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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

STOCK EXCHANGE.

SHARKBROKKRS' ASSOCIATION

Nomi TUESDAY 9.

JULY.

Banks

H.K. Brak

Bayure

Bank of East Asia.......

Bayer

Bollars

Balta Wonstrai

11:1:1:

01100 266

193

31100

£66

Du. (Col. Reg.)

265

Do."(Lon. Reg.)....

£BI

Chartered Banki

238

Mercantile. Bks. "A"

$11

Mercantile Bks. "C".

#73

228) 211f $73

N. C. & S. Banks..... InsuranceS

150 et.

1918

195

Canton Insurances...... Union InsuraDCC5........

$918

50 cts Underwriters

$160

160 cta

H.K. Fires....

$160

Shipping

$190

$10%

$100

$320

$325

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$120 Douglanos...

$100 Indo-Chinas (Prof.)...

$6.00 Waterboats

$15 H.K. Docks (Old)...........) $15) H.K. Docks (New)...... #92+8hanghai Docks.....

15/6

Kailans

$9,56 Raubs

Mining

6 ets. Hong Kong Mines......)

$100

FINANCE

Finance and Commerce

TEA TO BE RATIONED

IMMEDIATELY

· LONDON, July 9 (Reuter)

TEA is to be rationed immediate- by at two ounces for per head weekly; MARGARINE and COOKING FATS will be rationed, in association with BUTTER, in fort- night's time; hotels and restaurants will be forbidden to serve both FISH and MEAT in the same meal.

MONEY AND EXCHANGE

38/10 CLOSING QUOTATIONS

JULY 9, 1940.

On London:

Telegraphic Transfer. 14 TË- Bank Bills, en demand 1/2 7/8. Crèdits 4 months' sight 1:3 3/5 On Shanghai:-----

... On demand to 355

and demand

On New York:-

Canadian Director Of Munitions

Announcement was made in Ot-. tawa recently of the appointment of Mr. WF. Drysdale as Director Announcing these measures, last of Munitions of the Department night, Lord Woolton, Minister for of Munitions and Supply. Mr. Dry- Food, explained that there were adale, who serves without remun adequate supplies of food in the eration, has been Vice-President country, but the country must be of the Montreal Locomotive Works prepared for along effort of since 1932, and is a mechanical

engineer of wide experience, “ aige."

Cups of tes in restaurants are

Up to 1911 he served with the not being rationed at present, but Grand Trunk Railway and the caterers will have to make a return American Locomotive Company. In of the amount, consumed.

the years preceding the Great War Butter, or margarine coupons he was the mechanical engineer will be available to purchase and superintendent of motive either butter or margarine or power of the United Fruit Com- various quantities of each, while pany and the Northern Railway of cooking coupons will enable cook-Costa Rica,

Ing fats or margarine to be At the beginning of the Great | bought

War he was appointed “Assistant } Lord Woolton sald. "The time Works Manager of the Steel Com- has come, when we must ask pany of Canada. In 1916 he went 89. 1/9 everybody to go on

bard living to France in charge of the locomo- and cut out all luxuries. The pre-otive work undertaken there by sent position is, in fact. better the American Locomotive Company than when I gave an assurance and

the Montreal Locomotive

Bank Bills, on demand 23 1/8 Credits, 80 days', sight 24 1/3

"

"י

43 1/8

11

Steamboats

$80

Indo-Chinas (Def.)...:)

38/104 Shella

$6.00

Docks, Wharves.

Godowns, etc,

305

$3

ILK. & K. Wharves... Providents

895

$3.40

#31

9141

$141

$231.

10/6

On Singapore:-

On demand

62 3/4

On Japan:-

Lands. Hotels and

On demand

98

Buildings

On India:

#31

H.K. & 8. Hotels...

$3.20

Telegraphic Transfer.

H:K. Landa.......................

$90

$100

Do. 4% Debentures....

$100

$970 Shanghai "Lands.......

83+

$8

H.K. Ranities...... Humphreys .........

$3.70

$0.90

#104 Chinens Estates..

