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May 18, 1031. ON LONDON:
Telegraphic Transfor... 11 Bank Bills, on demand 111 Bank Bille, 4 months'
sights Oredita, 4 months'
11 13/10
sight
1/0 7/10
Documents,
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BANQUE PRANDO-OHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE:
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C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
**28,319,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD#}
BRANCHES :- Parin Lyons Marseilles HONG KONG SAVINGS 'BANK. | Saigon Haiphong Hanoi
Tourana Quinhon - Hue Thanh-hon Vinh' Pnom Penh
Tientsin
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For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CONFORATION, V, M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1930.
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EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION,
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-,
U.S. 84,700,000...
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE, STREET,
NEW YORK.
An American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world, Interest Rates on Application.
This Bank is entirely owned by Ta
CHASE NATIONAL BAXX, NEW YORK, with Resources over U.9. $2,600,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
Manager.
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·NEDERLANDSOHE HANDEL. MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TEADING BOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824.
Feiping Ehanghai
Hong Kong
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale do Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas London Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchango Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- mercialo Italiana
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San Francisco: Bank of Italy,
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout
World.
the
A. ROLLIN,
Manager. Hong Kong, 1st July, 1820.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE:---
16, Gracechurch Street, London, EO. 3
Authorized Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital
£3,000,000
Established 1917.)
HEAD OFFICE.;--SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFFICE:-13, QUEEN RD. C.
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Authorised Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Issued
$8,000,000 $4,000,000
$5,000,000 $2,620,000
Pald-up Resorve Liabilities of
Shareholder
Burplus
Branches Agencies and Corres- pondents in the principal cities ol the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transmetod. TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,
Head Office:
90, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Frs 72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital Fra.88,400,000.00 Reserve Fund....Fra. 102,000,000.00
BRANOTES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Huo Saigon £1,800,000 Cantho Mengtst Shanghai
Canton. Nam Dinh Singapore
Noumea Thanhoa Djibouti Fort Bayard Papocte Tientsin Haiphong Peiping Tourane Hankow Phom Penh Vịnh Hanoi Pondicherry Yunsaafu
.....£1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,888,645-
Batavia
BANTERS:
THE BANK OF ENGLAND and
MIDLAND BANE, Ltd.
BEANCHES: Karnchi Madrus
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Bangkok, Kota Bharu Now York
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
Bombay Calcutta Colombo
Delhi Galle
Gldrs. 150,000,000- (£12,500,000.) Paid-Up Capital...Gldra. 80,030,000 Hong Kong
Howrah (£6,609,170.) Reserve Fund........Gidrs 40,015,000 Ipoh
(£3,334,683.) Kandy
Head Ofco:-Amsterdam." Eastern Head Offes:-Batavia. BRANCHES-Bardasin, Bandorng, Hombay,
Qaloutta, Cheribon, Djember, Djohja karta', Zhe flagon", Jidai, kada KotaBadja, Maknutar, Medan, Pe
Kuala Krai Penang'
(Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius)
(Pahang) Rangoon Kuala Shanghai Lumpur Simla
Kuantan
Singapore (Pahang) Sourabaya
HONG KONG BRANCH! Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Cheques issued.
BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte da Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque do 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.
Trustee and Bzecutorships under-ing to arrangement.
dang.. Palembang, Rekalongan, Ptaken. pang Pontianak, Bangoon) Hotter
dam", Bamarang, Shanghai, Bibolg (Bamstra), Bingapore, Bourahan,
Interest allowed on Current Aç- counts and Fixed Deposits accord-
Every description of Banking and INTEREST allowed on Current Ae-Exchange Business transacted.
Safe Deposit Boxes to let. counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates
A. BONNAUD,
Manager. Hong Kong, to May, 1031, (32
¡eation.
C. L. SANDES,
Manager.
7, Queen's Road Central,.
Hong Kong, 29th April, 1931.
