BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Arland Capital ..........
Lavent pl Polly Paid-up
Banco Fienda :-----
Sterling
4,500,000
Beserva Liability al Proprietors - Già,001,100 BEAD OFFICE, HONG KONG.
BOLAD OF DIRECTORS. —
J.
Padres, Das.
Chairanes.
T.". Is Hhas, Eng.
Deputy Chairs Hon.
1.. Bold, Rag.
1
Dodwel. Log.
E. Gampton, Ket. Sop. Mr. ... Markle,
ANDY MXGXOX BATAVIA TON HAY CALCUTTA -GASTON
CHIFOO DOLOKO
DAIREN
HAIPHONG
KARBUNG
HANKOW
HARBIN
KOOLEY
FLODO
IPOM
2080
KORE
KOWEDOX
1. Klabin, og
BM, 1.2, Patarven.
2. &. Planet. Res
V. M. Gerbera. Res.
Chist Manager.
BRANCAT
KUALA LUMPUR
LONDON
LTON
MALADI
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Encorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Beverve Fand
Reserve Liability of Pro
priators
5,000,000 £8,000,000
£3,000,000
Agencia and Branches:
ALOR STAR
IUCHING
MADRAS
AMRITTAN
BANGBOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALOUTTA DAXTON DAWXFORD ORBU COLOMBO
DELBI
NAHONG
NAMBUNG
MAKILA
XZDAX
NEW IGNI
PERANO
PRIPING (Paling
BAKUON
BALDON
EKXARANG
JEREMBAN
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
LETIAWAN
SOURARATA
TAIPING
TONGZAK (Blaket)
BANKOW
кока кома
STATLO
MUAB (Jəki
IPOK
KARACHI
LNE
TWINGTAO
O
KUALA LUMPUR
TOKOHAMA ZAMBOANGS
Foreign Etchange
General
MULDER
NEW TOP
PEXAXO
BARGOON
ALFOON
BHANGEL
SAN FRANĢIS00
KINGATUR
BOURABAYA
KUNOZI PATANJ
TENTSIE
TOKYO
TGINGTAO
YORORAMA
Banking business transacted.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1933.
THE CHINA MAIL.
„To Be U. S. "Devil's Island”.
and
Commerce
Finance
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York. Yesterday
Dow Jones Averagés.
Last To-day's. Changes. Aver. Aver.
30 Industrial: 95.50 84.85 38.23 87.34 20 Rails 20 Utilities 23.00 23.31 80.10 78.76 40 Bonds
COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS
New York, Nov. 16. 1.14 down
Mesara. Asia Lands Ltd. have re- .80 down ceived the following quotations on .35 down the New York cotton and wheat. 41 down rubber, silk and silver exchanges Metera. E. A. Pierce & Co. Ré. on the Commodity Exchange Inc..
New York:- port:-There was little of outside
Closing Commodity Prices on interest on the market and we think November 15. it is ignoring the fluctuation in for- eign exchange. There is said to be a continued flight from the Dollar)
Current Accounts opened and Fir-and it looks as though the heaviness ed Depozita received for one year of shorter periods at ratex which will be of the bond market was quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY.
Manager.
Hong Kong. 17th November, 1982
and Fland Deposits recared for one pole var to Lom! and backing
Demant Amoenie opovať in Lanal Charter
factor in stock-market
more a
sentiment
SILVER
Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York:
Nov. 14 Range Nov. 15 Range Dec....14.80 44.85
44.70 44.70 45.45 45.50 45.85 45.85
Mar... 45.40-45.45 May 46.00 46.00 Total sales for the day:
•
than the President's gold policy. 719 contracts of -- 681 contracts of Wheat: Uncertainty with regard 25,000 or each
to Washington developments in- duced liquidation and curtalled
Warter ported Caste THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. buying. Routine news was ineffec- Inc. of New York:
Borg Konz. 22nd May, 1988.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Dance of the abery Basă le vondsstað
By the HOTO RŐJŰ LAÐ UMANOKAI BANK- Babas way he obtained LS CORPORATION.
FOR TEN RONGIÓNU LED SKARBHAJ ALSKIES CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Hong Kong. 24th April, 1933.
