BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Acthorised Capital
.....$50,000,000
Kasted and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 Beserve Fundas
Sterling £6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency
Reserve ----$10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1553. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
| Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
£3,000,000 £3,000,000
Reserve Liability of
prietors
Pro-
£3,000,000
$20,000,000
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HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOLED OF DIRECTORS
Hon Mr. J. J. Paterson.
Chairman
G. Miskin Esq.
Deputy Chairman.
Bothbay Lanci
حياة الحرة
Agencies and Branches:
Hon. Mr. W.H. Bell, JR. Masson Esq. DE AH, Compton Esq, T. E Pearce Esq.
Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,
J. A. Plummer Esq.
MT. Johnson Esq., AL. Shields Esq
1. M. Grayburn, Esq.
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BARDIN BUNGEET
Wheat Younger.
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SAN FRANCISCO
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SINGAPORE
SUURABAYA
SUNGEL PATANI
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TOKYO
TSINGTAO
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Bony Konz, 24th February, 1938.
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A. BREARLEY,
Manager. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC.
Incorporated with Limited Liability in U.S.A.
Head Office: 45, Broadway, New York
ADRIA
„E_S.$0,000,000.00 2,152,623.00 520,731.00
Capital
Surplus Reserves
BRANCHES:-
Amsterdam
MOGLI
Ausw
The lig
Sarabe Mamburg
Paren
Ban
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PRIDIRE
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HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Busts of the above Book in cruduct May Law BUNG KONG AND SHANGHAI MANA CUKIUKAIKON
souched ca appication.
FOR THE HUSU KONG AND SHANGHA BASSING CORPORATION.
F.K GRAYBURN,
Chel Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Kathman Capital
Danie
Beri ad divided Profi
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Copenhagen
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Express
Branches of American Company in Principal cities of United 5,504, GO0.00|States of America and Canada, 2.80
$10,000.
READ OFFICE-BONG KONG.
De Vores Kund, Cent
BOARD OF RECTORS—
bet chow-on Chur, Chama
. Eng., F. K. Kwok Ling Wa
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Persoas investment accounts hand-
The Toads Bay. Chần Ching hunn, large los 2mijied Bank Wang Chu Dan, Eay, and han Ying
Lan Tung P. Smq.. Chind Managem
Fone. Eng., Manage.
BRANCHES AND ADENCIES1-
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Complia Casson
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Hompag
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Roma Xol Kowloon Landun
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Vacouver
of Banking and Exchang La galed of approved
Um Actie-opened in Local Currency and Fizna Depouse received for our your or a forte 22 Loomi moc Foreign Currencia
bach will be quoted on application.
Ba's Deputi Bate To Let
EAN TONG PO
Chaal Manager.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
Established 1380
Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Eeserve Fund
Yen. 129,150,000
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at
Alexandria Batavia
Nagasaki Nagoya New York
Osaka
Berlin
11
Bombay
Calcuzza
Paris
Captor
Dairen (Dainy)
Peiping Rangoon
Fergtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro
Harbin
Hong Kone
Honolulu Hsinking
Karachi
Kobe
Londos
Los Angeles
Manila
Moji
San Francisco
Seattle Semarang.
Shanghai Singapore
Sourabaya
Sydney
Tientsin Tokyo
Tsingtau Yingkow
Interest allowed for Current Ac
Deposits received for fixed periods
at rates to be obtained on applica- tion.
Manager.
G. KISHINAMI,
Hong Kong, 10th March, 1936.
POPEYE
"One Life
EVEN IF WE DID HAVE LOTSA
GUNS ME SAP SOLJERS COULDNT WIN THIS
| WÄR NOHOW- 1 YAM.
DISGUSTIPATED!
The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its “Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, addition, the world-wide services
边
of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department
C. HL BENSON,
General Manager.
