SHARE QUOTATIONS.
THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925.
BANKS.
BANKS.
Stock Exchange.
Sharebrokers' Association,
Banks.
H.K. & 8. Bank
(London),
1275 £130
4. 1275
Chartered Bank.
£PL
Marcantile Bank A & E
£29
Mercantile Banks O
2131
P. & O. Bank
€11
.071
Bank of E. Anla
Marine Insurances.
b. 300 n. 306
Cantan
x.d, 750
China Underwriters
b.
3.30
NorthChina
21.
$140
Cnion
Yangiaze
60
Fire Insurances,
China Fires
b.
200
670
Shipping
H.K. Fires
Douglases
H.K. Steamboats
H.H. Tags.
Indos (Prof.)
Indos Det, Lon/Bog.
India Def. H.K. Reg.
Shells
Ferrian
Water-boats
Oriental Navigation
China Sugars
Malabon
BOL 4.83
Refineries.
Bongrot Carsol.
Kailan
Langkate Combined
b.
Mialog.
804 021
266
S'hal Explor. Now Issue
Rauba
Tronoh
Ural Capiana
H.K. Wharves
Docks Wharves, Godowns &c.
K. Decks
Honghaw Wharves
New Engineerings
Shanghai Docka
b.
1934
118
D.
4
200
9
b.
1334
Lands, Hotels & Buildings,
H.K. Hotels (cum río.j b. 14. 144
Do.
Humphreys Estate
be
b. 141
(New) Prom.
H.K. Doveopmonta
n
Bücta.
H.K. Lands
The
- 95
H.K. Realty
n.
4.70
Π
H.K. Territories
b. 24
3
204
Princos Building
n.
150
Cotton Mills.
Ewo Cottons
b.
11.15
Orientala
п.
3.80 57
1.
2.
Shanghai Cottons Old
Shanghai Cottons Now
Canton Ico
Caments (eum rts.)
Do. [Now) Prom
Do... (Com:)
China Banca
China Light Old
Do.
Now
Do:
(Com.)
New
China Providents Olá
Do.
Constructions"
Dairy Farma
Dor A Wing (f.p.)
Do
Electrics H.K.
(p.p.)
Electrics Macao
Hongkong Ropes Old
H.K. Ropes (New) Pram.
Ropes
(Combined)
Hongkong Tramways
Lars Crawfords
Mackintosh
Poak Trams
Paok Trams
Sinceres
Taxis
Watsons
13
Miscellaneous.
A.
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b. 28. 201
D.
D.
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331
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332/2
10.20
64
40 ta. 40,
39 n. 40/411⁄2
Old
New
£1,
Α.
Old New
11.
7.
h.
:
Wa Powells
Nanyang Tob.
Hongkong May 10, 1925.
SHIPPING NEWS
The following local shipping and mail intelligence has been
· corrected to noon to-day:
Vessel
Sicilia
City of Glasgow
Hong Kong
Tonken Ekend
Shekkow M. Aisama M, Lushan M.
Yei M. No. 2
Hein Chang
Kwang Leo
Fah Tai
Agents
"
Vessels Arrived.
MAI & Co...
Bruk Lino
Song Soon Flang
M M
3 Manners & Co.
Chan Yue Teng
08K
Buzuki
YKX
MBK
HE HIS N'Do
Kin Tye Loung
From
Date.
Bombay via S'pore Dalny via S'ha
18th May
Hangoon vin pore
Haiphong
Bangkak
Hailow
Cinala tin Keeng
Kerlung
Shanghai vin Swatow
Keeling
Tientsin via Lunken
Shanghai
Bangkok via Koschchang
Impending Departures.
(Compiled from our Shipping Advertisements.)
Vessel Calchas Rangoon Marn Wang Toyphashi M. Chakaang Kitano Mari Morioka Maru Bingang
M. Yamagata M. Chipshing Nanisang
Lainding
Haiching Fushimi Maru
Lokrang
Leesang
Tingsang
Hepsing
Hdining
Vessel
Kitano M,
Em, of Russin
Destination
Harburg
Agents
R & S
NYK TM & Co. NYK
Swatow
NY K
NYK JA & Co. JA & Co. NYK NYK JIE & Co.
J AK & Co.
J MX Co.
DL Uo. ΝΥΚ
JM & Cn. JB & Đại
JM & Co.
BLOG.
Colombo Swatow Yokohama
okohama
Павкова
Sandakan Shanghai Manila
BANKS.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK THE CHARTERED BANK OF
BANKING CORPORATION,
HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.
