The Archive · 1939

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York 3890 2 mths. Reynolds Tobacco "B' ily Reichsmark Quotations Cheribon; Diambi, Gorontalo, Makas oners) 1/5% London Stocks Schenley Eu New York, Jan. s, sas, Malang, Medan, Menado, Palem.|INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA! CORPORATION, LTD.

buyers 15H m Bet, pfd. 0 Berlin, Jan. 5. The American Petroleum Institute bang, Pekalongan, Pontianak, Probo (Incorporated in England by Thursday's Closing Quotations Shell Union Oil Tet The Reichsmark was quoted today 9f New York, in its weekly report linggo, Semarang. Soerabais, Tegal Cerrar, ers 189°) e 3,000,000 with which is affiliated sous Nip pt, Jan. 5. à Petroleum Institute Royat Charter, "1855 (Incorporated in England) New York 463.50 ande dis E Bocony-Vacuum. 134 jat New York 40.12, Paris 1533—issued today, estimates that the betong, Tjilatjap, and Welte- Reserve Die 3,000,000 THE ALLAHABAD BANK, LTD. m, Jan. 5. Sperry Inc i Amsterdam 78.775, London 11.50. deily average gross crude oil pro- Shanghai Branch: 18 The Bund ase Generally quiet conditions pre- Sinn. Riy. $5 pfd. 2D paris quoted sterling at 176,60 to auction for the week ended Decem- BRITISH INDIA: Head Office: 33 Bishopsgate London veiled on the Stock Exchange today Stand. Brands Nig 176.65 and the Gold Dollar at 38.10 ber 31 totalled 3,201,000 barrels Bombay and Calcutta, Manchester Office: 71 Mosley Street AumHOMESED CaPTIAL £5,000,000 Yokohama 1/2 Under end-of-account influences, al- ae red shu? © 38:115.—Trans-Ocean. This represents a drop of 235.000 CHINA Agencies and Branches: Susecumm, CAnzAL 160 (buying) Ung, though the undertone remained Stand. Oil of N.J. se barrels from the figure for the cor- Shanghai, Hongkoni Alor Star Hongkong Penang—Ram, Carmat slovakia 138,318, moderately steady apart from gilt- Swift International FE responding week of last year. (Malay—Totlo Rangoon Shanghat Branch ned is $ pre g and Amoy.. Rma Berne 2053)45—Sellers, N—Nom. edged issues which encountered fur- Technicolor 22 drought in the south-west and heavy The daily average output for the THE PHILIPPINES: Manila. States) Ipoh iron New York USS T. T. on: ther selling. Ec] P sus ber T ahandoament of "Winter peed week ended December 24 was placed STRAITS SETTLEMENT: Singapore Amritsar Karachi amban Head Office: Bern 4042 Japan mos 12, the, industrial section, selected Transamerica 2 No worthwhile moisture is indicated $450,000 barrels.—Reuter. JAPAN: Kobe and Tokyo. Mas" dobe Bere Lo an ce R (Spain) Ung. Shanghai 1679 Mattie issues were supported, giving Tw. Century Fox Figg, com. 2314) for this week over the Winter belt, AM Banking Transactig's, Bombay Kuala-Lumpur Sitiawan 16 Cockspur Street, S. W. 5435 Austria 0 the list a fairly good appearance—un "carbide a! carts Si where harmful alternatingly freeze - Calcutta (Malay (Mala: € cee 1686 00 Jam. 4 5 n. Aircrai iż pected to prevail. Early selling in oe nghai Cawnpore Kuchin; Sourabaya Bombay Coimbatore... Mad 282% Cislovakia 3.4234 Reuter. Un. Paci 554 ug and thawing conditions are ex- Electricity Output in U.S C. G. RIEM, Manager Eamon State States) Branches: oan Rumania 273%) wax Loan seo (Red) £97% 9% Un. Gene ce Iit corn futures was well taken and New York, Jan Cebu {Sara Taiping Catcusta Colombo Pellacht Cine part E pr Eu seer unas Bi, prices hardened on receipt of late} Production of electricity by the TTTEPTYY Delhi Manila Tonpkan Calicut Hongkong Singapore 340: s td. 34° prices hardened on receipt of late Si by d Colombo Madras Tientsin ana Shanghai. 2034 Finland 20 Japan 50 Stg. Loan, 1907 ae 42—USC Nomen omer 11% Argentine is serious. Subsequently, the United States for the week OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING ambure New York- Temeao [maneypanit issues Letters of Credit, and E ass 3 j cables; m in the|cleetrie light and power industry of Medan Bhuke 90000 Poland 18.933; Japan 6% Stg. Loan, 1926 52 52 8% pid. ion [prices declined when beneficial ended December 31 totalled 2,121.- tenon wedging didus [nie qu UM ited 695 Osaka, Jan. 6. U. S. Steel 6734: ains occurred in the Southern 00,000 kilowatt hours, according to CORPORATION, LTD. E p okobama [throughout the world at current ex tary vere so E Yias|Vamdum sts, 2" Hemisphere. Country marketings the weekly statement of the Edison 7"?"Porated tu the Straits Settlements) INT: T Cur Deposit Aot MA ede tsi Woodward Iron 24%, was recorded in cotton futures, This indicated a gain of 6.1 per—Cspondents in all parts of the world. 247 be ascertained on application. The aci am cern Vans Ead" sit tre sub-normal, Not much. elianic, Fore Institute published teca. 12 Kiukiang Rond xu ron of Donne and [Ban Accoun opened on vienna who rate 2295 Armstrong Stevens Sa 9/0 less and dull conditions prevailed lost year, when the output totalled Lars say or and Trustee in approved cases.—undertakes the. reen of and also 2882 Allied Ironfounders 1/6 18/6 We. where trading was quiet. Feature- cent. over the corresponding week 'AL: "he Bank undertakes to act as Execu. 2E acts as Executor' and Trustee 4.0016] Auitin Motors, ord. wu Een Pt 83, Jin the rubber market. Apparently, 1,998,000,000 kilowatt hours. Avruonise Sts. Currency $40,000,00 "cate Deposit Boxes" for storing memo Tax "COVEY of British—Reuter. Austin Mo rd ya. Sas 23 Baltimore & Ohio si factories at the moment ere well Electricity output during the pre- "^1-UP Sts. Currency $10,000,00' valuables, important documents, ete. p H. MORTLOCK. Acting Manager, Gable a Wa new form i, So De RR. mo g pig Business news was featured by kilowatt hours, showing an increase The Ho Hong Bani, Ltd. ccording to size.

