BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Astorias Capital
Sound sad Tally Paid-up--- 10.300,000 -
orts Funda pa Rearing
$10,000,00
Bassers Liability of Tropelatore 135,000,000 MELD OFFICE, HONG KONG
BOARD OF DIRECTORS -
T. 2. Pros. Eng. Chairmen
T. . . Hham, Eng. Deputy Chambe
J.. Bousfield, X×1.
El. Dodwell, Kan.
• Compton, Farg Gon.Mr. C.0.8. Markle,
V. E
ilos Mr. J. 2. Paterson.
J. A. Piumar. Haq.
. N. Murphy. Eng. Acting Chief Manger
BRANCHES:-
LONDON
LYONS
MALACCA
MANILA
ΑΠΟΣ BANGKOK BATAYLA
CALCUTTA
NEW YORK
‚་་་་་
CANTON
CURRUO
OOLONDO
DAIKEN
POOCHOW
HAITIONO
BAXSURA
HAAKOW
HABBIN
ILOILO
Lou
JOBOZ
ROBK
NOW LOOK
KUALA LUMPUR
MOTOLEW
MUAR (Johor)
KUKDEN
FEITING
PENANG
BANGOON
BAIGOR
SAN FRANCISCO
БНАХОРАТ
BINGAPORE
BOURABAYA
BUNGEI PATANI
TIENTEIN
TOKYO
KOTAO TOKOGAKA
Carrul Arosate opened to Lovel Carrey and Fixed Deposite anivad for one year
skate pode in Lom Curriney and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on appliestias. Hong Kong. 22nd May, 1933.
· HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
Beds at the shorts Baak te mouknowi the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK Be vermined CORPORATION.
FO FOR HONORONG AND BRANOMAI
•ALING ODAPORATION.
L. N. MURPHY,
Acting Chief Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1938.
SAFETY FIRST 1
To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries. Depoult them in a Vault
that is really: FIREPROOF 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 Bax 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. Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road, Central.
❤
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. |
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
..£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
ALOE STAN
AMRITKÁN
ELIGION
BATAVIA BOMBLY
CALOUTTA CANTON
CAWNYOEN
COLOMBO
DELHI
HAIPHONG HAMBURG
BANKOW
HARBI
пон
乖
LUCKING
MADEAS
MANILL
MEDAY
NEW YORK
THE CHINA MAIL.
COLONY'S TRADE FI
DECLINE
Large Drop In Imports.
LOWEST HALF-YEAR IN VALUE OF TRADE
**
According to an official report, £3,000,000 issued by the Statistical Office of £3,000,000 the Importa and Exports Depart meat, the trade of the Colony suf fered a decline in the first half year of 1933, as compared with the corresponding period in 1932: Imports being less by 22.8 per cent. and Exports by 12.7 per cent. Imports were declared to a value
PRIPING (Paking)
FENANG
BANGOOR
LAIGIOX
SEMARANG
SEREMBAN
SHANGHAI
BINGAPORE SITIAWAN SOURASATA
TAIPING
HONG ZONG
ILAILA
TIENT K
XARACHT
TONGKAH (kukan)
LLANG
TENGIAD
KUALA LUMPUR
TOUT
General
YOKOHAMA SAMBOANGA
and Foreign Exchange Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fir- ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY,
Commerce and Finance
LONDON SHARES MARKET
Far Eastern Issues Again Strong.
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1933.
WILEY POST CRASHES
IN ALASKA
(Continued from Page 1.)
Post plans to land only at Fai-
GOVERNMENT NOTICES.
..
banks and Edmonton.-Reuter. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK STOCK last on an
EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday.
Dow Jones Averages.
20 Utilities.
Last To-day'a Changes
Aver.
Aver.
TO. S. 275.-It is hereby noti
hed that sealed tenders in
Leaving New York on Saturday attempt to lower the 8 days, 15 world flight record of hours, 51 minutes established by himself and Harold Gatty in 1931. triplicate, which should be clearly Wiley Post made a non-stop flight to marked "Tender for Pier opposite Berlin, landing at 11.55- a.m. on Sun- the Western Market," will be re- ceived at the Colonial Secretary's day,
Taking off two hours later he Office until Noon on MONDAY, the July 21, 1938.
