BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
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$ $10,000,000
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HEAD OFTICA: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :--
T. I. Pares, Eng.
Charon
T. II. R. Shaw, Erg.
Dopisty Chairman.
J. K. Booleld, Koq.
H. 11. Dodwell, Beq.
A. EL. Compton, Kaq. Uo.F. G.G.M. Mackie.
AMOY MANGHOR
BOMBAY
DALOUTTA
GASTOS CHEFOO
COLOMBO
DARKH JOOCHOW HALPHING STAKNURG
NEOW
KARDIN
MORGEET
ГРОН
JOTOR
ROBK
KOWLOOK
1. Miela, Eng.
Hon. Ms. J., Palorien.
7. A. Fanmar, Bag-
N. Murphy, Esq. Acting Cole Manager.
KUALA LUMPUR
BRANCHES 1-
LUDON LTONE MALLOGA MAXILA
MUAR (Johorel
MOIDEN
KEW YORK
PEIPING
CENANG
BANGOON
SAIGON
SAN FRANCISCO
БНАКОВАГ
BINGAPORE
SOURABAYA
SUKOEI PATASI
TLENTOKE
TOITO
TSINGTAO TOTOHANA
Durrent Aceste opsoed is coal Currency and Find Deporia red for owe your shorter periode in Local Correory and Sterling on Mein which will be quoted on sppčimation. Hong Kong. 22nd May, 1938.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Bastund of the avero Bank ja amkomIDE
* BONO ZƏNG AND SHANGHAI BANK ANCORPORATION, Bøhe way be "gb_a ve application.
Jus Tax HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI ANEINS CORIOLATION,
L. K. MURPHY,
Acting Chief MARIERE.
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.
SAFETY FIRST!
To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries,
Deposit them in a Vault that is really: FIRE PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF
DAMP-PROOF I
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT
located on the Mezzanine Floor of
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
+
THE
CHINA MAIL.
STABBED WITH A BIG LOSSES
FINANCE
SCRAPER
BY AMERICAN
Fitter's Assault On A
INVESTORS!
G$25,000,000,000 In Two Years.
AND COMMERCE
Fellow Worker.
# 10
A Chinese fitter's assault- fellow worker at 101 Thompson |
IRELAND'S TRADE Street with a bearing-scraper, was TOLL OF WORTHLESS SHARES!
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fand
£3,000,000 £3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000]
Agencies and Branches:
ALOR STAB
KUCHING
BANGKOK
MAXILA
MSDAY
NEW YORK
PRIPING (Poking)
PENANG
Irish Free State trade
SLUMP $2,507,187 Drop In February.
BRITAIN BUYS LESS
London.
returns
RANGOON
HATAYIA
BOMBAY
CALOU VIA
CAWRTORE CIENU
COLOMBO
HAIPHONG BANEVRO BARROY HAINT
DRON DROH
ILOILO
пон
TALICHT
KLANG
RESOX
KUALA LUMPUR
Foreign
MADRAS
SAIGON
BEKARANO
IXRENBA SHANGHAI
KINGAPORE
GITIAWAN SOURABAYA
TAPEDIG
TENTSIX
TORGEEN (Buket)
THIROTAO
ТОКОДАМА
ZAMBOANGS
Exchange
and
with
Exports to Great Britain were:
February, 1933
February, 1932
£1,190,189, £2,232,851 The value of live animals export- ed this February was £620,369 com-j General pared with £1,453,265 the previous Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix. year. Imports from Great Britain ed Deposits received for one year during February were £1,671,949 shorter periods at rates which will be against £2,779,637 quoted on application
SCREEN. STAR IN LIBEL SUIT.
in February,
1932.
A. BREARLEY.
Total imports in February 1933,
Jeanette MacDonald Sues Paris Magazine.
Manager.
Hong Kong, 17th November, 1982.
Paris,
Washington.
MONDAY, JULY 10, 1933.
REVOLVER DUEL ON
TAIPO ROAD
Detectives Pursue Armed Gang.
