the
81450 286
$76
17 ct.
1925/47
experience
Loan. 1908 Chinese 5% Crisp Loan
45
1912
301
was
Chinese 5% Reorg. Loan
1913 (Ldn. Is.)
38
Chinese 8% Ster. Notes
1925 (Vickers)
10
Chin. Imperial Rly, 5%
Loan
57
Honan Rly, 6% 1905
14
Actually it handl-Hukuang Rly 5%. 1911
great to a
(LP. N/Y Issue)
15
19
T
Hai
13
17
for General de Gaulle and op- posed to Vichy
(Brit Stpd)
12+
regret one moment of : it has Tientsin Pukow Rly 5% been a great experience," she said.
PAGE 10-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
'RICHEST WOMAN' HAD. TO LIVE LIKE "TRAMP
(TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER)
FINANCE & GENERAL
Finance and Commerce
the
LONDON STOCK
The Ranec of Sarawak, often described in America as "richest woman in the world," had during one stake of her stay In the United States to live like a tramp," doing the cooking and washing herself.
In A Tribune reporter after her arrival She described to Singapore by Clipper how she earned the money herself to pay The currency regulations prevented any for her flight out east. money reaching her.
get money
EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
J
London, Sept. 2. The following quotations are the from the middle prices at the close of the The Rance left Sarawak almost tempts to two years ago and but for a little Rajah at Sarawak falled owing to market in London. All quotations over four months spent in Lob- the restrictions imposed and thus are subject to confirmation and no don, during the height of the through necessity she worked at a responsibility is assumed for errors
in transmission.
She tried her hand
at almost
bombing, spent the remaining variety of odd jobs.
During the months in the States. first four months of her arrival, every line and at last found re-war Loan. 34%
after 1952) she was booked for a lecture tour cognition in journalism, and was and everything went off to sche-enabled to earn sufficient to pay Defence Loan, 3% qule, but her troubles began with for her food and lodging, and to Canton-Kloon Rly 5% Chinese 44% Gold Lona the financial restrictions imposed save up for her trip East.
at Raffles
1898 (Brit. Issue) as the war progressed
Time came when nearly all her Hotel last night, the Ranee, dress-Chinese 5% Gold Bonds. AD ated sarong and kabaya. with a available cash was spent
FREE FRENCH
ENVOY IN BATAVIA
M. Charles Baron, leader of the Free Frenen in the Far East, and British officer, are staying in
A
Batavia
In an interview with the Bat Via Nieuwsblad, M. Baron gave some facts about the growth of the Free French movement,
Не
When
Interviewed
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS SEPT BER, 1941. Ju London:-
Telegraphic Transfer. 1/2 7/8 Bank Bills, on demand 1/2 7/8 Credits 4 months' sight
H.K. Stock Exchange
Wednesday, Sept. 3.
BUYERS
H.K. Banks. $1440. Canton Ins., $230 Union Ins., $430. Docks. $17.85. Providents, $6.65.
Chinese Estates X.D., $100. Trams, $17.29.
On Shanghai:--
On demand
160
Lands, $36.50.
&
un Singapore:---
Humphreys. $7.10.
(Red.
On demand
52 31
Realties, $3.75,
105-7-16
101
On Japan:-
On demand
102 1/4
13
On India-e
Yauinati Ferries, $23.4.
Telegraphic
Transter.
47
82 0/6
Lights (N), $1.85. Electrics (N), $21.
$901
On New York:---
Telephones (O), $23.90.
45
Telephones, $9.25.
86.65 86.0 863 $18
$17/20
8312
12/6
$71
selendang thrown over. sald that Chin. 44% Anglo-French stie had enjoyed the very muen.
Heralded in every town that she visited the *lchest woman in the world," It ironic, she said, that she her- self possessed then only a low dollars
Her designation. "the Ranee of Sarawak, did not help her in any way, she said. capped her
extent. Bome of the people, including oneRukyang Rly 5%. 1911
even called
(German Issue) American newspaper, her a "phoney."
