BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital
THE CHARTERED - BANK - OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
$50,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858,
Lued and Faily Paid-up: 20,000,000 - HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Reserve Funds.........
Sterling
Saver
-£8,500,000
$10,000,000
Lasarve Liability of Pro-"
prietors
| Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
$20,000,000
Aloe Sine
HEAD OFFICE: KONG KONG
BOARD OF PERPETDES,
1. EL_Dačvel, Zeq.
Chairman.
C. C. Ex. Eng.
Deputy Camera
Hon Mr. W. H. Bell
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Agracies and Branches:
Dialo Ipol Karachi
Ragion
Seremban
Letupat
-
Сетариа
Fucking
Mactros
“Manita
Kodan
Бошида Taiping
Toogl
Now Tock
(kkakor)
Paying
(Faking)
Barkka
Tange
Lambeings
The Jone
Hon. MELL." Paterson | C226
A.E. Compton Esq., L. E. Pearce Esq
EL Johnson Esq, JA. Plummer Esq. Eploug G. Mlakis BagA. L. Strields Eng.
V. K. Omyburt, Zag
Ch Manger
OBRANCHIS
LORDON LYCKS
MIZACCA
KANILA
MAR Joharaj
KUNDEX
NEW YORK
YELPING
PEALING
BASGOON SIGOS
SHANGHAI
Hankow
THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, FERKUAR EI
Commerce and Finance
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Certain Caution Advised
Messrs. White, Weld and Com pany, New York Correspondents for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Com- pany, report
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Latest Quotations
N.. Cottur
May NT, Rubber
ว
March Chicago Wheat
May
February 6.
10$3 10.74. 70.75
15.05 15,000 15,80b
99.
603%
30%
30%
$1
109
12:06
Stocks:--The expected reactionChicago Corn
May came to-day when traders took their profits in Chrysler Motor STOCKS: Fomies Exologs and General Banking business shares and this was followed by Anaconda Copper Career Aaronante space and Fund Depon further liquidation of other se Electric Bord & mecured for qus your de skuqje, przoda sa zasecurities Utility stocks, however, Share. 18% 19% 19 ‡which will be growed on application.
591 The fact that General Motors 59
59 averaged higher. A. BREABLEK,
there is less inflation talk also in- Montgomery
Ward Manager.
39%% Hong Kong, 1st Jamary, 1985.
duced some traders to square-up N.I. Central : 35° their positions. We expect fur-US. Steel
51% 513 The following quotations from Lon- ther irregularity and we would! AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, wait for some favourable oppor-dos were received last night between
5.30 pm and 10.39 pa. tunities before entering into new Silver Spot 19 (last close). commitments. Business done:-19-7/16 (last received), 5/16 downl 12,920,000 shares.
SWER
POCHOT
►
JELOPHONG
HAXSONG
FAX FRANCISCO
KLIKOW
SINGAIDRE
SOUZABATA
SUSIY PATANI
INC
TOKYO
Head Office:—65, Broadway,
New York..
Capital Splas Reserves
KOZDRE
KOSLOOX
KUZEYTCB
TSUSGTAO
TUTORAMA
Curs in opwand Ia Iramal Currency and Food Dubatim received for town just of ahuchar paciots in Tamil Currancy and Sterling on tea which will he quoted an agrication
150 - no āsim BAFE DEPOSIÍ, BOYS Perico ESRE, TO JANI.
Bhg Kong as Botanir, 2000.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Boskamin of the nhượn Back in conduc
The HONG KONG AND SHANGHELI HARING CORPORATION. Bules may be abbathed on application.
FOR THE HUNG KONG AND SHANGHAR RATERNO CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
.U.S.$8,000,000.00
2,152,653.06
870,731.05
BRANCHES
Átratoriam
-Gara -
The Hugen
Moating
Pranch
Leping
Botieran Home Shanghai
Samgapor
Моно
Betoonis Caire Calcade Canber
Laadon Liverpool
Colombo
Chant Manage
Copozing Publis Edinburgh
W
Kassetten Movie Cario Kraxis
SOCIOE Zakahama Zanol
Genera
Manch
Emg Long, Dick Fabenacy, 13:
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authoriand, Capital
Today Lapenzi.
