BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
therland CareAD
Reserve Penda som
Starting
26.106,000 814,006.300
.876,600.000
Moners Liability of Proprietors - $30,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS —
2.
Parcs, Tag.
Cheironem.
T.'d. I thaw, Esq.
W. IL Bed, Buy.
Depets Chairmak,
B+H. Dat with K.
Vsakin, E.
Ben. Mr. J. J. Falseros.
A. J. A. Piemmat. g.
Jon. Mr.
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BANKOW
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BLANCH
KUALA JUNTIUS
LONDON
LYON MALACOA MANTLA
MUAR (Jobert)
MURDER
NEW TUBE
PRIPINO
PENANG
LANGOOS SAIGON
SAN FRANCI900
SHANGHAI
WING & POMM
POURAZATA
TENTRIM
TOKTO
NONGZI PATAM
TRINGTAO TOKOHAMA
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HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
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NON TEN KONGEORD AND SHAXOMAT GABETES COMPORATION.
Y. MORAYBURN,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1928.
SAFETY FIRST I
Te Safeguard four Valuablew and Jewelleries,
Deposit them in a Vault
that is really: FIRE-PROOF BURGLAR. PROOF
DAMP-PROOF I
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building a Specially Com stracted to provide all of thess Im- portant Qualities
You may obtain a Safe Deport Bex in this most up-to-date Vault for your own us at a very moder ats Rental
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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1653.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
MEDIX
NEW TORE
Paid-up Capital
.43,000,000
Reserve Fund
- 28,000,000
Beserve Liability of Pro-
priators
£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
ALOR TAR
AMRITRAN
KUCHING
BANGKOK
MADRAS
BAYATTA BOMBAY
MAXIL
CALOUTTA CANTON DAWKPORN CEBG
PRIPING (Taking!
PENANG
BINGOCA
COLOMBO DELAT
SATION
REMABAKO
KAIPHONG HAMBURG
UKAEMBAN
SHANGHAI
BANIOW
BAZEIS
SITJAWAN
BONG KONG
BOD RABATA
UATLO
TAIMING
ПОВ
TIENTSTE
KARICHI
TONDAN (Black)
IZAKO
TEHOTAO
KORE
TOKOHAMA
KUALA LUMPUR
ZAMBOANGA
Foreign
Exchange
and
General
SINGAPORE
Bankding business transacted.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and
Finance
COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations. NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday.
Last Today'ı Chanies." Aver. Aver.
21 down New York, Jan. 9. 130 Industriais 96.34 96,73
39.97 40.12 .15 up Messra. Asia Lands Ltd. have re 120 Rails
20 Utilitics
22.45 122.42 .03 down ceived the following quotations on 40 Bonds 84.73 $4.80 .07 up
Commodity
the New York cotton and wheat. rubber, silk and silver exchanges on the Commodity Exchange Inc.. New York:-
Closing Commodity Prices January 8.
BILVER. Silver: Commodity Exchange 10 bearish of New York:
Current Accounta opened and Fix-Mar.
Index ....
49.30 48.26.04 down Meanra. E, A. Pierce & Co. Re- port:-There is absolutely nothing| on in to-day's market, except the heaviness of Chrysler shares. Trading opinions here are mildly Wheat: The market is very dull. but pressure of local Cotton: statistics is more bullish. The market showed Independent strength. Continental and do- mestid spinners bought rather con- atantly from the opening and the action of the market was encourag- Jing.
Jan. 6 Range Jan. 8 Range
44.38 44.88 ...44.80 44.85
44.85 44.90 .45.90 45.90 45.45 45.45 Total sales for the day:-
ed Deposits received for one year or May....45.36 45.35 shorter periods at rates which will be July quoted on application.
A. BREAKLEY,
Manager.
Hong Kong. 17th November, 1982.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1911.
Band Office:-Hong Kong.
Awibertad Caplin) (11.1. Currency] .....@11,900,000 Fall-Up Copii ma wy
2,100,000
Canton hanghai, Basher, Banglak,
and Ben Frradero. LONDON BANEXES (——
The Let's Bank, Limited. CORRESPONDENTS
In a principal veislum of ihn World. Tordigh misago and banking business of www.cription sesatsated.
Rab Depest Boman (various skoon) mă a pony comial it from $0 to`gak
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
94 contracts of 187 contracts of 25,000 ozs each 26,000 ora anch
Market:-Easy.
