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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAT UHARTERED BANK OF INDIA
BANKING CORPORATION.
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"AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
1931
THE AMERIDAN EXPRESS: Z COMPANY, INC.,
Head Office:
65, BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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Maight
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prietors Minia 1/03/16 Documents, 4» mouths'
1/0.5/16
$20,000,000
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HEAD OFFICE: Hong Kong
Board of Directors:
· Hon. Mr. C, 0. 8. Mackie,
A Chairman.
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
The Deputy Chairman. Hon Mr. W. H. Beli A H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lowis, Exq
G. Miskin, Esq."
TE. Pearce, Eag 3. A Plummer, Esq. T. H. R. Shaw, Esq. 3. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager:
ALON STAND ILOILO AMRITIAR
IPOH TANGKOK TO KARACHI TGAVIA KLANG BOMBAY MAA KOHETA ĮGALOUTTA PUHKUALA
CANTON TEANGRAR SITIAWAN MUSA CASHTURE - KUASAAN SOURABAYA
TAIPINGA GEBUKERAJINAN LUMPUR COLUMBO? 2 KUCHLIG MANTIENTSEN, DAIREN MADIZAS DELAI
SEN MANILA
GAPHONG MEDAR MAMBURG ON XEW YORK HANKOW, PRIPING. "ARBIN
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TOKOHAMA. ZAMBOANGA
FOREIGN EXCHands and General Banking Businom transacted.
All classes of Commercial Bank- CURRENT ACCOUNTS oponed and ing Transactions undertaken. FIXED DEPOSITS received for one and PSS year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica-handled. tion.
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M. GRAYBURN, Eng
On demand
471
ON MARILAOn demand.... 467
ON SINGAPORE:--
AmoyTM
BRANCHES :----
Iloilo Bangkok Ipoh
Peiping
Penang
Batavia
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Bangoon
On Error
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San Fran
O BAIGON:----On demand ON BANGKOK ¦
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Canton Chafoo
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cisco
* Manager, Hong Kong, Angust 17, 1981.
Lumpur
Shanghai
Of demand a 187 BOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying
BAR SILVER, per os
Colombo
London
Singapore
Sourabays
17- 15 13/14
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HANQUE FRANGO-CHINDISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Caster Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
Emp Orrion: "
74, Bue St. Lazare, París.
Fro Capital, fully paid-up. 50,000,003 Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 Reserves
22,319,003
Paris Ly
Marseilles
BRANCHES :- Saigon Haiphong Hanoi
ROSE SONG. BAGS BAS Tourane Quinhon Huệ
Business the Bank
THE Bunt of babo HONG
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.
Ta
EQUITABLE EASTERN' BANK, ING CORPORATION,
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS- U.S.. $4,700,000,
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STERKT,
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 Tra CHARE NATIONAL BANK, NEW. Fors, with · Resources (over : 11.8.. $2,000,000,000,
D. M. BIGGAR
[28].
Manager.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-
MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.........
^.^(NETITERLÄNDA TRADING EDGLITY.)
RANKERS
Established 1824
Tỉnh Phom Pinh Peiping Shanghai Tiontain
Hong Kong
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque da Paris et des Pays Bas London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciaio Italiana.
Personal investment Booounts
The Company offers to intending. travellers the use of its “Travelers Cheques and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of ita' thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
Afiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources Over G. $2,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,"
General Manager.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
· INDIA," LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE:- 15, Gracechurch Street, London,
E.Q. 3.
Authorized Capital... £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital...... £1,800,000 Paid-up Capital ... .£1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,008,843
"BANKERS":
THE BANK OF ENGLAND and
MIDLAND BANK, LTD.
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Batavia
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted." Correspondents throughout the
World.
Bangkok
Bombay
Calcutta
Colombo
A BOLLIN,
Manager.
W
Hong Kong, 24th August, 1931,
BANK OF CHINA,
Reorganized October 29, 1928, under special charter of The National
Government a INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Branches:
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang
(Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) Delhi (Pahang) Rangoon Galle
Kuala Shanghai Hong Kong Lumpur Simla Howrah Kuantan Singapore Ipoh (Pahang) Sourabaya' Kaady
HONG KONG BRANCH:"" Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted Travellers Cheques, issued. Trustee and Executorships under. takens A
BANK
Bubeoribed Capital..... $25,000,000.00 "INTEREST allowed on Current Ac Paid-up Capital: $24,710,200.00 counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates $3,820,503,82 that may be ascertained on appli-
C. L. SANDES,
Manager.
Reserve Funds
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 centres of
MONG KOKG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD the world, we are able to extend to
CENTRAL.
Authorised Capital
cation:
7, Queen's Boad Central,
Hong Kong, 29th April, 1931.
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our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, exchange. A N
STMITED, "
Gidra 150,000,000 We also handle the issue of Bonds (£12,500,000.) and other Public Funds of the Paid-Up Capital...Oldra 80,030,000 Chiness Government both at homs (£6,609,176,) and abroad, Beserve Fund........Gldra. 40,015,000-
(£3,334,583.)
Head Office:Amsterdam.»
SHOU J, CHEN, Manager.
Capital (fully paid up)
Ton 100,000,000 Reserve Fund. Yen 115,000,000
HEAD OFFICE YOKOHAMA,
BRANCHES AND, ÅGENCIES AT÷-
Eastern Head Office: Batavia THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. Alexandrin Honolul Bio de
-BRANCHIIES;—Bendjemain, Bandoeng”, Ekebay,
(Established 1917.)
