BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorized Cup
805.000.000
Loved and Fidy Pilag mom,800,0
Reserve Funda im
Maling mensen & 6,300,000
Hateers Liability at Propčistors $20,000, 00
HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Hon. Mr. 41,43,85. 2Jacksa
Chale
J. P. Warren, Ea Deputy Chaleun na
Hon, Mr. W. H, Bell A. 1. Compton, Faq WJ, Kornick Keg. C. C. Kok, Eng.
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DANOKOK BATAVIA BONBAT CALOUTTA
DANTON CR2700 COLONDO DAMEN POOCHOW HAIPHONG
KANDURO
HAYKOW
HARBIN HOMEW
100
ТРОН
JOHOR
HOX
KOWLOON
Main, Ray.
R. 8. Marrian, N.
T. E. Pearce it.
V, K. Grayburn, Rag,
Oble! Manager,
BRANCHES -
LONDON LYONG
MALACCA MANILA
MOAB (Johor)
MURDEN
NEW YORK
FELFING
PENANG
RANGOON
НАПОМ
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7
EGALA LUMTUR
KANGIAJ
BINGAPOR
HOTRARATA
AUNGEI PATANI
TIENTSIN
TOKTO
TRINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
Current Apoate opened in Lost Oncromes в учение от and Fiza Deporte revival for shorter periode in Lal Company and Sterling no terras wkirk will be quoted on application.
Hong Kong, 13th April, 1934.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Badiness of the shers Bank is voudre
od by the HONG KONG AND CHANDRAI BANKING CORPORATIOR,
'ebonized on application.
Balon may be
FOR THE FONOKOKO AND SHANGHAI BÁRKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRATHORN.
Chal Masseer.
Hong Kong, 26th February, 1984.
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Deposit them in • Vasit
that is really:
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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA: & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Ommerce and
Finance.
COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS
New York, May 2.
Paid-up Capital
Reserva Fund
£3,000,000 £3,000,000
Heserve Liability of Pre-
prietors
£9,000,000
Latest Quotations.
Agencies and Branches:"
Alor Star
Πλαξία
Rangoon
Amritsar
Ipoh
Salgon
Bangkok Betase
Karachi
Semarang
Bombay
Klang Robe
Seremban
Shanghai
Calcutta Kunla
Singapore
Canton
Lampar
Sitiawan
Sourabaya
Madras
Taiping
Delhi
Colombe
Manila
Tientsin
Medin
Tongkah
Halphons
New York
(Bhuker)
Peining
Tsingtao
Harbin
Hong Kong
Penang Zamboanga
(Peking) Yokohama
Foreign
Exchange and
Genmai
Hamburg Hankow
Banking business transacted.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday. Dow Jones Åverages.
Aver, Aver.
་་་
30 Industrials Messrs. Asia Lands Ltd. have re- 20 Rails .... ceived the following quotations on 20 Utilities the New York cotton and wheat.40 Bonds
Commodity rubber, silk and silver exchanges Index on the Commodity Exchanges Inc.. New York:
Closing Commodity Prica May 1,
SILVER.
....
Last To-day's Changes.
100.49-100.62 13 up
47.39 47.06 93 down 25.03 21.97 .08 down 34.83 84.82 01 down
51.41 $1.03 38 down
Messrs, E. A. Pierce & Co. Re-
port:The market is
over.
巍
Hittle
OD steadier, but we think that it is too
carly to any that the reaction is j
Wheat: Light rains in both Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. the Winter and Spring wheat areas and the possibility of more caused
Corrent Accounts opened and Ftr.jof New York:
ed Deposits received for one year or Apr. 30 Range May 1 Range liquidation. Private reports in-
shorter periods at rates which will be July...43.05 43.10 quoted on application.
W. H. E. THOMAS,
Acting Manager. Hong Kong, 20th February, 1934.
Sept. ..48.30 43.40 Dec.....43.90 43,90
43.75 43.85 Mar. ...44.50 44.60
44.40 44.40 Total sales for the day:-
WAS
43.17 43.20dicate a serious moisture. situation 43.33 43.40
and the premium for May is in- creasing. Cotton: The tone irregular and unsteady during most of the day. There was consider able selling, which was credited to
domestic Bumbay and to
mills. The rallying power of the market was feeble and sentiment was mix- ed. Silver: There was an early
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. 280 contracts of 567 contracts of
Established 1912.
