1939-12-05 — Page 9

HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS

Finance and Commerce

THE LEATHER TRADE New Company

IN WARTIME

The immediate and principal refection that comes to one's mind when the subject of the leather trade in war time comes under review is that this branch of industry joins company with a great number of others by virtue of the fact that the pre- sent circumstances can open up large new markets for them on account of the fact that those markets can be longer obtain · their requirements from Germany.

Formed

Development Of China's North-West

And South West

CHUNGKING, "Dec. 4 (Cen- A striking example of this is It will be of interest to quote

tral) For the development provided by the case of British from the publication, which states

of North-West and South-West Cellulose Lacquers Ltd., of London, that: "Tanning substances of the

China, a Hwa S1 Development S.E. 28, who are very alive to the following descriptions Gambler,

Company has been organised fact that whereas the Dominions Myrobalans, Samach leaves

by leading Chinese Industria- and Colonies formerly imported a Valonin, Wattle bark" are "pro-

ists at home and abroad. large proportion of their require- hibited to be exported from the ments in the products manufactured United Kingdom to any port orj

The new organisation is capita- by this firm from Germany, they destination - in any country in lised at $5,000,000 and will engage must how turn to a British source, Europe or on the Mediterranean or primarily in agricultural and min- It is very evident, moreover, that Black Seas, not being a port oring enterprises in Yunnan, Sze- whatever their motive in dealing destination excluded from the chwan. Sikang. Kansu, Chinghai

last preceding and Sinklang. elsewhere was. customers of this operation of the British establishment will find the Article of this Order, or a port or

in France If not destination

or any product. equally good. superior, and the service better. French Colony or

Protectorate, or to be shipped as ships stores in any ship proceeding to any such

A SHARP RISE

There is every reason to suppose, port or destination." that, as far as leather and tanning

Out of its context this extract are concerned, there will be a sharp rise in the export figures of may not be the neme of clarity, but materials, etc. Every good chilzen it should make the position suff of Empire will take to heart the clently clear that there is no pro remarks of Mr. Oliver Stanley hibition of the export of tanning about the necessity for the ex-substances to ports and destina" pansion of trade within the E. tions in the Empire.

pire, and it will be seen by the But, quite apart from the fact study of the recently issued Ex-that these articles and substances port of goods (Prohibition) Orders, are free. there is every reason to dated August 24 and September 1. suppose that the Empire will turn that most of the materials, and to Great Britain to satisfy its re- articles required in the tanning quirements in this field, as well as trade are not subject to any pzn in a dozen. others Overseas 'hibition..

Daily Mail

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HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

STOCK EXCHANGE

Bayer Belind Maler Nominal

SIXTY PROMOTERS Among its 10 promoters are such prominent personages as Mr. Chen Li-fu, Minister of Education. Gen. Liu Wen-bul" Chairman of the Sikang Provincial Government. Gen. lung Yun, Chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government, Gen. Pan Wen-hwa, Mr. Y.M.

Chien, Chairman of the Bank of Communications, Mr. Tan Kah- kee, Chinese Industrial magnate in Singapore, and other leading in- dustrialists in the Philippines. Dutch East Indies, Honolulu, Aus- tralla, Burma and Hongkong.

"H. K. STOCK

EXCHANGE

The week has opened with buy- ers again, advancing their bids but so far trading has not been on a

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION very extensive scale.

MONDAY 4.

DEC.

Eujer Sales Sales Feminal

BUYERS

H.K. Bank, $1330.

Bank of East Asia, 571. Canton Ins., $200.

FINANCE

NEW WAR HOUSES TO BE CAMOUFLAGED

Anti-Gas With Steel Roofs

"NO MORE WHITE HOUSES" is the main feature of Britain's new war-time architecture, White-walled houses, especially when Isolated in the country, are more easily distinguishable from the air than red-brick or dark walled houses.

*Instead homes will be sombre-coloured and fitted with anti- gas air-conditioning and specially fitted raid shelters. Roots will be of concrete and steel to resist falling shrapnel.

"Coal fires will almost certainly cease to be. People will have gas jor electric fires of central heating. These plans were revealed by Mr. Howard Morley Robertson, a

"Air raid shelters will be put in Vice-President of the Royal In- as much as a matter of course as bath-rooms. They will be planned stitute of British Architects,

as carefully as, say, the lounge, so "Old-fashioned

shut-that in peace time they can be ters." he said, "will come back used as play rooms. again. They are useful both for black-outs and keeping out broken glass.

"

wooden

"Similarly, the old-fashioned leaded diamond window panes will become fashionable. They so much light do not allow through and a bursting bomb would only cause them to bil- low in like balloons, not shat- ter as an ordinary window pane.

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-"LAMP" HOUSES

"The outsides of houses will be much more individual.

"Apart from windows being smaller for obvious reasons-each house wil differ as much as pos- sible from its neighbour in style and colour.

"White houses will have to go. They stand out like motor lamps in a blackout,"

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1939. -PAGE : 9.

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H.K. Banks comin

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Docks, $18.90.

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Providents, $4.20.

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H. & S. Hotels, $4.60.

£8

Lands, $33.

£11 $72

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Realties, $4.35.

Tramways. $16.

Peak Trams (O). $7.50.

Star Ferries, $631. Yaumati Ferries, $23. Telephones (O). $22), Cements, $15.

Dairy Farms (0), $19. Dairy Farms (N). 319. Entertainments, $6.20. Constructions (O), $1.70,

SELLERS

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$400 Union Insurances

83-0

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H.K. Fires

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Shipping

870

Douglas

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Steamboats

860

Indo-Chines

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Indo-Chinas (Dμf.)...

81/3.

870

$12

250

320

Shells

88.10 Waterbot

Docks, WharVES.

Godowns, etp:

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81/2

$8

Fires, $190.

Steamboats. $12.

Docks, $191.

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Providenta

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Raubs, $10.

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817 90 New Engineerings B.

18/0 Kailan

Reabs

34 Venezuela Gold Fld

4 cta. Hong Kong Min

Lands, Hotels and

Buildings

8204

814

Tramways, $181.

Realties, $4.60. •

Watsons, $84.

Mining

■ SALES..

18/0

$0.50 30 70"

Docks, $19.

83

Providents, $4,20.

H. & S. Hotels. $4.65/.70. Lands, $33.

1.K. Hotale

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Telephones (0), $23.

Cements, $15.

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$100 Do, 4% Debentures

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24.35 $4.55

H.K. Bonition $4,40

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$7.00

$100

Chinese Estates

Cotton Mills

Tramways

824.70 Ewo

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$42 $45) Wing On Textiles (8.)

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Peak Trams. (now)

Star Ferries continues

Y'ati Forrion

Do. (new)

Chins Lights (0)

China Lights (New)

(8.)

$23.80

$170

Zoong Blag (B.) ....

$42

$100

H.K. Lands ....

Public Utilities

| China Providents

$16

$18

$7.80

$3.20

3381

$623

$23

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Itogons

$7.70

$7.80

87.80

$4.70

$4.75

China Lights Rte,

8511

H.K. Electrica

851

818

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$11

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Telephonen (old)

$7.20

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Industrials

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$13

Cald, Macg. (Pref.) 8.

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Ch. 'Laizumenta

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