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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

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BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE pour le

Authorised Copliai sugeriusqunei” $50,000,000 tord and Pully Pild-up Beserve Funda ran

Sterling £0,000,000

Silver...............14,000,000

$20,000,000

Barve ability of Proprietors... #20,000,000

HEAD OPPICE HONGKONG.

COURT OF DIRECTORS-

W. H, Dell, Esq.

A. I. Camptos. a. Chelen.

N. 5. Brown, Baq Deputy Chairioms,

B. I. P. Beth, Esq.

A. Murguman, Bøge

AMOY

1.

C. 0.8. Hacks, Bag. W... attenden, Esq.

T. 0. Wall, Esq.

White, Eng.

Clic! Maneger

How. Hr. A. C. Hyson.

BANDROK BATAVIA

BOMBAY CALCUTTA

CANTON

CHEFO

COLOMIO

DAIBEN

FROCHLOW

HAIMIONO

SLAMOUR

HANKOW

HARDIN

HONGKRW

ILD11

Iron

JOCHIRE

KUDE

BRASCHES:-

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

MOURDER

NAGASAKI

NEW YORK

PERING

PENANG

SAHHIN

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SUURABAYA

SUNGHI PATANI TIESTSIN

TOKYO

TS158TAQ

YOKOHAMA

Current Accounts opened to Iural Currency and Pised Deposits invited for aus your of short perial Ival Currency and Burling on lens which W be quoted an applestina,

itong Koar. Urd Aprit, 1929,

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Busiuras at the shore Blank condort. ed by the AONG KONG AND SHANDHA¡ BANKING CORPORATION. lules may ha oktrined in »pplication-

FOR THE 11650RONG BASKINU CORPORATIOS,

*

SHANGHAL

A. C. TEES,

Chiod Manager.

Hong Kong, 19. &vptemba, 192

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL

MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHERLANDS TRADIKO SOCIEİY)

BANKERS,

Estalvished 1924.

Tong Kong U11 Queen's Rand Creasel,

Authorises Capital

Dark-Up › Capital

Civildar 154,botage-

Gilde

(412,00,000.)

[16,1,470.)

(4)

AMSTERDAM”).

Reserve Fund. Gaildors 4,80,000

I

Easter Hund 110ice :-BATAVIA.

-BRANCHES:-Standkitronnaits Bandeng Bonimy,

'slots, Cheribon, Judah, Ujember, "The fague'), Xobe, Kosa-Jinda, Blakamsar, Méviluni, Pedang Paleming Pukulnigno,

Pent antianak, angon, Elotterdam, bamarang) Khanghai, .Bilborgs

Sumatra, eraba

Tegal. Tjilating and Waiterreden.')

Then den baxo safe deposit Losen to let. London tankere-National Proviario' Hank Ltd.

Cartepondnet over the world

Banking babines of every description Trad

Q. STEENSTRA,

Hong Kong, ah Jaży, 1921.

Manager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.

Subscribed Capital.. Frs. 72,000,000.00 Paid-Up Cupital ....Fr. 68,100,000.00 Reserve Fund ......Fra. 89,384,519.10 BRANCHES: Bangkok Hanoi

Mengtze

Pondicherry Battambang Hong Kong Saigon

Shanghai Nam Định Singapore Noumea Tientsin mournue

Cantho

Canton

Dijbout!

Fort-Bayard Papeeto

Halphang Paking Vinh Bankow Prom-Penh Yunnanfu

BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnaia; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industriel et Commercial; Societe Generale.

IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial Union Bank of England, Ltd.: Comptoir National d'Escompte do Paris; Credit Lyonnais.

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Cor- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New

York.

Commerce et l'industrie

(Incorporated in France),

Prince's Building, Chafer Road,

ì Hong Kong.

HEAD OFFICE:

74, Rue St. Lazare, Paris,

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Capital fully paid up....Frs.50,000,000 Special working capital..Fra.50,000,000 Renorves

... Frs,22,319,000

BRANCHES:

Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanol, Tourane, Quinbon, Huc Thanh hon, Vinh, Pnom Penh.

