2
BANK S
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital
100,000,000
Lead and Fully Faldrop a $20,000,000 Besarta Punda:--
was £ 0,600,0 $10,000,000
Berling
trar.......
Reserva Liability of Proptintore. $25,000,000
HIRAD OPVICH: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS—
10. Mr. C. 6. 8. Markle, Chaleman.
Hon. Mr. J. 7, Paterson,
Deputy Chairman.
W. H. Del.
A. R. Complum, Regj.
T. K. Fearos, Fing
1. A. Plumtser, Big,
D. Lander Lawie, Bag. T. H. R. Bhaw, Bay.
Ct. Maki, Kan.
BATAVIA
J. . Warren, Haq.
Dalai Mames.
V. M, Gipagburn, Bra.
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AMOZ
JANOROX
LYONS
MALACCA
MANILA
MUAR (3ohors
KURDEN
NAUAHASI
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CHEPDO
COLOMBO
DACHEN Posoditow HAHORO
HAMBURU
HASKOW
RABBIN
HONOREW
ILUILS
fro
JKORE
KULE
KOWLOON
AGALA LUMPUR
PRIPING
PKNANG RANGIOON
NATUON
BAN PDANCINGO
SHANGILAJ
SINGAPORE
NOMGABAYA
SUNURI PATANI
TUENIBIN
TOKYO
2MINUTAU
YOKUNIAMA
Cures Autopend in Local Currenoy uun yo up and Fired jail remoted for shorter periods in Local Currency and Berling on to which will be quoted on application, Blog hong #th February, WEB.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The
way of the aber Bank is conduot ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANOMAL BANKING OOIPOLATION,
olta application.
Buire may b
FUR TEK TOMKONG AND SHANGWAL BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYHURN,
Hong Kong, 9th July, 1900.
Chief Madager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
96, Boulevard Hansemann, Paris,
Sube.ribed Capital .Frs. 72,000,000,00 Pald-Up Capital...FT. 68,400,000,00 Exserve Funds ....Fri.102,000,000.00
Canton
BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon
Saigon Battambang Hos Authe
Mengtze Shanghai Nam-Diak Singaperu Djibouti Neumes Thanhoa Fort Bayard Paperia
Tientsia Haiphong Peking Tourane Harkow Hanoi
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IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais: Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industrial et Commercial; So ciete Generale.
IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de 'aris; Credit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Cor- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New
Yurk.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.
(Established 1917.)
HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Rd. C.
Authorised Capital Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, Paid-up Capital Reserva Fund
.£3,000,000 .£4,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
Liabilities
..£3,000,000
agencies and Branchens
of Shareholders Surplus
ALOR SAL
KUALA LUMPUR
(kulay Hinton)
KUCHINO
AMRITSAR
MADRAS
MANILA
HANUKOK
HATAVIA
SHOW DAY CALCUTTA CANTON CANFORE CKRO
COLOMBO
DAIREN (Dalny
South Marchus
DELHI
HAIPHONO
11AMO
HANKOW
HARDIN
(H, Manshuria)
HONG ROM
PIT
KARACHI
JAND
ROBE
KEALA KANOBAB
Perak P..8.)
MEDAN
NEW YORK
PERINO
PENANU PESHAWAB HASHDON
SAIGON
SEMARIND
KEREMBAN
SHANGRAI
KINJADORE
BOCRADAYA
TAIPING (F.MA) TAVOY
TIENTBIN
TOKYO
TSINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
TONGKAR (Bhuket)
ZAMBOANGA
(Philippine Tundu)
and
Gonorai
Foreign Exchange
Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for 1 year or shorter perioda at rates which will
be quoted on application.
A. H. FERGUSON,
Manager. Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929.
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK
OF NEW YORK.
HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, Now York.
Capital, Surplus and
Undivided Profite..U.S.$224,654,298
Branched in:-
ARGENTINE LONDON
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CHILE
MEXICO
ISLANDS
PANAMA
PERU
CHINA
PHILIPPINE
COLOMBIA
CUBA
PORTO RICO
DOMINICAN
STRAITS
REPUBLIC
INDIA
URUGUAY
ITALY
VENEZUELA
JAPAN
SETTLEMENTS
Commercial and Travellers' Lettors
of Crodit, Travellers' Cheques, Bills of Exchange and Cablo Transfors Current accounta bought and sold. and Savings Bank accounts opened and Fixed Deposits in local and for- eign currencies taken at rates that inay be ascertained an application to the Bank.