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK. LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai
.$7,500,000.00
$1,500,000.00
Capital Reserve Branches-All Important Cities in
China
Foreign Exchangs and General Banking Buninma
IPELANGING.
Curreas and Saving couch opened and Fized Deposits rived in ose year Ak. sborlar pariada A rate whink will de quoted on-application.
SOC CHANG,
HONG KONG BRANCH
34, Das Taut Boad, Central.
Manager's QBs an
Foreign Exchange Dept.
Cenard Orde
Center's note
SUNG
1500
THE WING ON BANK, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeux Road Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:-- Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des-i cripton of banking business transact- od.
Current Accounts and Savings Ac Fixed Deposits zej counts opened. ceived at rates which will be quoted on application.
Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP COCK CHIN
Chief Manager.
Brine Your PRINTING Problems to Us
THE NEWSPAPER EXTERPRISE LED-e
GARA, BAIL, KEDA - SA WYEMEKE ST.
To Give His Country.' MY GOSH: I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE BRUTIAN SOLD ALL AROUND
ME-HOW
14 DREAD
THER BAYONETS
COMMERCE
AND FINANCE
THE CHINA MAIL:- MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1936
SHARE MARKET TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following was the list of local share quotations issued to day
Banks
HK Banks $1.510
HK. Bank (London) #10231 n. Chartered Bank £144. Mercantile Bank A. and B.
Mercantile Bank C. £14
Bank of East Asia $7$ 1.
Insurances
Canton Ins. $275 n.
Union Ins. $510 b.
China Underwriters Si n. China Fire Ins. $480 n. H.K. Fire Ins. $250 n. International Assce. Sh531⁄4 n.
Shipping
Douglases $36 m.
H.K. Steamboats $541⁄2 n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 a Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 Shell (Ecarer) 96.n. Union Waterboats $12.20 x.
Mining
Antamuks $2.35 i. ·
Balatoes $21.
Baguio Gold 3314 cts. n. Benguet Consolidated $18.20 Benguet Exploration 2 cts. n. Big Wedge 40 ets. n. Demonstration 71 cts. b. Gold Creek 15 cts. . Gold River 6 cts.
Itogons $1.18.b.
LXL $14 b.
Salacot 1 cts. b.
Kailan Mining Ad. 12/3 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.$10 m Masbate 70 cts. b.
S'hai Exploration Sh.$4 1. Shanghai Loans Sh.34 1. Raubs $114 n."
San Maurico $1.17 b.. $1.20 s.,
$1.16 $3.
United Paracale 75 cts. 3. 76
ets. sz.
Verz; Goldfield $3 m.
Docks, etc.
H.K. and K. Wharves $91 m. H.K. and W. Docku $9 a Providents (old) $14 m. Providents (new) 20 cts. Di Hong Kew Sh.$190 n. New Engineering Sh.‡4 m. : Shanghai Docks Sh.$100
Cotton Mills
Ewo Cottons Sh.58% b. Shanghai Cottons (old) Sa $70
b.
Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh.-
$372 5.
Zoong Sings Sh.$12 . Wing On Textiles St.$25 a
Landa, Hotels, etc.
H.K. and S. Hotel $4.90 sa HK. Lands $32 s. HK Lands 100% b.
4% Debentures
Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 m. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 m Humphreys $8.80 1. H.K. Realties $5. Chinese Estates $82 n. China Eealties Sh.$4 m China Debentures Sh.360 n.
THE
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China) Capital paid up ....$5,000,000. Reserves
.$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500.000. Beserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Offee-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.
ILL, WALK BACKIJARDS SO)) THEY WONT-KNOW IM RETREAT-
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Aarone who double that Vic golfers from all parts of the Pa- lights of the sea made the touring forin, B.C. can produce wiseifle Northwest and Canada re of the course a scenic delight and ter got the equal of any on the cently played the highly success greens and fairways were in fine continent might well gaze at this fal eighth annual Empress Mid-condition for play though photo from the seventh tee at winter tournament. Beautiful sun- other golf course in Canada was a tournament basis Oak Bay golf course in the Bait-sbine, the snow-crowned Olympics | playable of ish Columbia capital, where 125 mountaine and the sparkling high-during the week of Feb. 17-2
QUINTUPLETS FIRST
WINTER SPORTS
Romping In The Snow
Canada's famous quintuplets, the fire Dionne sisters, last month enjoyed their first winter sports.
