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Merting⇓.500.000
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HEAD OFFICE, HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS sou
1. 3. Parma, Bey
T. 1. Aban, Log.
Deputy Chairman.
TAK. Bonald, Baq.
1.1.Dodwell, Jag.
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ON THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHA! PASKING CORPORATIOR.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.
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......$8,000,000 |
£3,000,000
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priators
£3,000,000|
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and
General
KUALA LUMPOS
Banking business transacted.
THE CHINA MAIL.
and
Commerce
Finance
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Nov. 8. Dow Jones Averages.
Last To-day's Changes. Aver. Aver.
30 Industrials 95.54 98.40 86 up 20 Rails....
39.43 39.85 .42 up 24.53 20 Utilities
42.02 .09 up 40 Bonds 4. 81.74 81.54 20 down : Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Be real excite port:-"Most of the inerit appears to be confined to the The foreign exchange markets.
reason for only apparent
the strength of stocks is the old story
COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations.
NEW YORK -COMMODITY MARKETS
New York, Nov. 10. Messrs, Ania Lands Ltd. have re- ceived the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat, rubber, silk and silver exchanges on the Commodity Exchange Inc New York:-
Closing Commodity Prices on November 9.
SILVER.
Nov. 9 Range 43.35 49.85
of inflation, coupled with the usual Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. reports that the Administration is of New York: more determined than ever to raise
Nov. 6 Range commodity prices. Wheat: Advanc-Dec... 42.95 42.95 Current Accounts opened, and Fixing sterling and the cheaper Dollar Mar... 43.65 43.70 ed Deposita received for one year or encouraged buying. Trade was May
.. 44.15 44.15 ibertar pariode at rates which will be broader and there were fair exports. Total sales for the day:- quoted on application.
Cotton: Demand broadened per- 613 contracts of A. BREARLEY, ceptibly, coming from Europe, do 25,000 ozs each
speculative mestic spinners and
Market-Irregular. The strength of sterling was a big factor." Silver: The
Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1981.
sources.
44.00 44.05 44.40 44.70
758 contracts of 25,000 ozs each
RUBBER. Rubber: Commodity Exchange
Nov. 8 Nov. 9.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD: continued talk regarding possible Inc. of New York:
Established 1918.
Head Offer:-Hong Kong,
Akiknešaud Osplină (IX. Quiranty) ....W),m,b00 Pull-Up Dupli Sri Petar
remonetisation created pullish senti ment. Trading was heavy, setting December a new volume record.-Reuter. March Business Done:-2,900,000 shares. May Last To-day's July Price Price
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Yen 121,250,000
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Capital (fully paid-up) Yen100,000,000
Reserve Fund
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Branches and Agencies str
Aletandria
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Dairen (Dalny)
Nagasa
Нигора Newchwang
Reserve and Undivided
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$10,000,000.00 Gillette Safety
Bir Shouson Chow, Chairman.
LA Koop Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Shck, Esq.
Li Lan Bang, Esq.
Pan Hin Chd, Eng.
Wong Chu Son, Esq.
Kas Ying Po, Esq.
City Bank
Otha Elevator
Radio
30%
Standard Oil Co. of N.J. 434
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief. Manner Trans-America
Li The Fong, Esq., Manager,
442
8.54 8.90
8.97
9.99
9.23
9.67
9.47 9.88
Standard No. 1 "B" Contract. (Contracts of 10 tons each). Total sales for the day:—
679 contracts-1,159 contracts. NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1933.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL.
P. O. Box 93. Tel. 57777.
Headmaster C. B. R. Sargent, M.A.
THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR starts on MONDAY. Novem- iber 27th. There will be B Iow vacancies in certain classes. Ap plications should be sent in as soon as possible. Entry forms and |prospectused may be obtained at the
school or by written application.
New boys will be texted on SATURDAY, November 25th, at 9 a.m.
The British Floancial Commission, who have been confer ring in Washington with_oficials of the United States Admins- tration, on war debla. Left to right sṛe, - Bir-Frederick W. Leith-Rosa, Chief “Economie Adviser to the British Government, Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to Washington, and Mr. T. K. Bewity.
