BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
..$50,000,000 Authorised Capital Issued and Fully Paid-up. 20,000,000 Reserve Fundas--
Sterling
Silver
$ 6,500,000
-$10,000,000
Beserve Liability of Pro-
gristors
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
THE CHARTERED 'BANK OF “INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA” Incorporated by Royal, Charter, 1853, HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
£3,000,000 E3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
$20,000,000
prietors
0,000
Agencies and Branches:
•Aior Star
Lioile
Bangkok.
Forsber
Calcema
Kobe Kunis
Saigon Gemeng
Bhanghai Bugspers
1Camen
Cawapre
Lumpur Kocking
Males
Sonenbiga Waining
-Madistr~-
(Blair)
Pricing
(Peking) PUDELE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1. E. Dodweči. Eng.
GC. Inight, Engi
Depoty Caro
Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell
A
Hon Mr.J.J. Paterson C Compton Esq., T.E. Peace Esq. Colbe
Johnson Esq. J.A. Plummer E34 Bipang
G. Miskin Esq., A. L. Shields Esq.
MOT
BANGKOK
COLOMBO MAIREN YOOCHUW
HAIPHONG
HAMBURG HAKKOW MARRCY
HONGEW
MAZIN
FOX
JUBOER
FORK
HOTLOOK
1. L. Grayburn. Seq
Chit Manager.
BRANCHES —
KUALA LUMPUR
LONDON LIONS
MUAB Wohneni MODEX
NEW TORS PZLING
-PENANG
BANGOON
SAIGON
SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHA
SINGATORE
SOURABATA
-SURGER PATANI
THENTAIN
ΤΟΠΙΟ
TSINGTAO.
TOKOHAMA
Ontral Seconde opened in Lomi Currency sal Fixed Deposite cocked for one year of serier periode” in Local Carney and Sterling which will be quoted on application 4580 up to date SAFE DEPOSLI BORES
recious times 10 LET.
Hong Kong, ist Korembne, 1935,
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Basis of the abome Back conducts by the HONG KONG AND SHANGRAI BANKING CORPORATION. Bules may be abbed on application.
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHINGEKI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manage
Hong Kong, th February, 1935.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Banbury
How
Harbin
Но Ко
Samboanga >
Foreign Exchanga and Osement, Banking business
tananched.
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A. BERARLEY,
****** Manager. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1995.
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936
and
Commerce
Finance
SHARE MARKET Messrs. Harriman's Weekly Report
Messra G. A. Harriman and Co's weekly share report and market review issued at boom Saturday states:————
The-market displayed a healthy and very steady tone dar-} ing the week under review and although trading was not on very large scale due principally to the continued scarcity of scrip,
a
Car Acceleroprastani Zané Depolit had its periods of enthusiasm. Drowned for our quar se siceve para sa which were particularly notice- able in the investment-section where Brokers found it extremely difficult to complete buying orders for stocks like Electrics, Wharves, and Ferries Hong Kong Trams AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, were the only investment counter
THE
INC.
Head Office:-65, Broadway, New York
Capital Sumping
Reserves
US $6,000,000.00 183,633.06 870,731.05
Amsterdam
Antwer? Athena.
BRANCHES
Grace Glasgow
The Hagis
Haraca
Samburg
Beriza Bombay Bewone
Badar
Som Saplan Pirnous Faria Perping Peleme
Interes
Botterdam
Cairo Calcutta Cascas
Loadat Laverpool
Lagand
Copenhag Dublin
Monte Cario
Mat
Vienna Venice Yokohama
Seussala
Colombo
Munion
Mostreut.
Shanghai Southampton
Singapore
Tietlen Raceming
Business during the "" week hasi been done at the following prices:
Hong Kong Banks $1500. Unions $5607565. Antamoks $158/150. China Enderwriters $1.10. Providents (old) $1.50/1.5734.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Buoyancy Likely To Be Mamtained
STIMULUS" IN OFFING
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Latest Quotations
January-1.
