BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital ... $50,000,000 Lased and Fully Paid-up. 20,000,000 Esserve Findes
Starting
------# 6,500,000 $10,000,000
Silver
Essere Liebility of Pro-
prietors
HEAD OFTIZE: HONG KONG.
BOLED OF DIRECTORS.
£ £ Dekwall, Day.
C. C. Knight, Roq.
Duputy Chairman.
Bou Mz. W.KENI
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1353. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Paid-up Capital Reservs Fund
| Reserve · Liability of Pro-
prietars
£3,000,000) .......£3,000,000 |
3,000,009)
Bangcon
Agencies and Branches:
متملا
THE CHINA MALL, WEDNESDAY, FERNIJARY 12, 1836.
Commerce and Finance
NEW YORK STOCK |COMMODITY PRICES
MARKET
Strength Continnes Impressive
The following quotations have been received by Beuter-
“Prev. Yesterday:
Closing Closław
$20,000,000
Alor Star
14
Ipok
Kamchi
Xhang
Bebas
Calcutie
Canon
Lumper
WHEAT SENTIMENT IMPROVES
New York Cotton March May
11.-27 1152
10.96
10.81
July
10.59
10.60
Cavapore
Iwobing
Manila
P Bourabaya
Карома
Keda
New Tack
10.52 10.20 10:2 10.21 18-$5
*10.3In 11.75 11.80
(Zaking) Pecang
15.39
15.53.- ... 15.52 15.64 15.60% 15.70 15.70 15.823 15.90 16.01a
975% 974 89%
Hoy Sane
INC.
:
7282
Hon. M.J. Paterson cable A.H. Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esq, Colombs
MT. Johnson, Eag, J.A. Plummer Esq. Riphong G. Miskin Esq., À. L.Shields Esq.
T. 3. Gruplars. Tag
Chief Manage
LONDON
*LIONS
MALACCA MANILA MUAR Bohorn) XUDEN KEW TOZI PEIPING PERANG BANGOON SLIGON
n
HALLO
JOHOEK
FÖWLOON
KUALA LUMPUR
SAN FRANCISCO KHANGHAI, SING-LTORE
·BOURABAYA SUAGE PATANI
TOLYO
TSINGTAO JOKOBANA
Carat Joonate opened is Locs! CurreDES and Fixed Daguita raomved for one 79E OF siteter pacala in Lanal Currency and Sterling
sa wema whink wit be quoted as appacation. ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIÍ BOXES
vaciones-TO- LET,
Baby Long Ist. Novomie, 192s.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Business of the above Beak is conduct-
•■d by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Buss may be
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGRAI BANKING CORPORATION,
V. GRAYBĽEN,
Còmí Manager.
Empukyut
Foreign Exchngs and Cument Banking bagirsak, monoted.
Current Accounts opened and Find Deposits
which will be quand on application.
▲ BRKABLEY
October Messrs. White, Weld and Com-December pany. New York Correspondents January for Messrs. S. E Levy and Com-Spot pary, report:—
New York Rubber:-- Stocks: The strength of the March market continues impressive, but Ma seved for one year or slogu, Jacoën në cthe necessity for selectiveness is July
increasing daily. We believe that September |Boone?* OT later prices mast December readjust themselves to reasonable Chicago Wheat:— earnings ratios.. We still like May Chrysler Motor stocks for a long July pull
Business done: 3,350.000 September shares.
Chicago Corn:
Mazarer. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
Head Office:--55, Broadrgy,
New York.
ALLWAY
Albena
Besla
Fong Kong, Wih February, 1
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capital
Paid-up Capital_menu
-$20,000,000.00
5.506.200.00
Lasers and Cadivided Prošle —— 24,000
· HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG.
10. Des Tour Bond, Central
BGARD OF DIRECTORS :-
Sue Shou-oo Chow, Cheumat
LE Loom Chum, Esq., P. L Krok. En Wor
Capital
Szpit
Eeserves
6019
-87%
$609
Wheat: Sentiment is somewhat M25 improving, with prices registering july
60%
minor advances. There is evidence Winnipeg Wheat:- of a better cash demand
US$6,000,000.00 2,183,633.06
from May
8934
$3%
870,731.05
mills. Total sales: 21,303,000 bushe's
July
$3
$4
• October
8294
$3
BRANCHES-
1.743
1.76
Amsterdam
Once Glasgow
Montreux
1.732
1.77
The Hague
1.723
1.74
Fateca Hambany
Naples
Hein
Bombay
Haidstoneg
Br
Cairo
London
Calcutte
Inverpool
Colorado
Lucerna Lagoo
Copenhage Duplim Edinburgh Florence
AlarmedLan Monte Carlo Mania:
***AAA Vation
Tokobams Zurich
Geber
Branches of
Peiping Bentertain
Shanghai Southampton. Singapore galaik
Cotton: There are no indica- New York Silk: tions of selling of March cotton March by the Producers Pool but, the May Pool is offering 50,000 bales of
July "spot" cotton on Wednesday and will purchase May options.
