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LORD WOOLTON'S ACHIEVEMENTS REVEALED
THE PARLIAMENTARY Secretary to the Min- istry of Food opened the Commons debate yesterday on the work of his department which he pointed out was an enormous business undertaking with trad- ing accounts amounting to nearly six hundred mil- lion pounds yearly.
The Ministry controlled food imports, they con- trolled all essential home-produced foodstuffs, they rationed distribution where necessary and they re- gulated food prices.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAÏ' BANKING CORPORATION,
Authorised Capital Issued and Fully Paid-up Reserve Funds:-
Sterling
Hong Kong Currency Re-
scrve
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
$50,000,000 .$20,000,000
.£ 6,500,000
$10,000,000
.$20,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, HỒNG KÔNG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
~H. V. Wikinson, Esq.,
Chairman.
Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
Deputy Chairman..
R. S. Morrison, Esq. TE. Prifce, Esq.. C. C. Roberts, Elq.. Hon. Mr. A. L.
Shield, Sir Vandeleur M, Grayburn, Chief Manager.
3. K. Bousfield, Esq.,
A. Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. S. II. ·
Dodwell,
G. Mihin, Esq..
Amoy
BRANCHES:-
Ipoh
Joliora
Kabe
Kowloon
Rangoon Saigon
fu Franciköt Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur Singapore
i
Sungei Patabl
Sourakata
Swator
Tient la
1.
Bangkok On the important subject of Other matters touched en by the latavis
apartzining food stocks the Minister made Minister
rather Bombay Calcutta were plans for Canton several significant statements. He tó social policy said a substantial part of the communal feeding starting with Chefoo wheat reserve had been turned factory workers and subsidisation paren into flour stocks and these were with a view to keeping down the Tepehow
Halphons now sufficient for Britain to carry cost of living, for which the De-
llankow on for many months even in the pariment was incurring in respect Harbin unfortunate and unexpected event of flour, bread, home-produced Iloilo of heavy losses at sea.
meat and bacon, the expenditure Command of the sea, which had of about 52 million pounds yearly. Currency and Fixed Deposits received
been maintained by the Royal Navy since the outbreak of war, had enabled stocks to be built up of every essential commodity to such a point that even if there should be in the near future de- lays in the arrival of ships, the Ination need have no serious an-
xicty.
Tea Ration
Dealing with the recently in- troduced tea ration, Mr. Boothly said he could hold out hope if, as was confidently expected, the the enemy threatened attack in' next two or three months was defeated, the supply position would be such as to enable the Ministry
London
Lyons.
Colombo
Malneca
Mattila
Muar Johore) Tokyo Mukden
Ingrao
New York
Pelping
Penang
Yokohama
Current Accounts opened in Local
For the Labour Party Mr. for one year or shorter periods in Local Clynes, whe was Minister of and other currencies on terms which Food in the last war, said Lord will be quoted on application. Woelton had obtianed the con-
ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT fidence of the nation and stated BOXES in various sizes TO LET. that he (Mr. Clynes) could find Hong Kong. 28th February. 1940. no opening for controversy in the main activities of Lord
HONGKONG SAVINGS Woolton's Department.-British Wireless.
BRITISH AIR EXPLOITS
FOR THE FIRST TIME
WE
BANK.
The Business of the above Eank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application. FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
to increase the distribution of tea. HAVE THE WORD OF AN The same considerations affected AMERICAN NEWSPAPERMAN sugar and fats and in those cases TO BACK UP BRITISH CLAIMS too rations could be increased THAT THEIR FIGHTER during the winter months.
PLANES ARE DISPOSING OF Authorised Capital
.$10,000,000.00 5,598,000.00 The Minister went on to explain GERMAN PLANES AT A RATE Paid-up Capital
LARGELY OFFSETS Reserve and Undivided the nutritional aspects of his De-, THAT
. SUPERIORITY Profits
2,083,261.50 partments policy. He claimed for, GERMANY'S the Ministry's new milk scheme--BOTH IN NUMBERS AND RATE
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG under which milk will be availa-OF MANUFACTURE.
10, Des Voeux Road, Central. ble at specially reduced rates or So declared the "Chicago Daily free where means of recipients News" yesterday, commenting on
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: -
Chairman: justfiy it, to expectant or nursing the eye-witness story the iron. Sir Shou-son Chow. mothers and children under five- Dover air battle cabled by its Li Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq..... that in conjunction with the old correspondent in England; Wil Wong Yun Tong. Esq.; Chan Ching.
Shck, Esq.. Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong milk in schools: scheme it was one liam Stone on the news since of the most notable measures of Evidence from social reform in recent years, 25-the war began supported the be suring as it did to every child lief that the British fliers were from before birth to adolescence a getting the best of single combats liberal supply of witat was the and dog-fights, but now we know most valuable article of food with so, because an American sawit.
-Reuter. Vitamin B.
Revolutionary Step
of
LOCAL DOLLAR
Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying Po, Esq. and Fung, Ping Wah, Esq.
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Amoy
Batavia
Bambay
Calcutia
Munila
Melbourne Samarang
Seattle
Nagasaki
:
Shanghai
New York
Singapore
Paria
Souratas
+
Sydne
Swatow
Rangoon
Saigon
Tientala Vancouver
San Francisco
Ing When these plans matured the
The demand rate on the Hong Honolulu public would have the choire of Kong dollar to-day was 1/2 7/8. Kobe
Kowloon fortified white bread or whole- London Silver was quoted at London meal bread at the same price. 22-1/2 for Spot and *21-15/16
Every description of Banking and This was
Loans the unprecedented for Forward. and indeed
revolutionary slep York was quoted at £-U.S.$4:-granted on approved sécurities. rate London/New Exchange business transacted. from the nutritional point of view. 0250 and the New York/London Currency and Fixed Deposits received
The cross
"It will certainly attract rate at £-U.S.$881: worldwide attention and in con-
junction with the-national milk
scheme will lay the foundation THE CHARTERED BANK of a nutrition policy which will OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA
not only have a permanently beneficial effect on the health
AND CHINA.
of our people but will be halled Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853: by scientists all over the world Phidup Capital'.
as a great advance on anything Reserve Fund hitherto achieved In this field Reserve Liability of Pro- by any other country,
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prietors
£3,000,000. £3,000,000.
£3,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38, Bishopsgate, E.C.2. Sub-Agencies In London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, B.C.2. -West-End Branch:
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“FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General] Banking Business transacted,
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LONDON BANKERS Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every description of banking business transacted.
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