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Biler

a £.4,180,000 | £9,098,000

Branches, Agencies and Correspon- dents in the principal cities of the

world.

Authorised Capital Strats $20,000,000 Issued Capital

8,000,000

Pald-up Capital

4,000,000

Reserve Liabilities

of Shareholders. Surplus

4,000,000 2,687,000

Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of

prietors

Pro-

..£3,000,000 .£4,000,000

.£3,000,000

ALOR STAR

KUCHING

AMBITUAR

ZANGKOR BATAVIA

MADRAS

MANILA.

BOMBAY

НЕПАН

CALOUITA

CANTON

NEW YORK

Every description of Banking and Exchange buslases transacted.

TAN ENG HOOL

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorized Copiilor: $60,000,000 galarest and Fully 'Paid-up, 2 (38,500,000

Bovare Funde

Hearing

Besarre Lảnh Đive at Proprietors um 13, 194,000 HEAD #FICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

18. Mr. C. G. B. Mackša...

Uhairman

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Deputy Chairs Km.

Hon. Mr. *. R. Bell, T. R Peace, Eng. J., Compton, Pag, J. A. Cluttery.

M. Laude Lawin, Yag, T. H. R. Chaw, Mag

W. Miskin, Mag.

J. 2. Warne, Jas.

Uklal Manager.

V. M. Grayburu, #46-

DRANCHES:-

LONDON

LYONG

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853,

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

CAWNPORK

CELU

COLOMBO

DAREN DELMI

HAIPHONG ПАМВОВО

***BANKOW

UAABIN

FONG TONG

ILOILO

1105

KODE

KUALA KANGSAR

BOURADAYA

TAIPING

TIENTBIN

TOKYO

THE NO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Established 1917.)

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

AMGI

ВАНСКОЕ

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

CIANTON

MALACOA

MANILA

XUAR (Jo

QUALQUTTA

OLEFOO

DULUMBO

DIREN

MODER

NEW YORK

POOCHOW

MLIFEONO

HINDURO

BANKOM

URBIN

KONGIRW

$LOSEO

IPOH

TACORN

ZOBX

MOWLAKIN

QUALA LUMPOE

PEIFING

TENANG

RANDCON

RAIGON

BAN PRANCISC

SHANGE

·BINUAPOGE

BOURABAYA, BUNURI PATANI TIENTSIN

TOKYO

THINGTAO -YOKOHAMA

Cereal Acunvala upoed in Imeni Oceny and Depelte repaired the can your w The perioda in Local Currency and Merilm ma during which will, be quoted on application. Base Kong, February, 1991,

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Busiuce of the bore Bank is condus. the JIONO KONG AND HIANGMAI ANING CONFORATION, Bel

Based on application.

FOB THE HONGKONG AND HA NOIZAL BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chis! Manager.

Bas Kong, 16th July, 1980.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 4 24.

Reorganised October 26, 1928, under special charter of The National Gov- ernment as 10

· INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

Subscribed Capital $25,000,000.00 ..$24,710,200.00 Pald-Up Capital

Reserve Funds ..............$ 8,820,503.82

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central

Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the im portant commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.

We also handle the issue of Bonda and other Public Funds of the Chin- ese Government both at home and abroad.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Hong Kong, 5th March, 1931.

Agencies and Branches?

KARACHI

KLANG

PEPINI (Pung),

PENANO

BARUOON,

HAIGON

HEMABANG

BEREMBAN

SINGAPORE

MITIAWAN

BILANGHAI

1.

Manager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

26, Boulevard Haussment, Parle.

Subscribed Capital Fra 72,000,000.00

THE

CHINA

MAIL.

Commerce

Finance

and

THE TESTING OF LOCOMOTIVES.

British Station Needed.

British prestige in focomotive de

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER

IRRADIATED MILK.

Barrister's Discovery.

Claims made for milk treated by ultra-violet rays are being investi-

STAFF OF EXPERTS gated by Harley Street specialista

FOR INDUSTRY.

Sir Harry McGowan's

#

Proposal.

Sir Harry McGowan, president of sign and construction has long the Society of Chemical Industry, been admitted, but there now arises in his presidential address, at the the need for systematic experi. annual meeting of the society in

and leading London 'hospitals. The method of treating the milk by means of ultra-violet ray lamps is the invention of a retired London

barrister, Mr. J. O. Hickman. It is

stated that so beneficial has the irradiated milk been found both to children and adults that steps are being taken for making it availablo for public consumption.

