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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Surborland Capi!

Leeus

Pully Paid-up

Kent

Funds —

Carling

...... B,000,000

Aivar ..................$4,000,006

60,000,000 $20,000,000

Kovary Liability Proprietors 30,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG."

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:—

N. B. Brown, Esq.

Chairman

Đ E. Beli, Een. Deputy Chairman,

Hon. Mr. B. D. F. Beith.

19 nmpion. Br.

is. T. Johnson, Ext..

* Lander Lewis. Fag

Wry MANGKOR

3314

W. L. Fatwenden. T. E. Pereo, E.

J. &. Plummins, Esq.

1.Р. Удитня; Киф

Chief Manager. Hon. Mr. A. C. Bynes

BRANCHES :--

LONDON LIONS MALACCA

MAT

MAKILA

**LUTITA

MOUKDEN

ESTON

NAGARAKI

NEW YORK

陸

TATES

7.

PEKING

PERANO

MANGOOD

SATOON

TAZKIRG

SAN FRANCISCO'

SHANGHAI

NGAPORE

ANGANA

li

SUNGE! PATANI MENTEIN

TOKYO

mutiť

SPER

SURABAYA

ISINOTAU TOKOHAMA

Cereus Ledenik opened in Local Ourtador And Vized Deposita relvad for one year akter verlode in Local Currenny and Starling an katta Walch will be quised on application, Hong Kong, 21tb bíny, 1223.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Basins of the above Bank is onzdact alby the EBUNGEONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Bules may be obland on application.

FOB THA HONGKONG BASEIN CORPORATION,

* BRANGHA

A. O, HINES,

Chief Maneger.

Box Enoz. September, KRIT

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHEULANDS TRADING SOCIETY)

BANKERS

Establirbed 18:44. -

Hong Kong Other :—11 Juoan's Boad Central

Authorised "Capital

Paid-up Capital Bone Fund -...

....................... Quider: 150,000,000-

(€12,000,000.)

Ouilders, 80,000,000

(£6,013,167.J

......... Guilder 10.000,00

(EB, FL (FIKI.)

Hand Office (AMSTERDAM". Eastern Bud Oos-BATAVIA BRANCHES ---Handjoemmin

Bandong Bourly, Cuicult, Cheribom, Djember, Dok jakarta' The Hague'), Jila, Kaba, Kote-Badia Maksimi, Medan, Padnog

Foukny Palembang

Bibalys Sourabaja,

Portinas Bangoon,

Semarang").

Ebangles,

(Bardico), Singapore,

行銀商工法中

BANQUE FRANCO - CHINOISE pour le

Commerce et l'Industrie

(Incorporated in France).

Prince's Building, Chater Road,

Hong Kong.

HEAD OFFICE:

74, Rue St. Laxare, Paris.

Capital fully paid up..Fra.50,000,000 Special working capital .Frs.50,000,009 Fra 22,819,000 Reserves

BRANCHES:

THE CHINA MAIL,

COMMERCE

EUROPEAN

BROKER

"EXTRAVAGANT LIVING". ALLEGED IN COURT ACCOUNTING FOR $22,000

of

Mr.

The public examination Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Saigon, H. M. Cantrell, a broker, was con- Mr. Justice Deane in Haiphong, Hanoi, Tourane, Quinhon, tinued before Huế, Thanh hoa, Vinh, Pnom Peah. the Supreme Court, Singapore

Peking, Shanghai, Tientsin, Hong May 10. Kong.

SAN FRANCISCO:-Bank of Italy.

AND

FINANCE.

His Lordship (to bankrupt): surely the $8,000 includes that

His Lordship: We don't want it reckoned twice over then.

Yes.

Mr. Cocker: I put it to you you were living above your moans, and not only that, but were living ex- lived above ΤΟΥ travagantly?I

means.

I suggest that you were living travagantly for two years prior the order of adjudication?-No

awer.

801-

MALAYAN STATES

MONEY FACTOR OF THE SITUATION

COMMON PURSE THEORY

In spite of minor Imperfections it

Th any.

Day

is generally admitted that Federation. has been a success, says the "Malay The theory and practice of Mail." But the common purse are at variance £407 and the original intention that the Heads of Federal Departments should be advisers and supervisors has, in most cases, gone by the board. That materially helped in the rapid growth a strong Federal Administration has and development of the three West- ern States, without causing any deep- Beated dissatisfaction in any quarter, ex-might well be an incentive for other to--States to enter the Federation. Yet

of the we never hear that any

wish to do federated States Mr. Cantrell spoke of share trans- DANKERS:

actions between various brokers firms You did not know what you spent thing of the sort. The casual travel.

ler in this part of the World FRANCE:-Societe Generale, Banque

in Singapore, Penang and Kuala or received?-No answer.

