BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Anthorlard Ceptenme=$93,909_00s, Iwwed and Pully opnames 16,900,000 Bare Fund-
Bang
Beer Liability of Proprietor ma
HEAD OFFIC: HONO KONO.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR :— Z. Z. Pearon, Hig Chairmen
T. EL R. Shay, En.
Deputy Chairanom.
J.*K. Bousfield, Boq.
1. H. Dodweli, Haq, A. 11. Comps Mackie. Goo..
BANGKOK BATAVEL BOMBAY
CALOUTTA
CANTON CHEFOO GOLOMBO
DUKEN FOOCHOW ELIPTONG
BAMBUSO IMBKOW
HARDIN
MONGERY
↑ Miris. Eg,
Boa. M. 5. Paluzzon.
J. A. Planner, Zag.
1. Murphy, Fan, Acting Chief Maangst.
BRANCHES —
LONDON
LTOMI
KALLOGA
MANILA
MUAN (Johor)
NEW YORK
EXIFING
PENANG BANGOON
BLOOM
EAT TRANGIBOO
KHAYOPAY
BINGAPOR
BOLZANLYA
BUNGSI FATANI
TIENTSUR
поко
IPOH
JOHO
TOEZO
KOBE
TRINOTAO
KOWLOOK
TOKOHAMA
KUALA LUMPUR
Current Accounts openall in Local Currency
and Fland Deposite andra for on June_ur
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
Beserye Liability of Pro-
prietors
..$3,000,000 £3,000,000
EXCHANGES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and Finance
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,
.£3,000,000₫ Da London-
Agencies and Brancine:
ALOS STAR
AMRITSAR
HANGEON BATATEA
BOMBAY
CLUOTETA
CANTON
CAWYPORE
0%:30
BONG JONGE
ILOILO
пон
KARACHI
KANG
ROX
KUALA LUMPUR
PEKAMO
BANGGAN
SITIAWAN
Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.
T.T.
1/44
On demand
1/494
4 months' sight...
1/4
KUCHING
MADRES
Credits: 4 months'
MAKIEL
sight
1/5%
KEDAR
NEW TONK
On New York-
PRITING (Paklag)
On demand
28% N.
COLOKHO
RATOQO萬
DELEX
SEMAKANG
Credits 60 days'
sight
NOM
KATPHONG
KEREMBAN
HAMBURG
On Paris-
BANKOW
SHANGHAI SINGAPORE
On demand
600
SOURARATI
Credits 4 months'
TALPING
TIEITSEN
sight
640
TONGKAH (Blcken)
On India-
THIBOTAO
TOKOHAMA
T.T.
921/4
KAMBOANGS
On demand
92
On Shanghai-
On demand On Kobe
109
On demand
110
On Manila-.'
On demand
564 N.
Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932
On Singapore-
On demand
59%
On Batavia-
On demand
59%
On demand
60
On Bangkok-
On demand Sovereigns bank buy-
133
ing rate
1/5%
Bar silver per oz.
$685,000 1,150,000
Bar Sliver in Hong
Kong
Copper Cast
19 9/16
Nom. Nominal
Current Accounts opened and Fix ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY,
storieć wield a Local Cherapy THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. On Saigon
es lernd Which will be quoted an applianion.
Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1983.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Batom of the sheme Sonă la mudovred By the RONG EONG AND SHANGHAI HAI EKE CORPORATION. Mules may be absintzel
FOR THE HONGKONG AND KHANGHAI 44FELE COMPORATION.
IN. MURPHY,
Acting Chial Manager. Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.
SAFETY FIRST !
To Safeguard Your Valsabion
and Jewelleri Deposit them in a Vault
that is really: FIRE-PROOF BURGLAR - PROOF
DAMP PROOF |
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con-
Established 1912.
Head Offer:-Hong Kong.
Autoriel Capital (B.E. Ourtsony') ...$11,000,906 Pull-Up Captial, motormentors
BLANCERS
Centennial Fiankow, Basskok,
and Sam Freodana,
LONDON BAFIERS :—
The Lloyd's Back, Limited. CORRESPONDENTA
In a grinolysi cities of the World.
Forslys Exchange and banking boelname of eracy Linnelpiim úrazacíað.
Mala Deponit Botas (varion alovu) at a yearly
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong.
