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Authorised Capital ......$50,000,000 faned and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 Reserve Funds:
Sterling ...... 5,500,000 Hong Kong Currency
Reserve....$10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
HEAD OFFICE. HONG KONG,
BOLED OF DIRECTORK
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 18353.
READ OFFICE: LONDON
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
£3,000,000 £3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
$3,000,000
_$$0,000,000
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Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Business of the abers Ench in conduct- by the HONG KONG AND GRANGHAI BANKING CONJURATION. Sules may be
ised on applesion.
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chart Manger,
Hong Kong, 24th February, 1986.
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THE
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936
and
Commerce and Finance
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Purchases For A Rally
BEARISH TREND POSSIBLE
Messrs. White. Weld and Com- pany, New York, Correspondents for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Com-
any report:-
"Stacks:-Should the industrial javerage break 130 and the rails
average 46 a definite bearish trend! would be established, but in the absence of
would bad news, we suggest purchases for a rally from these points to-morrow
for
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US:$6,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 $10,731.05
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"Wheat:-The open interest in May wheat is still large, whilst cash demand is good. Deliverable wheat are stucks of Chicago small. We would recommend the purchase of May wheat against) sules of nez crops on a scale down. Total sales: 29.518,000) bushels.
"Cotton:-"Spot" firms are sell- ing distants against purchases of Hoan cotton. Predictions of scat- tered showers were an influence.
Fish:-Steel mill activity during the past week is estimated) jat 704 per cent of capacity.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Company in Principal cities of United arainst 67.9 per cent the previous
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Established 1830
Capital (full paid-up) Yen.100,000,000 Reserve Fund .... Yes. 129,150,000
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Manager.
Hong Kong, 10th March, 1936,
POPEYE.
week
Personal investment accounts band- COMMODITY PRICES
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*(Incorporated in China) Head Offer-Shanghai
Capital
$7.500.000.00 Reserve
$1,500,000.09 Branches--AII Important Cities
China
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Current and Bering Accorala opeaed and Pixed Depacia monéved for one year ou Alwelar pada March
Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing
SHARE MARKET
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following was the list local share quotations issued day:-
af to-
Banks
H.K. Backs $1,530. H.K Bank (London) £1001⁄2 1. Chartered Bank 141⁄2 n Mercantile Bank A. and R
314 Mercantile Bank C: 14% D. Bank of East Asia $73
Insurances
Canton Ins. $275 1.
Union Ins, $507 b. and sa. China Underwriters $1 m. China Fire Ins. $450 - H.K. Fire Ins. $242 b. International Assce."Sh$31⁄4 un.
Shipping
Douglases $36 1. H.K Steamboats $5% n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 11. Sheils (Bearer) 95/-'. Union Waterboats $12.20 n.
Mining Antamoks $2.32 b.. $2.35 33. Balatoes $2134 n. Baguio Gold 29 ts. b., 281⁄2 cts.
sa.
Benguet Consolidated $18.20 a Benguet Exploration 21 cts. b. Big Wedge 40 cts. sa Demonstration 75 cts. b. and sa Gold Creek 15 cts... Gold River 6 cts. Itogons $1.15.5. LXL $1.55 b.
Salacot 14 cts n. Kailan Mining Ad. 11 n. Langkats (Single)"Sh.$10_n. Masbate 70 cts. n. S'hai Exploration Sh.$4. Shanghai Loans Sh.Si Raubs $114 *
San Maurico $1.22 b.
United Paracale 30 cts. b. Venz; Goldfield $3% .
Docks, etc. H.K. and K. Wharves $91 b. H.K. and W. Docks $9. Providents (old) $14 b. Providents (new) 20 cts. 1. Hong Kew Sh$190. New Engineering Sh‡4 a Shanghai Docks Sh.$100 n.
Cotton Mills
Ewo Cottons Sh.$8.6. Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh$70
Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh
$37 5.
New York Cotton:- CEL BENSON, May General Manag; July
{October
December January March Spot
11:47
11.15
11.43
11.12
10.46 10:33 10.48 10.40 10.51 10.44m 10.60 10.50 11.81 11.77
New York Rubber:- May in July
September December
16.52b
15.08a 16.04 16.18a 16.13 16.283
15.23 16.402 16.36
16.49a
Manager.
