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Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859.

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital·

Thesed and Fully Paidp.................... 10,000,000 Bowers Panda-

Sharding

44,000,00 1,000,00

Kanervu Lisbility of Proprietes... $20,000,000

BEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG

BOARD OF DIRECTORA:----

↑ E. Pero, Zaq.

Chairman.

T. 11. TL Sham, Eng.

Deputy Chairman,

`J.*K. Bounsloid, Esq.

76. 11. Dosdwr11, Bay, Ham. Me. 3. J. Paterson,

A. 1. Compton, Eaq.

Ben. Mr. G.G.M. Mackde.

**N. Myrphy, Exo.

Acting Chief Manager.

BRINQUES

LONDON

THE CHARTERED BANK OF , INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA:

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,

Paid-up Capital

BANGKOK BATAVIA

BOXLLY OXICUTTA

CANTON

CAWNPORA

OZLU

COLOMBO

KASILL

MEDIN

NEW ZOBE

ANOT

BANGKOK

RATAVIA

BOMHAY

CALCUTTA

CANTON

CHEPUO

DOLOYDO

DAIBEN POOCHOW

HAIPHONG

ДАМЛИВО

IMNKOW HARDIN BONGKEW

допо

IFE

YOUORA

Konk

TOWLAKON

KUALA LUMPUH

J. A. Plummet, Rag.

LIONS

MALADČA

MANILA

MUAR (Johoew

MUIDEN

NEW YORK

PRIPING

PENANG

RA XGOOK

GAIGON

RAN FRANCINDO

NIANGAL

BINGAPORE

BOUBASATA

SONGEI PATANI TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TMINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

cast in tam purtosing

a Pita Depuite realed for

merly in tonal Curruary and pullin en varma which will im gunlad na replicaton. Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1933.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BAŃK.

for Buskone of tần sheva Bant to racinevat

* The HONG KONG AND ́HHÁKⱭHA! BARE. CORPORATION. Be seay be almind

• plans.

PO THE BONGLONG AND CHANDRAI ARKLAS OCKPORATION

L. N. MURPHY,

Acting Cute Manager, Hong Kong, 24th April, 1932.

SAFETY FIRST !

To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries.

Deposit them in a Fault

that la really; FIRE PROOF BURGLAR - PROOF

DAMP - PROOF !

OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con- structed to provide all of these Im- portant Qualities.

You may obtain a Safe Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own use at a very moder- ate Rental

Inspection Cordially Invited.

THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL

ALOR STAN

AMRITSAR

DELHI

HAIPHONG

BAMBURO

Поп

KOBL

Foreign

РЕЛАНО

BANGOON

SAIGON

BEMARANG

SEREMBAN

BHAROBAI

TAIPING

Banking business transacted.

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

EXCHANGES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and Finance

LOCAL SHARES

There was no indication of any material change this morning, it being a Wednesday short session.

The Utilities, however, as also Insurances and Hong Kong Lands have continued to maintain a firm undertone, and not easily procur

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1933.

NEW YORK STOCK Murder Charge At The Sessions

way

EXCHANGE

A.0.F.C. Quotations.

New York, Yesterday.

Dow Jones Averages.

Last. To-day's Changes *Aver. Aver.

•

think

B

We

Elderly Woman's Death found there b

By Strangulation.

woman, who Wis

The body of the old woman was found June 2 lying on the floor In a small cubicle at No. 57, fire doors away from her home. A ligature was found twisted around here neck.

an

amount of new jewellery, and a wallet containing $135 in notes,

CROWN CASE OPENED

30 Industrials 108.27 108.67 .40 up

Crown evidence was presented 20 Ralls

55.10 55.83 .53up The Official Summary

at the Criminal Sessions at the of the

The accused man and his wife 20 Utilities 37.68 37.51 .05 down Supreme Court this morning were found several days later by Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued 40 Bonds $8.84 89,07 23 up

against Fan Hing, charged with a District Watchman in Aberdeen to-day at 10 am:

Messrs. E. A Pierce & Co. Rethe murder of Po Mul, an elderly He induced them to go for port:-We

substantial

killed by automobile ride with him, and took amount of profit-taking. is under

in the so-called "alcohol" strangulation on the night of them to the Police Stations stocks and believe that such profit- May 31 last.

The prisoner had only $3.49, taking is entirely logical."