Paid-up Capital...Fr. 88,400,000.00 mental work if the competition London held on July 14 in connec several years of experiments he

Reserve Funds Fr1,102,000,000.00

from other countries, is to be suc- BRANCHES: Bangkok

cessfully met and their Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Hue

Balgon

day challenge withstood. Canthe Mangtza Shanghai

Nam Dinh Singapore

TONOKAH (Bhskel) |

--THINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

- Canton

XCALA LUMPON

ZAMBOANGA

Djibouti

Numen

Thanba

Foreign Exchange

and

General

Fort-Bayard Papeete

Tientsin

Ipho

Peking

Tourans

Hankow Hanoi

Pnom Penh Vinh

Banking business transacted.

Current Account opened and Fix

ed Deposits received for one year or which will aborter perioda at rates be quoted on application.

J, STUART,

: Manager. Hong Kong, 17th August, 1931.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-

MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(HETHERLANDS' TRADING SOCIETY)

BANERNA.

Estabilakaj 10.

Klong Kong-Offos -11, Queen's Bond Central.

authorland Omplim

Paid Up Capital

South Fund

Gulidere 150,000,000-

(120,803.3 Older 80,000,00 (28,688,310) Qualidnen 40,811,900 (23,306,440)

Head Off-iMBTEADAM* Eastern Head Offes 1-BATAVIA. BRANCHED – Bandjerniasis, Basdong, Bombay,"

Calcutta Chribon, Djember, Diok jakarta, Iba Engsa', Jeddah, Lobe, Kota Badja,.Makassar, Moden, Pidang Palembang Pakalongan, Pang, Pontianak, Bangoon, Rotterdam Bamera."

Bangkal, Bibolga (Bara), Blugar, Sourabala Boerakaria (Balo), Togai, Tillajay sad Wallevrede

• The offices have sais deposit bursa so šak Lamica Benkern z-National Provincial Bank Lil.

world Correspondeata si aver

Banking busloman af svaty .....

description annotaŐ.

A. STOKKINI.

Elang Kong, 161 August, 1000.

THE

*Manuget.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Head Office: 55, Broadway,.

New York,

.U.S.$6,000,000- U.S.$1,572,454 U.S.$1,908,209

Nkor Naples Piraca Parla Canang

Capital Surplus Reserves

Manager.

Amarda Antwerp than

Barlia Biseri Bombay Beamsa Brussis

BRANCHÉS

Серов Glasgow HAYICI Hamborg HATIO

Born Ar

Onlays

Canber

Jaruanians Eddo Lonics Liverpool L Laugens LAKO Marvellat

Interlake Teklas

Monte Carle

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established 1912.

Head Ofier-Hong Kong.

Anthoined Capital (.E. Currency) $11,000,000 “Pai¿-Up Capital núme

Boori Fund 1100,000

BRANCHES →

Canton, Bhanghai, Bankow, Gunter, Bangkok, New York and Ean Franolača.

CORRESPONDENTS

LONDON BANKERS

The Lloyd's Bank, Lizabe

In all pelacipal oitise of the Work

Wongsongs and banking

wary

cellon-temanoted,

to

Sale Depselt Danes (various slow) si a pusely. vial of Irom $8 to $12.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

:

Chief Manager."!

مأعيادن

Contandpla

Copenhagen Edinburg

Gen

Branches

Manila

Muziek.

Xouleur

Milan

Falerno Botterdam Boass Bamboul

تعلم shan

deuslimpios Singapore

Bt Morise

- Tintain

Vienos

Verdon

Yokobeme Turich

of American Express

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

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Pereszel handled.

investment

accounts

The Company offers to interding Travellers the use of its "Travileri Choques" and Letters of Credit and, THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, in addition, the world-wide services

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund .Yen 115,000,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies at:

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin Bombay

Calcutta

Cantor

Changchun

Dairen (Dalny) Fengtien (Mukden)

Hamburg Hankow Harbiu Hong Konz

Homolulu Kat Yuen Karachi

Frobe

London

Nagasaki

Nagoya Nowchwang

Now York Qeaka

Paris Pelping Rangoon

Rio de Janeiro San Francisco -Seattle

Bomarang: Shangha

Singapore Soarabaya Sydney Tientsin Tokyo Taingtan Interest allowed on Current

Los Angeles

Deposits, received for fixed parteds at rates to be obtained on application.,

EMORL

Hong Kong, 16th July,

of its thoroughly ċquipped Travel De·· partment.

