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MALAY
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This Large Volume of approximate- ly 2,200 Pages gives, in addition to the Usual Laste of Firms, an Alphabetical Lists of Residents in the Far East containing the Names of nearly
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CLASSIFIED LIST
от
MERCHANTS,
AND
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for the whole of the Far East. arranged, with addresses, in alphabetical order.
Alphabetical lists of Cable
Addresses
List of Agencies held by
Far Eastern firms.
EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
May 11, 1831,
ON PANTS:
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS," TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1931.
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI | CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital 850,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-up...820,000,000 Raservo Funds:
HEAD OFFICE: HONG' KoNo.
Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. C., O. S. MACKIE,
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,
1853,
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS
COMPANY, INC..
Head Office:
05, BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Capital £3,000,000 Surplus ....£4,000,000 Reserves
Agencies and Branches:- ALOR STAK HONG KONG TONGMAN
· (Kalny Statoo) · ILOILO AMRITSAR BAXOKOK
U.S.84,000,000 U.S.81,872,045. U.S.81,003,209
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
DON LONDON: --
Telegraphic Transfer... 11 Rank Dills, on demand 114 Bank Bills, 4 months'
Sterling Silver
sepe
£0,300,000 810,000,000
Paid-up Capital
11
Reserve, Fund
Credits,
sight......
sight.....
11 13/10
A months'
Reserve Liability of Pró-
prietors
.820,000,000
Reservo Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000
BRANCHES:
19
13
1/07/16
Documents, 4. months'
Arianda Antwerp Athro
Constan LUOITTE
Palermo
kaople LagaIO Rotterdam
14
16
14
17 18
10
20
Edinburgh LAZIO
ilato
sight
1/0 0/10
Полное
Harrelliag Starpbou!
(Bhuka) Flexito
Ünars
Monte Carlo Shanghai
BANGDON BAIGON
Blarrite
Genna
nambay
Glasgow
Manlis Bouthamp Mugioh
ton
BEMARANG
Hraman
Havana
Hantroux Bingapore
21
SKREMDAN
Brussels Hamborg
BHANGHAI BINGATHIE
BOUNABATA
Chiro Interiskan Oxicita
TAIPING
(M.B.) TÁVOT TIENTSIN
Colombo
Jaruslom Lida London
Ma Napisa Ким Mi
Bi. Merits
Theatro
Vista
Venlos
PATIE
Tokobama
Capenaren Liverpass,
Penang Potpl
Zurich
ma
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25
28
20
Branches of AMERICAN Express COMPANY in Principal Cities of United States of America and Canada,
30
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Bank Bills, on demand 0074 Credits, 4 months' sight G171, ON NEW YORK:~~~
Bank Bills, on demand 23. 18/16 Credits, 60 days' sight. 24 15/16 ON BOMBAY :—
Telegraphic Transfer Bank, on demand.x
ON CALCUTTA : ----
Telegraphie Transfer ask
Bank, on demand ..
ON SHANGHAI:--
Bank, at sight...
On YoXOBAMA
'T, 771 J+ + lis
**** On demand onçon" ON. MANILA-On demand.... 47. ON SINGAPORE:-
Chairman.
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
Deputy Chairman.
W. H. Bell, Esq. A. H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lewis, Esq.
G. Miskin, Esq.
T. E. Pearce, Eng.
J. A. Plummer, Esq.
T. H. R. Shaw, Esq.
J. 1 Warren, Esq.
Chief Manager
V. M. GRAYBURN, Esq.
Peiping
BRANCHES :-
Amoy
Iloilo
On demand
42
Bangkok
Ipoh
Pensag
ON BATAVIA:-On densand. nog
Batavia
Joliere.
Rangoon
| ON HAIPHONG :--
Bombay
Kobe
Saigon
On demand
Calcutia
Kowloon
San Fran
ON BAIGON:
On demand
Chuton
Kuala
cisco
ON BANGKOK-
Cheloo
Lumpur
Shanghai
183
Colombo
London
Bingapore
Dairon Lyons
Sourabaya
/명
Foochow
Malacca
Sungei
134
Haiphong Manila
Patani
Hamburg Muar
Tientsin
On demand... SOVEBEIONS, Bank's Buying
Ráte
BAR SILVER, per oz.
LOCAL MAPS
Peak District, .
Kowloon,
Victoria,
New Territories.
Hankow (Johore) Tokyo Harbin Hongkow
Mukden Tsingtao New York
Yokohama
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Local CURRENCY and FIXED DE POSITE received for ono year or shorter periods in LouLL CURRENCY and STEALING on terms which will be quoted on application.
Hong Kong, let May, 1931.
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ATAVIA
MONDAY DALCUTTA
UANTUN DAWXPOBE OZIV ODLOMBO DAIBER
DELHI HASPHONG HAMBURG
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TPOR
KABACIL
•KLANG
KOME BUALA
HANGRAL KUALA
LUMPUR KUOTING
7. MADRAS
MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
TEIFINO
PENANG
Maschuria)
MANKOW KARBIN
(North
TOKYO
TRINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
ZAMBOANGA (Philippine
Telander FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSIT received for one year or aborter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica *tion.