We are also able to offer our Cus- tomers the services of the Branches of the International Banking Corpora tion in San Francisco and Spain and alag of The National City Bask of New York (France), S.A“, and Nice.
in Paris
F. MED. COURTNEY,
Manager. Hong Kong, 20th February, 1931.
THE
Interest allowed on Current Ac-AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, counts and Fixed Deposits according
to strangements.
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted.
Bafe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. LECOT,
INC.
Bead Office: 65, Broadway. New York.
Manager.
Capital Surplus
Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully pald-up) Yon 100,000,000 Reserve Fand
........Yen 115,000,000
Head Ofoe:-YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agencies at: Alexandria
Batavia
Rembay
Buenos Aires
(Temporarily closed).
Calcutta
Canton
Changchun
Dairen (Dalny)
Nagoy Nowchwang
New York Oraka
Poring Rangoon Rio de Janeiro Saigon
San Francisco
Fongtion (Mukden) Seattle
Bamburg
Hankow
Harbin
Boar Kong Honoluin Kai Yuda Karachi Kobe London
Los Angeles
Nagasaki
Semarang Shanghai
Shimonosoki Bingapore Soorabaya Sydney Tientaln Tokyo
Telnandu Tsingtau
Vladivostock
(Temporarily
closed)
Reserves.....
.T1.8.$6,000.000 .U.E.$1.672,454 ...S.81,908,209
BRANCHR9:----
Amsterdam Antwo Albone Basle Blo
Biarla
Bombay
1106 Gissgow Havana Humburg
Ierlaken Larusalace
Nic4 Neplan Pic Paris
Гераль
Faking Palacio
Tra
Brussala Bonade Airee
Chirp Calcutta Canno Colombo Cabdantloopis
مامية
London
Liverpool
Tabacoa
LAVEOF
Lugane
Karadžan Monte Charts
Minfla
Mendoh
Montreux Milan
Rotterdam
Ropa
Hoboul Shaarbai
Houthampton
Singapore
K. Koris
Tiantain
Vienna
Venice Yokoban Karlo
Copenhagen Pdinburgh Ploregon
Branches of American
Дата
Company in Principal cities of Unit- ed States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Pearsonal investment accounts handled.
H
8,000,000
4,000,000
4,000,000
2,620,000
Branches, Agencies and Correspon dents in the principal cities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOI,
Commerce and
Finance
BRITISH COTTON EXHIBITION.
Demonstration of Textile Industry.
AT WHITE CITY,
GOOD
YIELDS FROM EASTERN BANKS.
Satisfactory Profits Even in Difficult Times.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1931.
TRADESMEN TO VISIT OUR TAX-FREE “VEST
CHINA.
Japanese Business, Men on Inspection Tour.
POCKET DOMINION."
1
Man 6 Ft. 4 Ins.—with a Heavy Hand.
SOVEREIGN OF LUNDY ISLAND
He
With a view to assisting in re
Entertaining revelations about medying the present depressed life on Lundy Island--that little business conditions now prevalling aca-girt retreat in the Bristol In Japan a party of 1,000 members Channel, which is owned by Mr. Martin Coles Harman; the City of the Japanese Traders' Asso-financier were provided in the ciation, including students and King's Bench Division. The recent setback in the price of business men, who will visit Shang- Mr. Harman claimed the right silver, with its corollary of con- On February 16 the British tracted purchasing power for the hal early this coming Spring, travel to issue his own coin as tokens of
via one of the O.S.K. Line's money on the island. Manager. Cotton Textile Exhibition-the first silver-using populations of the East, ling
appealed to the King's exhibition which the whole British has produced an easier market in palatial vessels the Rio de Janeiro Bench against a decision of the embarked the leading Eastern bank shares, Maru (10,000 tons gross) on her Bideford magistrates last April. cotton trade has ever
when he was fined £5 and costs upon and the most completo display says "Searchlight" in the London
The issues of first visit to Shanghai.'
for unlawfully issuing as a taken which any industry has ever made Evening Standard.