Britia American' Tob. 9". si Cities Serv. 35^ supplied with spots. vious week totalled 2,363,000,000 Successors To for rent from $12 per annum upwards Gammell Lad ord. ya EA A ow ER 19 the jump in steel mill operations, of 13.3 per cent. over the corres-|fhe Chinese Commercial Bank, Lt4- H, C, HOPKINS, Acting Manager.

Dunlop Rubber 23/418 hrn. Pacific R.R. 55% rer cent. of capacity as compare Head Office- SINGAPORE 3 10 which 53 ferent listed at our Landing week of last year.—Reuter. "he Oversea-Chinese Bank, Ltd. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK 3 monu, Guinness (A) Son & Ca. 109/- A—Asked B—Bid XD—Ex dividend 7.57. B " Branches and Correspondents ELGE POUR 3 descend vier Siddeley Altai ma 2g oder tapis, Dn n Cave Rod oes At Principal Cities of the World HANDED ANGER (Established 1880)

Jan. 5. General Else. (Eng) 76/9 Stand. Gas & Elec. 60:34 61 with 38.8 per cent. last week. The LIMITED months 244 Imp. Chem. Segond Zaprta (fully paid-up) Y.100,000,000 @moning e Leyland Motors 28/1036 87/-" riy courtesy of Swan, Culbertson & Fritz um building construction was Every description of Banking and) (EXTREME-ORIENT) /5""* Fo" Y.37180000 D. Tobacco 131/1015 130/734 Dow-Jones Summary, in the principal steel centers. f.000, ital Rolls-Royce. 15 1/3 Traders on the Stock Exchange /Fcnk clearings during the past week acted..A. Head Offices: YOKOHAMA, Japan Marks 2 84 the~Highest recorded since 1927. Foreign Exchange Business trans-Pressed Steel, com. 15/6 15/3 H S.A.

20 0 CONES 3o 33s LUE DEC o d Io r S C TAN, Manager—(Alei to the, sola Shanghai Branch: 24 Tas Boo Bankers' Acceptances for 2B Turner & Newall: BRR" fe digestion of the Budget message. The] those of the corresponding period of ce Pme mere AME a 106 Vickers, ord. 2/8 i first reaction interpreted the Budget last-year. - alexandria Karaci lo de Janeiro Woolworths 50/3 58/3" as largely in line with expectati The Market In Figures: CAPITAL: Frs. 30,000,000 Bankok—Kobe. Sane. PORE a. 2/- bile sales were 25 per cent. above D... Average for " TRADING SOCIETY——Calcutta ous [oe dert po HY 5 ey, NETHERLANDS reserves: Frs. 3,000,000 Benn, LorAngeios Senis 29 Jan. an Manila Gold Shares A BIE must BBY EA those of the corresponding period of 5" Indust. "15962 13818 om 44 fei xem Head Office: BRUSSELS S"

Jan 6 Opening Prices Burma Corp. 8/9 8/5 d It E wp Harbin (Bids in Pesos) Mone paper E the possibility of higher p.y. Average Res - 2 schappij, N.V. Amsterdam) "EGRnoHes: Hamburg last year. However, a discouraging DI Average for. lerlandsche Mandel-Maat- airan 5 em à! 5918—3926 E am pin, Maruman Invests us ws ai cial Pes Outer a pid TRE P cor cer ww Selle mee. L Phe bund Pee cancer. (ne Qué anne 945^ 245 Commonwealth Min. 1/6 6 D.-J. Average for Far Eastern SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN, 1000 1010 Sub-Ni 237/6 238/9 5 4072 48.75 up 46 ow rontein Ests.