SAFETY FIRST 1
To Bateraard Your Valusblam and Jewdlierian,
Deponit them is a Vazh
that is really: FIRE PROOF BURGLAR PROOF DAMP PROOF 1 OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con- structed to provide all of these Im- portant Qualities.
You may obtain Safe Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own une at a very moder. ate Rental
Izspection Cordially invited THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Corner of Lee House Street and Des Voens Road, Central
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINEO.)
Head officE:-Taipeh, Formona. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter. 1829.
Catal Beds in Portion
Bak-Katon amand ársrags s
Katablebed 1912.
Elend Office:~~Hong Kong.
Akbarian Capll (8.X. Carrvany) ..-431,400,000 Pull-Up Onatial ma
Meserve Funds 1,300,000
BRANCH 4 :-
Chen H, Fengsel, Baslow, Bangkok,
and San Francilano.
LONDON HAVEER? –
The Idayd's Buck, Limited. CORRESPONDENTS
In all petucipal vibing of the World. Forviga Kushangy sad banking businam at Wals Departs Bone (variem altos) el a poorly rental of trees-30 to $48.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Band Offer: Bong Kong.
No. 12, Des Voeux Road Centrál Established: 1918.
Authorized Capital raid-up Capital
Reserve and Undivideć
Profita
tive.
Exports were large and the
December statistical position is improving.
March Cotton: Selling increased after a May instruc- July higher opening, partly on
from tions
Liverpool sources.
987 contracts - 910 contracts
NATIONAL SILE EXCHANGE.
Standard No. 1 "D" Contract. There was also some profit-taking Total sales for the day--- and hedge selling. Speculative de- mand is less aggressive and Trade buying increased Of set-backs. {Silver: The market is erratic, op- tions fluctualing 1.50 points. The violent fluctuation reflects the un- certainty surrounding present con- ditions affecting silver.
Business Dane:-1,330.000 shares.
Nov. 14 Range Nov. 15 Range Nov...1.49% 1.50% 1.49 1.51
SUGAR
Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee Exchange:
Nov. 14. Nov. 15.
Last Today's December .... 1.13 Price Price
March
1.21 1.27 May
'A view of grim Alcatras Inland. in San Francisco Bay, which is to be used as a place of incarceration for desperadoes rounded up by the government in Ita anti-crimé cám. paiga Formerly a military orison, the island lase altunted that escape from it is impossible, socording to Attorney General Cummings (right), who announced the plan. The Urschel kinnip "gang may be
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
25,000 ozs each
Rubber:
Market: Steady.
RUBBER
Commodity Exchange
Nov. 14. Nov. 15.
On 'London-
8.90 8.97
T. T.
1/4/%
9.40
9.48
On demand
1/4%
9.70
9.78
4 months' sight
1/5
0.04
10.00
Credits 4 months'
sight
1/5
On New York---
On demand
373%
Credits 60 days'
sight
On Paris-
On demand
Credits 4 months'
sight
NOW
5777/2
6172
On India---
T. T.
94
1.10
On demand
94
1.19
On Shanghai-
1.25
On demand
110%
On Japan:-
On demand
119
On Manlle—
On demand
.. 744'
On Singapore- p/ph
On demand
... 59%
On Batavia-
On demand
50
.10.39 10.39 .10.68 10,53
10.41 10.42
On Saigon-
10.55 10.55
On demand
574
...10.71 10,71 10.73 10.73
On Bangkok-
On demand
10.25
Sovereigns back buy-
27%
2%
Du Pont de Nemours
1/64
80%
8014
Eastman Kodak
73
69
Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:
Bar Silver per oz.
18%
Electric Auto-lite Co. Electric Bond & Share Electric Power & Light
15%
15
Nov. 14. Nov. 15.
Bar Silver in Hong
151
15%
December
8
B
May
91% 95
89%
Kong
nom.
92%
Copper Cash
General Foods
[General Electric
20%
20
July
9234
90%
30%
Copper Cents
General Motors
31
31
305
11 11%
174
178
40,000,000 bushela
Ar Reduction.
.....
Market: Qulet.
COTTON.
Cottons New York Cotton
Allied Chemical & Dye American Can
102% 103 .134% 134
01
91
American Smelting
46%
45%
American Tel. & Tel.
1174
117%
Aerican Tobacco """
72
7244
change:
American Waterworks
18%
184
Anaconda Copper Mining 15%
154
Auburn
41
40%
Bendix Aviation
144
13
Borden Co.
