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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

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Lound and Pully Pali-sp

Barre Tenda ±mm

Barling sammen

$ $10,000,000

Reserve abluty d Propciates mom $30,000,000

HEAD OFTICA: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS :--

T. I. Pares, Eng.

Charon

T. II. R. Shaw, Erg.

Dopisty Chairman.

J. K. Booleld, Koq.

H. 11. Dodwell, Beq.

A. EL. Compton, Kaq. Uo.F. G.G.M. Mackie.

AMOY MANGHOR

BOMBAY

DALOUTTA

GASTOS CHEFOO

COLOMBO

DARKH JOOCHOW HALPHING STAKNURG

NEOW

KARDIN

MORGEET

ГРОН

JOTOR

ROBK

KOWLOOK

1. Miela, Eng.

Hon. Ms. J., Palorien.

7. A. Fanmar, Bag-

N. Murphy, Esq. Acting Cole Manager.

KUALA LUMPUR

BRANCHES 1-

LUDON LTONE MALLOGA MAXILA

MUAR (Johorel

MOIDEN

KEW YORK

PEIPING

CENANG

BANGOON

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

БНАКОВАГ

BINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

SUKOEI PATASI

TLENTOKE

TOITO

TSINGTAO TOTOHANA

Durrent Aceste opsoed is coal Currency and Find Deporia red for owe your shorter periode in Local Correory and Sterling on Mein which will be quoted on sppčimation. Hong Kong. 22nd May, 1938.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Bastund of the avero Bank ja amkomIDE

* BONO ZƏNG AND SHANGHAI BANK ANCORPORATION, Bøhe way be "gb_a ve application.

Jus Tax HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI ANEINS CORIOLATION,

L. K. MURPHY,

Acting Chief MARIERE.

Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.

SAFETY FIRST!

To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries,

Deposit them in a Vault that is really: FIRE PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF

DAMP-PROOF I

OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT

located on the Mezzanine Floor of

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

+

THE

CHINA MAIL.

STABBED WITH A BIG LOSSES

FINANCE

SCRAPER

BY AMERICAN

Fitter's Assault On A

INVESTORS!

G$25,000,000,000 In Two Years.

AND COMMERCE

Fellow Worker.

# 10

A Chinese fitter's assault- fellow worker at 101 Thompson |

IRELAND'S TRADE Street with a bearing-scraper, was TOLL OF WORTHLESS SHARES!

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fand

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000]

Agencies and Branches:

ALOR STAB

KUCHING

BANGKOK

MAXILA

MSDAY

NEW YORK

PRIPING (Poking)

PENANG

Irish Free State trade

SLUMP $2,507,187 Drop In February.

BRITAIN BUYS LESS

London.

returns

RANGOON

HATAYIA

BOMBAY

CALOU VIA

CAWRTORE CIENU

COLOMBO

HAIPHONG BANEVRO BARROY HAINT

DRON DROH

ILOILO

пон

TALICHT

KLANG

RESOX

KUALA LUMPUR

Foreign

MADRAS

SAIGON

BEKARANO

IXRENBA SHANGHAI

KINGAPORE

GITIAWAN SOURABAYA

TAPEDIG

TENTSIX

TORGEEN (Buket)

THIROTAO

ТОКОДАМА

ZAMBOANGS

Exchange

and

with

Exports to Great Britain were:

February, 1933

February, 1932

£1,190,189, £2,232,851 The value of live animals export- ed this February was £620,369 com-j General pared with £1,453,265 the previous Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix. year. Imports from Great Britain ed Deposits received for one year during February were £1,671,949 shorter periods at rates which will be against £2,779,637 quoted on application

SCREEN. STAR IN LIBEL SUIT.

in February,

1932.

A. BREARLEY.

Total imports in February 1933,

Jeanette MacDonald Sues Paris Magazine.

Manager.

Hong Kong, 17th November, 1982.

Paris,

Washington.

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1933.

REVOLVER DUEL ON

TAIPO ROAD

Detectives Pursue Armed Gang.