Affiliated with

THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ..Over G$2,500,000,000

present.

Mr. Hickman told a reporter that previous research in the irradiation of milk had generally shown that the milk turned sour, but after tion with its jubilee celebrations, found just the right time and gave three remedies for the relief method of exposing the milk to the of the industrialist's many difficul- rays until he was able to increase the vital, vitamin D 1,800 per cent. ties the adoption of a tariff in For most prime lovers it is not

without interfering with the other difficult to devise methods for satis- Great Britain, the promotion of an constituents and the natural flavour. factorily testing them but under Empire economic unit, and the still The milk has been taken by differ- what might be called service con- greater unification of various indus-ent types of children, and in every ditions. This applies to all forms tries in cach country, with wider single case the child has shown a of stationary engines, electrical measures of industrial planning. definite Improvement in constitu- On the subject of tariffs, Sir tional strength, weight, and height, IN FRANCE: Comptoir National plant, and internal combustion en- d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnaigines, which, with all their im Harry said: "I view these solly and an increased resistance to colds Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas

can be thor- from the economic point of view and coughs. An old man. of 85 Gredit Industrial et Commercial; So-portant accessories,

and stress the necessity of careful living near my home in Rickmans- Aave Generale.

oughly tried out on the test bed.

Investigation before worth, who was a permanent invalid With locomotives, however, the and scientific

are with bronchitis, was walking about case is different. In describing re- sudden and drastic changes

made in any fiscal system." The without a.worry in the world after Institution cently. before the

of

samë .care was necessary in a month on irradiated 'milk.” Mechanical Engineers the nature:

The Irradiated milk is already, în of the tests usually carried out with lecomotives Mr. H. N. Gresley,

extensive use at the Great Ormond C.B.E., pointed out that the locomo

Street Hospital for Children.

Pondichery Yunnanfu BANKERS:

IN LONDON: The National Frovic. as & Union Bank of England, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais.

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

York.

formulating any scheme for the renter unification of Empire trade. decide whether or not she will be a "Great Britain," he said, has to

Interest allowed on Current Active engineer is at a considerable unit of economie Europe or a unit!

ounts and Fixed Deposits according to arrangaments.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Safe Deposit Boxas to let

A. "BONNAUD,

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1931.

Manager,

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, New York.

Capital, Sorplus and

Undivided Profits..U.S.$220,097,392

Breaches in:

ARGENTINE LONDON

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CHILE

CHINA

MEXICO

PANAMA PERU PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PORTO RICO STRAITS

SETTLEMENTS URUGUAY

NEZUELA

COLOMBIA CUBA DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC INDIA ITALY. JAPAN

Commercial and Travellers' Lettera of Cradt, Travellers' Cheques, Bills of Exchange, and Cable Transfera Current accounta bought and sold. and Savings Bank account opened and Fixed Deposits in local and for eign currencies taken at rates that may be ascertained on application to the Bank,

We are also able to offer our Cas- tomers the services of the Branches-

of the International Banking Corpora tion in San Francisco and Spain and also of The National City Bank of New York (France), S.A, in Paris and Nico.

F. McD. COURTNEY,

Hong Kong, June 16, 1931.

Manager.

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

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa,

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899,

Bank

+

disadvantage in that the builder has no such facilities, while the

railway companies, though they may make running tests over their tracks, cannot carry out these under anything like the uniform condi- tions which are required for accur- ate comparisons.

in the great commonwealth of

nations of the British Empire."

BRITAIN'S CREDIT.

Manufacturers and Baseless Fears.

The National Union of Manufac-: turers has issued a statement

1931.

CLAREMONT

PRIVATE HOTEL. Austin Road, Kowloon. Facing the Kowloon Cricket Club. Four minutes from ferry by bus,) Soltes of rooms (single and double), hot and cold water system, all modern sanitation, private bathrooms attached. EXCLUSIVE TABLE entirely under European management.

Hotel has a splendid aspect in One of the finest locations in Kowloon, away from noise, yat easily accessible. Terms very moderate.

Reserva- tions by letter or cable.

CLAREMONT

Tris: 57380 & 57385 (Private). Telegraphic Add.: "Fern" H.K. Our motto is "SERVICE."

