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THE

CHINA MAIL.

WEDNESDAY,

OCTOBER 7, 1931.

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Autherland Oàpital, mantentemann 890,900,000 Isawed and Tells Alkas ma 130,300,000 Rovner Fundo :-

Sterling

***** £ 1,390,248 $10,000,000

Sverre List day at Propriators 200 120,000,9

SERAD STIGE: HONG KOXO.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR#/mun

Mom. Mr. C. O., Meshka. Chairman.

Ston. Xr. . J. Palarson, Deputy Chatrasan.

'M. Mr. A X. Bell, TX Foncos, Boy.

A. M. Uspioni Kaş, J. &. Plummer, Boy.

Land Zawls, Roq. T. II. 1. this. IM.

2. Wiekin. Mag.

AMOY

MANOKON DATAVIA

DONDAY

DALOUTTA

J. P. Warren, Mas

Chief ManageET.

*. Desybura, Has

ANCHES:~~

LONDUR

LIGNA

MALAGOA

MANILA

MUAR (iskorni

11, DANTON

MUIDEY

NEW FOAL

COLOMBO

DAIRES

ODOO

ILTONG

KAMBURG HANKOW

BARDIN

FONDREW

ХРОВ

JUDORA

KORE

OWLOON

XUALA LUMPUR

TENANC PENANG

андон AAIDON

BAN FRAMOISON

ANDR PINGAPORE

BOUBABATA SUNGRI PATANI TIENTGIN

TOKYO

TRINOTAU

YOKOHAMA,

Durres Accounts opened la Leo Dary Fiel Dagosite received for ans your shorter periods in Loos! Carroney and kisel onberma which will be quoted on apglionilaa. Kong Lond. 19th Pahenary, 1893,

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Buds of the above Bank la venda H-

ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI WANKING CORPORATION,

abala in application.

Buted maybe

FOR THE LONGEDNG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Call Knoeg.

Many Kong, 18th July, 1906.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

Reorganised October 28, 1928, under

special charter of The National Gov- crument as at

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK,

Subscribed Capital'

Paid-Up Capital

Reserve Funds

$25,000,000,00

.$24,710,200.00

..$ 3,820,509.82

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central

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

We also handle the issus of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chin ese Government both at homs abroad.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1869.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,

Paid-up Capital Rosorve Fund

Reserve Liability of. Pro-

prietors

.::£3,000,000 .£4,000,000

..£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

ATOR HTAB

KUCHING

AMRITSA

HADRAS

MANILA

MEDAN

BANUXOR

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

DALOUTTA CANTOR DAWNPORE CESU COLOMBO DAIREN

IA:THỐNG

NEW YORK

PEPING (Peking) PENANŲ HANGOON MAIOON

REMABANG

SEREMBAN

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

HITIASAN

BOURADAYA

TAIPING

TIENT IN

DELHI

HAMBURG

HANKOW

RABEIN

HONG HONO

FOLLO

KARACHI

TOXTO

ELANG

KUALA KANGSLE

XCALA LUMPUR

Foreign

Exchange

Iron

KODE

TONOKAH (Dkukai! TRINGIAD YOKOHAMA ZAMBOANGA

and

General

Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

Manager.

J. STUART,

Hong Kong, 17th August, 1931.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-

MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

INETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)

BANSEHS.

Established 1994.

Many Kong Ofice :~11, Quana's Hood CentrAL.

Authorland Dapilař

Quilders 380,000,000- (210.000.1 Pald-Up Capital .............. Quiidae 0.090,

(25,269,170) Guildar 40,015.000 Besser Fund

(21,064,443)

Land -AMSTERDAM" Learn Head OP:-BATAVIA.

·KGANCHES -- Bandžarriazin, Bandong", Bombay,

Jalousie, Cheribos, Djember, Djok jakaria, The Hague', Jaddak, Moda, Kow Radja, Makasar, Medan, Padang Palming,

Pontianak,

Bewe

Takalongssterdam Bangos

Shaogual,

Bibelga (Gum) Bingapor Boursbal Bosakaria (Balot," Togai, Tyllajup azt Weltevreden,

** Tases ofoes have malu dapoală boses to lak. Lain Basker ---National Provincial Bank Li

Correspondants all over the world

Banking business of Svery darios trensarted.

A. STOKKINA,

Hong Kong, 18th Auguns, 1000,

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York

THE NO HONA BANK, LTD.

