BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital
$50,000,000
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Issued and Fully Paid-up 20,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855. Reserve Funds Sil
Sterling £ 8,500,000 Silver... 0,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
& I Dodwelly Engi
Chairman
CC. Knight. Ing.
·Dapaty - Chairman.
T. 34-dirnybar. Eng.
Chief Manager.
Bombay Calcutta Cana
W. H. Bell, Esq. K. S. Morrison EsQs Cawapara
A. H. Compton Esqu
M. Johnson, Esq. Colobo.
Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
Delhi.
Haiphong
G. Miskin, Esq. T. E. Pearce, Bag, Hamborg
AXOY
BANGFOR
BATAVIA
BOMBAT
CANTOR
JOHORE
FORE
KORLOOX
BRANCHES
LONDON LYONS XCALACCA
MANILA
KUAR (John)}
15-
Hamingw
Bang: Kean.
Ipoh Karichi
THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, ALKUSE, 17, 1815
Commerce and Finance
COMMODITY: PRICES:
..£3,000,000
£3,000,000 The following, quotations have been received by Reuter. £3,000,000₫
Foreign Exchange and Gumersi Banking busko
transacted.
Coat Accumula opened and Fixed Deposit December Pensive)-for-000 year or shorter perioda už zuten which will be goosed on applicación.
A. BREARLEY,
LOCAL SHARES
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:
Fanks
KK. Bank $1080 d.
KK. Bank (London) $11234 n Chartered Bank £84 2
Mercantile Bank A. and K
£29 L
Mercantile C. 51222 1.
Bank of East Asia $7615 n.
Insurances
Canton Ins. $189 1 Union Ins. $380 m... China. Underwriters, 10 cts. China--Fire Ins. $382 n. HK Fire Ins. $185 sa. International Assce, $4 n.
Shipping
Douglases $36 12.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
Paid-up Capital 20,000,000 Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
Agencies and Branches:
D
Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing
Nor Lear
Kaigon
New York Cotton:-
Bangkok-
Serverban
October
11.31: 11.36.
Shanghai
December
1115
11.32
Lurapet
Sinexper Sitiawan
Inching
Sourabaya
January (1936)" 11.10
11.20
Madres
Taiping
March
10.99
114
Manila
Kelan
Tengbak
May
10.95
11.13
New York
(Bbaz)
Potping
Tringto
July
-10.85
108-
Yolebama
¡Spot
11.70
1175
Zamboniga.
New York Robber:
September
1202
11.88
12.22
12.10
January
12:29 12.17
Manager. Hong Kong, 1st Jamary, 1985
March Mar Chicago Wheat:-
12.46 1931
- 12.60
12.43
September
87
88%
December
892
90%
May
914
92
SUNGEI PATANI
|Chicago Cora:---
September
77
Authorised Capital
Paid-up Capital
$11,000,000 December
8,855,000 May
www
57
577%
58
Total ResourceR
Shell (Bearer) 74/4
Branches: Canton, Toishan, Shanghai August Hankow, Bangkok & San Francisco.
82/
855
Landon Banker: Lloyds Bank, Ltd, October
85%
$53
No. 1-No.3 No.1 No.3 Con Con Con. Con
2.47 237 250 2:39
Dec. Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes). Jan. (1936) for hire
March LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager May
264 235 2.56 234
2:25n 206 221n 2.06
Benguet Goldfield 10 cts n.
208. 2.13
206
Big Wedge 8 cts n
2.12
Gold Creek 30 ctx. n.
•
THE
-New York Suk:-
September
Gold River 7 cts. n.
1.66/
1.73
1.60
1.66
Itogons 36 cts. n.
March
161
16514
Salacots 12 cts-
Montreal Silver:
September
65.25
65.40
December
65.60
66.00
65.75m
65.950
67.10 67.50
Kailan Mining Ad. 13/6 n. Langkats (Single) Sh. $14 ni S'hai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 n. S'hai Loans Sh. $5% n Raubs ST b.
Venz; Goldfeld $2.30 n.
Docks, etc.
CALCUTTA
CHETOO COLOMBO DAIREX
RAIPHONG
HAMRING
HANKOW HARRIN
HONGKET
ILOILO
FTOH
NEW YORK
PRIPING
WENANG
RANGOOK
SAKIOX
WAN PRANCISCO
KUALA LUMPUR
SHANGHAT
SINGAPORE
SOURA BATA'
TIENINIS
TOKYO
TSINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
Curver A-rums opened in Ional Centvary and Find: ponte id for one year or shorter pericula is Local Currency and Seling abjad sill be quoted in application.