A. II. FERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931.
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BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Princo's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE
74, Rue St. Lazare, Paris.
Frs. Capital, fully paid-up ........ 50,000,000 Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 Reserves
Barys Aires Havre
All classes of Commercial Bank-) ing Transactions undertaken.
Personal handled.
investment Accounta
The Company offers to intending travellers the use of its "Travelers Chequer" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of ita thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
Affiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ... Over 6.82,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
22,319,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.;
Marseillos
BRANCHES --- Paris Lyons HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK: | Saigon Haphong Hanoi,
Tourane Quinhon
THE Business of the above Bank Thanh-hoa Vinh
Huo
Prom Penk
WONGKONG DAILY PRESS. Tis conducted by the HONG Peiping Shanghai. Tientsin
DON'T LEAVE HONG KONG
without giving in
Order
the for Weekly Pren ka be sent to your
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Address for
| THREE MONTHS
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11, Ice House Street,
Hong Kong.
THE
11. Ice House Street.
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST | PASSENGER SERVICES |
FREIGHT AND
LONDON SERVICE. "AENEAS"
"CALCHAS"
12th May, For Port Sail, Marsailles, London, Rotterdam, H'burg. & Glasgow, 26th May, For Port Said, Mars.. Casablanca.
London, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
....
LIVERPOOL SERVICE. "ELPENOR" 20th May, For Fort Said, Genos, Hayit,
Liverpool and Glasgow. 2nd June, For Port Said, Havre, “THESEUS “
Liverpool and Glasgow,
PACIFIC SERVICE (via KOB#& YOKOHAMA) "PROTESILAUS" 29th May, For Vistória, Tancouver & Beattle. 27th June, For Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle. "IXION"
INWARD SERVICE.
Dne 18th May, For 8'hai., Moji, Kobe & Y'hama, "DIOMED" "MERIONES" 2tad Moy, For S'hal, Moji, Kobo & Y'hama.
All cargo stommasta with limited passenger socommodation at specially reduced fares.
For freight, pastags rates and information apply to the undermentioned,
All bookings aro subject to the provisions of the Company's Hills of Lading.
Butterfield & Swire,
Agents,
KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application.
For the Hoxa KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, 'V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 18th July, 1930,
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EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND NURPLUS- U.S. $4,700,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK,
An American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Intorast lotos on Application.
This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK, New Yonk, with Resources over" U.S. $2,600,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
28]
Manager.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-
MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V..
(NETHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824.
Hong Kong
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. Lot loa: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciala Italiana.
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout
World.
the
A. ROLLIN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st July, 1029.
Established 1917.)
Hean Orvice :--SINGAPORE. BONG KONG OFFICE :—13, QUEEN'S RD. C.
#
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Authorcised Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Issued
$8,000,000 Paid-up
$4,000,000 Resorvo Liabilities of
Shareholders Burplus
17
31.
$4,000,000 $2,520,000
Branches, Agencies and Corres- pondents in the principal cities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOI,
11
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE. Head Office:
·00, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris,
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Subscribed Capital Fra.72,000,000.00
INDIA, LIMITED.
'HEAD OFFIC:-
15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. 3.
Authorized Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital
"
Paid-up Capital ... Fra.68,400,000,00 Reserve Fund....Fra. 102,000,000.00
BRANCHES :
Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang. Hue Saigon
23,000,000|Cantho Meagtsz Shanghai £1,800,000 Canton, NamDinh Singapore £1,050,000 Djibouti Noumea Thành c Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,600,845 Fort Bayard Papeete Tientsin
BANKERS:
THR BANK OF ENGLAND
Batavia
and
MIDLAND BANK, LTD.
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Bangkok
CENTRAL
Authorized' Capital
Borabay Calcutta Colombo Gidra, 150,000,000 Delhi (£12,500,000.) Galle
Paid-Up Capital...Gidra 80,030,000 Hong Kong
Howrah (£6,639,170.) Reserve Fund,.....Gldre 40,018,000 Ipoù
(£3,334,593,) Kandy
Head Office:--Amsterdam. Easter Head Office:-Batavia. BRANCHES and Jermads, Dandong, Bombay,
BRANCHLES:
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang (Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Pabang) Rangoon Kuala Shanghai Lumpur Simla Kuantan Singapore (Pahang) Sourabays
HONG KOxo BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Cheques issued. Trustee and Executorships under
Calcutta Cheribon, Djember. Dioxi karla, The Lagus", Jiddah, Kobe, Kaina Makamár, Modan, I'm dang, Palembang, Pekalongan, Petaken. baby, Pontianak, Bassoon, Rotter. dam, Bamarang, night, Bitolgs (Sumaira), Blogsport, Borra
INTEREST allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates Hoerakarta (Solo), Ergal, Tap that may be ascertained on appli» **AstroAcsa kase Bafe Deposit Bonus Tv Zot,
and Waitarredan®,
London Bankers:- National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondents all over the worl. Banking Business of every descrip
tion transacted.
