banki
238
Mercantile. Bks. "A"
$11
Mercantile Bks. "C".
#73
228) 211f $73
N. C. & S. Banks..... InsuranceS
150 et.
1918
195
Canton Insurances...... Union InsuraDCC5........
$918
50 cts Underwriters
$160
160 cta
H.K. Fires....
$160
Shipping
$190
$10%
$100
$320
$325
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$120 Douglanos...
$100 Indo-Chinas (Prof.)...
$6.00 Waterboats
$15 H.K. Docks (Old)...........) $15) H.K. Docks (New)...... #92+8hanghai Docks.....
15/6
Kailans
$9,56 Raubs
Mining
6 ets. Hong Kong Mines......)
$100
FINANCE
Finance and Commerce
TEA TO BE RATIONED
IMMEDIATELY
· LONDON, July 9 (Reuter)
TEA is to be rationed immediate- by at two ounces for per head weekly; MARGARINE and COOKING FATS will be rationed, in association with BUTTER, in fort- night's time; hotels and restaurants will be forbidden to serve both FISH and MEAT in the same meal.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
38/10 CLOSING QUOTATIONS
JULY 9, 1940.
On London:
Telegraphic Transfer. 14 TË- Bank Bills, en demand 1/2 7/8. Crèdits 4 months' sight 1:3 3/5 On Shanghai:-----
... On demand to 355
and demand
On New York:-
Canadian Director Of Munitions
Announcement was made in Ot-. tawa recently of the appointment of Mr. WF. Drysdale as Director Announcing these measures, last of Munitions of the Department night, Lord Woolton, Minister for of Munitions and Supply. Mr. Dry- Food, explained that there were adale, who serves without remun adequate supplies of food in the eration, has been Vice-President country, but the country must be of the Montreal Locomotive Works prepared for along effort of since 1932, and is a mechanical
engineer of wide experience, “ aige."
Cups of tes in restaurants are
Up to 1911 he served with the not being rationed at present, but Grand Trunk Railway and the caterers will have to make a return American Locomotive Company. In of the amount, consumed.
the years preceding the Great War Butter, or margarine coupons he was the mechanical engineer will be available to purchase and superintendent of motive either butter or margarine or power of the United Fruit Com- various quantities of each, while pany and the Northern Railway of cooking coupons will enable cook-Costa Rica,
Ing fats or margarine to be At the beginning of the Great | bought
War he was appointed “Assistant } Lord Woolton sald. "The time Works Manager of the Steel Com- has come, when we must ask pany of Canada. In 1916 he went 89. 1/9 everybody to go on
bard living to France in charge of the locomo- and cut out all luxuries. The pre-otive work undertaken there by sent position is, in fact. better the American Locomotive Company than when I gave an assurance and
the Montreal Locomotive
Bank Bills, on demand 23 1/8 Credits, 80 days', sight 24 1/3
"
"י
43 1/8
11
Steamboats
$80
Indo-Chinas (Def.)...:)
38/104 Shella
$6.00
Docks, Wharves.
Godowns, etc,
305
$3
ILK. & K. Wharves... Providents
895
$3.40
#31
9141
$141
$231.
10/6
On Singapore:-
On demand
62 3/4
On Japan:-
Lands. Hotels and
On demand
98
Buildings
On India:
#31
H.K. & 8. Hotels...
$3.20
Telegraphic Transfer.
H:K. Landa.......................
$90
$100
Do. 4% Debentures....
$100
$970 Shanghai "Lands.......
83+
$8
H.K. Ranities...... Humphreys .........
$3.70
$0.90
#104 Chinens Estates..
-
On Batavia-
Cotton Mills
On demand
$28
Ewo (9.) .....
$29
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On 'Paris:--
#210
Zoong Sings (8.).
Wing On Textiles (8.) #125
Public Utilities
Un Saigon:-
On demand
$74.40 14.30
.K. Tramways......
$14 30
$14.30
4 "་་
On Manila:--
$7.40 Peak Trama (old).....