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
Authorised Captia) (11.E. Onrresey) #11.0W,non Pag-Up Capia ameon Reserve Fund 1,181,700
Banker. Bangka
Conten
BRANOUKI
Sangbad.
and as Frearlons,
LONDON BANKERS1—
The Lord's Book, Theiled. DOKRKAPONDENTH
In all principal olilas of the World.
Povely Exhange sad backing budinem f wwwy koszłyślow espanolol.
Safe Deposit Box (various sinal ab a guarly
frota BI so (4.
LOOK POONG SHAN.
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and
Profits
25,000 oza. each
Market:-Strong.
25.000 023 cach
RUBBER. Rubber: Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York:
Apr. 30 Range May 1 Range
May .13.48 13.50 July ....18.68 13.70
14.14 14.14 14.34 14.35 Sept.13.90 13.92 14.57 14.58 Standard No. 1 "B" Contract. Total sales for the day:-
1,336 contracts-1,496 contructs SILK
Silk: Commodity Exchange Inc, of New York:
Apr. 30 Range May 1 Range May 1.181⁄2 1.18% 1.18 1.21 Sept...1.2) 1.22 1.22 1.23 1.21 ¡Dec...1.21
1.22 1.23 SUGAR. Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee Exchange:
£10,000,000.00
Undivided
# 5.598,600.00
$2,434,000.00
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG 12. Des Voeux Road Central
May July
September
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Sir Shoukon Chow, Chairman).
Li Koon Chun. Esq. P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Market: Quiet.
Incated on the Mezzanine Floor of Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Chan Ching change: Our New building Specially Con-Shek. Esq. Li Lan Sang. Esq. Wonk structed to provide all of these Im Chu Son, Esq. and Kan Ying Fo, Esq. portant Qualities.
You
may obtain a Safe Deposit Box in this most up-to-date Vanit for your own use at a very moder-
COTTON.
Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road, Central,
Parin
Priping
KAN TONG PO.
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1at March, 1984.
Spot ..10.95
"Spy Ring Brains?"
Confessions "in France of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Switz, American couple, of participation in interna- tional spy ring, may reveal Mme.' Lydia Stahl (above), Ruslan born but wed to an American. as the. brains of the espionage group, French oficials believe.
LOCAL DOLLAR RECOVERS.
Silver Prices Decline.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1934.
INCREASED IMPORTS IN BRITAIN
Inter-Imperial Trade To Be Developed.
QUESTIONS IN COMMONS
London, To-day. The President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Walter Runciman, in the House of Commons, yester day replied to a series of ques- tions regarding the increase in the imports of various commæli» tles from foreign countries over
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
THE Undersigned have received
trar, Supreme Court, to sell by Public Auction --
Tinstructions from The Regis-
ON THURSDAY, the 3rd May, 1934, at 12 o'clock, Noon at their Sales Room,
4. Duddell Street.
20 Radio Sets and A Quantity of
Spare Parts
Removed from the Office of The at
particular periods, and asking Electric Service Corporation what action he would take to in- Room No. 10, First Floor, China crease the Imports of these com-Building
modities within the Empire.
Mr. Runciman pointed out that
it was often misleading to con
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
sider, by themselves, statistics Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1934. relating to specific and limited
ON THURSDAY,
periods, and to specific countries. THE Undersigned have received As an illustration of this he men- fnstructions to sell by Publie tioned that wheat imports from Auction Canada incréased from 7,165,342 ewt. in the first three months of 1932 to 13,885,000 during the same period of 1933. In the case of oats, increased imports from Russia in the first three months of 1934 were more than the offset by the reduced imports from Argentina in the same period.
As regards maize the aur- plus available for export on Empire countries from 1933 crops was un- usually small owing mainly to the short crop. in South Africa.
3rd May, 1934, at 3 p.m. at their Sales Room.
4. Duddell Street,
One Flat 4-Seaters Tourer Motor Car..
