BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION..
*berland Depilada, 100, 100, 1 Freund and Pully Paid-up some 36,000,000 Kanerva Pundit ton
Lowers Liablity of Propetakers $36,200,000
HEAD OFFION: HONO BONO.
BOARD OF DIRECTORE >---
T. 1. Paros, Bog,
Chairma
TUBIL Khan, Eng.
W. Ball, Zay.
Deputy Chairman.
11. Dodwell, Kec.
A. I. Complion, Kan.
10. Mr. Gals. Muckle,
BANUKOK
BATAVIA
RALLY
BALOUTTA
CANTON
CELEFOO DOLOXBO DAIREN
FOOOBOW
1. Miskin, Bag.
Hem. Mr. J. J. Paternos.
3. A. Flummatesleg.
7. X. Grabera. Hagőj
TRANCHES —
LAMBOR
LYONE
MALACOS
KAKILA
KUAN (Jules)
YUXDEX
NEW YORK
PRIPING
PENANG
RANGOOK
TAIGON
BAIPHONG
HAMBURG
BAN FRANCISCO
MANKO
KILANGAI
KANDIN
SINGAPORE
BOKOLEW
MIURABAYA
ΠΟΙΑ
[POS
JOHO
KOBR
KOWLOON
KUALA LUMPUS
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
· HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
AMRITSAR
BANGKOK BATAVIA BOKBAT CALOUXTA
CANTOR
GAWKPORE
CEBU
GOLANDO
DELAI HAIPHONG HAMBURG HANKOW RABBIN
HONG 0.
ILOILO
KADRAR MAXILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
PENANG
BA KITOOR
ELIOON
BEMARANI
KUNGRI PATARY
Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Piz-| ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be
quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY,
TIENTUIN
TOEYO
TE:KOTA0
TOKOHAMA
Cureans Armenteroned in Tural Percepcy
sel Fixed Deposita vaalead for my pour or sheriar perlade la Lond) Gerroury and Barking
on Serma which will ho qunică un nepilnation. Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1938.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Basimon of the abers Bank la vendnotni
#y the MONG SONG AND SHANGHAI BANK EKS OGEPORATION. Melee may be shoulded ve applianálum.
FOR TEN HONGKONG AND INANGKA! MANZING OGEPONATION.
Y. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief....Manger,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1988.
SAFETY FIRST!
To Safeguard Your Valuable and Jewellerten,
Deposit them in Vault
that is really? - FIRE - PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF
DAMP PROOF!
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building 1 Specially Cor- structed to provide all of these Im. portant Qualities.
You may obtain a Safe Depor Box to 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 Voeux Road, Central
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE—Talpek, Formona. Incorporated by Special Imperial Chartar. 1899,
Central Bank in Formans Hand-Boten Lowvel Average amouni ... Tan 18.KEET VOI On and after August 15th, 1998, the rate of Interest on Epecial Current Deposit will be at 27% pa. on daily balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application (Maximum rata-14%).
LONDON BATERM.
Bardage Bank, Lad, Kiezda Back, Lin, ISED LAK TAN fathimber Bank, Lod.
The Back bie Correspondonis in all the principuć
K. MAGURA,
TONG KONG BRAMOR:
14, Du Vasz Band Outtesi. ime Los Dosancher 94, 3003.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIK BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1850, -.
Capital (fully pal*-up) Yan100,000,000 *.Zem.121,250,000 Reserva Fand
Head Offer:-YOKOHAMA,
Branches and Agencies ats
Nagasa Hagora
Alexandria
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Caston
Newchwang
New York Osaka
EXCHANGES."
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and
Finance
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONE
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. On Saigon---
Fatablished 1911.
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
Anthorland Capital (ILK. Currentz) ...$11,000,000 Pull-Up Captio Kemeri Fund
BRANCHEN
and Bea Fresel AND.
