HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION:
HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG,
......650,900,1M: Imund and Tully Paid up...$20,000,000) Beserve Funda:--
Authorisad Capital
·Sterling.........£4,500,000-
Bilver.....$26,800,000
Roserve ability of
Proprietora.
$30,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
G. M. Young Esg-Chairman EL. P. White, Eng.-Deputy Chairman.
H. Bell, E
Hon. My koksač. C. M. Bernard, Bo... Patton. He El. Dompton, Haŋ, J. A. Flummer, Sing, Hon Mr.PH. Holyoak T, A. Wall; q
CHIEF MANAGER: A. H. BARLOW, Esq..
Manager: Skafghal-G, H. STITT, Esq.
نا
LONDON BANKERS..
Westminster Bank, Ltd.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS. opened in
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED;
HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG (®, Des Værex Koed Central, Hongkong.
-'Authorized. Capital ...........$10,000\nna/
Paid-on Capital... 8,000,000 Reserve. Fund
||1,000|000·
DIRECTORS: Han. Mr. Chow Shop Sun-Chairman. Pune Plas Shan Mai Chung King LS Koom Chun Wong Yan Tong P K. Kwok Na Ching Luk Pong Wal Ting
Hayuh Tal Ken-Ying Po Chan, Ching Shek
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted." "Loung granted en annenped securities.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOTES to lot.
KAN TONG. PO.
Hongkong, 18th February, 1995.
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THE CHINA
COMMERCE AND FINANCE
RUBREMS
Dividends and Quotations
Mossrs. Carroll Bros, report the following roles of rubber shares | made to Hongkong:--
Kuala Sidima...
Maaka Pindae: Mentakabe
Now Studie Sandycrofta
行銀商工法中
to date.
pour le
LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED BANQUE FRANCO.CHINOISE DEPOSITS received for one year or borter, periods in Loen! Currency and Btarling on tarms which will be quoted:
application.
Bongkong, 20h, May 1925.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
*FOR · business of tho above: Bank {}
THE
Commerce et 121 ada tris (Incorporated in France)
5, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong."
HEAD OFFICE: 74. Rus St. Lazare,
Parin
COTTON.
$4:40 8.45 0.60.
8.75 5.20
Manchester Market Report.
WEARNE BROS., LTD..
W
Capital For Hire Purchase..
Sales.
the adoption of
accounts, I shal answer any questions which holders may sak.
No questing woo'sak'ed and i
the proposition had been seconded
TUESDAY
RAGS
SHOULD GIRL STUDENTS
TAKE- PART 1--
KOMTİFAMOUS JOKES,
To-day
offendär whose fault is often due to a curable complaint of awelled-head
The "rag" got up by the Glas hard-boiled egotism, la merely gow University students on the ignored sent to: Covens in fact. Which is worse for him
And I am sorry to say that the
Business was speedily daspatched fat the nual general meeting of by Mr. En Tong Ben, the report occasion of the Rectorial Election than a little remedial raggingles
Wearno Brethors, Ltd, which was held at the registered offices of the company, JA, Orchard Road, Sings.... pore.
ed
seems to have been rather an
elaborate affair, A bit smelly: pleasing, picturesque rag, de though, and distinctly unpleasant vised by imaginative youngsters for the good people who have the to add to the gafety of a college honour of sharing their city with or country-house party or sonce these lovers of learning.
intervene, said they preferred in
conducted by the HONARONG [Capital ... muna, cstimate of 88,000 bales report ankind year has been most success-
was ack Stad,
Mr. R. W. Blight proposed the a final dividend of 123 per cent, be paid. Mr. 8. Q. Wong seconded Mr. C. F. F. Weime (Chairman) and the motion was carried.
