BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COP IRATION.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1583.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
£5,000,000 .£3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro
prietors ...
.88,000,000
Agencies and Branchen:
;
ALOR STAR
ZOOKING
BANGKOK
KADEAR
Movers Liablity at Proprietots vok. 0065.30,000
HEAD OPPTUR: HONG KONG, -
BOLED OF DIENOTORI 1-
2. 3. Prva lig
Chairman
Degaty Chair
K. & Morrison, Kas.
1. Nr. 3. J. Falernon.
A. II. Cemption, au. 2. P. Warren, Kod-
for. 7.3.
O, Minkin, Han
E. M. Drwyborn, Hon.
BATAYIA BONBAY
W. H. Bell, Ban
Chial Manager.
MANILA
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HADPHONE
SERIYBAN
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HANKOW
SINGAPOLE
HANNIT
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rom 10:
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MANILA
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IPOR
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KUIDEN
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TONGHAE (lat)
NEW YORK
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Foreign
CAN FRANCZICO
MENGAPORN
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KUNIMI PATAN
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BAXGEOX
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LONDOS LYON
MALAOCA
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ILOILO
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НОВЕ
KOWLOOK
KUALA LUMPUR
NAJGON
DIYANDHAT
WHITE
THENOTAO
TOKOHAMA
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in terms which vili ka zorieně na opalimtio Hong Kong, 24th January, 1984
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Station of the above Bank in omdecked By the NONG LONG AND BRANSKAT BARK 118 001FORATION. Reh sang he obtai
FOR THE MONOKONG AND CHANGMAI BANKING UGEPORATION.
V. M. ORATIUNE,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1981.
F
SAFETY FIRST !
To Bafeguard Your Valuable and Jewellerine,
Deposit them is a Vask
that a really: FIRE-PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF
DAMP-PROOF!
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Coo stracted to provide all of these Im- portant Qualities.
You may obtain a Safe Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own nae 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
TOKOHAMA
KAMBOANGA
THE CHINA MAIL.
Commerce and Finance..
NEW YORK STOCK | COTTON, SILVER
EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday.
Dew Janos Average.
20-Utilities
Last To-day's Chaness Aver. Avar.
40 Bonds..... 88.90 88.91.01 up Commodity
AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations.
NEW YORK COMMODITY
MARKETS.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1934.
MILK FACTORY CASE POLICE CONSTABLE IN
Questions Submitted
Jury. To
LEGAL ARGUMENTS TO BE HEARD NEXT WEEK
THE DOCK
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Charge Of Drunkenness Under the distinguished
And Losing Uniform
patronage andsin the presence of HE. The Governor and Lady Peel.
FINES OF $60 IMPOSED
MADAME LOTTIE GORDON'S The hearing was continued yes
Fine amounting to $60, in de AUSTRALIA DAY” barday afternoon of the case in fault one month's hard labour, were CONCERT ENTERTAINMENT
|which " Fowker: Allen, resid-Imposed by Mr. Balfour at the Cen- In aid of the Blind Girls' Home,
the
BAW
ag-
· ADMISSION $1.00.
NOTICE.
In the matter of the Companies
Ordinance, 1932, ..... Thai and
In the matter of The President Cafe, Limited. In Voluntary Liquidation).
jing at
Claremont Hotel claimed tral Police Court this morning on Pokfulum, and The Link Scholar
Karam Singh, aged 83, Police con-ship Fund. nearly
£3,000 from the New Zea stable 697, charged with misconduct at the Helena May Institute land China Trading Company and as a constable, being under the in-
on Saturday, January 27, Chow Yat-kwong, jointly and fluence of alcohol, and losing - by
5 p.m. to 7.p.m New York, Jan. 26. 80 Industrials .107.02 108.85 17 down
severally, as damages for wrongful neglect one suit of Police uniform 20 Rails... 48.82 48.57 .25 down
Mesars, Asia Lands Ltd. have no dismissal and breach of contract. Mr. L. H. C. Calthrop ASP.
Accused admitted the charges. 27.25 26.89 34 down calved the following quotations on two other defendants, Messrs. Lo stated that defendant was sent to the New York cotton and wheat. Po-yin and Li Chor-cht, it Wa collect a suit of clothing from the Index. 62.26 51.91 35 down rubber, silk and silver exchanges stated, had settled out of Court.
stores on Tuesday, and was seen Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Ca, Re-on the Commodity Exchange Inc..
