BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Azihmined Depa
$80,000,000
Isaved and Fully Paid 10,000,000 Reserve Funda 1-
Mirr
24,800,000 $18.000.000
Bovarys Liability at Proprietors ** $30,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1–
Han, Mr. J. 1. Pabaenon, Chairman.
T. E. Pear Yaq. Deputy Chairman.
Hao. Mr. W. II. Bell,
4. Opton. Kaq.
M. T. Joanion. Kaq,
0. Makin. Eeg.
ANDY
BANGKOK
FATA VIA
BOMBAY
DALOUTTA
CANTON
OREFOO COLOMBO
DAIREN FOXHOW
~TANPHONG
HARBURG HANKOW
HABBIN
HONGKEW
ILOILO
IX
JOHORE
KOBM
KOWLOON
J. A. Plammer, Eng.
7. H. B. SMY, Zog.
1. P. Warton, Seg.
F. M. Grayburn, Roq. Chat Manager.
BRAVONES -
KUALA LUMPUR
LONDON
LYONS
MALACOA
MANILA
MUAB (Johann)
MUIDEN
NEW YORK
PEIPING
PENANG RANGIOON
BATOON
SAN PRANDIB00
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
SOURADYA
BÙNORI PATANI TIENTSIN
TOKYO
TRINGTLO
TOKOHAMA
CurrenÌ Ásociate opened in Local Caresory and Fixed Deposita receirad for vos yearZ OF charter perioda in Local Currency and diseling en forma which will be quoted on application,
Hong Kong. 5th April, 1032.
HONG KONG SAVINGS, BANK.
The Basin of the above Bank is sonducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION. Bus may be obtained
application.
FOR THE HONGKONG AND STINGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chiet Manager.
Hong Kong, 27th February, 1932.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1912.
Head Ofce-Hong Kong.
Ankhorised Capital (IL.E. Ourecoy) ...$21,000,000 Pull-Op Ospital mammam 1,006,000 Rossers Fund -......
1,100,000
BEANCHES :-
Canton, Shanghai, Hankow, Erstow, Bangkok, New York and Ben Prasciaso,
LONDON BANKERS
The Lloyd's Bant, Limited. CORRESPONDENTS
In all principnå dilae of the World.
Freign Exasangs and banking bedzes of
ascription iransacted.
every
Be Depot Bore (various zinos) at a yearly
cost
of brom 15 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Calet Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
THE CHINA MAIL
THE HO HONG BANK, LTQ.
(Butabilshad "1917)
READ OFFICE SINGAPORE Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Ed. C.
Antborlied Capita! Straits $20,000,000 | Isauad Capital Paid-up Capital
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858. Reserve
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of
Pro-
prietors
.£9,000,000 ..£3,000,000
..$5,000,000
ALOR STAR
AMBITUAR
Agencies and Branches:
BANGKOK BATAVIA
BOMBAY GALOUTTA CANTON DAWNPORK CEBU
COLOMBO
DALEZ
HAIPHONG
HAMBURO
KUCHING
MADRAS
MAHILA
MEDAR
NEW YORK
PEPINO (Peklag) PENANG
DANGOON
BAIGON
BEMARANG
BHANDILAL
KUALA KANOBAB ZAMBOANGA
8,000,000
M
4,000,000
Liabilities
54
พ
4,000,000 2,687,000
of Shareholders. Burplu
Branches, Agencies and CorrespON- dents in the principal cities of the world.
Yes..
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOL
Manager
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK,
HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, NEW YORK.
Capital, Surplus and
Undivided Profits U.S.$225,347,466.11
· Branches in:—
LONDON
ARGENTINE
BELGIUM BRAZIL
CHILE
SEREMBAN
BANKOW
AINOPORE
HARDIN
SITIAWAN
HONG KONG
GOTHABAYA
ILOILO
TAIPING
IPOR
TIENTBIN
KARACHI
TONDXAH (Dhukat)
MEXICO
ILANG
TNINGTAO
IOBL
YOHOITAMA
PANAMA
PERU
CHINA
PHILIPPINE
General Lo
COLOMBIA CUBA DOMINICAN
ISLANDS
REPUBLIC
INDIA ITALY JAPAN
KUALA LUMPUR
Exchange Foreign
and Banking business transseted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits, received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
J. STUART,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 11th April, 1932.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
{NETITERLANDS 'TRADIKO SOCIETY)
BANKERS
Hatabile 1951,
Hong Koot Oos :—11, Queen's Road Central
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Berry Food
Ouliders 160,000,000.
