BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
Reserve Funds:-
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA
$50,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1833.
Sterling.....£6,500,000
Hong Kong Currency
Reserve
....$10,000,000-
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital
Issued and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 ||
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund ...
..£3,000,000 .£3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
.LS,000,000
$20,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
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Tanh
Saigon
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Bat
King
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tute
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Kuala Lumpat
Magigure
Ca
Karking
Cawnpore
Marina
Nourneym
Cebu
Manila
Touping
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HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORA
Hon. Mr. J. J. PatersoIL
Chairman.
G. Miskin Esq.,
Deputy ChairEDED.
Hon. Mr. W.B. Bell, C.C. Knight Esq
A. H, Compton Esq., T. E. Pearce Esq.
Delhi
S.B. Dodwell Esq., JA Plummer Edsburg M.T. Johnson Esq., A.L Shields Esq. Ranico
V. M. Grayburn, Esq.
AMOY BANGKOK BATAVIA BUMBAY
Ctist Manger.
BILANCHENDON
LYONS
VALACCA MANILA MUAR (Jeborw} MURDEN NEW YORK
Мана
Siliwan
Zamboanga Foreign Exchange and Öspersi Danking business tracted.
Current Arounts opened and Fixed Depoxica received for one year or shorter perinda så rales which will be quoted on application. -
A BREARLEY,
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936
Commerce and Finance
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
New High Level At Closing
FAVOURABLE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Messrs. White, Weld and Com pany. New York Correspondents for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Comh- pany state:
Stocks: The strength of high grade industrial securities carried Dow Jones industrial average to a Manager.new high level at the closing,
Hong Kong, at January, 1935.
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CALCUTTA CANTUS CIEPOO COLOMBO DAIREN YUUCHOW HAIPHONG НАМ НИВО MASKOW ARHIN HONGLEW
JOHURE XULE -KUTLOOK
KUALA LUMPUR
PLIFING -PENANG.
RANIOON SAIGON SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAL. SINGAPORE NOURABAYA MNGE! PATANI TIENTSIN TOKYO TSIKUTAO YOKOHAMA
Current Acosta opened in Local Currency and Puted Depois coved for our year*be aborter proda in osal Currency and Sterling Do terms
*hich will be quoted on applicati
ALSO u to da SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
T TO LET.
Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Business of the above Back in conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- 10 CORPORATION. Rubes may be abueload
delication
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V.M.GRAYBURN,
Chief I
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capta
which was doubtless due to the feeling that-if-the-Presidential tax proposals are adopted more gen- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, erally divided policies are likely.
THE
INC.
Head Office:-65, Broadway. New York
Capital Surplus Reserves
Amsterdam Atwic
Achap
Beale
Bombay
Bremen
Br
LKEPO
Calcalis
Canzon Letombo Copenhagen Dublin Edinburgh Florianon Gebete
-U.S.$5,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 870,731.05
BRANCHES:-
GROW
Giungo
The Hague Вала
Mostruz
Nice
Naples
Pres
Hamburg
Kandelburg Interlaken Jarunalcon London
Liverpool
Laverne Layabo LABO
Marion Monte Cacho Manila Munich
P
Branches of
Parta
Paiping
Rotterda
Shangha Soulropton
Singapore THEDAID
Tirana
Exoles Yakshams Zurich
American Express Company in Principal cities of United $20,000,00.00 States of America and Canada.
32,500,000,00
Paid-up Capital Kawerie and L'ndivided Prod$ 1.08
DEAD OFFICE-HONG KONG. 3D Trux Bond, Central.
BARD OF DIRECTORS-
Mr Shoum Chow, Chairman,
Li Soon Chus, F, P. K. Kwok, Ex...
150
un Tong, Eng China Ching Shah, Esq.. LA L
!
Sang. Wang Chu Sou Erg, and Kas Ying P'u, Esq.
..
Ansor
Latvia
Bombay
En Tung Po, Esq., Chief Manager..
Live Fong. Eaq... Manage.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES 1000
Calcutta
Leason
Hapboog Hiaskow
Івони звіль
Kowloo
Manila
Melbourne
bezmarang
¿
New York
Ducke
SALTASY
Swallow
Aura
Sydney
Loendap
Every description of Barking and Exchange business united. Loans granted on approved
MACUTTING
Jest or
Current Arcounts opened in Loca Carmory and Fixed Deposita recessed for one aborter periods in Lonal and Foreign Curraces one which will be quoted sa application.
Jase Deposit Boxes To Let
KAN TONG PO,
A favourable
We anticipate considerable discus- sion by the Opposition in, Con- gress and a delay in the adjourn- meant before the final enactment of the tax programme. business outlook, particularly in steel, is growing more evident and we continue to favour recently mentioned
during any Business weakness. periods of done: 2,700,000 shares.