$28.000.000.00
Erzaches of
American Repress
5000.00 Company in Principal cities of United deserve and Undivided Prose 248030020 States of America and Canada”“”“
HEAD OFFICE:--HONG KONG.
16. Das Varaz Bamón Consesi.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Sur Show Chow, Chairman
Já Exon Chan, Emque P. Si Iwak. Eng. 'Wong]
All classes of Commercial Banking
Tanzactions undertaken.
Personal inveswinent accounts hand-
Im Zeng. Eas •Chile Ching B Eng La Amalec.
Fang, Esq., Wong Chu Son, Esq. and Kan Yang
Jambay
Comm
Lao Tong Pt. Fag., Chief Mannent. LT Fong Eng.. Manager.
ERANCHES 150 AGENCIES :--
Haiphong How Mencinta
Lowloon London
-Melbourne
Samlin
Sagmein
Shanghas
New York
Singapore
SouthAya
Paris
Pusping
zyLawy
boku
Yang Leagood
Bau Lenartand Scott
Th
Every description of Banking and Exchange business timcanadied Lowes granted on upgevend amouration. Cormat
Bed
Accounts opened in' Loond. Carmancy Fixed Deposits “sovered for congue din! SROCKY Petóda za kubwa mad Foreign Cürmones. wem which will be quoted on appucatut
bate Depour Sate to Les
KAS TOSO PU,
Chunt Maunga
The Company offers to intending Travellers the pan of its “havalan Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the 'world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
fact that
the
(change).
IS
$5.99
38%
Silver Forward **Cotton-The
quoted Cast |close), 19-5/16. (last received). Senate has passed a resolution
Silver Reports-India bought for the repeal of the Bankhead Specristors sold. Market quiet. Act had an adverse influence on Liverpool Cotton-May 5.76 (last the market and prices to-day de-close), 5.67 (last received), .09 down
(change). clined. Trades are now inclined to swait further news regarding 3 substitute crop, control bill
"Wheat:—The market to-day. registered minor advances, but no sustaining factor was in evidence. Total sales:5,555,000 bushels.
Liverpool Wheat-March 6/23/ (last 'close), 5/3% (last received), up (change).
London Rubber-April-June (bay-} (425) 75 (last close), 7-1/16 (last
received), 1/16 down" (change).
COMMODITY PRICES
"Flash:-Average daily petro- leum_production during the past week is estimated at 2,815,000 barrels, compared with 2,820,000 barrels the previous week.
The Edison Electric Institute New York Cotton:- estimates electricity production March |st. 1,963,000,000 kw.h, an increase
May
The following quotations have jbeen received by Rapter.
Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing.
of 11.4 per cent from the corres- July
pending period of last year.
NEW FUNDING Spot
LOAN
Interest Fixed At 5 Per Cent.
Nanking, To-day. It is understood that as a re-May
SHARE MARKET
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-days-
Banke: 1 2 ...
FK Bank $1,590-b**:$11,600 sa HX Bank Fonder Chartered Bank SlŹ n Mercantile Bank A. and R
52914 TL.
Mercantile Bank C. £13 1 Bank of East Asia $80ịn.
Insurances
Canton Ins. $250 (1. Unions Ins- $575 s/ China Underwriters $1.10 9. China Fire Ins. $480 n. HK Fire Jus. $250 - International Assica. $9%
Shipping
Donglases $36 1 HK Steamboats $575 1. Indo-Chinas (Pref), 330 Indo-Chinas (De) $20 1. Shells (Bearer) 91/3 n. Union Waterboxts $146
Mining
Antamoks $1.60 m. Balatoes $1714 n.
Baguio Gold 20 cts. n. Benguet Consolidated $171⁄21⁄21⁄2 *. Benguet Exploration 14 ets. 11. Big Wedge 12 cts. Gold Creek 30 `cta. 1. Gold River 7 cts. .* 3po Mining 90 cts. 12. Itogons 361⁄2 sts. n. Salscots 15 eta. *. Kailan Mining Ad. 1479 n. Langkats (Single) $11 n S'hai Exploration Sh.341⁄2 n Shanghai Loans Sh$4 a Ranhs $11.40 TL Venz; Goldfield $5 b.
