BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
1
BANKING CORPORATION
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA
Authorised Capitul ........$50,000,000(Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855.
Insced and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000|| Esserve Funds:-----
Sterling .....£6,500,000
Hong Kong Currency
Reserve
-$10,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
*Teto:
BE OFFICE: 105G KONG.
BARD OF
LKECTORS
Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.
Chairman
G. Miskin Esq,
Depray Chaittaa,
"HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
Paid-up Capital
Heserve. Fund
¦ Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
00,000
Live S
Bangkok
Inaba
L'action
Lawnpo
じゅじめ
Hon Mr. W.. Bell, J.R. Masson Eag, Coombe
AE Compton Esq., T. E. Pearce Esq.
Bon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,
J. A. Plemmer Esq.
MT. Johnson Esq. A.L. Shields Esq.
ANJT
Y. AL Grayburn, Esq.
HANGEDE
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA CANTON CHEFO DUMBU DALEES
THÙNG
HAK BUNG
FANKOW HABRIN HONGEEW
SAILLA
IPA
JOB RE
QUEE
KUWLOUN
Chand Manage.
BRANCHES :
ISALA LEMPTS
LONDON
LYUNS
MALACCA
MANILA
MUAR Bohome)
XCLUES
NEW YORK
PEIPING
PENANG
BANGOON
SAIOON
SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
SOURABAYA
UNGE PATAKI
TIENTMN
TOKYO
TSINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
Ourrent Accuate opened in Lost Carmancy wod Kad puSIM TRONTAŻ ka one year or shortage partada za lucioni Currency and litering of ma
i will be quoted an application.
ALMU up to date BAYE DEPOSIT BOXES in Extrem sinne TO LET.
Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
De Binicion of them nàova Bank is
by the HONG KONG AND
BEING CORPORATION. Bules may be
WİNİLEMİ OR mpylimasco.
WE TAE HÚNG CONG L SLINGIL RANKING CORPORATION.
V. K. GRAYBCKS,
Chef Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. $20,000,000.00 Kattoned Capita" torneowaw
$$,500,000.00 Samurre wad Gadirided Proble# 2,000,306.51
BEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG.
10. De Tux Road, Central.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Die koto Chow; Chairman. Koon Chen. 24. Y. Xi__faq__ Woog
Z Trng. Eg.. Chan Ching Abak, Esq. En 200
Bang, F. Wong Chu Son, Eaq. and Xan Ying:
Sac Tung Fo, Eng., Ginal Manager, LT Fong. Eng., Manager.
BRANCHLES AND AGENCIES-
Manufa
مطحون
Sourab
Show pydney Tribunker.
Melbourss
Bowalowy
Ghanghai
New York
We ha
С
Hirag Fanbow Hal
Para
Parowns
Kuvioon London
F hag
Sana'ʻranciaco
Thentarn
Tokyo
Var
Tokobama
Every demption of Banking and Exchang
Lowns grazited on approved
Current Account opened a Lock" Gumuczy Bad Fixed Deposit scored for saurier persude is boost and Foreign Currencies beras whach will be quoted os "application.
Bagent box I Lust.
KAN TONGA P.
Chief Managet.
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
Alexandria
Batavis
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Dairen (Dainy)
New York Osaka
Paris
Peiping
Bargoon
Feastien (Makdez) Rio de Janeiro
Hamburg
Hankow
Karbin
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Hsinking
Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Angeles
Manila
Moji
Seattle
San Francisco Semarang Shanghai
Singapore
Sourabaya Sydney Tientsin
Tekyo
Tsingtau
Yingkow
Interest allowed for Current Ac- counts.
Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on applica- tion:
G..KISEINAMI,
Manager.
Hong Konz, 10th March, 1936.
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY; MAY 6, 1936
Commerce and Finance
£3,000,000 FLIGHT OF GOLD]
£3,000,000
..£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
متمل
Ipo
bareobl
Kobe
husla Lumpur
Bucking
Madras
Marjano
Zeuron
Zamaran
Satgasban.
