HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Finance and Commerce
H.K. Stock Exchange
4 pm. Friday, 28th March, 1941.
The stream of enquiries con- tinues, though the week's trading
HONGKONG
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
Volume of Business Transssted en. Friday, Mar. 28, 1941
SALES
can only be regarded as moderate. China Providents The outstanding feature Ls the
smart rise in Hongkong Fires from China Lights (N) $170 bid, to $180/183 business done. H. K. Tramways Cements have declared a divi-A. S. Watsons dend of $1 and bonus of $1 payable Unions
23rd prox This distribution 13 an increase of 25 cents compared
with the last one.
BUSINESS DONE DURING
THE WEEK
H. K. Banks, $1340, ̃$13374.
Canton Ins: $220.
Union Ins: $430.
H. K. Fire Ins; 180, $183.
Wharves, $94.
Docks "0", $164. -
Providents, $5.20. $5, $5.30.
Hotels, $3.20.
Trams, $164.
Lights "O", $61, 36.20.
(Electrics X. Rt Div), $39.95, $40.05, $10, $40.05; $39.90 $39.80. (Electrica C. Rts), $39), $392. Macao Electrics "O", $134. Telephones "O" $24.30, $241- Cements, $171. $18, $17.80.
Watsons, $11, $11.15.
Entertainments, $7.20.
Ewo Cottons, Sh.$45,
Shanghai Cottons, Sh.3200
HK. Govt. 34 Loan (1934), 94.
BUYERS
Bank of East Asla, $70.
Canton "Ins., $222.50.
Union Ins., $430.
H. K. Fire Ins; $181.
"Wharves, X.D. $86.
Docks "O", X.D. $15.50.
Providents. $5.25.
Hotels, $3.15..
Lands. $32
Humphreys, $6.70.
Realties, $3.
weight
paste
group
fear
250 $ 5.27
U.S. Steel Corporation
LONDON, March 28 (Reuter). Employing more workers than it ever has before, the United States Steel Corporation is producing... a 5.30 much greater amount of steel for 1.77 arins production than during the 18.50 first World War, says the New York 11.15 Herald-Tribune. 25 430,00
500
112
500 350
1737
The total value is $27,070.06.
BROKERS
LOANS
New York, Mar. 27 (Reuter), Loans an securities to brokers in New York:-
Wk-ended Wk-ended WX -ended *21/3/40 20/3/41 27/3/41 $185,000,000 $336,000,000 $391,000,000
Trams, $16.30. Lights "O" $6.20. Lights, "N", 1.75.
Macao Electrics, "O", $18,25. Macao Electries "N"" $17.25. Telephones "", D. $23.25. Telephones X.D. $8.85. Cements, 17.60.
Watsons, X.D, $9.70.. Entertainments, $7.5
SELLERS
H. K. Fire Ins: $188, Telephones "O" X.D.." $23,50,
SALES
H. K. Banks, $1340.
H.K. Fire Ins. $183.
Docks "0", I.D. $10,30/55.
Providents, $5.273
Trams $18.50.
Lights "N" $1774
Electrics C. Rts, $39.15
Telephones "X.D. $23.30. Cements, $17.75.
Mr. Irving Olds, the chairman announced this in the 39th annual report.
The Corporation is running ita milla at a rate equalling about 90 per cent. of theoretical Capacity. Mr. Olds sald the Corporation was sending large quantities steel to Great Britain
LONDON STOCK
#
EXCHANGE
FINANCE & GENERAL
WEEKLY RETURNS AND REPORTS
BANK OF ENGLAND
LONDON, Mar. 27 (Router)
Public Deposits Other DeJosita :-----
Bankers
Other, Accounts Total
Mar. 20
Mar. 37 [000's Oribed)
14,740
21.880
85,190
118,800
39,050
32,390
147.240
170.290
Government Becurities
129.830
126.510
Other Securities;--
Discounts and Advances
6,140
45.280+
Becurities
91,050
19,340
Total
27,190
84,630
Notes and Coins
23.069
19.800
1,340.
Notes in drculation
.608.420
$11.480
Ratio of Reserve to Lishüllties
14.33%
10.20% 180/-
Total Bullion
1,480
Price of Gold, at which holdings are valued........ 168/-
+--Correct,
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
of
NEW YORK, Mar, 27 (Reuter).
Mar. 31 (1940)
Bills. Bought
US Securities held.