Docks, etc. HK and K. Wharves
$103 - HK and K Wharves (new)
$1001⁄2 n HK, and W. Docks $9 12. Providents (old) $1.90 s Providents (new). 50 cts. Hong Kew Sh. $2871⁄2 2 New Engineering "Sh.$4' a. Shanghai Docks. $80 ̄ni
Cotton Millis Ewo Cotton Sh$8% n Shanghai Cotton (old) Sh.$75
Flight-Lieutenant Bows, seen sherra, being chaired after his „King's Cup triumph last year “left. Lympe early this morning in the machine in which he won the race, in an attempt to lower Mr. Amy Mallison's" record for the fight to the Cape.
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
Miss Ethel Joy Everall, whose wedding to Mr. G. A. Stewart of
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS"
PUBLIC AUCTION
[THE undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auctione
Đ
Friday, the 7th. February, 1936) commencing at 11 am.
at their Sales Room
Duddell Street
600 Sterling Automobile Spark
Plugs
552 Yards Leather Cloth 88 Yards Imitation Leather
50 Rubber Sheets
800 Pairs Rubber Soles 128 Boxes Paper Powder 166 Bones Rubber Heels 73 Black Becord Ribbon 60 Quires Boneo Wax Stencils
and
A Quantity of Elkaplast Zinë Oxide Plaster and Dressing and Miscellaneous 'Goods.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMBIERT BROS.
Anctioneers
Hong Kong. 6th February, 1336
The RMS. Empress of Canada. the Hong Kong and Shanghai will leave the sea-wall at Taikoo- Banking Corporation will take Dock at about 830 am. on Satur-- place next Saturday, arrived in day next, and will berth at- the- the Colony this morning by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whart ss Rawalpindi. Another pas-jand Godown Co.'s Kowloon Wharf senger on the same boat was Lt.jat about 10 am until she sails A. C. Hamilton, South Wales Bor-from here at noon on Tuesday |derers, whose · wedding to Miss next.
Betty Gerrard will be solemnised
telegrams, ade on the 18th inst Mr. Hamilton is a guest of Sir William Hornell, dressed to Edward Harrison, Dol Vice-Chancellor of the Univer-lar, from Singapore, is lying at the office of the Eastern Erten- sion Telegraph Co. Ltd.
(old)
sity.
with
An
anclaimed
The RMS. Empress of Russia
*The Littlest Rebel", Shirley Temple, will be screened simultaneously at the King's and is due here from Manila at 4 pmi Alhambra Theatres, commencing and will leave Kowloon – Wharf next Saturday,
either at 5 pix. to-day or at 745- p.m. to-morrow for Kowloon Dock
Two cases of diphtheria were for her annual overhaul reported to the Health authorities
in the 24 hours ended on Tuesday.The
following forthcoming weddings are announced:-Mr. The Cheero Chuib resumed their Harry Turner, engineer, residing. weekly whist drives on Tuesday at Claremont Hotel, Kowloon, and Shanghai Cotton (new) Sh$41 night, and the evening was a great Miss Eisie Furniss, of 410 Em-
Zoong Sings Sh$12 n.
Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 1.-
Lands, Hotels, etc.
K and S. Hotel $52 1 HK Lands $36
Debentures
success, there being seventeen bankment Building, North Soo- tables of whist. Prizes were won chow Eoad, Shanghai, Mr. Wi- by the following:-Ladies, 1st liam Thomas Sargent, police of Mrs. Deacon, 2nd. Mrs. Muller,fficer, and Miss Elsie Nora Ro- 3rd. Mrs. Clark, Sealed No. Mrs.Įberton, nurse, of 106 The Peak. Gray, Gentlemen, 1st. Mr. Evans,į
When sumIMODSES 2nd Mr. Reily, 3rd. Mr. Wright,
for allowing Sealed No. Mr. Pinney. The prizes dogs abroad without muzzles came
and Mr. Medina again acted were given out by Mrs. Deacon, before Mr. Balfour at the Central as Magistracy yesterday, Mr. W. Le Bart Sparrow, Assistant Superin- tendent of Police, stated that he
October September January
1111 10.98 10.83 10.66 10.61 10.44 10.30 10.14 10.29 10.14 10.36 10146 11.60
11.45
New York Rabber...
