DAIREN
POOCHOW
HAIPHONG
BANDURO
HANKOW
BARDEX
MONKEW
ILOILO
EPOU
TODOS
KOWZAKIA
KOATA LUMPUT
PENANG
KANGOON
BATGOR
GAN YRA NDIB00
BOURABAYA
BUNGEI PATANI
TIENPAIN
Our Apocale opened in Loval Corranay and Fixad Dagoutte encal vað far one your t shorter periode in Loni Ourtonny and farting
wklok will be quoted on appřímělen
Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1988.
Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fiz-On ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY,
Hong Kong. 17th November, 1932
Manager.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. On Salgon-
Ratablished 1912.
On demand
On Bangkok-
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Luikoriand, Capital, some woman. 200,000,000 found sad Thly
Well...
up
£109.000
Ensures Liabilliy of Proprietors --- $90,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, HONG KONG
SOLID UP DIRECTORJI ---
4. I. Paros, Eng
714 R2 Hang, Kag
Dopoly Chiro0.
2,0%. Bansfield, Kay.
H. H. Dodwell, Kg.
45.
Wee.Mr.
Mackle.
Mokin. Pa
Hos. Mr. J. 3, Palervou
J. £. Plummer, Bog
, N. Murphy, Faq.
Acting Chle Naanger
BRANOSES; -
LONDON
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
AMIREAS BANGEON BATAVIA BOMBAY GALOINTA CANTON CATEPOLE
001./0X30 DELU
BANGOGE
BAIGON
SERENBAN
Paid-up Capital
.£3,000,000
Ranerrs Fand
.£3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
On London-m
£3,000,000)
T.T.
Agencies and Branches:
On demand...
1/4 1/4
ALOR STAN
4 months sight ... 174%
KDOMINO
Credits 4 months'
.
MADBAL
MAKILA
sight
1/544
NEW YORK
On New York-
PEIPINO (Pricing! PENANG
On demand
314 Nom.
Credits 60 days'
BENARAND
aight.
NOW
HAIPHONG
On Parlame
KAMBURG
BRAKSHAY
HANKOW
BINGAPORE
On demand
6574
ПАЛОКОК
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
CATTOX CHEFOO COLOMBO
MALACCA
MANILA
MULDEN
NEW YORK
LTOM
HARBIN
KITIAWAN
Credits 4 moaths'
HONGLONG
SOURARATA
Wono
ТАКРИНО
sight
597%
MUAB (Johnew,
TPORT
TIENTSIK
On todia-
KARATHE
TONGTAN (Bahat,
SILVER.
KLANG
TRIBOTAO
T.T.
KONN
PEIPING
TOKOHAMA
KUALA LUMPUS
KAMBOANGA
On demand
92 92
Foreign
Exchange
and
General On Shanghai-
KILLRODAJ
BINO&PORN
On demand
Kobe-
110%
Sept. 5. Sept. 6. Sept.
37.18 Traded 36.95. Bid Dec... 37.76 Traded 37.52 Traded Mar. .. 38.50 Nom. 38.14 Bid Total Sales for the Day:
On demand
117
On Manila
ΤΟΚΤΟ
TLINOTAO
On demand
65 Nom.
YOKOHAMA
On Singapore-
On demand
593
On Batavia-
On demand
64
December March May
7.52
EXCHANGES.
THE CHINA MAIL
Commerce and Finance
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations.
NEW YORK COMMODITY
MARKETS
AMERICA'S
CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY
Attractive Issues For Speculation.
POSITION AND PROSPECTS.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday.
Dow Jones Averages.
New York. 30 Industrial
The following review of the 20 Hall principal United States chemi- 20 Utilities
Last To-day's Changen. Aver. Aver.
1933
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
WATER SUPPLY.
T: IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that,
100.22 100.33 .11 up
50.42
49.85 .57 down
IT IS HERE
on SATURDAY,
29.88 29.80-08 down 9th September, the Hours of Sup- cal and fertiliser concerns, is 40 Bonds.... 87.16 86.87 29 down ply in All Districts on the Island contained in the investment news dated July 28, received through Messrs. E A. Pierce & Co. Re of Hong Kong, except the Peak, will be 6-9 a.m. and 4.30 - 7.30 p.m. port:The market, 'righted itself Messrs. Asia Lands, Ltd.
to-day, there being no
The hours on the Peak will bo Mesura. Asia Landa Ltd. have re- Air Reduction. Co., Inc. Al-
current ceived the following quotations on though current prices are ad-other than the possibility of a
development of any importance 6-9 a.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.
