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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

Suthorland Capital

Losed and Fully Paid-up $3,000,000 Baneers Fanda 2-

Berling......

1,500,000

BU10,000, 100

Barre Lishllity of Proprietors $30,000,000

READ OFFICE: HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—

T. E. Feros, Kag. Chairman.

T. 11. B. Bhan, Esq.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

£3,000,000

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability

of Pro-

prietors

£5,000,000

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and Finance

DIVIDEND OF

50 CENTS.

£8,000,000 H. K. ROPE MANUFACTURING

CO., LTD.

Agencies and Branches:

ΟΙΚΟΚΟΙ

ALOR STAR

AMBITSAR

Deputy Chairman.

W. H. Beil, Faq.

Hos, Mr. J. £. Polarson.

1. H. Complo. q.

J. A. Plummer, Eng.

Hon Mr. G.0.8. Mickle. J. P. Warren, Log,

G. Miskin, Hiny.

V. K. Graybarn, Yaş.

Chist Manager,

BRANCHES | ka

LONDON

ANOT

BANDROK

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

OLLOUTTA

CANTON CHEPOO COLOMBO DAIREN

Poconow

BALPHONG

HAMBURO

HANKOW

HARDIN

HOKKEW

ILOILO

LPOH

JODORA

KORR

KOWLOOK

KUALA LUMPUB

LIONS

MALACCA

BATAVIA

BUYBAY

CALOUSTA

CANTON CAWKPORR CEDO

HAIPHONG

KUCHING

MADRA

MAXILL

MEDAN

NEW YORK

PEIPIKO (king) PENANO BANGOON

COLOKBO

SAIGON

DELHI

BEKARANG

SEXIMBAN

HAMBURG

BEANGHAI

HANKOW

BINGAPORE

LABBIN

LITLAWAN

MANILA

пока поха

BOURABAYA

MVAB (Johore)

ILOILO

TAITING

MUKDEN

IPOH

TIEXTAIN

NEW YORK

KARACHI

TONGEAK (Bhules}

ΓΕΙΡΙΚΟ

XLANG

TENGTAO

XORN

YOKOHAMA

KAMBOANG

and

General

PENANG

RANGOOX

BALOOX

SAN FRANCI800

BHANGBAI

SINGAPORE

BOURABATA

SUNGZI PATANI

TIENTSIN

TOKTO

TKINGTAO YOFOHAMA

Current Arupte opond to Loral Ourso wad Fixed Deppelle erived for one your or shorter periods in Local Carrier and Sharling estorm which will be quoted on applicatio

Hong Kong, 26th February, 1933.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Bacarne at the abers Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI MAXI- INS CORPORATION. Laine may be atta

FOR THE HONGKONG AND ABAKORAT BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Masso Hong Kong, 25th February, 1983.

OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING. CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlement) SUCCESSORS TO

The Ho Hong Bank, Ltd.

The Chinese Commercial Bank, Ltd. The Oversea-Chinese Bank, Ltd.

Head Office: Singapore.

Hong Kong Branch:-13, Queen's Bd. C.

Authorised Capital:-

Strait

$40,000,000,00.

Paid-up Capital:-

Straits $10,000,000.00.

Branches and Agencies in the princi- cipal cities of the world.

Every description of Banking and! Exchange business transacted.

Chus Keb Hai

Manager.

KUALA LUMPUR

Exchange

The General Managers of the Hong Kong Rope Manufacturing

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

SHARE MARKET.

The Official Summary of the Stock Exchange issued to-day.

Chins Lights were again the out- standing feature of the market this morning. It, will be recalled that a few days back, it was noted in these Summaries that there seemed to be a scarcity of offerings of this stock. To-day that position wap further stressed when more buyers

On London-

TAT.....

On demand

1/8/ 1/3

that the price was pushed up

4 mintha sight

1/3%

Credits 4 months'

aight

1/4%

On demand

Co. Ltd., report that, subject to On New York- audit, the balance, at Credit of Profit & Loss Account for the year ended 31st December, 1932, is $117,417.04, which, with $70,000.00 brought forward from the previous year, makes a total of $187,417.04 available for appropriation.

On Paris--

At the forthcoming Ordinary On India- General Meeting of Shareholders

the Board of Directors will recom-: mend the following distribution. To pay a dividend of 50 cents per share, ab- sorbing

Foreign Banking business transacted.

