HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
.350.000.000
Authorised Capital Issued and Fully Paid-up...$20,000,000 Reserve Funds:-
Sterling
servo
.£ 6,500,000
$10,000,000
..$20,000,000
Hong Kong Currency Re-
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietora
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Chairman,
W. H. Lock, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
6. Miskin, Esq... A. H. Compton, Esq., K. S. Morrison, Esq. L. J. Davies, Eng., Hon, Mr. T. E. Pesros. Hon, Mr. B. B. Dodweli, Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields, Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn Chief Manager.
Headquarters in Mongolia in 1937, and former Com- tunnels of a public shel-repeat and explain" signalled the J.K. Founfield, Esq.. mander of guerilla forces in Mongolia, arrived in ter with crowds walking Sunderland. But still the
chant ship went on spelling: Hong Kong over the week-end after serving four on either side of them "Onions, Onions. Onions" So the months in the concentration camp.
singing the National An-captain of the Sunderland gave it up, and flew on to watch for them.
enemy submarines,
Slightly deaf and lame, the result of the treat- ment in the camp, General Liu gave an exclusive! interview to the "China Mail" at the St. Francis Hotel this morning.
Western Shanghai, he stated, is now vntually controlled by the Japanese military, Pan San-sen, a notorious gangster, and Li Szee- tehun, head of Wang Ching-wer's Gestapo.
In the course of the interview, Gencrad Liu said that he wis suspected of underground activi- ties and was arrested by Wang Ching-wei's Secret Service agents in March last year
into Wang's He was thrown "Concentration Camp" at No. 76, Jessiek Road and was imprison- ed there for four months.
They put him through the third degree, stripping him naked and whipping him on the back with Jus hands and feet tied.
Hung By Legs
Later they hung him by the legs and poured water down his nostrils. As a result of this treat- ment he has become lame
suffers from deafness.
into
and
i)
(At first, he was put
between smalt 10ORI containing 40 and 50 other people. mostly murderers, thieves and other criminals
Failing to obtain the informa- possessed. tion they believed he they threw him to a cell where so-called political offenders were imprisoned. Conditions in this and vert slightly better, among those detained there were some of Wang's own people.
Those in this
14x114
room were
no
They
n-
allowed any newspapers. were given copies of public nouncements and speeches made! by Wang Ching-wei and had to memorise them all.
LOCAL SHARES
H.K, GOVT. LOANS 4% Loan 97 sa 31%% Loan (1934) 945 b. 35% Loan (1940) 944 b.
BANKS Bank of East Asia $76 5.
INSURANCES Union Ins. $4121⁄2 8. H.K
Fire Ins $170 b.
SHIPPING JIK. Steamboats $9 s DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.
Providents $5 b
LANDS, HOTELS & BLOGS. HK. and S. Hotels $3.60 s. HK.
Lands 4 Debentures' 97 b.
HK Realtje: $3.00 s.
PUBLIC UTILITIES H.K. Tramway. $1794 9. $17.-
60/% sa
China Lights (Old) $6 b., $6.20
S.
H.K. Electrics (Old) $394 5. LAST DAY'S SALES
$1000) 11.K. Govt. 4% Loan @
97
100 Trams @ $17.60
800 Trams @ $17
133 Lights (Old) @@ $6.15 50 Daily Farms @ $183
DULLNESS ON THE STOCK MARKET
Dullness persisted on the Lon-
Exchange
Many of the inmates were tak-don Stock en from this camp to Chung Shan Road were they were shot, while others died as a result of ill-treat- ment.
Two thousand people were still there when the King and Queen arrived soon after "Raiders pass- ed" had been sounded.
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BRANCHES:—
Kowloon
Rangoon Haigon
Fan Francisce Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur Singapore
Bourabaya
Aungel Palan!
