COMMERCIAL.
Shanghai Share Market,
Mesara. J. P. Bisset and C5, in their report dated 20 March,
etate :-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1918.
Entertainments
ROYAL
MAURICE E. BANDMANN
PRESENTS THE
NEW BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION,U
Head Omos1w6o, Wall Street, New York. “London Offenbujë, Habopagata, KG
BRANCHES
Calcutta
Canton
Cob
*Coloa
--- Honghong
Banks
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORA-
TION
Exchange
1/11 3/164 m/s. D/C
Selling,
T/T....... Domand
"
1/11/4/4 m/s, DP
Paid-up Capital ....
Manila Mlazion
| RESERVE FUNDS
Sterling
$15,000,000 † 30 d/s
'60 dia.
1/11 5/10°
1/1136
6m/e. L/C
4 m/s.
T/T. Shanghai
T/T. Singapore
TT. Japan
T.T. India
provements will be of immense advantage in handling the traffo brought down the Western Ghats, but they will not solve the THEATRE tions. These are a triumph of problem of the satual Ghat so- the engineering skill of more than a century ago; bat A comparison of today's shar quotations with those of a work great delays are caused by the ugo makoa evident the aligh vorsing station system and by the necessity for splitting Leavy hardening in Rubber shire ratés trains in two. Ito the adepo which has taken place during the of electric working is being con- 1st few days. The most that can gidered as a possible solution of be said is that the tendency is the difficulties, Mr. Merz having towards higher prices, and ap bien consulted on the subject. parently the market is swinging At Caloutta the question of adop bok after the rather sharp drop sing electrio fraction on from 20 which followed the consistently to 40 miles of the suburban lizes steady rise during the rat two of the Eastern Bengal State Itail-From Daly's Theatre, London. SCIAL LETTERS OF C months of the year. The drop in exchange has no doubt been away is also under investigation.
ontributory factor in the harden-
·ing of prices.
Sterling Quotation —The T.T. Hate on London today is 2/8.3-4
Business Recorded;→
Mathematics in the Familly.
For the First Time in TO-NIGHT
Hongkong
Dalys Theatre, London Success. Mr. George Edwardes' New
OIPSY LOVE.
(Die Ziegeuner Liebe) Prices Dress Circle and Orchestra
Stalls, $3.50; Stalls, $3.00; Pit, $2.00; Gallery, $1.00.
Doors open at 8.30, Comrence at 9 Sharp. Booking at MOUTRIĘ & CO.
BIJOU.
TO-NIGHT.
Madcap Molly.
(Drama).
A Strange Peacemaking, ..
The Glory of Wiffles, (Comie), Pathe Gazette, (A-s In Pictures)
Losing His Head, Gaumont Graphic
Miss Hilda Hudson, M A., March 17th: Shanghai Landdaughter of Profess r lludson, pergent (1912) Tis. 103 can. Professor of Mathematics in Langkats Tia 72 xd. Mirch. King's College, London has been Indos The, 4 cash. 8.and B.appointed lecturer in mathematica Wharfe Tis. 107 cach. Ewos at West Ham Tecl nio.I fortitute 9.15 (pref.) Tis. 100 cash. Java Con at a salary of £200 Misa Indon Bolde Tle. 15 cash. Anglo-Javas was placed equal to seventh Tis. 9 35 cash, Chirags T. 4.20rangler at Cambridge in 1903; dash. Gulos (lecal) Tis. 13h cash her sister was equal to eighth Consolidate la Tle, 5.1.4 cash rangler in 1900; and a brother, who was killed in a bill-climbing Tramwaya Tis. 00 osh.
March 18th:-Shanghai Cot-nccident, was senior wrangler in tons Tie 134 Maroh. Padangs 1898. Professor Hudson was Tie. 13 cash, Kotas Tis. 6) cash. third wrangler in 1801, and his Chemiors Tls. 2.10. 2,16 cash, brother was a second wrangler. Jaua Consolda Tis. 15 cash. Gulas (local) Tis. 13.40 cash. Ayer Tawabs Ts, 175 cash. Kopalas Tle, 1.30 cash. Consolidateds TIs. 25.15 cash. Tramways Tls. 67, 68 cash. Works $23 cash' Lingkata Tls. 72 x. d, March. Shanghai Docks Tia. 60 March. 7 March 19th:-Kung Yiks Tla. 141 cash. Padange Tla, 131, 14.10 onah Gulas (local) Tls. 135 oasb, Repabs Tis. 1.20, 135 cash.
