BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Sutherland Capital
Lassed and ally idey$9,000,000
Bore Fund -
Berling
£6,500,000
****** $10,000,000
Rossers Liablilty of Proprietors $30,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
T... Parcs, Bag,
Chairman.
T. 1. R. Blan, Esq.
"Deputy Chalemdeti,
. . Dell, Eng.
Mon. Mr. 3. 2. Mierson.
&
Compton, Esq.
ANOT
BANGIOI
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE
Opening Daily Official Q'tions, April 11, 1933.
STOCK
Buy Sales Nom.
官
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and
Finance
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
LOCAL DOLLAR RISES.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1933.
SPORT NOTICES.
LOST CIVILISATION
IN GREENLAND.
Frightened Eskimos Disappear.
THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.
PROGRAMMES and ENTRY
FORMS for the Third Extra: Race Meeting to be held in Macao on SUNDAY, 23rd April, 1925, EXPEDITION FINDS TRACES.
may be obtained at the Sports London.
Club, Hong Kong Jockey Club [Stables; or at the Offices of Messrs. "Only once has the North-East Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming, 6, Greenland Eskimo been definitely Des Voeux Road Central. seen by a European. That was in Entries CLOSE at 4 p.m. où New York, Yesterday.
1823 when Clavering, on the island WEDNESDAY, 12th April, 1938: The local dollar has advanced 4.which now bears his name, found Last To-day's Changes. being quoted this morning at twelve people who disappeared,
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
Dow Jones Averages.
Bankr
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
„£3,000,000 | 14.K. Bank
£3,000,000
[1750
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
Agencies and Branches:
(Lon. Reg.) L 1,000,000 Chartered Bank
Mercantile Bk... &&B [...
C. I
211
Bank of East Asia...$|
Amer, O. Fin, C.M.$)|.. Ch. Fin, Cor, O. Tlf.
100 9:0
"
Pack. ..T
20 Utitles..19.83 40 Bonds.... 73,00
Aver. Aver."
62.11 14.85 130 Industrials 59.30
20.46 4.0020 Rails.....25.00
21.11 74.03
[560
ANKITYAN
CANTOX
KUCHIKO
MIDBAS
"MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
TIAWAN
TONE TONG
SOURABAYA
TTAILO
TAIPING
A
3. A. Piemmer. Esq.
Hell. Mr, C... Mackle, J. F. Warri, Eng.
O, Miskin. Eng.
CALCUTTA
OREFOO DOLOMBO DAIREN FOODROW HAIPHONG
BONGIEN
V. M. Ompbara. Enj
Chief Mar.
BRANCHES
LONDON
LIONE
MARILE
MUAR (Jobors,
MUZDEN.
NEW YORK
TEIPINO
TENANO
BANGOON BAIGON
SAN FRASCIBOO
BHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
GOUBABATA
RUNGEL FATANI
TIENTSIN
TOIYO
YOKOHAMA
ALOR STAR
BANGKOK BATAYLA BOMBAY
CALOUTTA
CAWKPORE
CIBU
COLOMBO
DELHI
BALLONG
HAMBURG ILANKOW
ДАВВІЯ
IPON
Foreign
PEINING (Paking)
PENANG
BANO DOS
ВАТОВ SEMARANG SEREMBAN
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
TIENTSIN
TONGKAH (kukes;
YOKOHAMA
Exchange
and General
Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY,
Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932
Insurances
Canton Losses
Caion Ins..........$600
China Underwriters $ China Fire Ins. .....$ H.K. Fire Las......$zdı. International Assce.Tis,
Shipping
Douglases $32 H.K. Steamboat.....$ Indo-China (Prel.)...$)
(Del.)...5)
Shella (Bearer) .....$/-
Union Waterboan...§
Mining
Benguets
CANTON
HAMBURG
HANOW
WARNIN
HLOILO
ТРОН
JOHORE
KORX
KUALA LUMPUR
KOWLOOK
TSINGTAO
KARACHI
KLANG
КОБЕ
KUALA LUMPUR
TRINOTLO
ZAMBOANGA
som
2
4
Carmens docounts opened in Local Currency and Fland Depolis received for one year or abertor perila in Lol Currency and dealing
larta which will be quoted en application. Hong Kong, 25th February, 1983.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
To Reclament she shoun Back in ronderhed by the HONG KONG AND SHARONAI MANE 116 CORPORATION, Rim my be busines en oppilantion.
