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THE

CHINA MAIL.

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.

THE HO HONGANK, LTD.

(Establisko 917.)

HEAD OFFICE NGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: Rueen's Rd. C

Authorland Capital

#6,100,000

• quin foc,omne

Inmund mit Pully Palilup

Kosova Funda 1-

Bharting w

Bilvarmeniente... $10,000.000

Beserva Liability of Propriators $30,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-

Hon. Mr. 0, 0, 8. Mackie,

Phalen

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterers.

W: H, Bell, Beq.

Deputy Chairman.

A. H. Decaptea, Baq.

G. Whils, B

1T, E. Parts, Kaq,

1. 4. Plummet, Beş,

T. II. K. Bhaw, Raq.

J. F. Warren, Baq,

AMOT BANGKOK BATAVIA

Ohis! Manager.

3. M. Grojbuis, Bag

BRANCHES +-*

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

DOMBAY

MUAR SERO)

HULDEN

CALCUTTA

NEW YORK

ΟΑΥΤΟΚ

CEZPOG

COLOMBO

DAIRKE

FUOCHOW

HAMONG

HAMACHO

HANIST

BARDIN

HONOKSW

YLOHLA

XPOH

JOKOER

KOM

KUWLGON

KUALA LUMPUR

FRIPING

PENANO.

BANGOON

BAIGON

HAN FRANCISCO

RIANORAL

SINGAPORE

ROUBADYA

SUNOMI PATAHI,

TIESTAIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO FORDHAMA

Cenant course oponed in Tora! Currency Pizad Doppsite coceled for one your or shorter periods in Local Currenty and Marling am tertia which will be grato ou application. Hong Hong, Dacomber 7, 1981.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Besloot of the above Brok le conducted by HONG KONG AND SHANGILAT DANK. ING CORPORATION. But may be obtained an agglination.

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGTIAL BANEKI OJRPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

and

Commerce

Finance.

Authorised Capital

$20,000,000

Issued Capital

8,000,000

Paid-up Capital

4,000,000

Reserva LisbBites

of Shareholders

4,000,000

HÉAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Surplus

2,687,000

Branches. Agencies

Correspon

Paid-up Capital

.23,000,000

Reserve Fund

$4,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

dents in the principalities of the world.

INSURANCE AND GOLD.

prietors

£3,000,000

Every description ofanking and Exchange business tranted.

Agencies and Branches:

Request to

Mazager.

ALOR STAR

KUCHING

Limit Conversions.

AMRITSAR BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON

CAWNPORK

GEDU

COLOMBO DAIREM DEL.DI HAIPTIONG

HAMBURG HANKOW

HARDIN

HỒNG TONG

ILOILO

IPON

KARAOKI

KLANO

KODE

·

KUALA KANGSAI

KUALA LUMPUR

MADRAS

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK

TEPING (Pelag}

PENANG

BAKOOON BALOON

REMARANG SKREMBAN SHANGHAL SIYOPORS

SOUDA BATA

TOKYO

Treasury's TAN ENHOOL,

BANQUE DE L'IND HINE,

HEAD OFFICE

96, Boulevard Hausinn,

PARIS.

Capital fully paid up Frap,000,000 Reserves (81.18.1930) Fr888.45

BRANCHES:

"Whatever effect our going off

NEW BRIDGE FOR OLD IN A NIGHT.

Engineers' 12-Hour Fest at Eltham.

Between midnight and noon one

the

2 чет

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5,

HOW RAILWAYS ARE ECONOMISING.

Clever Mechanical Devices Solve Problem.

In

SEARCHLIGHT SIGNALS.

the adoption of many mechanical devices as part of the [rail' economy measures consider able ingenuity is being shown.

The greatest development has

the gold standard may have had day recently, engineers cut out an probably taken place in the signal- on the actual conduct of business, iron bridge carrying a branch of ling department. The introduction

Southern it is good to be able to say, quite

Railway across of power-operated points' has definitely, that it has had no Westhorne Avenue, Eltham, lifted lengthened the scope and control effect whatever on the prestige of it away, and inserted

of the signalmen and led to im Great Britain in the foreign in- bridge, 85 ft. long. surance market," writes the in- They finished the task at 12.15 provements. Extended use. is be an houring, made of colour-light, signals, Ot Places surance correspondent of the Man- p.m.-three-quarters of

ichester Guardian Commercial. less than the time planned. Soon "We are still the favoured nation. afterwards a Charing Cross-Dart and many installations are at pre- Our policies are still preferred, ford train crossed the new bridge, sent in hand. and, in spite of necessary adjust- The job is stated to be one of The "approach" lighting ments, the flow of foreign basi- the biggest of its kind ever per-signals, by which the trains them-

of formed in Great Britain. continues,

It was This is

'solves automatically illuminate organised to supreme Importance.