No. 10, Da Voeux Road Central. Established: 1918.
structed to provide all of these Im-Authorised Capital... $10,000,000.00 portant Qualities.
You may obtain a Safe Deposit Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own, use at a very moder- ate Rental.
Inspection Cordially Invited.
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD.
Paid-up Capital ...... Reserve and Undivided
Profits
Copper Cents..
1% prem.
$2% pa Chinese Sub. Coln ... 31% dis. Hong Kong Sch, Cola par.
Rate of Native In-
terest
SHARE MARKET.
NEW YORK STOCK- EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
NEW HANGAR AT
KAI TAK
Aviation Improvements In Colony.
$800,000 VOTE_APPROVED
'BY COUNCIL
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933.
BRITAIN'S QUEER
PETS
Lizards Abound. In Bayswater Flat.
SNAKES ARE LATEST CRAZE
GOVERNMENT NOTICES.
G.
B
PUBLIC AUCTION.
ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
Put the Sale by Public Auction
The pets which some people keep are really extraordinary, to be held on MONDAY, the The Colonial Secretary, Hou. Mr. The story is told of a convict 19th day of June, 1983, at D. W. Tratman, at the Legislative who, after serving his sentence, 8 pm at the Offices of the Fabile Council meeting yesterday, moved refused to leave the prison until Works Department, by Order of that approval be given for the con- he had been assured that his pet His Excellency the Governor, of one struction of a civil bangar at Kai seagull would be cared for by a Lot of Crown Land at Ma Tau Kok New York, Yesterday.
Tak Aerodrome, the total costs toj fellow prisoner.
in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a Dow Jones Avernges.
Convicts are very fond of mice term of 75 years, with the option of Last To-day's Changes, approximate $800,000. The Coun- Aver. Aver.
cil's approval was given the Colonial as prison pets, and when several renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed 30 Industriais 94.06 88.87 5.19 down Secretary moved
men were transferred to another by the Surveyor of His Majesty the 20 Rails.43.77 41.41 2.26 down
gaol recently, one of thera was King, for one further term of 75
to have a mouse in his years.
the
following
F
20 Utilities.35.89 82.94 2.94 down motions:
22 down (a) That this Council approves seen 40 Bonds....84.56 84.34
Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re- the construction of a Civil Hangar hand.
There are other curious peta port: The" much discussed and and slipway at the Kai Tak Aero- long-expected shake-out occurred drome and the raising and regrad-which have their "fashions." A It was drastic and ing the western area of the air rather lonely woman who recent-
الت
estimated cost of
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Function of Mak Tul
Locality.
Ban Sbas Road
Boundary
W.
Amsal Rostal||
the the the It about
As per suit pisa: 1,618 | 201
this afternoon. we think that it was largely due port at
ly thought she would like com- to the uncovering of stop-loss $800,000.
panions to share her flat in Bays- orders as traders, lately have been (b) That this Council authorise water bought some lizards, and scared. We think many positions, the said sum of $800,000 to be now she has dozens of them were protected at the close. Trad-charged to a future loan, and sane darting about the home, and an- ing was so sharp that perhaps it tions an advance of a sum of swering to their names. will be completed within a day or $520,000 to be spent during the Her favourite is a green Italian two. "Wheat: The report that financial year 1983 from the surplus specimen and she takes It to process tax will be imposed was balances of the Colony.
In explaining these motions, the church and on her shopping ex- largely responsible for the early!
A dealer gives weakness. The market ister ruled Colonial Secretary said.The Re-peditions. Snakes are the latest
craze however. firm on advices from Washington'solutions standing in my name are the reason for this: that no decision had been reach in connection with the building of a "Reptiles make the beat pets GENERAL NOTICES, ed on the tax. Weakness later de-new civil hangar and slipway at the because they are Until recently the noiseless," he says." veloped in sympathy with stocks.jaerodrome.
a honourable mem-! "Cotton: There was a heavy volume position was,
clean
and
"They be
with careful handling, and even of liquidation and professional bers will be aware, that the Air come very tame and affectionate selling and the market was also Ministry and the Colonial Govern respond when called by name. Influenced by the process tax re- ment each paid half the cost of the Their principal food is worms, port, the weakness of securities existing hangar which they jointly frogs and mice, and they are very
It was found to be too fond of a little.bread and milk. and lower exchange. "Siver: Stop- occupy,
"Women have discovered that
THE EASTERN PENSION & PROVIDENT SOCIETY, LTD. 116, York Street, Colombo, CEYLON.