Lurg Tsing & The Ranee "lived like a tramp." Fly 5%, 1913 stated that at least 90 per cent of a small bed-sitting room, ewok-hai-N'king fly 5% the French in Cochin-Ching areg her food and doing the wash-Tientsin-Pukow Rly. $¥
ing very recently, "but I don't
5 9 9 228
M2
and demand
Bank Bilis, on demand 24 15/20 Credits, 80 days' sight 25 6/8
Cements, $15.30. Dairy Farms, $19.35. Watsons, $11.85.
SELLERS
Market Report
FROM ROZA BROS,
Wednesday, Sept. 8.
$230
8230
$10
1:
Jo Batavia:—
On demand
46 3/4
On Paris:-
Bank Bills, un demand Now.
Providents, $8.80.
Credits 4 months' sight Now.
::
On Saigon:
On demand
108
Ja Manlia:----
Ou demand
49 7/8
On Bangkok :----
On demana
149
Lands, $37. Lights (N), $2.
SALES Ducks, $18/17,90. Providents, $6.70. Lands. $36.90.
Mercantile Bku; "A", Mercantile Bka. "O". Bank of East Asia.....
N. O
S. Bauke...... Insurances
Cantos Tusurances..............
8432 Union Insurances......
$1
$185
Underwriters
H.K. Fires......
Shipping
$120 Douglase
890 €70
Steamboate
Indo-Chines (Pref:)... Indo-Chinas (Dal.)
61/10 Shella****
$6,55 | Waterboats
Docks, Wharves. Godowns, etc. H.K. & K. Wharvos.. Providents..........
* 2 atle
86.70
IK, Docks (Old).... $17.00 H.K. Docks (New)..... +Shanghai Docks........ Mining
Kailas
Ranba
Zota. Hong Kong Mines......
Lands, Hotels and Buildings
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1941.
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
SHAREBROKERS: ASSOCIATION.
WEDNESDAY Bayer Bollers Bomin
STOCK EXCHANGE,
Buyer Ballora 26TA
F'day's Lat
Faly Rople.
3 SEPT.
Banks
#1440
81480 H.K. Banks
286
Do. (Col. Reg.)
£79
Do. (Lon. Rog.)
£9
Charterad Bark
....
£23
£11
870
$230 8435
176 cta.)
R
$185
--
$150
10
890 $70
51/10h
3001
86.76
$17.30 18.00
8314
13/6
87
G.D. 97)
$9.70
$36 437
$3.70 $30)
H.A. & S. Hotel.....
83.70 83.80 $3.70/),60 ...
H.K. Landa............... $30
897+
Do. 4% Debenturos....
$214
Shanghai Lands.
831
83
H.K. Realties.
$34
Ja Sterling Notes:-
Lights (0), $8.65.
$7
Humphreys .......
$7.18
:
Bank Buying Rate.
Non.
Lights (N), $1.85.
₤100
X.D.
308
J
Chinese Estates..
M
Jar Silver per os............. 23 1/2
Electrics (0) Rts. X.D., $21.00.
Ropes, $10,
$49
Evo (B.)
Watsons, $12/11.85/90.
HONGKONG
(German Stpd.)
121
Her articles in the papers and Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5% ¡ner lectures eventually proved her (Brit. Stpd. Sup). Loan)
121
124
not quoted Silver prices were
Silver American morning. this was quoted at 24.3/4 for Spot.
Eruss- The London-New York rate was quoted at 402.1/2. New York-London was quoted at 408 -
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
Volume of Business Transacted on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1941, SALES
$23
86.60
$1,85 32 $1.85
28-29
1/4.
AS.
Watsons
Ger. 7% Intl, Loan, 1924 Chartered Bank
0
MARKET
91
Quier
ment officials.
Jack H.K.
