BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised. Capital
Indab Fully Paid-up 06,000 Basers Fuels (~-
Starting
... $14,200.000
Bowery Ltablity of Proprietare $10,000,00 MEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORE 1—
2. Pour Bie.
Dipers Char977 1906
M. 11. Ball, ZoR.... K. A. lam, Bing,
A. Comption, P4,
Iten, Ma Jul'alorsun,
10. Mr. TN, Blackin, J. P. Warren, Euq..
3. Miskin. Fr
J. M. Graybara. Bo
Chief Maui.
AMOZ MANKROL
MATAVIA
BALOUTTA
BANTON CHERMI COLONBO
BRANCO 10
LOSPOR
LYONS
MALACCA
MANILA
Set: 4R (Jakart)
DAIREN
#POOCROW
THONG
MANBURG
KARET
BORN KEW
THOLLO
OPOSE
FOMORN
ROHR
KOWLOON
KUALA LUMPUR
MURDEN
-NEW YORK
PRIPING
PENAWA
KANGOOX
RATIN
RHAYOTIAL
BAN FRANCI100
OVE META
GOURSHAYA
JUNOS PATANI
TINKTELE
TOKYO
TRINOTAO TOKOHAMA
flament destube opened in Tural Florradar and Fixed Thepoethe randoad the one your shorter pecinde bu Canal Durvaver and bakug us lemez widok will ha værtal se uvolnilon Hong Kong, 24th January, 1984.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Proton at the above Baet in von á nekoć the HANG LONG AND CHANOMLI BAXE Balon may be shankhad THE CORPORATION,
FOR THE BONGEONE AND CHAROMA) NAKKERO CORPORATIOS,
Y. N. GRAYBURN.
Chr Magar,
Hong KoDE, 24th April, 1981.
SAFETY FIRST ↑
To Safeguard Your Valuable and: Jewellesion.
Deposit them is a Vault
that to you! FIREPROOF BURGLAR - PROOF
DAMP - PROOF I
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New balldine Specially Coo stracted to provide all of these Im portant Qualition,
You may obtain a Bufo Deport Box in 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. Cerner of Ice House Street and Das Voeux Road, Central.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO,)
HEAD OFFICE:---Talpek; Formoen. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter. 1839.
Central Bank in Formon Real-Huset sound Ararage sanyat Van de aan de
On and after August 15th, 1988, the rate' of Interest on Special Current Deposit will be at 2% pa. on daily balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on appileation (Maximum rale-1%).
LONDON BANKERN
Raveiage. Book, Lád, Idapts Bonk, Eng Midi Book, Eal, Westmiseter Book. Las
The Boxì hai Corrmpondan's to all she primax_p% Jammerdal Contes ikroughout, iba sotila S. NATURA,
HONG KONG BRANCH:
8. Der Vaux Bond Central.
Bona KM, Duromber 3, 116L
THE YOKOHAMA" SPECIE BANK,
LISTED.
Established 1858.
Capital (fally pak"-up)Yen100,000,000 Reserve Fund ........Yen.121,250,000
Hand Office—-—YOKOHAMA.
Braschm and Agención at:
Bombay
Calculśn
Canton
Dairan (Dairy) Hamborg Brakow
Fangtien (Muidam)-
Barbie
Hong Kong
Honolulo
Hainking Karachi Kobe
London
Los Angelas
Nagsas
Nagoy
New York
Daska
Paris Palping
Rangoon
Rio de Janeiro San Franciaso Seattle Ветаглас Stanghal Singapore Bourabaya Bydpay Tientela Tokyo Tsingtan
Yingkow
"THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
..CS,000,000
Terve Fund
..£3.000.000
Teservo Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
BUONING
MADRAS
ALON STAR
AMRITWAR BARONDE DATAFIA NOUDAT
DALONETA
DANWIN
CAWNPORS CKRQ
DOLOWBO
HAMBORG
MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
PEIPING (Pking)
PENANG
BANGIOR
MAIGON
ORLIIT
BENARAND
ΠΑΙΡΤΟΝΟ
GERENTAN
MBARORAY
HANOW
#INGAPOR
KARBIN
GITIATAS
ROXO SONG
NOPARAYA
ITATEA
TAIPING
TINTAIN
KARACHI
מון
ZLANG
KORN,
KUALA LUMPUR
TONORAN (Khuket)
TEINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
ZAMBOANGA
Foreign Exchange and General Bankthe business transarted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed:Deports received for one year or sharter perioda at rates which will be | quoted, om- application.
