1941-01-06 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS

SHARKBROKERS ASSOCIATION

STOCK EXCHANGK

Buyere

Ballora

Naise

Nemtanl

SATURDAY

Buyer

Ballinra

S.Nominal

4 JAN.

Banks

$1376

!!

.81375

II.K. Banks

£82

Da. (Col. Beg.) ...

£70

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

Chartered Banti

297

Marcantile Bks. "A"

$70

$2001 $400

$1671

:

2104 Mercantile Bka. "O".

$1

Bank of East Asia.....

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

Insurances

Canton însură (CES................ Union. Insurances....

Underwriters.....

H.K. Fire....

$5.80

$18,60 $18

$05

**

#1:

$5.70

$18.60

Shipping

$135

Douglasen

$11

Steamboata

$100

Indo-Chinas (Prof.)..

$80

40/0

Shells

$7

$351

ཱ ;,

16/3

$9

Indo-Chinas (Def.)

Waterboats

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, etc.

H. K. & K. Wharves..

Providenta ......

H.K. Docks (Old).......

H.K. Docks (Now)....

+Shanghai Docks. ..

Kailans Faubs

Mining

1 cts. Hong Kong Mines......

Lands. Hotels and

$17.80 $16

Wing On Textilen (8.

Public Utilities H.K. Tramwɛy......... $7,40 Peak Trams (old). $34 Peak Trama (new)...

Star Ferries.

$6.86 China Lights (0)... 86.60 China Lights (New).

H. N. Blectrics (1012)

H. K. Electrics New" Macan Electrics (Old)

$18 Macao Electrics (New)

$26

Sandakan Lights...... Telephones (öld)........

810.20 Telephones (new).....

S'pore Tractions (Ord.)| Industrials

814.90 Cald., Macg. (Ord.) B.;

$1370

£82 £75

INF

£97

$TS

12 at.

$200 $400

E0 ct.

$157

$135

***

$9 $100 $100 40/0

!!

Finance

SINO-SOVIET

BARTER AGREEMENT

NEW DEAL UNDER

NEGOTIATION

FINANCE & GENERAL

and Commerce

Latest Gifts

For 'Planes

CANADIAN PAPER'S

CONTRIBUTION

LONDON, Jan. 5

(Reuter)

ENDING

TICKET

SELLING

RACKET

in

Ал explanation couched Among the latest gifts for planes Saturday with a draft of a Bill to strong language is published on CHUNGKING. Jan. 5 (Reuter) received by the Ministry for Air-amend the Place of Public Enter- The second section of the Sino-craft Production is the magn-tainment Regulation Ordinance, in Soviet barter agreement, involving/ficent contribution of £36,639 from the Government Gazette.

New Zealand.

an exchange of Chinese wool for

Gold Coast units serving in East to sell, or offer or exhibit or pos- The amendment forbids anybody Soviet machinery and military

Africa have contributed £500 and sess for sale, or solicit the pur- supplles, was signed here or Thursday, according to the Ta-500 has also been received from chase of any ticket at voucher to kungpao, influential Chinese dally, the British and Maltese in Egypt, any licenced duttable entertain- bringing their total contributionment anywhere except at the box-

yesterday.

It is recalled that the first sec-to the Malta air-raid relief fund office, and then only at the official tion of the agreement, Involving to some £3,000,

price The penalty for infringe- ment is $250.

€93

$5,70 $18.60

an exchange of $100,000,000 worth

918

8364

18/3

874

As a postscript comes a touch-

of Chinese tea for Soviet supplies. ing gift from some African children was recently signed in Hongkong. in Northern Rhodesta...

Under "Objects and Reasons" it is stated: The same newspaper further They have sent £4. 10s. Od. to

The object of the proposed new states that a third section of the the Lord Mayor's air-raid rellet agreement is at present under fund together with the following sections to put an end to a ticket-selling racket which has negotiation between the Chinese note:

grown into .An Intolerable nul- and Soviet authorities.

sance

"The children of the Empire in During the coming year the warm and peaceful land to the Chungking Government will at-brave children in London who face tempt to conclude further barter death and danger that the King- agreements with Britain, the Unit-dom of God may stand.” ed States and Soviet Russia, the newspaper adds.

GANGS OF TOUTS Briefly, the trouble is that touts, acting for individuals or

MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1941. -PAGE

25

If you Value

your Health-

Insist upon

Gordon's GIN

NO Colouring Matter No Injurious Ingredienta

The Maharajah of Gwalior has gangs who have bought quantities FURTHER RAIDS

sent $1,000.