Taken for their first walk around their own private hospital at Callander, Ontario, the ave baby girls were given their Erst Led by romp
in the snow, Yvonne and Annette, they rolled, around and tried to throw snow- balls at each other.
This fun in the snow, says their guardian. Dr. Dafoe, seems to have cleared away slight colds which were threatening the
babes
Public Utilities H.K. Tramways $10.85 sa. Peak Trams (old) $7 n Peak Trams (new) $3 n. Star Ferries $86 b.
Yaumati Ferries $19 n.
70/75 53
LOCAL DOLLAR
STEADY
Silver Prices Fall"
The local dollar is steady, opening on -demand yesterday: morning at 1/3d.
"Spot" silver declined 1/16 to 20%, while forward"
fell also 1-16 to 20%.
The London on New York cross- rate was quoted af US $4.93%.) as compared with U.S.$4.332,) while the New York on London cross-rate was quoted at —UIS- $4.33. as compared with £-U.S.- $4.99.
RAW RUBBER PRICES
Latest Quotations From Singapore
Spot
SHELL USED AS HAMMER FOR TEN YEARS
Explodes When Dropped, With Fatal Results
Auckland (New Zealand). "harmless" shell, which during: 10 years had been used for ham- mering garden stakes, and other odd jobs, and submerged for a long period under water, explod- ed and killed an eight-year-old boy who had dropped it.
The victim was John Boswell, of Devonport, near here.
The shell had been lying about the boy's home for 10 years,
FOOTBALL IN FRANCE
Wild Scenes At Match
Paris
The eagerly awaited football,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONG KONG JOCKET CLUB
THE FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (wes-
EU.
ther permitting) at HAPPY VAL- LEY on SATURDAY, 2nd May, 1986, commencing at 200 p...
The First Bell will be rung at 130 p.m.
By Order,
S. A. SLEAP.
Actg. Secretary.
Hong Kong, 27th April 1936.
PUBLIC AUCTION
THE Undersigned have received
Tinstructions, to sell by Public
Auction
ON
Tuesday, the 28th April, 1936 commencing at 11.00 a.m.
at their Sales Room
Duddel! Street
2 Cases Motor Car Indicators
2 Cases Door Latches
1 Case Steel Files.
1 Case Metal Polish
20 Boxes Massage Apparatuses.
69 Boxes Face Paper
10.2/12 Doz. Bottles Phosferins Health Salt.
4 Trojan Solid Rubber Tyres. 2 Thornycroft Solid Rubber Tyres.
39 Doz. Artlino Ink Bottles 112 Doz Wrist Watch Bands.
3 Dez. Talcum Powder
3 Doz Hair Oil Bottles.
9.3/12 Doz Fancy Wrist Watch Bands
28 Pres. Gent. Leather Belts. 5 Gramaphones.
41 Gross Elastic Braids
1 Lot Sample Goods
and
A Quantity of Valuable House-
bold and Office Furniture
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong. 27th April, 1936.
£1 A WEEK FOR FIANCEE
15-YEAR-OLD BOY'S FORGERIES
Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co.'
A 15-year-old boy told ther bave received the following match between Paris and the quotations in Straits currency Uruguayans, which took place last magistrates at Lambeth Juvenile C. Lights (old) $10.70 b., $10.- from Singapore for Raw Rubber month at the Parc des Princes, Court last month, that he forged
developed into a series
help of free cheques for nearly £200 to
his unemployed invalid father and fights
Soon after play started Diagne, his mother. He had admitted ob-
of one of the French backs, was to-taining £35 10s by means 3 jured and had to leave the field. forged cheque, and was sent to a Mercier, the French
centre-reformatory school for three years. forward was kicked on the Imee, and also had to go of.
