GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.
BEST PORTLAND CEMENT
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
General Mausgors
HONGKONG.
"THE CHINA MAIL
COMMERCE AND FINANCE
THE RUBBER MARKET. .
LANGKATS AND AMERICAN BUYERS.
Agreement Till December, 1926.
The following Notice has been issued to Langkat Shareholders:
Dear Sir or Madam,-For some time past your Directors have been negotiating with the General Rub. ber Co. of New York for the sale to them of the Company's total pro- duction of Rubber in Latex form. We have now entered into an 00000 | Agreement with them commencing 0000 the second half of this mouth and continuing until December 31, 1026. We do not think that we need trouble you with all the de- tails, but the following are the points we consider will be of in-1 ferest to you.
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD.
Advances made on Landed Property, Goods, etc.
Trustees of Estates, Executors of
Wills, etc.
Warehousing of Goods of all
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Description.
For terms and particulars
Apply at the Head-Office,
Talaphase C. 781.
"St. George's" Building.
Telegraphic address “RELYAT.”
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THE HONGKONG TUG & LIGHTER Co., LTD.
Single packages and small consignments received and delivered by Motor Lighter.
Lighterage of any description undertaken. Tugs and Lighters may be obtained at all hours.
Motor Boat and Launches available for Bathing Parties.
For terms and particulars apply at the
TELEPHONES:
HEAD OFFICE—ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING.
Head Offos-Central 781.
Night, Sunday or Holiday
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The General Rubber Co. purchase from us our total production of Rub-| bar and take delivery of same daily on the milway at our Estate in Latex form.
The price for 1st Latex to be de cided monthly und to be the aver age London market price for No. 1 spoked sheet.
A deduction of Id. per lb. to be allowed to the General Rubber Co. in lieu of manufacture.
Off grades to be manufactured at the General Rubber Company's factory at a charge of Glds. 0.04 per ib. Railway freight to their factory for our account.
Prices for off grades to be on the following sliding scale-
When the price for 1st grade is under 10d. deduction d.
When between lid. and 19. 4d. deduction- 4d.
£3,000,000 ORDER IN SHIPS,
NINE TO BE BUILT IN BRITISH YARDS.
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Work For Thousands.
Orders have been secured by Messrs Camell-Laird and Co. Birkenhead, kur three steamers of 13,000 tons each from the Blue Star Line John Brown and Co., of Clydebank, have also received an or- der for two of the same class.
INSURANCE NOTES.
Last Year's Results.
·
THURRDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925,
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI SHE BANK OF BAST ASIA,
BANKING CORPORATION.
$90,000,000
A general survey of the resulta | sürecizame Dantali..... $50,000,000 obieved by insurance companies AD FULLY PAID UP $20,000,000 laat your, Rbow that "fo assurance was prosperous in 1934, rut as most of the surplus in this clúss goes in the shape of bonusON to polay holders, it does not con- tribute on a large scale towards pro- Ets. Fire insurance was fairly pro- Hitable, despite the fact that resulte from business in the United States was not favourable, Accident and miscellaneous insurnace was profitable than in 1924, but marine insurance remained in a depressed) condition, and shows little sign
Two smaller boats have also been placed with Palmers Shipbuilding und Trop Co., Ltd., of Hebburn-improvement. on-Tyne, and two with Lithgows, Ld., of Port tilasgow.
It was known two months ago, on the statement of Sir Edmund Vestey, joint owner with Lord Vesley, of the Blue Star Line, Ltd., that the orders had den been placed with Messra. Lithgow and with Messrs. Fahners. The contracts for the reminder fave since been a matter for negotiation which has ended with the allocation of the vessels in the Birkonhoud yard and the yard of John Brown and Co at Clydebank.
Originally only eight vessels were called for, but nother apparently has been added, and the cost will neighbourhood of
be ¡I
the
£8,000,000.
Towards this the Blue Star Line owners are paying $800,000 out of their own pockets because, as Sir Edmund Vesley said, "We believe it is, in the interest of the country we should make this sacrifice."