13
On demand
$3.70 Peak Trama (now).
$80
Star Ferries.
$57
On Bangkok:-
$22
Y'mati Forries.
$21
$5 BO
Chins Lights (0)
$8.50
On, Sterling Notes:-
$3,00
China Lights (New).
$2.95
$3 05
36
H.K. Electrics (Old)...
235.80
Bar Silver per 02.
#36
H.K. Electrica (New)
817
Macao, Electrics (Old)
$10
Macdo Electrics (Now)
Shanghai Exchange
$11
619
D. $18,88
Shanghai, July 9 (Reuter).
X.D
#7.2
Official TVT. Rates
London
New York
Japan
Paris
Hongkong
Sterling
8810 S'hai Cottons (8.)....)
$13.20
Sandakan Lights..........
Telephones fold)........
87.00 Tolephones (NGW)............. S'porn Tracticns (Ord) Industrials
.
814.00 Cald., Macz, (Ord.) S.
Cald., Macg. (Pref.)S.
Cements
#42 H.K. Ropes ......
Miscellaneous
$12
81
Canton Icas.
-
:
Bank Bills, on demand 1085
Credits 4 months' sight 1160 %.)
108
.... 48
14.
food we can buy.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1940 —PAGE 9
No sleep last night? TRY
"BLACK
& WHITE"
YOUR FIRST SIP TELLS YOU
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IT'S THE SCOTCH.
UNEMPLOYED
NOW TOTAL 767,000
LONDON, July 9 (Reuter)-The
NEW REVENUE MINISTER IN CANADA
OTTAWA, July 9 (Reufer)—Mr.
some time ago that food supplies Works. were adequate and we are bringing Following the Great War he was Into the country every ounce of the Managing Director of the number of unemployed has fallen Mackenzte King, Prime Minister of
Worthington Pump and Machinery by 114.000 during the past month Canada, announced the appoint A person who can last a week Company interests in Europe, and to 767,000 which is the lowest sincement of Mr. James Isley, who is or half-a-week longer than the in 1923 founded the Brazilian the returns were recorded in 1920. present Minister of Revenue, to other fellow will win and I have Portland Cement Company is Sao; every intention that we shall be Paulo.
able to last longest."
He estimated the new tea ration
On demand........... 149 1/2 represented a reduction of about DRILLING FOR OIL
Bank Buying "Rate 1/6
Sellers
21 -11/18
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25 per cent on the average per- son's consumption.
It is learned that there is every succeed Col. Ralston as Minister of probability that the total will soon Finance. approach the zero Agure of the last war.
Col. Ralston will be sworn in as
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Minister of Defence next Friday.
Several other changes have also
been made in the Cabinet: which
Drilling in Canada for . 01′′ --- ENTERTAINMENT has been enlarged as well as re-
vital force of mechanised war---
ls under way in regions extending
NO BLOCKADING from New Brunswick in the east
OF BRITAIN
LONDON July (Reuter) -
Dominion.
•
TAX IN S.S.
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amendment
organised.
The Opposition leader, Mr. Hanson, accepted the offer from to Alberta and the Mackenzie Eqtertainment tax came into Mr. Mackenzle King to join the River in the northwest. In the force in Singapore on July 1. Cabinet's War Committee as คก Peace River district of British
In the FM.S. these taxes were associate member Columbia, drilling is expected" this |
enforced from June 30 onwards, A similar invitation has been Opening with the grouping of the docka summer.
this decision being reached at the extended to Mr. Grote Stirling, 0/3+3/4
it is confidently believed that the Alberta ranks first as producer Federal Council meeting recent-who was Minister of National 5-7/8
enemy will be unable to succeed of oll and gas in the
an ly. when
was Defence in the Inst Conservative 25
In blockading this country or stop The Turner Valley field is respon-made to the War Taxation Bill. Government the work of production
|sible for most of the production,
In Johore, the taxes came into Thousands of work-people are with a yield in 1939 of 7,458,000 force on July 1, and the State was announced that in their case. now being moved about the coun- barrels of petroleum, represent Treasurer has been appointed to the management will bear the try and compulsory powers have ing 98 per cent of all petroleum act as the Commissioner to be in taxes, and that no extra charges been taken for billeting.
will be imposed.
