1940-07-16 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS LAMMERTS: AUCTIONS PUBLIC AUCTION.

PUBLIC AUCTION, PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received TE Undersigned have received

instructions

TO SELL BY

PUBLIC AUCTION

ON

Thursday, the 18th July, 1940 commencing at 10.30 a.m.

at No. 4. Tak Shing Street, Top Floor, Kowloon.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

comprising:-)

Arm- Upholstered Couch and chairs, Spring and Leather Arm- chairs and Chairs. Teakwood Cabinets, Bookcases. Glass Top Tables,, Bedsteads. Dressing Tables, Wardrobes. Chests of Drawers, Ornaments, Cutlery, Books, Wan and Table Clocks, Poker Table, Ceiling and Table Fans, Lights and Fittings, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.

also

-1 Fine Carved Dining Room Sulte by. "Arts and Crafts, Shanghal"

1 Grandfather Clock "Westminster

Chimes"

1 New Gas Stove

1 Kelvinator

dition)

(in working

com-

1'

'instructions from The Official Administrator, Supreme Court and others

1

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

בים

Wednesday, the 17th July, 1940 commencing at 12 o'clock noon

at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con-

THE Undersigned have received

instructionA

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

on

Wednesday, the 17th July, 1940

commencing at 10.30 a.m.

at the Basement of No. 3, Wood

Road.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE KOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

FINANCE

RAW SILK PRODUCTION OF SZECHWAN

Latest reports from the various silk producing districts in Szechwan give the province's silk production at 17,000 piculs...... This is about 2,000 plculs betterthan the 1939 spring yield, and more than doubles the 1938 production of 8,000 piculs,

Cocoons, this year will be bought by the Szechwan Silk Car- poration, a joint concern of local silk merchants and the Far- eign Trade Commission which will export Szechwan raw silk to foreign markets. The corporation has appropriated $20,000,000 for the buying campaign. Of this sum, $8,000.000 comes from the corporation and the remaining $12,000,000 from Chinese banks as loans,

to

Part of the cocoons will be made alik from small native merchants into raw silk by more than 20 and stik farmers.

CAPITAL RAISED modern latures with over 7,000 reels. The rest will be silkworm The capital of the corporation

recently been raised raising farmers with their home has made wooden reels.

$4,000,000 in view of the expan- Szechwan, the most important slon of the silk industry. It is silk producing province in interior now acting for the Foreign Trade China. is surpassed in production Commission in the buying of only

by Chektang. Kwangtung. Szechwan raw silk for exporta-

naught Road, Central, Room No. On View from Tuesday, the 10th and Elangsu. The silk industry ton. Bilk, one of. China's lead-

205, Second Floor.

*

A COLLECTION OF SILVER AND

E. P. CUTLERY, ETC.

↑ Telescope

also

2 Pairs Binoculars

1 Hydrometer

1 Sextant.

i Azimuth Mirror

1 Travelling Clock

2 Kegs Aniline Dyes.

July, 1940..

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

nas become a common home oc-ing export goods, brought China cupation in Szechwan since the more than $142,000,000 'in" 1939, " Chin Dynasty, 248-207 B.C., and Besides the Szechwan Silk Cor- Szechwan silk began to find out-portation, other government and side markets at the beginning of public organizations are also. In- the 18th century. Throughout terested in Szechwan's silk indus- LAMMERT BROS., Szechwan silkworms were raised try. The sericulture department rrom native eggs, and the silk was of the Szechwan Agricultural Im- reeled on crude home-made reels.provement Institute keeps an ex-

MODERN FILATURE

pertinental station at Nanchung.

AUCTIONEERS.

HONGKONG

SHAREBROKERS

The first modern silk flature in another Szechwan silk centre, for Szechwan was established in 1908 the study and improvement of at Santai, northern 8zechwan silk silkworm eggs. The Szechwan

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1940-PAGE 9

SAY

Gordon's

and know what you're drinking/

GORDONS DRY GIN

DISTRLERY LONDON.

NO COLOURING MATTER

NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS

centre, with 120 reels. Since then, Silk Extension Commission main--MARKET REPORT BANDSTANDS AS ASSOCIATION Szechwan's silk industry entered a tains six extension stations.

Volume of Business Transacted

on Monday, July 15, 1940. China Providents China Lights (0)

new era, and its production grew. The Woman's Advisory Commit- The province exported 27.283 tee of the New Life Movement

FROM ROZA, BROS,

SCRAP - IRON

Monday, July 15, 1940.

༔ ་;

silver prices were unchanged

500 $ 3.50 piculs of silk worth of $17,470,380 keeps an experimental station in

Bandstands and iron hurdles, y.. 6.40 in 1929. But the world depression western Szechwan with a number

sub-stations to teach the over the week-end, the quotations in addition to railings in many 35.25 duirng the thirties almost brought of 34.00 disaster to Szechwan's silk farm- local women modern sericultural remaining at 21.3/4 for Ready and London County Connell parks and 34,25 ers.

