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Authorised Capital
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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THE CHINA "MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1936
and
Commerce
Finance.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day- Banks
|Paid-up Capital
Reserva Find
£5,000,000 £3,000,000
SHARE MARKET
Beserve Liability of Pro-
.$20,000,000
prietors
£3,000,000
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Cod Eastpare
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New Tack
Hamborg
Priping
(Bbwe) Tango
Hankoo Harber
& Dadwall. Eng.
Campana.
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Deputy Chairman.
Hon. Mr. W.E. Bell
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THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANT,
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Personal investbent accounts hand-
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(Continued from Page 7) cape, taking with them a young girl whose birth and fortune rez- Boating in the water, superbly dered her a necessary tool to the bejewelled and wearing an ere plotters. How, after they had uing frock that shouted "Paris. successfully res her away, she
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Hamer fished her out, but he was recaptured and brought back N
appearance;
TOTICE IS HEREBY GİVEN that the ORDINARY YEAR- behaviour wasn't ha-drowned to her prison and the subsequent LY MEETING of the SHARE whatever her
her efforts of her friends to outwit HOLDERS in this Corporation fantastic offer for the boat was the criminals, keep the reader on will be held at the Head Office of the least disconcerting part of it tenterhooks until the final siege the Corporation, No. 1 Queen's The next bidders were the French of Glaye exposes the formidable Road Central, Hong Kong, on Minister of State, Edward Mer-conspiracy. "As usual in stories SATURDAY, the 22nd February million and Baron Albert de Brett, by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds, the 1936, at 11.30 am, for the purpose The local dollar is steady, open-the millionaire financier. Lucienne characters are just modern Eng of receiving the Report of the 107ing on demand yesterday morning (who had luckily chosen the right lish of good standing, wholly un- Board of Directors together with
st 1/3d.
spot, according to Hamer, for saccustomed to the atmosphere of Statement of Accounts for the- "Spos" silver was not quoted drowning exhibition) solved the plot and intrigue; but Adam had Jear ending $1st December, 1935. The London on New York cross-problem of a tactful refusal This an uncle in the Secret Service, rate was quoted at 5-U.S.$5.00%. Jacht, and no other, she would and the fact that the enemy were the Corporation will be CLOSED- The REGISTER of SHARES af ac compared with £ US$5.00% have for a wedding present. But not aware of this just enabled him from MONDAY, the 10th Feb- while the New York on London when relatively fair means fail to turn the trick cross-rate was unchanged at 5-desperate men are driven to the The Cappy Ricks Special.. ELS.$5.0054
Chartered Bank £1434 Mercantile Bank A. and
529/2
Mercantile Bank C. 13 Bank of East Asia $80 1.
Insurances
..
Canton Ins. $270 1. Unious Ins. $570 1.
China Underwriters $1.10 China Fire Ins. $430 HK. Fire Ins. $260 n. International Assce. $834 n.
Shipping
Douglases $56 =- HK. Steamboats $514 b. Indo-Chinas (Pre£), $80 n. Indo-Chinas (Def) 320 x Shells (Bearer) 90/74 Union Waterbosts $1424
Mining
B.
Antamoks $1.60 Balatoes $174 E. Bazio Gold 20 eta b Benguet Consolidated $174 E Benguet Exploration 12 ets. IL Big Wedge 12-cts. m. Gold Creek 30 cta. 1. Gold River.7 cho n Ipo Mining 90 cts. z. Itogons .364 cts. 1.
Salacota 35 cta, n.
Kailan Mining Ad. 15/6 nar Langkats (Single) $11 n
-
S'hai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 n.. Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 Rambs $1140 1. Vezz, Goldfield $3 b.
Docks, etc.
FK
and K Wharves. (old) $103 .
HK and K. Wharves (new)
$10000
HK. and W. Docks 39 Providents (old) $2.171⁄2 I. Providents (now) 50 cts. n. Hong Kew Sh. 52371⁄2 1.
PUBLIC AUCTION
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THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, Auction
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.$7,500,000.00
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$1,500,000.00 Branches-All Important Cities in
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Current and Sewing Accounts opened”and- Fixed
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at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon
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A Quantity of
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FURNITURE
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Established 1880
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soc 2 CHANO.
