1941-01-16 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Singapore Has More Rice Now Than Ever Before

With a monthly expense account of $5 millions, the Malayan Government is buying rice from Thalland, Javà and Burma, which will ensure that Malays will have all the rice it needs and more, at a price which will never reach even a third of the level of prices In the last war, says the Malaya Tribune,

The supply is so great that stocks in the Government Rice Pool godowns have actually "overflowed” and private-owned godowns are being used. There is actually more rice in Singapore now than ever in its history.

FINANCE & GENERAL

Finance and Commerce

TUNG OIL PRODUCTION

IN KWANGSI

Energetic measures are being taken by the Kwangsi provincial authorities to increase the produc-. tion of tung oil in order to boost ita export trade.

Extensive cultivation of tung trees in various parts of the pro-

Formation Of The British Supply Council Welcomed

LONDON. Jan 15 (Router)The great Increase in the volume of British supplies from North America" has necessitated a change in Anglo-America liaison organisation.

A committee has now been established called the British - Supply Council in North America the Chairman being Mr Arthur Purvis, at present Director-General of the British Par- chasing Commission.

Yet, Malaya WILS threatened producers, ensure that prices will with a severe shortage towards never go higher than 51 cents & the end of last year when stocks gantang compared with the fairly dwindled to dangerously low levels "cheap" price of $1.50 & gantank after importers had announced which prevailed in the last war. that "owing to a shortage of rice Government will endeavour to in Thailand" they could not re-alter the price of rice as infra

quently as possible, thus ensuring The situation became so acute that consumers will get as full a that Government decided to take benefit as possible from low prices a hand the business, a step the and at the same time not be sub- full Importance of

which, will fect to sudden changes which perhaps only become clear when would necessarily result were Tice DIAMOND INDUSTRY Mission in Canada. the war is over and its effect on bought and sold by dealers who Malaya is reviewed. In the words

Additional members will be kir The appointment of Mr. Arthur vinice is actively encouraged. In Morris Wilson, Sir Clive Baillieu. Purvis as Chairman of the Cour- Kwelhsien alone in northern the Australian representative on cll is generally regarded in Ottawa Kwangsi, a large tract of 300 mow the Imperial Economic Committee as satisfactory. or land has been marked off for since 1930, Sir Henry Self, Direc- WARM US. COMMENT tung tree planting. (Central tor-General of the British Air News).

Commission, and Vice Admiral · A.

plenish their stocks.

it the Food Controller, the Hon. Mr. N. R. Jarrett, "we nearly had a rice famine."

Government's action was to take on a monopoly of rice buying and immediate steps were taken to contract with producers in Thal- land, Burma and Java for the purchase of as much rice as they

w would sell,

Government's

had to make a profit.

Malaya has big stocks of

rice

and 14 ensured of an economic price and everything would appear to be very satis- factory-but still another pro- blem crops up.

IN' BRITAIN LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuter) The Arst diamond to be polished | in "Birmingham has been present- ed to the 'Lord Mayor for war re- ilef. The diamond, which Worth £100, was polished by ra. ugees from Belgium and the Low Countries

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· ASSOCIATION Volume of Business Transacted on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1941. SALES

It is a question of taste. Some people like one kind of rice, others another. For "a big example-Pe- Dang and the northern Malay decision was States appear to want only Bur- merely to be an importer of rice. mese rice, while people in Singa- Once the rice arrived in Malaya itpore, Johore, Malacca and Negri would be sold by Government at Sembilan ask more for the Thai- a price that would mean neither land - grades. proft nor loss, and would then In Fenang rice control is effect- reach consumers through the or-fed, through a combine of ten deal-HK. Banks. ....... 20 dinary trade channels in the same ers, and they import all the stocks China Providents, 1000 way as they did before.

required of them, selling at Gov-HK Hotels But this problem of over-stock-ernment controlled prices, of ing is worrying Government just course. now due to the attitude of some They too experienced a shortage retallers who are not bringing or Burmese rice, last year, and their stocks up to the levels re-their stocks fell, which brings this

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. (Reuter)

E Evans, head of the Admiralty-The new British Supply Council' In North America is regarded here The Council will deal with all being fully in tune with the present developments in the eco- issies of polley concerning sup-

nomic and war supply arrange- Ply, including representations to be made to the United States ad-ments between the United States

and Britain, ministration

Sir Clive Baillieu is appointed Director-General of the British Purchasing Commission.

