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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1931..
}HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI FOHARTERED. BANK OF INDIA
SHEBANKING OCRFORATION;
AUSTRALTA AND CHIKARA [NCORPORATED BY @ROYAL" OKARIERA:
THE AMERICAN EXPERSS
COMPANY, INUS
Head Office:
65, BROADWAY, New Yonx.
Capital £3,000,000 Surplus. £4,000,001 - Reserves
Authorised Capital
$50,000,000
Issued & Billy "Paid-up, $20,000,000 Reservo Funds -
„Hzán ÖrriceÏ, LONDON, W
Sterling,BO0,000.
Silver...$10,000,000
Paid-up Capital Reserve. Fund
#20,000,000
Reservo-Liability of Pro-
As priston h
£3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro
priators
HEAD OFFICE: Hong Kong,
Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. C. G.-S. MACKIE
Chairman
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATEREON, BROKER
Arencies and
JYMRITBAN.
BANGKOK : ADHI KARADHI MATAYLAN KLANG : (BOMELAYUNIN KOBEQ
CALOUTTA
CANTONAN KANGALE
Www Deputy Chairman WNPOANZUAZURA
Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell,
A. H: Compton, Esq.
B. Lander Lewis, Beq.
G. Miskin, Equipe
"J. A Plummer, Esq. TH. R. Shaw, Esq. 3. P. Warran: Exy
TE. Peixoe, Ing.
{Chief Manager
CEBLINGONLUMPUR:
Amanda
mim. U.S.$8,000,000 Mi U8;$1,372;348 UNE $1,008,200
BRANGIES
Constan
Antwerp Saltlaople Lagara- Blot banda
LÄNGDON
"BALDON
*BIMARANE BERKNDAN EHANGHAI BINGARGES HITIAWAN BOURÄILYA
Donsbay Bruna
TAIPING
·OOLOMBO VE HUGHING BESTIKKTHEN, DAIRES, SALAMADIAAL BOLTOKYOT
MANILAN TONGKAH HAIPHONG MEDAN
(Bhuk) ELAMROTRUNEW YORK ATSINGTAO HARION
TOKOFLAXA * PRIPING HARBIN
ZAMBOANGA HONG KONG" "TRIANG
· Bdinburgh › «Lusor.
Roma
• Stormon-55% Marsellise › Stambeni Geneva
Monte Carlo Shaoràni
Benthamp
Munich
Kayna · Montreux" - Blugapore;
Olasz
Hamburg
Banda Liras Marry,
Naples,
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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Tientsin
Vlanum
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Venice
Yokoham
Colombo London Go Parang
Copeskiren Lärarposi
Felping
Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY in Principal Cities – of United States of America and Canada
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95
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BOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Busiuses transacted. All classes of Commercial Bank-
PAM GRAYBURN, E CURRENT. Accounts opened and ing Transactions undertaken.
Amboy
Bangkok Ipoh...
·Batavia Johore
Bombay Kobe
Calcutta
Canton
Chofoo
2011
Colombo
THE PREMIER ALL WATER EQUTE TO NEW YORK. and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.
All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
route.
Passengers desiring to travel by this interesting route, will find the accommodation provided well up! to their
pectations, and at a coat most reasonable.
12 Pays
York
For Passengers and Freight information please apply:
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Queen'■ Buildings.
Agents.
THE
Telephone 28021,
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
REGULAR
AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
LONDON SERVIOR
"PERSEUS
13th Ost For Mars, Chanblanes, London,
Rotterdam & Hamburg. "BARPEDON": "97th Oct., For Marsolliss, Landän,
Rotterdam & Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL SERVICE. "ASPHALION"
TROILUS
11th Uot., For Port Said, Havre,
Liverpool and Glasgow. Std Nor For PortBaid
Liverpool and Hárrë.
NEW YORK SERVICE
MENESTHEUS Land Oct., For Boston, New York & Baltimore Tia Philippines Singapore.
PACIFIO SERVICE (-5 KOBE & YOKOHAMA) “TENDAREUŠ“. 17t5 Oot, For Victoria Vancouver & Bestilor PROTESILAUS 19th Nov., For Victoria, Vancouver de Bastile-
INWARD SERVICE. T
Druck "FYRRAUGA 80ti Bapta For B'bai. Kobe ar "GLAUODS*** *Erd Oct. For 8'bai, Mojk Kobo d
“All pargu stowners with. Hluipol passenger 2000
I specially reduced fares. An
Tar “frolicht, pasmes, zuten, nad". Informatidu apply to
All bookings are subject to the provisions of the Compa
of Ladings
Butterfeld & Swire,
FIXED DEP08175 received for one W "year" or "shorter perioda at`rates which will be quoted on applica tion.
