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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Extrand Oapital.

food sač Pally Fold-op

Swed

§70, 100,000 28,DIBDIB

$1,006 POR

Reners Liability el Proprietors - $20,000,000

HZAD OFFICE, HONG KONG

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

T. I Prog.

Oberma

T. Ii. R Shan, Eny.

Deputy Chairmat.

J. R. Bau Field. Bag.

Wick Faq.

5. U. Dodwell, Eng. ilon. Mr. J. J. Maher now,

H. Compton Zaq.

Mr. G.G.M. Mckia,

ΜΟΥ

BANGION BATAVIA

MEMBAY

OLLOUTTA

CANTON

CHEFOO

COLOMBO

DAIBEN POOCHOW

BAIPHONG

HAMBURG INROW HARDIN HONGTER

FLOILO

(POK

JOHOR

конк

TOWLOOK

1. A. Mammet, Eag.

•

M.Murphy, Esq. Acting Chiel Manager

BRANCHES

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LYONI

MALACCA

MANILA

HUAB (Jokate

MURDEN

NEW YORK

PELPING

PENANO

RAKOOOK

SAIGON

SAN FRANCIBOO

FIRANGEAN

BIKO FORE

80DRABATA

RUNGEI FATA DI

TIENTSIN

TOXYD

TRINOTAD

ΤΟ ΣΟΠ ΑΜΑ

Currens Anule, opened in Lamel Carmory and Pized Daporite paneled the nos pad de harter periode in Local Cuvennay and Starling war which will be quoted on applimpios. Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1988.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

• Theatness of the wears exited wound

* HONG KONG AND WHANGHAT BANK

VA CORPORATION. Buhna may be vahend vi upalimatian.

FOR FER HONGKONG AND THAKOMAI 4ABETES CORPORATION.

L. N. MURPHY,

Acting Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.

SAFETY FIRST 1

To Safeguard Your Yaluables and Jewelleries,

Deposit them in a Vault

that is really: FIRE-PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF DAMP PROOF !

OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con atructed to provide all of these Im portant Qualition,

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

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858,

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capita?

Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of Pro-

priators

LLOR STAN

AMRITSAR

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

.£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

BANGKOK

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

CALOUTTA

CANTON

GLBU

CAWAPORN

OOLAKBO

DELAI

HAIPHONG

BAMBERG

RANKOW

HARBIN

BONG TOM

ILOILO

KARACHI

KLANG

KUALA LUMPUR

+

KUCHING

MADRAS

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW TORE

PEITING (Pabing}

FENANG BANGOON

KAJGON

SEMARANG

KEBEMBAN

BITANOMAT

SINGAPORE

KITIAWAN

FOURABAYA

TAIPING

TIEXTRIN

TONGLAH (Bkukotz

TEINOTAC

SAMBOANGS

TOKOHAMA

Foreign Exchange and General 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.

A. BREARLEY,

Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and

Finance.

Colony's Rateable Value

3.96 Per Cent. Increase On Last Year

The Colonial Treasurer's report on the Assessment for the year 1933-1934 states that by Order of His Excellency the Governor-in- Council a new valuation of the whole Colony has been made and the Rateable Value has thereby been in creased from $37,457,725 to $38.941,273 an addition of $1,483.548 or 3.96 per cent.

The following table gives a comparison of the Assessments for the

-year 1932-1933 and 1933-1934:-

District.

1932-1935.

The City of Victoria $25,240,914 Hong Kong Villages

Kowloon

New Kowloon

Total

Per cent.

2,905,269

7,597,230

1,714,312

Increase. 1933-1934 $25,568.499 $327,584 3,204,447 299,178 8,207,351 610,121 246,665 .** 1,900,977

1.29

1.03

8.04 14.39

$37.457,725

$38,941,273 $1,483,648

3.96

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933.

NO AIR SERVICE NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

FROM JAVA

Dutch Not Planning Extension Yet.

REPRESENTATIVE IN HONG KONG

Hong Kong, for the present, is not to be linked with European air service, either from Singapore or Java, according to Mr. M. C. Moes, visiting inspector of the Royal Dutch Air Lines, who is at present in the Colony.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

*

Accordance with Government

will be CLOSED for the Transac

tion of Public. Business on MON-

PUBLIC AUCTION.

》ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

DAY, 7th August, 1933, the Firat PARTIC Monday, in August),

Hong Kong, 2nd August, 1933:

of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the at 8th day of August 1933,

p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Gov- ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land NHE Undersigned have received at Ma Tau Chung in the Colony of instructions to sell by Rublic Hong Kong, for a term of 10 years, Auction

with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Sur-

PUBLIC AUCTION.

· ON

Mr. Moes stated that his Com-FRIDAY, the 4th., August, 1935, veyor of His Majesty the King, for

pany had no immediste plans for extending the service to the Co- lony or China.

Mr. Moes, who arrived here yes-1 terday, will visit the agents of the company in the principal cities in the Far East and during his will week's stay in the Colony, study focal conditions.

He added that his company was

Batavia line.

The increase in the valuation of led to there being a number of specialising on the Amsterdam- the City of Victoria is mainly due vacant flats and shops

Bcattered

to new buildings on the Praya East through the Chinese portions of the Reclamation and would have been City, and, as a result, a demand for

Linking China and Java, mucu greater but for tendency to reduction of rent in these areas has With regard to the possibility of reductions of rental in a number of commenced. Unless the world de-linking China and Java by air, Mr.

pression continues, however, it is Moes said that he saw no difficulty.! localities.

Under Hong Kong Villages the not anticipated that this condition Flying conditions were perfect and THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. increase is mainly due to the new will remain for long.

as soon as business in China livened development at Wongneichang.

up sufficiently to justify auch a the increase is due In Kowloon

service, no doubt it will be institut-!

Established 1912.

Read OB-Hong Kong.

sushorised Capital (H.E. Currency) ...§11,000,00% Pull-Up Capini menzionat Xavervi Fund and

BRANCUES pa

8.066,000 1150,000

to

new

Chinese tenements and NEW YORK STOCK ed. The Chinese population of Java

flats in semi-European

Mongkok, aud European flats

houses on Prince Edward Road and European fats at Kowloon Point.

In the case of New Kowloon the

Onion, Bangkat, Hanbow, Bangbok, increase is largely due to Chinese

and San noinen,

LONDON BANKERS

The Lloyd's Dank, Limited.

CORRESPONDENTS

In all princi; ochies of the Worl

Foreign Kebangs nad banking business of

very description brazaached.

Béla Depois Bows (various siam) si-a pukely rental of teman 35 to $40

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong.. No. 12, Des Voeux Road Central, Established: 1918.

| Authorized Capital

Paid-up Capital

tenement houses in Shamshuipo and in Kowloon some further building City on the new layout.

EXCHANGE

A.O.F.C. Quotatio`s.

were mostly from South China and such an air service would be greatly appreciated by them, besides being! of inestimable value to China her-! self. At the moment there were na schemes to start this line but there; is a distinct possibility of it in the fature.

New York, Yesterday. Dow Jones Averages.

Last To-day's Changes Aver. Aver.

Mr. Moes said that there was a The number of tenements report-30 Industrials 92.70 94.84 2.14 up

spirit of friendly co-operation be- 46.81 47.64 33 up ed to be vacant averaged about 20 Rails

tween the different air lines. ""Com 31.01 31.78 27 up 439 monthly, as compared with 297 20 Utilities

be said, "can be very .04 down petition," 140 Bonds ... 88.09 18.05 last year.

Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re- healthy and can be very fair and The following comparative state-port-The strength prevailing this friendly.** ment shows the Rateable Value of afternoon was evidently due to the No Service To Hong Kong.

heard the Colony of Hong Kong from Washington dispatch to the effect Mr. Mocs said he had

inclusive that the Administration had not about The Pan-American Line tak- abandoned a program of possible ing over the interests of China Na- Inflation but was prepared to use tional Airways. In one respect he this means if the situation demand-'was rather disappointed, as he had ed such action. In other words it been hoping to travel to Shanghai looks as though the so-called "In- from Hong Kong by air, and he was Bation" policy is still the most po- sorry to find that the line was not Itent market influence. However, working yet.,

1923-1924 to (000 omitted) :--

Percent- age In- crease.

Asked why

the KL.M. did not; it is not established that the mar- ket at this particular time has the contemplate extending their line to said the ability to go through last week's Hong Kong, Mr. Moes highs. Wheat:-Price opened at Dutch Company had to keep to their,

reacted limit but

immediately main object, the linking up ofi Colonies in the! In the ten years from 1923-1924 thereafter, the Washington des- Holland with her

1933-1934

Year.