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Even since the war the increase in the number of new life insurance policies has been remarkably con-
stant. The best year was 1920, and one would naturally expect that with depression in trade and general conditions which, "followed there would have been a consider. able falling off in the numbers tak- ing out life and endowment assur ances. But even after four years. of depression we find that in 1994 the new business of the life officen fell, in the aggregate, very little
ever
GrasLIED... 64,500,000 "Batam... $26,500,000 CRIKVE. LAAKLITY OF
PROPRIETORS
COURT, OF: DIKROTORS:
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Tag: W/ 14 Puthonden, me
3. A. Plasmoer, Kagu- Tom Mr.FL. Helyank T. G, Watı, iq,
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CHIEP MANAGER :
A. IL. BARLOW, Big,
Hanager: Ehanghai--G. H. FRT, Bog
LONDON BANKINI. Westminster Bank, Ltd.
CURRENT: ACCOUNTS spamat
son): Chiramay, and Kirvani "Wiki, wll'he quoted
Hongkong, May 30, 1215.
HONGFING SAVINGS BANK,
LIMITED,
ERAD" OFFICE: HOKERONGAN
Paid-up Capital- Laserve Fund a
'DIRECTORS:
Hon. Mr. Chair Shou Son--Chalet Jung Ping Shan Mok Ching X Li Loon. Chum Wong Tan Ten P. I. Iwak Buyah
Ng Four
Lak Kan Ting Fu
Every 'description. Banking bangs business transacted. granted an approved sammelties.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES ↳ kal
* K'AN TONG: PO Chia: Maman
Hongkong, 10th February, 1988,
司公理管業實法中
SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE GERANCE
DR. LA KANJUR INDUSTRIELLS
SORTEORIAL MTANGISSEMENT FRANCO CELLEFOLE
(Racorpiented in Prazno),
I, Chatar Road, Victoria, Honglin HEAD OFFICE: 74, Ene St. Lau
Sabeershed Capital fully anndnewed by the HONGKONG | Baburra Fund weiter AND BHANGHAI BANKING DOR. PORAZION. Balas may be obinined on application,
WHEN BANQUE INDUSTRIE
REDI-CHINGRA
712 $3,000,000.
ATBANKERS: Busieta -- Genärslə Nationals de Credit. Hang Paris et des Pays-Bas, London: Miland Banz Fa New York: Leving Back Color
INTEREST on deposits is salonistad on the lowest, blazon flaring such com- plated Oplandar Month at 34 per cent. par samum. Should there be no balanos | Faria!
any day in a month no interart will be allowed for that month, K
Depositors may transfer at their
to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at option Balance of $100 or more to the JONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK CURRENT BATES.
short of that of 1920, and in several. individual cases was actually better bastases of the above Bark is A compared with 1929 the number of policies affected was in many cases larger and the amounts of new assurances more generally greater, This, however, was to some extent due to the unusually large amounts of life and endowment assurance taken out by single premiume. On the whole we find that there has been a steady reduction in the cost Yet this orifice was necessary of currving on life aussprance the United Kingdom, where the assured lives appear to be steadily if the contract had to be kept in si 1020. Rates of morality of lowest tenders were £20,000 higher improving and already revised on much ship than on the lenders.re-annuity tables are coming into use. ceived from terman and Dutch. The fairly good results in Fire firms.
insurance, despite the poor sur. pluses shown on business in Amer- Birkenhead also hopes to guin-uica, have been due to freedom from contract for cane or more of the new serious disaster in home and foreign When between 2, 4d, and 2s, 88. {cruisers which the Admiralty hopes fields. In the wider categories of | deduction 24.
to My down sirtly. Cammell accident and miscellanous insur BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE. When between 28. 8d. and 3s, Trairde lieve made a squeeiality of ance, American business is of great deduction 30.
Further deduction of 14. for each. Johns, maging director, derived by the leading British comhcribed Capital Fra 12,000,000.00 warship construction, and Mr. R importance. The total premium de- additional rise of 6d. in the price of clares that his firm will quote for panies from exsident, workmen's Pak-Up Capital FM 63,800,000,00
the Admiralty develops. construction as the programme for compansation, motor
When between 1s. 4d. and Is, &d. dediction 1d.
When between 19. 8d. and x. deduction 13d.
When between 29. und 24, 4ð. deduction 28.
No. 1 Smoked Sheet.
The Minimum price payable to us for 1st Grades will be Is, per. th. Any export fax is to be paid by
1,
Payment to be mad to us month- y in Netherlands Indies or Slang hai currency at Banks sight buying
CRBISER-BUILDING,
The 6,000 men at present employ- ed in Cammell-Tairis yard on the construction of four fruit liners, four ferry skamers for the Birkenhead Corporation, the warship Rodney, and a considerable amount of repair work, can ancipite a period of In making this change in the prosperity, and hundreds of other DODONOCIDONDOO Rytem of working at our Estates workers will be engaged an the build-
we are not called upon to incur any fing of the ship develops. capital expenditure. The General
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HONGKONG & TERRITORIAL ESTATES, LTD. Rubb Co. provide all tank to be
(Property Owners, Estate Agents,
Land Valuers, etc.)
