BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION --

Authorised Capital ... $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up. 20,000,000 Beserve Fanchgan

Sterling Silver

Reserve Liability of Prom

Tristans

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Paid-up Capital Beserve Fand

£8,500,000 $10,000,000

5$,000,000 $3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Prom

$20,000,000

prietors

£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Alne Star

Tangoca

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

1 H. Dodwell. Zig-

́C. C. Exigit, Esq.

Deputy Chara.

Hon Me W. Bel

Hon. Mr. J.-J. Paterson

A. H. Compton Esq.," TE. Paxrce Eaq MT. Johnsca Esq, JA. Pirunther Esq. G. Miskin Esq. A. L. Shields Esq.

T. X. Grybu Eng

AKGY

BANGSOI

BATANZA

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

CANTON

CREPOR COLOMBO

FAIRES POOCHOW

MAYBERG

FANTOW

BONGEEW

IPOH

ЗОНОВЕ

YURE

XOLOOX

Chind Manager.

BRANCHES

KUALA LUMPUR **

LONDON

INOXS

NALACCA

MANILA

YUAB Gokarni YEADER

NEW TOET

PELPING

PENING

KANGOON

MAIGON

2

---SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SOCRABAYA

SINGATURS

BENGEI PATANI -TIENISIN

TSINGTAO

70510

TOKUHAMA

Carte opened in Loval Currenez and Food Deposits oxited for cas year ac shorter periods in Local Carreary and Sterling were which will be quoted on application. AUGO up to date SIPE DEPUSTÍ BOXES In various sizes_TO ZET.

Hong Kong, Norambar, 1935.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

| Aziztadr

Bangkok

EN THE Baraba Calcutta

Слов

| Casapers

coba Colenbo

Daiki

Esiphona

Hamborg

Paiping

Hookyw Harbin

Penning

Choking

Sourabaya Triping

Tomekaa

THE CHINA WAILS.

ommerce and Finance

BANKNOTES IN KWANGTUNG Shortage Still Felt

NEGOTIABLE. BILLS ISSUED

AS SUBSTITUTE

“LFrom" "Our Own Correspondent] Canton; Saturday. About $7,000,000 worth of bank- motes and negotiable bills have been Formigo change and Gammal Banking business given out by the Kwangtung Pro- Currunt honocado apenas and Flood Deposite vincial Bank since November 7, moured for one per i play, poda en catwhen Canton went off the silver which will be quoted on applesbon.

standard, it was estimated by Bank A. BREARLEY.-

Manager. officials to-day. Hong Kong, 1st Jamay, 1935.

frameacted.

Having exhausted its supply of banknotes, the Government bank in now...isszing negotiable bills 25 5. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, makeshift and will rideen them

**HE

DEC.

Head Office:-65, Brandway, Nev-Faci

Capital Swplms

Reserves

Anusia Cata

Antway

Athens

JAKZIAH Bandi

.U.S.$6,000,000.00 2183,633.06 -870,7$1.05

BRANCHES---

Geces Glasgow

The Hagon

Bombay-

Brecome

Beim may be

Berasal Care

bined on application.

Hamburg Barre Belieberg Innocinicom Forum "London

Liverpool Levovern

Vilan ios Sapins Parious Partia

Priping

The Business of the above Bank is conduct-

ed by tậề HONG KONG AND 6HANGHAI BANKING CULPORATION.

YOR THE HUNG SONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATIUS.

--

Y. M. GRASBUEN,

Chiar Mackgut.

Hong Kong, 25th February, 13-

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

-$10,000,000L.CE

$5,500.00.De

Authomand Capita Paid-up Capuna Emers and Endivided. Prodie $ 2,000,000.09

HEAD OFFICE-ZIONG KONG.

20, Den Vorex Bood Central.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: hir Abou-son Chow, Cham Id-hoon Cham, Esq., P. K. Kou Yay Wong Hang. Em Hong Che 300, "Zag, and beg 30g Pr. Eng.

Kat Tung Po, Eng_Chiet Mangat.

Li The 200g. Eng“, Manag

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES :—

Manila

Melbourne

DAMAGING

Kapsanki.... Shanghai

Зари

Batavia

·Bamber

Calouma Canton Haiphong

New York

* Drakon

Вможем

Foo

Kobe

Kowloos

Zoodco

Patio

Pripad Pazing

Hanson Stugon

Tahom

Twatin

"Luke

VABOORPRE Tokoba

Every description of Bening aah - Berlimago- bos rected. Loans granted, of approved BOTAZION..