Federal Reserve Ratio
Federal Reserve Credit Outstanding. Monetary Gold Stocks Industrial Advances
2,475,000 87.83% 2,520,000
18,360,000
10,498,000
Mar. 30
(000's Omitted,
$
2,184,000 91.11% 2,359,000 23,335,000 7,894,000
* Mar. 27
2,184,000
01.33%
2,221,000
LONDON, March 28 (Reuter)— The Yugoslay developments dis- pelled an early drooping tendency on the London Stock Exchange yesterday and caused a reneral cheerful sentiment together with a larger volume of business,
Interest continues to be mainly centred in glit-edged which ad- vanced strongly, with War Loan closing at a new high level.
Home ralls were also a good fes- ture while industrials recovered from early" small declines. Kaffirs. met with Cape and local buying while oils encountered more ac- Livity
LONDON METALS CHINESE -
Till
EXCHANGE
London, Mar. 27 (Reuter).
Standard, Cash, Middle Price, £278-7/8. --
Tin, Standard. 3 months, Middle Price, 1-1/8..
Market firmer.
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
STOCK EXCHANGE,
Buyar+ Baliora Bales Nomical
Watsons. X.D. $11 15 C.D.
$1336
CROSSWORD
NO. 856
2
13
870
$223
$430
$181
$188 $183
LLS
£74
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Do. (Loo. Reg.) Chartered Banki
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Enger
BeBeri
Chiot Mosaica
Bank of East Asia.....YO
N. C.& S. Banks.....
Insurances
Canton, Insurances. 1990. Union Inearance.............. | $49 Underwriters
H.K. Fires....
Shipping
$135 Douglases
(Prof.).
Steamboats n Indo-China Indo-Chinas (Def.)
Docks, Wharves,
Godowns, etc.
3:11:
HK. & K. Wharves... $86
Providents ...
R.K. Docks (Old)...........] #18}] H.K. Docks (New).....
$281 +Shanghai Dock
16/0
Kailans
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23,359,000 7,957,000
MOPPING-UP
IN KAOAN
KAOAN, March 28 (Central)-- Chinese forces in pursuit of the Japanese fleeing Kaoan have `ad- vanced to Loshut and Nancha, northwestern Kiangst near the Hupeh border. -
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1941. —PAGE 9
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The following Unclaimed Tele- crumbling of the remainder of the erams are lying at Cable and of Aosta, Viceroy of Abyssinia. {Wireless, Ltd., Hongkong Branch:
The fall of Keren, "added the spokesman, would be a tremendous 17712 Moore from Bournemouth, blow to Italian prestige and 18835 Helen Grant, Queen Mars morale. It would be possible to Hospital from Shanghai: 18106 defend equally formidable peaks Union Chinese Manufacturers from every five miles between Keres Johannesburg. "
and Addis Ababa but this was un- likely since Keren had been Italy's, GREAT NORTHERN
showplace. Hopes were now run- Dr. Tcheng, 32 Village Road, ning high in Cairo that Muss50)--- from Stockholm; Cheng Tung uni's battered armies would be Ching, c/o Lak Kwok Hotel, from unable to hold out until the rains.
Subjected to relentless attacks, Shanghai: Wong Ye Kwan, C/0 the Japanese suffered severe losses Wang Kook Sang, Phoebus Neon- including two detachment com- Light Co., Kowloon, from Shang- manders named
and hal: Tong Tie Wing. Tian Yat Co.. Tanaka. Besides taking more than 12A Queen's Road G. 1st Fl. from 150 prisoners, the Chinese have Shanghaf
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light and heavy machine-guns and countless rities.
$101
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MAILS LOST
ITALIANS HARRIED
CAIRO, Mar. 28. (Reuter)- tish and South African warplanes are continuing to harry the Ita-" lians in East Africa.
RAF. and South African bomb- ers severely attacked the Addis |Ababa-Djibuti Railway again on Wednesday, says an RAF. com- munique, causing heavy damage to
The Postmaster General an-the track, rolling stock and
As a result of vigorous mopping-nounces that letters by gurface bridges.
...
15 ct.up operations carried out by the route for United Kingdom, via RAF fighters, machine-gunned Chinese during the past two days, United States of America, posted and badly damaged enemy motor $120 Szuki and other points southwest in Hongkong between October 4 transport near, Gondar,
lot Kaoan, - are now completely and 15, 1940, and letters super- 80 cta cleared of Japanese stragglers scribed by Air to U. & A and The remnant Japanese on the thence by Sea" posted between #125 south bank of the Chin River are: January 17 and 23, 1941 have been
also being rabidly rounded up, lost by enemy action.
$180
880 $60
41/3 $7
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$5.97
916
$284
16/0
19
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Enemy positions in the hills around Keren were again heavily and frequently bombed.
South African fighters' shot down two Flat fighters in this area.
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