1936-03-20

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

$50,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1553.

Iassed and Fally-Paid-up 20,000,000 |

Reserve Funds:--

Sterlize.£ 6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve .$10,000,000

KEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

£3,000,000

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

$20.000.000

prietors

£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Alor Star

follo

Atriless

Ipoh

Bangoon Bigch

kuməti

Seawat

Farembo

Bombay

Kobe

Shanghaa

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

Nuchang

Cawnpore

Gebu Dells

Bourabaya Tarping

Cow.mho

Sudan

Tuatara

New York

Popu

Hanke

Hanbury

Harma

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson Chairman.

G. Miskin Esq.,

Deputy Chairman,

Seagkal

Caucus

Canton

Boa. Mt. WH. Bell, C.C. Knight Esq. A. H. Compton Esq. T. E Pearce Esq. S.H. Dodwell Esq., J.A. Plummer Esq. phong M.T. Johnson Esq. A.L. Shields E

ΑΜΟΣ

V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

BANG FOR

BATATZA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CHENDO COLOMBO

DAIREN POOCHOW HALTHONG HAMBURG

Chint Marur.-

BEANCIES

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA MANILA MUAR Ut you j KURDES NEW YORK PEITING PESANG RANGOON SAZION

HONORST LLOILO

IPOH JOHORE JOBX IOWLOON

XCALA LUMPUR

SAN FRANCISCO SHANGHAI SINGAPORE NOURABAYA SUNGEJ PATANI TIENTNN

TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

Current Amounts opened in Local Current and Fize! Thepocit reacted for one year or aconte poda in Local Cerary and Strung on terda which will be quoted on apparation.

15.30 up to da SAFE BEPOSIT BOXES in Janos # TU LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1036

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Burdess of the above “Back in a moneta

ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COEPORATION.

grained on application.

Etein-

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

V. GRABEN.

Issas

Tourkab

[Ebuker]

Taingo

I acabame Zamboanga

reign change and General Banking, bemineny Current About opend and Fixed Depouts red for our your or sorter parsoda aŭ rates whack wat lae quoted so oppivencia.

A. BREARLEY.

Manager Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

TRE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Head Oce:-65, Broadway, New York

Capital Surplus Reserves

ما همکا

U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,183,633,06 870,731.05

BRANCHES:-

Amsterdamn Katwerp Athana Assum

Kavics Hamburg Batte Jadelberg Valerinken JETUNNING

Sap Pin fuma Priming

Berja tommy Breed

Vairo Calcutta

Colombo

Luadva Look Licera

Kaza

Ələmdaglami Souplan Wingapore

kaligano

Hong Kong. 24th February, 1936.

Copen Dubin Edinburgh Faremos

Sivata Veuca

Noci Carlo

Yumia

Tokolum Euncu

Munich

Chart Manager,

Branches of American Express

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Company in Principal cities of Unized

Authorized Capita

Paid-up Capital

States of America and Canada.

Ali classes of Commercial Banking Basere she l'adivaded Probe 7,685 1657) Transactions undertaken.

$ 1.0

0.50

HEAD OFFICE: BONG KONG,

10. De Luz Houd, Gorri

BOARD OF DIRECTORS -

LED

Choo Chors, Chau

Chy Eng. 1. 1. Kwok. Jeg

Woot!

Ju Yong. E. Chen Clung Pack, lagu bi. Lan Fag. Wong Chu Sea, Eg and he

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Benvi

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Kan Tong Po, Eng- Chief Mansient_

Let The Fog Eng Manager.

Coutts CLO

isiphan Yankow Houchins

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Mitwaye

Saga

Skumaşlama

New York Maaka

Para

Neging

Teens

Jangan

Kowloos

San Franciad

ل جلاسة

Bugun

Labeoutp

Every deerplios' of Basions and Exchange

Buntones' rearched... Loude centred on approved

~árcounts opened in Local Currency Find Depo Ponted for

020 Star of

どうす wernda ab Local and Forrige Curreci

wytopia with will be qued on applicatos.

From Thighmic Bases To Let

KAN TONG PO.

-Char! Seding?78

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1880

Capital (full paid-up) Yen.100,000,000 Reserve Fund.....Yen.129,150,000 Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Nagasaki Nagoya New York

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton Dairen (Dainy)

ceburg

Eankow Harbin

Osaka

Pariz

Fangoon

(Muždeň) Rio de Jeneiro

Lonkans

Kong

Esinking Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

San Francisco

Seattle

Statue

Semarang

Singapore Sourabaya

Sydney Tokyo Tsingtau

Tientsin

Yingkow

verest allowed for Current Ac•]

counts.

Deposits received for Exed periods

at rates to be obtained on applica-

tion.

G. KISHINAMI:

Manager. Hong Kong, 10th March, 1936.

POPEYE.

WE DONT GNATS

WANT YOUR

WAR:

Hed.

Personal investment accounts hand-

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers. Cheques and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department

C. H. BENSON,

General Manager.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

Head Once-Shanghai

Capital

$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00

Beserve Branches-All Important Cities in

China

l'origa Exchange and General Banking Business www.acad

Manager.