planned to fly to Moscow, but was 31st day of July, 1933, for the..oc- forced down by bad weather at cupation for a period commencing. The following quotations are the close of the
Koenisberg, being delayed for 12 from the notification of acceptance middle prices at the
30 Industrials 103.58 96.26 7.32 down hours. He reached Moscow at 2.20 of tender, and ending 31st December, All on July 20. market in London
54.01 49.56 4.48 down p.m. on Monday. Three hours later 1934, of a pier as shown coloured 36.15 32.82 3.83 down he was speeding for Novosibirsk. red on a plan signed by the Direc- 40 Bonds... 89.04 88.87 37 down He landed there at 6.27 am on tor of Public Works and dated Messrs. E. A. Plerce & Co. Re-Tuesday and by 3.35 pm. the same 11th July, 1933, and subject to the Irkutsk. At conditions which can be, ascertain- }port:-"In view of the uninterrupt day had landed at ed rise; the mere fact that the rest-Rukhlove he lost a further 15 hours ed at the office of the Director of
owing to bad weather, but reached Public Works. tion has been so violest, drastic Kharbarovsk at 3.45 a.m, yesterday and concentrated does not signify taking off again for Nome at 5.58 any fundamental change. In other a.m. words, the business outlook is reas- suring, the stock market is all right. It is quite reasonable to ex- pect more selling to-morrow, How- ever, if this is the so-called technt- cal reaction. 60me decree of {equilibrium should be
of $259.0 millions (£17.0 millions). quotations are subject to confirmation 20 Rails..... as compared with $335.4 millions and we assume no responsibility for (£22.1 millions) in the first half of errors in transmission. They are re- 1932; while Exports were valued ceived by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson & at $211.6 millions (£13.9 millions), Fritz in conjunction with Reuter.
Market: Generally Srmer and bust- as against $2423 millions (416.0) millions).
iness has inncreasedd.
July 19 July 29
In terms both of sterling - and the total Hong Kong currency,
£
38%
100 1908. 8244
56
100% 8214
504
85%
.89.
trade of Hong Kong during the British Government Securities
Loan 34% first half of this year is the lowest War
Red after 1952 98% recorded: but it should be noted:
Chinese Bonda that owing to exchange and price 4%. Bonds 1898
Eng fluctuations, and other causes, com- parisons of values do not accur Manager.
15% Loan 1912
B Hong Kong, 17th November, 1982ately represent the trend of trade. Beorg. Loan
In the first half year of 1932, 1913 (Lon. Iss.) 85 the United Kingdom accounted for "57 Bonds 1925-47 89%
5% S'hai-Nanking THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. 13.8 per cent. of the total import, Ely
trade of the Colony, but their share 5 fell to 10.9 per cent. this year.
Ratablished 1911.
Head Ones-Hong Kong.
6
Tient-Pu Rly. 6% Tient-Pukow The Japanese share of Imports
Riy. (Supl Loan) 17-22 increased from 29 per cent to 4.4'
Shai Hang- per cent. French Indo-China from)
show-Ningpo Rly. 83-33
10 8.4 per cent to 10.6 per cent. Siam 6 Honan Rly.
15% Hukuang Rly. from 8.4 per cent. to 10.6per cent.
1911
28 Hankow, Bangkok, India from 2.5 per cent. to 3.3 per 5% Lung Tsing U.
cent. and China from 24.8 per cent. Hai Rly. 1913
Foreign Bonds & Banks to 28.3 per cent.
German 7% Inter-
£uthorized Caplini (1.X. Carney...$11,000,000 Pall-Up Capital Resorts Fund
BRANCHER
Canton, Bhanghai,
and San Frabelaca.
LONDON BAKXERS |--
The Zloyd's Bush, Limited, CORRESPONDENTS
in all prinolal oilfer sf the World
$1,000,000 1,150,000
Foreign Exchange and banking business al wwwy dorption transacted.
te Deposit Beam (various sŭstee), st a pverly rebel of troca # $4.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST
ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong. No. 12, Des Voeux Road Central Established: 1918,
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided
Proits
2,812,000.00
Following are the comparative figures of total Imports and
ports, including "Treasure:-
IMPORTS
1932
Jan-June
Merchandise $335,439,121 $268,950,21 Bearer)"
Treasure
Total
$ 42.985,086 $ 16,003,268 $378,424,187 $274,953,482 | J. &. P. Coats
EXPORTS
Courtaulds
June
Distillers 1939 1932
Dunlop Rubber $10,000,000.00
Jan-June Jan-June 5,508,600.00 Merchandise $242,302,694 $211,855,316 Everready 5/th.
Treasure $ 54,222,938 $63,002,561 General Elec. Eng-
Total
jand $296,525,694 $274,557,877
Guinness Half Yearly Comparisons
Chem, Indus- Impl. In the following table the total
tries values of Imports and Exports of Impl. Chem. Ind. merchandise are given in f'e and $'s millions for the first six months of the years 1923-33;---
Branches and Agencies:---
reach.