In Kowloon a 10 Hours Supply. the New York cotton and wheat, equate on the basis of prospects more aggressive attitude by the } will for the present be maintained. rubber, silk and silver exchanges for the next year or so, the im-
Residents Administration regarding credit
bo are requested pressive strictly long pull out-2 for September 7.
exercise every possible economy Closing prices on September G on look warrants gradual further expansion. Without really stimu- user water
Failing a ¡lation no particular or immediate the Commodity Exchange Inc., New, accumulation of the shares.
considerable increase in storage change seems indicated. Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. York:-
Wheat: The common and $7 preferred, short covering and some commis-
A very
within the next few weeks further thin market. However,
restrictions will be necessary. the latter quoted at 121, are among the sounder issues in the axion house buying cauted a rally. chemical group for continued Cotton: There has been much less long term retention.
hedge selling. Consequently the
138 contracts of 26,000 ozs. each 171 contracts of 28,000 ozs..each. RUBBER.
Sept. 6 Sept. 6.
7.10 7.09 7.44 7.92 7.92
September
A: G. W. TICKLE.
Water Authority
Commercial Solvents Corp. As market was steadier. Near the Public Works Department, a specualtion on future earnings close a large line of Mays, ap-¡Hong Kong, 7th September, 1933. possibilities, particularly follow-pearently bought by one interest, ing repeal, these shares are at: caused a higher close. The weather tractive for moderate accumula-is less favourable. Sliver": A1 tion around present levels,
generally featureless market.
R
55%
8.20 8.15 Standard No. 1 B Contract Total sales for the day:-
On demand
134
138 contracts
Sovereigns bank buy.
252 contracts.
⚫ing rate
1/5
$11,0,900
Bar silver per oz.
18 1/16.
NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE:—
4,066,000
Bar Silver in Hong
1.150,001
Kong
Chaton,
Nom. Nominat
Sept.
1% prem.
September
1.51
December March
1.59
1.60
1.37 1.67
SHARE MARKET.
COTTON.
Air Reduction Chentical Works. Allied Chemical & Dye 133 Sept. 5 Range Sept. 6 Range The shares of this promising American Can
1.75 1.76 1.75 1.76
American Smelting chemical enterprise are conser-American Tej & Tel BUGAR.
vative media for investment American Tobacco "B" 01% Sugar Prices as of the close of the funds; continued retention of American Waterworks 28 market Sept. 6 on the New York commitments is advised.
Anaconda Copper Min- Sugar & Coffee Exchange:-
Texas Gulf Sulpher Co. Re-
Auburn Sept. 5. Sept. 6. strictive earnings prospects over Bendix Aviation
1.49
the longer term make these Borden Co. shares less attractive sent purchase or retention than issues recommended for
is attractive for gradual fur- ther accumulation. New pur- chases of the $6 debenture stocks (selling at 112) likewise may be made for income purposes.
Monsanto
Du Pont (EL.) de Nemours Within a and Co., Inc.. As a long term switching is being done for Sep- investment medium the common, tember.
Business Done:-1,880,000 shares.
G.
narrow range
some
Last To-day's
Price Price
99%
00
3716
126%
91 38 12014
90
28
17
584
17% 27
1744 of
for pre-1. CRAS
Canadian Pacific J. I.
274
Ito
16%
78%
pur- Chapillar Co.
221
22
Chrysler Motors
National Bank 26%
20%+
43%
4475
Consolidated Gaa of
PUBLIC AUCTION.
PART
ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction Ito be held on MONDAY, the 100% 11th day of September, 1933, at 1333 pm at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Gov- ernor of one Lot of Crown' Land at Tai Hang Road in the Colony of 17
Hong Kong,
for
term 59% jof 75 years, with the option renewal at A Crown Rent be fixed by the Surveyor 7444 of His Majesty the King, for
one further term of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
N. Y.
Curtiss Welch
48
48
Drugs
Wright Inc
3%
344
44
43%
Du Pont de Nemours 78% Eastman Kodak
80
83
Electric Bond & Share 24 23% Electric Power & Light
2041 20%
94
94
24% 24
Fooda
27%
37%
32%
3276
Gillette Safety
14 * 14
224
2,812,000.00
Sales.
