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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authored Capital seznammationi

Tomad"and Fully. Palding duikinan. $20,000,000) Bonarra. Puidupi

Bierling yamandi 1,003,000 Bärer......$14,000,000

Basarru Liability of Propelatara meme138,800,000

HRAD OFFICE, HONGKONG,

COURT OF DIRECTORS |---

A. H. Compton, Roq. Chaleman

H. B. Brown, Beɛ. Deputy Chairman.

B. D. P. Balik. Bog.

W. H. Bail, Beq.

3. Labber Lewis, Esq.

C. O. 8. Maskin, Bog.

W. L. Pattonden, Hog.

3. A. Pammer, Hog.

T. 0. Weill, Reg.

H. 1. Whlia, Bag, Clint Manager, Hon. Mr. & D. Elyses.

AXOY BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY

li

CALOUTTA

CANTON CHEFOO COLOMBO

BRANCHES....

+

LONDON

LIONG

MALACCA

MAX PLA

MOUXDEN NAGASAKI

NEW YORK

PEKING PENANG NANOOON

SAIGON

DAIBEN

FoocHow

KAIPING

HAMBURO

SAN FRANCISCO

HANKOW

BUANGDAL

BINGAPORE

ELOILO

IPOX

JOHOR

KODE

KOWLOON

INALA LUMPUR

HOURABAYA

GUNURI PATANI TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

Current Acople opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deponite reveived for one year or khorior perioda in Local Curesnoy and Esaling

see whats wiki be quoted ba sppilasto

Hong Kong, 7th January, 1PN,

行銀南工法中

BANQUE FRANCO - CHINOISE pour le

Commerce et l'industrio (Incorporated in France).

Prince's Building, Chater Road,

Hoạt Hoa

- HEAD OFFICE: 74, Rus St, Lazare, Paris, Capital fully paid up..Fra.50.000,000 Special working capital .Fra.50,000,000 Fr.29,819.000 Reserves

BRANCHES:

Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanoi Tourne, Chunhon | Hue, Thanh-hoa Vinh, Prom Penh.

Peking, Shanghai, Tientsin, Hong

Kong.

RANKERS:

FRANCE:--Societe Generale, Banque Nationala, da Credit, Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas LONDON:-Midland Bank, Ltd.

THE CHINA MAIL,

TRAFFIC MERGER

TERMS OF PROFOBED LC.C. BILL

COMMON FUND

COMMERCE

AND

FINANCE.

CUBAN SUGAR

ALL RESTRICTIONS NOW

· WITHDRAWN

MARKETING BOHEME

THURSDAY, JANUAR

S. AMERICAN RAILS

THE FIRST TRANS-CONTINEN- TAL LINE

FINANCIERS' PLAN.

Lima, Peru, Yesterday,

HONG KONG TIDE.

The tide-table given below, has baso; obtained by aid of the Tide-predicting i Machine, which includes 49 somponenta 2 for the better prediction of tides, from the result of the analysis of the tidal

Havana, Jan. 15. At a joint conference of the The plan of a group of American observations, taken at the Kaufung Cuban National Defence Commis- financiers, who propose to build the | tidal, observatory under the direction EMPIRE TRANSPORT and the Cuban Export Com Brat trans-continental railway of Dr. Doberck during the years 1887,

pany, s proposal for the co-operative through equatorial South America, 1888 and 1889. marketing of sugar was considered has been advanced by the passing. The times and heights are given for (but was withdrawi As a result of a trill' through Congress authoria- Kauling;“" but they may be used for the 1929 crop will be handled in- ing the goverment to make the the Victoria Naval Yard: und Aber- dividually with no restriction upon | necessary concessions, Reuter's deen, the differences being very small. growing, harvesting, grinding or American Berrico, selling

A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE

A MECHANICAL UNIT ̈

A summary of the bill prepared A directing committee has been by the Parliamentary Committee of appointed by. Mr. L. M. 8. Amery, the L.C.C. to give effect to the Secretary of State for Dominion council's resolation to enter into Affairs and for the Colonies, to agreements with the Underground study every aspect of mechanical Electric Railways · Company and transport likely to further the others for a common traffic manage economic development of the over NEW YORK-American Exchange mant in London, to include the tram-sea Empire.

