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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

FINANCE

Against HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

Mr. Henry Ford Against War In Any Form

“

"MR, HENRY FORD ISSUED A STATEMENT ON JUNE 26, In

PUBLIC AUCTION. which he declared that his decision not to build airplane engines

THE

HE Undersigned have received instructions from The Liquida- tors and Others

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

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- field Sultes. Sideboards, Dining

for other than the defence of the United States in no way effects the policies of Fard Companies in Canada, England and other em- pire countries.

The Ford Motor Company of workshops. for wrecking equip Canada. Ltd., at Windsor, Ontario. ment, etc; four-wheel drive gun and other Ford Plants located in tractors used to haul artillery; the British Empire

using ambulances; as well as regular their facilities, to the utmost for passenger cars and station wagons the production of military equip- specially fitted and painted for ment for the defence of the Rri. army purposes, tish Empire.

STOCK EXCHANGE,

$326

31175/80...

"£87

£68

Do. (Lon. Reg.)

Est

=

L

Banks

H.K. Banks'

Do. (Col Bog).....

Chartered Banks

F28 Mercantile Eks. "A"..

Marcantile Bks. "C"

Bank of East Asia.......

N. C. S. Bank........ Insurances

#918 Canton Insurances...

Union Insurances.

|50 ese) Underwriters $160 H.K. Fires.

$73.

"FRIDAY,

JULY 19. 1940. -PAGE

Gordon's

...and know what you're drinking/

GORDONS

DRYGIN

DISTILLERY LONDON

Days Belaru

Salon

SHARYRKOKERS' ASSOCIATION

Nam THURSDAY 18.

Balor Foreinal JULY.

SAY

$1180

£67

£00

£el

£26

£11

$73

30 ch

$218

7340

50 eta

$160

Shipping

our tools

$120 Douglasen

$120

$11

Steamboats

10.

$100

Indo-Chinas (Pref.).......!

$100

pro-

$90

Indo-Chinas (Def.).....!

$300

we

33/14

Shells

33/11

ma-

$6.90

Waterboats

$6.00

Docks, Wharves.

Godowns, etc.

$95

#3).

H.K. & K. Wharvan.. Providents

$95

$3.65

#14) | II.K. Docks (Old)...........

$16

$144

3272

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

Shanghai Docks..

Mining

$14

$147

$26

NO COLOURING MATTER

15/6

"Ford engineers in the Windsor They are serving their people plant have contributed substanti. as they should do, and as I would ally to the design of these army

We have equipped do if permitted and if occasion vehicles.

the additional required. I am against war in plant with

I have no animosity and dies necessary for the any form: against any people of any race duction of these vehicles and or nation whatsoever. I shall be have installed much special

more than glad when wars will cease all over chinery. We have. the world,'

7,000 men at work in our plant," Mr. Campbell said.

PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT

The following is a statement Issued by Mr. Wallace Campbell, President of the Ford Motor Cu or Canada, Ltd., on June 27: At the outbreak of war

I

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Tables, Chairs, Tables, Desks, sured the Canadian Government

"War orders take prièrity over all other production in our plant."- said Mr. Campbell,

on

As an indication of the dispatch with which war orders are handled by the Canadian Ford Company. Mr. Campbell revealed that

a cable was received. May first from an overseas Empire country inquiring how long it would take to ship them 8,000 trucks for military use. The immediate reply wasn three start would made in weeks. The company undertook to build and start shipping these trucks at the rate of 100 day.

be

Cabinets, Bookcases, Radlos, Type-

that Ford Motor Company of writers, Clocks, Electric Ceiling Canada, would make all its facl. and Table Fans, Curios. Or-

lities available for the production naments, Carpets, Rugs, Brass,

of ¿ssen tlul war supplies. We E P., Porcelain and Glass Ware, Cutlery, Blackwood and Rattan have done that. Last night I're

position in Furniture, Cooking Utensils, etc.. Affirmed the Ford

Canada in a telegram "to Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and supply; today said Wallace R Campbell: president of the Cana-the Arst 100 units to be delivered within three weeks and another 100 day thereafter.

etc.

älso

A QUANTITY OF SILVER WARE dan Ford Organization.

1 Frigidaire

and

1 Upright Piano by Moutric "

1 Gas Stove

1 Bed Room Suite

All the facilities, resources, man power and equipment of the Cana dlan Ford Company and the over- seas affiliated Ford Companies in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and Malays are now muking, and have been making. every possible contribution to thei defence of the British Empire and, the successful prosecution of the

On View from Thursday. the 18th war, sald Mr. Campbell,

July, 1940,

Tink

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS., AUCTIONEERS.

L

Restricting Free Use

"

Of Sterling

(Reuter) LONDON, Jury 18

18/0 Kailans

$0.50 Raubs

8 ots Hong Kong Mines......

Lands, Hotels and Buildings

-

$3,60 $31

H.K. & S. Hotels.

83,35

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

$301

$100

Do. 4% Debentures.

$10

Shanghai Lands.