5

(Reuter)-

GORDONS

DRY GIN

DISTILLERIC

·LORDEN.

COLONY HEALTH

BULLETIN

of tickets in advance, stand about A further £5,000 has been re-in the streets, adjoining and the ON BREMEN ceived from the Toronto Evening entrance halls of and approaches

LONDON, Jan. to, cinemas, theatres and sports Telegram, whose contributions now

Twenty-one cases of tuberculosis," total £33,000 while the British grounds, sometimes even obstruct- R.A.F. bombers carried out two four of diphtheria, three, of community In the Argentine, with ing entrances, box-offices or turn-heavy raids on Bremen. four on dysentery and two of small-pat a gift of £10,000 to the Duke of stiles, importuning would-be en- the Lorient submarine base and were notified to the local Health During today's short session Gloucester's fund

and trants to buy their tickets from made at least 16 attacks on other authorities on Friday. for sick

EASTERN FORTS buyers ruled the market with bids wounded, have brought their total them, and often representing that harbours as well as oil refineries and other Industrial targets dur-

Two cases of cholera, and one of ... over yesterday's prices, and at the contributions so far to around all other seats are fully booked.

£30,000. close the demand was still un-

Not only have complaints against ing the week ending and this des-small-pox at Rangoon were re- $8.30 satisfied.

this nuisance been received from pite the fact that RAF. activities corded in the health bulletin or entertainment organisers and the were restricted by extremely bad Eastern ports for the week ending,

lieve that the operations of gangs week. or roughs, interested in the sale At Bremen, the objectives in- Air rald wardens and members. at their own prices of these tickets, cluded the naval base and other of recognised voluntary-fire-fight......... The position of the Exchange have resulted in several assaults shipbuliding yards, the Deutsche ing parties have been given thes Fund on June 30 last shows that

on members of the public and Vacuum Oil Refinerles, railway same powers of entry and of tak-`. the total

even in a street murder outside a communications and warehouses. assets amounted to

ing steps for extinguishing fire £12,597,727, of which 71.80 per

The wireless station and ware-as had already been conferred cent, was held in gift edged ster-

nouses were bit during the four on auxillary firemen ling securities. 28.10 per cent on AR.P. workers and war-time raids on the Lorient submarine deposit in London at call or short policemen who leave their peace-base. notice and 0.10 per cent, in silver. time work for civil defence can

Buildings

$3,50

H.K. & 8. Hotels.

$3+

33.55

$34

$3.80 $7.90

$34

FI.K. Landa.............

34

$100 Do. 4% Debentures.... $12.30 Shanghai Lands......

$100

$3.8G

H.K. Realties...

Humphreys

#100 Chinese Estates.

$3,55

$73

+

3200

: I

Cotton Mills

844 Ewo (S.)

S'hai Cottons (8.)...

Zoong Sings (8.)......

·8444 3180

$125

H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE

www

$17.5

$17.65

$7.40

$3 $81

824

Rtn. Rts.

$40

$17

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

$241

X R

$40

Buyers

$391

H.K. Banks, $1380.

Bank of East Asia, $75...

Canton Ins., $202.50.

$25

Union Ins., $400...

::

$101

H.K. Fire Ins., $150,

Wharves. $93.

2

Docks (0), $18.60. - Lands, $34.25.

$12.

Cald., Macg. (Prof.)8

$1

$184/60

$8

Humphreys, $7.90.

Cements

Csaton Ices...........

| H.K. Ropes

HK. Gört. Loans

$97) 4% Loan

$17.5

$17.88

#74

Yaumati Ferries, $24.

Electrics (0), $40,

98*

Electrics (N), $39.75.

$94 91%

(1934).

894

Sandakan Lights, $11.75.

$94

31%

(1940)...

Cements, $18.50

Miscellaneous

"Ropes, $7.90.

$184

Dairy Farma..

$18.80

Dalry Farm, $18.75.

$7 $1.00

Entertainment

$7

Construction jold)..

$1.65

31

Constructions (Dew)..

39

Lane Crawfords.

371

Nanyang Tobacco.

$31

$11.15

21:0

$2.15 Sinceros

-$2.21

$11/11

Watsons

$11

811

42/47 Ch. G.5% 1925G$Bds.

*36%

Realtles, $3.90.

$39

H.K. Wing On

$39

Lights Rts.. $1.25.

B'hai Wing On

$14

Vibro Piling, $7.70.