DARING RUSE FAILS
A
$5
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Tinstructions to sell by rubile
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
ON
THURSDAY, the 13th July, 1933, commencing at 10.30a.m.
koo Road, (Quarry Bay), No. 18, Bralmar Terrace, Tal-
A-Quantity of YALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
On View from 12th July, 1933. Terma:-Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers:
Hong Kong, 10th July, 1933.
HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
ANNUAL
GENERAL
Chinese detectives, dressed Itald to the Court at the Central
native villagers, came into direct morning, when Magistracy this Chan Tai was charged with causing That $25,000,000,000 has been lost, conflict with a band of gang robbers, at grievous bodily harm to Chau Tin on, by American Investors in the pur armed with revolvers, an exchange chase of worthless stock in the past of shots taking place, on Friday Saturday.
was asserted by the night on the Taipa Road." The defendant pleaded guilty and two years
The armed gang is believed to be was sentenced to four months' hard Senate Banking and Currency Com-
mittee in urging passage of the Ad-the same which robbed two Euro- labour.
Detective Sergeant Fitches said 'ministration's Security Control Bill. peans a fortnight age on the same that the
The revolver due took place complainant accidently,The statement was contained in spot. bumped the arm of the defendant'a report from the Committee. de-i
shortly after 10.45 am, when the now published shew that the total during a meal. The latter abused scribing the Bill.
vegetable! decoy, dressed trade for February, 1933, amounted him and a quarrel ensued in which The report also maintained the
£3,871,495, compared
the defendant, producing a scraper, United States Government "lags far hawker, and carrying two sub- £6,372,682 in February last year. attacked the complainant and in- behind other nations" in protecting stantial baskets, was between the GENERAL NOTICES.
(81⁄2 and 41⁄2 milestones on the Taipo 'flicted three wounds about the body. the investor against such frauds.
The losses of investors have been Road near a bridge. The Chinese appalling, the report stated. Those detectives were about 20 yards to who have considered the matter his rear.
On approaching the bridge, two place such losses in this country at $1,700,000,000 annually, even before suspicious looking Chinese were the depression. Other statistics in sean, one sitting on a protective wall T MEETING will be held in the dicate that such losses have amount-on the right hand side of the bridge, Hong Kong Sports Club (by kind ed to the colossal sum of $25,000,- and the other at the foot of a hill permission), on Friday, 14th July, 000,000 during the past 10 years, on the opposite side.
As soon as both parties' sighted 1933, at 6.00 p.m. England, France, Belgium, Germany and other countries have long had each other, the man sitting on the against amounted to £2,480,923
comprehensive statutes to meet pre-wall opened fire with his revolver, £2,379,361 in January, and £3,782,- 217 in February last year. Exports Jeanette MacDonald, the film'cisely the problem with which the the presence of a third robber being THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. for February, 1933, were valued at actress, is bringing a libel action United States is confronted, and revealed by gunfire from the top of The Police party returned the fire £1,361,859, against £1,267,469 in against a Paris.magazine claiming therefore the legislation cannot be the hill overlooking the bridge. January and £2,535,976 in February 200,000 francs (£2,353) damages for regarded as of an experimental
which was a signal for the robbers 1932.--Reuter.
reproducing an interview with her, nature..
of the to make for the hillside and safety, which, she states, she never gave. The six main features and which she further says is dam- Bill relate to the registration of In- the Police following and keeping aging both to her reputation as a formation with the Federal Trade their quarry under fire." After the
Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. woman and her integrity as an Commission; superivision of ad-detectives had exhausted their am-
vertisements of securities; revoca-munition, they made their way to Wolfe, C.M.G., Inspector General
lof Police. Her counsel will quote in court tion and suspension of registration Shamshulpo Police Station.
An extensive search of the sur-
CHINESE COMPANY. both the interview" and the re of stock issues; exemptions of cer1
Constables R52 HOO Strength. ference to it in a subsequent number tain stocks from registrations: per- rounding district, failed to produce
KAM CHIU, R66 KWOK CHAK of the magazine.
sonal responsibility of corporation any results.