(Established 1917.)

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

Authorised Capital Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital

8,000,000

Paid-up Capital ...

4,000,000

Reserve Liabilities

of Shareholders.

Surplus

4,000,000

and

Commerce

Finance

2,087,000 HOSIERY FACTORY RUN BY WORKERS.

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

Every description of Banking, and Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HOOL,

Manager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINI,

other women; and it was the com- munal house which had given thel founders their chief anxieties. But they all went into the business with good will, and a determination not Last year there were a number of | to quarrel, and to their own surprise reports about the taking over of they had found that it was not factories by the workers. What difficult to live together in unbroken generally happened was that the concord. owners of small and not too well

As regards the busincas end, they managed concerns, anding that they frankly depended on their power to were losing money monthly, offered compete with the factories run on their employees the alternative of ordinary profit-making lines. There either being out of a job or running were thirty-five workers altogether, the place themselves for a small

Home of them members of the rent. It is rather difficult to get founders' families, others employees any particulars of these. Not much on regular wages. But the foundors was to be hoped for and no great and their familles had been content success has been achieved. A con- so far with food, lodging, and bare cern rather different from the rest, requirements; the place was paying Cantho Mangtze Shanghai however, figured in the newvepapers its way, but had some debt to pay Canton Nam-Đinh Sing para as an assay in Communism-which, oft. Djibout Numos

of course, immediately attracted a Tiantain

HEAD OFFICE: $6, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Fra 12,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital...Fra. 68,400,000.00 Reserve Funds ....Frs.102,000,000.00 BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhen Battambang Hue

Fort-Bayard Papeets

Haiphong Hankow Mama!

Salzon

Teking

Tourans Phon-Panh Vinh Pondichery Yumpanfo BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National l'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et dos Pays-B Credit Industrial et Commercial; So-

ete Generals.

IN LONDON: The National Provin- na & Unies Bank of England, but,

omptoir National d'Escompta ars; Credit Lyonnais.

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan

French American Banking Cor poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New Cork

Interest allowed on Current Ae counts and Fixed Deposits according

o arrangements.

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

A. BONNAUD,

Bong Kong, 1st May, 1981.

Manager.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 55,, Wall Street, New York.

Capital, Surplus and

Undivided Profits..U.S.$228,087,802

Branches In>

ARGENTINE LONDON

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CHILE

CHINA COLOMBIA

CUBA

DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC

INDIA

ITALY

JAPAN

MEXICO

|

Very little working capital was good deal of attention to it, and, in-needed. For the present they work- deed, rather embarrassed it in itsed for wholesalers who supplied the earliest days. It was called a fabric with their orders. This was |"Hosiery Guild," wrote the Kobe cut and made up into simple gar- correspondent of the Manchester ments, which the women machined dexterously, on their hard-driven Guardian.

little Singers. The bright-coloured | garments, the visitors were inform- ed, were mostly for the Indian and the white onca for the African market. Mon ironed out and in- spected the finished garments and impressed the wholesaler's trade- mark.

The "Hosiery Guild" is In Great er Osaka, which includes a number of villages, the recent municipalisa tion of which has encouraged the builders to encroach on the fields; but on two sides of the Guild yellow helds of faintly fragrant rape were in bloom. A wall enclosed a small

And yard at the entrance, and within the

how about dangerous yard facing the office stood a Shinto thoughts? The director laughed and shrine, ali neat and cared for, with said that their Inctory was certainly a vermilion toru like a seven-foot communistle in so far as they had; gateway before it. There was all things in common, and no more evidently no regular clerical staff, for one than for another. But it; but a man in working-clothes camo had not been difficult to persunde into the little office and received the police that the essentials of the with polite interest the announce venture were working for the com ment that we were interested in the mon good and meeting hard times venture. It was a simple matter, by sincere co-operation. Of the he said. The slump had bit the original ten directors two had got hosiery trade badly, and the scared by the suggestion at the out- founders of this business were ten set that there was something Rus- practical men who got together for sian about the scheme, but the other À venture in rationalisation. Some eight had managed to carry on had little money,

