1940-04-11 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

STOCK EXCHANGE

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION

Beliora

Nouta

WED..10. APRIL.

Buyer

Balee Hombon!

Banks

Bilas

£94

FINANCE

Finance and Commerce

Better Trade. Conditions

CHUNGKING

DECISION

CHUNGKINĜ, Apr, 10 (Central)

Not Sign Of Weakness

COMMONS QUESTION ABOUT STERLING ANSWERED

LONDON, Apr. 9 (Reuter).

Supplies For Russia

TIN AND RÜBBER

INDUSTRIES

LONDON, Apr. 9 » (Reuter) Mr. Ronald Cross, the Minister of Economic Warfare, replying

to

-- Important measures for the promotion of productive enter-Replying to a question about the Mr. H. J. Parker in the House of prises were adopted at yesterday's recent trend in sterling, Str John Commons said that exporte of meeting of the fifth session of the Simon in the House of Commons rubber and tin from the Nether- People's Political Council.

today declared that the recent land Indies" to Asiatic Russia in

the unofficial rate According to the measures, the fall in

for the first four months of the war. government should lay down prae- sterling on foreign markets was at least in part, were orders tical productive programmes.

In no way a sign of British finan- which had been diverted from

European to Far Eastern ports.

The government should alsocial weakness or difficulties. work out practical measures for

It was a natural result, he said, Mr. Cross added that before the protection of such enter- a recent regulation providing the outbreak of war. Asiatic Rus- prises In this connection war that exports of tin, rubber and sla was not shown as 3 country Insurance should e promoted certain other commodities must of destination for tin and rubber and tax on excess "profits from be paid for in foreign currencies in the Netherland Indies' mining and other industries in or in sterling obtained from BU returns. volving great risk

$1485

H.K. Banks

Do. (Col. Bog)-

£93

Do. (Lon. - Høg)

£93

£91

Chartered Bankı

£31

Marcantile Bha. "A"

erg

Mercantile Bh, '“0”

£31

£18

$73

$74

i

$465

80 ct. Underwriters

$171

$174 $171

H.X. Fir

Shipping

$150 Dougla

Bank of Bark Aala so

N. C. & 6. Ranks ... Insurances

#930 Canton Intracat ... Union InsurENCES ***

150 ct.

**

$230

$500

85 cts.

$174

$150

$80

75/7

$7

$100

$4.80 Providente

Providente (now)

86.65

$10 Steambosis

$100 Indo-Chloss

|Indo-Chinaa (Del.).......

Bbolis

Waterbonden.”

Docks. Wharves,

Godowns, etc.

H.K. & K. Wharves

***

H.K, Docks C. RTS.. H.K. Docks N. Rta....

do Rtx

841 Shanghai Dooks $.

19/0 Kailor

Mining

$0.05 Raube kanaa

Venozuola Gold Fide

4 eta Hong Kong Mines ...

$5.00/5...

#36)

Lands, Hotels and

Buildings

H.K. Hotel

H.F. Landa

$100 Do. 4 Dabecare

14 40 Shanghai Lande

841

$6

H.K. Realti

Humphreys me

$103 Chiness Ertaion

Colton Mills

847 ¡Ew. (8.)

3190 Sbal Cottons (8.)

#5

8.

息

Zoong Sings (8.) .... Wing On Tartiles (8.)

Public Utilities

14:

$100

810)

$100

-8120

75/7+

$7.60

$100/100.20

$4,45

$215

$22

$19

161

should be re-thorised dealers.

842

duced to the minimum.

19/0

:

::

!!

$9,05

$4

The fall in the quotation Government assistance should incidentally the result of be extended to Various factories tightening of the exchange in the training of technical per- trol sonnel.

24

trade

In the Arst four months of the was war, 3,387 metric tons of rubber the and 516 tons of tin were export- con-ed from the Netherland Indies to

Asiatic Russia.

SMALL PROPORTION

The fall, he said.

was limited to a very small proportion cf sterling, namely that held by such would choose "to private, foreigners as

dispose of it to another foreigner

A planning committee should be formed to draw up plans and make investigations for indas- trial. commercial and mining enterprises undertaken by

$37

$100

$45 $7.00

interests

$48)

$190

$50

$17.85 $17.00 $172

44

Tramwayɔ ..........

$17.

$8

Pak Tram (old) - ...

$4

Peak Trams (now) ...

સ્વ

$88

Star Ferrion

$68

$26

I'mati Ferries

$25;

Do. (new)

$8

$6.20 China Lights (New)

China Lighie (0)

F8

$4.00

China Lights K.

$66

$64/65)

H.K. Electrics.

$651

$22

Hacao Electricn .....

$11

Sandakan Lights

$23 $10.95

Telephone (chi) ............

$20

21000

Traction

21/0

$8,80

Telephones (new)

Tractions (prat.)

+

Industrials

$14.00 Cald., Maog. (Ord.) 8.

Cald, Macg. (Pref.) 8.

+

$12

$1

Cantón Loss

$21.35

$177 Cemen

#6.55 Ropes weren

Dairy Farm.....