Commenting on this, a Singa- put of crude petroleum and natural amendment was made at the pore theatre magnate pointed out gasoline in Canada, February's Council meeting when the tax on that it was Government's inten- figures showed a production of
sums of 25 cents and less waston to impose these taxes on peo 655,588 barrels as compared with
ple. who could acord to go to abolished.
20-3/4N 24-7/8
Opening Closing. 0/3-81/64 0/3-81/64 0/3-61/640/3-51/64
50 cts.
$13
#4
$17.20 Dairy Farms........
817
88,20
81
Constructions (old)....
$1.85
i
Constructions (now).....
Spot
July
$3.30
Aug.
82.10
U.S. Dollars
#
*Spot
$6-3/16
102,
July
6-3/16
95%
Aug.
6-1/18
$33
$6.60 Entertainments..
7.48 Lane Crawfords.
Naayang Tobacen.
$2.60 Sinceres.......
WalsOnS
Ch. G.5%, 1925G$Bds.
43 Ch.
$102 Govt. 4% Loans
H.K. lovt, .33% Loan
S'hai Wing On
Klat. $06
$30
UK. Wing On ...
38
Vibro Piling
8/9
4/0
Maramans Tav. (Lon.)
Marsmann for. (H.K.) W. Puwells.........
+Sale to Shanghai
MARKET REPORT|
FROM ROZA, BROS.
Լ Tuesday, July 9.
:
$14
H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE
$1
The price for Ready Silver was Many enquiries remain in the
0/3-29/32 0/3-29/32
Market:-Quiet.
Calcutta Exchange,
$6-3/16
6-3/16. 6-3/32
Calcutta, July 8 (Reater).
T.T. on Japan, 86-5/8:
India Rupee Paper
Bombay, July 8 (Reuter). Govt. 34% Rupee, 36-08-0.
unchanged yesterday but the For-market, sellers, however are not CANADIAN LIME
ward rate rose 1/16 to 21.5/8. ready to trade nor do they give
Silver advices reported the market any indication of prices that might
as being steady with a small bus-lead to trade. Business is thus ness done. American Silver was made difficult and dealings record- quoted at 343/4 for Spot.
The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 4021/2" New York/London was quoted at 376. 1/2.
Idle.
MARKET
STERLING
There were sellers at 1/231/32: July, buyers at 1/' for Cash and 1/2.31/32 September.
U. 8. DOLLARS
A small transaction was report- ed at 23.1/3 for Cash. The market closed with sellers at 23.3/8 July, buyers at 23.1/2 for Cash,
SHANGHAT DOLLARS
Opened with sellers at 376 - re; sulting in bustness at 377. The market elosed with sellers at 376, buyers at 3.
SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling, At the opening there were sellers at 331/32 for Spot. Subsequently the rate rose to 3.83/ 64. At the close sellers were quot- ed at 3.61/64 US Dollars opened with sellers at 6.3/18. for: Spot. Later the rate rose to 6.7/32 and at the close sellers were again quoted at 33/15 for Bpot:
AFTERNOON MARKET The market was quiet in the afternoon.
STERLING
No business was reported. The
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ed are few and far between,,
BUYERS
HK. Banks, $1110. Providents, $3.35. H.K. Landa, $29.50. Trams, $14
China Lights (0), $5,80, Telephoner (D), $19. SELLERS Electrics, $35.75.
SALES Trams, $14.30/40," Dairy Farms, $17,
HONGKONG
SHAREBROKERS'
PRODUCTION UP
Ottawa, Canada-Canada's lime industry made progress in 1939, when the output amounted to 473,817 toris of" quicklime valued [ at: $3,335,697 and 76,725 tons of hydrated me valued at $870,271. This compares with the 1838 pro duction of 415.761 tons'' of quick. lime valued at $2,953.091 and 71,161 tons of hydrated lime valued at $529.561.
