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OMPREHENSIVE AND COM
PLETE REPORT
of the
NEWS OF THE FAR EAST
is given in the
“HONG KONG.
WEEKLY
PRESS,"
THE CHINA OVERLAND
TRADE REPORT."
30 Cents per Copy,
Bubscription, paid in advance- per annum for delivery in Hong Keng $13 including Postage to kry part of the world-$18.
EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
May 19, 1931, ON LONDON
Telegraphic Transfor... 11j Bank Bills, on demand.11 Bank Bills, 4 months'
sight Documents, 4 months'
sight
*** 1/07/10
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Authorised Capita!......850,000,000 Isaucd & Fully Paid-up...820,000,000 Ieserve Funds:--
Sterling..
Silver....................
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,
20, 1931.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS
COMPANY, ING,”
Paid-up Capital'.........., £3,000,000 Surplus Reserve Fund
£4,000,000 Reserves
Agencies and Branches:-
HONG KONG TONGKAH
ALON STAR
BRANGTEL:-
Marusion Blamboul
1953.
05,
Head Office: DROADWAY, New York.
HEAD OFFICE LONDON,
£6,500,000 .810,000,000
Capital
U.S. $3,000,000 U.S.81,579,845
10
U.S.$1,909,200
11
13
18
sight....!
Credits,
.4 months'
11 11/10 *** 1/0 3/18
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors ag
Reserve Liability of Pro-
14
25
.......$20,000,000
prietors.......
£3,000,000
(Mally Heaton) 2010
(Bhuket)
Amsterdam Antwerp Athena Deale Berlin
Dosta
Luserna
Talermo
slaoplangand
Edit bargh LUOT
Thotherdam Home
10
17
Mormo
Genera
Monte Carlo Shanghai
18.
10
AMRITUAL
ΤΟΠ
TANGOON
Biarrits
CHODA
Audis
Besthamp
KARAQUE
BAIGON
Bombay
Glasgow
Waalah
30
HGANG
SEMARANG
Bremen
HEYREA
Montreux Bogapore
20
21
BERENDAN
Brussels
Hamburg
DA
HATES
MON Maples
B). Morita
Tientsin.
KaXOSAR KUALAN
SINGAPORE
Daire
Interlaken
Non
Vienna
2.2
23
21
$5
BOURADAYA TAIPING
Calonta
Jarussion TALD
Pinara
Vanion
Fat Tokohamza
Jaloubo
London
PHLAZE
Zurich
21
20
30
Dopenbares Liverpool
Falplog
ZOKTO
NEW YORK
TRINUTAO
PRIPING
YOKOLAWA
PKKANG
ZAMBOANGA
Nauja
(Philippine
Talanda).
Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS! COMPANY in Principal Cities of United States of America and Canada
$2
30
34
35
ON PARTS:-
Bank Bills, on demand 0021 Credits, 4 months' sight 042) ON NEW YORK:-
Baak Bilis, on demand 23 8/13 Credits, 60 days' sight. 24 11/18 ON BOMBAY :-
Telegraphic Transfor Bauk, on demand...
ON CALCUTTA:
Telegraphie Transfer Bank, on demand....
ON SHANGHAI:-
Bank, at sight
Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. C. G. S. MACKIE,
BANGKOK TEATAVIA DALOUTTA
Chairman BOMBAY
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
Deputy Chairman.
Hon. Mr. W, H. Boll A. H. Compton, Esq. B, Lander Lowis, Esq.
G. Miskin, Esq.
T. E. Pearce, Esq.
J. A. Plummer, Esq."
T. H. R. Slaw. Esq.
FIA
h. 78. 580 din.
J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager::
ON YOKOHAMA :—:
On demand............
