BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
1
Astoria Capital ----------------$30,000,000 Ised and Fully Peld-up 0,000,000 Вомств Гол
Blending socksakkan
£ 1.500.000 $10,000,000
Beserve Libility of Proprietors. $30,000,00 HEAD OFFICE: BONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1-
1. B. Pare, Eng.
Chairmat,
T. 1. R. Ram, Raq,
Hon. Mr. J. F. Isteryou.
Deputy Chalm00.
w, #. 361, E92
A. . Complos, Eng.
9. Suki, tay,
1. A. Flummer, Eng.
Hon. Mr. S. Mackie, 2. P. Warren, Raq.
ANOY
BANGKOK
BATATIA
DONNAY
V. M. Oraybura, Ent.
Chief Kunapee.
BRANCHES:-
LONDON
LYOXS
MALACCA
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
..£3,000,000 ..£3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
.£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
ALON STAB
KUCHING
MADRAS
AMBITSAR
BANGKOK DATATLA HUMILAT CALCETTA CANTON CAWNPOES CEBO
COLON BO
DELM HAIPHONG
DANTURS
BANKOW
NARDI
HONO UNO
MAXILL
NEW YORK
THE CHINA
and
Commerce
Finance
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
20 Utilities 40 Bonds
**8.14
DOLLAR STEADY AS SILVER DECLINES.
Pound Value Shows Improvement.
NEW SAFETY
DEVICE FOR
SUBMARINES
All British Craft To Be Fitted.
CANVAS CHAMBER
London.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1933.
PIRATES ATTACK AIR PILOTS
DANISH SHIP
Chief Officer Short In Chest,
THREE KIDNAPPED
DAUNTLESS
COURAGE
Flies 25 Miles With Fractured Skull.
MADE SAFE LANDING
New Orleans.*
Mr. R. A. D. Nielson, Chief Of- ficer aboard the Danish steamer'
A thrilling story of flying a Hon- All British submarines except Gustay Diederichsen, was shot in
are the chest during a piratical attack duran plane 25 miles to land in those listed for "acrapping" now being fitted with escape hat- on the vessel a few hours out of safety after an enemy bullet had ches for use in the event of disss-Hong Kong last night.
| blinded his right eye and fractur The local dollar remained steady, ter.
The ship was bound for Swatow, ed his skull during the recent Hon- and was quoted at 1/3% this
This fact was revealed to Reu-and was carrying a cargo of rice for duran revolt is told by Lowell ter's Naval Correspondent by an Swatow and general cargo for Yerex, a native of New Zealand. morning.
Yerex came to New Orleans to Silver prices, spot and forward official of the Admiralty, who sane- Bangkok. Mr. Nielson's wound is!
undergo treatment for his wound. not considered to be dangerous. 20.00 24 down declined, opening this morning tioned its publication. "The Admiralty's 75.47 67 down at 17 1/16 and 17%, respectively.
decision,"
It is understood that about 15 to The pilot, who explained that he taken 20 Chinese men perpetrated the at- had served with the British the Poseidon tack.
Three passengers were kid- Force during the World War, sald
been The London on New York cross he said, "has not Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Report:
market conditions are not
n reault of
Air
and we advise a "siderate rose from -G$3.40% to 6-as. The Conzen Bill gives G$3.41%, as did the New York on and M2 disasters. In point of fact mapped and taken ashore near Ping the incident occurred near Tegu
LO MO of
Currency power London
rate which was quoted at the new development was foresha-Chew, to Mics Bay. It og knows i asyalps Just beforz oper Lodz,
MEDAX
PEITING (Peking!
FKXANG
BASOOON
21.14
New York, Yesterday. Dow Jones Averages.
Last To-day's Change Aver. Aver.
50.16 .77 down 30 Industriale 50.93 20 Rails
.00 up **23,43
23.49
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CEVABANS
KEREMBAN
BOANGHAT
BINGAPORK
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BUNANATI
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KARACHT
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BANGOGN
YOKOHAMA
KUALA LUMPUR
SAIGON
ZAMBOANGA
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and
HARBIN
BONGLEW
ILONLO
JOHORE
TOKYO
KORK
TGINGTAO
XUALA LUMPUR
OKICUTTA
CANTON
MANILA
HUAR (Johor)
ON ETUO COLOMBO DAIKEN
MULDEX
NEW YORK
KOWLOO
BIANOCAL
SINGAPORE
BOUR DATA
HUNDEJ PATANI
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YOYOBAMA
Current Announte opened in Local Currency COM TWO OF and and Deposita recefeed for skorte periods is Local Currency and Overling on torine which will be quoted on appilaiton. Hong Kong, 25th February, 1933.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Betom of the abere Bank is sondachad HONG KONG AND BHANGHAI BANK. Bu'st way be shinland The CORPORATION.