Prices on the New York Stock 75 x, Hsinking Peking—Yingki itio Rie Gold Min. Up BAP Exchange for the. current period commodity Prices: Telephone 15075 Correspondents in all parts of the Rangoon '$354. Western Holdings 12/13 12/8 under review moved irregularly world, S. ASADA, Manager £m m ans lower, characterized by the easiness Dec. 29 Jan. 5 3 E in aviations. As a precautionary Chicago Wheat... [29 53 ie Ando trantan BU; go; measure, pending President Roose- jons asso CHE DE im BANKERS [Suet Mane E mar. eres inj. [on Monday, lightened their positions. Riper - Bm gin CHARTER [mug HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION eta " velt's message to Congress, traders Cotton 320 818 ESTABLISHED BY ROYAL um Ub canes xi mat tous, rue good and low inventories, together U2" UM IE a Mid we he orant and in manner prescribed by Ordinance a " business news continued $7 "m Incorporated in the Colony of Horgkong. The liability of member 2 ie de. y cons me grg s i large replacement needs, buoyed Business: FESTE Xo. 6 of 1929 of the Colony.) Sides? (ONE p Sh president's speech, which met with Carlondines (carloads) cosmo 874000 BATAVIA Reserve Funds Hongkong Currenc 7 $10,000,000. Index: (closing prices) 11943. 55 smartly esday following the of capacity) so—S07 Head-Office for the East: RH Ne. ass na d ae coe £6,500,000 H de—39 6% Gold Bonds 1925-47 6 z ihe industrial outlook. Prices advan- stea! Operations (c4 5 Pet one cuna Siesta TO Kubup 1.504005 a

2 p advocate a gigantic rearmament pro- (bois) y Od. soco 3201,00 aR Sassoon House, 20 The Bund Head Office: HONGKONGO. favourable reception. In anticipat suction HEME) 2.985009 "zia 0D EA SHANGHAI OFFICE: Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 Be eire power pro- S: Deo 090; E] mme in a furth Avtomobile output Board o ctors: T. E, Pearce, Chairman cliche a cern Coe ne Rr! BS Tiros Bs Cumas S% Sha EON E iga led the advance, However o> emitted. the Neierande. Küst- Indien, J. K. Bousrmip, A. M. Comprox, Hon. Mr. S. H. Dopweut, W. H. Lock, A terry RE I traders Thursday did not follow £!0ck Outlook: the Straits Settlements, RA G Misk, K. S. Monatsox, Hon. Mr. A. L. SmeLDs, H. V. WILKINSON, 5o" (Supl.toan) B. i6 16 the rise and final quotations were Until details of next week's Na- Burma, China, Japan, Arabia CNJ. Moo: CA DEEN IE, ORAA: Set Canton-Kowlom Riv. A.N 1a, new Budget would entail increased there has been an opportunity to Correspondents in all principal an Hattie noade Shanghai), Ipoh, chare Hubs Gus api Loan) G. 6 16 irregularly lower, on fears that the tional Defence Act are known and and 'Netherlands' Guyana, egress Ama, Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Shai Waterworks "A"—19%N 194 N taxation. digest the implications of the Budget towns of the world.: L: " r Kowloon, Chartd. Bank of I. A. &C. 914 9u " I Watch BANKING BUSINESS OF h y ed n anciseo, Tm. Ins. Soc. of Canton 3019 301% Characterized by continued stead- r.essage, stock prices on Wall Street E CONE PIER ipi king), Pei i v ola 3 t a Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyons, Malacca, Manila, Moukden, Muar, Ne 14 14 " " 9 i DONALD CRISP - BEULAH York, Peiping (Peking), Perang, Rangoon, Saigon, San Franci H&S. Bank (dri Reg) 9) 85 BONDI - JANE BRYAN - ALAN EVERY DESCRIPTION hai. Singapore. Sourabnya, Sungei Patani, Swatow, Tientsin mess in grains, commodity prices, as are likely to be irregular. Rumour- 3 Shan;: a Crinese ug: & Min. Commodity Index, by Tuesday stood ' Government experimental factory for TON ORDENS—Every description of Banking de Exchange Business tr measured by the Dow-Jones 1l|ed plans for the construction of a HALE: DIER FORAN HENRY For ones Tokyo, Tsingtao, Yloilo, Yokot.ama. d Bevin Senaicate i a mte at D AER a Prescated by WARNER BROS. J. oz WILDE, Manager e - fe Deposit Boxes for Rent, Corp. at their highest level since Novem- the manufacture of airplanes is e E Savings Bank Department. Safe D or Rea Gula Kalumpong Rubber 21/10% 21/10! vere firm on further reports of <fect on shares in this group. E Manager. er 14. at es at Chicago likely to have a further unsettling Tran he Novel by Mea Hesse Office Hours 10 to 3. Saturdays 10 to noon, A-S, HENCHMAN, 'N—Nominal,

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