Shangha
Dingapore DELJA WAZ Soundbare Taping
Manila
Meda
13
New York
Tongkah
Carg
SOLOADER
buna
Harbin
Hour Foug
L'aug
(I'sking) J'event
Forugh Archangs and General Banking business Curreal vlammuale opened and Msed Depois received du con guac or shorter proosa al coles wasch will be quoted on sppitosition.
A. BREARLEY,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.
THE
FROM PARIS
Devaluation Of Franc Feared
"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Lender. To-day.
The flight of gold from Paris has begun again on a big scale. This is due to the election resulti the Parliamentary which shifted
power so considerably to the Left and which created a fear of a de- the franc.--Trans- valuation of
Ocean Service. Paris: The
Finance Minister, M. Regnier, states that no special measures will be taken to control
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, foreign exchange or put an
bargo on gold-Reuter.
INC.
Ancorporated with lumuted Liability in Tišiă-
Head Office: 65, Broadway,
Capital Surplus Reserves
New York
U.S.$6,000,000.00
2,183,633.00
BRANCHES:-
انی
870,731.00
Azzistoriam ABIOND
Ámun
Becuo Babay Section Brunnsla
The tags Harapa
Hamburg Kar Handelberg Interi
Matros Juan
Naples Prince
Bossardian Bame
Shanghai-
Calcutta
Southamp
CALDAR
Singapore
Twaine
Moule Cera Manila Minach
Vizana
Yokohama Zanch
Coimba Copenhagen Dolla Edinburgh
Cratert
London
jkverpool LAUDANTSA Logana
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́LOCAL DOLLAR
STEADY
Silver Prices Fall
em-
dollar is steady, The local opening on demand this morning at 1/3d.
Silver prices fell 1/16. both "spot" and "forward” being quot- ed at 20-5/16.
as
The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £-US.$4.96%
compared with -U.S.$4.96, while, the New York on London jcross-rate was quoted at £—US.- $4.96, as compared with 5—U.S.-
Branches of American Express $4.957%. Company in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Hed
Personal investment accounts hand-
SHARE MARKET
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following was the list local share quotations issued [day:-
of
to
Banks
11
H.K. Banks $1.340 b., $1,540 sa HK Bank (London) £1034 Chartered Bank 14 a. Mercantile
Bank A. and £30% a. Mercantile Bank C £13% n. Bank of East Asia $73 n
Insurances
Canton Ins. $275 n.
Union Ins. 515 b.
China Underwriters $1. China Fire Ins. $480 - H.K. Fire las, $250 n. International Assce. Sh531⁄4 n. Shipping
Douglases $36 a.
HK Steamboats $4 s. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 a. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 m Shell (Bearer) 98/14 . Union Waterboats $12.20 n.
Mining Antamoks $2.40 b.. $214 5. Balatocs $21. Baguio Gold 27 cts. b. Beague: Consolidated $184
$184 sa.
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA
Annual General Meeting
12 PER CENT, DIVIDEND DECLARED
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Bearish Opinion Unchanged
TECHNICAL RALLY DUE
Messrs. White, Weld and Com-
The 43rd annual general meet-any, New York Correspondents
for Messrs. S. E. Lery and Com-} jing of the shareholders of the
pany, report:-- Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd was held in London on March 31 ion is unchanged, and we still be- Stocks: Our recent bearish opin- the Rt. Hon. Lord Catte of Cairnlieve that a technical rally is about catto (the Chairman) presiding. due. We would sell industrials at In the course of his report the around the 150 level. Businesss Chairman mentioned that Eastern done:-1,170,000 shares. banking in the year 1935 showed
and the
+
from
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
PUBLIC AUCTION
THE Undersigned have received. instructions to sell by Pablie
Auction
од
Thursday, the 7th May, 1936 commencing at 11 am.
at Kien Tye Loong Godown, No. 8 Praya. Kennedy Town for account of the concerned 154 Bags Siam No. 1 White Rico 44 Bags Siam No. 1 White Rice (more or less damaged by sea- water).
