BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital
$50,000,000 Jarned and Fully Paid-up - 20,000,000) Beserve Funds:
Sterling
Silver
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
3,000,000
..£8,500,000
$20,000,000
| Paid-up Capit Reserve Fend
£3,000,000 £3,000,000)
$20,000,000)
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
Agencies and Branches:
Aloe Sa
Holl
Bangkok
Ipo Karnoki
Saigon
Becerie
SERAD OPVICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
8. H. Dodwell, Esq.
Bombay
Semarang Serumba
Siszapom
C. C Kajte, Esq.
Calcu
Com
Hon. Mr. W. E. Sall
Cawnpore:
Thing
Madras
Sourabaya. Inipot
Manila
Tangkak
New York
Priping
Hon. Mr. J.J. Paterson | Cas AE Compton Esq. T. E. Fexrce Esq, Colombo
MT-Jożuson-Esq. JA. Plummer 34 yong G. Miskin Esq., A. L. Shields Esq.
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BANGKOK
BALANZA
GANZ
CEKPOO
DAIZEN
FOOCH
HAPHONO
RANKOW
KARKIN HONGKET
ILOILO
ГРОН
JOHORE
TOBE
JOWLOON
V. X. Graybarn. Inq
Chin! Maangat.
BRANCELES:
KUALA LUXPUB
LONDOS
LYONS VIRACCA MANIZA
XUXDEN
KEW YORK :
PELPING
PENANG BANGOON
SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE,
SOCKARAYA
SSGEI PATANZ THEATSIN
TOKIU
TSINGTAO
YOKORAMA
Cars Acute opened in Local Currency and Freed Deposita remixed for one year * aborar periods in Locui. Currency and stating Dobra which will be quoted on appication. A580 up to date SAFE DEPOSTÍ BOJES Σε τέτοιες είναι ΤΟ ΣΕΤ.
Yong Yong 1st Novasione, 1925,
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Business of the above Bank is conduct. ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
Lemburg
Hankom
Hanbin
Bong Song
Penang
(Haber) Ixingto
• Zamboanga
Foreign Exchange and Cutanesi, Beaking boxiname Kazanovi
Currens account opened and Phad Deposits) zecarred for one year or sharme paroda at arhich will be quoted on application..
A. BREARLET,
Manager Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.
THE
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AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
Reserves
Acrwery
Asociati
Znaka Dacian
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breben Prasetio
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Cale
FOR THE BUNG KUNG AND SWANGRAI BANKING CORPORATION,
1. GRAFELRA,
Hong Song, th February, 20
Chat WC.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
$10,000.00.00
Authorised Capital
35 160.00 Food-up Capazeć immers at Undivided. Profite doamnă 100,000* HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG.
10. Des Taut Bows, Cepis
BOARD OF DIRECTORS”-
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INC.
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Bome Slaught
THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY DECEMBER 27, 1933
and
Commerce
Finance
LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY
Only Spot Silver Quoted
The local dollar is steady, open- ing on demand this morning at 1/3%2
"Spot" silver was quoted at 20 on December 24
The London on New-York cross- rate was not quoted, while the on London cross-rate New York
was quoted at S-US$493,33 compared with £—US $4.923
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Latest Quotations
SHARE MARKET
The fellowing is the list of local share quotations issued to-day
Banka
HA Bank $1,500 3, $1495/
1,500 81
FK Bank (London) £96 m Chartered Bank $12 n. Mercantile Bank A. and
$2950
Mercantile Bank C. #15 L Bank of East Asia $73 IL.
Insurances
Canton Ins. $275 z Unions Ins. 401235 1. China Underwriters $110 n China Fire Ins. $430 HK Fire Ins. $260 n. International Assce. $6 1-
Shipping
Donglases $36° 1.`
HK. Steamboats $4 3. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 n. Indo-China (Pret.) $20 m Shells (Bearer) 80/- =-
The following quotations were re---: Union Waterboats $12 - ceived by Eenter:-
STOCKS: Anaconda
*66
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Trading Somewhat Heavy
NO MATERIAL ADVANCES ANTICIPATED
TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR PLANS
Canada Much In Demand
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
PENDING
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION
A
S from 1st January, 1996, ther
offices of the Chinese Magis time Customs for Kowloon” and
District, at present situated on
the 3rd Floor of York Building, Chater Road, will be removed to Canada is very much the 4th Floor of Marina. House, Messrs. White, Weld add Com- pary, New York Correspondents in demand as a base for future Queen's Road Central
Ottawa
A. S. GAMPRETI, are Commissioner of Chinese Customs,
Kowinon and District. York Building,
for Messrs S. E. Levy and Com-British trans-Atlantic air services pany, report:--
and important developments Stocks The markets were pending in this connection.