(Ceylon's Pioneer Provident Society) Incorporated 1926. Accepts insurance for:-
PROVISION, EDUCATION &
loss orders were uncovered but small for both parties, and it was aggressive support developed later agreed that the Air Ministry should big animals are a nuisance in the in the form of foreign and invest-refund to this Government the household and in these days near- ment buying. At the close a good jother half of the cost of the hangar ly always choose a small pet if together with the whole cost of thei
they can. tone prevailed."
Business done: 4,890,000 shares, seaplane slipway adjoining it, and
"Wealthy people like lion cubs, MARRIAGE, PENSION, FAMILY that the Government should boild and there is a continuous de- Last To-day's Price Price new civil hangar and slipway at the mand for these pets. When they $
western end of the aerodrome. get older, though, and begin to Chief Agents, District Agents and With the refund, the total sum develop large teeth and claws Canvassers wanted, for all Districts. paid by the Air Ministry to this they have to be got rid of." Government amounts to $570,937.50
of the American Smelting.... 349% The official summary Hong Kong Stock Exchange istued American Tel & Tel. 127%
yesterday at 3.30 p.m.--
Whilst the lower-priced issues Copper Mining 16%
Aviation
60
Another new fashion in pets is spiders. The enly trouble is account and the difference between that they need roomy quarters this sum and that mentioned in the and frequent change of scene, resolution is attributable to the
necassity, now considered to have and if they do not get it, wan 33% arrived, for constructing a fully derlust seizes them and they
equipped air port capable of dealing
21% 18 National Bank 324 30+
Motors .....
dated Gas of N.Y. #
maintained their position to-day, towarda with a slight inclination
Borden Co. firmness, some of the investment Canadian Pacific |issues appear to be again attract-J. L Case
in investors, Unions and Electrics Caterpillar Co 5,598,600.00 changing handa at $525 and $731⁄4. respectively. and Star Ferries being bid up to $92.
Sales. Union Insurances: $525. Wing On Textiles (S'hai): $97. Cements (Combined): $7/7.60. Government Loans: 3% Prem.
Buyers.
2,812,000.00
Branches and Agencies;--
Peiping
Penang
Rangoon
Saigon
San Francisco
Seattle
Semarang Shanghai Singapore
Amoy
Batavia
Corner of Its House Street and Des Voeux Road, Central
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Haiphong
Kankow
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD, Honolulu
Kobe
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
Kowloon London Manila Melbourne Nagasaki New York Oazka Paris
Sydney
Talboku
Tientsin
Tokyo
|
HEAD OFFICE:—Talpek, 'Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.
Combeal Bank in Formant. Bank-Moins farvel Avenge attovel --You. 65,008,000 BRANCHES AND¬AGENCIES 2 JAPAN-TO, Kelchama, Lobe, Danka. FORMOSA rin, Kag, Kaconis, Kasiung,
Malkong, Mania, Sidweller, Talaka. Talman Takan Tocandi, Tom, Selis, Daika.
"Foodus, CHINA-nghal, ・ Hamkom, Kawy,
Glow, Danion.
Boersbeys, OTHERS-Hong_Kong.
Berg Antara Bombs, London, New Tark, Econ
- LONDON_BANKESSINA Bardaju Both, Lady Kiayie Bank, Lid
Kidised Bank, Tily: Stadtlunine Bank, Ltd.
The Bank has Commpanionis in all thị principal Commercial Cance
HONG KONG REINCH.
Bang Long, Dowake 2, 16.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE- BANK,
KIMITED.
Established 1886.
Yen 119,750,000
Capital (falls paid-up) Ten 100,000,000)
Reserve Fund ...
Head OdesTOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agriclas
Alarandria
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Newchwang
New York
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Chleutia
GERTOR
Dairen (Dalný)
Falping
Hamburg
Fongtian (Mukden) Kangoon
Hankow
Harbia
Los Angeles
Interest (allowed;
Ekle Janeiro Back Beattie
Sourabaya
Swatow
Vancouver Yokohama Carrespondents in all principal cities of the World.
Hong Kong Banke: $1,720. Douglases: $32.
Vens: Goldfields: 84%. HK & W. Docks: $16. Hotels: $6.95.
