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THE

CHINA

8,000,000

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorfand Capital

Lied and Fully Pallup 10,000,000 Boners Wanda)—•

·Berling wani § 4,590 204

mam $30,008.008

Bonnern Idability of Propriators ........... $31,000,000

NIKAD OFFTOR, HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS (—

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.

HEAD, OFFICE: LONDON.

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Establlokad 1917.) -

HEAD OFFICE SINGAPORE, Hong Kong Branch: 11, Queen's Rd. C.

Authorised Capital Strafts $20,000,000 Tasted Capital ....

Paid-up Capital

om. Mr. D. G. 8. Myckle.

How. Mr. J. J. Puleon.

Deputy Chairma

W. H, Bell, Esq.

A. EL Compton. Faq.

G. Miskin, Esq.

I. P. Warren, Esq.

T. E. Parce, Baq

ВОМПАТ

3. A. Pummar, Baq.

T. IL. B. Bar, Esq.

4,000,000

3,687,000

Every description of Banking and

Raserve

Liabilities

of Shareholders

Barplas

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 .84,000,000

|

Branches. Agencies and CorTRÍPOZ- dants in the principal cities of the world.

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietars

$3,000,000

ALON STAB

AMBITRAS

BATAVIA BOMBAY

CALOUTTA

Agencies and Branchos:

BANGLO

CANTON CAWNPORE

OKBU COLOMBO DATREN

DELRO

KAIPHONG HANDURG

HANKOW

HARDIN

HỒNG SỐNG

ILOILO

*MUY

BANGKOK

BATAVIA

CALOUTTA

QREPOO OGLANDA

DAIREN FOOOKOR HAIPHONG HAKBURO HANKOW ELLBBIN

HONDERW

ILOILO

ПРОП

Chief Manager.

Y. M. Orayburn. Begi

BRANCHES:-

LONDON

LYONS MALADUA

AB

MUAB (Jon)

NUSDEN

NEW YORK

PRVANG

NANGOON

SAIGON

RAK PRANCIRCO

IPOR

КОБИ

CAKTON

ДОНОВЕ

KODE

KOWLOON

-KUALA LUMPUR,

PEIPING

NJIANGHAT

SINGAPORE

BOULANYA

SONDEI PATANI

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

THINGTAD

YOKOHAMA

+

Cemal Acodeta opened to Local Outrency Puud Deposite soetred the dog' your or shorter perioda in Local Currency and Mariing en lovina which will be quoted on application. Hong Kong. Drosaber 7, 1981,

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Bedom of the shove Bank is conducted

by the HONG KONG, AND SUANOHL? BANK. Bute may be obtained ING CORPORATISK.

application.

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SKANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Hong Kong, 11th July, 1980.

Chief Mausgor..

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

Hand Offes-Hong Kong. Authorland Capital (E.E, Qermusy) ...BL1,000,000 Pak-Up Capital ...........dt.ta * QS 200 1,100,000 BRANCHES-

Mamer Fund"

Canton,

hangbal, Hazkow Bestow. Bangkok, Kew York and San Francisco.

LONDON BANKERS --

The Lloyd's Bank, Limited. CORRESPONDENTS

In all principal cities of the World.

Formige Esobnog sad banking balnom of

every factiption transsolod.

Sale Depot Boxes (vious size) si a gently

venial of from 1 to $40.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

*KOOMING

MADRAS

MAKILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK

PEPING (Peking)

FENAND

RANOOON BAIGOR BEMARANO SERENBAY ЯНАМОКАЕ SINGPORE

YITIAWAN

SQURABAYA

TAITING

TENTSIK TOKTO

КАПАСИЕ

TONGKAH (Elhakat)

KLANG

KUALA KANGSAR

TRINGTAO YOKOHAMA ZAMBOANGA

•

KUALA LUMPUR

Foreign Exchange

and

General

Banking business transacted.

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

J. STUART,

Mangor. "Hong Kong, August 17, 1931.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETI;

BANKERS.

——

Established 1894.

