4,600,000
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
EXCHANGES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and
Finance
..£3,000,000 TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
£8,000,000 On London-
T. T. .£2,000,000
of Pro-
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
aborland Castiel
Kavond and Pali Paid 1,02,184 Kampires. Funda 1–
Everlig
Home Libility of Peopriate (3,00,000 WELD OFFICE, ROKO KONO.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:--
*. I Porca. Eng.
T. R. lin. Eng.
1.K. Banfield, Reg.
Dodwr!, Beq
E. Compton. Boy. Jon. Mr. ... Markie.
17. Mieklu, Ees.
Foo. h. 1. 3. Paternen.
1. A. Frammar, Jog.
J. M. Grayburn. Hoe
Okiel Mangat.
BILANCET-
LOXDOR
MALACCA
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.
Paid-up Capital
ЗАЛОКОК BATAVIA BOMBAT CALOUTTA
CANTON
САМИРОВА OXBU
BATTHONO HAMNURO MARKOW
DAN BEN
HO KOND
ITOR
MEDAI
NEW YORK
PENANG RANGOSI BATGOM
DEMARANG
1ERENBAR
L
AMOT
BANGZON
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
CASTOR
OULOMBG
DAFXEN
POCKE
HAMBURG
SATPHONO
BANKOW
RARKIN MORGESY
TLONA
1POR
FOBOL
XOER
ZOWLOON
Deputy Chairman.
KUALA LUMPOR
LYOKU
MANILA
MUAR (Joben)
KURDEN
NEW YORK
TETIKO
PENANO
BANGOON
BLIGOX
BAX FRANCZMOO
CHANGHAL
SINGAPORN
NOURABAYA
BUNGE PITAN
TIENTEN
TOL TO
THANGTAO YORONAMA
Oxarent Anne opened in Lonal Currency and Fixed Deporti ramai već dar nuo pot se shorter periode is Lomi Overstay and Burling ** bend which will ho qualed in appilasiing. Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1938.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Beadings of the shero Bank in malented
By the HONG KONG AND UNANSHAL BANK- Balon may hi shanized LE CORPORATION.
FOR FRA MONOKOLO AND SHAROMAI SALI CORPORATIOS.
V. M. GRATRUBK,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1988.
SAFETY FIRST 1
Te Safeguard Your Talusbi
and Jewelleries.
Deposit them in a Vanit
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 Qualiti.
You may obtain a Bade Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own me at a very modar ate Rental
Inspection Cordially Invited. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANE, LTD. Carper of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road. Central.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formana. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter. 1892.
Contri Bank in Formoss
-Ho avund Average amount To 45,00 TL On and after August 15th, 1933, the on Special Current rate of Interest Deposit will be at 2% pa. on dully balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application Maximum rate-1%).
LONDON BANIELS
Barclays Back, LA4.. Lloydı Bank trẻ Mind bank, Taman Bank, Lat.
The Bank Carterpondente in all ike_principai lal Conies throughout the world. L FAGURA,
SOXO LONG REANOR.
*
& Der Van Resad Damienă.
Ming Long, Devamine 14, 1981.
Mangar
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880,
Capital (fully pak"-up). Yen100,000,000 Reserve Fund ........Yen.121,250,000
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at: Alexandria
Bombay
Calcutta
Clanton
.
Dairen (Dalny)
Naguald
Nagora Newekwang
New York
Osaka
Paris
Potplug
Forties (Mulden) Rangoon Hamborg
Hankow
Rio de Janeiro Ben Franciaso Seattle Bemarang Shangha
Houg Honelala Hainking Karachi
Long
Bingapore
Boerabaya Brinay
Koba
London Manila
Los Angeles
мо
(12) Anterest, allowed
Tiantais Tokyo
•Tringtus
Depozita received for Azad
at raise to be obtained un'any
EL MORL
Hong Kong, Lith. Beptember, 200
Reserve Fund
Reserve Llability
prietors ...
ALOK STAR
AMERIKAN
Agencies and Branches:
COLOMBO
DELMI
Lora
KARACHI
KLANG
TOBE
KUALA LUMPUS
Foreign
KUCHING
MADRAS
MAXILA
TIETHIN
TOKOHAMA
ZAMBOANGA
COTTON, SILVER
AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations. NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS
New York, Nov. 15. Messrs. Asia Lands Ltd. have re cefved the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat, rubber, silk and silver exchangea| on the Commodity Exchange Inc. New York:
Closing Commodity November 14.
SILVER
Pricea
ОБ
Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. Jof New York:
Dollfuss Attacker
1/6
On demand
1/5
4 months' sight
1/5%
Credits 4 months'
sight
1/6%
On New York-
On demand
37
PRIFING (Paking!