ALEXANDER

INSTITUT

DE BEAUTE

Phone 25169, Pedder Building (1st Floor)

Sir Harry pleaded for a general staff for British industry in which Industrial, labour, financial, econ- oraic, and marketing experts would survey the national position, mobilise our strength, and sub-ging manufacturers not to hold Opposite Entrance to stitute co-ordinated action for apas back orders for fear of "a financial

Hong Kong Hotel. crisis in Britain," and atatea fur- Lustrous Oil Permanent Hair Waves modie effort: It

the tack

ther that in their opinion, "these which are Large, Soft and Natural of the industrialist to hold the

ears rest on no substantial founda- Artistle Finger and Marcel Waves, Oil Treatment, Shampooing, Henna Pack any colour), Hair Cutting and Manl cure for Ladies and Gentlemen. Coa- Actentious, Artistic Work by European Expert, Mr. Alexander.

CHARGES MODERATE.

TVAS.

A Humiliating Position. Under these circumstances it is rather humillating to have to go to other countries for exact techni- balance between the application of cal data with regard to locomotives, new discoveries and the preserva- existing economic and a locomotive experimental station of the tion is thus seriously and urgently equilibrium. called for.

A number of such stations have been put into operation

abroad. The first of them was at Purdue University in 1831, followed by others on the Chicago and North- Western Railway in 1895, and at Columbia University in 1899. An important step forward was made by the Pennsylvania Railway Com- pany in 1894, while the first, testing equipment in this country was that installed at Swindow in 1905.

tion."

"We have not had to face, nor have we any reason to anticipate, The new president of the society, failures or bank stoppages such as elected at the meeting, is Professor have taken place elsewhere," the G. T. Morgan, director of the union declare; "the exchange is Chemical Research Laboratory, De-Arm and our credit is well main- partment of Scientific

and Industained; there is no likelihood in trial Research.

the near future' of any spectacular. fall in prices, and we still have large resources available in emer gency.

SUGAR INDUSTRY REVIVAL,

Hybrids' Record Yield.

It was stated at the closing In these the locomotive is usually supported on wheels attached to session of the Imperial Sugar Cane Research Conference, held by the braking devices by means of which, the power developed can be measured Empire Marketing Board, that re- Moreover, while in some cases only scarea workers who are breeding bigger and better canes have cross- the driving and coupled wheels are

thus supported, the plant at Swin- eu pedigree canes with a sort of

"We have, therefore, no hesita- tion in advising manufacturers not to be led by alarmists to hold back orders which would otherwise be placed in the ordinary course of business."

BIG UNDERGROUND CONTRACT.

London Underground Railways 題 contract with have completed

don admitted of all the wheels rotat-wild reed and produced hybrids Messrs. Mitchell Brothers, Son, and

stations

ing, and thus the locomotive could which give record yields of sugar, Co. Ltd., Victoria Street, London, be run in after repairs before going These new canes are, moreover, S.W., for the reconstruction of the on the track.

much more robust and resistant to Tube Station at Knightsbridge, as disease than ordinary varieties. part of a scheme which the com- Advantage of Wind Tunnel.

T'he wild blood has added strength pany has sanctioned for the im In advocating an experimental to the cultivated plants.

provement of all their station .which shall be ad- Delegates from India explained underground.

The total cost of the new work tests upon how canes being bred at Coimba- ∙the equate which design must be influenced, tore, in Southern India, are expect which the Government is making a is estimated at £200,000, towards Mr. Gresley points out that such ed to raise the yield of the sugar grant. Work will be provided for

for

common use.

A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.

AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY br

A. H. CROOK, ODE MA W. KAY, M.A.

W. L. HANDYSIDE. M.A., B.SC..

PRICE $2.00.

NOW ON SALE AT THE PUBLISHERS.

The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd. China Mail Offices.

STANDARD TIMES.

Sunrise and Sunset in Colony.

Sunrise and Sunset in Eng

a plant must be capable of testing plantations by 50 per cent. The 100 or more men on the actual site Kong for September, 1981, Stan- locomotives of all the gauges now in ancestor of one of their best canes, for some months, and many other dard time of the 120th Meridian

Further, a very called Co, 205, is a pernicious weed skilled men indirectly for the supply East of Greenwich), are desirable feature would be the add-in the wheat sofls of the Punjab, of equipment for escalators and the towe

tion of a wind tunnel, in which winds comparable with those mot in Enck-Note Lord Best in For 4.500.000 practice could be generated and the focomotives teated under these very practical conditions. Such a tun- ne} would probably have to be some 25 or 30 feet in diameter, and would, in developing a wind of say 60 miles per hour, necessitate the expendi-

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES JAPAN-Tokyo Yokohama, Robe, Osaka. FORMOSA--Gina, Bag, Karenko, Booleanr Nanto, Buinchiku, Taichur, Talasa: Taka, Tamael, Toan, Balts, Taiso. Foodbow, DELINA 2-Ekanghal," Hankaw, Amoy

Bwalow Cacion OTHZB8ng Kong Singapore, Boerabajo,

Secourung, Betaria, Lambay. Ceutta.