Poking, Shanghai, Tientsin, Hong

BANKERS:

Kong.

FRANCE: Societe Generale, Banque

Nationale de Credit, Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas LONDON:-Midland Bank Ltd.

NEW YORK:-Amerlenn

Exchange

Irving Trust Co., Banen Commer cinte Italiana.

SAN FRANCISCO: Bank of Italy.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. Cor. respondents throughout the world,

A ROLLIN,.

Manager.

Hong Kong, 18th April, 1928.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

.£3,000,000

Reserve Fund ...

.£4,000,000

Reserve Liability of Proprie

tors

£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

ALOR STAR

(Malay State)

AMRITSAR

BANOROK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPORE GEDU COLOMBO

RUCHINO

MADBAN MANILA MEDAN SEW YORK PERING PENANG FESHAWAR BANGOON SAIGON SEMARANG SEREIAS SIASURAI SINGAPORE SOCHADAYA

HARRIN (Noueturia) TAIPING

DELIL

HALPEIDZO

HAMBURG

HANKOW

HUN RÙNG

HALLO

134027

SARACTE

KLASU

SCALA FASONAR

ROUX

Torsk (M.$1

SLALA LUMPUR

TAVOY

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TONGRAI (Phuket)

TNINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

(Philippin■ lelanda)

ELECTRIC LIGHT.

PRESSING A BUTTON IN LONDON.

UNIQUE CEREMONY.

THE CHINA MAIL,

COMMERCE

1

AND

FINANCE.

ROAD TRANSPORT.

F.B.I. ACTION AGREED.

RAILWAY BILLS.

The question of the attitude to U.S. UNEMPLOYED. be taken by industry towards the

PROPOSED MARCH TO

WASHINGTON,

CAUSE OF DISTRESS.

bills promoted by the railway com- panies for powers to run road transport was one of the main sub- foots under discussion at the Grand A ceremony conducted in silence New York. "General" James Council meeting of the F.B.I. unwitnessed save by a few officiais, Coxey, who some years ago led an After an exhaustive examination of and unique in the record of Anglo-army of unemployed from New the position the following resolu- American relations, took place in York to Washington, is arranging tion was put to the meeting by to repeat the feat by marching over Lord Gainford, who firesided, and the same route with another army, representing, he says, 5,000,000 was carried unanimously:- men and women who are out of work in this country.

Izland Geddes,

Sir

Brother of Sir Eric. Auckland held high posts on the Adjutant-General's staff in France and later returned to a business

career.

the board room at Hudson's Bay House, when the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (Mr. Charles V. Sale), pressing a but- turned on, at eight p.m.

Foreign Exchange and General Bank-ton, ing business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed on Deposits received for 1 year or shorter time) periods at rutes which will be quoted of on application,

A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hong Kong, 3rd April, 1928.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN, GINKO).

a

Coast

Saturday (Pacific

City the lights in the Vancouver, in the State

of Washington, USA., a· "dis- tance of over 6,000, miles.

There are probably few Ameri- can cities which, at the end of a their call century, can

upon founders to bless their civic en- deavours, and Vancouver, Wash-

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formaan.ington, U.S.A. (not to be confused

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899,

"Central Bank in Formosn. '

issued Bunk-Notes

Yen 45,000,000 Average amount

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

with Vancouver, British Colum- bia) is probably alone in being able, 103 years after its birth, to communicate with its direct pro- genitors.

Bay

Hudson's

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1928.

the bills, and falling success in HONG KONG TIDE.

such negotiation, to approach the Government with a request for a

| full_Inquiry before the bills receive The tide-table given below has been a second reading. Meanwhile, In obtained by ald of the Tide-predicting order to retain the federation's Machine, which includes 40 components freedom of action, any necessary for the botter prediction of tides, from formal steps should be taken to the result of the analysis of the tidal maintain the federation's status to observations, takon at the Koulung deal with the matter in Parliament, fidal observatory under the direction should this prove necessary," of Dr. Doberck during the years 1887,

1888 and 1890.

The times and heights are given for Kaulung; but they may be used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aber- deen, the differences being very_small. The times of high-and low-water must not be considered to coincide with the times of slack-water and change of current, the two phenomena being quite distinct.