The amount claimed was £2,951 at 8 pm, with the uniform, but at port:-When the general advances New York:----
18.3 made as follows:-Two years 7.80 p.m. Sergeant Winslade Closing * Commodity Prices tended to flatten, there was no signi
salary, 81,040; loss of bonus, 42,000; the defendant under the Influence of The January 25, of active selling presure.
return passage to New Zealand alcohol and apparently In, an SILVER. (market continues to act as though]:
£100; less salary paid £67.9.3; lesgressive mood. He was brought to Silver: Commodity Exchange inė. the controlling forces are content
payment by Lo $69.16.10; less pay the Central Police Station and in Exchange and General to allow natural constructive deve-of New York:
ment by II, 70.16.82 A Banking businesa transseted.
the cells be created a Jan. 24 Range: Jan. 25 Range
disturbance Mr. Eldon Potter, KC, Instruct for some time. T
Nthat the Creditors of the Current Accounts opened and Flopments to exercise their influence.
43.80 48.83 The favourite groups at present are Mar....44.30 44.81
ed by Mr. Peter Sin, appeared for The jacket and trousers had been above named Company are required instructed by Mr. H. J. Armstrong handed them over to the police.
February. 1934, to send in their for the plaintiff.
Mr. Calthrop stated that accused names and addresses, and the parti- The special jury empanelled com-joined the force in June 1927 and culars of their debts and claims, if prised Messrs. H. E. B. Hancock had three previous cases of drun-any, to the undersigned at the office (foreman), P. V. Botelho, C. B. kenness against him, twice being of Messrs. Percy Smith, Beth & Brown, A. H. Compton, F. H. Crap threatened with diamissal. He had Fleming, 6 Des Voeux Road Cen- nell, J. H. Taggart, and W. T-taken an bath at the Sikh Temple tral, Hong Kong and, if so required Stanton.
to refrain from drinking. As a result of a questionnaire submitted to the jury, with one dis- sentient they agreed to the award of H.K$3,908 damages.
Legal arguments will be heard on' Wednesday next.
ed Deposits received for one year of
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
shorter periods at rates which will be motor and steel shares, with an in May ....44.85 44.85 44.35 44.38 Chow; and Mr. H. C. Macnamara, recovered, a woman hawker having on or before the 26th. day · of
quoted on application.
A. BREARLEY,
Manager.
Hong Kong 17th November,
THE BANK OF CANTON,
1981
LTD.
Established 1912.
Head Ofce:-Hong Kong.
Aetheriond Capital (HL.X. Currency) --$11,000,00 Pull-Up Caplin
1,000 1,160,000
Csaba,
Hong Kondon,
LANDON
The Lind's Desk, Laidbad. CORRESPONDENTS
la ali gelaaipal slides of the World.
Farsign Bashmar and banking budnant of arwy konzipilos transciel.
Sale Dagons Boras (varison almos) ki a posely
44.75 44.75
279 contracts ofi
creasing interest in retail merchan-July....45.18 45.30 dising issues. Wheat Tired, hold- Total sales for the day:- ors are liquidating. We need more 128 contracts of -- buying power to maintain any ad- 25,000 oza each 25.000 ozs each vance. The predicted moisture in the South-West has disappeared.
Market: Steady.
RUBBER Rubber:
March
May July
Commodity Exchange
Jan. 24. Jan. 25. 8.79 9.00 10.05 10:17 10.32 10.40
Cotton: The market was casier on early foreign selling and local li-Inc. of New York: quidation, but later buying broad- ened, especially on the Washington cotton gin control news. The un- Įderstone is good. Silver: The mar-
ket opened decidedly easier on fur-Total sales for the day:-- ther liquidation by tired longs,
681 contracts — 418 contracts" lower foreign markets and on news
NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE. |being disappointing concerning re-
monetisation.-Reuter.
Air Reduction
Jan. 24 Range Jan. 25 Range
1.40 1.40 1.89 1.41
SUGAR, Sugar: New York Sugar & Caffes, Exchange:
Chief Manag.
Last To-day's Price Price
.104% 104 Allied Chemical & Dye .154 154 American Can
..101 1011 American Radiator 10%
10%
Jan.