Current and Saving Acronis opened and Fized Deposits Food for our year of aborter periode at rules which will be quoted capiscation.

SOU Z. CHANG, RONG LONG BRANCH: 24. De Vaux Boad, Central. Kanager's Office Tel. 3556% For Exchange Dept," Gener Uffic

Carter's Offens

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeux Road Central Authorized Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS:

Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des- cripton of banking baziness transact- eč

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 COCKCHIN

Chief Manager,

Job Printing

SEASONABLI

PRICES

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE Lyk

CHOLA BAIL BLINK,

JA WYRBILE ST.

Self- Executed.”

WE WANT A REPUBLIC

"WE WANT

A REPUBLIC

THE CHIRA MAIL FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1936

Commerce and Finance

SHARE MARKET

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:-

Banks

HI. Bank $1,555 n.

H.. Bank (London) £102'n Chartered Bank £14. Mercantile Bank A. and E

£30 n.

Mercantile Bank C. 13. Bank of East Asia $73 1.

Insurances

Canton Ins. $270 o. Unions Ins. $562

China Underwriters. 31 n. China Fire Ins. $480 m. H.K. Fire las, $260 n. International Assce $34.

Shipping

Douglases $36 1-

H. Steamboats $54. Indo-Chinas (Pre), $30 1. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 Shells (Bearer) 88/4% n. Union Waterboats $144

Mining Antamoks $2.08 bl $2/2.70 ss. Balatoes 214 m.

KWANGTUNG'S WOLFRAM

Large Exports Reported

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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Optimistic Future Unabated

· PROFITS SHOULD BE TAKEN

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Messrs. White. Weld and Com- pany, New York Correspondents

for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Com- pany. report

Stocks: While we believe that the London negotiations have a MILITARY MONOPOLY

fair chance of fair sailing, the possibility still exists that some IFrom Our Own Correspondent]

which, would mag might develop Canton. To-day".

depress the market here. The Large consignments of wolfram

optimistic future for all seasoned issues is unabated, but we are in- or tungster are sent by train Canton from the North River valclined to take part of profits in ley to be sold and exported by the Ithe more speculative holdings.

First

of the jsales department

Business done: 2,020.000 shares. Group Army, as the price of this

Wheat: Better support was no- mineral has risen to $120 Hoticeable to-day and exports of Kong currency per picul (133-1/3 Canadian wheat are fair. Pend- (pounds).

ing a broadening in trade The price was $95 a pleul two would buy May wheat on dips for weeks ago, but owing to the good

Total sales: 20,191,000 demand it is rapidly rising. It is tur possible that the price will soar Cotton: The Producers' Pool's to $140 a picul All payments are holdings of March cotton are now made in Hong Kong currency.

Wolfram is bought by European armament firms for the manufac ture

bushels.

believed to be about 55.000 bales

about 300,000: and "spot" cotton

of, tungsten steel. Local bales. We expect May cotton to prices for this mineral are lower eventually duplicate the perform

ance of March cotton. The tight that those obtained from other situation in old crops continues. parts of the world owing to its jabundance in the upper stretches

of the North b.langsi and Southern Hunan,

Baguio Gold 20 cts. b. 20 cts.

93.

Benguet Consolidated $18.40 Benguet Exploration 16 cts. Big Wedge 27 cts. n. Demonstration 55 cts . Gold Creek 15 cts. . Gold River 7 cts. *.

Itogons 65 cts.

IXL $1.20 . Salacots 15 cts. a. Kailan Mining Ad. 11/6 D. Langkats (Single) Sh.310 Masbate 62 cts 7. S'hai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 . Shanghai Leans Sh.34 n- Raabs $11.

San Mauricio 86 cts. n. United Faracale 151 ets. b. Venz; Goldheld $31⁄2 n.

"Docks, etc.

HK. and K. Wharves $92 b. H.K. and W. Docks $9 2. Providents (old) $135 a. Providents (new) 20 cts. n. Hong Kew Sh$190 n. New Engineering Sh.$4 n Shanghai Docks. $79 n.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cottons Sh.$84. Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh.ST0

11.

Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh$40

Zoong Sings Sh.$12 n.

Wing On Textiles Sh.$25 2

Lands Hotels, etc.

H.K. and S. Hotels $4 b., $4.05

ᏚᎸ .

H.K. Lands $29 h. HK Lands 40%

Debentures

100% n Shanghai Land Sh.$18 D. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys 39% 3. F.K. Realties $5.85 D. Chinese Estates $84 China Realties Sh.34 . China Debentures Sh$60 n.

. Public Utilities H.K. Tramways $10.70 n Peak Trams (old) $ 1 Peak Trams (new) $3 - Star Ferries $84 n. Yaumsti Ferries $20% n.

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)

Capital paid ap

....$5,000,000 Reserves

$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Beserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office-Shanghai

River. Southern COMMODITY PRICES

Miners exploit the ores and sell

The following quotations have

them to the First Group Army, been received by Beater. which exports them as a

-mono-

poly. As the sale is a military

monopoly, smuggling has been wiped out.