Reserve and Undivided

Frosts

$10,000,000.00 1926-1027 1927-1928 5,598,500.00 1928-1929

2,312,000.00

Amoy

Branches and Agencies:-

Peiping

| 1933-1934

1923-1924 1924-1925

27,287 1925-1920

5,139 27.909

2.60 710 20,016

1,018

3.64 30,305 1,379 4.75 31,617 1,222 4.02 33,069 1,452

4.50 35,071 1931-1932

2,001 6.04 37,457 1932-1933

2,386 6.80 .. 38,941 1,483 3.96

Rateable In- Value.

21,050 22,147 1,088

crease.

5.16 23.20

Batavia

Penang

Bombay

Calcutta

Rangoon Saigon

Canton

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Hankow

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

Haiphong Honolulu Kobe

Kowloon

Manila

Molbourne

Nagaanki

New York

Paris

Inspection Cordially Invited. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeur Road, Central

UBAD OFFICE:-Talpeb, Formon.London

Incorporated by Special Imperial

Charter, 1899.

Card Bank is Formans.

Bank-Roles lapped Ayscus Tou. #,500,00 BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

JAPAN-Toby Tokokazy, Love, Cente

FORMOSA 1-re

Ing, Irak,

San Francisco

Seattle

Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Swatow SWALDW Sydney Talhoku

Timisia

Tokyo

Vancouver Yokohama

increased

to 1933-1934 the rateable value of patch precipitated short covering Far East. The Company had other by and induced buying by commission lines in Europe and for the moment the

has Colony

houses. Cotton:-Nervous and er-it was not thought wise to nave! $17,881,573 or 85 per cent.

The demand for the office and ratic and easily influenced either lines all over the world.

Mr. Moes said that the Royal shop accommodation in the centre way. The early advance attracted

realising. Prices Dutch Air Line was greatly obliged of the City remains strong, as it considerable

does also for European style dwell-subsequently advanced rapidly on to the Hong Kong Postal authorities ings in suitable situations on the inflationary Island.

at 3 o'clock p.m.

at their Sales Room, 4. Duddell Street.

On Austin Seven Motor Car 1927 Model (2 new tyres) In very good running order. On view from day of sale,, Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers Hong Kong, August 2, 1933.

M. C. L.

MINISTERING CHILDREN'S

THE

LEAGUE

ANNUAL GALA

will be held

one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

NO, BY BAIE,

Begistry Xo.

Locality,

Boundary

Matraman T

It.

13

W

# |About|s

40 | par (usie plan | 1,078 |17||

GENERAL NOTICES.

on WEDNESDAY, M

20th September,

At Repulse Bay,

Further particulars later. Please book the Date.

KING'S

THE AIR CONDITIONED

THEATRE

THEATRE.

COMMENCING SUNDAY 6TH AUGUST

JOSEPH M, SCHENCK presente

JOAN

CRAWFORD

rumours. Silver: for the arrangements they had made The market was narrow, reflecting with regard to Air Mail from Hong The rapid development of the uncertainty on the part of buyers Kong. The mail steamers left sellers. Continental banks every week from Hong Kong for Praya East Reclamation together and with over building in other parts ofiare reported as sellers on bulges. Singapore taking five days under near the close normal conditions and the Air Line; encouraged buying.

from Singapore to Amsterdam and Business Done:-1,780,000 shares. London occupied seven days for the

Last To-day' voyage, so that mails from Hong||

PrieKong reached London, within a

Correspondents in all principal cities the Colony and the depression have Inflation rumours

Makong Many, Skiveniks, Thicks. Tulsa,f the World. Take Tam, Tosa, Elatio, fo

Amey Foooow, CHINA-Bhanghai, Bankow,

Awalow, Canton.

OTHERS

Long.

Terabaya,

Singapore, Semarang, Baiería, Bombay, London York, mire.

LONDON BANKKES.

Barclays Back, Lid. Läsyds Bank, Ltd, Midland Bank, Ltd., Wastesloeter Bank, Ind.

The Back has torrespondante un all she principe! Some Cool through the world

HONG KONG BRANCH,

E, XAGUEL

4, Des Vang load Oecriral.

