THE CHINA MAIL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
.860.805,DOS
Land not Fully Paid-up to 36,195,000 Manerva Pande Jun
$10,000, 806
Manners Liablity of Pragalumes ... $13,000,000
HEAD OFFLAR: BONG ZONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS—
Ho. 4.0.8. Machel
J. P. Warren, Koy.
Deputy Chair
Hon. Mr J, J. Patarren T.. Parce Kra.
7. H. Khan, Kas
A. U. Comptes, "Erg. G. Mik
3. Metricon, Mag.
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Currant &zvodni spabad la Lomi Osmery and Fasë Depalis reavad for ona por, D shorter periode in Kanal Dusemay and Marling an berate sided wiï ko gariad sa appliesti. Hong Kong, 26th February, 1934.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Bolton, of the phere Bank ha von.kazivé By the BONG KOND AND BHANGRA! KAN
Bules may be shoutbed TAS CORPORATION.
#ON THE HONGKONG AND GRANGMA! SATANG CORPORATION,
▼. M. GRATBURN,
Chal Kannur-
Hong Kong, 26th February, 1984.
SAFETY FIRST !
To Safeguard Your Valasking and Jewelleries, Deport them la a Vault that la resBy: FIRE-PROOF BURGLAR - PROOF DAMP PROOF! OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building a Specially Con stracted to provide all of thins Im- portant Qualities.
You may obtain a Safe Deport Bax in this most up-to-date Vault for your own nae ai very moder· ate Rental
Inspection Cordially Invited
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Carner of les House Street and Do Your Bood, Central.
Là
THE CHARTERED BANK OF
· INDIA, AUSTRALIA' & CHINA.
Incorporated. by Royal Charter, 1882
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
| Reserve Liability of Pro-
www
Pall-up Capital
Reserve Fund
prietors.
ALON UTAN
AMRITIAN
Commerce and Finance..
COTTON, SILVER | NEW YORK STOCK
$3,000,000 $3,000,000)
AND WHEAT
1,900
Latest Quotations.
Aguncios - and... Brancher:
JANG TOE
BATAVIA BONCHAY DALCUTLA „CANTOR
CAWAPORE SOU COLOMBO DENT
HAIPHONG
JAMMU
MAKKOW
MARKIN
HOMO KONS
ILOILO
TTOB
KARAOKE
KUALA LUMPUR
EDELIJKS
MADRAS
MAKILA
MIDAN
NEW YORK
PROPING (Pang FAKAMI BANGOCK RATOOL
BEMARANG
SEREMBAR
SHANGHAI
KIMOABOMI
KITIAWAN
NOURABAYA
TAIPING
TIENTSIN
• TONGKAH (Bruket)
RSINGTAO
TOKOHAMA
SANDDANG&
Foreign Exchange and
Banking business transacted.
General
Current Accounta opened and Fix-
ed Deposits received for one yeër or shorter periods at rates which
quoted on application.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS
New York, Feb. 28. Messrs. Asia Lands Ltd. have re- ceived the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat,
EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York. Yesterday. Dow James AVITAPUR.
30 Industrials 20 Rails 20 Utilities 40 Bonda
Lost To-day's Changes Aver. Aver.
103.12 103,67 1,55. up -4790–47.94:40k up
25.47 28.84 -17 up 9145 91.47 .02 up Commodity Index 53.13 63.55.42 up Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re- rubber, silk and silver exchanges port: "There was nothing new in an the Commodity Exchanges Inc.. New York:
Closing Commodity February 27.
Price
SILVER.. Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York:
Feb. 26 Range Feb. 27 Range be Mar. ...45.85 45.90
46.95 40.96 May...46.47.46.46
47.33 47.37 July....46.80 46.90 Total sales for the day:- 387 contracts of 660 contracts of 25,000 ozs. each - 25,000.ozs, each
Market: Strong.
W. H. E. THOMAS,
Acting Manager, Hong Kong, 20th February, 1934. THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Ratablished 1912.