Credits 60 days'
alght
NOW
On Parle-
On demand
580*
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
Credits 4 months'
HIMAWAN
eight
620
BOOBANAYA
TAIPING
On India-
TUNGKAN (İkukuť)
T. T.
94%
TEINOTAO
On demand
945
On Shanghai--
Exchange and General
On demand
110%
On Japan:-
On demand
11914
Dec.
On Manila-
On demand On Singapore
74
May 45.80 45.80
►
On demand On Batavia—
60%
On demand
651⁄2
Market
On Saigon-
RUBBER
On demand
68
Rubber:
Commodity Exchange
Inc. of New York:
152 Nam.
Nov. 13. Nov. 14.
Sovereigns bank buy-
December
8.71
8,90
1/556
March
9.18
9.40
18 9/16
May
9.45
9.70
July
9.70
9.94
Aver. Aver.
Dom.
30 Industrials 20 Rails
nom.
Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposita received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be qucted on application.
A. BREARLEY;
Manager. Hong Kong 17th November, 1922.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. On Bangkok-
Established 1912
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
Awikeriaal Capital (BE.E. Ourrway) ...$11,000,00
- 1.180,000 BRANCHES (
Chubben.
On demand
ing rate
Bar Silver per oz. Bar Silver in Hong
Kong Copper Cash
Kanghai, Bankow, Baga, Copper Cente
and Ban Francave.
LAKDON BANKREI.—
The Floyd's Bank, Zital bed.
DORESPONDENTS
la ali principal vitles of the World.
Faraigu Exchange mod banking business al wyty description amoled.
Sale Departs Batas (ruriman zima) 1) a poučky
LOOK POONG SEAN,
Chief Manager.
1% prem.
Rate of Native Interest 34% p.a. |Chinese SubCoin ... 344% die.
Hong Kong Sub. Coin pur.
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK LTD.
Nov. 13 Range Nov. 14 Range
44.80 44.85 44.00 44.05 Mar... 44.75 44.79 45.40 45.45 46.00 46.00
Total sales for the day:-
444 contracts of 719 contracts of 25,000 oz each 25,000 ozs each
Irregular,
Standard No. 1 "B" Contract. Total sales for the day:-
575 contracts 987 contracta.
NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE.
SUGAR.
Nov. 13 Range Nov. 14 Range Nov. 1.46 1.46 1.49% 1.50%
Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffes Exchange:
Nov. 13. Nov. 14. 1.16 1.18 1.22 1.21 1.27 1.27
National Bank Building, BA. Des Voeux Road, Contral
December March Authorized Capital $5,000,000.00
1,000,000.00 May
THE BANK OF EAST (Prid-up Capital
ASIA, LTD.
Head Ofles: Hong Kong.
No. 12, Des Voeur Road Central. Established: 1918
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital
Reserva and Undivided
Prosta
New York, London and Paris Agents;
Market:-Easy.
Rudolph Dertil, the 22-year-old Vi enna ex-soldier, who recently made an attempt to massinate Chancel for Engelbert. Dollfuss of Austria inflicting twe wounds on the states- man. Dertil, said to be an Austriar Nazi, fired at the Chancellor while pretending to present a petition.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday Dow Jones Averages
Last To-day's Change
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1933.
İFAMINE'S AFTERMATH
IN RUSSIA
(Continued from Page 5.)
soldiers
It may be that more will be sent to these districts by the Government. Even last year it was necessary to detail soldiers for work on State farms, the North-
ern Caucasus being among thr areas assisted in this way. This | experiment evidently gave good re- sults Voroshilov, the War Minister reported its success to the COR-1 gress of the Collectives Inst February. In spite of military aid, however, the gathering of crops
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC AUCTION. `
T
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction
ON
MONDAY, the 201h Nov, 1933, commenclug at 10.30 a.m.
at No. 1. Humphreys Building. Kowloon.
A Quantity of Valuable House- and Blackwood hold Furniture Ware.
On view from Sunday, the 19th.
will be attended with great difficul-November, 1933. ties on account of the lack of horses and machines.
o!
aro
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong. 15th Nov, 1933.
The burial of the viclima famine is conducted in the most primitive fashion. No trouble IF taken to identify those found lying |-- in the road, and the bodies
generate. A new population of buried on the spot on which thes peasants, without any resources of are found. Even in the villages, their own, would require such very often no trouble is taken enormous expenditure on the part convey the dead to the graveyard of the State for the supply of the They are buried in the courtyarda necessities for production that the where they have lain..
rehabilitation of these areas could only proceed extremely slowly.
