On Demand
1/4% 1/4/2
4 Months' Sight... Credits
1/4
4 months'
STOCK
Sight..
1/5
On New York
On Demand
31 Nom.
Credits 60 days'
sight
NOW
BAIGON
SEMARANG
On Paris-
SEREMBAN
On Demand
580
STANOKIAI
BANKOW
SINGAPOLE
HARRIN
NITIAWAN
BOKO ONO
SOURADATA
Credits 4 Sight
months'
►
620
Bank of East Asia...101
ILOILO
TAIPING
On ladia
TONGKAH (Bhuker
T. T. ...
91%
Amer, O. Fio. C.M.S Ch. Fin. Cor. G. 5.5
On Demand
91%
P. 5.$
•
ZAMBOANGA
On Shanghai---
and
General
On demand
1104
On Kobe
Canton ..........$395
On Demand ......
1144
Union (as...
On Manila-
On Demand
61% Nom.
On Singapore...---- On Demand
59%
Chias Underwriters $1.50 Chins Fire Ins. ...... HA Fire Ins......$ International Ace.S.P
On Demand
36%
On Saigon--
On Demand
58
H.K. Steamboats.....
On Bangkok-
On Demand
135
Sovereigns bank buy-
Shells (Bearer)...$/-
ing Rate
1/54
Union Waterbosts ...$
Bar Silver per oz.
1734
Bar Silver in Hong
Kong
Mining
Bengucts
Copper Cash
Nominal
Kailan Mining Ad, up-j
1% brem.
Langkat (Single) 5.$
S'hai Explorions S.
Loan.......S.$!
Raubs
Venezuda G, Fields $
Benguet Explorations 9.
Docks, WharrES,
Chief Manager.
Godowns, &c
LONDON EXCHANGES.
H.K, & K. Wharva $
H.R. & W. Docks $
London, Yesterday.
-Paris
New York
84 9/32
TH
S. Ch. Motors (A) $ ("") $)
4.43/2
Montreal
4.67
Brussels Geneva
23.632
Hongkow
17.09
Amsterdam
8.17
»
Authorised Capital
$10,000,000.00 5,598,300.00
Profits
2,312,000.00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo
Vienna Prague Helsingfors
62 23/32
13.85
19.38
22.40
19.85
30 Nom.
111
Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman.
2262
587%
Li Koop Chun, Esq.
39 15/32
109-
560
243
Rio
4 3/8 0.
421⁄2 O. R.
Ch. Provident (old) $ (new) $ S.S
N. Engineering...S.S Shanghai Docks. 5.3
· Lands, Hutela & Buildings
H.K, & S. Hotels....$ H.K. Lands Shanghai Lands S.$1 M'politan Lands 5.3 Humphreys
H.K. Realties.$7.90 Asia Rezita "A" $$! "B" 55
Chinese Estates ..... China Reattic.5.$ China Debentures 5.3.
Cotton Mills.
Ewo Cotton .....
6.95
.S.$
Shanghai Comon S.$
Zoong Sings.5.3 Wing On Textile S.1
"
#
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
-
SAFETY FIRST!
To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries,
Deposit them in a Vault
that is really: FIRE - PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF DAMP-PROOF!
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Merranine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con- atructed to provide all of these Im-
portant Qualities.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong. No. 12, Des Voeux Road Cantrai. Established: 1918
You may obtain Safe DeportPaid-up Capital 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.
Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeur Road, Central.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1809.
Desirel Back la Formos. Bank-Bone Sed &roengs moans Zwo. 14,000,000
On and after August 15th, 1933, the!
on Special rale of Interest
Reserve And Undivided
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tang, Esq.
Chan Ching Shck, Esq.
Li Lan Sang, Esq.
Pun Hio Cho, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager.
Correspondents in all principal cities Current of the World. Deposit will be at 2% pa. on daily
Every description of Banking and
balance and the rate for balance over Exchange business transacted." Loans $10,000 will be quoted on application
Maximum rate-14%).
LONDON NANIZE)
Parclays Bank, Láš, Leyds Bank, Lat. Midland Hook. Lik, Wastenmier Bank, Lid.
The Bank has ceraspcodenta la að são principul Jummarcial Doutens throughout the world" .. E. KAGURA.
HONG SONG BRANCH:
Des For Bond Cectral- Bong Kong. Decoeder N, 1901
Manage
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-ap) Yen 100,000,000 Beservs Fund
Yen. 119,750,000
Head Offer:-YOKORAMA.