224 22
ba
124
12
71
2214 22
$10,000,000.00 Canadian Pacific
5,508,600.00 J. 1. Cane.....
Caterpillar Co.
2,812,000.00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:--
Sir Shonson Chow, Chairman.
LA Koop Chan, Eaq.
P. E. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yan Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Li Lan Bang, Esq.
Pun Hin Cho, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kan Tong Po, Esq. Chief Manager.
Li Tre Fang, Esq” Manager.
Correspondents in all principal cities|
On and after August 15th, 1933, the
Current! on Special rate Interest Deposit will be at 2 pa on daily if the World. balance and the fate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application. (Maximum rate-1%).
LONDON BANKZKA,
Bardays Bank, kilk, Ilayda Beck, Lia, Midland Bank, Lad., Westminster Back, LM.
The Bhak hop Cérappóndante in all in prinsipul Jail Coins throughout the world. L. ESGURE.
Kangw
Every Cescription of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loma granted in approved Ventriti
Urpoin Borsi To Já.
KAN TONG PO,
Chial Manager.
Chase National Bank Chrysler Motors
Consolidated
Gas of N.Y.
Curtiss Wright
Gillette
Safety
Gold Dust Internat. Harvester Internat Tel. & Tel.
& Myers " grett
Montgomery Ward National Biscuit National City Bank National Dairy Prod. Otia Elevator Pacific Gas & Electric Packard Motors
Rly. Pennsylvania Pennay Hadlo Seara Roebuck
Standard Brands Standard Gas
Nov 14 Range, Nov. 15 Range Dec. 10.02 10.09 10.05 10.06 Jan....10.12 10.12 10.14 10.14 10.27 10.27 Mar...10.20 10.26 May
69% July
Oct.
20%+ 18+ 434xx 43% 97% 37
Middling
Spot .10.25
CHICAGO WHEAT.
35% Total sales for the day!-
40 39%
R$
14% 8241
2844 28
287
4334
20%
44%
20% 201
Oil Co. of N.J. 48% 44%
acuum Corpn. . 14%.
Техая Согра Trans-America
30,000,000
bushels
LONDON EXCHANGES.
8.02 615/16
London, Yesterday.
Paris
82 21/32
15% 1524
New York
5.40
14% 14%
1736
10% 3
Montreal
5.32
Brussels
23.17%
20
257%
Geneva
18:58
17
771%
Amsterdam
10%
23%
24%
Milan
814
Berlin
13.6%
Stockholm
. 19,39
15% 25%
Copenhagen
22.40
Oslo
19,90
5%
43
Vienna'
129
INC.
United Corpn.
United
Afr & Transport 33%
108% 106
Prague
· 108/
814
Helsingfors
9264
51%
6%2
́Hand Ollons-465, Broadway.
United States Steel ....... 41% Westinghouse E. & M. 87%
41
Madrid
39 15/16
97
'Lizbon
107
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE -BAKI,
Athens
165
XD
LIMITED.
Established 1888,
Capital Surplus Reserves
„U HAK,000,000.00 U.B.31,887,089,17 “U.6.$1,718,979,07
Bucharest
B45
Belgrade Elo
"285
1 O.R.
48%. O.,
Reserve Fund
Capital (fully pak-up) Yen100;090,000|
Yen.121,250,000
BRANCHES -
Gemen
56
Mexico City
ĐÓNG TƯỜNG IRAGE
4. Des Tams Bead Bostonk
King Kaki Drobber 26, 1001
Houd Office:+-TOKOHAMA,
Branches and Agencies xt: Alexandria
How.bay
Okkeutta
Caston
Duran (Dathy)
- Nagoya
Nawchwang
New York
Palping
Wangtian (Mallen) Rangoon
Hamburg
Hankow
Harbin
Kong
HOLE Honelalu
R nin
Karachi
Manila Moj
-His-da, Janeiro San Francisco Battl
rabas to be obtained
Hong Kong, 11th Beptember, 1993.
Union Carbide & Carbon 43%
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Union Pacifie
Branches of Americaál Expense Cors pany in Principal cities of United States of Americs and Canada.
