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Authorised Capital ......$50,000,000 lasted and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 Laserva "Fundi gos
Sterling.....$ 4,500,000 Hong Kong Currency
Beserve ..$10,000,000 Leserve Liability of Pro-
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1833.
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READ OFFICE: LONDON
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
:
Reserve Liability of Pro-
pirietors
.53,000,000 £3,000,000
.£3,000,000
prietors
$20,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
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Chairman.
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Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
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V. GRAYDUEN,
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Bong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
$10,000,000 NO £20,000,00
Latherines Capita: cm Top Ponte de Put-up. Castië) ca. 190 for it then deat Reserve and Undivided i'rolls 2,000,000.21
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG. 34, De Vaux Bond Central. BOARD OF DIRECTORS —
Jon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman.
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Naanghai
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KAN TONG PO.
Chiat Manager.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
Established 188
Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 .Yen 129,160,000 Reserve Fund
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at
Moji Nagasaki
Batavia
Alexandria
Bangkok
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Dairen (Dainy)
Hamburg
Erakow
Harbin
Hong Kong
Henciala
Nagoya
New York
Oszka
Paris
Peiping
Bangoon
San Franciaco
Seattle-
Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro
Brinking Karachi
London
Los Angeles
Singapore Sourabaya Sydney Tientsin
Tokyo
Manila
Interest allowed for Gurrent Ac counts.
Deposits received for fixed perioda st rates to be obtained on applica- Hoc.
G. KISHINAMI,
Hong Kong., 3rd July, 1936.
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SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL &
SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China);
Capital paid up Reserves
..$5,000,000. $7,500,009.
Capital Savings Dept. $500,000, Reserva Savings Dept. 3600,000, Head-Office--Shanghai
A Bank having as its aúnsion the industrial development on China and the fostering ocamercial relations abroad. Hang Hong Off
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1936
and
Commerce
Finance
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, STANLEY.
Local Share Market SCHOOL open on Monday, Sep-
With the exception of Trams to which receded from $11.70 $10.50 the market was steady dur- ing the week under review, Docks which were neglected for SOND time came to business at $14%. Dairy Farms were in good deraanú lat $214 with very few shares of-
$.
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H. K. Stock Exchange Weekly CHANGES (3.15 pm) CLOSING
QUOTATIONS Report issued at 3.15 pm yeste~[
BUYERS day.
Benguet Explor. 38 cts. Consolidated Mines 6 cts.
SELLERS Tramways $11. China Lights (Old) $1135.
SALES China Lights (Old) $11.65. Electrics $52. Atoks 92/93 ets. Benguet Explor. 39 cts. Demonstrations $1.53 Ipo Gold 32 cts. Masbate Consol, 98/99 cts. Paracale Gumaus 76 ets. Salacots 16 cts.
Foreign Exchange sad General Banking bus fering Electrics changed hands
at 352 and closed with further
bad
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Current Accouesta opened and Fised Deponile numret ive us your se skorine period buyers. Telephones (Old) which will be quand on application.
The Bank's Osos in London undertakes good buyers at $264 with Exaction and Trustee business and chim shares offering.
Bilis income saverpaid. qui
face which say be scouttained at any of ite Agencies and Bruncher.
A. BREARLEY,
Manager
Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,
LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Lead Office-Shanghai
Capital Reserve
$7,500,000.00 $1,500,000.00 Branches-All Important Cities in
China
Forsien Lenkange and Osorti Banking Borthern
ROMACH.
Gartens and Daving Anxowche opsoed mod Flaed Depazza rednered if one past or shorter parce at makes which will be sucked on soplication.
BOU Z CHANO,
حملا
HONG KONG BRANCH: 3. Des Van Road, Cocarat
Manaque's "Odon
Foreign Exchange Dept.
General Com
Corbin's Offic
Section closed
The Mining
a fair turnover for! jsteady with
both cash and forward deliveries. BUSINESS DONE DURING THE WEEK
Canton Insurances $250. Union Insurances $5472. Docks $14.
Providente (Old) $132, $1.55. Humphreys $8.95, $9. Tramways $11.45, $11.80, $11.90, $11.80, $11.70, $11.45, $11.40. Yaumati Ferrics $20.
Suyoc Consol. 57% cts. United Paracale $1.95/1.98.
PHILIPPINE GOLD MINING QUOTATIONS
Stocks
tember 7th. Examination for New Students at 9.50 am
For Prospectus, for Board- er's and Day-boys, apply Mr. Fung Man Sai or Mr. Chan Paki Luk, Messrs E. Wicking, Prince's Building (Tel 30241) OR The Warden, St. Stephen's College, Stanley.
IF LANDON BECOMES PRESIDENT
distribu-
(Continued from Page 4)
(speeches were re-issued as pam-
phlets for States-wide ¡tion, a dozen campaign rooms Llos-) somed out, and the Kangas. Gover nor found attached to him as na-i Closing Closing tional campaign organiser John D. evo M. Hamilton, under whose man-
Opening
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P340 P.3.40 Passagement all that the Press had not 58 already done to familiarise the
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Antamoks Atoks
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Baguio, Gold Benguet Con
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Benguet Ex
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27% country with the name and deeds P144 P14% of Landon was promptly put into
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force. Big Wedge..