-

On Batavia-

Cotton Mills

On demand

$28

Ewo (9.) .....

$29

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On 'Paris:--

#210

Zoong Sings (8.).

Wing On Textiles (8.) #125

Public Utilities

Un Saigon:-

On demand

$74.40 14.30

.K. Tramways......

$14 30

$14.30

4 "་་

On Manila:--

$7.40 Peak Trama (old).....

13

On demand

$3.70 Peak Trama (now).

$80

Star Ferries.

$57

On Bangkok:-

$22

Y'mati Forries.

$21

$5 BO

Chins Lights (0)

$8.50

On, Sterling Notes:-

$3,00

China Lights (New).

$2.95

$3 05

36

H.K. Electrics (Old)...

235.80

Bar Silver per 02.

#36

H.K. Electrica (New)

817

Macao, Electrics (Old)

$10

Macdo Electrics (Now)

Shanghai Exchange

$11

619

D. $18,88

Shanghai, July 9 (Reuter).

X.D

#7.2

Official TVT. Rates

London

New York

Japan

Paris

Hongkong

Sterling

8810 S'hai Cottons (8.)....)

$13.20

Sandakan Lights..........

Telephones fold)........

87.00 Tolephones (NGW)............. S'porn Tracticns (Ord) Industrials

.

814.00 Cald., Macz, (Ord.) S.

Cald., Macg. (Pref.)S.

Cements

#42 H.K. Ropes ......

Miscellaneous

$12

81

Canton Icas.

-

:

Bank Bills, on demand 1085

Credits 4 months' sight 1160 %.)

108

.... 48

14.

food we can buy.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1940 —PAGE 9

No sleep last night? TRY

"BLACK

& WHITE"

YOUR FIRST SIP TELLS YOU

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IT'S THE SCOTCH.

UNEMPLOYED

NOW TOTAL 767,000

LONDON, July 9 (Reuter)-The

NEW REVENUE MINISTER IN CANADA

OTTAWA, July 9 (Reufer)—Mr.

some time ago that food supplies Works. were adequate and we are bringing Following the Great War he was Into the country every ounce of the Managing Director of the number of unemployed has fallen Mackenzte King, Prime Minister of

Worthington Pump and Machinery by 114.000 during the past month Canada, announced the appoint A person who can last a week Company interests in Europe, and to 767,000 which is the lowest sincement of Mr. James Isley, who is or half-a-week longer than the in 1923 founded the Brazilian the returns were recorded in 1920. present Minister of Revenue, to other fellow will win and I have Portland Cement Company is Sao; every intention that we shall be Paulo.

able to last longest."

He estimated the new tea ration

On demand........... 149 1/2 represented a reduction of about DRILLING FOR OIL

Bank Buying "Rate 1/6

Sellers

21 -11/18

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25 per cent on the average per- son's consumption.

It is learned that there is every succeed Col. Ralston as Minister of probability that the total will soon Finance. approach the zero Agure of the last war.

Col. Ralston will be sworn in as

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Minister of Defence next Friday.

Several other changes have also

been made in the Cabinet: which

Drilling in Canada for . 01′′ --- ENTERTAINMENT has been enlarged as well as re-

vital force of mechanised war---

ls under way in regions extending

NO BLOCKADING from New Brunswick in the east

OF BRITAIN

LONDON July (Reuter) -

Dominion.

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TAX IN S.S.

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amendment

organised.

The Opposition leader, Mr. Hanson, accepted the offer from to Alberta and the Mackenzie Eqtertainment tax came into Mr. Mackenzle King to join the River in the northwest. In the force in Singapore on July 1. Cabinet's War Committee as คก Peace River district of British

In the FM.S. these taxes were associate member Columbia, drilling is expected" this |

enforced from June 30 onwards, A similar invitation has been Opening with the grouping of the docka summer.

