Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859.
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital·
Thesed and Fully Paidp.................... 10,000,000 Bowers Panda-
Sharding
44,000,00 1,000,00
Kanervu Lisbility of Proprietes... $20,000,000
BEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG
BOARD OF DIRECTORA:----
↑ E. Pero, Zaq.
Chairman.
T. 11. TL Sham, Eng.
Deputy Chairman,
`J.*K. Bounsloid, Esq.
76. 11. Dosdwr11, Bay, Ham. Me. 3. J. Paterson,
A. 1. Compton, Eaq.
Ben. Mr. G.G.M. Mackde.
**N. Myrphy, Exo.
Acting Chief Manager.
BRINQUES
LONDON
THE CHARTERED BANK OF , INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA:
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,
Paid-up Capital
BANGKOK BATAVIA
BOXLLY OXICUTTA
CANTON
CAWNPORA
OZLU
COLOMBO
KASILL
MEDIN
NEW ZOBE
ANOT
BANGKOK
RATAVIA
BOMHAY
CALCUTTA
CANTON
CHEPUO
DOLOYDO
DAIBEN POOCHOW
HAIPHONG
ДАМЛИВО
IMNKOW HARDIN BONGKEW
допо
IFE
YOUORA
Konk
TOWLAKON
KUALA LUMPUH
J. A. Plummet, Rag.
LIONS
MALADČA
MANILA
MUAR (Johoew
MUIDEN
NEW YORK
PRIPING
PENANG
RA XGOOK
GAIGON
RAN FRANCINDO
NIANGAL
BINGAPORE
BOUBASATA
SONGEI PATANI TIENTSIN
TOKYO
TMINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
cast in tam purtosing
a Pita Depuite realed for
merly in tonal Curruary and pullin en varma which will im gunlad na replicaton. Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1933.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BAŃK.
for Buskone of tần sheva Bant to racinevat
* The HONG KONG AND ́HHÁKⱭHA! BARE. CORPORATION. Be seay be almind
• plans.
PO THE BONGLONG AND CHANDRAI ARKLAS OCKPORATION
L. N. MURPHY,
Acting Cute Manager, Hong Kong, 24th April, 1932.
SAFETY FIRST !
To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries.
Deposit them in a Fault
that la really; FIRE PROOF BURGLAR - PROOF
DAMP - PROOF !
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con- structed to provide all of these Im- portant Qualities.
You may obtain a Safe Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own use at a very moder- ate Rental
Inspection Cordially Invited.
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL
ALOR STAN
AMRITSAR
DELHI
HAIPHONG
BAMBURO
Поп
KOBL
Foreign
РЕЛАНО
BANGOON
SAIGON
BEMARANG
SEREMBAN
BHAROBAI
TAIPING
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.
EXCHANGES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and Finance
LOCAL SHARES
There was no indication of any material change this morning, it being a Wednesday short session.
The Utilities, however, as also Insurances and Hong Kong Lands have continued to maintain a firm undertone, and not easily procur
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1933.
NEW YORK STOCK Murder Charge At The Sessions
way
EXCHANGE
A.0.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday.
Dow Jones Averages.
Last. To-day's Changes *Aver. Aver.
•
think
B
We
Elderly Woman's Death found there b
By Strangulation.
woman, who Wis
The body of the old woman was found June 2 lying on the floor In a small cubicle at No. 57, fire doors away from her home. A ligature was found twisted around here neck.
an
amount of new jewellery, and a wallet containing $135 in notes,
CROWN CASE OPENED
30 Industrials 108.27 108.67 .40 up
Crown evidence was presented 20 Ralls
55.10 55.83 .53up The Official Summary
at the Criminal Sessions at the of the
The accused man and his wife 20 Utilities 37.68 37.51 .05 down Supreme Court this morning were found several days later by Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued 40 Bonds $8.84 89,07 23 up
against Fan Hing, charged with a District Watchman in Aberdeen to-day at 10 am:
Messrs. E. A Pierce & Co. Rethe murder of Po Mul, an elderly He induced them to go for port:-We
substantial
killed by automobile ride with him, and took amount of profit-taking. is under
in the so-called "alcohol" strangulation on the night of them to the Police Stations stocks and believe that such profit- May 31 last.
The prisoner had only $3.49, taking is entirely logical."