$7.70

Vibro Piling

$8

Sales

7/8

2/6

4++

Marsmans Inv, (Lao,i

Marsmans Inv. (K)

$1.90 Wm. Powells...........

¡China Lights(Rights)]

+Sale to Shangha

$1.90

$11.19

175 cta.

Star Ferries, $61..

Watsons, $11.15.

Entertainments, $7.

Constructions (0), $1.60.

Sellers

Wharves. $95.

EXCHANGE public, but there is cause to be weather or most night during the Dec. 28, 1940.

FUND

theatre

News was received in London: During these and many other that Flight-Lt. E C. N. Jeffries, The Certificates of Indebtedness have their superannuation rights attacks on German-occupied aero-

ploneer commercial, air pilot outstanding amounted to $177,031,-preserved under the Superannua-dromes, harbours and industrials and better known before the war 630, which is equivalent to £11-ton Schemes (War Service) Act. targets in Germany seven British as Capt. Jeffries, of Imperial Air- 064,477 at Is. 3d. the middle mar-stated the Ministry of Labour. aircraft were lost.

ways had been killed in action. ket rate on that day.

During the six months ended on that day the Fund purchased further small quantity of silver subsidiary coins to be refined and marketed. No sales of silver were effected. and the Fund" operated

in the local exchange market as found necessary.

PRE-PAID ADVERTISEMENTS.

The following classes of advertisements are charged at the price given below s— SITUATIONS VACANT.

BOUSES AND APARTMENTS WANTED.

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS TO BE LET. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

Announcements not exceeding 25 Words are inserted under this heading at a Pre-paid Rate of $1.50 for THREE INSERTIONS. If Charges collected, $2.00.

British Air Photography Well Ahead Of Germans

LONDON, Dec. 19-A major British triumph in wartime aerial photography by which Germany is successfully spled upon from the substratosphere, was announced in London at noon today by a senior officer of the RAF directorship of photography. Furthermore, this authority remarked:--

H.K. Banks, $1375/90. Providents, $5.85, Realties, $3.85. Ropes.. $8.10.

Watsons, 11.25.

HONGKONG

SHAREBROKERS'

ASSOCIATION Volume of Business Transacted on Saturday, Jan. 4, 1941

SALES

A. S. Watsons HK. Realtys

"WE are well ahead of the The necessary developments have Germans. I don't just think so affected, among other things, the I know." "..

size of the camera, the length of

H.K. Tele. (Old) GERMAN CAMERAS

Its focus, the freezing of parts at

H.K. Ropes The cameras captured from high altitudes and condensation German reconnaissance aircraft obscuring the sight of the lenses Dairy Farms.

Humphreys have convinced his department These difficulties have been ovEF-

Unions that Britain has nothing to learn come by the RAF more skillfully from the German manufacturers, by the Luftwaffe. "not even the producers of the

famous Zeiss lenses.

The German

cameras are re-

FLASH BOMB

400

ENTERTAINMENT

FOR REFUGEES

Refugees in the Colony were entertained during the holiday sea- son, children receiving gifts with concerts and songs for the elders.

WANTED TO BUY

St. Peter's Food Kitchen "School WE PAY HIGH PRICES for all had a Boxing Day celebration in Gold and silver articles. Jade, the playground of the Pui Ying diamonds, jewels, watches, foun- School In addition to songs and tain pens. Apply Far East Dia- games a short play was given by mond and

Gold Refining Ca. the YW.CA. Children were, given Room 621, China Building, 8th bags of toys, fruits and sweets. floor.

American Junior Red Cross through WE PAY HIGH PRICES Lady Pollock.

for all gold and silver articles.

At the Salvation Army Food Kit-gold bars, diamonds and jewels. chen School there were similar Apply China Gold Refining Co. entertainment and gifts.

Pedder Building. 2nd floor, Room 8.

The toys were donated by the

11.25

*500

500

3.85 3.85

100

·25.75

28

25,00

500

8.10

200

18,85

300

8.10

25

2553

The total value is $32,225,00

410.00 U.S. Govt. To Build

LONDON METALS

EXCHANGE

London, Jan. 3 (Reuter). Tin, Standard, Unsh, Middle |Price, 2258-5/8.

Two of the largest photographic garded as big and clumsy as comfirms in Britain are co-operating pared with the nest, compact with the air ministry in helping British units, while their lenses the RAF maintain the lead. The are definitely inferior: therefore perfection of serial night" photo- the results obtained are not agraphy is als being actively puz- good

The officer also stated that the The RAF have what they con- RAF is "streets ahead of the sider to be a first-class flash bomb Luftwaffe in the important matter already in use, so that although of mounting these cameras to the release of the American type stand the severe strain of opera-to this country is welcome, it BROKERS' LOANS tional flights "...

should not be considered unique

NEW SERIES

sued.