The accused," pleaded not but his wife had a 'considerable guilty. also believe that the whole market

The following jury was called: is somewhere bear the top, at least Mr. Fred Mow Fung (Foreman). known to have belonged to the dead for the time being, but the market Mr. H. A. Castro, Mr. J. A. is so broad it can have cross cur Selaviss, Mr. A. B. Raven, Mr. rents and contrary movements in David Ellis, Mr. A. Dos Santos ment at the Police Station, ad The, accused signed 1 state. individual issues for some time to Gomes and Mr. H. Davenport-mitting that he had committed the come. Wheat:

& Browne.'. sharp reaction under heavy realis

Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant At- ing. Support developed later. 'torney-General, appeared for the

Inspector E. A. Vincent, two with large trading on Canadian re- Crown, and Mr. H. C. Macnamara, others topk the stand and gave Chinese Constables and several ports being sensationally bullish instructed by Messrs. Lo and Lo, evidence for the Crown, and the London news was encouraging for the accused. Secretary Wallace has announced! In opening the case for the Crawn, nee was adjourned. his intention of effecting acreage Mr. Fraser said, that on the morn-

able at the official quotations.

Sellers.

Union Insurances $545. Prividents (New) $1.45.

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 445,000,000}

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.”

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000 On London

T.T.

1/5

Agencies and Branches:

On demand

1/5/4

4 months' sight

1/54

KCODING

VADRAS

Credits sight

4 months'

1/6

PEIPING (Peking?

On New York-

On demand

34% Nom.

Credits 60 days'

sight

NOM

HANKOW

KINGAPORE

BARBIN

SITIAWAN

BONG KONG

SOUTABATA

On Paris-

Hong Kong Trama 323.20/23%.

ILOILO

On demand

6072

Yaumati Ferries $252.

TIENTRIK

KARACHI

TONGKAHI (Bhokat)

Credits 4 months'

China Lights (Old) $13.

ALANG

THINGYAO

TOKOHAMA

sight

64744

Electrics $74/734.

KUALA LUMPUR

ZAMBOANO

Telephones $3144.

Dairy Farms $281⁄2.

Exchange and

General On India-

T.T.

04%

On demand

94%

Lane, Crawfords $4.20.

Buyers

Bank of East Asia $101.' Canton Insurances $300,

On Shanghai-

On demand

1102

On Kobe-

On demand

1131⁄2

On Manila-

On demand

68% Nom.

On Singapore----

On demand

G0%

On Batavia-

On demand

59.12

On Salgon→→→

On demand

8,664,000

6034

Cements (Combined) $6.20. Dairy Farms $284. Watsons $9.

1,350,000

On Bangkok-.

Govt. Loans 42%

Úsalok, Shanghai, anhvw, Bangkok,

and San Frandues.

On demand

130

(Assented).

Sovereigns bank buy-

Sales.

ing rate

176%

Bar silver per oz...

1834

Nom. Nomina!

1% orem.

32% PA

A BREARLEY,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Ratablished 1912.

Head Office Hong Kong.

Authorized Capital (ILK. Currency} ...$13,000,000 F-Up Capi

BRANCHES -

LONDON BANEXES -

The Lloyd's Bank, Limited.

CORRESPONDENTS

Lo all primalini tiklas vf the World,

Foreign Exchange and banking business t racy śmeripikom senasancted.

Rate Deposit Box (various aime) at a poorly cil of "from $5 to $40.

Bar Silver in Hong

Kong

Copper Cash

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager. Copper Cents

Rate of Native In-

terest

THE BANK OF EAST Chinese Sub. Coin.... 33% dis.

ASIA, LTD.

Head Offer: Hong Kong.

No. 12, Des Voeux Road Central. Established: 1918.

•

Authorized Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided

Profits

$10,000,000.00 5,598,800.00

2,312,000.00

Branches and Agencies:-

Peiping

Penang

Hong Kong Sch. Coin par.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

18, Gronhorch Simwi, London, ECA.

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

1,800,000 Paid-up Capital ..... 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest. 1,216,735 BANKERS

The Bank of England & Midland Bank, £43.

NBANCILES

Ipak Kandy

Karack!

