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Chairman.
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
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W. H. Bell, Esq. A. H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lewis, Esq.
G. Miskin, Esq.
T. E. Pearce, Esq.
J. A. Plummer, Esq.
T. H. R. Shaw, Esq.
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Silver zmes .......$10,000,000
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,
1853,
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC. Head Office:
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
1
9
3
0
0
7
63, Broadway, New York,
Capital
1,8.80,000,000
£3,000,000 Surplus £1,000,000 Reserves
U.S.81,572,545 U.S.81,009,209
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Amiriam Constan Luceras
Autwerp
Athana
ALOX STAR
HONG KONG TONGKAH (Malay State) ILOILO
Bale
(Dhul)
Terlin
Rappin LuguDO Rotterdam Ediburgh ALOT Momson Marvelites Stamboul FODSTA
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17
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SHANGHAI
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Napier
Tientalo
KANGBAIL
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Calco
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Calcalle Forsalam Mat
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Para
Tokobama
M.S.)
Colombo London
FORLEK
Zurich
TAVOY
Oopenbaren Liverpool
Telping
18
19
助
21
TIENTSIN
MEDAN
TOKYO
NEW YORK
TSINGTAO
PKIFINO
TOKOHAMA
PENANG
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J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager:
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Johore
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Kobe
Rangoon
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Kowloon
Saigon
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Kuala
San Fran-
Canton
Lamper
cisco
ON BANGKOK :—
Cheloo
London
Shanghai
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Rule
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Colombo
Кузба
Singapore
Dairen
Malacca
Sourabaya
Haiphong Muar
Hamburg
Patani (Johore) Tientsin
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EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK- ING CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS— U.S. $4,500,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
39.00 An American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Service in the $18.00 principal Markets of the world,
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REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES |
FREIGHT AND
LONDON SERVICE.
"PERSEUS"
* AENEAS"
29th Apr For Port Said, Mars.. Casablanca,
London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. · 18th May, For Fort Said, Marveilles, London, Rotterdam, 'burg. & Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL SERVION.
"ELPENOR"
THESEUN”
. 20th May, For Port Said, Genoa, Usm,
Liverpool and Glasgow. 2nd Jane, For Port Said, HavIT,
Liverpool an i Glasgow. PACIFIC SERVIÕE (via KOBE & YOKOHAMA) "TYNDAREUS" Bad May, For Victoria, Vancouvor de Hostile. "PROTESILAUS" 99th May, For Victoris, Vancouver à Ecattle.
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CHABE NATIONAL Bank, New Yonx, whoso Total Resources are U.S. $2,800,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
ZAMBOANGA
[Philippia
Inlanda). FOREIGN EXCHANGE and 'General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOatra' received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica. Lipa
A. H. FERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931.
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BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE FOUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Due St. Lazare, Paris.
Frs. Capital, fully paid-up.... 60,000,000 Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 Reserves
The Company offers to intending travellers the use of its, Travelers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of Its thoroughly equipped Travel Department..
Affiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ...... Over G.82,500,000,000
0. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
22,310,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.
BRANCHES :- L'aris Lyons Saigon Tourane Quinhoa Thanh hoa Vinh Peiping Shanghai
Marseilles Haiphong Hanoi
Hong Kong
Hac Prom Penk Tientsin
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banqua de. Paris it des Pays Bas. London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italians.
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the
World.
A. ROLLIN,
Manager. Bong Kong, at July, 1929.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
*HEAD OFFICE:~~
15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.O. 3.
Established 1917.)
HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFFICE:-13, QUEEN's Rv. C.
Authorised Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Luod
$8,000,000, $4,000,000
$4,000,000 $2,525,000
4.
+
Paid-up Reserve Liabilities of
Shareholders... Surplus...
10
11
*
Branches, Agencies and Corres- pondents in the principal cities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE. Head Office: 90, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Fra.72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital... Tra.68,400,000.00 Reserve Fund Frs. 102,000,000.00
BRANCHES : Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Hue Saigon £3,000,000 Cantho Mengisz Shanghai £1,800,000 Canton Nam Dinh Singapore £1,050,000 Djibouti Noumea Thanhan Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,646,500 Fort Bayard Papeeta Tientsin
Manager.
Authorized Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital
NEDERLANDSØHE HANDEL-
MAATJCHAPPIJ, H‚V:-
(NETHERLANDS - TRADING SOCIETY,).
RANKERS
Established 1824.
BANKERS:
THE BANK of Exoland
and
MIDLAND BANK, Lap.
Batavia Bangkok
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Bombay
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
BRANCHES
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang (Kelantan) Port Louis. Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Palang) Rangoon Kuala. Stanghai Lumpur Simla
Calcutta Colombo Delhi Gidrs. 150,000,000- Galle
(£12,500,000.) Hong Kong Paid-Up Capital...Gidra. 80,030,000 Howrah Kuantan Singapore
(20,609,170.) Ipoli Reserve Fund........Gldra. 40,015,000
(£3,334,593.)
