BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capizal...$50,000,000 Issed and Fully-Paid-up. 20,000,000 Reserve Funds
Sterling
Hong Kong Currency
Reserve: Liability of Pro-
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA
Incorporsaed vs. Boral Charvet,. 195%. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fand
COMMERCIAL
THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936.
LOCAL SHARE MARKET
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
The following was the list of Ipeal share quotations
($3,000,000 (to-day!
£3,000,000)
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
Eeserve
$10,000,000
prietors
$20,000,000
Mor Har
I
MEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
Chairma
G. Miskin Esq.,
Deputy Chairma
Bangkok
Besara Bombay Calcetin
_53,900,000
Bangoon
Agencies and Branches:
Thaile
h
Kashi Klang
Saramben
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur dengaparn
SIKKWKA
TH
Cartpors
Colorbo
Hon. Mr. W.H. Bell, JR. Masson Esq, Cebu
A. H. Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esaya
Ho. MS. M. Dodwell,
||imping Hamburg
J. Planner Esq Ha
Hom Mr. 31. T. Johnson,
AMGY
A. L. Shields Esq.,
1. M. Grayburo. Esq.
CALCUTTA
CANTON
DELEGEN
บท
HO
FOUCHOW LNP30NG BAMBURG PANKOW HARBIN BONGEEW
لملاقية
KORE
JOBORE
KOWLOON
Chiel Manager,
BRANCHES
KUARA LUMPUR
BONDON LYONS MALALXA
MANITA
MUKDAN
PEPING
NEW YORK
PENANG
RANGOOS
در مالكي
SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGITAI
SINGAPORE ~
SUCBABALA
SUNGE PATANI TIENTSIX
TOKYO
TUNGIAU
YOKOHAMA
1
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and
- Depota received
OGE "
pecinde 20l Currency and Stecting on tartDA which will be quoted on application.
ISO up to 42 SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES, in Teri IU LET.
Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
Harban
Kuching Madine Manilg
New York Paiping
Реда
Dankein Tongkah
(min)
ingro Xolmamas Zambomaga
Forge Exchange and General Banking busines kranencied
Curreal 4000vnte opened and Fixed Depo {PRON/THÍ že obe zwar or abortec perioda na rav
which will be quoted an appliossiga.
The Bank's Land Offos in London undertakes Esqua
Ervine
chutna business and
لط
PRODUC at Brush Locome Tax arepaid ob wrth which may be moutained at any vita | Agvisitam and Braschm
A BREARLEY,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.
THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,
LIMITED
(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai
Capital Reserve
.$7,500,000.00 -$1,500,000.00
Branches All Important Cities in
Chins.
Foreign Exchange and General Barking Busines
transected.
Currens and baring Accounts oprzeć und Fize
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK Ports Powered for one year a shorter Demois
The Business of the above ek is oondars.
the HONG
RONG
BURNING CORPORATION.
posed on spicatuan.
AND SHANGHAI
Bules may De
PUB THE BUNG LONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COMPUSATION,
*. K. GRAYEVES,
Chial Managet. Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capa
Paid-up Capita
$ 1,808,000.00
Barvy and Undivided Proste 2000, 336.54
HEAD OFFICE --HONG KONG.
10, Des Tour Bead, Canical
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Eo. Sir Shoa-son Chow, Chairman.
Wong
at raïms which will be goound on spolication.
BOC Z CHANG,
Manage
HONG KONG BRANCE: 34. De Varuz Boad, Central
Foreign Emcasnge Dept."tit 1998 propter fraction General Užne wi Cashier's Office
35580
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- cription of banking business transact- ed.
Koop Chuz, Eng., P. I. Iwak, Balmes Late/courts "opened.
Jun Tong. Eng., Chan Chang Sinks Enter
Away
Be Wong Chu Son, Bag, and Xan
محمدية
Kan Tung Po, Esq. Chiel Manager..
Manager. la Im long. Fuego?