Amoy

Bangkok

& SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road, Central

Batavia

Babay

Bombay

Rangoon

Caloutta

Calcutta

Saigon

Colombo

Kota Bharu

Dati

Eune Tlnl

Canton

San Francisco

Galla

Ed Lap

Haiphong

Scattle

Bankow

Howrsk

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.anolplu

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

HEAD OFFICE:--Talpeh, Formosas. Manila

Incorporated by Special Imperial

Charter, 1899.

Central Back in Formos. Back-Noken inmond Average amouri ....Yan, mà,000,000

BRANCHER AND AGENCIES JAPAN :-Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobu, Chake

Tarmeko FORMOSA Viran,

Kostens Makona, Nanjo, Salonhiku, Takoks, Tuinen, Takso, Tamui, Town, Hia, Esilo. QHINA:--donghai, Hankow, Amoy, Fosshow,

Salon, Catan. OTHERS-Hong Loof, Singapore, Bourabaya, Bearing, Batavia, Bombay, London. Now York. Daires

"ZONDON BANKERS .

Barclays Back, Lid., Kaloyds Bank, Xid. Midland Bank, Kid, Wastelname Dank, Ltd.

The Back has bornwpondente in all the pdaolpa! | Commercial Centene throughout the world.

O XOXO ESANCH

X. NAGURA,

1. De Vaaz Bosé Ossteal,

Bang Long, Dicesän 3, 185.

Manager

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

Kobe

Kowloon

London Melbourne.

•

Nagasaki

New York

Osaka Paris

Semarang Shanghai Singapore

Sourabaya Swatow

Taihoku Tientsin Tokyo Vancouver 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

New York

PRANIE

Pers Louis

1uritiu Лепоса Shanghai Euantan (Pabang) Stali Kadra

BONG KONG BRANCH

Stugspore

Ivery description of Banking and Exchange

cam irenascial,

Trevallen Chequae baned.

Trustee and Executorships ander

taken.

INTEREST allowed on Cerrant Acounts and Fixed Deposits al Balas that may be scertained on appliondom.

J. B. ROSS,

Manage %, Queen's Bond. Ovatral,

Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1933.

THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK,, LTD. National Bark Building, 8A, Des Voeux Road, Central

$5,000,000.00); 1,000,000.00 New York, London, and Paris Agents;

Authorized Capital.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Paid-up Capital

INC.

Head Office: 66, Broadway: New York.

LIMITED.

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

Established 1888, :

Capital (folly paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Eeserve Fund

Yen. 118,750,000

Head Office:-YOKÓRAMA.

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. We offer facilities for the tranER2- lon of general banking business. Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks and bonds, bought and sold. .U.S.$5,100,000.00

U.S.$1,867,089.17 granted on approved securities.

.U.S.$1,718,078.67

Loans

*LEE FANG, General Manager,

BRANCHES

kinosciam

Goos

Any

Glasgow

Here SARLOSTE

Branchen and Agenciən atı

Relat

Kombny

Havre

Palping

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國中

Alexandria

Nagaasid

Batavia

Nagora

Berlin

Newchwang

Liverp

ingann

Bombay Calcutta Canton

Datren

(Dalny)

New York

Osala

Felping

#amgilen (Mulden), Hangvon

Hamburg

Hazkow

HAND ROPE

Hons

Honolulu

Halaking

Karachi Kobe London

A Los Angeles

| Rio de Janeiro. San Francisco

Bastile

Shimomosid

Bingapore Boerabaya Bydney Tientain

Tokyo

Tsingtan

Caerent allowed on: Cur

Deporīts recalvad

Hoog Long, 11th

Mundo Desla

Momross

I

Branches of American Express Com pany in Principal cition of United States of America and Casada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactiona ›undertaken,TNT,

Pózsonal · izvestment handled.

H. K. Fire Insurances $260. Providents (New) $1.40. Hotels $74.

Hong Kong Lands $774. Hong Kong Trams $23.15. Star Ferries $942. Yaumati Ferries $26. China Lights (Old) $12.95. China Light (New) $12.40. Electrics $784.

Underwriters $2.40.

