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BANK S

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital

100,000,000

Lead and Fully Faldrop a $20,000,000 Besarta Punda:--

was £ 0,600,0 $10,000,000

Berling

trar.......

Reserva Liability of Proptintore. $25,000,000

HIRAD OPVICH: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS—

10. Mr. C. 6. 8. Markle, Chaleman.

Hon. Mr. J. 7, Paterson,

Deputy Chairman.

W. H. Del.

A. R. Complum, Regj.

T. K. Fearos, Fing

1. A. Plumtser, Big,

D. Lander Lawie, Bag. T. H. R. Bhaw, Bay.

Ct. Maki, Kan.

BATAVIA

J. . Warren, Haq.

Dalai Mames.

V. M, Gipagburn, Bra.

BRANCHES

AMOZ

JANOROX

LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

MUAR (3ohors

KURDEN

NAUAHASI

NEW YORK

ROMILAY

CALCUTTA

CANTON

CHEPDO

COLOMBO

DACHEN Posoditow HAHORO

HAMBURU

HASKOW

RABBIN

HONOREW

ILUILS

fro

JKORE

KULE

KOWLOON

AGALA LUMPUR

PRIPING

PKNANG RANGIOON

NATUON

BAN PDANCINGO

SHANGILAJ

SINGAPORE

NOMGABAYA

SUNURI PATANI

TUENIBIN

TOKYO

2MINUTAU

YOKUNIAMA

Cures Autopend in Local Currenoy uun yo up and Fired jail remoted for shorter periods in Local Currency and Berling on to which will be quoted on application, Blog hong #th February, WEB.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The

way of the aber Bank is conduot ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANOMAL BANKING OOIPOLATION,

olta application.

Buire may b

FUR TEK TOMKONG AND SHANGWAL BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYHURN,

Hong Kong, 9th July, 1900.

Chief Madager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Hansemann, Paris,

Sube.ribed Capital .Frs. 72,000,000,00 Pald-Up Capital...FT. 68,400,000,00 Exserve Funds ....Fri.102,000,000.00

Canton

BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon

Saigon Battambang Hos Authe

Mengtze Shanghai Nam-Diak Singaperu Djibouti Neumes Thanhoa Fort Bayard Paperia

Tientsia Haiphong Peking Tourane Harkow Hanoi

Puom-Pooh Vinh Pondicherry Yunnanfo BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais: Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industrial et Commercial; So ciete Generale.

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

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

Yurk.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Established 1917.)

HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Rd. C.

Authorised Capital Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, Paid-up Capital Reserva Fund

.£3,000,000 .£4,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

Liabilities

..£3,000,000

agencies and Branchens

of Shareholders Surplus

ALOR SAL

KUALA LUMPUR

(kulay Hinton)

KUCHINO

AMRITSAR

MADRAS

MANILA

HANUKOK

HATAVIA

SHOW DAY CALCUTTA CANTON CANFORE CKRO

COLOMBO

DAIREN (Dalny

South Marchus

DELHI

HAIPHONO

11AMO

HANKOW

HARDIN

(H, Manshuria)

HONG ROM

PIT

KARACHI

JAND

ROBE

KEALA KANOBAB

Perak P..8.)

MEDAN

NEW YORK

PERINO

PENANU PESHAWAB HASHDON

SAIGON

SEMARIND

KEREMBAN

SHANGRAI

KINJADORE

BOCRADAYA

TAIPING (F.MA) TAVOY

TIENTBIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

TONGKAR (Bhuket)

ZAMBOANGA

(Philippine Tundu)

and

Gonorai

Foreign Exchange

Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for 1 year or shorter perioda at rates which will

be quoted on application.

A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK

OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, Now York.

Capital, Surplus and

Undivided Profite..U.S.$224,654,298

Branched in:-

ARGENTINE LONDON

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CHILE

MEXICO

ISLANDS

PANAMA

PERU

CHINA

PHILIPPINE

COLOMBIA

CUBA

PORTO RICO

DOMINICAN

STRAITS

REPUBLIC

INDIA

URUGUAY

ITALY

VENEZUELA

JAPAN

SETTLEMENTS

Commercial and Travellers' Lettors

of Crodit, Travellers' Cheques, Bills of Exchange and Cablo Transfors Current accounta bought and sold. and Savings Bank accounts opened and Fixed Deposits in local and for- eign currencies taken at rates that inay be ascertained an application to the Bank.

