12/10/11
Prev. Today's High Low Close Close
12.21 11,96 12,07 12.10 .03 up 23.80 23,58 23.68 23.766 08 up
951
941 961 941 11 off TOT '691 701 70#b off 14.40 14.27. 14.35b 14.35b unch.
Close Closing ∙12.10/10. 12.09 N
12.07/07
Change
Adams Express
Alleghany Steel (a.
Change
Allis Chalmers ',,
.01 off
Amer. Can
.03 up
American Cyanamid B.
12.18/20
13,27/27
.09 up
Amer. & Foreign Power
12,25/26
12.33/33
.08 up
Amer & Foreign #7 pt.
12.25/26
12,32 N
,07 up
Amer: Locomotive
12.26/25
12.34/34
.08 up
Amer. Metals Co.
12.34
12.33
101.off
Amer. Radiator ......
Amer. Rolling M
Amer. Sting and Ring Co.
Amer. Sugar Refining
Amer. Tel. Tel
May
Bank Bills, on demand Nam.
July (New contract) September (
}
20
Credits 4 months' sight Nom.
December {
}'
On Saigon:-
On demand
104
On Manila:-
On demand
48
›CHICAGO. WHEAT
On Bangkok :----
July...
On demand .....
149 1/2
September
Bank Buying Rate
Now.
23 1/2
CHICAGO CORN
July
September
23.88/63
23,30/30
22,906
23.78b/85a .68 up 23.35b 22.95b/23.00
Amer, Tobacco “B”
22,60m
22.60 N
,05 'up .05 up unch,
Amer. Waterworks
Anaconda Copper
PAGE 10-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FINANCE
FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
MAY 9, 1941.
On London:--
Telegraphic Transfer. 1/2 7/8 Bant Bills, on demand 1/2 7/8 Credits 4 months' sight
On Shanghal;----
On demand
On Singapore
On demand
On Japan:-
On India
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKET ¿REUTER'S SERVICE)
NEW YORK, May 8, 1941.
New York Cotton, July New York Rubber, July Chicago wheat, July Chicago Com. July New York Hides, June
NEW YORK COTTON
480
May
July
52 3/1
October
-99 6/A
Spot
On demand........ 163 172
Telegraphic Transfer."
and demand
On New York:-
Bank Bills, on demand 34 Credlis, 60 days' sight 24 3/4
On Batavia :---
On demand. 4
On Paris:--
December
January March
Total sales Wednesday:-229,800 bales. The last trading day for May cotton is May 18.
NEW YORK RUBBER
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
STOCKS
QUOTATION
(RECTER'S SERVICE)
MAY 9, 1841.
Last Sale
STOCKS
SATURDAY, MAY 10. "1941.
BANKS
UONGKONG & SILANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised "Capital....... 850,000,000
INDIA, AUSTRÁLIA ·
AND CHINA
Issued & Fully Paid-Up 320,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1868
Reserve Funds: Sterling
£3,000,000 .........£3,000,00
£6,500,000 Paid-up Capital H.E. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Fand Reservo Liability of
Reserve Liability of Pro- Proprietors
prietors ..$20,000,000 |
£3,000,00€ HEAD OFFICE; LONDON: Head Office:-HONG KONG
38, Bishopsgate E.0.9. Sub-Agencies In. Loudoa: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.C.
West End Branch: 14/18, Cockspur Street, S.WI Manchester Branch 52, Mosley Street, Manchester,
Chairman.
Deputy Chairman.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES
ALOK STAR AMRITBAN
BANGKOK
Hoa. Mr. T. E. Pearce,
MTAVIL
BOMBAY
HONG KONG PENANG ILVILA
KANGOO
IPOK
KARACHI
May 8
Last Sale
May 8
5+
Kennecott Copper
332
211
Libbey-Oweus-Ford
Glass 31$
261
Lockheed Aircraft
221
79
Loew's Inc. .......