•

There

was

woman.

crime.

curtailment in the coming season. Ing of April 30 last, Po Mui rented SHOCK FOR

Cotton: The market is

narrow, a house at No. 47 Kong Wa Street,

་

though new highs have been es- and on the same day rented one of BACHELOR'S CLUB tablished with purchases by for- the cubicles in the house to Fani eign and domestic spinners of new Hing.

speculative accounts. The techai Living in the same house was cal position is good with the the two grand-children of Po strength of Sterling, the absence 'children of Po Mul, an elderly wo- of material rainfall influential man and several other tenants who factors. Silver: Profit-taking rented cubicles in the old woman's caused a decline following the house. opening. Later a good

commis- The accused did not have any on house demand developed, money at the time he rented the carrying prices upward for

cubicle, nor did he have any em- the

IN LONDON

Hugh Edwards Now Married,

ONE OF TRUSTED TWO

London.

"A confirmed bachelor has relin

Prem. balance of the day. Foreign and ployment, but on May 5 he started quished bachelordom because he

CANADA'S INTEREST

In W. E. C.

Revival Of World Commerce.

Ottawa, Canada.

bank selling was absorbed on the advance

working at the Taikoo Dockyard,"

has met the sweetest girl on earth” and was there until May 25, carning! Business Done: -6,590,000 shares.

during this time $6.

is the excuse—and a very adequate Last To-day']

Fan Hing and his wife never had one, most people will say given by rico Price any money and more than once she Mr. Hugh Edwards, a well known had to barrow from Po Mui to keep ex-Liberal M. P. for having broken 101% 100% she and her

131

husband from going the rules of the famous Bachelors' bungry. May 27 Fan Hing should!

Air Reduction Allied Chemical & Dye .129% American Can

94 American Smelting... 40% American Tel. & Tel 131 American Aobacco "B". 92% American Waterworks - 40% AICLORIN Copper Mining 21

Auburn

Bendix Aviation Borden Co.

Canadian Pacific

Canada is represented at the World Economic Conference London by the prime minister, J. I. Case Mr. R. B. Bennett and Mr. E N. Caterpillar Co. Rhodes, the minister of finance.

National Band 34

Motors

These two cabinet ministers/cated Gas of N.Y. 614

Intr

have with them in a consulting Curtiss

Curtiss Wright capacity Mr. W. C. Clarke, the

Drugs, deputy minister of the depart-Du Pont de Nemours ment of finance. Mr. L.

Auto-lite Co.

D.Elec Kodak

38

Wilgress an official of the De-Flectric Bond & Share 264 partment of Trade and Com- Electric Power & Light 14 merce, Mr. R. Finlayson finan-General Electric

General Foods cial secretary to the prime mini-General ster and Mr. N. Robertson of the Gillette Safety neral Motors Department of Extenal Affaire. Gold Dust

The Canadian people Internat. Harvester eagerly awaiting the results of

Internat

Tel. & Tel. Myers "B"

are

the consultations of the stat Ward

95

the

42% have paid his rent but not having Club of the House of Commons. 132.. the money he did not.

Like all great Assemblies 024 29 Mr. J. A. Fraser pointed out, at Commons has its little coteries and 39% 22his time that all these little details groups, and the Bachelors Club were being given because they had 18 Cupid's sworn enemy. Mr. Ed- 20% considerable bearing on the

wards, was Mr. for over thirty

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case

{years and at a dinner of the club

On the night of May 31 there was some years ago, the late Sir James

sald

a show given at a mat-ehed theatre Agg-Gardner, its founder, 34% nearby and most of the inmates of there were only two of its mem- house at No. 47 Kong Wa Street bers whom he could trust to remain

bachelors to the end-Mr. Edwards. went to the show.

Poi Mui and one of her grand-and Sir Robert Horne. 83%daughters were alone. The 8-year-

The latter is still a bachelor, but

fold girl asked for some peanuts, and Mr. Edwards has just disqualified her grand-mother left the house to himself from membership by mar buy them for her.

rying Miss Doris Faire, daughter

The woman did not return, and of the late Sir Samuel and Lady. when the other grand-child came Faire, a well-known Leicestershire

family, home at 4 a.m. from the show, which 20% lasted until dawn, and found that

The House of Commons is a very

44% her grand-mother was not there she human assembly and takes a keen 20% started out to search for her. Still interest, in matrimonial events When a few 20% 29.% not finding her at 4.30 that after-among its member.

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against the accused.

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Biscuit

56%

Dairy Pro.

24%

381

24%

2444

30%

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6%

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search for Fan Hing and his wife.)

24%

35

20%

20%

Jersey

40%

કું.

They were under suspicion because they had moved out of the house on the same night the old woman dis-] appeared.