His Lordship: You spent

money wonder why. He might also nek Nationale de Credit, Banque de Lumpur. He told of extensive trans-

Rajab Perak Tin, Ltd. Just because you found some in your the ordinary citizens in the F.M.S. Paris et des Pays Bas.

actions in

began when Mr. pocket, and withou: knowing, where would like to see all the Malay LONDON:-Midland Bank, Ltd.

And per These transactions NEW YORK-American Exchange

haps he would be surprised to hear Irving Trast Co, Barka Commer-Daubeny, one of his clients, it came from or what it was for7--States in one federation.

hrad An option Jelai Ketchill. No answer.

His Lordship: Your friends who that the answer to his question was ciale Italiana.

Concessions in Pehang, which was a

Leaving aside the very big concessions of about 200,000 lent you money were not friends at in the negative.

you did not know how attitude of the various Royal Houses, all, because

They did which does not directly concern the Every description of Banking and acres, and was considered to be very take care of money..

valuable. Mr. Daubeny approached a Cor

view you a very bad service by keeping ordinary citizen, it is only necessary Exchange Business Transacted.

syndicate in Singapore with

on assisting you. No answer.

te say in passing that the substitu- respondents throughout the world.

to them taking up the option. After

Mr. Cocker: What are the cause of tion of a Chlef Secretary to Govern- the syn- L BERNIS,

waiting for several days

your bankruptcy? The high cost of ment for a Resident-General was in Manager dicate asked for an extension, and Hong Kong, 3rd August, 1928. they finally said they would not take living, but the slump was finally res- the opinion of Sir Frank Swetten- ponsible for a whole lot of trouble. ham and most people in this part of It was while they were consider Also heavy interest on longs from the world, detrimental to the inter- money lenders. Heary expenace forests of the F.M.S. and the expansion But the then THE CHARTERED BANK OF

ng . the option that they toramenced

family passage money and my chil- of the Federal idea.

John Sir Commissioner, INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINĄ.

buying Rajah Perak Tiu, Ltd., shares.

ldren's schooling.

High Later Dir. Daubeny arranged in Kuala

Mr. Cocker: But surely this latter Anderson, had the care of the Colonial normal expenditure for a Office. No doubt the Colonial Office Incorporated by Royal Chater, 1883. Lumpur for the option to be taken

John Anderson Enst? I think in regarded Sir uver by the Burma-Malay Co., Ltd, is only HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

European in the was signed, and

man and a great Im- £3,000,000 and an agreement

the ordinary course of events pass- very clever Paid-up Capital

taken up, the £4,000,000 more shares were

He was all that and đạ ages are usually paid by firms. perialist. favourable being more prospects

Having my own firm, I had to find served a better fate than the tragic £2,000,000 The market price of the shares

all that myself.

ending of his career in Ceylon. then 75 cents; they went up to 95 centa, but now there was practical- ly no market for them. The persons intereatud carried 29,000 shares. Mr. GG. Dabeny carried 11,500, Mr. C. Hammond Smith 5,000, Mr. E. Biggin 6,500, and himselt 3,000.

Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Froprie

tora..

Agencies and Branches:

KUALA LUMPUR

ALOR STAB

(Malay Stalo+

AMRITBAB

BANGKOK

BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON

CAWNEOBE CABU

COLOMBO

DAIREN. (Emlny,

South Manchuria DELH

HAIPHONG HAMBURG НАБНОЙ

(N. Mandarin)

HALEIN

KONG

ТРОП

KARACHI

KOBE

XLANG

KUCHING

MANILA

MADILAB

MEDAN NEW YORK

PEKING

PENANG PESHAWAB RANGOUN SAIGON BEKARANG SERENDAN SHANGHAI SINGAPORE BOURABAYA FALPING W.ME TAVOT

TIENTSIN TOKYO

TONGKAH (Bhuket

TSINGTAO

ХОБОНАМА

ZAMBOANDA

(Philippine Ineske)

up.

was

Two Years' Borrowings Mr. Cocker (Assistant Official Au signee): At the last hearing of your that you examination you admitted had borrowed $29,000 over a period of two years preceding your receiv ing orders? It must be longer than

that.