According to the Department or Manes and Resources. Ottawa, lime is manufactured in every pro- vince with the exception of Prince Edward Island, though the Saskatchewan production is inter- mittent and very small..
Both high-calefun. und dolomitic limes are produced in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and
ASSOCIATION Manitoba, but only high-calcium
Volume of Business Transacted
lime is made in Quebec, Alberta,
The aim of the Ministry of Labour is to give the Munitions Ministry 100,000 trained men ̈ per anna. The Ministry hopes in a few days to publish an order for the regulation of wages and arbitra- tion in all matters of dispute.
The number of those engaged in full-time and part-time service for civil defence is now 1,500,000.
SHOE CO.LTD.
HONGKONG SUPPLIES ALL KINDS OF FOOTWEAR
HELENA MAY LIBRARY
"The Library will be open as follows:-
MORNINGS Monday to Friday 9.30-12.30 Saturday,
9 p.
Monday
AFTERNOONS
Wednesday
Thursday
Tuesday Friday
3 to 5.45
2.30. to 4.30
The Committee hopes that hus-
produce in Canada,
Indicative of the increased out-
charge of the taxation,
In the 8.9.
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more decisive
466,859 barrels for January and 358,- When the taxes come into force places of entertainment like pic- 358,178 barrels for February. 1938 in the Colony. It is understood ture halls, and therefore it was During the first two months of that these will be borne
by incumbent on the patrons to pay
1940, 1,142,445 barrels were -pro-
Taxes in the Colony will only be duced as against 891,342 barrels Patons in almost all the cases, the extra charge.
although at the last annual gen-
year ago.
eral meeting of Raffles Hotel it from 25 cents upwards.
..
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
ROOM TO LET
Comfortable room facing sea at North Point use of kitchen and necessary crockery and dining room-bachelor or married couple without children-Apply 87, Marble Road, Top Floor.
FOR SALE
384
and British Columbia, Ontario bands of Members who have been selection of the best varieties of 200 $ 7.65 sccounts for more than half the evacuated will continue to use the RELIABLE & TESTED
on Tuesday, July 9, 1940. AD. Watsons
HK. Lands
HK Tramways
Humphreys
300
1.65
total output, while Quebec holds Library...
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
400
·30.00
second plate, contributing slightja
392
1230
14.30
more than one-quarter of the production.
SEEDS
500 14.30
to mines and to pulp mills,
From
200 14.30
PATROL MOST USEFUL
With about 85 per cent, of the
100 14.30
100 13.30 100
1,900
The total value is $26,220.00,
Limestone is the most useful et current production of lime being
Messrs. Suttons & Sons, Reading. Messra Atlee Burpee & Co.,
~ Philadelphia
all rocks, and occurrences of used in the chemical Industries, Messrs. Arthur Tates & Co., Ltd., 6.65imestone suitable for its many the old conception of lime as being applications are abundant in the primarily a structural materials ́ is. Dominion.
no tanger true
market closed with sellers at 1/2 31/32 July, buyers at 11 für Cush. 377 for Oash The market cloead
V. & DOLLARS with sellers at 377, buyers at 377. Bellers at 233/8 July buyers 1/2.
at 23.1/2 for Casă....
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
SHANGHAI MARKET
Sterling sellers for Spot at 3.61/ Some butiness" was done at 64 and UBS at 83/18."
A new market for white, high- New chemical used for lime are calcfum time has been created continually appearing, a recent by the use of calcium carbonate instance being its use in the
m manufacture of a new plastic tran filler in place of imported cis newsprint and magazine, paper,
eason con and largely for this derable atérést, has been recently In deposits of hign- calcium lime-stone in northern Ontario because of their proximity
mises
pro
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Sydney
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