We are also able to offer our Cus- tomers the services of the Branches of the International Banking Corpora tion in San Francisco and Spain and alag of The National City Bask of New York (France), S.A“, and Nice.

in Paris

F. MED. COURTNEY,

Manager. Hong Kong, 20th February, 1931.

THE

Interest allowed on Current Ac-AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, counts and Fixed Deposits according

to strangements.

Every description of Banking and

Exchange Business transacted.

Bafe Deposit Boxes to let.

A. LECOT,

INC.

Bead Office: 65, Broadway. New York.

Manager.

Capital Surplus

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Capital (fully pald-up) Yon 100,000,000 Reserve Fand

........Yen 115,000,000

Head Ofoe:-YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies at: Alexandria

Batavia

Rembay

Buenos Aires

(Temporarily closed).

Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Dairen (Dalny)

Nagoy Nowchwang

New York Oraka

Poring Rangoon Rio de Janeiro Saigon

San Francisco

Fongtion (Mukden) Seattle

Bamburg

Hankow

Harbin

Boar Kong Honoluin Kai Yuda Karachi Kobe London

Los Angeles

Nagasaki

Semarang Shanghai

Shimonosoki Bingapore Soorabaya Sydney Tientaln Tokyo

Telnandu Tsingtau

Vladivostock

(Temporarily

closed)

Reserves.....

.T1.8.$6,000.000 .U.E.$1.672,454 ...S.81,908,209

BRANCHR9:----

Amsterdam Antwo Albone Basle Blo

Biarla

Bombay

1106 Gissgow Havana Humburg

Ierlaken Larusalace

Nic4 Neplan Pic Paris

Гераль

Faking Palacio

Tra

Brussala Bonade Airee

Chirp Calcutta Canno Colombo Cabdantloopis

مامية

London

Liverpool

Tabacoa

LAVEOF

Lugane

Karadžan Monte Charts

Minfla

Mendoh

Montreux Milan

Rotterdam

Ropa

Hoboul Shaarbai

Houthampton

Singapore

K. Koris

Tiantain

Vienna

Venice Yokoban Karlo

Copenhagen Pdinburgh Ploregon

Branches of American

Дата

Company in Principal cities of Unit- ed States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Pearsonal investment accounts handled.

H

8,000,000

4,000,000

4,000,000

2,620,000

Branches, Agencies and Correspon dents in the principal cities of the world.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HOOI,

Commerce and

Finance

BRITISH COTTON EXHIBITION.

Demonstration of Textile Industry.

AT WHITE CITY,

GOOD

YIELDS FROM EASTERN BANKS.

Satisfactory Profits Even in Difficult Times.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1931.

TRADESMEN TO VISIT OUR TAX-FREE “VEST

CHINA.

Japanese Business, Men on Inspection Tour.

POCKET DOMINION."

1

Man 6 Ft. 4 Ins.—with a Heavy Hand.

SOVEREIGN OF LUNDY ISLAND

He

With a view to assisting in re

Entertaining revelations about medying the present depressed life on Lundy Island--that little business conditions now prevalling aca-girt retreat in the Bristol In Japan a party of 1,000 members Channel, which is owned by Mr. Martin Coles Harman; the City of the Japanese Traders' Asso-financier were provided in the ciation, including students and King's Bench Division. The recent setback in the price of business men, who will visit Shang- Mr. Harman claimed the right silver, with its corollary of con- On February 16 the British tracted purchasing power for the hal early this coming Spring, travel to issue his own coin as tokens of

via one of the O.S.K. Line's money on the island. Manager. Cotton Textile Exhibition-the first silver-using populations of the East, ling

appealed to the King's exhibition which the whole British has produced an easier market in palatial vessels the Rio de Janeiro Bench against a decision of the embarked the leading Eastern bank shares, Maru (10,000 tons gross) on her Bideford magistrates last April. cotton trade has ever

when he was fined £5 and costs upon and the most completo display says "Searchlight" in the London

The issues of first visit to Shanghai.'

for unlawfully issuing as a taken which any industry has ever made Evening Standard.