September December May
The
Department
cotibn
figures crop
LIKE & Myers
Internat. Tel. & Tel.
394
-101 "B" 95%
104
Baral Building
Tai Hang Bond.
Registry Ke
1. Ko of Bale.
Locmily.
Inc.
31
31%
24%
2434
4400
564
National
28%†
28144
18
LOCAL DOLLAR UNCHANGED.
Silver Declines.
The dollar is unchanged, opening Lo-day at 1/4.
Antamoka 77 cents.
Benguel Goldfields 30 cents. Gold Creek $0.
[OL Elevator
Pacific Gas & Electric 23 The estimate gave 12,314,000 Packard Motors bales after allowing for the Pennsylvania Rly.
Radio Corpa "ploughing in" of 4,237,000.00
Roebuck Scars bales under the Federal Crop Standard Brands Reduction plan.
¡Standard Gar The condition of the crop is Standard Oil Co. extimated at 74.2 per cent. Socony-Vacuum Corpn 134
N. J.
40% compared with 65.8 per cent. Texas Corpo last year, and the yield per acre Trans-America Spot allver, at 18 1/16, yesterday 198.4 lbs., as against 149.6 iba. Union Carbide & Carbon 46 showed a decline of %, while for-1 It had been confidently expect- United Air & Transport 37 125 Union Pacific ward was marked down to 18%, a ed that the figures would be United Corpn drop of 3/16.
round about 11,000,000 bales, United States Steel
86%
B
2314 644 K
35%
40% 40%
274 14% - 144
2734
of
40% 18%
40%
121%
37%
8
8
534
52%
44%
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Budson of the shore Hanh tư, goodvend the ЯONG ROXO AND SHAKARI BANK Văn CORPOBATIOK. Bass may be skialuZE
PAL CORPORATION
LN. MURPHY.
Acting Chief Maniger.
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1938.
SAFETY FIRST !
To Safeguard Your Valuabins and Jewellarlen,
Deposit them in
Vault
that is really: FIRE - PROOF BURGLAR - PROOF
DAMP - PROOF |
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT
located on the Merranine Floor of Our New building in Spacially Con structed to provide all of thers Im- portant Qualities.
You may obtain a' Safe Deport Box in the most up-to-date Vault for your own usa 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,}
UBAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formosa.
Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1879.
Central Bank la Farmows,
Bank-Botas Josef Áversgs amount ...Tax. 44,0OG POR On and after August 16th, 1989, tha
Head Office:Hong Kong.
ánskortad Capital (11. Durrancy
Paid-up Capital Sara Yund verse conta
BRANCHES —
Bhanghel, Fantom, Bangkok, Copper Casti
sad Bas Prancheta.
LONDON BANEZU :
The Floyd's Bank, Limivot.
CORRESPONDENTS
in all peladjai višim of the Worik.
Favolgi Kichange and barking businarə ol eracy description tressscled.
Safe Deposit Bonus (various sizes) or a jobrig res of rota 40.
LOOK POONG BEAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Bead Office: Hong Kong. No. 12. Des Voeux Road Central Established: 1918
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital ...... Reserve and Undivided
Prosts
$10,000,000.00
Copper Cents
Late of Native In-
terest
934% Dalle Chinese Sub. Coin... 321⁄2o dia Hong Kong Sch. Coin par.
Cotton prices as of the close of the chase in this or other groups.
T'ho Oficial Summary of the market Sept. 6 on the New York Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued Colton Exchange :-- yesterday at 3.15 p.m.
Lande and Electrics were again enquired for this morning, but Oct. without attracting many sellers. Dec. Both have been marked up.
Jan.
i
Sept. 6. MANCHESTER COTTON,
Range
Sept. 5. Range 8.90 8.00 9.15 9.16 9.16 9.17 0.35 0.36 9.23 9.24 9.44 9.44 9.44 9.44.9.61 9.61 9.50 9.59 9,80 9.80 9.71 9.71 9,94 9.94.
0.10
9.30 CHICAGO WHEAT.
Sept. 5. Sept. 6.