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

A. BREARLEY,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

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

Cetral Bank in Formons. Back-Boss fund rage amount...Ten. 4,000,000 BEANQUES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN-Tokyo, Yokokama, Lobe, Omake. FORMDEAime

Kondang. Ingh Karvato Mako, Naolo, Shinchiks, Talcks, Taipan, Thin, Tamani, Toan, Balo, fatto.

QUINA 1-8bangi

wow, Caples.

Hankow, Amay, Poochow,

OTHERS-Hong Kong.

carry forward to credit of next year's account

to

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933.

SUBSTITUTES FOR LAST OF BRIGANDS

PETROL

London Buses Run On Creosote.

IRISH SUCCESS

TRAPPED.

Retreat Discovered In

Hay Loft.

Pola, Istria. Run to earth in a hayloft, London. Giovanni Stocovitch, the last All over the country motor buses brigand of Istria, who had be- entered the market, with the result are running on strange fuels in an come as legendary as the brig endeavour to lessen the cost of ands of Corsica, has been captur- $11.90 cash bid.

In operation. some places buses ed by Italian police. Ewos also have come higher from with Diesel engines running on

Stocovitch, who is a Yugoslav, Shanghai, buyers at Tls. 184.

crude oil fuel have been running is charged with four murders In the investment section Canton successfully for some time while and innumerable thefts. So te Insurances

at changed hands $1350, and Unions at $540. 24 Nom.

Sales. Hong Kong Banks $1600/1655. Bank of East Asia $100. Union Insurancea $542/540. Douglases $35.

Credits 00 days'

sight

Nom.

On demand Credits 4

sight

580

months"

620

T.T.

87

On demand

87

On Shanghai--

On demand On Kobe

761⁄44

.$100,000.00

"On demand

96 Nom.

On Manila..

On demand $87,417.04 On Singapore-

On demand $187,417.04 On Batavia-

48 Nom.

56%

On demand

67%

On Saigon-

On demand

67

On Bangkok-

On demand

1412

Sovereigns Bank buy-

ing rate

Bar silver per oz. Bar Silver

Kong Copper Cash $10,000,000.00 Copper Cents

5,598,500.00 Rate of Native In- terest

1/42 17%

in Hong

Nominal Nominal 1% prem

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Head Ofce: Hong Kong. No. 10, Des Voeux Road Central. Established: 1918.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided

Profis

Biospor Boorabaya. Semarang, Balaria, Bombay. London, New Amey York, Dales.

LONDON DANKERS,

Baerlays Back, Lid., Linyde Barck, Lebd. Midiand Bank, ddy Weimincier Bank. 144.

The Baus has Correspondente in all the principi Ontal Centres throughout the world. X. XAGURA.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V,

3%% p.a. 2,312,000.00 Chinese Sub. Coin. 30% dis.

Hong Kong Sah. Con par.

'Branches and Agencies:-

Melbourna Nagasak

New York

Osaka

Talhoku

Peiping

LONDON EXCHANGES.

Batavia

Penang

Bombay

Rangoon

London, Yesterday.

Calcutta Canton

Saigon

Paris

88%

Sun Franciaco

Montreal

4.16

Haiphong Hankow

Seattle

Brussels

24.99%

Semarang

Касар

Honolulu

Geneva

18.07

LONG COND RANCH:

D'aux Boad Central. Hong Kong, December 24, 1981.

Kobe

Amsterdam

8,70%

Kowloon

Milan

68 11/16

London

Swatow

Manila

Sydney

Berlin

14.77%

Stockholm

18 29/92

Tientsin

Copenhagen

Tokyo

Oslo

22 7/16 19/2

Vancouver

Vienna

Prague Helsingfors

117

228

Madrid

41 11/16

Liabou

110

600

Bucharest

590

Belgrade Buenos Aires Montevideo

250

41 0. Rate Nominal 1/6

1/8%

1/4

1/3/

ĮRETEKELAND TRADING SOCIETY,

BANKERA

Walablished ithe

Hong Kong Offer:-11, Qawn's Boad Central

Authorized Capital... 150,000,000 Pald-Up Capital

f. 80,030,000 Reserver

..1. 20,015,000

God Of-AMSTERDAM”, Eastern Hd Dow¡-BATAVIA.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.chen: Kanjarma Bandong", Bombay,

Established 1912

Bead Office:-Hong Kong.