Irving Trust Co., Banca Commerways, is given in the agenda, ciale Italiana.

There are four notices of motion with reference to the proposals. Every description of Banking and One of these is "That the recom- Exchange Business Transacted. Gor-mendation be referred back." Others respondents throughout the world.

L. BERNIS,

SAN FRANCISCO-Bank of Italy.

Manager.

Hong Kong, 3rd August, 1928.

seek to postpone consideration of the scheme. There are in addition nineteen amendments to the recom- mendation, most of them being in the names of Labour members.

The Council on Nov. 7 passed a resolution that legislation to the proposed end be promoted in the session of Parliament 1928-29 and to provide for the Minister of Trans- pert, acting after advice from the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee, to be the £3,000,000 supervisory authority for the pro-

tection of the public.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Chater, 1863. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

.£3,000,000 £4,000,000

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK. Paid-up Capital

The business of the above Bank is conduct by the HONGKONG AND SHANGE

BANKING CORPORATION, Hale may be

sbeained on appilostion.

•

SHANGHAI

A. Q. HYSES,

POS THE HONGKONG BANKING CORPORATION.

Hong Kong. 15th September, 1937.

Chisi Maungat

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)

BANKERS.

www.

Established 4.

Hong Kong Goni-Ii Queen's Road Central, Authorised Capital - Guilders 160,000,000- Pald-Up CapliCulidaes. 30,000,000- Kosasto Fande Ünidees 40,086,000

Eland Oos-(AMSTERDAM'). Eastern Head Office —BATAVIA,

Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprie

tors

Agencies and Branches: ALOR STAB

KUALA LUMPUR

KUOMINO MADIAY

(Main Kistes)

AMBITAR

HANDKON

TAVIA BOMBAY CALOUTTA CASTON

CAWEPORE

CEBU

COLOMBA

BAIHEN (Dainy,

Buah tauco)

BRLUK

HAIPHONG

JAKBUBR

HANIOW

2ABELX

HONO ZONG

ILOILO

(*, Manchuria)

IPOK

HABICHI

FLANO

KUALA KANGSAR

Pack (F.M.H

MANILA

MEDAN NEW YORR PEKING PENANG PESHAWAN BANGOON BAIGON HEMARANG · BERRMBAN BRIANGILAT BINGAPORE SOUBLBAYA' - TAIPING

TAVOT TIENTSIN TOKYO TOXUKAH (buket}

THINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

КАМБОДИОД

(Filippin" "Zaianda)

and

General

Foreign Exchange Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed]

or

The committee state that Clause 3 deals with the matters with respect to which agreement may be entered into between the Council and other authorities owning working transport. These fall under the two main beads of questions of manage- ment and the establishment of a common fund. Provision has been: made for the payment into the pro- posed common fund of either:

Sir James Currie is chairman, and the other members are Sir Henry Fowler, Brig. General F. D. Ham mond,, and Mr. Herbert Niblett.

The decision must be approved by presklent Machado, who has, in- dicated that he will be governed by the decision of the sugar industry.

Reuter's American Service.

FORD MOTORS

STARTLING FLUCTUATIONS IN CANADIAN SHARES

KEROSENE TAX-AT MUKDEN

The times of high and low-water must not be considered to colneida with the times of slack-water- and change of eurent, the two phenomena being quite distinct.

Jan. 11 to 17, 1929.

DATU, HIGH Waiku |Lower Water.

Standard Standard " Jan.

He Times

Times

A new kerosene tax has been in- troduced by the Mukden, govern- ment. This tax was originally planned by the late Genaralissimo Chang Two-lin while at Peking, to contribute towards the badly need- ed war funds, and was left suspend- ed on his withdrawal. to Man-

Fri. 11, m. 11 15 5.1 m 4_31 0.3 churia.