March
15.05
15.15a
May
15.17
15.21
Jaly
September
15.26* 15.32 15.42z 15.44m
December
15.60
15.64
Chicago Wheat:---
99%
99%
HK Lands
4%
$8%
891/
100% z
morning at the Central Political September Council meeting the interest on Chicago Com:- the new recovery 1033 will
ST
$8
be May
60%
60%
fixed at 5 per cent, instead of 6 July per cent. The consolidated loan, Winnipeg Wheat: which is to be used for funding May
6034
61
36 "
261/1
85
ST
Shanghai Lands Sh$18 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $10.65 m. FK. Realties $5.85 Chinese Estates $84 n. China Realties $4 a China Debentures Sh.$60 n.
M. C
$55%
86%
New York Silk:-
BERLIN SHARE MARKET
March May July
174 175 17461 1763 1724 175
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, suit of the discusssion yesterday July
LIMITED
··(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai
Capital Reserve
$7,500,000.00
$1,500,000.00
Branches-All Important Cities in the old issue, will hear 6 per cent. July
as stipulated in the October interest, original proposal Beuter.
Chinz Fanign Exchangs and Gameal Basiting Bei Carens and Sering how pond and Pized
tansacted.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Depoace received in one year of shores pariss
LIMITED
Established 1980
azzata, which will be quitað en application..
SOU Z. CEPING.
Vintyget HONG KONG ERINCE: 3. De Vans Bond, Central Namage's "Once Foreten Exchange Dept.
Capital (full paid-up) Yen. 100,000,000 Geral Offer
Reserve Fund .... Yen 127,450,000
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at
Alemandria
-Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcatta
Canton
Dairen (Dalny) Fengtien: (Mukden)
Hamburg
Hankow
Exrbin'
Eong Kong Fonalulu
Hsinking
Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Angeles
Mamla
Moit
Nagasaki Nagoya New York
Osaka
Pazzis
Peiping Rangoon
Pío de Janeiro San Francisco Seattle
Semarang Shanghai
Singapore
Sourabaya Sydney Tientsin
Tokyo
Tsingtan
Yingkow
Interest allowed for Current Ac-j epants.
Deposits received for fized periods! at tates to be obtained on application.
C. KISHINAMI,
Managezi Hong Fang, 12th September, 1545
POPEYE.
ENGAG
THE WING ON BANK, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeur Road. Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000
LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des- cripton of banking business transact
ed.
Current Accounts and Savings „Ac-| counts opened. Fixed Deposits re- ceived at rates which will be quoted on application.
Trusteeship & Fagentorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Bares for hire. Į PHILIP GOCKCHIN Chief Manager..
ALITY PRINTING
Miss
Paul Revere.
MAP SACK
BRU
ANO
BEGINNING A NEW CHAPTER ENTITLED -- "YOU CANT EXPECT APRILA
SHOWERS FROM WAR CLOUDS". THE BRUTIANS ARE COMING! "BROTIA" IS. A LAND OF BRUTES SITUATED NORTHWEST
OF POPEYE'S NEW COUNTRY. POPEYE'S PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPA ED FOR WAR SO THE RESULT MAY BE
ESTROD
SOUTH PAFISIC
OCEAN
COLINA
OLIVE OILS
ISLAND
[POINT:
Weakness Continued
* CHINA MAIL," SPECIAL
Berlin, To-day. The share market continued] weak throughout yesterday, many prices declining.
Call money stood at 2 per cent and less.-Trans-Ocean Service.
THE
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)
Capital paid up $5,000,000 Reserves
$7,500,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. A: Head-Offer Shanghai
A Brak having as ita mission the industrial development on China, and the fostering of be commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Office
6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.