29
35+
Martin, Glen L.....
281
Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
Montgomery Ward
32巷
18
National Aviation
71"
W. H. Lock, Esq.,
121
Kat. Dairy Products
123
161
National Distillers
18
J. E. Bousfield, Esq.,
01
Nat, Power & Light
ง
A. H. Compton, "Esq.,
14
National Supply Corp.
8
L J. Davies, Esq.,
377
New York Central
Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,
131
18
Niagara Hudson Power
G.. Miskia, Esq.,
24
1491
N. American Aviation
K. S. Morrison, Esq.,
HALOON
12%
BSEIMBAR
661
North American Co.
12
SHANGHAI
Northern Pacific
71
341
Packard Motors
27
Hoa. Mr. A. L Shield, Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
KLANG
CALOUTTA
BINGAPURD
кова
AGENCIES:
SITIAWAN
Atchison, T. & 8. Fe.
299
Paramount Pictures
Chief Manager. FAIRLIK PLACE
OLIVE TREKT KUALA
HOURARATA
LUMPUR
Total sales for the day:-280 tons.
The last trading day for May rubber is May 27.
Aviation Corp..
21
Pennsylvania RR
25
Baldwin Lecometive
137
Phillips Petroleum
Branches:
CANTOR CAWNFORE
TAIPING
TCHING
TIENTSIN
414
BANTAR
Baltimore & Ohio
94
Pullman Ine..................
241
Amoy
Barnsdall QUI
94
Pure Of
91
Bangkok Kobe
Johore Rangoon
Saigon
TONGKAN
COLOMBO
MANILA
(Bhukes)
961/961
962/967
947/95
It off
Bendix Aviation
3447
Radio Corpn. of Am.
Batavia
33
Kowinn San
DELKI
MRDAN
TRINGTAS
954/950
14 off
Bethlehem Steel
693t
Reading Company.
Com
151
Bombay
Kuala
Francisco
Calcuti
11
May July
July
On Sterling Notes:-
Bar Silver per os...
Market Report
FROM ROZA BROS. "
Friday, May 9,
Sliver prices were unchanged yesterday, the quotations remain-
NEW YORK HIDES
Total sales for the day:-84 lots.
September
ing at 23.1/2 for both Ready and NEW YORK COCOA Forward. Sliver advices reported i the market as being steady with no business done. American Silver was quoted at 34.3/4 for Spot.
The London/New York cross- rate was quoted at 402.1/2. New York/London was quoted at 403. 1/4.
¡Quiet"
MARKKI
STERLING
7.89/87 7.90/88 The last trading day for May cocon is Mar 22. NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 3
Volume of business' done:----184 lots. The last trading day for No. 3. Sugar is May 23..
NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 4
Bliss Co.
141*
Remington Arms Co., Inc.
Lumpur Shanghai
41*
Wednesday's sales:-21,231,000 bushels.
Canton.
London
Boeing Airplane, Co.
137
Republic Aviation Corp.
Singapore
.34
Chetco
Lyons
Borg-Warner
161
Republic Steel
174
Colombu
Malacca
Sungei
704/70) - TOJU
off
Briggs Mfg.....
191
Reynold Tobac. "B"
201
Dairen
Manila
702/201 701/701
ou
Budd M'facturing Corp.
32
Schenley Distillers
82
Foochow
Muar
Patani Swatow
Canadian Pacific R’way
32
Shell Union Oil
137
Celanese
21
Socony-Vacunum Qu
June
September
14.35b/42a 14.35b/40a 14.47/50 14.50/50
unch.
Chesapeake & Ohlo
364
Southern Pacino
.03 up
Chrysler Corpn.
567
Souther Rly, $5 pfd.
Rankow Harbin Iloilo
Mukden
Tokyo
Columbia Gas
Mec.
27
Ipob
Spicer Manufacturing Co.
Commercial Credit Co.
241
Standard Brands
Com, & Southern (Ord.)