The accused," pleaded not but his wife had a 'considerable guilty. also believe that the whole market
The following jury was called: is somewhere bear the top, at least Mr. Fred Mow Fung (Foreman). known to have belonged to the dead for the time being, but the market Mr. H. A. Castro, Mr. J. A. is so broad it can have cross cur Selaviss, Mr. A. B. Raven, Mr. rents and contrary movements in David Ellis, Mr. A. Dos Santos ment at the Police Station, ad The, accused signed 1 state. individual issues for some time to Gomes and Mr. H. Davenport-mitting that he had committed the come. Wheat:
& Browne.'. sharp reaction under heavy realis
Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant At- ing. Support developed later. 'torney-General, appeared for the
Inspector E. A. Vincent, two with large trading on Canadian re- Crown, and Mr. H. C. Macnamara, others topk the stand and gave Chinese Constables and several ports being sensationally bullish instructed by Messrs. Lo and Lo, evidence for the Crown, and the London news was encouraging for the accused. Secretary Wallace has announced! In opening the case for the Crawn, nee was adjourned. his intention of effecting acreage Mr. Fraser said, that on the morn-
able at the official quotations.
Sellers.
Union Insurances $545. Prividents (New) $1.45.
Reserve Fund
£3,000,000 445,000,000}
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.”
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000 On London
T.T.
1/5
Agencies and Branches:
On demand
1/5/4
4 months' sight
1/54
KCODING
VADRAS
Credits sight
4 months'
1/6
PEIPING (Peking?
On New York-
On demand
34% Nom.
Credits 60 days'
sight
NOM
HANKOW
KINGAPORE
BARBIN
SITIAWAN
BONG KONG
SOUTABATA
On Paris-
Hong Kong Trama 323.20/23%.
ILOILO
On demand
6072
Yaumati Ferries $252.
TIENTRIK
KARACHI
TONGKAHI (Bhokat)
Credits 4 months'
China Lights (Old) $13.
ALANG
THINGYAO
TOKOHAMA
sight
64744
Electrics $74/734.
KUALA LUMPUR
ZAMBOANO
Telephones $3144.
Dairy Farms $281⁄2.
Exchange and
General On India-
T.T.
04%
On demand
94%
Lane, Crawfords $4.20.
Buyers
Bank of East Asia $101.' Canton Insurances $300,
On Shanghai-
On demand
1102
On Kobe-
On demand
1131⁄2
On Manila-
On demand
68% Nom.
On Singapore----
On demand
G0%
On Batavia-
On demand
59.12
On Salgon→→→
On demand
8,664,000
6034
Cements (Combined) $6.20. Dairy Farms $284. Watsons $9.
1,350,000
On Bangkok-.
Govt. Loans 42%
Úsalok, Shanghai, anhvw, Bangkok,
and San Frandues.
On demand
130
(Assented).
Sovereigns bank buy-
Sales.
ing rate
176%
Bar silver per oz...
1834
Nom. Nomina!
1% orem.
32% PA
A BREARLEY,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Ratablished 1912.
Head Office Hong Kong.
Authorized Capital (ILK. Currency} ...$13,000,000 F-Up Capi
BRANCHES -
LONDON BANEXES -
The Lloyd's Bank, Limited.
CORRESPONDENTS
Lo all primalini tiklas vf the World,
Foreign Exchange and banking business t racy śmeripikom senasancted.
Rate Deposit Box (various aime) at a poorly cil of "from $5 to $40.
Bar Silver in Hong
Kong
Copper Cash
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager. Copper Cents
Rate of Native In-
terest
THE BANK OF EAST Chinese Sub. Coin.... 33% dis.
ASIA, LTD.
Head Offer: Hong Kong.
No. 12, Des Voeux Road Central. Established: 1918.
•
Authorized Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided
Profits
$10,000,000.00 5,598,800.00
2,312,000.00
Branches and Agencies:-
Peiping
Penang
Hong Kong Sch. Coin par.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:
18, Gronhorch Simwi, London, ECA.
Authorised Capital ....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital
1,800,000 Paid-up Capital ..... 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest. 1,216,735 BANKERS
The Bank of England & Midland Bank, £43.
NBANCILES
Ipak Kandy
Karack!