01 THE FONOKONG AND CHANOMAT ALINKS CORPORATION.
V. M. QUATROKN,
Chief Munugter
Hong Kong, 25th February, 1933.
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING. CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlement) SUCCESSORS TO
The to Hong Bank, Ltd.
The Chinese Commercial Bank, Ltd. The Urersca-Chinese Bank, Ltd.
flead Office: Singapore.
Hong Kong Branch:-13, Queen's Rd. C.
Authorised Capital:-
Straits $40,000,000,00.
Paid-up Capital:-
Straits $10,000,000.00. Branches and Agencies in the princi- elpai eltion of the world.
Every doseription of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
Chun Kch Hai.
Manager.
ILOILO
TOE
Foreign
Banks equivalent to a G$3.423% as against £-G$3.41 dowed some years ago and dietatorship, meaning the segregation
EXCHANGES.
of bank asacis between the slow and yesterday. known liquid assets and the limiting basis of withdrawals to a
percentage General as applied to the known liquid assets. This should go a long way towards of bank holiday Current Accounts opened and Fix-preventing a slate ed Deposits received for one year or such as prevailed in Michigan recent- shorter periods at rates which will be ly. Business done: 1,250,000 shares. quoted on application.
Banking business transacted.
A. BREARLEY,
Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.
THE RANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Anaconda Copper Mining 334
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899..
Central Bank in Portunk. Bast-Xoine Issed range amount Yes. 48.500.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. JAPAN :—Tokyo Yokohama Kola, Quak
Karako, Keelung Sugi. PORNOSAÜ
Makong, Fanta, Shisobiku, Taliku, Tainan, "Takeo Tarul, Toen, Heilo, al
Amoj. Poocha, CHINA-boghal, snkow
Bersion, Canton OTHER✡ng Kong. Bingapom, Scorata, Semarang, Bataria, Bombay. London. New York, Deren.
LONDON BANKERS,
Barclays Bank, Ltd., Lloyde Deck, Lad, Midland Bay, Lid, Wistminster Bank, Ltd.
The Bank bas Correpondents in all the principe
Commended Centre hroughout the world. I. MAGURA.
MONG TONG THANGD:
De Your Boad Central. Hong Kong. Domber M, 1981.
Manager
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
NETHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY.
BANKERR
Canson
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
Last To-day's Price Price
On London
T.T.
Air Reduction
*1814
475%
On demand
1/3% 1/5%
Allied Chemical & Dye 71% American Can
50%
70% 49%
4 months sight... 1/3
American Tel. & Tel.: American Tob. "E"
96
Credits 4 monthe' 01%
.. 6176
62%
sight
1/44
674
5
On New York-
Auburn Barden Co. Canadian Pacific
32
On demand
21%
18/
15%
18%
8
84
Crédits 60 days'.
Motora
87%
844
sight
23
d Gas of N.Y. 40%
44%
On Paris-
Drugs, Inc.
21
3174
314
On demand
555
Du Pont
234 de Nemours
33%
Eastman
Kodak Electric Bond & Share.
50%
Credits 4 months'
10
-10%
10%
sight
696
General Electric
11%
114
On India-
General Foods
214
21%
T.T.
84%
General Motors
10%%%
10
Gillette Safety
134
18%
On demand
84%
Int. Harvester
14
On Shanghai-
Int. Harvester (Prof.). 85% Int. Tel. & Tel.
85%
On. demand
70%
5
Ou Kobe
49%
50 13% 12
On demand
106%
31%
84 321
On Manila-
On demand
43
24% 24%
On Singapore-
Pennsylvania Railway
15
14%
Radio Corp.
344
On demand..... 55%
Sears Roebuck
13
On Batavia—
1344
Standard Oil Co. of N.J. 23% Soeony-Vacuum Corp..
2214
On demand
54%
614
On Saigon-
Union Carbide & Carbon 20% Union Pacific............. United Clates Steel... 24% Westinghouse E. & M.. 204
201
On demand
55
05%
23% 19%
Ori Bangkok-
145
Sovereigns Bank buy-
ing rate
1/4%
Bar silver per oz. 17.1/16 Bar Silver in Hong
Kong Copper Cash
Nominal
Nominal
1% prem.
Liggett & Myers "B" Loew's Inc.