Public
Auction.
NOTICE.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
of His Ex-
|
Miss CECILE STEPHANO
(-) Bs80 y 2 ware An Old Sweethoirt." (b, “Niranha.”-
7.13
Miss VIOLET BONETTA (4). "Easy Steel" () "Clasp Mary"
Artistes at all Matinees, Com to Change of fictaroa, Er y Wolne day & Saturday.
PICTURES ONLY 7.15 VICTORIA THEATRE.
Enormous Success of the THUNDERBOLT MAN, Wond.rial imitator & Intors as Dano.e,
ALEXANDER GALINSKY. SATURDAY, 22nd
**Debut of the -FAMOUS ARTIST'.
PARTICULARS AND CONDI S: Ohemors Tls. 24 cash, KroowooksTIONS of the letting by Public Aue: The. 11 cash. Shanghai Melaye tion Bale, to be held on Monday. the Tie. 8 cash. Senawanga Ts. 24 1st day of 's ch, 1918, at p.m... cash, Sua Manggis Tls. 7.60 st the Officer of the Public Work Dash. Anglo-Java Tls. 0.35 cash, Department, by Order Ziangbes Tlo: 5 cash. Sungeirown Land above Kearody Road vellenog the Govenor, of One Lot of Daris Tla. 8 cash Shangbai in the Colony of Hong ng, for a term Tage (pref.) Tla.. 44 ocak.
of 76 yours, with the option of renewal 3ang, Railway Electrification in India. Crown Beats to be fixed by the While the vague general state-Surveyor of His Majesty the King, L» mentsrecently made as to projects one further tarm of 75 years. far railway cleatifnation in Ladia PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. on a vast scale are not justified by the facts, it is the case saya the Times" the proposala for the introduction of electric traction on the lines of the Great Indian Peninsula, the Dombay, Brods, and Central Iadio, and the Bom bay Port Trust Railways serving the town and island of Bombay aro underinvestigation, the length of tack involved being from 50
to 100 miles. The overhead:
system is to be employed, as it
..... 1 No.
of Sale.
ot Nó 1543 | Register No.
LOCALIT
Boundary
An: perfuata plan.
8,100.00 1,000
Miss ARKAS,
in: Englah, Bussian, Poitagune
It lin
"
The Charming Surio Danger Freda Ardes;
The Magn firent New Ilm, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL”
Notices LESSONS IN CHINESE MRLI HON FAN⚫ Chinese
ten years."
་
- Capkaland: Baurkampek@jjačo,000 (Gold)
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI VESS trapantað,
SIDÉPOSITS RECEIVED, Aandular one your st “XX DAN MEMEN, war for sharbat paskoda, at rAANG VERS
BILLY NEGOTIATI
·MALL and ZZKAKAKAI
SLETTERS OF CREDIT. an all the gelmat: BAHR”LANKT CIRCUL
sectad
JIS' grietad
COMMERCIAL · CAXDIT „PURCHASK 10d. BALR-of Stacks and Shares
TRAVELLEES CEECES 2018 and cribed,
GGKOKOK HOGO... Manager.
9, Qamn's Road, Dongkong. Hongkong, lat Nov 1912 1912:
THE A
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
**
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 | Paid-up Capital ***30,000,000 Reserve Fund ...... $17,500,000
Head Office YOKOHAMA,
Branches Antung-Hsion Bombay Caloutta Changohun Dairen Fongtion Harbin Hankow Honolulu
Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York
£1,500,000 at 2/-←?
$15,000,000 Silver 7,000,000
Reserve Liabliíty of
$32.200,000 | Demand. India
Demand, Manila
Proprietors..... 15,000,000 T/L:San Food New
COURT OF DIRECTORS. T/T. J876i E. Armstrong. Esq.-Chairman T/T. Marks
Hon. Mr. O. H. Ross-Deputy T/T: Franos „i......................
Chairman.''
8. H. Dodwell. Esq.
G. Friesland, Esq.
C. 8. Gubbay, Esq.
G. Laurens, Esq.
F: Lieb, Esq.A
W. L. Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, 1. A. Stebe, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stalb. AOTING MANAGER. Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London- Bankers London “ County and Westminster.