Amoy
Bangkok
& SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road, Central
Batavia
Babay
Bombay
Rangoon
Caloutta
Calcutta
Saigon
Colombo
Kota Bharu
Dati
Eune Tlnl
Canton
San Francisco
Galla
Ed Lap
Haiphong
Scattle
Bankow
Howrsk
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.anolplu
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:--Talpeh, Formosas. Manila
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Back in Formos. Back-Noken inmond Average amouri ....Yan, mà,000,000
BRANCHER AND AGENCIES JAPAN :-Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobu, Chake
Tarmeko FORMOSA Viran,
Kostens Makona, Nanjo, Salonhiku, Takoks, Tuinen, Takso, Tamui, Town, Hia, Esilo. QHINA:--donghai, Hankow, Amoy, Fosshow,
Salon, Catan. OTHERS-Hong Loof, Singapore, Bourabaya, Bearing, Batavia, Bombay, London. Now York. Daires
"ZONDON BANKERS .
Barclays Back, Lid., Kaloyds Bank, Xid. Midland Bank, Kid, Wastelname Dank, Ltd.
The Back has bornwpondente in all the pdaolpa! | Commercial Centene throughout the world.
O XOXO ESANCH
X. NAGURA,
1. De Vaaz Bosé Ossteal,
Bang Long, Dicesän 3, 185.
Manager
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
Kobe
Kowloon
London Melbourne.
•
Nagasaki
New York
Osaka Paris
Semarang Shanghai Singapore
Sourabaya Swatow
Taihoku Tientsin Tokyo Vancouver Yokohama
Correspondents in all principal cities of the World.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans grated on approved securities.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager,
THE
New York
PRANIE
Pers Louis
1uritiu Лепоса Shanghai Euantan (Pabang) Stali Kadra
BONG KONG BRANCH
Stugspore
Ivery description of Banking and Exchange
cam irenascial,
Trevallen Chequae baned.
Trustee and Executorships ander
taken.
INTEREST allowed on Cerrant Acounts and Fixed Deposits al Balas that may be scertained on appliondom.
J. B. ROSS,
Manage %, Queen's Bond. Ovatral,
Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1933.
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK,, LTD. National Bark Building, 8A, Des Voeux Road, Central
$5,000,000.00); 1,000,000.00 New York, London, and Paris Agents;
Authorized Capital.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Paid-up Capital
INC.
Head Office: 66, Broadway: New York.
LIMITED.
Capital
Surplus
Reserves
Established 1888, :
Capital (folly paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Eeserve Fund
Yen. 118,750,000
Head Office:-YOKÓRAMA.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. We offer facilities for the tranER2- lon of general banking business. Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks and bonds, bought and sold. .U.S.$5,100,000.00
U.S.$1,867,089.17 granted on approved securities.
.U.S.$1,718,078.67
Loans
*LEE FANG, General Manager,
BRANCHES
kinosciam
Goos
Any
Glasgow
Here SARLOSTE
Branchen and Agenciən atı
Relat
Kombny
Havre
Palping
THE BANK OF CHINA.
行銀國中
Alexandria
Nagaasid
Batavia
Nagora
Berlin
Newchwang
Liverp
ingann
Bombay Calcutta Canton
Datren
(Dalny)
New York
Osala
Felping
#amgilen (Mulden), Hangvon
Hamburg
Hazkow
HAND ROPE
Hons
Honolulu
Halaking
Karachi Kobe London
A Los Angeles
| Rio de Janeiro. San Francisco
Bastile
Shimomosid
Bingapore Boerabaya Bydney Tientain
Tokyo
Tsingtan
Caerent allowed on: Cur
Deporīts recalvad
Hoog Long, 11th
Mundo Desla
Momross
I
Branches of American Express Com pany in Principal cition of United States of America and Casada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactiona ›undertaken,TNT,
Pózsonal · izvestment handled.
H. K. Fire Insurances $260. Providents (New) $1.40. Hotels $74.
Hong Kong Lands $774. Hong Kong Trams $23.15. Star Ferries $942. Yaumati Ferries $26. China Lights (Old) $12.95. China Light (New) $12.40. Electrics $784.
Underwriters $2.40.
•
There
was
woman.
crime.
curtailment in the coming season. Ing of April 30 last, Po Mui rented SHOCK FOR
Cotton: The market is
narrow, a house at No. 47 Kong Wa Street,
་
though new highs have been es- and on the same day rented one of BACHELOR'S CLUB tablished with purchases by for- the cubicles in the house to Fani eign and domestic spinners of new Hing.
speculative accounts. The techai Living in the same house was cal position is good with the the two grand-children of Po strength of Sterling, the absence 'children of Po Mul, an elderly wo- of material rainfall influential man and several other tenants who factors. Silver: Profit-taking rented cubicles in the old woman's caused a decline following the house. opening. Later a good
commis- The accused did not have any on house demand developed, money at the time he rented the carrying prices upward for
cubicle, nor did he have any em- the
IN LONDON
Hugh Edwards Now Married,
ONE OF TRUSTED TWO
London.