Once the Atlantic-has been con- steady throughout the day and Bading was rather heavy. We do quered in a commercial sense, an not anticipate any material-ad-{important route from Europe to vances until after the turn of the the Far East will lie atas the
Business done: 2,340,000 Dominion of Canada. shares. N
Conference Heid
Wheat: The market was steady, especially for December. We sati-1
A conference has just been held
cipate a better demand now that here between. British aviation and
Hong Kong, 26th Dec. 1995.
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY
ARTS” ASSOCIATION -
STREAM
the holidays are over and we would Post Office officials and the Cana- LADY PRECIOUS accumulate holdings on sethacies dian Government regarding air Total sales: Wheat: 14136,000 developments across the Atlantic. bushels Corn: 2,252,000 bushels. The British delegation afterwards The publication Standard Sto-went on to Washington to seek
American co-operation. tistics reports:
the Great HaB of the University
(by kind permission)
Cotton: Prospects, of an "improv- In articipation of future deve- ed demand are favourable. Pend-lopments, more than 100 landing ing a clarification of the Supreme fields have already been construct [Court cases, however, the Govered across Canada.
It is understood that Imperial SATURDAY, 11th January, 1936, [ment policy is to withhold
Airways, the gigantic British coz- chases.
**
pr-
Hides: Ample supplies and pos- ceza, has completed a survey of sible lower consumption during Halifax (Nova Scotia) as an air United Canada and the land. Benguet Consolidated $151936 are likely to cause lower base to link Ireland, Newfound-
prices. Benguet Exploration -11′′ cts, 1.
Rubber: We would postpone States. Two years of experiments, it is stated, will be necessary to purchases.
Flash: Average daily petroleum ensure the success of the venture, production during the past week but it is almost certain that the is estimated at 2,850,000 barrels, first 'planes will span the Atlantic against 2,869,000 barrels the pre-in 1936. Įvious week.
Ipo Mining 90 cts, as Itogons 361⁄2 ctx- Salacots 15 g
Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York
Capital
Surplus
„U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 870,731.05
clase 30.00 13.00
LEG
Mintag Artamos 13:30 1. Balators
XY./London
BRANCHES ;
NF. Cottos
May
Baguio Gold 22 cts. 1.
11.18
11.19
11.20
NY. Rubber
ázsterdam
Cecos
lango The Lingue Earens Hamburg
Nace
March
13.45 16.46
73.45
Xapim
Chicago Wheat
Big Wedge 12 cts. 1. 12
Pasens Paris
May
99%
99%
Gold Creek 30 cts--b.
Proping
Chicago Corn
Gold River 7 eta, n`
Pourmo Boccerdan
May
59%%%
59%
Southampton
Copper
29%
29%
Elee. Bond &
16
16
General Motors 55%
ST
· ST
Int. Tel & Tel 13 Montgomery
Ward
134
13%
-338
39
NY. Central
214
S. Steel
467
The following quotations from Lon- don were received last night between 530 pan and 10.30 pm
Silver Spot 20% (last close). Silver Forward unquoted. Liverpool
FK and K. Wharves (old)
*94 b.
Cotton-January 6.21
(last close).
Liverpool Wheat-March 6/7 (1st
CARDS-... Colombo
Bunin King- Florace
Livery and Lucerne Langua
Maenar Ban Moons Curio
Manila
Manick
Montaz
·Singapons
Vanion Yokohama Zurich
Branches of American Express Company in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.
AD classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personal invertinent accounts fande
Er Show-san Chow, Chauran
14 Leon Chun, Eng, P. X. Ewok Enq.. WOSE! Is one. Zag Chan Chung Stank. Eng Ind Im
led:
Long Eng., Wong Can Sou. Eni, and San Ymg
ÁJDET
3omy
Yan Aung To Degi, Chist Manager-m
Za Tas Jong, Bogu. Hasager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES :---
Manila
Antal bounde
Nagasak
New York
Calcutta. Carlos Haiphong Bankow
Pacie
Papar
Honolulu
Peters
Bagon
Saigon
Koba Koerloos London
Semarang
Stangas Siagspar
• SOUTHDAYS
Taikais
Inisi
Polyn Franco Valonu Vect
Every description of Baking sod Exolnage bescom temacieć. Loans granted on appeared i
generitage.
Current Accante opened in Locs! CurreOCT and Fixed Deposite emosired for one year or shorter periode is be quoted an appostion
in Locat and Foreign Currencie SHION. Whack Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
-TONG PO,
Chief Mazagac
The Company offers to intending cisse).