RUBBER. Rubber< Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York:
March
May
July
Silver: The market opened easy on the accumulation of seat- tered-source week-end selling
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1934.
No Back Seat Driving Here
President Roosevelt at the wheel of his auto takes Summer Welles, U. 8. Ambasador to Cabe, for a sightseeing ride about Warm Springs, G. by way of an interlude in their discussions on Cuban áfairs. The Ambassador flow from Havana to confer with his chief at the "Little White House," where the President is spending a short vacation,
DODWELL'S AND
BUTTERFIELD'S
IN THE FINAL
orders. Banking interests are ra- G. M. Young Cup At
Jan. 8. ported to be selling.
Business Done:-720,000 shares.
Standard No. 1 "B" Contract Total sales for the day:
$1 contracta - 142 contracts
NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE.
Jan.
Jan. 6 Range Jan. 8 Range
Last To-day's
Fanling.
Price Price JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW
...1.35 1.361⁄2 1.33% 1.33 Anaconda Copper Mining 14%
SUGAR. Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffes Exchange:
March
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. May
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital .... Reserve and Undivided
Profits
$10,000,000.00 $6,898,600.00
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG 12, Des Voeux Road Central
July
THE following are the latest re-
T
sults in the Royal Hong Kong
673 CONVICTS
SHIPPED TO
DEVIL'S IS.
Notorious Murderers Among Batch.
THREE SHIPS EMPLOYED
St. Martin de Re.
A column of 678 criminals, mur- derers. poisoners. others filed down from century citadel here to
bandits
and
the 17th
the port.
J. W. Mayhew (9) beat F. R. Ou This was their last quarter of a
(14) 6 und 4.
L. Goldman (9) beat H. Lafford (13)
2 and 1.
L. B. Holmes (18) beat C. Thwaites
(17) 4 and 2.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE
NOTICE.
In-
HE Manufacturers Life
surance Company advise that, in addition to their office at No. 2 French Concession, Shameen, Can- ton, under Mr. V. E. Ferrier, they have also opened an office at No. 37, The Bund, Canton, under Mr. S. V. Gitting.
E. J. R. MITCHELL,
- Manager for South China, Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of Toronto. Canada.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
TH
HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Publis
Auction
ON
FRIDAY, the 12th January, 1934, Commencing at 2.30 pm.
at their Sales Room,
4. Duddell Street.
A Fine and Valuable Collection
of Japanese Curios.
| Comprising:-
Satsuma and
Cloisonne
ware,
Damascene ware, Brass and Bronze and Coffee ware, Procelain Tea seta, Ivory carved figures, Vases, Bowls, Lamp shades, Silk Kimonos. Silk Embroideries, Screens, Pic- tures, etc., etc.
On View from Thursday the 11th January, 1934.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 9th January, 1934.
THE
HE Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Pubile
ON
Auction
They sailed for the penal settle- FRIDAY, the 12th January, 1994,
ments in French Guiana
The 5.000 ton Greek boat "La cages in Martinlere," fitted with
the hold, lay off La Palice, some six A miles from Saint Martin de Re, the convict depot.
Jan. 6.
9.07
8.95
9.30
9.17
9.50
9.33
霉
Air Reduction
06
95%
Allied Chemical & Dye .145
145
American Can
94%
American Smelling
4.4
42
American Tel. & Tel...108
109%
American Tobacco "B"
67%
67
Golf Club competitions:
American Waterworks
10%
17
CAPTAIN'S CUP (1933)
1342
Auburn
51
49%
First Round.
Bendix Aviation
16%
18
Barden Co.
20
20%
mile on the soil of France.
Canadian Pacific
14%
144
Second Round.
Jan. 6. 1.27
Jan. 8.2.4
1. Case
05
654
1.23
Caterpillar Co.
2314
23
Chase National Bank
21%
2141
E. D. Matthews (9) received a w.o.
from JS. Dykes (12).
1.33 1.30
Chrysler Molors
58% 524
1.38 1.34
Consolidated Gas of N.Y.
36%
Market:--Quiet.
Curtiss Wright...
36 un'able 24
N. M. Currie (17) beat H. H. Muniy
(11) 4 and 3.
Cotton:
Mar.
