1940-05-24 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

|LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

FINANCE & GENERAL

Finance and Commerce

PUBLIC AUCTION. LANE,

CRAWFORD'S RAUB AUSTRALIAN PROFIT

The accounts for the year ended

HE Undersigned. have received | February 29, 1940 show a proft, of

Instructions

$137.008.97, to which must be add-,, ed a carry forward from last year of $80.955.52, making à total of $217,964.49...

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

00

Friday, the 24th May, 1940

commencing at 2,30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 35, Han- kow Road, Kowloon.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE

"HOUSEHOLD. FURNITURE

Comprising:-

Teakwood Dining Room Bed Room. Drawing Room and Office Furniture, Cutlery, Porcelain, Glass, Brass, Aluminium and E. P. Ware,. Pictures, Mirrors, Looking Glass, Wall Clocks, Bird Cages, Filters, Electric Table Lamps and Fans Irons and Heaters, Gramophones and Records, Ornaments. Curios, Ice Chests: Cooking Utensils, Cahin Trunks, Enamel Baths, etc., etc.

also

A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURĘ

and

1 Teakwood Bed Room Suite

1 Electric Refrigerator "G.E."

1 Fine Italian Marble Statue

1 Fine Italian Marble Lamp

1 Upright Piano by "Moutrie"

2 Tientsin Carpets

3 Radio Sets

At the forthcoming meeting of Shareholders to be held on Satur day. June 8, the Directors will re-

commend as follows:..

Transfer to General Reserve $50,000.

+

Transfer to Reserve for Bad and Doubtful Debts $10,000.

Dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, $60,000.

Depreciation of Bakery Plant, etc., $17,846.93.

י

Bonus to Star $11.100. Carry forward to next, account $89,017.56. I

Total: $217.904.49.

PEAK TRAMWAYS

The Directors will recommend the following allocation of profits for the year ended April 30. 1940. at the forthcoming annual meet- ing of shareholders:-

Pay a dividend of 8 per cent, on 25,000 shares fully paid up $15,- 000.

Pay a dividend of 6 per cent. on 50,000 shares $5 pald $15,000,

And carry forward. $28,452.88. Total: $58,452.86..

LONDON GOLD

London, May 22 (Reuter). Bar Gold. Fine per oz. 188.

קט

GOLD MINING

CO., LTD.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

可

EMERGENCY POWERS

Continued From Pagė 4-

as to the willingness of the people but because in a diff- calt emergency like this there must be the necessary power In Government."

ex-

LONDON, May 23 (Reuter)-On the Stock Exchange yesterday, the

Ee. explained that the opera- (Incorporated in Queensland} Statement for quarter ended Mar, market was initially quiet with tire part of the Bill was an 30, 1940 (consisting of three tour-Prices lower, but on receipt of tension of the Emergency Powers weekly periods and one five-week more cheerful war news, recovery Defence Act, 1939, and detalled

was ensured with trading more the main provisions of the Bill. ly period).

active.

The Bill also provided for the Although the final prices show-extension of the orginal Act for ed small losses on the day, they another year. were generally well above the daysThis act," he said, "expires on of the lowest levels..

August of this year. No one can may tell quite what conditions be in August of this year. There- fore it is best to extend this Act now..

Battery: Tonnage of Ore raised 23,547 tcns; Number of Ounces of Bullion produced 4.829 ounces: Number of Ounces of Fine Gold re- covered 4,595 ounces.

+1

Retreatment Plant;-Number of Tons treated 40.457 tons; Number of Ounces of Bulifon produced 3,803 ounces: Number of Ounces of Fine Gold recovered 3,023 ounces,

Value of Gold from air sources £62.600 sterling."

Working Costs £38,825 sterling, Capital Expenditure. £1.115

sterling.

Mine Proft for Quarter (subject to Depreciation) $21,775 sterling.

SILVER MARKET

LONDON SILVER

London, May 22 (Reuter). Silver-Speculators sold. Sup- port poor business small. Market quiet. In "the afternoon, the mar- ket was quietly steady.

Spot. 21-3/16d.

Forward, 21-1/16d,

BOMBAY SILVER

Bombay, May 22 (Reuter). Market-Steady. Offtake 150 bars

Indian Mint Sliver

Wall Street was easy,

LONDON METALS

EXCHANGE

London. May 22 (Reuter).

TIN

buyers E

.

sellers.