Montgomery Ward
National Biscuit
Pacific Gas & Electric Facie
לט
699
On demand
SHARE MARKET.
the of official The
summary Stock Exchange issued yesterday at 3.30 p.m.--
There was a little more doing Copper Cente to-day in the general list, and Rate of Native In-
torest small in though comparatively .1.150,000,000 volume, the market displayed some .f. 80,030,000 liveliness. .... 20,015,000
Established 182
Hong Kong Cflow:-)k, Queen's Ioad Central
Authorized Capital Pald-Up Capital Reserver
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.ache: Bandformacia,
Established 1912.
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
Authorised Cephat (II.K. Currency) ...$11,000,000 0,665,000
Faid-Up Capital ..............
Beer Fund... 1,750)
BRANCERS-
Carion, Banglaml Hanko, Bangkok,
and Ben Fresco.
LONDON BANKERS--
The Lloyd's lank, Limited.
OORRESPONDENTS
in all principal cities of the World.
Tags Exchange, and making business of
every dancription tracted,
Bali Dapoli Bozs (various sine) at a yearİy
rectal of from #5 40 40,
LOOK POONG SHAN.
Chief Manager.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
Established 1888,-
Capital (fully paid-up) Yea 100,000,000 .Yen 117,800,000 Reserva Fund
Bad Off-ANSTERDAM”. £actor and Cision:-BATAVIA.
Bombay Bandoang Calcutta Chariton, Damber, Djos Jakarta, To Ragna". Ziddalı olan, Makamaz, Wadan, Falambang. Pika Songne, Prang. Hasgnon, Botirdam", Semarang", Shanghai, Blogspars, Bowra bala, horskaria (Solo), Tags, Tilaajna and Wakavraden”.
*These or bara Rate Depends Boxes to t
LONDON BANKERS —
NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LID,
Coriapondante all over the world. Backing Buai-
ness of every descripios sencsot pë
A. STOKKINE
Manager. Hong Kong, 21st June, 1982.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC.
Read 0ce-65, Broadway. New York.
Capital Surplus
‚‚U.S.$6,000,000,00 ....1.8.$1,832.882.06
BOBOTTOS........U.B.$1,458,116.78
BRANCHES
Glas
Sanabordam
· Layana
Head Bee:-~YOKORAMA.
ΓΙ'
Benschon and Agencion ut: Alexandria
Blartie Bombay
Bramen
Batayin
Bariln
Bombay
Caletta
Canton
Nagasaki Nagora Newchwang New York Onks Pariz
Dairen (Dalny) Paiping
(Mukden) Rangoon
Bankow
Harbia
Bong Kong Honolulu
Halaking
Kal-Yuen
Karach! Kaba London
Los Angeles
Manila
Rio de Janeiro Ban Francisco Seattle
Semering Shanghai Bhimonoseki Singapore Hoerabaya Bydney
Tokyo Taingtan
Buenos A Cale Galle Оры Calcul
Plamenan Gewers
·
Glasgow
Las Inte
Lalo
Landon Liverpoo L.
Laguna
Pack Penang
Kottalan Lame
Bambl
Manghai Beuthampton
Blagapans
Marnelling
Monte Carlo
Manila
Manich
Min
Valdes Yokohama Zariak Branches of American Express Com pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canadi.
All classes of Commercial Bankding Transactions undertaken.
Personal investment accounts handled.
The Company offers to intending Interset allowed on Current Asravelers the one of it ("Travalery Deposits roostved for fixad paroda Choquae") and Lettere of Credit anda
at race to be obtained in application, in addition, the world-wide swirless of its thoroughly equippad Trural - De:
Heng
HMORI
■ W. DUGGAN,
Rates fluctuated to a slight ex- tent only, with hardly any change on balance.
Sales
China Underwriters: $2.35. Benguet Consolidated: $18. Providents (Old): $4/4.13. Hotels (Old); 87.55. Ewo Coltons: Tls. 13. Star Ferries: $90%.
China Lights (Old): $8.65/8.80. Cements (Combined): $7.90.
Buyers.
Douglases: $31.
H.K. Sveamboats: $22.
Benguet Consolidated: $17. Providents (Old): $4.
Hotels (Old): $72,
Chinese Estates: $95. H.K. Electrics: $282. Macao Electrica: $24.30. Cements (Combined): $7.30. Constructions (New): 90 cents. B. Ind. G. Bonds: 65%. H.K. Govt. Loans: 4% Prem. Sellers.
Raubs: $11. Shanghai Cottons: Tis. 70. Constructions (Old): $4.90.