DARING RUSE FAILS

A

$5

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Tinstructions to sell by rubile

THE Undersigned have received

Auction

ON

THURSDAY, the 13th July, 1933, commencing at 10.30a.m.

koo Road, (Quarry Bay), No. 18, Bralmar Terrace, Tal-

A-Quantity of YALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE.

On View from 12th July, 1933. Terma:-Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers:

Hong Kong, 10th July, 1933.

HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL

GENERAL

Chinese detectives, dressed Itald to the Court at the Central

native villagers, came into direct morning, when Magistracy this Chan Tai was charged with causing That $25,000,000,000 has been lost, conflict with a band of gang robbers, at grievous bodily harm to Chau Tin on, by American Investors in the pur armed with revolvers, an exchange chase of worthless stock in the past of shots taking place, on Friday Saturday.

was asserted by the night on the Taipa Road." The defendant pleaded guilty and two years

The armed gang is believed to be was sentenced to four months' hard Senate Banking and Currency Com-

mittee in urging passage of the Ad-the same which robbed two Euro- labour.

Detective Sergeant Fitches said 'ministration's Security Control Bill. peans a fortnight age on the same that the

The revolver due took place complainant accidently,The statement was contained in spot. bumped the arm of the defendant'a report from the Committee. de-i

shortly after 10.45 am, when the now published shew that the total during a meal. The latter abused scribing the Bill.

vegetable! decoy, dressed trade for February, 1933, amounted him and a quarrel ensued in which The report also maintained the

£3,871,495, compared

the defendant, producing a scraper, United States Government "lags far hawker, and carrying two sub- £6,372,682 in February last year. attacked the complainant and in- behind other nations" in protecting stantial baskets, was between the GENERAL NOTICES.

(81⁄2 and 41⁄2 milestones on the Taipo 'flicted three wounds about the body. the investor against such frauds.

The losses of investors have been Road near a bridge. The Chinese appalling, the report stated. Those detectives were about 20 yards to who have considered the matter his rear.

On approaching the bridge, two place such losses in this country at $1,700,000,000 annually, even before suspicious looking Chinese were the depression. Other statistics in sean, one sitting on a protective wall T MEETING will be held in the dicate that such losses have amount-on the right hand side of the bridge, Hong Kong Sports Club (by kind ed to the colossal sum of $25,000,- and the other at the foot of a hill permission), on Friday, 14th July, 000,000 during the past 10 years, on the opposite side.

As soon as both parties' sighted 1933, at 6.00 p.m. England, France, Belgium, Germany and other countries have long had each other, the man sitting on the against amounted to £2,480,923

comprehensive statutes to meet pre-wall opened fire with his revolver, £2,379,361 in January, and £3,782,- 217 in February last year. Exports Jeanette MacDonald, the film'cisely the problem with which the the presence of a third robber being THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. for February, 1933, were valued at actress, is bringing a libel action United States is confronted, and revealed by gunfire from the top of The Police party returned the fire £1,361,859, against £1,267,469 in against a Paris.magazine claiming therefore the legislation cannot be the hill overlooking the bridge. January and £2,535,976 in February 200,000 francs (£2,353) damages for regarded as of an experimental

which was a signal for the robbers 1932.--Reuter.

reproducing an interview with her, nature..

of the to make for the hillside and safety, which, she states, she never gave. The six main features and which she further says is dam- Bill relate to the registration of In- the Police following and keeping aging both to her reputation as a formation with the Federal Trade their quarry under fire." After the

Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. woman and her integrity as an Commission; superivision of ad-detectives had exhausted their am-

vertisements of securities; revoca-munition, they made their way to Wolfe, C.M.G., Inspector General

lof Police. Her counsel will quote in court tion and suspension of registration Shamshulpo Police Station.

An extensive search of the sur-

CHINESE COMPANY. both the interview" and the re of stock issues; exemptions of cer1

Constables R52 HOO Strength. ference to it in a subsequent number tain stocks from registrations: per- rounding district, failed to produce

KAM CHIU, R66 KWOK CHAK of the magazine.

sonal responsibility of corporation any results.