Hong Kong Ching:-11, Queen's Road Central. Amikorized Capital ........... Qaildara 150,000,000- Paid-up Capital Gliders 80,000,000- Reserve and................. Gullders 60,016,000–

Head Ofoe-AMSTERDAM“. Kastern Head OŒ∞:—BATAVIA, Bochum --Bandjermnala,« ・ Dandong",

Borabay

Calouste, Choribon, Bjar Djok Jakarta, The Hague". Jidden, Kobe, Mikamar Medan, Palembang, Paka longan, Penang. Hangoon, Botterdam"," Bemarang, Shanghai, Singapore, Bo bala, Boerakarta (Solo), Tegal, Tyllstjop and Wallerridan

• These soos have Baia Deposit Dance to el

LONDON BANKERS :--

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LTD, Corpsodents all over the world. Batung Busi

use of arary description transacted,

A. STOKKINK. Hong Kong, at December, 1981.

Manager.

THE

Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HOOI,

Manager.

Commerce and

Finance

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

1931

EGYPT'S FINANCES. CLUBLAND FACES

A Belgian Adviser Appointed.

M. van Zeeland, a director of the National Bank of Belgium, has, në- cepted the invitation of the ̈Egyp-|

SLUMP

Many Economies.

London clubs are 4,000,000 SELF-ELECTRIFICATION OF COALS in. in diameter, provided with than Government to go to Egypt to

DUST.

four projecting tubulures; two of assist in the solution of dnancies through hard times. the latter diametrically opposed car probleme.

You have only to ride along Pic M. van Zeeland, who is an expert cadilly on the top of a bus to be Investigations carried out by ried pointed brass electrodes set In Rudge in 1913, and confirmed by ebonite bushes, one being threaded on exchange and currency, will give Beyersdorfer in 1922, established so that the length of the spark-gap advice principally on the question convinced of the sadly thinned the fact that dust particles when formed at the centre of the bulb of the public debts, but possibly ranks of clubmen who sit in the rather carried in air currents become high-between the pointed ends could be also upon, the Egyptian monetary window chairs and gase ly electrified. In Paper No. 49 of varied. The third tubulure was fit

The Italian Commissioner of the wistfully across the Grpen Fark. the Safety in Mine Research Board, ted with a tap and used as the Inlet

In the georetary's office at one published in 1928, it was shown as for the gas mixture, the fourth Public Debt has adrigod the Egyp a result of experiments that coal being fitted with a cork which acted tian Government that he is issuing West End club only two names are dust clouds whirled in air geperated aggressure release when ignition writ against it owing to its peen the book for election, and there fusal to pay the coupons of the have been many resignations since sufficient electricity to enable sparks

It was found that atmospheric Unified Debt in gold, The French to be drawn from the containing:

important effect Commissioner took a similar step January. vessel. In view of the increasing conditions had an

BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Haussmann, PARIS.

Capital fully paid up .Fr. 120,000,000 Reserves (81.12.1930) Fr. 116,588,454

BRANCHES

Indo-China. China, Saigon

Canton Battambang Dentho Fort-Bayard Haiphong Hankeov

occurs.

aystam.

use during recent years of auxiliary on the development of electrification; shortly before.

on days of low relative humidity,

fans for ventilating, headings, etc.,

a further investigation has been car- voltmeter readings of several thou- Other Plees.ried out to ascertain if electricity so sand volts were readily obtained. If, LEATHER FROM CATFISH SKINS.

Haniot

Nam-Dish

Thanh Ho Rav

Prom-Penh

Quiahon

Vinh

Bangkok

Djibouti Hongkong

Noumea Monste

Papeete Peping Shanghal

Pondicheri Tientsin Yunnanfou Singaporo.

"The Bachelors' Club.... recently suspended its entrance fee, but has now reintroduced It. “We, in com- mon with most clubs, have had to bstitute certain economies," the generated could under practical pit however, the humidity of the atmos

Ottawa, Canada. Catfish leather conditions cause the ignition of phere rose above about 65 per cent.