$50,000 000 $20,000,000
Authorized Capital
Reserve F'and
-Sterling
Issued and Fully Paid-up
£ 4,500,000
Boaerre Liability of Proprietors
-Silvar.
$25 600.000
$20,000.000
COURT OF DIRECTORS: G. M. Young, Esq. Chairman H. P. White, Faq. Deputy Chairman
B.D.F. Bolth. Esq Hon. Mr. A.O. Lang W. H. Bell, Esq. W. L. Pattendon, Erq AH. Compton, Eaq. J.A. Plummer, Eng. Hon Mr.P.H.Holyoak T. G. Wenll, Esq.
Chief Manager
A. H. Barlow, Eng.
fanager: Bhanghai-G. H. Stitt, Esq.
LONDON BANKERS: WESTMINSTER BANK LTD. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opon-
Established 1963.
*Paid-up Capital and Reserve Food Gids..........76,500,000-£6,375,000
HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM EASTERN HEAD OFFICEBATAVIA.
BRANCHES:
Amoy, Ampanan, Bandoeng. Bambay, Calentto, Cheribon, Gerontalo, Hongkong, Kobe, Makassar, Modan, Menado, Palembang, Pekalongan, Probolinggo, Rotterdam Semarang, Shanghai, Singapore, Besrabaya, Swataw, Tegal, The Hages, Tintjap, Waltevreden.
LONDON REPRESENTATIVE F. §. Wright, 27, Old ́ Broad Street, London, E. C, 2.
CORRESPONDENTS:'
LONDON :-Midland Bank, Ltd. Overacan Branch, Westminster Bank, Ltd., Foreign Branch..N. M. Rothschild & Sons and Swins Bank Corporation.
NEW YORK:-Chase National Bank, Farmers Loan & Trust Co., Irving Book-Columbia Trust Co., Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York Trust Co.
And in all the principal towns of the world.
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING & EXCHANGE BUSINESS TRANSACTED, CURRENT ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS, etc.
od in LOCAL CURRENCY and; FIXED DEPOSITS received for THE
one year or shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on application.
Hongkong, 21st. Feb., 1924.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK"
The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA
Rules may be obtained
TION, application.
00
INTEREST on Deposits in calculated an the lowest balance during each com- pleted Calendar Month at 34 per cent per Annum. Should there be no balance on Any day in a month he intorast will be allowed for that
that month,
Depositors may transfer at their option Balance of $100 or more to the HONG- KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to bo
place on FIXED DEPOSIT & ÇUR-" RENT RATER.
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-
A. II. BARLOW,
Chief Monnger.
ing Corporation.
Hongkong, 7th. January 1825,
司公理管業實法中
SOCIETE. FRANCAISE DE GERANCE.
DE LA BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE.
ETABLISSEMENT. FRANCO
CHINOIS.
(incorporated in France).
5, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong.
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Rus St. Lazare, Paris,
Capital Francs...
Reserves France
JI
BANK OF EAST ASIA,
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG,
"Authorised Capital - $10,000,000 $,000,000 Paid-up Capital -
1,000,000 Reserve Fund
DIRECTORS
Hon. Mr. Chow BHốu Son-Chairman Tung Ping Shan Mok Obing Koog
Li Koon Chus
P.K. Kwok
Ng Ching Luk
POBE Wai Ting
Wong Yun Tong Huyuh Tall
Kan Yau Po
Chan Obing Shok
P. MARKS, Manager.
INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPERATION..
INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
11
UNEMPLOYED.
DISORDERLY SEAMAN
FINED,
Glen Hicken, an unemployed seaman, was fined $5 by Mr.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.)S. B. B. McElderry, at the Central
Magistracy this morning, for Paid-up Capital.
.£3,000,000 being drunk and disorderly at tho ..........£4,000,000) Soamen's Institute yesterday. Rezerve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietora£3,000,000
Hicken, who said that he Foreign Exchange and General Banking could not pay the fine, asked to busincas transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fixed he let off, stating that he was Dopcaite received for 1 year or shorter very sorry for the occurrence. periods at rates which will be quoted on He arrived hero from Bangkok and was to hava obtained a job application.
A. H. FERGUSON, this morning.
Manager.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
DEBT COLLECTING.
Washington, May 16.
It transpires that the United States took the initiative in soeking a general refunding arrangement with all America's principal war debtors. It is indicated that the United States Government virtually aircularised the debtors, including France, Italy, Belgium, Czecho Slovakia, Greece, Jugo Slavia, Esthonia and Latvia, expressing the Capital & Surplus...U.S. $16,000,000 opinion that the time had come to strike a general balance. Russia.