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
no substantial improvement over ale-buying from various foreign Cotton: There was some strade the previous year,
net sources, including Liverpool, while profits of the Bank were the Producers Pool has been sell- Hong Kong, th. May, 1936... proximately the same as for 1994, ing for May. We expect a gradual namely, 174,266 against £173,398. appreciation of new-crops
Referring to China and long now onwards. Kong, the Chairman said:~·
Wheat: Private estimates of the "The general position is act crop indicate a yield of 485.000.000 less obscure than it has been for bushels. The condition of the some years, and the trade of the crop is about 70 per cent. of! country is suffering considerably. normal, while the acreage aban- The figures for the foreign trade doned amounts to 21.9 per cent, of of China for 1935 are given as: the total. All these factors are Imports. $919,000,000 against bullish, but we would still avoid $1,029,000,000 in 1934; Exports, (buying on bulges.
$575,000,000 against $535,000,000| in 1934."
The report and accounts were adopted unanimously, and a final
Total sales:21.689,000 bushels.
dividend on the "A" "B," and COMMODITY PRICES
"C" shares of the Bank of 6 per]
GERMAN SHARE New York Cotton:-
THE UNMARRIED WIDOW
Drew Pension For 15 Years
PRISON FOR FRAUD
The story of a woman who for 15 years had drawn a pension la soldier's widow, only to have ther fact that she was untaarried re-
The
WOMAN,
and
vealed to her grown-up son b. cent. making 12 per cent. for the
The following quotations have daughter, was told last month at year, less income-tax, was apbeen received by Beater.
Marylebone police-court." proved.
Prev. Yesterday
Amelia Matilda Closing Closing (Hale, aged 55, of The Chine, Sud- bury, was sentenced by Mr. Ivan Snell to three months' imprison- ment in the second division for fraudulently obtaining three sums of £1 63 Bd from the Minis- try of Pensions. She pleaded guilty.
Benguet Exploration 22 cts. 3. Big Wedge 35 cts. n. Demonstration 75 cts. n. Gold Creek 15 cts. n. Gold River 34 cts. sa. Itogons $1.20 n.
LXL $1 b.
Salacots 11 ets. n. Kailing Mining, Ad. 11/6 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.$10 m.
RAW RUBBER PRICES Masbate 10 cts. b.
Latest Quotations From
Singapore
Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co. The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers have received the following que- Cheques" and Letters of Credit and,tations in Straits currency from in addition, the world-wide services Singapore for Raw Rubber. of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
C. EL BENSON,
General Manager.
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai Capital
......$7,500,000.00 Reserve
$1,500,000.00 Branches--A Important Cities in
China
Forsigo, Exokange and Onparal Banking Business tracted
Maonge
Current and Saving Looounce opsoed and Fixed Deposit reoweed for now zuar de uborar peciona strain with will be quoted, on application.
OU Z CEANG,
HONG KONG BRANCH: 24, De Vaux Band. Contra!. Manager's Of Tat 33565 Formiga Exchange Depi, vien Greer om
Center's Out
Spot 25% b. Down 4. July-Sept. 26 b. Down - Oct.-Dec. 261k b. Down 14- Jan-March 264 5. Down 3%. Market:-Uncertain.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:
15. Gerbarth Street, London, E.C.8. Authorised Capital $3,000,000 Subscribed Capital .. 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital
.... 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest 1,247,880
BANKERS
Ton Bank of England & Midland Bank, Ltd.
Bangkok
Calcutta Colombo
*BEANCIES:
10
Landy
Karachi
Kota Bharu
and
Deiti Gailo
Kus's Lipie
Scala Lumpur
Hoe Eong How-
M
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- cripton of banking business transact- ed.