RING
Public Utilities H.K. Tramways $13 7. Peak Trams (old) $672 b.
Peak Trams (new) $22 Le Star Ferries $96. n. Yaumati Ferries $19%
HELPING TRADE C. Lights (old) $11.15 b
RECOVERY
British Talks With America
means
Washington, To-day. Mr. Cordel Hall, Secretary of State, in a talk with the press revealed that a series of confer-i ences regarding the
off promoting international trade re- covery was taking place with Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambas- sador. Mr. Hull hoped that a substantial accomplishment would resnit, although hitherto neither Government had advanced concrete proposals-Beuter.
MISSING GIRLS FOUND
Duris Richardson, aged 18, and Kose Deveson, aged 18, two Brighton domestic servants who disappeared recently, were found later in Bermondsey.
To-morrow.
C Lights (new) $8 sa ELK. Electrics $721⁄2 b. Macao Electrics $20 n Sandakan Light $474 n. ́ Telephones (old) $26 b.. $26 sa Telephones (new) $10.20 11. China Bases Sh$114/20 Singapore Traction 17/4% 2. Singapore Traction Pref. 26/-
The :
Industriala
the
The next whist drive of the had been instructed to ask for Cheero Club will be held on Tues-heavier fines
of the on account day, February 11: admission 50 danger of hydrophobia and jets, each, which includes light re- great inconvenience of treatment.
The {freshments.
defendants, who were
Chinese, were each fined $15,
The Mothers' Union Jumble which is an increase on previous Sale arranged to be held at St. weeks. Andrew's Church · Hall 00 Fe- bruary 7, at 3 pm, has been post- poned to February 21 at the same time.
As an innovation in their fort- nightly dances, the committee of the REO.CIA. have in conjunc- tion with Mr. Hola, Bandmaster
The fortnightly whist drives of the Royal. Ulster Rifles, com- of the Craigengower Cricket Club piled a programme of "Old Fav will be resumed as from Saturday ourites" dance tunes for their next, commencing at 9 p.m.
dance on Saturday evening next.
·LOCAL DOLLAR
Recent appointments by the Ad-] Imiralty include the following to the China Station: Burg. Lts- Malabon Sugar $8.40 p
JL. S. Steele-Perkins, to Sand- Cald, Maeg (Ord.) Sh $191⁄2-2.wich; and F. H Lamb, to Folke- Cald: Macg. (Pret), Sh $15 nstone (Feb. 7).. Canton Ices $170 b. Cements. $9 & H.K. Ropes $5
Stores, etc Dairy Farms $22 1. Watsons $5 1. Lane, CrawfordsTM $6 Mackintosh 25.1. Sinceres $2.70 2.4 Wm. Powells 70 cá n Wing On (EK) $55 b.-
: MiscellanDOTS Entertainment $470 n.
SC Enterprises $1:35 n. Macao "GreyhoundsTM $2 ne Constractions (old) $15% 1. Constructions (new) 50 ets. Vibro 20ing $4′′ mo
STEADY
"Spot" Silver Falls
The local dollar is steady, open- ing on demand this morning at 1/3724.
"Spot" silver declined 5/16 to 19-7/16; while "forward” n.quoted at 19-5/16.
The London on New York cross- Ch Govt 5% 1925 G3date was quoted at £-US$5.0132," US$5.0241⁄2..
94% S
b
as compared with
HAEC Govi 4% Taan 4% prem. while the New York on London
cross-rate was quoted at £-US- ELK Govt 3% Loan par. b. $5.01% as compared with £ Walace Harpers $4 1.
ILS.$5.0232
Gunpowder Versus Face Powder.
„POPEYE, THE DRIVEN
MY
MARK MY LORDS.RING ZLOBBOY W WONT BE SATISFIED WITH MY FOR LITTLE ISLAND-HELL ATTACK MIS A. YOUR COUNTRY NEXT-HE'S
SREEPS
A TERRIBLE KING!
UNDS OLIVE-CYL'S
FANT TAMBITIDOS.
·WARS IS.
SILLY
IN A ROWBOAT.
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BOOM
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