- Guld 80,000,000. Guildare 40,015,000-
Head Office1-AMSTERDAM". Friern Head (ños:-BATAVIA.
Braneum-Bandjarmasin, Bandcang, Bombay
Calentia,
Charitou, Djimber, Djak jakarta", The Hague", Hiddas, Kobe, Mshangar,
Volan. Palata bang. Paka- loogia, Passat, Bangoon, Rotterdami", Bemarang, Bhoghal, Biopaporte, Boar bala, Boszakarta (Solo), Tegal, Tilaljap and Weltevreden".
• These offer hare Salz Depoel Bose to Lat.
LONDON BANKERS :~~
SATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LTD.
Coerspondents all over the world, Braklog Basi Be of very description imgaasted.
A. STOKKINK,
Hong Kong, 19 December, 1981.
THE
Macaper.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
PORTO RICO STRAITS
URUGUAY
Commerce and
Finance
SYNTHETIC RUBBER AGAIN
PRIEST-SCIENTIST'S 26 YEARS' WORK.
U.S. Report.
Synthetic rubber at last is a became synthetic rubber.. Il was reality. The discoverer of the, the end of a long search tʊr some- thing which would make the United basic substance from which a
States independent of the rat of material with all the properties of the world in respect to one of the natural rubber has been made is basic commodities of industry and Rev. Dr. Julius A. Nieuwland, who makes futile further search for native planta from which rubber, told the story of his twenty-five can be obtained. The priest the house of chemist has turned over his rights years' search at studies of the Holy Cross fathers in the basic material to a large
American corporation... at the Catholic University.
Cost Is Greater. The chief difficulty at present, he
The synthetic rubber is obtained from acetylene. This is generally explained, is that the synthetic SETTLEMENTS known as a gas-the most brilliant rubber is slightly more expensive than natural rubber, which, be- VENEZUELA of the Illuminating gases, It is cause of market conditions, is sell-
the gas used in the familiar acety-ing below production
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1932.
COMPANY REPORT. WOMEN HOLD A SEX
Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd.
OVER $200,000- PROFIT.
COUNCIL.
Easy Divorce and Earlier Marriage.
HENRY VII.
The 47th annual ordinary-gen- aral meeting of the Company (since its registration) will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel on Tuesday, April 19, 1982, at 11.80 making, on the whole, for greater safety in marriage," the Duchess of
a.m.
"Conditions of life to-day are
The report of the General Mana-Atholl told the Women's National gers states:-
Council on February 6, at a confer- The Net Profit of the Com
ence on sex education. pany for the year under. review, after providing for all bad and doubtful debts, and allowing for depreciation of Aerated Water and other Machin ery and Plant, Furniture, Trade Utensils,
The duchess, who presided, said young men and women had many more opporunities now of meeting under conditions where sex did not obtrude.
"The development of mutual interests and work among young
Latches Motor Trucks, To which has to be added
etc, amounts to $201,324.62 People to-day is a tremendous safe- guard against unhappy marriages," the balance brought for
she added. "Young people have so ward from last year ... 80,183.13 many more opportunities of finding out whether their interests are in common."
Leaving available for ap-
propriation
..$281,457,78
We propose
To
pay a Dividend of 80
cents per share which will absorb
Place to Res
to Reserve Fund He Transfer to Exchange Fluc tuation Account Transfer to Chinese Start
Superannuation Fund And
carry forward is next Recount
cost. Commercial and Travellers' Letters of Credits, Travellers Cheques, Billane torches which cut steel. The believes that the new rubber will of Exchange and Cable Transfera gas is a product of limestone and stand wear and heat better than bought and sold. Current accounts
natural rubber. Once one of its coke. It can be made in unlimited products, such as a tyre, is worn and Savings Bank accounts and Fixed Deposits in local and for- quantities.
opened
out, he said, the material is gone eign currencies taken at rates that may be ascertained on application to which burns with a terrifically hoted, as can the plant product. The But it is a long call from a gas for good and never can be recover- the Bank
We are also able to offer our Cus flame to getting rubber out of rocks. chemical formula is extremely com tomers the services of the Branches This synthetic rubber has several plicated and the molecular weight of the International Banking Cor- points of superiority over natural runs somewhere in the neighbour- poration in Spain and also of The
R. M. MCLAY,
Manager. Hong Kong, March 1, 1932.