Bosber
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Nowel
Calcatio Canton
Haiphong
P!n Pedid
Semoning
Shanghai
Separ
Soucy
Milbourne
Sew York
Osaka
Sydney
Husainia
Tibok
$300
Bangcon
Timetab
Takeo
com
•
•)
e FraucisOn
Tokobama
Current Accounts and Savings Ac- Fixed Deposits. re- Tceived at rates which will be quoted
on application
Drey diption of Banking and Banbang Bus transced, Losna grected on approved Losal Currency Curat Accounts oped in
Fized Deposite posveć for one posta scorter perioda in Local and Foreign Currencies sha wema which will be quoted on application.
Date Depot Boxes To Let
TÉK TONG PO.
Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP GOCK CHIN, Chief Manager.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC.
Incorporated with, Limited Lishlity in USA. Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York
Chat, Manager.
Capital Surplus Reserves
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
Established 1890
Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 .....Yen 130,900,000 'Eeserve Find
Bead Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at
Alexandria
Banzkok
Batavia
Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Cantor
Dairen (Dainy) Fengzien (Mukden)
Hamburg Hankow Harbin Hong Kong Honolulu Hsinking Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Angeles
Manila
Nagasaki
Moji NEKOTE New York
Osaka Paris Peiping Rangoon Rio de Janeiro San Franciscp Seattle Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Sydney
Tientsin
Tokyo
Tsingtan
Yingkow
Interest allowed for Current Ac-i counts.
Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on applica- tion
G. KISHINAMI.
Manager. Hong Kong, 11th September, 1936.
THE SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)
$5,000,000. Capital paid up ..........
$7,300,000, Beserves.. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000, Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office-Shanghai
A Berk having as its mission the industrial development on China and the fostering of bact commercial relations abroad. Hong King Office
6,
Ben's Road Central Phone 31116.
U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,240,314.35 897,612.65
BRANCHES:-
&terdam Antwerp Athens
GLUN Glasgow
LUX
The Hagu
Nios
balans
Naples
Hamburg
Pakis
Banan Baxia
Bombay
Bannis
Cairo
Calcutta Cacoa Colombo Copenhagen In Edinburgh Floramos Селать
Meidelberg. Interislan
Loodma
■
Liverpool
·LADDARIO
Letion Marazilian Monte Carlo
Manila
Prevnt FolierGLE Koo
Donaghni
· Southampton
Singapore
Vieste
Visuude
Yokohama Žunch
Express
Munich
Branches of American Company in Principal cities of United) States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Braking Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment accounts hand-
led.
The Company eers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped: Travel Department
C'IL BENSON,
General Manager.
HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information -af visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:—
The Eyrie
Bamfor
H.K. Bank $1600 b.
issued
H.K. (Lon. Reg.) £1021⁄2 n. Chartered Bank $15% n
Mercantile Bank A. and B.
$31 n.
Mercantile Bank C. 14 Bank of East Asia $80 13.
Insurances
Canton Ins. $270 n.
Union Ins. $57734 b.
China Underwriters $1 m
China Fire Ins. $462 n.
H.K. Fire Ins. $255 n.
International Assce. Sh. D.
Shipping
Douglases $30.
HK. Steamboats $4 Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 m.
Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 D. Shells (Bearer) 111/5 a. Union Waterboats $12 n.
Docks, etc.
b.
EK. and K. Wharves $112 b. H.K. and W. Docks $13 Providents (old) $2.20 sa Providents (New) 20 cts. Hong Kew $185 m. New Engineering Sh$ . Shanghai Docks, Sh.$811⁄2 ..
3 Mining Kilan Mining Ad. 10. a Langkats (Single) $h.$3 S'hai Exploration Sh2 n Shanghai Loans. Sh.$2 ̄n. Baubs $11.25 b.
Vens: Goldfield $434, B., Antamoks $5.65/80 sa Atoks $124 n. Baguio Gold 65 S Balatoes $24 n.
Benguet Consol. $24 n. Benguet Exploration 52 cts. sa Big Wedge 81 cta à Consolidated Mines 10% cts.