"A confirmed bachelor has relin
Prem. balance of the day. Foreign and ployment, but on May 5 he started quished bachelordom because he
CANADA'S INTEREST
In W. E. C.
Revival Of World Commerce.
Ottawa, Canada.
bank selling was absorbed on the advance
working at the Taikoo Dockyard,"
has met the sweetest girl on earth” and was there until May 25, carning! Business Done: -6,590,000 shares.
during this time $6.
is the excuse—and a very adequate Last To-day']
Fan Hing and his wife never had one, most people will say given by rico Price any money and more than once she Mr. Hugh Edwards, a well known had to barrow from Po Mui to keep ex-Liberal M. P. for having broken 101% 100% she and her
131
husband from going the rules of the famous Bachelors' bungry. May 27 Fan Hing should!
Air Reduction Allied Chemical & Dye .129% American Can
94 American Smelting... 40% American Tel. & Tel 131 American Aobacco "B". 92% American Waterworks - 40% AICLORIN Copper Mining 21
Auburn
Bendix Aviation Borden Co.
Canadian Pacific
Canada is represented at the World Economic Conference London by the prime minister, J. I. Case Mr. R. B. Bennett and Mr. E N. Caterpillar Co. Rhodes, the minister of finance.
National Band 34
Motors
These two cabinet ministers/cated Gas of N.Y. 614
Intr
have with them in a consulting Curtiss
Curtiss Wright capacity Mr. W. C. Clarke, the
Drugs, deputy minister of the depart-Du Pont de Nemours ment of finance. Mr. L.
Auto-lite Co.
D.Elec Kodak
38
Wilgress an official of the De-Flectric Bond & Share 264 partment of Trade and Com- Electric Power & Light 14 merce, Mr. R. Finlayson finan-General Electric
General Foods cial secretary to the prime mini-General ster and Mr. N. Robertson of the Gillette Safety neral Motors Department of Extenal Affaire. Gold Dust
The Canadian people Internat. Harvester eagerly awaiting the results of
Internat
Tel. & Tel. Myers "B"
are
the consultations of the stat Ward
95
the
42% have paid his rent but not having Club of the House of Commons. 132.. the money he did not.
Like all great Assemblies 024 29 Mr. J. A. Fraser pointed out, at Commons has its little coteries and 39% 22his time that all these little details groups, and the Bachelors Club were being given because they had 18 Cupid's sworn enemy. Mr. Ed- 20% considerable bearing on the
wards, was Mr. for over thirty
%96
case
{years and at a dinner of the club
On the night of May 31 there was some years ago, the late Sir James
sald
a show given at a mat-ehed theatre Agg-Gardner, its founder, 34% nearby and most of the inmates of there were only two of its mem- house at No. 47 Kong Wa Street bers whom he could trust to remain
bachelors to the end-Mr. Edwards. went to the show.
Poi Mui and one of her grand-and Sir Robert Horne. 83%daughters were alone. The 8-year-
The latter is still a bachelor, but
fold girl asked for some peanuts, and Mr. Edwards has just disqualified her grand-mother left the house to himself from membership by mar buy them for her.
rying Miss Doris Faire, daughter
The woman did not return, and of the late Sir Samuel and Lady. when the other grand-child came Faire, a well-known Leicestershire
family, home at 4 a.m. from the show, which 20% lasted until dawn, and found that
The House of Commons is a very
44% her grand-mother was not there she human assembly and takes a keen 20% started out to search for her. Still interest, in matrimonial events When a few 20% 29.% not finding her at 4.30 that after-among its member.
78
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20
20
against the accused.
28
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36%
37%
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8334
804-
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25%
14
294
2014
381
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33%
33%
16% 26%
- 16%
4424
204
93
94
7024
2774
Biscuit
56%
Dairy Pro.
24%
381
24%
2444
30%
奶酪
6%
2814
11 45%
11
search for Fan Hing and his wife.)
24%
35
20%
20%
Jersey
40%
કું.