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
Authorfand Ouptial (H.L. Outroney) ...$11,900,00 Paid-Up Onplén me
The prevailing to-day's market. opinion is that a neutral attitude jis a reasonable at present. "Wheat:| Advanced on the oversold cond!' tion of the market. "Cotton: The market became firmer on a large volume of trade buying, after pro- which selling became more nounced in the final hour. Selling during the past week has evidently strengthened the market technical- Hy. "Silver: A rally occured on gi renewal of commission-house buy- ing, which was encouraged by a report of adaption by Canada the International Silver Agree-
Business Done:-1,270,000 shares.
RUBBER. Rubber: Commodity Exchange ment. Inc. of New York:
Mar. May
Bourri Pas 1,160,001
C
BRANCH C0 100
Feb. 26 Range Feb. 27 Range ...10.26 10.28 10.26 10.26- ...10.50 10.56 10.50 10.56 10.85 10.85 Standard No. 1 "B" Contract. Total sales for the day:-
505 contracts 591 contracta
Shanghai, - Hankew, Bangkok, July....10.87 10.87
and Son Prunelves,
LONDON BAXEKU |--
The Lloyd's Back, Limited. CORRESPONDENT
Is si arianipal cities of the World.
Foreign Krobags and braking bodies of wery Lacription rested.
Sale Depart Bezan (verizon ginos) ni a gunely
frota Bio Bik.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
SILK. Silk: Commodity Exchange Inc, of New York:
Feb. 26 Range Feb. 27 Range
1.41 1.42 Mar...1.39 1.89
SUGAR. Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee 3. ....$10,000,000.00 Exchange: Authorized Capital Paid-up Capital ......$ 5,598,600.00
Undivided Reserve and
Proits
$ 2,812,000.00
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG 12. Des Voeux Road Central.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-- Sir Shonson Chow, Chairman.
Li Koon Chun, Esq.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES —
of
Last To-day's Price Price
Cotton: New York Cotton Ex- Electric Power & Light 8%
General Electric change:
75%
Lupe Valer Johnny Weismuller But they're just friends, now, according to Lupe Veles, whose announce. ment that Johnny Weismuller and she had separated startled the Holly wood aim colony, especially as the couple occupied adjoining ringuida seats at a priscfight. “I don't blame him,” she said. "150 fifty-hity.""
DOLLAR REMAINS
STEADY.
Silver Prices Decline.
The local dollar remained steady
to-day, and closed on demand
at
Silver prices, spot and forward, declined 3/16 yesterday and were quoted at 20.-3/16 and 20% res- pectively.
The London on New York cross- rate closed at £-G$6,071⁄4yester- day as compared with £-G55.08% on Monday, while the New York 28% on London cress rate was quoted 55
|at £~G$5.063⁄44 yesterday as com-
pared with G$45.07.
99%
31%
30% 41
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
1/6
1/6 Four monhts' sight 1/6% Credits 4 months'
Air Reduction
99
99%
| Allied Chemical & Dye 152
151
American Can
.102%
10234
American Radiator
144
14%
American Smelting
44%
45%
American Tel & Tel ..121
120
11/6.
American Tobacco "B".
American Waterworks 2134 Anaconda Copper Min-
.78%%
74
21%
Auburn
14%
14%
534
52%
Bendix Aviation
19
10%
Borden Co
23
22 TL
Canadian Pacific
16
16
Case
73%
Caterpillar Ch
28
28%
March May July
Feb. 26. Feb. 27.
1.56 1.57 1.60 1.61 1.65 1,64
Chase National Bank
28%
Chrysler Motora
554
Consolidated Gas of NY.
39
Curtiss Wright
40%
·4%
Du Font, de Nemours..
98%
08%
Eastman Kodak
RALL
80%
Market:-Quiet.
Electric Auto-lite Co.
271⁄4
28
COTTON.
Electric Bond & Share. 184
17
7
20%
20%2
21
P. K. Kwok. Esq.
General Foods
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Feb. 26 Range Feb. 27 Range
On London-
General Motors
3744
38
Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Mar.
...11.81 11.81
11.83 11.83
Gillette Safety
T. T.
10%
10%
Li Lan Sang, Esq.