*9
47
Travellers the use of its “Travellers London Prober April Jane Pors Cheques" and Letters of Credit and,jers) 6 9/16 (last close). in....addition, the world-wide services
of its thoroughly equipped Tard Department
EW. DUGGAN,
Manager.
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, SIMITTED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai
Capital
-$7,500,000.00 Reserve
..$1,500,000.00 Branches-All Important Cities
China Foreign Exchange sad, Guosen). Bucking Burians
London Babbey at zoon (buyers).
ALBERTA WINS
ALL PRIZES.
Grain And Livestock Awards
Edmonton-During the past 13 years the Canadian province of Alberta has won an astonishing ray of prizes for grains and livestock at the major fairs of America.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Cars and Saving Accome opened and Find In all 2,770 prizes have been:
LIMITED
#zstmashed #180
Capital (full paid-up) Yen: 100,000,000 Reserve Fund ..... Yen. 127,450,000
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and "Agencies at
Nagasaki Nagoya New York
Alexandria
Batavia
Berbin
Bombay
Calextra
-Canton-
Düren (Daly)
Preis
„Peiping"
"Benignom
Fengtien (Mukden) Eio de Janeiro
Hamburg
San Francisco
Seattle
Hankow
Harbin
Semarang
Hong Kon.
Shanghai
Honolula
Sagay
Hrinking
Sydney
Tientsin Tokyo
"Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Angeles
Manila
MeЛi
Deportes, reapred for one year of shorter periods won by Alberta contestants at the
að rains which well, bu quoted an application.
600 Z. CHPUNG,
apagh
"HONG KONGO ERANGA
3D Tours Band, Central.
Manager":
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Focsiga Lesbiango "Dreptu
· Genesi Offer
THE WING ON BANK, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeux Road Central. Authorised Capital –$10,000,000
LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Lái
Royal Winter Fair at Toronto and the Chicago Tternational Exhibi-
Of this total 740 were in tion. seed grains, and the balance for livestock, poultry, dairy-products jetc.
In the total are included 154; championships of all classes, 54 reserve championships, 22 special and 578 fast prizes. The prizes were for wheat, oats, barley, rye, field peas, field berns, alfatta,
Foreign Exchange, and every častimothy and livestock-Benter.
tripton uf banking business-transact-
ed.
Curent Accounts and Savings Ae-
| counts opened" Fixed Deposits 25-
| Deived at rates which will be quoted;
on_syplication.
Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken, Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. PHILIP GOCKCHIN-
Chief Manager. -.
Interest allowed for Current AQUALITY PRINTING
Deposits received for sized periods
at rater to be obtained on application.
-AC KISHINAMI,
Hong Kong, 12th Septem
Kanager.
With Quick
THE NEWSPAPER
GUMA SME. BLOG
THE
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL &
SAVINGS BANK LIMITED Cincorporated in China)
Capital paid poten Reserves
******** $7,500,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $800,000. Head-Office-Shanghai
A Bank having, as its mission the industrial development on China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Office
7. Ice House St.
Phone 21431-2-3
Kalan Mixing våd. 30/6-2. Langkats (Single) Sh$12_n. S'hai Exploration Shi$471⁄2 n. Shanghai Loans $5% n.. Banks $9:20 n.
Venz; Goldfield $3 b
Docks, etc.
Seaplanes To Be Used Sesplaner will be used for the
Brokers Loans during the "past week amounted to $954,000,000-as ocean-crossing but land "planes will compared with $945,000,000 the carry mails and freights from Newfoundland to Canada and the previous week.
United States
Irish
COMMODITY PRICES Another
conce-the
Trans-Atlantic Corporation.ja The following quotations have also in the field and the Govern
ment of Nova Scotia has granted HK and K Wharves(new) been received by Beater.
Prev. Yesterday it 900 acres of land at Sydney $91 b
Closing Closing (Nova Scotia) as a terminal air base for this proposed service- Reter.
EK. and W. Docks #9 n.
Providents (old) $1.40 b., $145 New York Cotton:~~~~
January
61
Cotton Mills
Ewe Cotton Sh.$91⁄2 z. Shanghai Cotteiz (old) Sh.$75 New York Rubber:—
Zoong Sings, Sh.$12 n. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 n ̧ Lands, Hotels, etc.
RECORD CLIMB BY RUSSIAN
Fine Mountaineering
Providents (new) 15 Day« Hong Kew Sh. $2371⁄2 n. New Engineering Sh$4 ni
March
11.50 11.51 11.35 11.26
May
11.18
11.11
July
10.97
10.92
Shanghai. Docks. $80 n.