WILL UNDERTAKE THE
Development and Improvement of Landed Property and attend to all Branches of
Real Estate Business.
Tel. C. 781.
For terms and particulars
Apply at the Head Office,
"St. George's" Building,
Telegraphic address “ESTATES”
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Fresh Air on Tay..!..
WHEN it is "set fair” with
the thermometer in the eighties
you can ALWEYE command a refreshing breeze from your
Electric Fan
It will keep you fit until
holiday-time, and sustain
you at con
wards
One unit of
will
drive a sm
fan for
hours.
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWEN ON., (1018) LTI.
used for the transport of the Intex.
The machinery at our factory will
be carefully looked after so that it
; can be reinstalled if this Agreement
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LYING IDLE.
15,500 Tons of Goods, According to telegrams to the
For the HoraxENG & SHANIKÁZ Bazocara ComPORATION,
A. EL BARLOW,
Chief Manage. Hongkong 1th January, 1998
HEAD OFFICE: #6, Bonisvard Haussman, Paria--
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insurance.enores Fund: burglary, etc., amounté to about £43 millions, towards which the United States makes a large con tribution. ,It is obvious therefore, that the results shown by Americu are of great importance. The year 1924, though not yielding large surfa
the whole better pluses, was on than in 1923.
Inishong
The trude depression is, of course. responsible for the bad state of Gene affairs in the marine insurance market, which expanded largely during the yur and is still larger. han is required to do the business offered. Until truds improves and there are more ships to be insured. mitters ennnot be expected to mend.
is not renewed and wear and tear "Sinwanpao," there are not leasând more cargos to be covered
will be saved. "
The advantage to us of this agree ment is that we receive the London price without having the east aff transport from the Estate to Lon don, the charges in London. com- missions, etc., and we receive pay ment more promptly.
.
BUY BRITISH GOODS:
Swiss Leather and Czecho-Slovak Matches 'in' House of Commons.
than 15,500 tons of goods lying at the various stations along the Peking-Suiyuan Railway, Owing
A SUCCESSFUL MINE.
which is under the control of the handles a unique formation in to the congestion of the line, The Shamya. Mines Company Red leader, Marshal Feng Yu-Rhodes that is cheaply worked. hsiang, the goods will have to but three dwts. gold per ton wait there until the militarists yields good profite, as about two. and their satellites have donedits, a ton covers expenses. Sub- with all the engines they require stantial dividends on a capitul of to pull special trains from station 600.000 have been paid for VERTS, to station.
and although these have lately had that promises to be arrested the declining tendency tendency consulting engineer looks for, a con-. Ennution of profitable operations for many years. This anticipation appears teamble on the data
OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDAL
Entra
Mond
Fra: 69,367,283,854
RANCHES:
Bangkong
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Pom-Pants
Takiza
Yosefu
BANKERS:
IN FRANCES Comentofr National d'Escompta
• Preis; Godda Lyonnala; Banque de Padi et o Paynes: Credit Indostriel at Commercial:
IN LONDON:: This National Provincial d falan › Buak?-of England, Ltd. ;): Como ptaka fado com de Paris, Gadis Lyconsis IX NEW YORK: J. 2. Moepas à 05,
Peaking. Corporation) sty Trust Co. of New York.
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A. LECOT.
Manager. Mongkoma. Murah 20, 1997
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROTAL CHARTER, 1853.
£8,000,000 £4,000,000
HRAD OFFICE: LONDON,
Paid-up Capital Besarvs-Fund. Basurto Lability of Pro-
priators
-$3,000,000. FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Beaking brainwas transactada. -OURARNT ACCOUNTS opened and FILED DEPOSITS rondvad for: 1 JMF: order padodas tus which will be
A EL FERGUSON, kơng, April 15, 1915.
Colonel Day, & Labour member, asked in the House of Commons- The report of the Great Boulder whether the Home Office was aware Propristary reveals the other side of that the matches used in the dining the medal. In its rooms of the House had printed on £6.000.000 has been puid oat us available..
career some them in large letters. "Made in 1.d vidsïids, but for the first time for Czecho-Slovakin," and called at thirty years on is now distributed.
