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ON LONDON
Telegraphic Transfer... 114 Bank Bilis, on demand 114 Bank Bill, 4 months'
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sight
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Bank Bills, on demand 231 Crodita, 60 days' sight. 248 ON BOMBAY
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1931.
HONG KONG" AND SHANGHAI CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
BANKING CORPORATION,
Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-up...$20,000,000 Reserve Funds:
Sterling .............. £6,000,000 Silver...@10,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
Board of Directora: Hon. Mr. C. Q. 8. MACKIE,
**: AUSTRALIA AND OHINA:
IXOURPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,
1883.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
THE AMERICAN EXPRISA "COMPANY," INO,
Head Office:
65, BROADWAY, New Your
Unpital Paid-up Capital ... £3,000,000 | Surplus Reserve Fund
4,000,000 Reserves
--- Agencles and Branchos:—
ALE STAR
Amsterdam Cobitis. Lerne Palermo
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
18
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$17.
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+
5
U.S.80,000,000
༄་i-་་་་****
U.S.#1,572,545
U.8.81,008,200
850,000,000
Resorve Liability of Pro-
prictors
£3,000,000
BRANCHES
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KUALA
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Naylor
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Orlea Calcutta
Tuterlikon
Nice
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Pirate
Yaukce
Parli
Yokohama
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London
Pebang
Zurich
ZAMBOANGA
(Philippine
[álnosti)
Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY in Prinsipal Cition of United States of America and Capadal
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V (Slalay StasaO ILMLO AMRITSAR BATOKOKK BARAOHI
Chairman AVIA
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
Deputy Chairman.
Hon. Mr. W. E. Bell. A. H. Compton, Esq. "B. Lander Lewin, Esq.
G. Miskin, Esq.
T.. E. Poarce, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. T. H. R. Shaw, Esq. JP. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager;
V. M. GRAYBURN, Esq.
Bank, at sight
1Tls. 78)
$71% diu
ON YOKOHAMA 1 -***
On demand
**
ON MANILA-On demand... 403 ON SINGAPORE {~~~...
+
On demand
414
BRANCHES :- Amoy...
Iloilo Bangkok Ipoh Batavia Bombay
Peiping Penang
Johore Kobe
Bangoon
Baigon
Caloutta
Kowloon
San Fran-
Canton Chefoo
Kuala
Lumpur
cjaco
Shanghai
Colombo London Dairen
Bingapore
Bourabaya
Foochow
Malacca
Sungei
Haiphong Maaila
:
Pataui
O BATAVIA:-On demand, 571 ON HAFIOM
On demand
On SAIGON: On demand co
ON BANGIDE:—
On demand......................... 187 SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying
Rate
BAR SILVER, per ok. 12 9/
· SOMER/
MELIZED W LOVE
PAKAJA
EXPRESS
SERVICE
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE.
TRANS-PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC COAST SERVICE
via PANANA.
"NEXT SAILING
M.V. “TAI YANG"
on AUGUST. 18th
for
SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES. NEW YORK & BOSTON
42 Days To New York
For Passengers and Freight information please apply
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Queen's Buildings. Agents.
THE
Hamburg Muar
Tientsin Hankow (Johore) Tokyo. Harbin Mukden Taingtao Hongkow New York Yokohama
HONRAT CALOUTTA
CANTON
CATEL PORN
EDU
COLOMBO
DAILER
HAPHONG
HAMBURG HANKOW НАКВЕН
forts
KANGSAR, KUALA
LUMPUR RUDBING MADRAS MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YOAK PRIFING
PENANG
BANGOON
Kingburia) BATSON
SINGAPORE BERLAWAN BOURABAYA TAIPING
[T.M.) TAVOY TIRITJEN TONGKAT TOKTO
[^(Bhukes} THINDZAO TOKOJAMA
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Baaking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS' opened and, FIXED DEPOSIT 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.
[ao
BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Rub Bt. Lazare, Paris.
Fra
CURRENT Accounts, opened_in LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DE PUBITA received for one year of shorter periods in LOCAL CURRENCY Capital, fully paid-up.... 50,000,000 and STERLING on terms which will Special Working Capital. 80,000,000 be quoted on applicatión.
Berves
Hong Kong, 18th May, 1931. [28].
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Bules may bé ob- tained on application.
For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1930.