The delegation is organised under of money a plece of metal to the of its processes from beginning to the two large banks with the big-
the rest interests in China-namely, the auspices of 17 Chambers of value of a half-penny, contrary to end-opened. The place is White City, London, where the the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Commerce and Industry, as presi- the Coinage Act of 1870.
a section of the and the Chartered Bank of India, exhibition was
Australia, and China-have beendency of the Mayor of Nagoya City British Industrlos Fair.
There is significance in both the now obtainable at 108 and the latin principal cities in the Central
To my mind both The place waster at £17.
districts of Japan, including:— place and the time.
The "Adjacent Island.” Objection had been taken to the London because London in Febru- those shares offer a reasonable op
Issue of the coins by the author- ary was the gathering-place of the portunity of securing appreciation Nagoya, Gifu, Turuga, Yokkaichi, world's buyers, and the cotton trade of capital over the next twelve Tau, Ujiyamada, Otau, Ognki, Kifu,ities on the mainland-which they that months. These banks are possessed Matsumoto, Shimidzu, Shizuoka, on Lundy called "the adjacent la-
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(KRIHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY)
BANKERS.
Fablished 184.
Hong Kong Masi—11, Quma's Boad Capal Authored Captials!lders 162,000,000- [213,800,000.) Paid-up Capital Gullar 20,080,000 (6,840,170) Serve Fund
Culiders' 40,030,000 (20,204,600)
Bad OD—AMSTERDAM Eastern Head Ofori-BATAVIA.. BLANCHES:- Bandjarmasin, Bandoeng", Bambe
Carbon
Djak
Jakarta, The Hagu
Thass odion have ente diposti boxes so lank, London Bankers!--National Provincial Bank Lád. Dorsspondente gil over the world Banking bualows of avary
imoriplica kransacked.”
A. STOKKINK.
soling Manager.
Hong Kong, 10th August, 1930.
THE BANK OF CHINA,
行銀國中
Reorganised October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Gov-f
ernment as an
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
4
Mr. Harman, who appeared in person, said the coins wore called puffins and half-puffing.
all, but last year, owing to reduced will proceed to Soochow and Hang the shipping fraternity had been profits following on events in China, chow by special train and another valuable. Whenever there had the bonus was cut to £1.
For the party to Nanking, on a sightseeing been a murder of the entire popu- current year the interim payment and business Inspection, on Apell 14|lation of the island the mainland declaimed res-
Government had
has been maintained at £3, and the and 15. market is confident that this will be On April 16 (last day in Shung-ponsibility. made up to £7 for the whole. year, hal) the party will split up into two
The Lord Chief Justice: Doen
If this expectation is fulfilled, Hong groups, for sightseeing purposes in the murder of the entire popula- Kong and Shanghai Bank shares, at and round the greater city of tion often happen? 106, will be yielding something close Shanghai, being conveyed by motor
Mr. Harman: Yes, pirates often
•
has come to the conclusion modern methods of doing business of large reserves and have demon.
Numazu, Chita, Toyohashi, Hama-land."
The puffin, he explained, was J demand the presence of the trade atrated their capacity to make satia-
even in difficult matsu, Ishinomiya,
very common bird on How Radia, Makassar, Medan, Padane in full force where the buyers are. factory profits
Lundy. Palembang, Fakiongea PIDADA
On April 13 the party will arrive Lundy was itself an Icelandle Pontianak, Bangoo Botsdam It was customary in the past to times. Hamarss Bhanghai. Bibolys
For each of the years 1921 to in Shanghai at the O.S.K. Yangtze-world meaning puffin. (Bust), Blugapore,
Bourbal expect buyers to come to Lanca- Boerskaria (8610)," Tegal, Thikalap and shire.
Lundy, although a small island That attitude is abandoned. 1928 the Hong Kong and Shanghai poo Wharf and will stay the first Weltevreden".