$ 2,812,000.00 change:
Jan. 6 Range Jan. & Range Jan.....10.53 10.53 10.65 10.05 10.72 10.75
COTTON. New York Cotton Ex-Electric Auto-lite Co.
Electric Bonds & Share. 11 Electric Power & Light 4% General Electric
Da Pont de Nemours Eastman Kodak
91% 79
90%
79
-18%
18%% 4144 4%
J. W. Mayhew, (9) bent W.'
G
General
Foods
.10.59 10.60
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
May
..10.77 10.78
10.88 10.89
Gillette Safety
General Motors
18% 18%
34 33 34% 33
A catholic priest and a Protestant
|
Robertson (18) 3 and 2
M.
Stewart (8) beat L. Andrewes (1) and 3.
R. clergyman headed the procession.
84
8th
Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman.
Li Koon Chun, Esq.
July
.10.89 10.90
11.09 11.04
un'able 17%
Oct.
.11.09 11.10
11.20 11.20
Internat Harvester
38%
36%
O. E. Marton (ser.) beat T. C
Internat. Tel. & Tel.
14%
14%
Dec. .11.24 11.24
11.30 11.36
Middling
Liggett & Myers "B" Loew's
73
73
26
2014
20-%
10.85
Ward
21
21%
Biscuit
40
4834
City Bank
221 221
National Dairy Prod.
134
134
Jan. 6.
Jan. 8.
Otis Elevator
14%
14%
84%
84%
Pacific Gas & Electric
15
15%
83
82%
Packard Motors
2
37
Pennsylvania Rly.
29%
294
Amoy
Batavia
Seattle Semarang
84
84
8%
014
Sears Roebuck
41
40%
Third Round.
Bombay
Standard Ga
0%
Calcutta
New York
Canton
Osaka
Paris
Singapore Sourabaya Swatow
NEWLY MINED GOLD: (WASHINGTON).
Standard Brands
20%
Standard Oil Co. of N.J. 44%
44%2
Socony-Vacuum Corpn.
15%
Haskow
Peiping
Syndey
Jan. 6 Jan.. 8 Texas
23%
Honolulu
Penanz
Talhoku
Kobe
Rangoon
Tientain
Kowloon London
Baigon
San "eizes Vancouver
Tokyo
Yokohama
Reconstruction Finance Corpn's buying price,
Trans-America
Union Carbide & Carbon 45
*** 6%
48
per oz.
34.06 34.06 United Air & Transport 31 NEW YORK METALS, United Corpn.
18/ Jan. 6 Jan. 8 United States Steel
7.00 Westinghouse E. & M. 35%
BID-t; XX.
Union Pacific
112 113
30%
4%
4% 46% 35%
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Là Leo Bang, Ba
Weng Cho Bơm Eng
Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kao Tone Po, Esq. Chlef Manager.
La The Fong, Esq., Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Manila Melbourne Nagasaki Shanghai
Spot ..10.75
CHICAGO WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:
May
July
September
Total sales for the day-
10,000,000 bushels
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Haiphong
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formus. Incorporated by Special Imperial Chartar. 1829.
Central Back in Pascoe.
Hand-Moto Sormal" Ávorage amount Xan 40.000900
Current Accounts
Every description of Banking and Copper, March, per lb. 7.01 On and after August 15th, 1933, the Exchange business transacted. Loans Tin, March, per Ib.... 52.25 51.60 rate of Interest on Special Current granted on approved securities. Depart will be at 2% p.m. on daily balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application, (Maximum rate=1%%),
LONDON BANKERI:
Barclays Bank, Xily Liopia Boch, 146, Mikhand beak, LAL, Westkurtos Bank, LaL
Ben's Currimpendente in all she primacyti fitorial Coleus throughout, the mechć. I. NADURA,
HONG KONG BRAMOS,
5. Die Ficz Band Central.
Hong Kong, Decembne 94, 1000,
apened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received | for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terms which will be quoted on application.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
KAN TONG PO,
Hong Kong, 24th November, 132.1
EXCHANGES.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Credits 4 months**
INC.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1896.