Current Accombe opened in: Local Cormancy and Fixed Deporte toimed for one your ar

Lo and Yordgs Dumačios į shorter periode De terme which will be quoted, ser CuppliontSCUL

bas Deponit Boxes To Let

XAS TONG TO, ^

Berit

Calcutta Cannes Colombo

Copenhagen Dublin

“Elfübürgh

Florence Creat

Marvadian S

“Monte Carte:

Matfle

Musich

Montrec

Paletoo Bosterdam Path

Southampton

Cacresisa

Ventos Yokohama Zaziok

Branches of American Express Company in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts hand-

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its fetravellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services

when new notes arrive from Lon- don and New Yark A total-off $200,000,000 in paper money is necessary to meet the require ments of the entire province.

SHARE MARKET:

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day

The Provincial Department of Finance is planning to forma ex- change bureaus in the province to buy silver from the county people" who are still hoarding up silver coins. In the villages some are] buying and selling on a silver ĺbasis.

Import merchants are greatly re- lieved by the fact that the premium for Hong Kong dollars has been lowered to 36 per cent. The mate |2 week ago-was-50 per cent The import trade will improve, now that the value of the Hong Kong dollar is not so high as before.

LOCAL DOLLAR ·

STEADY

Silver Market-Closed

The local dollar is steady, open-

of its thoroughly equipped Traveling on demand this morning st Department.

E W. DUGGAN,

Kanager.

1/33%d...

The silver market was closed.

The London on New York cross- rate was unchanged at £--U.S.$4.- 92%, while the New York on Lon-

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, don cross-rate was quoted at 5

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai

$7,500,000.00

Capital Beserve Branches--All Important Cities in

China

$1,500,000.00

Foreign Earhangs and Games Banking Bus

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Cet and Sering Amounts opened and Pined

LIMITED

Batablished 188#"

Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Beserve Fed

Yen. 127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calentia

Canton

Deizen Haly).

Nagasaki Nagoya New York

OZine

Paris

Peiping

Bangoon

Fengtion (Makden) Rio de Jenéro

Hamburg

Hankow

Barbiz

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Hsinking

Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

Voji

San Francisco

Seattle

Semarang

Shanghai

Singapore

Sourabaya Sydney

Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtas

Yingkow

Deposits massived for cos me of shorter pecicide at makes which will be quoted an application.

696.2. CHIG

Manager.

SONG TANG TAINGE: 24, Dar You Buy Cal

Tel 23505 2256A 35547

Xsoner's Offs Foreign Exstunge Dept. Gamerni üre

- 05

0534.93, as |SUS$4928.

compared with

RAW RUBBER PRICES

Latest Quotations From Singapore.

Messrs. H. 3. Joseph & Co. bave received the followinzi Straits Currency quotations from *Singapore for Raw Babber.

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeux: Boad Centrala Authorised Capital: $10,000,000

LONDON BANKEES: Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des cripton of banking business transact-

Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Depositstore- ceived at rates which will be quoted) os application

Trusteeship & Executorship under! taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. PHILIP GOCKCHIN Chief Manager.

Interest allowed for Curren A QUALITYPRINTING

соси

Deposits received for fixed periods:

st rates to be obtained on application.

C. KISHINAMI.

Hong Kong, 12th September, 1985,

With Service

THE NEWSPAPER 'INTERPLANE, EIDÄ

Spot 21% b., Up 1⁄2 22 s Jan.-March 223% by Up 22/2

April-June 22% b. Up % 23 & July-Sept. 23 b. Up % 23

Market Quiet.

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED- Het (Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up Beserves

$5,000,000, $7,300,000.

Capital Savings. Dept: $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $500,000, Head-Office-Shanghai

A Bank having as its mission the industrial development o China and the fostering of ber commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Offiez--

7. Ice Home St. Phone 31481-2-3

Banks

FK Bank $1,470 b. $1,475 83. 15 Erik (London) Độ s Chartered Bank £12% n. Mercantile Bank A. and

£291%

Mercantile Bank C. £133⁄4 ne Bank of East Asia $7031⁄2 m.

Insurances

Canton Ins. SETÜ zie Unions Ins. $560 b China - Underwriters $110 mi China Fire-Ins. $430 m. HK Fire-Ins: $260-1 International Assce. 54 n.