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the
can be towed to safety. In upper stretches of the West River it frequently becomes necessary for the crews to polo, lift, and pull the motor boats over the shallow places, all the passengers and cargo
DIFFICULTIES OF THE tack the disabled craft before they
WEST RIVER
Changing Channels, Shifting Sands. STRANDED BOATS EASY PREY OF BANDITS
SEWING MACHINES
Best Makes
Trendle Models from H. K. $90.—
Also the latest
PORTABLE ELECTRIC MODELS
HELMUT NOCHT
French Building.
5,' Queen's 'Raad C. Tel. 21291.
STEEL COULSONS' BILLIARDS.
being unloaded and the empty boat Pereira And Gill Record moved ahead by sheer man power.
It occasionally takes boats two and three weeks to cover dis- Lance that may ordinarily be tra- velled in less than a week.
A West River Storm
Useful Breaks.
In the Steel Coulsons' Billiards (League last night the Palace Hotel, the favourites, won all their gumen One of the severest storms in against the Artillery with 298 the history of Sam Shul swept
[From Our Own Correspondent.}
A foreigner who just completed the trip reports that the waters of the West River above Wuchow in
through that district of the West points in hand. Kwangsi Province are unusually River in Kwangtung Province on The highest breaks were recorded low, owing to the long period of Monday. The storm started at ap- by Pereira (48) and GII (47). Nov. 8 Nov. 9. dry weather that the district has proximately 6 o'clock in the moro-
A. J. Osmund, the Colony Cham- |ing and lasted for hours. The 2.30 1.80
been passing through.
Native velocity of the wind was tremen-pion, did not play, but was an in- 1.95 1.36
motor boats are unable to travel dous, and the rala came down in tercated spectator. 1.40 1.40
turrents.
St. Patrick's Club and the Royal during the night because of the
Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee Exchange:
10.05 Spot, 9.90
CHICAGO WHEAT, Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:
Nov. 8 Nov. 9. 884 9144 91
95 88% 9214
Total sales for the day:
30,000,000 bushels
10,000,000
bushels..
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
At Sai Nam and other
places
many dangerous presented by large trees were torn up by the Engineers staged a thrilling con- rapids, sand bors, and rocks, roots and boats, large and smail, test on the former's tables, ench which exist in great numbers along were at the mercy of the wind, aide winning three games.
Sampans and other Small the route of travel from Nanning to could not venture out at all, and
craft St. Patrick's, -however, anatched
Wuchow.
•
were
Results:-
*
(a surprise victory on aggregate by as a result passengers on boata The West River in
the main travelling on the North River could the narrow margin of 9 points. to
Kwangsi not Avenue of entrance
disembark al jutermediate Province from the coast, and overpoints along the river and
Palace Hotel 900 R.A. Sgta 502 this route pasa tens, of shipping. forced to continue on to Sam Shuf.
St. Patricks 812 R.E. Sgts 803 flag,
C.P.O.'s Steamers, flying the British
Garrison Sgts. 820 A passenger on one of the larger
Mess 679 ply between Hong Kong and Wu-tow-boata running from Sr Ool to chow, and above Wuchow passen- Sam Shul tells of the panic-stric-| gera and cargo are transported by ken passengers trying to get out small, motor-driven boats of shal- of the craft when it nearly capsiz- low draught. Large tow-boats al-ed as a result of receiving the full no carry freight and, passengers blast of the wind. It was neces- inland.
sary for the entire crew of the boat,
Major-General and Mrs. 0. to line one side of the craft with Borrett, and Lieutenant Mears re longpoles to keep the boat from turned from Shanghai by the M.M.
received
8.8. Athos IL
Wrecks and Bandits
During the dry season the river turning over, when she' presenta a problem to the native the full force of the wind on enter- boat people, and a yearly toll of ing the West River from the North wrecks, disabled and stranded craft River.
Air Reduction
.102% 104
1,160,00
Allied Chemical & Dye.130
130
DO
011
American Smelting
48%
47%2
American Tel. & Tel..118% American Tobacco "B" . 76
116
784
American Waterworks 20%
201
Anaconda Copper Mining 15
Auburn
Bendix Aviation
on
43
15 43
Nov. 8 Range Nov. 9 Range Nov, 1.41 1.44 1.16 1.48
SUGAR.
Borden Co.
224
14%% 234
134 136
70%
Caterpillar Co.