HONG KONG BEANCH:
2. Den Fors, Boad, Central
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Gepers Ove
Capital (full paid-up) Ten. 100,000,000 Cor's 050m
Reserve Fund ............. Yen. 127,450,000
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Branches and Agencies at-
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-Teak Bed Room & Dining Room Furniture. Chesterfeld Suites, Carpets, Rugs, Ornaments, Pic- tures, Brass & Porcelain Ware. Alum & Glass Ware, Clocks, Gramaphones & Records, etc, etcij also
A Few Pieces of Black Wood Furniture
RAW RUBBER PRICES
Latest Quotations From
ruary to SATURDAY, the 22nd February 1936 (both days inclu-
unequivocably foul. and phots began to form.
In this new yarn by Peter B.sive) during which period no On the one hand Krne Cappy Eicks pulls the transfer of shares can be regis some of the most distinguished strings once more just to prove
tered. men in France, on the other to the world at large, and his By Order of the Board of Directors- bunch of Camamists, and, as a Bluenose son-in-law, Mat Peasley, private enterprise. Wildburn's
V. M. GRAYBURN. own father all were striving to heading a procession over the hill in particular, that he is not yet
Chief Manager. obtain, the secret treasure of "The to the graveyard.
Hong Kong, 3rd February, 1936. Messrs. E. Joseph & Co., Bird of Paradise”
He might be It was
president emeritus of the Ricks have received
the following close thing, and, almost a very Lumber & Logging Company and HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC. quotations from Singapore in nasty thing for France, for that the Blue Star Navigation Com
Singapore
be
pany but woe unto John P. Skin- rer, his general manager, if tried to put anything over the old man.
Cappy could re-
Straits Currency for Raw Rubber. “treasure”. was a most unlikely - Spot 243 b, Up 4 244 s. and a most unpleasant one. Bombs and gunboats put in a little work March 244 b. Up 244 S. April-June 24% 5., Up 4 25 s. before the finish, but well, there July-Sept. 25% b, Up 25% hasn't yet been a revolution member his early days when he'd
S
Market:Firmer.
New Engineering Sh.$4 m. Shanghai Docks. $80. z.
Cotton-Milis
Ewo Cotton Sh$ 1 Shanghai Cotton (old) Sh$75 Shanghai Cotton" (new) Sh$41
IL
France!
The Island of Sheep
John Buchan has created many famous characters but none bet
easy
he
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go to a banker with his hat in his hand and cold fear under his been. busted so fat that he rattled wishbone. More than once he'd ter known or better loved than when he tried to crawl back on Richard Hannay and Sandy Clan: the wreck of his business. Now, royden.
Here, in this strange in his old age, with more money and adventurous story of the than he could possibly use, Danish Haraldsen, these two fare tried to justify his financial weak- forth together once again in de nesses the fact that he was an at Stanley this week. fence of their friend, who is being
mark and the rightful pursued by enemies anxious to ceifer of gold bricks-Sy the The Warden, wrest from him a part of the huge thought that some day in all the fortune left him by his father chaff he would eventually find a And from the moment that Han-grain of wheat and the good Lord Tel. 25264 nay spirits Haraidsen away to would say to him: "Cappy Ricks, Debentures his south-country home we realise Fre watched you for the past that a tale every bit a thrilling afty years and just to test you out as "Greenmantle" is forthcoming I've sent you a young army of the Founded 1869. How Clanroyden meets again that lame, the halt, and the bină, to sinister Spaniard called d'ingrasting you with ville; "how Hannay's son, John, and his falcon Morag take
Zoong Sings Sh 12 u. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 3. Lands, Hotels, etc HK. and S.. Hotel $5.80 HK Lands $96 1 HK Lands 4%
100% n
Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 n Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $10.65 x. HK Rexities $5,85 n Chinese Estates $84 1. China Realties $42 China, Debentures Sh.360 m
Public Utilities
b.
H.K. Tramways" $13.70 a- Peak Trams (old) $5 Peak Trams (new) $21⁄2 Star Ferries $96
Yaumati Ferries $191⁄2 n C. Lights (old) $11/11.30 C. Lights (new) $8.20
H.K. Electrics $73/723%.sa. Macao Electrics $20 Sandakan Light $44 n. Telephones (old) $26 b. Telephones (new); $10.20 n. China Buses S$114 Singapore Traction 17/42 Singapore Traction
Pref.