The detective party was led by TONG, and R27 WONG KING FAI "If the wina her case," Mr. directors as to stock issues and re- Titchie told Reuter, "she will, of medies for the purchaser in case of Detective Sergeant Lo Kee, one of have been taken on the strength of the ablest men of the Canton the Chinese Company, with effect course, give the relatively small sum fraud-Reuter.

tiagent, while his collegues were from July 7th. 1939. she is asking for to charity. She is

[P.C. Lam Chiming and Chan Yung.] Constables R34 WONG WOON bringing the case merely as a matter

MAN and R78 CHARLES SINN, of principle."

SALVATION ARMY'S have been permitted to resign from

Falablished 1912.

Head Offer:-Hong Kong.

Authorised Explini (ILI. Carrancy) - $11,000,000

Comical

BRANCHES

and tem Frendeos

LONDON BAK KRE (

The Lloyd's Bank, Linded.

CORRESPONDENTS

in al princijal niiims of the World.

8,000,000 1,150,000

-For change sad banking buslawen

avay loseription omnegatad,

Bals Depo Domm (vseltem nézne) at a yearly

rental al from $4 30 $48.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong.

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONE. On London-

Shanghai, Hankow, Bangkok,.

T.T.

On demand

1/442 1/4/2

4 months' sight

1/4%

Credits 4 months'

sight

1/5%

On New York-

On demand

31% Non..

Chief Manager.

Credits 60 days'

sight

NOM

On l'arls-

On demand

585

Credits 4 months'

sight

625

On tadia-

T.T...

91

On demand

91%

Amoy

|Batavia

Bombay Calcatta Canton

Peiping Penang

On Shanghai--

On-demand $20,000,000.00 On Kobe......

5,598,800.00 On demand

On Manila- 2,812,000,00

On demand On Singapore- On demand On Batavia-

110

109/2

63% Non.

50

On demand

574

+

Bangoon

On Saigon-

On demand

Haiphong

San Francisco

684

Seattle

On Bangkok-

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Profits

·Branches and Agencies:—

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(TAIWAN GINKO.)

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

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JAPAN |--Taka, Zokohe, Koba, Quake, FORMOBA (— bran Ingram, Kodung Mabong, Hanis, Binder, Talos, Zelzen, Takan, Tamen, Tom Hatto, Leite. OMMA-Shangbel, Bankon, Amey, Fonder

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HONG KONG · BRAMON ↑

By Dan Vour Head Central,

Rang Land Decker 31, 1987.

Kanag

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.

་་

LIMITED.

Yen. 119,750,000

Saigon

Semarang Shanghal Singapore Sourabaya

Switow

London Manila Melbourne

Sydney

Talhoku

Nagasak

Tientsin

New York Ont Pazīs

Tokyo

Vancouver

Yokohama

On demand 135 Sovereigns bank buy-

ing rate

1/5% Bar Silver per oz... 18:1/16 Bar Silver in Hong

Kong

Nom.

Copper Cash

Nominal

Copper Cents

1%% prem.

Rate of Native In-.

terest

·

82% pa 31% dia.

Correspondents in all principal cities Chinese Sub. Coin of the World.

Hong Kong Sch. Cola par.

Every description of Banking and] Exchange business transacted, Loaza grated on approved securities.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let

KAN TONG PO

Chief Manager.

THE

THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK LTD. National Bark · Building, ZA, Des Voeux Road, Central

Authorized Capital ..... $5,000,000.00

artist

Miss MacDonald is herself on holi- day on the Riviera at present but it{ going over to England later to make a picture in which she in again to play the part of a Queen.-Reuter.

STRANGE CINEMA FOR US.

Motor-Cars -Can Be Driven Inside.

WORLD'S FASTEST

DESTROYER.

French Ship Achieves Speed of 43.4 Knots.

1.

Tarts.

