BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
*sories Opital
trowed and Folly Palerup 39,100,000 Sorry Punde in
Flerting
4,685,000
Resere Lieblity of Proprietors --- $28.300.000
HEAD OFFICE, HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORA :——
7. E. Poron Bay.
Chairman
T. H. 11. Shun. Eng.
Deputy Chair
J. K. Hountield. Exy,
29. 15. Dodwell, Eny.
Compton. Kag.
GR. Martin..
VINY,
*
Hon. Mr. J. 2. Paterson.
J. A. Pumbac, Bag.
N. Murphy, Esq.
Acting Chiel Manager
BRANCHES -
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
BANGZOR BATAVIA DOMBAT CALOUTTA CANTON
CAWAPORE SERU
COLOMBO
DELET
HAIPHONG
HAMBURG
VEDAN
NEW YORK
PERANG
BANGOON
SAIGON
SEMARANG
BERENBAN
SHANGWAY
EXCHANGES.
Paid-up Capitał
Reserve Fand
Reserve Liability of Pro.
prietors
.£3,000,000
£3,000,000 On London-
T. T £3,000,000
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
1/44
On Demand
1/44
Agencies and Branches:
4 Months' Sight...
1/43%
| Bar-¦ molt
ATOR STAR
Credits 4 months'
• STOCK
命で
AMETIAR
SCHING
MADRAS
Sight
1/5%
MANILA
On New York-
On Demand
2934 Nom.
PEIPING (Poking)
Credits 60 days'
sight
NOW
199
On Paris-
151
On Demand
570
བྷ༤",
ΣΜΟΣ
LONDOL
HANKOW
BANGXOR
數
LIONE
BAWIN
AINGAPORE
SETIAWAN
Credits 4 months'
C. L
P
Sight
610
BATAVIA
DALOUTTA
CANTON
CUEFUQ
KALACCA
BONG KONG
SOUZABAYA
HANIZA
ILOILO
KA (JohnD.
ГРОН
MURDER
KABAORI
NEW YORK
KLING
PRIMING
KOBE
TAKING
THE 28IX
MERGTAO
TOKOHAMA
On India-
TONGKAH (Bhakwe.
T. T.
On Denfand
897% 897
Bank of East Asia...$101 Amer. Q. Fia, C.M.Ş Ch. Fia. Cor. 0. 5.3:
in
P. S.S
*++
F
30
DAIREN POOCHOW BALPRONU HAMBURG HANKOW
PENAKO
KUALA LUMPUR.
ZAMBOANGA
On Shangha
Exchange and General
On demand
On Kobe-
SRANGEAI
On Demand
HARMIN
On Manila-
BOTOXEW
ILOILO
On Demand
[POK
JOHOR
.
On Singapore...
RONK
On Demand
TOWLOON
RAZA LUMPUR.
On Demand
On Saigon-
On Demand
On Bangkok —
On Demand
Sovereigns bank buy-
ing Rate
Bar Silver per oz...
Br
Silver
4504,005
Paid-up Capital
Canton
1.15
Kong
Copper Cash
Bag
Copper Cents
Native in-
Profita
Sir Sheuson Chow, Chairman.
H.K. Fire Insurancès: $280. 'Benguet Explorations:
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
THE
Manager
INC.
Capital
Surplus
Reserves
لسفة
4
Abzendria
Bombar
Calcutta
Canton
New York Danks Paris
Peiping
BANOCOM
R4100X
SAN FRANCISCO
SINGAPORS
BOURABATA
SUNGLI PATANI
TIENTŘIN
ΤΟ ΣΤΟ
TXINGTAO
TORDIAMA
• Ample pered te tonal fureUBJ On your or Fixed Theposite varived for
skarier periods in Tel Carmer and Started a terma erkink will be gaolud de uppkaarten. Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1953.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
Rosiame of the muse Bouă te audzeved NG KONG AND HANUKAI HAKK CORPORATION, Bước may to obtained
SO THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI ABKINS CORPORATION.
L. N. MURPHY,
Acting Calat Minster. Hong Kong. 24th April, 1933.
SAFETY FIRST!
To Baleguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries, Deposit them in a Vanft
that is really: FIREPROOF BURGLAR-PROOF DAMP PROOF!
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con- atructed to provide all of these Im portant Qualitics.
You may obtain a Safe Deport
Foreign
Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix-
ed Deposits received for one year or thorter periods at rates which will be! quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY,
Manager. Hong Kong 17th November, 1932.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.'