Lancashire frankly accepts the fact Bank distributed a dividend of £6,day in town on a combined business of 1,000 acres, was of importance. Then a party and the services it had rendered that its position in the world to-day plus a bonus of £2, making £8 in and pleasure visit. though still pre-eminent where cot ton is concerned, is one of struggle, one which calls for the most whole- hearted acceptance of the changed conditions throughout the world..
Effect on World Fashions. The time is significant because the cotton trade thinks it will be able to show goods which will have an effect on the world's fashions and the world's dress habita to 6 per cent. That is a high re- cars; and some members will be in used to. throughout the year to come.
turn on the money for an invest- town for shopping, etc.
Mr. Justice Avory: Perhaps the WAS At five o'clock the party will leave entire population of rabbits The 150,000 personal invitations ment of this kind. which had been sent to buyers in An attractive yield is also ob for Tsingtao and arrive in Kobe en murdered. (Laugher.)
completing their Mr. Harman went on to state all parts of the world had con- tainable on the issue of the Char- April 21. thus
international attention tered Bank of India, Australia, and journey in ten days. The period in that Lundy paid no rates, duties Subscribed Capital ....$25,000,000.00 centrated
to the mainland--and Paid-Up Capital.....$24,710,200.00 upon the Exhibition, and informa- China. This is the form of £5 fully itself is very short no doubt, but or tithes
Organizing Paid shares, now quoted around will nevertheless be interesting ex- rightly so, because Lundy recely- Reserve Funds ........$ 3,820,603.82 tion had reached the
£1734. Committee.
The profits of this bankperience gained throughout, which led nothing from the mainland.
There was no old age pension The White City was divided into actually increased last year, and will be of much future value.
We cannot, however, overlook the and no allowance for sewerage or made it dividends are on the basis of 20% elght halls, and this posalble to arrange the exhibition per cent., tax free, per annum. fact that one of the main features lighting.
Mr. Harman maintained that more artistically and more logically The current yield is therefore over of this trip being, that the Rio de
Janeiro Maru, a 10,000 tons gross Lundy Island was a "vest-pocket- than would otherwise have been £5 108. net.
Another share in the same group motor vessel on the South American size self-governing dominion." Owing to our numerous branches possible. An architect who has
He added that he had his own in China and large connections in the had wide experience of exhibition which should be worth attention is run of the O.S.K. Line and recent- important commercial centres of the work dealt with each hall as
a the £25 issue (£12 108, paid) of the ly built in the Mitsubishi Dockyard, postage stamps, and, amid laugh- world, we are able to extend to our
The au Nagasaki, has luxurious accom-Iter, remarked, "I dismissed my bringing Its National Bank of India.
for passengers, viz: [G.P.O." and foreign banking and exchanges. decorative treatment into conform-thorised and issued capital of this madation
"I contend," he went on, “that We also handle the issue of Bondsity with the nature of the goods institution is £4,000,000, against suites, single cabins, numerous two- and other Public Funds of the Chia: shown in it. Experts were in con- which there is a reserve fund of bed cabins, etc., and the type of the court below and also this court eee Government both at home and
For the past twelve decoration for the public rooms,is not able to deal with my right- abroad.
trol of every detail, down' to the ar- £3,000,000.
to issue coins on Lundy Island. on the years the dividend has been at the halls, etc. are of foreign design. SHOU J. CHEN, rangement of the goods
Manager. stands,
rate of 20 per cent. tax free. For The dining saloon is decorated in The mere fact that Lundy is small Hong Kong, 5th March, 1930.
architecture, and near England does not alter The Story of Cotton,
the current year the interim has modern Japanese The story
been maintained
and of cotton
10 per cent. If whilst the lounge
smoking its statua." one hall devoted to each the total payment is again made up rooms are strongly characteristic
Yarn
an old old Japanese palatial the begin- to 20 per cent., National Bank of of Was ning, and adjoining the yarn section India shares, now standing at 41, mansion. was an exhibit by the Empire will show a yield of £5 18s. net. Head Office-Hong Kong,
Marketing Board where the raw Allowing for income-tax at 4s. 6d. Authorised Capital (H.K. Currency) $11,000,000 cotton was geen from which the in the E, this is equivalent to a Pald-Up Ospital
@,048,600 Robert Fund
yarn is 1,100,000
apun-cotton from India gross return of over 7 per cent. and Egypt, Africa and Australia. The next section showed some of the materials in which the cotton
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4. Queen's Road Central.
clients special facilities for demostie separate problem,
with
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. chapter.
