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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Aukkocinod Capital manag Isaved and Fully 'Paid-up Barva Panda :-

8,80,000,000

*** 30,000,000

Sterling naar£ 1,50,000

Silver

. . 10,000,000

Thiarts" dalilly" of Propriam ...... $20,000,000

HEAD OPPIOR: NONO 'KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTOJUI : ~~

Hou, Mr. . . 9. okr. Charman.

Hoe, Mr. J. J. Patreon.

Deputy Chairmac

W. 1. Dol, Taq.

A. 1. Compton, Rag.

3. Janice Jowia, Yog.

6. Miskin, M.

AMOY

BANOKON

HATAVIA

MUMBAY

CALOUTTA

T. M. Pharon, Esq.

2. A. Muminer, Beq.

T. 31. 1. Bar, Hep

J. P. Warren, Vay,

Dhie! Manger,

V. M. Grayburn, l'art.

BRANQUES:-

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Fald-up Capital.

£3,000,000

Reserve Fund

24,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000.

Agencies and Branches:

ALOR STAN

KUONING

MADHAN

MANILA

'AMIL TVAR

DANGKUR

BATAVIA BONDLY CALCUTTA DANTOS CAWNPORE CEBU COLOMBO DATTEN DELMI

JAIPHONG

ILAMBURO

HANKOW

HARBIN

TRON

MEDAN

NEW YORK

-PROTNO (Peking)

PENAND

HANDOON

BABION SEKARANG

BEREMBAN

- NANTIAL

SINOPORE

NITIAWAN

KDURABAYA

TAIPING

TONG KONG

ILOILO

TIENTHIN

TOKYO

NUÁR (Jolesom

KABACH

TONGKAK 1Diuket) <

VGKDEN

KLASI

TSIKOTAO

KOBE

YOKOLIAMA

-KKW-YONE.

CANTON

CHEYOO

COLOMBO

PRIPRO

DAIREN

14:KANG

POOONOW

BAITBONG

HAMBIURO

TANKOW

HARBIN

HONGKRW

11,0110

iPott

20HORE

кова

KOWLOOK

KUALA LUMPUL

BANCOOK

SAKION

DAS PRANCISC

SHANGHAI

SINIAPORE

SOUTABYA

SINGEI PATANI

TIENTSIN

'TORY

THUNYAD

VORRHAMA

Current Amourite opened in Lees) Carteyes and Fixed Depolis Fonalved for our your DI whole perioda In Local Courtenay und Berling on terms which will be quoted on appoin Hong Kong. Dezember 7, 1998.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Tim of the abware Bezik in condurian! by the RONO KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION, Boring Im blalard en application.

YOR THE HONGKONG, AND HUANGHAI PANEIRO CORPORATION.

Y. M. QAYRUIN,

Chief Munger.

Hong Kong, ale Judy, mer

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

Itead Office: Hong Kong.

$13,000,000 8,065,500

Authoriund Capital (15.K. Guarraoy)

Paid-Up Capital na kamen

Bewer Plind

*

BRÀNCIES:-

Canton. Mingħa. Uskow, RunLow, Bengkok, New York nad Sun Pantin

LINION BANKESS,--

The Idad's Bank. Limitad

VORAKSPÖNDELTS

In all penipal nition of the World.

Parign Karango and lanting blo

description frankacınd

Baie Depot Horns. (various iron) at a jourly,

male of Trom $5 to en

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀 國中

Reorganised October 28, 102B; under

special charter of The National Gov. ernment as an

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

Subscribed Capital...$25,000,000,00

-KUALA KANGSAR. ZAJENDA NGA.

KUALA LUMPUR

Foreign

Exchange And Goneral Banking business transacted.

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

J. STUART,

Manager. Hong Kong, August 17, 1931.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V..

(NEIBERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY) BANKERS,

Established 1821,

4

Hong Koer Offeo:-11; Queen's Road Castrul.