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1934,
The local dollar has recovered weakness due to the accumulation, opening on demand to-day at
NOTICE. of overnight selling orders thru 1/4
FREE ENTRY FOR EMPIRE commission houses and Far-Eastern
He said that considerably Spot and forward silver pricés de-
in-TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN interests. Stop-loss selling was clined yesterday, closing at creased duties were imposed
lastN also encountered. The market 18 3/16 and 18%, respectively.
that in addition to our present January on oats and cat products territory we have now been appoint- Inter rallied on commission house: The London on New York cross from foreign countries, and that ined Authorised Ford Dealers by the peristent strength of rubber had rate, which closed un Monday
at the case of most of the other com-Ford Motor Company, Exports, Inc,. a sentiment influence.
-U.S.$5.14, yesterday, closed
at modities mentioned Empire coun-Shanghai, for Canton and Surround- Business Done:-1,340,000 shares -U.S.$5.12, while the New York on tries had either free entry or pre-ing Territory as well as the entire
Last To-day's London rate yesterday closed at ferential duties.
Provinces of Kwangsi and Kwei- PrieEU.S.$5.11%, as compared with
The Minister added, whilst no op-chow. There is no other authorised -U.S.$5.13% on Monday.
jportunity would be lost of develop Ford Dealer in any of the above ter-
ing inter-imperial trade, he could [ritory.
Air Reduction
Price
99% 100%
Allied Chemical & Dye .144
American Radiator
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
On T.T. and demand $14
Bar Silver per oz. 18 3/16 Bar Silver in Hong
nom,
nom,
1% prem.
not
contemplate discriminatory WALLACE HARPER & CO., LTD. action against the produce of par-
ticular countries merely because im-
NOTICE.
lar period.--British Wireless Ser-7E have This Day authorised {vice.
Mr.
ERIC MACDONALD BRYDEN, Chartered Accountant,
ASSOCIATION.
H.K. SHAREBROKERS" to sign our firm name in all matters pertaining to our Hong Kong Office. LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Chartered Accountants. Hong Kong, 1st May, 1934,
Stock Report.
The following report was issued by the Hong Kong Sharebrokers' Association yesterday afternoon!
Banks $1860 h.
Underwriters $1.30 b.
Unions $620 b
Waterboats $111⁄2 b
Antamoks 58 cts. b.
Baguio Gold 33 cta. b. Ranbe $16.30 b, Vens Goldfields $7 b Hotels $5.85 b.; $5.95 a Evros $16.40 b.
Providents (old) $1.85 h.
Trams $20.80 b. Lights (old) 38.85 b. Amusements $3.30 b. Constractions (old) $1.75 b Constructions (new) 70 eta, b. Gold Bonds 887% h.
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY,
THERAPION NI THERAPIONN 2 THERAPIONN:3
WA.X
UR LEGUERO 1 sd-Co.Narocilock KÂN, WA, LARAN DE. LE OLERD'S MILLS for the Livan bladder,
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918), LTD.
Lost Certificate No. 10166.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
N
that Certificate No. 19168 for 1200 shares umbered 786487/786666 registered in the name of BEA- TRICE MARY SMYTH has been reported. LOST OR MISLAID and NOTICE 15 HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that, unless the said Certifi cate is produced at the Registered Office of the Company within THIRTY DAYS from the date of this Notice, the aforesaid Certificate No. 10166 will be deemed CAN- CELLED AND OF NO EFFECT and an application to the Company for the issue of a new Certificate in respect of the aald shares will be proceeded with in the usual course.
144
American Can
..100%
14%% NA
100
American Smelting
39%
American Tel, & Tel.
.118%
39% 1174
April 30 May
American Tobacco “B”, 71% 1American Waterworks
70
Ou London-
ports from these countries happened
20%
20
T. T.
1.44
1.45
Anaconda Copper Mining 15%
1514
Auburn
40%
41
On demand
1.48
1.49
Bendix Aviation
17
174
1.64 1.55
Borden Co.
214
24
1/4 1/4/ Four months sight 1/4% Credits 4 months'
to show an increase in that particu-
Canadian Pacifie
15%
16%
sight
1/534
·
J. 7. Case
66%%
66%
Cotton.