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BRANORES:-
22,310,000
Paris Lyons
Marseilles Haiphong Hanoi Saigon Tourano Quinhos Ние Thanh hoavinh. Peiping Shanghai
ở Hong Kong
BANKERS:
Poom Penh Ticutain
Franco: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. London Midland Bonk, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiana.
WISHE
Chatea
Oslamba
Hamburg
Mosus Perla Shanghai
Mani Bouthamp Munich
Moniroux. Hisespora
Copenhagen Lévar01 Palping
,'
All classes of Commercial Bank- ing Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment accounte handled
The Company offers to intending
travellers the use of its “Travelers Chequica and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the worldwide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
Afiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources Over G.82,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED."
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HEAD OFFICE;~~
16, Gracechurch Street, London,
F.C. 3.
Authorized Capital
£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital £1,800,000 Paid-up Capital
£1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rost....$1,030,648
BANKERS:
Tun Bank of England
and MIDLAND BANK, LTD.
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San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Batavia Bangkok
the
EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK- ING, CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-
U.S. $4,700,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
An American Bank altering oomplots Foreign Banking Servies in the principal Markets of the world. Lateront Rates oz Application.
This Bank is entirely owned by Tax
CHASE NATIONAL
BANK, New YORK, with Resources over $2,600,000,000,
Telephone 28021.
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FUNNEL
BLUE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER
LONDON SERVICE.
SERVICES
"PHILOOTETES" 18th Aug., For Port Said, Mara, Casablanca, ..
"HECTOR"
London, Rotterdam & Hamburg, 2nd Bapt., For Port Sail, Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, H'burg, & Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL SERVICE. ·
"TANTALUS *** 26th Aug., For Port Said, Genos, Marseilles, Høyre, Liverpool and Lilasgow, 1st Sept, For Port Baid, Liverpool,
Hovró und Glasgow,
"EUMA KUS"
NEW YORK SERVICE “PREMIUS" 7 Sep; For Boston, New York & Baltimore Tia Philippines & Singapore:
· PACIFIC SERVICE (71 KOBE & TOKOHAMA) "PROTESILLUS” 92nd Ang.„For Victoria, Vanosuvará coattle, "IXION" - 17th Sept, For Victoria, Vancouver de Seattle.
Das
INWARD SERVICE.
"PERSEUS"
"ORESTES"
15th Aug., For S'hai,, Hobe,, Yokohama
Vladivostook, 20th Aug., For B’hal, Kobe & Yokohama,;;-)
All cargo stea.ners with limited passenger socommodation
at specially reduced Enter.
terden Torý freight; paseags ratos" and information apply to the
fermentionare subject to the provisions of the Compar
All bookings. Bills of Lading, MANA
Butterfield & Swire,
Aproɛta,
..
D. M. BIGGAR
Manager.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRAding society.)
BANKERS
Established 1894.
HONG KONG OFries: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
Gidrs, 150,000,000- (£12,500,000.) Paid-Up Capital...Gidrs. 80,030,000
(£6,680,170.) Reserve Fund........Gidrs. 40,018,000-
(£3,334,653.)
Head Office:-Amsterdam." Eastern Head Office:-Batavia. BRANOUIS-Bandjennada, Bandomg", Bombay,
Calcutta Charbon, Djamber, Djoklas Faria, The Hagis”, kakh, Koba Kota-Hadja, Naftanár, “Media, Far dang, Palembang, Pekalongan, Pe DARE, Fontianak, Baron Homer da Samarang, Bhanghai, Sibolga (Bamstra), Biokapors, Bratina, soarakarta (Bold), Tegui, Tyllskjep. and Weltevreden"," *Timor afferi kam dafi Depuit Zante To Let..
London Bankers:--- National Provincial Bank, Ltd...
Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip.
tión transacted,'
4. STOKKINK,
Manager. Hong Kong, 12th May, 1931.30
THE BANK OF CAKTON, LTD. ·
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
Hong, Kong Currency. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000 PAID-UP CARITAL ......
8,885,600 RESERVE FUND.......... 1,100,000 Branches:- CANTON BHANGHAI, HANKOW, STATOW, BANGKOK, NEW YORK and BAN FRANCISCO. London Bankers:- THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD. Correspondents
all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Businem of every description transacted.