The delegation is organised under of money a plece of metal to the of its processes from beginning to the two large banks with the big-

the rest interests in China-namely, the auspices of 17 Chambers of value of a half-penny, contrary to end-opened. The place is White City, London, where the the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Commerce and Industry, as presi- the Coinage Act of 1870.

a section of the and the Chartered Bank of India, exhibition was

Australia, and China-have beendency of the Mayor of Nagoya City British Industrlos Fair.

There is significance in both the now obtainable at 108 and the latin principal cities in the Central

To my mind both The place waster at £17.

districts of Japan, including:— place and the time.

The "Adjacent Island.” Objection had been taken to the London because London in Febru- those shares offer a reasonable op

Issue of the coins by the author- ary was the gathering-place of the portunity of securing appreciation Nagoya, Gifu, Turuga, Yokkaichi, world's buyers, and the cotton trade of capital over the next twelve Tau, Ujiyamada, Otau, Ognki, Kifu,ities on the mainland-which they that months. These banks are possessed Matsumoto, Shimidzu, Shizuoka, on Lundy called "the adjacent la-

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(KRIHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY)

BANKERS.

Fablished 184.

Hong Kong Masi—11, Quma's Boad Capal Authored Captials!lders 162,000,000- [213,800,000.) Paid-up Capital Gullar 20,080,000 (6,840,170) Serve Fund

Culiders' 40,030,000 (20,204,600)

Bad OD—AMSTERDAM Eastern Head Ofori-BATAVIA.. BLANCHES:- Bandjarmasin, Bandoeng", Bambe

Carbon

Djak

Jakarta, The Hagu

Thass odion have ente diposti boxes so lank, London Bankers!--National Provincial Bank Lád. Dorsspondente gil over the world Banking bualows of avary

imoriplica kransacked.”

A. STOKKINK.

soling Manager.

Hong Kong, 10th August, 1930.

THE BANK OF CHINA,

行銀國中

Reorganised October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Gov-f

ernment as an

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

4

Mr. Harman, who appeared in person, said the coins wore called puffins and half-puffing.

all, but last year, owing to reduced will proceed to Soochow and Hang the shipping fraternity had been profits following on events in China, chow by special train and another valuable. Whenever there had the bonus was cut to £1.

For the party to Nanking, on a sightseeing been a murder of the entire popu- current year the interim payment and business Inspection, on Apell 14|lation of the island the mainland declaimed res-

Government had

has been maintained at £3, and the and 15. market is confident that this will be On April 16 (last day in Shung-ponsibility. made up to £7 for the whole. year, hal) the party will split up into two

The Lord Chief Justice: Doen

If this expectation is fulfilled, Hong groups, for sightseeing purposes in the murder of the entire popula- Kong and Shanghai Bank shares, at and round the greater city of tion often happen? 106, will be yielding something close Shanghai, being conveyed by motor

Mr. Harman: Yes, pirates often

•

has come to the conclusion modern methods of doing business of large reserves and have demon.

Numazu, Chita, Toyohashi, Hama-land."

The puffin, he explained, was J demand the presence of the trade atrated their capacity to make satia-

even in difficult matsu, Ishinomiya,

very common bird on How Radia, Makassar, Medan, Padane in full force where the buyers are. factory profits

Lundy. Palembang, Fakiongea PIDADA

On April 13 the party will arrive Lundy was itself an Icelandle Pontianak, Bangoo Botsdam It was customary in the past to times. Hamarss Bhanghai. Bibolys

For each of the years 1921 to in Shanghai at the O.S.K. Yangtze-world meaning puffin. (Bust), Blugapore,

Bourbal expect buyers to come to Lanca- Boerskaria (8610)," Tegal, Thikalap and shire.

Lundy, although a small island That attitude is abandoned. 1928 the Hong Kong and Shanghai poo Wharf and will stay the first Weltevreden".

Lancashire frankly accepts the fact Bank distributed a dividend of £6,day in town on a combined business of 1,000 acres, was of importance. Then a party and the services it had rendered that its position in the world to-day plus a bonus of £2, making £8 in and pleasure visit. though still pre-eminent where cot ton is concerned, is one of struggle, one which calls for the most whole- hearted acceptance of the changed conditions throughout the world..