CHURCHES
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
The following quotations were.rë-7(A Branch of the Mother ceived last night between 11 pm-Church, The First Church of and 19:50 pizza.
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass), Macdonnell Road, below: Bowend.
Messrs White. Weld, and Cam- pany, New York Correspondents NY Cotton
for Mesars. SE Levy and Com NY. Babber
May
[pany, report:
Stocks: Our view is that the
"Läst Close" 10.30- 22.00-
10.31 10.60 10.59 Road Tram Station.
13.95 14.01 14:06
2013
March Chicago Wheat
May
May
{STOCES
Ansconda Copper
60%
$60
diate stimulus. A test of the Elec, Bond & strength of the market mas come General Motors 56
Share
"Montgomery
100%
60%
Sunday Service: 11.15 am. Sunday School: 10 am
Subject: SACRAMENT.
Testimonial Meeting: Wednes- days, 5 pm.
Reading Room:
is located at
above address" and is open:
Monday and Thursday: 5.90 to
20% 99%
__17%
56%
པསྶ -༥
7 pa
Tuesday and Friday: 10 to 14
3
..$79%
375
Room
30% - 30%
Hong Kong Wharves $100/101.jmarket will remain buoyant, while Chicago Code
the current spending mood of Con- Humphreys $10.50/10.60- China Tights (old) $10.10725 gress continues, with the vote of China Light (new) $7.05/10- the Bonus Bill to-day an imme- HK. Electrics $6934/7034. Hong Kong Trams- $14.60.- Telephones (old) $25.60/90. Telephones (new) $19.10/25. Cèments $7.90/8.00. Ropes $4.90/4.95. Dairy Farms. $21.25/45. "Sinceres $44/3.40.
Gold Rivers $65/65% cts. Hong Kong Lands $36. Hong Kong Fires $265. Star Ferries 391. Yaumati Ferries $194. to ease, which they did to $14.10.)
Entertainments: $3.60.
sizeable improvement -Press re- Liverpool Cotton-May 5.86 (last sources, and Morocco has Hong Kong Electrics closed in
Constructions (new) 50 cts.. parts indicate that the Administra-close), 5.51 (last recd.)...05 dewa mained idle. A steady demand
(change). A
has come from Egypt for mulis, unsatisfied defand at $70.50 cash
tion will not give up production Liverpool Whest- March 6/5prints and satteens. and $72.00 March. Hong Kong HF Exchange Weekly Report control efforts. Further irregular (Last close), 6/5% (last recd.),
Buyers for West Africa seeme Telephones (old) were done at issued at 3.15 pm. yesterday. finctuations are likely and we up (change).- $25.50/55, finishing up in strong The market during the week would prefer purchases, especially London Rabber-April-June (bay-to be considering the prospects. demand at $25.75. Star Ferries under review was not characteris for March, on easiness-
ers) 6 (last close), 6-13/16 (last before undertaking any further recd.), 1/16 'op (change)...
purchases, and a considerable were dealt in at the slightly ended by any great activity, due per-
Rubber: Factory interests are
amount of price checking has hanced rate of $91, but many haps to the influence of the ap buyers remain unsatisfied. Dairyproaching China New Year absorbing scale-up liquidation by WEEKLY MARKET been taking place. South Am
Jerican trade remains fairly steady, and a nice business has been done in -prints and speciality styles.
on Monday, should the Supreme Court decide in the Tennessee Ward Valley Authorities case less favour-NX. Central
All authorised Christian Science- äbly than had been previously an-¡U.S. Steel 485 48 49 Literature is available at the ticipated. Business done: 3,270, London were received last night be.
The following quotations from Beading Boom.
1000 shares.
The Public is cardially invited Tatareen 5.30 pm and 10.30 pmáti Cotton: Domestic mill takings. Silver Spot 20 (last close), 2016 to attend the Service and visit
Beading Rooms. were 900,000 bales and exports (last recd.), mchanged.