11 cts. sa. Demonstrations $1.53 n. ex. div. Gold Creeks 55 cts.
Gold River 12 ets. n. Ipo Gold 40 etsi p. Itogons. $3.40 s. LXL $3.40 1. Mambulao 92 cts. n. Masbate SL.03 s Northern Mining
b.,
NEW YORK SHARE MARKET
Further Technical Correction?
AVIATION STOCKS SHOULD BE WATCHED
Messrs. White, Weld and Com- (pany. New York Correspondents for Messrs. S. E. Lery and Com-- pany report
Stocks: The market appears to demand further technical correc- tion in the form of tired selling, which we believe will soon be com- pleted. We think that aviation stocks will participate in the next upward move. Business doce: - 1,040,000 shares.
Wheat: Export figures are again reported to be heavy. Better prices for Chicago and Winaipeg, wheat are indicated in the near future. Total sales:-16,376,000 bushels
Cotton: The American Cotton Crop Service says that prospects increasing for the yield are not the crop seems to be around 11,000,-) 000 bales. We expect a good in- crease in acreage for 1937, how-j- ever, and we would therefore ad vise the confining of purchases to 574/56% not bom tramith,
cts. sa!! Paracale Gumaus $1.10 n. Salacot Mining $18 a San Mauricio $4.10 a. Santa Rosa 1617 cts. s. Suyoc Consol $7 a. United Paracales $2.56.53. U. Explors 64 cts, sa.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
HK. & S. Hotels $6 b... HK Lands $404% 1.
EK. 4% Debentures 105% *** "Shanghai Lands Sh.$13 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh.$10 n. Humphreys 391⁄4 b.i. HK. Realties $5.60 1. Chinese Estates $80 China Realties Sh. n. China Debentures Sh.$60 1.
Public Utilities
HK. Tramways $12. Peak Trams (old) $61⁄2 n
Peak Trams (new) $2%
Star Ferries $93 b.
Yaumati Ferries $22 b
C. Light (Old) $14 b., $14.80
85 $3.
C. Lights (New) $11.40 ELK. Electrics $54% b. Macao Electrics $20 n. Sandakan Lights $8.30 n. Telephones (Old) $29 Telephones (New) $10.15
104 Ba
Flash: Average crude oil pro- duction for the past week is esti mated at 3,021,000 barrels, as com pared with 3,009,000 barrels the previous week
The Edison Electric Institute estimates electricity production at 2.029,000,000 kwh for the cur rent week, which is an increase of 11 per cent over the same week of last year.
COMMODITY PRICES
The following quotations have been received by Reuter:-
January March
Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing
She's American-and 13 Miss Consuelo Cintron, 13-year-old American girl, is pictured in this dramatic photo de she starred in a bullfight recently in Lisbon, Portagol. She is an expert korsewoman and the daughter of a West Point graduate.
The tunic era is at its height, and here, Mary Brian, the screen youthful models
white and of navy example printed crepe with
· Retress,
#
a gilet and wide revers, of starched pique. The high neckline is decorated with white" rique flowers.
LOCAL DOLLAR
STEADY "Spot" Silver Up
SECRETS OF SCREEN MAKE-UP
(Continued from Page 5)
We will now suppose that the actor or actress has been made
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PUBLIC AUCTION
THE Undersigned have received
instructions to sell by Public
THE
Auction
on
Tuesday, the 22nd. September, 1936
commencing at 230 pmn at their Sales Room,
No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
up and is ready to be shot comprising:—
(You must pardon these techni- calities).
Black Wood Ware, Teak Din-
He Carpets,
Does he feel coming Room & Bed Room Furniture, fortable with the Fairbank Drawing Room & Office Furniture, Ornaments, Pictures, adornment on his face? does not. But does the adorn-Brass & E. P. Ware, Porcelain & Weell, Glass Ware, Sewing Machines, ment stay with him?
