Public Auction.
G.
B.
PARTICULARS and CONDI. TIONS of the letting by Publio Auction Sale, to be held on Tues- day, the 13th day of May, 1913, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by
Order of His Excellency the Go.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1913.
Entertainments
Banks
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
KINETOPHONE
EDISON'S LATEST INVENTION.
vernor, of Two Lots of Crown MOTION PICTURES.
Land at Leighton Hill, and Shau- kiwan Road respectively in' the Colony of Hongkong, för a term of 75 years, with the option of) renewal at Crown Ronts to be fixed by the Survoyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
No. of Sale
LOCENE.
Kountry
Memeent
Approximgie.
小
W.
feet
free feet
112,870
TALKING PICTURES
TERRITORIAL RIGHTS
AND
KINETOPHONES
ON LEASE ONLY,
SOLE RIGHTS FOR CHINA,
INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES
HELD BY
[THE EDISON KINETOPHONE AGENCY,
P.O. BOX
225.
Cable Address: KINETOPHON.
Fabul
MARKED SUCCESS!
TUZATER
A TRIUMPH.
CITY HALL.
Public Companies
THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTI),
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the FIFTEENTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEET. ING of this Company will be held at the offices of Messrs. Jardine.
TO-NIGHT:
AND"
SATUR
roth.
TUESDAY, 13th MAY.
Matheson & Co., Ltd. on WED: FINAL CONCERTS.
NESDAY, the 21st May at 13"
p.m. for the purpose of receiving Pretion of M DAVID E. D. COMEN
the Report of the Directors to-
gether with a statement of Ac-NDER
counts to 30th April, 1913.
the Distinguished Patronage and in the Pre-
ROYAL
TO-NIGHT
BRANCHES :-
Exchange
CORPORATION.
BANKING CORPORA-
TION.
Selling.
Buying.
Head Dice-6, Wall Street, New York, London Officeje, Bishopsgate, EC.
T/T.
,2/-34 | 4 m/s. L/C
..8/-11/16
Pald-up Capital
..$15,000,000 Domand
Bombay
Kobe
Calcutta
Manila
CD100
Harico
RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
30.d/s
60 dis
.2/44 .9/5/16
3/164 m/s. D/P
...2/- 13/16
6 m/s. L/C
..2/13/15
Cala
* Panama
4 m/s
Colon
• Peking
Empire
San Francisco Shanghal Yokohama
T/T. Shanghai
T/T. Singapore TT. Japan
Demand. India..
Caphat and ResTM¥7,060,000 (Gold)
about an L1,450,000 EVERY DESCRIPTION OF DANKING BUSI
NESS transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the moun DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed, for one year at 4% per annum, or for shorter periods, at rates, which many be ascertalund or i
Fand COLLECTED.
BILLS NEGOTIATEDtion.
MAIL 180 TELEGRAPING REMITTANCES maỏa.
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted on all the principaleides in the World,
THE LANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS. OF CREDIT #Avaliable all over the World,
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT
Issued.
PURCHASE 123 SALE of Stock and Shares acted,
TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and leashed.
GEORGE HOGG, Manager.
9, Queen's Road, Hongkong. 1912 Hongkong, 1st Nov., 1912
THE
LIMITED.
YOKOHAMA SPFCIE BANK,
£1,500,000 at 2/--- $15,000,000 Silver 17,200,000
Reserve Liability of
$82.200,000 T.T. India
Proprietors...........$15,000,000 Demand, Manila
21-34 30d/s.'ney & Melbourne 2/-15/15
724 30 d/s. San Fco & New York. 494
COURT OF DIRECTORS. T/T. San F'co & New York...4871 8. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman. T/T. Java
D. Landale. Esq.,-Deputy T/T. Marks.
Chairman.
G. Friesland, Esq.
C. S. Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq.
G. R. Laurenz, Esq.
F. Lieb, Esq.
W. L. Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq.
Hon. Mr. E. Shellim. H. A. Siebe, Eeq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb, MANAGER.. Shanghai-A, G. Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster
· Limited. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 Hongkong-Interest Allowed. Reserve Fund....... 18,200,000
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per Annum on the daily balance.
Established 1880.
--
11
Head Offico.-YOKOHAMA,
'Bombay
Branches Antung-Hsien
Calcutta Changchun Dairen
MISS MAY ROBERTS Tengtion
und the
ANGLO-AMERICAN
PLAYERS
in Victorien Sardon's
sparkling French comedy,
Harbin Hankow Honolulu Kobe Liao-Yang
London Lyons
Agencies at Nagasakil Newchwang New York Osaka
Pekin
1
Ryolun Port (Arthur)
San Francisco Shanghai
Tiebling
Tientsin
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Interest Allowed on Current Account, Deposits received for fixed
.8644 m/s. Marks
.21136
982
.150
4 m/s. Franes
...2,59%
1501
6 m/s. do
98
BarSilver. ready
.27 13/16
forward
27 3/16
1215
Gold Leaf per tacl.,
...50
T/T. France
................. 205) Bank of England rate.....