Limited...
|Hongkong-Interest Allowed.
On Current Account at the-rate of 3 per cent par Annum on the dally balance.
.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.
Subsidiary Coins.
Discount per $100
Buying
1/11 15/16
1/111 30d/6.S'ney & Melbour
.78); | 30 d/s, Ban F'co & New York. 4746
8214 m/s. Marks.
| Chinese 420 ats." pieces...$734
4 m/s. Francs
do
6 m/s. Barßilver, ready
forward
Gold Leaf per tael
| Bank of England rate
-Bovereign
450
10.25
Malws, Old
5,200
Patna, New
s100perch
Chinese...10 ·
Hongkong.20
Hongkong:10
186) ..$796.
Patna, Old..
3,100
Oplum Quotation,
Benares, New
3,250
Feb. 27,
Malwa, New....$2,900 perpio
Benares,,Old..
2,000
SHARE REPORT.
For 3 monthe. 25 per cent per Hongkong & S'hal $125
Annum
S-BELLERS
BA-SALE
Stocks &-PAID UP "Valur......
HANXI
CLOLDIO 100S
78805 b.
Osaka
· Pekin
Ryolun
Port
(Arthur).
-Ban Francisco
For 12 months, 4 per cent per
Annum.
For 6 months, 3 per cent per Cantona
Annum
MARINE INSURANCE-⠀
North China
Unions
£80/10/- $50 $285
£5 T135
$100
$840
Shanghai
Kobe
Tichling
X
Liao-Yang London Lyons
Tientsin
Yangtzes
Tokyo
FIRE INSURANCES.
China Tires
Interest Allowed on Current
Account.
AAN J.STABB, Chief Manager
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
B-BUYERS
£50 $200
620 $14636b. $50 $3562.80.
THE Business of the above
Bank is conducted, by the Hongkong Fires HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI China & Manilas...$25
Deposite received for BANKING CORPORATION. [Douglas Steamship 850 83416.
periods at rates to be obtained on application
BISHI ONO, M
Manager Hongkong. 11th Jan., 1913. (18
:
Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
*
Steamboats INTEREST on deposits is al-Indo-Chinas flowed on the minimum monthly balances at 83 Per Cent per an- [num.
$15 82734
(Preferred) (Deferred)
Shall" Transports £1
£5 $9312
113/6
£11 610$39
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
HEAD OFFICE.--LONI Paid-up Capital....... Reserve Fundus
Reserve
Liability
Proprietors A
200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- noted.
gradante versed in lite store,
CURRENT ACCOUNTS.open- has been a teacher to Europesa officialsed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- and merchants in this Colony for over calved for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on
Wm DICKSON. Manager.
He has a good method of training application, Europeans to pass in the Chinese ex- amination, and in possessed of a Erst
t
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to. be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 Per Cent. per Bonum
For the Hongkong and Shang hal Banking Corporation,
NJ STABB, Chief Manager.
EUTSCH ASIATISCHE
BANK
Capital Fully
Paid-up8h. Teals 2,500,000
Head Office.--Shanghai. - Board of Directors-Berlin.:
*Branches:
Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Tainanfu Tsingtau Yokohama, LONDON BANKERS:
'Star Ferry IL: TREFİNEMIRS.“ China Sugars $100 $1031b.exdiv. Luton Sugars 810003832 Chinese Engineerings £132/6
MINING.
T.81
LAST DIVIDEND AND SATE.
£2/5/- at ex 2/-7 equal to) $21.71 for 4 year
· ending 31/12/12 $18 for 1911
Interim of 10/- for 1911 Final of $20 making $50) for 1909 and Interim. of $30 for 1931 $12 for 1909 an1.Int. ofl #3 on account of 1910).
$7 & b's of 52 for 1910 $27 for: 1912
$1 for 1906
5 p.c. for year end'g30'6'12
· Dividend of $1 for halft year ending 31212 45. 6p.c. for year 1910 on preferred shares".
[1/- per share Coupon No
3819
15 p.c. for year ending
30.4.32
$3 for 1913
· $3 for 1897-'
1/6 par shares final 1911) (Coupon No.:18):8. 7/6 per share on 150,000 1/2 Zor 1909
$4.50 for year 1912
$1 final dividend
year 1912-
Tls. 3 for 1912
for}
T.107 ex. div. Interim ofs.3, for 1912
$115 b.