Aggregato" rentals of the revon- | meted on- application. tention to the Prime Minister's ad-The reason in that costs, though ststructed Regent Street will produce vice to Buy British goods." length showing a declining fend- £450,000, as compared with £28,388 Mr. Locker-Lampeon Under-ency, are still over 80. per cent.inder the old teisen, said Mr. Wood. Becretary, replied that the matclies above the pre-war average, and Minister of Agriculture, in answer at present in so were supplied un- that the mine is practically finished to a question in the House of Com- der contract entered into last year. ut the depth of 2,360 feet. To the mons. The ground landlord is the THE (Loud laughter.)
chremstances it appeurs scarcely Crown-in practice the Treasury- Tenders for the next six montheworth while holders retaining their and the increased value goes to the supply had recently ben received, shares, which at 18. 6d. still atand public revenue. and contracts entered into for the at no worse than 25 per cent.. supply of British - matches.
discount.
A Conservative member called at. tention to the leather used for re Tin one output of Sungei Besi upholstering the benches in the Mines for 1924 was 392 tons, in- House of Commons, and asked if grensa 25 tons. Amount realised was it was obtained from Germany. 600,542. equal to 152 19, 4d. per Mr. Locker-Lampson said he was ton, inereuse £28 199. 8d. Prost, informed I that the leather was not after providing for depreciation, 18 obtained from Germany, but was of £46.920, plus £13,924 brought in European origin, and the sking Dividende equal to 49 per share were entirely manufactured in Britain,
Sir W. Davison Where did the skins come from if not from Ger-
many
Mr. Locker-Lampeon: Some from Scandinaria and some from Switzer land: REN
Captain Arthur Evans asked if the Home Office would specify that
COULD NOT TURN IN BED WITHOUT HELP
So Painful Wað Hée Rheumatism. D. WILLIAMES PINK PILLS Inda He Well
YOKOHAMA SPECIE
BANK LTD.
Established 1880.
Capital (full paid-up). Ten 100,000,000 Beserve Fund"
New hwang
Osaka.
Kebangs Business transacted Every description of · Ban)
spondents throughout the world.
A. ROLLIN, Mening Hongkong, Ind August, 1919. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)
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DESCRIPTION.
M. J. HERBSCHLI
Arent Hongkong, November 4, 1994,
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THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LI
(Talwar' Ginko.}
Incorporated by Special Imperial- Charter, 189S...
Capital Subscribed ........ Yan Capital (Paid-up) Riserve Fund.
HEAD OFFICE: TAIPER, FORMOSA.
BRANCHES: JAPAN—Tokyo," Yokohama,
Osala
FORMOJA.Girang / Kil,"
Keelung, Makung, Nanto, Bhinchiku, Talchu, Tainan, Ta Tansai, Tobyes, Ako, e CHINA, Shanghai, Henkow
Foodhow, Swatow, Canton Subditu OTHERS---Bangkok, Hongkong
pers Besrabaya, Nataria Bombay, London Tark, Calcutta
LONDON BANKERS: London County Wartains
HONGKONG IRANGHUF
{B, Don Vorex Hond Chiba
· Hongkong, Sch. June
Yen 80,500,000 FOUCHERS AT PRAIN WINK will be
Head Office:---YOKOHAMA..
Branches and Agencies at:
Many rheumatic people suffer is amos A
Batavia that could be avoided by building up the emosyon
out, Rheumatim comes with thin Calcutta (20 per cent.) were paid during Impure blond, and can only driven Canton year, and directors propose writing outing, the rim briching and Janirem (Dalny). off plant and machinery £3,250 pari ing the blood.. it in bensus th leaving, subject to C.P. tax for mal make, se pekan red blood, chankow
and strengthen the blood and Fengden Mukdeny half-year ended June 30, 1934, D Dr. Willems Pink Pill 480,518, which directors recon- samo remedy mend be carried forward. In view
of commitmente in the acquisition
of further rene, the policy of com serving company' resources has cancion
thorsesarla
in this
ada, who * I was so used up with
in futine all ich contracts should been adopted, and directors accord my shoulde aand neg
be falalled by British goodsingly have decided not to recom- tera in bed
Mr Locker Lumaon replied that mend any further dividend out of my 7 MORE if was found that European goot profits of year under review, Proctors toodab skins were more supple and more fit for 1919 was 30,608, dividender 20 2000. chdurable than any of British 15. par cent)
origin.
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