But the larger proportion was over before your a period of two years adjudication. Say, roughly, $25,000?

That is so.

In 1927 your income was 36,413, or per of roughly $640 average General month?--Yes.

ITALA BANGBAE Peak (...)

and Exchange Foreign Banking business, transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits received for 1 year or short- er periods at rates which will be quot ed on application.

A H. FERGUSON,

an

In 1928 it was $7,181 or an ever- age of $620 a month? Yes.

So the question naturally arises as to how you spent that $25,000? You had steady income, rising from a month to $620 during the 8540

Can you ex- Manager. whole of that period.

plain what became of that $25,000- paid off some of my old debts. How much? There or four thou sand dollars.

Hong Kong, 8th. January, 1929,

Soapbaris (Roto) Tepal, THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.

and Weltevredem."}

* The flose have sala deposit boxas tą lah.. Zealou Becker-Notional Pregional Paok Li Correspondents all over the world

Baking badman of every Ameription readsacted.

., BLBERG,

Hong Kong. 6b May. 1920.

Manger.

BANQUE DE L'INDO - CHINE. HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris. Subscribed Capital Fra. 72,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital...Fre. 68,400,000.00 súeserve Funds ....Fre.102,000,000.00

DRANCHES:

Bangkok Battambang Hue

antho

Saigon

Shanghai

Hong Kong Quinton

Mangtze

Neumen

Canton Nam Dinh Dijbouti

Fort Bayard Papeete

Peking

Hiziphong

Hankow

Hanoi

Singapore Thanhoa

Tientsin Tourane

Pnom-Penh Vinh

Pondicherry Yunnanfu BANKERS:

(TAIWAN GINKO)

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

That will leavee a balance of $21,000 or $22,000 not accounted for. In the absence of books of account showing where thle money has been is ab- spent the Official Assignee solutely in the dark. Have you been using it in speculation on your own had one account? No I have only speculation. That was when I bought a thousand shares at $1.80, and sold them for $1, thus losing $800 on the deal.

Have you made present to anyone? --No.

Unsolved Problem

as to

Central Bank in Formosa. Bank-Notes issued

Average amount....Yen, 45,000,000

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Yokohama, Kobe, JAPAN-Tokya,

Osaka. FORMOSA-Giran, Kagi, Karenko,

Mr. Cocker: Your Lordship will Keelung, Making, Nante, Shin- chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takao, see that the question arises Tamsui, Toen, Heito, Taito. what has become of this $22,000. In CHINA: Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy, the absence of books of account it is where this Fnochow, Swatuw, Canton.

impossible to find out Singapore, money has been spent

Batavia,

Examinee: There was $1,100 for I kept my books up passage moncy.

However, this to March 31, 1928.

was purely per- sonal, and was not a matter which I The entered in the business books. business and my personal dealings The Bank has Caragvadente in the Commercial Centres in the European Continent, Bus, were, of course, kept quite separate. oturis, Tinglas, Japan, Tedodhin Bism, India,

OTHERS:-Hong Kong,

Socrabaya, Semarang,

Bombay, Calcutta, London, New York, Dairen.

LONDON BANKERS:

The London County Westminster and money in question

Farr's Bank.

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National Philippian Tanda, Java, Aire, U‚§.A., Insiralia. d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; et allowed Outres couare, ma ised Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Deposits at rates which will be quoted on applica Crodit Industriel et Commercial; So- tion. Dagoela in Yan ona be soumpled. ciete Generale.

IN LONDON: The National Pro-

K. NAGURA,

vincial & Union Bank of England,HONG KONG BRANCH:

Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte

de Paris: Credit Lyonnais.

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

Manager.

3, Ties Voeux Road Central.

Hong Kong, 19th January, 1929.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國中

Current Ae-(Specially Authorised by Presidential.

Mandate of the Republic of China

Intereat allowed on counts and Fixed Deposits according to arrangements.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Box to let

A. LECOT,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

on the 22nd of November, 1917).

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

His Lordship: You mean you kept your private dealings in your head?

That is so my lord.

Hig Lordship: What about all these debts? Has he put them down in his staement of affairs?

Mr. Cocker: He has pat them down statement of afairs purely

in his

from memory.