this decision being reached at the extended to Mr. Grote Stirling, 0/3+3/4

it is confidently believed that the Alberta ranks first as producer Federal Council meeting recent-who was Minister of National 5-7/8

enemy will be unable to succeed of oll and gas in the

an ly. when

was Defence in the Inst Conservative 25

In blockading this country or stop The Turner Valley field is respon-made to the War Taxation Bill. Government the work of production

|sible for most of the production,

In Johore, the taxes came into Thousands of work-people are with a yield in 1939 of 7,458,000 force on July 1, and the State was announced that in their case. now being moved about the coun- barrels of petroleum, represent Treasurer has been appointed to the management will bear the try and compulsory powers have ing 98 per cent of all petroleum act as the Commissioner to be in taxes, and that no extra charges been taken for billeting.

will be imposed.

Commenting on this, a Singa- put of crude petroleum and natural amendment was made at the pore theatre magnate pointed out gasoline in Canada, February's Council meeting when the tax on that it was Government's inten- figures showed a production of

sums of 25 cents and less waston to impose these taxes on peo 655,588 barrels as compared with

ple. who could acord to go to abolished.

20-3/4N 24-7/8

Opening Closing. 0/3-81/64 0/3-81/64 0/3-61/640/3-51/64

50 cts.

$13

#4

$17.20 Dairy Farms........

817

88,20

81

Constructions (old)....

$1.85

i

Constructions (now).....

Spot

July

$3.30

Aug.

82.10

U.S. Dollars

#

*Spot

$6-3/16

102,

July

6-3/16

95%

Aug.

6-1/18

$33

$6.60 Entertainments..

7.48 Lane Crawfords.

Naayang Tobacen.

$2.60 Sinceres.......

WalsOnS

Ch. G.5%, 1925G$Bds.

43 Ch.

$102 Govt. 4% Loans

H.K. lovt, .33% Loan

S'hai Wing On

Klat. $06

$30

UK. Wing On ...

38

Vibro Piling

8/9

4/0

Maramans Tav. (Lon.)

Marsmann for. (H.K.) W. Puwells.........

+Sale to Shanghai

MARKET REPORT|

FROM ROZA, BROS.

Լ Tuesday, July 9.

:

$14

H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE

$1

The price for Ready Silver was Many enquiries remain in the

0/3-29/32 0/3-29/32

Market:-Quiet.

Calcutta Exchange,

$6-3/16

6-3/16. 6-3/32

Calcutta, July 8 (Reater).

T.T. on Japan, 86-5/8:

India Rupee Paper

Bombay, July 8 (Reuter). Govt. 34% Rupee, 36-08-0.

unchanged yesterday but the For-market, sellers, however are not CANADIAN LIME

ward rate rose 1/16 to 21.5/8. ready to trade nor do they give

Silver advices reported the market any indication of prices that might

as being steady with a small bus-lead to trade. Business is thus ness done. American Silver was made difficult and dealings record- quoted at 343/4 for Spot.

The London-New York cross- rate was quoted at 4021/2" New York/London was quoted at 376. 1/2.

Idle.

MARKET

STERLING

There were sellers at 1/231/32: July, buyers at 1/' for Cash and 1/2.31/32 September.

U. 8. DOLLARS

A small transaction was report- ed at 23.1/3 for Cash. The market closed with sellers at 23.3/8 July, buyers at 23.1/2 for Cash,

SHANGHAT DOLLARS

Opened with sellers at 376 - re; sulting in bustness at 377. The market elosed with sellers at 376, buyers at 3.

SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling, At the opening there were sellers at 331/32 for Spot. Subsequently the rate rose to 3.83/ 64. At the close sellers were quot- ed at 3.61/64 US Dollars opened with sellers at 6.3/18. for: Spot. Later the rate rose to 6.7/32 and at the close sellers were again quoted at 33/15 for Bpot:

AFTERNOON MARKET The market was quiet in the afternoon.

STERLING

No business was reported. The

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ed are few and far between,,

BUYERS

HK. Banks, $1110. Providents, $3.35. H.K. Landa, $29.50. Trams, $14

China Lights (0), $5,80, Telephoner (D), $19. SELLERS Electrics, $35.75.