Wheat: The better milling de- mand has influenced. May wheat. Forecast of rains in the South- West have weakened distant posi- sales: 7,212,000 tions.
Total bashels.
groups
Cotton: It is estimated that the Producers Pool has sold 5,000 bales of May cotton. There is some hedging against purchases of "spot" cotton offered by the Fool.
All classes of Commercial Banking COMMODITY PRICES
Transactions, undertaken.
led.
Personal investment accounts hand-
The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers
The following quotations have been received by Reuter.
Prev. Testerday Closing Closing
Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, New York Cotton:-
addition, the world-wide services March
160
of its thoroughly equipped Travel May Department.
SHARE MARKET
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following is the list of local share quotations issued today:
F
Banks
BRITISH FINANCES
Budgetary Position Satisfactory
ALL REVENUE ESTIMATES LIKELY TO BE REACHED
London, To-day.
SUICIDE TO FREE
· LOVER
Girl's Pathetic Last Letter
"FATE HAS CHEATED ME”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS-
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
THE undersigned have received instructions to sell by Publie
T
Auction
00
Saturday, the 7th. March, 1936, commencing at 11 am.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street
- Cigarette Paper
A pathetic letter, written by a Exchequer returns show that, apart from self-balancing items, girl who gassed herself because) 928,253 was received into the she mistakenly believed that ber Exchequer last week and that the lover was going to leave her
the week was for an old love, was read by the 23 Cases Beads expenditure for 419,850,74% The current financial Paddington coroner (Mr. Ingleby-4
March 31 and "the Oddie) at the inquest recently.
The girl total ordinary revenue to date is
Mary was Evelyn The estimated re-Miles, aged 23, a factory hand, £667.523.597. venue for the full year is £743,- who was found gassed in her rooms 2 470,000 so that the budgetary poin 噩 house in Portobello-road, i sition must be regarded as satis- Kensington, on Tuesday. factory.
John Atbert Phipps, a green-24
H.K. Bank $1,555 sa. HK. Bank (London) #1011⁄2 a. year ends on Chartered Bank £14 n. Mercantile
Bank A. and £29% n. Mercantile Bank C. £132. Bank of East Asia $73 1.
Insurances Canton Ins $270 1. Unions Ins. $550 b. China Underwriters $105 b.. China Fire Ins. $430 n. ILK Fire Ins. $260 n. International Assce. $34 5.
Shipping
Douglases $36 D II.K. Steamboats $5. indo-Chinas (ret.),"$30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 n. Shells (Bearer) 90/- n.
Union Waterboats $142.
Mining
Antamoks $2/1.98 sa. Balato 2134 cts. b. Baguio Gold 22 cts. n. Benguet Consolidated $18.40 a. Benguet Exploration 14% cts.
b. 15 cts, să.
Big Wedge 2144 cts. n. Gold Creek 15 cts. n. Gold River 7 cts. sa. Ipo Mining $21⁄2 . Itogons 65 cts. . Salacots 15 cts. II. Kailan Mining Ad. 12/6 n. Langkats (Single) $11 n Shai Exploration Sh.24 ¤, Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 - AL- Raubs $11.35 b. Venz; Goldfield $34 sa
Docks, etc.
whom
met four
The total ordinary expenditure grocer, said that he had known to date is £67240,581, against Miss Miles for about three years. of each an estimate for the full year of They were very fond £754,577,000. Income Tax, which other. He told her about an-
he had is the largest individual item of other girl inland revenue. now amounts toj again on January 1 after £207,468,000 against the estimate years. and Miss Miles wanted to: for the full year of 5282,500,000. know what his feelings, were to- The amount of estate duties wards her. He intended to marry collected at £79,960,000, is already Miss Miles, but she came to the within £40,000 of the estimate. conclusion that he wanted to re Customs and Excise receipts to turn to the other girl.
• Needless Sacrifice laste total 4278,775,000, against an
Mr. Oddie, summing up, said: jestimate of $294,920,000.-British
Wireless Service.
This is a tragic story. I feel very sorry for this poor girl. She was in love with Phipps. He met an old flame of his, which seem- ed to have worried Miss Miles
LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY
Silver Prices Drop
"She has taken her life in order that he might go back to the giri whom she thought he loved bet- ter than herself. It was a tragic. act of self-sacrifice for which
7
1
1
Artificial Fruits Brass Rolls
Fish Hooks
M
Glass Buttons
Beaded Fringes
2
→
3
Flower Omaments Dates
Buttons
5 Reams Blotting Papers.
also
1 Case of Imitation Jewellery.
and
Provisions in
A Quantity of small lots and sundries.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
strucban to sell by rublic
Monday, the 9th March, 1936, commencing at 16.30 am.
at No. 18, Hillwood Eqad, Kowloon A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHÖLD
FURNITURE
¡comprising:-
Drawing Room, Dining Room and Bed Room Saites, Curios, a charming Ornaments, etc.