Lutheriand Capital (IL. Currency)...11,000,000 Prid-Up Captial

BRANCHES

and G Francisco,

LONDON BANKERÖ :—

The Lloyd's Back, ländled.

Cainetia, Überibon Dimber, Djoh

Kobe. jakaria", The Hague". "Jiddah, Makaomr, Medan, Palembang. Peka Longs, Penang. Bangoon, Rotterdam”, Bemary, hooghal, Kingspors, Bowes- bair Cowralarte (Solo), Tegul Tjilatjup and Waltersedan".

* The affine bare Bois Deponik Boss to Lek

LONDON BANKERS. -

KATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LID.

Corrapundante all over the world. Rasking Boei

B.065,000 1,100,000

Centre, Baghel, Hanker, Bangbooks,

now of brocy drewiption reacted.

L. STOZKIKK. Hong Kong, 21st June, 1932.

Manager.

THE

CORRESPONDENTS

In all peinal, al cities of the World.

Foreign Bohage and beaking intom of

aver daartiption transacted,

Be Deposit Boxes {various alone) as a ponity

casal of trom $5 to $40.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,003- Reserve Fund .............Yaz 117,300,000

Head Office:YOKOHAMA,

Paris

Yokohama

Correspondents in all principal cities of the World.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans grated on approved securities.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE↑

1, Garth Street, Lowdena, R.C.8.

Authorised Capital....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital

1,800,000 Paid-up Capital 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest 1,217,927

BANKERN

The Bank of England & Midland Bask, LAL

Bangkok

BRANCHES:

Ipok Kandy

Balavis

Bombay Calout

Kamold

Kota Bharu

Colombe

Kuala Lipis

Delhi

Dalla

Trong Lot

Bewish

Kuala Lumpur

Tooing

Port Louis

{Mauritius

Дапров

Abangbal

Bśmie

Kuantan (Pakang) filogapore

Barabaya

Madras

New York

KONG BRANCH,

Every description of leading Exchange but

Athens

Bombay

Shanghai

Hong Kong Yokohama

30% Nom.

South African pound £99 £100% per £100 sterling. Silver Spot

17%

Silver Forward ... 17 15/16

Providents (Old) $41⁄4. Hong Kong Lands $74. - H. K. Realties $7/7.60. Hong Kong Trams $20.60/21. China Lights (Old) $11/1116. China Lights (New) $8.65. Telephones (New) $27/28. Cements (Old) $6.

Hong Kong Ropes $10.

Buyers.

Hong Kong Banks $1600. H. K. Steamboata $22. Chinese Estates $95. Ewo Cottons Tln. 18.. Hong Kong Trams $21. China Lights (Old) $11. China Lights (New) $84, Telephones (New) $274.

H. K. Gort. Loans 4% Prem.

Sellers.

Raube $104.

Shanghai Cottons Tia. 69. Cements (Combined) $8.10. United Theatres Tia. 5,

one corporation is experimenting rified of him were the country with coal gas carried under high people that for years no-one dared pressure in steel cylinders instead to help the police to arrest him. of petrol.

While gendarmes and Black Shirt The latest experiment of this militis scoured the country for him kind is being made in London he continued his career with im where five buses running on the

route from Richmond to Waterloo punity, occasionally slipping over have been adapted to use creosote the frontier lato Yugoslavia to visit

his wife. Instead of petrol. This creosote is

At length the police received In- not the thick brown. liquid used formation that Stocovitch used & for preserving wood but a refined

and colourless by-product of gas-cowshed attached to a peasant's works. It is used in an ordinary house near Roveria, as his hiding engine with a special carburetter. place.

Two policemen disguised as pea. Petrol, however, in still required

for starting the engine and this sants visited the house and question. calls for a second fuel tank and aed the occupants, who swore that second carburetter, which is some-they knew nothing of the uses to which their shed was supposed to be what of a drawback.

No results of this experiment, put. are yet available but it is being

In the shed there were five cows

watched with interest as the Bel--but a ladder led up to a hayloft fast Corporation claims to have above. achieved considerable success with

As darkness fell more police ar- this fuel for its buses. It has the rived and climbed stealthily into the advantage of being cheaper than loft, with fixed bayonets. At first petrol and of being a British pro- they could see nothing but hay. duct produced from British

Just as they were beginning to the adoption of which would lessen think that their errand had been in our dependence upon foreign coun- vain they heard the sound of a tries for our petrol supplies. snore.

ANNUAL REPORT OF MASTER-Reuter.