Owned by the National City Bank of New York).
HEAD OFFICE :
wall Street, New York,
LONDON OFFICE :
Bishopsgate, E.C.
BRANCHES :
Panama
Poking
Barahona
Barcelon
Botavia
Puerto Plata
Rangoon
Calcutta
San Francisco, Cal
anton
San Francisco de Macoris
"Cebn
ал
San Pedro de Macoria
Colon
Sanches
Dairen
Harbin
Hankow
Every description of Banking and Bombay
transacted-Loan Exchange business granted on approved securities.
SAFE DEPOSITIBOXES to lot.
KANG TONG PO
Chief Manager, Hongkong, 16th. February 1925,
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATCHAPPIJ. (Netherlands Trading Society). BANK.
2
Hongkong
Kobo La Vogo Madrid Manilo
la the only debtor nation unaddressed, as she does not possess a Government recognised by the United States. Furthermore, the French Government has been informed that the United States will be pleased if a French Debt Commission is sent to America. It is possible that M. Calllaux will come personally to Washington- Reuter's American Service.
A
GERMAN MINE DISASTER.
Berlin, May 16. Two hundred miners are missing as the result of a terrâc explosion at the Dortsfeld mine, near Dortmund, where five hundred Santiago de los Caballero were employed in the pits. Hitherto only three hundred, including
Santo Domingo
Shanghai
Singapore
Souroabaya
Tionlsin
Tokio
Yokohama
eighteen injured men, have reached the surface.
נו.
Later,
The disaster was due to the blowing up of a store of explosives in one of the pits, the gases spreading to where the men were working. So far five dead and 25 injured have been recovered, and some thirty are missing...
SOVIET INDUSTRY.
Moscow, May 16.
Commercial and Travellors' Lettors of Credit, Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfers bought and sold. Current Established 1824.
accounts and Savings Bank accounts Hongkong Branch established 1905. opened and Fixed Deposite in local and foreign currencies taken at rates that may
Replying to some opposition from the industrial districts Authorized Capital Guilders.180.000.000 be ascertained on application to the Bank.
(£12,600,000) We are also able to offer our Customers expressed at the Congress of Soviets to the scheme to increase imports, Paid-up Capital Guilders 80,000,000 the services of Branches of the Nations M. Dzerjinsky, chairman of the All Russian Council of National (6,666,679) City Bank of New York in the principal Economics, pointed out that increase of machinery, was unavoidable Reserve Fund Guilders 20,045,032 countries of South America and in the in order to effect the quickest possible revival of industry, whose pro-
(1,670,419) West Indios. Spacial Reserves Guilders...... 22,660,000 (£1,888,230) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. Eastorn HEAD OFFICE-BATAVIA.
BRANCHES.- Bandjermasin Kota-Radja Rotterdam Bandoong Macassara Samarang" Bombay Modan Shanghai $10,009,000.co Calcutta
Padang Singapore Palembang Soorabaia Djember Pocalonan Foarakarta Diokjakarta Penang Tegal (Solo)
Pontianak Tjilatjap and
$10,790,000.00 Cheribon
Working fund provided by
THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE
DE CHINE
Francs 50,000,000
BANKERS.
FRANCE-Societe General Banque and Nationale de Credit, Banque do Paris-et des Pays Bas
LONDON:-Midland Bank Ltd.
NEW YORK --Irving Bank, Columbia Trust Co.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. Corre- spondents throughout the world.
M. M. FITZ-HENRY,
Managor.
ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:
60 Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong.
BRANCHES-BANGKOK—·
SHANGHAI,
Correspondents:- London: West- minator Bank, Ltd; New York: National City Bank; San Francisco: Union Trust Co. of Ban Fransisco: Canton Bank. Authorised Capital...... .......45.000, 200 Faid Up Capital..........
.....$1 500,000 Modern banking in all its branches Qurront accounts savings accounta and fixed depoatte solicited. Louna granted an approved.security.
Ovorsens banking & speciality. INTEREST Current accounts 2 per
per cont, Fixed Deposits,
Kobo
The Hague
Londen Bankers: National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
Rangoon Woltevreden
Correspondents all over the world. BANKING DUSINESS OF EVERY!!
DESCRIPTION.
M. J. HERBSCHLEB,
Agent.
THE P. & 0. BANKING. CORPORATION, LTD. -
(Incorporated in England 1820) With which is afiliatod THE ALLAHABAD BANK, LTD. INDIA.
