HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital
Issued- and Fully Paid-up...$30,000,000 Reserve Funds?---
Sterling
Hong Kong Currency Re-
་་
servo
Reserva Liability of Pro.
prietors
$30,000,000
-£ 6,500,000
$10,000,000
$20,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Chairman.
W. H. Lock, Esq., .Deputy Chairman
J. E. Bousfeld, Exq... Miskin, Esq., A. B. Compton, Esq., B. Metzleon, Eag L. J. Davico, Esqu Hon. Mr. T. E. Paaron, Hon. Mr. S. B.Dodweli,Hon. Mr. A. L. chields, Sir Vandeleur M. Gray III27
Chief Manager.
a poem, "To a Sparrow," written may by Mr. T. E. Nicholas, the Welsh | Bangiog poet, in his cell in Swansea Pri-
son.
BRANCHES:-
1pab Jobore
Bobe
Kowloon
Razgova Saigon
San Francfowa
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur Singapore
Estevia Barbas
Calcutta
Chafoo
Loudon
Loo
Malacca
Mr. Nicholas, with his son, Mr.Canton
re- Colombo T. 1. Nicholas, have been
Dairen leased from prison following an
The latest issue of the Schwarze Korps, the or- gan of the Nazi S.S. men, complains that many peo-appeal ple in Germany have the audacity to question the results of the war so far achieved.
detained on
against detention before an Advisory Committee sitting at
They were Ascot. July 12 as the result of an Order made by the Home Secretary un- der the Defence Regulations.
During his stay in Brixton and Prisons, Mr. Nicholas Swansea
sonnets, composed a number of
for He was not allowed paper writing, and therefore wrote his sonnets on the cell slate and then committed them to memory.
It is often said about the result of the war in France, remarks the paper Impatiently, that precious time was wasted in marching to Lyons and Southern France while there was no attempt to cross the
German On his return to Aberystwyth, Channel, and it warns peeple to reira from making| Mr. Nicholas paid tribute to the prison officials at Brixton and such "ridiculous remarks."
said, A Major Martini, writing in the Swansen. They were, he German Army publication "Die kind and considerate.
also Wehrmacht,"
hits out at grumblers: "Women at home," he seys, "show a lack of understand- ing by saying that our army does nothing, and by asking why men who are sorely needed at home cannot be allowed to return.
to
The same question is often asked by soldiers, who seem think that war can be carried on by the navy and the air force."
Mr. C. B. Robertson, of "The Blarney Stone," Victoria Road, has a raincoat, reported the theft of valued at $28, from his residence yesterday.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
Dead were buried at sea. The wind and sea rose steadily as the Saturday wore on. The Kelly was yawing almost unmanage- Of a cook who left his stew-ably. pots to
order every On the captain's the guns againat man enemy warplanes.
un except those needed for the
Major Martin's comment is: guns was ordered to leave.
Eighteen officers and тел
"Yes, we won the war in Poland, acjected from whole ship's Norway. Holland and France, but volunteered 10 it is not sufficient to have reached
HEAD OFFICE: company that
this aim, as England is not willing 15, Grazechurch Street, London, E.C.8. remain on board, were left in
Authorised Capital Lord Louis Mount to recognise our victories. Kelly with
The conquered territories need Subscribed Capital batter, who le forty and fought
ruling by vast contingents of Ger- | Paid-up Capital In the last war. Aircraft reported two enemy man troops, so that the war can submarines in her direct path, and be carried on by the navy and
realising her captain,
she was the air force." merely a sitting target for their tervedoes, decided to transier his volunteer party
temporarily Bulldog.
Kelly was leading a destroyer flotilla in a hunt for German minelayers when out of darkness and North Sea
torpedo log a struck her,
Flame from the explosion flash- ed above the level of the bridge. 1ts force lifted the warship bodily out of the water and blew the foremost boller room
killing every
open to the sca man in it. Amid steam black smoke and explosion fumes H.M.S. Bulldog found Kelly lying like a log in the water and took her in tow as the fog thickened.
Kelly's sick bay was wrecked,
In the darkness, working with a few hand torches, the surgeon aid attendants worked as, In days past, they toiled in the cockpit of Nelson's Victory,
to
All through the hours of dark- Dess the Kelly lay abandoned with the seas churning through her
boiler rooms.