Established 1912.
BRANCHES 1000.
Below, Cantos, Baghal, Hankow, Bangkok. New York and Ban Francang
CORRESPONDENTS
LONDON BAKKENS;—
The Lloyd's Bank, Limited.
in sit principal cities of the World.
Forsign solange and banking bustnem of very descripitos transacial,,
Bela Depoel Bense (variosa vizes) at a party rental of from $5 to $48.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Band ix Formenn.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES
was told
is used-cotton for wallpaper and
modern roads,
BANK SALARY.
OF MARRIAGE.
writing paper, as an ingredient of SHAREHOLDER AND PROSPECTS
as a backing for wood veneers. Then was shown the cotton which is woven into cloth
tyre.
JAPAN:-Tokyo, Takokama, Kobe, Daska, FORMOSA --Giran, Hagh Karako
its use in every climato. Irelung Makang, Naolo, Shinshire, Taisha, Taima, The home market waa well Takao Tomei, Torn, Halia, Talia CHINA-Shanghai, Xanow, Amay, Fosshow, represented. The merchants who
theston, Canton OTILERS --Koog og Blogspore, Bowrabaya, Bell to the wholesalers were there,
Semarang, Baterie, Bombay,
Calut, as well as the wholesalers them London, New York, Daisen.
LONDON BANKERS,
Belves and the makers-up. Wher-
K. NAQUEL
Манади.
BONG KONO BRANCH:
3. De Var Road Central. Hong Kong, 1993 January, 192.
were
care
Wore
shown
in
At the Midland Bank meeting
a
new
ROMANCE IN STATISTICS.
Widows and Widowers at a Discount.
London, Feb. 6.
He had offered to refer the mnt- tor to King George and loyally ac cept his decision on the matter, but that offer had been refused.
Mr. Justice Avory: Who is the sovereign of Lundy Island?
"I am," replied Mr. Harman, "The island is under King George, but it is not under the British Parliament."
my
The Heavy Hand. Mr. Justice Mackinnon: In other words you say that was an excess of jurisdiction but not an act of war. (Laughter.) Chief Manager-cloth of every sort and variety, Mr. Cleas, a shareholder, said that Widows, be they ever so merry,
Mr. Justice Avory: Does it ever from grey cloth to delicate volles, not only would the salaries proposed are in slack demand in the British happen that anyone assaults any from sensitive mixtures of silk and under the bank'a
scale be marriage market to-day and
body on Lundy Islands?—It does THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. cotton to the lining of a motor lower than those paid by any widowers, too, are in almost un happen.
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
seen other bank in the country, but it wanted commodity, according to Following this was
What is the result? It is put HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa. the work of the finisher-bleaching, would be impossible for a man at figures gathered by the Registrar-down with a heavy hand.
dyeing, printing. Great shipping the age of 27 to undertake the General.
"Whose heavy hand?" asked Mr. Ten years ago, one out of every Justice Avory. firms then showed what happens responsibilities of marriage on ao to the cotton which goes abroad. reduced an Income.
18 marriages in Britain was the
"The
henvy hand of Mr. Reginald McKenna, the chair-marriage of a bachelor to a widow.agent," was the reply. "He is a Express Beak-Hot Saroed verga negant 700, 48,900.000 Dresses the World" demonstrated man, pointed out that the new scale To-day the proportion is one in $2. man of 6 ft. 4 in. and he weighs
Tableaux showing how "Cotton
of salaries was identical with the In 10 years the number of widows 18 stone. old scale for the first four years of who re-married has dropped from "When trawler crews come service.
32,000 to 17,000 a year.
ashore and drink more than they The old scale was settled at a time. In the same decade the proportion should the heavy hand is very when the wholesale price level of of widowers who re-married has much in request,” commodities was 80 per cent. higher, been reduced from 99 per 1,000 to Sir William Jowett, the At- The London County Weslypinter and Parr's Eack. aver possibe, the ultimate use of than to-day.