Ratablished 1912
Gead Office:-Hong Kong,
· Luzhceted Capilar (ELK Carreboy$11,000,00
BRANCHES
Shangbal Fank
and Sea Fresalmon. *
LONDON BANKERS :—
The Lloyd's Bank, Limited. COBKEXPONDENTA
In all príncísal sition of the Waris.
Foreign Exchange and banking businenc
very option rucnoted.
Sale Deposit Boxes (vacions simbaj az a yearly resta af from 14 10 $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.}
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong.
On Batavia-
at Kate
34% P.B. terest Chinese Sub. Coin... 32% dis Hong Kong Sch. Cola par.
SHARE MARKET.
The Official Summary of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued
Loan S.$... Rrube
$11.65 Venezuela G. Fields 55 Benguet Explanations $ttete.
Docks, WharYOK, Godowas, &c.
H.K, & K. Wharves H.K. & W. Dæki $
(new).$
5. Ch. Motora (A) $) yesterday at 12.30 p.m.
(**)$ Markets this morning showed Ch. Provideots (old) signs of steadiness at the lower levels reached in the past day or two, which seemingly are proving
investors attractive to both
and operators. The steadiness refer- red to appears to be more $10,000,000.00 nounced in Star Ferries, Electrics, 6,598,600.00 Telephones, Hong Kong Landa and
Dairy Farms.
No. 12, Des Voeux Road Contral. Extablished: 1918
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital
Bax in this most up-to-date VaultReserve and Undivided
for your own use at a very moder- ate Rental
Inspection Cordially Invited.
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD.
Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road, Central,
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Tafpek, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.
Best-Note
Central Bank in Formone,
ued Armagi amount - Yan 18,000,000 On and after August 15th, 1933, the on Special Current rate of Interest
Deposit will be at 2% p.a. on daily
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Li Koon Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Li Lan Sang, Esq.
Pun Hiu Cho, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq.
N. Engineering.....5.5 Shanghai Dicht...5.5 Lands, Hotels & Buildings.
H.K. & S. Hotelî........₺ H.K. Landi.......Sej Shanghai Lands S.$
2,312,000.00 scale, the smaller issues such as Mpolitan Lands S.$
Cements and Hotels, were dealt in both cash and forward, on slightly higher basis than closing rates of yesterday.
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tae Fong, Esq., Manager.
Correspondente in all principal cities of the World. '
Every description of Banking granted on approved securities.
Cents.
Sales.
Star Ferries: 596. Electrics: $74.65/74%. Cements (Combined): $5.15. Govt. Loans: 4% Premium.
Buyers. Bank of, East Asia: $101. Douglases: $32. Indo-Chinas (Pref.): $30, Indo-Chinas (Def.): $35. Raubs: $114.
and Venz: Goldfields: 54.
balance and the rate for balance over Exchange business transacted." Loans Benguet Explorations: 31 Cents.
$10,000 will be quoted on application.
(Maximum rate-1%).
LONDON BAK KRKA,
Pardays Bank Lady Leyds Bank, ím saidiana Bank, Lad., Wosminster Bank, Ind.
The Bank has Uoerasyonducta in all the prinsipal Sommarcial Controw throughout the martā. K KAGUBA
HONG KONG BRANCH:
Die Fact Boid Constru Hong Kong. Demmber 26, 1906.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED
Established 1834.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund. Yen 119,750,000
Head Office:-TOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agondos at:
Batavia
Dairen (Dalny)
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Newchwass
Tangtien (Makden) Rangoon
Hamburg
Hankow
Elarbin Hong
Kont
Bonalulu
Brinding Karachi
Kobe
Zandon
Los Angeles
Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco
Beattle
Semarang
Shanghal Shimonosed Singapore
Boarabaya
Sydney Tientsin „Tokys
Taingban
Safe Deposit Boxes To Lot
Hong Kong Lands: $764 ex, Div. Hong Kong Trams: $22,40. Peak Trams (Old): $16 65. Star Ferries: $95. Electrics: $741⁄2. Telephones: $29.80. Singapore Tractions: 2/~
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Singapore Tractions: (Pref.) 15/-
Beal
Head Dico:45, Broadway. New York
.U.S.$6,000,000.00. U.8.$1,867,089.17 U.3.$1,718,979.67
BRANCHES
Cance
ビュワール
Elaic
Mexico City
Naples
£teldelberg Felping
[
Broa
Celes Calming
Drupa
Liverpool
Mon Carla
Manda
Mondrous
Bhangha
Попобились
› Singapore
Thorning
Branches of American Express Com- pany In Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking! Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment account handied.