Hong Kong, 6th April, 1935.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1912
Head Office:Hong Kong.
32170,492, Winnipeg Wheat:---
Foreign Exchange and Banking December ... business of every description trans-New York Sugar:-
acted.
Current Accounts opened and Fixed
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK Deposits received for one year or
The Bunk of the above Back in conduct ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING COMPORATION, Bates may be obtained on application.
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
shorter periods at rates which will be Sept. quoted on application.
V
F. M. GRAYBULX.
Chint Manager. Bong Kong, February, 1935.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capital
Paid-up Capita ....... Beter as Undivióni Prašte
$30,000,000.00
-$ 5,006,000,005
£180,000,00
HEAD OFFICE:—HOVA KOSG
30 Din Virus. Band Cairpl
BOARD OF DIRECTIES:-
Sie Shou-son Chow, Cha Jac.
Li Love Chen, Eng., P. K. Kwak. Eaq Tong You Zg. Emi.. Chuan Ching which Eeq.. 13 Lao Bang: Eng. Borg Che Son, Eng. and Kan Ting ∙Po, Eng.
Batavia
Kao Tong Pa. Eaq.. Chie! ManuETT.. 23 Te Yong. Faq. Hannove
BRANCHIES AND AGENGAN tem
•[samber Calcutta Cartoo Haiphong Hunkow
Home alu
Bobs.
Fro~100 London
Manila
من و این جور که اید
Stazapore Sourabaya.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, December
INC
Head Office:--65; Broadway,
New York
Capital. Surpits. Eeserves
.1.S.$6,000,000,00
2.183,633.06 $70,731.05
Kaplón
BRANCHES.
Genon Glamo The Hague Hevera Hembarg⚫ Havre Haid-Therg Interlaken
Paris
Priping Palermo Botterdam
Khanghai
Aretenders
Antwent
Athena
B
Berlin
Rombay
Ва
· Berzameli
Ledoc Liverpool
Cairo Calcutta
Тонятия Labor
Sastham pres
The glas
By York
Daka
Parin
Sama Tant
Colombe Copenhagen Dublin Edinburgh
Genera
Tiantaist
T MATTHEE
Mars
Marta Carlo
Massita
Tokohama Zurich
Perpis
jydney
Pr
Taibukas
Ktuan
Tin
S
40
VancouPHY Tokola.
Fon Francisco.
Every mcription of Beating and Exchang Bicos transacted. Loans grassed on approved
our tire.
20
Current Accounts, opened in Lonal Currency and Feed Dupri oceived: for, shorter periodja Lora and Foreign Currencies
on terms which will be quoted on application.
"Safe Deposit Boxes To Letter
Munici
Montreux
January March
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Latest Quotations
August 17.
The following quotations were 20- eved by Reuter:
NYLondon
Last close 10.20 11.00 1984 4973. 4964
NY. Cotton
Oct
11.31 11.23 11.29 10.95
1102 10.95
Branches of American Express. May Company in Principal cities of United N.T. Rabber States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personál
handled.
investment
1222 1214 12.10
218
Dec.
C. Wheat
.".
accounts
Sept Dec. [C. Corn Sept. 774
Dec.
157 STOCKS
8912
The Company offers to intending Amer Smelting 42 Travellers the use of its "Travellers, Con Gas NY. 32% Cheques" and Letters of Credit and Elec Bond & in addition, the world-wide services}
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK Department
*88
H.K. Steamboats $4 n. Indo-Chinas (Prefi), $30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def), $12 n
n.
Union Waterboats $111⁄4 new
Mining
Antamoks 7922 cts. a.
Balatos $18 _Z.`
Baguio Gold $241⁄21⁄2 ets. n.
Benguet Consolidated $12.10
A Doug Fairbanks and Lady Sylvia Ashley sailed from Quebec, Canada, cameramen tried to get them to pose together without success, but they obliged amparately. Fairbanks intimated that his long expected marriage tu2 Lady Ashley will take place in Europe nex‡ January, when his divorce from Mary Pickford becomes Engl.