436%
.2.54
Sovereign
.89.85
Subsidiary Coins.
Malwa, Old
3,100
Discount per $100
Chinese 20 ots. pieces...$77.
Patna, New
3,850 perche.
Chinese...10
881
Hongkong.20
...$658
Hongkong.10
...873%
Opium Quotation.
Patna, Old............ 3,900.
Benares, New
3,400
Mar. 28.
| Malwa, New .........$3,000 perpio. | Benares, Old......... 3,250
SHARE REPORT.
S-SELLERS
Stocks & PAID Uṛ VALUE.
BANKS.
SA-SALE
B-BUYERS
CLOFIXE QXON
LAST DIVIDEND AND DATE."
$805 84
Hongkong & S'hai #125 -
MARINE INSURANCET,
Cantons
For 6 months, 3 per cent.
per
North China
$50 £5
£31/-/-
$825 182. T13314
Annum.
For 12 months, 4 per cont
Unions
per
Annum,
ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months, 2 per cent per
Annum.
تم
N. J. STABB. Chief Manager
$100 $795 nominal
£2/5/-atex 2/- equal to
921.71 for ending 31/12/12
$18 for 1911
year
Interim of 10/- f r 1911 Final of $20 making $50 for 1911 and Interim of $30 for 1912 Final of $12 mak. $15 for 1911 & Int, of $3 for 1912 J
$10 for 1911
FIRE INSURANCES:
SHIPPING.
£50 $190 b.
$20 $148
Yangtzes
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK China Fires
Hongkong Fires $50 8356 .8, THE Business of the above
Bank is conducted by the China & Manilas. $25 89 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Douglas Steamship 850 $4128 BANKING CORPORATION. Steamboats
$2714 b. Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly
“DIVORCONS”poriada at rates to be obtained on balances at $3 Per Cent, por an
The REGISTER OF SHARES of sence of. H. E. The Governor of A clever satire on, the Company will be CLOSED | Hongkong.
from THURSDAY 15th to WED
NESDAY, 21st inst. inclusive.
W. N. BROWN,
Acting Secretary
Hoogkong, 7th May, 1919.
1324
UNION MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LIVERPOOL. THE undersigned having been
appointed Agents for the above Company are prepared to accept Marine Risks at current rates.
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LEO, JAN and 'MISCHEL.
CHERNIAVSKY
- THE TRIO
CHERNIAVSKY
the divorce opidomic.
Booking at Moutries.
Prices $3. $2, $1.
Curtain at 9.15 p.m.
HEARTY ENTHUSIASM DIS- PLAYED OVER EVERY ITEM, NEW PROGRAMME NIGHTLY. 9.15
Box Plan at ROBINSON'S.
Doors open at 8.30 p.m.
BIJOU
PROGRAMME,
9.15
New Comic by
THE BANK LINE Limito?, Agents
The Living Statue- Honne, 28th April vod
MAX LINDER" CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE|No Concert Will be Given on
LIMITED.
MONDAY: A Concert Will Instead The Ace of Clubs --- NOTICE TO SFARE-OLDERS. be Given on TUESDAY, 13th May.
THE thirty second Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the under- signed on Wednesday the 21st
instant, at 11.45 u.in.
The Transfer Books of the Com-. pany will be closed from the 7th to the 21st instant, both days. inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO., LTD.. General Agepi8.
Hoaukera Mil Mar, 1913.
Notice:
ITALIAN CONVENT.
THE
HE Superioress of the Italian Convent begs to renew her
appeal to the ladies and gentle- men of Hongkong for the usual
Special Students Concessions.
WADED, Oenotal Manager. Hongkong 9th May, 1912.
(845
VICTORIA THEATRE.
The Debut of Miss NORA'MOORE
Grand Success of
THE HOWARD SISTERS
And The Grand Dramatic Film "A Race for Inheritance,"
MATINEES
Saturday 5.30 Sunday 6 p.m.
application.
EISHI ONO,
Manager, Hongkong, 31st Mar., 1913, (18
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND . CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
.num.
Indo-Chinas
(Preferred) (Deferred)
Shell" Transports £1
b.