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Up

31av July

October

The local dollar is steady, open- jing ΟΙ demand this morning May July lat 1/32

"Spo" silver rose. 1 to 1934, September while "forward" advanced 3.16 to December

Chicago Wheat: {13-11/16.

Prev. Yesterday Closing Closin

now New York Cotton:-

March

11.40

11.40 10.94 10.98 10.56 10.60 10.12 10.20

December

10.13 10.19

January Spot

10.13

10.20

11.45

11.44

New York Rubber:--

March

15.78m

16.01a

15.88a 16.06

15.93

16.14

16:01b

16.19

16,01a

16.293

The London on New York cross-May rate was quoted at £-US$4.96%, July

9822

387%

59t

as compared with US$4.9714, September while the New York on London Chicago Corn:→→ cross-rate was quoted at £-US-Mar $4.97%. as compared with £-U.S.-July $4.974.

8434

60%

Winnipeg Wheat:-

May

$334

33%

July

8454

3434

October

8434%

New York Silk:-

March...

1.641

1.631

May

1.59t

1631

1.58a

1602

C. Lights (old) $10:40 sa

C. Lights (new) $74/7 sa. H.K. Electrics $53 s. Macao Electrics $20 n.. Sandakan Lights $5 m. Telephones (old) $25,20 Telephones (new) $9 n China Buses. Sh$114 Singapore Tractions 21/- b. Singapore Tractions Pref 26/-

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $8.40 m. Cald.. Macy. (Ord.) Sh.$191⁄2 n. Cald. Macg.. (Pref.) Sh.$15 a Canton Ices $1

Cements $7.55 b., $7/7.60 sa. H.K. Ropes $44.

Stores, etc.. Dairy Farms $19.15 b., ex. div.)

$19.15/19

Watsons $485 n Lane, Crawfords $6% Mackintoshs $5 n. Sinceres $1.60 b. Wm. Powells 70 cts. a. Wing On (H.K.). $55 a

Miscellaneous Entertainments $4.70 n. S. C. Enterprises $1.35 m. Macao "Greyhounds" $2 n. Constructions (old) $141. Constructions (new) 50 cts, 1. Vibro Piling $4 n.

Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$Bd«.—

94% n

A Bank having as its mission the industrial development China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Ofic

6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.

HK. Govt. 4% Loan 44% prem

I YAM DISGUSTIPATED

SEZIYAM DISGUS WERE-DISGOS

TOO! WE

WANT A REPUBLIC!

ALL RIGHT-

WANT A

REPUBLIC

431

H.K. Govt. 3% Loan par. z. Wallace Harpers $4 2.

July

603%

60%

RAW RUBBER PRICES

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co. have reccived the following

Straits quotations in

Currency (from Singapore for Raw Rubber.

Spot 26 Up b., 26 4 s. April/June 26 % b., Unchang-

ed 26 % 3 July/September 26 % Up

b., 27 8.

October/December 27 Up 1 b,

274/45

Market: Expect Improvement.

YESTERDAY'S.. SOLUTION

CHARGE HOARDS. H ROOM ENTO EMIT ENO EDEN TREES ERG SE GAIS

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ROOMERĪS

HAL e A

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling, such as-harbor, plow, and altho

135

HORIZONAL Frisonfortress in

France 7-Workshop (Fr.) 13-Girl's name

14- One who Interferos

15 Fish eggs 15-Bent over

17-Ornament for the ear

18-Those who skate 20-Iron splice

23-Local position

25-Eagle

26-Dimmer

29-Injure

30-Clothes 31-Unit

32-Man's name

33-Moved rapidly.

$4–In excess of

35-Feminine sumx (Frå $7-Before 38-Father

41-Serooth (Phon.)

-The lateral parts 42–Evenings (Poet.) 46-lyric poema 45-Length measure (pl.))

48-Pervert,

160

10 11 12

{ HORIZONTAL (Cont)] VERTICAL (Cont.).

52-On the road

|54-More valid

|56–Wild (Scot.)

57-Forever

58-Entomology (abbr)

|59-Fairies 160-Refera

VERTICAL

1-Small, close-fitting

helmet

2-An Insect

3-Breathing noisily

when asleep

19-Story [21-Awakened

[22-Those who rent

28-Krener

24-Moved along in:

numbers

26-Barks

27-Conjunction

25-Rants

34-Crude meta!

35-Those who run away".

and marry

36 Joerer

37-Girl's name

39-Evaded

|40-Affirms

4-Mischievous chlidren 46-Part for two

6-A vegetable

5-Collection of

47-Diminutiva, muftig

143-An insect (pl)

icelandic literature (49-United States Naval: 7-To the sheltered

side

8-Lacerate 9-Makes a mistake 10-Silver-walite

metallic element 11–Eternity

12-is sorry

Academy (abbr) 5C-A fuel

51-Quter covering of a

| 53-God of the go-

(abbe.)

158-A point of compass

(abbr.)

The solution of the above with a new cross-word puzzle

will appear in to-morrow's issue.

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LOUD SPEAKER

"The Brutes Are Coming."

To-morrow.

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1936

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