Silver Forward unquoted. were 1,150,000 bales above those
Silver
Report: India bongit. of the previous season. Sales of Speculators bought and sold Market received from Near Eastern cotton goods should, begin to show quiet.
of speculators. We would remain Farms were better with shares However a moderate amount
at changing hands
$21.25/45 business was transacted, at prices bullish in our outlook Total sales: Wharves closed the week in very which do not show much varia-223 lots
Flash: The American Railway strong demand at $102 cash and tion from those ruling during the
Association estimates carloadings $104.50 March.
Minor
issues previous week. showed very little change, Hotels Business cone during the week during the past week at 542,000
Hong Kong Banks $1505, $1500, cars, an
hild enquiries around $5.30, China Lights fluctuated narrowly between $10.10 and $10.25 closing in demand at $10.20.- Cements again came to business at $7.90/- Branches of American Express 8.00. Ropes were dealt in at $4.-: homes and Undivided Probte 1,480,000.0 Company in Principal cities of United 95/5 Providents (old) were 27
States of America and Canada.
Ali classes
sof Commercial Banking Tansactions undertaken.
Ausborian Capitel
#d-up Capit
. $25,000,000.00
...$ $;506,500.00 :
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG..
10, Dm Tanzx Road, Contr
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Sir Sam Chow, Chairman
La Food Chun, Esq. P. E Kwok, Esq. Woog Ian Teak. Es Chan Ching book, Eng. Li Lan Sang. Eng. Wong Chu Son, Eng and angled.
For 5t
Kan Tung Ps. Eng- Chief Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
„Marka
Malbourne Sagwa...
Samernog sbangta Singapoon
Seattle
-Samba
Calenta Casino. Sintong
Sew York
Paria Paiping Penc
Sydowy
Takboka
Zagoon
baigos
yo
Sea Francisco
Lobs
Landgo
İyuniqu
Vancouver Jakobson
Every mcription of Being and Exchange Dantza trasmacind. Losos granted on approved securities.
Cament Apunta opsoed in Local CoreDET and Fixed Deposite aid for amortec periods in Local and Foreign Currencies
terms which will be quoted on application. Safe Deposit. Boss To Let
EAN TONG PO...
Cant Manager
quieter market having been done! during the week at $1.50/55 cash) and 1.5571:65- February. Sinceres Personal investment accounts hand took rather a slide, after opening!
at $3.20 they slid to $220 at the close at which price they again The Company offers to intending came in for many enquiries. Sterl- Travellers the use of its "Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit anding counters continued in demand addition, the world-wide service with enquiries for Hong Kong! of its thoroughly ccnipped Travel Banks-around-$1510.- Unions had! Department
CH. BENSON,
General Manager THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office Shanghai
$7,500,000.00 Capital Reserve
$1,500,000.00 -- Branches-All Important Cities in
Chima
The sales recorded at $560/65. market closes with a very firm undertone all round and appears to be turning upwards again.
HEAD OFFICE:
25. Gracechurch Street, London, E.CA,
Authorised Capital
£3,000,000
increase of 45,000 cars from the corresponding period of $560, $565, last year.
1520. Union Insurances
$568/570- China Underwriters $1.10. Wharves (Old) $99, $100,
$101.
"Providents (Old) $15724, $155,
$14.
Lands $36.
Lands 4 Fer Cent. Debentures |
100.
Humphreys $10, $10.60.
COMMODITY PRICES
The following quotations have been received by Renter
Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing
Tramways $1470, $14.65; $1460. New York Cotton:- China Lights (Old)
$10.40;/March
$10.20, $10, $10.20, $10.15 May China Lights (New) $720. Jaly Electrics $70, $101⁄4, $693⁄4, $70, October
REPORT
Position Decidedly Bullish
PRICES REMAIN FIRM
MR. SELFRIDGE
HONOURED
Messrs. James F. Hutton and "Ripon, Wis-This little town of Co., Ltd, Manchester, reported (4,000 inhabitants has been honour- as follows on December 11— ing its most famous son, Mr. Gor-
The principal feature this don Selfridge. week has been the publication Seventy-one years after he was of the official crop estimate. born in a little house on the main The report gives an estimated street here Mr. Selfridge returned production of 10,734,000 bales, by aeroplane to receive the degree as compared with 11,141,000 of Doctor of Humane Letters, bales shown by the last esti- bestowed upon him by Ripon Col- mate. The ginning returns lege.