Silk production decreased methods. The 6zechwan Provin-211/2 for Forward. American open spaces are to be scrapped to 3.0 steadily, the province exporting cial Government has a special Silver was unquoted.

and

500

A Quantity of Miscellaneous Goods

H.K. Electrics (0) HK. Electrics (N)

H.K. Hotels

60

-100

100 500

1,760

The total value is $15.590.09.

1 Cine "Kodak" Projector and

Camera

1 1939 New 'Philco ***

Radio-gram.

1-1940 New 'Phiico" 11-tubes

Radio

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

AUCTIONEERS,

11-tubes

HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

FAIR!

On View from Wednesday, the 17th. July, 1940,

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS,

$390

Banks

Du. (Col. Reg.).....

8218 Canton Insurances...... Union Insurances......

only 3.977 plculs in 1935, wörth committee for the control of na $909,533.

Quiet..

MARKET

STERLING

U.S. DOLLARS

were

No business was reported. There were sellers at 2215/18. buyers at 23.1/8 for Cash.

add to the nation's supply of war material,

The moving spirit behind the decisions is the chairman of the Parks Committee, Mrs. Hugh Dal- ton, wife of the new Minister of Economic Warfare.

...

Kennington Triangle, in Lam- beth,. is to have its railings re- moved this week, and the high railings round Stangate Triangle, near the County Hall, will, #0 45 soon as the newly-sown grass they protect has started to grow,

The London/New York Cross tive cocoons and silk, and to help rate was quoted at 402.1/2 New Efforts were made in the mean- in the organization of silk co-York/London was quoted at 371. time for the recovery of the In-operatives among silk farmers. - dustry. The Tahua Silk Company! The Foreign Trade Commission was organized in 1933 by Szechwan plans to spend $1,700,000 this year silk merchants, and the provincial for the increase of silk production of the Mast

Nothing doing. There silk readjustment commission. The in Free China. company secured a loan of $1,700.- money will be used in Szechwan. sellers at 1/2.31/32 July, probably 000 from Chungking banks, be- The Ministry of Finance has pro- August, buyers at 1/3 for Cash, Nominal sides, issuing $1,200,000 worth of mised $1.000.000 and the Ministry bonds. Dr. Benito Mari the of Economic Affairs another $970,- League of Nations sericulture ex-000 for the improvement and pro-

The old bandstand in Victoria $1100 pert then in China, was invited to motion of Szechwan silk.

Park, Hackney, is to be scrapped, Szechwan to give advice.

Two more improved silkworm

as well as more than 1,000 hurdles The now dissolved National experimental stations will be add- Economic Council stepped in to ed this year to the 10. stations in Opened with sellers at 387 with and 100 yards of shin rails. The give help in 1934 with the intro- operation.

experiment business done at 388 and 387. bandstand was built in 1854. duction of improved silkworm station for silkworm eggs will also Subsequently the market gradually Nearly a mile of the high and rallings of eggs. The

The 10 stations receded and business was done at heavy boundary Council, co-operation be established.

along Queen- with the provincial reconstruction distributed 700,000 sheets of Im-388, 385, 384 and $83. At 1 pm. Hackney Downs bureau, imported Cheklang and proved silkworm eggs 1839.there were sellers at 382, buyers adown-road and Downs-road is to 80. They are expected to yield Klangsu Improved silkworm eggs They plan to have 1,000,000 sheets possibly at 383.

about 100 tons. and mulberry seedlings and distri- this year. buted them to the Szechwan farmers free of charge. This gave The growing of autumn silk-

$73

150 ct.

$218

#320

160 cts

8160

and

STOCK EXCHANGE.

Several New Tientain Carpets (First Quality)

Buyers Bellere Baletomica)]

· SHAR BROKERS' ASSOCIATION

MONDAY 15.

Ballers Buyer

Sales

JULY.

$1150

H.K. Banks

240

263

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

£83

Chartered Banks

228

Mercantile Bks. “A".

Lil

Mercantile Bks. "".

873

Bank of East Asia.......

N. C. & B. Banks...... Insurances

60 ct. Underwritera

$180

H.K. Fires.

Shipping

$120 Douglases

$11

Steamboats

880

Indo Chinas. (Def.}..

33/1

Shells...

$6.90 Waterboats

Docks, Wharves,

$25

H.K.

Godowns, etc.

&

K. Wharves...

$95

Providents.........

815!

H.K. Docks. (Old).:

$141

$14

$27

10/8

M: !!

FEI

4!111!