The local dollar is steady, open-there was no necessity.
"She has written this morning demand ling on
letter to him and to me, in which jat 1/34d.
"Spot" silver
declined 3% to she saya; 19%, while "forward" also drop- ned % to 19.
and
A few pieces of Blackwood
I am taking my own life, not ware... because I am a coward, but be- On view from Sunday the 8th.. The London on New York cross-cause I am letting my lover go to March 1936.
I only hope rate was steady at £-U.S.$4.99, the girl he loves. while the New York on London that she will realise what this (old) cross-rate was
at act is costing me besides my life. quoted
*Love Him So Muck" [U.S.$4.99%, as compared with £---- H.K. and K. Wharves (new) US$1.99.
$971⁄2 n-
H.K. and K Wharvex
$100.
H.K. and W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old)
Berlin, to-day-The exceeding- ly favourable reports from the Leipzig Fair
I would not stand in the way
of his happiness for anything, be- cause I love him so much. II
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 4th. March, 1936.
only he loved me as much instead HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL of her, life could have been It seems 28 sweeter to
me.
SOCIETY
THE ANNUAL SHOW of fate, has taken
and VEGET ABLES will be held at the cheated me."
The coroner, recording his ver-VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh$70 tions in Geneva. Call money stood dict in accordance with the medi-on THURSDAY, the 5th MARCH, at 2 per cent-Trans-Ocean cal evidence that Miss Miles died from 3pm to 6.30 p.m. and on from coal gas poisoning, said FRIDAY, the 6th MARCH, from Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh.$41 Service.
that he was convinced that she 10 am to 4 pm.
Admission: 1st day, $1.00; 2nd committed suicide while of un-
day, 50 cents. sound mind.
3. T. BAGRAM,
Hon. Secretary.
stimulus to the failed to give anot only can't unfairs and and T FLOWERS
Landa, Hotels, etc.
REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS
Berlin, to-day.The Reich-
B.K. and S. Hotels $.10 b, $4smärk was quoted yesterday-with-,
BERLIN SHARE MARKET
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager. December
July October
11.18 11.18 10.76 10.69 10.42 10.06
$1.35
b.,
$1.35/20 sa.
10.35
10.02
Providents (new) 50 cts. m. Hong Kew, Sh$190 n.
P
Pang
1
Tanca
January Spot....
10.07 10.02 10.05 11.23.
10.05 11.29
New Engineering Sh.$4 m. Shanghai Docks. $79 n.
Cotton Mills
Ewo Cottons Sh.$8 n.
cause of the apprehension of the possible outcome of the negotia-|
balkon
Takya
Ses Frabelaco
VILNO YOT 1okoban
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,
J
LIMITED
New York Rubber:- March
(Incorporated in China)
May
Head Office-Shanghai
July
15.62 15.62a 15.71. 15.76 15.81n 15.86a
II.
--
Capital
-$7,500,000,00
September
15.93a
15.95a
Zoong Singa Sh.$12 n.
• Reserve
$1,500,000.00
December
16.102
16.152.
Wing On Textiles Sh.$25
Chief Manager.
100
903%
September
895%
100% 89% 89
Chicago Corn:—
May
603/%
61
July
60%
61
Winnipeg Wheat:-
May
83%
33%
July
847
October
8478
8414 84
New York Silk:- March May
1.6023 1.64a
1.382a 1.56t 1.55 1.56a.
..
Branches-A Important Cities in
Ching Foreign Exchange and General-Banking Besi Chicago Wheat:
Current and Saving Accts opened and Fized May Deposita received" fer cas quas of aborter periods July
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK t rats which will be quoted on application.
BOU Z. CHANG.*-*
Manager. HONG KONG BRANCH: 24. Des Vœux Road, Central,
--- TL 28
LIMITED
Established 1880
Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000
Reserve Fond
.Yen 127,450,000
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at
Alexandria
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Dairen (Dainy)
Hamburg
Hankow
Nagasaki
Nagoya
New York
Okaka
Paris Peiping Rangoon San
Francisco
Seattle
Fengtier (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro
Erbin
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Hsinking Karachi
Kobe
London Los Angeles
Vanils
Moji
Sourabaya Sydney Tientsin
Tokyo
Tsingtau Yingkow
Interest allowed for Current he
Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on applica tion.
C. KISHINAMI.
Manager. Hong Kong, 12th September, 1936.
POPEYE.
Manager's Office
Foreign Exchangs Dept, umem
General Offer gr Cambier's O
#
13567
THE WING ON BÀNK, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeux Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000
LONDON BANKERS:-- Westminster Bank, Ltd Foreign Exchange_and_every_ cripton of banking business transact- ed.
Bes July
Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits re ceived at rates-which will be quoted] on application.
Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP GOCKCHIN
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THE NEWSPAPER EXTERPREEK 1,723,
JA WYRENAR ST.
CHIKA MAIL KM.
"Advice To The Lovelorn."
TOAR, YOU'LL DO THIS FOR ME - SAY YOU WILL: YOU LIKE ME DON'T YOU,TOAR? You
DON'T WANT TO
SEE ME SHOT
THE
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Chins)
$5,000,000. Capital paid up Reserves
$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. 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, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.
YOU USANT TOAR SHOULD KILL POPEYE?
YES, DARLING THEN TAKE ME TO MY
COUNTRY
sa.
HE. Lands $3511⁄2 83- H.K. Landa 4%- Debentures
100% n.
Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 a. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $9.70 s.
EK Realties. $5.85 n.
Chinese. Estates $84 a.
China Realties Sh4 1. China Debentures Sh.$60 x.
Public Utilities
HK Tramways $11.10 så. Peak Trams (old) $7 n.- Peak Trams (new) $3 n. Star Ferries $87 a. Yaunati-Ferries $20 n. C. Lights (old)
$10.90/60 sa
$10.60
b.,
C. Lights (new) 3 n. H.K. Electrics' $721⁄2 b, $72 s2. Macao Electrica $20 - Sandakan Lights 4 n.
Telephones
$25.65 xa.
(old)
$25 Bes
Telephones (new) $9 b, $9 sa.
Cements $8 2.
China Busen Sh$111⁄4 n. Singapore Tractions 17/- n.
Singapore Tractions Pref. 25/-)
#
Industrials
Malabon Sugars $8.40 n..
tout guarantee at: New York,
40.70; Paris, 608.5; Amsterdam,! 58.17; and London, 12275, Paris quoted the Pound sterling at 74.72 to 74.75, and the US, dollar at 14.96% to 14.96%-Trans-Ocean Service.
Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh$15 ¤. Canton Ices $14
Cements $8.85 1.
H.K. Ropes $41⁄2 b., $41⁄2 B
Stores, etc.
Dairy Farms $21 sa. Watsons $4.85 n Lane, Crawfords. $63⁄41⁄4% D- Mackintoshs $5. Sinceres $2.20 n. Wm. Powells 70 cts. n. Wing On (HK.) $55 ■.
Miscellaneous Entertainments $4.70 n. S. C. Enterprises $135 2. Macao Greyhounds" $2 x. Constructions (old) $1% 1. Constructions (new) 50 cts, Vibro Piling $4 n. Ch. Gost. 5% 1925 GSBAR
94% D.
"I do not blame Phipps for it at all" he added.
DEPORTEE'S PROTEST
Man With Nazi "Secrets"
authorities in England his corres- pondence was intercepted. Booked Passage
He booked his passage for Lon- don in the liner American Trader on November 9, the statement con- tinued, but as he was going
WRITTEN STATEMENT ISSUED board he was stopped, taicen to Ellis Izland and detained. "The following week he was put
Plymouth.
од
Dr. George Bresin, a political board the President Roosevelt and refugee who was being deported kept la custody. He added that if from New York to Germany in the he were deported it should be to United States liner President his own country.
When Dr. Bresin arrived in Roosevelt, which arrived at Ply jmouth. 'last month, sent a preas New York December, 1934, it was correspondent a written statement stated in the New York Post that he was associated politically with through a fellow-passenger.
He wrote that he was born in the assassinated Liberal leader France, that his mother was Walther Rathenas, and for five British, that he was recognised by days after the 1918 revolution in the Home Office as being of Im-Germany was military commander perial Russian nationality, and of Berlin" that his wife and children live in i n.Glendale-avenue Edgware, Lon-
{don, N.W.
Dr. Bresin claimed that while engaged in anti-Nazi propaganda
OLDEST WOMAN BURIED -
Mrs. Caroline Merriott, aged
HK Govt 4% Loan 42% premjin the United States he discovered 110, of Croydon, believed to be the
b.
"HK. Govt. 31⁄2% Loan par. He
Cald, Macy. (Ord) Sh$19%; n Wallace Harpers $4 a.
BUT POPEYE IS
[TOAR'S PAL-
YOU'LL
BE DOING HIM.A
·FAVOR YOU'LL BE SENDING HIM TO
REAVEN
3..
To-morrow.
important Nazi secrets affecting oldest woman in England, was British Interests in Ethiopia, bat buried at Mitcham Park cemetery when he tried to get in touch with last month.
"An Ear For Music."
JUST KNOW HE'D LOVE TO PLAY A HARP
AND FLY ABOUT.
ON UJINGS
OH. HOT DOG: GOOD. 106A- MY DEAR PAL FLY
AND PLAY PEEANO –HO KAY
TOAR KILL
POPEYE AND
SEND HIM TO
SWELL PLACE
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