France now claims to possess the fastest destroyer in the world.

Camden, New Jersey. 43.4 knots.

in cinemas is į Something new

the first

hours,

LOSS.

Col. Bowers Retires In Germany.

After

37 years

Berlin.

G. T. MAY, Hon. Secretary.

POLICE RESERVE. Orders for the Current

Week.

the Chinese Company, with effect from 3rd. and 7th. July respectivo- ly.

Prometion. Lance Sergeant R87 WONG

and Constable CHING R49 LOO MAN HOON have been

of strenous promoted to the rank of Crown

The Cassard has just activity on behalf of the Salvation Sergeant and Lance Sergeant res- Sub Inspector "(R) OW completed trials during which Army, Colonel H. Bower is retiring pectively, as from 5th. July 1933. she kept up an average speed of for the time being from his post of Leave

First Secretary of the Army in YEUNG KIN HENG has been 42.9 knots for three

Germany, on account of indifferent granted 14 days leave of absence from the Colony, with effect from achieving a maximum speed of health.

Colonel Bower, an Englishman June 30th, 1983. Ten years ago the best "all'

born in Germany, is very well known Part 11 of Training Course. under construction here. It is to out" speed attained by destroyers in Berlin. He has often acted as All recruits will attend at the Chinese Company's Headquarters as the drive-in-theatre, was between 33 and 34 knots. be known

interpreter of addresses by foreign, and builders claim it is

Eight more even faster de Salvation Army leaders visiting on Tuesday, July 11th. at 5.30 p.m.

Cassard are Germany.-Reuter, theatre in the world where one can stroyers than the drive in and see the show in one's now either under construction or are about to be laid down in The plan calls for space enough French naval dockyards. for 400 cars. There will be seven first of these, the Mogador, is rows of inclined planes, which will expected to attain 46 knots. insure uninterrupted vision for The fastest destroyer in the motorists regardless those coming British Navy is the 1930 HMS. and going.

Codrington which on trials has There will be a 60-foot screen. Echieved a mean speed of 38 knots, with special sound equipment with the maximum of 40 knots. Reuter.

lear.

-Reuter.

The

for instruction.

A revolver Revolver Practice. “KID FACTORY" IN practice for the Chinese Company will take place on Wednesday, July CHICAGO.

12th. at 8.30 p.m. under S. I. Hop- kins, at the Kennedy Road Bange. Only those detailed will attend,

Strange Organisation To Be Investigated.

INDIAN COMPANY. Strength. Constables R27 ZAR- RI GULL KHAN and R298 AYUB Chicago. KHAN, have been taken on the Officials of the State Attorney's strength of the Indian Company "racket bureau" have begun an in-with effect from July 10th, 1933.

Constable R228 LALL KHAN has KITE-FLYING BAN IN Mr. Aw Boon-haw, the millionaire vestigation of an organisation de

SLB & "kid been permitted to resign from the philanthropist, has been appointed a scribed in its circulars

Indian Company, with effect from permanent director of the China Can factory.”

The Association offers to defray June 30th. 1933. Company of Hongkong, and a

Leave. Constable R218 GULAM dinner party in his honour is to be all expenses of hospitals and doctors given shortly by the general man-in event of a visit by the stork, in re- MOHAMMED has been granted. 10. ager of the company. Mr. John W: turn for certain specified fees paid months leave of absence from the Y. Yuen:

weekly by hopeful couples-Reuter, 'Colony, with effect from July 10th

[1913.

JERUSALEM.

Old Law Invoked.

Jerusalem.

An old Turkish Municipal Law,

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Paid-up Capital ... 1,000,000.00 still effective in Palestine as part of

INC.

Head Office:--45, Broadway. New York.

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

.U.S.$8,000,000.00 U.S.$1,887,089.17 U.S.$1,718,979.57

BRANCHES

Chees

"New York, London and

Paris Agents;

BANKERS TRUST COMPANT.

the Common Law, has been invoked by the Moslem Mayor of Jerusalem

We offer facilities for the transacto Yorbid the flying of kites within tion of general banking business. the civic area. Forelg Exchange transacted. Stocks Little boys of 10 and 12 are prin- and bonds bought and sold. Loans cipally affected by the order thus granted on approved securities.