BRANCHES:-- Iloilo Peiping Penang Rangoon Baigon.
STUART,
Manager.
San Fran
Hong Kong, August 17, 1981,
cisco
Shanghai
Singapore Bourabaya
Kowloon Kualu
Lumpur London Dairen Lyons Foochow Malzoon -Sungei 2).
Patani Haiphong Manila Hamburg Muar Tientsin Hankow (Johore) Tokyo Harbin Mukden. Taingtao Hongkow Now York Yokohama
[20
BANQUE #FRANGO-CHINOISE
TERMO FOUR, LIINA, wo COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE
(Incorporated in France), g Prinos's Building, Chster Road,
Victoria, Hong Kong.
HRAD OFFICE B 74, Bus St. Lazare, Paris. CURRENT ACTS "opeand in LOCAL CURIOT and FIXED DE
Fri. POZITS received for one year or Capital, fully paid-up... 50,000,000 shorter periods in LOCAL OUREINCT Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 and STERLING on terms which
will
Reserve be quoted on application. A
Hong Kong, 18th May, 1981. [28
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK Bunker by HE Business of above Bank
Tufted HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application. vi
For the Hona KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, IV. M, GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager.
Hong Kong, 16th July, 1930,
[a]
EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK,
SWING CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-
(460 U.S. $4,700,000.7
HEAD OFFICE:
18 PINE STREIT.
NEW YORK.
An American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Berrios in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.
This Bank is entirely owned by THR
CHARE
NATIONAL BANK, NEW Your with Resources ever U.S. $2,600,000,000;
D. M. BIGGAR,
[98]
Manager.
NEDERLANDSCHE. HANDEL": MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SQUIRTY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824
22,319,000
BRANCHES :- Paris
Marseilles Haiphong Hanoi Saigon Tourane Quinhon Hue
myVinh, da Prom Penh
Peiping Shanghai Tientsin
Hong Kong
"BANKERS :: France: Société Générale, Banque "Nationale de Crédit Banque de
Paris et des Pays Bas London Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange
Irving Trust Co Banca Com merciale Italiana.
San Francisco: Bapk of Italy,
"Personal" investmont handled.
accounts
The Company offers to intending travellera the use of its Traveleri Cheques and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel. Department. D
Wedfiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources Over G.$2,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,"
General Manager.
H
THE MERCANTILE, BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OTTICH: 18, Gracechurch Street, London,
B.C. 3.
Authorized Capital....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital .........£1,800,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund and Reit....£1,064,845
BANKERS:
Across,
1.English county,
ULUES.
8-Room found only in bank
Nowadays,
9.Though bored, the Bergena # did it.
11-Pieces of right. 12-Some people get more of
these than 11 13A treatise about which one must really do something in the cnd... 15-Thus tha amecent lamb may
bo robbed. Y
18-A brave man on the bridge
before. Nelson, 17.-Lap.
7-Quite unlawful: B-Soothes--aided, no doubt by
the ocean
10. There is nothing under the
dish not truly 13,-Descriptive of the Laodico.
ans.
14-The metal about the poor patient beast causes poiso 18-Affectionate term for famous
American mountain mous Stain rangestatt
10-Winding up in trust, these « may be good or bad. 20-Treasured by ancient athletes
(hyphen). 21.—Est away a stick in the core.
20.-The instrument which en-may help
abled the young woman pe
94.-Teacher.
by the Irishman to sit down 25-Makes a fine varnish,
The solution will be published.
How to walk!"
92,-Round about four, Dan was to-morrow
thin the smoking-room... 93-Impliedly
25.—You must take care when making, this mark in writ- ing.
£1,050,000 || 26.-Cheese it).
THE BANK OF England.
Midland Bank, Ltd,
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Bombay Correspondents throughout the Calcutta
World.
Colombo Delhi Galle
Batavia Bangkok
ROLLIN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th August, 1031.