Rubber: The Trade feels that
setbacks will prove to be short- ved as lower prices would attract considerable buying by manufac- [turers. We wonki recommend purchases, especially for May, on faccount of the tightening "spoke
situation. Total sales: 251 lots
Flash: All American markets:
closed on February
American Express Company in Principal cities of United will remain States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken,
Personal investment accounts hand= |
Ima Tong. Eng.. Chan Caing Shel, Esq. LA ZAD led.
Jmey
Kan Tung Po. Esq., Chint Maonger.
1. Là Tu Fing. Exor Manaqur.
Bezavis Bombay Laicasa Canson
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:--
Saiphong
Mania
Haibourne
Nagmati
Sew York
bhanghai. Singapor SOUR bwasow
وستمون
ibaku
Tiantain
Omaka
Patis
Backow
Paping
Honolulu
Penang
Kangoo
Xowloon Landon
Sagpa
Tokyo
„San Francisco
acouver Yokohama
مامات
Every dwuription of Banking and Exchangų destoele Scansected. Louna granted an approved. Securities.
Currwal Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fized. Depoazie zwcarred for- ona_JoNE OF norter perioda 12 Loomi and Yomga Cocosocios AN_SATA_Tiuch will be quoted on "application.
Bale Depot Bozan' To Let.
-WAN TONG PO,
Chief Manage
The Company offer to intending Travellers the use of its “Travellerz Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Departmen
12.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Latest Quotations
February 12
NY Cotton
May NY. Rubber
March Chicago Wheat
May Chicago Corn
May STOCKS:
10.86
15.39
10.30 10.84
15.50 15.50.
967
ENQUIRY INTO "FIXED TRUSTS" Anaconds
IN ENGLAND
$426
60%
50%
Copper
3024 Electric Bond &
Share
19
31% 31
19% 3831
19
5734
39% 35% 36 557% 67
40
39
35% 56%
Ward
London. To-day-The President General Motors 58 of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Montgomery Runciman, announced at Commons question time yesterday that he NF. Central C. EL BENSON, had decided to appoint a depart. The following quotations from Loz- General Managemental committee to inquire into don were received last night between
the subject of "Fixed Trusts" in 5.30 p.m. and 10.30 pan.
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, all its aspects.-British Wireless
LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office Shanghai Capital
..$7,500,000.00 Eeserve
$1,500,000.00 |Branches-All Important Cities in
China Foreign Exchange and Gepers! Bealing Business } nasacted.
Current and Sering Anmounts opened and Fixad
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Depoca ed for one year of shorter periods
LIMITED
Established 1880
Capital (full paid-up) Yen. 100,000,000.
Reserve Fund. Yen 127,450,000
Head Office: YOKOHAMA,
Benches and Agencies at
Nagasaki Nagoya
Alezandzia
Batavis
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Ceratom
Dairen (Dalny)
New York
Osaka
Paris
Priping
Rangoon
Fenghien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro
Hamborg
San Francisco
Hankow
Seattle
Harbin
Semarang
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Singapore
Honolulu
Braking
Karachi -
Kobe
Konden
Los Angeles
Marila Hof
Sourabaya Sydney
Tientsin Tokya
Tsingtan
Zingkow
Interest allowed for Current Le-
Deposits received for fixed periods
at rates to be obtained on application
C. KUSHINAMINA
Manager.
Bang Konig, 12th September, 1986.
POPEYE.
SURELY "TO LETI
"si mang "which will be quôtad on application...
SOU. Z. CHANG,
HONO LONG BRANCH:
Xanagic.
2. Des Taux Roid, Ganseat.
Manager's Of
Foreign Exchangs. Dept. m
Gears to m
Cashier's Ofor
Service.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:
15. Gramchurch Street, London, E.C.3.
Authorised Capital
...$3,000,000 Subscribed Capital.... 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital
1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest. 1,241,830
BANNERS:
Thi Bank of England & Midland Bank Led. BRANCHES:
Zpok
Karacki
23505
36560
Bangkok Bombay Calcutta Coimba Delha Gala
Kota Bharu
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 transacte ed.
Cament: Accounts and Savings Ac«- counts opened. Fixed Deposits re- ceived at zates which will be quoted on application.
Trusteeship & Executarzinip unden- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. PHILIP GOCK CELIN Chief Manager.
QUALITY
PRINTING
Prices Re
TIRE NEWSPAPER MEET
Courtesy of Port
Hoog Tong
Hornb
Ezala Lipis
New York PRODE
*Port Louis
(Mauritius)
BAD DOG
Kadis Lemper Shanghai Kuantan (Fakang). Simila Kadın
Singapor
* HONG KONG BRANCH Every 'description of Banking sad. Exchange-
| business" trazanoted.