C. Lights (new) $7.35 b. H.K. Electrics $51.. Macao Electrics $20 a Sandakan Lights $8.30 n. Telephones (old) $25.40 . Telephones (new) $9 n. China Buses Sh.811 n. -Singapore Tractions 20/- n.
Singapore Tractions Pref. 28/-
I.
Industrials
Malabon Sugars $8.40 n. Cald, Macg. (Ord.) Sh.$19 Cald. Mecg. (Pref) Sh$15 n. Canton Ices $134 n. Cements $10.30 n. H.K. Ropes $4.10 b.
Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $20 n. Watsons $34 & Lane, Crawfords $631 a
Mackintoshs $5. Sinceres $2 1. Wm. Powells 50 cts. Wing On (HK) $55
Miscellaneous . Entertainments $2.90 L S. C. Enterprises $1.35 L Macao "Greyhounds” $2 n. Constructions (old) $13⁄4 n. Constructions (new) 50 cta. I. Vibro Piling $4 n.
May/June July/Sept. Oct./Dec.
Market:-Quiet.
Buyers
.26% Up 27% UP .27% Up .27% Up %
CRIME PASSIONNEL
Alleged Confession
Of Wife Murder
It was stated that when the bor got a job with a firm he took the
a cheque-book
the
firm's
Shortly afterwards Cadilla, the last cheque from Uruguayan centre-forward, savage- and stamped it with
ly kicked Jordan, one of the rubber stamp. On the day that be French players. This led to alhe cashed a cheque for £50 free fight, in which the police in-left his employment without notice. tervened just in time to prevent Shortly afterwards he obtained 25 A wealthy Toulon business man the public from invading the uncrossed cheques from the bank
in the name of his employer.
Rubber Stamp Before that day he had had made
is alleged by the police to havelground. confessed to the murder of his wife.
Cadila was sent off, but return-
ed while the referee was not look-
the
The man reported that he had ing. He was again seat off, and a rubber stamp corresponding to used by the firm. Ou found his wife outside her bed-the game went on in considerable the one room with a bullet in her head. disorder, with only 10 Uruguayan subsequent days he was said to bave presented at the bank two At first he suggested that she had players.
Violent Incidents
cheques, making a total of £195 been killed after having heenk· aroused by burglars. Later he Soon after the beginning of the 10s, which were honoured.
It was stated that when hinted that she might have com- second half Paris scored, and a Imitted suicide.
few minutes later Uruguay ob boy was questioned he said that Subsequently he was put under tained a goal. A number of vio- he was living in a room on his own,
stiff cross-examination and, lent incidents followed, culminat-which he furnished for according to the police, confessedling in an attack upon the Belgian He allowed his "fiancee" to having shot her in a fit of referee, M. Baert, by a Uruguayan, week. jealousy.
a
himself. #1 窓
who kicked him on the ankle. The
**To-morrow" match: referee left the field and refused after the
when I deliver my report to the The date of the hearing of the to return.
will -case against W. Randall and seven
A Uruguayan player resident in international Federation I Chinese, charged with bribery of Paris was persuaded to take the send in a complaint against the HK Gort 4% Loan 5% prema Revenues Officers, was fixed for whistle, and the game, which had Uruguayans. It was the 27th in- next Thursday afternoon by Mr. by this time degenerated into alternational match which I have umpired and I have never before ELK. Govt. 34% Loan par. b. S. F. Balfour at the Central Marfarce, went on Wallace Harpers $4 n-
listracy last Saturday morning." 3. Baert, the refere, stated seen such scenes of violence."
Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$Eds.
934.
b.
To-morrow-
A Hand-To-Hand Encounter."
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