A. BREABLET,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD
Established 1912.
Head Oscar-Beur Kong.
Aetherised 'Ospital (BLI. Carrancy) ...$11,006,000 Paid-Up Capital momen Kerve Fund
BRASCURA —
1,160,000
Baakow, Bangkok,
sad Gon Freeclero. LONDON BANKEES --- The Lloyd's Bank, Limited CORRESPONDENTR
In all principal cřám of the World.
Farsign Kushange and basking budere o every datoriyilen transect..
Safe Depons Detres (various alie) 19 a pmely sam ad from $4 to $46.
LOOK POONG BEAN,
Chief Manager.
THE CHINA MAIE.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934.
After Worst Railroad Smash in French History
Pleture at left graphically illustrates the terrifle force of the collision be-¡Injured. The locomotive of one train is shown where it plowed deeply tween the two holiday traina at Lagny, France, where 200 passengers, into the coaches of the other. At right, President LeBrun of France homeward bound for Christnias, last their lives and hundreds more were! (black mustache) foins in mourning as the coffins arrive in Paris.
and
Commerce
Finance
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York. Yesterday
Dow Jones Averages
30 Industrial 20 Raila
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. 20 Utilities
+
at To-day's Changan Aver. Aver.
103.41 110.74 1.33 up 51.85 52.07 1.12 up 28.40 29.00
1.20 up
90.85 91.48
40 Bond:
.63 up Authorland Capital $10,000,000.00 Commodity Paid-up Capital ..... $ 5,508,600.00
Indux
54.18 54.54 36 up Reserve and Undivided
Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re- Profits
$ 2,312,000.00
port:-"We think the market was HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG able to take the most substantial 12. Des Voeux Road Central amount of profit-Laking without matertally weakening its position. BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Sentiment was not as divided as it Sir Shopson Chow, Chairman.
Li Koon Chun, Esq.
was a week ago. Everyone thinks that averages are going consider- ably higher before substantial chock is encountered, We think, however, that we would be inclined to maintain trading attitude. Wheat: The market is again vulner-
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
On London--
T. T.
On demand
On India-
On Shanghai-
COTTON, SILVER LOCAL
AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED
Nexhat the NINTH ORDINARY
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
YEARLY MEETING of HỌNG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held on Monday, the 5th day of March, 1934. at the BOARD ROOM of the Com- panya Second Floor, Exchange Building Hong Kong, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving a State- ment of Accounts and the Report of the Board of Directors, for the financial year ended 31st Decein- ber, 1933, and re-electing two Directors and the Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 26th February to the 5th March, 1934, both days inclusive.
Dated this 5th day of February,
1934.
By Order of the Board.
W. L. MCKENZIE,
Secretary.
14, Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong.
NEWS TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC,
BREVITIES
The prizes of St. Joseph's College will be distributed at the College the
by, Mr. N. L. Smith, Director of Education, on Tuesday, February 18, at 11 a.m.
1
Lieut. B. McC. Smith, of H.M.S.
New York, Feb. 6. Messra. Asia Landa Ltd. have re- ceived the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat. rubber, wilk and silver exchanges Proteus, was fined $10 at the Cen- on the Commodity Exchange Iactral Police Court this morning for New York:-
driving a motor-cycle up Wyndham
Closing Commodity Prices February 5.
LONDON.
LOCAL EXAMINATIONS The following are the dates of
forthcoming examinations. PRACTICAL (Vocal and Instrumental Music) 19th May, 1934
LAST DAY OF ENTRY 19th February, 1934
THEORETICAL (Paper Work) 9th June, 1934
LAST DAY OF ENTRY 26th February, 1934:
Entry Forms may be obtained
OD Street to On Lan Lane. Defendant from the Local Secretary.
admitted the offence.