Branches and Agencies at:
Alexandria Batavia Berlin
Bombay
Onicutta
Canton
Nagasaki Nagora Newchwang
Danka Paris Dairen (Dalny)
Peiptog Fangties (Mukden) Rangoon
Rio de JaneirTO San Francisco Beattie
Hamburg. Bankow Harbin
Hier Konr
Honolulu
Brinking Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Anges
Kandla
".
Singapore Boerabaya Sydney Tientsin Tokyo
granted on approved securities. Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
THR
Atheas
Madrid
Lisbon Bucharest Belgrade,
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Bombay Snanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver Spot Forward
War Loan
34 Nom. 1/6 1/16 1/2 7/8 1/4 9/16 1/2 3/8 17%
17 7/8 342% 99 7/8
-British Wireless Service,
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK, LTD.
National Bank Buliding. 8A. Des Voeux Road, Central
Authorized Capital AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Paid-up Capital
INC.
Hand Office:45, Broadway. New York.
Capital Burplas Reserves
.U.S.$5,000,000,00 US$1,867,089.17 U.S.$1,718,979.67
BRANCHES S
Olangay Eleven
Maxies City
Heidelburg
Zarunalers
Pelping
Livaryach
Logico
Most Curle
Dublin
Branches of American Express Com- pany in Principal cities of United States. of America and Canada.
All clauses of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personal Investment handled.
accounts:
:
Pablic Utilities.
H.K. Tramways ....4/59.40} Peak Trams (old) ---1/16Į
(new)...8)
...$95 Star Ferries Yaumati Ferry.....$ China Lights (old) $
(new...
H.K. Electric 1410 Sandakan Light H.K. Tel. China Buses......5.... $5,000,000.00
1,000,000.00 S'poreTractions(0)/-/-
New York, Lendon and Paris Agents;
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY.
We offer facilities for the transac.
tion
Loans
"
(PX-10-
Industriala.
of general banking business. Malabon Sugura māj Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks Cald: Mag. O. 5.$ 1'. 5.$ and bonds, bought and sold. granted on approved securities.
Canton ices.. LEE FANG,
Cements (com.) .............isas General Manager.
(old)...... (AW)
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國·中
H.K. Ropes imm
Stores, &c.
Dairy Farm$9.40
Der A Wings sin
Reorganised October 28, 1928, under Lane Crawfords ......
special charter of The National Gov- | Mackintosh ........
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
erament as KE
BANK.
Sinceres
Wm. Powells
Subscribed Capital....$25,000,000.00 | Wing On (11.5) ---4 Paid-up Capital ..$24,710,200.00 Reserve Funds
*$8,820,505.32 Miscellaneous
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
H.K. Amusement...$
Ch. Entertainment...
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4. Queen's Bond Central.
S. C. Enterprises...
18
26
[8.90.
118.40
12.30
180
United Theatres 5.3. Macao Greyhounds"*} ... Owing to our numerous branches in Constractions (old),.,*|-- China and large connections fo the im portant
commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our B. lad, G$ Bonds....... The Company offers" to intending ellents special facilities for domestic H.K. Gort Low% Pr Travelers the use of its "Travelers and foreign banking and exchanges. Wallace Harpers&Co.# Latarest allowed on Current Ac- Cherees and Letters of Credit and. We also handle the issue of Bonds in addition, the world-wide services avid other Public Funds of the Chin- Deposits received for fixed periods of its thoroughly equipped Travel Des Government both at home and
abroad. at rable to be puriained on application, partment EL-MORL
Taingbau
Hong Kong, 11th March, 1983;"
DUGGAN,
BBOU J. CHEN,
The Manager. Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.
inten
It appears, according to this research expedition, that the
:
315 KILLED IN ONE VILLAGE
London, Yesterday.