May
.11.91 11.92
11.96 11.98
Gold Dust
A
10%
194
On demand
Wong Chu Bon, Esq.
July
.12.05 12.06
12.11 12.11
Internat. Harvester
400% 40%
Kan Ying Po. Ex.
Internat. Tei, & Tel.
14 14
14%
Oct.
Kan Tour Po, Esq, Chief Manager. Ls The Fong, Esq. Manager.
Dec.
Amoy
Manila
Seattle
.12.20 12.21 12.21 12.21 .12.32 12.32 12.28 12.32 Jan....12.35 12.35 12.31 12.32 Middling
Spot.12.10
12.15
Batavia
Melbourne
Semarang!
Bombay
Nagasaki
Shanghal
WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:
Elevator
Liggett & Myers "B". Ak Loew's Inc.
Ward Montgomery National Biscult National City Bank National Dairy Prod.
86
sight
1/6
104
304 31
On New York—
On demand
38
20+
294
Credits 60 dayı'
34%
15
sight
BOM.
16
16%
Pacific Gas & Electric
On Paris-
18
19
Calcutta Canton
New York
Singapore
Feb. 26. Feb. 27.Packard Motors
B
534
On demand
580
Отака
Haiphong Henkow
Paris
Sourabaya Swatow
Peiping
Syndey
May July
864 873%
Pennsylvania RIS.
33%
243%
Credits 4 months'
Radio Corpn.
TA
gight
620
84/2
86%
Sears Roebuck
45%
45
On India-
Honolulu
Penang
Talhoku
September
85%
Socony-Vacuum Corpn.
2014
104
| Kobe
Kowloon London
Rangoon
Tientsin Tokyo
Total sales for the day:-
Standard Brands
214
T. T.
21%
99%
Standard Cas
11%
On demand
99%
Vancouver Yokohama
10,000,000
10,000,000
Standard Oll Co. of N.J. 18
404
On Shanghai-
bushels
Texas Corpn.
20
24
On demand
110
Trans-America
Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Gold
Union Carbide & Carbon 44% Union Pacifie
46
On Japan:
.126 126
On demand ......
1264
United Air & Transport 23%
2414
On Manila-
35.00 35.00
United Corp. ........
54%% United States Sied Westinghouse E. & M. 38%
BID--t.
64
On demand
75%
554
30%
On Singapore--
On demand On Batavia-
On demand
64
56
LONDON EXCHANGES.
|On Saigon—
On demand
58
Paris
London, Yesterday.
77 5/32
On Bangkok-
On demand
123%
New York
Montreal
Brussels
Geneva
5.07%
Sovereigns bank buy-
Ing rate
1/6%
5.10%
21.77
Bar Silver per oz... 20 3/16. Bar Silver in Hong
Kong
DOM.
15.73
7.55
BRANCHE. yum
Gene
Milan
Berlin
58 9/16
12.824
25erbung
Holdberg Latoriaine Termelons
Polping
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
thesabat
Stockholm Copenhagen
Oslo
Vienna
19.39
22.30
19.90
28%2
Dedvukla -
Prague ........... 12254
Helsingfors
Madrid
228
87%
Liabon
-100%
Bangkok
Bouther
New York Fraang
Delete Blombe
Park Lende
Athens Bucharest
Galle
Kala Lumpur",
Hong Lang Howrah
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINEO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperizi Charter. 189W,
Central Bank in Formin Bel-Rates and Avarage amouas ...Yor
On and after August 16th, 1993, the on Special Current rate of Interest Deposit will be at 2% pa. en datiy balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application (Marimura rate-1%).
LONDON BANKERS -
Berlays Book, Ltd., Loys Hoch, Lad Midland Monk, Lid, Weetmlsaw Beet
The Boulias Correspondoors in dil tuo pesaez po- Jemeria Coszów shrungimus she mail. 2. KAGIRL.
1. Dus Tax Bond Contrač
Home Bode. Domember. 34, 2002.
Saigon Sari F'cinco
Every description of Ranking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved recurities.
bushels
AMERICAN GOLD PRICE:
(WASHINGTON),
Treasury Price, per oz.
