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BANKERS
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THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED,
HEAD OFFICE:——
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Established 1917.)
HEAD OFFICE :-SINGAPORE,
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+
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* $4,000,000
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:
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Kuantan Singapore (£0,660,170.) Ipoh (Pahang) Sourabaya Reserve Fund........Gidrs. 40,018,000. Kandy
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Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every doserip-
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THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD,
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1,100,000
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C. L. SANDES,
Manager. [7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 12th Mar., 1931. [29
BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 28, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
Subscribed Capital......$25,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital...824,710,500.00 Reserve Funds ...........
$3,890,603.82
HEAD OFFICE:--SHANQBAL,
HONG KONG BRANCH;
4, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our numerous branches
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BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Crédit Indus- trial et Commercial; Société Générale.
IN LONDON: The National Provin- cial and Union Bank of Eng. land, Ltd.; Comptoir Nationa!! d'Escompte de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York.
Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposite accord. ing to arrangement.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted."
Safe Deposit Boxes to let
A. LECOT,
Manager. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1920. [39
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BAKK,
LIMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
Yan 100,000,000 Reserve Fund...Yen 115,000,000,
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandria Honolulu Batavia ~Boriin"
Kal Xuon
“Karacha
Hombay
Kobe
Rio de
Janeiro Rangoon Soorabaya
Calcutta
Canton
London Lyons
Changchun Dairen
Manila
San Francisco Seattle Los Angeles Bemarang Bhanghai (Dalay) Nagasaki Shimonoseką Fengtion
Nagoya
Bingapore (Mukden) Nowchwang Bydany New York
Tientsin Osaka
Tokyo Tsingtao
the important commercial centres of Hamburg. the world, we are able to extend to Hankow
all Principal Cition of the World.our clients special facilities for Harbio ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄Peiping TM‚ ̈* Foreign Exchange and Banking domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong
Business of every description exchange. transacted.
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-Interest-allowed-on-Current: An-
Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) and other Public Funds of the Deposite received for Fixed at a Yearly Rental of from 85 to Chineso Government both at home | Periods at rates, to be obtained an
and abroad.
application. POONG SHAN,
H. MORI, Manager. Manager.
Hong Kong, April 11, 1931,
840,
LOOK
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SHOU J. CHEN, Blogoger.
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38
Астова,
30
OLUES.
D. This is very shaky,
1.-A word intimately associated 14-Go wrong in a bank, aud
with genius-and pains.
5.-A hoy's first love.
10-Sounds like 'a trainer's ex- hortation to a dashing young fellow; to row.
11.-Scotland
docketed.
Yard
has him
12-Get this on the way out- 15.But come in here.
15.Is in the middle of the as-
cent.
17. The first part of a sentence
passed in. Japan. 10. Most of this may be passed
also
in the Kingdom of Spain. 21.-Your this must to a certain extent be high,, although you may be quite short, 23. Obstruction.
4.A towering in her pride of place, was by housing owl hawkod nt and killed." Macbeth."! 26. While this pie is appreciated in this country, in France they consider it thin, 28-In no circumstances can this
bn out of place.
31.-The newcomer seemed genial
to all of them (hidden). 32.-Age being to show itself in the one, who does the actual work.
33-A war-time miss whom no one.
misses.
30.-Take away.
37.In trete, to a certain extent,
but, on the whole, tasteless. 38-A piece of sail rolled up
only more so-may keep a sailor warm.
39.-Not fractional,
Down.
•
perhaps in consequence, run away at tho finiali.
10-A joint matter between head
and shoulder..
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18-Look out! there is danger around the broken pier. 20-This drake has narcotic pro-
perties.
21. This pen may describe the kind of collar that cowboys used to give to horse-thieves. 22-The culprit is, obviously.
from the guard. ・・ 25,Don't pull the first part of
this beneficiary in front of a starting place..
27-This is sharp set in spite of
the meat portion. 28A way in may be very hard
and decidedly stony. -No longer, in the army, this
officer goes to rea. 30-Quits an important matter. on foot, and in it Sai plays a divided part..
་
34-What part of a newspaper.
does one cover with buttons? 35.-A little spot in the river-
founed ou lies.
The solution will be published to
morrow..
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
BROADCAST PARIS
SOTTISH ELECTOR ONO WAMEMIU NAPE FLUTE SNUG VDPEUG
F0,881 LS EDUOEML
1. What opera should appeal to 。TIVITIETTE
van-drivers 1
2-Exact
3-Successful hit.
4.—Signs of 'all times.
0.-There are oats in this oven,
RCRAF STAFFED CON IN BR ELMSOURIO BAFT DNA GE
7-Han & medical sound, but is RLUSIVE GENTILE
snob's work, pure and simple.
8.-Goes back, certainly, but why AN MIN_IN_LE in regard to pleasures? THENE THREATEN 8
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