SALES Trams, $14.30/40," Dairy Farms, $17,

HONGKONG

SHAREBROKERS'

PRODUCTION UP

Ottawa, Canada-Canada's lime industry made progress in 1939, when the output amounted to 473,817 toris of" quicklime valued [ at: $3,335,697 and 76,725 tons of hydrated me valued at $870,271. This compares with the 1838 pro duction of 415.761 tons'' of quick. lime valued at $2,953.091 and 71,161 tons of hydrated lime valued at $529.561.

According to the Department or Manes and Resources. Ottawa, lime is manufactured in every pro- vince with the exception of Prince Edward Island, though the Saskatchewan production is inter- mittent and very small..

Both high-calefun. und dolomitic limes are produced in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and

ASSOCIATION Manitoba, but only high-calcium

Volume of Business Transacted

lime is made in Quebec, Alberta,

The aim of the Ministry of Labour is to give the Munitions Ministry 100,000 trained men ̈ per anna. The Ministry hopes in a few days to publish an order for the regulation of wages and arbitra- tion in all matters of dispute.

The number of those engaged in full-time and part-time service for civil defence is now 1,500,000.

SHOE CO.LTD.

HONGKONG SUPPLIES ALL KINDS OF FOOTWEAR

HELENA MAY LIBRARY

"The Library will be open as follows:-

MORNINGS Monday to Friday 9.30-12.30 Saturday,

9 p.

Monday

AFTERNOONS

Wednesday

Thursday

Tuesday Friday

3 to 5.45

2.30. to 4.30

The Committee hopes that hus-

produce in Canada,

Indicative of the increased out-

charge of the taxation,

In the 8.9.

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more decisive

466,859 barrels for January and 358,- When the taxes come into force places of entertainment like pic- 358,178 barrels for February. 1938 in the Colony. It is understood ture halls, and therefore it was During the first two months of that these will be borne

by incumbent on the patrons to pay

1940, 1,142,445 barrels were -pro-

Taxes in the Colony will only be duced as against 891,342 barrels Patons in almost all the cases, the extra charge.

although at the last annual gen-

year ago.

eral meeting of Raffles Hotel it from 25 cents upwards.

..

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and British Columbia, Ontario bands of Members who have been selection of the best varieties of 200 $ 7.65 sccounts for more than half the evacuated will continue to use the RELIABLE & TESTED

on Tuesday, July 9, 1940. AD. Watsons

HK. Lands

HK Tramways

Humphreys

300

1.65

total output, while Quebec holds Library...

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE

400

·30.00

second plate, contributing slightja

392

1230

14.30

more than one-quarter of the production.

SEEDS

500 14.30

to mines and to pulp mills,

From

200 14.30

PATROL MOST USEFUL

With about 85 per cent, of the

100 14.30

100 13.30 100

1,900

The total value is $26,220.00,

Limestone is the most useful et current production of lime being

Messrs. Suttons & Sons, Reading. Messra Atlee Burpee & Co.,

~ Philadelphia

all rocks, and occurrences of used in the chemical Industries, Messrs. Arthur Tates & Co., Ltd., 6.65imestone suitable for its many the old conception of lime as being applications are abundant in the primarily a structural materials ́ is. Dominion.

no tanger true

market closed with sellers at 1/2 31/32 July, buyers at 11 für Cush. 377 for Oash The market cloead

V. & DOLLARS with sellers at 377, buyers at 377. Bellers at 233/8 July buyers 1/2.

at 23.1/2 for Casă....

SHANGHAI DOLLARS

SHANGHAI MARKET

Sterling sellers for Spot at 3.61/ Some butiness" was done at 64 and UBS at 83/18."

A new market for white, high- New chemical used for lime are calcfum time has been created continually appearing, a recent by the use of calcium carbonate instance being its use in the

m manufacture of a new plastic tran filler in place of imported cis newsprint and magazine, paper,

eason con and largely for this derable atérést, has been recently In deposits of hign- calcium lime-stone in northern Ontario because of their proximity

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pro

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