"Club fees very from $15 to Bredamp. Since the air-current from the apparatus became "dead," and may eventually win favour with the secretary told the News Chronicle, the fans not only travels at high no charge could be obtained, even|lady of fashion for her handbag or hout £50," said the secretary of speed, but is inevitably laden with with air at maximum speed and shoes. Not until recently has another club, "and in these days'a coal dust particles, the conditions heavily laden with coal dust. There market been found for catian young man thinks twice before he appear favourable to the production was no transition; either the ap-caught in Nova Scotia, but a firm writes out a cheque for such of electrification, and the metal duct/paratus functioned well with intense of leather manufacturers in the sum. Sevaral West End clubs are through which the air travel might electrification, or not at all. This United States has found that soft asking members to pay off subscrip

be made tion arrears by instalments, and thus become sufficiently charged for pronounced effect of hygrometric and pliable product can

tests Buggested that, although the gayest or most sombre of effect have even been circulated

privately.

Every description of Banking and sparks to pass from it to some ad./conditions: observed in the early from the skins of catfish dyed in polita printed demands to thin

Exchange Business transacted.

Interest allowed on Current Accounta

rangements.

jacent body or to earth.

Previous experiments had all been voltages of dangerous magnitude colours, with the result that catfish and Fixed Deposita according to ar carried out on a small scale in the might be developed in laboratory skins are being shipped from Yar

laboratory, and it was found neces-conditions, under those of actual mouth Country, Nova Scotia. sary to add. emery powder to all the mining they might not be so readily coal dusts employed to regularise attained.

Experiments made to indicate the their flow through the apparatus. In

Safe Deposit Boxes to lat. Travellers' cheques issued.

A. BONNAUD,

5, Queen's Road Central,

French Bank Building. Hong Kong, 1st November, 1981.

Manager. a new series of tests described in effect of varying the rate of feed of Paper No. 71, carried out at the dust with constant air-current speed Buxton Research Station. large produced with the initial rate of scale plant was used and no foreign feed 4,000 volta; on doubling the dust was mixed with the coal dust, rate of feed, 5,800 volts; and on except when it was desired to as quadrupling, 7,000 volts were de- certain the specific effect produced veloped. In each case the voltage by the addition of atone or other was maintained, so long as the pas Bage of dust continued. Experi- dust.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK

OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, NEW YORK.

Capital, Surplus and

Undivided Profits U.S.$226,087,892

Branches ins

ARGENTINE BELGIUM

BRAZIL CHILE CHINA

LONDON MEXICO.

PANAMA

The Service Clubs have probably

been hit hardest. Reduction in personnel has led to a falling off In membership; there are fewer

more than one club at a time.

BOB AND BINGLE officers in a position to belong to

BANISHED.

The “Mingle.”.

The Hairdressers' General Com-

the Eton crop, the 'Bingle,

the Wind-blown Shingle, the Bob,

the Roll, and the Half-Length

Professional women's clubs have also suffered from the economic strain. To encourage attendance some men's clubs have opened special dining and tea rooms for women guasts.

The Cavendish Club in Ficcadil

meeting place of literary and which for 18 years was the

university men, has been taken over by the Royal Aero Club, after its mambership had declined from, about 2,000 to 800.

Unless matters improve, i feared that more clubs will And themselves in difficulties before the

A final series of laboratory ex-ments made with standard "stone" mittee and affiliated bodies have periments was first made to deter dust gave similar results with decreed that mine whether the igniting power of coplous sparking across geba up to sparks obtained with the laboratory in.