Chinese Emperor Ching of the The full seriousness of the re- Chou Dynasty was having ascent Assyrian uprising, is disclosed 50% much trouble in stabilizing money by an official British protest and in terms of commodity prices or the order for the immediate return commodity prices in terms of of the British Ambassador to Iraq. It is authoritatively stated in money as has been experienced during the so-called enlightened London that 500 Assyrians were 25% ages.
killed by Iraq troops in the re The Emperor's system of in-cent fighting north of Mosul, in 25% flating and deflating. it is record-the neighbourhood of the Tigris, 38ed in a history of his reign, was but only 90 of these were killed through the medium of "light"during the actual fighting for the and "heavy" coins. One of suppression of the revolt of 1,500 37% Ching's ministers explained the Assyrians under the leader Mar- 15% workings of this managed cur-shimum. The rest were
22
rency as follows:
non- in
combatants who met death "When the inconvenience of surrounding villages, in one of the people is not great, more which 315 dead were found. 33 heavy coins are put into circula- It is feared that with the original tion for the reason that when the minor rebellion as a pretext the coina are light prices of com- Kurdish irregulars, who are tradi- 25% modities go up. In this case the tional enemies of the Assyrians, and heavy coins are standard value, who are attached to the Iraq army, 36%
8% while the light coins are auxil-were responsible for these excesser. both in it is further believed that they were 40% liaries-but they are 28% circulation.
abetted by the northern commander "On the other hand, if the in-Bekir Beg, who is notoriously anti- convenience of the people is great Assyrian.
The Iraq authorities deny this heavy money. The light money suggestion and maintain that that 74 automatically becomes the stan-there has been no fighting since the dard value and the heavy disarmament of the remaining rebels
on August 8-Reuter. auxiliary.
PREMIER BREAKS HIS VACATION. Flying Visit To London On Foreign Matters.
12% they cannot bear the burden of
"The Emperor has therefore ordered the abolition of light coins completely. The immediate result of this change will be an enormous decrease in the income CHINESE RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS of the people and a consequent hoarding will be inevitable. All London. this causes a bad effect on the The draw has begun at the offices national treasury and directly
London, To-day, of taxation.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay of the Hong Kong and Shanghat raises the rate Banking Corporation, 1160 obliga When the rate of taxation is
don from Scotland early yesterday, tions of the Shanghai-Nanking Ball- raised financial disaster and poli-MacDonald, who returned to Lon- Lossiemouth yesterday, left for way, nominal value £100 each and tical discontent follows.
"Preparations should be made of 760 £100 obligations of the
Yesterday morning he was in Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpoo Rail-in advance to meet the coming evening, way, redeemable on Juxe, 1, 1933. of a financial crisis. If remedy consultation with Sir Robert Van- is to be applied only after the
sittart, Permanent Under-Secretary crisis has arrived, it may be WHEN A MAN MAY GET DRUNK impossible to meet the exact con-Anthony Eden, Parliamentary Un- for Foreign Affairs, and Captain
Tacoma, Washington.
There is a time when intoxica- tion is justified declares Judge Hudge. "When a wife runs out to public dances all the time, a man has a constitutional right to get soused once a year.
The Judge made this ruling in suit dismissing brought by Mrs. Unsin agairist her husband. Reuter.
divorce
dition and consequently wül cause great anxiety."-Reuter
der-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, for a review of current Interns tional questions in the absence of COW EATS FARMER'S the Foreign Secretary, Sir John SI-
FORTUNE
Wife's Tragic Error
mon, who is now returning from Rio de Janeiro, where he spent a brief holdiday-British Wireless Service.
Belgrade, Jovan Milutinovitch, who lives ̈. near Taáribrod (Serbia) decided to retire from farming. He sold his JAPAN-CHINA TRADE IMPROVES land for a good price, hid the
Tokyo. According to official trade re-
money in the straw mattress of his bed and said nothing to anyone.
Next morning his wife decided to
FIRING SQUAD URGED FOR GANGSTERS
American Judge's Opinion
Washington. Judge Cummins says that all 17% turns issued by the Ministry of change the straw in his mattress convicted gangsters should be Finance for the month of February. She tipped out the old straw (and lined up against a wall and shot, He advocates martial law to China, Manchuria the money) in a cow shed. trade with Hong Kong and the Kwangtung When Jovan returned, she told curb gangster crime in America, Leased Territory totalled 69,282,000 him that she had changed the straw. He said that gangsters "set the yen as compared with 84,548,000 yen He rushed off to the cow shed to example themselves in the St. for the corresponding month last look for his money. Too late. It Valentine's Day, massacre in
had all been saten-Renter.
Chicago," Beuter,
year.
·
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Aushorland Capital
Lorand and Fully Paid-up-man 26,000,000 Recorta Panda :-
Burling
£ $.500.0004
Lasers Liability of Progriston was 136,000,000
NEAD OFFICE, HONG KONG, -~
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1
T. I. Pace, They. Chairman.
T. J. T. Bliam, Eng.
Deputy ChairmJOG.