Current Accounts and Savings Ac counts opened. Fixed Deposita re- ceived at rates which will be quoted en application,
Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP GOCKCHIN
Chief Manager.
RELIABLE PRINTING
no order too small
THE NEVERPAPER ENTERPRISE LYTA
GHIKA MASZ OLAR.
JA WYNIKAR NE.
Kuantan (l'abang)
New York Penas Port Louis
(Youritiu Respon
سورة sha
„Pangajar
HONG KONG BRANCE.
Every description of Banking and Exchange businek smpacted.
Travaliers beqare insurd,
Trustee and-Execusanzige undertaken. INTEREST Biasend on Current Accounts sad Pized Deponite at Batan, that may be ascertained
pi
E. FENNEDY,
"Queen's Bond, Central
Hong Kong, h July, 1900
THE
Hanger.
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)
Capital paid up $5,000,500. $7,300,000. Reserves Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Beserve 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,
S'hai Exploration Sa.34% n. Shanghai Loans Sh.34 a. Raubs $11.20 sa. San Maurice $1 m. United Paracale 764 ets. 1. Venz: Goldfield 3% n.
Docks, etc.
HK and K. Wharves $91 z. H.K. and W. Docks 39 n. Providents (old) $1% n Providents (new) Hong Kew Sh$185 m... New Engineering Sh.$4 a. Shanghai Docks Sh.$100 n.
Cotton Mills Ewo Cottons Sh.331⁄2 b. Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh.$74
b.
MARKET
Prices Show Distinct
11.52 11.52 11.03 11.09
It was stated that the total sum she had thus received was £963 ds.
May July
1October
10.15
10.24
December
10.16
10.25
January
10.18
10.27
Sag
March
10.22
10.29
Spot
11.62
11.62
Berlin, To-day. The offers exceeded the de-
New York Rubber:-
May July mands on the share market yes-September terday, so that prices showed
3 December distinct sag, the reason for this March change of tendency being chiefly Chicago Wheat:- explained as due to the uncer May
15.68a
15.652 3L
15.73
15.72
15.891 15.942
:
15.97
15.92a
16.086
16.05a
98%
96%
(tainty in the international
ex- July
ST
S734
change market, the weakness of September
854
35%
the franc as result of the outcome Chicago Corn: of the elections. and the rumour July
60%
60%
that a further stiffening of the September
59%
59
*
bank rate in Paris is impending. Winnipeg Wheat:- At the lower price-level, however, Mas the turnover was considerable.
77%
784
July
*934
7914
Fixed interest securities were October very firm. Call money stood - atj 12% to 3 per cent, -Trans-Ocean
SO
80%
Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh-Service,
$393 b.
Zoong Sings Sh.$12 a Wing On Textiles Sh.$25 1. Lands Hotels, etc. H.K. and H. Hotel $4.80 3. H.K. Lands $30 n. H.K. Lands
4%
REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS
Berlin. To-day. The Reichs. mark was quoted yesterday with- out guarantee, at: New York, Debentures 40.25: Paris. 610.5; Amsterdam,
59,375; and London, 13.325. Paris quoted the pound sterling at 75.42
100% b. Shanghai Lands Sh.318 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10
Humphreys $8.80 1.
H.K. Realties $5 m. Chinese Estates $82 n. China Realties Sh.$4 . China Debentures Sh.$60 n.
Public Utilities
H.K. Tramways $10.00 5. Peak Trams (old) $7 n. Peak Trams (new) 33 n. Star Ferries $981 b. Yaumatj Ferries $19 m.
C. Light (old) $1034 s4, $10.60
Sa
C. Lights (new) $7.35 b.
H.K. Electrics $51 h., $511⁄2 63- Macao Electrica $20 n. Sandakan Lights $8.30 n. Telephones (old) $25 b. Telephones (new) $0 n. China Buses Sh‡11% n. Singapore Tractions 22/6 b. Singapore Tractions Pref. 28/-
1.