On demand
On Bangkok-
Canton, Hankow, Bangkok, Copper Cash
LONDON BANKERI)—
Copper Cents
1/4%
་
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.“
New York, Dec. 18.
Last To-day's Changes. Aver. Aver.
It
...97.20 97.25 .05 up
.40.15 39.36 18 down .23.01 £2.72′.29 'down 82.94 82.79 15 down Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re- port:-There was nothing of in- terest in the market to-day. looks as though there was a sub- stantial amount of switching and outside interest severely restrict- ed. Wheat: Holiday dullness was pronounced, with fluctuating slowly within narrow somewhat bearish. Cotton: The tone was steady, Sentiment continues friendly despite lack of jany important speculative demand.
Silver: Interest was nominal with1 a small turnover. The only in- teresting trading that occrùred was the buying of 16 lots for February by one broker.
prices
Business Dane:-1,020,000 shares.
Last To-day's Price Pric
$
41%
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1933.
Artificial Tummy Aids Science
"Man's best friend” is a title often bestowed upon our canine pets, and. the dog is proving his friendship. 'iu mòre ways than by faithful come. panionship. This dog, "Bomes," shown with E. G. Ellbt, of North- western - University has been the object of experiments for more than ÉVE FRATEĽAN university surgeons, and scientists carry on research work, seeking cure of ulcers and other stomach ills, "Romeo" has undergone many operations and haa. an artificial stomach -pouch, with -the aid of which scientists have do- .veloped a non-surgical :eure, for stomach ulcers.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CUSTOMS: NOTIFICATION.
THE OFFICES and STATIONS
To the CHINESE MARITHE
CUSTOMS for Kowloon, and Dis trict will be CLOSED to Public Business on the 25th and 31st December 1933, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th January, 1984; being Cus toms Holidays.
EN. ENSOR,
Commissioner of Chinese Customs. Kowloon and District. York Building,
Hong Kong, 19th December, 1933.
GENERAL NOTICES.
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (1918),' LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE FIFTEENTH ORDINARY
YEABLY
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Board Room of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, Mercantile Bank Building, Victoria, Hong Kong, on SATURDAY, the 30th day of December, 1933, at 12 o'clock (Noon), for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 30th September,
COTTON, SILVER H.K. HORTICULTURAL 1933, and electing Directors and
MARKETS
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
..£8,000,000 £8,000,000
Reserve Liablity of Pro-
pristors
De London-
£8,000,000
T. T.:
Agencies and Brancher:-
On demand
1/4
Four months' night 1/5
ALOR STAR
BUCHINO
Credits 4 months'
sight
1/534
On New York-
On demand
304
So Industriais 20 Rails
PEIPINO (POLA)
20 Utilities
Credits 60 days'
40 Bonds
sight
-NÓM
On Paris-
BEREMBAN
SHANGHAI
On demand
.*5874
KINGAPORE
Credits 4 months'
KITIAWAN
KOURADATA
sight
62714
TAIPING
THENTHIN
On India-
KARACHI
TONGKAH (Bhulne)
KLANG
YINGTAO
T. T.
934
KOB
TOROBANA
On demand
93%
KUALA LUMPUR
KAMBOANGA
On Shanghai-
Foreign
Exchange
and
General
On demand...
110%
25
On Japan:-
On demand
116
On Manila-
On demand
714
會
On Singapore-
Manager.
On demand
60
Hong Kong. 17th November, 1982.
On Batavia-
On demand
50%
584
AND WHEAT
On demand
133 nom.
|Bovereigna bank buy.
Air Reduction
09
$8
ing rate
1/5/
Allied Chemical & Dye .143
American Con
Bar Silver per oz.
18%
94%
144%
Latest Quotations.
944
American Smelting
1,365.000 1,150,000
Bar Silver in Hong
41%
American Tel & Tel
Kong
11014
110
NEW YORK COMMODITY
nom.
American Tobacco "E" . 70%
70%
nom.
American Waterworks. 18%
TRIA
1% prem.