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dome had without them. For the present, as sewing-machines, and some were the vialtors had seen, they depended! making up in service for their lack a good deal on the wholesaler; but of initial capital. Though business it was their ambition, when they was bad, they thought that if they were financially independent, to buy all worked together, with no share their own materials and do theirs holders to phy and ne bom anxious own trading, and

thie with

PANAMA PERU PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PORTO RICO STRAITS

to

get rich quick, they would in view they had refrain- be able to make a job of it.ed from tying themselves up

contracts. SETTLEMENTS They had enough between them to with any

They had It Was persuade the bank and the builder got plenty of orders. URUGUAY VANEZUELA to do the needful. The factory is a easy to see that, so far as light, air,

long clapboard shed, with the little and space are concerned, not to: Commercial and Travellers' Lettera offee partitioned off in one corner. speak of cleanliness, the workpeople of Credit, Travellers' Cheques, Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfers it is well lighted and ventilated are better off than the law requires. .U.S.20,000,000 bought and old. Current accounts almost too well to be kept warm by ‚U.8.$1,572,454 and Savings Bank accounts opened the couple of stoves in the Winter. .U.S.$1,008,209 and Fixed Deposits in local and for Across the shed run long tables, at rates that four sewing-machines on each side, eign currencies taken may

be ascertained on application to the Bank.

und a shaft running along the floor We are also able to offer our Co. below each table, an electric motor tomers the services of the Branches to each. The floor is smooth and of the International Banking Corpora: clean, and one took off one's shoes tion in San Francisco and Spain and

Capita! Surplus Reserves

and

BRANCHES:---

Manager,

Amsterdam Antwerp Athear

Back

Beriba

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established. 1912.

Bombay

Bremen

Brussel Buenos Aire Cairo

Osbo Glasgow Harass Hamburg Harr Iniselakan Jurussiaco Lido Londco

NL Naples Pionee Parla fenang Taking Patarima

Balousie

Liverpool Loc Lugase

Botterdam Home Harbou

Shanghai dowshamp

Singapore

Xa. Moris

Trentain

Head Office: Hong Kong.

Authorized Capital (H.X. Gerrenny) $11,000,000 CALLIN Pull-Up Depřál saamisemma Bestra Fund 1,100,000

BRANOKIA -

Casion, Shaoghal, Hankew, Bustow, Bangkok, New York and Son Frandase.

DORRESPONDENTU

LONDON BANKENO 1—

The Lloyd's Bank, Limited.

Le all principal diles of the Worië

Yocela azago and banking bustness of weery Lesartytics scatsnoted.

Sala Deposit Boss (various alma) så x zoorly

ecial of from 5 to $40.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager.

Constantinople Gopaskagan Edinburgh Florence

Lajor

Macmilla Monte Carlo

Manila

Hostel

Matress

Müan of

Viapa Forlo Yokohama Berish

Света

Branches

American Express Company in Principal cftlen of Unit- ed States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banklog Transactions undertaken,

Personel investment accounts handled

The Company offers to intending Travellers the ass of its "Travelers THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, Cheques" and Letters of Credit and,

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yon 100,000,000 Reserve Fund ...... ..Yen 110,200,000

Head Office:--YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agénelem at:

Alexandria

Eztavis

Dertin

Sombay

Calcutta

Chengchun

Dairen (Dainy)

Nagasaki

Nagoya Nawchwang

In addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped, Travel De partment

Affiliated with

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

E. W. DUGGAN,

Manager.

New York Osaka Paris

THE BANK

Peiping Rangoon

Prengtien (Makden) Rio de Janeiro

Hambara

Hankerw

Harb

STONE KORK Kong Honolulu

Kat Ysen Karachi

Habe

London

Los Angeles Manila

San Francisco Seattle ***Semarang

Ald

Singapore

· Boerabaya

Sydney Tientala Tokyo Tsingtan

Interest allowed on. Current Ac- aunts,

Depoalta received for fixed periods at zatos to be obtained on application.

H. MORI

Manager.

Hong Kong, 11th September, 1911.

also of The National City Bank of before entering. New York (France), SA, in Paris and Nice.

F. McD, COURTNEY,

Manager Hong Kong, June 16, 1981.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1893.

Bank-Notes asund Average amount Tax. 44,000,000

Parallel with this are the living quarters, in two storeys, divided into two-room tenements, with the usual thick Japanese mats. There kitchen and dining- room, also a Japanese bathhonge, with a bath for men and one for

s a common

women.

They all work hard, the director said, about eight and a half actual working hours a day-but that is well within the statutory limit.

NEWFOUNDLAND'S FINANCES.

British Expert to Advise.