...Yen.121,250,000
Y
FIELL
.U.8-$5,000,000.00 U.B.31,367,089.17 .3.8.$1,718,979.67
Gold Dant
Radio
Corpn.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
19.89 22.40 19.90
London, Yesterday,
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
Paris New York
83 15/32 5.051⁄4
Montreal
5.08
Chlef Manager. On London-
T. T.:
1/5 1/5/2 On demand ..... Four months' ‚sight· 1/5%
Brussels Geneva
23.52
16.87
Amsterdam
8.18%2
sight
1/64
On New York--
Hand Offen:-65, Broadway. New York.
On demand
37
Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo
624
13.74
Credits 60 dayı'
Vienna
Ospital Burplas Reserves
sight....
Bom.
Prague
On Paris-
On demand
605
Helsingfors Madrid
29/2 110 226
89 11/16
BRANCHES 1-
Credits 4 months'
sight
Lisbon
109%
645
Mezios Ulty
Athens
**5822
On India-
Antwory
T. T.
06/
Bucharest Belgrade
.650
**38
Parte
On demand
96%
On Shanghai--
Rio Buenos Aires
110
Montevideo
Nagasak
On Japani-
Nagora
Bombay
4/* 35% 853 1/6-1/16
On demand
New York
12034
Calen
Shanghai
Osaka
Marvelou
Taormina
On Manila-
:
On demand
78%
Hong Kong
1/6 1/16 1/5
Yokohamaa
Peiping
On Singapore---
Rangoon
On demand
Silver Spot ...
·621⁄4
On Batavia;
San Franciaso
Beattie
'On demand
58%
Warloan 8%%
Semarang
On Balgon **
On demand
601
On demand
1274 Bovereigns bank buy
....1/6/
191⁄4
Capital (fully pak'-ny) Yan100,000,000 Reserve Fund .....
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA
Branchen and Agencies atz
Alexandria
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Dairan (Dalpy)
Paria
Fangtion (Mulden) Rio de Janeiro Hamburg
Kaskow
Harbin
Hong
KORE
Honolul Hainking
Karsail
Koba
· Lou Angulas
Manila Maji
Shangha
Bingapore
Boerabaya Bydney
Tientsis
Tokyo
wingkow
علمية
Branches of American Express Com- Dany in Principal cities of United Statue of Amerion and Canada:
All clames of Gummarefal Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment accounts
handled.
On demand
On Bangkok---
1/2 7/16 .19% Silver Forward, ;:;. 19'8/14
101 *Sellers Official,
-British Wireless Bervice FINLAND'S FOUR-FOOT RECRUIT
Monaghan (10) 3 and 2.
commencing at 5.15 p.m.
at their Sales Room,
4 Duddell Street. VALUABLE COLLECTION or
POSTAGE STAMPS
comprising:-
British Colonials, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Siam, etc., etc.
On View from Wednesday the 10th
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
T. Megarry (14) beat C. R. Bradioy The men, in prison garb, dark blue January, 1984.
and (10) 6 and 4.
peaked cap, brown sack suit black clogs, carrying their packs
coloured and
blankets, khaki marched four abreast between lines infantry with loaded rifies and fixed bayonets.
M. YOUNG CUP
First Round,
Dodwell's beat Socony Vacuum. Chartered Bank beat Lowe Bing-of
ham's.
A.P.C. beat H.K. & Shai. Bank, B. & S. beat Linstead and Davies. Semi-Final.
Dodwell's beat Chartered Bank.
D. & S. beat A.P.C.
STUBBS SHIELD.
A.P.C. heat Gilman's 2 and 1. P.W.D. beat B. & S. at 19th. Lowe Bingham's beat Lane Craw.
ford's 4 and 3
Dodwell's best Wharf and Godown's
5 and S.
JUNIOR CRAMPIONSHIP. The following is the draw, the First Round of which will be completed on or before January 21:
Greene y H. H. Mundy. G. W. Surg. 14-Comdr. Weeks M.
Cooten
A. Ritchie v H. H. Pethick.
W. 8. Billier B. D. Evans. Major
for Eastwick Field v A.
Purves
8. T. Bullin v E. D. Matthews.
J. B. Mackie Y J, W. Mayhew.
C. H. Bradley 3. Macknight.
Uld and young, a more sinister company could not be imagined.
Among the notorious criminals! was Dr. Laget, the Montpelier Identist who poisoned his wife and
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 9th January, 1934,
COMING SHORTLY !
LESLIE HOWARD HEATHER ANGEL
sister-in-law with arsenic, With BERKELEY
and his grey hair. bulbous nose spectacles, he appeared calm and: resigned.
