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COMPREHENSIVE AND COM
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NEWS OF THE FAR EAST
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"HONG KONG
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PRESS,"
THE CHINA OVERLAND
TRADE REPORT."
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EXCHANGE.
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Juvo 1, 1931. UN LONDON:-
Telegraphie Transfer... 11 Bank Bills, on demand 11 Bank Bills, 4 months'
sight
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931.
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital ......$50,000,000.| Issued & Fully Paid-up...820,000,000 | Reserve Funds:
Storling Silver
UHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA AND OHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS
COMPANY, INC. .
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital £3,000,000 Surplus ........£4,000,000 Reserves Roservo Fund
£6,000,000 20,000,000
Credits,
sight
..... 17 1/10 months'.
11 11/10
Reservo Liability of Pro-
prietors
.$20,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro
prietors
Documents, 4 months'
sight
11 13/16
ON PARIS:
Bank Bills, on demand-874 Credits, 4 months' sight (10 ON NEW YORK:-
Bank Bille, ou dumnad £8,618. Credita, 60 days' sight. 13 7/10 OS BOMBAY
Telegraphie Transfer Bank, on demand...
ON CALCUTTA : ---
Telegraphie Transfer
ON SHANGHAI I
61.
HEAD OFFICE: HONG Kuxa,
Board of Directors: - Hon. Mr. C G. S. MACKIE,
Chairman. Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:-
HONG KONG AIMARANO
ALOR STAR
KARACH KLAND
(Malay Stato) ILOILO AMETISAN ЛАМСКОК MATAVIA BOMBAY DALOUTTA
Ifsad Offic
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
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05, ROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Capital
....... U.S.88,000,000 U.S.81,572,545 U.S.81,008,209
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10
11
BRANCHES :-
12
Hottaniam
13
14
Ammerdam Canis Antworp Athens
Berlin Diarity Bombay, Promen
Bainbr
Lucerns Palerm tinople Ingano
fuar Karnitine Stamboul Borla Carlo thienhai Manila Bout Camp
GUDETA
Munich Mentrout Singapore
FERIE
Deputy Chairman.
Hon. Mr. W. H. Boll A. H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lewis, Esq.
G. Miskin, Esq.
T. E. Pearce, Eng.
3. A. Plummer, Esq.
T. H. R. Shaw, Esq.
J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager:
V. M. GRAYBURN, Esq.
BRANCHER
Bank, on demand
JBF
Bank, at sight ...
30%dis.
Os YOKOHAMA 1--
On demand
461
OS MANILA-On demand.... 447
ON SINGAPORE:~
Amoy
Iloilo
On demand.............. 991 OX BATAVIA:On demand. 55) ON HAIPHONG
Bangkok
Ipoh
Batavia
Johore
Bombay
Kobe
Saigon
Calcutta
Canter. Cheloo
Kowloos Kuala
San Fran.
cisco
Lumpur
Shanghai
Singapore
On demandante. ON SAIGON: Ou demand ON BANGKOK:
On demand 195 SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying
Ratesia, BAR SILVER, por OL
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appropriate type
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
Peiping Penang Rangoon
Colombo
London Dairen
Lyons
Bourabaya Foochow Malacca
Sungei
Patani 12 3/16 Haiphong Manila
Hamburg Muar Tientain Hankow (Johore) Tokyo- Harbia Mukden Taingtao Hongkow, New York Yokohama
BLUE FUNNEL
REGULAR AND FAST /PASSENGER SERVICES
FREIGHT AND
LONDON SERVICE,
"SARPEDON" 19th Jans. For Port Bail, Marseilles, London, Fotterdam, 'burg, & Glasgow. "ACHILLES" 23rd June, For Fort Said, Mars., Casablanca,
London, Rotterdam & Hamburg,
LIVERPOOL SERVICE,
"THESEUN" Zad Juas, For Port Said, Liverpool,
Bayre and langʊw, "MERIONES". 21el Jans, For Port Said, Genoa, Liverpool, Havra and Glasgow.
PACIFIC SERVICE (vis KOBE & YOKOHAMA); "IXION 27th June, Tor Victorio, Vancouver & Festtla. "TYNDAREUS" 25th July, For Vistoria, Vancouvera Beattis.
Dan
*INWARD SERVICE. "AUTOMEDON" 6th June, 29, Maji, Kobe & Y'hama.
9th June, From New York. "DARDANUS"
All cargo steamon with, limited passenger mesominadabing
at specially reduced, faros.
Yor freight, passage rates and information apply to the undermestioned.