Humphreys: $134.
Hong Kong Trams: $21.60. Star Ferries: $3234. China Lights (Old): $12.90, Electrics: $73,
Cements (Combined): $7.40.
Sellers.
Every description of Banking and H.K. Steamboats: $21. Exchange business transacted. Loans Hong Kong Lands: $761⁄2·· grated on approved securities.
Telephones: $293⁄41⁄4 Dairy Farms: $28. Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
HAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.
INC.
Head 05ca65, Broadway.
Capital
Surplus
Reserver
New York,
GOLDEN TRADE IN TURKEY,
Isolationist System To Go.
Angora.
U.S.26,000,000,00 The Turkish government intende U.S.$1,867,089.17 to Inaugurate a "golden rule” era US$1,718,979.67 in foreign trade.
Branches of American Express Com- pany in Principal citise of United States of America and Canada.
All classis of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
spors
Parsons) handled.
Deposita recaived
•st rater to be obtained
Hong Kong, 11th March, 1982
Investospat
Turkey is about to scrap her present isolationist system which severely limits foreign imports, says an authoritative report. Ia its place she will make trade agreements with all countries, like those already made with Spain and the United States, putting trade on Ja reciprocity basis,
Each foreign country will be allowed to sell to Turkey goods to the value equivalent to the amount the said country buys from Turkev
THE
REVERSEAS & NATIONAL
BANK LTD.
National Bank -Building” 8A, Des Voeux Road, Central).
Anthorized Capital $5,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital 200 1,000,000.00)
New York, London and refrente Diego Paris Agenta;
TRUST COMPAN
We
offer facilities Let the transac ition of general banking business. Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks and bonds bought and gold. je Konnis granted on approved sécuritiss.
LEE TANG General Manager,
Curtisa
Fight
Bond & Share 37% Electric Power & Light 14
General Foods
Steelwork for hangar and RP.M. Roof-
..£18,500
vanish.
Beuter.
MODERN ROBINSON
CRUSOES
LIFE.
Agents are given liberal monthly. salaries and commission.
For all information regarding Agency terms, salaries, commis sion etc., and membership apply. to:-
THE MANAGING AGENTS,
P. Q. Box 213,
COLOMBO
(Ceylon),
Wireless Operators' KING'S THEATRE
Lonely Vigil
CYCLONIC STORM STUDY
Sydney, N. S. W. After 12 months on a lonely is
Air Reduction Allied Chemical & Dye 118 American Can
77 112
90%
8734
28
121 American Tob. "B" 88% 85
38 American Waterworks
which has been credited the loan
35
18%
14
672%
97%
17 16%
85%2
18%
15
77%
with an air mail service.
71 Estimated Cost. -
25%
56%
Details of the estimated cost)
34 554
are as follow:
Du Font de Nemours 704 Eastman Kodak ....... 81% Elect:le Auto-lite Co. Electric
24%
ing
321
Steelwork
for
annexes and
General Electric
35%
2174 344
R.P.M. Roofing. 4,500
Gillette Safety
General Motors
26% 25
23,000 @ $16 $388,000
1814
14%
Erection of
Gold Dust
214
Internat. Harvester
38%
Internat Har. (Pref) 112t
35% 11244+
Hangar
40,000
Erection
of
Literat
Internat. Tel. & Tel.. 18%
Annexes.....
110,000
16
Liggett &
& Myers "B".
Drainage...
91
88
22%
20%
Montgomery
Ward
2374
20%
Water Supply Lighting, Tele-
National Biscuit
phanes
58.
54
City Bank
35%+
31+
Dairy Products 22
Elevator
214
Facine
Pacific Gas & Electric
19 27%
Total
Packard Motors
| Add
Pennsylvanis Railway
*27%
26
C/A charges,
Radio Corp.
10%
9
Sears Poobuck
29%
Standard Brands
20%
19
Standard
Gai
214
18
Standard Oil Co. of N.J. 8874 34
Socory-Vacuum Corp., 11%
11
Техав
Texas Corp.
20%
Trans-America
834
:112 United Air & Transport 34 United Corp. United States Steel Westinghouse E. & M. 46%
Union Carbide & Carbon 404 Union Pacific
38
109%
(a) the cost of constructing
--30%
11%
$51%
(b), the cost of raising and
regarding the
calculate the probabilities of
43
18,000
Snape and Olsen tried the ex-
!(c) salaries
LONDON EXCHANGES,
Total
London, Yesterday.