J. K. Bousfield, K«q.
B. 1. Dodwell, kaq.
Chenpiem. Pag.
18. Mr. 14. Markie,
AMOY
BAXOKOR
RATATIA
PURAY
CLLOUTTA
CANTON CHEPOO COLOMBO DAIBEN POOCHOW ELIPHONO HAMBURO
HANKOW
GARMEN
MONOXEW
Uve M. J. J. Painean.
J. A. Piemmar, Bag,
. N. Murphy, Esq.
Arting Chiel Manager
NBANCHES-
LONDON
LTONS
MALACCA
MANILA
HUAR (Jos
MUKDEN
NEW YORK
PEIPINO
PENANG
SAN FRANCISCO
ILANGOON
BAZOOK
RYLANGAT
BOUBABATA
STINGES PATINI
SINGAPORE
TIENTSI
KINGTAO YOKOHAMA
LATO
[POLL
Jogos
TOITA
ROBK
COLLA LUMPUR
FORLOOK
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
EXCHANGES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
and
Commerce
Finance
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,
TO-BAY'S QUOTATIONS. ********* *. £8,000,000
1.£3,000,000) On London—
T. T. ..£8,000,000
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
Agencies and Branches:
ALOR STAR
AMETRAR
BANGKOK BATAVIA DOMBEY CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPOKE CEBU COLOMBO DELAI ΠΑΙΤΕΙΟΝΟ
HAMBURG
ПРОП
KASACED
KLANG
• KOBR
KUALA LUMPūz
Foreign
KODILENG
MADRA
MAKILA
+
NEDAN
NEW YORK
PENANG BANGOON
TIENTSIK
CÔ
TOKOBAMA
Current Ammenta nganed is Lonal tumorý and Fish Deposite toited for
On
korte parlode in Loos Cernusy and Simcling obertor which will be quoted na oppilaakra Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1833.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
"
J-
The Best of the suite Bank u vond pero i FLONG KONG AND HANOMAT BANK ORPORATION. ay be obtained
TUR TE HONGKONG LJUD BILANGWA. -KTR QORPORATIDA
1. K. MURPHY,
Acting Chief Manager,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1988.
Exchange
Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for one year aborter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A BREARLEY,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.On Batavia-
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Ratablished 1912
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
Arid Capiai (B.Z. Carmany) – $55,200,000
6,485,00 Pald-Up Capital P-40 1941) A
1.350,000
Bankura Bangkok Copper Cents Shongbal.
and San Frennia’a.
LAXDON BANKERS :---
The lord's Bank, Limited.
CORRESPONDENTS
In all principal cities of the Wortă,
Foreign Eronengs and banking roadma
Every Toupim nasled
Bada Depals Bozes (various alone) na a pearly rease of bom $5 to $16.
LOOK POONG SEAN,
Rate of Native In-
34% p.a. terest Chinese Sub. Coin... 32% dis Hong Kong Sch. Coin par.
Nom.
H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE Opening Daily Official Q'tions,
H
August 18, 1933.
Banks
H.K. Bank
(Loa. Reg.)
Chartered Bank ............ Mercantile Bk., AMBL
Insurances
Shipping
Douglases...
indo-China (Ped.)...$80
(Def.)...$85
##
Sales Nom
1915/95
199
10
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday,
30 Industrial 20 Rails •*
Dew Jones Averages.
Aver. Aver.
Last To-day's Chanews. 94.44 99.30 4.86 up 46.89 49.08 -2.19 up 29.57 90.92 1.35 up .02 up 87.97 87.09 E. A.
20 Utilities
40 Bonds
Mesars. port:-
Pierce & Co. Ro
""The improvement in the wheat,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1933.
WOODS LANDS AT TAILOR'S THEFT OF
CROYDON
Australia To England Flight.
SLOW JOURNEY
London. To-day. The Australian airman, Mr. James Woods, arrived at He Croydon yesterday. started from Australia on July 7. Renter.
A DOG
Animal Recognised In Shop.
$30 FINE IMPOSED
1
A Chinese tailor living at 1, Elgin Street, was charged at the Central Police Court this morn- ing with possession of a white.