84% .80% .86% 88 .925% 92%
In the mining section. Raubs March made a smart advance, sales being May |reported at $121⁄2, but holders seem July 6,508,600.00 disinclined to part with any sub- Middling
stantial parcels.
Spot Hotels and China Lights were easier throughout the morning.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Bir Shotson Chow, Chairman.
LJ Koop Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Chlag Bhek, Esq.
YA Lan Bang, Esq. Pun Hiu Cho, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kan Tong Fo, Esq., Chiet Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq. Manager.
Correspondents in all principal cities
rate of Interest on Special Current of the World.
Deposit will be at 2% p.a. on daily
Every description af Banking and
balance and the rate for balance over Exchangs business transacted. Loans $10,000 will be quoted on application. granted on approved securities.
Maximum rate-14%).
LONDON BANKEES –
Barclayı Bank, Lid.. Liepdo Bonk, Lia, Milland Bank, Zid., Wartalarior Biak. Loë.
The Bank her Gerrespondents in ali sks priecipeľ Jenerala) Dentro Shroughout the world.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
K. MAGUREL
A. Das Voss Band Control.
Hong Kong. December 9, 1981.
Slang
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE: BANK,
LIMITED
Eatsbiliked 1650.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC.
Lead Office:di, Broadway. New York.
Capital (fully paid-up) Ten 100,000,000 Reserve Fund .................Yen. 118,750,000| Amendem
„13.8.66,000,000.00 „U.S.$1,867,089.17 .U.S.$1,718,979.67
Antamoks 80 centa.
Ruubs $124.
Hotels $7/7.10.
Peak Trams (Old) $15.85. China Lights (Old) $11. Dairy Farma $28.30/28%. Amusements $10,
Buyers Hongkong Banka $18.00. Canton Insurances $310. Union Insurances $565. Underwriters $2.
Douglases 321⁄2
Raube $12.20,
Venz. Goldfields $5.60. Ewo Cottone Sh. $14.65. Hotela $6.85,
Hongkong Lands $77.
Hongkong Trams $22. Star Ferrics' $95.
China Lights (Old) $11.30, Electrics $75.
Telephones $31.
Dairy Farms $28,80,
Constructions (New) 80 centa:
Govt, Loans 3% Prem
REPORT
Quiet Business In Most Sections,
Manchester, August 9.
Electric Auto-lite Co...
General Electrie General
› General Motors
Gold Dust
Mesars. James F. Hutton and Internat. Harvester Co., Ltd., report as under:-
published by the United States Montgomery Ward
of Agriculture National Blacuit
'came as a great surprise to the
onal City Bank market and caused a widespread National Dairy Products 18 ¡feeling of disappointment.
The cross rate, London on New with 8,500,000 bales for destruc- Westinghouse E. & M. 44% |York, is £-G$4,56 and New York on tion, so the marketa iden was
London E-G$4.84%.
Investment News
N
P
Bondar MAJOR,
5. R. W.
・the About:
As per sale) plan. 10,000 114!
PURSE-SNATCHER
NEATLY CAUGHT.
Police Pensioner's Smart Capture.
WARMLY COMMENDED BY MAGISTRATE.
Li Teol, a former P.W.D. coolle was sentenced to six montha* imprisonment by Mr. Schofield at
the Central Police Court this morning for snatching a purse containing 3221 from Tang Sam Johns Manville Corpn. The re- Les, a Chinese woman, while she has upset buyers of yarn and cent rise in industrial production was walking outside the French piece goods.
'¡has increased the company's sales,"
about 2,000,000 bales under the *estimate.. This naturally caus-
ed considerable confusion and'
LONDON EXCHANGES,
London, Yesterday
Paris
New York
Montreal
Brussela
Geneva Amsterdam Milan
80 13/16 4.58
∙19,87%
4.78
Sellera.
Capital Surplus Reserves
Yaumati Ferries $25.
22.65 16.36% 7.84
China Lights (Old) $11%, Sinceres $18.40,
59 15/10
Berlin
18:264
BRANCHES
Amusements $11.
Stockholm Copenhagen
Mexico City
Kaplan
5.OBIO....
22.40. 19,90
29 N.
Head Offens—YOKOHAMA.
