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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1931.
[ HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
"BANKING GORFORATION.
Authorised Capital 850,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-up...$20,000,000 Reserve Funda-por
Storling. £6,500,000 $10,000,000
Bilvar
Rosorvo Liability of Pro
pristors,......................... 820,000,000
HEAD Orion Hoxa Kona.
Board of Dircatore: Hon. Mr. C. G. 8. Mackie,
* Chairman."
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERBON
Deputy Chairman.
Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell, A. H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lewis, Esq. G. Miskia, Esq.
T. E. Poszoo, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. TK. R. Show, Esq. J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager;
V. M. GRAYDURN, Esq.
Bank, on demand
ON SHANGHAI
| TL270 27
Bank, at sight ....
J$7% dia.
OK YOKOHAMA P
On demand
OF MANILA-On demand... 47%
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ON BATATIA:~On demand. 69) On EarPrond
Bangkok Batavia
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Johore
Bombay
Kabe
Caloutta
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Peiping Ради Bangoon Baigon Ban Fran-
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On demand SOVERE1038, Bank's Buying
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For Passengers and Freight information, please apply :---
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THE
"Lumpur Colombo London Bingapore Dairen Lyons Bourabaya Foochow Malacca Sungei
Haiphong Manila
Hamburg Muar
Patani Tientsin.
Hankow (Jobore) Tokyo Harbin Mukden Tsingtao Hongkow New York
Yokohama
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DE rosita received for one year or shorter periods in LoGAL CORRENCY BDO STERLING on terms which will be quoted on application....
Hong Kong, 18th May, 1937. (26
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
HE Business of the above Bank
THE
KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application.
For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 18th July, 1930.
*
EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS- U.S. $4,700,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,
1863,
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, "ING,
Head Office:
65, BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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Capital U.S.88,000,000 900,000 Surplus................. U.8.81,872,545. 9,000 | Reservos dienone U.9.81,609,208
Reserve Liability of Pro-
pristora
£3,000,000
Agenales and Branches:—- ALOR DIAR ·HONG KONG, BEMARANČA (Malay Batas) ILOILO BEREMBAN ANSITHAR
BILANGHAI
BANGKOK
MAZAVIAN
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FOREIGN EXCHANGs and General Banking Business transacted.
·CUBRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOstry received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica- tion..
J. STUART, Acting Manager. Hong Kong, 28th May, 1931. - [38]
BANQUE, FRANCO-CHINOISE
POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE. (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Boad, Victoria, Hong Kong,
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Rua St, Lazare, Paris.
Capital, fully paid-up.... 60,000,000
Fra. Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 Reserves
22,319,000
BRANCHES Paris Lyon Marseilles. Saigon Haiphong Hanoi Tourane Quinton Hue Thanh-hoa Vinh Pnom Penh
Peiping Shanghai Fiomet
Hong Kong
BANKESS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Boa London: Midland Bank, Ltd.
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All clsson of Commercial Bank ing Transactions undertaken.
Personal handled.
investment
The Company offers" to intending travellers the use of its 15 Praveleri Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped; Travel Department.
THE Besources
Afiliated with CHASE NATIONAL BANK .... Over G.82,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
/TEF ́ MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED,
HEAD. OTION:- 15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. 3
£3,000,000
Authorized Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,888,846
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12-Famous Greco-icman doctor,
5.--Methods of this kind are any- 13The and act the dood
confounds us (Macbeth).
thing but dilatory. 9-Rosting-place of twisted roots. 17.-Apt at scriptural quotations,
it is said, when sorviosable. 10-Over-ornamented.
11.An English cardinal wrote 19. Ronder uncomfortabic,
this for his life,
21. Thus women give the final
tcuches, 14.-Academics foster them.
18.-Unpleasant result of a herb 22-A bird often used to illus-
mixture,
16-Belonging to a smaller group
than 3 down.
18.-Diddle, baile, oust,"
trata maternal self-sherifico.
4.A grim-sounding Westmor
land ghyll.
25.-You'll find him in the RA.
20.
20. This little animal le, always £7.-August 1.
in an obstruoticn. 22.There was no scoring in battle except on this, Falstaff found. 23.-Glue is.
28.--Poach,
Give thou high heaven "rejects the lordi Of nicely calculated less cr
more."
31-Invert a Byron bero and an
inland sea. is in sight. The solution will be published to-morrow.
£1,800,000 29.-Brutus's pago. £1,050,000 || 30.---There is a certain charm in
this Waverley novel.. 32-A drum that may beat you, 33.-You won't find this bolow. 34.-Religion of this sort suggests
A halfwitted person... 35-What's Hobo doing in such as
place Serving drink 1
THE BANE OF ENGLAND - and MIDLAND BANK, Ltd.
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New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiana.
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
BRANCHES:
Batavia
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Correspondente
Bangkok
Bombay
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang
throughout the
Caloutta
World.
Colombo
A. ROLLIN,
Manager.
Delhi
Galle
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK..
the
An American Bank offering complete
Foreign Banking Berrics principal Markets of the world.. Interest Entos on Application.
The Bank is entirely owned by 'T
CHAKE NATIONAL BANK,
NEW YORK, with Resources over U.S. $2,600,000,000.
D. H. BIGGAR,
Telephone 26021.
201
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES
FREIGHT AND
'LONDON SERVICE. "ANTENOR”
5th Aug., ForPort Sail, Marsailles, Landon, Bötterdam, H'burg, & Glasgow. *PHILOOTETES" 18th Aug., For Port Said, Mar, Casablanca, London Rotterdam & Hamburg.
LIVERPOOL SERVICE.