New York Colton Ex. Caterpillar Co.
On New York-
31
30%
Chase National Bank Chrysler Motors
20% 29%
On demand
354
461⁄4 46
Credits 80 days
May Kan Tong Po, Esq, Chief Manager. July L The Fong, Esq., Manager.
Oct.
Ate Rental.
Inspection Cordially invited.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES...
Dec.
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD.
Amoy
Manila
Seattle
Batavia
Melbourne
Bombay
Nagasaki
Semarang Shanghel
Calcutta Canton
New York
Jan. Mar. Middling
Apr. 30 Range May 1 Range
.10.74 30.74 30.90 10.90 11.05 11.06 .11.14 11.1G ..11.21 11.21 ...11.30 11.33
Consolidated Gas of N.Y.
35%
35
sight
36%
10.56 10.50 10.73 10.75
Curtles Wright ... Du Pont de Nemours Eaelman Kodak
8TL
3
On Paris-
92
93
On demand
530
93
$2
10.91 10.92 11.01 11.01 11.06 11.06 11.17 13.18
Electric Auto-lite Co. Electric Bond & Share Electric
Credite 4
23
2314
Inonthe'
16፡4
sight..
670
Power & Light 6%
6%
|On India-
General Electric
2114 21/
General Foods
mutilated 35%
On Shanghai-
Singanore
General Motors
36%
30
Onaka
Sourabaya
10.75
Gillette Safety
31
11
On demand
110
Raiphong Hankow Ronolulu Kobe
Swatow Synder
WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:
Gold Dust
20%
21
4
On Japan:-
Internat. Harvester
39%
On demand
116
Penapr
Talheku
Internat. Tel. & Tel.
1314
Rangoon
Tientsin Saigon Tokyo San F'cisco Vancouver Yokohamos
April 30 May 1
13
On Manila~~
Liggett & Myers "B"
934
92
May July September
80% 79
Loew's Inc.
81%
On demand
70
32%
-794% 80% Total sales for the day:-
20,000,000 40,000,000
bushels
bushels AMERICAN GOLD PRICE:
77%
Montgomery Ward
284
2774
On Singapore--
78%
National Biscuit
40%
40%
On demand
58%
National City Bank
20%+ 30%+ On Batavia-
(WASHINGTON).
National Dairy Prod. Otis Elevator Pacific Gas & Electric Packard Motors Pennsylvania Rly.
104 10%
On demand
512
1614 15% 184 18%
4%%
On Saigon-
4
On demand
53
32
324
On Bangkok--
Radio Caran.
April 30 May 1
On demand
134
Seara Roebuck Socony-Vneuum Corpn.
46%
184%
Sovereigns bank buy-
$85.00 $85.00 Standard Brands
Standard Gos
Standard Gas Texas Corpn.
21 21 12% 11% 44% 44%
25% 25%
ing rate
1/5%
Kong
Trans-America
0%
Union Carbide & Carbon 421⁄4 Union Pacific
4314
Copper Cash
..127% United Air & Transport 22% United Corpn.
5 United States Steel ... 40% Westinghouse E. & M.. 37%
BID-t.
1284
Copper Centa
22% 5% 474% 37%
Hong Kong Suk, Gon per.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
Capital
D'
LIMITED.
Established 1880
Surplus Reserves
Paris
New York
BRANCHES-
Montreal
Amsterdam Autwory
Mriden City
Rekervo Fund
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen.100,000,000
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at:
..Yen.122,750,000
ARLO
Beale
Berlia
Row bey
Bemala Cairo Oalentia
Gangen Kay Rumbarg Usldalborg Interlin Feromalam Londen [wpcl
Brussels
2
Naple PLACEME
Geneva
Paris Priplag
Alexandria
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta Canton
Nagasaki Nagoy New York Danka
Rotterdam Mos Ebanghel Bohemian Bingspars
INDIA, LTD.
MEAD OFFICIO 1
Amsterdam Milan Stockholm Copenhagen Berlin
Oclimbe Copenhagen Dalin Halabagh Yor
Marselhan
Orle
Taormina
Los Angeles
Manila
Moji
counts.
