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There is Certainly a feeling of Security about it all
Security
Above is seed an impression of one of the Mighty Vaults. Strong as adamant, secure as a prison, their massive doors guard all the heaping wealth of Hong Kong. It takes evch a member of the Statt over three days to get into these vaults, and although they cannot be said to be proof against the most modern methods of sale cracking, it is, thought that any burglar who had the patience to break successively through the fourteen steel door's, the ex- plosive lock, and recover from the Packington Alarm, would be too old to know what to do with the money.
The Packington Alarm is a device which detects the presence of intruders, and shouts rude words at them while they are at- tempting to work, thus impairing their skill
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1935.
STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
Bank Number
BY NO QUARTER
Now that the stately lines of the New Bank Building are officially visible, let me clap my ink-stained fingers, and utter a delighted crow of praise. What a monument! What Gargantuan proportions! What a superb snap of the financial fingers in the face of a depressed and depressing world!
Not a farthing's worth of tar has been spared to make this The Bank, par ex- "cellence; I have heard that people from wear and far are flocking to work for nothing in this imposing edifice. I hope in this brief account, to give my readers an idea of some of the majör advantages and luxuries incorporated in the building.
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Chief among these, let me mention tie View. The Directors have leased a special view over the famous harbour, for the exclusive use of the Staff, so that they may think beautiful thoughts while cornering wheat. It will be guarded by
an Indian watchman at night.
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DEDICATION
TO ALL THE STAFF OF THE BANK, TO IT: PATRONS, TO THE -owners of respectable overDRAFTS, AND DOUBtful securi
TIES, THIS NONSENSE IS FAIRLY RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
ON THURSDAY MORNING, WE WATCHED THE OPENING OF THE BANK WITH OPEN MOUTHS. SOME OF THEM REMAINED OPEN
SOME TIME, AND IT IS NOT FOR US TO SAY HOW FAR THE POP-
PING OF CORKS HAS DONE AWAY With the poppING OF SECURI-
TIES.
WE WISH EVERY good fortune TO THE NEW BANK, PROBABLY THE LARGEST LION'S CORNER-HOUSE IN THE WORLD.
Hil-Chuck us up that Squash ball please!
1-The Bold Broker.
Sonic Tailpieces
A Broker, whose nerves were of tron, Attempted an overdraft try-on,
As he shot through the door,
An eye-witness saw
A sheer on the face of the Lion.
2.-The Frigid Stenographer.
There once was a typist whose nose. Unused to the temperature froze.
There's a blast of cold air Every time, everywhere
That her nasal protuberance blows.
3.-An exercise in indifferent rhyming,
There once was a Burglar called Gran Who broke öpen sates for alin. After ten hours of copin'
The safe door'swung opin. And there was the Manager's timin.
Employee being thawed after day's work
Manager dictating frozen letters to Clients in, Special.
r. conditioned
room,
Moving The Bank
The gravest difficulty was experienced in moving the valuable properties from the old building to the new, and every precaution was taken to ensure the safety of the overcrafts. Below is an Impression of the armed guard, which escorted them through the streets.
A quaint feature of the Move occurred when the time came to move the Deposit Valut. Some needy member of the Staff had been using the vault as a stable for his horse, and the animal, long neglected, had eaten all the Scrip deposited there He was very thin, when found.
Air Comfort And Courtesy
The most elaborate air-conditioning plant has been installed, by means of which practically every, type" of climate can be imitated. I hear it will be the policy of the management to have" different weather in different departments, so as to allow for a change of bir
Thus we shall soon hear: Outward Bills are a bracing," and "What a very cold current accounts we've been having this year,"
Fur coats will be provided for all customers whose accounts are in credit, and a special Mirik and Skunk farm is being start- ed for this purpose.
They Say with the new Card index System, any can be produced at a moment's notice
“Oh, but you must promise me to start taking Sanatogen. Then you will not get so tired-out any more."
Filing System
The new Filing system is a semi-Duplex Reversed rotary sys- tem, and it is claimed that everything and anything can be produced at a moment's notice. There is a special annexe in which Brokers file their petitions. The nails of typists are filed.
in a new rest room.
The indexing system is, of course, a little perplexing at first, and I have heard that a member of the Staff, now an ex-member, filled a manager'a umbrella, and took the yearly report out to have a new spoke put in it.
Tired
Out?
25,000 physicians have recommended
it in writing-
SANATOGEN
'The True Tonic-Food
Your work makes great demands on your vital strength and energy in these days of business worries. This is all the more reason for giving your nerves an extra infusion of strength so that they will be able to stand the strain.
And it is so easily done—with Sanatogen. Every drop of Sanatogen "adds to your vital forces and a few weeks regular use will overcome such complaints as listlessness, stomach trouble, fretful sleep. Instead of being tired and run-down you will be strong again and full of energy and cheerfulness,
'Sanatogen goes to the core of well-being," writes a famous English physician and that is the reason why it must do you good. Shake off your weakness, decide to become a strong, healthy and happy man again by starting a course of Sanatogen" to-day.
Armed escort transporting overdrafts to new bank