ZEHEKCHINA) MAIL, JANUARY 25, 1988.
BOMBAY STOCK PUBLIC WORKS MARKET PANICA BORROWINGS WE CLOSURE ORDER IN ENGLAND
London, To-day.
BANKSMATE BA
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA
Incorporated by Bayal Charter, 1858. HEAD OFFICE: CONDON.
38, Bishopsgate. Paid-up Capital,
11 Sepage
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capitale
Issued and Fully Paid-up Reserve Funds:
$50,000,000
20,000,000
Sterling
6,500,000-
Hong Kong Curri
serve
$10,000,000
Reserve Liability of Proprie-
$20,000,000
£3,000,000 £3,000,000
tors .£3,000,000
tors:
Manchester Branch, 71, Mosley Street, Manchester. Agencies and Branches:
Alor Star
Bombay, To-day. The Bombay Stock Exchange Public bodies were authorised Reserve Fund will probably close until the end of by the Minister of Health to bor-Reserve Liability of Proprie- February, according to the wishes row £22,231,605 for capital ex- of most of the directors, following penditure during the final quarter of 1937-an increase of over £2,- the panic.
"The Times of India," in a 750,000 on the amount authorised leader yesterday, stated that the in the same quarter of 1936. difficulties experienced by the Ex-
Housing continues to be the for which change were due to the action of
most important item brokers doing most of their busi-local authorities borrow money ness with insufficient margin.
and nearly £20,000,000 was sanc- tioned for this purpose.
added that as most The paper business was of
speculative a
Large sums have also been au- character, the authorities should thorised for the provision of new devise measures to restrain specu-and better schools. lation.-Reuter.
The present National Fitness Campaign gives special interest
Countries
to loans authorised for the erec-| tion of gymnasiums and swim- ming pools and for the purchase of
Placed Into land for playing fields amounting
Categories
Budapest, To-day.
cate-
to over £860,000. Other interest- ing sanctions are those for the at Brentwood purchase of land
Amritear. Bangkok
Batavia
Bambay Calcutta
Canton
Iloilo Ipoh Karachi Klang
Singapore Sitiawan
Sourabaya
Bangoon
Saigon
Samaraug Seremban
Kobe
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur
Kuching
Cawnpore Cebu Uebu Colombo Delhi
Manila
Medan
Hamburg Hankow Harbin
Hong
ong Kong
Haiphong
New York Peiping
(Peking)
Fenang
itain
Tongkah
(Bhuket)
Tsingtao Yokohama
Zamboanga
Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at ratas which will be quoted on application.
The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes. -claima busing overpaid and Executor
Trustee British Incomis af recovery torms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies and Branches.
and
R. W. ROBERTS,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.
for London's Green Belt and at THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Crewe for a new aerodrome.-
"Germany does not place all British Wireless. foreign countries in one "gory," declared the chief of the Nazi foreign organisation, Wil- helm Bohle, in a speech before the Hungarian Foreign Policy Association here yesterday..
Nazi Germany, he said, recognis, ed three groups of foreign coun- tries,
Those which were outspokenly antipathetic to Germany,
Those
with
whom Germany
GROWTH OF MOTOR TRAFFIC IN BRITAIN
London, To-day.
A road vehicles census for the maintains gormal relations, and final quarter of last year gives Those with whom Germany has new information, based on re- particularly close, and friendly re- presentative samples from four lations.
typical areas.
NOT MILITARISTIC
This information relates to the age of licensed vehicles and the about Herr Bohle defended German or-
general indication is that countries,
one third of the vehicles in use ganisations in foreign pointing to other nations, including were five years old or over. Britain, who maintained similar The number of
bodies.
cars
licensed totalled 1700 105. repre
Herr Bohle declared: "We are senting an increase of 103 per cent. a militarily efficient people, of over the figure for 1928 and com- whose capability we are justly paring with 1,642,850 in the final proud, but we are not militaristic quarter of 1936. in the sense of conquest." Ocean...
Trans-
LOCAL SHARE
MARKET
Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local sbare quotations this morning:
BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1480 b., $1500 s. Bank of East Asia $82 h.
INSURANCES
Union Ins. $502 b., $507 s. China Underwriters $1.40 b.
SHIPPING
Douglases 857-b.
H. K. Steamboats $11 b., $11 sa. DOCKS, WHARVES, -GÓDOWNS
ETC.
H. K. and K. Wharves $115 b. H. K. and W. Docks $28 b. Providents (Old) $2 b Providents (New) 35 cts.
sa.
MINING
Antamoks Ps. 53 sa.
Atoks Ps. 24 sa.
35 ets.
Baguio Gold Pa. .21 sa. Benguet Consol. Ps. 9.90 sa. Coco Grove Ps. 153 sa, Consolidated Minës Ps. 011 sa. Demonstrations Ps. .391⁄2 £8. SSIX, L. Ps. .62 sa.✨*
Paracale Gumaus Ps. 20 sa. San Mauricio Ps. 51 sa. Sayoc Consol. Ps. 18 sa.. United Paracales Ps. „481⁄2- 88.
·LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K., and S. Hotela $5.45 se. Humphreys 38 b.
H. K. Realties $4.35 b.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
75$14.45
H. K1 Tramw
50 B Peak Trams (Old) $6% b.
The most notable increase was in light cars of the 10 horse-power class. New registrations for the whole of: 1937 numbered 486,269, an increase of 36,930 over 1936- British Wireless.