Anaconda Copper Mining 18%
13%
Auburn
55
53%
Bendix
Aviation
15%
16%
Borden Co
20%
20
3474
1. Case
0814
iller Co
23% 23
National Bank
17%
Chrysler Motors
50%
50%
Consolidated Gas of N.Y, 37% Curtisa Wright
37
2
Do Pont de Nemours 884 Eastman Kodak 784 Electric Auto-lite Co. 18% Electric Bond
2
80
80
1844
Electric Power & Light General
Electric General Foods General Motors
& Share 124
11%
4%%%
18
34% 32%
34
32% May
17
38%
13%
13%
80%
80%
20%
20%
21
214
40%
ས་
40%
18+ 17t
120
14%
14%
17
10%
December
3.4% 3%
March
201
201
8%
May
40%
41% July
Amoy
21% 2124
Batavia
Bombay
Nagusald
43
Calcutta Canton
New York Onnka
Haiphong Hankow Honolulu
Paria
Pelping
Penang
Talhoku
Robe Kowloon London
Rangoon
Saigon
Tientain Tokyo
Texas Corum A 25% 20% BANK
Union Carbide & Carbon 44% Subscribed Capital $25,000,000.00 Union Pacific Paid-Up Capital ......$24,710,200.00 United Air & Transport 31% Reserve Funds ........ 6,820,505.31 United Corpn
16 2444 40%
.1124
113
31
4%
4%
Dec. ..*
United State Steel
40
461⁄44
San Feisco
Vancouver Yokohama
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
Westinghouse E & M ..
37% 37
SALE-
HONG KONG BRANCH;
The Layd's Bank, Limlied.
CORÉEAPONDENTA
In all princípu siting of the World.
Foreign Exchange sad banking bondson of avy sarigion—wracasarted:-
Be Depot Bonus (varioba akamu) uns guacly rovial of "trom 60 to 646.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00 [Pald-up Capital
$ 0,598,000.00 Reserve and Undivided
Profits
...$ 2,312,000.00
HEAD OFFICE:-BONG KONG 12. Des Voeux Road Central.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- Sir Shouson Chow. Chairman.
Li Koon Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Bag.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Li Lan Sang, Esq.
Wong Chu Son, Esq.
Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kan Tong lo, Deq. Chief Manager.
Li The Fong, Esq., Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:---
Manila Seattle Melbourne Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Swalow Syndey
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted Loans granted on approved securities.
34% D.B. 33% dis.
Rate of Native Interest Chinese Sub. Coin ... Hong Kong Sub. Can par.
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK, LTD.
National Bank Building, BA, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Authorized Capital Paid-up Capital
$5,000,000.00 1,000,000.00 New York, London and Paris Agents;
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. We offer facilities for the transNC= of general banking business. Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks
tlon
Canadian Pacific
Gillette Safety Gold Dust
Harvester
Tel & Tel
and bonds bought and sold.. Loan Liggelt & Myers """ granted on approved securities.
LEE FANG,
new's Inc
Want Montgomery National Biscoit General Manager.
National
City Bank National Dairy Products 12% Otis Elevator
THE BANK OF CHINA.
17 銀閾,中
*
Pacific Gas & Electric
Packard Motors
Pennsylvania Rly
Radio Corpn
Sears Roebuck Standard Brands
New York, Dec. 20.
SOCIETY
Lady Peel Elected President.
Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from (SATURDAY, 23rd December, 1933, until SATURDAY, 18th January, 1934, both days inclusive.
Lady_Peel, wife of His Excel-By Order of the Board of Directors,
elected lency the Governor, wan
NOEL BRAGA,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 16th December, 1938.
Messra. Asia Lands Ltd. have re President of the Hong Kong Hor ceived the following quotations on ticultural Society, at the annual 68% the New York cotton and wheat meeting of he members, held in rubber. silk and silver exchanger the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine, 17% on the Commodity Exchange Inc. Matheson's, last evening.