Ame
Bangkok Bateris
Ipoh Johore
Hohe
Bombaj
Calcutta Gentoo
London
Lyons
Dairan
Manila
Tientsin
Foochow
Muar (Johore) Tokyo
siphong
Mukden
Tsingtao
lankow
New York
Harbin
Polplog
in
follo
CURRENT
Proang
Bwnbow
Тобовали
ACCOUNTS
in opened And FIXED DEPO
A fortnight later the captain of a letter It was the first time they had the Sunderland received
from the skipper of the ship. The been down a deep shelter,
letter was addressed to the Sun-
its identification Chefno derland under letters, "c/o Air Ministry. Lon-Colombo don."
"We had been listening to the wireless news," wrote the ship's
heard that you muster "and England were suffering from an My acuate shortage of onions.
to the hatches ship was loaded with onions, and I wanted to give the good news to the first bit of
terms which on England we sighted. You were it."
application. Another Coastal Command con- 1 SAFE DEPÓSIT BOXES of various voy story:-A little ship joined a sizes To Let convoy and
hoisted a strange, TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business bearded, white
scare-crow-like undertaken. figure to the must head. The cap- tain of the escorting flying boat, gravely puzzled, asked the reason. Was it a signal of distress?
The King's first question was how many
people could shelter he was told the there, and when number was between eight and nine thousand he commented on the excellent arrangements of the shelter.
Queen emerged The King and from the shelter some way from where the royal cars were stand-❘ ing.
Good Luck
They walked for a quarter of a the mile along a street among morning shopping crowds.
By the time they reached them there was an escort of several hundred shoppers and shop. keepers cheering.
A inan in the crowd shouted, "Jolly good luck to you!" as the King walked to his car.
The King stopped, smiled, and answered. "The same to you and to all of you."
There was an interchange of morse conversation. "That figure is our Santa Claus" said the ship "We made it. We have a
Cargo of fruit for the Christmas markets. That's why we are flying Santa at the main."
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:
The King and Queen went to the 18. Gracechurch Street, London. E.C 8. Wandsworth Arst aid station, Authorised Capital where they inspected mobile hos-Subscribed Capital pital units and talked to members Paid-up Capital of first aid parties.
Their Majesties inspected sur- face shelters before returning to Buckingham Palace,
GOLF RESULTS
Reserve Fund & Rest
BANKERS:
£3,000,000
1,800,000
1,050,000
1,254,639
The Bank of England and Midland Bank, Ltd.
Local Currency
SITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local and Other Currencies
will be quoted
Hong Kong 13th December, 1940.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
on
The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rulea 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.
Authorised Capital
Paid-up Capital
Reserve and Undivided
Profita
$10,000,000.00
5,598,600,00
2,903,261.50
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG 10, Des Voeux Road, Central,
Chairman;
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Li Koan Chun, Esq., P, K. Kwok, Esq. Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching Shck, Esq.. LI Lan Sang, Esq., Wong and Fung Ping Wah, Chu Son, Es
BRANCHES:
Bangkok
Jeline
Bombay
Caleutia
Kuantan Kandy
Madras New York
Penang
Colombo Dolhi
Karachi
Fangoon
Kota Bharu
Shanghai
Isq.
Golf, Hong Kong
Howrah
Kuala Lipla Kuala
Singapore
Ipab
Trengganu
HONG KONG BRANCH Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN.
Following are the latest golf re-alle sults at Royal Hong Kong yesterday.
Club:
Cup
Third Captain's
(1940) Round-T. Megarry (9) beat W. S. Hillier (10) 6 and 4; T. Low (12) 5 and 4; beat J. Linaker (15)
A. B F. A. Howard (17) beat Purves (10) 5 and 4: G. M. Park (17) beat H. Overy (18) 7 and 6. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
L. Lloyd beat Semi-Final-S. N. D. Lloyd one up; A. J. Dennised on application. beat E. G. Price 4 and 3.
Gilt-edged recovered early losses and Kaffers were firmly held and occasionally higher; elsewhere the market generally was heavy. In- tu dustrials were dull and textiles. breweries, steels, stores and tobac- cos were all lower. Losses were also recorded in tins, rubbers, and oils and some selling of home rail was witnessed. Japanese bonds re- covered further. Wall Street was very quiet.-Reuter,
to proceed On promising
Nan- Nanking and work for the
General Liu king Government, was released in June last year. In Nanking he met innst of the pup- pet leaders, including Chow Fu- hai. Chen Kung-po, and Chu Ming-i.