Cements (Combined): $54. Dairy Farme: $294, Constructions (New): 80 Cents. Govt, Loina: 4% Premium.
Sellers,
Wharves; $1294. Ewo Cottons: Sh. $15. Dairy Farms; $29. [Sinceres: $13.40.
THE BANK OF CHINA.
行怨國中
Wing On Texule S.S
Public Utilities. H.K. Tramways....$22.40 Peak Trams (old) ...$/16.NG
(new)...... Star Ferries Yaumati Ferry $ [China Light (old) $|
(new...
...
H.K. Electrics $78 Macan Sandakan Light...5 B.K. Tel. China Bux ...$3
S'poreTractions.)/-/-
(P./-15/
Industrials.
Malabon Sugar .....F) Cald: Macg. O, S.$) P. S.E Canton Ices Cements (corn.)
H.K. Lopes
Storsi, &
Dairy Farms
Reorganised October 20, 1928, under Lane Crawforda .....$
special charter of The National Gov. Mackinoshi ernment an
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK
Subscribed Capital Paid-Up Capital Reserve Funds
.$25,000,000.00 .324,710,200.00 .$ 5,820,505.32
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road. Central.
Sinates ......
We, Powells .. Wing On (H.K.)
Miscellaneous..
H.K. Amusement...
£840
Ch: Entertainment.... §
11.
5. C.. Enterprises 28
18.
United Thores 5.32
| blacao" "Greyhounds"5},
110
4.90
--British Wireless Service.
17%
FRENCH TRADE FIGURES..
Paris.
(new)...$80ct
Owing to our numerous branches in Constructions (old)...$)| China and large connections in the fm- portant commercial centres of the B, Ind. G$ Bonde.....$ world, we are able to extend to our H.K. Govt. Loans :$,4%. Prom. The Company offers to intending ellents special facilitiez- for domestie
Wallace Harper &Co,3} Travelers the use of ita: "Travelers and foreign banking “and exchanges. "Ao- Chique" and Letters of Crodit and, We also handle the issue of Bonds.
In addition, the world-wide, services and 'other: Public Funds of the Chin de of it thoroughly equipped Travel Do-ene. Government both at home and appBeation; } partment.
Hour Hong, 11th March, 198L,"
Depozita received ter-fired
ratne to be:obtained
-ZŁ W DUGGAN
abroad."
SHOU 1 CHEN, RAPSBLADET Manager. Hong Kong Sth March, 1931
11034
112/
| Union fas. ...jammerā
China Underwriters $1.80
59 Nom.
Chins Fire ta......$
1896
delay in the formulation of Godes. "Cotton: Prices broke following
58
H.K. Fire ine. .....$) laternational Assen.5.$...
290
18+
554.
57
4
137
1/4%
Shell (Bearer) ....../.... Union Waterbeats ...
[16
1734
Hong
Mining
Nom
Benguets.....
1951
Nominal
1% prem.
Kailan Mining Ad. 1f- Langkau (Single) S$
(80)-
128
S'hai Explorations S.$)
Air Reduction
6.40
***
*
| American, Smelting.... 33%
American Tel. & Tel...128 American Tobacco "B" . 88 8514 American Waterworks. 29% Anaconda Copper Mining 16
33
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and Finance
H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE Opening Daily Official Qtions,
H
August 17, 1933.
Bank.
H.K. Bank.
(Lod. Reg.)
Chartered Bank ..........
Mercantile Bk., A&B£
laiurances
Canton 161.
Shipping Douglases...$21 H.K. Steamboats......... Indo-China (Pref.)...5/30 (Def.)...$35
P
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday Dow Jones Averages.
Last To-day's Changes. Aver. Aver.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933.
GEHRIG EQUALS
RECORD
1,307 Consecutive Games In U.S. Baseball.
YANKEES AGAIN BEATEN
New York, To-day. Lou Gehrig, joint home run king 40 Bonds... 87.92 87.97 .05 up with Babe Ruth in 1931, equalled Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Rethe American major league base- ball record of 1,307 consecutive
30 Industrials 96.63 94.44 2.19 down!! 20 Rails 48.58 48.89 1.69 down
26 Utilities. 30.59 29.57 1.02 down
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
ON
sell by public
Saturday, the 19th. August, 1993, commencing at 11 am.
at their Sales Room,
4 Duddell Street.
eport:-
"The market weakness is probably games yesterday when he played A New Consignment of Delicious. Sale Now reflecting the continuing uncertainty for the Yankees against the Boneless Cooked Hams in Tins
also
*
+
of the grain market situation, as Browns. well as the further cotton decline. I
Gehrig has played in evening. Flavouring Essenses in Bottles We believe that the better clos-!
and game for the Yankees since June, 1818ing tone did not mean that selling 1925.