Tin, Standard, 3 montha, Middie | Price, £259-1/2.

New York, Jan. 2 (Reuter).

Loans on securities to brokers in

A new series of war photographs ""The British soldier has New York-

200 Merchantmen

HOTELS

FOR JADED APPETITES!

[]

REAL RUSSIAN FOOD Tiffin. $1.00 Dinner $1.25 METROPOLE HOTEL

FOR SALE

JAVA RESTAURANT with ex- perienced cooks, license, telephone, furniture, gas, electric fixtures,

WE OFFER HIGH PRICES for new Westinghouse Refrigerator,

amount of gold articles, į ceiling fans, etc. For Bale. Business

TEA DANCE

DAILY

EXCEPT MONDAYS 5 to 7:30 PM.

BUTTERICK

Expert Ladies Tattor New Style Beady Made Dresses.. Overcoats and Costumes

FOR SALE.

Tel. 23615.

3

TAILOR LAM SHIU SHEK

diamonds, silver, etc. No holidays. goes well, good profit. 44, Lockhart 16, Wyndham Street. Apply China Building, 7th floor. Road, Telephone 32494, WASHINGTON, Jan, 5 (Reuters Tel. 30727. Eurasia Gold Redning -The United States is to

bulla Co. about 200 merchantships of about 7,500 tons each. President Roose- velt announces:

WANTED KNOWN

Why not learn all the Fancy latest Stitches for your dresses and Sweaters.

They will be constructed in the new shipbuilding yards and will be owned by the Government.

The cost will be about 280,000,-

JOIN THE KNITTING CLASS 000, some of which has already AT $3.00 per month (Twice a week been allotted to the U.S. Maritime lesson). Please apply to Box No. Commission so that it can get

654 c/o HK.D.P. construction under wAT.

Some of the ships should be ready for use within a year.

will shortly be released which will scrounged from the beginning of Wk.-ended Wk.-ended. Wk-ended re-emphasize the advances made. time and will probably go on 28/12/30 28/12/40 2/1/41

Photo planes have been driven scrounging until the end of time," $551,000,000 $367,000,000 $419,000,000 to toe, have been born to the wife

to 25,000 feet and above to get said an officer speaking at South pictures of enemy dispositions and end court on behalf of two men the damage accomplished by or his unit who. were fined 92 bombs. This has introduced a each for the theft of two stoves multitude of new technical pro- from a private encampment. blems to achieve a clear defini-

tion of targets, which is compli- cated, by the high speed at which

The provisions of the Limitation

aircraft must fly in order to ex-of Supplies (Woven Textiles) Order

cape interception and, if possible detection.

have been applied to silk piece. goods and 'slik made-up goods...

SILVER MARKET

- BOMBAY SILVER

|

Ready Jan, 22 Settlement February

Bombay, Jan. 4 (Router). Market-Steady. Offtake, 100 bars. Indian Mint Silver

82-04 62-03

62-03

Blamese twins, joined from neck of a fisherman in the village of La Hodta De Aldea, near Allcante, Spain.

ORDERS TAKEN for hand-made sweaters, Ladles' jumpers, ”Bables” outfits, etc., at $5.00 each for workmanship.

•

Wool and model desired, to be supplied by customer.

Seud particulars of address, etc.. to Box 502; HKDP.

Experienced Book-keeper Wants Export Chairman Visita US-Mr. Students to form a class. Guaran- F. D. D'Arcy Cooper, chairman of tee students to keep a whole set of the executive members of the Ex-books after completion of a course port Council, has gone to the of 8 months. For Term and Par- United States to investigate trade ticulars. Please Apply to:-Box Dossibilities

No 403

ep HK:D.P.

ENGRAVERSA

FEI FEI & Co. Photo Engravere

18. Cochrane Street,

Telephone No. 22224,

AUCTIONERES

GREATEST COLLECHON DE BARGAINS IN TOWN!

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Teleg

AT

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334, Nathan Road,

Kowloon, Tel. 67712.

Guaranteed delivery 1 suit

in 24 hours notice and 6 hourE 'for a pair of trousers."

Help your Friend and his Hobby by giving " POSTAGE STAMPS

for

,his collection

Rad

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1

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Dealers in Postage Stamps.

Garden Beeds, etc., etc.

10, Wyndham Street. Established 1896