Bennchon val Agmclas në:
Listallarg
Felping
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
Prague
1061⁄2
Helsingfors
2264
London
KKAD, GYPICK
Madrid
Alexandria
Nagasaki
Lisbon
104
Co
Ochurch imel, Zankin, 806..
Batavia
Hagoga
Athens
Berlin
Nawekwang
Authorised. Capital 177.£8,000,000
› Bombaý
New York
Bubscribed Capital::25
1,800,000
Bucharest Belgrade
Oska
Paid-up Capital
1,050,000
Rio
Canton
Daires (Dalny)
Pangtien (Mukden) Rangoon -
Hamburg
Bankow Harbis
Boog
Hainking Kobe London
Angler Wandla
Deperita
Hong Kong, 11th
Bio de Janeiro-**
Beatie Hamarang
М
Branches of Ameriena Express Com pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.
"All sinasse" of Commercial - Bayki Transactions undertaken.
Pardons) 'Investment'
| bandad
The Company offery, to Entend5:
Travelers the use of, Itá
Chique" and Tattari, of Credit
In addition,” the", wor
of it thoroughly squi
Reserva Fund & Rent 1,248,935 Thai Bank of Magni & Midasă, Bank, Lát.
Kogía Lápia
Kuala Lumpur
Parang
BONG RONO DRANON.:
Bracy danception of Beaking and Buskas
Trustos, and Execux taken.
Hong Kong 2nd May, 1988;;
Vientu
Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay Shanghal Hong Kong Yokohama Silver ** Forward," Warloan
It is thought that this record and selling quotations for certain Hospital, Causeway Bay, goster yield per acre has been brought products have been moderately ad-day. about. by the farmers trying for vanced. While it in uncertain]: The woman's cries for help were a heavier crop for each acre left that operations will gain a profit heard by ex-Inspector C. P. Fallon, and has frustrated the object of able basis in the near future, the a police pensioner, who gave chase the Government.
loss for the current year is likely and caught the accused in the nul-
Owing to the holidays the to be considerably less than that lah beside the hospital, market has hardly settled down for 1932, and the longer term out- The Magistrate warmly com to normal, and only a quiet busi- look for profits remains decidedly mended Inspector Fallon on his ness has been in most sections, favourable, Early resumption of good work,
There has been a fair amount preferred dividends is not anti-
of enquiry about, but quantities cipated, but accumulations will not have only been amall whilst bids; be hurdensome, as the issue is have generally been on a very small.
low basis
A few light whites and prints
88 18/16 (7) have been in request for Cal-
635-
23244
cutta, and several lots of fine CHINESE COTTON mulls have been booked for
Madras. Bombay has submitted 'enquiry; so far without result
MILLS REQUEST.
RUBBER STOCKS IN GREAT BRITAIN."
London,
The stocks of rubber, were"list- ed in London at 44,043 tona,on: June 24 showing an incrsise" '602 tons,' as compared with: t
The Liverpool stock on the same
4% Oficial | China and Hong Kong have $5,000,000 Loan Sought previous walk. 14 Oficial been inactive but one or two lines By Shanghai Association, 34 Nominal of poplins: have been placed for 1/6.1/16 Shanghai, and fancies have also
"Ante' was 69,272 tons, or 54′′ tona less than the week before, The 785 tons in London and 58.441 tons Shanghai, to-day stocks, on June 24, 1982, were 51,-
Averpool,
1/8 3/15/-been in demand for the. Straits, The Association of Chinese Cot 1/4 10/10 There has been a little enquiry ton Mills here fa requesting the
from the Near East in plain Central Bank of China to grant they 18 1/16 finishing cloths, whilst Egypt Chinese cotuon mills ~ loan of 18%
has shown interest in mulls and $5,000,000 in order to relieve them 84% 100% white shirtings, from business hardship, British Wireless Service
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair weather, with winds, As forecasted In the wes report issued from the Royal Opsar, vatory, this toor
West Africa and Morocco have Preliminary discussions have been boen quiet and though offers held with Mr. H. H, Kung, Governor have been received from Amer of the Central Bank. ca tor both prints and spelalities rangements may not Only a few tota have been placed, until the Chinese Finni ough / yarn a salesmen have Mr. T Y Boong.. rebus had a fair enquiry business in kings from Kuling
counts has been vary slow, GA gen
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