April 20 to 26, 1928.

DATE Hion Waren (LoweR WATER

Standard 'tandard April

Ht: Times

Timos

20 to 9 4.5 3 13 | 1.7 DE 6.3 337 B 1.2

20

Rt.

That the Council appoints a

Fri.

Sat. 21 m 9 35 0.54 10 52 158 San. 92 m 10 1

11 83 Mog. 23 m 10 49

3 44 2.1

0.8

7.8 m 4 14

26

5.4 7.3

He is co-operating with Eads How, committee, to be selected by the "the millionaire tramp," who is president and past-presidents, to calling on delegates of his organisa- consider what amendments to the tion, the International Brotherhood

Railway Companies Transport Bills Welfare Association, in all parts

to safeguard the of the country to meet in this city. are necessary Two hundred ragged delegates ar-public interests and users of trans- rived and,. after · ference, received a.meal from A

con-1 port, and empowers this com-

bread queue and went to a muni-mittee to negotiate with the rail- cipal lodging-house to sleep.

GOMER BERRY.

way companies with a view to the Who, like Lord Beaverbrook, is

amondments. In interested in Home newspapers.

Coxey based his estimate of inclusion of such 5,000,000 unemployed on the claim

that not more than 25 per cent of

the American factories are work-

ing at their full capacity.

Labour-Saving Machinery.

Taes 24 10 10147.

m1 317.3

Wod. 25 2494.5 0 180 70 Thura 16 m 436 4.1 1 14a 6,6

314 N 0.7

m+ +2 30

8 0.7

m6 ,

74 a 1.0 m 5 19 1.8

d 21 A mb 49.

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

In an article contributed to the "Now York American," Mr. James Davis, Secretary for Labour in the Coolidge Cabinet, declaras that the unemployment here and in other countries is mainly due to the vast growth of labour-saving ma- chinery. While admitting that un- Beat Sirloin employment is a source of worry in

Prime Cut the United States, Mr. Dayla de. clarea that the unofficial estimates of the workless are greatly exag-

APPROXIMATE

RETAIL

PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Bullock's Brains......

Tail'.....

Liver

April 20, June, June,

Cia. Ct. Cta.

Poultry.

Eggs, Hen (cooking)..

Turkeys, Hen

2

1b.

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71

1.4

April 20, June, June,

1928, 1918. 1914

Cie. Cle. Cie.

81

45

30

50.

20

21

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21

per doz. 82

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20

本地

lb.

24

24

30

24

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海口站

11

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each

高雄眼鸦斑辐新本海白海火火沙山善院

| | | | 88 Kg AASBRI SCAN RE

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1928. 1918. 1914.

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Chicken

28 28 12

H

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23

12

Capons, Small

#

W

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28

24

22

Capons, Large

N

Duck

Breast

24 20 18

11

Doves

Soup

26

20 16

#2

Steak

28 24 22

Steak Sirloin

40

80

85

Eggs, Hen (fresh)

Sausages...

40

28 20

Fowls, Canton

por zet

15

10

12

Fowls, Hainau

Gegre

1+

Tongue, fresh..

each 66

60

Tongue, corned

Pigeons, Canton

-

24

.00

Holhow

Head

#

$1.20

$1.20

Heart

.24

14

Turkeys, Cock

"

#

Hump, Bait ..

34

18

Snipe

JE

Feet

cach

8

12

Pheasant

Kidneys

16

12

Quail

28

22

Partridges

24

18 14

Tripe

肝

7

Calvos' Head & Foot... 4H59 set $1.20 $1.00 $1.00 Mutton Chop

48

22

Fruits.

D

Leg...

48

Shoulder

48

Saddle

JJ

Almondr

# 仁

ib. 73

35

Pig's Chitlings

35

27

Apples (California)

22 24

Brains

Per set 3

12

Feet

15

Carambola

Bananas (bride's) .... 燕山香葱

6

LORD BEAVERBROOK,

12

Fry

28

15

18

Cocoanuts

# each 18

10

is

Hoad

16

Head of the "Express" group of newspapers.