Effect on World Fashions. The time is significant because the cotton trade thinks it will be able to show goods which will have an effect on the world's fashions and the world's dress habita to 6 per cent. That is a high re- cars; and some members will be in used to. throughout the year to come.

turn on the money for an invest- town for shopping, etc.

Mr. Justice Avory: Perhaps the WAS At five o'clock the party will leave entire population of rabbits The 150,000 personal invitations ment of this kind. which had been sent to buyers in An attractive yield is also ob for Tsingtao and arrive in Kobe en murdered. (Laugher.)

completing their Mr. Harman went on to state all parts of the world had con- tainable on the issue of the Char- April 21. thus

international attention tered Bank of India, Australia, and journey in ten days. The period in that Lundy paid no rates, duties Subscribed Capital ....$25,000,000.00 centrated

to the mainland--and Paid-Up Capital.....$24,710,200.00 upon the Exhibition, and informa- China. This is the form of £5 fully itself is very short no doubt, but or tithes

Organizing Paid shares, now quoted around will nevertheless be interesting ex- rightly so, because Lundy recely- Reserve Funds ........$ 3,820,603.82 tion had reached the

£1734. Committee.

The profits of this bankperience gained throughout, which led nothing from the mainland.

There was no old age pension The White City was divided into actually increased last year, and will be of much future value.

We cannot, however, overlook the and no allowance for sewerage or made it dividends are on the basis of 20% elght halls, and this posalble to arrange the exhibition per cent., tax free, per annum. fact that one of the main features lighting.

Mr. Harman maintained that more artistically and more logically The current yield is therefore over of this trip being, that the Rio de

Janeiro Maru, a 10,000 tons gross Lundy Island was a "vest-pocket- than would otherwise have been £5 108. net.

Another share in the same group motor vessel on the South American size self-governing dominion." Owing to our numerous branches possible. An architect who has

He added that he had his own in China and large connections in the had wide experience of exhibition which should be worth attention is run of the O.S.K. Line and recent- important commercial centres of the work dealt with each hall as

a the £25 issue (£12 108, paid) of the ly built in the Mitsubishi Dockyard, postage stamps, and, amid laugh- world, we are able to extend to our

The au Nagasaki, has luxurious accom-Iter, remarked, "I dismissed my bringing Its National Bank of India.

for passengers, viz: [G.P.O." and foreign banking and exchanges. decorative treatment into conform-thorised and issued capital of this madation

"I contend," he went on, “that We also handle the issue of Bondsity with the nature of the goods institution is £4,000,000, against suites, single cabins, numerous two- and other Public Funds of the Chia: shown in it. Experts were in con- which there is a reserve fund of bed cabins, etc., and the type of the court below and also this court eee Government both at home and

For the past twelve decoration for the public rooms,is not able to deal with my right- abroad.

trol of every detail, down' to the ar- £3,000,000.

to issue coins on Lundy Island. on the years the dividend has been at the halls, etc. are of foreign design. SHOU J. CHEN, rangement of the goods

Manager. stands,

rate of 20 per cent. tax free. For The dining saloon is decorated in The mere fact that Lundy is small Hong Kong, 5th March, 1930.

architecture, and near England does not alter The Story of Cotton,

the current year the interim has modern Japanese The story

been maintained

and of cotton

10 per cent. If whilst the lounge

smoking its statua." one hall devoted to each the total payment is again made up rooms are strongly characteristic

Yarn

an old old Japanese palatial the begin- to 20 per cent., National Bank of of Was ning, and adjoining the yarn section India shares, now standing at 41, mansion. was an exhibit by the Empire will show a yield of £5 18s. net. Head Office-Hong Kong,

Marketing Board where the raw Allowing for income-tax at 4s. 6d. Authorised Capital (H.K. Currency) $11,000,000 cotton was geen from which the in the E, this is equivalent to a Pald-Up Ospital

@,048,600 Robert Fund

yarn is 1,100,000

apun-cotton from India gross return of over 7 per cent. and Egypt, Africa and Australia. The next section showed some of the materials in which the cotton

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4. Queen's Road Central.

clients special facilities for demostie separate problem,

with

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. chapter.

Established 1912.