Current Accounts opened in Local U.S. Currency and Fixed Deposita received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on faṛma which
if he quoted an application. Safe Deposit Boxes To Lo
KAN TONG PO.
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 24th November, 1983.
THR
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK, LTD.
National Bank Building, BA, Des Voeux Road, Central,
$5,000,000.00 1,000,000.00
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. Authorized Capital
INC.
Head Offer:-65, Bradway, New York.
+17.8.$6,000,000.00 U.B.41,867,089,17 U.S.$1,718,979.67
Mexico "ty
Paid-up Capital
New York, London and Paris Agents; BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. We offer facilities for the transac- tion of general banking business. Foreign Exchange transacted. Stacks and bonds bought and mold. Loans granted on approved securities.
LEE FANG, General Manager.
HONG KONG BRANCH)
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1938.
Capital (fully pak"-up) Yen100,000,000 Reserve Fund... Yen.121,250,000
Houd Olica:-YOKOHAMA
Benchon and Agoncino et Alexandria
Bombay
Calentra
Canton
Dairan (Dalny),
Tengtian (Maiden) Rio de Janeiro
Hamburg Bankow Karbin
Roar Lor Honolulu Reinking Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Angeles
*Tanfia
Moti
Capital Surplus
Reserves
ཀ་
Nagkaaks
Надора
New tork
Danica
Paris
Dublin
Felping Rangoon
San Francisco Beatty Semarang
M
Shanghai Singapore Bourabaya Bydney
Tiantain
Tokya
Trisgau
Yingkow
·Taormina
Branches of American Express Conn- pany in Principal eitiae of United States of Amscíos and Canada.
All classes of Comisarcial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personal Investment", noGommin hended.
HEAD OFFICEE
UE, Graacharch Borach, Lombay, 204 Authorised Capital ....$3,000,000- Bubscribed Capital ..... 1,888,000 Paid-up Capital
1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest. 1,246,785 BAKKEN, The Book at Harland & Miland Bank, IME.
Ipok Lady
CHONG KONG BRANCH,
Mrocz Bountyslik at Banking und Saida
valien Cheques Jamada
The Company offers to intending Trayslam the use of its Travelers Trustee and, Exsentorships? under-| materest, allowed on ¦ Current "Ae- Chique" and Letters of Credit and, taking agent
Deposita received: for, Szad
st rates to be obtained on apples
sioner: 2 wag, 11th September, 183+
of its thereggkly, equipped Travel De-Bod
ROBB
MARAEO
DUGGAN,
3. Quisa's Band Central;
Hong Kong, Ind. May.
Amsterdam
Belgrade Rid Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay Shanghal Tiong Kong Yokohama Silver Spot Forward
530 sellers
515 280
*4% 8,0.
80% 6.0.
38% 8,0. 1/6 8/82/ 1/4/2 01/04/20 1/2 7/82, 20/3/16 2014 10270
Copper Cash........ Bom.
Copper Centa....... 1% prem. Rate of Native Interest 34% pa. Chinese Sub, Coin ...
31% dis.
Hong Kong. Sub. Coin par
SIAM HONOURS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Auction
ON
Friday, the 2nd. March, 1934, commencing at 5.15 p.m.
at their Sales Boom, 4, Duddell Street
A Fine Collection of Valuable Postage Stamps.
comprising:
Old China, Hong Kong, British Colonies, Siam, Old Europe etc.
On View from Thursday the 1. March, 1934.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 28th Feb., 1934.
KING'S THEATRE Commencing Sunday, 4th March.
oldiers.
was
Love her Life.
...the story of a woman's passion- ale pilgrimage to her Love of Loves
Marlane DIETRICH
THE SONG OF SONGS
A ROUBEN MAMOULIAN.-- production with BRIAN AMEINE
·ETONEL ··ATWHI ALISON. SKIPWORTH
A Paramount Picture ..
SPORT NOTICES,
THE HONG KONG JOEKET CLUB.
ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1934, ~24th, 26th, 27th, 29th February,
and 3rd March, 1934, 9:
SATURDAY 24th, MON- TUESDAY 20th
and WEDNESDAY 28th February, |the first bell will be rùng at il son. and the first: race will - be run at 11.30a.m. On Saturday, the 3rd, March, the first bell will be rung at 1.30 pm, and the first race will √be run at 2.00 p.m.
The time interval will be taken after the ifth race on the four days.
MEMBERS BADGES AND ENCLOSURE.
Members are reminded that they and their ladies must wear their badges prominently display. jed throughout the Meeting.
No one without a badge will be admitted
Ex- to the Members' closure.
Badges admitting non-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day in- cluding tax-or $40.00 including tax for the Meeting (ladies $5.00 and $2.00 respectively), are obtain- able through the Secretary upon introduction by a Member, such Member to be responsible for all chits, etc.
Badges admitting to Members" Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course..
The Secretary's Omice. 3rd Floor, Gloucester Building, (Tel. 27794), WILL CLOSE AT 10 a.m. ON THE FIRST FOUR DAYS. AND AT 12.30 p.m. ON THE FIFTH DAY.
A limited number of Tiffins will be obtainable each day at the Club House. provided they are ordered |in advance from the No. 1 Boy,
Telephone No. 21920.
On no pretext will children b permitted in either enclosure dur- ing the first four days of the Meet- Ing.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $4.00 per day Including tax for all persons in- |cluding ladies, and is payable at
the Gate,
Soldiers and Sallors in uniform are admitted to the Public. En- closure at $1.00 per day including tax.
*****
Bookmakers, Tic Tac men eta. will not be permitted to opérate within the precincts of The Hong
Kang Jockey Club during the Race
Meeting.
Tiffins will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Public En- closure.
SERVANTS' PASSES. Passes for Servants will be Issued on application to the Secret- ary, 3rd Floor, Gloucester Build- ing.
Employers are requested to dis- tribute them with discrimination ļand to endorse their names on the
passes.
Servants are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure- except for passing through on their duties
but must remain in their €12-
‚' || ployers' stands.
Any persons--
with Servants'
found loitering passea in their pousseanion will forfeft the gama and will be removed from the-en- closure.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 12th Feb., 1984.
COMPANY MEETINGS
CHINA PROVIDEnt loan & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
OTICE
Nthat the THIRTY-SEVENTH
ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING * DEAD HEROES
of Shareholders in the Company will be held in the Company's Memorial Services For
Board Room, 3rd Floor, Exchange Building, Hong Kong, on" WED" Revolt Victims.
NESDAY, 21st March, 1934, at NOON, for the purpose of receiv GRAND STATE FUNERAL From Wat Rajadhivas, where the ling a Statement of Accounts and remains of the dead were de-the Report of the Directors for the Bangkok. posited, an imposing funeral pro year ended 31st December, 1983; Official and public ceremonies in cession started at 8.30 a.m. Lined electing Director and Auditors: connection, with the grand State up along both sides of the streets and for the transaction of any other funeral over the remains of the 17 along which the parade passed Ordinary business of the Company.
NOTICE fa also hereby given, Army men and Police Officers who were leaders of the Government, succumbed during the suppression members of the various defence that the TRANSFER BOOKS of of the October rebellion in Slam units and thousands of civilian of the Company, will be closed from commenced here on February 17. | |ficials and citizens,
MONDAY, 12th. March, 1984, until
Held at the Royal Plaza, near the Large crowds from all over the WEDNESDAY, 21ať, March," 1984, Grand Palace, the rites lasted city and provincial centers visited both days inclusive, during which for three days, and were attended the Royal Plaza, where the remaing period no transfers of shares can by the Premier and members of the lald in State on magnificent pyres, be registered s State Council, Assembly Men, Army to pay their respects to the brave and Navy units and large crowds soldiers who lost their liver, de- of the general public. The defending their Nation and the Goy War Loan
ceased warriors include one Lt. Jernment against the threat of in, Gram Brúnk Wireless Bervice. Colonel, four junior offcers and 12 (surgent elemente,,
By Order of the 'Board,
D. L. KING,
2 Becretary) Hong Kong, 26th. February; 1984
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