LOOK POONG BEAN,
י
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. American Tel & Tel
American Smelting **** 4414 44%
118% 118 American Tobacco "B". 74 74 |Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00 American Waterworks 23%
Paid-up Capital ....... $ 5,598,600.00 Anaconda Copper Mining 16% 18 Reserve and Undivided
Auburn Profits
Bendix Aviation
Co.
$2,812,900.00
Borden
3. I. Case
Caterpillar Co
BEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG 12, Des Voeux Road Central.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:---
Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman,
LI Koon Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Bbek, Bag,
Li Lan Seng, Esq.
Wong Chu Bon, Esq.
Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kan Tong Po, Esq, Chief Manager.
Li Tas Fong, Esq., Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Manila Scattle Melbourne Semarang Shangbai
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Haiphong
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:--Taiyak, Fermoen. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter. 1829.
Conial Bank in Formnet Bank-Króna Jasnoć Avariga amesai ---Xon. 45,000 FRO
On and aftar August 18th, 1981, the on Special Correat rate of Interest Deposit will be at 2 p.a, on daily balanes and the rate for balance over
Syndry
Saigon Tokyo
San Fcisco Vancouver Yokohama
Canadian Pacific
OPIUM SMUGGLER
CAUGHT.
Drug Concealed In Garters.
UNEMPLOYED CHINESE FINED $3,900.
'BURNS NICHT"
Scotsmen Gather At· Hong Kong Hotel.
SIR WILLIAM HORNELL ON BURNS AND HIS POEMS
by notice in writing from the undersigned, are to come in' and' prove their sald debts and claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in de fault thereof they will be excluded from any distribution which may be made before such debts are proved.
Dated this 26th day of January, 1994.
·
D. BLACK, C.A., Liquidator.
The Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel was the scene last night HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC
{of celebration dear to the hearts of Scotsmen the world over-"Burns Nicht," that keeps alive the mem- unemployed ory of the Lowland exciseman that New York Cotton Ex-Chinese, was brought before Mr. has come to be called, by common
Leung Kan,
an
E. W. Hamilton, at the Central consent, the national poet of Scot- Jan. 24 Range Jan. 26 Range Police Court this morning, charged land.
March
Jan. 24. Jan. 25. 1.43 1.42
May
1.47 *1.48
July
1.52 1.62
22%
Market:-Quiet.
COTTON.
52
20% 23%
23%
16
16%
620 change? -
Cotton
78%
FRU
784 Jan. ..11.06 11.06 unquoted
2844
Mar....11.11 11.12
BK 14
27 † 27 ST}May
65% G3
43%
42% July
Cartins Wright
3%
Eastman Kodak
87 87
L
Elettrie Auto-lite Co
24%
Electric Bond
Share. 18%
27 18%
Electric Power & Light.
624
6%
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Safety
Gold
Chase National Bank
Chrysler Motira
Consolidated Gas of N.Y.
....11.25 11.27 ..11.42 11.48 314 Oct ....11.59 11.58
Du Pont de Nemours 100% 100%
100% Dec. .11.64 11.65
Dust
Internat Harvester
Internat Tel & Tel
Loew's Inc
@10,000 will be quoted or application.) for one year or shorter periods in Loes! Tuns-America
(Maximum rate-—1%%).
LONDON BANKERS ↑
Barnlays Banky Kidy Biegts Bush, IM, Midland Bankg Zid, Wastimosar Monk, Ind.
The Beal hoc Correspondente in all the petanqal Prestial Centres throughout the world.
HONG KONG BRANCH,
E. TAQUE,
Manager
A Der Tanz Boot Cooten).
Hang Kaag. Dosseniove 31, 1881.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED,
*Established 1890.
fen.181,250,000
Capital (fully pak"-up) Yen100,000,000
Baserve Fund, ...
Head Office:-TOKOHAMA.
Bezaches and Agundầm nit Alexandria
Nagasak
Nagoya
Calcutta
Gaston
Dairen. (Daley)
New YorkTM
Ocaks
Peiping
Tangtian (Malden) · Hio de Jasaira
Hamburg
Haskow
Harbin
Honolula
Karseld
Kobe
Hrinkles
London
Los Angeles,
Manila
Ban-Francineo
Shanghai
карств
Sourabaya
and Foreign Currencies
110
35%
35% 38% 39%
11% .11%
19%
19% 43% 424
Middling
•
with unlawful possession of 36 A large and distinguished gather-
SOCIETY.
