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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
German "Blitz" On Moscow Beaten By Fierce A.A. Fire
MOSCOW, July 25 (Router)—The fiercest half of tire yet heard from Moscow's anti-aircraft batteries met Nazi bombers approaching Moscow on Wednesday night with the object of "blitzing" the Soviet capital for the third successive might.
So effective was the gun-fire and co-operation between the anti-aircraft batteries and searchlights that once again only Isolated plancs broke through the cfly's outer defences to drop their bombs.
Shipment Of American Oil
To Japan Is “Explained"
By Roosevelt
TOKYO STOCK
EXCHANGE
TOKYO, July nemer)-The Stock Exchange weakened yester-. day following the receipt of re- ports that Singapore had ordered. the arming of all merchantmen and that Washington was consi- dering an embargo on U.S. export to Japan and the teezing of Jap-
anese funds
The Chugal Shogyo declares Britain, the United States and Russia are adopting an nomie stand against Japan.
One feature of the three ralds on Moscow has been the number that of searchlights which the Russians have been able to concentrate on small areas of the sky.
Moscow's fire-watchers and fire- fighters again did splendid work paper, last night and this morning. All except a few small fires had been extinguished
HELSINKI RAID HELSINKI. July 25 (Reuter)--- The enemy bombed the surround. Ings of Turku on Wednesday.. ac
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Renter) cording to a communique 16sued
- President Roosevelt, speaking here yesterday
here yesterday, said in effect that
The communique adds: "Today
the United States had allowed they bombed the southwest parts
Japan to obtain all from the Unit
ed States so that Japan would not go to the Dutch Fast Indies obtain it.
eco-
FINANCE & GENERAL
RESTRICTIONS ON "LUXURY IMPORTS"
In order to save shipping space, facilitate the despatch of vessels from Great Britain for overseas ports, increase the amount of foreign exchange available to Britain, and increase her productive capacity, it has been decided to place wartime prohibitions and restrictions on the importation futo Empire countries from Britain of unessential goods, says the Malaya Tribune.
A list of commodities, the im- The importance of foreign ex- portation of which into: Malaya change, is that it is readily con- will be alther prohibited or res-vertible into United States dollars tricted, will be published within for the purchase of American war the next few days.
materials
There are indications, says the The main items in the list, as In official quarters it is explain, that America is invoking in other Empire countries, willed that there is no desire on the a complete economic blockade consist of luxuries.
part of the Empire Governments against Japan.
It has been explained in official to restrict Britain's export trade Japan, is says, should be pre-
circles that even when space is On the contrary, for obvious rea- pared for
economic available in ships for the carriage sons, an increase is tri-partite
desired but of unessential commodities, time this increase is sought with non- blockade.
a lost in British worts
wnere sterling countries so that added these goods have
to be loaded, foreign exchange will result from with the result that such vessels payments for exports.
JAPANESE MISSION are not despatched overscas agai If efforts are to be made to - as quickly as they could be a crease this foreign trade, shipping LEAVING HANOI
wartime delay that should
be space, at present devated to ex- RANOI, July 25 (Router)-The avoided if possible because of the country. Only small dam- majority of the Japanese mission | German
of port of unessential commodities air raids on British to sterling countries, will have to ¡ls scheduled to leave for Saigon ports.
be made available by the means ton Sunday.
ge was dona Ал attempt
bomb Helsinki falled. to
planes were destroyed."
to
Five enemy
SOVIET AIR HERO
The point about increasing Bri- now proposed. It 18 understood the The President was
mam tain's productive capacity is that Finally, it is emphasised that talking in- formally to members of the Volun-
cianses of the agreement giving if the export of luxuries and un- every time a person refrains from MOSCOW, July 25 (Reuter Japan
bases in southern Indo-essentials is reduced, "The factories buying an teer Participation Committee of The latest Soviet air hero is Ser- China have
nnessential imported
the Office of Civli Defence.
already been signed and other plant engaged in mak- article, he is making a direct con- geant Pilot Torin whu, single-
in Vichy and details were decided (ing them can be turned over to stribution to the Empire's WAT "There was you might call it handed, tacklen ten German
yesterday in Fanot,
production of wartime value, -method in letting this of go planes
bombers, cs- Messerschmitt
They are likely to take effect at the beginning of next week.