All eingres of Gamercial Banking Transactions undartákom,
Bompany allers
and Lettery of Gradit-und
+ BID xx October, sales totalled 84,170 compared with 3,288 for October lant year,
-XDIV.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
Rear drised Október 25, '1928, under
special "charter"of "The National Gov
ernment sa AN....
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK
Buenos Aires
"Montevideo
Bombay
Yokohama
1/5 1/32
178% '1784
Shanghai
Hoat rong
1/2 3/32
Silverspot
18%
Forward War Loan
18% *00%* British Wireless Service,
CONFERENCE.
Subscribed Capital ....820000000.00 BATAVIA RUBBER
Paid Up Capital Reserve Funds
,$24,710,200.00
*** 8,820,505.83 LIKES
-HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
HONG KONG BRANCH”
4, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our makezous branched fai
ing rate
133 nom.
... nom.
1% prem. Rate of Native Interest 82% pa Chinese Sub. Coin 34% dis. Hong Kong Suh Coin par,
RAFFLES PROHIBITED BY GOVERNMENT
Blow To Charitable Organisations.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY'S REPORT
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Nate Meeting of the
of
Green
Directors Board of Island Cement Company, Limited, Building, Theld .at Exchange
the
of Colony Victoria. In Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, the 21st day of September, 1933, a Call of $3.75 per share was made upon all the members holding shares whose names appear in the Com- pany's register of shareholders on the 21st day of September, 1933, upon which only $3.75 per share has been paid, and it was determined that such Call should be paid on the 15th day of December, 1933, to the Company'e Bankers, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corpora- tlon, at their, Head Office, Queco's Road Central, Victoria, aforesaid.
Upon presentation at the office of the Company of Bankers' receipt for the payment of such Call, together with the Certificata of Shares, a note of the payment will be endorsed on the Certificate.
Dated this 21st day of September, 1933.
By Order of the Board, ALLAN KEITH, Secretary.
TRAGIC DEATH AT NAVAL YARD.
Mr. G. H. Payne Collapses While Playing Tennis.
Mr. George Henry Payne, In- spector of Shipwrights at the Na- A special appeal to the public of val Yard, died yesterday in tragic Hong Kong for generous support circumstances.
at "Our Poor Day" sale of roses While playing tennis on the Na- jon December 1 and at the Al Fren-val Yard courts, Mr.. Payne sud- co Fete to be held in the compound (dénly collapsed. He was taken to of the Catholle Cathedral, on De=the Naval Surgery, where he ex- cember 3, is made in the annual re-pired. Death was due to heart port of the St. Vincent de Paul Bo-faflure. ciety for the year 1932.
A native of Portsmouth, the late The report shows expenditure for Mr. Payne was, prior to coming the year of $14,783,07. Of this out here, in the Director of Naval
for relief la Construction branch total, $7,613 was
of the Ad- money and provisions for the poor.miralty. He had been in the Co- while $4,229.68 was allotted to lony for about two years. educational purposes, and $2,086.46 He was a member of the Y.M.C.A. to rent,
le Volce Chair and also on the The deficit at the end of 1982 Committee of the Dockyard Re- was $530.77, the main items of Increation Club.
The deceased, who was only 34 come being $4,704.89 from sale of roses, and $7,443.76 from years of age, leaves a wife and the Al Fresco Fete. Donations, in small son. cluding $500 from the Hong Kong Jockey Club totalled €924.
1.
the
The Society is now faced with a very serious situation, owing to the Government revoking Its per mission for certain charitable or- ganisations to run raffles ance
·
The funeral will pass the Monu- ment at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Personal Pars.
Inspector K. W. Andrews, of the
the
Mr. P. S. Cassidy, partner Lạ
year in support of the funds. This Hong Kong Police Force, accom- Is a particularly heavy blow to the panied by Mrs. Andrews and their Society, since a greater part of its three children, returned to
Colony from Home this morning on revenus was derived from the an- nual motor-car draw and various the 8.8. Ranchi, small raffles. This may mean that the Society will have to curtail its activities after the end of this Mesara. John D. Hutchison and Co., vice-Chairman of the Rotary year, probably by giving up the and
Club, returned the Colony from Mr. F. Otto, a member of the stuff quarters it has rented for the poor of the Chase Bank in Hong Kong, and the discontinuance of its edu-Home on the .. Ranchi, which is on his way to be married in Japan cational work for poor children. and will return by the Dollar as: President Coolidge.