$17}

$51

Miscellaneous

$21.35/45

Dairy Farm

Ch. É'ainmania

$6.50

312

Constructions.

$1.80

Constructions (Dew)

Lane Crawfords.

Nanyang Tobsobo

834

82

Binceres

32

$0 22/9)

Watsons

29.90

$9,22/25

62%

Cb. G.3% 1928G #Bds,

J

$102

H. E. Govt. 4% Lönns

307

H.K. Gort. % Loan

$39

X.D.

H.K. Wing On

$44

laha! Wing Cho t

$14

28

14/0

41.

$2

52°/ 102

90+%

81

During the same period, fis rubber

the was exported by Netherland Indies to European Russian ports amounted to 48,000 tons.

at the rate, current on foreign the House

markets.

PRECAUTIONS, TAKEN LONDON Apr. 9. (Reuter)-in RAW MATERIALS

of Commons today. Some of the profitable govern- ̈

Mr. Ronald Cross, The proportion of transactions Mr. Geoffrey Mander, said

replying to ment enterprises, except those

that which should be owned by the outside the official market he

steps were being taken as rapidly į government should be transferted said, was much smaller still

prevent as possible to

exports allowance were made for to private interests

from the Netherlands Indies to fact that 4 very great couragement.

pórtion of our purchases Ministry of made from sterling and franc-.. Finance and Economic Affairs on using areas, and did not involve

Industrial bonds issued jointly by the

لود

as

an en-

should De

should

sound security to induce private capital.

The government

give every facility in the supply of raw materials, apparatus, and fuels for private-owned mining and other Industries

New Japanese Policies

intervention of

cles at all,

foreign

12

the

pro- Vladivostock from reaching Ger-

mány.

were

Curren

Exports from the Netherlands Indles to Vladivostock had risen. he said. from 520,000 kilograms in j January to August 1939. to 10,811,- 'OPINION. SPREADING

000 kilograms from September to Dealing with a suggestion that December, 1939, Britain should block sterling It was not to the public 10- *assets belonging to foreigners. terest...he said, to say what the

·Sir John said that on a balanced steps were. review of all considerations in-

volved, we chose not to put an WEATHER REPORT erabargo upon foreign money, or Hongkong Royal Observatory securities held in Britain expoa-

10 am April 10. ing ourselves thereby to the risk Barometer fat sea level), 29.97 ins that some foreign holders would Temperature, 64 F. ug their freedom to dispose of Humidity, 84 per cent.

Wind Direction,,E «

Facilitating Defence their sterling assets.

Programme

TOKYO, April 10 (Reuter) The Japanese Government is contem- plating the inauguration of two major economic policies, according

RIT to the Japanese press. The of the first will be to strengthen and stabilize Japan's four-year Material Mobilization Plan, with a view to Tallitating her huge new natioral defence programine which is planned to be so power- ful that no other Power dares menace Japan.

That had not happened to any Wind Force (Beaufort), 8. substantial extent. "Sterling is Temperature; maximum yesterday, good to hold" be said, "and

HO F. believe this opinion is spreading Temperature: minimum last night. in neutral countries."

LONDON METALS

EXCHANGE

London, Apr. 9 (Reuter)..

9

TIN

F

£

buyers sellers

Standard. Cash 250-3/4 251 Standard.

3 months 248-1/2 240

271 to 276

LARGE-SCALE EXPANSION The second policy will embrace Japut. North China, Manchoukto Standard, and Inner-Mongolia, with emi- Set'ment Price 251 phasis on the objective an Straits econonic bloc which will be self- sufficient and self-supporting-

of

A large-scale expansion of the industrial and agricultural pro- ductive capacity is envisaged in both projected programmes, de- tails of which, áre expected to be developed in.. a conference to be held shortly in Tokyo of: experts nominated by the China Affairs Board and Japanese Finance, Commerce and Industry and Agri- culture and Forestry, War and Navy ministries.

PROGRAMME BROADENED

BEST

SHOE CO.LTD.

HONGKONG SUPPLIES ALL

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The new domestic economic policy will centre about the existing Materials Mobilisation Programme, put into effect last year, which will be broadened to Include the acquisition of a grea- ter number of important materials, COLONY, WITH LARGE ASSORT- probably to be extended to cover MENT BRITISH-AMERICAN CAN~ the 1944-45, financial year.

DIES FRESH CONSIGNMENT A much higher degree of na- NUTS,

FIGS, RAISING tional control will be required to CHOCOLATES, BRITISH-AMERI- operate the policy, the draft of CAN CANDY STORE, 15, POTTIN- which is expected to be presented GER STREET.

41

Vibro Filing .......

Margmans Inv (Lon.)

| Maramais Inv. (H.K.):

Wm. Powell

*Sales * Shanghai

LONDON STOCK

EXCHANGE

(REUTER'S SERVICE,

London, April 9.

HONGKONG

SHAREBROKERS'

ASSOCIATION

Volume of Business Transacted

on Wednesday, April 10, 1944,

The following quotations are the HK. Docks C. Rts, 1,500 middle prices at the close of the H K. Banks

market in London. All quotations |

are subject to confirmation and no responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission,"

40

$21.75 1,487,50

1.540

The total value is $92.125.00.