I was decided that the directors But (says Peter Merrill, in such self-contained community, Prasided, and there were also re fees for the year should be fixed at the Evening News), the elec-not as popular as it was in the Thy alo advise the receipt of sant Mom TJ. B. Weare $4,000. The proposition was moved tion of a Rector at Glasgow, Sculent youth; b Chief MinneCE,
a cable from their Singapore friendas W. Slight, E. C. Edwards, H.
rather remote days of my suc- notifying that the Jeram Kuantan Oke, G. B. Browster, Eu Tong Son by Mr. Lee Phan hock, and second Andrews, of the scarlet gowns, Rubber Estate Famined has declared g, Q. Wang, Les Phan Hock,
by Mr. Daly,
I can think of a number of ex- and other Scottish universities is hilarating examples of various another interim Dividend of 19J. M. Daly, FW Carrington, J. B. Wearno, seconded by Mr. strations of this kind, and a Sta themselves except from the On the papposition of Mr. always accompanied by demon-kinda which were quite harmless per cent, making in all 24 per cent. W. J. Weare, A. E. Baddeley, Browater, Mr. 8. Q Wong was Andrews altizen, when I asked point of view of "crabbed age" JA Clarke and F. F. Waarne roclected as a director of the com- him why the authorities did not which is always crabbing the (secretary)...
The Chairman said -Gentlemen," pany
The auditors, Mosers. Fratt and such cases, to "jouk and let the youngest generation and caused as the directors report, and late Co, ware re-elected at a foe to be jaw gang bye, duck sad
a deal of merriment. ment of accounts have bean in your
FLIRTING WITH A DON let the wave roll over-instead of hands for the prescribed patiod, I greed upon by the directors
A vote of thanks to the chairman, opposing it and being swept of a lively lad who had himself There was the happy thought November 25.. will with your permission, take them proposed by Mr. Brewster and Bway.
no read. It gives me great pleasure seconded by Mr. Clarke, terminated gow political tumult you must go from the Marton Street Baths to To find a parallel to the Glas-in towels and gaudy wraps, -wheeled in a bath chair; swatbed A further Bureau report was lesuct on Saturday that showing to address you to day and to be able the proceedings.
to an American university town the gate of his college. He was... Production from the previous inform you that our thirteenth
when & Presidential Election is fined £2 108-án odd and inex- on. My vivacious and out-spoken plicable sum friend, Mr. Poultney, Bigelow, Gross, given in his recently published looking boy attended the Eights On another occasion a nice- book of reminiscences a lively Week Ball given by his college as account of what happened at a girl-and very charming he New Haven on the drizzly cold looked and among other ex- November day in 1876 when periences, had an ardent firta- Tilden and Hayes were, the rival ion, while sitting out in the rose- candidates
Yale is located in the neigh yaungan Dona
haunted garden, with one of the bourhood, and only a baker's dozen of the sons of Old El practical joking, and I was one The minetles was a period of (the pious founder) took part in of a very hilarious country party the parade. In honour of Tilden. for Christmas ide, at which a It the thousand-odd students on of the house announced the who preferred Hayes perched on secret preparation of a Christ the historic college fence all the mas-tree and himself distributed way from the Art School to the the gifts to the guests. By de- Green, and pelted the unhappygrees it dawned on them that the thirteen with mud-patties having curious and costly presents had the size and weight of base-balls been accumulated by stripping
AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR, PORATION. Ruler may be obtained
on application.
INTEREST on deposite is calcolatod on the lowest balance during snob com. plated Calendar Mouth at 9 par sent. per annum. Should there be no bala noe on any day in a month no interest will be allowed for that month,
Dapositors may transfer at their aption. Balance of 8100 or more tɔ, the HONGKONG & SHANGEAL BANK- bobo plisood on FIXED DEPOSIT & CURRENT RATES.
For the HovGROND & ARANESAJ. BANKING CONTORATION,
A. H. BARLOW,
Chief Manarer. Hongkong, 7th January 1026.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
Roservin
your smounts
LATEST WILLS
penial Working Caphal Fre310040 Messrs. J. F. Hutton & Co., Ltd. ful throughout. Turning to the Liverpool on Monday promptly rebalance aheat (copies of which are sponded by advancing and cloth on the #ible) you will notice that.
William Clifton, of the net profit for the prices here were advqnood generally, to $784,162.61. This, together with
Alleyn Park, Dulwich, however, not much" business hina
5.D., partner in "Mesars. resulted, buyers holding off and only of $180,588.22 being the William A. Crump, and buying very sparingly. In many balance brought-forward from leat
Sons solicitors, Leaden hall Street, B.C.........
Parta
Paking Canion
BRANCHLIES
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BANKERS:
FRANCE- Bociana Ganemia.
Paris et den Pays Bas LONDON - Malin Benk Bel
NEW YO-Kerian Bank Both
Tront Ch
Rangne quarters it is held that there is no year's account, makes the sum total Nationale de Credit. Banque de justification for a rise in the raw to the credit of profit and los Mr. John. Fenton (83), of
From this marilla vory evident that account 3014760.08.
