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THE

CHINA

MAIL.

8,000,000

4,000,000

4,000,000

Commerce and

Finance

2,697,000 PURIFICATION OF

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

of Shareholders. Surplus

H

Paid-up Capital

£8,000,000

Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of ProTM

prietors

.84,000,000

.£3,000,000

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

BANKS

TRONG KONG AND SHANGHAI.

BANKING CORPORATION.

Kuried Capital

901.000.000

Larvad med Fully Pakkas summon. 18,000,000 Boro Funds

Bertigaan. # 8,100,000

110,100,000-

Blossers List Eity al Progelsiory 'kom 900,106,305 HEAD WITOS, HONG KOKB.

BOARD OF DIN BOTORÚ) — M. Mr. 0, 0, & Manila. Chairman.

LES, Mr. X, J. Puterpen, Deputy Chairmat.

OX. 4. A. Bull, T. I Fearon, Bag 4. B. Compton, Bay. 2. A. Plommor, Bog.

#. Lazio Levi, Era. T. EL. X, Khev, 264. .D. “iskin. Mag.

AMOT

SAMIKO BATAVIA

1. E. Warren, Bas-

4. Geophaca, Bog.

ANCH 49—

LONDON

LIONE

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

BANGKOK BATAVIA DOMBAT DALOUITA CANTOM DAWNFORM DEBU DULONDO DLIBEN

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Established 1917.)

DEAD OFFICE;-SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 13, Quzoon's Rd. C.

Authorland Capital Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital

Paid-up Capital

Reserve abilities

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA ΠΑΝΤΟΣ

COLOMBO

DAIREN

POOCHOW

11:023

MAMNURO.

BANKOW

HAURTX

ILOILO

ΠΡΟΣ

TOFLOW

LOJ

KOWLOON

170

- KUALA LUMPUR

Agencies and Branches:

ALON STAR

KUCGINO

AMHITBAR

•

MADREB

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK.

PRPINU (Peking) PELANU

RANDOOM

Every description of Banking and Exchange busiñosa transacted.

TAN ENG HOOL

Manager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96, 'Boulevard Hansamana, Parla.

WATER.

The Use of Carbon..

HANCE FOR OUR MANUFACTURERS.

How To Sell British.

London, Sept. 10,

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1931.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

DRAWNWORK & EMBROIDERIES

SWATOW TRADING Co

Established 1910... MANUFACTURERS OF Swatow Drawn Work

The big London and provincial AT

are making a

In one of the most up-to-date water purifcation and softening plants, duplicate sets of mixing departmental stores tanks, setting basins, carbona- gesture to British manufacturers, Subscribed Capital .Fra 72,000,000.00

chambers, tion

filters, pumps,

with the object of assisting indus- Paid Up Capital...Fra. 68,400,000,00

chemical fenders dry Reserve Funds ....Fra.102,000,000.00 and

to try and relieving unemployment. in order provided are ensure flexibility of operation and The freedom from break-down. theoretical retention periods for the mixing tanks are twenty minutes, for the settling basins, 120 minute and for the carbonation chambers, ten minutes. It is also possible to operate the plant at half its rated

BAROM

ERLEI

BEKARANG

HAIPHONO

BEDSMBAN

HAMBURG

SHANGHAJ

BANKOW

BINGAPORE

ДАЕВЕТ

SITIAWAN

ELIODA

HONG KIM

BOUBABAYA

ILOILO

TAIPING

MANILA

IPO

TIENTSIN.

KUAD (Tabers)

XALLOWI

TOKYO

WOLDEN

LANG

TONOKAR (Bakoh),

КОБИ

T81N01A0

NEW TOOK

KUALA KAROKAR

ΤΟΚΟΝΙΑΜΑ

FEIFING

Foreign Exchange

and

General

Fort-Bayard

Dibouti Numea

Haiphong

PXXANG

HANGOON BLIGON

HAN FRAKONION

находь WINGAPORE

BOURABATA

DUNGHI PATAN

TIENTSIH

ΤΟ ΚΙΟ

THINGTAO IOKOHAMA

Curreal Assocate opened is Loval Carrubry and Fined Deposita rerelred for sue your be shorter periods in Incul Oursoney and kimečing an terms which wil he quoted on oppilailon. Tong Long, Wh Robenary, 1881.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK,

The Bostone of the above. Bank le vominen

od by the ONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING. OORPORATION. Halos may be obtained on application.

FOR THE fovokoNG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V.M GRATNICI I DO,

Chief MansEM.

Hong Kong,, 18th Tply, 1900.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established 1912.