NEW YORK STOCK
MARKET
Market Registers Higher
RECENT BULLISH ADVICES-
MAINTAINED -
SHARE MARKET ·
Messrs. Harriman's Weekly Report
FOOD
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
·ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE
STANLEY
T
THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR be- gins Sept. 9th. Examination for new Students SATURDAY, September 7th- at 9 am
. For Prospectus, for Boarders & Day Boys, apply Li Hoi Tung, Esq, Messrs. Banker & Co. Bank of China Building, or
THE WARDEN,
St. Stephen's College, Stanley.
INDIAN MAHARAJAH ACCUSED
Girl's Story Of Imprisonment
ESCAPE FROM BUNGALOW
Bombay.
The escape at dead of night of three girls who alleged that they were kept prisoners in the Mala- bar Hill bungalow of the Mahara- jah of Sirchi, after having been forced to become is mistresses, was described in the Bombay High Court recently..
Messrs. G. A. Harriman & Co's
An application was made re- weekly share report and market garding the guardianship of one review issued "at
to of the girls... day states:
Dharney, a 16-year-old daughter As a whole the market maintain of Padms. Rajaji, a former Sirohi
In their market report. Messrsed a very steady tone during the subject, gave evidence that her ) Benguet Exploration 13 cts. b. S. E. Levy and Company, corres-week under review and although the family were persecuted in that pondents for Messrs. White Weld volume of business was not large. State and her parents Imprisoned. On the suggestion of a friend and Company, New York, State: there were more enquiries for in-
Hong Kong that she should seek the Mahara- vestment stocks. **Stocks: The market to-day was
Ipo Mining 90 ets. n.
HK and K Wharves
$78 1.
HK and K Wharves
higher in spite of some moderate/Trams were very steady and were jah's pardon Dharmey, according profit-taking. There is nothing in dealt in at $12.65/75, Star Ferries to her story, ventured alone to the Maharajah's bungalow in 'Pind-
were slightly firmer with
general news to cause any change from our recent bullish advices.quiries at $77, but sellers were scarce. A fair amount of busi- Business done: 1,710,000 shares.
ness was put through in Hong "Wheat: With a further provement in four sales, coupled Kong Electrics at $581/59/ closing in demand at $59. Tele- with lighter hedge pressure and
phones (old) came to business at frost in Northem Canada. We $20.35 with further buyers at
Total would prefer the longside.
2
warz
Begged For Mercy Kneeling before him, she begged for mercr
The Maharajah, she said, pro- the immediate release of mised $20.25 Wharves eased off some her parents, but when she got up to sales: 18,389,000 bushels
what and could be obtained at leave the bungalow she found she
was imprisoned. "Cotton: Earlier in the day there $76. Hong Kong Lands formed (old) was some general new buying and
notable feature of the week Dharmey alleged that she was also some buying by mills on hopes having slumped one point from taken to the Maharajah's bunga- of a 12-cent loan. The market is $29 to $28, the market, however. low in Sirohi and there forced extremely nervous and erratic, closing better with enquiries at to be his mistress. She saw there with prices fluctuating according $284.
With the exception of three other girls who were in the the continuously changing Hotels which touched a low level same plight.
After two months she and two Washington loan gossip. The of $32, minor, issues attracted trend of the market is depending very little attention. China Lights of the other girls were taken to on a cotton loan and also on the
shares the bungalow at Malabar Hill and rather neglected, were loan terms of such a
Senator having changed hands in small they were followed by the Mahara George predicts the announcement scrips at $8.30. Cements were on fah of a 12-cent loan within thirty six offer at $34 without attracting hours.
(new)
574% D HK. and W. Dock $74 b. Providents (old) 65 cts. I. Providenja (new) 20 cts. n. Hong Kew Sh. $240 m. New Engineering Sh. $4 n. Shanghai Docks. Sh.$78 n.
Cotton Mills Ewo Cottons Sh.- $7. n. Shanghai Cotton (old) Sh
$65 1
Shanghai Cotton (new) $40 Zoong Sings Sh. $81⁄2 1 Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 a.. Lands, Hotels, etc.
to
Dharmer then stated that at-
buyers.
re-tempts were made to convert the Providents (ota) "Flash: The American Railway mained unchanged with enquiries girls to another religion. They Association estimates carloadings at 55 cents. Watsons revived to refused. Then they were beaten.
Escape n. at 585.000 cars, a decline of 20,000 a buying rate of $3.10.
cars from the corresponding period drop in exchange Sterling coun-
Telling her story of the escape,
of last year
90%
57344
43 3244
427%
1736
1734
HK and S. Hotels $3 b. H.A. Lands $2812 5 5283432 HK Lands 4% Debentures
100%
42
424
KAN TONG TO..