HAM
71%
214
21
21%
21+
December
Chrysler Motors
43%
43%
March
Curtis Wright....
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 414
40'
May...
2%
Da Pont de Nemours
Market:-Firm.
80%
804
Hartman Kodak
74% 75
COTTON,
Electric Auto-lite Co.
10%
15%
Electric Bond & Share
18%
17%
Cotton New York Cotton Ex- change:
general e
General Electric
Electric Power & Light 5%
BIL
2144
General
General Fooda
30%
21% Dec.
30%
General Motors
30%
30% Jan.
124
T1
Mar.
9.77 9.77 .. 0.91 9.98
Nov. 8 Range, Nov. 9 Range 9.68 9.69 9.88 9.80 9.91 9.91 10.06 10.08
Dust 5,598,600.09 Internat. Harvester
Internat. Tel. & Tel. 1,112,000.00 Liggett & Myers "B
17% 18 16
94
13%
14
May.10.06 10.05 July...10.18 10.18
844
$67
Loew's Inc.
30%
20%
Oct ...10.38 10.88 Middling
10.21 10.22 10.35 10.30 10.53 10.68
Montgomery Ward
20%
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:...
National
National Biscuit
4974 432%
22% 214+
National Dairy Prod.
1436
15%
13%
146
Moto
Motors
3
9%
December
Rly.
May
7% 10%
Sears Roebuck
จบ
July
Standard Brands
24%
AM
24
Standard Gas
912
0%
cony
Lexus Corti Corpn..
43%
2434
25%
13%
13%
Carbide & Carbon 42%
48%
1104 United Air & Transport 334 United Corpn.
6% Correspondenta in all principal sition United States, Stee! 423 of the World.
*Westinghouse E. & M., 38%
Bib, XD~
Union Pacific
38%
On London-
5%
T. T.
38%
On demand
1/5 1/8
4 months' sighț ....... 1/5% Credits 4 months'
sight
1/5%
On New York-
On demand
Credita 60 days'
sight On Paris
854
NOM
On demand
572%
1,000,000.00
Credita 4 months'
sight On India---
612
T. T.
94
On demand
94%
||On Shanghai
On demand ........ 110%
Loans On Japan:--
On demand..... 116 On Manila...
Paris
New York
London, Yesterday,
81 7/82 5.00%
On demand
714
Montreal
5.05
On Bingupère.....
Brussels
22.77
On demand
60%
Geneva
On Batavia
On demand
55
Amsterdam Milan
18.70 7.88 60%
On Safron
Berlin
On demand
574
Stockholm
On demand
132 nom.
Copenhagen Oslo Vienna
18.88 19.89% 22:40 19,98
1/6%.
Frague
107
Helsingfors
1226
"Madrid
88%
Lizbon
105
Athena
545
Bucharest
585
2811
4% O.R.
OR
Every description of Barking - and Exchange business transacted. Lo Tanted on approved securities. Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
EAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
TEIR
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANE, LTD.
National Bank Building, BA, Des Voeux Road, Central
www.
| AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Authorized Capital $5,000,000.00
INC.
Road Oficată, Broadway, New York.
Capital
.U.8.26.000.000.00
Surplus Reservas
. U BLI1,887,088,17 ‚U.&$1,716,978,87
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:
Yougtion (Mukden) Rangoon
Hamburg.
Hankow
Harbin
Hoa xoan Honolulu Hainking Karachi
Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco
Beattie
Semarang
Ebangbal
Singapore
Волгавара
Kobe
Bydney
Tientsin
Tos Angeles.
Janila
Tokyo
Leaden
Hong Kong, 11i
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Parle
Paiping Pelima
Taormina
Branches of American Bayeses. Com- pany in Principal elties of: United States of America and Canada.
- All classes of Commercial Bankdar Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment, accomaže. handled. "
Company offeri
the me of it! and Letters of
Paid-up Capital
New York, London and Paris Agents:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY.
We offer facilities for the tranzac- {tion of general banking business. transacted. Stocks
Sold
Foreign Exchange and
and bonds
granted en approved securities
LEE FANG, General Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA, 行銀中
Reorganised October 28, 1928, under).
special charter of The National Gov-| On Bangkok-- ernment as an
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INTERNATIONAL
BANNE
Schieribed Capital Paid-Up Capital Reserva. Funds
Sovereigns 'bank buy.. ..$25,000,000.00. ing rate
$24,710.200.00 Bar Silver per oz - 18 9/16 *****$ 8,820,505.23 Bar Silver in Hong
HEAD OFFICE; SHANGHAY
HONG KONG › BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central..
