BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA
......$50,003,300) Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
Issued and Fnity-Paid-up. 20,000,000₫
eserve Funds:—
Sterling ....£6,500,000
mong kong Currency
Reserve...$10,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
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HEAD-OFFICE: LONDON
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fand
£3,000,000 £3,000,000
......$20,000,000)
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000)
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HEAD OFFICE: HONG XUNG.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.
Cameramik.
G. Miskin Esq..
Deputy Chironi.
Hon Mr. Wb. sel, JK, Xasson Esqui
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H. Compton Esq., T. E. Pearce Esq., Colombo hon. Mr. S. M. Dodwell,
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J. A. Plummer Esq., Hadowi T
Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,
Lepio Kartaue
A.-L. Shields Esq., Hong Kong
V. M. Graybarn, Esq.
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MALAYALA LAMIUN
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PAIRES
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BRANCHES :-
KUALA LUMPUR
LONDON LYONS
KALAUCA
MANILA
VANDRA
NEW YORK PELPING PENANG
HANGOON
SAIGUA
SAN FRANCIS
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
SOURABAYA
SUNGE PATANI
DENTSIN
TUXXU
ISINGTAU
YOKOHAMA
Current Accounts opened its Local Currency and Fixed Depouse received for one year or sorte
node in Local Currency and Sterlate on Lerms which while quoted on applicationE
450 up to date 5IFE DEPOSIT BOXES in
VAZIOUS BIEN TO LET.
Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
The Business of the above Bank is coach "z
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FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGEM BANKING CORPORATION,
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Chint Manager. Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Andrewd Capital
Hand-up Captai
Bar and Cider Profits
*
-$10,000,000,0
$2,100.00
$ 1063302
HEAD OFFICE :—BONG KONG.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman
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Foreign Exchange and General Banking business -
Giervan “devouuta" opened, and Vized Dupovita FORTE IDE one your shorter periods atʼraten | which will be quoted an application,
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THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office Shanghai
Capital
$7,500,000.00 Beserve
.$1,500,000.00 Branches -All Important Cities in
Chinta
Tottiga Lazhangs and Gateral. Berkung Buatiess Erazmacted.
Current and Saving Accounts opened and Fixed Deposita received the one seat of shorter pueroda |at "retos which will be quoted on application.
SOT CHANG,
Kanget.
HONG KONG BRANCH: 24. Dee Youx Road, Crosis, Manager's Offer
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THE WING ON BANK, LTD..
Head Office: Hong Kong 25, Des Voeux Road Central
Authorised Capital $10,000,000
LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des cription of banking business transact- ed
Current Accounts and Savings Ac-
Fixed Deposits re Chuo Ching Shek, Esq. Là Lan counts opened
Sun Free Los Dot, he and Jan Tingceived at rates which will be quoted
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BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
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Iterpboug
Helds
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brawloon brenter
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Aluaise
Selbourne
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Semarang Shanghai
New York
Singapore
Sourabaya
Tiwntow
Omaka
Гиль
Вадачата
sudney
Tibolus
Tierai
Puigco
Tokyo
Dan Francisco
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Tukobema
Loans granted on approved
Jon application.
Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP GOCKCHIN, Chief Manager.
HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitors
Every descriptive of Banking and Tachen the following list of some of the Currant Acomate opened in Local Cures bighest points on the Island and and Fized: Deposits recived for cos 2017 #Mainland is published:- shorter porinis in Local and Yorigo Curruticize
An arms which will be quoted on applivati.
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KAN TONG FU,
Chin Manager-
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936--
and
Commerce
Finance
Local Share Market
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following was the list of local share quotations issued to- day:
Banka
H. Bank $1,550 b., $7,570 8. HK. Bank (London) £101
-
- Chartered Bank $15 n..
Mercantile Bank A. and B
5314 n
Mercantile Bank C. $1413 n- Bank of East Asia $74 3.