THE HOWGRONG AND QUARUMA) MASKINE CORPORATION.
V. M. ORATEUR).
Chat Manget. Hong Kong, 25th February, 1985.
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING. CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlement) SUCCESSORS TO
The Ho Hong Bank, Ltd.
The Chinese Commercial Bank, Ltd.
The Oversea-Chinese Bank, Lid
Head Office:-Singapore.
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
authorised Capai (II.K. Currency)...$11,000,000 Tud-Up Capital 1,665,000 Res Fond 1100
Canton,
BRANCHES 1-
Ebanghel, Haskew, Bangkok,
and Ran Franciam LONDON BANKERS-
The Ioy Bank, Limted
CORNEAPONDENTA
In all peine, ciles of the Worl
Foreign Exchange vod banklar
very description reacted.
Rata Dapol Bevar (varlone kiyou) si a jourly
rental of trom $5 to $4.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong.
No. 10. Des Voeux Road Central. Established: 1918.
Hong Kong Branch:-13, Queen's Hd. Authorised Capital
Authorized Capital:-
-Straits $40,000,000,00.
5. Ch. Motor (A) 5}
("B") $
Ch. Providents (old) $ja
(New) $
Hongkew...Th. N. Engineering...Th.. Shanghai Docks...Th.
Lands, Hotels & Buildings.
H.K. & S. Hotels....$6.70 1.K. Lands $721 Shanghai Landh....
1.
:::
momentum
Silver Prices Improve Slightly.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
2.81 up 1/3
Silver prices rallied alightly, spot frightened by the presence of the 1.46 up 1.28 up improving %, to 17%, and forward white man, and who have never NHE.. FOURTH EXTRA
T
RACE been seen alace."
MEETING will be held (Weather This statement was
Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on recently SATURDAY, 18th April, and on
..43 up
which
EXCHANGES.
Mesars. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re-3/16, to 17 7/16.
Cross rates were this morning, port:-The
£-G$3.411⁄41⁄2, and E-G$3.41%, for the gathered to-day should carry fur- London on New York, and New York made to the Royal Geographical MONDAY, the 17th April, 1993, com 2.86ther but there may be a small re-on London, rates, respectively, as Society in London by Captain mencing at 12.80 p.m. on both days.
The First Bell will be Bung at action early to-morrow.. Rails are
compared with 4-G$8.41%; and Ejnar Mikkelsen, who has just re-12 noon. 1975 showing signs of recovery and they E-G$3.41%, yesterday.
turned from the East Greenland
MEMBERS
ENCLOSURE. Members are notified that they and expedition of the Scoresby Sound their Ladies must wear their Badges Committee.
prominently displayed. "Almost everywhere along this] No One without a Badge will be sd- |2,500-kilometre-long stretch. of mitted to the Members Enclosure. coast," he said, "we found numer the Members Enclosure and Club Badges admitting Non-Members to ous traces which told us that the Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentlemen land once gave the means of exist- and $3.00 per day for Ladies (Both
Tax) are ence for a rather numerous tribe; including,
obtainable through SECRETARY upon the
Introduction it dwindled, and at last disappear by a Member, such Member to be res ponsible for Payment of All Chits, &c. The aim of the expedition, ac- The Secretary's office, Brd Floor cording to Captain Mikkelsen, was Gloucester Building, (Tel 27794), will to build houses for the Eskimos on close at 10.30 am. on both days.
Badges admitting to Members' Ea- the coast so there would be a chain closure will NOT be on sale at the of dwellings from Scoresby Sound Race Course.
Hara
14.10
1.40
995
might have a fairly sharp rally. Wheat ruled active and strong. mainly owing to crop news. Cot- ton prices advanced on speculative buying and bad crop news. Silver was strong and active on Commis- sion house buying. Business done:
1,760,000 shares.
Last To-day's Price Price
General Electric
General
Foods
Gentral Motors
te Safety
Gillette
fat Harvester
Int
ter (Pref.)
Harvester
Int. Tel. &-Tel.
Liggett Myers "p
12
13%
12% 13%
23% 24% 917 021
04%
T
TO-DAYS QUOTATIONS. On London-
T.T.