& Lamps, Fans
מן
One Set Old Chinese Arms.
and
it must be remembered that Cutlery, Table the heat of studio lamps is Linen, etc, etc. round about 130 degrees temperature. and, therefore, though the, make-up stands up to its task manfully, the artist's face.sometimes does not.
Fortunate Life · Turning to generalities. I regard myself as being singu- larly fortunate in that having lived most of my life in Paris, the most cosmopolitan city in
One Set Temple Ornaments.. also
Two Electric Refrigerators. On View from Monday, the 21st September, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
the world, having worked and Hong Kong, 17th September, 19$6. lived
amongst Americans,
British and Germans in their native environment, I consider myself something of a judge of and. national characteristics
international consequently,
beauty- I hope I possess
"VARSITY'S THIRD
RELAY TRIUMPH
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enough tact never to say who Roza-Pereira's reserve of strength. is the most beautiful woman I
have made up, but when you!
Jessie
by spasmodic bursts previously.
set the
pace,
take into consideration that Lawrence made his second mistake` have worked with Madeleine on consecutive days by allowing
Roza-Pereira to Carroll, Benita Hume; Matthews, Alice Terry, Joan which was too slow for him, but Barry, Marta Eggerta, Wendy as he only discovered this in the Barrie, Diana Napier, Betty later stages, he was unable to Stockfeld and so many others, make up for the deficit in time and you will appreciate my re as a result the final time was much.
slower than last year's mark. ticence.
Failed To Appear
Then there are those long- suffering people who allowed
The Oper Relay was the last me to make. them hideous... event on the programme and the must certainly pay tribute to YMCA, who had qualified as a Brunie Hale, ä charming result of being the fastest third in vivacious personality, who, for the heats, were unfortunately placed the sake of the story and a sub as one of the their swimmers fail- Cop-led to sequent transformation.
put in an appearance. H sented to be made as grotesque Millington, however, depulised and. as I could make her. You will swam a very good race. remember her with Gordon
Harker in This is the Life. But
H. G. Lange, the "Y" swimming
this
The local dollar is steady, opening on demand
then actors really do make champion, caused a minor sensa
tion when he led the field over the sacrifices for their art. As an
"Spot" silver rose 1/16 to 19%, actor I made the supreme sacrifirst 50 yards, although be twice while "forward" remained steady fice-I threw up acting and crashed into the guiding lines to-
became a make-on expert.
Cult Of Beauty
wards his finish. Millington thus WES had a yard's lead, but this 9000 nullified by Lau Po-her's sprint for the University, and. Wing-ngok, the latter's
The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £-U.S.$5.- Apart from the work itself I 06%, as compared with US-feel that there is something Cheong $5.06%, while the New York on worth accomplishing in the third string, had two yards lead London cross rate was unchanged artificial creation of beauty over Ip Hos-chun, of South China, jat £-U.S.$5.06-7/16.
New York Cotton: October
12.00
11.97
December
12.03
12.01
12.02
11.99
morning at 1/234d
11.96
11.95
May
1L96
11.94
July
1188
1187
at 19 7/16.
Spot
12.40
12.37
New York Rubber:
September
16.432
October
16.45a
16.50% 16.53
December
16.54a 16.6
b.
January b,March
16.550
16.631
16.64
16.71a
May
16.700
July
16.81
16.80 16.88a.
Chicago Wheat:
September
1134
December
111
May
110%
114% 1124 111%
September
*113
114
December
95%
95%
May
91%
91%
Winnipeg Wheat:
October
104%
1032
106 104 1057 106
dustrial revival taken by the motor industry is shown by the
figures of the recent growth in the
output of British cars. The num
China Buses Sh$111⁄4 na Singapore Tractions 29/- 2. Singapore Pre
28/-
Malabon Sugars $911⁄2 n-
Industrials.
Cali, Marg (Ord.) Sh.#191⁄2 *Chicago Com: Cald., Macg. (Pre£) Sh.$15 .
Canton Ices $2.20 b.
Cement $12.10 5. H.K. Ropes $4.10ʻn..