Amikineised Capital Oulidare 180,000.000 Prid-Up Capital

Quilders 20,050,000.

Beserve Fund...

Gullde 10,016,000.

TANSTERDAM”, "

Fastern Bead Off-BATAVIA.

Bombay. Kreate:-Boudjermani, Bandoong",

Damber, Djak Cetoutte, Chorfboa, jakarta. The 'lagut", Fiddab, Kobe, Makassar, Hodan, Palembang, Poka lunga Paung, Rangoon, Halterdans. Bercarang, Elangha, Binguport, Goern. batu, Boerakaria (Holo), Togel, Tilatjap and Waliovendao".

• Titan afkoos have Safe Deposi Borse to let

LONDON DANKENS 1-

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LTD. Correspondente all over the world. Briking Beni.

A. STOKEINE,

nes of avery description trasacled.

Neong Kong, Ini Oncombet, 1931.

THE

Slanger.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. INC.

Head Office:~~65, Broadway. New York.

Capital

Surplus

Iteseryes

.U.S.$0,000,000 .U.S.$1,672,454 .U.S.$1,008,209

BANK.

BRANCHES :---

Paid-Up Capital

$24,710,200.00

Reserve Funds

..$ 3,820,503,82

Amsterdam Alterp Atka

Gros

Glaryow

New

Міндовал Pirateoa

1Berli

Hamburg Raym

1

• Interlaken

Bombay

Inaug Feking

l'etorino HotLardam Home

Stamboul

Shanghai

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL

HONG KONG HUANLH:

1. Queen's Road Central.

Owing to our numeross branches in China and large connections in the important commercial centros of the world, we are able to extend to our ellents special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.

We also handle the kaun of Bonda

Invade

Jerusalem Elemen

Lido Broni

London Sipont álma Isol Calro

Lubran Catoutla Chines

Lustr Colnbo

Marselie Constantinople Monte Carlo

Copenhagen Mandle Edinburgh Munich. Fiorouse

Moutros Genera

Milan

Southampton Singapore St. Morits Тичалав

Viezal

Vakojana Zurich

Branches of Amerkan Express Com-

and other Public Funds of the Chin-pany in Principal cities of United

cee Government both at home and States of America and Canada. abroad..

Hong Kong, 5th March, 1931.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal

Investment accounta

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, handled.

· LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yon 100,000,000 Reserve Fund

Yen 116,200,000

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agoncles at:

Nagasaki

• Nagoya Newchwang

Alexandría

Batavia

Berlin

Bonbay

Colcutta

Canton

Changchun

Dairon (Dalny)

Now York Osaka Parla

Polping Rangoon

Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro.

Hamburg Hankow Harbin

Hong

Kong

Honolulu

Kai-Yuan

Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

San Francisco

of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.

E. W, DUGGAN,

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Established' '1917.)

HEAD OFFICES-SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 18, Queen's Rd. C

Paid-up Capital ...

Autherland Capital. Straits $20,000,001 Issued Capital ....

8,000,000

4,000,000

Reserve Liabilition

of Shareholders.

Surplus ....

4,000,00 2,687,000

Branches, Agencies and Correspon deals in the principni_citien_of_the world.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HOOL,

Manager

BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE,

HEAD OFFICE:

98. Boulevard Racksmanız,

PARIF.

THE

CHINA MAİL.

Capital fully paid up .Frs. 120,000,000 Reserves (31.12.1980) Frs. 116,508,454 BRANCHES:

Indo-China. Chin. Other Places. ) Saigon

Canton

Bangkok Fort-Bayard Hankrou Djibouti Hongkong

Noumea Mongtze

Battambang Canlo Halphong

Handl

Thanh Hoa

Nam-Dink

Pnom-Penh

Quinhon

Touranc Vinh

Hue

Peping Papeete Shanghai

Pondicheri Tientsin Yunnanfon Singapore

Every description of Banking . and Exchango Business transacted.