Tronohs Raubs
2163.85 FOCKS, WHARVES, & ODOWNE, Kowloon Wharfs 850 876 HK&W poa Docks 850 Shanghai Dooks T. 100 Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 LANDS, HOTELS BUILDINGS Angle French Lands T.100 T.94
Hongkong Hotels 50
$105 Hongkong Lands $100 Humphreys Estates $10 $816 b Kowloon Lands $30 43436b, Shanghai Lands T. 30 - T. 89
850 1856 West Points
Manila M'pole Hotel P10 P. 8
Ewos
T. 50 T. 146
would be difficult to traîn Indian Jublte. WomvaN25] rate /certificate as a Chinese teseber. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. #:[28 Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Bond. MuziekALS
coolies to recognize the danger
of contact with the third rail.
The first line of railway con THE CHINA BORNEO CO
structed in Indis, the portion of
the
Great Indian Peninsula
LIMITED,
He has also a good knowledge of} -Mandarin and Hukka,
Those who intend learning th, Chip-
one language are requested to write caté
Bystem from Bombay to Kal- yan, some 34 miles in length, has NOTICE TO SHARES OLDERS direct to 87 Hollywood Road. It BoorTHE
been congested for many years. THE TENTH
for it is at Kolgan that the
ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF
two trunk lines of the Company, SHAREHOLDERS of the above
sf Hongkong Telegraph " office
Hongkong 29th fak. 19 ́§. 14
that from the north and east com- Company wi'l be held at the Oon pay.
ing down from the Thull Ghat, and that from the south by way of the Bhore Ghat, converge to oross the Konkan plaine to Bom bay. To cope with this constant ly increasing pressure the track is to be quadrupled, and a large goods etation of modern design
Offics, St George's Bul'ding at 11.30
Notices
CHINA PROVIDENT
LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD
COTION MILLS.
Tie. 6 29′2′10
$3 on old shares, $1.50)
on newsbares for half year 31:12:12.2015 Final div, of $311⁄2 making ~$7 for 1912 AU
40 cents for 1918 $2,80 for 1912 M 5p.e. for half to 30:6′12 Final of $2.25 making $4.25 for 1912
15 per cent for 1810 Taforyear ended 3110101 T7 for year ended 20:12'10ƒ
50 cents 31.7.08
1 for 1911
The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London
Kokig Agency.
schaft. Direction der Disconto Gesell- CINTEREST allowed on Current 4 Account: DEPOSITS received
on forms which may be learned Hongkong Cottons $10 $10 on application. Every description MISCELLANEDUS. of Banking and Exchange bust China-Borneos 812 8934 ness transacted
Light and Powers $10 -P. TIMMERSCHEIDT, – 1 Do," (Spec:ahares)$1}
Manager.
China Providents $108834 BB, Hongkong, 9th Oct. 1911. 2 Dairy Farms 100 864825+
Green Islands $104.30 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
Hongkong Hectrics $10-$32 #INDIA, LIMITED.
Hongkong Ices $25 $190er div.e. Final of 88 for 1912 Authorised Capital 1,500,000
$1 interim account 1912 Bubscribed
1,125,000 Hongkong Ropes $10 $191 012562,000
415,000 Langkats
(Capital Pald up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro Ltd., bsringeperty, &c. cured the servlars of a calle Goods received on Storage on Thunday the 3rd, of Apli with long and varied experience, beg to Advances made on Merchandise: 1918. to reagire a Statement of Ao-sanotince the establiment of TALL Loans made on the Provident
System, pate to the 81-t. Des mber, 1913, &ORING DEPARTMENT in their the Roport of the General Manager andarin Store, Des Voeux Road.
Bystem. Consulting Committes and to alects A trial orier would be greatly (Rates and Farticulars on ronsalting Committee and Auditor. preciated. All Garments will be made
_plication), In our own workshops.
OSMAN V CASUM,
The Trasfer Books of the Company. will be closee from the 90th March to in being built at Kalyan, the $id, of April, both days inciunile There are already, four tracke Tee Chine-Borneɔ ɑny, Ltd,
from Victoria Terminus to
the outskirts of Bombay City, and
in the first instance the doubling
process is to be continued to
W.G. DARBY,
General Manager,
Thana. This work, which in- THE HONGKONG, CANTON &
volves the construction of a new
Causeway over the Bandora Croak,"
1 already in hand; and the esti
mated cost of the section is $470,000. But the heaviest work
MADAO STEAMBOAT. 00,
LIMITED.