Escape To Soochow
On the pretext that he needed rest and medical treatment, Gen- eral Liu was granted sick leave and given a "Good Citizen Certi- ficate" which at first allowed him to move only within the city lim- its of Nanking. Later he was al- lowed to travel between Nanking and Shanghai, always, however,! accompanied by agents for "pro- tection."
and
Apparently believing that Gen- eral Liu had been completely "re- formed," Wang's Gestapo relaxed their "prolection" measures General Liu was able to move mote freely in Shanghai though his imovements were always
watched.
Managing to get to Soochow however, General Liu looked up a friend, and with his assistance, secured passage on a steamer to Hong Kong, where he arrived during the week-end.
In escaping from Shanghai, General Liu disguised himself as a merchant and with a borrowed suit and a Chinese quilt ovaded detection by Wang's agents on the wharf.
Chen Kung-po "Though Mayor of Shanghai, Chen Kung-po is virtually powerless, declared General Lit and explained that the adminis- tration in being controlled by. more than one independent or- ganisation.
"Chen's promises to clear the 'Badlands' are empty and will never be carried out, for the man : behind the vice organisations "In western Shanghai is Pan San- sen, Japanese-protected gangster;" rald General Liu.
General Liu cited many instances showing that the Japanese do not respect Chen Kung-po's duthori~ ty and that he is a mere 'figure-. head,
Mr. Moller leading in Moonlight; F: Noodt up,
ner of the first rane yesterday.
risa win-
Kan Tong Po, Esq.. Chiến Manager, Hon. Mr. L Tse Fong, Manager.
Beattie
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Amoy
Batavia
Bombay Caloutis
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened 11 | Halphona Local Currency and FIXED DEPOSITS ↑ Hankow received in Local Currency & STER- Honolul LING on terms that may be ascertam-
Boba Kowloon London
D. BENSON,
Manager.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1833.
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000 £3,000,000.
£3,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38, Bishopapate, E.C.2. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E,C.2.
West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, S.W.1, Manchester Branchi
52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:
Alor Stor Amritsar Bangkok
Batavia
Olive Birest Kuala Lumpus
Fairlie Pisos Kuobidg
Hackow Hoat Abs
PeaLog
Ilaila
Bombay
Ipoh Karachi
Caloubka
Agencies:
Klang Kobe
Rangoon Salgor -Seremban Bhanghai Singapore
*
Kitawan
Soursbays
Cancom
Madras
Talping Theateín
Cawnpore
Manlle
Tongkah
Debu
Medan
_ (Bbuket)
Colombo Dalhi Haiphong Hamburg
New York "Polplag
(Peking)
Teoria Tokobame
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business, trafisacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITA. received for One Year or', shorter periods in Lecal or Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted" en application
MESAVINGS ACCOUNTS ‘also opened in Lidal Currency, and Sterling with in- ferent „Allowed at rates obtainable, on application, APNeth
Manila Melbourne Nagasaki New York
Paris Peping Penang Bangoon
Balgo
San FrantzIGO
Bamarang Shangha Singapore Boutabara Babow Sydney Tiantia
V&0000
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved secr-rities.
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies оп terms which will be quoted on application.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
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:—
every
Westminster-Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and description of banking business transacted.·
Current Accounts and Savings Accounts opened. Fixed Deposits
received at rates which will be quoted on application.
Safe Deposit Boxès for hire.
PHILIP GOCKCHIN,
Chief Manager.
FOR SALE
Hong Kong Centenary Envelopes
with Vlow of Hong Kong In 1841 and 1941
for
First Day Issue of
Centenary Stamps
$1.00 per doz, envelopes
GRACA & CO.
The Bank's "Head Office in London undertaker Executor and Truster busl- nèss, and dieims, recovery of British Dealers in Postage Stamps, Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at
any of the Garden Seeds, Picture Books, eta Agencies and Branches.
No. 10, Wyndham Strest BA, CAMIDGE,
Manager