Lemons, China ..........

12

Heart

each 15

10

Lemons (America)

Kidneys

16

8

金山檸檬 cach 8

Lichees, Dried

25

Liver

48

24.

**

Pork Chop

##

32

25

23

Oranges (Canton)...

16

Oranges

26

-

12

Leg

50

to

#

Loin

豬後

34

70

Pears (Canton).

18

Peanuta

14

Fat or Lard

21

#

24. 21

70

Persimmons, Large

Plantain ...

5

exch 12

7

16

10

Pamelo, Stam

each 17

12

Walnuca

40

26

Grapes

20

22

80

18

46

26 20

88 20 19

88

20

80

Originally A Company post, it is proud of its

and when its origin,

authori-

JAPAN: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, ties sought to mark by an ap-

Osake. FORMOSA: Giran, Kagi, Karenko,propriate gesture the city's en- Keolung, Makong, Nanto, Shin-terprise in installing what chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takno, claimed to be the most up-to-date Tamaul Toen, lieito, Talto.

system of street lighting on the turned CHINA:-Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy American continent, they

Singapore, for the inauguration to the great

Faochow, Swatow, Canton. OTHERS: Hong Kong.

to

4,000,000.

2,000,000

than

Socrabnya, Semarang, Ratavia, trading company, whose fort on the gorated. He puts the actual figure Bombay, Calcutta, London, New headwaters of the Columbia River nearer York, Dairen.

has become the city of to-day. LONDON BANKERS: The London County Westminster and Parr's Bank.

The Bank has Correspondents in the Commorelat Ceres in the European Continens, Roarin, Man churia, Tsingtao, Japan, Indo-Chius, Slam, India, Philipple lands, Java, Africa, USA, Australla. fateren; stlused on Current Accounts, and Fizod at rates wiitis will be quoted on applica tion. Deposits in You can be accepted.

J. IHARA,

Manager.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

3. Des Voeux Road Central. Hong Kong, 22nd September, 1927.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行 銀國中

Mandate of the Republic of China

(Specially Authorized by Presidential on the 22nd of November, 1917)..

Authorised Capital Every description of Banking and Paid-up Capital Exchange Business transacted.

to

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposita according arrangements.

Safe Deposit Boxes to let

CH. LEM,

Manager,

Hong Kong, 20th February, 1027.

Reserve Fund

.$60,000,000.00

18,278,000.00 9,029,425.24

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's. Road Central. Branches and Sub-brunches all over

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, China, and Correspondente in Europe,

LIMITED.

Established 1880. Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Yen 99,500,000 Reserve fund

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies str

Alexandria,

Batavia. Bombay.

--

Buenos Ayres.

Calcutta.

Canton.

Changchun.

Dairan (Dalny).

Newchwung. New York. Osaka,

Poking. Rangoon,

Rio de Janeiro. Saigon. San Francisco,

Fengtlen (Mukden). Seattle,

Hamburg.

Hankow. Harbin. Hong Kong. Honolulu. Kal Yuen, Karuchi.

Kobe.

Londen.

Los Angeles.

Lyons.

Manila.

cmarang.

Shimonoseki.

Singapore. Scorabaya. Sydney. Tientsin. Tokyo.

Trinanta. Tsingtan. Vindivostok. Nagasaki.

(Temporarily Nagoya.

closed).. Interest allowed on Current Accounts, Deposita rocaived for fixed perioda at rates to be obtained on, application

H. MORI

Hong Kong, 12th March, 1828,-

A sense of public duty and care i in preserving its association with with historic past have always

HENRY FORD

The famous motor car magnate, America, and other parts of the world

London Bankers: The National Pro-now on a trip to Europe. vincial and Union Bank of England,

Ltd.

Hudson's Bay Company, and the ready response of the

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Even if there were only 1,000,000 sheep's Head & Fent.. per set 85 unemployed, he says, the situation would be one to be seriously and earnestly considered. He

urges.

#

+

Heart.... Kidneys

Liver

that American science and inven- Sucking Pige, to order. tion should direct its ingenuity to wards creating new and larger de- mands for products, and thus ab- sorb the surplus labour of this sur- per machine age.