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Forme88. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899,
Central Back in Tarmons.
Bank-Moins insued Average amount ...TR. 15.000.000 BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN-Tojko, Yokohama, Bobe, Osaka,
LONDON BANKEES:
Darclay Back, Ltd.. Lloyds Bank, Lid,
Midland Bank, Ikd.. Welminster Bank, Ltd.
Commercial Centre throughout the world.
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
or gasolene, as does rubber, writes ary
3
.
.$ 96,000.00 50,000.00
Mrs. Clare Goslett Bald Heary VIII and his six wives would make the subjects of an admirable lesson. Ann Boleyn
"I remember the thrill I had when one of the wives managed to survive 50,000.00
Henry," she declared. "But we did 5,000.00 not learn what it was in Henry's character which led him to adore 80,467.75
Ana Boleyn one day and to wish to $281,457.75 have her beheaded the next."
H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE. Weekly Share Report.
MR. IVAR KREUGER
LATE MATCH KING'S --ROMANTIC CAREER
Dr. Elizabeth Sloan-Chesser re- commended that boys should be dif- ferontly educated in their regard for women, in order to break up the traditional attitude that woman is an interior drudge."
BURMA FRUIT FOR ENGLAND.
The Mangosteen Experiment.
Appended is the report of the Enri-
A copy of the Report (No. 10 of 1981) of the Empire Marketing Board on à further, experimental
National City Bank of New York rubber.. It does deteriorate hood of 78,000. It is impossible to (France), S.A, in Paris and Nice. with contact with kerohepa find It exactly because nothing 18 Taken all in all, rates show
ordin-known in which the new product substantial advance in the past the Wash-will dissolve.
She emphasised the need for early ington Star. Contact with ozone, Rev. Dr. Nieuwland is now tak previous, says Messrs. Benjamin &
week, as compared with the week marriages. the gas generated in electri-ing a vacation from his long effort, Potts. Utilities, Industrials Lands divorce would result in less suffering "Earlier marriage and easier cal discharges, doesn't harm THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. while it will rain natural rubber.
which reached its anal stage about and Hotels, were active markets in the world. a month ago, (TAIWAN GINKO.)
during the period, and the medium; Particles Smaller.
"A girl often makes a great mis- of a large turnover both for cash take at the beginning of her life The new material has a very Messre. William Powell, Ltd., and forward. The close is quietly when she marries for any other rea- much smaller particle, only about will hold their annual meeting on steady, with the demand for some on but love." | six-hundredths of a millimieron in Thursday, April 21.
Isections still unsatisfied. diameter. Natural rubber par- ticles range from one-third of millimieron to three millimicron In diameter. A millimicron la a FORMOSA: Oran, Ha Karanka, Kelong thousandth of a millimetre. This Makong, Nanso. Shashiku, Talahn, Tala,property renders the new material Takao, Tamus, Toon, Hesto, Talia. CHINA |--Ebanghel, Hankow, Amoy, Foochów, of extreme value in the coating of
Swstow, Canton. OTHERS--Hong Kong, Bogapore, Bouras, cloth. The tiny particles get into Semarang. Dainis, Bombay, London, New all the crevices in the fibre, as well York, Baran
the larger holes incidental to the weaving process. It probably will Mr. Ivar Krauger, head of the, which Mr. Rockefeller make possible, Father Nieuwland world match trust, whose suicide interest. Mr. Kreuger's trust now mental consignments of mangosteens has anpire Marketing Board on experi- The Bank bas Coursepandante in all the principal said, a waterproof silk raincoat recently caused consternation in possesses some 150 factories, in from Burma-
which can be carried in the hip world financial circles, was born in about 40 countries, employing over pocket like a handkerchief. The March, 1880, at Kalmar, in Sweden: 60,000 workers. only difficulty is that the new As a boy he was very fond of material is too efficient. It doesn't betany and was a diligent collector.