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits according to ar

"angements.

Safe Deposit Boxes to let Travellers' cheques issued.

A. BONNAUD,

Commerce and Finance

BRITISH FINANCIAL

--PROBLEMS.

Suggested Scheme for

Empire Currency.

RUBBER-TYRED TRAINS.

"Will Turn-Losses Into

Profits."

The imminence of Franco-German "The employment of 'railbusca'— economic and financial conversa- pneumatic vehicles running on rail- tions, the London talk of the crea-way lines, such as those I have teat- tion of a new British Empire cured between Paris and Deauville- rency, and the weakness of sterling will wipe out the losses, which all the form the chief topics of esger die-grent European railway systems are cussion in financial circles and the suffering." Gnancial Press In Germany.

There is much specula..on cerning the reasona

This is the opinion of M. Raoui con Dautry, general manager of the vico- for the decline French State Railways and In the pound Instead of a rise, as president of the French Line, the was generally expected as a result leading French Transatlantic steam-

sweeping af the

Conservative ship company, M. Dautry told a

Press man: victory at the General Election.

18

"I am convinced that within five, The Daily Telegraph's announce-

Empire Cur-years the new rall-buses, used ment that a British rency was being contemplated, which feeders for the main trunk lines, to the other will convert railway deficits into might be extended

They cost little compared! countries which have recently given profits.

up the Gold Standard, excites with railcoaches and are inexpen-! | speciál interest. The Berlin sive to operate.

Tageblatt states, "the

news is in

Co-ordination Needed. more than one respect exceedingly interesting and would

"The railways of the future will be of great importance for the British Empire." be obliged to have two distinct transportation systems, one for The South African Union has so

far refused to give up the Gold heavy, long-distance traffic, and the short Standard. Were it to fall into line other for light traffic over Manager.and adopt

distances. In this way the rail- a non-gold basis new currency, this would tighten the buses will abolish the archaic dis- bonds of economic politics between tinction between shipment by slow the goods and fast goods, and will great- the Dominions, besides which loss of prestige through the fall ofly reduce overhead charges.

"At the moment, in France -at aterling might in this way be made

6, Queen's Rond Central, French Bank Building. Hong Kong, lat November, 1981.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 65, Wall Street, NEW YORK.

Capital, Surplus and

Undivided Profits..U.S.$226,037,302 |

Branches in:-

ARGENTINE BELGIUM BRAZIL

CHILE

CHINA

COLOMBIA CUBA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

INDIA ITALY

JAPAN

LONDON

MEXICO

PANAMA

PERU PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

PORTO RICO STRAITS

SETTLEMENTS URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1931.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

The Latest In Gentlemen's Outfitting

AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE

PERFECT FIT

AND

RELIABLE SUITINGS.

-WING HING CO.

Gentlemen's Outfittéra

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

Very Nice Woollen Materials

For Making Ladies' DRESSES

&

OVERCOATS

Ales FURS &

SILK HOSIERY Expert Tailoring Department.

LEE MOW

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

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,

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

Central. Tel. 21255.

TANG YUK, Dentist. Successore to

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

TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free.

up. But it is not clear how such least, it is the railway-user, and the ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS,

the deficits сп But a

proper co-

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay.

a scheme could be translated. into tax-paper who pay practice, nor is it at all clear how the railwayY'S. other countries, notably the Scan-ordination of rail road, steamship, dinavian states, could be roped in. and air traffic would result in con- New Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L Monetary union might be possible,siderable economy, but an Identical currency would be: very difficult.

THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT AND COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE DESIGN.

Road Trafic's Function. "Co-operation between the rail- way and the road will reduce delays and cost. Motors should be re- served for house-to-house delivery of the goods the train or the rall bus carries.

Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.

FRUITS.

Now in season

CALIFORNIA PEARMAIN APPLES

Just Arrived $9.00 per box.

HAIR DRESSERS.