They were under suspicion because they had moved out of the house on the same night the old woman dis-] appeared.
A GIANT TOM CÁT
re-
.12544 United Air & Transport 45
Corpa.
Socony-Vacuum Corpn. - 14% Техад Согра Trans-America
8% Inion Carbide & Carbon 49 Union Pacific
Vienna. Murli, a 'tom-cat belonging to
15.
18
127
447
134
66
Westinghouse E. & M. 574
+indicate above the bid
Please note telegraphic
56%
COTTOC-
men of the world on economic matters. On the question of dis-
armament
Canada has only an National City Bank indirect interest as the Dominion maintains a very small naval and
¡Otis Elevator
military force.
Pacific Gas & Electric Pennsylvania Rly.
Packard Motors
Redio
adio Corpn.
As fifth trading nation of the world, however, Canada has 8 Sears Racback very deep interest in efforts to Standard Brands revive international commerce' Standard Gas
and to help the world along the Standard Oil Co. of New highway towards economic construction,
NEW TRADE MOVE United States Steel 65%
IN SPAIN
Scheme.
2734 noon she went to the Police Station years back Mr. Will Thorne, the 58% and reported the case.
veteran 70-year-old Labour M. P.
3841 The Police started an investiga-married again, he received an ove 23tion at once, but did not find the tion from all sides when he next 29% missing woman for several daya. In made his appearance in the House
6% the meantime
they proceeded
to
Reuter.
They had paid one of the grand-the proprietor of a grocery shop 274 daughters and moved out at about in Vienna, is believed by its 8% 8 am. The Police checked up on owners to be one of the largest 604
Ha weight 17
the address that they had given but in the world. the man and his wife were not pounds. Reuter.
Reciprocal Purchasing tin to yesterday's quotation for
BRITAIN WILL BENEFIT
Madrid. Britain, which imports more Spanish products than any other country, will probably benefit by a new decree establishing, that Spain should buy from the na- tions buying from her.
The Government is authoris
Reorganised October 26, 1928, underfed to reciprocate purchases from
ernment as an
special charter of The National Gov-countries with which Spain's INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE balance of trade is favourable and which consume. 35 per cent. $25,000,000.00 of the total exportation of any $24,710 200.00 one of Spain's basic agricultural $8,820,505.82 products during a period of three
BANK. Subscribed. Capital Paid-Up. Capital Reserve Funds
HEAD OFFICE: BHANGHAI
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
months...
Standard Gas.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
Paris New York Montreal
Brussles Geneva
Amsterdam
Milan
Oslo
Berlin- Stockholm Copenhagen
Vienna
Prague
Helsingfors
Madrid
Lisbon
of
Athens
Bucharest
-Fulfillment of the terms the decree, and regulation of the return purchases, is left in the hands of the Inter-Ministerial Owing to our numerous branches in Commission on foreign com- account China and large connections in the im
portant commercial centres of the merce. world, we are able to extend to our
Travalera 'the vase of its "Tran
and exchanges."
Great Britain's imports from
The Company offers to intending clients special facilities for domestic Spain in 1931, last year for which
and foreign banking Að- Cheques and, Letters of Credit and. We also handle the issue of Bonds official figures are available, In addition, the world-wide: www.cms and other Public Funds of the Chia amounted to 237,021,683 gold of its thoroughly equipped Traval. De-ass: Government both Cat Horn a
and pesetas (approximately £9,000, abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN, 000), and Spain's imports from KO KEger, Great Britain totalled about half Hong Kong, 6th March, 1931, that amount Reutér
part
DUGGAN,
London, Yesterday.
85 3/32 -4.83
“Belgrade.
Rio Buenos Aires Montevideo
Bombay Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver Spot
5:02
22.89 (7)
17.264 8.2014
68. 5/82. +18.97
19.374
22%
·.18.90
30 Nom.
112 20-22617
89 15/16. :110
585
505
245
4 Official 42 Official 34 Nom
1/6-1/16
1/37% 11/5/7/18:
* 1/3*1/16 118
Silver Forward. 18% War Loan 3%98%
British Wireless Service
COMING TO
THE CENTRAL
ANOTHER BEN TRAVERS MIRTHQUAKE.
RALPH LYNN
Just
My Ruck
HE IS FUNNIER THAN EVER
WITH WINIFRED SHOTTER AND
· ROBERTSON HARE."
WATCH OUT FOR ITI