HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Flow Of U.S. Aircraft To Britain Increasing Rapidly: Home Production A Record
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LONDON, April 24 (Renter)-Nearly 1,000 assembled Ameri- Can and Canadian aircraft have already been delivered to the R.A.F. and only one aircraft was lost in the ferry service between America and Britain.
These and other arresting details of aircraft production were given by Lord Beaverbrook in the House of Lords yes- terday,
FINANCE & GENERAL
Finance and Commerce
FRENCH WHEAT Food Supply In War Time: Need For Resolute Leadership
CROPS
VICHY, Apr 24 (Reuter)-An Increase in wheat crops both in Occupied and Unoccupied France from" 7,800,000 acres in 1940 to We now find American engines 10,000,000 acres in 1941 was an- quite as good as any in the world, pounced in a speech at Limoges by
M. Caljot.
PRINCIPLES FOR he said. Many American machines the Vichy Secretary of Agriculture.
First, a demarkation should be
INCREASING FLOW
H.K. Stock Exchange
Our war effort approaches its peak. Planes, guns, and munitions pour out in a steady stream. We farmers are eager to be in no way behind the other war industeles Fet, in spite of Mr. Hudson's tireless efforts to produce the goods, many of us fear that what we have done so far is not enough, writes A. P. McDougall in the Sunday Observer.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1941.--PAGE 9
SAY
Gordon's
...and know what you're drinking/
GORDONS
DRY GIN
DESTILLERE LONDON.
NO COLOURING matter
are in operational use-very many.
Experts have estimated that the From the beginning (and Mr. ¡Increase PROVINCIAL-
the harvest of 1940 is, Hudson, can in no way be blamed He added the rearing of cattle Lord Beaverbrook confessed that
in calorie values, 1 per cent on for this) the Ministry started off he had a thrill when the first had proved insuficient through
that of 1939; in terms of tonnage on the wrong foot. It is still out foodstuffs OPERATED TRADE
Liberator" recently arrived in Bri-dear
amounting to taic. It is a very big aeroplane, 40,000,000 quintals, equivalent to grain is 1,000,000 tons. This sounds though an improvement on that
we are told that the increase in of
step. The 1941 campaign, With a view to protecting the faster than the Stirling, and car the sustenance of 1,200,000 cattle.
well, but it represents little more of the year before, is nevertheless legitimate interests of the merries a fine bomb-load.
M. Callot thanked agricultural than one-tenth of our imports inadequate. chants the Executive Yuan lald The British Admiralty in the last workers for having "made
The foundation of the of animal feeding stuffs, of our effort is still the plough. An- down the following principles re-few days had received 95 aircraft spectre of famine less threaten-one-seventh of our
imports of other 2,000,000 acres is to be added lative to provincial-operated trade by sea. 355 tons. of aeroplane parta ing.
wheat. And from this 1,000,000 to our arable land. and provincial economic control: and 326 engines.
tons must be deducted the value of Even here there has been a de- the hay or milk produced by the plorable waste of time. One of the Iand where it, was under grass. best ways of preparing old grass In terms of hay we must allow land for corn production is to cul- 2,000,000 tons, and even if this hay, tivate it thoroughly in the suri- eaten by live stock, represents only mer, and let the sunshine, the best one-third of its value in grain, the pulverizing agent in the world. net increase in food produced is soak into it. This was not insisted only 350,000 tons. Against the on. These months were lost. value of the straw may be set that Power was lying idle and trac- of the seed used, together with the tors and implements standing at: aftermath and winter grass. The the road sides. The summer "was 1940 effort was therefore woefully spent in taking a survey which advantage on at least 90 per cent. Inadequate.
should have been made in 1938. of the land. Where have we fallen short? when the Ministry was to'd to pre- The answer is not far to seek. It pare for war conditions. is in concentrating in the main on ploughing up 2,000,000 acres of grass land with too little thought of how to make the best of it after ploughing, and in leaving the other 30,000,000 acres of land. grass, and arable, absolutely un- touched.
made between provincial-operated There has naturally been a drain trade and government control over on the shipment of aircraft by consumption and price stabilisa-sea from America due to losses in tion;
convoy but our disappointment on Secondly, provincial trading this point is dissipated by the companies should be operated in knowledge that the flow of aircraft strict accordance with regulations from the United States is. Increas- while price stabilisation may being rapidly.
effected through the organisation The ferrying service is continy- of prices and commodities regula-ing and.. is likely to be. developed tion boards ar co-operatives; and extended, and possibly we shall Thirdly, control over imports soon be able to fly some of our should be carried aut in strict ac-fighters by a route somewhat dif- cordance with the laws and de-ferent from that taken by bombers crees promulgated by the National) Lord Beaverbrook disclosed that Government, and no extra levies Sir Frederick Banting. the Cana- should be collected under whatever dian scientist, lost his life when a pretexts:
bomber destined..for Britain landed
Fourthly, Chinese and foreign in trees in Newfoundland and was merchants should be treated on an destroyed. equal basis in the matter of con- trol (Central News).