$34

II.K. Realties..

$3.60

38

.$8.65

Humphreys

I.D. $101

Chinese Estates.

$36

Ewo (9.)

916

Cotton Mills

#210 S'bat Cottons (3.)........)

$36 $210

Zoong Sings (5.)........

Wing On Tartiei (8.) #125

Public Utilities

H.K. Tramways.

$15,35

$8

$4 $67

1/2.

LI

87.40 Peak Trams (old).

83.70 Peak Trams (new)....

$80

441

Star Forries.

822

Y mati Ferriea.

820

$6.00

3361

$81.

w

Chins Lights (0)...... B $3.65China Lights (New).

$3.80

1304

$36

H.. Electrica (Old)...! #30) H.K. Electios (New)... $35

$38)

817

918

Macao Electrici (New)

Macao Electrics (Old),

$11

Sandakan Lights..

8202

Telephones (old)....

1201

$8)

"On receiving reports of the doThe Treasury announces that an bate on Ford in the House of Order-in-Council and a number

to come $81 Commong yesterday. Mr. Campbell of Treasury orders are discussed the matter with Henry into operation on July 18 the Ford personally.

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the effect of which will be very largely to limit sources from INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES "Mr. Ford realizes fully that all where free sterling arLes and the

na. uses to which it may be put, the industrial resources of a. tlan at war automatically become that trade and financial transac- availabe in the defence of the tions between the sterling area country in which they are located, and the larger part of the world

basis the press will be conducted on a last night Mr. Ford sald that the official rate of exchange.

These steps have been taken in Ford companies in the British

PUBLIC AUCTION. In his statement

Instructions.

said,

to

nt

Tolephones (new)

S'pore. Traction (Ord.) Industrials

814.90 Cald., Macg. (Ord.) S.)

$12 Cald., Macg. (Pref.)8.)

NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS

$100 MARKET REPORT

FROM "ROZA, EROS.

Thursday, July 18. The price

for Ready Silver was unchanged yesterday but the Forward rate rose 1/16 to 21.13/18. Silver advices reported the mar- ket as being quiet with a small business done. American Silver was quoted at 34.3/4 for Spot,

The London-New York, Cross- rate was quoted at 403.1/2 New York/London was quoted at 373.

Quiet,

MARKET

STERLING

No business was reported. There were sellers at 1/2.31/32 July/ August, buyers at 1/3 for Cash. U, S. DOLLARS Öpened with sellers at 23.3/8 but the selling rate gradually rose: to 23.3/4 at which rate some busi- ness was done. The market closed ...at 1 pm with sellers at 23.5/8

July, buyers at 23.3/4 for Cash.

SHANGHAI DOLLARS" Business was done early in the morning at 379 followed later by and transactions at. 380.1/2. 381

382 The market closed at 1 pm. 88.20 with sellers at 380.1/2, buyers $1.86 probably at 381.1/2.

H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE

Thursday, July 18, The enquiry of the past few days still continues and business report- ed indicates holders are now more ready to encourage trade.

BUYERS

Providents, $3.85. Lands, $31.

Electrics (Old), $36.50. Cements, $14.

Dairy Farms, $17.25. Wing On (HK), $35.50.

SELLERS

China Lights (Old), $7.

SALES

H.K. Banks, $1,180. Union Ins., $340. Docks (New), $1425714.50. Hotels, $3.75.

Trams, $15.

China Lights (Old), $8.90. Electrics (Ola), $38.50. Telephones (Old), 320.75. Telephones (New) $8.25. Cements, $14.25. Watsons, $8.25,

at 1/231/32 July/August, buyers at 1/3 for Cash,

U.S. DOLLARS Business was done at 29.11/10 for August delivery. The market

4% at 3.29/32. US Dollars opened closed with sellers at 23.5/8, buy-

with sellers at 6.3/32 and then ers at 23.3/4 for Cash.

able sellers at 8.1/8 for Spot.”

AFTERNOON MARKET

STERLING

SHANGHAI DOLLARS Closed with sellers at 381.

SHANGHAI MARKET

Sterling, the market closed with,

sellers at 3.29/32 and U.S. Dollars.

The market closed with sellers at 6.3/16

81

Canton Ieos.

10' eta,

$14

www.

Cements

$14

$14/14

H.R. Bopee

#43

HK Govt Loans

81024% Loan

1024

$75

33%

805

$31%

(1934) (1040).

$95

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farms..

8171

$8.60 Entertainments

817

Constructions (old)........)

$1

Constrictions (now)....

17.40 Lane Crawfords"

Nanyang Tobacco... $3.30 $2.60 Sinceres

87.60

WALADDE

SHANGHAI MARKET Sterling opened with sellers at

firmed $2.10 3.29/32 and then

пр 3.59/54 Closed. easier with sellers

to

43.

Ch. G.5% 1928G 3Bds.

#3A

$39

S'hai Wing On

$14

80

rose to 6.7/32. Closed with prob

8/D

Marsmans Ins. (Lon.)