LEE FANG,

General Maunger.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

Reorganised October 25, 1928, under

revived...

Penalties provided under the Ottoman Penal Code, which holds good here although the Turks quit- ted the country 15 years ago, will be carried out against those who Insist on dying their kites.-Reuter.

PEDESTRIANS MUST CARRY LIGHTS,

World Economic Statistics.

FIGURES that tell the story of the

World Depression.

WORLD TRADES (49 Countries)."

(In millions of dollars),

Total. 61,637.76

61,947.24

49,994.76 35,722.82€ 24,122.88€

Importa

Exports:

1928

31,912.92.

29,724.84

1929

32,592.86

29,354.88

1930

26,522.16

28,472,60

special charter of The National Gov ernment as an

1931 1932

19,048.82

∙16,574.00.

12,785.96*.... 11,886.92":

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

Dover, Delaware."

BANK

A. Dill requiring pedestrians to

*Provisional Figure. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: (1928 = 100).

France, Germany. U.KA

U.S.A.

1928

$100.00 100.0

100.0

100.0

Japan.

100.0

$24,710,200.00 States highways after dárk has been $ 2,820,505.82

signed by the Governor of Delaware.

Reuter

1929 1930

· 109.4

101.4

108.0

107.2

1102

90.1

86.5

105.6

1931 2/97.6

HEAD OFFICE; SHANGHAT

1932 75:87

HONG KONG BRANCH:

Established 1880.

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

Head Offers-YOKOHAMA,

· Brunchos- and Agencias atı Alexandria

Bombay Calcutta

Dairen (Dalay)

Nagasak

Nowekwung New York Deaks

Peiping

Vanation (Mundan) Rangoon Hamborg

Farkow

Harbin

Tour Kohr

Honoluis Hainking

Rio de Janeiro San Francisco

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

All classes-of-Gommercial -Banking Transactions undertakan.

Subscribed Capital ...............$25,000,000,00 carry lights when trapping the

Pald-Up Capital Beserve Funda

A, Queen's Road Central.

Owing to pur mumerous branches in

cente China and large connections in the im- COMING

portant - commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend "to our ellents special facilities for domestic and, Loreign banking and exchanges.

Wekalo kindle the issue vol Bonda

tatas: toʻ

Hong Kong 11th Mar

DUGHAMA

Hong Kong, Starch; 1911

97.3 -73.6... 88.8 78,000/100,7, 61.1 88.2.1 67.60 107.9

UNEMPLOYMENT. S

(Percentage of registered workers wholly unemployed).

KING'S

THEATRE SHORTLY I

· 1928

1929

1980

1981)

BUDAPEST

1932

Germany,

UK

8.6

821

18.2

B2

22,2

$1

43.8

13

the USA in the absence of an omelal national

Igurek, "are" based on the returns made by certain trade

At the beginning of 1933 it was estimated by the International Labour Office that World Unemployment, had reached a figure of at

Inspection Faradle. All ranks of the Indian Company will attend at Central Police Station on Tuesday, July 18th. under Sub Inspector R. J. Hunt for a general inspection of equipment etc., by the Compañy Commander. Fall in at 5.80 p.m.

Dress-White Uniform abarp. Cap with White Cover, Balt with Brace, Truncheon, Whistle, Armlet jand Badge, "Pocket Policeman" and note book to be carried. No mem ibers may be absent from this parade without leave from the Company Commander. The Equip ment officer will make it a point of being present, 32218)

EMERGENCY UNIT RESERVE.

Motor Patrol. A motor patrol“. will be carried out by members of the Emergency Unit Reserva Pon Friday, July 14th at 5.80. p.m. Members will fall in at No. 2. Po- fice Station Dress-optional.

Srd D. L. KING,

Hong Kong, July 10th. 1988,

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