#27 for 1911
$1 for 1906
5 p.o. for year end'g30'5'12 Dividend of $1 för half
year ending 31′12′′′12 · J. 6 p.o. for year 1910 on
preferred shares
Final of 3/-making 20% for year ending 31°12'11 Int, of 1/- a/c. 1912
$15
£5 495 nominal
118/- middle
£11
$10 $52
b.
• $100 $105
b.
$3 for 1912
$100 $37 6.
MINING.
"Star Ferry":
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shangħai Bank to be placed on FIXED China Bugars DEPOSIT 4 Per Cent: per Luzon Sugars
annum.
REFINERIES.
For the Hongkong and Shang- Chinese Engineerings £1 35/- hai. Banking Corporation,
£1 80-
DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNS.
BANK.
.... N.J. STABB, Chief Manager. Tronohs
Raubs
£1 $3.60 b.
Kowloon Wharfs $50 $85 H.K.&Wpos Dooks$50 - $71) Shanghai Docks T. 100 T.63 Hongkew Wharfe T. 100 T.113).
£1,200,000 £1,700,000 Capital Fully
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital .... Reserve Fund... Reserve Liability, "of
Proprietors.£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- acted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- New Comic by ceived for 1 year or shorter periods NICK WINTER.
at rates which will be quoted on application. The Village Hero (A. B. Comedy) NEWS OF THE WORLD
(Pathe Gazette }
Miss VIOLET BONETTA (The Saucy Soubrette) (a) "Are You Looking For
A Girl Like me (b) "If You Tolk in Your Sleep
Don't Mention My Name"
MATINEES ON
7.15
A. S. HEWETT,
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [22
(Sal'days 4.15 THE
Sundays 6.00
PICTURES ONLY 7.15
Notices
gifts of cast off garments and DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? THE CHINA
worn out clothes to the Convent.
Of late, there has been an ap- preciable falling-off in the period- ical collections of old and second- hand materials received at the Convent. The Superioress fools confident that she has but to urge the pressing and daily in- oreasing needs of the Convent in its provision for the poor, to re- ceive benevolent responses, from local residents.
LEON KENDAL
the world famous.
KELLY & WALSH, LTD,
An Invaluable Work of Reference
YEAR BOOK 1918.
$7.50 New Edition THE TRADE & ADMINIS- TRATION OF CHINA. By H. B. Morse $6.00
Palmist and Send For Our List of 1,000
Astrologer
The change of season calls for has the honor to announce 扫 change of garments for
the
orphan children. If residents
will kindly realize the great help
they can render by sending such
of their dress materials as are no
Short Season In
COLONIAL NOVELS REDUCED from 51.75 to 60 cents.
Notices
fr
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai.
·Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Teinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama.
LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS Angio French Lands T.100 T.94
$115 b. Hongkong Hotels $50!
876 b. Hongkong Lands $100 $110
LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons. Humphreys Estates 310 $814 b. The Union of London and Smith's 'Kowloon Lands
$30 $38 b. Bank, Limited.
Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Shanghai Lande T. 30 T. 92 b.
Agency,
Direction der Disconto Gesell-West Points
$50 $63 b.
schaft. INTEREST allowed on Current Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8 Account. DEPOSITS, rédeived on terms which may be learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange busi- nese transacted.
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT.
Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct. 1911.
CHINA, PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE
CO., LTD... (Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-THE porty, &c.
MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED..
O
Goods received on Storage,
Authorised Capital. Advances made on Merchandise:
Subsoribed Loans made on the Providont
Paid Up System.
Reserved Fund (Rates and Particulars on ap-
plication).
OF
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &, Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co General Managers, Hongkong, 19th March, 1908 32 THE FAMINE IN CHINA,
KELLY & WALSH LTD. EIGHT Famine Districts with an
area of 30,000 square miles." TWO and hall million people NOTICE.
facing stravation. For danc GONZALEZ DE BERN-PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRI
EDO, manager of the Vic-US, BUTION TO-DAY." toria Theatre, Hongkong, will IT WILL HELP TO SAVE LIF & "THE GRAPHIC" (London) Bever my connection with the
Trosorat, H. C..GULLAND, ERI
HONGKONG.
I,
longer any use to them, the little says "His Delineations Are No-firm of Ramos, Ramos & Com- Manager, International Banking Co.. children will be suitable provided with clothes they are so much in thing Short of Marvellous.”
(Paris) He "LE FIGARO" need of i'
Is The High Priest of These Sclences.".
ITALIAN CONVENT. Hongkanv. 18th April, 1918. [820 BANK HOLIDAY.
"THE STANDARD" (Loudon)
IN accordance with Ordinance Says "He is Without Equal."
No. 5 of 1912 the EXCHAN.