Travelers Cheques insued..
Trustee and Eneoutorshipe undersko. INTEREST allowed on Carrwes Loomania and Fred Deposits at Bates that, may be sacertgized on application.
DR. LEKKEDE,
*, Qomen's Band Central.
Trong đoàn 24 đến 20
THE
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SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated, in 'China)
Capital paid u $5,000,000. Reserves
$$7,500,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $608,000.
- 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-
6. Quem's Bond Central.
Phone 31116.
[U.S. Steel
Silver Spot 19-15/16 (last close), 19% (last received), 3/16 down! (change).
Silver Forward 20 (Izst, close), 19-13/16 (last received); 3/15 down (change).
Silver Report:-Little general sell- ing. India small buyer. Market
| quietly- steady.
Livespool Cotton-May 5.77 (last] (close), 3.74 (last received), „03 downj
(change),
Liverpool Wheat-March 6/- (last close), 5/10% (last received), 15 (down (change).
London Rubber-April-June (b27- [ers) 7% (last close), 7-5/16 (last
received), 1/16 up (change).
STRANDED GREEKS AT PADDINGTON
Woman Officer Aids Sailors
The woman vigilance officer at Paddington station, who looks after girls and women, went to the assistance, of three Greek isailors who were stranded recent- ly. They had arrived, penniless! from Newport, Mon
The officer took them to the Paddington stationmaster's office and suggested ringing up the Greek church at Bayswater. The minister there sent a taxicab for the sailors and put them up for the night.
Some difficulty was experienced in getting the sailors to use the telephone and speak in their own language:
MISS ZEXA PEAL ] IN A FELO DAYS SHELL
ED IN
KNOLD MORE ABOUT""
JERNMENT. THAN
FROS
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SHARE MARKET RAW RUBBER PRICES
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following is the list of local Jahare quotations issued to-day- Back
HA. Bank $1,605 11. HK Bank (London) 10s 7 a dir
Chartered Bank £164 n Mercantile Bank A. and R
$2934 TL
Mercantile Bank C. #133 1. Bank of East Asia $90 n.
Insurances
Canton Ins. $270 1.
Unions Ina. $5623% 12. China Underwriters. $1,07Á D China Fire Ins. $480 a HK Fire Ins. $260 n. - International Assce. $3 m.
Shipping
Douglases $35 1. HK. Steambosts $54 n. Indo-Chinas (Pre), $50 m Indo-Chinas (Def) $20 mi Shells (Bearer) 90/- n. Union Waterbosta $146 m
Mining
Antazoks $1.50 b
Balatoes $1TÁ D
Baguio Gold 20 cts. Benguet Consolidated $175 Benguet Exploration 14 cts. 11. Big Wedge 12, etsi 1. Gold Creek 30 cts. a. Gold River 7 cts. 1.
Ipo Mining 90 cts. *. Itogons 361⁄2 châ. 1- Salacots 15 cts. 1. Kailan Mining Ad. 14/- 2. Langkets (Single) $11 n. S'hai Exploration Sh.$41⁄41⁄2 n. Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 n. Raubs $11.40 D. Venz; Goldfeld $3 5.
Docks, etc.
(old)
HK and K Wharves
$101 - HK and K Wharves (new)
$98 ZL.
HK and W. Docks $9 1. Providents (old) $2 s. Providents (new) 50 cta.. s. Hong Kew Sh.$1.90 n. New Engineering Sh$4 a Shanghai Docks. $79 a.
Cotton Mills
Ewo Cottons Sh.$81⁄2 ¤.
Latest Quotations From
Singapore
Messrs. R. Joseph & Co., have received the following quotations from Singapore Straits Currency for Raw Rubber
Spot 25 Up 3⁄4 bj 25-448 April/June 25 Upb, 25)
73 S
July/September 26-Up &
26 / S October/December 26 Up
b. 26. Market:-Firm
LOCAL DOLLAR
STEADY
Silver Prices Fall
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
INTRIES close on THURSDAY,
February 20th at 6 p.m.
"
THE HONG KONG & KOWLOON" WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
THE
HE FORTY-NINTE ORDIN- ARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd, on THURS-- DAY the 5th March, 1936, AT NOON, for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report of the Directors and The local dollar is steady, open-the Statement of Accounts for the ing on
this morning
rear ended 31st December, 1985. {at 1/31⁄21⁄2d. -
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Silver prices declined 3/16 Company will be CLOSED from "Spot" being quoted at 19% and FRIDAY, the 21st February 1936, "forward" at 19-13/16.
to THURSDAY, the 5th March, The Landon on New York cross1956, both days inclusive. rate was quoted at US$5 By Order of the Board of Direc 00% as compared with USOTS $5.01-7/16 while the New York
demand
on London cross-rate was quoted at £ US$5.00%, as compared with S-US$5.01.