4 hair's-breadth, and went through perfectly in a night and "What has, of course, happened of rising fog.

extinguish colour light signals, has also been succesfully is a variety of adjustments. on

Part of a road-widening scheme, applied to long open stretches of existing contracts. The British it was carried out by the London line. New "searchlight" colour to issue their policies in foreign tion of the Southern Railway Chief are arranged to throw three offices have always been propared County Council to the specifica- light signals, in which the lenses four different coloured beams of

SITIAWAN

TAIPINO

TIENTAIN

TONGKAH (Dhuket)

TRINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

SAUDOANGA

Indo-China. Chine. Saigon

Canton Battambang

Bakok Cathe Fort-Bayard Haiphong Hankeou Diti Hanoi Thanb-Bas

Hongkong

Note Hve

Mengtze Nam Dinh Peping Pape Pnom-Peah

Shanghai Quinhea

Fonderi Tientain Tourane Ylab

Yunnanfoo Singira

ness

Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transscted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for one year or shorter perioda at rates which will be quoted ôn application. ·

3. STUART.

Manager.

Hong Kong, August 17, 1981.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

FNETHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY)

wwwww..com.com

BANKERS.

Established 18M,

Hong Kong Onion:-11, Queen's Road Central.

Authorised Gapital Prid-Up Capital

Chiel Hanger.

Basorry Fuad,

Hong Kong, 19th July, 1980.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

Head Office:-Hong Kong.

Authorised Capital (1.H. Ourrency) ...$11,000,000 Paid-Up Capital

****** 005.000 1,100,000 Mamers Fund.....

BRANCHES ¿--

Canton, Shanghai, ffaoke, Balow, Bangkok, New York and San Francisco,

LONDON BANKERS :-

The LAspd's Bank, Limited, DORIAMPONORNTS

Xa sit principal cities of the World.

Presigs, Brohaam and isoking buluam of

revy deuriptian transacted.

Bala Dapanis Barna fraciona Emas) at a yearly

wal of Ergen $ to $40

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief ManageÉ.

Guildars 180,000,500.

Guildora 89,089,000. Quilders 40,015,000-

Band (fica:—AMSTERDAM", Fair Hond OMe |--BATAVIA,

Beanchor-Deadjerrain, Bandung", Bombay,

Calcutta, Dawibon, Djomber,

Djak jakarta". The · Hague* Jiddah, Kobe, Makamar, Meden, Palembang. Paka kogen. Panang, Rangoon, Rotterdama“,

Securing", Bhanghai, Singapore, Boss

bula, Bouakarta (Solo), Tegal, jilatjap God Waltevreden”.

* Those odions have Baia Deposit Bozse to Let.

LONDON BANKERS --

NATIONAL PROVINSIAL BANK LTD.

Correspondents all over the world. Desking Duel- seus ul erary damaīpilan levasacted.

A STOKKINE,

Hong Kong, lai December, INL

THE

Manager.

rangements.

Safe Deposit Boxes to lat Travellers' choques issued

of

or

CLAREMONT

PRIVATE HOTEL· Austin Road, Kowloon

- (Facing the Kowloon Cricket Club. Four minutes from ferry by bus.)

Bulter 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 sapset f one of the finest locations in Kowloon, away from, noise, yet axally accessible."

Tarma very moderate. Reserva- tions by letter or cable.

CLAREMONT

Tel.: 57880 & 578856(Private). Telegraphic Add.: "Farm" H.. .Our motto J. “SERVICE.”

Every description of Bank and Exchange Busitess transacted.

Interest allowed on Current Aunts Currencies, but a great deal of for Engineer. and Fixed Deposits accordingar.eign insurance has always been The new roadway had been cut light many yards in even the dena- done on a sterling basis. Con- through the railway embankment, cat fog, are to be fustalled be- fidense In this basis may be and the new, longer bridge, com-tween Northallerton, and York. shaken, but confidence in British plete with sleepers and rails, had On the permanent way, the cost Foreign been set up on steel rollers near of upkeep of branch lines has been policies in sterling became imme- the old bridge.

reduced by the diately an inadequate insurance

Immediately after the passing aquade of plate-layers provided

of ALEXANDER to the extent of about 25 per cent.

of the last overnight train with petrol driven trollies, capable on property or risk they covered mechanics cut away and removed of taking ten men at a speed of

A. BONNAL

Mader.

5, Queen's Road Central, French Bank Building. Hong Kong, 1st November, 108

THE NATIONAL CITY BAN

OF NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.

Capital, Surplus and

Branches in:-- ARGENTINE LONDON

Insurance

ed.

dollars.

has not.