New York:—
Closing Commodity Prices December 19.
The meeting was presided over
on by Mr. J. T. Bagram, supported by "COMING SHORTLY!
SILVER. Silver: Commodity Exchange lac. of New York:
8% July
.
the following members of the Com mittee: Mrs. F. C. Hall, Mrs. R. E, Hoare, Dr. G. A. C. Herklots, and Messrs. H. Green, Ho Leung, J. P. Dec. 18 Range Dec. 19 Range Robinson, V. H. C. Jarett, and An- Mar....44.45 44.50 44.30 44.30 drew Tsc (Hon. Treasurer).
..44.95 45.02 44.86 44.69 Members of the new Committee ...45.50 45.650 45.35 45.35 lare as follows:-Hon. Secretary, 164 Total sales for the day:-
Mr. J. T. Bagram: Hon. Treasurer, 118 contracts of 90 contracts of Mr. Andrew Tae; Committee Mem 25.000 ozs each 25.000 ozs each bera, Mrs. F. C. Hall, Mr. H.
Market: Steady.
Grose, Dr. G. A. C. Herkloja, Mr. Ho Kom-tong. Mr. Ro Leung, Mrs. RUBBER.
Commodity Exchange R. E. Hoare, Mr. J. P. Robinson, Lt. Inc. of New York:
Col. G. T. Raikos, D. S. 0., and Mr. V. H. C. Jarrett:
Rubber:
Dec. 18. Dec. 19.
B.62
8.65
8.95-
8.98
9.20
4.23
9.40
9.45
Standard No. 1 "B" Contract-
7%%% 74 Total sales for the day:---
Reorganised October 28, 1828, under Standant Gas special charter of The National Gov- Standard Oil Co of N.J. 44% ernment as TI
Socony-Vacuum Corph 15%
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
4. Queen's Road Central,
Owing to our numerous brancher fa Current Accounts opened in Local China and large connections in the im Currency and Fixed Deposits received portant for one year or shorter periods in Local world, we are able to extend to our commercial centres of the and Foreign Currencies on terms which ellents special facilities for, demeatle will be quoted on application.
and foreign banking and exchanges. Safe Deposit Boxes To Let,
We also handle the Issue, of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chin- ese Government both at home and abroad.
SHOU I. CHEN,
Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 14th November, 1985.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.
Hand Oor-85. Broodway, New York.
Manager.
XD:-t BID:-†.
INTERNATIONAL TIN QUOTAS.
Plan For Reserve Stocks.
London, To-day,
273 contracts
129 contracts NATIONAL SILE·
EXCHANGE.
Dec. 18 Range Dec. 19 Range 1.30 1.31 1.29% 1.3014
SUGAR,
Sugar: New York, Sugar & Coffee Exchange:
December
March
A meeting of the new Committee |was subsequently held, presided Jover by Lady Peel.
XMAS HAMPERS FOR ENGLAND.
Queensland Enterprise
Sydney, NSW.
So successful has been the of Australian Jam and carcases of frozen_lamb (to private addresses. in' England that the Queensland Preference League has gone a step further by arranging for the despatch; in time for delivery at Christmas New York Catton Xx
Dec. 18. Dec. 19.sending of cases
1.18
1.12
1.19
1.18
1.25
1,24
Market:Quiet.
COTTON.
May *****
Cotton: change:
Dec. Jan..
Hex Story
THE
KING'S
DISORDERLY HOUSE
PROSECUTION,
Woman Fined $100.
Pleading guilty to keeping a dis-
of hampera containing choice orderly house at 20, Tel Wong Dec. 18 Range. Dec. 19 Range products of tropical and sub- Street, a Chinese women, Wong Ho, ....9.86 9,86- 9.91 9.91 tropical plantations, orchards and was fine $100, in default two [ts months": hard labour, at the Central 9.86 9.87
9.95 9.95 farms of Queensland . ̈ ̈ ̈ Mar.....10,05 10.0514.12 10.12 The products will be packed in Police Court this morning.