Stand Gas & Elec.
101 up
Consolidated Edison...
181+
Standard Oil of N.J.
Consolidated Oil
51
Studebaker Com
Copperweld Steel
Swift International
18
Curtles Wright (C.)
B*
Technicolor
8
quoted on application.
2.48b/49a 2.49b/50a. 2.52b/53 a 2.52b54a.
.01 up unch.
Douglas Aircraft
074
Texas Corpn.
391
SAFE
Du Pont de Nemours
141
Trans-America Co.
4
various sizes to let...
Sourabaya
Haiphong (Johore) Tientsin
New York Tsingtao Peiping Yokobams
Penang
XIW YORK PEÍPING
(Peking)
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CBRENNT Accounts. opened and FIED DEPOSIT reenived for One Year or shorter periods in Local on Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened is Local Currency and Sterling with QURBENT ACCOUNTS opened interest allowed straten obtainablə in Local Currency and FIXED DE- cu application. POSITS received, for one year or The Bank's Head Office in London · shorter periods in Local and Other fundertakes Executor and Trustee Currencies on terms which will be business, and claims recovery of
British Income Tax overpaid, on DEPOSIT BOXES of terms which may be ascertained at
any of the Agencies and Branches
HAIPHONG HAMBURG HANKOT
YOKOHAMA
Eagle Ficher Lead
#1
20th Cent. Foo
5+
TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR
Elec. Autolite
271
Union Bag & Paper Corp. 101
business undertaken.
Elee Bond & Share
Elec. Bend & Share 55 pl.
There were sellers at 1/3 up to July, buyers at 1/31/32 for any NEW YORK COPPER FUTURES delivery.
July U. S. DOLLARS
..79b/80% 81b/.81}a Volume of business done:-103 lots:
.011 up
Bec, Bond & Share .pf.
Mec. Power & Light $7 pf.
Flatkote
"Gen.' Electric ..
11.55b/B5a 11.55b/85a.
unch.
Gen Motors.
were sellers throughout the morn-
No business was reported. There NEW, YORK COTTONSEED OIL
July
September
9.662
10.22/22 10.10/10
9.52b.
Gen. Railway Signal
.12 off
Gen. Tire & Rubber ........ ......... Goodrich (B.F.)
Goodyear Tire & Ch.
.14 off
Great Northern Iron Ore
Great Northern Rly, pfd.
September
7.48/48
7.35b/370
13. off
Great Western Sugar
It Nickel ...............
Inter. Paper & Power
34-3/4 34-3/4 4.03-1/4
Int: Tel & Tel. Johnaman
and 456 were accepted. The market
at 155.1/2. buyers at 458.1/4.
1
SHANGHAI MARKET
1940/41
ing at 24.3/4 for near and forward, NEW YORK LARD' buyers at 24.7/16 for Cash,
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
Opened with sellers at 460.1/4 NEW YORK BLACK PEPPER with business done at 450.1/3. Subsequently business was done at...
The First Notice. Day for September black pepper is Aug. 26 and 461.1/4 and 461.1/2. The market last trading day is September 23. then reacted and offers at 461, 480.- 1/2, 460, 459,1/2, 458.1/2, 458, 457
closed at lunch time with sellers
Sterling opened with, sellers at}
NY. Official Silver N.Y.-London Crese Rate
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
3:1/4 and then receded to 3.15/64. LONDON, May 9 (Reuter) -
Later 3.1/4. 3.17/64 and
dividened anticipation,
4.03-1/4.
War Of Prisoners Continued from Page 9 Perhaps the conditions in these
the market med up to in the Stock Exchange yesterday, conquered countries threw the
closed
Arm with the recent
Lendency was value of the purely military Ger- sellers at 3.9/32 for Spot. U. 8. maintained, especially Industrials man war machine out of all pro- Dollars opened with sellers at 5.1/4 where Dunlops, 33s. 94. against 33s. portion.
and
That claim, however, could not and then armed up to 5.9/32, 5.5/18 on and closed with sellers at 5.11/32 Electrical equipments featured. be advanced in extenuation of the for Spot. Steady.