*
All bookings are object to the provisions of the Company's- Bill of Lading, pada
Butterfeld & Swire,
Agonis.",
CURRENT
opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DE
ACCOUNTS
POSITS received for one
yen or
ANTON DAWNPORE
COLOMBO DAHLEN DELIII HAIPHONG KLAMBUNG HANKOW HARBIN
Worth
KUALA
HANGBAR KUALA
LUMPUR KUCHN MADILAS MANILA HEDAN NEW YORK PEIFING PENANG RANGOON
Manchuria) BAIGON
SEREMBAN BHANOITAI BINGAPORE SITIAWAN BOUKADANA' TAIPING
(7.34.8.) TAVOY TIENTSIN TOKYO TONGKAH
(Ithuket) TAINDTAO TOKOHAMA ZAMBOANGA
{Pallipe
Telande).
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXKU DEPOSITS received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica
tion,
J. STUART, Acting Manager. Hong Kong, 28th May, 1031.
BANQUE. FRÀN CO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE. (Incorporated in France). Princo's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Ruo St. Luzare, Paria.
Fri
30
shorter periods in LOCAL CURRENCY Capital, fully paid-up... 50,000,000 and STERLING on terms which will
be quoted on application..
Hong Kong, 18th May, 1931. [20
HIRVAGA Liambary
Interlake
Buenos Aires Harre
Dalcalts
Colombo
Losdon
Haplos
Pinasa
Pati
Sil. Morita Tiantain Tianna Teleg Tokohato
Prang Zuric
Dapenbaren Liverpool Peiping
Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY in Principal Cities of United States of America Canada.
and
All classes of Commercial Bank- ing Transactions undertaken..
Personal investment Account handled.
The Company offers to intending travellers the use of its "Traveleri Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
Affliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources Over G.82,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
Special Working Capital: 50,000,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD
Reserves..
www. BRANCHES :- Paris Lyons
22,319,000
Marseilles
HONG KONG SAVINGS BAKE. || Saigon Haiphong Hanoi
THE
10€ Business of the above Bank
is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application.
For tho' HONG KONG & SHANOM
BANKING CORPORATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1930.
Tourano Quinhon Hue Thanh-hoaVinh
Pnom Penh Peiping Shanghai Tientsin-
Hong Kong .
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque National do Crédit Banque de Paris et des Paya Bas. London: Midland Bank, Ltd. (New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiana
EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS- U.S. 84,700,000,
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
the
An American Bank offering complets Foreign Banking Sorvico in principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.
This Rank is entirely owned by Tat CITARE NATIONAL BANK, Naw Yonk with Remarces over BB. $2,800,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
Manager.
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NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(KETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824.
San Francisco: Bank of Italy,
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the
World,
* A. ROLLIN,
Manager. Hong Kong, 1st July, 1929.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE:-
15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. a.
Established 1917.).
HEAD OPTICE-SINGAPORE. Jóng Kona OFFICE :—13, QUEEN'S RD. C.
"
"
Authorcived Capital...Straits $20,000,000 Issued
$8,000,000 Pald-up
$4,000,000 Resorve Liabilities of
Shareholders
. $4,000,000 Surplus ........
$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 HOO1,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, ' Head Office:.
03, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.
17
18
19 20
21
30
21
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20
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Across
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OLUES.
3-The opposite of output. B-Caprices which help the travelling showman to make a-living.
1
"That wretched tune
me." Yes. I heard you murdering it yesterday,"
10. You see through this, of
...course,
V-form.
11. Part of a naval officer's uni- 12-Only, hall a Norman, and
· . . .
not. 13-Unbealthy, or make an offer
to wind up.
1. In this position you get the bird, but after 13 across it is the wrong outlook on life, 17. Another bird.. The tail of this one is very fat and sticks out of a shady path. 10-A gentleman who is, to a very great extent, confined to his room.
-Why applaud.in front of the gint I admit it is intended to gain applause. -Here we have the strange sight of a fowl which is, com- paratively speaking, a dog. 20.--I join, a foreign friend at the end of the morning. 30.-
theel Ay, the poor. ghost, While memory holds a seat in this distracted globe." -"Hamlet." 31-After a period, age brings
this condition, about. 32-Sounds rather like a inceze,
but that's pretty thin. 33-This one wouldn't be much worse off without a head, but give him another and he's quite a dog. 31. This one's correct anyhow,
Down.
Subscribed Capital Frs. 72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital Frs.88,400,000.00
1-In the airy manner of a Reserto Fund... Frs. 102,000,000.00.-One who has a great liking
musician.