Head Office:-Hong Kong. Arthurland Deplial (IL.M. Currowsy) $11,000,000

BRANOHKA 1--

Carion, Shanghai, Hisakow, _ Ember, Bangkok, How York und los Pranses.

CORRESPONDENTS

LONDON BANKERS |--

The Lloyd's Dank, Limited

ta all principal claims of the Well.

Pasiga ecchange and bankdag beslaan al

vrary domeipiton texamelač.

My Dopey Towns (entiona ulans) at a paarty

maish of frota 35 to $40,

LOOK POONG SHAN,

KUALA LUMPUR ZAMBOANGA

Banking business transactod.

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

J. STUART,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 17th August, 1931.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

{NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)

BANKNES

Metablished 1834.

Hong Kong Offs (—LI, t)ussa's Sood Contest. ........ Gulidan 154,800,000- (11,120,000.) Gliders 60,000,000 (06.009.170) Guilders) 10,823 200

Ausicaled - Capital Pald-Up Capital

Bacto Fant

Eload Celso -MSTERD&N® Eastern Hand 0100:~BATAVIA. BRANDILES)– Bandjerezania, Bandosag", Bombay. Onlow Charbon, Dabar, jok Lomeliadja, Makossar, Medan, Padang

Penang Pokalangan, Palembang, Fucsiak Bangoon, Rowerdam Bibl Samarag

Singapore Sora bat e Boerskarta Balo), Legal, Tyšniap abi

(Burma),

WALTIdea

• These pics buro são deponli bezas to let. Landre Baskers :-Nailonal Provincial Bank' LaL

Corespondes all over ike world

Banking business of soucy' description tested.

ABTOKKIKK

Kota Long, Lith Angoet, · 1906,

THE

BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon " Battambang Hue Gantho Mangtze

Nam Dinh Canton

Bankow Hanoi

Balgon Shanghai Bingapore Thanba

Tintain Papoole Peking Tourans Pnom Penh Vịnh

Pondichery Yunnanfu BANKERS:

merchandise

The Prima Minister will open on Monday, October 19, at the premises

by occupied

Messra. formerly Shoolbrod and Co., in Tottenham- court Road, London, an exhibition of all the foreign which these large business houses are now obliged to purchase abroad, This exhibition is for the eyes of British manufacturers only. It will formation in front of them, whether they can produce a comparable IN LONDON: The National Provin. cross connections are provided, and des & Union Bank of England, Ltd; provision is made whereby the flow article at anything like a competi Comptoir National d'Escompte de can be reversed through the settling tive price. If they can they will be tanks with only single carbonation.

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National capacity, thereby doubling the re- L'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; tention periods.

In order that operations may be Banque de Paris of dos Pays-Bat; Credit Industriel et Commercial; 8-in series, parallel or series-paralic,

leve Generale.

Paris; Credit Lyonnais,

be for them to say,

with the in<]

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan à Co., French American Banking Con The consulting engineer to the work helped to secure the orders that are poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New writes to say that the low lift now going abroad. The exhibition York.

pumps provided are of the horizon-has been arranged by the Incor tal centrifugal type, and take their porated Association of Retail Dig- Mr. F. J. tributors, of which suction from a concrete intake well, Marquis, of Lewis's Ltd., is the equipped with screens, located on

president. the-river bank.

Interest allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits according 10 arrangements.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transmetod. Safe Deposit Boxes to let.

A. BONNAUD, Hong 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.B.$226,087,392

Branches In- ARGENTINE LONDON

Manager.

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

Chief Manager. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國中

INC.

Head Office: 65, Broadway. New York.

.

Capital

Bsorganised October 28, 1923, under

Surplus

Reserves

special charter of The National Gov

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

arriment as st

BANK

... $25,000,000.00

Subscribed Capital

Pak-Up Capital Reserve Funds...

.$24,710,200.00

...............$ 8,820,503.83

HEAD OFFICE; SHANGHAI.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Iload 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 ellents special facilities for domestle and foreign banking and exchanges.

We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chia- ao Government both at home and abroad:

SEOU J. CHEN,

Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981

"Manager,

Antwerp

Bel

Bartin

Biarrit

Bombay

Besmes

Brossale

.