A Quantity of Furniture and definitely ended. pressure is
Sundries etc., etc.. The World Series champions loat "Wheat: Trading was virtually at
yesterday by a 18 to 3 tally and
Terms: Cash on Delivery. a standstill when the minimum
with their defeat goes almost all
LAMMERT BROS; prices were reached at Chicago hopes of securing the American
The Winnipeg limits are unchanged. The Chicago limits will be lowered League pennant for the second year 64 by five cents to-morrow. Confidence is apparently lacking, due to the
4.00
in succession.
Washington Senators and
New
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Hong Kong, 17th. August, 1933.
existence of these limits, also the York Giants, potential challengers GENERAL NOTICES. general hesitation currently being for the World Series title. both jobtained in all markets. This can recorded triumphs 660 probably be largely attributed to the
1990
គឺ៖
the decline in grain securities. Chicago Southern
selling brought liquidation. The trade bought free-
Boston
Was Cincirmatti
ly on the decline and there susbtantial' European buying near the close, plus new speculation." Silver: Easier. There
Schumacher pitched.
Was long New York liquidation, 'attributed to stop Pittsburgh lasses. There was some short Brooklyn covering by the Trade and banks Taylor hit a homer. were buying on the scale down. Pittsburgh Reuter.
Fiet hit a homer. Business Done: -1.860,000 shares. Brooklyn
Last To-day's | Prico Pries
98 99%. Allied Chemical & Dye.130% 126 American Can 80. 83%
*
VICTORIA RECREATION .CLUB
Resuults as cabled by Reuter:
National League.
long! Grimm hit a homer.
.. Frederick hit a homer. St. Louis
Collins hit a homer, Philadelphia
124
Sculmerich hit a homer, Game
2744
went to 12 innings.
16
St. Louis
Auburn
59
65
120) | Bendix Aviation
16
16%
Moore pitched.
164
Дока
Borden Co,
30%
30%
Philadelphia
18
8.80 Chase National Bank
Canadian Pacific Lando
Caterpillar Co.
15
154
American League.
Case
69 65%
Boston
21%
21
274+ 27%t
Walters hit a homer.
Hongkew
......5.5
pro-
₤16+
Lower down the
+
*
Humphreys ...........$
---
the
H.K. Realues ......$7.80 Asia Realties "A" 5$|
"B" S$
-
Chinese Estates.....5
31/32
China Reallic .. 5.$ China Debentures. $.3
9 Uloza lasak
1.35
Chrysler Motors
37%
38
SEV
Consolidated Gas of N.V. 48%
Detroit
47%
Curtiss Wright
3%
3%
New York
1.9
Drugs, Inc.-
47%
45%
St. Louis
Du Pont de Nemours ... 75%
750
73%
West hit a homer.
Electric Auto-lite Co...
Eastman Kodak ... 78 77
771
18 Electric Bond & Share 24% General Electric
18
17
172
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Electric Power & Light 9%
Washington
244
2334
National Biscuit
197
General Foods General
Motors
Gillette Safety Gold Dust Internat.
nat. Harvester
Internat. Tel. & Tel.
Liggett & Myers "B"
Loew's Inc.
Montgomery Ward
National City Bank
16
Conin hit a homer.
35
203
13%
1354
29% Chicago'
Appling hit a homer.
214
33
TABLES. TO DATE
៥
14%
20
94% 93%
274
National League.
24%
23
55
54% New York
31
301 Pittsburgh
National Dairy Pro.
264
224 St. Louis
Cotton Mills.
Otis Elevator
18
16%
Pacific Gas & Electric. 25%
Boston
26%
Ewo Cotton.......5.3. Shanghai Cotton; $.5 Zonng SingS.$
IL5
Packard Motors
Chicago
11:00
Pennsylvania Rly.
35
34
¡Philadelphia
169
Radio Corpn.
8%
Brooklyn
185
Sears Roebuck
Standard Gas
39%
Standard Brands
2734
Cincinnatti
28%
154
1414
American League.
Standard
Oil Co. of N., 36%
384
Roco Corpn.
Carpa.. 11%
11
Washington
2214
214
Texas
Trans-America
Union Carbide & Carbon 45%
New York
0%
43
Philadelphia
Union Pacific
.121
118
Cleveland
United Air & Transport
34%
33% Detroit
18.90 United Corpn.
9
***
United States Sleel 12.85
52
A
***
Westinghouse F & M.. 42%
50 40
BChicago
Boston
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LONDON EXCHANGES.