WEATHER FORECAST
East winds, moderate, cloudy with fog or light rain is the weather! forecast for to-day, states the report issued from the Royal Observatorý: [
34% 1.8. 80% día.
Chinese Sub. Coin Hong Kong Sub. Coin par.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen
Wel-hai-wel."
•
was who the victims are, as Police are ties ceased. He commanded four largely inspired by the successful still investigating the affair, aboard planes in the Nationalist forces in
Honduras, he said. experiments with the Davis escape the vessel.
At the time he was shot, Zerex' News of the attack. reached the apparatus-which afterwards saved the lives of Chief Petty Officer Colony this morning in a wireless said, he was piloting a former New Willis and several of his comrades message from the master of the Oricans superintendent of police, when the Poseidon was rammed off vessel, Capt. J. Jacobsen, who stat-over the rebel stands where he was ed that the ship had been pirsted engaged in operating a machine gun The new hatch is understood to and was making her way to Hong and dropping bombs from the be simple in design. It is fitted in Kong.
plane, scattering the rebels.
The bullet that struck the pilot The limited number of passengers | the fore compartment and held down by clips, which are easily reaboard at the time, were mostly re- seemed to sear his right eye, blind- moved. Underneath the hatch, In-latives of the charterers in Banging it, and then grazed his fore- side the submarine, is a collapsible kak
Wong Hok-lai and Wong head, fracturing his skull. canvas trunk. This can be quickly Hok-hau, two brothers, eons of one In his wounded condition, ho released, and when in position it of the managers of the charterers, said, there was nothing he could forma a type of air lock,
were among the passengers return- do to survive but fly the 25 miles When an accident occurs, the
to Tegucigalpa, where he Landed ing home. crew of the submarine enter the
The ship was carrying no bullion safely.
For eight days he remained in the fore compartment, release the can- and had aboard very little of value vas trunk and open the water inlet to the attackers, who landed at Mirs hospital at Tegucigalpa and then
enters the compartment Bay and disappeared in the hills.
he was permitted to leave for New until it reaches a height at which The first Police report states that Orleans for treatment by specia- was awatbed in the pressure is equalised, some air the vessel was pirated by 8 Chinese lists. His head remaining in. the top of the com-males at 7 p.m. last night when the bandages when he arrived here...
"Flying 25 miles under these con-... ship was 9 miles from the Nine-
ditions was not pleasant, but it was
The sea
the men enter the
partment. This enables to wait their turn to trunk one by one, open the hatch pins. and escape.-Reuter.
GIRLS MORE
LIABLE TO TUBERCULOSIS
Housing Conditions Not Responsible. NEW YORK RESEARCH.
New York.
The reason more girls than boys die of tuberculosis In New York, says the National Tuber- culosis Association of U.S.A., is because they are. girls.
After an
:
They commandeered the bridge all we could do, and we made it," and took the ship to Mirs Bay, be- Yerex grinned.-Reuter. hind Ping Chau Island. At 6.30
this morning, they left the ship SEARCHING FOR THE landing at Mira Bay in junk.
& small
They took with them three Chin- ese males, as well as a quantity of jewellery and money. The value of
the stolen property is not yet known. On arrival of the ship this morn- ing, Mr. Nielson was removed to hospital for treatment.
LOCAL ESTATES
Canton Merchant Leaves $22,500.
SNEEZING GERM.
Scientists Hope For Antidote.
Rochester, Minnesota, Tests to determine the cause of sneezing are under way at the Mayo Clinic.
Germs taken from the blood of a girl who recovered after, a ten-day sneezing affliction, have been injected into rabbits, in the hope of discovering an organism that causes sneezing.
"This is the first time that tests in cases of sneezing have
Probate in the will of Lo Foon-ag, been conducted in this world, to. investigation of alias Lo Shiu-chi, allas Lo Yuen On my knowledge," Dr. Rosenow every tuberculosis death in New Tong, retired merchant, who died in said, "but we have not as yet York City in a year, among girls the West Suburb, Canton, and left gained any definite results.
We
16 to 24 years old, two mem-$22,500, has been granted by the are hoping that we will find a streptococous that causes sneez- bers of the Research staff found: Supreme Court to the widow.
may be "The primary cause of in- Letters of administration in the ing, so that a serum creased tuberculosis mortality estate of Carmen Schoer, devised to combat it."-Reuter.
London, Yesterday,
Paris
86 9/16
New York
3.414
Montreal
4.102
Brussels
24.80
Geneva
17.531/4
Amsterdam
8.45 66* 14.28
tors.
