BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
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HRAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :—
CAT, E Pancen, Bog.
Chaletan.
T. HB, Shan, Mag-
W. H. Bell, Esq.
Deputy Chals,
4. Minda. Las.
B. II, Dodwell K. Hon. Mr. 2. 3. Fularnon.
LIL Compton, Eej,
Uon. Dr.G.G.B. Mickle,
AMOX
BANDTOK
374. Plummet. Reg.
L. N. Murphy, Esq.
Acting Chief Maunger.
BRANGING
LONDON
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1882.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Reserva Fund
Reserve Liability of Pro-
'prietors
£3,000,000 .£8,000,000
„ES,000,000
Agencies and Branche:
ATOR STAR
KUCHING
MADHAN
AMBITSAM BANGIOS BATAVIA BOMBAY CALOUTTA
CANYON
САМИРОВИ
GEBU
COLOMBO
DELHI
HAIPHONG
HAMBURG
MAKILL
KEDAK
NEW FORE
PRIPING (Poking)
PRUANG
MAIGON
KEMALANG
RANGOON
EXERMBAN
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
GITLAWAN
BOURABAYA
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and
Finance
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday. Dow Jones Averages.
Last To-day's Changer. Aver. Avor.] 30 Industrials 77.37 79.16 1.79 up 20 Rails...34.34 35.52 1.18 P
20.47. 20 ̊ Utilities..20.08
.39 up 77.84 .61 up 40 Bonds....77.23
Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co Re port:It looks as though there may be a strong forward surge in the immediate future which will carry industrial averages at least through the high levels of last September. Those who have fol- lowed the "up" side in respect of Genaral industrials should take some pro- fits on the outburst of strength,
TIENTBIN TONGKAH (Bhukaq TELSOTAO YOKOHAMA KAMBOANGA
ELAZKOW
LTON
HAXBEN
BATAVIA
MALANGA
TRONG 0 G
BOMBAY
MANILA
HOHO
TAIPING
DALOUTTA
MUAR (Jaincoat
IPON
CAMION DEERFOO COLOMBO
KARACEN
KEW YORK
LED
PEITING
KOM
DALEX PODOROW
KUALA LUMPUR
HALPHONG
BAXGURA
BAX FRANQUBOO
NAKEGW
KARDIN
MOKOKEW
LLOILA
IPOH
JOHO
KOBE
KOWLOOK
KUALA LUMPUR
FENANG
BANGOON
BALCON
BHANGHAI ..
SINDAPORE
SOURABAYA
BUNGHI PATAN
TIENTSIN
TORTO
ТЫМОТАО
TOKOHAMA
Carvel Loomis opened la Lomi Currency and Fixed Depoalie re
shariat peršola in Local Currency and
ou bend which will be yürtel du uppärmekin. Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.
MONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Butane of the shore Bank le unduetu i
* HONG KONG AMP THANGHAI BATT
KK
DOSPOLETON.- KIM may be chindaví
en applienkien.
FOR THE.RONOKONG AND SHANGHAI MAJELAS CORPORATION.
LN. MURPHY.
Acting Ubier Masajer, Hong Kong, 24th April, 1938.
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.
Hong Kong Branch:—13, Queen's Ed. G.
Authorized Capital:-
Straits $40,000,000,00.
Paid-up Capital?--
Btraits $10,000,000.00.
Branches and Agencies in the princi- cipal cities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted
Chua Ke Hat
Manager,
Foreign Exchange and Banking business transacted.
Ноиве
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,
TT.
On London-
On demand
1/4
4 months' sight
1/4 1/4
Credits 4 months' #sight
· 1/64
On New York-
On demand
26 N.
Credits 60 days"
aight
NOM
On Paris-
On demand
680
Credits 4 months"
weight:
620
On India-
T.T.
90%
On demand
9012
On Shanghai--
On: demand
On demand
108
110
| On Manila-
On demand On Singapore—– On demand On Batavia- On demand On Salgon-
53 N.
58%
On demand
68
On Bangkok-
On demand
*186
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On Kobe ə
67% N
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for one year or Wheat: Under the influence of in- flation there are atill strong shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
rumours of something bullish" by the morning and good cash busi A. BREARLEY,
Managerness has been done. Silver: Inac- Hong Kong, 17th November, 1982tive and prices lower on continu-
ed Commission
selling THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Cotton fluctuated under changing influences and new high levels However, the were registered.. nine per cent. level attracted Sovereigns bank buy- heavy selling. Business done :--
1/6 ing rate 4,590,000 shares.
