WHY BANKS FAIL.
DISHONEST DINECTORS.
THE
factory reply, instantly came to tho conclusion that there was a run on the bank: Tho now spread like wildfiro, and immedi
WHEN SPECULATION ANDatoly everybody within walking.
PECULATION BRING
DISASTER.
and driving distance of the bank, who hulin account, rushed to get his or her money. The result was thit tho bank, unable to realiso its securities at onco and pay out gold, had to stop payment.
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"Why do banks fail?" reporter recently put the question to a London bank mangor, who spont a fow moments in thought never recovered from the blow, bofore replying, and even then ho
There is a story told of a cor- was not quite sure. English tain muk manager, whose cus "The banks, ho id, are, nowadays, tomore wero clamouring for their run on such conservative lines duposits. Ho had not enough that only a long European war cash on the premises, but what would mash them. Of course, had he had hented, so that there are some banks-vory fow when the first person to be served in number which deal in doubt touched his pilo of sovereigns, ful securities, paying high rates ho immediately drow away from
of interest; but the average joint
stock bank handles only the
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By the Inimitable
MAX LINDER. EVERYBODY'S GOING NIGHTLY...
Los ce oad Maunger: R. H. STEPHENSON."
them as from a hot-poker. When CAPSTAN MIXTURE
the others saw his repudiation of
soundest and most marketable of the gold, they came to the con securition.
clusion that was antinfiol enough to rodepósit his cash, and most of the crowd wont homo, without troubling the cashier or discovering the trick,
I wa take the history of past bank failures, it will be found that, in almost every case, the Buildon stoppage of payment was duo to dishonesty or recklessness on the part of the directors and responsible employees. In the
RELYING ON THE "OLD WOMAN:"
101 bank
moot its
early days of banking those in. If everybody who had a bank- stitutions sprang into being at the ug account went to his bank, rate of a score a week, and about and demanded his money, it is an equal number failed. But that safe to say that was when all banks were private would be able to concerns. Thus, in Fobranry, liabilities, though, of course, somo 1826, Parlinmont ordered an ac-would be able to come nearer to count to bo taken of the bank doing so than others. However failures during the previous four gilt-odgod securities are, they will months only, and it was ascor- take time to realiso: and, of course, tained that in this brief period in time of panic thoy will take fifty-nine banks had closed their longers But the whole system of doors, as the result of the wildest, banking rests on the improbibility madest speculation on the part of this occurring, of their 114 partuors,
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If there was a sudden vun on at Speculation and peenlation. well-established bunk, and it hid One is almost as Ind as the other, not sufficient currency in its cel- To-day-banka-de-not-speculato-les-to-meat-the-demand-it-could they invost. The bank that specus if it were solvent, invoke, and pro- THE
Intas is lost.
bably obtain, the assistance of the Bank of England, which would' give it the run of its enormous reserve of gold.
Evan in the twentieth century, there is a goueral idən that banks morely mind themoney depositod; but ilroy do more than that. Thoy. A bank must always bo propa-. use it, lending it hero to a merred to meet any demand made by chant who wislios to develop his its customers," business, or conclude a big sale at
It does not, of course, koop only 981] once there investing itin securities gold ont promises, but it sees of unquestionable integrity. It it every sovereign deposited is stands to reason that the bank represented by goud securities. which takes a risk in londing to The heavy falls in Consols would the morelant, who may not have crippled many banks had able to repay, or buying stock they not wisely spread their that may possibly be worthless in investments over many other nwook, is-daily risking its Tinan kinds of stock-colonial, corpora- cial stability. The bank that tion, and such like. It is a offers high rates of interest to splendid tribute to the soundness depositors should be avoided, for
of English banking that who no properly conducted and really Casols dropped from the late safe bank can afford to pay higher nineties to the early eighties, and, ratos than the markot allows.
Akhmuck snillions of pourds losses to evory bank of repute, not therefore, ontailed tremendous pro placed on deposit”—that is
a singlo ono, was to. Hay the dopasitor must give
Horiously notico before he can draw his
injured. money-many more millions are paid into current accounts, and every penny must be ready at a moment's notice,
The ronson was, that the men responsible for minding the money of the country wore wise enough not-to-put-all-their eggs into one- WHEN, DIRECTORSGAMBLE. tion, and they distributod; and, basket. Security lay-in distribu- The greatest bank failure of re-although the drop in Consola cent years was that of Dumbell's, meant a depreciation.in securities in the Isle of Man. This was amounting to hundreds of thon- caused by hazardous spoculationsands of pounds, the increase in on the part of the directors, whose other stocks compensated. And prosecution is remembered to this thus the dopositor is protected. day, Dunboll's was a bank with Whon banks tako to playing with a great reputation, and all tho the money which is not thoirs, best people in the Isle of Man had they pave the way to repetition of accounts with it, but the directors, those miserable scenes which wanted too much interest on the follow that most terrible of all monoy their customers had en-commercial notices:-"The direc- trusted them with, and they pass tors regret that they have been ed from investments to spocula compelled to suspond paymont, tion, and from the latter-to-gam bling-and even a great bank cannot control the markets-the. shares follafter they were bought, and rose when they were sold, and, of course Dumbell's got into dif ficulties.