Authorized Capital. Subscribed and Paid-up Reserve Fund
£5,000,000 £2,594,160 135,000
HEAD OFFICE : 122, Leadenhall London E.C. WEST LONDON BRANCH: 14-16, Cockspur Street, London 8.W.L. EASTERN BRANCHES : Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Madras, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong, Canton and Shanghai. The Corporation undertake General Banking and Exchange Business of every description and in addition to its Franches has Agencies in all the principal cities of the world.
L. E. HOPKINS,
Manager.
3 months 4 por sent, 6 months 414 per 22, Dos Vœux Road Central, Hongkong. cent, one year 6 per cent.
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent.
Our Vaults safeguarded by time clocks and double combinations.
Armour plate stool doors.
Sailing
10th May.
18th
10th
19tdi
cont unvinga
4
190
19ta
2000
20th
20th
20th
201
Yokohama Tientsin
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Moji Calcutta
22nd
22nd
22nd
22nd
22nd
Manila
23rd
Swałow
24th
Swalow
26th
Foochow
26th:
thor
Swalow
Impending Arrivals.
(Supplied by our Advertisers.)
Agents
NYK OPS Ld.. OPSLdi.
From
London
Shanghai
Shanghai
Due Hongkong
19th
May
10th
Em. of Australia
Consignees Diary.
(Compiled from our Advertisementa.)
3rd June
Vessel
Agents
Goods Stored
Chantilly
1 R
Free Storage to be Expires Kowloon May-18
Claims
Examina-..
tion Date
in by
May 20
Serpoton
11.& 8
Holt'u May 21
Juno 4
Clydebank
BL
Kowloon 31by 20
May 27
May 10
Tues, & Fri. May 20
Steamers' Movements.
Empress of Canada arrived at Shanghai on the 17th May 8.00 am, left Shanghai on the 18th May 9.30 am, and in due at Kobo on the 20th May Noon
Empress of Russia arrived at Shanghai May 18th 6.30 a.m. leaves Shanghai) May 10th 5.30 am, due at Hongkong May 20th 200 a.m. (Will berth at Pier 5. Kowloon Wharf) leaves Hongkong May 21st 5.00 pm, das at Manila May 23rd 7.00 a.m. leaves Manila May 24th 4.00p.m. due at Hongkong May 26th 7,00 am, leavei Hongkong May 20th Noon
J. Y. LUM,
Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA.
(Specially aathorized by Presidential Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917.)
Authorized Dapital.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
(BRANCH BANK.)
HEAD OFFICE:
96, Boulevard Hausmann, Paris.
Capital Paid-up Capital Reserves
Fra. 72,000,000.00 Fr. 68,400,000.00 Fr, 59,667,303.64
BRANCHES & AGENCIES: Bankok Hongkong Saigon $60,000,000.00 Battambang Mengisa Shanghai
Noumus Paid-up Capital
518,278,600.00 Cantun Reserve Funda$ 9,679,425.24 jibonti
Haiphong HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.
Hnakow HONGKONG BRANCHES:
Hanoi
4, Queen's Road Control. Branches and Sub-branches all over China and correspondents in Europe, America and allier parts of the World."
LONDON BANKERS-The National Provincial and Union Bank of England
The Guaranty Trust Company of Now, York.
NEW YORK BRANCHES :-The The Equitable Irving National Banks, Trast Company of New York.
Interest allowed on Darrent Accounta and Fixed Deposits. Tarma on applies Every description of Banking business transected.
Loans granted on approved securities. Special facilities for Homo Exchange.
tion.
PEL,
Manager,
G. HOGG,
Manager.
Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
THE BANK OF CANTON LTD. Head Office Hongkong.
Anthorised Capital...
Paid Up Capital..
Silver Reserve Fund
$1,200,000 .£1,081,875
duction was approaching the pre-war figuro.. The peasants' deraand for agricultural implements had increased to such a degree that the Soylet factories were unable to satisfy it. Seventeen million roubles worth of agricultural implements must be imported during the current year-Reuter.
PLOTTERS IN BELGRADE:
Belgrade, May 17. $700,000. The police report the discovery of an elaborate plot to assassinate. the King and members of the Cabinet and to blow up the Palace and Foreign Exchange & General Banking Parliament House. The conspiracy is attributed to seventeen' foreign business transacted:
Interest allowed on
CURRENT ACCOUNTS
2% per annum 02 daily credit balances
of over $100.00 :
SAVINGS
4% per annum DEPOSITS
for 12 months 5% per annum
3
4%
on Demand 2% per annum BRANCHES:- Canton, Swatow, Shanghai Hankow, Bangkok, New York and San Francisco,
LONDON BANKERS-The Lloyds
LOOK POONG SHAN, Chief Manager.