479
ON MANILA-On demand.... 47
BRANCHES :-
ON SINGAPORE:-
Amoy
Iloilo
On demand... 417 ON BATAVIA:-On demand. 881. ON HAIPHONG:
Bangkok
Ipoh
Batavia
Jahore
Bombay
Kobe
On-demand
Calcutta
Ayt
80%
Canton Chalon
Kowloon Kuala
Lumpur
Peiping Penang Rangoon Baigon San Fran-
сівсо Shanghai
On demand ...mom SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying
Bate.....
188
Colombo
London Singapore.
Dairen
Lyons
1/et
Foochow
BAR SILVER, por or
Haiphong Manila
ON SALOON:-On demand ON BANGKOK-
GROLI COLONGO DAIREN
DELIS
BAIFIIONG
MAMBURG HANTOR
WARRIN Norb
t
KOUK KUALA
SHANGRIAS
LUMPUR KUCHING MADHAS MANILA
NEDAN
TAVOY TIENTSIN
APPROPRIATE
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and ornamentation has much to do with the pulling power of an advertisement.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
in setting up advertisements aims
at making them as effective as possible by the proper co-ordination of type, "copy" and illustration.
THE
FUNNEL
BLUE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES
FREIGHT AND
- LONDON SERVICE.
-“CALCHAS” 28th May, For Port Baid, Mars., Casablanca.
London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hall. "SARPEDON" 10th June, For Port Said, Marsailles, London, Rotterdam, H'burg, & Glasgow,
LIVERPOOL SERVICE.
"ELFENOR"
"THESEUS"
20th May, For Port Said, Genoa, Haris,
Liverpool and Chinagow. Rod Jass,For Port Bald, Havre,
Liverpool and Glasgow.
PACIFIO SERVICE (ia Kons à YOKOHAMA) "PROTESILAUS" 29th May, For Vistoria, Vancouver & Scattle. 27th Jane, For Victoria, Vancouver & deattle. "IXION"
INWARD SERVICE.
"MERIONES" "PATROULUS"
Dua 21st May, For 8'hai, Moji, Kobe & Y'hana 19th May, For Bhai, Tsingtao, Weiksiwai,
Taku, Chinwangtao & Dálny.
All cargu stemmon with limited passenger accommodation
at specially reduced fares.
For freight, passage rates and information apply to the ndarmentioned....
All bookings are subject to the provisions of the Company's Bills of Lading. •
Butterfield & Swire,
V. M. GRAYBURN, Esq.
Sourabaya Malacca Sungei
Hamburg Muar... Hankow
Patani Tientsin (Johore) Tokyo Harbin Mukden Tsingtao Hongkow New York Yokohama
CURRENT ACCOUNTS oponed in LOCAL CURRENCY and. FIXED .DE- rosirs received for one year or shorter periods in LOCAL CURRENCY and STEALING on terms which will be quoted on application.
Hong Kong. 18th May, 1931. [20
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
HE Business of the above Bank
THE of the the HONG
KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application.
For the Hova KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1830.
[2
EQUITABLE-EASTERN BANK ING CORPORATION. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-
U.B. $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:-- Interest Rates on Application,
This Bank is entirely owned by The NEW NATIONAL BANK, CHARY Yonk, with Resources over U.S. $2,600,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
Manager.
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NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATBOHAPPIJ, N.V. (NETHKELANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824)
'FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica tion.
A. H. FERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931. [30
BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERDE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince'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. 60,000,000 Reserver
BRANGIES:-
All classes of Commercial Bank- ing Transactions underlaken.
Personal investment accounta bandled.
"
The Company offers to intending travellers the use of its "Travelers Cheques and Letters of Credit | and, in addition, the world wide Burvices of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
Affiliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ...... Over G.82,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
22,318,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD
Lyons Marseilles Parie
Haiphong Hanoi Saigon Tourano Quinbon Thanh-hoa Vinh
Huo
Prom Ponh
Peiping Shanghai Tientsin Ilong Koog
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationalo de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas, London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiane
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.
the Correspondents throughout
World.
A. ROLLIN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st July, 1920.
THE MERCANTILE BANK Or · INDIA, LIMITED.