30.
IndustrialsTMTM Malabon Sugar $3.40 n.
b.
Peter
contempt.
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STANLEY.
DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL
P. O. Box $3.. ingratitude and THE new term will commence Now it's time on Monday, February 10th
I Al-New boys' tests will be held on.
a hand; how Haraldsen is hustled slipped you a good thing.”
from Sussex to Scotland and from though he's beginning to won Saturday-February 8th at 9:
Scotland to his OW
beloved
about the inheritance tares on his
There will be a revised scale of
Island of Sheep in a northern sea/estate, he clings to life a $ipes:- there to do battle with his foes is cactus burr to a pair of woollen socks. You'll enjoy his salty superbly told, and the climax is
humour and his horror of war intensely dramatic. To give away ending days of idleness. : that climax would be grossly impe safairs but in the reading of it the
A Hand to Burn
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NOTICE
many thousands of admirers of the two chief characters will find an again tells of James Raeburn, plication. that the years have not destroyed hero of a former story. Married one whit of their charm. A grand to Jean, whom he adores, James story which possesses. fall yet finds marriage exacting, realiy measure that subtle atmosphere owing to the fact that he feels of adventure so characteristic of Jean is still in love with the John Buchan's work.
imemory of á dead friend. The 25/-Trouble at Glaye
opportunity to undertake a risky When Adam Damèrel and his Secret Service errand comes as a NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN friend, Deane Hereford-putting relief after several months TAVASTJERNA of 2285 Nathan in time during the long vacation marital argument. But when by a leisurely canoeing trip in the James meets the beautiful Olga Road is applying to the Governor West of England-came to the Bosenthal and
for Naturalization, and any per- her sinister ac remote Castle of Glaye, they little quaintance Merkov, he senses that son who knows any reason why thought of the hornet's nest they his job will turn out more des-naturalization were stirring up Penmawr of perate than it sounds, Sure Branted should send a written and Gaye was brother of a man who enough, in the tiny Brittany vill signed statement of the facts to had been shot in the Great Warage of Ker-Marie, he runs across the Colonial Secretary. for helping the enemy. He was his old
Cald., Macg. (Ord.) Sh $194 Cald: Macg. (Pref), Sh-$15 n. Canton Ices $170 Cements $9.40 s.
On View from Wednesday, the EK Ropes- $5%--1. 5th. February, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERET BROS.,
Auctioneers.
cripton of banking business transact Hong Kong: 3rd February, 1936- led.
Current Accounts, and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fized Deposits re- ceived a rates which will be quoted on application
Trusteeship & Exsentorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire, PHILIP GOCKCHIN Chief Manager.
Interest, allowed for Current AQUALITY PRINTING
counts.
Deposits received for fired periods at rates to be obtained on application.
C. KISHINAMI,
Manager. Hong Kong, 12th September, 1935.
With Quick Service
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WHY, THE DARN. POTATO BUGS ARE
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enemy, the communist
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Adam's mother.
that GEORGE ALEXANDER
should
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Ever since the Tibetan mountains. Levin shows COASTWISE
captures James-and
Lane, Crawfords $634 p. Mackintosh 35 m. Sinceres $2.90 1.
War the family had been boy his hand, Wm. Powells 70 cts. n.
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something so anexpected whence he is rescued by Jeari Constructions (old) $13⁄4
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The two of his being. Vibro Piling $4 n.
young tares the young Raeburns are Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 GSB-main at the Castle a while longer and his gang to justice, white men concocted an excuse to re-instrumental in bringing... Levin 94% 11.
HK Govt. 4% Loan 32% prem
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IF YOU CAN MAKE A LAW” "THAT WILL DO THAT YOU'RE THE GREATEST
DACTIPATOR ON) KEARTH
Was
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To-morrow.
"Following Instructions »
AKYBJOY KÍCH DON'T GET
BUSY AN KILL THE POTATIE.
BUGS ON HIS: POTATIS PLANTS WILL GET
| HUNG FOR BEIN
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