DEMAND REDUCED
Finally, Britain's foreign
in
effort
ex-HONGKONG
to Japan with the hope and Eight Nazi JURA it has worked for two years of corted by two keeping the war out of the south-fighters, were approaching a So- Although no information is yet change funds will be increased ern Pacific for our own good, for viet aerodrome, Tomin flew into javallable officially, it is believed if the demand is reduced for those the good of the defence of Bri- battle. He poured machine-gun that possible concessions include goods
the manufacture of tain and the freedom of the seas,"bullets into the Nazl bombers the right to maintain troops in which materials are used for he said.
One of the Messerschmitts and southern Indo-China and the be- which foreign exchange has to be has all the bombers flea.
cupation of naval bases and aero- 'pald--this has particular applica- One of Tomin desperately hung on to dromes.
tion to the "luxury lines." beginthe tall of the remaining Mes-
"There is a war going on been for nearly two years. our efforts from the very
ning was to prevent the
spread serschmitt. getting ncarer and
of that war to certain areas where nearer. In despair the Nazi pilot
T
It had not started.
PACIFIC OCEAN
"One of the arcas 18 a place called the Pacific Ocean.. there happened to be a place in the south Pacific where we had to get a lot of things down in the East In- dies, the Straits Settlements and Indo-China.
"And we had to help get Aus- tralian surplus meat, wheat and corn for England.
turned his plane over and it fell HONGKONG
Ito the ground.
H.K. Stock Exchange
Friday, July 25.
The week has been on the quiet side and at the end is even more so pending further Japanese move- ourments.
"It was most essential from own selfish viewpoint of deferice to prevent war from breaking out down there," the President continu- ed.
He added that if American oll had been cut off from Japan the Japanese probably would have gone down to the Dutch East Indies a year ago and you would have had war."
INTERENCE DRAWN Noting that President Roosevelt put his remarks in the past tense. gome observers immediately drew the inference that the President might now be ready to impose a full embargo on oll to Japan and take other strong economic mea-
sures
UNEMPLOYMENT IN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY, July 25 (Reuter)~~A¤¬ cording to figures of Canberra statisticlans, unemployment in Australia is decreasing so rapidly that the supply of available man- power will be absorbed within six months if present conditions con- tinue.
An analysis of the figures reveals that large-scale employment of women in industry is becoming more urgent,
TURKS SHOOT DOWN GERMAN PLANE
(Reuter)-
LONDON, July 25 After repented warnings Turkish anti-aircraft batteries opened fire and shot down a German plane which flew over the fortifications on the borders of Eastern Thrace, says an Istanbul despatch to the Independent French agency.
The plane fell into the Black
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SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1941. -PAGE 9
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The printing trades of Canada form the largest branch of the paper using manufactures of the Dominion. Their output, which increased by two million dollars in 1939, covers the great- er part of the work done by the printing trades and allied graphic arts with the exception of that done as a side line in connexion with the manufactureof paper bags and boxes and other miscellaneous paper goods.
In 1939 Ontario plants account-
BLUE PRINTING
Volume of Business Transacted on Friday, July 25, 1941.
ed for 54 per cent. of the Dominion
Blue printing output was valued SALES
production and Quebec plants for
at $291,200, trade.composition at 508 $6.00 23 per cent. Periodicals contribut-$785,800, engraving stereotyping 6.00 ed about 44 per cent. of the total and electrotyping at $7,556,000 and 5.85 value and daily newspapers alone uthographing at $11,144,000. Of 11.25 nearly 33 per cent. Canada is a the total of 2,314 plants in opera” 17.30 large importer and a moderate ex- tion in 1939, Ontario reported (978 10.75 porter of newspapers, books, and and Quebec 568; the value of pro-
2:73 other printed matter.
China Providents Electrics Ris HK Tramways
China Lights (0)
200
500
18
100
500
500
2,326
AS. Watsons Sinceres
Balerina
FR
$1416 284
£79
284
Do. (Col. Reg.)
£79
Do. Lon. Reg.)..
£01
Chartered Banka
£11
2231 Mercantile Bk. "A"..
Mercantile Bka. “C”.
$746
Bank of Esat Asia.....
#75
N. C. & S. Banks..... Insurances
18 ch
€926
Union Insurancës.
$400
Underwriters
H.K. Fires.