A. STOKKINK,
Acting Manager, Hong Kong, 18th May, 1030, [30
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Hep Orrick: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currency, Authorized CAPITAL...$11,000,000 8,065,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL ...... RESERVE FUND 1,100,000 Branches :-
CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW, SWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCOo, London Bankers:- THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD, Correspondents
all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Business of every description transacted."
Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) Yearly Rental of from 85 to d then the ad LOOK POONG SHAN, Manager.
$10.
97)
Ication.
C. L. SANDES,
Manager. 7, Queen's Road Contral,
Hong Kong, 29th April, 1031.
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BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Haiphong Poiping
Socrate Hankow Pnom Penh Vinh Hanoi 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 Provin- cial and Union Bank of Eng- land, Ltd.; Comptoir National 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 Deposits accord- ing to arrangement,
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Bafe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. BONNAUÐ,
Manager. Hong Kong, 1st May, 1981. [32
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
IMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
Yan 100,000,000 Reserve Fund ..........Yen 115,000,000 |
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandria Honolulu $3,620,503.82 Baterio
BANK:
Subscribed Capital... $25,000,000,00 Paid-up Capital.....$24,710,500.00 Reserve Funda
HEAD OFFICE :—SHANGWAY.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
.4, Queen's Road Central,
Owing to our numerous branches
Berlin
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CLUES.
Across 1This will send you to sleep
and you've only just started! 9.-An insert partly absorbed by a mythical monster is of tho the utmost importance. to Fire Brigade. 10.-Vegetable?
1-As Agag walked, so this ons
enis.
This thing is a close squeak -nearly. 14-Cut fine to start with, it winds up undor control and, altogether, irritated. 17-money-lender who lost his
21.-Nevertheless a corn on the
ear would he acquired thús. 24-A formal deed that includes
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15-A porlod remarkable for im-
portant events. 18-One who pulls, well above
tho bailching, 18-You may take this into the
wher-you certainly can't. take it out, but...... 18.-You may take water out with
this. Even a Ind can help,' 20-8till dealing with water:
you may take this on it, and get it out of the ocean. 9-Younger sons. 23.-To arrange, a species 24.-Hot.
25.-Describes o figure that is not
Euclidean. 20.-Famous International hats-
man and bowler. 27.An American centre.
20-What the waves did not on 28.--Take this up and wrap it
Canute's instructions.
30.-Shade of yellow.
31-1 misrepresent when I any that a copper is a legal
wrong.
32-Dinrespectful.
round. 29.-Exercises of a very boring
nature
The solution will be published to-
..morrow.
39-Twisting, partly, turned
, round is rot. 34.-Disturbances that are als
discasca
Down.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
TENNYSON RANSOM
RENNANT RECRUIT
1. That's the ticket for any [H_B_K_P_PORT_Y
time of year. 2-A dwelling by the side of an Italian river may be quite strong, though temporary. 3-Relating to a race,
ONE RIO■H DE ALSO DOWSE 8EXI T■IV NEEE NG
4.--Ran down to see Florence E 8 BAY A■ POETIA
married.
mouth.
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d. Singularity.
word
of
8′′TTLE ATIKRING TABLE'S HWASTIL
ANESTIMENNY_P
7. His golden voice brought NO ON RURAL O P, A L
him a golden return.
8.-A band of marked colour, A 18 EN 1 G|BAVTo un
but if the colour is anything
like 30. undesirable in charBOTENE OMA DAMPER PATRONÀL
ncter.
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THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
ESTABLISHED 1918,
HEAD OFFICE:
10, Des Voeux Road, Central,
HONG KONG,
OVER H. 88,000,000.00 ***O* H.830,000,000.00 Every description of Banking Accounts and Exchange business
Kai Yuon Karachi Bombay Kobe
tio de
Janeiro Rangoon Soerabaya
CAPITALI AND SURPLUS; TOTAL RESOURCES ..
San Francisco Beatllo
Caleutia London
Canton Lyon
Changchun Los Angeles Semarang Dalrea
(DaIDy) Nagasaki Fangtien
Shangha Shimonosek Nagoya Singapore New York Олака Peiping Taingino
Tientsin Tokyo
in China and large connections in (Makdon) Newchwang Bydney the important commercial centres of Hamburg the world, wo are able to extend to Usakow our clients special facilities for Harbin domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong exchange.
Interest allowed on Current Ao
We also handle the issue of Bonds counts.
Deposita received for Fixed and other Public Funds of the Chinese Government both at home Periods at rates to be obtained on and abroad.pplication
SHOU J. CHEN. Manager,
H. MORI, Manager. Hong Kong, April 11, 1931.
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Carrent and Fixed Deposit Accommia in Loval and Foreign Currencies opened for Olenta,
„Bavinge“ Amount“ and Safe Deposit Boxes. Branches and Agencies all over the world,
KAN TONG FO,
Chief Manager,
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