LEE YEE,

Ladica and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers. No. 12, D'Agullar Street. -(opposite-Queen's Theatre);

LIANG YOU LADIES & GENTS' HAIRDRESSERS. ·

Also

MR. ST. OUEN. PERMANENT WAVING introductory Price $20. King's Theatre Bldg- Tel: 20315,

Ground Floor.

ON LOK

HAIR DRESSING SALOON FOR LADIES' & GENTLEMEN

Is fitted with the latest devices for use in hair dressing. Expert Harbera. CLEAN & COMFORTABLE 10. Wyndham Streit, 1st Floor Entrance On Lan 8t. 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 completa stock of all sizes. Repairing a speciality. WONG SIU WOON

21, Pottinger St.

Phone 21474.

SPORTING GOODS.

ATHLETIC GOODS

"The rail-bus will not only speed- up traffic but will solve the problem! Since the last Commercial of the upkeep of local lines to intro- Vehicle Exhibition, held at Olym-duce the rail-bus on the State Rail- pia, London, in 1929, the long-de- ways next year.

The rail-bus has the fine lines of Commercial and Travellers' Letters layed Road Traffic Act has been of Credits, Travellers' Cheques, Bills placed on the Statute Book Some a high-speed aeroplane and weighs

Cable Transfers of the provisions of this Act less than 5 tons. The wear of Exchange and

and This is the most famous apple in bought and sold. Current accounts directly concern the designer, but tear of the pneumatic tyres is only the Orlent. Quality: Crisp, Juicy, and Savings Bank accounts opened their influence

and'

aromatic THE LIANG YOU CO. highly Оп design is less 1/26th of an inch for more than sweet and Mixed Deposits in local and for-

The vehicle 18 Excellent keeping quality. Try a eign currencies taken at rates that than might at first sight be anti-6,000 miles travel. may be ascertained on application to cipated. In the case of the change considerably faster than an express, box. the Bank,

In the speed limit, for example, the having attained 87 miles an hour.

We are also able to offer our Cus-Act merely legalises practices tomers the services of the Branchos which were already a matter of

of the International Banking Cor-

poration in San Francisco ard Spain common habit.

For the majority

and also of The National Chy Bank of commercial vehicles, the limit

and Nice.

WING COFFEE CO.

AEROPLANE A DAY.

Tel. 25809 139, Des Voeux Road, C.

DRAWN-THREAD WORK AND

EMBROIDERY

of New York (France), S.A., In Paris has been raised from 12 to 20 or 30 m.p.h., the higher of the new F. McD. COURTNEY.

A new aerodrome and acroplane- Manager. speed limits applying to light goods producing centre which, it is hoped, vehicles. Before the Act became will become the largest in Europe Hong Kong, June 10, 1931,

law, however, speeds of 40 or 50 and give employment to thousands m.ph. for both light and heavy of British workmen, was opened at THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.commercial vehicles were common Ford, near Arundel.

on the open road, and, if our 'ob-

Since the war, when it was servation is not gravely at fault, R.A.F. ground, the huge buildings they are equally common to-day. have been used by farmers. Some The effect of the new speed limits months ago Mr. Henry Ford, seek BEAUTIFUL LINEN NAPERY on design is, therefore, practically

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

wwwwwwwww..

Central Bank in Parinus,

own name.

an

negligible at the present time, but a site on the south side of Lon should they be strictly enforced at den easily accessible to the Contin Baukate uus vorige amount.es, 18,000,000 any time in the future, a demand eat, found an aerodrome already constructed at a place bearing his BRANCHES AND AGENCIES!

may arise for still higher power- JAPAN~~~Toyko, Yokolama, Kobe. Unike.

He decided to buy it PORNOSA-Giran, Kagi.