Chicago Wheat:—
May
101%
992
Jals
93%
921⁄4
September
9/2
902
Chicago Cora:-
May
65%
62%
July
627%
€2
HK Realties $5
Chinese Estates $82.
Winnipeg Wheat:---
May
83%
828
July
$434
8*
October
85%
84
JA FAN VARA Wil he quoted on application.
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WHEN THEY SEES ME MEN IN
THEM YOUDS:
Zoong Sings Sh.$12 1. Wing On Textiles Sh.25 n.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H.K. and S. Hotel $5 b., $4.95 sa. HK Lands $331⁄2 &
LOCAL DOLLAR” STEADY
Silver Prices Fall
The local dollar is steady, opening on demand this morning jat 1/3d.
"Spot" silver declined to 2014, while forward” also fell X to 2014.
The London on New York cross- irate was unchanged at £-US/ $4.94, while the New York on Lon-1 don cross-rate was unchanged at £—U.S.$4.94.
H.K. Lands 4% Debentures.
100% b.
Shanghai Landa Sh.$18 a. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 m. Humphreys $8.80 m
China Realties Sh.34 n. China Debentures Sh.$60 1.
Public Utilities
H.K. Tramways $10.85 b., $10.95
32.
Peak Trams (old) $7 n.
Peak Trams (new) $ L
Star Ferries $35 b.
Yaumati Ferries $19.
C. Lights (old) $10.80 b. $10.95
53.
C. Lights (new) $7.35 b., $8.40
Silke
H.K. Electrics $52 b. Macao Electries $20 a Sandakan Lights $830 n. Telephones (old) $25. Telephones (new) $9 n. China Buses Sh.$111⁄4 n Singapore Tractions 20/- n. Singapore Tractions Pref. 23/-
To-morrow.
IF A BRUTTAN SOLDIER LAUGHS AT ME ALL KILL
HIMB
SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURE
$46,000 Required For Road Building
At to-morrow's meeting of the Legislative Council His Ex- cellency the Governor will pre- sent for the consideration of the Finance Committee certain items of supplementary expen- diture, as follows:-
Errol Flynn and Ross Alexander are seen here in a tensé scene from the Warner Bros.' production, "Captain Blood," which will be shown at the Queen's Theatre on Thursday.
Amusements
Cinema Notes
"TWO FOR TO-NIGHT" - QUEEN'S THEATRE
-'
la lilting musical flirtation
sung by Miss MacDonald and male chorus, the number was li- terally made a one-song musical comedy. Miss MacDonald sings the melody, composed after the French opera-bouffe manner, in a hotel suite.
This picture, featuring Bing
the The stirring "Song of Crosby and Joan Bennett, is aMounties," which Nelson Eddy brisk fast-moving comedy, plenti-sings, is sung on horseback, with (1) The cost of certain new fully supplied with music, songs the
baritone as a sergeant of apparatus for the Finger-print and
romance, of an ambitious mounted police at the head of his and Photographic Bureau. $528; young crooner who accidentally column, in a mountain canyon.
(3) Rent allowances European sub-officers, $197; (4) Rent allowances Senior Officers. $1,103;
(2) Rent Allowances for Asia becomes a play-right and becomes Nelson Eddy's song, “Rose Marie,” involved with a theatrical produc-¡"I Love You," is also sing against tic sub-officers, $674;
er, his stage girl friend, and his the panorama of the Sierras. for secretary in a series of lively inci-1 Aside from the music of the dents that become more and more original stage. production, two. hilariously complicated.
grand opera arias are sung by Going in search of romance and Miss MacDonald in séquences adventure to get material for his showing her as an opera star, at (5) Improvement and exten-play, the singer starts a seltzer the opening and close of the pic- sion of the existing road from water battle in a night club. landsture. These two were specially Au Tau to Kam Tin, $46,374.80. in gaoi and rehearses a love scene adapted by Stothart.
for
The first item is to be met with the wrong girl, which makes from savings under the Police the right girl walks out on him. Force estimates.