£1,800,000 Canton £1,050,000
Djibouti
BRANCHES: Bangkok llong Kong Quinhen Battambang Hue £2,000,000 Cunthe
Saigon Stranghai
Mengtsz
NamDinh Singapore
Noumen
Thanhoa Tientsin
Authorized Capital Subscribed Capital...... Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,000,845 Fort Bayard Papeete
Batavia
BANKERS:
fus BANK OF ENGLAND
and
MIDLAND BANE, Ltd.
BRANCHES: Karachi Madras
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S BD Bangkok Kota Bharu New York
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
Bombay Calcutta
Colombo.
Gldra. 150,000,000 Delhi (£12,500,000.) Galle
Paid-Up Capital...Oldrs 90,030,000 Hong Kong
(20,609,170.) Howrah
Reserve Fund........Oldra 40,018,000- Ipab,
(23,334,083) Kandy.
Head Office-Amsterdam.* Eastern Head Oce:-Batavia, BRANDS-Bandjemait Bandseng, Bombay,
Calcutta, Oberon, Diember, D{oljs karta". The Hague”, Jiddah, Kube Kota Iladja, Makasar, Kedah, Par dang, Palembang, Pekalongan, Pr- D&D Postluk, Hangoon, Bower data, Samarsig, Shanghai, Elboles (Sumates),
Sourakarta (10), Tegal,
Singapore, Boerall
and Wolterrein, *Therefore have Saft Dipovit Boner Jo Lej
London Bankere:- National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
Correspondents all over the world. Banking Busincas of every descrip
tion transacted.
A. STOKKINE,"
Manager. Hong Kong, 12th May, 1931. 30
THE BANK OF JANTON, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currenty.
Authorized Capital....811,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL... 8,605,800 BELLVE FUND 1,100,000 Branches- CANTON, SHANDAT, HANKOW, SWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW YORK and Say Francisco,
London Bankers :- THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD.. Correspondents
Kuala Krai Penang
Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Pahang) Bungoon. Kuala Shanghai Lurapur Bimla Kuantan Singapore (Pahang) Sourabaya
Haiphong Peiping Tourane
Poom-Penh Vinit Pondicherry Yunnanfa
Hankow Hanoi
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.
HONG KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and
Interest allowed on Current Ac- Exchange Business transacted.
counts and Fixed Deposits accord- Travellers Cheques issued. Trustee and Executorships under-ing to arrangement.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted."
Safe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. EONNAUD,
Manager, Hong Kong, lat May, 1931.
taken.
INTEREST allowed on Current Ac that may be ascertained on appli- canta and Fixed Deposits at Rates
cation.
C. L SANDES,
Manager.
7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 20th April, 1031.
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·BANK OF CHINA,
Reorganized October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an, INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE.
BANK,
Reserve Funds:
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THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
Reserve Fund
Yon 100,000,000 Yen 115,000,000
Subscribed- Capital......$25,000,000,00 Paid-up Capital $24,710,900.00 $3,820,503.82
Head Orice:- SHANGHAI,
HONG KONG BRANCH:
Lyons
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT! Alexandria Honolulu
atavia
Kai Yuen Karachi Bombay Кове Calcutta London Canton
Rio de
4, Queen's Rund Central.
Owing to our numeroia branches
Berlin
Changelin
Dairen
Osak
Janeiro Rangoon
'Boorsbay
2an Francisco Beattlo
Tokyo
ix China and large connections in (Mukden). Nowchwang - Sydney. the important commercial centres of Hamburg the world, we are able to extend to lankow. all Principal Cities of the World. our clients special facilities for Harbin Foreign Exchange and Banking domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong
Businessof every description.exchange. transacted.
Los Angeles Semarang Marilla Shanghai (Daing) Nagasaki Shimonosel Feogtien
Nagoya Blogapore
New York Tantsin
Palping:
Talogtan
Interest allowed on Current Ao-
Fixed Periods at rates to be obtained ba application
H. MORI, Manager. Hong Kong, April 11, 1031..
We also handle the issue of Bonds counts, Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) and other Public Funds of the Deposits received for
at Yearly-Renial of from 15 to Chiness Government both at home
and abroadt LOOK POONG SHAN..
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Managar.
BHOU 7. CHEN,
Manager.
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Raines group of triangular, affair. 7-Having looked closely, you will, undoubtedly, see the weed..
13-Copy, this.
15-Mako hay after this and enjoy
a good yarn. 16. Come in. ·
18-Something done, in fact. 20.-Don't lose you head, or there
may be an accident. You go wrat in any ense.
21-Change the second letter and
take a reat from your daily work, 22-Baving, 24-If you read it up you find
the measure you must take twice to get the area. g5.--Conversational courtesy which
costs nothing and is sure to delight: 20-A depressed' bnt resilient com-
madity. 28-Swallow up.
The solution will be published to
morrow.
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