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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 24, 1939
The China Mail
Ninety-Fifth Year of Publication
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
R. HULSEMANN
All Creditors and others hav- ing claims against the above named Alien Enemy are hereby required to send particulars thereof to the undersigned forth- with.
R. A. WADESON,
Liquidator for R. Hulsemann, 1, Des Voeux Road, Central,
Hong Kong.
HONG KONG
ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY
SCOTTISH CONCERT Friday, 1st December, 1939,
at 9.30 p.m.,
in King's Theatre.
Bookings for
their guests
Members and
may
now
be
made at the King's Theatre.
Proceeds in aid of British War Organisation Fund.
HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY
LAWN BOWLS
The Annual Lawn Bowls Match between members of St. George's and St. Andrew's Societies will be held on 9th December, at 2.30 p.m. at the Kowloon. Bowling Green Club.
All members desirous of play- ing in this Match are requested to communicate by 1st December with Mr. W. Macfarlane, Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd., Causeway Bay,
FOR SALE
HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1989, EDITION. On sale at all Book- stalls and at the Offices of the Publish- ers, 3A, Wyndham Street.
TUITION GIVEN...
EXPERT instructresses for ladies and
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PUBLIC AUCTION
THE · CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853,
Paid-up Capital
.£3,000,000. Reserve Fund
£3,000,000. Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38, Bishopsgate, E. C. 2. Sub-Aganclas In London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street. E. C. 1. West End Branch: 14/18, Cockspur Street, S. W. 1. Manchester Branch: 53, Mosley Street, Manchester, a
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:
Hankow Harbin
Amritsar
Batavia Bombay
PTIONS of the Sale by Public ¡AKTICULARS AND CONDI-
Auction to be held on MONDAY, the 27th day of November, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Gov-Alor Star ernor of one Lot of Crown Land Bangkok at Yaumati, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by Canton the Surveyor of His Majesty the Cawnpore KING, for one further term of Cebu 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised Haiphong. that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the Purchaser (if
Hongkong
Iloilo
Ipoh
caloutts Agencies: Karachi
Clive Street Fairlie Place
Colombo Delhi
Hamburg
Klang Kobe
Penang Rangoon
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAJ BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital
$50,000,000 Issued and Fully Pald-úp ... $20,000,000 Reserve Funda :—–
Sterling
.............£ 6,500,00% Hong Kong Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability, of Proprietors $20,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon, Mr. A. L. Shields, Chairman.
W. H. Lock, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
J. K. Bousfeld, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. 6. H. Dodwell, D. F. Landale, Esq..
G: Miskin, Erq.. K. 8. Morrison, Esq., Hon. Mr T. E. Parrs. H. V. Wilkinson, Esq. Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, Chief Manager.
BRANCHES:—
Salgon
Seremban
Shanghai
Singapore
Sitiawan
Sourabaya
Kuala Lumpur Taiping
Kuching
Tientsin
Amoy Bangkok
Hongkew
Iloilo
Madras
Tongkah
Batavia Ipoh
Manila
(Bhuket)
Bombay
Johore
Mcdan
New York Peiping
Tsingtao Yokohams
Calcutta
(Peking)
Canton Chefoo Colombo
Dairen Foochow
Malacca
Halphong
Manila
Hamburg
Muar (Johore)
Hankow Harbin
Mukden
not the applicant) will be requir-Banking Business transacted.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General
ed to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum of two hundred
the Purchase price. will be refunded on payment of
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4206.
Between Kowloon Inland Lots
Nos. 1085 & 1440, Nathan Rd.
No. of Sale
Registry No.
Locality
Boundary
Measurements.
N. S.
E
W.
ft. ft.
ft. ft.
As per
sale plan
Contents in Square feet. Annual Rental
Upset Price
About 7,664
PUBLIC AUCTION
$140
$34,488
The Undersigned have received instructions to
sell by Public Auction on
Saturday, the 25th, Nov., 1939 commencing at 11.00 a.m. at their Sales Room, No. 2 Connaught Road, Central. (Room No. 205, 2nd. Floor) A Quantity of Blackwood and Teakwood Furniture
also
10 Bundles of Furniture Cord 5 Packets of Furniture Gimp 2 Electric Table Fans
1 "Kelvinator" Refrigerator
1 "Royal" Typewriter
1 Iron Safe Terms: Cash on Delivery. LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 23rd Nov., 1989.
1939
young girls in music, shorthand, typ- Postage Stamp Catalogues
ing, bookkeeping and English and French. Apply 24 Austin Road, Kow- loon.