"The conversion

noon.

into dollar

Undivided Prosta ..U.S.$226,037.3%was freely done by the companies for a short time, but as the flood bf conversions went on it became known to the Treasury. They

ealised that as policies inevitably i roduce claims, the existence of

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CHILE

MEXICO PANAMA PERU

CHINA COLOMBIA

CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PORTO RICO STRAITS

URUGUAY VENEZUELA

FURNESS, WITHY ISSUE.

formation

Track-Laying Train.

INSTITUT

DE BEAUTE

Phone 25169. Pedder Building (lat Floor)

Opposite Entrance to Hong Kong Hotel.

CHARGES MODERATE

A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.

`UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

in a country in relation to whose the old bridge, and within two 25 miles an hour to and from their currency our own had depreciat- hours pulled the 440 tons of the work. more stable currency,

The assured, seeking for a new bridge into position, ready

asked the for the welders and riveters. British companies to reissue their

Very few trains were affected, Additional line-side telephones policies, sometimes in Dutch HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, florins, but chiefly in American over the new bridge in the after-by the L.N.E.R. with a track-lay- which are Large. Soft and Natural

and there was normal running are also being installed. Interest-

ing experimenta have been made Lustrous Oll Permanent Hair Waves - ing train, which relays lengths of Treatment, Shampooing, Henna Pack Artistle Finger and Marcel Waves, Off track by mass production methods. (any calour), Hair Cutting and Ma

In another direction, the costly care for Ladies and Gentlemen. Con work of painting railway build-scientious, Artistic Work by European ings and property is being made Expert, Mr. Alexander. cheaper by the introduction of paint spraying machines. Port- It was twenty-one years since able electric arc n immense number of policies the company had raised any fresh ances are giving a new lease of welding appli- ritten in London, and all pay capital, Sir Frederick Lewis told life to the steel girders of rail- ble in dollars meant vast fature shareholders of Furness, Withy & way bridges. SETTLEMENTS chases of dollars to meet claims, Co. at a meeting in explanation of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. INDIA

da farther disturbance, to our the board's decision to create and delivering and automatically regis- the

The following unclaimed tele ITALY

Mechanical coaling appliances, grams are lying at the office of JAPAN

advantage, of the American ex issue. 2,000,000 лет Commercial and Travellers' Lettersenge.

Great Northern Telegrap ordinary tering the amount of coal supplied Company It must be remembered of Credits, Travellers' Cheques, Billst one

shares. During that period the to each engine by the depression marki

(Limited) of of Exchange and Cable Transfers es of being the world's market serves either the whole or a sub-economies; and further experimen-chai Road, from Tokyo. of the peculiar advan company had acquired out of re of a button, bought and sold. Current accounts insurance

havė realised Kiyohara, Majima Hospital, Wan- and Savings Bank accounts opened

that insurance stantial portion of the share tal machinery of this type is be and Fixed Deposits in local and for- Phiums are payable in advance. capital of fifteen different coming produced at York to deal with from Kobe.

taken at rates that get the money long before we panies, and had written down the the softer kinds eign currencies may be ascertained on application to deer the goods, since in point book value of these agasts con- suffer damage when brought from Hankow.

of coal which the Bank

ofime claims must lag behind siderably below their proper value. overhead storage bunkers. We are also able to offer our Cas- tonters the servicos of the Branches prilums. We have always, "We now feel," he said, "that it of the International Banking Cor-thefore, the benefit in this coun- is deafrable to replace some of the the modernisation of machinery in

Mass production methods and Shanghal. poration in San Francisco and Spain try of an enormous pool of re resources which have thus been the railway workshops are further and also of The National City Bank sers on account of foreign busi- utilised for the general purposes points of progress. At the carri of New York (France), S.A., in Paris nes and Nice.

of the company, and to enable us age depots the installation of F. McD, COURTNEY,

any serious proportion of to take advantage of any favour brash and water machinery, which Manager. the vast funds had been convert able opportunities. Hong Kong, June 16, 1991. ed to dollars to cover the re- further expanding our business," cleans the outsides of carriages

issubf policies in dollars at the

and vans in two or three minutes, Sir Frederick reported that the has been substituted for the old rate f exchange ruling at the board had recently been in nege methods of hand cleaning by from Macao. date conversion it is easy to tiation for the purchase of addi- brush and buckets.

INC.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國中

Head Dice: 65, Broadway, New York,

Reorganised October 25, 1938, under

Capital

special charter of The National Gov- ernment as an

Surplus

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

Bubicielbed Capital....$26,000,000.00 Pald-Up Capital $24,710,200.00 Reserve Funds

# 3,820,503.82

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL

HONG KONG BRANCH:

3, Queen's Road Central.

Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the Important cstomercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our ellente special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.

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

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager. Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.