Insurances Canton Ins. $260 Union Inş. $54712 b. China Underwriters $1 n. China Fire Ins. $462 n. H.K. Fire Ins. $235 b. International Assce. Sh.$34 n.
Shipping
Douglases 330 a. H.K. Steamboats $4 n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 n. Indo-China (Def.) $20 n. Shells (Bearer) 104/4 n. Union Waterboats $12 n.
Docks, etc.
H.K. and K. Wharves $94 b. H.K. and W. Kocks 814 b. Providents (Old) $1.40 b. Providents (New) 20 cts. De Hong Kew $185-n.
New Engineering Sh.$4 n. Shanghai Docks Sh.$85 a
Mining
Kailan Mining Ad. 10/3 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.$5 S'hai Exploration Sh.$3 a Shanghai Loans Sh.$3 n. Raubs $11.60/85 1. Venz: Goldfield $44 b. Antamoks $5.20 s. Atoks $1.05 n. Baguio Gold 62-ets. n. Balatoes $24 n. Benguet Consol $241⁄2 b. Benguet Exploration 47 cts. b.,
48 cts. sa. Big Wedge 70 cts. s., 69 cts. sa. Consolidated Mines 10% ets. b.
11 cts. s. 11-ets. sa. -Demonstrations $1% s. and sa. Ipo Gold 36 cts. sa
Itogons $2.73 n.
IX.L. $2.90 2.
Masbate $1.07 b., $1:09 sa. Northern Mining 53 cts. b., 52/53
cts. sa.
Paracale Gumaus $1.08 b. $1.15
33.
Salacat Mining 20 cts. b.
Public Utilities
HA. Tramways "$114 b. Peak Trams (old) $67% n. Peak Trams (new) $2 n. Star Ferries $90 n.
Yaumati Ferries $20 n.
C. Light (Old) $11.60 b., $11.70-
Bả
C. Lights (New) $8.35 b. H.K. Electric $521⁄4 b. Macao Electrics $20 n. Sandakan Lights $8.50 n. Telephones (Old) $261⁄2 b. Telephone (New) $8.65 n. China Bases Sh.#114 n. Singapore Tractions 29/- n. Singapore Pret. 28/- n
Industrials
Malabon Sugars $91⁄2 n. Cald., Macg. (Ord.) Sh.$19% Cald, Macy. (Pref.) Sh.$15. Canton, Ices $2 a. Cements $9.55 by $9.70 sa. HK. Ropes $316 n.
Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $21 b. Watsons $3.40 b. Lane, Crawfords $63⁄4% n. Mackintoshs $5 3. Sinceres $3 a. Wm. Powells 40 cts. x. Wing On (EK) $50 z.
Cotton Milla Ewo Cotton Sh.$73⁄4 b. Shanghai Cottons (old)
$70 1.
Shanghai Cottons (new)
$39 n.
Zoong Sings C3.$18 n. Wing On Textiles Sh.425 n.
Miscellaneous
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETY.
first CHORUS Rehearsal
TE THE MAID OF THE
| MOUNTAINS” will be held at the ¦ CATHEDRAL HALL on MON- DAY, AUGUST 31st at 5.30 p.m. All interested are invited to at-l tead.
LOCAL NEWS .
BREVITIES
From today the times of clos ing the English, American, Aus- tralian, Siberian and Manila mails will be the same at the Kowloon Central Post Office as at the General Post Office.
The Australian and New Zca-j land Association launch picnic. which was twice postponed last month. because of inclement wea-
next
ather, has
Association's picnic has been fixed for Saturday, August 29, leaving the Police Pier, Kowloon at 9 p.m.