It is possible that the number of people to be fed may.dwindle dur- the grave-lox the coming months faster in diggers seem to be always at work proportion than the area of sown disposing of bodies.
hand; for, as I have pointed out, were made much
Plan Of Peasant Repopulation
One le struck in all the ceme- teries by the great number of new
y-made graves, and
In order to restore agriculture in the autumn sowings those localities now decimated by when the population was famine it will be necessary to larger than it is now. If the dim- populate them anew. It is report-culties of gathering the crops can ed that a plan of repopulation is be overcome, it may be found that already in existence. It is pro- the famine has restored the food-
to transfer balance, .. 95.08 35.50 .48 down posed, for instance,
38.89 38.23 .66 down peasants from the Voronesh 20 Utilities.... 24.27 23.66 .55 down vince to that of Kuban. But such tion of the agrarian crisis in Rue- ..... 80.39 80.16 23 down a process would have to continue sin; that the balance between pro- Mesara, E. A. Pierce Co. Re for years before agriculture could duction and consumption may be port:-Obviously the market was be brought to a normal state.
40 Bonds
100
Enormous
Pro-
This, indeed, may be the solu
restored, not by increasing pro- not ready to go through the re-
agricultural riches duction, but by the annihilation of sistance established at just under have been wiped out by the destruc-millions of people who cannot be
by Dow Jones industrials, tion of huts,
out buildings, and fed by ruined agriculture. The action of rails was quite dis agricultural implements, and by appointing and we wonder whether the weed-ridden state into which three is not some special liquida- the Belds have been allowed to de- tion there that, perhaps, bas no-
thing to do with the current state We still believe that of business., the market will purchase at weak spots. Wheat: Nervous and Prices advanced with the
..... in sterling
bull
COTTON. Cotton: New York Cotton Exerratic,
advance
Nov. 13 Range Nov. 14 Range | motive, but lack of short interest Loans Dec. 9.89 9.90
Jan.
10.02 10.03
10.12 10.12
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. We offer facilities for the tranune- tion of general banking business, change: Foreign Exchange transacted. Blocks and bonda bought and sold. granted on approved securities.
9,96 9.06 LEE FANG. General Manager. Mar...10.14 10.15 10.26 10.26 May 10.27 10.27 10.39 10.39 July.10.38 10.38 10.53 10.53 Oct...10.57 10.57 10.71 10.71 Middling
$10,000,000.00
5,598,500,00
THE BANK OF CHINA.
1,812,000.00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Bir Shanson Chow, Chairman.
Li Koon Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Eng.
Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Li Lan Bang, Esq. Pan Hiu Cho, Esq. Wong Chu Bon, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Daq.
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Là Tam Fong, Esq., Manager.
Correspondents in all principal cities of the World.
Every Cescription of Banidag and Exchange business transacted. La granted on approved securities.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
THER
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.
End Olles-55, Broadway. New York.
Capital Surplus
Reserves
„13.8.$6,600,000,00 UBL 1,667,089.17 U.8.$1,718,979.67
BRANCHESĝom
danes
Mexico City
Heidelber
Parla
Palima
Farmina
Vandaa
Branches of American Express Cam- pany in Principal cities of United Btates of America and Canada.
All clans of Gummercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Spot 10.10
10.25 CHICAGO WHEAT. Wbent: Chicago Board of Trade: Nov. 13. Nov. 14. 911⁄4 91% 94% 95 9244 9234
Reorganised October 28, 1928, under special charter of The National Gov- Jernment as RN
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK
December Subscribed Capital ....$25,000,000.00 May Paid-Up Capital .$24,710,200.00 July
. 8,820,505.82 ||
Reserve Funds
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
ПONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the im- porlant commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to
our cliente special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.
We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chin- ese Government both at home and abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager. Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE).
18, Gracechurch Messi, London, K.04.
Authorised Capital ....£8,000,000 Subscribed Capital ..... 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital
1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest. 1,246,735
The Bank of Kagioni à Midland Bank, Tél. TRAXOHER1
Bangkok
Kandy
Celonins
Oulunte
.
Kuala Lipia
• Kuala Lump
Eng
Del Galle
Blowish
New York
Pori Lale
Kannins (Pahane) Biza Madras
Singapor
KONG KONG BRANOR, Ivory_dow{polen af Basiding and Exahangs lmd.
Travalioss Chorus jamál.
Trustee and Executorships under- taken.
INTEREST alować 'ne Dermust Anovunde and Piasi Dapenčia at Lake that may, be smartgined |
J. B. BOSH,
5, Quam's Hová Centesi.
Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1933,
Total sales for the day--
30,000,000
bushels
30,000,000 bushels
LONDON EXCHANGES.