SILVER. Silver: Commodity Exchange lue.) of New York
Mar.
Feb. 3 Range Feb. 5 Range ...44.50 44.55 44.3544:40
May.....45.05' 45.10 44.00 44.90
July....45.45 45.55 45:35 45.35 Total sales for the day:—
| 260 contracts of — 228 contracts of 25.000 ozs ench 25,000 ozs each
RUBBER.
Rubber: Commodity
Exchange
1/5%
1/5%
Four months' sight 1/6′ Credits 4 months'
sight
1/64
On New York-
On demand
304
Credits 60 days'
sight
+
nom.
On Paris
On demand
595
Credits 4 months'
sight
636
T. T.
98%
On demand
983⁄41⁄4
Market:-Firm.
110
Inc. of New York:
12434.
Feb, 3.
Feb. 5,
March
10.01
10.20
On demand
73
May
10.32
10.50
On Singapore- On demand
July
10.59
10.78
6314
Total sales for the day:-
On Batavia-
67
694
124
Silver: Sovereigns bank bay
Easier parly on, due to the weakness
ing rate
1/6/2
Exchange:
Talhoku
of the Franc, renewed liquidation Bar Silver per oz. by tired long operators and commis-Bar Silver in Hong uton house selling. Partial rallies
19%
March
Kong
nom.
nom.
May July
Market:-Quiet.
P. K. Kwok. Esq. Weng Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Shek. Esq.
Li Lan Sang, Esq.
Wong Chu Bon, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq.
A
Kan Tour Po. E. Chief Manager.able to change of sentiment. Cot-f
Tre Fong, Esq., Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:----
Amoy
Semarang
Batavis Bembay Calcutta Canton
Manila Melbourne
Seattle
Nagasak!
Shanghai
New York
Singapore
Oiskя
Haiphong
Honolulu Penung
Kobe Kowloon London
Hankow Pelping
Rangoon
Sourabaya' Swatow Syndey
Tientaln Saigon
Tokyo San F'cisco Vancouver Yokohama
Every description of Banking and change boainess transacted. Loans granted an approved securities,
Current Accounts opened in Losal; Currency and Fixed Deposits received
On demand On Japan;-
Da domand
On Manita-
On demand ton: Strong,and active, advancing On Saigon- to new high levels, which advance
On demand was not maintained, due to heavy On Bangkok- realising. Sentiment WAS quite
On demand reactionary at the close."
developed in sympathy with stocks. Copper Cash The up-turn met with renewed sell-Copper Cente
1% prem.
ing. International Nickel declares Rate of Native Interest' 8%% pa. a dividend of ten cents per share. Chinese Sub. Coin ... 30% dis
Business Done:-1,340,000 shares. Hong Kong Sub. Coin % prem.
for one year or shorter periods in Local Air Reduction
1024 104%
155
nd Foreign Currencies on terms which Allied Chemical & Dye .154)
ill be quoted on application
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
KANTONG PO,
American Can
American Radiator
American Smelting
Chief Manager American Tel. & Tel120,
Hong Kong, 24th November, 1988)
THE
American Tobacco "p
American Waterworks
Anaconda Copper Mining 17 Auburn
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. Bendix Aviation
INCO
Head Office:—65) · Broadway. New Tack.
„U.S.$4,000,000,00
U.8.81,887,089.17
3.8.$1.718,979.87
Capital
Burplus Réserves
BRANCHES:---
Amsterdam
Bela
Dablis...
Furahie
Sevens
Havte
vida!berk Interlaken
Liverpool
Mexico City Им
Priping
Taormina
Tabaketas
Branches of American Expraw Com. many in Principal cities of United Statue of Amaries and Canada.
All cinemes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken;
Paysonal Investmantown handled.
Borden Co.