Sh.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
NEXT SAILING TO VANCOUVER VIA SHANGHAI, JAPAN & HONOLULU,
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
AT NOON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st
BOOK NOW FOR YOUR
TRIP HOME IN 1937
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Fan-
couver
Hong Shang- Nagi- Kabe Kong hai maki
hama Honolula Victoria Leave Arrive Leave Leave Leave Leave Arrive
been abandoned. The Steamer
E/Canada Jan. 26 Jan. 28 moonlight E/Russia
Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 14 Feb 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 18. E/Japan Feb. 23 Feb. 25
Feb. 27 Feb. 23 Mar. 2. Mar. 8 Mar, 15 E/Asia Mar. 10 Mar, 12 Mar. 14 Mar. 16 Mar, 18
Mar. 27 E/Canada Mar. 19 Mar. 21
Mar: 24 Mar. 26 Apr. 2 Apr. E/Enssia Apr. 2 Apr. 4 Apr. 6 Apt. 8 Apr. 10
Apr. 19 E/Japan Apr. 16 Apr. 18
Apr. 21 Apr, 23 Apr. 29 May 4 E/Asia Apr. 30 May 2 May May 6 May 8 E/Canada May 14 May 16 E/Russia May 28 May 30 June E/Japan June 11. June 13
There will be a dance at the! Cheero Club at 8 p.m. to-day.
The Council of the Hong Kong Football Association will hold a meeting at the Sports Club at 5.30 p.m. to-day.
The R.E.O.CA. open-air Whist Drive and Tombola is due to take Sh-place at Wellington Barracks at
18.30 p.m. to-day.
Entertainments $2.90 n. S. C. Enterprises $1.35 n.
Macno “Greyhounds” $2 n. Constructions (old) $1%%% n Constructions (new) 20 cts. b. Vibro Piling $2
Ch. Gort. 5% 1925 GBds.
32 b.
H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 6% prem. b. H.K. Govt. 3% Loan par. b. Wallace Harpers $4 n.
LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY
Silver Prices Firm
од
San Mauricio $3.15 s.. $3.20 sa. The London on New York cross- Suyoc Consol 66 cts. b.
rate was quoted at US$5.024.
A Tombola will be held at the R.E.W.O.s and S/N.C.0.3 Mess at 9 pm to-morrow.
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May 17
May 19 May 21 May 28 June 2 June 3 June 5 June 12 June 18 June 16 June 18 June 24 June 29
For Information Apply To Your Own Agent Or
Canadian Pacific
WORLD'S GREATEST. TRAVEL. SYSTEM
HONG KONG
SHIP'S BOY to-day
A Whist Drive will be held at the European YMCA in
the West Lounge, begin-| ning at 9 p.m.
There will be a Whist Drive at the Sailors". Home and Seamen's Institute at 9 p.m. on Wednesday
TURNS DIRECTOR
OF MUSIC seen him.
TEL 20752
[said he'd come to get married.
He kept on saying that.
"The old priest said they'd better wait till the doctor'd The girl said she was going to marry hira quick (Continued from Page 4) and lively and nobody could stop her. So the old priest between them, faces: white married them on condition he faces, blank faces, drawn and went straight to hospital. There will be a Whist Drive at very tired which haunted you "She took him off in her car. the Cheero Club to-morrow, be-
There were women with He sat beside her. I put a ginning at 8.30 p.m.
children in their arms or couple o' the women in my car crouched between their knees and I followed. It was only a The usual Friday morning meet-tfully asleep: a few men: a bush-track but that girl was ing of the Christian Fellowship canary in a cage, a dog or two, doing 40. And by cripes she
next.
BAD ACCIDENT
IN DEVON
The local dollar is steady, open-at the Helena May was unavoid-ja kitten playing with a bit of very near piled me up." "I came ing demand this morning ably cancelled last week. The string
or even a grand-round the bend and got me at 1/2-13/164,
next meeting will be on Friday mother drowsy in a corner.." brakes on just in time. Her Dr. Wood is interested in the car was right across the track. "Spot" silver was steady at next at 10.30 2.x.
supernatural or, as he puts it She was screaming at us: He's 19%, while forward" was also firm at 192.
the Supernatural has interested gone! He's gone! He's gone! itself in him. He tells how one He's gore! He's gone! He's night returning to his room at gone! Like that. We couldn't Exeter College, he stopped, stop ber. frozen, on the threshold, to see Pointless-But True standing up against him a man with a body and no head! "Hethe'd gone to.