The Nanking government has re- Bat. 11 à 11 49 4.1 m2 464 0.7 vived the same tax, and the Board

of Finance, Mukden, has been ad-on. 13

vised to levey it, and to employ the Mon. 14, "Manchuria Daily Newa

new

revenue for its own -use----

Tues. 15 Wed. 16

Ht

148 a 2.6

0334.1·m § 30 07 10 17.6 341 8

MBT 0.0 DB

10 58 7.6

One of the primary objects of the investigations of this committee will

New York, Yesterday. be the development of a large

Even hardened Wall Street has mechanical transport unit, not con- been dazzled by the sky-rocket-like fined in its operations solely to good activities of Ford Motors of Canada. roads. It is hoped that by increas The shares closed on the kerb ing the load now hauled in ordinary market last night at $125. They ment that the company showed practice the ton-mile costs of trans opened to-day at 1825 and soon rash $4,000,000 deficit in 1928 and there port will be materially reduced et ug to $890. They then malted to was no prospect of a dividend in Thurs 17m 0 45 Experiments will be carried out in $786 upon an authoritative state | 1929. Heuter's American Service. selected areas overseas as soon as the progress of the work justifies tham

3.5

1 396 43 m2 8 47 | 1.0 11 40 7.2

144,4 my 29 1.4 508 2.0

6.6 m 8 131.. *8,438 | 4,7 { |- 7 18 ■ | 200

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

It is contemplated that the ex- penses of the-committee shall be ahared between the Empire Market- ing Board, which will provide half the total amount, and the various oversea Governments who take part in the work. In order to enable work to commence forthwith, the Empire Marketing Board is advanc ing the whole amount required. for Braf Sirion the first year.

Considerable work on this subject has already been done in Australia, and, as was made clear at the pro (1) The whole or part of the ceedings of the Colonial Governors' balances of the receipts and re- Conference, the development of the venues of each undertaking after tropical African colonies in partiou making certain paymenta, etc., aslar is closely bound up with a solu may be speckled or provided in the tion of the problem involved. agreement, or, alternatively;

(2) The whole or part of the

BRANCHEN-Hadjarmasin Handow) Bombay, Deposits received for 1 year or short-balances of the receipts and re Caleute, Ubariton, Tebab, Diamber or periods at rates which will be quot-venues of Individual undertakinge so Djotjakarta") The Hay Kobead on application. Kate Badja, Majamar, iɛidan, Zadang Falambang, Frisianganya Penang Toilenak Bangoon, Rotisedam"},

Bemarang's ginghal,

(Samaken) Singapor Baars

Sorszerte Holo) Tagal, Tjinijas and Weltevreden."]

Then whỏan have safe deposiá borse to let.

London Barn-National Provindal Bank IAL

Commodeste sil over the world

Banking balans of spory

descripsim mesosched.

G. SIKRESTRA,

Hong Kong. 6th August, 1998.

BANQUE DE L'INDO - CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.

Subscribed Capital...Fra. 72,000,000,00 Paid-Up Capital....Frs. 63,400,000.00 Reserve Funda .....Frs.102,000,000,00

Canton

BRANCHES:

Bangkok Hano! Quinbon Battambang Hong Kong Salgen Barthe Mangtse Shanghal Nam-Dish Singapore Noumes Dijbouti

Tientsin Fort-Bayard Papeeta Tourans

Vinh Pnom Penh Yunnanfu

Pondicherry

Haiphong Peking

Hankow

BANKERS:

.

far as such receipts and revenues A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager. are not payable into any other com- mon fund, together with the whole Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929.

or part of the sums payable out of any other common fund to such of the parties to the agreement as are entitled to receive payments there

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國中

(Specially Authorised by Presidential Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917).

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

out.

Ministry Approval

Mr. J.-C. May has been appointed secretary of the Directing Commit

41

*

Steak Siriom Bausages

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Chicksa Capone, Small

Capons, Large

Duck

Doves

Poultry.

Doc. 28, June, June,

Eggs. Hen (cooking)..

1928. 1918. 1914

20

Rutcher Meat.

Doc. **, June, Jons,

19

18. 1914.

Cim

Ots. Cia. Ct.

$5

12

Primo Cut

Ib.

35 23

30 81

Corned

34

23 12

28

Boast

23 24

12

28

Breit

22

*

26

20 18

Sopp

24. 20 18

asch, 80.