Canadian Pacific
Скве
Motors
National Bank
26 2714
Brusacis
208 contracts - 632 contracts NATIONAL SILE EXCHANGE.
|
the Mui Fong Girls' College will The distribution of diplomas of
We ANDERSON
c/o The Anderson Music Co., Ltd.
Ice House Street.
take place in the Tai Ping Theatre ATTENTION: Saturday the tenth to-morrow, February 7. at noon instant the Half-Price Sale at Komor Lady Southorn is to present the & Komor closes, Tea-sets, Incquer,
crystal, bronze, satsuma Bargains.
awards.
Rev. W. H. Isaacs, one of the three Army Chaplains in Hong Kong, who leaves the Colony' on Friday for Shanghai, will be res lieved by Rev. W. J. H. Davies who atrives from England by the] Neuralia the same day.
The thief who snatched Mrs. Stafford Smith's bag in Salisbury Road, Kowloon, on Saturday even- ing and was caught by Major R. G.j Lochner, of the South Wales Bor- Feb. 3 Range Feb. 5 Range: Feb..... 147 1.50
derers, was yesterday sentenced to 1.49 1.62
four months' hard labour, SUGAR. Sugar: New York Suzar & Coffes |
Feb, 3. Feb. 5.
1.61 1.59 1.64 1.68 1.67 1.66
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
Tinstructions to sell by Public
ON
FRIDAY, the 9th February, 1934, commencing at 2.30.p.m.
at their Sales Room,
4, Duddell Street,
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSENULD
comprising:
FURNITURE
Chesterfield Couches and arm- The engagement" is announced chairs, Teak wardrobes with bevelled between Charles Dick Edgcumbe mirrors, Teak dining tables, dining Hay, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. chairs Teak side boards with H. P. Hay, of Point House, Woldng, bevelled mirrors, Teak cabinets, Surrey, formerly of Hồng Kong, Chest of drawers, etci,, età, e and Mary Margaret, eldest daugh- Silver ware Cutlery, Wall Clocks, ter of the late Sir Newton Stabbi Ten sets, Glass Ware, Dinner, ser of the Hong Kong and Shanghai vide, Table lamps, Gramaphones, - Banking Corporation, and of Lady Pictures, Linen Carpets, Type- ! Feb. & Range Feb. 6 Range Stabb, of Farnham Hall, Saxmund" writer, Ice chest Screen, Leather Mar....11.59:11.60 11.64 11.64ham, Norfolk.
suft cases; Rattan chairs, etc., ett. 11.76. 11.79
alco 11.95 11.96. 12 13 12.18
Cotton: change:
Jan. Middling
COTTON. New York Cotton Ex
12.10 12.12
.12.24 12.24 12.34 12:34
Spot..11.95
12.28 12 28 12.36 12.37
1195 CHICAGO: WHBAT.. Wheat: Chicage Board of Trade
Last To-day's
Price Prin
ཟླ་
LONDON EXCHANGES.
May
London, Yesterday.
Jaly
11.76 1178 1182 1134
100% 1024 17 17
15 454
Paris New York
79 25/32
Oct
4.994
Dec,
81%
B8
24%
1234
25
Montreal
4.977
22.4912
17%
54 55% 221
16%
82
30
Genéva Amsterdam Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen
16.17
7.81
59 11/16
13.24
19.39
22.40
May July
58
5844
Onlo
19,93
29
201
Vienria
28
45%
4%
Prague
108
102
91%
Helsingfors
226%
Madrid Lisbon
38 11/16
109
540 Sellers
520
225
4 1/167
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 44%
Curtis Wright .....
Da
de Nemours
AODER
Electric Auto-Tite Co... 27%
Electric Bond & Share
Foods
"General Motor
Electric Power & Light General Electric
74
41%
11%
21
40 175
Gillette Bafety Gold Dust Internat. Harvester
& Myers "B" Loow's Inc.