And Ris Lordship (to bankrupt): don't you

really know where this you borrowed it money went, who from? Did you pay off any money lenders or anyone? No answer.

to

I

How is it that you were driven to chetty moneylenders, in view of the large number of friends that were always ready to help you?I thought should not ask my friends for help. But it was a moneylender that made you bankrupt? Yes.

And still you went to friends after you went to the chetty moneylend- ers? That is 30.

The examination was closed, His Lordship making an order for the payment, on bankrupt's offer, of $35 per month.

as a

"Quite Satished" But to return to our casual travel- let. He could be supplied with sev

why the Unfederated eral reasons

Some sacrifices would States. are quite satisfied to remain as they are. have to be made to secure the ad- joining from vantages to be derived

Apparently the ad. the Federation.

Buff- vantages are not considered ciently great at present to warrant the sacrifices. When, in the course of time, the different States in the Federation are given a large mea- Mr. Cocker: I don't think it would sure of local self-government, the be any help asking your Lordship to position may be regarded in a differ- order the bankrupt to file a state-ent light. A slow process of evolu- ment

showing where this $22.000 has tien is going on. Education is alter- ing the general outlook even in re- guze to?

What able mote parts of Malaya.

Residenta would

sympathetic British ware able to do thirty to forty years ago, may be done to-day by the Ad- His Lordship: I won't make the visers in some of the Unfederated

which order, Mr. Cocker. It seems to me States are mostly in somewhat of enlightened ad- that all there is to it is that it is different stages

His Lordship: I don't think it

(To bankrupt) and be any use. Do you know where it has gone to?

Bankrupt: No, My Lord.

ed

a case of getting money easily, and vancement. The ordinary citizens in spending it easily."Straits Times. the three Western States of the

Federation are inclined to

regard themselves as merely disinterested onlookers. But are they? Who sup- fine railway plied Pahang with a free of expense which is not expect- to work at a profit for a good many years to come? The taxpay States. era of the three Western

to the Pahang has been in debt

since the three West Coast States

Thanks to the days of Federation. assistance of the West Coast taxpay ers Pahang is making good. But course it is and will be a long busi- can be ness before full advantage taken of all the natural resources of A remark which applies that State. with

even greater significance to, say, Kelantan and Trengganu.

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Mr. Cocker: You had an average

and AMERICAN COTTON of $550 all this time, income you borrowed at the rate of a $1,000 a month, making your total month- $1,550. Where did it all .260,000,000.00) ly income

18,278,800.00 go to?-It is a very expensive place

9,629,426,24 to live on-Singapore.

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.

ما

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central,

His Lordship: Have you spent at the rate of $1,550 a month?-1 was not aware of it, my lord,

Balance Unaccounted For Mr. Cocker: Your average expen- Branches and Sub-branches all over ditare during that period, you have THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, China and Correspondents in Europe, told us, both household and personal, America, and other parts of the world. was $8,500 a year, or roughly $700

Bankers-The National London

This leaves a balance of a month. Provincial and Union Bank of England, $800 a month unaccounted for. Did Ltd.

support of your The Guaranty Trust Company of you remit any of this home for the children?--Yes. New York.

Some of it. About 440 a month. New York Bankers: The Irving National Bank

The Equitable Trust Company of New York,

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 ........ Yen 105.600,000 Reserve fund

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies at: Alexandris

Batavia

Bombay

Buenos Ayres,

Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Dairen (Dalny)

Newchwang New York

Osaka

Peking Bangoon

Elo de Janeiro Saigon

San Francisco

Fengtien (Mukden) Seattle

Hamburg

Hankow Hebin Hung Xong Honolulu Kad Yoen Karachi

Kobe London

Los Angeles

Tania

Nagasaki

Nagoya

Semarang Shanghal Shimonoseki Singapore Soerkhaya Sydney Tientsin

Tokyo Teimanta Tsingtan Vladivostok

(Tampornelly

closed)

rest allowed on Current Ac-

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on application.

Every description of Banking Busi ness transacted.

Loans granted on approved secur ities:

Special facilities for Home Ex dange.

That still leaves a balance £40 is only about 2950.

SHOU J., CHEN,

Manager THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Batavia

Established 1912. Head Ofice-Hong Kong.

Authorised Copied (ELE. (umenty) 1311,380,100 Pali. Op Ganhal · 200

NO INITIATIVE IN THE NEW YORK MARKET

Messrs. Anderson, Clayton & Co., Shanghai, recentis quoted the follow- ing prices for American cotton, May shipment:

Tls. per Cta. per pic ex-

wharf b. elf.