Montreal
Brussels
Genevo
Amsterdam
Madrid •******
Lisbon Athens
makes the market vulnerable to realising. Cotton: Europe bought freely and this, with speculative buying easily absorbed Southern hedge selling. Prices later de- clined on selling precipitated by profit-taking, althought trade sup port caused a rally. Silver: The market opened firm, alded by con- tinued strength at Shanghai and talk of remonetisation, The ad- vance attracted profit-taking and support was feeble, prices receding: very sharply. Periodic adjust- iments of the technical position
may be expected.
Business Done:--2,170,000 sharon.
Last To-day's Price Pric
Allied Chemical & Dye 134% 134%
Anaconda Copper Min-
RE
Chase National Bank 21% 20%
Curtias Wrights
Du Font de
ent de Nemours
Ensiman Kodak pasan
..
The End- Earlier articles appeared in The China Mall an Nov. 13 and 14.
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN COMMENCING TO-DAY
A DOUBLE ATTRACTION !
ON THE SCREEN
A MYSTERY THRILLER WITH A
SURPRISE CLIMAX,
THE SHADOW"
London, Yesterday,
Air Reduction
Paris New York
81 31/32
104 102
5.281⁄4
American Can
5.201⁄2
American Smelting
23.01
American Tel & Tel
01 91% 47/% 46% 118
11714
American Tobacco "E" 72%
7234
16.58
American Waterworks 19%
18%
7.95%
Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo Vienna Prague
60 15/16 13.45
154
15
Auburn
43
414
Bendiz Aviation
14
1444
19.39%
Borden Co.
29
227
22.40.
Canadian Pacific
12% 1244
19.90
J. I. Case
72%
29
Caterpillar Co.
2214
108%
Chrysler Motors
48%
Helsingfors
226%
Consolidated Gas of
39 9/16,
N. Y.
71% 224
42张村
38% 3774
2% 2%
105
80% 80%%
565 25354
74
78%
16%
235
15%
20% 20%
36%
38%
81% 31
11%
17%
40%
14% -142
SUPERB
84%
28%
28
GYMNASTIC
214
2114
-BALL DANCE
48% 49%
211 2017
MODERN
DANCING
154
CUP GAMES
14%
Electri
18%
17
*25%
HUMAN FROG
DARE DEVIL
7
40%
Bucharest Belgrade
Rio
Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay Shanghai
Hong Kong Yokohama
Silver Spot Silver Forward Warloan 84%
4 Official
481⁄2 Official 36 Official 1/561/64 1/8 9/16 1/5 3/16 1/2% .... 19 9/16
'18 11/16 100.5/16
༔
Electric Auto-lite Co. 15 Electric Bond & Share 16 Electric
5 Power & Light (76)
Foods
Motorn
Gillette Bafely
Gold Dust Internat Harvester Internat Tel & Tel Liggett & Myers
Loew's Inc
Werd Montgomery National Biscuit de National City Bank -British Wireless Service. National Dairy Pro-
ducta
Elevator Pacine GLB &
Motors anla Rly. Radio Corpn... Sears Roebuck Standard Brands Standard Gas ...
MSHANGHAI COTTONS.
SEWING MACHINES Best Makes
New Conversion Issue.
Mesars, Ellis & Edgar liave ro ceived the following telegram-from_
Oil Co of
Pataonal invmaiznani açpomats |Trendla Models from H. K. 290.......their agents, Messta. S E. Lovarica
handled.
Company offery intending Hare the use of its "Travelers **** · ́and Letters of Orádit and, tition, tha world-wide survien thoroughly equipped Travel De-
Also the latest PORTABLE ELECTRIC MODELS
HELMUT NOCHT
French Bydidingi #
Queen's Road C...
TAL 21291.
24
#236*
WITH
ELIZABETH ALLAN * HENRY KENDALL
JOHN TURNBULL & SAM LIVESAY.
A BRITISH PICTURE
ON THE STAGE
AT 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. ONLY. THE WORLD FAMOUS ACROBATIC
TROUPE
ABELLO"
NOVELTIES
66
Corpn...
Carbide & Car
44 Corpn 14% 25% 5%%
-4344-48%
110% 108
434 14% 25
Ba
4212
41%%%
NEVER SEEN BEFORE
and Co. of Shanghai:-Shanghai Coltons are reducing their shares bon from Tis, 50 to $50; besides issuing Union Pacifie 120,000 new shares, giving share United Air & Trange holders the option to take up one
Gorph new against one old· abaro, at 325 United States Steel *** or return capital cash. $25, The Westinghouse F. scheme has been very well received by the market.
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