Bar silver per oz. ... 19% - Last To-day's Bar Silver in Hong Price Price
Established 1912.
Read Office-Hong Kong.
Kuberland Capital (H.X. Carmacy) ...$11,000,00% Fold-Up Ospital mana Karve Fund ma
Camion
BRANQUES 10
60
Shanghai, Hankow, Bangkok, Allied Chemical & Dye 90%
sad Ben Frandaco,
LONDON BLIKERS 1-
The Lloyd's Back, Limited.
CORESPONDENTS
in all princiqnë cities of the World.
Forsign Exchange and basking business of avery description truancia.
Bals Base Borse (racions sima) sa zorty Anaconda Copper Mining 134%
rate of tra $5 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Auburn
Borden Co. Canadian Pacifie
Chief Manager. L Case
Chrysler Motors
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 60% Drugs,
Inc.
Chinese Sub. Coin,
COAL PETROL FOR
AIR FORCE
£130,000
Kong
Nom.
¡Air Reduction
69
Copper Casn
Nominal
93%
Copper Cents
American Can
American Smelting American Tel. & Tel. American Toh, g
30% 294
8014 82%
2% prem.
Rate of Native In
90% 102
terest
81%
8% p.a. 80% dis.
18
Hong Kong Sub. Coln par.
3244
45%
47.
18%
2960%
13%
50%
.484
43%
Du Pont de Nemours Eastman Kodak
54
87%
Electric Bond & Share
18%
General Electric
13/4
Gillette Safety
2
12
1534
33%
8432
Int. Harvester (Pref) Int: Tel. & Tel.. Liggett & Myers "B"
29
100
11%
19.
80
2
80
22% 22%
1534 16%
4914
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong.
No. 10, Des Voeux Road Central
Established: 1918.
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital .............! Reserve and Undivided
Profits
General
Foods
General Motors
Int. Harvester
inc.
$10,000,000.00in%20
5,598,000.00
Mantromery
Ward 2,312,000.00 National Bixcult
Pacific Gas & Electric
Branches and Agencies:---
Amoy
Peiping
Ratana
Penang
Bombay
Rangoon
Calcutta
Saigon
Canton
Halphong
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. HA
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
San Francisco'
Seattle
Semarang
Shanghai
A by
First Order Placed By Ministry.
HIGH VALUE OF FUEL
London.
FRIDAY, MAY
SCHOOLGIRL EATEN COMPANY MEETINGS
BY CROCODILE
Searchparty's Gruesome
Discovery.
TRAGEDY IN CREEK
Brisbane.
"THE CANTON INSURANCE-
OFFICE/LIMITED.
· CONSIGNEES”, NOTICE.
THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. COPENHAGEN.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Danish Motor Vessel
A "DANMARK ?? THE FIFTY-SECOND ORDIN having arrived (from Copenhagen, TARY GENERAL MEETING- of Hamburg Gothenburg, Antwerp and
༣·་
Shareholdere will be held at the Genoa) consigneer of cargo are hereby Offices of the undersigned on landed and placed at their risk into the informed that all goods are being A crocodile, caught in Alligo-THURSDAY, the 25th May 1933, at hazardous and/ /or extra hasardons
and Κου tor Creek, at Pindi Pindi, N. tool for the purpose of receiving Godowns of The Hong Kong
Laid where Queensland, when cut open was the Report of the General Agents, loon Wharf & Godown found to contain the bones, dress together with a statement of Ac delivery can be obtained as soon as
the goods are landed th buttons, and hair of Mary Adams, counts for the year ended the 31st No claims will be admitted after the goods have kit the Godowns and all 10 years, who was lost on March December 1932.
The following Resolutions will goods remaining undelivered. after will-ba 9, when going to school.