3

Standard, Cash 270-1/4 270-3/4 Standard,

268-1/4 3 months 268 Standard.

Set'ment Price 270-1/2 Strafts**

290-3/4*,

H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE

Conditions remain qulet.

BUYERS

H.K. Hanks, $1330. H.K. Govt. 4% Loan, 102.

SELLERS

Docks, Rts., $6.20.

SALES

HK. Banks. $1325/35. Union Ins.. $155.

L:

Ready June 3 Settlement July 2 Settlement

62-10

Providents, $32.

62-11

Lands, $34.

62-14

Tramways, $16.

China Lights (0), $6.85.

HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

STOCK EXCHANGE

1 F3.8 Lense by "Wollensak Roches-

ter" for Portrait

1

Bayern Bellern

Sales

SHAREBROKERS ASSOCIATION

Nom THURSDAY 23.

MAY.

Bayer Balleru Balbe

On View from Thursday, the 23rd May, 1940.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

AUCTIONEERS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received

Instructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

(10

Banks

$1310

$1315

H.K. Banks

£39

Do. (Col.

g.) ...

£80

Do. (Lon. Reg.) **:

£8

Chartered Banks

£308 Marunttile Bla. "A"

212

Mercantile 'Eku, “ÖZ

$73

Bank of Esat Asia ...

(N. C. & B. Banka ...

::::::

8170

QumHI 20 „teremi

(Prod.)

Insurances

I.D. 218 Canton Insurawo ...

8455 Union Inversaem ...

86 cta. Underwribare

H.L. Firs

Shipping

$120 Dongton

$11

Steambooks

8100 Indo-Chinma

880

€07

Indo-Chinas (Del.).

Shella

$8.90 Waterbosta

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, etE.

$100 H.K. & E. Warren $4,05 Providen

Providente (new)

⠀⠀

Electrics, $59}.

MANILA GOLD SHARES

41

г

"I do not want anyone to jump to the conclusion that all of a sudden everybody is going to do something different from

he is doing now..

"The essential

emergency is that

what

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1940. --PAGE`

SAY

Gordon's

...and know what you're drinking/

GORDONS

DRY GIN

DISTILLERY. LONDON,

an

NO COLOURING ``MATTER

thing in

the people should continue at their jobs until ordered to do otherwise.

"What is proposed is that there should be control over and over property.

persons

CONSCRIPTING LABOUR

"The Minister of Labour will be given the power to direct any person to perform any required.

NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS

services the rates of pay are to be those He re-emphasised that and normally paid by good employers. would be controlled "If there are cases where people be operated under

That does not necessarily mean service in factories

munitions

3

payment

banks

would

Government

or are asked to shift from one disorders just as much as anybody

trict to another there will be a working in a factory.

There should be no discrimina- to provision in regard to "It does not apply only

tion between people, whether rich workmen. It applies to every- for a thing of this kind”. body.

SECOND READING

or poor, They should all be will- give "Everybody alike must be under

dis-ing to preform services and After less than an hour's his control. He will be able to cussion, the Bill

aup their property if necessary. and those who were recalcitrant prescribe the terms of remunera- second time without, division.

Mr. Lees-Smith said that one would come into precisely the tion, the terms of labour or hours of service

could not help recognising in same category whether they were Mr. Attlee's speech that he.. had rich or poor. the in mind certain contingencies of

a character which

"Remuneration will be basis of remuneration job.

on

Inr

WILS

read

were

The B passed through all and was never the remaining stages

and given its Third reading.

"If an engineer is asked to do yet faced in this country. engineer's work he gets engineer's broadly speaking, he wished to ensure that the country should pay,

# IMMEDIATE EFFECT

LONDON, May 23 (Reuter) **If someone else is asked to do not be taken by surprise as some It is learned that plans have

that other countries had been.

been made to make the Orders- Mr. J.. Maxton, of the Inde-in-Council under the Emergency to pendent Labour Party, said he Powers Defence Bill effective

Atoks 13s. Antamox (8s, Baguio Gold 1448. Batong Bunay 1980, Big Wedge 143, Coco Grove 05s, Consol Mires 0012b. Demonstration 0519. LXL. 22, Ipo Gold 05b. Itogon Job he gets the Tominal Mining 155, Masbate Consol, 061,10b.