Cleckheaton, Yorks, and of There is no confidence either here ist be deducted the interim divi-
British Belting and Asbes or abroad in the state of affairs. On dend of 7 per cent, amounting to the other hand there are those who $128,296.12, leaving a balance anal Co., Ltd., Scandinavia
-Mule
Mr. Theodore Drysdale, Every deterintles of Banking and think it will necessitate a considerable for distribution of $789,514.51. Exchange Business Transacted: Corre, eblis increased estimate to put the Yar directors recommend the pay M. B., of Cadogan-plase spondenta throughout the world.. market for raw colton much lower ment of a 12 per cent. final div. Chleen, S.W..
dend which will absorb $208,726.88, Mr. George A. T. Little A. ROLLIN, Manager.
making a total dividend of 20 per bury of Larkhill, Worces Hongkong: Decomlan. 19:16,
cent. for the year under review. Of
The "bullish sentiment is based
on the comparatively poor character of the erop and the increased netual
70,049
31,518.
27,748
consumption which of course dig the remaining profit is in recom, printer and publisher 20,210 which ammunition a vast the house of its minor tree--"
HEAD OFFICE: 95, Boulevard Haussman, Farin.
Babcribed Capital ... Fr«: 72;000,000:00 Paid-Up Capital ... Fra. 68,400.660:00 THE CHARTERED BANK OF constitute a record at 622,000 bales
Frs. 59,867,283.54 INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Reserve Fund
Ringkok Pambung
Lan
ionti
Pondicherry Knig
Shung Ins
INCORPORATED: RY, ROYAL
CHARTER: 1869.
Hand
BRANCHES:
Hongkong Mrgize.
Singapore
The in
Puld-un Capital
Reserve Fund
Noum
Peking
Me Pnom Penh
HANKIR
Tracing Yuanauts
IN PRANGE Cliptoir National d'Exempta de urist Credit Lebanely Rampa'da Parent die Enya Bang Grolie lust rief of Oogmeroin!!
Generala,
IN LONDON: The National Proglodal Union Bank of Euzioni, Madi; Comptoir National Exempte ale Paris; Carlit punis
IN NEW YORK: EP. Man & Car. Franzuela
Ring Corporation, Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
Intemt showman Current Amunts and Fixu! Deposits according to arrangan,
Every design of Banking and Exekinge Business transitated.
A. LECOT,
Manager. Hongkong; 11th. December, 1925.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ
NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETT.)
Keramzynen 1884, HONGKONG BRANCH RATANKIMACRIS, 1967,
Authorised Capital 6, 7611,000,000 £1,500,091.
ZL28861 2. 1,711,400
Paid-Up Capital ... 30,000,000 80,686, Special Esservie,.13. 20,660,50 8 18
HEAD OFFICE:-Amsterdam. EASTERN HEAD OFFICE!-Batavia.. BRANCHES:-
Ein Hermal Tala 19
Dja den
P. decy Ping Botterdamd "Ingapore:
Bandoung
Oneribo
The Hague.
Macassar
Palembang
Pantanals
Bombay
Dember
Kabe Madan
Kitangan Rangoon
Bamarang
Boara bali EDEPANEMA (Cal
„Tilinija» ・ ・ Weltevrecise:
LONDON BANKERS National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondents all over the world!- BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION, DER
M. J. HERBSCHLEB,
Agent, Hongkong, November 4, 1926.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE
BANK, LTD. w
Established 1880.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Reserve Liability of Pro-
priators
,£3,500,000 £4,000,000
£9:000,000.
mended that $100,000 be transfer red to general reserve, and $200,000 denda. The bilance of $280,787.68 to reserve for equilization of div when directors' fees are paid to be carried forward to next account.
EXCHANGE.
Hongkong, 20th December, 1998 On London.
Bear, Wire...
17
On demand m2/4 8/18): 30 day's night. 4 months' skat Credits: 4 months' sight Documentary, 4 months sigh 11. Paris.
Ou demand...