Will Mary was riding double-bank on also be submitted to the Meeting 12th May, 1933, at m
All broken, chafed and damaged a horse with her sister, Thelma, 6(1) That as from the 1st day of subject to rent
January 1989 the emunera goods are to be left in the Godown. years. Thelma's body was recover
tion of the Consulting Commit where they will be examined by ed next day, after an all-night
tee be increased from $16,000 Mesars. Anderson & Ashe on the search, and was burled on March
to $24,000 per annum."
11th May, 1933, at 10 am 11.
(2) "That as from the 1st day of January 1983 the remunera tion of the Auditors be raised from: $1,250 to $1,500 per an- num for each Firm."
and
What happened to the two little girls can only be surmised. At the time there were very high tides each morning at the school hour," and Alligator Creek would The SHARE REGISTER necessitate the horse swimming TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOS- about 40 yards. As the bank, ED from the 11th to the 25th May which was 3ft. above the level of 1983, both days inclusive.
the water, was found to be broken down where the horse had enden. voured to climb it, and as: Thelma when found the following day, had In her sand with grass clutched hand, corresponding with that at the spot, it is thought that the horse in trying to climb out, fell backwards with the children.
the
JARDINE, MATHESON
& CO., LTD.,
General Agents. Hong Kong, 4th May, 1933.
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN;
Natan EXTRAORDINARY
be presented to the Undersigned within All claims against the vessel, must ten days of the ships arrival, or they will not be
recognised,
effected.
No Fire Insurance will be
Bill of Lading will be genNKIN |
JOHN MANNERS & CO. LTD., Agenta,
Mercantile Bank Bldg., Hong Kong, 5th May, 1938.
GENERAL NOTICES,
HONG KONG COLLECTION AGENCY.
NOTICE.
The horse, when taken to creek on Friday held back from GENERAL MEETING of the above! entering the water, and showed the Company will be held at the offices greatest fear, and the theory is of the General Agents, Messrs.). advanced that the children were at- Jardine, Matheson and tacked while on the back of struggling horse, and that crocodile dragged Mary off the THURSDAY, the 25th day of May, 1938, at 12.15 o'clock in the after- horse by her legs.
Crocodiles always drown their noon or so soon thereafter, as the
The undersigned will not be re- sponsible for any contracts and Company documents all in respect of the the Limited. Pedder Street, Victoria in above, firm not signed by me. the the Colony of Hong Kong và
•
MAK PIN MAN.
victims, and leave them in the mud Annual General Meeting of the COMPANY MEETINGS for a few days before devouring Company shall have been concluded them. A search party secured the for the purpose of proposing and creek dynamiting holes, and also considering and, if thought fit, pass- using poisoned wallabies as baits. ing (with or without amendment) to the subjoined Resolutions sa Extra- When the party went ashore camp they heard a found that a crocodile was beside the boat, attracted by the smell of the wallables.-Reuter.
splash, and ordinary Resolutions viz:
HISTORIC GUNS AS SCRAP METAL.
The Air Ministry have placed! contract. for 12 months' sup-|-: 50plies of a new type of aviation Consigned To Japanese 24% -24%
Pennsylvania Railway 2234 2 petrol made from British coal.
Sears
Radio Rock N
.7% 24 Standard Oil Co. of NJ. 31% Sosony-Vacuum Corp... Union Carbide & Carbon 334
8% 212th 24% 84%
This is the first order of its kind
placed by the Air Ministry,
9
322
81
48%
85%
Union Pacific ..... 78 United States Steel... 40% Westinghouse E. & M., 35%
Market.
GREAT WAR TROPHIES.
Auckland, N.Z. Among the 2,000 tons of scrap-
The petrol is produced by the Low Temperature Carbonisation, Ltd., as a by-product in the manu- facture of Coalite smokeless fuel, and le refined by a London firm. iron loaded into the Japanese freighter "Ryoka Maru" recently It is announced that the quan~]
"(1) That the existing 10,000 "shares in the capital of the
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. - (Incorporated in Hong Kong.)