Mine Operations 051s, San Mauri- cio 473s, Surigao Consol, 123, Suyoc Consol, 09s. United Paracale 15%, Mindanao Motherlode 06s.

$1310

£82,

#BJ

083

£301

£19

$74

50 ct

XD. 218

81571

$170"

Day

10

House

R$

"If a professional man has do professional work he gets pro- was not going to take the respon- soon as the Bill has received the

Royal assent last night. fessional pay. However if he is sibility of dividing the asked to do manual work he gets against the measure, 'but He

Was The Government's action would scrutinise the regulations taken in agreement with all manual pay.

par "As to the general conditions, when they came before the House, ties. The main heads under It is "proposed that. everyone

Mr. W. Gallacher. "a Com-

which the Government has com should carry`. out industrial munist, declared that the Bill plete control under the B are... agreements where these have represented * deliberate effort ASSOCIATION been arrived at. But where agree on the part of the ruling classes port, war industries and the non-

HONGKONG

SHAREBROKERS

Volure Of Business Transacted

on Thursday, May 23, 1940. 70- eta China Lights (0) .... 500 $ 6,80

ments have not been arrived at to conquer the working classes.

Mr. D. Kirkwood, Labour, said so far as he was able to judge, the working class was going to be tied hand and foot by the Bill whilst private property was not.

,500 6.85 RESERVE BANK OF

INDIA STATEMENT

Calcutta, May 22 (Reuter).

May 8 May 22

$120

China Lights (N)

191 500

6.70

4.00

100 4.00

2100

€120 China Providents

250

80/74 HK, Docks X. Rts.

50

$6.90 HK Electrics.

100

HK. Tramways

3.75 17.00 Notes in circulation 59.50 (including Notes *325 16.00

held in the Bank.

300-16.00

#904

$3.75

Humphreys

250 7.90 100 7.90

5,133

$6:20

821 H.K. Docks C. FT8... 818 HK Docks X. Rts.....

do Rta

#20)

14

Union Ins

$18

Yaumati Ferries

$31 Shanghai Dooks §. ...

Mining

$31

3,376

19/0 Kallanmı

$9.95 Bande

19/0

$9.90

*Sale on Wednesday, May 22, The total value is $40,007.20.

Government) Securities

4,154

3,945 3,945

(British

Government)

Venezuela Gold Fide

UL

Ing Department)... 25,370 25.308 Rupee Coin and Bul-

lion in India 10 455.00 Gold Coin and Bul- 200 22.25 lion in India

Securities (Indian

LORDS ADJOURNS

in regard to banking, land trans

essential and luxury trades.

The. Government will have complete control over labour and supply.

industries

War industries and dealing with the export trade. will be given absolute priority, In the House of Lords the

Labour will be drafted from Dominions Secretary, Viscount non-essential trades as required Caldecote, asked the House to to the more essential industries. adjourn until it had received the Emergency Powers Bill

asked

BILL NOW LAW

LONDON, May 23

(Reuter)-

Lord Caldecote asid - he 5,071 for an adjournment in order that After occupying only 2 hours on the Bill might be passed through the passage through both' Houses. 4.154 all its stages and receive the the Emergency Powers ́ (Defence)

Bill Royal Assent today.

became law at 6.10 p.m. de-last night when the Royal Com- be mission signified the Royal as-

sent to the BIIL

Mr. Attlee, replying in the bate, said the Bill would also 11.850 11,850 applied to Northern Ireland.

41

Thursday, the 30th May, 1940

commencing at 10 a.m.

at the premises of The Hongkong-

& Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd. (outside Godown No. 22),

Kowloon

A LARGE QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS GOODS

comprising:-

Boller Rivets, Machines, Cobble Wire. Barbed Wire, Galvanized Wire, Wire Shorts, Round and Flat Bars, Iron and Steel Piates, Angle Iron, Pig Iron, Joists, Auto Springs, Spiral' Packing, Packing, Asbestos Sheets, Ropfing. Paints, Oil, Cotton Sheeting. Cotton Plece Goods, Cotton and Rayon Goods, Waterproof Cloth, Woollen Yarn, Hosiery Wool, Pencils, Fasteners, Decarbonator. Spray. Grammo

phones, Medicines, Carbon Paper, Spirit and Wine, Cigarettes, etc., etc.

Admission to the Godown will be by Pass only. These passes can be obtained from the Undersigned.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

*** 3:

SHOE CO.LTD.