Bata Deposit Boxca (racions siren). at a Yearly Rental of from $5 to
LOOK POONG" SHAN,
Manager, m
BRANCEES; Karachi Madras Every description of Banking and
Kota Bbaru New York Exchange Business transacted.. Bombay Kuala Krai Penang Correspondents throughout Calcutta (Kelantan) Port Louis
World.
Colombo Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) Delhi -
(Pahang) Rangoon Galle
Kuala Shanghai Hong Kong Lumpur Simla. Howrah Kuantan Singapore Ipoh
(Pahang) Bourabaya Kandy
A. HOLLIN,
Manager. Hong Kong, 1st July, 1928,
BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 26, 1998, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
Subscribed Capital......$25,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital.. $24,710,200.00 Reserve Fuads ... $3,820,503.82 HEAD OFFICE:-SHANGHAL.
HONG KONG. BRANCH:
4, Queen's Band Central,
HONG KONG BRANCH Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellors Cheques issued. Prusice and Esecutorships under. taken.
INTEREST allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be ascertained on appli|.
C. L. SANDES,"
Manager.
cation.
7, Queen's Roid Central,
Hong Kong, 9th April, 1931.
Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the important commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and 'THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, exchange.
We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chiness Government both at home
and abroad.
BROU J. CHEN, Mansaer.
LIMITED
Capital (fully paid up)
Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund...Yen 115,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA,
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT:
Honolulu. Rio de
THE HO HONG BANK. LTD. Alexandrin
(Established 1917.)
T
Janeiro
Rangoon
Scarabara Ban Francisco
Batavia Kai Yuen Bertin
Karachi Bombay Kobe HEAD OTTICE :-SINGAPORE. Calcutta
London HONG KONG OFFICE :—18, QUEEN's RD. C. Caton
Angeles Beatile Changchun Manila
Authorised Capital ...Straita $20,000,000 Tanuod Paid-up Roservo Liabilities of
Shareholders Surplus ingaó
#
Dairen
LO
Semarang Shanghai $8,000,000 (Delay)
Nagoya Shimonosek $1,000,000 Fengtien Nowchwang Singapore
Mukden) New York Sydney $4,000,000 Hamburg Oska
Tientsin Hunkow $2,087,000
Perlu
"Tokyou m Harbin Peiping
Tangiao Hoog Branches, Agencies end. CorresInterest allowed on
Kosg
Current Ao pondents in the principal cities of the world.
Deposits received for Fixed Every description of Banking and Periods at rates to be obtained on Exchange business transacted. KANTAN ENG HOOL,
application.par
H. MORI, Manager. Manager. Hong Kong, July 18, 1931.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
·ESTABLISHED 1918.
HEAD OFFICE:
10 Des Voeux Road, Central,
HONG KONG, ARTA
CAPITAL and SURPLUS
ors H. 88,000,000.00 TOTAL RESOURCES DE Moves H.830,000,000.00/ Every description of Banking Accounts and Exchange business transseted.
Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts in-Loos)-and Foreign= Currencies opened for Clients
20. Savings. Assonąć and Safe Deposit, Boxes. rv't
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager
138
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24
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at least one very noticeable 10.-Plainly, a printer fenture.
14-There is a deadly little snake
8. Naturally, as it ate" (anng.).
at the top of the tree, 9.-Worked round a rough contre. 13-Picked up by tramp in all 11.-I hope this will stick.
parts of the world: 12-Dig for this.
19-You are evidently a favourite 13.-Positively, this is a mero no. in the London district.
thing, but, comparatively, we 20.-Why do the darkies laugh? get the hint of a scandal,
Because they have their foot 18.-Clothes blemishes which
on their bead 21-A standa for this.
not spots.
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17.-Common type of pig. Always 99-City where an artist ahould
hns, its own way and some of and "suitable board. the other man's. 18-Celebrated bard of Classic
20.-Ahore, aro fewer than half al`
dozen in 4 disreputable
mythology.
A
American haunted
21.-Quite a symbolical subject.
27.
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23-18 was able to deal with Cer. The solution will be published
to-morrow. berus without these. 24-You must get this before the
Tonth.
25.-Less than kin, though may be YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
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more than kind. ̈
Describes a dog that no one yLAUNTING STRIP likon
20. The part of the book where INTENSE
the Dean assume prominence. 30-A drop of red ink in a bucket
of water is this.
2.-Stick out.
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would be this.
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ENCHANT | LOLLING
6. We can look for this Surrey AAITALI
town in Holland.
RULER1
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