་
HEAD OFFIC→ 15, Gracechurch Street, London, E,C. 3.
Established 1917.)
IIZAD OFFICE SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFFICE :—19, QUEEN'S RD. C.
»
Paid-up Reservo Liabilities of
Shareholders
"
Authorcised Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Issued
$8,000,000 $4,000,000 $1,000,000 $2,820,000 Branches, Agencies and Corres pondents in the principal cities of the world.
Burplus
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 Frs.72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital ... Fra.68,400,000.00 Reservo Fund...Fra.102,000,000,00
BRANCHER:
37
Acrons,
ULUES.
1:-French petrol is an indiapen
sable quality. 4.-Jove! regarded properly
there's a good tip here, B. With a name like this he
must be a farmer. .9.-Obliquely, I ask you, was the
novelist awry? 11.-Droop if you will-but in the
second person singular. 13.-Ornament the top of the boat. 14.-Say, Ted, surely this can be
Lurned asido? 18.-Not the way in which ono
would tackle food if hungry. 17.-A sweetment that will go to nothing if you change the penultimate letter.
18. The wooden part of the
rudder, 20.-More wood Take this easily. 91.-These are indispensable to a
poncher,
24.-How to treat the pancake. 28-Slowly, in time. 30-Ronly it. 31.-In this is want of sufficient
power.
32. Judgment that may be re versed in the heat of temper. 34-A garment seen a long time ago. At present it may be got back to a very consider ablo extent, all the some, 35.A silly place to keep a viper.
1.
8.-Ball-a long, slow one in the
middle. 10-The way, we hear, to compare
by the balance. 12.-Spoken,
14-If you visit this French colony, by sea, you can take the air on the way back, for a change.
18.-A lawyer would have no in-
"
terest in this kind of deed, though there is some basis for thinking that a bakör might, - 18-What was once an- name,
ja now a nickname. 19-Assembled-underground.
She was made to order by 4. complete with box.. 23.—A son of Isaac. - 25-The way in which anyone of 31 might be expected to con- duct his affair A singer who holds only half
the score.
י.
27-Genial enough, but far, from
true in the main. 20-8quarish but not square. 30-Desired greatly.
33. Be spiritless, and made a
poem about it. 24.--Soapy kind of mineral.
The solution will be published morrow.
30.-Out, and come again-to YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
listen. 37.You will attain a certain age ("AN A CHRONISTIC:
before ascertaining this land
measurement, 38.-Bring up.
Down.
1.-Twist. 2-In diented
by Barnum's famous." This way to the Egress."
DIFINED DUNGΙΔΟ LEKO DETTE BOLD LURI D. UA ËВ OLBN_~_ = _TNI OROTUND GENTE EL
FLUSHED PLEE'R 0ẶT
3-8tick to it, but leave after NYIL_RAWA
TUGS ISLAM SPOT your century.. 6.This, I'm afraid,' will not be EL¬B■Y_AME D, I OBAMA TODDLED
socn.
BEATIFICATION
Bangkok
6.-How Americans like their Hong Kong Quinlion
Saigon
drinking water. Authorized Capital £3,000,000 Battambang Huo
Cantho Mengtsz Shanghai 7. This cluo is very feeble. Subscribed Capital...£1,800,000 Canton Nam Dinh Singapore Paid-up Capital £1,050,000
Thanhos Noumea Djibouti Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,060,945 Fort Bayard Papocta Tientsin Haipbong Piping Tourne Hankow Pnom-lanh Vinh
Pondicherry Yunnanfu
BANKERS:
THE BANK OF EXOLAND
and.
MIDLAND BANK, LTD,
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Bangkok
CENTRAL.
Authorised Capital
Batavia
Bombay
Calcutta Colombo Delhi Gallo
BRANCHES:
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang
(Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Pahang) Rangoon Kuala Shanghai
Gldra. 150,000,000- (212,500,000.) Paid-Up Capital...Gidra. 80,030,000 Hong Kong Lumpur Simla
Howrah (20,669,170.)