Crediting 4 months! eigh
On Berlin-
Un demandin
eminta the large crop reports the weekly takings, which, by the way against 404,000 bales last year this for American cotton only "Thy visible supply has only gained
The payment of a 121 per cent. 150 000 bales against a gain of dividend may, fo some of the share- 200,000. balca rast your and accord-
holders, seem rather conservative, ing to all accounts is is difficult to but the tremendous amount of see whorce further big supplies of capital required for financing des good grade are to come from. There under hire purchase agreement has been a little more doing to-day renders it imperative that ample On FOREIGN EXCHANCE and General but not nearly enough to cause a Bavid avete be maintained by the Banking business transacted.
footing of entisfaction. Some of FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year worly of mention Grey staples required to carry on hire purchase. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and the iola put down as scarcely company. Bume idea of the cash or shorter period at rates which will be appear to have been the chief sales can be obtained by reviewing
Tentire for Calcutta. Soms of the sundry debtors which amount to Do Jalontie
$1,206,489:53. The majority of lighter goods have gone through for
there are under hire purchase. other Indian outlets. More enquiry has been received from Java 646.83 This includes all property - Land and buildingso total $175,- Straite and the Philippines. Trade owned by the company in Singa with the Near East is lightly
pora, and the branches. Stocks on haffer than last week Egypt a hand and about are shown a mount almet off Smail rules for the 1 to $882,146:74, while goods in River Plate are reported. Con-
transit bist not paid for amount to tinental offerings have been Day
$243,700.14 The reserve for full of market price of investmoete is condered ample
quoted on application.
A. F. FERGUSON,
Manager: Hongkong. 15th April, 1925
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(Taiwan Glako.).
Incorporated by Spreint Imperial Charter, 1999,
Capital Subscribed Capital (Puid-up)
Yen 15,000,000 rulo, useless, Flome trade and dy. Yon 39,275,000 Colonies have booked moderately Spinners have advanced shouted. per. lb. but not much business has
HEAD OFFICE Talpeh, Formos:
Osaka.
BRANCHES:
been dono. There has been a moderate amount done in some JAPAN, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe gyptian punts, but medium FORMOSAL Gran, Kat Katento, American continue poor. This Kelang, Bakoto... Nanto. Shin- state of affairs will accentuata the
Talehu Taman Takao air for short time. CHIK
Toyen, Helton, Tamau
TAROL CHINA:hanghal. Hankow Emoy
Foochow Swatow, Cantón
FORWARD SALES. OTHERS: Bongkang.
Singapore, Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia, Bombay, London, New York, IsCalcutta,
MALONDON BANKERS:
1.
Tork- On demand Credits, 80 days On Bombay-
Wire On demand
Wire On demand On Bingapore Jemand
On demand....
On Shangha
Ony demand
10days! tight (private paper) Un Yokohama On demand
139. oversiga (Bar
|(Bank'u buging rate) § 20 Ras Bliver in Hongkong. 84 % pay Chinos Copper Caif 102 m
DIE COL)
231.-14/14
Hlvar:
Chinees Hab. Ocin longione Sab. Colur.
Ohmers Copper Clanto.
Tate of Nativa Laserost not
18% dis
quantity had been prepared
I got az ancient ning-pan of cop
TOO: COMMON FOR HARVARD! At Harvard and Yale-the Oxford and Cambridge of the United States such rude, crude
Sometimes destiny provided a manifestations of the odium college with a peculiarly ragalle politicum are no longer in member-eg, a simple fresher fashion as a Harvard man lately came up in a Jubilee summer- assured me with the languid in- term at my own College, was tonation characteristic of that christened the Jubber," and was seat of learning: "We leave that hunted periodically. He took it sort of thing to the fresh-water all in good part, and was really universities (meaning the less a valued and popular member of venerable foundations which star
the community.": the map right away to Call When Mr. Winston Churchill fornia);
drat became a Cabinet Minier
I am surpised, and a little dishe went to stay at a house up gusted, to find that certain moral-river to be congratulated by ists deplore the participation of young friends, and they promptly. girl students in the Glasgow rag and frock cost and all. He was threw him into the river, top hat On the contrary I applaud itas
It is perhaps as well that Boat
a proof that the female of the quite nice about it. species is beginning to make a "manly" use of her academic Race Night and Eton v. Harrow
rags have been stopped or mighti privileges.