101
h
...$180
London, Yesterday,
Paris
New York
84 7/82 4.40
Montreal
4.672
Brussels
23.64
Geneva
8.25
*
(all)
$29-40|27
Watsons....
Der A Wings
14444
# D#
Amsterdam Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen Qalo
17.072 8.17
62%
13.84
19.38
22.40
19.85
Õ་-ཆྱེལྡུ ིི ིི
Vienne Prague Helsingfors Madrid Lisbon
80 Nom
1114
286/2
392
109%
5872
560
.243.
Athens
Bucharest Belgrade,
Ho...
Buenos Aires Montevideo
Bombay
Shanghai Hong Kong.
Yokohama
Silver Spot
4% O. R.
42% O. B. 34. Nom.
1/8 1/16 42 Vo
1/4 11/16. 1/2 5/18 17
17.13/16 -War Loan 32% 99 13/16-
Forward
The Open Championships of the
1 Colony for the follows:-
Long Plunge and Throwing the Polo Ball
will be held at the Club's Night Fate on September 2nd. 1933 and atries will be accepted from any
1 Resident Amateur in the Colony.
Entries close on August 28th, 1933.
P. A. DIXON,
Hon. Secretary.
Hong Kong, 15th August, 1933.
Coal Discovered
On Yalu
May Prove Boon To Tsitsihar.
Hsinking.
Large quanties of coal, which
have been found to be of very good
2 quality, have been discovered on
the banks of the Yalu River west
of Chuchiakang on the Western
section of the North Manchuria Railway. The coal was discovered
3 by a Manchurian member of the 0 Tsitsihar Chamber of Commerca,
1
The latter will shortly send. Japanese engineers to investigate o the deposits. If coal is found in a sufficient quantity to start a mine. it will prove
a boon to Taitsihar
as there are no good mines in that tube trans- region and coal has
Per.ported from Fushun..
The consumers in Tsitsikar eon- 564 sequently have to pay several times 532 8 much as those in South Man- 582 churia. The high cost of fuel is 531 an impediment to the industrial 419 development of North Manchuria." 61 .419
400 TURKISH-JAPANESE
COMMERCE.
Per.
.444 60
THRILLING FIGHT WITH PYTHON.
7
Fourth Contract For Cotton.
Osaka.
The Tokyo Cotton Spinning Co.. Ltd., has recently made the fourth 368 contract for the purchase of 1,700 bales of Turkish raw cotton, to the amount of over 200.000 yen. through the Japanese-Turkish Aɛ- sociation.
At present, there is a long list of various commodities offered by the country to Japanese business
20-Foot Reptile Caught circles in the hand of the Near
By Hand.
. Durban.
East Trade Association, compris- Ing 5.000 bales of cotton and sun. .dries,
Hope is being entertained among A giant python, 20 feet long the Japanese traders for larger and weighing 200 lbs, has been scale future business transactions captured in Zululand by Mr. F. with that country...
Weimer, the big game hunter.
TRADE...
China Her Best Customer,
It is the biggest of the 280 AUSTRALIA'S FLOUR pythons he has already caught.
"When I approached it," he said, "it reared, up and I threw my hat into its jaws and then grabbed it behind the head. The fanake lashed its tail round me. but I managed to avoid its at tempts to get a better hold until 'native assistance came.".
The python is now safely housed in Durban,
Reuter.
Melbourne Victoria. China has become Australia's In the best customer for flour, nine months ended March 31, Aus- tralia exported to China 2,885,648 contral of four valued. at £905,965. The next best customer BANK OF ENGLAND was Great Britain, which took
BUYS MORE GOLD. 1,560,520
centrala valued at
The recent growth of trade with.
| £490,233.
London,
The Bank of England on April 4 China is indicated in the fact that, bought gold bars to the value of China purchased, in 1929-30, from Customs trade figures for the £1,842,404. Out of £1,500,000 in Australia 4,704, centals of flour, first six months of 1988 show ex gold offered on the market the same valued at £2,607; 40,412 centraiN. ports totalling Fre. 8,976,626,000, day £1,300,000 were taken up by in 1980-81 valued at £10,708; and quantity, 12,282,614 tons and Im- unknown buyers, the remainder go- 187,187 centrals in 1981-32 valued
at £49,207-Beuter ports of Fr. 15,105,708,000 quan- ing to the Continent.
tit 24,650,028 tona.
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