Gilt-edged recorded small gains Italian defeat in the Western but closed below the best, Debeers Desert. There has been no mich improved on increased profits andjsinister preparation of the grounİ here for the British tanks and Tin shares also hardened.
AFTERNOON MARKET
Quiet.
STERLING Closed with sellers at 1/3 up to July, buyers at 1/3.1/92 for Cash.
U. S. DOLLARS
A small busines was, reported at, 24.1/16 for forward delivery. The market closed with sellers at 24.3/8, buyers at 24.7/18 for any delivery. SHANGHAI DOLLARS Opened in the afternoon with sellers at 455.1/2 but subsequently. business was done at 456 followed
Among foreign bonds, Egyptians aeroplanes. responsed to improved mquiry. Oils were qulet and Kaars mostly firm.
Wall Street was quiet.
LONDON METALS
EXCHANGE London, May 8 (Reuter).
Standard Cash, Middle
It has been asserted that some of the Italians have no stomach for this night, but accounts 'ac- claim the gallantry of most of the Italian and native regiments there,
Bir Archibald Wavell's stroke re- presents mechanized warfare in its purest and most brillant light. It is the first purely military achievement in this form of war Tin, Standard. 3 months, Middle against an enemy, not merely of
Tii.
by transactions at 458.1/4, 458.3/4 Price, 270-3/4... 457 and 467.1/4. The market closed
with sellers at 458.34. buyers at Price, £267-3/8. 43.
BHANGHAI MARKET Steady. Cloeed with sellers of; Sterling at 3.9/32 for Spot and
U. B. Dollars at`5.11/32 for Spot.
Shanghai Exchange
Shanghai, May 9 (Reuter).
Official T.T. Nátes
Opening
Loddon
New York
Japan
India
Paris Hongkong
Spot
May
June .....
Sterdag
Reilera
0/8-1/8
5-1/8
-21-3/4
17-1/4
nominal
20-3/4"
pening Closing 9/2-1/4 0/3-0/32
0/3-1/4" 0/3-1/4
0.8. - Dollaro Прот $5-9/32 May 5-9/32
".
0/3-9/32 0/3-9/32
"i
$5-11/32
5-11/32..
June 5-9/32 5-11/32 Market: Steady.
Bliver Duty Baté
The Central Bank of Chita's
Market, steady. - Ministry's cash price £272.
SILVER MARKET
LONDON SILVER
High Low Dow Jones Averages 16220 111.84 30 Industrials
39.87 22.16 20 28.45 17.51 20 92.19 83.06 40 67.16 48.74 11
Raila : Utilities
Bonds Commodity Index
· May. 7, High Low Close Change 118.87 116.76 116.87 116.34 .53 of 29.17 28.83 28.09
1.08 of 17.52 17.30 37.43 .08 of 01.98 .06 up 67.05 .11 off Business Done: 440,000 shares
29.08
17.51
91.00. 67.18
With "Are-power"
the goes armouring of the soldier and his
equal strength; but of much greater numbers.
And here 80,000 Italian prisoners vehicles. Armouring on both sides can thank British "Are power" for tends to reduce the number killed their lives. Perhaps many more and wounded. Itallars will be blessing it (also as Camouflage, in a way another prisoners of war) within the next form of armour, may save hun- few days.
dreds cf Ilves from aeroplane bombs and from artillery through aeroplane observation. Camou- The Graeco-Italian campaign in fiage was inspired by the increase Albania lends further support to in "are-power."