S'hal Banking & Corp. (Lân, Reg)..... LK. & B'hal Banking
Corp. (Col. Reg.) Chinese Eng & Mining
(bearer)
STERLING
79
85
U. S. DOLLARS
13/6
4/-
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
111
1/-
10/-
15
22
15
152
Open market, sellers
Opened
42
but
that
3141 B8:9
36/6 10/9
817.20
$17.36 40
$7
#3}
Peak Trans (new)...
851
Star Ferrie
I'mati Ferries.........
$23
88.60
Chins Lights (0)
$8.60
China Lights (New)... 61.86
8214 XD. X.Res.
21.40). K. Electrics (Did)...
X,R. 8224
Q.D.
200 $11.80
921.40
500
11.85
#114
$11 30
600
11.85
| 818,60|
$184
200
11.85
Macao Electrics
6213 H.K. Electrics(New)... $21
II.K. Electric (Rte.) $11.20 Macao
Electrics
$11,281/30
***
500
6.70
$123
Sandakan Lighis.......
823.90
$24
Telephones (cld).......
$24
200 21.90
日主
59
Таlерhоnеѕ (ает).......
130 11.30
Industrials
154 11.30
$40
Cald., Maog. (Ord.) B.
300
18.00
835
Cald., Macg. (Pra!38.
1,500
17.80
$1
Canton Tens..........
600
17.90
$15.70
1.000
17.90 $0.85
815160. FON/DE
LK. Ropes
89.00
H.K. Govt Loss
Lands
100
36.80
8101 4% LOGA
T1
Tramways HK Hotels
500
17.40
299
81%
(1984).
808
$98
PL
P
500
3.35
908 191%
(1940).
MiscellaneousS
6,784
819.35
$19,15 Dairy Farm
$19 30
$19.26
The total value is $100.824.20.
80.
· 86.60
$1.85
38.46
83.60
82*
201
Sinceres
82.30
811.85
811.99 Watsone
911.70
842
Ch. G.5% 1925G3Bde.
$39
II.K. Wing On
S'hai Wing On
Cotton Milis
$305 S'hai Cottone (8.)....
Zeong Sings (8.)......
Wing On Textiles (8.)
Publie Utilities
H.K. Tramways........ (17.40
Peak Trams fold)....
$42
$305.
$120
$17.25%.40
•
$3 $496
...
Cements
#
*****
176. eta,
$15,50/60
$0.00
$101
Entertainmente maamu $1.60. Constructions.. (old)........ 180 cts. Constructions (new).....?
$6.45 Lano Crawfords........
Nanyang Tobaco...
In Bano! conditions are some- what different, as the majority of
the European population there are worth. She was heralded as "Bri-Tientsin-Pukow Rly 5%
whom Government offelals, for
tain's Best Ambassador," and pre-
(Ger. Stpd. Subi. Loan) their pension is of paramount Im-sented with a beautiful badge by a Jap. 6% Ster. Loan, 1924 portance Vichy is most strongly party of American patriots. represented by the older Govern
ONE OBJECT
INCREDIBLE SUN
The badge
sessions
Union on B
"The Free French," said M. Ba-j background symbolises all the three Services, the Army, Navy ron, "are not interested in poll-
Air Force, and is now and the tics. We have only one object, and that is to liberate France from one of the Rance's treasured pos- her oppressors and inaintain our rights to join in the organisation of peace on the strength of the sacrifices have made in the
we common cause of demoerney.