Owing to our numerous branches in | China and large connections in the ima portant commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our Intanding cliania special faciliting for damsalão
syalary and foreign' banking: and, exchanges. Credit and, 20 We also handle the", isme Bonds
and other Puble Foods
*Chin• Government both at home a and
abroad.
BHDU 1, CHEN,
·Manager.
Kong..
Copper Cash
Copper Conta
nom.
HỌN.
*... 1% prem.
Rate of Native Interest 8%% pa Chinese BubTM Coin 844% dis. Hong Kong Bub. Coin par,“
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in collected by the waters of the West River. The river above Wu-
Trains Belated
News In Brief.
C.
The annual drill display of the Hong Kong Fire Brigade will take place in the compound of the new Sam Shui ie the West River No. 2 Police Station, Lockhart chow is uncharted and pilots have terminus of the Sam Shut-Canton Road, Wanchai, at 7 pm. on Wed- only their memory of the position rallway, and all trains arriving innesday, November 22.
were
H.E. the of the channel to rely upon when Sam Shui were several hours be-Governor and Lady Peel will attend. guiding the boats. Shifting sand-hind schedule as a result of the bars frequently change the chan- fierce wind and torrents of, rain."
A total of 11,954 cases nel, and as a result boats are left All boat traffic out of. Sam Shui treated during the month of Octo stranded, much to the incon-wan at a standstill; and as a result ber in the New Territories by the venience of the passengers. hundreds of people arriving on the St. John's Ambulance Brigadd Sometimes boats stranded on belated trains were forced to stay Medical Branch, of which 3,965 sandbars become the easy prey of in Sam Shul for, the day. All the were new cases and 133 maternity' bandits, who, sweep down and at-jinns were taxed to capacity: The leases.
LONDON · EXCHANGES.
Belgrade Rio Buenos Aires Montevideo
Bombay Shanghai
88 Nom.
storm evidently followed a clearly
defined path, because for a wide An excellent display of talent, area around Sam Bhui the gale was both amateur and professional, was very severe, whereas near Canton giver last night at the King's Thea the storm was of very much less tre at the Chinese concert organised neverity."
by the Chinese Company of the Officers on board the Tai Ming, Hong Kong Police Reserve, under one of the British-owned steamers the patronage of the Inspeétor. running from Hong Kong to Wu General of Police, the Hon. Mr. El chow, also tell of heavy weather D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G. encountered on Monday afternoon,
as a result of which the steamer Mr. D. W. Munton, of the China was late in arriving. One of the Light and Power Company, whose officers says that it was the worst car knocked down and killed an storm he has met on the Hong elderly Chinese in Waterloo Road on Kong-Wuchow run, The Tai Ming the night of October 18, was yea- had to battle with the elements terday: convicted by Mr. Wynne during the whole of the trip from Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy on Kong Moon to Hong Kong The charge of negligent driving and rain blew in 'on all alden in sheets, bound over in a sum of $250 for some of the cabins: having several 12 months.. inches of water in them--From Our Special Correspondent.
Personal Pars.
wirst Church of Christ,
Scientist, Hong Kong, announces a free public lecture on Christian o [Selence, to be given in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel, on Among the yesterday Passengers Friday, December 8, at 6.45 p.m... who arrived on the BALE. PEM- entitled: "Christian Beleness: What preas of Rusala" yesterday morn. It Is And How It Works," by Pater ing was Judge P. Graft-Jones, of V. Rose, 0.8.B. at San Francisco, the British Court, Shanghai, who a Member of the Board of Lecture has come to Hong Kong for the ship of The Mother Church, T allting of the Full Couffin Mone Flest Church of Christ. Belentiat, ritlab. Wirelona Barrice, dar next. .....
Boston, Massachuset
Hour Mong
Yokohama
"Allver-Spot""
Forward
War Loa che
1/8 11/16 1/5 5/16 1/2 5/1600 18 9/10
18 11/16 180/16/18