Duo Aires Cairo Dalestin

Delena Constantinopla

Copenhagen Dieburgh

Tivo

Cha

U.B.$8,000,000 U.8.$1,672,454 U.S.J1,908,200

BRANCHES-

Однод Glago HATKES Hanbury Haven Interlukan Janaalam

مالة

Londoo Liverpool Loca Lugano

LALE

Haral Hoole Vario Maalla

Kunlob

Monteput SELLAM

Haplos Punana Paris Penang

Falarmn Roterdam Boms Stambol Shangha

• Busespore

8. Morits

Tintata

Tinkama Lorick

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

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts handled

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

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund ........Tea 116,200,000

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies at:

Nagasaki

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlia

Bombay

Calestia

Canton

Dairen (Dalny)

Nagoya Newchwang

New York

Osaka Paris

Pelping

Hangoon

Fengtien (Maiden) Rio de Janeiro

Hamburg

Hankow Harbin

Hong Sour

Honolula

Kai Yuen

Kabe London

Los Angeles Hania

Interest, allowed

San Francisco Вод Seattle Semarang Shanghal Bhimonoseki Slagapore Bosrabaya

Sydney

Current Ac

Deposits received for fixed period

at zaina to ku obtained on applicat

#L. MORL

in Manager.

Hong Kong, Lith September, IPIL

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

Afiliated with

THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Elesources...Over G32,500,000,000

CHILE

CHINA COLOMBIA CUBA

DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC

INDIA ITALY

JAPAN

MEXICO

PANAMA

PERU

PHILIPPINE

ISLANDS PORTO RICO STRAITS

SETTLEMENTS URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

the

"The decision to stage this dis play." anid Mr. Gordon Selfridge "Is the outcome of a meeting at the House of Commons some time ago between Mr. J. H. Thomas (then

The water is forced under a 12ft. head into the bottom of either or

where both mixing tanke, chemicals are added from a battery of dry feeders. Solution hoses ex- tend from the solution pots of the Lord Privy Seal) and the hoads of platform scale equipped feeders into the large departmental stores. The on that occasion gave an stores downtakes placed in the mixing

things undertaking that other tanks at the point of entry of the

being fairly equal, preference would raw water.

AND

·Art Embroideries

ANNOUNCE GRAND OPENING SALE

NOW ON NEW BRANCH STORE GLOUCESTER BUILDING

ARCADE.

SWATOW TRADING CO.

HEAD OFFICE:-6 Pedder St. Opposite Hong Kong Hotel 'Phone 23303.

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

The Latest in Gentlemen's Oulfitting

AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE.

. PERFECT FIT

AND RELIABLE SUITINGS.

WING HING CO.

Gentlemen's Outfitters

64, Queen's Rd. C. Tel. 21417.

Very Nice Woollen Materials For Making Ladica" DRESSES

& OVERCOATS

Also FURS &

SILK HOSIERY

Expert Tailoring Department.

decidedly be given to British gonda LEE MOW

"Firms taking part include The Settling Tanks.

Messrs. Harrods, Selfridge, White- The water entering the bottom of ley, Debenham, Swan and Edgar, the mixing tanks, rises and flows and other members of the Drapery out through the take-off Troughs on Trust, Lewis's, and Bentall and the opposite sides of the tanke. Heals. Active support is promised! Fixed position double paddles, by the appropriate Government de directly connected to electric motors partments." through a shaft and speed reducer,

provide the necessary

agitation.

Flowing from the mixing tank to the settling basin, the water is con- ducted to a central stilling well in the basin, descends to the bottom

Commercial and Travellers' Letters and rises to a trough with wolr of Credit, Travellers Cheques, Bills plates extending around the entire of Exchange and Cable Transfers periphery of the basin. bought and sold. and Savings Bank accounts opened

Gurrent accounta

REMEMBER

OUR CHEAP SALE

The carbonation chambers have

A CASH REFUND OF FIFTY CENTS

and Fixed Deposits in local and for an ordinary pipe grid in their bot- eign currencies taken at rates that toms for distribution of the gas may be ascertained on application to which is produced by burning arti- the Bank.

ficial gas in a stove, also equipped for coke. A compressor takes its

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

of the International Banking Corpora suction through the stove, and a tion in San Francisco and Spain and scrubber and forces the gas into

of the water.

also of The National City Bank New York (France), Sum in Paris and Nico.

Managar,

F. McD. COURTNEY,

Hong Kong, June 16, 1981.

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

HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeb, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imparial Charter, 1899.

www

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS. ·

On London---~--

1/2/ Bank, wiro

1/2 3/4 Bank, on demand... Bank, 4 months' sight 1/2 % Credits, 4 months

sight... Documentary. Central Bash in F'ermons.

months' aight Back-Notes estad Average ammenni ...Yen. 45,006, ODE BRANCHES AND AGENDOZA:

On Paris- JAPAN:-Tokya Yokokāma, Robs, Owls. PORMOSA Gran,

Aming On demand Banko,

4 Makong, Manto, Banchiku, Taicha, Taisal Credita, Takso, Tameal, Toen. Halia, Taiko

Toochow sight CHINA-Shanghai, fantow, Amoy,

Barow, Onion,

On Berlin- OTHERS |--BADE Kong, Magporu, Bourabaya,

Batavia, Bombay, Clone On demand

On New York-

Bemar London, New York, Bairan

LONDON HANKREAT

The London Ganity Waiminoser and Puer's Back, On demand

The Bank has Compendante in all the principal Credits, 60 days' sight 26

Commercial Centres sirupghout the world.