69 38 Demonstrations 95 95 95
... P.1.90 P.L.90 P1.85 P.1.80 P.1.80 P.1.75
China Lights (Old) $11.60,I I. I
$11.70, $11.65, $114, $11.05.
China Lights (New) $81.
Electrics $52.
Cements $9.60, $9.65.
22560
Dairy Farms $21.
Raubs $11.60.
3:1500
THE WING ON BANK, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong
26, Den "Voear Road Central.
Authorized Capital $10,000,000
LONDON BANKEES:— Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des cripton of banking business transact ed.
Current Accounts and Savings Ac-|
Fixed Deposits re ants opened. Ceived at rates which will be quoted on application.
Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP COCKCHIN
Chief Manager.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.
Incorporated with Limited Liability in USA.
Head Office:-65, Broadway,
Capital
Surplus Reserves
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Jornos
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New York
Antamoks $5, $5.20, $5.35.
Atoks 02/93 cts.
Baguio Gold 42 cts.
Benguet Explorations 37 cts, 38
cts. 39 cts.
Big Wedge 66 cts.
Consolidated Mincs 5 cts.
Demonstrations $160, $1.55.
$1.52. 31% $1.53.
Itogons Masbate
X. Mining
Par. Gumaus
San Mauricio
Suyoc Consol
"Smeared With Oil"
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A likeable little
man, the Re- candidate 62 publican
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WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM
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P.LTS PLTS P180 cism. Even of his opponents for
Uta. Paracale P.115 P.1.15
H.K. SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION
3474 34 nomination, only puffy ex-Pre-
P115(sident Herbert Hoover had any-i
thing to say against him, and he described the Kansas merely ¡Governor as "wishy washy" and (as "smeared with oil" The latter reference is supposed to have had reference to a rumour that Alf Landon is tied up with Harry Sın- jclair, main figure in the “Tespot; Dome" sensations of a few years back
Stock Report
The following report was issued
Ipo Gold 32 cts., 31% cts., 22% by the Hong Kong Sharebrokers'
cts., 32 cts.
Itogons $2.56.
IXL $2.97.
Masbate Consol 371⁄2 cts. 98
cts.. 31, 97 cts., 98/99 cts. Northern Mining 36 cts., 37 cts! Paracale Gumaus 74 cts., 76 cts. Salacots 16cts.
San Mauricio $2.07, $2.15, $214
$2.60. $2.80, $2.85. Suyoc Consol 35 cts., 36/57 cts.
57% cts.
United Paracale $1.61, $1,77, $184, $2.10, $220, $195/18.
BUILDING FUND APPEAL
In response to the appeal, the. US $6,000,000.00 Building Committee beg to acknow- 2,240,344.38 ledge with very grateful thanks the
897,612.65 following donations:-
BRANCHES:-
Glo The Hague HaveDA Hamborg ***
Bridelberg Interlaken Jornalen L.0000 Liverpool kar Lugano
Harnelian Monia Caria Kamila
Montros
TIMONE
H.E. The Governor, Sir
[Association..
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Wharves $95 b.
Providents New 10 cis. b. Trams $10.80 s., $10.60 sa.
$27.00 sa.
No self-made man, Governor Alf is the son of a rich oil producer, into which industry he followed
Telephones Old 3262 XD b.,his father after four years spent in banking. To-day he owns 100 oil wells in Kansas and Oklahoma, and is certainly a wealthyTM man, though estimates of his fortune vary between £50,000 and £400,000.
Atoks 94 cts. b., 99 cts. s., 94/95
cts. sa.
Baguio Gold 43 ets. b., 45 cts.
S., 43/4314744 cts. sa.
Beng. Expl. 384 cts. b.. 39 cts.
5: 584/39/38 cts. sa. Big Wedge 624 cts. b. Consolidated Mines 064 cts.
..064 cts. sa.
Demonstrations $1.49 b. Gold Creek 64 cts. sz.
1
Chief Problems
By his first wife he had a daugh- b. ter. Peggy Ange, now an 18-year- {old undergraduate; by his second and present wife he has had two children, Nancy Jo and John Cobb
Gold Rivers 10 cts. b., .09 cts. Landon, whose constantly boosted infant charm will help the Gover- nor with women's votes..
Sa
Ipo Gold 34 cts. b. 341⁄2 cts, sa. Northern Mining 38 cts. b..
402 cta. a.
As candidate for Presidency, Alf M. Landon's chief problems have SA been to adapt his typically
provincial mentality to national; Santa Rosa 071⁄2 cts. b.. 07/-|problems; to change his fat, mono-
Salacots 16 cts. b., 18 cts.
13/181⁄2 ct. 824 ↑
07/0734 cts. sa
Suyok 57 cts. b., 59 cts. s.
Andrew Caldecott
$ 250.00
Peak Church.