OTTAWA STATEMENT ·

OTTAWA, Jan. 12 (Reuter1 "Formation of a new British Sup- ply Council gives effect to the or ganisation of methods for com. ¡plete co-ordination of the North

American WAT effort," said spokesman of the Canadian Muni- tions. and Supply Department

Increased co-operation between 3.55 the United Kingdom, United States

$1395.00 5.70

1000

A

2020

The total value is $36.950.00.

Big as have been the activities, of the British Purchasing Com mission, it is expected that they will be dwarted by the amount" of material to be sent across the Adlantic during the next two years under the Lease and Lend Bill

Mr. Purvis is widely regarded as an excellent person to head the new Connell, which was obviously necessary · to facilitate getting American material to Britain

EAST AFRICAN

and Canada in the production of SUPPLY BOARD

war materials would be the direct result of the "new organisation.

NAIROBI, Jan. 15 (Reuter The Governors of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Northern Rhodesia

quired, that is a quantity equal problem of tastes-into focus. HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS and Nyasaland, and the Acting

Penang

wants Burmese rice,

STOCK EXCHANGE,

Buyers Baller

Nominal

WEDNESDAY 15 JAN.

Banks

to their average monthly sales.

When stocks dwindled last year should have big stocks of it but the Food Controller, realising the are not getting 'It, while in Singa- „difficulty which faced retallers, did pore Government has not enough, not enforce the law which requir-room to stock all the rice that is ed the minimum stocks.

coming in. To pressmen, Mr. Jarrett

Dealers and retallers who insist marked: They have no excuse on one grade of rice in preference- now not to build up their stocks to another, explain that their cus- It is in fact a golden opportunity tomers make a fuss when they are unable to get the "kinds they are for them to do so."

re-

The Food Controller has just ~ | used to," sent a circular to retailers, the gist of the message being that the law regarding minimum stocks would shortly be impon- ed strictly.

H

Malayana will soon have to rea-. ise that their tastes have to be- come more versatile. There is no reason why Penang dealers should not increase, their stocks with By buying on contract in huge some of the Thailand rice which quantities and by making its own Government is buying on contract, shipping arrangements, Govern- In fact, Government would be very ment has ensured that the price glad to do this. It would only mean of rice will not be subject to sharp that ships bringing the rice to rises and at the same time, clauses godowns in Singapore would mere- In Government's contract with thelly have to unload in Penang.

LIMPING SPY SOLD RUMANIA

DR. REFUSED NIGHT CALL

A doctor who refused to answer

a call in the early hours to a

vice.

Junkers 7s circled low over the woman panel patient has been rallway station as I left Bucharest warned by Mr. Malcolm Mac after some eighteen months in Donald, Minister of Health, that Rumania, writes David Walker in his refusal was a breach of ser. a dispatch to the Daily Mirror."

Two Gestapo agents followed me to the train to see that I went.

I passed Jilava Prison, in whose cells are imprisoned Rumanian Cabinet Ministers, now awaiting Irial by men who look on murder as an incident. The Rumanlan tragedy is complete.

In his rich mansion in Buchar-

The woman' died, and her bus band complained about the doctor's action to the South Corn wall Insurance Committee,

Mr. MacDonald says he can- not, withhold £20 from the doctor's remuneration as the committee suggest he should. He adda: "In view of the dir- est an aged cripple rubs his hands cumstances prevalling at the pre- with pleasure Clubfoot Conradi, sent time. I do not feel justified Nazi criminal who enjoyed Ger- in summoning the Medical Ad- man Legation protection, brought visory Committee to consider the case but it must not be inferred

of the rape of Rumania,

His right-hand man the that I would not normally have: moonfaced German Minister. felt compelled to take serious no-

What Fabricus could Fabricus.

tica." not do in the, open, Conradi did secretly, It was to Conradi that: the Fuehrer cabled praise.'

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