Reduce Repair Bills. Consult
Thomas Cowan & Co.
The White Ant... Exterminating Experte
Tel. 30722
**OR JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd. Telephone 80811
Stanley Gibbons Yvert & Tellier Scott Stamp & Coin Co. Whitefield King & Co.
́All at Half Price.
GRACA & CO., -
Dealers in Postage Stamps, Garden Seeds,' ' Religious Goods, Etc.
10 Wyndham Street, Hong Kong. Established 1898.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter which will be quoted on application.
periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.
Kobe Kowloon
Kuala Lumpur
London
Lyons
New York
Peiping Penang
Rangoon
Saigon
San Francisce
Shanghai
Singapore
Bourabay
Sungei Patanj Swatow
Tientsin
Tokyo
Tsingtao Yokohama
Current Accounts opened in Local Cur- rency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and other currencies on terms which will be quoted on application.
The Bank's Head Office in London under takes Executor and Trustee business, and claims recovery of British Income Тах overpaid, on terms which may be ascertain- | in various sizes 10 LET, ed at any of the Agencies and Branches.
R. A. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
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 transacted Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits receiv- ed at rates which will be quoted on application.
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Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP GOCKCHIN,
Chief Manager
PUBLIC AUCTION
ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
Hong Kong. 25th February, 1939.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK ·
The Business of the above Bank is con ducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANG. HAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHA BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN.
Chief Manager
Hong Kong, 1st March. 1937.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital
-$10,000,000.00 5,598,600.05
Reserve and Undivided Profits 2,689.932.00
HEAD OFFICE:~HONG KONG. 10. Des Voeux Road, Central.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:— Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman: Li Koon Chun, Esq.. P. K. Kwok, Esq., Wong Yun Tong, Esq.. Chan Ching Shek, Esq., La Lan
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager.
The Undersigned have receiv- Sang, Esq., Wong Chu Son, Esq.. Kan Ying ed instructions from the Liquida-Po, Esq. and Fung Ping Wah, ESO. fors to sell by Public Auction on Friday, the 24th. November, 1939 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35
Hankow Road, Kowloon,
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
comprising:-
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Branches and Agencies:——
Mandia
Melbourne
Amoy Batavia
Seattle
Samarang
Bombay
Nagasaki.
Shanghai
Calcutta
New York
Singapore
Haiphong Hankow
Paris
Sourabaya
Peiping
Swatow
Honolulu
Penang
Sydney
Kobe
Rangoon
Tientsin
Kowloon
Saigon
Vancouver
London
San Francisco
Every description of Banking and Er
in_approved securities.
shorter periods in Local and Foreign Cur rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.
.
Teak & Iron Bedsteads, Divans, Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Dressing Tables, Screens, Ches-change business transacted. Loans granted terfield Suites, Dining Tables, Current Accounts opened in Local Currency Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, and Fixed Deposits received for one year or Chairs & Armchairs, Desks, Bookcases, Cabinets, etc., etc.
Fine Carpets & Rugs, Pictures, Curios, Crystals, Cutlery, Bronze & Brass Ornaments, Porcelain & Glass Ware, Gramophone & Re- cords, Electric Ceiling & Table Fans, Cooking Stoves & Utensils,| HONG KONG HEIGHTS etc., etc.
also
A Quantity of Blackwood & Rattan Furniture and
One Piano by “Moutrie”
One Silver Plated Canteen Set One Grandfather Clock One Electric
"Gibson"
Two Electric
“Frigidaire”
Refrigerator
Refrigerators
On View from Thursday, the 28rd. November, 1989
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 21st. Nov., 1989.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
KAN TONG PO.
Chief Managéť“
For the Information -of-visitors
the following⋅ list⋅ of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is publishedə
Island Vlotoria Peak Signal Station
Feet.
1828
1774
Mt. Parker
1784
Mountain Lodge
1725
The Eyrie
1725
Peak Tram Station
1305
Taikoo Sanatorium
1000
Mt. Davla
877
Bowen Road (fitürbeds)".
297
Mainland
Talmoshan
Kowloon