49.60

Low

19.01

48.50

48.80

Strlet Middling... 21,56 21.11 Middling .. Strict Law Middling 20.36

45.15 Middling In their New York letter of April Mesara. Anderson, Clayton & Fleming state:--

11

If those States joined the Federa tion, they would immediately become a drain on the resources of the three West Coast States: in other words on the taxpayers who would be call- or pledge ed on to give their cash their credit. These taxpayers may believe that, as in the case of Pahang, is a good their cash and credit" lock-up investment which will bene- fit later generations. But the point is that the immediate call would be on them.

LIPTONS, LIMITED

PROPOSAL TO LOWER CAPITAL

BY $1,827,500

London, Saturday. Messrs. Liptons Limited, propose to of reduce their present capital £2,800,000 by £1,827,000 by writing down 1,250,000 21 ordinary shares to one shilling a share, also £300,000 nine per cent. preference. shares and £1,000,000 five per cent preference shares to shares of twelve shillings each. Properties will also be wristen down by £340,000.

The arrears in proference dividends, amounting to £262,080, have been cancelled-Renter.

TRADE PACT

SOVIET AND US. ELECTRIC CONCERN

AN

New York, Yesterday,

announced be- agreement is This market shows no initiative tween the Soviet Government and the pany providing for an exchange of and naturally so, as there seems little International General Electric Com- on which to base pronounced views. patents, also designing, engineering, Under continued better weather the and manufacturing information, for erop looks to be getting away fairly 10 years begiming on July 1. normally, with probably a moderate

American engineers will be sent. acreage increase, but a promising out to Russis to assist the Soviet Gov- look even in June has more than once ernment to expand its electrical in- heen turned to the other side of the dustry, and Soviet engineers will visit !! picture, by extreme heat and weevil; the United States to study methods $10,000,000 so where is the incentive to sell it of manufacture of electrical machin-

5,000,000 in

ery and equipment Router's Ameri- April

March Consumptions 1,500,000

Estimates of March consumption can Services are along record lines, but the goods trade looks to be in a sort Jall

of after

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. 10, Des Voeux Bond Central, Hong Kong. Authorised Capital Paid-Up Capital Reserva

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Melbourne San Francisco Bumbay Nagasaki Seattla | Calc.tta

New York Semarang „Oskar Singapore Canton

Bourabaya Haiphong Paris - Honolulu Paking Sydney

Penang Kobe

Tripea Kowloon Rangoon Tea trivi London Saigon Tokyo

Shanghal

Damien, Thanghai Hamkow, Mwalow, Kaziła Yesgins, New York und 60% REMBOLNOON,

·IGNDOW BANKERS ZONE

Ya all petmalpak nition of the World, Terápu, eschange and - backing.

Deposits received for fixed periods berez, Imitations clamor

at rates to be obtained on application.

H. MORI Hong Kong, 11th March, 1929.

Manager

T

LOOK POONG SHAN

Chief Managen. Hong Kong, 19th February, 1927.

recent

though the situation. Lo

the moment,

meantime

locks better at: is no assurance Thera

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THREE THOUSAND POUNDS English Book and Job Type

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One 31 inch BROWN AND CARVER PAPER CUTTER fitted

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One OSWEGO PAPER CUTTER, and Book Trimmer, Size 26,

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One BUFFALO KNIFE GRINDER, Carborandum wheel, taking

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One BOSTON WIRE STITCHER No. 3, fitted with 2.45 Amp.

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One 40 HP. GRADE FUEL OIL SEMI DIESEL ENGINE, belted to 25 KW. WESTINGHOUSE D. C. Generator 1150 R.P.M. One PETTER SEMI DIESEL ENGINE direct coupled to General

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175 Cells Rdison Storage Batteries.

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STANDARD TIME.

Sunrise and Sunset in Hong

SHANGHAI

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SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN COLONY

THE

0,

on the cotton which has gone these were trout eggs or fry and Kong for May (Standard time of went to stock lakes for sporting par- the 120th Meridian, East of Green- the mill?"

wich), are as follow:-- not shown any great poses. Spinners have

Lake Nipigon, in Ontario, one of interest during the past week either in boying the actual or firing price the most famous fishing spots in the

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to go One shipment of 3.200,000 white ink 274 There are plenty of around, but maybe not all sultable to was placed in its ters

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SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to let

TAKAN TONG PO,

Chief Manage, Hong Kong, let March, 1927.