SPINNERS

Loadon.

The annual report of the Federa- Spinners was Lion of Master

The published yesterday, etates that signs of improvement the Lancashire are noticeable in

report

cotton industry. The exports in 1932 increased by 280,000,000 yards

Coal,

BRITAIN'S SPRING CAMPAIGN.

9,000 Recruits Wanted By March 31.

London.

Turning over the hay with their bayonets they found Stocovitch and his two accomplices sleeping in niches cut out of the wall, with hay stacked up to conceal them.

The bandits were overcome and

handcuffed before they were pro-

perly awake.

In the hayloft was found quite a little armoury, composed of a loaded rifle, several revolvers and a com

for cotton cloth and by £8,147,000 Recruiting sergeants throughout plete housebreaking outfit. There

for cotton thread, as compared with Britain have begun an the year 1931. The report states campaign. that this improvement which most

intensive was also a sack of smuggled tobacco

and a cask of wine.

They are trying to secure 9,000 Stocovitch displayed the utmost

number necessary

be partly attributed to the abandon-recruita by March 31, for that is coolness after his arrest. He con- if the gratulated the police on their clever. ment of 'gold standard, would have the

were British army is to be kept up to neas in finding him and said he only more important, been even

regretted that there was no cinema- it not for the protective measures its paper strength.

Some regiments are planning|tograph operator to "shoot" him taken by other countries.

special marches, with bands and surrounded by his captors.-Reuter. drums, while others are sending

BRITISH ENGINES FOR RUSSIA

out recruiting parties in lorries S. S. ANTUNG'S SURVIVORS into the country districts.

A contract valued approximately

The beginning of the year has at £120,000 has been placed with Messrs. Beyer, Peacock and Com-been found to he the best time for pany, Ltd., of Manchester for 2620curing recruits. Last year about 7.500 good soldiers were carolled tank locomotives required for use in

IN HONG KONG

(Continued from Poge 1.)

bounced previously that they would

new steel works and other large in-between January 1 and March 31. leave dustrial plants in the U.S.S.R.

Twenty of these locomotives will be of the two-axle type, and they will each have a weight in working order of 71 tons, while the remain- ing six locomotives will be of the

-Reuter,

DRUG TRAFFICKER ARRESTED.

Pritish Wireless Service. two axle type, with a weight in Traded In Surplus War

NATIONAL OMNIBUS.

as compared with 8 per cent.

No

working order of 49 tons.

WHIP BOOM IN SLUMP.

Store Of Morphia.

Berlin.

1.5.

for Singapore by the Anshun this afternoon.

Owing to the Immigration laws concerning the arrival of Chinese

into British Malaya, it is most prob-

uble that the

Chinese passengers

will not leave Hong Kong until they have been re-checked.

Was

At 12 noon yesterday, H. M. Sloop Folkestone, the Chinese Cus- toms' Likin and the sa. Kamo were standing by, the two latter vessels The Berlin Police have arrestea left at 12.25 p.m. The National Omnibus and Tran-

At that time the Antung a man who has long been doing a Muskogee, Oklahoma.. sport Company reports a profit of £16,186, as against £42,874.

Merchants here are knocking trade in morphia which formed lying with her decks swash and with a 20 degrees list, 120 of her Ordinary dividend is recommended, the dust off their long forgotten part of the army stores in 1918.

stock of carriage whips and old They have confiscated ten thou-Chinese passengers being ashore. Owing to the depression and the Dobbin's frisky snorting is sand phials of the drug which No-one is on board. ·

The "Taikoo," a tug from the Tai- increased cost of petrol, together heard in place of the fliver's were found in a box at the office with the fact that an exceptional backfire on many a farm these of a carrier who said it had been koo Dock Company, is still trying left with him ten years ago by auto find a sheltered place round Mo- Trustee and Executorships under sum has been set aside for depre-frosty mornings.

ciation of rolling stock, it was

The merchants report that unknown man, but it was not untiifu Point in which they hope to A ground swell has so far prevent- Pleat Deposits of Balss shel may be read found impracticable by any of the more whips have been sold with- two years ago that he discovered land provisions for the survivors.

three associated companies to de- clare a dividend on their Ordinary in the last two months than dur- what it contained,

He had then arranged with aled them from doing so, shares in respect of the year to ing the past decade, to farmers

who find the old horse less ex-man to start a trade in the drug. It was pointed out to the arrest September 30 last.

pensive to run than the products

ed man that children were playing. of Detroit. Reuter.

with phials of morphia in the jetreets-Reuter,

tracold. Travail Cheques Laaned.

taken.