Something similar describes the. City of Glasgow Bank, which clos- ed itsdoor in 1878. Rashspecula- tion with their customers monoy resulted in groat losses, and, al- though in the carly part of 1878 a dividend of 12 por cont, was declared, the bank stopped pay- ment before the end of the your.
AUCTIONS.
G. ARR.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Undersigned havo so:pired
instructions from Commander BacK WITH, Harbour' Master, to sell by PUBLIO AUCTION, (unlus disposed of privately).
SATURDAY,
on
The dividend was, of course; a the 8th April, 1911, at 11 A., Át the
blind, and those responsible were Bent to guol.
Marvellous stories could bo told of cortain English banka- now flourishing of times when
The Steam Launch
Police Basin. Tim-Tan-Tsui,
"MARLOW,"
Built by The Hongkong and Whampoa
Dosk Company, Limited.","
·
The Langh is moored in the Police
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they were very nearly stop-Basin at Trimetsa-isti
ping payment. Even the Bank,
Full Particulis And Inspecting
of England 1148 Jind its. Orders may be had from the Ano-
crisis. Perhaps the most extra- tioneers.
ordinary reason for a bank Tons- unus),
failing was a woman's sprained
ankle! Many years ago nu old
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Ankle outside the offices of a bank.
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rowd.
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PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HOXORONG. tas2 FOR BOSTON AND NEW
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The Company has decided to rednes the. Prices from 1st April, 1911, to the end of the Season. Mongkong, 31ta Mor., 1911..
E800
About
April,
May.
S.S."MONTROSE"... About 2nd
For Freight and further Information, apply to
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Agents, Hongkong, 4th April, 1911, FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND CALCUTTA,
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COMPANY LIMITED.
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Captain L. O. Tómassend, will be des- patched for the above ports ou SATUR- Hongkong Ist April, 1911, DAY, the 8th inst., at Noon..
For Freight or Passage, apply to
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Agents. Hongkonz. 4th' April, 1011, 1031
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STEAM
COMPY
The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation
Company..
STEAM FOR STRAITS,. OBY- LON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITER- -RANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON.
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No Basura, CONTINENTAL
AND AMERICAN PORTE.
THE Steamship
."DELHI,"
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE,
11
WHEE DAYS.
7.00 s.m.
7,80a.m. 10:10.00 .m. Every 10 min
P
15 min.
15 mia.
: 10 min.
#
15 min.
EE
.10 min.
*
16 min.
Н
15 min.
p.m.
Captain H. S. Bradshaw, carrying His Majesty's Mails, will bo dospatched from 10.00 am to 11.00 am.. this for Bombay, &o,, on SATUR-1.80 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. DAY, the 16th April, 1011, at Noon, 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 taking passengers and Cargo in con-
1.10 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. nection with the Company's 6.8.
1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m. “Mongolis," 10,000 tons, froín Colum
2.10 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. bo, passengers' accommodation in which 8.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. yessel is scoured belare departure from 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m... Hongkong.
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10 min.
NIGHT CARS. Silk and Valuables, all cargo for 5.45p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.45. to 11.15 p.m. Franco and Tea for London (under
every balf hour.. arrangement) will be transipped at
・ SUNDAYS: * Colombo into the mail steamer proceed 8.00 a.m. to 9.00 am. Every 15 min. ing direct to Marseilles and London; 9.00 am to 9.80 a.m. other cargo for London, &c., will be 9.30 s.m. to 10.80 a.m. conveyed via Bombay by the...11.48 a.m, to 12.00 noon 10.80 a.m. to 11.00a.m. "Arabia," dau iu London on the 26th May, 1911.
Parcels will be received, at tils Office until 4 r.x. the day before sailing. The contents and value of all packages are requisil.
For farther particulars, apply to
H. A. HEWETT, Superintendent. Hongkong, 1st April, 1911. "SHIRE" LINE OF STEAMERS, LIMITED.
THE
FOR MARSEILLES, "LONDON & ANTWERP... Steamship #CARNARVONSHIRE," Captain W. Gregory, will be`des- patched as above about 21th Inst
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69
40.
#
10 min.
18 min 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m. 10 min. 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m... 10 min 5.00 pm to 6.00 p.m., 10 min 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.15 min. 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 pm, 10 min. NIGHT CARS as on Week Days. SATURDAYS.:
Extra car at 3.15 p.m., 11.80 p.m.
and 11.40 p.m. SPECIAL CARS by Arrange. ment at the Company's Omes. Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Road Central. JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & 80N,
General Manager, Hongkong, let April, 1909,
MAN-CHEONG,
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