News In Brief.
The Right Rev. H. Valtorta, Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong, bas| gone to Pin-Shan: (Waichow dla trict) for his pastoral visit, and will be absent for a fortnight.
COUNTERFEIT COIN SEIZURE.
1
"To Be Melted For Silver Content."
FINE OF $500.
docked here this morning.
The Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell, and
Mrs. Bell, returned from Home on the sa. Ranchi, to-day. Mrs. Bell, who is a member of the Legislative Council. is general manager of the Asiatic Petroicum Company, in Hong Kong
Among the passengers returning to the Colony on the s.e. Ranchi,
While engaged in painting the wall of a garage in. Shantung Street,
That it was the general practice this morning were Mr. E. H. P. Koeng Wah, a painter, received a
was of Canton silver-smiths to purchase Lang, Deputy Registrar of the Su- severe head injury, when · be kpocked from a ladder by a motor large quantities of low-grade silver prema Court, and Mrs. Lang, car which swerved on entering the coins, and to melt them down for
Mr. and Mrs. T. 'S. Whyte-Smith garage door.
Mr. Hin Shing-to, at. the Central arrived in the Colony from Home
Lheir allver contents, was stated by
T
A fine of $20, in default 14 days' Police Court this morning, defend this morning on the wa. Banchi. hard labour, was imposed by Mr. ing a Chinese, Chan Nam, who was Mr, Whyte-Smith is Assistant Balfour at the Central Magistracy arrested at 89 Saf Street, and Crown Solicitor.. this morning on Tang Yee, unem. charged with being in possession of
ployed, for stealing two pieces of 1996 counterfeit French Indo- Lt-Commander Brooks arrived metal from the Hong Kong and China ten-cent pieces and B6 coun- here this morning from Home on
terfeit Yuen Shi-kal silver dollars, the Ls. Ranchi. Shanghai Bank building site. -
Intending to pass them. ;
"It was stated that the coins word 'Mt. B. E., Maughan, senior clerk In the Audit Office, acéompanied by The charges of assault and mall found in an open drawer and in a
have bucket under the bed in the delen. Mrs, Maughan, returned from leave. clous damage, alleged to occurred at the Yee Yin Tong ant's cubicle, at his address, this morning, on the s.. Ranchi. Dispensary, 182, Queen's Road Cen-hers appeared to be no intention
The forthcoming marriage is tral, brought against Constable Wil of concealing the coins, said the announced between Lieutenant
lam Bobinson, of the Hong Kong prosecuting officers
19
Police, were withdrawn yesterday at A fold of the Cheung Kee firm, Cecil Bernard Grouch, B.N., of the Central Police Court. The mat with 21 years' experience of money H.M.S. Parthian, and Gwenyth Mil- British Producers Notter is to be referred to the Inspec changing, said that the coins were dred Owen-Watts, now en route to tor General of Police for settle counterfeit and had apparently been the Colony on board the .8. Carth- Attending
ment.
London, Torday. Replying to the Conservative
[dipped in allverd worden
Mr. E. W. Hamilton, the Magis-}||||
are.
trabe, said that he had good proof, NEURALIA DUE TO MORROW China and large connections in the im portant commercial centres of the world, we are "sals to extend to our Member for, Kirkdale, Liverpool, which was confined to officers of the by a creditable witness, that the intending clients, special facilities for domestic Mr. R. Ranker, the Secretary of Dutch East Indies.coins were bad. It was possible 11. A. Transport Neúralia is ex-
and foreign banking and exchanges.
We also handia che tre of State for the Colonies, Sir Phillip As regards Britain's, restriction that the defendant did not intend pected to arrive from Shanghai at Bhe will berth at Holt's Wharf wind "other" Public Funds of the Chin Cunliffe-Lister in the House of policy, the conditions, which in the intend to use them in Hong Kong. 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. ase Government bethir al- home, and Commons, oday, said that thers Government's opinion should be ful, but that was a point that did not
and leave for England via intarme- abroadst
∙British pro-alle any satisfactory scheme concern him
in his answer on July A fine of $500, in", default six diate poris at 4 o'clock, tomorrow months, hard labour, was imposed, afternoon.
DUGGAN
Hong Loss, Beko
abber confe
November