100.00
Kaples
Глиц
Mr. R. Ashton Hill
200.00
Left: Taiping
Col. E. St. G. Kirke
200.00
Potterdam
HE Major Gen. A. W.
Eartholomew..
100.00
cts. sa
Shanghai
Anonymous E.
50.00
Yaumati Ferries $20.00 sa.
Son UnseptoNS
Singapore
Gilman & Co. Lid
50.00
Virtua
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hall
50.00
Veuson
Anonymous B.....
~ Yokomo
Miss. K. M. Anderson
50.00 50.00
Zorick
Anonymous (per. Mrs.
Anderson)
50.00
25.00 25.00 25.00
Rev. and Mrs. E. W.
Martin
Mr. M. T. Johnson
Branches of American Express Rev. H. W. Baines Company in Principal cities of United Mr. and Mrs. Kailey States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Rev. and Mrs. G. F. Aller Transactions undertaken. De
Mr. J. C. Grenham
Mr. S. V. Gitting Personal investment accounts hand-Rev. and Mrs. L. L. Nash
Miss E. M. Pope led.
Mr. and Mrs. Butcher The Company offers to intending Miss Edith Baines Travellers the use of its "Travellers Anonymous H. Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, Mr. W. M. Barton in addition, the wörld-wide services Mr. C. Elaker of its thoroughly equipped Travel Mies Drury Department.
C. E. KENSON,
Miss J. Buckwell Anonymous J.
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Kwan
General Manager. Mr. and Mrs. Mossop
N.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE
16. Gramourth Stawel, London, BCS Authorised Capital ..£8,000,000 Subscribed Capital .. 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital ........ 1,050,000 Reserva Fund & Rest 1,247,830 RAJKERS: The Bank of English & Midland Bank, ZAR.
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KRANCHES
New Indk Pasany
Hota Hiers
(Moarities) Inala Idpis**** Bangoon
Karla Lump Mangal Kuantan (Pahang Samta
Singapers
HONG KONG BRANCHLO Lency discription of "Bucking and Zuckwags
Providers Cheques" issued,
"INTEREST allowed on Corrned haenonder and Pland Degrondbeak, Malon Gai maty 'bo, namurtinad on, applicatian.
Anonymous C.
Miss E. M. Gray
Major R. C. S. Bates
Mr. E . Best
20.00 30.00
tonous-speaking tones to a forth- 58 right and chesty boom that will inspire a nation always affected by superficial effects."
Peasant Family Works Land
918 Years For Duce's Prize
Florence. Signor Benito Mus-1seppe Pierantoni, who received 25.00 solini has repeatedly emphasised from Signor Mussolini on May 3, 20.00 the agricultural nature of the a prize, to which was added a spe- 20.00 Italian people, and the immense cial personal gift from Il Duce, in uninterrupted importance to a nation of its rural recognition of an 15.00 population. He has sought to work carried on by his family 15.00 raise the status of the rural work-jupon the same land for 918 years.. 17.50 ers, to better their conditions, and In the year 1018 a certain Pier- 20.00
to reward their labours. One way antoni settled with his family 10.00 10.00 in which he has done so has been upon a piece of marshy land on 1000 to honour with prizes families the river Apsa in the region of
10.00
10.00 which have worked the same land Urbino and set himself to culti-i 10.00 without intermission for 100 years/vate it. The ground, according to tradition, never had been broken 10.00/от доге
A century is a, brief period in for cultivated previous to his occu- 10.00 10.00 the annals of many Italian pea-pancy. :10.00 sant families. In 1934 the high- 10.00 est award went to a family of 19)
Despite all reverses, Pierantoni
Collected by Miss G. Malabar 16.00 near Florence which had worked persisted in his toil, rendered the
Mr. and Mrs. McMahon
Mr. J. E. Wilson
Miss Lucy Lock
Miss Shin Tack Hing Miss M. N. Baxter Previously acknowledged
Total
5.00
more arduous by the action of 5.00 the same land from generation to the river which, when in flood, 5.00 generation for 709 years.
5:00
Another peasant, forming with sometimes bestowed soil and some- 106 his family a group of 27 persons, times carried it away. 704.05
was still working the same land In those distant medieval days, $2,060.65 near Perugia which his fore-while Italy was still overrun by!
fathers had worked ininterrupted barbarian hordes and Canute had ly since 1300, 1
but lately mounted his throne în Other families were proved to the far off western isles of Bri- have followed one another in un-tain, the Fierantoni family és – Brină Your
broken sequence for periods ofj
ftablished itself on land which_it] PRINTING: from 400 to 500 years. A great still holds to-day, and which it number could show a continuity has faithfully worked, aloof from of from 300 to 400 years.
worldly and political vicissitudes, This year, however, when the absorbed in the rhythmic sequence] jawards were made, a yet more of seedtime and harvest, through striking claim to fidelity to the nine centuries, always frugal and soll was established on documen-laborious, always, according to tary evidence by the peasant Gin- family tradition, free from debt.
robloms to Us
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