"PIRATES
OF
11.11 11.12 taels of prepared oplum and 12 ing of local Scotsmen and their PENZANCE?
11.25 11.25 11.41 11.42 11.53.11.58 11.65 11.65
11.45 Spot ..11.45
CHICAGO WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:|
Jan. 24. Jan. 25.
May
July
004 88%
88% 87%
89%
884
10,000,000
bushels
September
Total sales for the day:-
NEWLY MINED GOLD:
84.45 $4.45 NEW YORK METALS.
Copper, March, per lb. 7.80
tacle of raw opium.
friends sat down to the dinner, at Accused was arrested yesterday which the haggis was brought in in Connaught Road Central, when with traditional, ceremony, .... Mr. the oplum was found hidden in his A. L. Shields, Chieftain of the St. Andrew's Society of Hong Kong,
garters.
Fines of $8,000, in default afne presided. months' imprisonment, were im- posed.
During the course of the oven- ing a presentation was made by the Revenue-Officer R. O. Grimmitt members of the St. Andrew's So- ciety to Mr. David Gow, who is res prosecuted.
tiring after 40 years' service fo the East.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
80 1/32
Amoy | Batavia Bombay Calentta Canton
16
Nagasaki
Liggett & Myers "B"
85
10% 86
New York Osaka Parla
Singapore Sourabaya
Montgomery
Swatow
National Blacult
Ward
20% 20%
10,000,000
2774
2712
London, Yesterday,
bushela
Paris
47%
Hankow
Honolula Kobe Kowloon London
Pelping
National City Bank 27 #
2716+)
New York
4.97
Penang
Taiheka
|National Dairy Products 16% 1516
(WASHINGTON).
Montreal
5.01
Rangoon Tientaln
Otis Elevator
18%
18%
Jan. 24 Jan. 25
Gas & Electris Packard Motors Pennsylvania Rly Radio Corpn Every description of Banking and Bears Roebuck Exchange business teammacted. Louna Standard
Brands granted on approved securities.
Pac
10%
182
18%
4%
Reconstruction Finance Coryn's buying price,
384
8
8
per oz.
40%
24%
234
Jatt. 22 Jan. 25
Brussels Geneva Amsterdam Milan Berlin
22.56
16.222 7.88 59.13/16 18.31
Standard Gas
944
9%
Stockholm
7.20
19.39
Current Accounts opened in Local Standard Oil Co of NJ. Currency and Fixed Deposita received Secony-Vacuum Corpn
Corpn tarma which
46%
17% 271
716
17%
Tin, March, per Jb... 51.85 50.80
Copenhagen
Oslo
22.40 19.90
Vienna
Union Carbide & Carbon 49%
.128 Union Pacific United Air & Transport . 85 United Corpn... United States
Prague
29 106
123.
34%%
Helsingfors....... 2261⁄2
Madrid
6%
On London.
Lisbon
Westinghouse E & M .. 48%
XD.:—^; BID.:-1,
564 442
T. T.......
1/8
Athens
On demand
..... 1/5%
Bucharest ...
89-1/16 110 5724 530
Belgrade
232
Rio
**
1/84
Buenos Aires
38%*
-Montevideo
86%*
Bombay
1/6 3/32
Shanghai
*1/4 1/16
пот
Credita 4 montha'
sight On India.
580
620
Hong Kong....... 1/8 Yokohama
1/2 5/16* Bliver Spot.... 194 Silver Forward ............ 19 5/16
... 10134
will be quoted on application.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manage. Hong Kong, 24th November, 1982"
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. THEFT BY TAIKOO
INC.
Hand Offers---65) Resolvay.
Capital Burglas
Beserves
New York.
.47.8.$8,000,200.00
1.8.31.887,089.17 .1.8.$1,718,979,41
pany fa Princisal cities
tanshes of Asserieau
Status of America and
"All glasses of Transnations unde
Marles Oly
· COPPERSMITH.
Tries To Sell Chain Sent For Repair.
Lo Ngau, employed at the Taikoo Dockyard as a coppersmith, was sent to prison for three weeks by Mr. Balfour at the Central Magis»- tracy` this morning," for stealing s |piece of talegraph chain, - Ma
EXCHANGES.
-TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
Four months' - sight 1/81⁄2
Credits: 4 months'
sight.....
On New York—
On demand
Credita, 60 day i'
night
On Paris
On dusand
T..T..
On demand On Shanghai---- "On demand.
