HONGKONG DAILY PRESS ·
Finance and Commerce
RECONSTRUCTION
IN NINGHSIA
PROVINCE
睿
NINGHSIA, Nov. 13° (Central)———- Big strides have been made in re- construction in Ninghata Province,
To Improve the irrigation system three new canals are being dredged, and, when completed, they will be able to water 340,000 mow of farm Jand.
Experimental
plantation
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Amexican cotton has been success- ful. During the current year 300,- 000 plculs of American cotton "have been harvested.
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Each halen will be required next year to plant 10,000 mow of cotton.
EIRE WANTS U.S. SHIPS TO CALL AT HER PORTS
DUBLIN, Nov. 14 (Beater) --- Ere has made representations to the United States in connec- tion with the decision to close Eire ports to United States ship It is declared here that United States ships can safely trade with Eire.
Quiet Now In
South Africa
ཡིན་ཀུན་ཁ་ར་ད་ཉི་
If this is carried out successfully, Subsidies For Mutton
Ninghsia will be self-sufficient in
cotton supply.
NEW FACTORIES
And Beef
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS NOVEMBER 14, 1939
On London:---
Telegraphic Transfer. 1/2 7/8 Bank Bills, on demand1s 7/8 Credits 4 months' sight 1,3 1/4 On Shanghai:--
On demand
-280
On Singapore:-
On demand
2 3/4
On Japan:-
On demand
On India:
Telegraphic Transfer. and demand
482 38
On New York:-
4 יו
Bank Bills, on demand 24 1/4 Credits, 50 days' sight 25 178
Un Batavia:---
On demand Paris:-
45 1/4..
Bank Bills, on demand 90' Credits 4 months' sight 1145-
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 14 (Reu-On
exports of
be
New factories have been estab-ter)-South African lished. There include a paper mill, beef and mutton will scon a woollen factory, a soap factory, subsidised. Bounties will be paid and factories for the manufacture on exports up to a maximum of of wooden and iron spinning 10,000 carcases, 20,000 sider and machines. The paper mill is pro- 40.000 quarters of beef.
newsprint enough
ducing 'paper for use" of government offices while the soap factory has an output suficient for use of the entire province:
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The South African emergency
regulations will be relaxed by which have been Certain persons who interned will be released on parole. For animal husbandry a $180,000 this is because the country is now ranch is being built.
quiet.
1s
Two million
pald to four
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Equal attention afforestation.
hundred thousand saplings have
been planted during the current washing on, both banks of the Fear, and
more will be planted Yellow River is done on a large scale while coal mines are also ex-
next year.
In the field of mining gold polted
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
SHAREBROKERS ASSOCIATION
STOCK EXCHANGE
Bayers BallerSalon
TUESDAY 14. Nominal
NOV.
Huge Bailer
SKIM Jomiga
Banks
284
$85
18
Do. (Cal. Reg)
$505
$1350 H.K. Banks w.............
Do. (Lou. Reg.)
Chartered Banka
27 Mercantile Bk. "*"*
117/18 Marcantile Bha, "O"!
$71
$11
Bank of East ABİL, ..... İN. C. &. B. Banka .... Insurances
$175 H.A. Fire
on Salon
On demand
Do Manila:
On Bangkok:
On demand
49 1/2
On demand
148 1/2
1/3/7/8 33. 1/2
Sterling Notes:-
Bank Buying Rate Bar Silver per ca
Market Report
FROM ROZA BROS. Silver prices were unchanged yesterday. the quotations remain- ing at 23.172 for Ready and 23.9/16 tor Forward Silver advices re- ported the market as being steady and featureless. American Silver was quoted at 34.3/4 for Spot.
The London/New York cross-rate was quoted at 402. New York/ London was quoted at 393.3/4.
Market Steady but dull.
Sterling
There were sellers at 1/3 Novem- ber/December and 1/2.31/32 Feb- $1350 £85
ruary, buyers at 1/31/32 Cash and £44 13 February.
487
it
£283
117/18
$79
U.S. Dollars
There were sellers at 24.9/16 November, buyers at 24.11/16 Cash 50 cts. and 24.5/8 probably first half De
Chaton InsuNPENOME ...
$20
$400 Union Insurance
Underwriters,
C.D.
$400
$1
$170
Shipping
370
Douglamen kinde
319
Steambosis
$70 $15
$60
Indo-Chin (Prod.)
$50
830
Indo Chicas (Dal)...
84/4 Bbell
$8.10 Waterboste
Docks, Wharves,
$4.15 $4.35
$18.60
$4.20
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$15.80 $16,05
Godowns, etc.
$101 H., & K. Wharves
Providente
Providente (ww)
H.K. 'W. Docks...
'Do. (8)*--*esuota
8:04 |Shanghai Docks 8. ... $14.40 New Engineerings B
Mining
18/0 Kailans
Rauba
$4 Venezuela, Gold Wide
31 cts. Hong Kong Min ... Lands, Hotels and
Buildings
H.K. Hotels near H.E. Lands ............
par Do. 4% Debentures 10.30 Bhanghai Lands 8.
İH.K." Realtime
Humphreys .....
$73
$100 Chinese Extäten
Cotton Mills
82) Bra (8}
$175 8'hai, Cottons (8.)
$42 Zoong Sing» (8.) $484 Wing On Textiles (8.)
Public Utilities Tramways
$7 40 Pak Tramu (old) ... $3.70 Peak Trama (new) *** $514 Star Ferries ----
Y'mati Ferrim"
Do. (new) {China Lights (0) #4China Lights (New)
China Lights Rte.