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
Company of the nominal value NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN
that the ORDINARY YEAR-
"of $250 each, upon which the "rum of $100 has been paid up,LY MEETING of the Society will.. "be divided into 50,000. shares be held at the HEAD OFFICE, "of the nominal value of $50 Union Building Hong Kong, on "esch, upon which the sum of FRIDAY, 26th - MAY, 1988, at 11 320 shall be credited as paid o'clock a.m., for the purpose of "up,
freceiving the Report of the Direc (2) That as on and from the tors and the Statements of As "1st day of July 1983, the recount to 31st December, 1982, "gulations contained in the and of declaring Dividends, etc. "printed documents submitted The TRANSFER BOOKS of the "to the meeting and for the pur Society will be CLOSED from "pose, of identification sub 9th MAY to 26th MAY, Both Days "scribed by the Chairman inclusive. "thereof be approved and
By Order of the Board, "adopted as the Articles of As- "sociation of the Company, in
PAUL LAUDER, "substitution for, and to the
General Manager. tity ordered will be sufficient for were several guns mounted on their carriages. They are trophies of the
"exclusion of, all the exiting| Hong Kong, 1st May, 1988. ample flying testa.
Great War which were brought to
"Articles thereof." Home Defence squadron, equip-New Zealand at considerable ex- AND NOTICE is hereby given) Iped with high performance fight-
ing machines, is already fiving pense to the Government, but which that a further EXTRAORDINARY since have bean sold as scrap-tron. GENERAL MEETING of the Com- Intensive examinations solely on coal petrol.
Nine of the guns until recently were pany will be held at the same place and analyses, the origin of the The problem of developing a intored in the Auckland Domain, but on FRIDAY, the 8th day of June, poisoning on the Durban-Johannes- refining process which would en- the city council could not find any 1938, at 12 Noon for the purpose of burg train recently, when 22 pas-able petrol made from coal to other public body which wanted receiving a report of the proceed of the World.
sengers were affected and one satisfy the most exacting re
ings of the above, mentioned. Meet NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Every description of Banking and succumbed, has
to quirements, has been solved 'by]
that the SIXTY-FOURTH Exchange business transacted. Loans infected blocks of ice taken into chemists, so that now, for the The mayor, Mr. G. W. Hutchisoning and of confirming, if thought
expressed regret that these trophies fit, as Special Resolutions the above ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING the dining saloon at Durban. grated on approved securition.
first time, à pure coal petrol should have such a fate, but he mentioned Resolutions respectively of the Company will be held at ita Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
Certain articles of food, such as suitable for the most advanced stressed that the council's decision (Nos. 1 and 2), A
HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, roast veal and green beans, became types of modern high compres-was made only after a vain effort A copy of the proposed new Arti- Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 26th contaminated by the bacilli con- sion engines running under ser to find an appropriate resting place cles of Association of the Company MAY, 1933, at 11.15 mm, for the tained in the melting Ice. It was vice conditions has been made Reuter. not phomaine poisoning that caus-available.
Hankow Honolulu
Kobe
Kowloon
Awalow
Manila
Sydney
Kelbourne
Talhoku
Nagasald
Tientsin
Tokyo-
Vancouver
Yokohama
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeh, Formen. London
Incorporated by Special Imparia!
Charter, 1899,
Conical Bask in Formos Bank-Holes and Ariesgo amount solo 4,000,000 REANDRES AND AGENCIES;
JAPAX Tokyo, Tokohama, Lobe, Cel PORMOSA :---Örna, Kugl, Karocin,
Ese Kakong Nakin, Baluckiies, Taichu, Laguna, Takeo, Tamaul, Tren, Hetie, Fallo
Bwahow, Calpe. OTHERS £---Long
CALIXA :——Songhal, Hankow, Ponder,
Kong.
Blumpor, fourabaya, Bemarang, Belaria, Bombay, London, Key Tork, Dalrea
LONDON BANKERS:
• Barskaya Bath, Lady Lloyds Bank, Lat, Main Beal, Lida Wave her Bank, Lil.
The Beak bas Correspondants in all the priàsipal Comedial Onirse throughost she world.
HONG KONG BRANCH;
I. KAGUZA,
Do Your Hood Coviral.
Hong Kong. Debunker' 24, 1981.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED
Reserve Fund
..Yen. 119,750,000
Established 1889.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 200,006,000
Head Off YOKOHAMA.