Ipoh Beserve Fund.......,Gldre. 40,015,000-
Kandy (£3,334,893.)
Head Office:-Amsterdam." Eastern Head Office-Batavia. BRANCHES-landjarmasin, Bandoeng. Bombay,
Calcutta, beribon, Djember, Djoki karte, The Hague, Fiddah, Kube Kotla Makumir, Medan, Pa dang, Palembang. Pekalongan, F
BAN FOOD, Kottar
da",
and Weltevreden”.
Sibolga
(8umatra) Blogapore. Hoerakarta (5010), Tegal, That *Plane offren have daft Depsail Besos Te Jal;
London Bankers: National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip
tion transacted,
A. STOKKINK,
Manager. Hong Kong; 12th May, 1031. [30
THE, BANK OF CANTON, LTD. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currency AUTHORIZED CAPITAL..$11,000,000 8,085,600 PAID-UP CAPITAL
1,100,000 BLESKEVE FUND........
******
Branches:
HANTOW, CANTON, SHANGHAI,
BWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW Youx and BAN FRANCISCO. London Bankers:---- THE LLOYDS BANK, Lrn. ala Correspondents
ail Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Business of every description tramusted
Bato Deposit Boxes (various sizes) sts Yearly Rental of from 35 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN, Manager.
£7)
Напої
BANKEUS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Crodit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Crédit Indus
Société trial et Commercial; Générale.
IN LONDON: The National Provin- cial and Union Bank of Eng- land, Ltd.; Comptoir Nationu! d'Escompto de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais.
Singapore Kuantae
(Pahang) SourabayaIN
HONG KONG BEANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Choques issued.
NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; Franch-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York.
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits accord.
Trustee and Executorships under-ing to arrangement.
taken.
INTEREST allowed on Current A counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be ascertained on appli- cation,
CAL SANDES,
Manager.
7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 29 April, 1931. (20
BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 28, 1028, under special charter of The National Government na an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business: transacted, Safe Deposit Boxes to Ict.
A. BONNAUD,
Manager: Hong Kong, 1st May, 1931.
[32
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
Yen 100,000,000 Resorro Fund. Yen 115,000,000
BANK.
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA, Subscribed Capital $25,000,000.00 BRANCHES AND ÀGENCIES 17: Reserve Fundis.-...... Paid-up Capital. $24,710,900.00 Alexandria Honolulu
$3,690,803.82 Estävla
HEAD OFFICE-SHANGHAI,
Hoxo Kosa BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Kai Yuen Barachi Berlin Bombay
Kobe London Calcotia
Ile de
Janeiro Rangoon
Ban Francisco
* Boombaya
Canton Lyons Boattle Changshuo Los Angeles Semarang
Shanghal Shimonose
Dairen
Tokyo
Manila (Dalay)
Nagasaki Owing to our numerous branches
Fangtion Nagoya Singapore Mukden) Newchwang Sydney in China and large connections in
New York Tisatain the important commercial centres of Hambarg
Osaka the world, we are able to extend to Hankow
Peiping
Tsingtao clients special facilities for Harbin our
Interest allowed on Current Ac domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong exchange.
counts.
received for Fired Deposits Perioda-at-rates to be nkiained on application, on planlamakt
H. MORI, Manager. Hong Kong, April 11, 1931, [35
We also handle the fasue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chinese Government both at home and abroad.
SHOU: JOHEN,
Manager...
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THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
ESTABLISHED 1918.
HEAD OFFICE:
10, Des Voeux Road, Central, HONG KONG, DES
CAPITALI AND SURPLUS TOTAL RESOURCES ..
OVER H. 88,000,000,00 07 H:830,000,000.00
Every description of Banking Accounts and Exchange business transnoted.
Current and Fitod Deposit Accounts In Local and For Darranoles opened for Olienta
Savings Ascount and Safe Deposit Boxes. Branches and Agenciou all over the world.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
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