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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 6, 1940.

New BritishBRITONS MAY HAVE TO GOERING

War Loan

£300,000,000 Tổ Bộ

Raised At 3%

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LOSE ALL LUXURIES

FOR DURATION

EN FREE WOUD <--**

All suggestions for the promotion of this vital activity will be examined with the iden of bringing into

ramifications of export}

ABOARD

BRITISH

LONDON, March 5 (UP)-operation a unified scheme embracing WARSHIP

In the House of Commons to-day the whole

trade. Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, minounced that a new war loan totalling £300,000, 000 at 3 per cent. will be issued at par and redeemable at 15 and 19 years.

He said subscriptions must be completed by March 15,

To Be Opened March 12 LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter).—In the House of Commons to-day, Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer umounced that a War Lean of £300,000,000 for 15 to 19 years at three per cent, will be issued at par.

The lists will be opened on March 12 and closing on March 13.

Ten per cent, will be payable on application and the balance on April

15.

City Welcomes LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter).Sir John Simon's war loan announcement was welcomed enthusiastically in the ety, says "Reuter's" Cily Editor.

It is expected to constitute stabilising influence in the market for Govermanent securities,

#

Some circles even suggest that may have a tonic effect on current prices.

Inter-office dealings after the an- nouncement were notable for the

strength of gilt-edged stocks, with War Loan at 100 per cent.

Terms Exactly Right

It is generally believed that the terms and issue price are exactly right in the present market ditions for this kind of luan.

CUIT-

It is stressed in omletal circles that

no further war loan will he issued

on terms as favourable as those now

announced. It is hop

hoped that

The

be on in-

By Goebbels!

The White Paper concludes: "Not Which Was "Sunk" withstanding the obstacles caused by war, the final alm must creased exchange of goods and ser- vices to mutual advantage between the Allies and the countries who wish to trade with them."

VALUE

By A Naval Correspondent

A British Naval Base.-After

REAL ESTATE LOSES spending more than 130 days at Hea since the war began and steaming some 30,000 miles across many different oceans, the battlecruiser Repulse is hav ing a few days' rest...

FROM PAGE ONE

tennis and the reduction of rents. On the other hand there have again Sume buildings have suffered severely

been fur sighted people pleking up smaller buildings-hose with a few rooms on the grounds that they are certain to be in demand after the war when the servant problem gets worse and there is a housing shortage, "The market for farming lands is improving.” he concluded, "but buyers are mainly

not tenant farmers."

investors

ITALY TO RATION HER COAL

> FROM PAGE ONE

ther coal deliveries sured. The overland route for fur- to Italy Was thoroughly discussed during the re-i cently concluded German-Italian: trade talks.

"Since the British attitude made it assumable that coul shipments via Netherlands would be halted,

the

The loud-speakers on mess

that has not been heard for decks to-day carried an order

more than five months-"Men proceeding on leave fall in on the port side of the shelter deck.*

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For a few brief days those men will | TO - MORROW be quite out of action stations and

One Day Only the constant alertness that is second They can have o nature to seamen. "night in," which means they can sleep undisturbed for a full eight hours. They can, for the first time for twenty' werks, relax.

No Comfort To Nazis This information will be of no comfort to the enemy If trenches him.

The German Admiralty has of- ficially decided that the Repulse was sunk by U-boat torpedaes at Scapa Flow on October 14.

They have recorded the fact in the Naval Annual, which has just been published,

telligence Department the Repulse Unfortunately for the German In- persists in existing and the only

banke will give reasonable assistance necessary preparations for a read- damage done to her is the chipping in the shape of temporary credit ajustment to the land route were of her paint by the dockyard mateys

ringements for the amalier investors muxious to subscribe but who are nut in position to complete payment on April 15 of the 80 per cent, of the remaining due after meeting the 10

cent per

application money. Chancellor's Announcement LONDON Mar. 5 (Reuter), Sir

John Simon, 211 the outset of the

our very

an

made."

who are at present swarming all over The paper adds, “The trade agree-her, tuning her up for another 130 tent with Italy provides, for an ad- or inore days at sea, or another 30,- ditional increase in Italian food ex- 000 miles. ports to Germany,"

will be payable on application and the balance on April 15 next. annolancement, said that

Subject to certain safeguards, the large national expenditure had been Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed so for financed by additional taxation offering to non-resident subscribers imposed Fast September, by, apexcumptions from taxation somewhat preciable aerense as the volume of similar in those attaching to some of

our loans in the last war. Treasury bills and the ever-mounting. proceeds of the very successful av ings campaign since November. The Government's appeal Eubscriptions to # large loan and necessarily to be delayed until it was felt that the market was ripe for its issue. The time for this had now

arrived.