76 ets. $185
Shipping
$120
Douglases
$120
Steamboats
Indo-Chinas (Pref.)...
100
39.4
$70
Indo-Chinas (Def.)
€70
46/104 Shells
45/7
$6.68 Waterbosta
Docks, Wharves
BUSINESS DONE DURING
#225 $400
410
Bank of East Asia, $75. Union Ins., $400, $402, 9405.
$185
Providents, $5.85, $5.90.
Douglases. $120.
Hotels, 53.45.
Lands, $351
Humphreys, $7.
Realties, $3.30.
Trams, $17.15, $17.
Lights (0), $6.
Lights (N), $1.30.
Electrics Rts., $11, $11.15. Telephones (O). $23. Canton Ices, $1.
Watsone, $10, $10.65, $104. HK Govt. 34% Loan (1934), 95.
BUYERS
B00 $5,80
HK. Govt. 4% Loan, 97.50. H.K. Govt. 34% Loan (1934).
94.25.
$3.36 $31 Б.К. Govt. 34% Loan (1940), +85
94.25.
Bank of East Asla, $74,50.
Canton IDs, $225.
Union Ins., $400,
H.K. Fire Ins., $185.
Wharves. $90.
Lands, $35.
Chinese Estates, $101.
Trams, $17.15.
Telephones (N), $8.75. Watsons, $10.50.
;
:
#90
Godowns, etc.
I.K. & K. Wharves... Providente
815,80 H.K. Docks (Old).....
H.K. Docks (New).... +Shanghai Docks.
Mining
Kailane....
88 Rauba
3 cte., Hong Kong Mizes.....
Lands, Hotels and Buildings
$30
13/6
$92
$5.80
$15.80
$291
13/6 $7.80
$3,45 $354
H.K. & 9. Hotel...
$3.45
H.K. Landsc
$30
$074
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19
Shurghai Landa......
$3.16 $2.35
H.K. Realties...
87
$97+
$3.30 $880
$101
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Humphreys...
Chinese Estates......................
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Kwo (B.)
'hai Cottons (8.)...
Zoong Singe (8.)......
Wing On Textiles (1.).
Public Utilities
H.K. Tramways...----| 817,15)
The total value is $16,845:50.
BRITISH LABOUR
MISSION TO U.S.
|duction for Ontario was $85,086;- The gross value of production of 000 and for Quebec $27,784,000. the printing trades of Canada in-
to
creased from $117,880,000 in 1938 The value of periodicals pro.... to $119,834,000 in 1999. The numduced in Canada in 1999 amountin ber of plants reporting rose from ed to $52,503,000, while dally news. 2,298 to 2,314 and the capital papers accounted for $39,228,000- employed from $118,478.000
Printed and bound books were $121,182,000; the number of em valued at $5,254,000, other printede ployees from 37,687 to 27,728 and advertising at $14,108,000, bound LONDON, July 25 (BWA) the payroll from $50,691,000 to blank books at $3,279,000, and mile A mission representing. both the $51,505,000: While the cost cellaneous printed goods and.. management and the labour side materials rose from $32,848,000 to printed stationery at $33 203,000. of British Industries is visiting $34,001,000.
The largest items among the America to make a tour of the de- The largest contribution to the materials used were newsprint pe- fence industries.
group value of production in 1939 per at $9,866,000 and book, bond, This was stated in the House of was made by printing and publish and writing paper at $9,705,000. Commons, yesterday by the Lording with printing and book-bind- Privy Seal who added that the ing in second place. The output matter
Imports of books and printed Into Canada decreased question of a reciprocal visit from value of printing and publishing slightly from $15,277,000 in 1938 to America was under active con- was $61,904,000 and of printing and $15,152,000 in 1939; but exports sideration.
rose from $404,700 to $1,118,600,"
bookbinding $28,158,000.
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DIRECTOR OF ARMY stating that Wang Ching-wel's 194
MEDICAL SERVICES agents on July 18 forcibly occupied LONDON, July 25 (B.W.8. the former premises of the Chinese The War Office announces that Chamber of Commerce at 59 Hong-
kong Road, Shanghai.. Col, A. Hood has been selected to
Commenting on the incident, a succeed -Lieut-Gẹn, Bir W.P. Mac- Arthur, Honorary Physician to the "pokesman of the Chamber, which
retires on August 1.
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