Industrials
Malabon Sugars $8.40 m. Cald.. Mace (Ord.) Sh.319 Cald.. Mecg. (Fref.) Sh$15 m
POPEYE.
- I FEARS NO MAN
AN I FEARS NO BEASK.BUT I DOES
"A Necking Party.”
FEAR EVIL SPIRIKS.-. AN I DONT-LIKE THE SMELL OF THIS MUSTY OL
PRISON
"YOU LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL. BLACK GHOST FROM THE SEA OF HILLS-HAH!COVER- ED WITH DEAD BLACK
| SILK AS YOU ARE, YOU'LL
BE INVISIBLE TO HIM IN
THE DARKNESS OF
YOU WISH.ME TO KILL THE ONE-EYED,
RAT?
YES,BUT BE CAREFULL HE HAS ALS MUSCLES OF STEELT
HOW WILL YOU DO IT?
BRITISH REVENUE
RETURNS
Surtax Shows Small Increase
London, Today. The exchequer returns show to 75.45, and the US. dollar at that the total ordinary revenue, 15.1887 to 15.1925.-Trans-Ocean (excluding self-balancing items. Service.
Canton Ices $134. Cements $10 b.
HK. Ropes $4.40 n. Stores, etc.
Dairy Farms $133 s. Watsons $2.35 b. Lane, Crawfords $634 n. Mackintoshs $5 n. Sinceres $2 n.
Wm. Powella 50 cts. n. Wing On (HK) $50 n.
Miscellaneous
Entertainments $2.90
.
S. C. Enterprises $1.35 Macao "Greyhounds” 32 n. Constructions (old) $1 E. Constructions (new) 30 cis. b. Vibro Piling S4 n.
Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$Bds.
9334 .
HK Govt, 4% Loan 5%%% prem
Prosecutor's Case
Mr. G. B. Saywell, prosecuting, said that. In 1900 the woman be-- gan to live with a shoeing smith- named Leavesley, who had served in the Cavalry. They had several, children. In 1914, owing to short- age of shoeing smiths, Leavesley, rejoined the Arty.
as
Because of the somewhat meagre . provision at the time for “un- married wives" Leavesley decided to enter the service
Ernest Hale, and described the womAN AS his wife To do so, he produced the marriage certificate of her sister, whose married name Hate.
In 1921 Leavesley died in a mili- tary hospital, and the defendant
claimed a widow's pension. She
was granted 26s 8d a week, and (continued to draw it up to last
January.
Enquiries Made
en-
When the Ministry made amounts to £50,807,314, compared said she did not think that in the quiries, the woman confessed, but
circumstances she had done any-
with £58,613,706 at the corres- pending date of last yeaT. The surtax alone among the principal thing wrong. revenue heads shows a small in- !
with the same crease compared time last year.
with
Mr. Elam, defending, said that the woman was in * precarious state of health. following an in- ternal operation. Her own life was The total ordinary expenditure, not only ruined, but the disclosure exclusive of self-balancing items, that she was not married had come as a shock to the son and
with- The deception originated the man Leavesley. Having a wife- alive, he could not marry the de- fendant. On his death-bed ke-
that told her that he considered
the she was morally entitled to Detectives were last month ia-pension. and accepting this she vestigating a theft at St. Stephen's made her claim Vicarage. Upton
is £82,668,080, compared £82,773.295 at the corresponding daughter. date of 1935.-British Wireless Service.
VICAR ROBBED OF £60
.'
Park, E., while "She was morally entitled tó z [the vicar was conducting morning pension if anybody was entitled to service. When he returned home it," added Mr. Elam, "and this is he found his study had been
ran-ja case worthy of sympathy rather H.K. Gort. 3% Loan par. b., sacked and more than £60 in cash than punishment and Wallace Harpers $1.
b.
To-morrow.
stolen.
Sinister Shadow.”
ILL USE MY
HANDS- JUST)
MY HANDS
tion"
retribu
HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY 1936. ISSUE
NOW!
ON SALE
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