October
10.63 10.58
December (1996) unquoted 10.56 Spot
12.00 11.90- ·
December
Shanghai Cotton (new)-Sh$41%
Jannary
13.22 13.282
13.30
13.34
Feat
It
March
13.45 15.54
+
May
13.61 13.68
July
13.75
13.84
ASCENT AND DESCENT
Chicago Wheat:-
DURING NIGHT:
December
105%
106%
May
994
99%
Chicago Corn:- December
58%
57%
59%
59
60%
Chinese Estates $84 m.
Winnipeg Wheat:- December
May
84% 8834
Market closed
China Debentures. Sh.$85° mä -Publie Tähises
July
New York Silk:
HK Tramway $141⁄2 by $14.55/-March
60 32.
May July.
1.90% 1.89
1.91
1.90 190
HK. and S. Hotel $5.30 s HK Lands $353⁄41⁄2 1. H.K. Lands 4% Debentures $100 | July
Shanghai Lands Sh.$20. Metropolitan. Lands Sh. $10 m. May Humphreys $10.20 b., $12.20 sa. July HK Realties-$5:30 h.
Chins Benifies #1
Feak Trams (old) $5 b. Peak Trams (new) $4, n. Star Ferries $881⁄2 b. Taumati Ferries $17 b.
C. Light $10:30 b. · BK Electrick: $69 32. Macao Electrica $20 Sandakan Läght $210 n. Telephones old) $25.35 b
-25.35 gal (27 Telephones (new) $9 b, $93%
China Buses Sh.$11. Singapore Traction-17- n Singapore Traction Pref. 28/-
Industrials
Malabon Sugar $840 n. - Caid, Macg. (Ord) Sh$13% The Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh.$15 a Canton Jews 1:45 1 Cements $5% b
ELK Ropes $45
3/463
1209
Stores, etc.
at 9.15 patie
BOOKING AT THE
KING'S THEATRE
FROM FRIDAY, 27TH-DEC.
Tickets: $2, $1, (unreserved) 50 cents-
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Auction
THE Undersigned have received. -instructions to sell by Publie.
On Tuesday, the 31st. Dec, 1935– commencing at 18.30 am.
at No. 39B, Nathan Road, Kowloon
A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD"
FURNITURE
On View from Monday the 30th-December 1935.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT EROS.,
Auctioneers.
COST OF AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS
Set of 3 GÜDES
Islington Borough. Will Not Pay
London:
Islington Borough
Moscow By climbing at the Cornell have agreed to the pro- visions of the circular issued to 893 amazing speed of 250 feet per local authorities by the Air Exids
minute, a 22-year-old Soviet climber, M. Shaduri, claims to Precautions Department of the Home Office, which states that have broken all mountaineering measures should be taken for speed records
mountains Mount
In approximately 7 hours safeguarding the civil population. he has climbed to the summit of against air attacks. one of the world's highest But the Council do not zyres- Kazbek that the costs of erecting shelters. (16,546 feet) in the Caucasus and suchlike should be borne by
the borough Mountains, according to semi-
The reports which was adopted official reports of the Tass Agency.
Then without pansing for
states: “We feel that any
tional cost incurred should be
rest Shaduri descended this borne by the Government
His-total time fort
SUICIDE
the ascent and descent was 15 BUSINESS BEFORE. hours: which means that he covered more than 1,500 feet every hour without reet.
All Alone
Dairy Farm $191⁄2 h., $19% sa. Mountain. Watsons $475 / Lane Crawford $61⁄2 b Mackintosh–$53. Sincere $1.60 b. Wm. Powells 70 cts. m. Wing On (HK) $40-2.
Miscellaneous Entertainments – $3.40 (-1.- S. C. Peterprises $1.35 n Macao "Greyhounds"" "$2" x Consimctions (old) $22.
Ch. Govt 5% 1925 G$Bd.
94% D
All Arrangements
Beforehand
New Haven
George Allen,
What makes his feat even more remarkable, says Tass, is that Shaduri ascended, and descended the Mountain alone aged 72, went to an undertaker
and made full arrangem and during the night
The ascent of Kazbek usually (funeral a
Constructions (new) 30 cts. n. takes 216 days. The previous On leaving the establishment he Vibro Piling. $4, n.
record climb was performed at walked into a public park and in the end of the 19th century by full view of scores of people, ahot two Swiss alpinists, who reach-himself dead with an old revolver. On the body were found fall in HK Gort, 4% Loan 5% 1ed the summit in 18 hours.
Shaduri climbed up and then structions for removing his body vpremta.
down again in three hours less to the adertaker's he had just than their time--Beuter.
HK Govt 31⁄2% Loan par. b. Wallace Harpers §4 n.
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