Stores, etc Dairy Farms $21% b. Watson $4.85 11. Lane, Crawfords $62% n Mackintoshs $5 n. Sinceres 33 - 1.
Wm. Powells 40 cts... Wing On (H.K.) $50 n.
Cotton Willis Ewo Cottons Sh$8% b. Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh
$70 "b
ISLAND
Victoria Peak
Feet 1,822
Signal Station ...... 1,774
Shanghai Cottons (new)
$391⁄2 b.
Mt. Parker
1,734
Zoong Sings Sh$18 m
Mountain Lodge
1,725
1,725
Wing On Textiles Sh$25 a.
Miscellanous
Peak Hotel
1,305
Mt. Lavis
877 297
Fast 8,128
Bowen Road (filterbeds)
MAINLAND
· Tzimoshan
Kowloon Peak
Entertainments $3 m
December May
CHARTERED BANK
Interim Dividend Declared
BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY
Important Share In
Trade Revival -
Once having been made tem-
porarily beautiful a woman will and A. A da Roza, of the V.R.C
and this advantage made all the strive to make herself perman-
ently so. The cult of beauty is difference to the last strings.
Luis Oliveira strcaked away, age-old as Eve herself, and civilisation is at its zenith when covering the final 50 yards in just beauty flourishes. The people over 25 secs. to give the Varsity jof Pericles' Athens proved that, their third win, while Norman Lee So, for my part, I say that beat Lawrence by a yard for sec- those who can be beautiful wil ond place. The Army just beat be beautiful, unaided or aided the "Y" for fourth place by a London, To-day.
and those who cannot be bean-touch. The important share in the inful can teach. I teach.
RAW RUBBER
There will be no swimming to- will day, but the championships Lcontinue to-morrow.
ber of private cars and taxis pro- Latest Quotations From CHINESE POLICE WILL BE
Singapore
and
duced in the 10 month from Octo ber last to the end July was 41,122, or 154 per cent greater
Messrs. I B. Joseph than in the corresponding period
The in-Co. have received the following of 1924 and last year.
Straits currency. crease in the case of commercial quotations in
STRONG
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Notable Capture George Tsang, formerly of
The local office of the Chartered vehicles was 12,203, or 15.5 pertem Singapore for Eaw Rubber South China "B" and one of the
•
and
An
Bank of India, Australia Sh-China has received the following telegram-from the head office in London:
declared "Directors have interim dividend for the past half year at the rate of 14 per cent per annum, subject to income tax Dividend payable
on September 23."
S.. £. Enterprises $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounds” $2 n. Constructions (old) $1% Constructions (new) 50 cts, i Vibro Filing $44-ben Ch. Govt 5% 1925. GABds.
92% b. HK Gort 4% Lorn 8% prem.
...
b.
·E.K. Govt 32% Loan par. b. Wallace. Harpers $4 ». Mineral-Rex 69 cta) sa.
cent-British Wireless Service.
PIANO TRADE BOOMING
Chicago.
Spot.... Oct./Dec.
Jan/March
April/June
Market: Steadier.
Buyers
2634 Up 27 -do 27%
do -21-do-
most prolife scorers in the First Division last season, is a notable captare. He will probably lead the Police intermediate line, as they already have a good leader in Ho Sai-cheung.
The Chinese Police Second Divi-
Po,
The National Piano Manufac-of last year and 226 per cent. cor-sion team will be chosen from the turers Association announces that respondingly above 1933, Sales in following:-Chan Wai-lam, Fang a zummary of business for the first June gained 52 per cent. over June, Kwai-choi, Wong Hon, Woo half of 1936 indicated that the 1985, and were an improvement of Wong Solok Chan Chui, Wong period was the industry's most 169 per cent. over the figures of Mai-wai, Ho Sal-cheung, Ip Lan- successful six months in 15 years, June, 1933, according to W. Akai, Chan Wing-hos, and Kong Piano shipments were 37.53 per Mennie, secretary of the associa-Hing, Hast year's chief goal-scorer. cent, more than in the first half tion.