Bank Ltd.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LTD.
Established 1830.
Capital (fully paid up)......X. 100,000,000 Reserve fund ...
Y. 80,600,000 HEADOFFICE :—YOKOÏÏAMA. Branches and Agencies at
Болгабада Bangaon
San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Manila Shanghat Nagasaki Singapore
Batavia Bombay Buenos Ayros Lyon Calcutta
Kobo London
Changchun
Dairen
(Dainy"
Nagoya
Fongtion
Mulden
Hamburg
Hanitow Honolula Harbin KaiYuen
Shimonosek
Nuwchwang Sydney
Облус
Tientsin
New York Tokyo
Peking * Teinantu
Rio do Taington Jano.ro Vladivostock
Saigon.
Interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposits received for fixed' periods at rates to be obtained on application.
Mr. C. ARIMA, Manager. Hongkong, March 11th 1925.
Singapore Tientsin Tourand
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.
Paprote Peking Phom Pình Tladivestock Pondicherry Yaranžu
BANKERS:
ct
In FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompio de "Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bay; Crodit Industrial Commercial; Bacisto General. `·.· ... In LONDON-The National Pro- vincial and Union Bank of England, Ltd: Comptoir National d'Escompte › de Paris, Grodit Lyonnais. In NEW YORK 1-J. P. Morgan & Co.
Interest allowed on Current Account and Fixed Deposits according to arrange
mont.
"
Every description of banking and exchange business transacted.
A: LECOT,
Manager
Communists who recently arrived in the Capital, several of whom were arrested in the act of discussing their plans-Reuter.
Sofia, May 17.
It is officially announced that the police have discovered a large Becret store of arms and explosives, supposedly intended for an armed insurrection and for blowing up bridges and railways. Considerable money was also found. Several arrests have been made.-Beuter,
FRANCE IN MOROCCO.
Paris, May 16,
A communique from Rabat, reports that the French were successful in minor operations, revictualling a few posts.
The prominent airman Major Mezergues has died of wounds at Fhz. Though previously wounded at the outset of the operations, and barely recovered, he was permitted at his own request to rejoin bis squadron. He had just been appointed a Commander of the Legion of Honour-Renter.
THE ZINOVIEFF LETTER.
London, May 17.
A supplementary report of the recent British Trade Union Delega- tion to Russia has been published declaring that no evidence has been found that the notorious Zinovieff letter ever existed, describing the letter as undoubtedly a forgery and demanding that the labour party co-operate with the foreign office to completely to investigate the mat- ter-Reuter.
Ph
WEMBLEY CROWDS.
"
London, May 16.
It is officially announced that the attendance at Wembley up to Friday night was 360,000, as compared with 302,000 for the first aix days last year, the latter including Cup Final day. Therefore it la evident that the attendance has this year hitherto greatly increased..
-Reuter,
THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY.
Berlin, May 16, The Reichstag Budget Committee adopted the Presidential. estimates, providing for an increase in the President's annual salary to 60,000 marks, and expenses, to 120,000 marks. The Communists opposed the proposal. The Socialists abstained from voting-Reuter
UNRULY STUDENTS.
Paris, May 16. M Marsal, Ex-Minister for Education, was mobbed and assaulted (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) by students on the Boulevard Saint Michel, He was rescued by the
police with dificulty.-Reuter.
CAPITAL:
Authorised Capital ..................$20,000,000 8,000,000 Issued.................
4,000,000 Paid-up...............
4,000,000 Bcherve Funds of shareholders Reaorvo Funds ......... 600,000 HEAD.OFTICE :-SINGAPORE,
Branches Agencies and correspondents in the principal cities of the world.. HONGKONG DRANOHES:
13, Queen's Road Central.
Exchange business transacted.
Every description of Banking and
LOCAL BOARD:
Mr. Ko Loong Hoa (Chairman) Mr. 8um Pal Ming Mr. Ng Chang Lak
Manager-Mr. Han Liang Huang, Telephone No. 0.4586 and 4587.
U.S. RAILWAY FAILURE.
Washington, May 16. The Interstate Commerce Commission announces that it has ordered an investigation into the financing of the Chicago-Milwaukee- St. Paul railroad, which recently went into receivership Routere American Service.
DANZIG LETTER. BOXES.
The Hague, May, 17. The Permanent Court's ruling in connection with the Danzig letter-boxes gives the opinion that no ruling was made in connection with the disputed point by the Danzig High Commissioner; but the, Polish postal service of the port is entitled to instal letter boxes out- side its premises, though the service is not reserved for Polish officials and authorities but is for the public use-Reuter.