The detective party was led by TONG, and R27 WONG KING FAI "If the wina her case," Mr. directors as to stock issues and re- Titchie told Reuter, "she will, of medies for the purchaser in case of Detective Sergeant Lo Kee, one of have been taken on the strength of the ablest men of the Canton the Chinese Company, with effect course, give the relatively small sum fraud-Reuter.
tiagent, while his collegues were from July 7th. 1939. she is asking for to charity. She is
[P.C. Lam Chiming and Chan Yung.] Constables R34 WONG WOON bringing the case merely as a matter
MAN and R78 CHARLES SINN, of principle."
SALVATION ARMY'S have been permitted to resign from
Falablished 1912.
Head Offer:-Hong Kong.
Authorised Explini (ILI. Carrancy) - $11,000,000
Comical
BRANCHES
and tem Frendeos
LONDON BAK KRE (
The Lloyd's Bank, Linded.
CORRESPONDENTS
in al princijal niiims of the World.
8,000,000 1,150,000
-For change sad banking buslawen
avay loseription omnegatad,
Bals Depo Domm (vseltem nézne) at a yearly
rental al from $4 30 $48.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong.
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONE. On London-
Shanghai, Hankow, Bangkok,.
T.T.
On demand
1/442 1/4/2
4 months' sight
1/4%
Credits 4 months'
sight
1/5%
On New York-
On demand
31% Non..
Chief Manager.
Credits 60 days'
sight
NOM
On l'arls-
On demand
585
Credits 4 months'
sight
625
On tadia-
T.T...
91
On demand
91%
Amoy
|Batavia
Bombay Calcatta Canton
Peiping Penang
On Shanghai--
On-demand $20,000,000.00 On Kobe......
5,598,800.00 On demand
On Manila- 2,812,000,00
On demand On Singapore- On demand On Batavia-
110
109/2
63% Non.
50
On demand
574
+
Bangoon
On Saigon-
On demand
Haiphong
San Francisco
684
Seattle
On Bangkok-
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Our New building is Specially ConAuthorised Capital structed to provide all of
portant Qualities.
these Im
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Pald-up Capital
Reserve and Undivided
Profits
·Branches and Agencies:—
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Honolulu Kowloon
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Kobe
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899,
Camel Bank in Formos, Bank-Metas iemand àverage amoună ...Xen, sã,000 500 BEANCHES AND AGENCIES,
JAPAN |--Taka, Zokohe, Koba, Quake, FORMOBA (— bran Ingram, Kodung Mabong, Hanis, Binder, Talos, Zelzen, Takan, Tamen, Tom Hatto, Leite. OMMA-Shangbel, Bankon, Amey, Fonder
Senior Canion. OTHERS :-ng ng Bisgapore, Boorshage, Bewaring, Deinria, Bombat, London. You
Zack. DANDOR BLEIERS: Barclays Bank, LAB.; Láryde Bank, Ltd. Midland Bank, LAR, Walikota Brak, Ind. The Bank has Verraspondante in all the_pelucipe! Commercial Clews shroughout the wość. L. MAGULL
HONG KONG · BRAMON ↑
By Dan Vour Head Central,
Rang Land Decker 31, 1987.
Kanag
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.
་་
LIMITED.
Yen. 119,750,000
Saigon
Semarang Shanghal Singapore Sourabaya
Switow
London Manila Melbourne
Sydney
Talhoku
Nagasak
Tientsin
New York Ont Pazīs
Tokyo
Vancouver
Yokohama
On demand 135 Sovereigns bank buy-
ing rate
1/5% Bar Silver per oz... 18:1/16 Bar Silver in Hong
Kong
Nom.
Copper Cash
Nominal
Copper Cents
1%% prem.
Rate of Native In-.
terest
·
82% pa 31% dia.
Correspondents in all principal cities Chinese Sub. Coin of the World.
Hong Kong Sch. Cola par.
Every description of Banking and] Exchange business transacted, Loaza grated on approved securities.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
KAN TONG PO
Chief Manager.
THE
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK LTD. National Bark · Building, ZA, Des Voeux Road, Central
Authorized Capital ..... $5,000,000.00
artist
Miss MacDonald is herself on holi- day on the Riviera at present but it{ going over to England later to make a picture in which she in again to play the part of a Queen.-Reuter.
STRANGE CINEMA FOR US.