were in accord with expecta- He was met by a deputation oditv tions and showed 925.000 bales the town's leading men who took for the period Ginnings to him on a tour of the town, and 10.02, date
bales, pointed out to him a park that is against 8,437,000 bales in the to be named Selfridge Park in his”
Choriont
10.93
10.51
10.98 10.71
10.25
10.41
9.83
$694-
December (1936) Telephones (Old) ¬$26. $25.85, Spot
9.76
10.01
11.85.
11.90
$25.70, $25.60.
New York Rubber:-
Telephones (New)
$10.05,
$10.10, $10.15.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
Cements $7.90,- $8
HE Eopes $495, $490, $4.95,
March May July
13.98a
14.11
14.132
14.27
14.23
17.41
$1.90.
September
14.425
14.55
December
14.64
14.79
Dairy
Farms. $214. $2140,
$21.45 $21.40, $21:30:
Chicago Wheat:-
· Lane, Crawfor
¡May
101%
101%
Sinceres $3.
July
38%
891
Constructions (New) 50 cts.
September
ST
Antamoks $1.38, $112.
Chicago Corn:
SOI 2 CHÀNG
Ewo Cottons Sh $82
May
60%
603/
Manage.
Bangkok BOESDAY
Ipsa
Langkats Sh$112,
July
61%
61%
-Racechi
Kota Bhard
Port Louis
Clauricius)
Gort 4 Per Cent Loan 5 Per September -Cent: Prem
61%
Winnipeg Wheate
Galle
Changes (3.15pm).
closing May Jay Buyers China Lights
(Old) October
New York Silk: $1015, Cements $7.80, Dairy
March Farms $21
Sellers Union. Insurances May $570.
88
881 ST
88 8334 87
1954 -1942 1942
1.94 194
Foreign Exchange sad Gecoval Banking, Business | transacted.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Current and Sering commis opened and Fixed
LIMITED
Established 1880
Capital (full paid-up) Yen, 100,000,000 Baserve Fund ..... Ten. 127,450,000:
Head Office: YOKOHAMA -
Branches and Agencies at
Aleznudzia
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay.
Calcutta
Canton
Nagasak Nagoya
New York
Osaks
Paris Peiping
Dairen (Dalny) Rangoon
Fergtien. (Mukden)
Hamburg Hankow Alebin
Ron Ron
Honolulu
Brinking
Karachi
Rio de Janeiro "
San Francisco Seattle Semarang Shanghai Ringapore.
{Deposzić zacnited for one, youg or shorter perioda fat roses võich wil, bu qissed an applicati
Manager':
HONG KONG BRANCH: 3. Die Vents Seat, Centrali
Ofic
Foreign Buchange Dept,
General Caže ma Cashier's Coa
THE WING ON BANK LTD.
Head Office: Hoar Kong
26, Des Voetz Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000.
LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Lid." Foreign Exchange and every des-}· wipton of banking business transactit
ed.
Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital:
1,300,000
1,050,000
Reserve Fund & Rest : 1,247,830
· BANKERS -
The Back of England & Kidland Bank, Lád.
--- BEANGELES:
Kuala Lipis Kuala Lumpur Shanghai Kuantan (Pahang) Simia Madras
Singapore
HONG KONG BEANCE, AN
-Eygen-descripcion — Bealing and Techinge businesa traanected.
Traszažiary - Chuan infed. S.