"Murky
"Flight Over Atlantic.
Upset monthly Fee $200. Each tender must be accom- panied by a receipt to the effect
that the sum of $250 has been
Colonial Trea- deposited into the eury, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown in the event of the accepted tenderer refusing to carry, out the terms of his tender.
The deposits of the unsuccessful
Templehof Air-drome, Berlin,
Germany, July 16. Wiley Post, American aviator ed within the next two bound on an around-the-world solo tenderers will be returned to them, days and we do not believe it night in company with a "robot" Form of tender and further is anything more than technical. pilot, landed in Berlin to-day after particulars can be obtained from 39%Wheat: Another wave of liqui- a successful trans-Atlantic hop the office of the Director of Public
dation occurred and has doubtless from New York, refueled his plane works. improved the technical situation to and started on his way again to- some extent. The North-West and wards Novosibirsk. Canadian weather is better. "Cat- ton: Heavy liquidation caught stop-loss orders. The Trade bought) freely on the way down and specu- lative Interest seemed to increase. The weather is mixed." Silver: Continued heavy liquidation WIS influenced by the acute weakness ·
The Winnie Mae, the same plane in which he and Frank Gatty set their around-the- world record in 1931, landed here in 11.36 a.m., Berlin Time, after a flight from New York of 25 hours and 46 min- utes.
of securities and commodities. A rousing welcome awaited the Commission houses were the chief Oklahoman, who did not appear to sellers, with the Trade and banks be seriously fatigued by his flight scale buying and doing some short thus far. covering. Business Done:-8,120,-
Price Price
Atlantic Murky.
The Government does not bind it- self to accept the highest or any tender.
A. G. W. TICKLE, Director of Public Works.
14th July,1923,
SHARE MARKET.
The Official Summary of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued yesterday at 3.15 p.m.
The Atlantic was generally mur- With sterling exchange being Last To-day'sky, he declared. He first sighted lower to-day, both Banks and Un- land after leaving Newfoundland lons, made & smart reocvery, the when he. reached northwestern farmer being 'bid for at $1790 and £2 87
the latter $555 without attracting 1214 Germany.
Post said when he landed that he any sellers. Utilities wanted to start again in 20 min- quite so good to-day. Hong Kong utes, but he was delayed for some Trams and Telephones having eas- to two hours because attendants were ed off alightly, probably due obliged to fill the tanks of his plane profit taking,
were not
Nothing else in the list calls for
Post munched on chicken sand-special comment, except that Ce. wiches while 2000 liters of gasolinements have further reccded, and [and 1000 liters of oil were put in changed hands at $6-10 for the
the tanks of the plane.
Back In The Air. Al 2:11 pm. Fost sent the Win
40
20-26
20-26
17-22
53-33
10
28
12%
12
2
British Empire imports account- ed for 19.6 per cent. of the total in
nat. Loan 1924 Japan 5% Sterling
53
8314
the first half of 1931, 23.6 per Japan 6% Sterling cent. in 1932 and 20.2 per cent. în 1933.
Loan 1907
83%
84.
Loan 1924
914
914
H. K. & Shai Bk.
chin. Red.)
..
133
139
Ex-
Bk of I. A.
1000 shares.
& CE5
15%
18
Industrials & Breweries"
Associated Elec.
Industries
21/9
21/3
1933 Jan-Junc
Brit-Amer Tob.
Air Reduction
(Bearer)
110/7/4
109/4
Allied Chemical & Dye
126
Eng., & Min.
American Can
91
971
32/6
32/6
American Smelting
38
59/0
59/0
American Tel. & Tel..128
34%
123%
39/9
30/1-
American Tobacco "B" 20
88
80/
American Waterworks 78/-
25/144
34/3
29/2
29/-
Auburn
alconda Copper Mining 20
3073
38%
32
18%
70%
Aviation
58%
with the use of hand pumps.
18
43/0
43/9,
Borden Co.
35%
16% 33%
97/-
36/-
Canadian Pacific
19.
16%
J. L Case
78
30/3
29/0
Caterpillar Co.
19
Chase National Bank
Def. 10/- sh.
9/6
9/-
Chrysler Motors
36
Impl. Tobacco Internat. Tea Stores
5/-
1923
IMPORTS EXPORTS
£29.9
£ 30.2
Internat Nickel, no
par val.