On demand
201
1/8/4 1/3/4 4 months' aight 1/35% Credits 4 months":"
sight
1/4%
Air Reduction
51%
60
On New York----
THE BANK OF CANTON,
LTD.
Established 1912.
"
Kailan Mining Ad. af Langkats (Single) Tl. S'hai Explorations Th
Loans......Th.
Allied Chemical & Dye 81%
85%
$2/6 American Cab
01%
On demand
American Smelting
18%
Credits 60 days"
2.10
American Tel. & Tel.
021
£5%
sight
23%
$.80
American Tob, "
024
04%
Hauluun, m Venczucia G. Fields $ ... Benguet Explorations Sets.
Anaconda Copper Mining 1
On Paris...
B
1.30
Auburn
34
On demand
-560
Borden Co.
22
2344
Credita 4 months'
anadian Pacific
8
sight
600
Docks, Wharves,
Caso
454
49%
Godowns, &c.
Chrysler Motors
11%
1216
On IndiaTM
7.T.
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 41%
442
85%
11.K. & K. Wharvus $
(181
Drugs, Inc.
34
854
On demand
85%
H.K. & W. Docks S
18
Du Pont de
Nemours
37
On Shanghai-
Eastman Kodak
50%
-53
Electric. Bond & Share
12
132
On demand
107
13
14
On Kobo-
27%
On demand
1034
|On Manila-
On demand
44
On Singapore
62 16
Loew's Inc.
11%
12
On demand On Batavia-
On demand
55%
Montgomery Ward
54%
14
14%
Paciße Gas & Electric.
National Biscuit..... 374
89%
On Salgon-
2012
21%
On demand
56.
Paid-up Capital:-
Metropolitan LandiTis, Humphreys manginə |H.K. Realties .................... Asia Realtics ''A'' MS "B" MS .... $10,000,000.00 Chinese Estates Paid-up Capital
5,508,000.00 China Realties...Th. Chios Debehares Tia. Bererve and Undivided
Profits
Pennsylvania Railway
18%
174
On Bangkok---- .
Radio Corp.
On demand
14394
Sears Roebuck
19%
Standard Oil Co. of NJ, 27%
2814
Sovereigna Bank buy-
Secony-Vacuum Corp.
0%
ing rate
1/4/
{140
Union Carbide & Carbon 211⁄4
25%
Bar Silver per oz.
-17%
Union Pacific ...........
634
60%
Bar Silver in Hong
United States Steel
30%
82%
WestinghousE, & M. 25%
27%
Copper Cash
Nominal
2,912,000.00
SHARE MARKET.
Copper Cente
19%, prem.
Strafts $10,000,000.00,
cipal cities of the world.
Branches and Agencies in the princi-{
Branches and Agencies:-
Ewa Cotsas......Th.
$11,00
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
Shanghai Coues Th.
71
Amay
Batavia
Zoong Sings... T..
{10}
Chua Ke Hak
Manager.
Bombay
Wing On Textile“ S.$j
108
Calculta
Canton
Haiphong
211
***
116.80
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeh, Formoss.
Honolulu Kobe Kowloon London
Manita
Melbourne
Nagasaki New York Osaka Paris
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Hankow
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Bank in Fordose.
Back-Holan bend Avarige ascent Tea. $4,000,000 BRANCHES AND ADENCIES,
JAPAN-TO Yokohama, Kobe, Omars. FORMOSA Eng Karaoke,
un
Kalong, Haxia, Hinahka, Tuloku, Tiinaa. Takao, Tame, Toen, Halia, fito.
Amy, Fohow. CHINA?—Bhaaghel, Ilonkow,
fwslov, Canion. Bingapore, Borbara
OTIKES ---Ing Kong,
Bearing, Batavia, Bombay, London. Bes York, Darm
LONDON BANKERS,
Barclays Bank, Lady kdoyds Dank, Kid. Midland. Lank, Ind., Warimiznise Bank, Lad.
The Bach has Correspondente is all the principal: Commercial Centre throughout the world. I. KAGUEA,
RÔNG TONG HANGE
D. Your Book Centesi.
Hong Kong, December 24, 1982
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1889. ·
Capital (fully paid-up) Yan 100,000,000 Reserve Fund,
Peiping
Penang
Rangoon
Saigon
San Francisco Seattle
Sarang
Singapore Sourabaya Swatow
Sydney Talhoku
Tientsin
Cotton Milla
Public Usilidius, 1.K. Tramways ....S Peak Traon (old)...$...