"LAOMEDON
“EUMALUS"-
21st Aug,, For Port Said, Liverpool,
Havre and Glasgow, 1st Sept, For Port Said, Liverpool,..
Havre and Glasgow,
NEW YORK SERVIOF '"RHEXENOB" 7th Ang., For Boston, New York & Baltimore
vis Philippines & Singapore. PACIFIC SERVICE (via KOBE & YOKOKAMA)" "PROTESILAUS" 22nd Aug. For Victoria, Vancouverk Zsatile. "IXION"
17th Sept, For Victoria, Vancouver & Beatle
Due
INWARD SERVICE.
"EUMAEUS.". 8th Aug., For Shanghai & Hankow. Stat.
13th Ang. For S'hai, Kobe & Yokohama
socominodation:
*** PERSEUS **
All cargo aten tiers with limited posssages socomio
at specially reduced faren. 3,
For freight, passage rates and information apply to the undermentioned,
Karim (All bookings are subject to the provisions of the Car Bill of Lading.
Butterfield & Swire,
famquna
Hong Kong,, lat July, 1929.
BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK
Manager.
Subsoribed Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Funds
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)/
BANKERS
Established 1824.
Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius), (Pahang) Bangoon » ! Kuala Shanghai. Hong Kong Lumpur. Simlala Howrah Kuantan Singapore Ipoh
(Pahang) Sourabaya Kandy
HONG KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Cheques issued." Trustee and Brecutorships under- taken.
25,000,000,00 824,710,200.00 counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates INTEREST allowed on Current. Ao- $3,880,503.8% that may be ascertained on appli-
cation.
HEAD OFFICE:SHANGHAL
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the important commercial contres of
HONG KONG OFFICE:. 11, QUEEN'S ROAD the world, we are able to extend to.
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
Gidrs 150,000,000- (£12,500,000.)
C. L. SANDES,
Manager. 7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 29th April, 1931.
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our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, axchange.
LYMITED
We also bundle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Capital (fully paid up) Chinese Government both at home and abroad, (£0,009,170.)
BHOU J. CHEN, Manager.
Paid-Up Capital...Gidrs. 80,030,000 Reservo Fund........Gldra. 40,016,000-
(£3,334,588.)
Head Ofset-Amsterdam.”
Reserve Fund
J
Yen 100,000,000
Yen 115,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: XOXOHAMA..
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES 47:
Eastern Head Office: Batavia. THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. Afoxandria Honolul Rio de
BRANURIES:-Eandjarmasin, Dandong”. Bombay,
Onlufta, Charbon, Djamsber, Dļskj karta, Ragsia“, ziddaḥ, Kobe Kota-Radja, Malikaner (Madan, Pa dang, Palembang - Pekalongan, T BASE: Postana Rangoon Bo dam”. Hamarang†, Bhangħal, Bibolga (Sumatra), Singapura, Boggabala, Sorakarta (Solo) Tegal, AP
and Waltevreden***
*These often here dife Deposit Bonor Di Lak,
London Bankere:- National Províncial Bank, Ltd.
Established 1917.) ***.
Batavia Berlin Bombay HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE, Hong Kong Orica:-13, QUEEN'S EU. C. Coton
Calcutta Changchan
Authorised Capital Iesuod Paiding Basers Liabilities of Shareholderstre Surplus,
traits $20,000,000 Dairen
Kobo
Kai Yuen Janetro Karachi Rangoon
Soorabaya London San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle
rang
$8,000,000 (Dalay Nagnya Shimonoyakı $4,000,000 Feasties Newchwang Bingapore,
lakden) New York Bydney $4,000,000 Hamburg - Osaka Tientala $2,087,000 Bankow Paris Tokyo
Paiping
Taingino Interest allowed on Current Ac Hong Kong
Correspondents all over the world, Banking Business of every descrip Branches, Agencies and Corre
tion transacted.
pondents in A ́STOKKINK, - the world the principal cities of Manager. Every description of Banking and
Exchange business transacted. *
TAN ENG HOOL,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 12th May, 1931. [30
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD;
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,
Hong Kong Currency,, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000"," PAID-UP CAPITAL 8,605,600 BRSERYE FUND
1,100,000.
CANTON,
Branches:-
SHANGHAI,~ HANKOW, SWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW.. YORK and BAM „Francisco,
London Bankers;
THE LLOYDE Bank, Lad. Correspondenta
c
all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange, and Banking Businem of every description transacted
Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) aba Yourly Rental of from 8 to
LOOR FOONG SHAN,
Manager.
Harbin
Periods at rates to be obtained on Deposits received for Fixed
application, STARA
H. MORI, Manager. Hong Kong, July 10, 1931.
THE BANK OF EAST AS
Betablishim 1918.
HEAD OFFICE
10 Des Voeur Road, Central,,
HONG KONG INDE
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
[as
LTD.
*** OVIK E. 88,000,000,00
TOTAL RESOURCES AT MAKEOVE
* O¥¤¤ H830,000,000.00
Elvary, description of Banking Accounts and Exchange business
Current and Fixed Deposit Accountsin.
opened for Clienta
Savings Account and Safe Deposit Boxes,
Down,
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
ABSTE AOT DANGER.
TEO MUMTHAN B SHOET WEATHERED UNOMINA THAT IS
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animals. COUNTRY CONDOR DA IN ASEPTI/C_ 3.There is a grand one over
timber.
4 Merely rubbish." I the SAUKBUT■LUB CHE E 5.-Vegetable barrage in Africa, T■INIO ARAMA -Not to be done to a horned ALDEHAEAN HELEN thresher. He there NTENERE ELLUV” G 7. From pa take p. and extend
the remainder.
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