$
21-7/8
100/- 105/9
29/- 29/-
$
Curtiss Wright
34
34
Ine.
5314
48%
70%
77412
85%
804
21-3/4
$262.2
$264-4
Pinchin
Johnson
Kobe Kowloon London Manila
1924
£ 36.4
£33.5
10/- sh.
$3/-
32/6
$309.4
$284.8
Turner & Newall
33/8
32/9
Unilever
29/3
28/6
General Foods
M
34%
t
1925
£ 30.8
- £29.3
Miscellaneous
29
Sydney
Melbourne
Talhoku
$268.6
$255.6
Angle-Dutch
17/9
17/3
16
134
Nagasak New York Oiaka
Tientsin
1931
£17.7
£ (13.2
Burma Corporation
Gold Dust
24%
Rs. 10
Tokyo
14/44
13/9
40
87
$367.0
Canadian Pac. Rly.,
18%
184
1932
£ 22.1
£16.0
25 sh.
20-1/2
20
93
Paria
$335.4
$242.3
Chartd. 16/- Sh.
284
26
1933
£17.0
£ 19.9
(Bearer)
22/9
22/-
¡Gala
$269.0
$211.6
Kalumpung Rubber o
National Biscuit
Montgomery Ward
2514
234
552
18/6
- 18/6
National City Bank
85%+
Trepca Mines
13/9
18/7
National Dairy Pro.
24%
22%
Langlaagte Estates 27/3
27/3
Olis
Elevator
a ord. sh. Rubber Trust. . ----
London Tin 10/- sh 13/6 Pekin
13/-
Pacific Gas & Electric Kacine
Syndicate
- 27-
2/-
21/9
24/3
Radio
Shai. Eler. Constr. 55/9 Van Ryn Deep Vickers 6/8d. each
58/9
31/10
32/6
7/14
7/-
Oila
1,000,000.00
$5,000,000.00 Anglo-Persian Oil
Standard Oll
Co, of. New
43/1
41/10/
Jersey...
79/4
78/14
Socony-Vacuum Corpn.
88%
14
36-
Texas Corpn.
Mex. $ 4 sh....
9/3 £
8/10
Tran-America
28號
8
7%
Unlou Carbide & Carbon 47
41
Dutch 100
Union Pacific
.1264
116
the sh.
Traan. Trade. (Bearer) Geldenhuis Crown Mines
&
21-9/4 · 21-3/8
63/9 26/8 26/10 178/14 180/1
12%
11
51/10%
United States Steel Westinghouse E. & M.
833
574
62
45
General Manager.
Amoy
Batavia
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton Haiphong Hankow
Peiping
Rangoon
Perang
Saigon
San Francisco
Seattle
Semarang
Shanghal Singapore Sourabaya
Swatow
$272.7
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Tulpeh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Call Back in Formor.
T. 48,000,000 Bank-Botes leoned 3warage_aNOSTÍ
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN :-Tokyo, Tokohama, Kobe, Duska.
Ings, Lacenito, Eming FORMOJA
Making Nacio, Shinchlia. Iničku, Ideas, Takso, Tamri, Toss, Estio, faiso.
Amay, Froskov. CICINA 1-hanghel Deckor.
Canion. Busto Kong, Singapore, Bowrabaya, | Semarang, Baterie Bombay, London, New Kork,
LONDON BANKERS,
OTHERS,
Barclays Bank, Indu, kloyda Back, LAG.. Midiani Book, £44.,Watalomber Busk, IAL
The Fanthe Correspondeute in all iko grindpa camercial Owires through the world.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
K. YAGURL.
- Das Vaux Road Central
Bang Long, Daounalne 9, 2016.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
Honolulu
Vancouver Yokohama Correspondents in all principal cities of the World..
Every description of Banking - and Exchange business transacted." Loan grated on approved securities.
Este Deposit Boxes To Let
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY;]
INC.
Rand Oc65, Benadway. New York
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK LTD.
National Bank Building, 8A Des Voeux Road, Central
Authorized Capitul Paid-up Capital
New York, London and Paria Agents;
BANKERS TLUST COMPANY.
We offer facilities for the traURAC- tion of general banking basiner Royal Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks
LORD Shell
and bends bought and sold.
granted on approved securities.
LEE FANG.
LIMITED.