No Fish For Fishermen!
Dealing with als policy of dis- persal of manufacturing plants on a large scale, Lord Beaverbrook
BUYERS
Bank of East Asia, $70. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $80. Hotels, $2.80.
Macao Electrics X.D.. $17. Entertainments, $8.25.
SELLERS
H.K. Banks, $1340. Realties, $2.80.
Trams, $18,20,
Electrics (O). X. Rts.. $26. Electrics Rts., $14.50.
- SALES Wharves, $85.50. Trams, $16. Lights Rts., 40 cta.
а
NO
INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS
We should not then see a paltry
FERTILE FIELD FOR PROPAGANDA
1 per cent. increase in our pro- duction-it would be 10 per cent,still meeting with tribulations
The Nazi Party in Norway is perhaps 20-per cent. It would solve the problem of shortage of grass for maintaining our sheep, our bullocks, and our cows. And it
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS mighty problem. It is also true around us.
ducing nitrates from
said that enemy bombings in which the Germans claimed to have in- flicted immense losses in aircraft STOCK EXCHANGE, and aircraft capacity have turned- out to be nothing at all because
Bayer Bollar had been out
The latent word from Norway is our plants
that the Northland provinces, cen- bombed area altogether. tre of the richest fisheries in all Europe, are faced with the extra-
of the
· HUGE RESERVES Rapidly as the RAF is expand-
Baden Nomina!
#1340
£786
flow of
Domi-
223
£11
$70
have
ordinary prospect of going without ing, strengthened by a fish to cat! This is of course, pilots and crews from the thanks to Nazi demands that prac-nions, aircraft in storage show a tically the whole catch of fresh satisfactory position.. Of five prin- fish be shipped to Germany for etpal operational types, we consumption. At the same time reserves in scattered store houses they are thus depriving Norwegians of 100 per cent
of sorely-needed fish
and fish
We are not satisfied with that
products, the Germans Doast that and we think that the RAF 15. they are really helping Norway by entitled to a reserve of 200 or 300 creating a good market for fish.
per cent.
HARDSHIPS REDOUBLED
Notwithstanding the increasing
Life has always been hard for supplies from America, "our own the fishermen of northern Nor-production must continue to he of way, but now their hardships have first importance. In February we been redoubled. Cut off from their produced more operational aircraft, usual supplies of fuel, Balt and bombers and fighters. than ever equipment, they have to pay ex- before. In March we achieved on- horbitant prices for such material other record with two and a half has can be purchased. Operating times the production of last year.
expenses have risen so sharply The March output exceeded
that with the prices paid by Ger target programme. mang for fish there is little or no profit in fishing nowadays.
TH
280
4+
our
Add NORWEGIAN-SOVIET
TRADE AGREEMENT
LONDON, Apr, 24 (Reuter} --
to this the dangers from floating mines along the banks off Tromsoe and western Finmark, and the fact that many of the best fishing A-trade agreement has been craft have been requisitioned by reached between Norway and. the Germans, and it can be seen Russia, according to the Quisling that the fisherman's lot is not an Commissar for Commerce, Herr enviable one in Norway.
N
Chanessen.
The agreement, atates the Nor- wegian telegraph agency.
+ri
pro-
PRE-WAR STATISTICS (Norway had one of the world's vides for the exchange of goods largest and most modern fishing to the total value of 40,000,000 fleets up to the time of the Nazkroner. invasion, April 9, 1940. Practically
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Norway will receive supplies of
**N.
$16
the whole fleet was equipped with corn, cakemeal, fuel oil and cot- motors: in 1936 the Beet numbered ton in exchange for Industria! 11,623 decked motor boats. 13,671 products
open motor boats, while steam.
vessels and sailing
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its attempts to drum up mempur- ship.
ception. Such audiences as could
SCHEME FOR DRAINING -
AND DITCHING We have, it is true. In addition to the ploughing-up policy, scheme for draining and ditching could be done within our own re- rural district, the would-be naal- During their campaign in one the millions of water-logged acres sources without calling on our fiers got a particularly hostile re- of the neglected land of England. ships. But there are neither the machines
It would mean no more than be assembled consistently failed to nor the men available, to do more doubling our machinery for pro-show the proper respect for "New than touch the fringe of this
the air Order" ideology. Then came, the that 1,000 farmers have been given
last straw.. One evening," afterta SHAREBROKERS"" ASSOCIATION notice to quit their farms, because more machinery. We want power among
We want machinery and still trying to spread enlightenment - - they have failed to make the best and still more power,
a group of peasants, the Buyer Beliars Betalas use of them. This again is a mere
Nazi lecturers came out of their flea-bite. Their holdings represent
The successful fermer is he who lautomobile to find that some.. 002 per cent of our total acreage, is ready and waiting for the wea-farmers had hitched a manure- $1340 excluding moorland and mountain,ther, who has sufficient power at eart behind it. On the auto was a £ral
We, as farmers, shall fall in our his command to make certain that sign: £71effort. until we are producing, every crop that he grows is in a taking war limitations into ac-condition to take advantage of the £111
11 count, the maximum amount of sunshine when it comes, that his
food from our 30,000.000 acres and cultivations and fallows Te s 18 et, from our mountain and moorland, much ahead of time table
The speediest means of dotrig so even catch crops become an in-tares and allow the sunshine to #922 is by obliging every farmer res-tegral part of his production both inspire new growth of grass. And ponsible for these 30.000.000 acres for food supplies and for green these methods are only part of 80 cts. to use at least 1 cwt of ammonia manur.ng.
per acre. If it were only available,
THURSDAY 24 APRIL.