Huge Loans. He devised a new method of en-consignment of mangosteens from leave any airholes for the water of plants.
suring a market for his outpat, Burma has been received from the vapour from the body to escape.
After attending the Stockholm making loans to States and in re Indian Trade Commissioner in He hopes that experiments will Technical College, he secured his turn securing monopolies, or pre- London. remove this difficulty.
diploma in engineering at the age, ferential treatment for his properimental consignments of mangos- In 1929 and 1930 two ex- The new material is far more of 19. Disregarding his later us-ducts: Up to the end of 1929. he teens were forwarded by the Depart- resilient than natural rubbor. Used tinctions, he always described him- had granted loans totalling over ment of Agriculture, Burma to test in golf balls, he said, it probably self simply as "civil engineer.") £37,000,000, of which France re-the possibility of shipping the fresh will make 800 to 400 yard drives After passing his examinations he ceived
£15,000,000, Jugoslavia fruit to the United Kingdom market. rather commonplace, if golf offt-I went at once to the U.S., where he £4,400,000, Hungary £6,200,000, Both shipments were consigned to ciale will allow the game to be so was at first an estate agent and Roumania £6,000,000, and Poland the Indian Trade Commissioner In revolutionised.
then engineer with a Chicago firm, and Latvia £1,200,000 each. Father
London and were examined and re- Nieuwland described for which he superintended the He controlled the manufacture of ported on by oflcers of the Empire for the first time 2 lac-building of a bridge at Vera Cruz. matches all over Northern Europe, Marketing Board. A third consigu quer produced by a different pro- On his way back to Sweden be in almost every part of Central, ment prepared in accordance with cess from the same basic material saved the life of, a girl who had Europe and in Greece, the which will make collars waterproof, fallen overboard into the harbour Australia, New Zealand, South the earlier experiments, was shipped U.S., recommendations in the reports on which has greater abrasive resist- at Havano.
Africa, South America, India, China from. Burma on April 2, 1991, and ance than steel, and which readers; A specialist in steel frame con- and Japan. He was also associated arrived at Tilbury on May 1. The metal
containers immune to struction, he built the Carlton Hotel with the British Match Co., which present report deals with the experi- destruction from various powerful at Johannesburg for the firm of owns large factories in Great ments conducted on this consign- ohemical products, such as aul Waring and Gillow. He then tried Britain and Canada. Ie January, ment and is divided into the follow- phuric acid.
his fortune in South Africa as a 1880, his offer of a loan of ing sections(1) General," (2) Father Nieuwland, now protes contractor, with little success. sor of chemistry at Notre Dame Returning to Sweden In 1907, he for the match monopoly was ac-wastage, (4) Keeping quality after £30,000,000 to Germany in return Condition on arrival, (8) Nature of University, made an accidental ob and Paul Toll founded the building cepted a deal which ended the arrival, (5), Causes of wastage, (6) servation while at the Catholic firm of Kreuger and Toll, which imports of matches from Russia, to Carrying temperature, (7) Harden- University in 1906, which he has later became the holding company the resentment of the Soviet. followed up ever since. He found of his vast undertakings.
ing of the rind, (8) Latex treat that when acetylene gas was pass
Widespread Interests ment, (9) Influence of maturity, Simple and Modest. ed into a solution of copper and
Mr. Kreuger also had large In- (10) Packing and grading. (11) Personally, Mr. Kreuger, after terests in other industries. Ee Marketing, and (12) Summary. ammonium chloride a chemical he had attained guest wealth and secured mines for North Africa for The report states that the shipment change took place and a new sub-power, was just as genial, simple the great Swedish Grangesberg marked a definite advance on pravi stance was formed. This was not and modest as when he was merely Iron Co, and in 1929 had acquired ous teste; the sound mangosteens LA WYNDHAM ST. Identifled, but was thought to be a young engineer. He loved self-sufficient shares in it to give him were normal in flavour, fruit and agas. For the next fourteen years tude and lived only for his work control. Through his Swedish attractive in appearance, and did no he experimented with this reaction The large residences he owned in American Investment Corporation show excessive hardening of, the and found that it was possible to all the important capitala obtain a much higher yield of the Europe and in New York served American undertakings, while by to Diplodia rothy occurred in all of he had holdings in a number of rind Fairly severe wastage due new substance. He also found merely for conferences and not for means of the Swedish Ball Bearing boxes, but this appears to have been that, along with the gas, an oil was entertaining
Works he completely controlled présent to a large extent at the time produced. From this oll other ex- Mr. Kreuger was a teetotallez, that industry in Germany, The of shipment. The report suggests
Kodaka and Cameras.