18 20/32
OBlo
22 7/16 19
Vienna
20 Nom.
Prague
Ifelsingfors
220%
Madrid
Lisbon
41 3/32 110
Athens
597/2
the influx of girls from
Bucharest
575
280
6% Nom.
Belgrade Rio
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Bombay
Shanghat
Hong Kong
Yokohama
114%
Mrs.
sworn
at
have been husband, Mr. Deceased who
among women lies in blological
$2,000, environmental fac-granted rather than
to her Frederich Schaer. "For psychological reasons resided
Road, CANADIAN - GERMAN at 53 Nathan
TRADE, which are not abnormal nor died Intestate
the French jo pathological in any way, young Hospital on January 5, this year. women are, always have been, Letters of administration and yery likely will continue to also granted to the widow, in the fatal estate of Chiu Chan-wan, alias Chiu be, more susceptible to tuberculosis than other groups Tai-yau, sworn, at $1,700. Deceased. of the population."
were
poultry merchant, died at the The report said low incomes, Yeung Wo Hospital.
rural
areas to the cities and housing
conditions played no vital part
3 Months' Agreement Concluded.
-Ottawa.
Canada and Germany have con- cluded a temporary three months re- ciprocal trade arrangement where- by Canada gives Germany favoured
tariff schedules It also found WOUNDING CASE AT nation treatment or intermediate
in the causes. Official Rate that tuberculosis strikes
33 Nom.educated · even 1/6%
1/8 5/16
1/3 1/21/
the
more severely then the uneducated. It said there was no evidence to aup- port the theory that employment of young women is responsible
culosis death rate. Reuter.
South African pound £99%-for their relatively high tuber.
£100% per £100 sterling. Silver Spot.... 17 1/16 Silver Forward. 17% War Loan 84
-99%
-British Wireless Service
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Established 1918,
HEAD OFFICE:
10, Des Voeux Road, Central, HONG KONG
Capital and Burplus Total Resources
`ovec HS 8,000,000.00
over H.$40,000,000.00 Evary description of Banking and Exchange business. transcted.
Current and Fixed Depoilt Accounts in local and for- sign currencies opened, for clients.
Savings Account and Safe Deposit Bonas, Branches and Ages
all over the world.
KAN TONG
SESSIONS.
Attack On Silk Factory, Manager.
Three Chinese Foo Fung-ling,
while Germany grants Canada more favourable rates on a considerable list of Canadian exports. These include:--
Apples, woodpulp, dairy produce, breakfast foods, canned lobster and aardines.
It is expected that the tempor-
Canada
Wong Kam-chuen, and Chan Ah-ary treaty will be followed by a yau, were this morning arraigned permanent trade convention opening
Germany and GANGSTERS INCOME before the Puisne Judge, Mr. up a larger flow of reciprocal trade
Justice Wood, at the Criminal between Besalons charged in connection with which for the past two decades, ban the wounding of Sum Hang Chuen, been circumscribed by the mutual
chedules.-Reuter. silk factory manager at Kowloon application of the highest tariff City.
Mr, H. K. Holmes, Crown Soll- citor, whe prosecuted, said the tree accused were employees of the
TAX WORRIES. Agents Investigating Racketeering Profits."
Chicago, Illinois.
.. -
Incomes and taxes of more victim of the attack. The charge than a hundred Chicagoans, in-aross out of a quarrel between the'
INSUBORDINATION
cluding several gang chiefs are firat accused and the factory: Two Indian Warders Fined $36 Being quietly investigated by manager, to whom the former had applied, for a loan and was refused, Federal agents.
The case is proceeding.
It is reported that the incomes of many racketeers, politicians, police officers and business men are being scrutinized.
A almilar investigation
has
led to prison sentences for All and Ralph Capone, Frank Nitt the Guzik brothers, Terry Drug
GIRLS TAKE TO PIPES.
**New Orleans.
Grosi
insubordination and re- fusal to obey orders to leave the Buperintendent's office at Victoria Gaol, resulted in two Police guards, Ghulam Sarvar, 20, and Mohamed Khan, 21, appearing before. Mr. Wynne-Jones in, the Central Police Court this morning.
An ultra-modern" group After evidence was given, his Wor-
gan and other ang chieftains among the Newcomb College co- Both men pleaded not guilty, who neglected to pay taxes on eds here has decided to smoke chip convicted and imposed a fine of cheaper $38 or three weeks gaol on each de- Incombe from quor," "running pipe
and racketeer
“fendantarb
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