Space prevents our giving a full apparatus could be increased suffi ciently by means of suitable adjust account of all the experiments un- ment of its capacity to produce dertaken in the investigation; suffice ignition of inflammable gas. It was it to say that the results were such found that in the case of an 8.5 peras to leave no doubt that even the must be banished, and all women cent. methane-air mixture a spark simplest form of earthing, auch who aspire to be in the fashion year is out. must have an energy-content slight-mere contact with the earth must adopt the "Mingle," a com- 17 in excess of 0.002 joule to produce number of points or a side bination of the bob, shingle, wave, SETTLEMENTS ignition. It now became necessary berate "earth" connection, is suf- and curl.

to ascertain whether coal dust alone, ficient to prevent the accumulation unadulterated with emery powder, ducts in which dust-laden currents victorious at the recent Interns Sold To The Bank At A Sacrifice

Of £600. would give a similar result. For in tional Exhibition in Paris-the of Credita, Travellers' Cheques, Bills this purpose larger-scale tests were of air are conveyed--Engineering, most important trophy was cap of Exchange and Cable Transfers required which, further, would have Current accounts the advantage of approximating bought and sold. arul Savings Bank accounts opened more nearly to underground con- and Fixed Deposits in local and for ditions. elgn currencies taken at rates that

COLOMBIA CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. INDIA

.U.S.$8,000,000 .1.8.31,572,454 .U.S.$1,908,209

INC.

Head Office--65, Broadway, New York.

special charter of The National Gov Gremont as an

Reorganised October 28, 1928, under

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

BRANCHES :-

.$24,710,200.00

Amsterdam Antwerp

Genom

.$ 8,820,503.89

Athens Besid

Berlin

Partia

Bombay

diasgow ELATNOS Hamburg Ha170 Interlaken Jerusalem

Sice Xaples Pizanur Paris

Broken

Brussels

Buenos Aires Liverpool

iweertle

Colomba

Copenhagen Edleburgh Florence Geneva

Logana Lapse Maradian

Hall Arantah Mostruz Hit

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

Faid-Up Capital

Reserve Funds

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, 'Queen's Road Central.

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

We also handle the issue of Bonds

Calro Celestia Сквам

Lapdan

Constantinople onte Carlo

Posing Peking

Palortão Rotterdam Home Hambou

PERU PHILIPPINE

ISLANDS

PORTO RICO STRAITS

URUGUAY VENEZUELA

ITALY JAPAN

Commercial and Travellers' Letters

may be ascertained on application to The plant constructed at Buxton

the Bank.

We

F. McD. COURTNEY,

Hong Kong, June 16, 1931.

Shanghai Houthampton

Klagapore

St. Morit Thalain Vieans. Vozi Yokohama Zurich

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

consisted of a steel pipe 5 in. in

..

CHINA ARTS, LTD.

British hairdressers, having been

A BAR OF GOLD.

tured by a London man-have| made up their minds to lead the "pu

Somebody sold the Bank of Eng. world with a cofffeur that can be adapted to suit all types and ec- land a bar of gold and by doing casions,

so forfeited the market premiura They claim to have evolved on about 80s. an ounce, or a total style that is simple and pretty, that of £600.

The first meeting of the promot are also able to offer our Cas-diameter and 18 ft. long, supported ers of the China Arts, Limited, a tomers the services of the Branches horizontally about 5 ft. above the newly formed company for the can be done by the average hair- For the first time since England of the International Banking Cor- poration in San Francisco and Spain ground by two sbonite cradles rest making of Chiness films, was held dresser, and is best adapted to the suspended the gold standard the and also of The National City Bank ingon concrete pillars. A small in South China Restaurant, China average woman for both day and Bank of England announced a bul of New York (France), S.A., in Paris fan was arranged at one end, being Building, on Monday afternoon. evening wear. Here it is:lion movement. This took the form The hair is cut in layers, the top of the purchase of $1,698 bar gold. and Nice.

insulated by a section of ebonite Messrs. Chan Lim-pak, Lee Chung- Manager, piping 10 in. long and 5 in. chak, Chow Yat-wa, Sung Chiu- part being left long for waving At the statutory price at which the direct- chuen, Kwam Ho-wal, Chow How- and the lower parts curled and ar- Bank of England can buy gold this diameter. The fan was

represents one bar of 400 ounces. coupled to a series-wound motor, an leung, Wong King-wai, Lee Chok-ranged in a variety of ways.