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Dourakarta (Hold), Zegal, plakja? that may be ascertained on appli- and Wallærreden. *These fires have Bafs Daysali Bones Te tak,
London Bankers: National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descríp.
tion transacted.
A. STOKKINK,
Manager. Hong Kong, 12th May, 1931. [30
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
HEAD OFICE: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currency AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000 PAID-OF CAPITAL 8,635,600 RESERVE FUND 1,100,000
Branches:
CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW, SWATOW, BANGKOż, NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO. London Bankera:- THE LLOYDS BANE, LTD. Correspondents
all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Business of every description transacted.
Safe Deposit Boxes (xarinus sites) at a Yearly Rental of from $5 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
87)
Manager::
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, IMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
·BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 20, 1028, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Reserve Fund
BANK.
Yan 100,000,000 Ten 115,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA.
BRANODES AND AGENCIES AT: Alexandris Hanglala
Subscribed Capital......$25,000,000,00 Reserve Funds ........... 83,820,503.82 Batavia Faid-up Capital....................... $24,710,200.00
HEAD. OFFICE:-SHANGHAL.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Bio de
Berlin
Kai Yuen Karachi
Janeiro Rangoon
Bombay
Kobe
Boerabaya
Calcutta
London
Canton Lyons
Nan Francisco Beattie Changchun - Los Angeles Samarang Dairen
Manil
Shanghai
Bingapore
Owing to our numerous branches Fangtion Nagoya
(Dalby) Nagasaki Shimonoseks
in China and large connections in (Mukdon) Newchwang Bydney the important commercial centres of Hamburg New York Tiantain the world, we are able to extend to Hankow Oak
Tokyo our clients special facilities for Harbin
Peiping domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong
Interest allowed on. Current As exchange.
We also handle the issue of Bonds counts. and other Public Funds of the both at home Chinese Government both
q... and abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN,:
Manager:
Taingtoo
Deposits received for Fixed Periods At Fatsa to be obtained du application.
́II. MOLI, Manager, Hong Kong, April 11, 1931.
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Across, 1.--Untrue to period.
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CLUES.
"A duty is no sooner than it becomes binding on one."--Emerson's Esanys.
10.-- A famous work by Alexander
Popo, 11-What the bootmaker did on the first occasion resembles in sound what, the cobbler did on the list.
12-Ghastly palo.
10
7.-Turn Tim round and let him
help to copy
6. Disconcerted,
notwithstand. ing the presence of the sweet. little thing.
10-Run down.
14.-Like tire brush of a fox, 18-An unpleasant expression. 19.-To take tio glove from-but
20.
the solver requires a glove. This side is the femalo side, and it carrica a good support.
13-This horse embodies as least 21.-Although a bronte atatuo is
one good point,
10.-Imposing
though round
after nothing 17.-A common little gentleman, nasisted by a fish, presents an appearance valued in Vic- torian days, 18.-Reddened.
21. At the seaside he frequently talks the second part on the first in the summer. 23-Pulls for the bont-not for
the shore.
easily enough moulded, it would be very misleading to describe it as this, 22-You must take a pal to this
Italian town. 20.-Break this and have some- thing to cat before lunch.
27. Tidy up and put it down.
The solution will be published to- morrow.
24.-The whole. Mohammadan YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
world.
25.-Found on a billiard ball.
-An illuminated picture show
never shown - nowadays. 2.—Walked with short steps. - ·- 30,-"If I notice a bat" that will suit you, Tommy, I will buy it, and you will be in a state a great happiness (anag.).
Down. -Four or this stars on screen
and stage.
3. Two are worth a penny...
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4-This will contributo in the 14 ■0 ~8 UGA ELEVEN end, though it sounds rather TWELYE VICIN■A" an unusual colour for the NIT FLAMINGU Cockney's, dog.
5.-Even Homer may be some-
timed 'caught thus.
6. This is despatched; a perfect
rhyme for 3.
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