Swaggering Killer
A score of rows behind, came a tall, well built, vulgarly good-look- ing man in the twenties. He was N. Davin, who murdered his American friend Wall, robbed him and threw This body into the river. He wore a B. swaggering air.
The men were quickly marahall- ed on board three small steamers. Some of them as they passed the
The Second Round will be completed cure and clergyman, bade them on or before February 4, the Semi-farewell. Final on February 18, and the Final (over 36 holes) on February 28.
WATER SUPPLY OF
THE COLONY Reassuring Figures. BETTER POSITION" THAN LAST YEAR
A Jesse
L.
L SQUARE
Production
AT THE
KING'S
1A
BAT LIVES MONTHS WITHOUT FOOD.
Housewife's Discovery In America.
A huge, particularly villainous looking rocue, who brought up the rear, with an obviously exaggerated
Charleroi, Pennsylvania. imp, made the sign of the Cross.
As rival to buried-alive frogs and The embarkation was admirably other "death-defying", creatures, managed and took place without Charleroi offers a hat which has hitch. Except for a favoured few emerged, unbarmed after four the public were kept at a distance months' "entombment" in a cellar by armed troops, but every window cupboard,
of the little port was occupied, and
at the end of the port was a packed Last summer Mr. Albert Hos tengle filled up the cupboard with mass of town's folk.......
Among them were friends and canned goods and preserves and Recently she opened it relatives, of the convicts who had locked it.
It had not touched the food.---
The amount of water in storage been allowed, to visit their men at and out flew a large bat, on January 1 in the Island reser the dopot and who had stayed to voirs was 1,815,550,000 gallons, as catch a last sight of them as they Reuter. compared with 1,629,450,000 gal-embarked.
lons on January 1 of last year, en * Gypsies Bewall: Parting" [Improvement of. 188,100,000 gallons.
In the Mainland reservoira the
Among these was a group of The voyage listsTM 10 days, the
amount was 651,160,000, compared Gypales. Three of their tribe were men living in huge cages in the as the hold, fitted with, pipes from which 481,670,000 gallons, at the corres among the convicts, and ponding date last year, an improve-latter reached the gangway the bulling steam can be turned on at batch of Romany vagrants set up a slightest sign of revolt. The, con- ment of 19,490,000 gallons..
viets know this, and the scalding Consumption on the island dur-dismal wail, ing December amounted to 260,- Across the port, 100 yarde away, vapour has mover yet been used. 200,000 gallons,, equivalent to 217 in another group, stood a tall well- Thirty military warders with gallons per head per day during dressed woman who alternately special uniform of dark blue with December 1982, while on the Main- mopped her eyes and turned field light blue facings, accompany the Land it amounted to 181,500,000 glasses on the
husband, also on the Continent, whence the con- Helsingfors. Balions, equivalent to 18,2 gallons Mime Davia. Here he wae gang to Saint Laurent Du Maroni, In the annual enrolment of con per head per day, an against 15.1 martly dressed, was hear her victs are distributed; amongst the scripts for the Finnish Army gallons per head per day for the the waved to her son, who did not different pontlential, colonies. Daly ***, nom. peasant four feet high and weigh, corresponding month of 1982. ses or possibly did not care to dangerous cases are sent to the On the Island, a ten-hours daily reply, lelands, appropriately called the 1% prem
ing only four stone" reported" at the
supply was given during the whole The three steamers left: for Lelles du salut, of which Devil's. MAUX Ram of Native Interest 8%% P. Helsingfors barracas,
on board the floating bivs.
Itary,ireason-Bentar 1. W. DUGGAN, Chlaneh Sub, Coin 82% % die. * Frau wa kikwed to return to the month, from 6 km, to 11..m, and Martiniere and the last convict was island is served for cases of mili-
from 4pm to 8 pm. Hong Kong Bub. Cain %%. pobin, familiyiksarth-Bauber,
ing rate Bar Silver per oz.
The Company offers te intendiar Bar Silver in Hong Travelers, the use of its "Travolera allowed' Current As-Class and Lettera of Credit and; Kong *******
ta, addition, the world-wide sulase Copper Cash Deposits received for fixed periods of its thoroughly equipped Travel De Copper Cente Satan to be obtained on application | puirtusană
H. MORLUP
Hong Kong, 12th September, Liss,