Directed by Frank Tuttle, the cast includes Mary Boland. Lynne Overmann, Ernest Cossart, James
"O'SHAUGHNESSY'S BOY”— MAJESTIC THEATRE
This picture, which features Blakeley and Douglas Fowley. The Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper RAW RUBBER PRICES don and Revel, wrote a number of by Richard Boleslawski, who has noted song team composers, Gor-in the leading roles, was directed
song hits for the picture.
"Les Miserables" and "Clive of "SHIPMATES FOREVER"
Indis" to his credit. STAR THEATRE
Latest Quotations From
Singapore
Again the spirit and essence of "The Champ" have been captured This picture, starring Dick from a different, novel angle, with Powell, and Ruby Keeler in thelan appealing, heartthrobbing. leader roles, deals with the life twist of a Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Cat the Naval Academy and the through the love of his son, the father's regeneration
following CUFTENCY
Spot 26% b. Unchanged.
have received the
subsequent careers quotations in
of the young son, realising the sacrifices of his Straits
become after their father, in tarn sacrificing himself, from Singapore for Raw Eabber me who
graduation exactly what the title as the picture reaches a triumph- Buyers
states, "Shipmates Forever.” ant, smashing climax.
Dick, in the beginning, is a radio The tiger-elephant act, around singer, who to carry out the tradi-jwhich the action revolves, was tions of the family, gives up his said to be an impossibility by lucrative career to enter Anna-many expert circus men, but it polis. Ruby is the orphaned will be seen for the first time on daughter of a Navy family, who the screen, when Wallace Beery
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Industriala
Malabon Sugars $8.40 z. Cald., Macz. (Ord.) Sh.3191⁄2 Cald., Mecg. (PreL) Sh$15 1. Canton Ices $1% n
to support herself teaches the puts a tiger on an elephant's back children of the officers to dance and puts the two jungle beasts.
dancing through a ring of fire.
So
the singing and
in the picture fall in naturally.
Other well known players in the "ROSE OF THE RANCHOL....... cast are Lewis Stone, Boss ORIENTAL THEATRE ¡Alexandra, John Arledge, Dick Cements $10% b. $10%/35 sa. Foran, Robert Light and Eddie, HE Ropes $4 n.
Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $20 b. Watsons $3% E.
Lane, Crawfords $5% z. Mackintoshs $5 n. Sinceres $21.
Wan Fowells 50 cts. Wing On (HK) $55 1
Miscellaneous Entertainments $2.90 ́ ́n S. C. Enterprises $1.35 nr Macao "Greyhounds" $2 n. Constructions (old) $1% Min Constructions (new) 50 cts. Vibro Piling $4.
Actí.
ALHAMBRA THEATRES
a
The story of "Rose of the Ran- cho" beautiful, high-spirited "ROSE MARIE-KING'S AND Spanish girl who led her people against the rapacious American: land-grabbers in the first years of This musical classic features California's Statehood, has thrill- Jeannette MacDonald and Nelsoned motion picture and stage au- Eddy in the principal parts and dïences alike for more than 20 the singing of these two makeɛycars. this picture one of the outstand- ing productions of the year.
Now for the first time this dashing romance of old Monterey The "Indian Love Call" one of comes to the screen with a musi- the most beautiful melodic themes cal score, with Gladys Swarthout, ever written and based on an ac-brilliant star of the Metropolitan tual Indian strain, was sung in a¦opera, and John Boles, handsome canyon with unique echo effects dramatic singer, in the leading that make each note almost a roles.
a. (chord. The natural echoes were Music, however, was not blend- considered in working out a spe-jed with the drama of the Spanish song. Dons until its revival for Miss which is sung by Jeannette Mac-Swarthout
and
Boles, with
Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$Bda —cial orchestration for the
93.
H.K. Govt 4% Loan 5% prem. Donald and Nelson Eddy, the co-Charles Bickford, H. B. Wamer,
b. $5% prem 32.
stars in the picture.
Willie Howard, Herb Williams, H.K. Govt. 32% Loan par. b. In another number, the Grace Bradley and others in the Wallace Harpers $4 n-
sprightly "Pardon Me, Madame," cast.
"The Rose Of No Man's Land.”
AND IN THE MEANTIME, THOUSANDS [OF FIERCE BRUTIAN SOLDIERS
HAVE
LANDED ON
SPINACHOVAN SOIL-
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VONETS WILL
|SOON BE TICKUNG
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