Banks
H.K. Bsak........ Do. Col. Reg.}.... Do. (Lon. Reg.) Chartered Banks.... Mercantile Bka. “A”! Mercantile Bk. "C". Bank of East Apis....
N. O. & 8. Bankı....
Insurances
#229 Canton Insurances.....
$425
$1
187
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Union InsurancOS.
Underwriters
E.K. Fires
Shipping
$135 Douglaset $81
$50
Steamboats
Indo-China (Prof.).. Indo-Chinas (Def.)
40/Shells....... $5.55 Waterboats
Docks, Wharves, Godowns, etc.
$85 H.K. & K. Wharves... $5.10 Providents ....... $16 H.K. Docks (Old)..... H.K. Docks (New)..... 894 +Shanghai Dock......
Mining
Kailans
14/0
.$8
Raubs
ict
Hong Kong Mines..... Lands, Hotels and Buildings
$2.90 H.K. & S. Hotels......
H.E. Lands
$33
387 Do. Debentures... $12.60 Shanghai Lands..
$8.70
309
H.K. Realties..
Humphreys
Chinese Estates......
Cotton Mills
$37 Ewo (B.)
$200 S'hai Cotton (8.)...
Zoong Rings (8.).......
H.K. TramwKYL
368
Star Ferries.
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$70
i
$497)
$15
201
D
#!
$83
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$167
$125
$80
$60
40/7
$84
$88
HI
14/0
$9.95
$33
$871
$6.70
$37 $200
Wing On Textiles (8.1)
$125
Public Utilities
$16.15
Peak Treme (old)....
Peak Trams (now)...
123 'mati Ferries
51
8231
$6.05 China Lights (0)...... $6
81.70 China Lights (Now)..
$26 X.Rta
Calcutta, Apr. 23 (Reuter).
་་
.K.Electrics (Old).. X.R. $251
$261 H.K. Electrica (New)...
385
Apr. 11 Apr. 18
#14
H.K. Electrio (Riɛ)
#241
$17
ID,
Macao Electrics Old
(including Nobes
$18
$23
$91
Telephones (n999)..
**
$30
| Cald., Macg.. (Ord.) B.
$25
Canton Icon.....
$18
Cemente
$7
H.K. Rope
vessela num-RESERVE BANK OF bered 353 and 106 respectively. In
addition there were $5,000 open INDIA STATEMENT
boats including dories. The value
of the fishing vessels in 1935
amounted to 60 million crowns and Notes in circulation
that of their equipment to about
40 million crowns The total value
of the catch for 1936 was 81,300,000 crowns)
GOODWILL
FLIGHT
held in the Bank-
lug Department)... 27,951 27,991 Rupee, Coin Bullion
3,497 3,537
4,441
in India Gold Coin and Bal-
lon in India..... 4,441
Indian Government) 9,035 0,132
(British Government)
........ 10,976 10,879 (Figures in Lakhs Rupees)
TO AUSTRALIA Securities BATAVIA, Apr. 24 (Reuters-Securities The Royal DEL Airlines Knilm
will make a goodwill flight to Australia with one of her new
American Douglas-DC5 air linera
in order to give the Australians an HONGKONG
idea of these new ships of which Knilm possesses two.
These ships were originally bought by the Royal Dutch Air lines Kim for the European ser- vices, but could not be delivered; owing to the German invasion of the Netherlands after which they were transferred to the Knlim.
LONDON "GOLD"
London, Apr. 23 (Reuter). Bar Gold, Fitte per os., 168/-
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
Volume of Business Transseted on Thursday, April 24, 1941. SALES
China Lights (0) China Providents 600 $4,50
700 HK. Tramways H.K. Wharves
5,90
300
16.00
60 85.30
1,680
The total value is $18,310,00.
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Macao Electrics (New);
Bandakan Lights......... Talophones (ald).......
Industriais -
Cald., Macg. (Prof.)8
HK. Gort. Loans
$97 4% Loan
8044 31%
" (1934).
894 81%.
(1940). MiscellaneoUS
317 Dairy Farm...................
Entertainmenta ********
$1.80 Constructions (old)...
Constructions (naw).....
$9.20
that
"We want you to have at least one follower."
what might be our contribution as
We want such a surplus of power farmers to the victory which must 2 cwt, per acre could be used with as will tear up the old matted pas- and will He ahead of us.
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