GREETING MR. CURRIE
IN And all through the night the escorting destroyern steamed in an endless chain round their stricken leader.
Reserve Fund & Rest
BANKERS:
£3,000,000
1,800,000
1,050,000
1.254.639
The Bank of England and Midland Bank, Ltd.
Bangkok
Bombay
Calcurta
Colombo
Delhi
BRANCHES:
Jaffna
Konstan
Randy
Madeus
New York Penang
Fat gooo Sounghai
Kuala Lumpur Sinds
Karachi
Kota Bharu
Galle
trak Fong flowrah
Kustelpis
Rusla
WEL-Ipoh
Irengganu
AN EDITORIAL COMING MR. LAUGHLIN CUR- RIE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIS- TANT TO PRESIDENT ROOSE- "YIH VELT, TO CHINA, THE
IN CHUNGKING SHIH PAO" URGES THE UNITED STATES Waves TO FURNISH AID ΤΟ THIS
Slugaporn
HONG KONG BRANCH
Foochow Salphons
Kontor Carbin Uollo
Mimila
Bourabaya
Bungel Patanl
Awston
Tientat
Muse (Johor) Tokyo
Mukden
New York
Paiping
Paceng
Tringto
Totoname
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Local Currency and FIXED DEPO- srrs received for One Year or shorter periods in Local and Other Currencies on terms which will be quoted application.
on
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of various sizes To Let.
TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken
Hong Kong 13th December, 1940.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Business of the above Bank t conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.
FOR THE HONG
AND KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN.
Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 1st March, 1837,
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital ..... Reserve ano Undivided
Profito
-$10,000,000.00 5,598,600,00
2,983.201.50
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG 10. Des Voeux Road, Central,
Hon.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; Li Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq., Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching Shek, Esq.. Li Lan Sang, Esq.. Wong Chu Ben, Esq. and Fung Ping Wah, Esq.
Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Hon, Mr. 1 Tse Fong, Manager.
Every description of Banking and Batavia Exchange business transacted.
TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN,
in
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Amoy
Bombay
Manila Melbourne Nagasaki
Seattle
Samarang
Shanghai
Daloutta
York
Bingapore
Help!rous
Paris
Bestrabaya
Haokow
Honolulu
Palping Prosug Rangoon
Bwatow
Sydney
Saigon
Vancouv
In the dawn two tugs arrived and the volunteer party returned
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened to Kelly and got her in tow. The wind and sea rose again,
Local Currency and FIXED DEPOSITS | Kobe from end to end. Again COUNTRY WHENEVER POS-received in Local Currency & SER- Eowicon Enemy "Over The Top"mbers attacked and fail-SIBLE AND NOT AFTER SHE LING on terms that may be ascertain-
The men's heroism was in the highest naval tradition.
For hours a stoker, terribly wounded. lay without groaning or complaining.
A telegraphist, aged eighteen wriggled into the wreckage of the the main wireless office.
Knowing that if the ship sank he could not escape he gave injections of morphia to five
wounded men who were trap- ped.
Shortly after midnight a Ger- man motor-torpedo-boat, pursued by British warships, came streak- ing out of the fog at 40 knots.
Desperately trying to escape, the German captain attempted to use Kelly as a shield, but instead of a clear run around the Kelly's bows, the enemy
found himself faced by a slope of steel.
Striking Bulldog on the quar. ter in a final bid to escape, the torpedo-boat bounced off on to Kelly's bows and shot down the starboard side, tearing away her whaler motor-boat davits and guard rails,
Her crew were shouting like maniacs as she cannoned off into the fog
and sudden silence. Judging by the amount of in- teresting wreckage she had left behind - and the silence -- she had foundered.
A naval rating, First-Class Stcker Cave was severely in- jured.
he
Hold Me When I Die
"Never mind
me, Doc," told a sick berth attendant. "I'm done for. Help the other lads —but hold me when I'dle. 111 tell you when!!
Lord Louis Mountbatten, told of, the mas courage, went down to see him.
11
After holding the man to daud his pain, Lord Louis said: "I'm. *-proud to have served with a
man like-you.
cd.