Keelung, weight ratios, in order to secure a

and rebuild. Mekong, Banto, Shineku, Tatra, Talam minimum difference between the

"At the moment we intend to pro CHINA-Shanghai, linkow. Amy, Potow, average and the maximum permit- UTHERS-Hong Kong, Singeport Socabas, tad speeds. This point has already duce big machines, but we may take

up the smaller class later." Bombay, Calcutta, been discussed, and we may

therefore pass

other manager said to a Press representa- on to

Live.

started "We have

-- Takino, - Tamsul, Teen, Heito, Talio,

wow, Canton.

Homarang.

London, New York, Dairen. LONDON DANKERS:

ཡ--—

Congercial Contros thighout the sald

K. MAGURA.

HONG KONG BRAŃCO

Manager,

THE BANK OF

H

4. Don Vaut Boad Central. Hong Robg, 1914 January, 1929,

Manager.

EAST ASIA, LTD. Estabilabed 1918.

HEAD OFFICE;

the

Make Worthy

Your Buying!

BIG SELECTION OF

SILK COATS & PYJAMAS, BELOW COST

On

CHRISTMAS SALE

at

manu FOOK WENG & CO.

(One Price Store) CHINA BUILDINGS.

The Company offers to intending Travellera the use of its "Travellora Cheques" and Letters of Crodit and, The loadon County Wolminaler and Pare's Bank. results of the Act. The regula in addition, the world-wide services

The Bank has Comespondente in all the principations governing the maximum per-facturing, planes and intend to turn missible load on each axle are being aut one machine a day, and as busi

ness grown so will our output." duly, enforced, and are having a definite influence on the tare weight, and on the distribution of, load over the various axles. The developments in this direction fe in clauses governing the type of tyre connection with the A.E.C. engine. employed are also afecting design, As described in November, as the employment of peumatic 1980,

this engine developed 95 tyres affects the design of the brake horse - power at 2,000 whole vehicle by reducing shock on rpm, and represented one d both the framing and transmlesion, the most advanced designs on, the The last exhibition was note- market. As a result of further worthy for the general appearance research work, however, the latest] of low frames and forward control, model develops 180 brake horse- while the keynote of the exhibition power, and can be run at over 3,000 is undoubtedly the wide introduction r.p.m. The brake mean effective of the airless-injection engine. It pressure is 100 t per square inch may be remarked; however, that or more over a wide speed range, there were only three chassis fitted and the engine thus given a par- with such engines at the last formance fully comparable with | exhibition, all of Continental de- that of a modern engine running| sign, while at the present show, It on petrol. The improvements have is no exaggeration to state that the been obtained by a modification in majority of the leading British the combustion spaces, with a view makers. are exhibiting vehicles to increased and more accurately equipped with 'British-built en-controlled turbulence before 'fus]} gines. One of the most interesting Injection-Engineering.

10, Des Voeux Road, Central.

HÙNG HONG

Semarang

Shanghai Shimonosek!

Capital and Surplus. Total Resources

:

Soorabaya

Bydney

Tientsin Tokyo Tsingtau

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts.

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

II. MORI,

Manager. Hong Kong. 11th Beptember,, 1931.

over $ 8,000,000.00 over 11$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:

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

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

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 Bolicited.

A. SEK & CO.

Tel No. 23459,

26A, Des Voeux Road, C.

AT

70, Queen's Road Central

TYPEWRITER DEALERS

HỢP SING & CO.

28. Follinger BL

Tel: 21120 CANTON:-116, Sun Kee Bai Rd.

RELIABLE PRINTING

no order too small "

THE NEWSPAPER · ENTERPRISE. LIB.

"BEDA MAIS. BIDA. - SA WTWORKS ST.

Do Not Walt! Buy Your Presents Now!!

TOYS, DOLLS

Christmas Cards and Children's

.... Pletare Books

also

LARGE SELECTION OF

STAMPS

which will be a delight to any Stamp Collector to receive.

GRACA & CO.

Na 10, Wyndham Street. P. D. Box 620. Hong Kong.