RAKING THEM IN
the idea that this is a war of All these factors, together with prisoners rather than of killed that of air co-operation, were co- and wounded. Here is a country ordinated in the Western. Desert all against widespread mechanized operations, warfare, but the Greeks go on The modern soldier is becoming taking prisoners every day out of a much more dangerous man, but all proportion to the number of the more dangerous he becomes, casualties.
the safer he appears to he
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INDO-CHINA
London, May 3 (Reuter),STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD
Silver Small trade demand met
by Indian Government sources, Operating Services for Cargo and Passengers
Market steady. In the afternoon,
the market was steady with no
{business.
Spot, 23-1/3d..
Forward, 23-1/28.
LONDON GOLD
London, May 8 (Reuter). Bar Gold, Fimg per oz., 188/-·
rate on London, at 10 am, today was 1/2-1/2d.
The Equalisation rate was 24+ per cent.
India Rupee Paper,
Bombay, May 8 (Reuter), Govt, 31% Rupee, 94-10-0.
TO
SWATOW, SHANGHAL, TRINGTAU, CHEFOO
and TIENTSIN
KOBE and OSAKA
SINGAPORE, PENANG and CALCUTTA SANDAKAN
HAIPHONG
All steamers berth alongside the Boosevelt Terminal in the French Concasaion at Shanghai, where passengers and cargo are landed.
For further particulara
please apply to
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HONGKONG SAVINGS
BANK
The Business of the above Bank
is conducted by the BONGKONG
SHANGHAI BANKING COR- Authorised Capital.....$10,000,000.00
PORATION. Rules may be obtain- Paid-Up Capital 5,598,800,00
ed on application.
For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
V. M. GRATBUEN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 28th Feb., 1939.
THE CHASE BANK 15, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STREET.
NEW YORK.
Reserve and Gadivided
Profita
.8,083,261,60
Head Offer:-HONG KONG No. 10 Des Vosur Road, Central
Board of Director.
HON. SIE SHOUSON OHOW, Chairman Li Koon Chun, Esq. El Lan Sang, Bag P. K. Kwak, Baq. Yong Cha Son, Eng.
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Chan Ching Shok, E92,
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FI
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Kaukow
Honolul
K...
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Manila
Melbourne
Naguka
Pari
singapore
Hangbongourabaya Halvon Baratow San Fran. Sydney
cisco Fant
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Current Accounts opened in Locs! Currency and Fixed Deposits re- ceived for one your or
shorter Manager, | periods in Losál and Foreign Cur renoies on terms which will be quoted on application.
D. L. BALLANTYNE,
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED
Head Offear-15, Gradschúrch Street, London, EC. Authorised Caplisi..
Bubscribed Capital Paidap Capita
Reserve Food, and fast,
J
BANKERS:
BAT EXPOSIT Boxes To LIT.
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Chief Manager.
129,000,000
$1,800,000
€1,050,000
€1,254,839
BANK OF CHINA
The Bank of England and Midland
Bank, Ltd. BRANCHES:
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Bangkok
Bombay
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Kandy
Delhi
Korchl
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Kota Bharu
Hongkong Howrah
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UNDERTAKEN
CURRENT ACCOUNTS rpened in Local Car, PADAY #SEND DEPOBIES resized in Local Curry & 8TERLING on terms that may be sacertalberd on spy loation,
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We also handle the issue of Bonds
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Manager.
:|
W. H. EVANS. THOMAS,
stanager:
23
Union Pacific......
80
581
United Aircraft
38
612
United Akrilnes Trans
10
33
United Corpn.
12.
United Corpn. $3 cum pl.
214
238
United Gas Improvement 87-
BANK OF EAST ASIA. LIMITED
384
US. Rubber
20
121*
U.S. Steel
521
104
Vanadium
237*
12.
Vultee Aircraft
51*
171
Walworth Co.
44
13)
Warner Bros. Pict.
BANKING CORPORATION.
26
Westinghouse Elec.
882
23
25
131
Woodward Iron Cor. Chase National Bank National City Bank
2
21.
Libby. Moneill & Libby
584
DOW JONES AVERAGE..
May 9, 1941.
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