"We have also taken upon our selves to convince the world that! Vichy is not France but the anti-
The Ranee's arrival in Singapore Chosen Corporation
Rajah to the
of Mercantile Bank of In was unknown
first thing she dla, £5, "C" Barawak and the dla was to send him a wire. Sho. Pekin Syndicate on the other hand, had had recent Shat Elec. Constr. Co. news from Sarawak,
S'hal Waterworks "A" The Rance said that her child- Unton Insurance
grandchildren were ren and
all Gula Kalumpong Rubber thesis of France. The world must very well in England and she hop- Lon. Mid, & Scot., Rly. know that the French people have led to spend Christmas with them Great Western Rly. not capitulated
they in the "old country." war or no National Bank of India cannot express their true feelings war
B.-A. Top. (bearer)
because they are muzzled by the Questioned about America's war Dunlop Rubber Gestapo and the political police of effort, the Ranee described it as Bristol Aeroplane Darlan, the man whose name will "wonderful."
There were sellers at 1:3 up to Cana Providents October, buyers at 1/3.1/32 for Electrics (0) X.D.
Electrics Rts. Cash.
Selling rate to Merchants 25 H.K. Docks 1/18.
Business was done early in the morning at 517 and 518. Towards! H.K. the close business was done at 514. H.K Sellers at 610, buyers at $14.
SHANGHAI MARKET
with closed at 2.13/16 and steadler at 2.7/8. U. 6. Dollars opened with sellers at 43/4
and
closed steadler at 4.7/9 for Spot.
She added, the Imperial Chemical Ind 31/10 Shanghai Exchange
live in the history of France as Americans are putting every effort United Stee] the French Quisling."
into it and their every thought is Woolworths
M. Baron added that General aeftor a British victory." Gaulle's legions are rapidly grow-
23/71 58/- 6/3
Shanghai, Sept. 3 (Reuter).
oMcial T.T. Rates
18.
London
Opening
0/3-5/32
143/9
New York
& Trad.
61/105
1 ex. div.
Marsman Investments The Ranee also mentioned that Western Holdings ing, wherever they exist. He was America was collecting an "incre-Sub-Nigel immensely struck by the sympa-dible" sum of money for both Bri-Shell Trans.
(bearer› thy shown for his work, and for fain and China by various ways France, in the NEI
and meana.
Scrap Collection: War
Effort Helped
(TRIBUNE. STAFF REPORTER)
Malaya's scrap collection campaign is providing needed jobs out of work previously. for many women and men who were They are being employed at present in sorting out and cleaning the daily collections of valuable waste, their pay coming from the profits made by the sale of this salvaged "rubbish."
how much was being It needed the war to demonstrate wasted in Malaya. With the Institution of the scrap collection campaign, hundreds of tons of paper, iron, tin plate and steel' have been saved and new ways to use them are being found daily.
When the campaign started
❤ bid
*
INT'L LABOUR CONFERENCE
Japan...
India Paris Hongkong
Spot
Sept.
Spot
Sterling
Seller
5-5/16
$17-MILLIONS
WAR TAXATION IN 15 MONTHS
During the 15 months from Apr. 1, 1940 to June 30, this year, no less than a sum of $16,854,319,87 unquoted was collected as a result of the
War Taxation Enactment, intro-. 17-1/2 unquoted duced last year, says the Malaya 21
| Tribune.
Opening Closing 0/2-13/16 0/2-55/64 0/2-13/18 0/2-58/84
U.S. Dollars
$+-3/4 4-3/4 Sept....... Market: Quiet,
$4-13/18 4-13/16
CHUNGKING, Sept. 3 (Central) In response to the invitation of the International Labour Office, the National Government has de-
Silver Duty Rate cided to send three delegates to
The Central Bank of China's. International Labour Con- ference which is scheduled to be rate on London at 10 am. today
was 1/2-1/20... held in New York on October 27.
Upon the recommendation of
of Social Welfare, per cent the Ministry the Executive Yuan bas appointed
the
The Equalisation rate was 24-1/2
Mr. La Ping-heng to be the dele- India Rupee Paper
gate of the Chinese Government with Messrs. Chu Hsueh-fan and
We are not sending away all Kinn-wel Shaw representing the many wondered how Mr. Cherry, our scrap, We are sharing our Labour and Capital respectively. head of the department organising paper and rag
collections with Mr. L Ping-heng is now in the
the collection, was going to find India. A paper factory in Singa United States, while Messrs. Chu uses for the material he would get, pore
turning out first class and Shaware. leaving for and cheap varieties of York, shortly.
to
New!