Sir Richard Squires, Prime Min- ister of Newfoundland, made an The Communal House.

official announcement in London It was one of the directors who when he was there recently that had received the visitors, whom he Sir Percy Thompson, Deputy Chair- took into his quarters. Each family man of the Board of Inland) had the same, he explained—a six- Revenue, had been selected for col- mat and four-and-a-half-mat room laboration, consultation, and advice (that is, twelve square yards and with the Newfoundland Government PODMORA Uras, Kap Karenko, Kalung nine square yards respectively), and in connection with its fiscal pro-

Ako Nanto, Shinahlku, Talak, Tainan, verandah and entrance porch. He gramme covering the Dominion's! Takao, Taxes, Tosa, Halic, Tatto OHINA:-Shanghal," Banks, Amey, Focoke, was quite frank about their appre- revenue and expenditure and public')

Swalow, Canson.

hensions as well as their aims. In debt. Sir Richard had been in con- spite of their gentleness, Japanese ference with the Dominion Office Women are much like other women and the Treasury.

Centesi Bank in Farmona,

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN:-Tokyo, Yokohama, Kebe, Ovaka

OTHERS-Lines Easy, Bingspors, Borshay,

Beleria Bernging

Bombay. Balogla London, New York, Dairen

LONDON BANKERS,

The London County Westminster and Parr's Bank. The Bank Las Correspondents in all the prince

Comercial Centew throughout the world.

Z MAGURA

BONG KONG BRANOM:

Des Faux Boad Central. Hong Kong, 19th January, 1986.

Manager.

OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918.

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voeur Road, Central HONG KONG.

Capital and Surplus Total Resources

when it comes to sharing kitchens, Sir Richard also stated that Mr. and living in close contact with Robert J. Magor, a well known busi-

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE.

15, Orosokuroh Birosi, Landon, ECA Authorised Capital ....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital.... 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,600,845 DANKEES,

The Bank of England à Midland Bank, Ind, +

BRANCHEI↑ Bangkok

Ipoh

Bateria

Bombay

Karin)

over HS 8,000,000.00 over H.$30,000,000.00

Deloutis

Kota Bharu

Dotos.be Delki Clažja

Kuala Krai

Koala Lipis

Kuals Txipar

Hoai Boo Howrah

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted..

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

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

KAN TONG PO,

New York

Port Louis

{M) Kangoo Hingha!

Kuantan (Pahang) 'Bingapore Madina

HONG KONG BRANCH,

Every dortyuion of Backing and Exchange b

pass tersaucted.

Travellers Cunguni kivonë.....

Trustee and Executorships under taken.

INTEREST allowed on. Curret &" Ancontre · spē Fixed Depozita al Estes that may be sepertained an application.

C. L. SANDES,

Chief Manager.

19. Queen's Boud Canten).

Hong Kong 19 April,

Manager.

11038 oxecutive of Montreal, and been selected to associate himself! with the Newfoundland Government for the purpose of consultation and advice regarding the reorganisation of the public services of Newfound- land, as represented by the Now- foundland rallway, steamships, dry "dock, telegraphs and telephones.

BEER TO RAISE REVENUE,

Newark, NJ., Sept. 28. Congressman Isaac Bachrach of New Jersey, Republican, announced to-day that he has called upon New Jersey's representatives in congress to meet in a conference for the purpose of drafting a 4 per cent beer proposal as a measura for federal revenue.

Both congressmen and, senators | of New Jersey will be Included in the invitation,-United Press.

Your Husband

NEEDS WATCHING!.

Under the weight of serious responsibilities,

he forgets

{

. yet in business a good per- sonal appearance is an asset.

Your job is to

make it an asset by

having his clothes re- gularly cleaned and

pressed at our valeteria shops.

THE STEAM LAUNDRY CÓ.

Sanitary Laundrymen, Dryers and Dry Cleaners. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS: Mongkok. Tel. 57082. KOWLOON HOTEL DEPOT. Tel. 68808. HONG KONG DEPOT: 40, Queen's Rond, Central, PEAK HOTEL DEPOT.

PENINSULA HOTEL (Visitors only).

HONG KONG HOTEL (Visitors only). 73, WYNDHAM STREET.

SPECIAL VALETERIA SERVICE.

No. 2, PENINSULA HOTEL ARCADE, Tel. 58031.

Tel. 21270.

No. 384, Nathan Road (Next to Majestle Theatre), Tel. 58000. No. 69, Queen's Road, Central. Tel 21270.

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