Steel Helmet
the
an-
The guns were worked by hand, the crews Ecran bling over wreckage from one gun to other as each came to bear on attacking aircraft.
the
The able scaman who had volunteered to act as cook kept ruching from his stew pots to his gun and back again in the lulls of his cooking.
He persisted in wearing a large white apron and steel helmet throughout.
On the Monday afternoon, hav- ing been ninety-one hours in tow or hove to, Kelly arrived in port.
the
She had beaten. the most deter- mined Nazi onslaughts from air, dodged submarines and evaded surface craft.
LOCAL SHARES
BANKS. Bank of East Asia $76 b.
INSURANCES
Canton Ins. '$210 b. Unton Ins. $410 b. H.K. Fire Ins, $165 b., $1874
sa:
+
LANDS, HOTELS & BLOGS. HK and S. Hotels $3.60 s. H.K. Lands 4% Dabentures 971⁄2
sa,
PUBLIC UTILITIES H.K. Tramways $18.30 s,
INDUSTRIALS
H.K. 'Ropes $91⁄4 3.
STORES, &c. Watsons $11,15 s.
MISCELLANEOUS Entertainments $7 b. Constructions (Old) $1.60, b.
LAST DAY'S SALES
*
50 H.K. Fire Ins. @.$16721⁄2... 200 Hotels @ $32 $5,000 Land Debentures @ $97 100 Lights (Old); @ $6.30 25 Electrics (Old) @ $40% 100 Ropes -€•_9074
HAS SUFFERED REVERSES.
the The journal recalls that United States extended loans to China after the fall of the Wuhan area, after the establishment of the bogus Nanking Government after the conclusion of the Japan- Wang Ching-wei agreement,
ed on application.
D. BENSON.
Manager.
and THE CHARTERED BANK
OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA
The journal urges the United States to supply 'planes to China. As an economist, Mr. Currie surely knows that aid to China by the United States, under present circumstances, means also aiding herself." Central News.
PROHIBITED ANCHORAGE
It is announced that anchorage
AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859.
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000 £3,000,000.
£3,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38, Bishopsgate, E.C.2. Sub-Agencies in Londons 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.C
West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, S.W.1. Manchester Branch:
62. Mosley Street, Bianchester, 2.
is prohibited to all vessels within AGENCIES AND BRANCHES, the following area in the Waters Alor Star of the Colony: - Commencing in Atar Bangkok position Latitude 22 18 43"-8 Datavia | North, Longitude 114 07" 19" 1 Bombay East; thence by a straight line Calcutta drawn in the direction 000 to Latitude 22' 2018 North, thence by a straight line drawn 090* to the Western Harbour Limit and Cebu
Western Harbour thence by the Limit to the point of origin.
$2,200 ROBBERY
Blankov
Penang
Hong Load Rangoon
Ipoh Karzobi
Balgon Boromban
Shanghai
Blang
Kobe
Medan
New York
Polplug
Bingapore Altiawan Agenates: Clive Streas Huala Lumpur Boombays
· Fairlie Pixon Kushing
Taiping Canton
Madra Compone
Mazile
Colombo Delhi Haiphong Hamburg
Teatein
Tongkah
..
(kinokol}
Tulog >
Tokobams
(Deking)
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT "ACCOUNTS : opened and Ng Yat, of the Nam Kwok FIXED DEPOSITS received to: One Cheong Shop, Talkoktsui, has Year or shorter periods in Focal of reported that motley and jewel-Other Currencies at rates which will lery, to the value of $2,206, were be quoted on application. stolen from the shop, between. §. p.m. on Monday and 7 a.m. yes terday.
Commodore L W Murray, of the Royal Canadian Navy, arrive ed in England yesterday to take charge of the Canadian Navy Sta- tion...
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with in terest allowed at rates obtamable on application.
The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor and Trustër, busi- ness, and claims recovery of Britian name Tax overpaid, on terme which may be ascertained at any of the
ancies and Branches.
R. &. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
London
San FrancisOO
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved sce»' mittes.
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies which will be quoted on application.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let..
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terma
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
THE WING ON BANK. LIMITED.
Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000
LONDON BANKERS: Westminster Bank, Lid. Foreign Exchange and every description of banking business transacted.
Current Accounts and Savings Accounts opened. Fixed Deposits received at rates which will be quoted on application.
Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.
PHILIP GOCKCHIN,
Chief Manaper.
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