BRANCHES 1000.

Below, Cantos, Baghal, Hankow, Bangkok. New York and Ban Francang

CORRESPONDENTS

LONDON BAKKENS;—

The Lloyd's Bank, Limited.

in sit principal cities of the World.

Forsign solange and banking bustnem of very descripitos transacial,,

Bela Depoel Bense (variosa vizes) at a party rental of from $5 to $48.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Incorporated by Special Imperial

Charter, 1899.

Central Band ix Formenn.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES

was told

is used-cotton for wallpaper and

modern roads,

BANK SALARY.

OF MARRIAGE.

writing paper, as an ingredient of SHAREHOLDER AND PROSPECTS

as a backing for wood veneers. Then was shown the cotton which is woven into cloth

tyre.

JAPAN:-Tokyo, Takokama, Kobe, Daska, FORMOSA --Giran, Hagh Karako

its use in every climato. Irelung Makang, Naolo, Shinshire, Taisha, Taima, The home market waa well Takao Tomei, Torn, Halia, Talia CHINA-Shanghai, Xanow, Amay, Fosshow, represented. The merchants who

theston, Canton OTILERS --Koog og Blogspore, Bowrabaya, Bell to the wholesalers were there,

Semarang, Baterie, Bombay,

Calut, as well as the wholesalers them London, New York, Daisen.

LONDON BANKERS,

Belves and the makers-up. Wher-

K. NAQUEL

Манади.

BONG KONO BRANCH:

3. De Var Road Central. Hong Kong, 1993 January, 192.

were

care

Wore

shown

in

At the Midland Bank meeting

a

new

ROMANCE IN STATISTICS.

Widows and Widowers at a Discount.

London, Feb. 6.

He had offered to refer the mnt- tor to King George and loyally ac cept his decision on the matter, but that offer had been refused.

Mr. Justice Avory: Who is the sovereign of Lundy Island?

"I am," replied Mr. Harman, "The island is under King George, but it is not under the British Parliament."

my

The Heavy Hand. Mr. Justice Mackinnon: In other words you say that was an excess of jurisdiction but not an act of war. (Laughter.) Chief Manager-cloth of every sort and variety, Mr. Cleas, a shareholder, said that Widows, be they ever so merry,

Mr. Justice Avory: Does it ever from grey cloth to delicate volles, not only would the salaries proposed are in slack demand in the British happen that anyone assaults any from sensitive mixtures of silk and under the bank'a

scale be marriage market to-day and

body on Lundy Islands?—It does THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. cotton to the lining of a motor lower than those paid by any widowers, too, are in almost un happen.

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

seen other bank in the country, but it wanted commodity, according to Following this was

What is the result? It is put HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa. the work of the finisher-bleaching, would be impossible for a man at figures gathered by the Registrar-down with a heavy hand.

dyeing, printing. Great shipping the age of 27 to undertake the General.

"Whose heavy hand?" asked Mr. Ten years ago, one out of every Justice Avory. firms then showed what happens responsibilities of marriage on ao to the cotton which goes abroad. reduced an Income.

18 marriages in Britain was the

"The

henvy hand of Mr. Reginald McKenna, the chair-marriage of a bachelor to a widow.agent," was the reply. "He is a Express Beak-Hot Saroed verga negant 700, 48,900.000 Dresses the World" demonstrated man, pointed out that the new scale To-day the proportion is one in $2. man of 6 ft. 4 in. and he weighs

Tableaux showing how "Cotton

of salaries was identical with the In 10 years the number of widows 18 stone. old scale for the first four years of who re-married has dropped from "When trawler crews come service.

32,000 to 17,000 a year.

ashore and drink more than they The old scale was settled at a time. In the same decade the proportion should the heavy hand is very when the wholesale price level of of widowers who re-married has much in request,” commodities was 80 per cent. higher, been reduced from 99 per 1,000 to Sir William Jowett, the At- The London County Weslypinter and Parr's Eack. aver possibe, the ultimate use of than to-day.