Head Office:---Amsterdam.* Eastern Head Office:-Batavia. BBANQUES —–—–Paidfermaida, Basdoang", Bombay, Calcutta, Oberibon, Djembe, loka karia', The Hague', Jiddah, Kobe, Kola-La
Madan, Pa
dang, Palembang, Pekalongan, P mang, Pontianak, Rangoon," Rotter dam Bamirang, Shanghal, bolgs
(Bumátra), - Blëgapore, Boerabada,
aberraria (Solo), Tryal, Titip
and Walterreden”.
377kes offers basa Bife Deposit Bonne Te Zai,
London Bankers- National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
Correspondents all over the world.. Banking Business of every descrip
tion transacted.
A. STOKKINK,
Acting Manager.
[80 Hong Kang, 18th May, 1930.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
HEAD Orries: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currency. Aurnonized CAPITAL...$13,000,000 „Paid-up CAPITAL. ................. 8,045,800 RESERVE FUND 1,100,000
Branches:- CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW,
SWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW "YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, London Bankers:- THE LLOYDA BANK, LTD. Oorrespondenta
Kandy
(Pahang) Sourabaya
Hoka KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Cheques issued. Trustee and Executorships under taken,"
INTEREST allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be ascertained on appli- cation.
C. L. SANDES,
A Manager.
7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 12th Mar., 1931.
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BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
Subscribed Capital.....$25,000,000,00 | Paid-up Capital....................824,710,200,00 Reserve Funds $3,820,503.52
TEAD OFFICE:-SHANGHAI,
....
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our numerous branches
in China and large connections in
Haiphong Peiping Touranc
Hankow Hanoi
Pnom Penh Vinh Pondicherry Yunnanfu
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 Provia- cial and Union Bank of Eng. land, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais
IN NEW YORK; J. P. Morgan & Co.; French-Américao Baoking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York.
¿
Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits accord- ing to arrangement.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Safe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. LECOT,
Manager. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1990. [39
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED
Capital (fully paid Reserve Fund..........Yea 115,000,000
up)
Yon 100,000,000
Head Office: YOKOHAMA.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandrís Honolulu Rio de Batavia. Kai Yuen Derin Karachi Bombay Kobe
Calcutta Canton
Janeiro Rangoon --
London Lyons
Sverabays San Francisco Beattle
Changchun Los Angeles Semarang
Daires
(Delay)
Fongtloa
Manila Shanghai Nagasaki Shimonoseki, Nagoya Singapore
Mukden) Newelwang Bydney
the important commercial centres of Hamburg the world, we are able to extend to Hankow all Principal Cities of the World.our-olients-special-facilities for Harbin Foreign Exchange and Banking domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong
Business of every description transacted.
Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes)
at a Yearly Rental of from 85 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
97)
Manager.
exchange
New York Quako
Peiping
Tientsin
Tokyo..
Tsingtan-
"Interest allowed on Current Ao- We also handle the issue of Bonds | counts.
and other Publio Tunda of the Deposits received for Fixed Chinese Government both at home Periods at rates to be obtained on and abroad.
application.
H. MORI, Manager. Hong Kong, April 11, 1931 (35
SHOU J. CHEN, Manager.
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Across,
31
OLUES.
1.Hero a vehicle and a long range of hille are liable to explode.
DA table
8.—Influence. ́ ́ ́
10.An artist once contrasted this
with impudence. 11.-Where cheese is its reverse. 12,--Turn aside.
13. The task, I think, from personal experience, demands great efforts (hidden). 10.-Games that in pre-War days enst about three ha'pence a dozen containers. 17.-Turn out, 18.This is fairly hard-there's a
Greek letter. 20-Relief-but it sounds harm-
ful to a fruit tree, 22.-None will answer this cor-
rectly, I'm positive. 23-May be quite a good lie. 21.-Pack away.
28.-This may be ni mouth, but it
does not, necessarily, hold a tongue.
20.-Pied.
7.-Shakespeare's Pistol was one. He thought the world was his oyster, and was full of his nubject
9.-There is something darkish about the sound of these edges.
14. In old-time warfare these
were frequently made their own centre.
18.-Hero in a catch, 18.-Again I mislead you. 18.-A man is back in this house
before going on. 19-Indulges in brush work.“ 20-A sharpener.
21. Hang out our banners on
the walls."" Macbeth." 25.-This might be narrow, but
must not be a narrow. 26. This rot is frequently quite
amusing.
97.-Nothing but a lake..`-
The solution will be published to
morrow.
30.-Fine old house, easily built YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
by a Roman. 31.To make this useful one must CAPACITY MOTHEE give it socks-or, at any rate, AB OOA AME 3
one.
Down.
1.- Carve" (anag) 2-This may be a great
Inok.
3-Rise up at the back.
ROEBUCK SUSPECT
MMONPNĚ■PUT-L-E EXIT ENTEE EISE NBE8 ENP NA draw-BEALXR HEIGHT
4. The Cockney's brief descrip-
tion of Hobson's choice.
OBARRIER
FALCON ARMINO B V_E_W.ACE L H
6.--Who caused the bear to be EDGE AGENT DORA
bulgyt
NWA PWAN 61PN DETRACT INSIPID
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