Shipping

-

“Dougiases $36 nə

HX Steamboats "$5um.” Indo-Chinas (Pruf), $30 n Indo-Chings ~ (De£) $11_2- Shella (Bearer) 19/41⁄2 Union Waterboats $12 n-

Mining

Artamoks $11.30 a. Balatoes $17 n. Baguio Gold 22 ets. 2

$15% 1 Benguet Consolidated Benguet Exploration 11 cts. 1. Big Wedge 12 cts. n. Gold Greek, 30 cta. 2. Gold River 7-cts- n_ Ipo Mixing 90 cts. 1. Itogons 36% its n Solacots 15 cts tha

Kallen Mining Ad. 10/6 n Langkats. (Single) Sh$12 n. Shai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 n. Shanghai Loans $574 n. Razbe $9.70 3. Vent; Goldfeld 3 b.-

Docks, etc.

HK and K. Wharves

$93% b.

1-1935

LUXURY THEA FOR EMPEON

Rowntree

Ther

SPENDING LEISURE HOURS

York-In employees to

tably

thestre“, has been their beneft, byl s colate ärm. The and cost $12,000

In a speech, ME

tree, chainman prophesied that

generation one might expect the normal wor

in England to be reduced to 186 x week

SIDENTEETS

STACHT

YET SAVES MONEY

ADVERTIS

MENTS

BANK HOLIDAYS-

Accordance with Gove-nzwert?

Sequoia Given Back FONDANCE, THE EXCHANGE

CHASTGUARD PATROL BOAT TO TAKE HER PIACE

Preside

BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business. on WEDNESDAY & THUESDAY. the 25th and 26th December,- Boosevelt 1995 (Xmas Holidays)."

Hong Kong, 21st Dec, 1985

sive the

the Depart She Sequoia On mang, aweekend tomac, and Chess-

the Cuyahoga,

used by the secret

:

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMPEED.

NOTICE

On TUESDAF, the 24th Decem

trail him, and in ber, All Departments will be open. place be will get a larger until 7 pm

On WEDNESDAY, the 25th De-- faster, coastguard patrol boatsember, and THURSDAY, the It was highly important, there the Electra.

26th December, All Departments. fore, to have the opportunities for

The Electra, the President ex-will be CLOSED. (spending leisure hours wisely dis

plained to newspapermen, will be The Hong Kong Dispensary, The building is owned by the

[large enough for both the Presi-¡ employees Dramatic Society and dential party and the secret service will be open for dispensing pre-

Dispensing: Department, . : can be used for plays, lecturesmen, thus making possible a netcriptions from 10 am to 1 pane films, and meetings.

The Sequoia, now considered a

The hall has a wonderful-newaying in employees and in fuel and from 5 pm to 7:30 pm system of colour lighting and al-

The Kowloon Dispensary will most any effect is obtainable. The fire hazard by the President's adbe open for business from 10 am. seating is especially comfortable visers, became the President yacht 1 pm. and an air-conditioning plant has during the Hoover Administration. A. S. Watson, & Co, Limited,

Mr. Hoover commandeered it from Hong Kong, 23rd December, 1935- the Commerce Department after shandaning the *more

palatial Mayflower, which rode the Puto mac for many years under several Presidents.

been instaled-Beuter.

NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTES

Wants Christmas In Prison

Bilbao: Jose Saulina is prepara

PUBLIC AUCTION

The President's new ship is ex- THE Undersigned have received"

Tinstructions to sell by Publie

pected to reach Washington zert week after being outfitted in Nor Auction. folk, Virginia. It is 155 feet long. and has a speed of 15 knots, com pared with the Sequoia's pace of

little over 10 knots. „Presidential-yachts are supporte

ed to go on breaking other peo-ed by the Government and mamed ple's mirrors until the authorities by the Navy, on the theory that allow him to spend Christmas they could be quickly turned to prison.

Two months' sentence has just) been passed on him for angshing the mirror in a chemist's shop, (old) but as he has had to remain ́in custody for exactly two months

HK and K. Wharves (new){ waiting for his trial, he now finds

$312.

HK. and W. Docks $9 1. Providents (old) $185 b. Frovidents (new) 15 cts. n. Hong Kew Sh. $23731⁄2 n. New Engineering Sh.54 m. Suangbai Docks, $80 n.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cotton Sh.$9% m.

Shanghai Cotton (old) Sh$75

Shanghai Cotton (new) Sh.541%

Zoong Sings Sh.$12. Wing On Textiles Sb. $25 1. Lands, Hotels, etc HK and S. Hotal $5_n. FK Lands $35 b

HK Lands 4% Debentures $100

Thi

himself at liberty.

He

military, purposes if necessary.

EELS HOLD UP TRAFFIC

Curious Scene In Sussex Village

He is annoyed at being deprived of his Christmas in prison in this way and has requested the authorities to detain him..... maintains he is ready to repeat London: Eels have held his crime until he is able to spend trafic in the Sastér village of Christmas where he wants.

¡Itchenor.