Harbin
(Dalny)
(Mukden)
Hong Hous Jinhaltla Hainking Karachi
Кофе
London
Delping
Fangoon
de Jeneiro
San Francisco
Seathe
Soerabaya Sydney
Tientain
Tokyo Telogtao
Dots
Mort MILAN
Venice. Tokohama Redak
Branches of American Express Com- pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.
18, Grnovchurch Purnal, London, 104.
Authorland Capital....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital
Paid-up Capital....... 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Roat. 1,240,785 BANKERST
The Band at Zaglaki 5 Miland Bank, TAB. -KRAMOMUS 6.
Oslo
Vienna
Prague
1,800,000
Helsingfors Lisbon Athens
Bangkok
Momy
Caloutta
Įpok
Kamchi
New York
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Dalawan
4
Pasang Port Ponde
(Matartina)
BALOK
Xuala Incaguar
Bucharest Madrid Athena Belgrade Rio
Personal
Investment mecounts
Howrah
Madamer
Bingor
| handled.
Yingkow
+
The Company offers to intending Travelers. the use of ita. “Travnimes
MONG KONG BRAMOR
Hvory dosedlyunk of Zoking and Hoshangu. İntel-
test. Travelin Choquée lasted. 20
Trusts and Executorships under-
Interest allowed on current An Cheques and Letters of Credit and,
In addition, the world-wide services taken: -
INTAREST úlovok se, Oursona Lastanka (162
Deposita recolved for fixed periods of its thoroughly equipped Travel De-Flask pande wa kike, that may be thingisland ́at rates to be obtained on appileation, partment,
G. KIRHINAMI
Manager,”
· Hong Kong, 11th April, 1934,
ƉE ̈W, DUGGAN,
Manager.
J. B. ROSS,
·Manage: 17, Queen's Raè Costed..
Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1923.
Buenos Aires
Montevideo Bombay Yokohama Shanghai Hong Kong
. Silver Spot:
21.854
588 Sellers 225
1/8 8/32
· 1/2. 3/16
1/2
.1/4.
18 8/16
Forwardð eisi 18
Stock Exchange... Holiday
Bellers Official
-British Wireless Service.
AMERICAN ORIENTAL
FINANCE CORPORATION
Fed. Inc., U.S.A,
We are opening
NEW OFFICES
in the
ASIA LIFE BUILDING
14 Queen's Road Central, 3rd floor
Telephone: 26631
London, Yesterday.
TT 6.12 5.10%
15.73/2
7.52%
59%
19.40
22.39/2
12.934
19.00 (7)
28
122%
226%
110
522 sellers
510
87 11/82
964* 884
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Kowloon
London {TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeb, Formoss Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Bank Formone
Bank-Hola Jasued Avangs ammoni „Y
Every description of Banking and Exchange bussens transacted.
LORDE granted on approved securities.
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received
On and after August 15th, 1933, the for one year or shorter periods in rate of Interest on Special Current Lea and Foreign Currencier
on
Deposit will be at 2% pa. on daily terms which will be quoted on appll-U.S. balance and the rate for balance over cation.
$10,000 will be quoted on application. i Rafe Deposit Boxes To Lat (Maximum rate-1%%).
LONDON BANKERS:
Barnlays Bank, Lil. Iloyds Bank, 144 Midland Bank, Lád, Warminster Bank. Ted.
Jummarital Össion throughout the world.
MONO KOXO BRANCH :
K. MAGURA.
9. Des as Rond Central
Hong Kong. Dasambor 36, 100).
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.
Head Office:-65, Broadway, New York.
.1.5.$6,000,000.00
Treasury Gold
Price, per OS.
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK, LTD.
National Bank Building, BA, Des Voeux Road, Central
Authorized Capital
..... $5,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital 1,000,000.00. Now York, London and Parle Agents;
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. We offer facilities for the transac
U.8.$1,887,089.17 Hion of general banking business. .IJ.B.$1,718,979.87
Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks and bonds bought and gold. granted on approved securities.
LER FANG,
General Manager.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
THE
Rate of Native Interest 84% pa Chinese Sub, Coin .... 32% dis
For THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918), LTD. NOEL BRAGA, Secretary, Hong Kong, 29th March, 1984.