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received

THE Ections from the Liquide

tors and Others

to sell by

· PUBLIC AUCTION

L

Friday, the 19th July, 1940

commencing at 2:30 p.m..

at their Sales Room; No. 35, Han-

kow Road, Kowloon,

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

comprising:-

Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers. Dressing Tables, Chester- feld Bultes, Sideboards, Dining Tables,

Desks, Chairs, Tables, Cabinets, Bookcases, Radios, Type- writers, Clocks, Electric Celling and Table Fans,. Curios, Or- naments, Carpets, Rugs, Brass, E. P Porcelain and Glass Ware, Rattan Cutlery. Blackwood and

$3.35

וי

Furniture. Cooking Utensils, etc., 319.10 etc.

#

:ii!

$100 Tado-Chinas (Prof.)..

$3.20

$291

11.0

ม

ret

$120

д

$10

92

*

A new

AUTUMN SILKWORM

SHANGHAI DOLLARS

SHANGHAI MARKET Opened with sellers at 3.7/8 and

C. S. DOLLARS · The market closed with sellers

new stimulus to the Szechwan worms, introduced into Szechwan then eased off to 32/32. The 8100 silk industry.

In recent years, will be encourag-market then reacted to 3.55/64 with small birgers at 1/3 for Cash. $100 The Szechwan Silk Corporation jed. The 1940 autumn sük pro-and closed at 3.7/8 for Spot. U, S. 33/1was established by local silk mer-duction will, it is hoped, come to Dollars opened at 5.31/32 and then $6.00 charts and the Szechwan Provin- about seven per cent of the spring dropped to 5.7/8. The market

elal Government in 1937, by in- production..

Silk The province corporating the $3.35 Trading Company, with a capital educational

$3.20

$30

$100

444

$3.80

-$0.05

also

A QUANTITY OF SILVER WARE

i Frigidaire

and

1: Upright Piano by "Moutrie "

1 Gas Stove

1 Bed Room Suite

On View from Thursday, the 18th July, 1940,

$151

H.K. Docks (New).....

826+Shanghai Docks.......

15/6

Kailang

$9.56 Raubs

Mining

6 cta. Hong Kong Sincs.....

Lands, Hotels and

. Buildings

H.K. & S. Hotel.......

H.K. Lards...

Du, 4% Debentures....

10.40 Shanghai Lands.........

834

H.K. Boaltics........

38 Humphreys.....

1041 Chinese Esistes... Cotton Mills

$35 Ewo (9.) $310

S'bai Cottons (5.).... Zoong Sings (S.))

Wing On Textiles (8.) 8125

Public Utilities

$14H.K. Tramways.......$14.90

$7.40 Peak Trams (ald).....

83.70 Peak Trams (now)....

Y'mati Ferries..........

***

357

Chips-Lights (0)...... 26.10

$8

China Lights (New)...

360

Star Ferries.......

#99

88.05

$3.05

$17

$16

$11

H. KElectrics (Old)...

11. K. Electrica (New)....

Macao Electrics (Old)

Macao Electrics (Nsw) Sandakan Lights...) Telephones (old)......... 37.90 Telephones (new)

S'pore Tractions (Ord.) Industrials

$14.90 Cald., Macg. (Ord:) 8. Cald., Macg. (Traf.)8.

$12

$1

Canton Eras

$13.20 Cements .........

842 H.K. Ropes ................

#161

#1

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farma.....

$6.60 Entertainments

Constructions fold).....

$1 Constructions (new)........

$7.45 Lane Crawforda..........

$2,80

DO' ots.

$12 $4.10

#10)

Nanyang Tobacco...$5.30 Binceres

Watennae Bds

43% Ch. 0.5% $102 5.K. Gort 4% Loans

FK. Gost. 81% Loan

$39

II.K. Wing On

Bhat: Wing O¤MAS 14

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

Vibro Piling ****

B/D

Marsmans Inv (Tion.)

LAMMERT BROS.,

4/0^ Maramani Lov. (H.K)

31 Wm. Powell

AUCTIONEERS.

Bale to Bhanghai

14:1

$35

$910

123 18 183 MUSTI

·;:;

Szechwan

at 23.1/18 July, buyera probably closed at 1 p.m. with sellers at at 23.3/16 for Cash. has also six 5.31/32 for Spot. institutions giving

of $3,000,000. It operates seven courses in scientific sericulture. silk filatures with 2,844 reels and The College of Agriculture of the 10 silkworm improvement stations. National Szechwan University has Besides, it enjoys special rights, in a sericulture department at Omel

(Continued Page 10, Cols, 3, 4) the buying of cocoons and.raw

AFTERNOON MARKET

Quiet.

STERLING

SHANGHAI DOLLARS Closed with sellers at 382,,

SHANGHAI MARKET Closed firm with sellers

The market closed with sellers 3.29/32 for Spot and U, S. Dollars

at 1/2.31/32 July, probably Angustat & for Spot.

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