(new)...$ Star Ferries (otið ... Yaumati Ferries (old) 3|by (new) $81
China Light (old) ...$
་
+1
(cw...$
1.K Electrics-5713 Macau
"
Tokyo Vancouver Yokohama
Sandakan Ligh..... Correspondents in all principal elties H.K. Tds. ................. of the World.
Clubs Buses...Tl, Every description of Banking and S'poreTractions(07.)}/- Exchange business transacted." Loans grated on approved securities.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
***
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ཤིང་པ་་ཞག་་་་་་ཟོ་་ཀྐོར
(P.)/
+ 9
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
Industrials.
Malabon Sugart .....$) |Cald; Macg, Ord. Tls.
"
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC
Head Ofen:-55, Broadway. New York.
Capital ..... ‚U.S.$6,000,000.00 Surplus ...........U.S.$1,882.882.04 Полесте
-
Pref. Tia. Canton le...... Coments (0000.) ****$7.05
(new) -
H.K. Ropes upon China Agriculturalı ş
Stores, &c.
Dairy Farmak Watsons
.U.8.81,458,118.73 Der A Wings
`BRANCHES---
.You. 118 950,000 1 : Leninditi
Kalwary
Alamadris
Head Offen-YOKOHAMA..
Branches and Agencler at:
Nagasaki
Berlia
Bombay
Brems
Batavia
*Nagoya
Csecs .Gilaager. Elsabe Hamburg. Havre
Formaslaca
Bombon Liverpool,
“Bombay.
Calcutta Clanton
Newchwang
New York
#Dairen. (Dalny) Pelping
Wenetien (Mininden) Rangoon
Kinkow Harbin
Tandon
"Los Ang
Elo de Janeiro „
San Francisso
Beattle Semarang
Singappro abaya
Tokyo
Lamene
Marselles
Mania Ouria
Lane Crawforda
Mackintosh
Sinceres
Wm, Powellane Wing On (H.L.)
Miscellansons.
11.5. 'Amusements...F
Ch. Entertainment..
S. C: Enterprises 195] se United Theatre...Tis. Macia Greyhounds Constructions (old)....
(new)
Branches of American Repreis Com-B. Ind, G$ Bonde... pany in Principal cities of United H.K. Gort, Loans...01% States of America and Canada, y
Wallace Harpers 0.5 China Sports Lad
All sinuses of Commercial Banking Transactions,`undertakan."
Personal forartment, soGO bundled
The Company ALASTATUINTE the use of lis
and Letters Ot Deposits received for fixed periods in addition, - the rates to be obtained on application. of its thoroughly equipped Trave
partmen
·DUGGAN
N
་་༤༢ཝོལླི༔
Printing
The official summary was issued by the Stock Exchange at 3.15 p.m. yesterday:
Investment securities continue moving up stendily, Banks, Canton Insurances, Unions, Wharves and Lands being specially favoured.
Among the lower-priced issues, Cements and China Lights were arm at quotation, whilst Hotels; after a slight recession, also came in for enquiry:
Bales.
Union Insurances, $560. Benguet Consolidateds, $20,
Hong Kong Lands, $73. Telephones, $27.20/.30.
Buyers.
Hong Kong Banks, $1,745,
Canton Insurances, $1,380.
Union Insurances, $560.
Douglases, $324.
Rauba, $92.
Benguet Explorations, 26 centa, Wharves, $181.
Hotels, $6.80.
Hong Kong Lands, $124.
Chinese Estates, $95. China "Lights" (Old), $12. Electrics, $714.
Cements (Combined), $7.05, Constructions: (New), 90 cents.
H.K. Govt Loana, 5% Prem.
Sellers." Providents (Old), $4,10,.. Constructions: (Old), $4.
RUSSIA SELLS US. GASOLINE.
Transfer Of British Trade.
Berlin
יי
Kong....... Nominal;
Rate of Native In-
terest
8%% pa Chinese Sub. Coin ..