London, New York, Dana,

LONDON BANTERS:

The Condo County Wasteizaser and Parr's Bank,

ture of a considerable amount of power.

extension.

Another cano, now the pride of steel to ba used in the tunnel Queensiend, was collected by a scientist from the New Guinea In- terior, where head-hunting is rife,

Breeding Stations.

The conference recommended the │** establishment of a chain of four central cane-breeding stations to

assist the industry.

SHRINKING REVENUE.

Over £10,000,000 Down.

There was a decline of over £10,000,000 in the total receipts Barbadea was selected as the site into the Exchequer from April 1, for a station In the West Indies, 1991, to July 11, 1981, as compared The Best has Borrespondents in all the pipe coming after measurement from the and it was recommended that one-with the figures for the correspond-16

locomotive for high speeds, while third of the expense should be meting period last year, the figures at low speeds the locomotive power from Imperial funds and two being £148,807,364 and £158,815,951 could be entirely absorbed in sult-thirds by Barbados,

Command Centree throughout the world.

L. NAGURA

Manager.

C. H. DENSON,

General Manager.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

De Yarar Road Central. Long Tong, 19th January, 1928.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, - LTD.

Established 1918.

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des-Voeux Road, Central. HỒNG KONG

"Capital and Surplus

Total Resources

over H.$ 8,000,000.00 over H.$30,000,000.00 Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted...

Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts in local and for- eign currencies opened for clients. wolnoma

Bavings Account, and Safe Deposit Boxes: Branches and Agencies all over the world.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager,

This power might be forth

able brakes.

Instead, therefore, of having, as

is usual, independent brakes direct ly coupled to the sharts of each of the supporting wheels, it is suggest-

aa fo).

September

7

Sunrise Sunset

a.m. p.m. 6.07 6.85

8

6.08

6.347.

9

6.08

6.38

10

6.08 6.32

11

6.08 8.81

12

6.08 6.30

13

6.09

6.29

14'

6.09

6.28

15

6.10

8.28

6.10 6.27

17

6.11 6.26

18

6.11

The three

India, Mauritius and Australia other contres would be located in respectively, according to the re- turns published in the "London Gazette." respectively.

13

6:26 6.11 6.24

20

8.11 6:23

21

6.11.

6.22

It was also recommended that a

the total ordinary expenditure was $233,436,204, as compared with £232,474,670 last year.

During the same period this year

22

6.12 6.21

23

6.12

8.20

24

6.12

་

6.19

26

6.12

6.17

26

6.18

6.17

27

4.13

..6.16

28

6.14.

6.15

20

6.14

6.14

30

8.14

6.18

who... has

ed that two heavy splinted shafts Quarantine station should be set through should run lengthways along each. "Pin the West Indies

which all canes being imported or side of the locomotive teating pit moved about should pass. coupled to the supporting wheels by means of large bevelled gears.

RUSSIAN COMPETITION.

Unsold English Wheat.

A Yorkshire firmer,

From these long shafts others, orders in markets that formerly smaller and run by gears at higher wore entirely British, By means speeds, could be used for driving of the proposed station it would be the dynamog and hydraulic brakes, possible to investigate the econo- and the whole triangement lendemies which could be affected by 2,500 quarters of last year's wheat itself to a better, reproduction of the use of higher pressures, now crop on his hands, states that the running conditions than has ever valve gears, feed water heating, and millers will only buy 30 to 40 quar- before been attained.

also the application of condensing ters at long intervals; and then

"only to oblige an old 'customer." Only by such a provision will it apparatus to locomotives. be possible, it is argued, to keep The scientific testing which would So much Russfan wheat Is..being abreast of the scientific develop thus be possible would produce taken into Hull that great difficulty ment which, le proceeding abroad in data of incalculable value in arriv is found in selling the English- countries which are now obtaining ing at the best locomotive design.

grown cereal?

RELIABLE PRINTING

no order 100 small

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