£10

tional Savings Bank issues, to which There will be Post Office and nn-

for the minimum subscription of

will be accepted, although no such application must exceed £1,000.

This will afford such subscribers opportunity of lending their say ings for longer tun provided by Defence Savings Certificates

Borrowing since the outbreak of wur had all been for short periods. The new loan, however, would be for a period of 15 to 10 years, enrry an interest of three per cent. and would be Issued at par.

Cheap

Borrowing

That rate accords with the Gov- erament's avowed policy of borrow ing as cheaply as possible, and at the same time it is o reasonable one from the investors' point of view.

Bonds.

and

Opposition Picased

Simon loan announcement was wel- LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter).The

comed by the Opposition, who put a few questions on the subject.

Replying to these questions, Siri John Simon said that the suggested issue of short-term loan at a lower rate of Interesi, particularly, suitable)

large fina

Anancial

for

The loan will be repayable in part Mr. Pethick Lawrence,--would-be houses, made by on October 15, 1950, but the Treasury borne in mind in respect of possible reserve the right of redemption future occasions.

partly or wholly at any time after October 14, 1955, on three months' notice.

Il le, therefore, to be known as the Three Per Cent. War Loan, 1955-59, To Borrow Much Mora The amount of issue is limited to C300,000,000. The Government will have to borrow considerably more than that during the next 12 months, but a first issue for a limited amount Is convenient to the Treasury from several viewpoints, and it la also in

future issues, but it would not be There would certainly have to be

statement now, wise or prudent for him to make any

He appreciated the point made by Mr. Leach about preventing would- be lenders on this side entering into collusion with some friend abroad to get better terms.

The Government would take good; care to see that it was no president's money which would be lent on the terms that he had suggested.

I think it would be rather a waste of energy to send any of the Foutasse posters warning chatterboxes,

"Repulsed"

I spent the forenoon in the ship trying to learn something of what the ship had done during these pening weeks of the war. Every- body was kind and inost evasive, asked if anything interesting had

chased happened-and

They

me.

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Hongkong Stock Exchange ontein ADDED! Summary issued yesterday says:

The market is a trifle easier. There La no rush of selfing, though buyers have temporarily gained the upper hand, and are basing their enquiries

lower levels,

Buyers Hongkong Banks $1,400 H.K. Wharves $103% 1.K. Mines 3% cts. China Lights (Old) $8.45 China Lights (New) $5.40

Bellers

ILK. Docks $23.10 H.K. Lands $8 Electries $08

Telephones (New) $11%

Sales

Hongkong Banks $1,400/05 H.K. Docks $23 HI.K. Lands $38.00/38% H.K Trame $18.15 Star Ferries $67

China Lights (Old) $8.00 China Lights (New) $5.55/51⁄2 Electries $67/08/09 Cements $20/10.88/19.70 Dairy Farms (Old) $23

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SETTLEMENT

MEXICO CITY, Mur. 5 (Reuter),—-- Senor Castillo Majera, Ambassador to Washington, returning here, de- clares that he has brought the basis for a general settlement with the Sinclair interests for the settlement of their claims for the properties which were expropriated.

The agreement would consist of payment of a sum tentatively fixed and signature of a long-term contract under which the Sinclair interests would purchase Mexican oil.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 5 (Domei), -Tho Senate Foreign Relations Caminittee on Monday turned down the Bill calling for the application of the Neutrality Law to the Sino- Japanese conflct.

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Pacifist VICTIM CARRIED FOUR Clergyman

former

London, Mar, 5.

MILES UNDER BUS IN BLACK-OUT. LONDON-It is believed that "u woman's body found under a bus, which was being backed into Him-

Rev. J. Q. C. Kind, son of the mersmith Garage on Thursday night, Bishop In Fuklen, has was carried under the vehicle from resigned his curacy at Bury St. Trafalgar-square, about four miles Edmunds because he says it is in the away. best interests of the parish that there should be no divisións,

The woman was identified as Mrs. Mildred M. Matthews, 39, of Harland Mr. Hind is a polfist and has Avenue, Sidcup, Kent,

been at Bury St Edmunds three years. In his letter of resignation

It la thought that she was knocked

caught up under a passing busa

he says. "I am sorry to have been down in Trafalgar Square and ther

use of this trouble.” In the last issue of the parish the square.

handbag and gas mask were found in

the cause

magazine the Vicar referred to the

special problem of pacifism facing able to tolerate, but-refectă a man the parish and referring to Mr of sincere convictions. leading n Hind's resignation, said.--"His senti-| Christian fo and with whose ments do him credit. It is grievous}

-Tol. 50021;!

V

to and that the parish has not been opinions they differ."-Reuter

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, ut 1 and 5, Wyndham Street. In the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

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