HONGKONG JUPPLIES ALL

KINDS OF

FOOTWEAR

Hongkong Daily Press. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

MARBLE HALL

(and Annexe Private Hotel). 34, Granville and 103, Austin Roads, Kowloon, tennis courts Beautiful garden, Rooms and suites, with private bathrooms. All modern conveniences. Apply proprietress, 103, Austin Road. Phone 60233 and 34, Granville Road. Phone 59433.

6 ctx, Hong Kong Min

Lands, Hotels and

Buildings

84.25 H.K. Hotels.......

334

H.X. Lazda amal

$ino Do: 4% Debentures

8.35 Ehangha Lande $4.20 H.K. Bositive

38 Humphrey ...........

$1041 Chinese Beladas

Cotton Mills

$32 Ewo (8.)

$210 B'hai Coticos (1) Loong Sings (8.)'

Wing On Terkilam (1.)

Public Utilities

*** **

$34

$100

*:

$4.20 #7.80

**

$28

$900

$120

$16

$16

Tramways

casiocam

88

Fank Trame fold) i

$3

$4

$90 Star Ferrien

tazendat

$61

$22.85 T'mati Farrios

$22.25

35

Do. (D)

$6.50

China

$4%

Lights (0)

China Lights (Now)

$8.00 .80.

China Lights Rts.

BUTTERICK

Expert Ladies' Tailor

$59

LX.Blection

$591

$60.

$26

$21,10 Mato Bereits .......

$11) Bandakam Ligkis

Telaphones (bit)

$10.90 Telephones" (new)

Tractions

Tenortions (prut.)

Industrials

$14.90 Cald., Maog. (Ord.) 8.

Cald, Macg. (Pref.) 8.

$281

New Style Ready Made Dresses FOR SALE.

$10.90)

-22/6

#

AUCTIONEERS

GRLATEST COLLECTION OF BARGAINS IN TOWNI in'

LAMMERTS ALUBON ROOM

NARAN

16, Wyndham Street. Tel 23015, and to be to hav

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

From 24 to 30 May 1940,

HIGH WATER

Week

Date of

Month

Height

Height,

Just

Received

Fresh supply of the best varieties of

Reliable and Tested

Flower and Vegetable

Seeds

from

Button & Sons Ltd. Reading.

now cbtainable at GRACA & CO.

00:45 14 2 20 55 07 59 42 Stamps, &c., 840. 21.45 +20

Dealers in Garden Seeds, Postage

No. 10, Wyndham Street.

Emg Kong. Established 1896.

YOU CAN NOW EAT:---

HOTELS

RUSSIAN FOOD COOKED IN THE

RUSSIAN WAY

TAHLE D'HOTE $100+ ALSO A LA CARTE

AT THE

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DAILY

5 TO 7.38 PM MUSIC BY THE METROPOLE SWING BAND.

Telephone. 24311.

ENGRAVERS

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18, "Cochrane' Street, Telephone No. 22224,

What do

you want ?.

If there anything you want to buy or

sell, try C

Classified

small

advertise.

ment in the Hong-

kong Daily Press.

25 words $1.50 prepaid

for 3 insertions.

$102

$14

$1

Canton Tow

$17

Comeniu

LAMMERT BROS..

#51

Ropas

Miscellaneous

AUCTIONEERS.

$201 Dairy Farm

Dairy Farm

7

$1

$15.80

$4,90

LOW WATEL

Hong

Hong

$201

Kong

Kong

Standard

Standard

Time.

Constructio

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Ch. 'talnimonda

· #14 | Constructions

#81

Crawfords ........ Nanyang Tobiono ess $2.60 Binosra animememe

Watsona

48%, Ch. G.B%, 19960 $384,

H.K. Górt. 45%, Lowas

37

$1.85

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him.

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$2.40

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$1.25 Sat.

25

00 50 44

04 29

$8.40

1108

7-1

18 30

48° SEIL 20

1091

197

H.E. Gor. 21% Low

$39

H.. Wing On

Is'hat Wing On m

Vibro Pillag

11/3

Maramang Inv. (Lon.)

2

4!) | Maramana Izv. (H.K.)

$1.30 wm. Powelle

#Bales

to Shanghai

961% Mon. 27 $39 $14 Tue, 25 03 37

[4.4 $81

1265 Wed. 29.04 35 41

1350

62 05:22 $11 Thur. 30

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