Motor-Cars -Can Be Driven Inside.
WORLD'S FASTEST
DESTROYER.
French Ship Achieves Speed of 43.4 Knots.
1.
Tarts.
France now claims to possess the fastest destroyer in the world.
Camden, New Jersey. 43.4 knots.
in cinemas is į Something new
the first
hours,
LOSS.
Col. Bowers Retires In Germany.
After
37 years
Berlin.
G. T. MAY, Hon. Secretary.
POLICE RESERVE. Orders for the Current
Week.
the Chinese Company, with effect from 3rd. and 7th. July respectivo- ly.
Prometion. Lance Sergeant R87 WONG
and Constable CHING R49 LOO MAN HOON have been
of strenous promoted to the rank of Crown
The Cassard has just activity on behalf of the Salvation Sergeant and Lance Sergeant res- Sub Inspector "(R) OW completed trials during which Army, Colonel H. Bower is retiring pectively, as from 5th. July 1933. she kept up an average speed of for the time being from his post of Leave
First Secretary of the Army in YEUNG KIN HENG has been 42.9 knots for three
Germany, on account of indifferent granted 14 days leave of absence from the Colony, with effect from achieving a maximum speed of health.
Colonel Bower, an Englishman June 30th, 1983. Ten years ago the best "all'
born in Germany, is very well known Part 11 of Training Course. under construction here. It is to out" speed attained by destroyers in Berlin. He has often acted as All recruits will attend at the Chinese Company's Headquarters as the drive-in-theatre, was between 33 and 34 knots. be known
interpreter of addresses by foreign, and builders claim it is
Eight more even faster de Salvation Army leaders visiting on Tuesday, July 11th. at 5.30 p.m.
Cassard are Germany.-Reuter, theatre in the world where one can stroyers than the drive in and see the show in one's now either under construction or are about to be laid down in The plan calls for space enough French naval dockyards. for 400 cars. There will be seven first of these, the Mogador, is rows of inclined planes, which will expected to attain 46 knots. insure uninterrupted vision for The fastest destroyer in the motorists regardless those coming British Navy is the 1930 HMS. and going.
Codrington which on trials has There will be a 60-foot screen. Echieved a mean speed of 38 knots, with special sound equipment with the maximum of 40 knots. Reuter.
lear.
-Reuter.
The
for instruction.
A revolver Revolver Practice. “KID FACTORY" IN practice for the Chinese Company will take place on Wednesday, July CHICAGO.
12th. at 8.30 p.m. under S. I. Hop- kins, at the Kennedy Road Bange. Only those detailed will attend,
Strange Organisation To Be Investigated.
INDIAN COMPANY. Strength. Constables R27 ZAR- RI GULL KHAN and R298 AYUB Chicago. KHAN, have been taken on the Officials of the State Attorney's strength of the Indian Company "racket bureau" have begun an in-with effect from July 10th, 1933.
Constable R228 LALL KHAN has KITE-FLYING BAN IN Mr. Aw Boon-haw, the millionaire vestigation of an organisation de
SLB & "kid been permitted to resign from the philanthropist, has been appointed a scribed in its circulars
Indian Company, with effect from permanent director of the China Can factory.”
The Association offers to defray June 30th. 1933. Company of Hongkong, and a
Leave. Constable R218 GULAM dinner party in his honour is to be all expenses of hospitals and doctors given shortly by the general man-in event of a visit by the stork, in re- MOHAMMED has been granted. 10. ager of the company. Mr. John W: turn for certain specified fees paid months leave of absence from the Y. Yuen:
weekly by hopeful couples-Reuter, 'Colony, with effect from July 10th
[1913.
JERUSALEM.
Old Law Invoked.
Jerusalem.
An old Turkish Municipal Law,
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Paid-up Capital ... 1,000,000.00 still effective in Palestine as part of
INC.
Head Office:--45, Broadway. New York.