A GIANT TOM CÁT

re-

.12544 United Air & Transport 45

Corpa.

Socony-Vacuum Corpn. - 14% Техад Согра Trans-America

8% Inion Carbide & Carbon 49 Union Pacific

Vienna. Murli, a 'tom-cat belonging to

15.

18

127

447

134

66

Westinghouse E. & M. 574

+indicate above the bid

Please note telegraphic

56%

COTTOC-

men of the world on economic matters. On the question of dis-

armament

Canada has only an National City Bank indirect interest as the Dominion maintains a very small naval and

¡Otis Elevator

military force.

Pacific Gas & Electric Pennsylvania Rly.

Packard Motors

Redio

adio Corpn.

As fifth trading nation of the world, however, Canada has 8 Sears Racback very deep interest in efforts to Standard Brands revive international commerce' Standard Gas

and to help the world along the Standard Oil Co. of New highway towards economic construction,

NEW TRADE MOVE United States Steel 65%

IN SPAIN

Scheme.

2734 noon she went to the Police Station years back Mr. Will Thorne, the 58% and reported the case.

veteran 70-year-old Labour M. P.

3841 The Police started an investiga-married again, he received an ove 23tion at once, but did not find the tion from all sides when he next 29% missing woman for several daya. In made his appearance in the House

6% the meantime

they proceeded

to

Reuter.

They had paid one of the grand-the proprietor of a grocery shop 274 daughters and moved out at about in Vienna, is believed by its 8% 8 am. The Police checked up on owners to be one of the largest 604

Ha weight 17

the address that they had given but in the world. the man and his wife were not pounds. Reuter.

Reciprocal Purchasing tin to yesterday's quotation for

BRITAIN WILL BENEFIT

Madrid. Britain, which imports more Spanish products than any other country, will probably benefit by a new decree establishing, that Spain should buy from the na- tions buying from her.

The Government is authoris

Reorganised October 26, 1928, underfed to reciprocate purchases from

ernment as an

special charter of The National Gov-countries with which Spain's INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE balance of trade is favourable and which consume. 35 per cent. $25,000,000.00 of the total exportation of any $24,710 200.00 one of Spain's basic agricultural $8,820,505.82 products during a period of three

BANK. Subscribed. Capital Paid-Up. Capital Reserve Funds

HEAD OFFICE: BHANGHAI

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central.

months...

Standard Gas.

LONDON EXCHANGES.

Paris New York Montreal

Brussles Geneva

Amsterdam

Milan

Oslo

Berlin- Stockholm Copenhagen

Vienna

Prague

Helsingfors

Madrid

Lisbon

of

Athens

Bucharest

-Fulfillment of the terms the decree, and regulation of the return purchases, is left in the hands of the Inter-Ministerial Owing to our numerous branches in Commission on foreign com- account China and large connections in the im

portant commercial centres of the merce. world, we are able to extend to our

Travalera 'the vase of its "Tran

and exchanges."

Great Britain's imports from

The Company offers to intending clients special facilities for domestic Spain in 1931, last year for which

and foreign banking Að- Cheques and, Letters of Credit and. We also handle the issue of Bonds official figures are available, In addition, the world-wide: www.cms and other Public Funds of the Chia amounted to 237,021,683 gold of its thoroughly equipped Traval. De-ass: Government both Cat Horn a

and pesetas (approximately £9,000, abroad.

SHOU J. CHEN, 000), and Spain's imports from KO KEger, Great Britain totalled about half Hong Kong, 6th March, 1931, that amount Reutér

part

DUGGAN,

London, Yesterday.

85 3/32 -4.83

“Belgrade.

Rio Buenos Aires Montevideo

Bombay Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver Spot

5:02

22.89 (7)

17.264 8.2014

68. 5/82. +18.97

19.374

22%

·.18.90

30 Nom.

112 20-22617

89 15/16. :110

585

505

245

4 Official 42 Official 34 Nom

1/6-1/16

1/37% 11/5/7/18:

* 1/3*1/16 118

Silver Forward. 18% War Loan 3%98%

British Wireless Service

COMING TO

THE CENTRAL

ANOTHER BEN TRAVERS MIRTHQUAKE.

RALPH LYNN

Just

My Ruck

HE IS FUNNIER THAN EVER

WITH WINIFRED SHOTTER AND

· ROBERTSON HARE."

WATCH OUT FOR ITI