4/0

Marsmans lov. (H.K.)|

$1

$1

Quiet

THE Undersigned have received Empire are serving their people pursuance of the existing policy $171

of free as they should do," Mr. Campbell of restricting the use

sterling as an international means Mr. Campbell explained that the of exchange.

Reuter's Çanadian Ford plant is particu-

lobby correspondent larly well-htted for the production writes that as

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

от

Tuesday, the 23rd July, 1940 commencing at 10.30 am

a result of the of the mechanical motorized co-operation of the New York mar- be quoted at transport used so extensively by ket, sterling will

the same rate in New York as in iLondon.

armies.

Even before war was declared. on request of the Canadian Gov ernment, we laid the ground work

at No. 3, Algburth Hall, May Road for military production. Since the

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE

BOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

and

PITIFUL LIE BY NAZIS

PRETORIA: July 17 (Reuterb

beginning of the war nothing has been left undone to produce as quickly as possible equipment specified by the govermanent, The great and smooth flow. 01 "More than 50 per cent. of the shipping round the coast of South production in our Windsor plant Africa was proof that the allega- consists of vehicles for military tion of Nazi propagandists that use. This percentage is rapidly Germany was hampering the E- On. View from Monday, the 22nd British Empire with

Increasing. We are supplying the pire's trade was 2 delusion, declar-

total

at[d Mr. Sturrock Minister approximately 35.000 of these Railways and Harbours, in a state. units. Of this total nearly 10,000 ment to "Reuter.”

One Refrigerator

July, 1940. Catalogues will be issued.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

AUCTIONEERS.

HONGKONG

SHAREBROKERS

ASSOCIATION

A.8. Watsons

Volume of Business Transacted on Thursday, July 18, 1940

500 $2.25 1,000 8.07 6.80 500 6,90

China Lights (Old)..... 210

3

of.

are for the Canadian Government, "So far as we can see trom this and 25,000 are for use by other end. Germany much vaunted Empire countries such as South blockade of the Commonwealth is Africa, Australia and India," Mr. nothing but a fütție and pitiful fle Campbell said.

intended to bolster German morale"

CANADIAN PLANT He also revealed that the

Mr. Sturrock quoted South" Afri Canadian plant is being rapidly can trade figures showing that tooled for the production of Unl-the tonnage handled in South versal machine gun carriers. These African ports had increased under will be supplied to the Canadian every head as a "striking result Government 50 a week when pro- of the closing of the Mediterranean duction gets into full swing with to shipping" -

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RESERVE BANK OF

1.K. Wing On

Vibro Piling .....

W. Powells...

+Sale to Shanghai

Lara SHUE CO.LTD.

HONGKONG

KINDS OF FOOTWEAR

AUCTIONEERS®

GREATEST COLLLURON BARGAINS IN TOWS!

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LAMMERTS UCHON BOLM

INDIA STATEMENT Long Brodari 20 Cent di

Calcutta, July 17 (Reuter).

July 5 July 12

in the next few months.

"We have a number "of with special training and quali- Acations useful to the government in war work, These men are work- ing with the Department of Na- tional Defence in Ottawa and in Notes in circulation England" Mr. Campbell revealed. including Notes

"At this time

held in the Bank- Canadian people are interested in ing Department)... 25,782 25,589 knowing the extent of Ford m-Rupee Coin and Bul-

I

believe the

500 6.90

500 6.90

300 6.90

China Lights (New) 40 3.50 H.K. Decks (Old). 100 15.50- H.K, Docks (New)......

33 14.25 35 14.50 HK, Electrics (Old)... 200 30.50

tary production," said Mr. Camp- lion in India bell, and he listed the Various Gold Coin 'and Bul- types of equipment" now being lion in India. ...... manufactured In the Canadian Securities

Government) Ford Plant,

Military vehicles made by Ford Securities

Government) include: Light "two-wheel drive

3,211

4,441

(Indian

100 38.50 H.K. Telephones (Old) 300 20,76

H.K. Telephones (New) 500 8,25 trucks, known as 8-cwt., which

HK. Botels

Unions

H.K. Tramways

150 8.25

are used for carrying light stores. 1,000 3.75 personnel, or wireless sets: "15 cwt.

5 340.00 units, used as anti-tank

gun

500 15.00 tractors, water tank carriers, and 300 15.10 to transport heavier loads, Der

6,773

The total value is $68,754.25.

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Rod CMA A Telpanne No. 2012,

SCHACHT BEHIND "“RACKET"!!

LONDON, July 18 (Reuter) 3,013 Economie circles in London' con- sider that Dr. Hjalmar Schacht,

Hongkong Daily Press.

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From "

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....... 13.150 13.150

LONDON METALS

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Standard,

Tin

sonnel, etc, 30-cwt.four-wheel Price, £284-7/8.

drive, used as load carriers; three- Tin, Standard, 8 months, Middle is a shortage in Germany... how ton units for heavy loads, for Price £264-3/8,

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