Bombay, Sept. 2 (Router). Govt. 32 per cent, Rupee, 80-0-0 SILVER MARKET
LONDON SILVEK, London, Sept. 2 (Reuter). Silver-Market very quiet. Off-
clal sources supplied the very
small demand,
Spot, 23-1/2d, Forward, 23-7/18d:
But if these people expected to board- see one giant scrap heap where a paper from waste. thousand existed before, they Scap iron is also not being al
manufacture light! since been provod very sunt away. Local foundries are material have
ready to ust good, clean scrap, be- nuachinery which used to by im-
BOMBAY SILVER ⠀⠀ Wrong.
Scrap has become part of Main cause they have not yet got the ported.
Bombay, Sept. 2 (Reuter), The scrap collecting department ya war effort and at frequent in-necessary refining plants, and
Market-Steady. Oftake 50 bars, tervals, ships going to India carry they are turning out machines has been kept very busy because
Indian Mint, Silver, Ready
2000 62-15-0 tons of paper and iron, which, which we need badly now in our the enthusiasm which was boost- soon after arrival, In India, dis-efforts to keep our rubber exports ed when the first "Scrap Week"
Sept. 17 Settlement 62-16-0 Oct. 14 Settlement...... 02-15-0 appear into mills to appear again at the necessary level. was held has not died down:
Those foundries are turning“-out'
A BIG PARTN later as the raw material for cart
first class rubber rolling machines, School children are playing a ridge cases and guns,
LONDON METALS But there have been problems which previous to the war, we big part. In many schools, the
EXCHANGEVAA One has been wondering how to were importing in large numbers principals have instituted com-
London, Sept. 2 (Reuter), dispose of serap steel, There are from Germany and other coun- petitions between the classon, those collecting the most scrap
Tin, Standard, Cash, Middle no steel mills in or near Malaya trios.
These factories have not yet being awarded a half holiday. Price. buyers £256-1/4, sellers teady to use what we have, but
The competitive spirit in being £250-1/2 great latest information is that the dif- reuched mass production stage but ficulty might disappear,
they can now produce five such carried through the present Tin, Standard, 3 Months, Middie Price, buyers £260-1/2, solters South Africa has heard of our machines in the time it took, not month long holiday.
Further developments can be $259-3/4 Z Collections and has asked for all very many months ago, to make
Axpected from Malayu's Bcrap Market dull with very poor de the sorap steel we can give them one,"
When next a ship is available Stoppage of imports from out- Front in a tow days and mean- mund. Although bids were mostly to carry the bur quantity of steel side countries has also sharpened while what the collectors would below sellers Rinits, small business Foollected the the pountry, South the Ingenuity of local Chinese like the publid to know is that was completed for cash and wolltenika utee) If n. sak machinists and they are using they want plenty of good and, it nears were rather cheaper. After
every available source of local possible, clean scrap
hours Market featurelosez
,
The sum is made up of the fol- lowing:-
Total proceeds of export duty on tin $5.021,937.02.
Total proceeds of export duty on rubber $6.190.890.89.
Total proceeds of all duties, fees, taxes and impositions, other than the Export duties on tin and rub- ber $5,041,490.98,
During the same period, a sum was remitted to of $8,244,847.86 the British Government. This in- cludes $615,147.29 being collections from Dec. 1, 1939 to Mar. 31, 1940, representing excess duty on 11- quors, tobacco and excise,
The balance of funds in band at June 30, 1941, collected under the War Taxation Enactment, but not remitted was $8,609,672.01
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6/3
1/8
$14
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LONDON GOLD
London, Sept. 2 (Reuter).
Bar Gold, Fine per oz., 168/-
What do
85,80
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