"The women asked her where They couldn't stood while I could have count make her listen. led one, two, three, four, and meself. I had to shout.
I asked her A motor-coach- in which meni
She my hair bristled. bers of the Challacombe. Devon was sore next day.
My scalp just pointed at the empty seat
Then he Then she started to laugh. branch of the National Deposit went-puff! out like a candle."
I Friendly Society were returning Incredulous companions. deny-for all the tea in China. I left wouldn't hear that laugh again from an outing to Newquay, crash-ing a practical joke, joined in those women to look after her ed last month at Screw bridge, a vain ghost hunt.
Gold River 12 cts. b.. 10 cta. sa. London cross-rate was unchanged)
at £-U.S.$5.02%-
ISLAND
Feet
Victoria Peek
1,823
United Paracales $2.40 b. Gold Greeks 55 cls.
as compared with ̈ £—U.S.$5.02 | · 11/16, while the New York
Signal Station
1,774
Mt. Parker
1,734
Santa Rosa 13 cts. sa.
Mountain Lodge
1,725
Lands, Hotels, etc.
The Eyrie
1.725
Peak Hotel
1,305
H.K. and S. Hotels $1.80 b. HK. Lands $23 b.
Mt. Davis
877
Bowen Boad (filterbeds)
297
HK. 4% Debentures 105%. Shanghai Lands Sh.413 n.
Yen.129,150,000
MAINLAND
Fect
Metropolitan Lands Sh, $10 a Humphreys $9 .
Kowloon Peak
1,971
HK Realties $4
Taimoshan.
Chinese Estates $80 n.
3,124
Established 1880 ·
Capital (full paid-up) Yen.100,000,000
Reserve Fund ..........
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at
Alexsadria
Bangkok.
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
· Dairen (Dainy)
Fenstien (Mukden)
Hamburg Hankow
Harbio
Bong Kont
Honolulu
Hainking
Karachi
Robe
London
Los Angeles
Manda
Mosi Nagasaki
Nagoya
New York
Osaka
Paris
Peiping Kangoon
Rio de Janeiro San Francisco Seattle Semarang Shanghai
Singapore
Sourabaya. Sydney
Pientsin
Tsingtau
Tokyo
Yingkow
Interest allowed-for- Current Ac-
counts.
Deposits received for. fized periods
at rates to be obtained on applica-
tion
G. KISHINAMI,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 3rd July, 1935.
THE
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK PRITED (Incorporated in China)
Capital: paid up.......$5,000,000. Reserves
$7,500,000. Capital, Savings Dept. - $500,000. Beserve Savings Dept $800,000 Hard Office Shanghai
A Bank having as its mission the industrial development on- China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad... Hong Kong Office- (1)
& Oven's Bond Central "Phone" 1711E”
THE
China Realties, Sh.$4. China Debentures Sh.360 n.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
INC.
Incorporated with Limited Liability in U.S.A.
REICHMARK TRAVELLERS
CHEQUES
ON SALE AT
ADVANTAGEOUS RATES
Office:
No. 4, Des Voeux Road
Central
POLICE RESERVE Orders For The Current
Week
Coach Falls 60 Feet To River Edge
Come To Be Married
.
I found his
I
found him.
and I went for the lick o' me Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. Hnear Barnstaple. It fell 60 feet
life. It's 48 miles to Afghan King, Inspector General of Police, over a bank, turning a somersault,
The next day he was shown Creek. Right out in the bush. Chinese Company
and being prevented from plung- Training Course-Part ILing into the River Yeo only by an a statue that some workmen I did it in just over the hour.
had just found while cleaning That's moving. The following undermentioned oak tree on the bank.