Branchen and Apicion atṣ
Alexandria
· Bataris --
Bombar
Harbin
Nagasaki Nagoya "
Rio de Janeiro
Newchwang
New York
Ounka
Dairam (Dalny): Pelping
Fongtien (Mulden) "Rangoon
Hamburg
Hong Koor
*Honolala
arachi
„Kobeir
· Landon
"Lot Angels"
Manila
Internet allóïad.
Deposits reprived vat, rabhu tá be obtai
San Francisca
New York Osaka
Paris
+
Correspondents in all principal cities
KAN TONG PO,"
Chief Manager,
THE
·RAND MAIL TRAIN POISONING.
After
Johannesburg.
been traced
-An entire
ed the outbreak, but bacterial food It is stated that the new avia- tion coal petrol has the highest anti-knock value of any petrol in Great Britain. - **** Reuter.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, poisoning, which has rapid action, and of which rodents or human be-
Broadway.
INC.
New Yorky
Capital Burplan Reserves
BRANCHES:
U.S.$8,000,000.00 ‚U.S.$1,832.882.01 .0.8.$1,488,116.78.
ings may be permanent carriera.
All the infected ice was ⠀ sup plled at Durban from a source out- side the control of the railways authorities-Reuter.
~ SAFETY FIRST! To Safeguard Your Valuables
Mark and Jewelleries,
Deposit them in a Vault that is really s
FIRE - PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF DAMP PROOF!
Our
HUMAN RACE TO BE ALBINOS 7
Evolutionary Process Degenerating.
thom.
ARCTIC DOG HERO
DEAD
Leader Of Nome Relief Sleigh Team.
KASSON'S DASH RECALLED
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cleveland, Ohio, Getting bald and growing gray Balto, the Alaskan⠀⠀⠀ “husky," are natural results of the present famed at the time of a threaten- stage of evolution and nothing ed diphtheria epidemic at can be done about it, says Dr. Nome, in 1925 has died of old Ivor Griffith, Professor of Phar age at a dog hospital here. He masy
was the lead dog on the last lap In an address at the Philadel- of the famous, dash into "Nome phia College of Pharmacy and with anti-toxin, jedes
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT Science, he declared that "mon His bide will be mounted and located on the Mezzanine Floor of keys apes and lemurs, our ac- placed in a museum.
addles, Balto was the lead dog of Gun- Branches of American Express Com-Our New building, le Specially knowledged Darwinian vary to Principal Felties of United Constructed to provide all of also get bald spots and grow nar Kasson's mushing team, Stains of Amazion |
anti-toxin these Important Qualities, gray, although no monkey You may obtain a Safe Deposit wore a hat, or ever read
und Gmunda.
All cialis of Gainsarcial Banking Box in this most up-to-date Vault and Transactions undertalcon.
for your own use at a very for
Moderate Rentals
Inspection Cordially Invited.
THE NATIONAL
COMMERCIAL SAVINGS BANK
worried over
ich carried
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LTD... (Incorporated in Hong Kong.)
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
with the alterations and amend-purpose of receiving the Report of ments and any differences between the Directors and the Statements of the existing and the proposed new Account to 81st December, 1982,. Articles incorporated and indicated and of declaring Dividends, etc.
fa red ink can be seen during the The TRANSFER BOOKS of the
5
Dated the 3rd, day of May, 1985-
usual business hours at the afore- Company will be CLOSED -from said; office. of - Mesars. Jantina, 9th MAY to 26th MAY, Both Daya Matheson and Company Limited,⠀⠀⠀ inclusive.!
By Order of the Board,"
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 1st May, 1988; -;
JARDINE, MATHESON
& CO., LTD.
General Agents.
SPORT NOTICES.
MACAO RACES
THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB
FOURTH EXTRA HACE MEETING)
SUNDAY, 7th
First Bab
to Adminalee
To Memb
1933
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE
COMPANY, LTD, LE (Incorporated in Hong Kong.)
NOTICE TO`SHAREHOLDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Nthat the SIXTY-SEVENTE
ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be i HEAD OFFICE) Union uilding, Hong Kong, pa FRIDAY, 28th MAY 1988 at 11,20 m.m., for purpose of receiving the Report of {the Directors and t
Account:
and of de
DUGGAN,
Hong Kong, 11th Mar