H.K. Electrice Met
Bandakan Lighis ............
87.80 Telephones (new) ****
18/0 Tractions
18/0 Tractions (prof.)
$221
$7,60
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318
Macao Electrics -
$11
320
Telephone (old)
*****
Industrials
"814
Cald., Macg. (Ord.) 8.
$18
Cald., Macg. (Fred.) B.
$1
Canton Lon
14.80
$16
48
$7.90 $8.10
Cememin
$4.90 Bopes
Miscellaneous
$20 Dairy Farm (Old) $19 Dairy Farm (New)
|Ch. E'tainmenta
$1.55 Constrnotions $1 (Constructions
$74 Lane Crawfords
Nanyang Tobacco
$1.80 Binar
(all)
Watsons 50% Ch. G.5% 1996G £88, $100 H.E. GOT, 4% Lowes
[H.E, Gort. Sj% Loan.
$41 E.K. Wing On
S'hat Wing O
Vibro Pilingen
| Margmans Inv. (Lan)
Maramane Izv, (HX.)
'Wm. Powella «tromesene
{#Balan | So
$97
188
15/3
31
$20
81/14 $8
$1011
$4.05
810
8214
$14
18/0
$01
24
11240
cember.
Shanghai Dollars
Opened with sellers at 235. Subsequently the rate receded to 282 but later the rate rose to 180. At the close sellers were quoted at
close 284.
Shanghai Market
Sterling opened with sellers at 5.1/8 for Spot and at the close sellers were quoted at. 5.13/64 for 'Spot. US$ sellers were quoted at the opening at £11/32 for Spot and closed with sellers at 8.17/32 for Spot.
Afternoon Market Qulet, nothing doing.
Sterling
The market closed with sellers at 1/3 November possibly January. December and 1/2.31/32 February, buyers at 1/31/32 Cash and 1/3 887 February.
$4.30 $7.90
U.S. Dollars The market closed with sellers at 24.9/16 November, buyers at 24. 11/16 Cash and 24.5/8 probably first half December.
$21.00 3,70 $42
$80
283.
1595 $16.10
$7.40 $3.70 8:0
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#227
$7.60 $7.25
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Shanghai. Dollars
Shanghal Market Bellers at 6.7/32 for Spot and U.S. Dollars at -8.0/10 sellers for Spot.
Shanghai Exchange
Shanghai, Nov, 14' (Reuter).
Official T.T. Rates
London ......
$80
New York
$7.10
22/-
Japan
India
$10
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* FARS (12 #888 sann
$1.98
$7.00
Paris Hongkong
8pot
Nov.
Dec.
Spot
FINANCE
SHOE CO.LTD.
HONGKONG „SUPPLIES ALL
KINDS OF FOOTWEAR
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1939. —PAGE 9.
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H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE
Interest in the market flags, and the row of pins referred to yester- day, though a little extended dur ing the day, is some way yet be- yond breaking point.
BUYERS
H. & S. Hotels, $4.40. Yaumati Ferries. $224. Electrics, $491. Telephones (O), $204. Entertainments, $6.
SELLERS
HK. Bank, $1350. Tramways, $15.95.
HK. Govt. 31% Loan, 67.
SALES
HK Bank, $1330.
Bank of E: Asia, $71. Tramways, $16/16.10/15.95.. China Lights (0), $72. Ropes, $5.
MANILA GOLD SHARES Antamoks 148, Atoks 178, Baguio Gold 1418, Batong Buhay 001b, Benguet Consol. 11.10s. Big Wedge 2013, Coco Groves 1518. Consol. lines 0038, Demonstrations 07b, I. X. L 37s, Ipo Gold 14h, Ipo Gold 14b, Itogon: 22)s. Manbulao Consol 04b, Masbates Consol, 0848, Mandanao Motherlode 078, Mine Operations 0816, North Camarines 13b,. Paracales Gumaus 184b, San Mauricio 73s, Burigao Consol, 18jb. Buyoc Consol. 12jb, Syndicated Inv. ung,, United Paracales 30s.
HONGKONG
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
Volume Of Businem Transacted
on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1939. China Lights (0) China Lights (N)
Opening HK: Ropes
.... 0/4-3/4
7-11/16
...... 32-3/4 28-1/4
............. 3.48
31-1/2
Sellers
Opening Closing 0/5-1/8 0/5-7/32 4/5-7/84 0/5-7/32 0/5-3/64 0/5-5/32 U.S. Dollars
$8-11/32 - $8-9/16
8-5/16
8-17/32 8-13/32- Dec 8-3/16
Μον,
Market:-Quiet.
H
Merchant Rates
Sterling, 0/5-3/16.
U.S. Dollars,' 18-1/2.
ver Duty" Base"
The Central Bank of China's. rate on London at 10 am, to-day was 1/2-1/2d, d
The Equalisation rate was 24-1/2 per cent
HK. Trams H.K. Trams Wing On Textile
'1'
219 - $7.75 116
4.80
500 5,00
500 16.10
300 15.85
50 35,50
ANGLO-SOVIET TRADE TALKS LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter)-The Anglo-Soviet trade talks while still in the preliminary stages, are still continuing.
The British Government has now submitted a list of goods prepared for export and this list Is being studied by the Boviet ment.
Calcutta Exchange
Calcutta, Nov. 13 (Reuter). TT on Japan, 80-1/4"
New York Exchang,
New York, Nov. 13 (Reuter), TT on London (Opening Rate),
3.89,
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also
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HOME SERVICE
Telephone 24311.
Worried by WHITE ANTS
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