P

Asked to explain this maïque

The villagers say that the eels wish Sarcina replied, rather un-made their way in large numbers satisfactorily, that there was no from the village pond in bread accounting for tastes, was there? daylight

-Reuter.

DROWNED MAN TIED TO A STAKE

They crossed the road at the bottom of a hill and motorists pulled up to allow them to. pass.

Many of the eels were caught isnd eaten.

по

Friday, the 27th December, 1935-- commencing at 2:30 pm.

at their Säles Room, No. 35. Hankow Boad, Kowloon

A Quantity of

VALUABLY HOUSEHOLD

[composizing.

FURNITURE

Teak Dining Room and Bed Room Furniture, Chesterfield: Suites, Pictures, Carpets, Rugs. Clocks, Ornaments, Enarnél and Porcelain Ware, Brass and Almo Ware, etc., ett.

also

A Selection of Black-Wood

Furniture.

On View from Thursday the 26th. December, 1935.

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT EROS..

Anctioneers.

Hong Kong 23th Dec, 1935.

BRONZE CROSS FOR SCOUT

A Jamaican boy scout, Martin

Ells are able to live for a long Watkis, aged 13, has been zward-

The body of James Gillies, 48, of Canuscross, Skye, who had been time out of water. They usually ed the Bronze Cross, the highest bed-ridden for three years, was travel overland at night in wet award for gallantry of the Scouts' Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 a found in the ses close inshore, tied grass and during damp weather. Association, for rescuing a crip-

Shanghai Lands. Sh $20 a.

Humphreys: $1034 m "FK. Rexifies $5:05 b... Chinese Estates $84 m. China Realties $4 1. China Debentures Sh.$85 a. Public Utilities HK. Tramway: $14.35 b. Peak Trams (old) $5 h. Peak Trams (new) $4 n. Star Ferries $89 b.

Yaumati Ferries $17, p. C. Light $10% b. ez div. cum

F.K. Electrics $68 n. Macao Electrics $20 nj Sandakan Light $2.10 n. Telephones (old) $2432 b. Telephones (new) $91⁄2 n.. China Buses Sh$1134 n Singapore Traction 17/- nhi Singapore Traction Pre£ 267-

·Industrials

"Malabon Sugar $3.40 n.

Cald, Macz (Ord.) Sh.$194... Cald: Macg. (Pre), Sh$15 1 Canton Ices $1.60-z-. Cements $6.90.5.

HK Ropes $465 2

by a long rope to a stake planted Hin the ground. It is believed that he took the rope from two gozta: that were tethered near the shore,! and used it to avoid being carried font to sex.

Stores, etc., Dairy Farm $19% b. Watsons $41⁄21⁄2 1. Lane, Crawford $6 n. Mackintosh $5 Sincere $1.25 b. Wm. Powells 70 cts: n.

Wing On (FK) $40 1.

Miscellaneous

SAVED BY THREE HOURS

Just Too Young To Be Hanged

Vienna: Franz Kachelbaner, -an assistant, rinemployed barber's strangled his girl friend in a fit of zage three hours before his 18th) birthday.

Those three hours have saved This life.

When arrested, Kachelbauer con- "Entertainments $3.40- me

fessed immediately. He had quar- S. C Enterprises $1:35 n

relled with the girl, he asserted, Macao “Greyhonads" $2 n.

in and,

a fit of rage, had Constructions (old) $2 ̈n. Constructions: (new) 30 eta. n. (strangled. her.. Vibro Piling $4 n.

Ch. Govt 5% 1925 - G&Bds-

-94% 12.

A death sentence seemed in- evitable; but just before sentente was passed in court, Kachelbauer's

HE Govt 4% Loan 54% 1 counsel rose to point out that the

prem

W law here forbids the execution of

persons under the age of 18.

Kachelbauer's life was saved

·HE Govt 33% Loan 4% 1.

Wallace Harpers. $4 1.

To-morrow.

"What Better Proof?"

pled woman house.

2 burning

SPECIAL WEATHER SERVICE

A weather-report teletype and" broadcasting service has been in- stalled at the Wayne County, Mich., airport

{They'll Theill' You

TO MORROW

The Gey Gold Diggers,

13. Samrat. 3 1000 Sangué,

GOLD DIGGERS of 1935

AT THE STAR

POPEYE,Beauty's Only Scale Deep!"

NO IMONI, TRADE

THIS BEAUTIRRA

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KA- RAZY!

YA GOT TO DO AS 1∙SAG

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5 ONE OF THE COMMON

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OF A PERTY GAL ON ACCOUNT OF 11GOT HEAVY

DICTIPATORIAL WORRIES

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