A Cambridge Don, in a discus-y mitigated. – But to give up. ston on the manners and morals the harmless picturesque, laugh of the undergraduate who tries ter-provoking rag, would myolve to draw us with her shingled forgetting how to be hair, pointed out that she was national disaster. still incapable of the undergradu-
It is moet gruffying that Ford Motors (Burma) Limited have paid 10 per cent. interim divided mounting to $25,781.90. The final figures for the year have just come to hand, and the not balace stand- ing at the credit of profit and kas recount after dedexing interim said Jean Tom was the man
Nellie had refused. -today Evidend is Ra 187 278.72. A divi- «Did you tell him I was man dend from this profit will be paid red? asked Nelife eventually. into our next year's count
"And did he seem sorry e "Yes. He said he was sorry, he didn't know the man
ste's ecstasies of jois-de-vivre
Shot by the fact that there was practically no ragging at thewoman's colleges efther at Cambridge or at the slightly more Leminished
I met Tom to-day, Nelle de Balea
The Locomotief has published some interesting news of rubber In conclusion I must thank the crops and their forward sales head office, branch managers and
London County Westminster and from some Sumatra estates, viz., atat for the competent manner ipadthous
Parris Bank,
throther Sumatra Rubber Culture which they have carried out their person
Maatschapply(Serbadjadi and
The Bank hat: Garraween Santa fa. thai Comm
Philippines, Jhen Afrina Agu
T. TAKAGI,
Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH:
!&Des Voeur Road Central”. Hongkong, 1st November, 1925.
year
Centrum An the Pampers Pintinent Rnella, Jan Hanna estates) sold forward last shirin anaran, Joint China, Sism, India, year for delivery this
Intoran Auded in Carpet Adogs, and blunt 884,720 lbs at 77 cents par lb. Pezaeita at rates which will be quoted all The estimated crops from these two estates were 1,479,000 ha, The crops up to September were. 1,061,000 lbs. Further sales of 161,426 lbs. have been made at f. 1.84 per Ib. The Lampong Sumatra Rubber Maatschappij of its crops at 76 cents par lö. Its has also sold forward: 8051204 lbs.
1925 crops were estimated at 800,000 The same company
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
Capital (full paid-up). Ten 100,000,000(Specially Authorised by Presidential has also sold 80.18r. 228 lbs. of
-Reserve Fand
Yen 88,500,000
Head Omeo:-XOKOHAMA..
Branches and Agencies atï
Batavia. 那 Bombay.
Buenos Aɣré.
Qalet Ita Canton Thangchum. Dairen (Dains
Newchwang. New York.
Danka. Peking. Rangoon
Bio de Janeiro:
Mandate of the Republic of China Its crops at L45
or the 22nd of November 1917).
Authorised Capital $80,000,000.00
Stau Sumatra
Paid-up Capital ..... $18.276600.00: chappij's 1925 Baserve Fund... 39,629,426.24 ated at 480,000
240,480lbs
HEAD OFFICE: PERING.
HONGKONG BRANCH
at 75 cents
The
NOW I WONT
HAT CAN BE,
date sold
have also
an Amster
have been sold ga
· Forward: con entered; Infoś
6. Quem's Road CentralN Branches and Sub-branches all over firm Chitta "and": Correspondenta sin i America, and other parts of the world London Bankers: The National Provin
efal and Uzion Bank of England, Ltd. Cyna-Guaranty Trust Company of
Magistra
your car Prison
as a solicitori
oung
You appear to bas seen better
me what has been
I was brought up
the question to a Magistrater Ahl what a pity
ama
liyaly populer niece of mine, now you, should have allowed yourself we say?) and, while admitting Frisoner: "I haven't been in residence at Girnham (shall to be so dreadfully reduced that the Girtonites and Nown-duced, your Worship. hamites are still incapable of solicitor still.". ragging for the rag's sake per- Magistrate Then how is it haps because we women have you are brought here on a charge much smaller allowances than the of begging men and take life too penurious Prisoner: "My profession, kir, Lyshe notices signs of better my profession. I am a solicitor things to come, ka
of Alms]":
Of late Cambridge has been the scene of elaborate rags, very entertaining to the general pub- le of which the unvelling of Ero represented by the stout est and plumpest undergrad who could be found in Petty Curio was admirably sta:
The secret.com
which en
member
1 am. Andured. forward to at forma
Sasant per
DRAWBACKS OF COCOA
Tar no undergraduettes have taken part in these clea perhaps because they publicity 41 don't think is more likely, because not be relied upon