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and in prezence of the gentleman, servants, chiefs, and Indians

Barbel

baptised It by breaking a bottle of Bream rum on the flag staff and repeat- Canton Fresh ing the following words in a loud

Water Fish. voice:

Carp

In behalf of the Hon'ble. Hud-Catfish son's Bay Coy. I hereby name this Codfish etablishment "Fort Vancouver," Crabs

God Save King George the 4th Cattle Fish with three cheers. Gave a couple Dab

of drams to the people and Indians Dace

on the occasion. The object of Dog Fish naming it after that distinguished Eela, Conger navigator is to identify our claim

Fresh Water

to the soil and trade with his dle- covery of the river and const behalf of Great Britain,

Yellow

#

on Frogs

Garoupa

Gudgeon

Hudson's Bay Post.

The Guaranty Trust Company of been among the traditions of the New York.

For Vancouver was established Herrings New York Bankers:-The Irving National Bank.

Governor ns the headquarter's of the com- Halibut The Equitable Trust Company of proves that this tradition is still pany's western fur trade depart-Labrus New York.

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits. Tarina on applica tion,

hous transacted.

"Every description of Banking Busi- Lones granted on appaved securities.

maintained.

Founding Fort Vancouver.

Home

SHOU J. CHEN,

Ex-

The arrangements for the con- the Rocky Mountains nection were made by Mr. E. J. what are now the States of Oregon Monk Fish

Milet Berry, President of the Vancou-and Washington), the Province of ver Chamber of Commerce, with British Columbia, and part of

ment, whose sphere of operations Loach....

Lobsters comprised the territory west

Mackerel

of

(including

Oysters

Manager.

the Western Union Telegraph Com-Aineka. The settlement of bound- Parrot Fish pany, and they, with the co-opera-ary lines between the United States tion of the General Post-Office in and Great Britain under the terms London, arranged for the direct of the Buchanan-Pakenham Treaty Plaice

Perch

Pike

Special facilities for change.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. electrical impulse over a com- of 1840 necessitated the abandon-Fomfret, Black

Established '1012,

Head Office:~Hong Kong.

Authorised Capital (ILK. Currencf) ...$11,000,000 | Paid Up Caphel masseren 8,684,200 €34,000 Reservé Puñal nominaisainiummit

DRANCIES

Canton, Shanghai, Henkow, Swatow,

Bangkok, New York and. San Francisco,,

LONDON BANKERS -

The Lloyd's Lisak Limited.

CORRESPONDENTS

In all principal cillae st the World."

Foreign change and beaking balone of rary desion tsunadied.

Bala Deposis Dores (varfque mines) at a yearly

rental of Irom 35 to 440

mars, LOOK POONG SHAN,

Hole of lo

plicated system of telegraph wires ment by the Company of Fort Van-Pomfret, Walte and cables.

couver, which was included with PrawNS

It is interesting to note that it the United States territory; but the Ray

is exactly 103 years ago to the day city has never forgotten its foun- Rock Fish that George Simpson, then Gov- der. It has preserved "the oldest Roach

Salmon ernor of the Hudson's Bay Com- apple tree in the north-west, grown pany, founded Fort Vancouver, as from seed brought from London, Shark recorded in the following extract England, and, planted in 1826 by Skate from his diary, under date March the Hudson Bay Company," and it shrimps still holds in high and honourable Snapper 19, 1825: W

Saturday, 19th-At 'sun rise memory « John McLoughlin,...... who Roles mustered all the people to hoist was in charge of the Company's Tezich

the staff of the new establishment western department from 1821 to Tarbot

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Cauliflower (Large)

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Celery, Chinese Chillies, Dried

Groen

Curry Stuff, English 架源材

Ginger, Young

Old

Horseradish, Shanghai.

Indian Corn

Water Chestnuts vari

Mushrooms, Fresh ....## 2 Okroes

Onions, Bombay

Paraley

Shanghat

Potato, Sweet

Pumpkin

Radish,

Japanese

American

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Shallots

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