Mr. belonging to fox-terrier
Abbas Khan
It was stated that the com
was walking past the
Mr. Woods, who was an Air cotton and grain markets was re- Force pilot during the War, took plainant ponsible for the up-tura. Accord
25 minutes.
ing to the information of floor ob-off from Broome, Western Aus- defendant's shop when the latter servers, there was little or no evi-tralia, in a Gipsy Moth machine, came out with a dog. Mr. Khan in an attempt to break Mr. James immediately recognised the dog dence of large blocks being offered Mollison's Australia - England as the one which he had lost, and around the present prices. "The case at which active issues advanced flight record of 8 days, 22 hours, informed the police.
On returning to the shop with was a feature and apparently a de
After making a fast flight to the police, Mr. Abbas Khan monstration that no large scale
the Burma, via Batavia and Singa-the dog and whistled to it, when it liquidation is anticipated at 5.4moment. The unwillingness of big pore, he was delayed for several immediately answered and ran to
holders to dispose of equities in-days at Victoria Fall He resum-its real master. dicates that the market situationed his flight to England on July should remain fundamentally sound. 12.
20
w
1698
890
... 16:
: ::་ིིི
15 "Whest: Confidence
evidently
restored. Talk of large scale buy- CURRENCY
ing brought support from Winnipeg. "Cotton: Valves reflected the im- proved grain sentiment, continuing yesterday's advancing trend. The trade, Europe and shorts bought! early. Later buying was mostly speculative on investiment, account, perhaps induced by the renewal of inflationary talk. Hedge selling 'ap- peared at the close." Silver; There was good Trade and Bank buying early in the day.-Reuter.
STABILITY
PROBLEM
Troubled China In -Year 524 B.C.
EMPEROR CHING'S SOLUTION
Baw
8
In the kitchen was found dog's chain, and collar, from which the license-plate bad been remov- ed, while the muzzle was missing. The defendant claimed that he tried to make the dog go away but it would not do so. Referring to
the chain in the kitchen he said
"I always chain my kitten in the kitchen."
In sentencing the defendant to a fine of $30, in. default one month's imprisonment, Mr. Wynne-Jones, the Magistrate remarked that there was no doubt that the defendant was lying and that he knew that At least one potentate of pre-the dog did not belong to him. Leat Today's Christian times, knew something ASSYRIANS IN IRAQ
Business Done:-2,470,000 shares.
Pries Prios
$8
New York.
100% about this business of inflating Allied Chemical & Dye 128% 131 and deflating currencies.
A Wall Street economist, who is studying archaeology
Bur
a
...
290,95 863470
++
15
351
Air Reduction
12
116
American Can
83%
-832
American Smelting
33
36
American Tel & Tel
124
6.10
127%
American Tobacco "B" 854
89
15 a
American Waterworks 274
29
Anaconda Copper Min:
sideline, has turned up evidence
(Continued from Page 1).
Of Reuter Version
Revolt.
ing
18%
Auburn
55
Bendix Aviation
བྷོཎྜ。 ཙྪོབྦིཎྞ=
196
Borden Co
Canadian Pacific
18% 20%
17
17% of monetary "management" away 60%
back in the year 524 B.C.
15/4
16
Casc
Caterpilla Co.
65/2
73
21
22
Chase National Bank 27%
29 1
Motora
36
40
8.80
easted Gas of
Wright
Y.
Curtiss
Drugs Inc.
Du Pont de Nemours, 73%
4734
324
3
46%
Eastman Kodak
Electric Auto-lite Co. 17%
16
Electric Bond & Share 23%
Electric
Power
!
8%
9%
180
30
A
137
+
ថ្ម ធ នčគឺ: ន ន :
General
Électric
23
(General
General Motors
Foods
25
Gillette Safety
31
Gold Dust
Internat Harvester
33%
Internat Tel & Tel
144
Liggett & Myers "B"
934
93
Loew's
Inc.
271
294
Montgomery Ward
21
28
National Biscuit
54
56
National City Bank
3041
National Dairy. Pro-
ducts
Otis Elevator
22% 16%
21
18
15
Pacific Gas & Electric 264
106
Packard Motors
4%
[14]
Pennsylvania Rly
#5
Radio Corpn
Sears Roebuck
364
Standard Brands
26%
Standard Gas
142
15%
La
31
:་་སྒྲ་ཚོ་བློ་t
Standard On Co. of
36
38%
Socony-Vacuum Cora
11%
Техав Обгра
21%
24
Trans-America
6%
Union Carbide & Car.
12.90
bon
43%
40%
Union Pacifie
118
122
19.95
United. Air & Trans-
port
33%
36%
United Corpn
844
..B
United States Steel..
50
54
Westinghouse E. & M. 40
4%