ON EVERY FIVE DOLLARS.

"

LOVELY SILK STORE

9, D'Aguilar Street.

FOR SALE.

Flower and Vegetable,

SEEDS

Indication points to a HEAVY DEMAND

for seeds

THIS SEASON.

To be sure of getting every variety you wish we suggest that you ORDER TO-DAY.

GRACA & CO.,

No. 10, Wyndham Street.

Hong Kong.

months'

1/4 4

1/4 %

610

680

Nom

24

P. O. Box 620.

K. MAGUNA.

*** · On Bombay--

Manager-

E. W. DUGGAN,

Manager,

HONG KONG BRA HOTEL

1, De Your Band Gardeni, Hong Kong 19% January, 1930

Wire ....

81%

On demand

81%

On Calcuttami Wire

81%

On demand

81%

On Singapore-

On demand

52%

On Manila- On demand

On Shanghal On demand Dollar

48

over HL.$ 8,000,000.00 over H.$30,000,000,00

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918.

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voeux Road, Central. HONG KONG.

Capital and Surplus Total Resources

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

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

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

Tlo. 784 *** 32% dis On Yokohama

483

¡On demand

|Sovereigns

(Bank's

buying rate) Silver (per oz.).

17 3/16

Nom, Conner Cach... Nom. Copper Cente

Bar Silver in Hong

Kony

3% prom.

KAN TONG PO,

Rata of Native In-

Larest

Chief Manager,

34% P.. 28% dia. Hong Kong Bub. Coin Par."

Chinese Sub. Coln

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 EXCELSION BOOK STORE, and at the Publishera 2*

The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd. China Mell Building,

Chinese Silk Hosiery Store No. 1, D'Agullar Street

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,......

1st floor, No. 74, Queen's Road

Central: Tel. 21256.

TANG YUK, Dentist. Successors to

the late SIEN TING, 14, D'Agullar Street.

TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free.

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

Kowloon Bay. New Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.

#1

FRUITS,

Now in season

CALIFORNIA PEARMAIN APPLES Just Arrived $9.00 per box. This is the most famous apple in the Orient. Quality: Crisp, juicy, sweat and highly aromatic. Excellent keeping quality. Try a

box.

WING COFFEE CO.

Tel. 25869 199, Des Voeux Road, C.

PHOTO - SUPPLIES

Kodaks and Cameras. Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging. ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES

Price Moderate.

A Trial Order is Solicited.

A. SEK & CO.

Tri No. 23459. 264, Des Voeux Nord, C.

LITERATURE.

BOOKS for All

Bibles, Pocket Testaments, Prayer Books and Stationery. General Literature Presentation Books Children's Books a Speciality. THE BOOK & BIBLE DEPOT. Wyndham Street.

Next to King's Theatre. Agente for

British & Foreign Bible Society The Religions Tract Society and The League of Nations' Society.

GENERAL PROVIDERS.

Just

arrived

"A Fine

Selection

of

GENTLEMEN'S AUTUMN HATS.

We have also a vory fine rango of TIES in all the Intant now Autumn colours and patterns.

WE SOLICIT A TRIAL. THE CENTRAL CO. 193, Des Voeux Road C. Tel 27623.

HAIR DRESSERS.

LEE YEE,

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers. No. 12, D'Aguilar Street. (opposite Queen's Theatre).

LIANG YOU

Gentlemen's & Ladies'

HAIR DRESSERS.

King's Theatre Building. (D'Aguilar St. Bide). Tel. 20315.

LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HAIR DRESSING SALOON,

ON LOK

(AH HING)

10, Wyndham Street, 1st Floor. Entrance On Lan St. Tel. 22317.

OPTICIANS,

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY, 'Phone 22232. 53, Queen's Road Central

SHOES.

Pair

Black or Brown Shoes from $6.00, Black or Brown Boots from $8.00, Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00. Best styles, most complete stock of all sizes. Repairing a speciality. WONG BIU WOON

21, Pottinger Bt.

Phone 21474.

SPORTING GOODS.

ATHLETIC

GOODS

AT

THE LIANG YOU CO.

10, Queen's Road Central.