THE TOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Y

Reserves

.U.S.$6,000,000 ..U.S.$1,672,464 ...................U.S.$1,908,209

BRANCHES

Amsterdam

Ashatta

0004

Nios

Borlin

Biarrit

Bombay

Brutols

Buenos Aires

Calro Caloutis Cannes

Glasgow Har Hamburg 114TH Interlaken Jauniem taldo Londen Liverpool Laverne LUZADO

Naples

Pirmen Parle

Braman

Jaior Colombo

Mus Constantinople Monte Carla

Bunich Mantrax

Copenhage Manila Edinburgh Piorun Сепета

PHILATE Fuking Palerino Itotterdam Itame Siamthoul Shanghal Southampton Alagaporn St. Moni Tieutrin

Veuten Tokohama Zutiob

Branches of American Express Com- pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.

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

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

Cantal Bank in Formosa,

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Bank-Setos isased Average amount...Yan. 45,000.00

All classes of Commercial Banking JAPAN-Toyke, Yokohama, Robe, Transactions undertaken.

FORMOSA Gires,

Personal bandled

investment nccounta

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers' Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide servicos of its thoroughly equipped Trayel

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 | Department

Fund

Yon 118,290,000

Head Offen;-YOKOHAMA.

soleti and Agencies at:

(Mulden)

Naganaki

Nagoya

Newchwang

New York

Osaka

Paris

Peipias Bangoon Rio de Jahelre

E. W. DUGGAN,

Manager.

14

ja

Antiks, Terukuni Maru, Tusen,

Glendarnee

Broadbent, Krom

Desborough

Kremlin, from

F. V. JENSEN,

Superintendent.

齿

of still

Bring Your PRINTING { Problems to Us"

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD. SA WYKONAN, ST.

see at might have happened. tional assets, and though theso The easury, therefore, asked the negotiations had broken down it insure companies, in the was always possible they might be nation interest, to Ilmit conver- revived. An order for the con- sions Into the currency of the struction at а cost of over assure his bankers, or the finan- £1,000,000 of a sister ship of the to cont a sterling policy into the Bermuda, recently destroyed cial rests Involved, and only Monarch of Bermuda, to replace dollars for American Interests. at Belfast, had already been plac Wakong, Beata, Balaobik T. agreed to this, because they would be posted to shareholders.

Zelus The iurance companies have ed.

CHINA RAIL, BLDG The terms of the new issuo Takao, Tamau, Toon, Hello, Talio. CHINA:-Bagh, lschow, say, Foochow realise hat the conversion

Swabw.Canim.

of The shares would be offered at a OTHERS-Hoog oog. Bingapore Boersbays, sterling licies into French and figure well below the quotations Femarang, Batavia, Bombay, L, M Belgian rancs, marka, kroner, which have generally prevailed in florins, and a variety of for the market for several years eign curacies presents no dan past." An Interim dividend of gers comrable to these involved 32 per cent. on the existing by the cessity to implement capital would be declared payable claimsbyhe purchase of dollars on January 1, and the director only. Thisk, In other words, is hoped to be able to maintain the spread on rue Insurance lines total dividend for the current year

at 7 per cent.

York, Dairen

LONDON BANKEES,

Barclays Bank, Yad,, Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Midland Dark, Lid., Westminster Bink, Ltd.

The Bank has Correspondente in all the pelosipe Commercial Centre Miroughout the world

K. MAGURA,

KORD KONG BRAṣon ›--

# Day Vosur Road Contra! Elour Kong, December 24, 1925.

Manager.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918.,

HEAD OFFICE:

10. Des Voeux, Road, Central HONG KONG

Capital and Surplu Total

OvaTM H.$ 8,000,000:00:

000,000.00 cription of Banking and Exchange business.

Accounts, to local, and forw

KAN TO

THE GRAOPHONE COMBINE.

Balan

Sheet Surprise

and that for H.M.V. 16 p.c. against 20 pic.

Although satisfactory amount of business was maintained at The combi report of the past various oversens difficulties, which home, unfortunately, owing to year's result, the Gramophone grew worse as the year progre Do and b

nophone ed; both turnover, and profite Co., now b in Electrical and suffered Musical Ind

considerably. Competi tion between the companies ned,

Pronta panies con compared:

Hong Kong, December 30, 1981.

The following unclaimed tale grams are lying at the E.E. Tele- graph Co. Office, Hong

Mrs. Bolaseree, s.s. Kwangtung,

Cox, c/o Fire, from Greench. Madame Hackin, passenger. on Board Porthos, Messageries Mari- times, from Paris.

Michel Jobson Shanghai.

Silva, 12, Quee Shanghai.

Co., from

Road, from

C. C. CLARKE,

Manager Hong Kong, December 81, 1981

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