Accused brought the chain aahore from a Blue Funnel Steamer On Japan to be repaired, but 'fnstead of de- On demand livering it to the dockyard, at- On Manila. tempted to sell it; at Gilman's⠀⠀ On demand Bazaar.*:
On Singapore... On deraand On Batavia,
THE OVERSEAS : NATIONAL
BANK, LTD.
National Bank Building,
BA, Des Voeux Road, Central
inthorized Capital Paid-up Capitaly.
New York, Lond
BANKERS TRUST
We offer facilities for the
tion of gen
Woreign Exch
and bands: bougi
rranted: on #EPPI
On demand
On Balgun
On demand On Bangkok- On demand Bovereignsbank buy-
Ing rate Bar Bulver per c Bar Bilver ja Hang
Copper Cash Copper Cents Babe of
Hive Inter
71%
Warioan 8%%
Sellers Omelal
-British Wireless Servion,
AUSTRALIA DAY CONCERT.
Mme. Lottie Gordon At The Helena May,
Sir William Hornell, C. I. E., M. A., Vice Chancellor of Hong Kong University, proposed the toast of the evening.
Seated with the Chieftain Inst Inight were Sir William Hornell, JE. E. Major-General O. C. Borrett, the Hon. C. G. Mackie, Commodore
“KING'S THEATRE. February 6, 8, 9 & 10 at 9.30 p.m.
.
Matinee. Feb. 7 at 4.30 p.m.
Booking at the King's Theatre from February 1st,
Prices $3.50, $3.00, $2.00 & $1.00 (Excluding Tax)
Children Half Price for the Matinue Services (In Uniform) · Half Price at all performances for the
$2.00 & $1.00 Seats.
THE Undersigned have received
F. Elliott, R. N., Mr. J. W. C. Ban- PUBLIC AUCTION. nair, Dr. G. D. R. Black, Capt. C.§. IL G. Benson, Mr. H. 'G. Sheldon Jand the Rev. Mr. E. G. Powell,
Following the loyal toast pro- posed by the Chieftain, Sir Wil- lam Hornell, Vice-Chancellor of the University, was called upon to propose "The immortal memory of Robert Burns.” ...
Sir William's speech dealt with] Burne both a man and poet, and] {gave-a
reasoned "criticism of his work, illustrated with many quola- Lions,
Sir Williams' speech was follow-
ed by the presentation of a piece
Auction
· אם
Saturday, the 27th. January, 1936 commencing at 11 mm2 at their Sales, Room, 4 Daddell Street.
1 Standard hand operated chain
pump complete with chain 2 Electric ceiling fans 54. Electric, meters.
48 Pieces black fibre-
#4 Cases canvas- shoës"
miso
of plate to Mr. Dayid Gow by Mr. Aờ
A. L. Shields on behalf of the 8 A Quantity of Miscellaneous Gonda Andrew's Society, after which the
toast of "The Lassies was", pro-
posed by Mr. K. Mackenzie, replied A quantity of Electric lamps and·· to by Mr. B. Campbell, Celfittings Platino wire,
Coloured
The programme was interspersed tiles, Bathroom, Attings, Provisions, with musical iterns by soloista aniljøtcy wit. the pipers, and concluded with the singing of favourite Scottish melo- idles, he
- Уяја
REVOLVER WITHOUT
Under the patronage and in the presence of the Governor, Ble WII- Big
LICENSE
Student Bound Over In $100.
Ijam -Peel, K.G.M.G.; K.C.B.'' and Remanded last week, Lai Shoo Lady Peel, Madame Lottie Gordon fong, a student, was again brop is holding her Australia Day Con- before Mr. E, W, Hamilton, at the this morning, cert at the Helena May Institute Central Police Coul
charged with "unlawfuls to-morrow afternoon
The programme will consist of of 82 revolver at Australianą national Bongs, Bash Road, Wanchal songs, soldiers and sailors stories He was bound ov and musical mont
of $100 to be of good
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LÄMMERT, BROS.”“”
VELE! Anctioneers. Hong Kong, 25th January, 1954.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned, have recalve
Auction
to sell by Publia
Monday, the 29th. January, 1924,
ining at 245 pasak
No. 2, North Street, Kennedy
Town
A Quantity of Valuable Offici
FurnitureIT
On
aviour for
now willing
from Bunday the 28th,
Cash on Dalivary.