May
10.18 10.19
A Chinese, charged with solicit-
10.26 10.27a spécial case and delivered free With reference to the tin reserve July 10.82 10.83 10.42 10.42 of any additional charge in Ing for the same house claimed of 8,000 tone, advocated by tin, con- Oct....10.48. 10.48 10.61 10.61. Great Britain and Northern Ire that he was a congee seller, and trol interests, in a memorandum | Middling
|land, at a cost of 20/- a hamper. offered to bring his marter to THE MERCANTILE BANK OF drawn up yesterday, well-informed Spot.10.05
Among the contents are chutneys, Court to prove his state and a host of other dainties—] The Magistrate – adjourned the Reuter.
"case. until-to-morrow,;
10.15
Capital Surpins... Reserved...
INDIA, LTD.
7.8.96,004,500,00 3.$1,867,089.17
- DEAD OTPLUS1
14, Grenknech down, Desden, B.DA
tin quarters in London, while da-]. CHICAGO WHEAT.- clining to discuss actual figures, Wheat:Chicago Board of Trade:i yesterday told Reuter that the In-
Dec. 18. Doc. 19:
ternational Tin Committee han December
82
81
Authorised Capital”.
23.000.000
Mexico City
Subscribed Capital
examined and submitted to the May
1,800,000
841
844
Paid-up Capital
1,060,000
Governments concerned, a plan for July -
88% 83%
Reserve Fund & Best
1,248,785
| setting aside some proportion of the Total sales for the day;—
FRANCIERS I
New York
Fors Louds
[Martian)
To
Parle
Bella
串
Dairen (Dalny)
Priping
„Fangtien (Mutdan). Rangoon
Hamburg
*Blo da -Janeiro
KONG KOSA BRANQUE
“Honey Bowerython ni Banking and, Made
Bruncher of Aksorlean. Korpesär Comi]-Bandles Charma Dany in Principal citim of United „Trustee, and 2.Epacnia States of America and Canada m
"All elimsa"af Commercial. Banking in applied Transactions undeekka
Hankow
San Francisco
Harbin
.Seattle
Hoar Tour
Semarang
Honolulu
Stanghal
Brinking
Bingapore
Karschi
Sourabaya.
Kobe
Bydney
London
band
Tokyo
Mardia
· Hang-Kong': Rod
MY WEAKNESS
[next quota increase to establish a]. 10,000,000 - ∙10,000,000
reserve stock when the market sup-| bushels Dibuabeir plies become normal.
It is understood that the Malayan Chamber of Mines, both of which have accorded support to the pro- posal-Renter.
LOCAL DOLLAR UNCHANGED.
Silver Steady,
SANITARY, BOARD
Dr. R. A. de C. Basto Seeks Re-election,
Dr. Roberts Alexandre de Castro, Basto, M.R.C.P., MR.C.S." "(Eng.),] | M.D. - (Lausanne), M.BA (Hong Kong), eforters, the member of the Sanitary Board whose; term ex |pires this week, is being nominated Lor re lection by the Hoa Mr JP. Braga and seconded by Professor Kenelm H. Digby, unchang, Dr Basto, who pra
at 18% ear eye, nose, and thros
In Hong..
The dollar marka, no change. [opening" to-day, at 1/4'
Silver prices remained ed yesterday, apot and-forward it).
rabe
dön on Newsident Assistant Sur
B.Band Visiting Waby Hos
PHOTO SUPPLIES.
Plates: Pu Developing Printing" and
AT 24 HOURS' SERVICE
Trial Order Is Solicited
THE KWONG KWUI CO LTD.
74. Queen's Road Central, Hong Kongler
Telg 221
MAN LOONG
PRESERVED GINGER MANUFACTURI
NEW SEASON PRESERVED Best Quality Prompt atten Dundas Street.” How
2 Godown, Pinys, Du
of its