£

War Loan, 34% (Red

after 1952)

99 Canton-K'loon Rly. 5% 15

Chosen Corporation Pekin Syndicate

6/8

1/6

Chinese 41% Gold Loan 1898 Brit. Issue)...... Chinese 5% Gold Bonds.

1925-47 ...

S'hal Elec. Constr. Co: 8'hal Waterworks "A"

16

151

38

52

Ualon Insurance ................. Gala Kalumpong Rubber 18/6 Allied Ironfounders ......

29+

Chin. 44% Anglo-French

Asso. & Elec. Industries

14 38/7

Loan, 1908

50

Austin Motors, ard.

16

Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.

1913 (Ldn. Is.)

Cable & Wireless, New

,

29

Form, ord:

41

Chinese 5% Reorg. Loan,

B.-A. Tob, (bearer)

108/3

1912

3:3

Mexican Eagle

1211

Chinese 8% Ster. Noten,

| Cammell Laird, ord.

7/3

1925 (Vickers)

Mexican Eagle

8/6

Chin. Imperial Rly. 5%

Courtaulda A

38/9

Loan

80

Distillers

68/3

Honan Ely, 5%

15

Dunlop Rubber

35/3

Hukuang Rly. 5%, 1911... 19

Gen. Electric England) | 79/44

Hukuang Rly.. 5%. 1911

Guinness (A) Son & Co.

79.

.German Isque)

Lung Tsing & U. Hai

Rly. 5% 1913:

S'hai-N'King Rly, 5%

Tientsin-Pukow. Rly, 5%

ང་འཐུའ

17

Hawker Siddeley Aire. .....

12/9

Bristol Aeroplane

15/11

13

Imperial Chemical Ind.

31/14

to the seventy-sixth Diet next spring. In addition to coal, iron, light metals, liquid fuel, soda, salt, ammonium sulphate, gold, pulp, machine tools, rubber, wool and other articles are already

21

Imperial Tobacco

116/3

em- HIGH WATER.

LOW WATER

Marks & Sp'cer. "A" ord.

51/10)

braced by Japan's Materials Mobi- lization Programme.

(Brit. Stpd.)

13

Rolls Royce

80/4)

Jap: 6% Ster, Loan, 1924 53

Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5% (German Stpd.) ......... Tientsin-Pukow Rly.

5%

(Brit. Stpd. Supl. Loan) 13 Tientsin-Pukow Rly.5% (Ger. Stpd. Supl. Loan)

Jap. 5% Ster. Loan, 1907

Ger, 7% Inti. Loan, 1924 72

Chartered Bank

Leyland Motors

13

49

HK. & S'hai Bank (Ldn.

Reg.)

HR & Bhai Bank (Col

Reg){

གླ ༷ ཨྰཿཀྶཾཚཟླ

Tate & Lyle

73/9. 64

Turner & Newall ....... 84/0 United Steel

23/11

It is expected that the following essentials will be included in the revised plan: rice, wheat, mis- cellaneous grains, staple food-

Days of

Wook

Data o

Month.

Hong

Hong

Kong

Standard

Time.

Height

Kong

Standard

Time

Height.

Smethwick Drop Forg....

16

13

Armstrong Stevens, ord.

6 ...

Pressed Steel, com,

Vickers, ord.

17/44 17/3

stuffs, special machine tools, arti- ficial rubber and synthetic gaso- line.

Thur. 11

th, m. 1040

The S

h. m.

fin

8 8:

04 48

19

17'06

15

F*

12

CU 10

4 8

03 04

I

1115.

88

18 45

18

Bato

13 01 01

144

0524

12 4

Woolworths

63/41

Sub-Nigel

195

115487

19 43

11 8

94

Anglo-Dutch

23/3

Tanami Gold Mining

64.

Sau, 14 02 10

41)

05 48

Rab, Plant. Invest. Trust

31

Anglo-Iranian ...........

041

Burma Corporation

Burraan

53/11 70

12.40 18.5

.20 50

Mon..15

03 34 14 01

OB 23

Commonwealth Mining

13 49

Shell Trans, dz Trad.

6 4

2209

FL. 16

0462

410730

93+

Chinese Eng, & Mining

.(bearer)

Mársman Investments .... 14 Randfontein Estates ..... 38/9 Western Holdings

16/3

(bearer)

75/7

16.92318

Nominal

Wed. 17

t-ex-dividend

FINE

64 F Rathfall for 24 hrs, ending 10th

today, nil.

Total rainfall since January ist

14.32 ins..

Against an average of, 7.33 is, Sunset tonight, 6.42. p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.07 a.m.

4 p.m., April 10. Barometer (at sea level); 29.96 ins. Temperature, 83 F. - Humidity, 91 per cent Wind Direction. SE. Wind Force (Beaufort), 2. Maximum temperature, ég F. Minimum temperature, 81 E Rainfall, 1.82.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940. —PAGE 9

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delivery may Optional Cargo will not be anded here, unless Notice has been given 48 hears prior to vessel's arrival, hat carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.

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