LOCAL DOLLAR The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar this morning 1/27%.
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. G. Miskin, Esq..
Chairman.
Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,
Deputy Chairmda
J. K. Bousfield, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq.,
8. II. Dodwall, Eag., J. B. Masson, Red....
E 8. Morrison, Es,
Hon. Mr. JJ. Fatarne-
T. E. Paaros, Eng».
A: L. Shields, Esq.,
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
AMOY BANGKOK
BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA
EFOO
COLOMBO
FOOCHOW
HAIPHONG
HAMBURG HANKOW Y
HARBIN HONGREW ILOILO -IPOH
JOHORE
ZOBL
KOWLOON
Chief Manager.
· BRANCHES :-
KUALA LUMPUR
LONDON LYONS MALACOA MAKILA
(Johore)
W YORK NEW PEITING TENAND RANGOON SAIGON SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE SOURABAYA SUNGEI PATANI TIENTAIN
TOKYO
TSINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
Currant Accounts opened in Local Currency, and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling on $10,000,000.00 Authorised Capital 5,698,600.00 wilch will be quoted of APPLICATI Paid-up Capital Reserve and
Profits
Undivided
$ 2,776,726.76
HEAD, OFFICE":-HONG KON 10, Des Vonx Boad, Central-
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :— Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; Li Hoon Chun,
Esq., P. E. Kwok, Esq., Wong Yua Tonga
Esq., Chan Ching Shak, Esq., Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong Chu Boa, Etq. and Kan Ying
Esq., Fung Ping. Wah, Esq.
0.
"AYMOR
Ban Tung Fo, Esq., Chief Maangor. Li The Fong, Esq., Manager. -
* BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:
Batavus Bombay Jaloutta Canton Haiphong
•Hankowo Honolulu
Maibourne Nagasaki
Seattle Samstang
Shanghai
New York
Osaka
Singapore Sourabaya
Paris
Sydney
Faikoku
Tientsin
Feipins
Faning
Saigon
Kobi
Rangoon
Kowloo London
Ban Francise,
Tokyo
Vancoavor Yokohama
Every description of Banting and Exobang business transnoted. Loans granted on approved Current Accounts opened in Local Currency End Fixed Deponite received for cas year, or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies ob terms which will; be quoted on application.
Safe Deposit Boxes. To: Let.
'KAN TUNG PO,
Chief Mansgor.
THE WING ON BANK, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000
LONDON BANKERS:---- Westminster Bank, Ltd.
terms
ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES' in various sizes TO LET.
Hong Kong, 21 Maron, 1987.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK
•
The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION. Bules may be obtained -on application, potent
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. 1987.
Hong Kong, fat Ma
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE, BANK
LIMITED
Established 1880)
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen.100,000,000 Reserve Fund
Yen,184,400,000
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies at
Alexandria Bangkok Batavia
Berlin,
Bombay
Gulcutta
Canton
Dairen (Dainy)
*Moji
Nagasaki Nagoya New York. Osaka
Otaru
Paris
Peiping
Fengtien (Mukden) Rangoon
Rio de Jeneiro
San Francisco
Seattle
Semarang
Hamburg
Hankow
Harbin
Hong Kong Honolulu
Sourabaya-
Sydney Tientsin
Foreign Exchange and every des- Hsinking ascription of banking business transacted. Karachi
and Savings. Að ↑ Kuve 'Current Accounts:
Fixed Deposits re- London counts opened.
Los Angeles®
"Spot" silver was quoted in Louceived at rates which will be quoted on Manila don yesterday at 20 and forward application. at 19-13/16.
Trusteeship & Executorship under- The London on New York rate taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP GOCKCHIN, was quoted at -U.S.$4.9978 and
Chief Manager rate the New York on London £-U.S.$4.99-13/16.-
Peak Trams (New) $8% 8. Star Ferries $86 b. Yaumati Ferries $24 b China Lights (Old) $10% b. China Lights (New) $7.35 b. H. K. Electrics $53% b Telephones (Old) $25.80 b. Telephones: (New) $8% b.
INDUSTRIALS Canton Ices $1.70 8. Cements $13.35/40 8. H. K. Ropes $4% b..
STORES, &C.
Dairy Farms $25 b.
COTTON MILLS
Ewo Cottons Sh.$10.55/11 sa. Shanghai Cottons-Sh.$58 b., $58 sa.
MISCELLANEOUS
Entertainments. $5.90 b.
Constructions $1 bil
$14:45/
Wallace Harpers $32 b...
Maramana Inv.
8/17
Marsmans. Inv.
THIS BOOK SÖLVES A KNOTTY PROBLEM The "KNOT" there':
problem.
KELLY'S DIRECTORY
Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers of the World
Obtainable from
Millington Limited
Shanghai Singapore
Tokyo
Tsingtau
Yingkow
Interest allowed for Current AC- counts.
Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application.
Y. KAÑO,
Manager: Hong Kong, 11th September, 1937.
THE
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)
*$5,000,000. Capital paid up ....
$10,000,000 Reserves Capital Savings Dept. ..$500,000. Reserve Savinga 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. Ofice-- Queen's Road, Central
Phono 31116.