STOCK EXCHANGE PROCEDURE
-Questions La House
F. H. CRAPXELL
Secretary.
Hong Kong 12th February, 1935.
POISON DEATH OF SCIENTIST
Left Formula That Killed Hin
London, To-day- Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the sys- tem known as stock exchange introductions and offers for EXPERIMENTS NOT FINANCED sale, and asked if he would set
up a special committee to sug- Disappointment at lack of gest safeguards for the public. support for his experiments lay the President of the Board of behind the tragedy of Jules Trade, Mr. Walter Enciman, Grosjean, aged 59, a scientist, informed the House that the who was formerly a professor Committee of the Stock Ex-at St. Petersburg University. change had yesterday posted a He was found dead in a room at notice on this matter-British his home at Fellows-road, Wireless Service.
Hampstead.
Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh$75 STOCK EXCHANGE
J
Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh$41
Zoong Sings Sh.$12 *. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 n.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
HK. and S. Hotele $5.45 m. HK. Lands $351⁄2 1.
IN NANKING
To Reopen Some Time Next Week
Nanking, To-day. It is indicated in authoritative HK Lands. 4% Debentures sources that the China Merchants Stock Exchange" will reopen some time next week---Renter.
100%
Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 a. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 a. Humphreys $10.40 s.. HK Realties $5.85 L Chinese Estates. $84 m. China Beatties 24 2. China Debentures Sh $60 n.
Public Utilities HK Tramways $13.30 1. Peak Traps (old) $7 b Peak Trans. (new) $21⁄2 b. Star Ferries: $95% n.
Xammati Ferries $1916 m. C. Lights (old) $11.30 sa
CHILD ABANDONED AT CATHEDRAL
Adopted By Police
Matron
The room was full of gas, but it was disclosed at the inquest at St. Pancras recently that death was due to cyanide poi- soning, and Mr. Bentley Fur chase recorded a verdict of sui-
cide while of unsound mind.
Helen Moltchanova, who lives at the same address, said that Grosjean was a Swiss citizen and had been in this country since 1932. He was a chemical engineer and was experiment- ing on a process of purifying oils.
Not Enough Money
He was getting on well, and then people interested in the experiments could not raise sufficient money.
“Affer August,” she added. "he had nothing to do, and he was worrying because I went Mary Posa Doran, 19, a wait-out to work and he could not ress, charged with abandoning heip. It was not like him to do
C. Lights (new) $ b, $8.10 sa 2 three-year-old boy, who was nothing. His whole future was found wandering on a stormy wrapped up in the experiments ELK Electrics $7234 b, $72. 53. Maso Electrics $20 m.
night in the grounds of Brent- he had been doing.” wood Roman Catholic Cathe A police constable said there Sandakan Lígits $43⁄41⁄2 n
dral, was bound over for two were two tubes on a table, one Telephones (old). $25_n.
years at Brentwood, last month. full and the other empty, and a Telephones (new) 10.20 n
The child was taken care of for piece of paper, on which was China Bases Sh111⁄4 n
a time by Sisters of Mercy at a written the chemical formulae Singapore Tractions 17/- n.
for the two types of cyanide in Singapore Tractions Pref. 26/-local convent.
"Industrials
Malabon Sugars. $8.40, n.-.. Cald, Marg. (Ord.) Sh.$194 Cald: Macg. (Pre£), Sh‡15 m. Canton Ices $194 1 Cements $8.85 b. FK Ropes $53% D.
m: Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $22 8, $213⁄4 sa. Watsons $5.1
It was stated that Doran said the tubes.. that she left the child "because
I had nowhere to go,” and add- z. jed: "The father was a porter at:
the hospital where I worked. David was kept at a babies' home until he was too old, and then I paid a woman to take care of him, but had to take him away."
Mrs. Ketley, the Brentwood police matron, and her husband, who looked after the boy, be came so attached to David that (they proposed legally to adopt
Lane, Crawfords $63⁄41⁄2 n. Mackintoshs $5 Sinceres $2.70 3. Wm. Powells 70 cia. n.. (Continued at foot of Column 7.) hina
To-morrow.
Her Heart's In Her Work
HAS
OHMYGOR
IMMYG
SO SEM
Wing On (HK) $58 1.
Miscellaneous Entertainments $4.70 n
S. C. Enterprises $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounds” $2 a. Constructions (old) $13⁄41⁄2 1- Constructions (new) 50 ch, mo Vibro Piling 34 n.
Ch. Govt 5% 1925" G$BJam
94% 0.
FK Gort. 4% Loan 4% prem
HK. Gort 351⁄2% Loan par. n. Wallace Harpers $4 mi
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