INTEREST allow Currant Arcosnia and

INC.

Head Offer:-65, Broadway. New York.

on application.

J. B. ROSS,

Manage:. 7. Granc's Bond Canton).

Hong Kong, 7th April, 1982.

Capital Surplus

.U.S.$8,000,000.00 ..........V.B.$1,632-832.06

Reserves........U.S.$1,458,116,73

BRANCHES

Ameseriam

Genos Glasgow Havas

Besla Berila

Lov Kaplan

Paris

Branchen und Arendas st:

Bombay

Alexandria

Nagasaki

Batavia

Nagoya

Brussels

Barlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Dairen (Daing)

Newchwang

Osaka

New York

Paris

Pelping

Fangtien (Makdon) Rangoon

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin Hour

Kong

Honolulu

Hanking KALY Gen

Karachi

Kobe London

Los Angeles Manda

Rio de Janeiro San Francisco

Seattle

Semarang

Shanghai Phimon Bingapore

Boerabaya

Bydney Tiantais Tokyo

Interest allowed on Curryant'

Deposits received for fead

rates to be obtained en

Hong Long, 2018

Seance Altm Calre Calcutta Om Colombo Copenhagen

Interlaken Jarunaiom

Lomica Liverpool

Laze

Mosca Carl

Howieses SECAM

Palume Bottesfans

Mama

L

Southampt

- Singapor

81. Martia

Thaila

Viena

Yokohama

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

All einance of Commercial Banking) Transactions undertaken.

Personal handlad

?

investment accounta

་

The Company offers to intending Travelers the use of its "("Travelers, Cherson") and Letters of Credit and, In addition, the world-wide; nærvices of ita thoroughly equipped Travel De-

UGGA

STARTS FRIDAY AT THE CENTRAL

A STORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY.

HENRY EDWARDS & ANNA NEAGLE

THE FLAG LIEUTENANT

ÎN SPALLIAT MAVAL STORY PYRČANÁCENTS) ACTES.)

FRENCH TRADE RETURNS.

Paris.

CHINESE 412 PER CENT. LOAN

MONSTER TROUT CAUGHT.

Cologne.

A trout estimated to be between 28 and 30 years old has been caught in a reservoir near Wuppertal, : :

It was 30% inches long and its maximum girth was 15 Inches. Importa into France for the

In connection with the Chinese Its weight was 12 lbs., 11⁄2 ozs. twelve months of 1982 amounted Imperial Government 4% per cent. There is no record of such en to 29,825,000,000 francs and ex-Gold Loan of 1898 for £16,000,000 enormous trout being caught in this ports to 19,698,000,000 francs, it is announced that 6,516 bonds re- part of Germany before. It is Imports show a drop of 12, presentlug £514,875 were drawn on thought that the fish probably in 379,000,000 francs and exports January 3 and will become due for habited a stream which ran through 15 drop of 10,742,000,000 francs a redemption at par on March 1. In the Ennepe Valley before it was Iterest will dense to accrue on the dammed to make a reservoir many compared with 1931-Beater.

banda becoming payable, and on pro years ago-Reuter, vision having been made for their payment.

WOOL PAVEMENT.

The Improved Wood Pavement Company recently announced a final dividend of 10 per cent. This brings the distribution for the year up to 15 per cent, which compares with 20 per cent.

MERSEY TUNNEL OPENING:

MIDLAND RAILWAY OF WA.

INTERNATIONAL AIR POLICE PROPOSAL

(Continued from Page, 1.)

Net receipts of the Midland Rall way of Western Australia at £81,- The Prime Minister has not had |865 coorpare: 'with '292,136" In the an opportunity of" seeing M. previous year. Owing to financial Daladier, the French Premier, since conditions, land which has revert the latter formed his Government, ed to the company due to the in- but as the British Ministers will be The opening of the new Merseyr ability of purchasers to fulfil their staying to-morrow night, at the Tunnel, connecting Liverpool with contracts exceeded the area sold British Embassy In Paris, an op Birkenhead, which has nost 45,090,- during the year. The sum of £10, portunity for such a meeting, will 000 to construct, has been pro 000 is placed to the exchange con- ariss before proceeding to Geneva. 'visionally Azod for July 1954,

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tingency account

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