Capital
Surplus
Reserves
.U.S.$8,000,000.00 U.S.$1,887,089.17 U.S.$1,718,979.57
BRANCHES
Chees
"New York, London and
Paris Agents;
BANKERS TRUST COMPANT.
the Common Law, has been invoked by the Moslem Mayor of Jerusalem
We offer facilities for the transacto Yorbid the flying of kites within tion of general banking business. the civic area. Forelg Exchange transacted. Stocks Little boys of 10 and 12 are prin- and bonds bought and sold. Loans cipally affected by the order thus granted on approved securities.
LEE FANG,
General Maunger.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
Reorganised October 25, 1928, under
revived...
Penalties provided under the Ottoman Penal Code, which holds good here although the Turks quit- ted the country 15 years ago, will be carried out against those who Insist on dying their kites.-Reuter.
PEDESTRIANS MUST CARRY LIGHTS,
World Economic Statistics.
FIGURES that tell the story of the
World Depression.
WORLD TRADES (49 Countries)."
(In millions of dollars),
Total. 61,637.76
61,947.24
49,994.76 35,722.82€ 24,122.88€
Importa
Exports:
1928
31,912.92.
29,724.84
1929
32,592.86
29,354.88
1930
26,522.16
28,472,60
special charter of The National Gov ernment as an
1931 1932
19,048.82
∙16,574.00.
12,785.96*.... 11,886.92":
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Dover, Delaware."
BANK
A. Dill requiring pedestrians to
*Provisional Figure. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: (1928 = 100).
France, Germany. U.KA
U.S.A.
1928
$100.00 100.0
100.0
100.0
Japan.
100.0
$24,710,200.00 States highways after dárk has been $ 2,820,505.82
signed by the Governor of Delaware.
Reuter
1929 1930
· 109.4
101.4
108.0
107.2
1102
90.1
86.5
105.6
1931 2/97.6
HEAD OFFICE; SHANGHAT
1932 75:87
HONG KONG BRANCH:
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Ten 100,000,000 Reserve Fund.
Head Offers-YOKOHAMA,
· Brunchos- and Agencias atı Alexandria
Bombay Calcutta
Dairen (Dalay)
Nagasak
Nowekwung New York Deaks
Peiping
Vanation (Mundan) Rangoon Hamborg
Farkow
Harbin
Tour Kohr
Honoluis Hainking
Rio de Janeiro San Francisco
Branches of American Express Com- pany in Principal: elties of United States of America and Canada.
All classes-of-Gommercial -Banking Transactions undertakan.
Subscribed Capital ...............$25,000,000,00 carry lights when trapping the
Pald-Up Capital Beserve Funda
A, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to pur mumerous branches in
cente China and large connections in the im- COMING
portant - commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend "to our ellents special facilities for domestic and, Loreign banking and exchanges.
Wekalo kindle the issue vol Bonda
tatas: toʻ
Hong Kong 11th Mar
DUGHAMA
Hong Kong, Starch; 1911
97.3 -73.6... 88.8 78,000/100,7, 61.1 88.2.1 67.60 107.9
UNEMPLOYMENT. S
(Percentage of registered workers wholly unemployed).
KING'S
THEATRE SHORTLY I
· 1928
1929
1980
1981)
BUDAPEST
1932
Germany,
UK
8.6
821
18.2
B2
22,2
$1
43.8
13
the USA in the absence of an omelal national
Igurek, "are" based on the returns made by certain trade
At the beginning of 1933 it was estimated by the International Labour Office that World Unemployment, had reached a figure of at
Inspection Faradle. All ranks of the Indian Company will attend at Central Police Station on Tuesday, July 18th. under Sub Inspector R. J. Hunt for a general inspection of equipment etc., by the Compañy Commander. Fall in at 5.80 p.m.
Dress-White Uniform abarp. Cap with White Cover, Balt with Brace, Truncheon, Whistle, Armlet jand Badge, "Pocket Policeman" and note book to be carried. No mem ibers may be absent from this parade without leave from the Company Commander. The Equip ment officer will make it a point of being present, 32218)
EMERGENCY UNIT RESERVE.
Motor Patrol. A motor patrol“. will be carried out by members of the Emergency Unit Reserva Pon Friday, July 14th at 5.80. p.m. Members will fall in at No. 2. Po- fice Station Dress-optional.
Srd D. L. KING,
Hong Kong, July 10th. 1988,
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