NOTICE.
MILLINERS & DRAPERS
¡LADIES & CHILDREN'S
WEARA
E
No. 1 & 8 D'Aguilar Street.
THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
IGHT Farine Districte with an * Acares of 30,000 square milan -TWO, and a half million people
18 from Thaus to Ralynn. The N that Scrip Certificate No. 7547 PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRI-
NOTICE 18 BEREBY GIVEN four daysND YOUR CONA bridge ccross Thana Greek, issued 80th May 1914, for twenty-fire BUTION TO-DAY which forme the head of Bombay has numbered 89788/89790 7499/ IT WILL HELP TO SAVE LIFE. Harbour, has to be doubled, 7448 and 37030/37098 of this Trasta, H. G. GULLAND, Esqr and an entirely new tunnel, to Company, to the a me of Gabriel Mazagar, International Banking Co, be out through Parsik Hill, to Poulet Osler has been lost, and thould porsura Shaaba
the east of the present line will the same not bo produced before the Towekony, 94th' Jeunesu 1919
to with a 10th Apill 1919, New Botip Certidsale provide express traffic with
hore direct route, will be sued to the sald Gabriel Poulet horter and... more
tunnel will be 4,3001t. in Calor, and no rankecli^na taking. gth, and the tender of Masara. place nuder the raid Eario Certificate aling for its construction by No 7642 will be recognised by the
alt 19 5, has been accepted. There will be some heavy bring-
Complay.
WE OLARKES
Boorstary. the creoke of Hongkong, March 11th, 1918,
thơ
ana-Kalyan section,
gu vit extends Over
more than 12 miles
ppen to be
MARTIN'S
• - - (187
APIOL STEEL
amPILLS
The Office of TRUSTEE, —EXECUTOR
WILLS ATTORNEY, &c. Undertaken and Executed
SEEWAN TOMES, & Co. General Manager.
OF
PALI UTE
Re ed Fund WAWHEAD OFFICE:
London, E.CAS BRANCHRS: Bombay, Kandy,
Hongkong, 19th March; 1908 | | 320, Threadneedle Street, GREEN ISLAND CEMENT
COMPANY LIMITED «PORTLAND) "CEMENT
•In Casks 6.375 lbs. Ine In Bags of 250 lbs! : phyBBEWAN TOMES'S
Hongkong, 16th August, 1901
General Manager KELLY & WALSH,
CAMBRIDGE MANUA
Bo.cents esc Brewing, A. Chaton The Individual; Kladom, Julien 8;8 The Psychology.
The Work of Rain
House Files &ation they Discase, C. G. Hoult
The Origin of Earthqua
bus Poù
Rel
Galle, Singapore. Penang
Kota Balm, Kelantan
Kuala Lumpur, F.M:S. (Honkongine
Shanghal AGENTS IN JAPAN: Mesars Jardine, Matheson
BANKERS
Bank of England,
70 cents for 1912
$1.25 for year end'g 31,713
40 cents for 1911:
b;
$1.40 per share.
6.10 1.72 BA,
$25 $22 $10 $1134
Morning Post. Peak Tramway
Do. (new) Bongkong Electric Trams 6/6 $1015 Phillippine. H.Frico & Co., Ld. $10 $6
A Pro Boolato desferred
Pulpeset $50830 Papterterios paid fo da Tonkin up $50
Bonafit $150 Bhanghai Sumatras T. 2)T:150 Steam Laundry $5 14 United Asbestos]
Oriental Agency, 810 893% b. anking Id
London Joint Stock Bank Ltd, A
VERY descrip
EY
and Exchange business transacted Blocks and Shares United bought and sold zon account of Fou Constituents. Letters of Credit
granted on: Agents and
pondents all over the world
wed on.
310 $300
$10 $1716
nn, Ltd.
10
Powell
Tis. 411⁄2 for 1912
None
80 cents on fully, paid shares and 8 cente on. $1paid shares for year ending 3012 None
None
($1.50 for 1910
Nope
No dividend this year ** 50 ots, for year end g 30:51
(20 per cen
per ordinar
share for year ended 31-5'1912
$1 per share for year
ending $1121912
25 per cen
30 cen
take three or four that the Sama
late These ime ATDRA CAFE