GE BANKS will be closed for the
i
Consultations Daily transaction of Public Business on 9.30 .m. to 5.80 p.m. MONDAY the 12th instant, Whit Monday, Hongtag, 7th May, 1918. [854
Hongkong Hotel.
pany on May 31, 1913.. kinngkong, 616 May, 1918,
€849
poration, banglal
Honekana 24th Jasnave 1919 87
CREAM ALPACA LUSTRES,
15 p.o. for year ending
30.4.12
$3 for 1897
1/6 per shares final 1911).
(Coupon No. 18).
Int. of 2/6 a/c. 1913
1/2 for 1909
$4.50 for year 1912
$1 final dividend
b.
8.
b.
Tla. 3 for 1912
year 1911
for}
Final of Tls. 4 making
Tls 7 for 1912
Tl. 6 29'2'10
}
$3 on old shares, $1.501
on newshares for half year 31'12-12
Final div. of $311⁄2 making
$7 for 1912
50 cents for 1912
82.80 for 1912 /
5p.c.for half to 30'6'12
& final of 6 p.c. making 11 p.o. for 1912
Final of $2,25 making $4,25 for 1912
15 per cent. for 1910
T4 for year ended 311070)
Ty for year ended 20°12′10)
$1.25 for year end'g 31°7′12
40 cents for 1911
$1.60 per share for 1912
Finalof 88 making $107
COTTON MILLS.
12
Ewos
T. 50: T. 136- Hongkong Cottons 810 $94.
MISCELLANEOUS.
812 $11 China-Borneos Light and Powers $101
$3 Do. (Spec. shares) $1ƒ China Providents. $10 $8 Dairy Farms $6 $26
5.
50 cents 31.7.08
85 cents for 1912
B.
70 cents for 1912
B.
Green Islands"
$10 $4.90
b.
.
Hongkong Electrics $10 $334
625 18175 ....£1,500,000 Hongkong Ices
1,125,000
562,000 Hongkong Ropes 415,000
b.
b.
$10 $21
$2 for 1912
Langkate
8. 10 T.61
Morning Post
$25 $22
$1 81 8.
b.
B.
· HEAD OFFICE: Threadneedle Street,
London, E.C. BRANCHTS: Bombay. Kandy. Calcutta Gallo. Howrah. Bingapore. Delhi. Penang. Madras. Kota Bahm, Kelantan. Karachi. Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S. Rangoon. Hongkong.
Colombo. Shanghai.
AGENTS IN JAPAN: Messrs. Jardins, Matheson
& Co. Ltd... BANKERS:
Bank of England.
Peak Tramway
$10 $118.
Do. (new) Hongkong Electrio Trams7/13
$1035 Philippines
H. Price & Co., Ld. #1036
Pre- Societe desferred
Pulpeset $50 $20 Papierterios paid.. up $50
du Tonkin
Benefit $200 London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd, Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20T.150
Steam Laundry #5 65 United Asbestos)
Oriental Agency, $10 3914 b. EVERY descrition of Banking
Id. and Exchange business transacted. Stocks and Shares United Asbestos:).” GREEN ISLAND CEMENT bought and sold on account of Founders Shares
Constituents. Letters of Credit
Unlon Waterboat granted on Agents and Corres- pondents all over the world, E
Interest allowed on Current Ag-Weismann, Ltd. counts at 2 per cent per annum Watson on Daily Balanda and on Tired William Powell Deposits at raten which may be
I application,
WO. MACDONALD,
COMPANY, LIMITED. UITABLE for making Ladies
SUIT
and Gentlemen's Dresses and Coats, 30 inches wide. Price $10.00 por piecol of 30 yds. Cash only. Subject to being unsold, Apply ALEX ROSS & Co., next door to Hongkong & Shanghái Bank, NATION Hongkang, Sib May, 1913.
PORTLAND, CÉMENT
In Caaks of $75 lbs. not. In Bags of 250 lbs. net.
SHEWAN TOMES & CO General Managers. (357 Hongkong, 16th August, 1901 19
$10 $800
$10 816
$10 $18
b.
$108.0
for 1912
81 interim & final of $1
Tls. 1 account 1913
1.
None
80 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year. "ending 30'4'12' Int, of 81 per share None
$1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend this year 50 ots. for year end'
20 per cent. per ordinary share for year ended 31'5'1912
$1 per share for year'
ending 31'12'1912
25 per cent, for year?
ending 91711
30 cents for 1910.
22 1994 8 11 b. 40 cts, yearending 30°6′12 Corrected in Large sum, May 20 spy by WRIGHT AND HORNBY, SVG Gamers! Brokan De Vorms Sand Erniman Wal, address Roolituä», b
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