Chief Manages
Share.
1734
E. W. DUGGAN,
of its thoroughly equipped Travel General Motors 4274 Int. Tel & Tel 11% Loew's Inc. 413%2 Manager. Montgomery
Ward
11% 41
11%
41%
354 35 22% 22
US. Steel
46% 43.
LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office ...Shanghai
'Capital
Besurve
$7,500,000,00
.$1,500,000.00
Branches ...All Important Cities
in China
General Exebangs and
Banking
Formin „Business Prusacted.
Current and Sering Accounts opened and Fised Déporita Terved. for one year or shorter periode: at rates- which will be quited an application.
SOU Z CHANG
BONG KONG BRANCH:
24 Time Forex Trad. Cenzaț
Foreign Exchange Dept.
General Office
Center's Othon
Msanger."
23508
39367
Ek wil
NY. Central
THE WING ON BANK Standard Oil
LIMITED.
Head Office: Hong Kong 26. Des Voeux Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000
LONDON BANKERS:-- ..
Westminster Band, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des-- cription of banking business transact-
NJ.
46%
424 423
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE: Gracechurch Street, London, ECL
Authorised Sapital
Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital
£3,000,000 1.800.000 1050,000
Reserve Fund & Rest.. 1,247,230 BANKERS:
--Gurent Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits re ceived at rates which will be qusted; on application. Special rates given for Special deposits.
Trusteeship and Executorship un-
Safe Deposit Boxes for Bangkor
Calcutta PHILIP GOCK CHIN
Colombo Chief Manager
Delhi LI SHU FONGIG
Asst. Manager Fong Kong
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK dertaken.
LIMITED.
Established 1880
Capital (full paid-up) Yen. 100,000,000
Leserve Find
Head Offer
Ten: 125,200,000
YOKOHAMA
Brancher and Agencies at:
Alexandria
Extavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Nagasaki-
Nagoya
New York Osaka.
Paris Peiping
Dairen (Dalny); Kangoon Fengtien Maiden) Rio de Jeneiro
San Francisco
Seattle
Hambung
Hankow
Harbin
Hong Kong
Honolulu
-Ezinking
Karachi
Kobe
Semarang
Shanghai
Singapore
Souzabaya
Landon
Los Angeles
Manila
Moji
showed for
hire.
LGOCKCHIN Asst. Manager
THE SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS, BANK LIMITED
(Incorporated in China)
Capital paid up.... $5,000,000,
Eeserves.
$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. rich Hend-Office-Shanghai A Bank having aš. its mzzission the industrial development-e-or Chins, and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad, Hong Kong Office-
7. Ice House -8t; Phone 31481-2-3
REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS
Berlin to
The Bank of England & Widland Bank, Idle BRANCHES: Inob
New York PADSHE Karachi
Port Lo Kota Bharu
(Mauritius) Zuala Lipia Bangnon
Shanghai
Howrah
Kuala Lumpur Kuantan (Palang) Finda. Madras
Sapore
•
BONG KONG BRANCH Every description of Banking and Exchange “busineu transacted.
Travellers Chaquos freneč.
Trustee and Executorships under- taken.
INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits at Bates: that may be amortiained Con: application.
R. KESKPOT
Mark Manages.
Queen's Road Central..
Hong Kong, 24th July, 1935.
Is it Insured?
LOWEST
ATES:
Shanghai Lands Sh. $20 m Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 m. Humphreys $71⁄2 1
HK Healties $4 n. Chinese Estates $88 u. China Realties Sh.34 n. China Debentires Sh.$129 n. Public Utilities
HK. Tramways $12.60 Peak Trans (old) $73⁄4 m Peak Trams (new) $5 a Star Ferries $77% b. Yaumati Ferries $17.60 1. C. Light $8.45 1.2 HK Electric $59 b., $595. Macao Electrics $2271⁄2 n. Sandakan Light $5 s. Telephones (old) $20.35 b. Telephones (new). $8.20 China Bases Sh$111⁄4 n. Singapore Traction 10/6 n. Singapore Pref. 22/8 b.
Industdala Malabon Sugar $31⁄2 n Cald: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $191⁄41⁄2
Cald: Macg. (Pref). Sh. $13 Canton Ices $1.80 n.. Cements $34 HK Ropes $21.