The sides of the coach were a basement. It was the statue car. Then members will attend Chinese Com-
Dead? Too pany Headquarters on Tuesday, burst open, the windows were of a man in seventeenth cen- Underneath it.
Broke his neck." August 18th at 17.30 hours for smashed, and the passengers, suf-tury dress and in an attitude of right he was.
Dr. Wood offers no explana- Part II of Training Course:— fering from broken bones, cuts, prayer. "He had no head. My
hair bristled for the secondtions. "The experts tell me Constables R38 Henry Wong, and bruises, were extricated by R96 Edward Ho and R16 Kwok companions in a coach which was time, I had seen the original of true ghost stories are like that
this battered bit of marble-pointless," he remarks.qu following. Seven were detained Chun. Shing.
He came last night to knock at have no views, I have simply? Training Course - Part III-in Barnstaple Hospital.
[given the facts." He will have my door."
More eerie still is the tale of a large company of believers the girl who was bride to a who will read and re-read spectre.
"True Thomas."
course
There will be a revolver for: Chinese Company' on Friday, August 21st at 17.15 hours at the King's Park Revolver Range um- |der Police Sergeant A210 Perkins.
NO STATUE OF "GENESIS"
This is told in the words of la casual stranger with whom
Those detailed by the O.C will Only Gargoyle Head he talked while his ship was CHAPEL FOR R.N.V.R.
attend.
The
held up at Fremantle.
ALTAR
Permanent Resting- Place
Inuliin. Company...
Plans to include a living re- "He was a 'cobber" of mine,” Training Course-Part IIL-presentation of Epstein's statne said the man, "and I knew the following, undermentioned “Genesis” in a carnival at Hare-girl-one of them that's easy to members will attend Indian Com- hills. Leeds, have been aban-look at.. She hopped in with pany Headquarters on Tuesday, doned by the carnival commit the tuckers for the wedding August 18th at 17.30 hours for tee.
breakfast and he fixed up with Part II of Training Course:- Mr. Roland Wood, the secrethe priest All right.
A memorial chapel has been "At the chapel he's well and designed to provide in St. Constables R210 Abdullah Shah tary, said: "We have not aban- Mohamed, R213 S. B. Hussian doned the project simply be-truly missing. There was all John's Church, Auckland-road, of our critics, as we the mob. Just hanging about.Upper Norwood, a permanent R236 M. S. Dillon and 1256 Sher cause
maintain that the criticisms And the old priest peeping at resting-place for the altar ased Ahmed Khan
have been unwarrantable and his watch. And the girl get-in. the Chapel of the Royal
for Indian Company on Tuesday, have we ever said that we in-
never our intention nor come. And he didn't come during the war. August 18th at 17,15 hours at the tended to give more
"I thought I'd better go and The altar was originally pro- than a see if I could find him coming vided by the St. John's Church Bowen Road Revolver Range un-head and shoulders portrayal along. He wasn't looking too authorities, and since it was der Police Sergeant A210 Perkins. of Genesis. Those detailed by the 0. C. will {attend."'
Training Course - Part III.
There will be a revolver course unsupported by the facts. Itting ready to cry. He didn't Naval Depot, Crystal Palace,
(SGD.) C, CHAMPKIN,
D.-S. P. (B). Hong Kong, Monday, August 17,
Was
clever. He'd got a bandage returned to them it has remain- "In place of the living por-round his neck. He gaid he'd ed unused in the vestry trayal of Genesis the commit-had a smash at Afghan Creek; It is estimated that the cost tee proposes now to make she said he'd left the car there. of erecting the chapel will be gargoyle head of Genesis and He said someqnd tied him up £300, and contributions are m- carry it in the carnival proces-and given him a lift into town.vited from members of the sion
He said he was good-onow. He R.N.V.R. and the RND.