Crude and Elevatoshiy, mörkba MATEREST allowed pa' Emonas. Bccounts. "upd Fizet Depoalta at Bates that may be secured co application,
25 Quera's Bond Central, 2
Hong Kong, 28th July, 200,
THE
- Maunganu
Current Accounts and Savings Ac-SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL &
counts opened. Fixed Deposits (re-} ceived at rates which will be quoted {ona. applications, TEA
Trusteeship & Executorship under-1 taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. PHILIP GOCK CHIN Chief Manager,
Kobe Landon
Sydney Tienbin Tokyo
Los Angeles.
Marila
3
Moji
Interest allowed for. Current how
BLUE MOON
For:
Savoury Appetizers Hors d'oupes Dainty Sandwichen -
4 FLAVOURS Obtainable at THE DAIRY FARM.
Deposits received for fixed periods zates to be obtained on application.
CKISHINAML
Manage Hong Kang, 12th September, 1986.
POPEYE.
Quit Ya Ticklin
UGH
SAVINGS BANK LIMITED --
(Incorporated in 'China)
Capital" paid "mp\\... $5,000,900. Reserves
$7,300,000. | Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Other-Sharkai
A-Bank - having as its mission. the industrial, development on China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad:
·Hong Kong Office=~5~
- 6, Queen's Bond: Central
Phone $1116.
quotations.
Sales-Hong Kong Banks $1520, Union Insurances $568/570, Wharves (Old) $101, Ewo Cottons! SL $81⁄2, H K Lands $36, Elec- tries $69, H.K. Ropes $4907496.
H.K. SHAREBROKERS?
ASSOCIATION
The following report was issued by the Hong Kong Sharebrokers Association yesterday afternoon.
Underwriters $105 ́s China Fires $475 b.
Steamboats $3.5****
Waterboats $12.30
Baguio Gold 16
Beng Explorations 101⁄2 cts. b.
~
Gold Rivers 641⁄2 ets. t. Salacots-16 cts. b. Baube $10.75-
617%..
Trams $14 b., $14/14.05 sa Peak Trams $5.30.b.
Star Ferries $90% b. Yaumati Ferries $1831⁄2 b Lightâ (Old) $10,20 b. $10.35
$10.15 83
Lights (New) $7 bi, $7.05 s Electrics $70 b, and sa Canton Ices $155 h Ropes $485 by $4.90/495: sa. Entertainments 3 b. Constructions (Old) $135. b Constructions (New) 40 cts. Nanyangs $3.30 K Sinceres $21⁄4 D.
9,362,000 are
last report
The general position has been In the evening Mr. Selfridge wasTM decidedly bullish and prices the guest of honour at a civic din- have remained firm throughout ner-Renter.
the week The anticipation of
a bullish Bureau report had been discounted over the last few days to a large extent, and values have shown no large advance this last day or so.
Weather Conditions Weather conditions still re- main very unsatisfactory, but it is felt that there will now be more confidence displayed in both cloth and yarn prices. The general volume of enquiry-bas been small and only a moderate
Coming
JACK BUCHANAN
"BREWSTERS
Millions
turnover has been done De TOMORROW AT THE STAR
mand from India hoa heen on ja very small scale, but two or three centres have reported that Bombay was showing more interest in malls, while Calcutta has booked a few odd lots of white yarn dhootles.
The up-country outlets have offered for a few of the standardi dyed styles, including voiles mid satteens. Other markets such as Karachi Amritsar -and Madras have shown interest in s.,light bleaching styles, but little!
business has resulted
China Unhopeful
FOR SALE
A selection of the beat varieties
Rehable and Tested FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS
From: Messrs. Sutton & Sone. Reading gad
Messrs. Arthur > (stes & Ca, Ltd..
Bydney.
China houses report little or no turnover for that markets will be a pleasure and your com The opportunity of serving yo and the outlook remains very junhopeful. "Singapore has sent] one or two enquiries for fancies
mands will have our beat attention.
GRACA & CO.
b. but the other Far Eastern * No. 10 WYNDHAM STREET
markets have been quiet Only PO Box No. 620 HONG KONG la few odd enquiries have been
Next Monday.
"For The Count Of Ten.”
LES
FIGH
Established
Hora
DOLLAR DIRECTORY
1936 issue
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