79 per 1,000.
torney-General, stating tho CB50 The Company offers to intending
The Bank has Correspondents in all the principe the material
"If, during the next four years," The cold light of statistics reveals for the Crown, said Lundy seem- Travellers the use of its "Travelers || Donnatsal Centres inbougiort the world, Chèquer" and Letters of Credit and,
finished garmenta and other forms, he added, "prices come ap again, that the young widow especially to ed to be a Utopia, but be thought in addition, the world-wide services
In the fashion theatre garments say, to the 1925 basle, I have no no longer so popular with marrying it would be just as happy if they of it, thoroughly equipped, Travel De-
and doubt another new scale will come men mannequins,
used to be na she Been on
The had pennies with King George's partment.
taken
that
Registrar-General's tables show the head on them instead of puilus any buyer into operation." could get into touch with the exhibi-
more mature widow, has the best with Mr. Harman's head on. of anything the mannequins that the growing importance of less than nine per cent. of those which clearly recognised Lundy na chance of re-marrying and that There were several statutes wore. An exhibit showing the
London as a fashion centre demand-widows who marry actual passage of cotton through ed something like the famous bal de
a second time part of the county of Devon. the principal processes of manu-
"This seems to bo one spot which couture of the Parisian dress- facture completed the exhibition.
Income-tax collectors Later Re-marringe.
have hither- makers. Therefore the British Industries Fair sponsored the The average age of widows who to over-looked," he added. "Steps A Hat of exhibitors published! Covent Garden Ball, at which it was marry bachelors fa 39, as compared may now be taken to put that mat- showed that 100 of the most expected members of the British with 86 a generation ago. In the ter right."
The Lord Chief Justice, giving distinguished firms in the British royal family would be present. The same period, the age of widows cotton industry had determined to mannequins from the Cotton Exhl- who marry widowers has increased judgment, said this was a very cu- tertaining case, and it had been exhibit, and that many others had bition
wers among those who from 44 to 48. taken options on stands. It was displayed at this ball dresses which Bachelors
ably argued by Mr. Harman. generally marty
The appeal was dismissed. than them- clear from this list that the spin-a committee would choose from, widows a year older ning section was to be the largest, among the thousand most exquisite selves, but widowers' second wives but it was the intention of the spin- garments created in London for the, average alx years younger.
not to show.. only the yarn coming season.
Of course, there are Instances of they made but also all the fabrics
very early re-marriages among the into which the yarn at last goes. A striking demonstration in' 25,000 widowers and 17,000, widows All-other-emotions of the trade were London marked-the-opening of who figure in Britain's annual represented in the list, from those the Exhibition. Parties of girls matrimonial statistics. One widow who dealt in raw cotton right employed as weavers in Lancashire of 17: married a bachelor of 19. through to those who exported the mills and in cotton towns in other Nine others were married a second finished material.
parts of Britain went to London time before they reached the age The most distinguished ball of and marched in a picturesque pro- of 21. the London season (took place cession from Hyde Park, through The statistica are hailed as good to British eplasters, who at the Royal Opera House, Covent the fashionable quarter, to the news Garden, while the exhibition was in Exhibition, wearing cotton gowns have long complained of the at- Chыin Mall Building,
progress." It had long been the and proceded by band and towns tractiveness of the merry widow to ..................¤ conviction of London fashion houses banners.
· i'marrying men.United Press.
Interest allowed or Current A- THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶||||| Deposits roosired for fixed periods
counts.
at rates to be obtained on applica- :
HL HORL
Minrror.
Hong Kong, March 11, 1981.
Afiliated with
Resources ..Over G$2,500,000,000
E. W. DUGGAN,
Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Established 1918.
HEAD OFFICE:"
10, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Capital and Hurplus
„Tafel RenotizeÉRAL
HONG KONG
over H.$ 8,000,000.00
over H.350,000,000.00
Every description of Banking, and Exchange business transacted.
- Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts in local and for-
eign currencies opened for clients.
Savings Account and: Safe Deposit Boxes.
Brancher and Agencies all over the world.
BAN CÔNG PH
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by
"ALGIE" BENNETT.
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