HEAD OFFICE SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFFICE —13, QUEEN's Rp. C.
Mr Authorised Capital ::8£rnita $20,000,000 laund
+$8,000,000 Paid-up
$4,000,000 Reserva Liabilities of an
Shareholders
Batavia Kai Yuen
Berlin.
Karachi
Bombay Kobe Calcutta
London
**
40
CLUES.
or
ACTORS, 1.One side of a common
garden quarrel 7.Rubber is grown here, 5.-A bad man in Shakespeare.
6.Deadly. 7.--Fairy,
·9-An excerpt from: Beethoven. 11.Palace rot?". (anag.),
12. What the "scutcheon should
10-Talk the others down, best be d
you can do,
11.-Bebended, it's still rough, 13-Affords a little more light when you see the monkey in it
18-Goes from Manchester to
Liverpool without moving, 17-Possible name for lady who
begina it in France. 10.-Old Panto, favourite's name,
with a Christmassy anagram
·21-41. am ----oracle'' (Shakes-
peare).
23-To do with no hooks but
some eyes. AN ARE
25.--Lady-love of a romantic rob-
bor.
28.--Is this sauce ever found in the vessel that starts it 27--You need not be awake here. 28. You'd expect Wick to be in the middle of this country. 20.-1 dirty business. 31-One sea word, with two a98
meanings.
34-Animal.
BB-Grook Jetter.
37. This puts two and two to
gother
14. The boundary of a body. 13-Its head isn't square, and
there's no hurry about its end, and it will go for an old songw 18-Medicine to be licked up.. Best kept locked up in the gardener's shed.
22-A lovely Italian island. 24-Fabric.
A case where Toby may hold Punch. 20.-Prayer-book. 30-Second childhood. 32-A famous garden. 33 You can this with weapons
Or words. 35-Uncovers. 36-You may take this' to it backwards." 38-Grass of m/Fort. 30A general may be
one,
even during a successful engagement,
solutions will be published.
tambol!" was not YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. generally a proposal. 40.---What you are looking ht 41-A pleasant place in France, 42-Many a one in your COLL 43-An Alpine flower."
Down. T-One kind of femining hum.
2-At the funeral? So is the
deceased..
3.If the ladies sort themselves
a bit, you a
high aims.
IL FABES D ́ME I INTATE ERRONE I BED LED WY SICKLE & ROH ITE:
8.REPUN, ET
ETOPIA■ SUPP„Ó·8:E-D2 NOTENIE WWET MTBEIRD CHAMMED
discover their. NECKLACE ACIDLY
4-Wood whore wo find a young. HEREIN CB DOSING
doctor in the middle of a
ICW.
#STRIRANI MAN_
B-Double this and it is still 8 TOLEN GNOISES
ong.
|_ $ __ * _ + BEIGE LUTE
NOT EVERY
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
*Janeiro
Rangoon
Beerabaya.
San Francisco
a potential purchaser goods
Canton,
Log Angeles Bealile Changchah #Manila, Semarang Dairon Nagasaki y Shaughn
(Dalay) Nagoya y (Mukdea) New York Sydney Feagtlen Newchwang Singapore Hamburg Hankow) $8,687,000 Harbiny
Calcutta, Oberboo, Djember, Djokjä kista" The Hagen", 2155, Kobe. Kote-adja, Makamse" Modan, . Fas dang Paleasbang, ⋅ Prinkngua, Pa Bang Pontianak, Rangoon, Rother, (dam, Samarsagé, Bhangħal, Sibolgs (Bespairs), Singapore, Borsbal, 1, isossakaria (Bali), Tegale: "Rinijap.
and Waltevrede *Thuerfefter køre Safe Deposit Basin De Zoti.
London, Bankere P National Provincial Bank, Ltd. "
Burplus Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip Branches, Agencies and Corres Interest allowed on
tion transacted,
pondente in the principal cities of
countaunseli A. STOKKINK, the world", NO PER
Deposits received for Fixed Maanger. Every description of Banking and Periods at rates to be obtained on |Hong Kong, 19th May, 1931. [30 | Exchange business transacted,
application
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
BED Office: Hora" Kosa,
Hong Kong Currency. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $11,000,000 PALD-UP CAPITAL 8,665,600 RESERVE FUND 1,100,000
Branches
HANKOW,
CANYON, SHANGRAI,
SWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW Toax and SAN FRANCISCO,
London Bankers
THE LLOYDS, BANE, LTD., Dorrespondentsam
Wall Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Business of every description ¿tranzactedì:
Safe Deposit Boxes (various:alsen) mat a Yearly-Beutel bf from $5 bo
SHAN
LOOK
STAN ENG HOOL
See Manngar!
Ossica Tientsin Paris
Tokyo
Peiping
Taingiso Current Ac
“EL MOBI, Manager. Hong Kong, July 10, 1931.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
ESTABLISHED 1918,
HEAD OFFICE:
10 Deg Voux Road, Central, TONG KONG
CAPITAL ATE, SURPLUS TOTAL RESOURCES
OYE H. 88,000,000.00 Storm H.830,000,000.00
Every description of Banking Accounts and Exhange business
Correat and Find Deport
diet opened for Oliên bis
Bavings Account so
BUT
the
nearly every reader HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, has the means to purchase them, and may do so if you effect an introduction of your goods through the advertising columns
of
the oldest morning paper in the Colony.
TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
"KUNG DAILY.
foria Hong Kong, Los