BANK OF CHINA;
Beorganized October 26, 1923, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
BRANCHES Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang
(Kelautan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Pabang) Rangoon Kunla Shanghai Hong Kong Lumpur, Simle Howrah Kuantan Bingapore (Pahang) Sourabaya
Ipoh Kandy
Hora KoNG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted Travellors Cheques issued. Trustee and Brecutorships, unders taken. Subscribed Capital...$25,000,000,00 INTEREST allowed on Current Ar Paid-up Capital...$24,710,200.00 counts and Fixed Deposite at Rates Besorve Funda ....... $3,890,608.8% that may be ascertained on appli-
HEAD OFFICE:-SHANGHAL.
:
HONG KONG BRANCH;
4, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our numerous branches In Chine and large connections in the important commercial centres of
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD the world, we are able to extend to
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
cation.
CL BANDES,
Manager.
7, Queen's Road, Central,
Hong Kong, 2th April, 1931,
our cliente special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE, exchange
LULITED. Gidrs. 150,000,000 We also handle the issue of Bonds
(£12,500,000) and other Fublio Bunds of the Capital (fully paid up) Paid-Up Capital...Gidrs. 80,030,000 Chinese Government both at home
(20,669,170.) and abroad.. Reserve Fund...
Gidrs. 43,015,000- *** (£3.234,583.7:
"Head" Office Amsterdam.”
SHOU CHEN,
Manager:
- Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund Yen 110,200,000
HEAD OFFICE: TOTORAMAZZ
Branches AND AGENCIES ATT
Rio de
Eastern Hond Ofice: Batavia THE HO HONG BANK LTD. Alexandris Honolulu
EBANCHES — Bandļerman; Undoang", Bombay,,
Caloutta, Obersbon, Djember, Djokja karla”, "The forum”, sidash, Kobył Kote Haija Makaoke, Media, Phi dang, Palembang, Pekalonga · Pe nang Poetianak Hangooo, Retter dem Bemarang Ruang bolgs (@rametrs) Hicaspers, Boernaa courskate (Baloys Tegal,, Tjilak) AS and Welfarraden".")
*This 'afloja kapı Safe Lapanid Zian To Zal,
London Bankérelem National Provincial Bank, Ltd, Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip.
tion transacted:
A STOKKINK,
Manager. Hong Kong 19th May, 1831 (30
THE BANK OF CANTON, LAD.
HEAD OFFICE: Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Currency, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000| PAID-UP CAPITAL 8,5305,0002 BELLEVE FUAD 1,100,000
Branches: CANTON, SHANGHAI," HANZOW,
SERWATOR,CHANIXON (NEW. York and SAN FRANCISCO,
• London Bankers 1-m
Tun Løyns Bank, Lam, Correspondenia
Principal Cities of the World. (Arohange" and "Banking-
of every description
from 18.bo
NG, SHAN,
274(Established "1917.3",
Batavia
Berlin Bomber
HEAD OFFICE :- SINGAPORE......... » Calcitia, Hong KONG OFFICE-13, QUII's ito. C. Canton
Imped
Kai „Zusa Janeiro
Itangoon
Karachi Kobe
De Sourabaya y London. San Francisco
Los Angaiss Beattle Manila, da Semarang Nagunaki Shanghai Nagoya Shimonoseki Nowchwang Singapore.
Changchun
Authorised
38,000,000
Paid-op
$4,000,000
2,000,000 Dairen
(Dalay} Fongtien
| Réserve -Liabilities
Shareholders" Surplus
~ [Mukdeo), New York
$4,000,000
Hamburg
Hankow Parlia
Tokyo
9,887,000
Harbin Paiping. Taingtso Hong Kong,
Branches Agencies and Corres Interest allowed on Current Ac pondents in the principal cities of counta the world:
Deposits received for Fixed Every description of Banking and Periods at rates to be obtained on Exchange business transactód.
TAN ENG HOOL
Manager
application. A
•H MORI; Manager," Hong Kong, Sept. 11, 1931. [35
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
ESTABLISHED 1918,
HEAD OFFICE. Des Youx Road, Central
NG KONG.
EPLUA
orm H. 38.000
830.000.000.00
Toraign
Lepant, and Fixed Deposit Accounts. In: Loc
opened for
podt. Boxes.
KANTONG PO
97An greeable sound, 28. The pessimist. "Trusts sun fe fed," which shows his lack of faith (anag).
ד 4
Down.
2-Turns many a screw. 3.-Clube affected by laundry
hands. 4.The protection of this fish
lies in its head and tail. 5.-London thoroughfare, which sounds like an uncomplimen, tary Scottish referenre to an old woman.ONE 3-Not the gait of the here--
though there is, certainl some connection.
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