Stores, etc. Daily Farms $1534 8. Watson $3 bi Lane, Crawford $3 Mackintosh $2 The Sinceres $5 b.” *** Wm. Powells 70 eta. n. Wing On (HK): $55 n.
Entertainments:34′′n=" SC Enterprises $135 n. Macsó “Greyhounds"- $2 n. Constructions (old) $1.10/1 Constructions (new) 25 chi Vibro Piling $4,
Ch. Govt 5% 1925 - G&BA”.
Latest Quotations
texs
With the
were firmer, Hong Kong Dharmey said, "At one o'clock in Banks closed in demand at $1070 the morning two of the other girls and Unions at $380. The tone of and myself slipped out of the the market at the close is quietly bungalow. We jumped over a wall at the back of the building and -Business during the week has reached the road We were, un- Prev. To-day's been done at the following prices: able to find the homes of our
EK Banks $10472 Ex div. Antamoks 793 cents.
The following quotations were steady. received by Renter:
NY/London
cross-rate
close
close
498
496%
1136 11:36 88% w
66.00
NY. Cotton Oct.... 1131 N.Y. Rubber Sept. 12.02 Chicago Wheat Sept. 87% Chicago Corn Sept. 774 Montreal Silver Dec. 65.60 Silver Official ...65% 65%
Dow Jones Averages 30-Jdustrials 127.47 127.63 16 up 35.96 36.87. 91 imp 20 Rails 20 Utilities. 26.89 27.69 80 up 40 Bonds.... 96.49 96.53 44 up 11 Commodity
Index,
Business
53.47 53.70 23 up e-1,710,000 shares.
HK. SHAREBROKERS? ASSOCIATION
Stock Report
The following report was issued by the Hong Kong Sharebrokers' Association yesterday afternoon.
Douglases $35 b Steamboats $31⁄2 b Antamoks 78 cts. D. Baguio Gold 241⁄2 cts. b. Beng Consolidated $12 b. Beng Exploration 12 cta. h Big Wedge 10% cts. b. Salacots 13 cts, ba United Paracales 32-cts. b Raubs $7% ba Hotels $35. Lands $28 C.D. b. Providents Old 55.ets. b. HK. Docks $12 Star Ferries $771⁄2 b. Yaumati Ferries $17-5. Electrics, $59 b ** Telephones Old $20.20 b "Canton Ices #13% 14
Ropes $120 D
Dairy
HK Hotels $3
Humphreys $T1⁄2/TH. HK Trams $12.65/12%- Telephones (old) $20.35- Canton Insurances $185. H.K. Fires $180. Gold Rivers 6/7 cents. H.K. Lands $28.. H.K. Electrics $584/59 *Providents (old) 55/60 cents.
HK Govt 4% Loan-6 pre Bank of East Asia $754-
YOUNG MEN FINED FOR TAKING CAR
brothers and uncles. A police offi- •*
cer took as to the police station. Afterwards we were taken to a rescue bome."
The court was informed that the of Dharmey had been parents brought to Bombay under certain promises and threats so that they might claim their daughter and thus remove the difficult situation in which the Maharajali found- himself.
Brother As Guardian The girl and her brother refus ed to stop proceedings, and were: determined to take the application for guardianship into court
Mr. Justice Bjwadia appointed the girl's brother as her guardian Boxer's Intimidating" and made an order requiring her
to be kept in Bombay.
Attitude
The Maharajah of Sirohi rules a State of 1958 square miles, with
A former Oxford University population of over 200,000. heavy-weight, Budal Clouston, formerly of Brasenice College GIRL SENTENCED FOR
oke College,
was one of three former under- graduates who were foed at Ox- ford recently for taking 2 car without the owner's pers
with Clouston was fined £20 costs, and Gavin Smit Brasenose man, and formerly of Fa were fined £10 ta
Car Abandoi was stated new car and drove They were when they abando side a pubыcho bury
Clouston was later admitted taking the
ed the constable: or do th
"HIGH TREASON?”?
"Exemplary" Verdict In Berlin
Berli
of
The "exemplary sem 15 years penal servitude has they took a been passed on a 24-year-old end Munich girl named Bertha Oxford Karg, it is announced in Berlin. out- Found guilty of high treason by the Berlin People's Court, Traulein Karg was alleged to and have attempted to rebuild, the forbidden Communist Youth
scanisation
en; and She was des
Palat
gia.
Constru
Since