22

Steak

и

per at 18

28. 24 12 80 15 40 40 20 20 10

per doz. 88

18

Eggs, Hen (fresh)

2

~ 94, 25

12

Powis, Cantos Fowls, Hainau

$6

86

sach 55 50

Gooke

40.

24

each 50

80

$1.20 -$1.20

.30

28

Heart

Ib 70

24 13

Hump, Salt Fest Kidneys

Turkeys, Hen

60

51 - 45

84 20

#

Snipe

anck 10

10

mach

15 10 11

20 11

2428 14:~

Pheasant Quall Partridge

pair 2,00

each-25

85

Frults.

Bullock's Brains

Tongue, fresh. Tongue, corned Head

Tail

Liver

Trips

Shocker -Eaddle

It is proposed ultimately to set up an Overnes Mechanical Transport Committee containing representa tives of his Majesty's Government in Great Britain, the Colonis! Em- pire, and of the Governments of the Dominions, India, and the Sudan should they desire to co-operate. The present committee has been ap pointed in order that work may be started promptly on this urgent. Calvon Hand & F question. Until the general com mittee has been appointed they will Mutton Chop

Jing The arrangements for the dis-be responsible to Mr. Ormsby-Gore. tribution of the Common Fund pro- vide for the payment of "a reason- the ranking $80.000,000.00) able return upon

18,278,600.00 capital," and Clause 8 states that:

9,620,426,94

Every such agreement shall either prescribe a formula for determining, or shall specify the amount of the ranking capital, and shall prescribe a formula for determining or shall specify the reasonable return on such ranking capital, but notwith- standing any other provision of this Act, no such agreement shall have Bay force or effect unless and until the formula prescribed therein for determining the reasonable return, or unless and until the reasonable return specified therein (as the case may be) shall have been approved

HEAD OFFICE; PEKING,

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central, Branches and Sub-branches all over China and Correspondents in Europe, America, and other parts of the world. London Barkers:-Tha National Provincial and Union Bank of England, Ltd

New York.

The Guaranty Trust Company of New York Bankers: The Irving National Bank.

The Equitable Trust Company of

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National New York. d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais;

Interest allowed on Current Ac-by the Minister. Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; counts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on Credit Industriel Commercial; application.

Societe Generalo.

et

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

Provision is made for laying "Every description of Banking Bus! agreements before Parliament; the IN LONDON: The National Provin-ness transacted.

principles to govern the management cial & Union Bank of England, Ltd; Loans granted on approved secur- of the associated undertakings, and Comptoir National d'Escompte, deities. Parli; Credit Lyonnala.

Special facilities for Home Ex for the audit of the accounts of

each associated undertaking... SHOU J. CHEN,

With reference to the control by Manager, the Minister of Transport, the Com mittee recall that the Special Com mittee on Traffic, in their recent re-

the proposed bill of a provision with respect to securing a measure of public supervision in regard to any of the undermentioned matters:

An alteration of the general standard of fares, rates, or charges; we

Interest allowed on Current Ac-

counts and Fixed Deposits according THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. port referred to the inclusion in the

to arrangements.

Every description of Banking and

Exchango Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes to let,

A. LECOT,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 28th Nov, 1923,

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.

LIMITED,

Established 1880. Capital (fully paid-up) Ten 100,000,000 Reserve fundament Yeni 102,500,000)

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies at: Alexandria

Nowchwang Batavia

New York Bombay

Osaka Вислов Ауге

Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Dalton (Dainy). Fengtien (Hukdon)

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin Hong Konr Honolulu...

Kal. Yoon Karachi

Poking -Rangoon

Rio de Janeiro Saigon

Ban Francisco Seattle Semarang Shanghai

Established 1912.

Head Office: Hong Kong.

Authorinač Ospital (H.K. Currenty) ...$11,000,000 Paid Up Capai unin Boere, Frai menigtinatunitenseamna – – 309,000

A BRANCHES (---..

Bankow Besiow Baurik, Karrock and tas Freamos. ***ZANDON BANKRUS 1–72

Canton Shangha

The Lord's, Bank Limited. GORRESPOND MOTO

In all prinsipci otties of the World.