$214
17 174 912 80% 82% 32% 38%
20%+ 2041
13% 45
Ward Montgomery National Biscuit National City Bank National Dairy Prod... 18%
Electric Pacing Gas Ofic Elevator Packard - Motors Pennsylvania, Radio Corpn Bears Bochuck
40% Standard Brands
24% G38 Standard
Oil Co. of N. 473 Corpn. 191
174
20%
B
Athena Bucharest Belgrade
Rio Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Sliver Spot Silver Forward
Warloan 3%
86141
37%
1/8 7/64
· 1/4 5/16
1/8 1/16
1/2 5/16
... 194
'19' 11/16
101: 11/16
Seller Oficial.",
September,
Feb. 8. Feb.. 5.
925% 92% 911 913/
92
Total sales, for the day:
20,000,000 20,000,000
bushelagak
buabela
0212
NEWLY MINED GOLD: (WASHINGTON),
Under the auspices of the Hong 1 Sextant, 1 Compass, 1 Cherub Kong University Uhion and the Shiplog, 1 Microscope, 1.Piano by Hong Kong University Graduates Moutrie, 1 Set of Encyclopedia Association, a lecture entitled "A Britannica, 2 Radio Sets, 1 Singer Glimpse of Yunnanfu,”, filùstrated Sewing Machine!' ¦ ̈ with cinematograph pictures, will be given by Dr. Kenneth Macken- zie in Room K. Univérsity," main building, at 8 pm, on Wednesday next. The lecture is open to the public.
NOTED GERMAN OFFICER DEAD,
Feb. 8. Feb. 5 General von Sick Dies At
· French Hospital.
Reconstruction Finance- Corpn's buying price.. per or.
kr 35.00. 35.00 NEW YORK METALSKE General von Bick) who served on Fab 1 Feb. 5 the German General Staff in the Copper, March, per. Ib. 7.05 238 Great War, and a personal friend of Tin, March, per lb. 50.75 50.80 Field Marshal von Hindenburg,
WIRELESS FOR NEW YORK TAXIS:
-British Wireless Service Fleet Of 5,000 Planned
SALE OF CROWN
LAND
New York
and.
A Large Quantity of: BLACKWOOD WARE
On View from Thursday the 8th February 1984)
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS,
Auctisasara
Hong Kong, 6th Feb., 1934
HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
PIRATES
OF
died yesterday afternoon at PENZANCE”
French Hospital, where he had been ing for a week with pneumo-
KING'S THEATRE.
·TO-NIGHT at 9.30. TO-MORROW,
The late General von Bick was President of Mesars. Siemens, Chlas, and had made his home in MATINEE, Feb. 7 at 4.30 pa Shanglial since receiving the an
pointment. Ndanda ya Band Feb. 8, 9 & 10 mt 9,30 p.m.
Booking at the King's Theatre
As if New York's taxicaba wers prize
not elaborate enough already #masi-programme you wish as soon as the Prices $3.50, $3.00, $2.00 & 3109 cal cabs" bave been put on the taxi metre starts to tick. 'Passen-
(Excluding Tax)
In addition, the world-wid» sarvices] Union Carbide & Carbon 49 40% At an auction sale of Crown land, streets for the added comfort of gers, however, need not have the Children Half Price for the Matinos |
Monila
· Mojl
terset allowed on Current At
The Company offers te latending Cherner and Letters of Order Trans-America
Credit and.
1
lat rates to be obtained on application.
Deposits received for fixed periods
H. MORL
Manager." idong Kong, 11th September, 1938.
W. DUGGAN,
Manage
of its thoroughly equipped Travel Dented Air & Transport 85%
United Corpn. United States · Stool Westinghopas E. & M.
BID-~†.
Union Pacific
18014
35%
44% 40%
Works Department offices, Mr. W. The first of a fleet of 8 000 which held yesterday - at the Publie passengers,
IL Scott, of 653 The Peak, was the will soon be piring for, hire, they tons. ↑ On; thèir purchaser of Rural Building Lot are equipped with 6? No! 376 af the upsst price of $1,008; which automatically
wireless on if they do not with it.
The cabs are white with
picture of, Rád
CityBet
aptari!
Services (in" Uniform) Half Prica at all performances for the
$2.00 & 5100 Beats.