Жара
Established 1859.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yez 100,000,000 Beserve Fund
Yen. 119,750,000
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA, Breacher, and Artacizo atr
Capital
THE
.U.S.$8,000,000,00 .U.S:$1,887,089.17
.U.5.$1,718,979.67
Surplus Beseryos
BRANCHES
Burmah Oil Mexican Eagle;
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 59%
Du
Font de Nemours.. Kodak Eastman
Electric Auto-lite Co.. 23% Electric Bond & Share. 35% Electric Power & Light 13
Electric
General
eral Motors General
Gillette Bafety
Internat Harvester
Internat. Tel & Tel internat Liggett & Myers "B
1pc
Motors
Corpn.
Roebuck
Sears Bo Standard Brands
Standard Gas
nie Mae into the air again, head- ed for Russia and what he hoped would be a new around-the-world- 20% record.
29% Post said he was letting his little 11% pal, "Iron Mike," run the plane ex- 24cept in taking off and landing.
22%
EDUCATIONAL FILMS FOR CHILE
Government Order Uplift Programmes
Santiago, Chile,
The Government has given orders for the enforcement of a law com- $5% pelling cinemas to show a weekly 8% quota of educational films. The 38 order states that:
25%
154
12%
| United Air & Transport 40 34%
United Corpn.
"It is our fixed intention to main- tain the educational role of thei cinematograph and it is up to foreign producers and local ex- hibitor to see that official ideas on the subject are carried out."
It is added that ordinary pro- grammes should be interspersed with health and, travel, pictures at regular intervals.-Reuter.
combined shares. This is the low- jest price Cements have touched in
the past ten years.
Sales
Union Insurances $550. Hotels $7.35.
Hong Kong Landa 378.
Electrics $73.30.
Telephones $31.15.
Cements (Combined) $6.10/5.15.
Bayern.
Hong Kong Banks $1790. Bank of East 'Asia $101. Union Insurances $552. Canton Insurances $130. H. K. Fire Insurances $260. Hotels $7.30,
Hong Kong Lands $77. Hong Kong Trams $23.20. Star Ferries $941⁄2.
China Lights (Old) $13. China Lights (New) $12.40. Dairy Farms $284. Watsons $9. NA Govt. Loans 4% Prem.
■ented).
Bellera
Union Insurances $56234. Underwriters $2.40. Hong Kong Lands $78.
(As
Alexandria
Bateria
Mombay
Calcutta
Canton
(Daby)
Nagaanki
Nagoja
Newelwang
New York OMSKA
Petping
Daire Mukden) Rangoon ·
Hamburg
Enniow Harbin
Brinking Kal-Y sen
rachi
Lobe Tondon Los Angeles
Honor
Rio de Janeiro San Francisco Beattie
Ger
Glengow
Lérepen
THE BANK OF CHINA.
行銀
#
Reorganised October 26, 1928, under
special charter of The National Goy- ermoment as 'EDI
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Moda
BANK
Subscribed Capital
Manda
Pald-Up Capital Reserve Funds
Brunches of American Express Cam- pazy in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada. z.
!
All class of Commercial Banking
Transactions undertaken.
$25,000,000.00
$24.710.200.00 8,820,505.32
HEAD. OFFICE: SHANGHAI *
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Pozsonal areatzant accounts China and large connections in the im
Bingapore
Boerabaya
Bydney Tientsin
bandied.
t.
Owing to our numerous branches in commercial centres of the partant world, we are able to extend to our
LONDON EXCHANGES.
London, Yesterday.
84.27/82
Paris
Montreal
- Geneva
Milan
New York Brussels Amsterdam
4.96%
17.19
62.29/32
4.744. 23.79
8.22
Kritish Wirelera Service
GLIDER FLIGHT PLANNED.
Moscow.
A glider is to attempt to fly over The Company off to intending cilenta special facilities for domestic the Black Sea in July Travelers the use of its Travelers, and foreign banking and exchanges.
It will take off from Sebastopol,
llowed - on.... Cuźrant As- Cheques" and Letters of Credit Andre We also handle the fasue of Bonds
In addition, the world-wide series and other Public Funds of the Chin-in the south of the Crimes, and will
of the thoroughly equipped Traval De Government both at home and fly to Turiciah territory, escorted by CHEN, plane. Preparations for the
My dight are already, in progress,
Rent
abroadway
Hour Kong 5th March, 1911,
Press to open
ALL NEW PATTERNS HANDBAGS for the evening, for all occasions, washable, Aluminium, Enamel platings and celluloid.
HANDBAGS
Choose One From the Big
VARIETIES
with
to the minute Ideals of
Convenience.
Economy
BE WISE TO BUY NOW BEFORE THE SALE ENDS.
WING ON'S STORE WIDE
Fashion
SUMMER SALE