Wordgn langu and. Marking business of urer Ameription: Wrenascheda TE

Sala Deponi Bazen (verings slate) në n youdy. venial of frous $5 to 245, 1

LOOK POONG BHAN;

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 10th February, 1927.

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

· THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO. LTD. OF DENMARK.

The withdrawal of services; and The undertaking of new de- velopments.

tee, and any communications should Fig's Chitlings

Brains bo addressed to him at Milbank House, 2, Wood-atreet, Westminster.

GERMAN MOTOR-CAR

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sat $1.80-81.90′$1.90

Por net

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43

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24

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INCREASED OUTPUT Berlin-It is estimated that the Fork Chop

Leg production of the German motor-car industry in the past year will smount to some 290,200 vehicles (inching motor-bicycles), valued Sheep's at some - £52,600.000, as against 209,462, valued at £48,150,000, In 1927, and 100,244, valued at £23,800,000 in 1928.

ta fucking Pigs, jo orden Whilst in 1927 the exports (in Bock, Bead cluding parte and motors) - was Muston valued at $1,450,000, it is certimated Vaal that this year it will amount to some £2,750,000, or 5 par cent of the botal production Exchange Telegraph,”

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Barbal

available. The Committee discuss Bream the question of the establishment of Canton

Waber a common fund, and add:labe

We realise that there are difficul- Carp ties in connection with the existing Catish common fund of the London Under Cod ground Railway Companies and the Crabe London General Omnibus Company, Cattle Fi and in the event of its being found Deb possible to provide for ita retention Dace in connection with any agreement Dag is which may be entered into under Fels, the bill in such a way as it to be inimical to the council's interests, such an alternative might be accept | Fregs

ndi

Clause 10 deals with the question of an appeal in regard to matters affecting fares or the withdrawal of ed. In the meantime, however, and Garoupa

services. The undertaking of de- in the absence of detalled Informa velopments is, however, an enabling tion on the subject, we consider it Herzinge rather than a restrictive question," necessary that the council's position Hallby

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the report adds, "and is, therefore, in the matter chogid be safeguarded Labr separately dealt with in Clause 2" by making it abundantly clear that The question of compensation to the counell in entering Into negotis any employees displaced as the re tious for an agreement preserves a sult of unified operation is dealt perfectly free hand. with in Clapse 12 and a schedule, which is drawn in fairly wide The following unclaimed tale terme and has regard to the pre- grams are, lying at the office of the codents in respect of staff compensa Great Northern Telegraph Com-tion afforded by the Local pany (Limited) of Denmark: ment Act,

Razarlo, from Amoy.vides that Captain Abercromby Peninsula Hotel, from Shanghai:

Kobe

Shimazaned Singapore Soerabaya Bydney Tientsin *Tokyo:

London

Tsinandu

Los Angeles

from Dair

Talngtau

Lyons:

Напос

Nagasaki

1888,

somewhat

Jogous

which any:

Hotel,

charged mined

"In the case of the existing com mon fund," the committee state In concluding paragraph, one of the ftams to be deducted from before anything is: common Tiina Ni Mt

per set

anch

18

น

800-28

Pigeon, Canton

Hollow Turkeys, Cock

Almonds

Apples (Californis)

Banana (bylila's) Carambola

Concerts

Lemons, China Lemans (America).

Lichess, Dried

Orange (Canton) Oranges

Pears (Canton)

Peanuta

Persimmont, Largs Plantálný

Pamelo, Stam.

Walnuts

· Grapes

Artichokes Boats, Sprent

Lang

Beal Root

Vegetables,

No. 1..

Fish.

24

Bitter Squash

18

Brinjals, Green

18

***Hed

27

Cabbage, Chines

(Shangh

Cans, Bhools, brunch-

Cauliflower (Larry)

(Sundll)

Carrots

Celery, Chinese

10

10

Chillies, Dried

18.

Red

50

Curry Stuff,

Cucumbers

Garte

Ginger, Young

Borseradish, Trullim Cors

Lettusa Water

Mathrooms,

eabl eskassanassas:

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