79 per 1,000.

torney-General, stating tho CB50 The Company offers to intending

The Bank has Correspondents in all the principe the material

"If, during the next four years," The cold light of statistics reveals for the Crown, said Lundy seem- Travellers the use of its "Travelers || Donnatsal Centres inbougiort the world, Chèquer" and Letters of Credit and,

finished garmenta and other forms, he added, "prices come ap again, that the young widow especially to ed to be a Utopia, but be thought in addition, the world-wide services

In the fashion theatre garments say, to the 1925 basle, I have no no longer so popular with marrying it would be just as happy if they of it, thoroughly equipped, Travel De-

and doubt another new scale will come men mannequins,

used to be na she Been on

The had pennies with King George's partment.

taken

that

Registrar-General's tables show the head on them instead of puilus any buyer into operation." could get into touch with the exhibi-

more mature widow, has the best with Mr. Harman's head on. of anything the mannequins that the growing importance of less than nine per cent. of those which clearly recognised Lundy na chance of re-marrying and that There were several statutes wore. An exhibit showing the

London as a fashion centre demand-widows who marry actual passage of cotton through ed something like the famous bal de

a second time part of the county of Devon. the principal processes of manu-

"This seems to bo one spot which couture of the Parisian dress- facture completed the exhibition.

Income-tax collectors Later Re-marringe.

have hither- makers. Therefore the British Industries Fair sponsored the The average age of widows who to over-looked," he added. "Steps A Hat of exhibitors published! Covent Garden Ball, at which it was marry bachelors fa 39, as compared may now be taken to put that mat- showed that 100 of the most expected members of the British with 86 a generation ago. In the ter right."

The Lord Chief Justice, giving distinguished firms in the British royal family would be present. The same period, the age of widows cotton industry had determined to mannequins from the Cotton Exhl- who marry widowers has increased judgment, said this was a very cu- tertaining case, and it had been exhibit, and that many others had bition

wers among those who from 44 to 48. taken options on stands. It was displayed at this ball dresses which Bachelors

ably argued by Mr. Harman. generally marty

The appeal was dismissed. than them- clear from this list that the spin-a committee would choose from, widows a year older ning section was to be the largest, among the thousand most exquisite selves, but widowers' second wives but it was the intention of the spin- garments created in London for the, average alx years younger.

not to show.. only the yarn coming season.

Of course, there are Instances of they made but also all the fabrics

very early re-marriages among the into which the yarn at last goes. A striking demonstration in' 25,000 widowers and 17,000, widows All-other-emotions of the trade were London marked-the-opening of who figure in Britain's annual represented in the list, from those the Exhibition. Parties of girls matrimonial statistics. One widow who dealt in raw cotton right employed as weavers in Lancashire of 17: married a bachelor of 19. through to those who exported the mills and in cotton towns in other Nine others were married a second finished material.

parts of Britain went to London time before they reached the age The most distinguished ball of and marched in a picturesque pro- of 21. the London season (took place cession from Hyde Park, through The statistica are hailed as good to British eplasters, who at the Royal Opera House, Covent the fashionable quarter, to the news Garden, while the exhibition was in Exhibition, wearing cotton gowns have long complained of the at- Chыin Mall Building,

progress." It had long been the and proceded by band and towns tractiveness of the merry widow to ..................¤ conviction of London fashion houses banners.

· i'marrying men.United Press.

Interest allowed or Current A- THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶||||| Deposits roosired for fixed periods

counts.

at rates to be obtained on applica- :

HL HORL

Minrror.

Hong Kong, March 11, 1981.

Afiliated with

Resources ..Over G$2,500,000,000

E. W. DUGGAN,

Manager.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918.

HEAD OFFICE:"

10, Des Voeux Road, Central.

Capital and Hurplus

„Tafel RenotizeÉRAL

HONG KONG

over H.$ 8,000,000.00

over H.350,000,000.00

Every description of Banking, and Exchange business transacted.

- Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts in local and for-

eign currencies opened for clients.

Savings Account and: Safe Deposit Boxes.

Brancher and Agencies all over the world.

BAN CÔNG PH

Chief Micnager.

COASTWISE

by

"ALGIE" BENNETT.

An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Coast

PRICE $1.00.

Now on sale at

BREWERS

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW EXCELSIOR BOOK STORE.

and at the Publishers:

The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd.

tor

:

nera

Exhibitors in Plenty.

Opening Demonstration.

are under 30,

AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY by

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