INC.
K. MAGURA,
Head Office:-65, Broadway. New York.
- Manager.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
3. Des Varuz Road Central. Hong Kong, Decembar 11. 1982
Reorganised October 26, 1928, under
Capital
special charter of The National Gov-
arnment as 22
Surplus
.U.A.$8,000,000 .U.B.$1,572,454
Reserves
U.S.$1,908,209
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
BRANCHES:-
Subscribed Capital
$25,000,000.00
Amaterda
Pald-Up Capital
.$24,710,200.00
Aptreep
Ganon Glangon
Nios
Naples
Athapa
HAVADS
Reserve Funds
.$ 8,820,508.82
Beels
Berlin
Henbury Havis
Piraeu Paris
Pansog
Bardia
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL
Bombay
Intarlakes Jerusalem
Pag Falarm
Bratis
Busus Aires
Claire
Cairy Ha
Landam Liverpool Lucerne Logo
Botterdam Boe
Stamboul
Danm
LUTOF
Colombo
Muralles Donatantinopla Monte Carlo
St. Moria
Nosida.
Vlaams
Hanieh Maslower
A Trial Order is Solicited.
Milan
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central,
Brea
مقلية
Uopsakagen Mantle Eardrugs Flora Char
Shanghai Bouthampto Singapore
Vanco
Owing to our sumarons branches in China and large connections in the important commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our
Yokohamus. ellents special facilities for domestic
Zurich and foreign banking and exchanges. Branches of American Express Com- We also handle the issue of Bonds pany in Principal cities of United and other Public Funds of the Chia-
Government both at home and States of America and Canada. abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 6th March, 1981.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund ........ Yen 117,800,000
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agencies at:
Alexandria Eitavis
Berlin Bombay
Calcutta
Canzon
Changchun
Dairen (Dalny)
Nagwaki
Newchwang
New York
Osaka
Paris
•Pend
San Francisco
Fagtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro
Hamburg
Kankow
Herita
Log Kong
Honolulu
Tal Yuan
Tendon
*Los Angeles
Seattle
Samarany
Shanghai Bhimonoseki
Singapore Boerabaya
Tokyo
interest: allowed on Current
„fixed periods
obtained:
All cinases of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment accounta bandled
The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, In addition, the world-wide services Department. of its thoroughly equipped Trave!
E. W. DUGGAN,
Manager.
Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and
Enlarging.
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES.
Price Moderate,
A. SEK & CO.
Tel No. 28459. 26A, Des Voeux Road, C. Hong Kong.
6 Printing
PEASONABLE
THE KISHES?
PRICES
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. perimenters ware able to produce a but he smoked cigarettes, The Prussian: Hypotheken-Aktion Bank that an attempt should be made to
HEAD OFFIC IS
10, Des Voeux Road, Cant
2 HONG D tại
Capital and Surplus oy.
description of
Total Resources
transacted.
* Current and Fixed Depot Accounts in local and for
vilgni currencies opened forallenta, nónga
Savings Account and Bife Deposit Bo Branches and Agencies all over the world.
KAN TONG PO
substance with many of the pro- "Match King, however, carried to belonged to his group Then there control this wastage by grove treat- perties of rubber-but it did not matches on him! retain its elasticity for any length His fortune, according to a AB, the Stockholms Intecknings made.
were the Skandinaviska Kredit ment before further shipments are
of time cent estimate, totalled 210,090,000. Garantie, Hammerforsens Kraft
During the War work aleng much It was reported in 1929 that he and, above all, the i
the same lides was in progress' In had become Germany, whose rubber supply was Counter Wat cut off The German Chemists sucit wil with: ceeded for producing ber, of a sort It was
inthetic rub-of
'unestiné com
aged to the Swedish My
Into
hol
ancfelle No less than Rs 70,92,500,
of well as cups, was given
Stewards
Turf Club In Calcutt
özg, 19th March, 1982)