The market price of gold in Lon Sometimes the curls appear at Cheuk-ming, Wong Chan adjustable resistance in the circuit Jai, THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. enabling the air current to be varied Shau-po, Ma Pak-man, Chiu Ling- the sides of the neck, the hair at don is now 114s. 9d. per omnce, continuously between 380 lin. ft. and fong, Lee Sal-yim, and Lee Man- the nape being cut to a plain point against the Bank's statutory buying. Another type of head the curls price of Bis. 9%d. per ounce. By 2,800 in. ft per minute. Coal-dust wa were present.

It was learned that Sir Shou-appear in a little bunch above the selling to the Bank the difference

between these was delivered to the fan intake by means of a conical hopper, in which son Chow, Lee Koo-chun, Chow nape or behind the ears. a helical worm revolved and could Chi-nam, Wong Mow-lam, Pang be adjusted to any desired speed, Cho-lup, Wong Tong, Chow Kin- Central Bank in Form

and the aperture constricted as de-fan, Lee Pak-yin, and Sung Hong Bank-Notes Isened "Average amount...Ten. 45.400.000 sired by a sliding shutter. The im are strongly behind the pro-

E BRANCHES AND AGENCIES)

apparatus was erected in the open jest, All classes of Commercial Banking JAPAN:--Toyko, Yokohama, Esbe, Osaka, Transactions undertaken.

FORMOSA Ora, Kay, Kurento, clung, air. An electrostatic voltmeter and Malong Nanto, Shinchi, Tinku, Talmaz, an explosion vessel were placed in ORIKA, Hankow, Amoy, Foochow an adjacent bullding, being connect- OTHERS-Hong Kong. Bingapore, Sparabera, ed to the steel pipe by a well- Semarang, Bataris, Bombay, London, New Insulated cable. The explosion-veskel York Dairon,

containing the inflammable gas mix ture consisted of a glass bulb about

Branches of American Express Com and other Publie. Fands of the Chin-pany in Principal cities of United ese Government both at home and States of America and Canada. Abroad.

SHOU J, CHEN,

Manager: Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Established 1880. Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund

Yen 118,200,000

Head Office:-YOKOKAMA ranches and Agènciós at:

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Nagasaki

Nagors Nawchwang

New York

Osaka

Polpies

Babon (Dalny) Rangoon Tengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Personal Investment accounta bandied.

The Company offers to intending: Travellers the use of its "Travellers Gheques and Letters of Crodit and, in addition, the world-wide services of it thoroughly equipped Travel Departm

W. DUGGAN,

Maza

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperint. Charter, 1899.

Takes Tamsui, Tren, Hello, Telto."

Balow, Canion.

A LONDON BANKERS:

Barclays Bank, Lid.. Lloyds Bank, Tetdi Mitting. Beak, Lid; 'Wostruizmler Blank, Ltd..

The Back has Correspondents in all the placipal Commercial Cenires - thoughout, the world) K. KAGURA,

ROMA TOO FANDI

By Des Vœux Mosă Geotrai. Hong Kong, December 3901,

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918

HEAD OFFICEL

10. Des Voeux Rosa, Casira

TONG KONG

Capital and Surph

Total Bes

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA LTD.

HEAD OFFICE)

15, Durch Brel, Lon

Authorised Capital:

Subscribed Capital

,000,000

1,059 Reserye Fund and Rest 1888,845

Paid-up Capital

The Bank of

gland k-Mildland Tank, Ltd.

MUSIC

Was it a test case, or did some

For evenings fancy combs are in the seller prices was lost to troduced to keep the curls in place.

The light little curls are most patriot bring his þar of gold to the provocative but suppose women Bank to help the country In his do not take to them!

crisie?

FOR TEACHING, etc.

ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY & ROYAL

COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

We now have in stock the music of the above Colleges. PIECES, STUDIES & TECHNICAL EXERCISES, in all grades. also" TOVEY CRAXTON" Edition of

BEETHOVEN SONATAS (in Volumes & Separate Numbers).

BACH 48 FRELUDES TUGUES

MOZART SONATAS.

TSANG FOOK PIANO.CO.

ICE HOUSE STREE