Loew's Inc.
Paris New York Montreal Brussels
Geneva
86 8/16 4.06
4.54% 24.27 175744
Amsterdam
8.43%
043%
14.30
19.45
22.42
19.75
Milan Berlin
·Stockholm
Copenhagen Oslo Vienza Prague
Helsingfors Madrid
to
hangar and annexes only, 20% Roads & Apren
10%
miscellaneous
works and contingencies.
SALT
10,000 land off the Queensland coast, 3,000 with no company beyond that of each other and a cattle dog, Messrs. F. Snape and N. Olsen 19,000 have returned to Sydney, 15,000
These modern Robinson Cru- $565,000) 80cs are, wireless operators who accepted voluntary marooning on Willis Island in order to supply Hinformation to the mainland of 58,500 Australia regarding the origin of cyclonic storms off the coast of 4621,500 North Queensland.
$822,000
The information they cbtained
To the figure of $822,000-has to be dally was sent by wireless to the added:-.
a scaplane slipway con $110,000
western ares of the Air Port
For Air Malls,
weather authorities on the main-
COMING
SHORTLY!
THE FIRST GREAT
·FILM FROM THE NEW
GAUMONT-BRITISH -
ROME
ESTHER RALSTON
STUDIOS
CONRAD VEIDT
EXPRESS
AHD A STUPENDOUS CAST
land, who were thus enabled to FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO
leyclonic disturbances.
50,000 periment of growing vegetables,
CONTROL RADIO
Paris.
$800,000 and succeeded with silver beet The French Government: has lettuce, cucumbers, beetroot, and purchased, according to press re- Radio-Paris, which was up to nOW,
in the possession and under the ministration of the syndicate
The new hangar will be five feet tomatoes. Their potatoes were ports, the French radio-station higher than the existing one; to a failure. allow for air mail planes, and will! They discovered that the ve include an administration block getables thrived as well in sand Otherwise the cost of the two han- when planted in rich river Companie Generals de Telegraphie sans Fil and Radio France,; The loam, of which they took five bags sars will be practically the same from Brisbane, and purchase was effected at. Fra.
The figure for salaries, allowa
The life of the party was the most important Parisian broad- $12,000,000. With this transaction for one engineer, one overzeer Sandy" the cattle dog. Sandy two foremen, whom it is anticipat ||
ed will be engaged on the work. It would swim out to sea for 400 casting station which was hitherto in private hands, has come into the an approximate yards, and although sharks are sphere of direct influence of the {is necessarily
numerous, he was never attack French, Government. Agure, as the number of staff ́and? the individual: officers 'may vary
"Sandy had great fun with 81 Nominal slightly during the period of conthe turtles, which came ashore
Lisbon
1134 22614 89 25/82
·110
Athens
590
-Bucharest Belgrade Rio
570
250
45/8 Nom:
41% 0.8
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Bombay Sbadghal
Hong Kow Yokohama Eilver Spot Bliver Forward.
•Way Loan B3⁄41⁄2%
34 Nominal
1/6 5/64 - 1/8 5/16 (1/8 1/16 43 #1/96/82 19 9/16 19,5/8,- 99 3/8 Wireless Service
struction.
It is anticipated that the work to lay their eggs. He would try to muster them like sheep, but will take about two years to comthey would scatter in all direc plete,
Both resolutions were seconded tions and make into the sea by the Colonial Treasurer, and were approved.
QUALITY PRINTING
With Quick
DUTCH IMPORTS
Amsterdam.", "Sandy" also amused himself Imports to Holland in 1932 playing with the innumerable sea smounted, according to official birds which inhabit Willis Island, returns, to 1,800,000,000 florins, an and are as tame as domestic against 1,893,000,000 forins in fowls.
* 1981, while the exports totalled One bird did not appreciate only 844,000,000 Borins as compar- attentious, and pierced ed with -1,312,000,000 florins in eyeball with needlelike 1981
thus
The advorse balance
30-456,000,000 The islanders wirelessed to mounts Townsville and obtained Instruce while in 1981 it was 381, 0.000 Hons which enabled them to save forins. Exports reached, only "Sandy's”: eyesight, Bauter 649 per cent of the Empor