80% dis. Hong Kong Sub. Coin par.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
Paris
New York
Montreal
Brussels
Geneva Berlin Milan Amsterdam Helsingfors Lisbon
Rlo Prague
Montevideo
Stockholm Copenhagen
Madrid
London, Yesterday.
Buenos Aires
Oslo Vienna Bucharest Athens
Belgrade
Shanghai
Bombay
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Silver Forward
Silver Spot....
.86 23/32
3.41%
4.11%
24,472 .17.60
14.44 68: 11/16 8.46 228 227 310
6% Nom. 114%
38 Nom. 18.90
22 7/16 40%
41 0.R.. 19.56
ed."
to Angmagssalik, which would en- On No Pretext will Children be per- able the Eskimos to travel from mitted in either Enclosure during the
Meeting. one settlement to another and so,
Tiffins are obtainable at the Club pursue their occupation of hunt-House provided they are ordered from the No. 1 Boy in advance. Telophone ing-Reuter.
21920.
PUBLIC. ENCLOSURE. The Price of Admission to the Publle
COMPANY MEETINGS Enclosure is $2.00 per day including
Tax, for all Persons, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate, Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are admitted
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. Half Price.
GENERAL
HE ORDINARY
jers in the above Company will be held at the Company's Office, P. & 10. Building on WEDNESDAY, April 18th, at NOON, for the pur-
pose of receiving the Report of the General Manager together with a
Bookmakers, Tie Tac Men, &c., will not bo permitted to operate within the Precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretars. Hong Kong, 10th April, 1933,
Statement of Accounts to the 31st CENTRAL THEATRE
December, 1982.
The Transfer Books of the Com-i pany will be closed from 14th April to 19th April, both days inclusive.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.
General Managers."
Hong Kong, 8th April, 1938.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
N
that the 44th ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the offices of the Company, Exchange Building, Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria, Hong Kong, on TUES- DAY, the 25th day of April, 1983, at 1180 am for the purpose of receiving a statement of accounts) and the report of the Directors for the year ended 31st. December,: 1982.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED. from THURSDAY, the 18th April, 1988, to TUESDAY, the 25th April, 1928, both days inclusive, C
By Order of the Board of Directors,.
ALLAN KEITH,
Secretary,
33 Nom.
576
605
252
1/8
1/6 1/16
Hong Kong, 4th April, 1988,
1/2%
· 1/8 9/16”
17.7/16
17%
GENERAL NOTICES.
War Loan, 84% 101-9/16.
-British Wireless Service COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES
RHODESIAN PIONEER
DIES.
Mrs. Margaret Issels.
Bulawayo.
A Yorkshire woman who braved According to a report published all the perils of the early pioneering on March 21 by the "Dentiche days in Rhodesia has died, at the the Soviet age of 72. She was Mrs. Margaret Allgemeine Zeitung Government has been effecting res Issels, aged 72, wife of Mr. F. Issels, cently purchases of gasoline in the head of the engineering firm of that United States for delivery to Great name,
Britain against contracts closed Mrs. Issels, who was born in-York- there by the Naphtha Byndicate, shire, came to Bouth Africa in 1892 Instead of Russian gasoline whose and in bullock wagons traktad with inferior quality was, giving cause her husband and Infant son from to complaints on the part of a Johnnesburg to Bulawayo, arriving great number of British buyers, here on October 2, 1894 Beuter. and whose exports were becoming more and more dimerit CHAMA WEATHER FORECAST
the Boyle Ptill und
Syndicate is Gloudy weather, with fresh north rarde its evan-east winda, is the forecast Laued by thecoming the Royal Observatory this morn-
MARITIMES.-
NAND AFTER the 6TH APRIL, 1988, Mr. P. PAYRAS will take charge of this Company's
Local Agency.
B. OHL
Agent
Hong Kong, 6th April, 1988.
Starts Sat., 15th April.
DEAD
3000 YEARS
----yet alive today.
KARLOFF
THE UNCANNY.
with ZITA JOHANN; David Menners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron in the terrific- ally thrilling UNI.
·VERSAL PICTURE.
THE
MUMMY
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
The public is hereby notified that the NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LTD. will transact business at their new premises at No. 8A, Des Voeux Road Central (corner of Ice House Street) on and from the 18th of April.
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LTD.
Hour