Bang King Drostuber M, 1981,

Makingar

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Yen. 119,750,000

Estabaked 1839. ·

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000) Reserve Fand

Head Offer:-TOKOHAMA

Branches and Aguelos at:

Nagasaki

NEKOTA

Newchwang

New York

Dakka

Paris.

Feiging

(Mukde) 'Rangoon

Alexandria Bataria

Bombay

Onloetta

Canton

Dairen (Dalny)

Hankow Barbin

Honolulu

Larachi Lobe London

Los Angeles

Elo de Janeiro San Francisco Seattle

Semarang Shanghai

shinvod Singapore Бонгавиул Bydney

Tokyo

Taingten

J

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

Safe Deposit Boxes To. Let.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager,

THE

Price

944 96%

Air Reduction

Allied Chem. & Dye Amer. Can Amer. Smelting Amer. Tel. & Tel.

Tob. "B" Amer. Waterworks Amer. Anaconda Co per Mining 16

1154 117

4212

8414 844 33

34% 1224% 124%

844

BAZ 294104

44

01%

18

164

16% 48% 89% 28號

BRITANNIA WINS YACHTING RACE AT COWES

(Continued from Page 1). In the King's Cup on Tues- day the Britannia was placed third to Velsheda and Shamrock V, His Majesty, being at the tiller. The Velsheda is expected to Auburn challenge for the America Cup Bendix Aviation

Borden

Co. which has been held by America Canadian Pacific since 1851 the year of the inception J. 1. Case

2144 of the contest. Mr. W. L. Stephen- Caterpillar Co. son is considered the most promis Chase National Bank

281 291 Motors Chrysler the late Sir to ‚U.S.$5,000,000.00ing successor

Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 53% US$1,867,089.17 Thomas Lipton in the quest for the Curties Wright .U.8.$1,718,979,67 ¿Cup for which Sir Thomas spent a Drugs, Inc..

life-time in attempting to secure for Du Pont de Nemours

Eastman Kodak Britain.-Reuter.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.

Head (tes:-65, Broadway. New York.

Capital Surplus Reserver

/ BRANCHES S

Gece

Besties City

AMKAR

Garson

Bang Ho Heidelberg

- Kalas

Taiping

Liverpack

LA

Sontagios

Taormina

Yokohamte

"Bremen

Хонко

Month Darla

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

All classes of Commercial Baziding Transactions undertaken.

Persons) investment handled.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

3114

18%

fortnight. Business men in Hong

Kong had expressed satisfaction with this arrangement he added.

MRS. POLSON'S CONDITION IMPROVES

(Continued from Page 1).

Mrx Polson fell to the ground. when her assailant proceeded to slash at her, legs and body. Her screams were heard by her husband. Mr. J. C. Polson, of Taikoo Dock- went to her assistance, whereupon the attacker

88

3%

3%

69%

71%

77

Auto-lite Co.

18%

2514

lyard, who at once

les Bond & Share Elec.

Elec. Power & Light

General Electric

General Foods

Motors

Gillette Safety.

Beorganised October 28, 1928, under Gold Dust

special charter of The National Gov. Internat Harvester

Internat. Tel. & Tel. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Liggett & Myers "B"

Loew's BANK DRAMATAN

Ine.

Biscuit

ernment as an

Subscribed Capital Paid-Up Capital

....$25,000,000.00 Monteerserit

Ward

Reserve Fands. ..... ..$8,820,505.32 Nat. City Bank

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI

HONG KONG, BRANCH:

4, Queen's Boad Central.

Products

Nat Dairy Otis Elevator Pacific Gas & Elec.. Packard Motors

Pennsylvanis Bly. Radio Corpn. Sears Roebuck

Owing to our numerous branches in Standard Brands

验

284

35%

291

131

21%

10

23% threw away the chopper and took

85%

to his heels. The chopper was sub- sequently found. by the Police, and fwill form a valuable clue to the. 15% identity of the criminal

Mrx. Polson was immediately 28% rushed to the Government Civil operated on by Hospital and, was 64%

Dr. J. E. Devey. She was in a 'dan-

92

21%

นน

32%

83%

RAIN

WALTER HUSTON

A deluge of passion in a form of emotion

KNITED

ARTIINS

FISTURE

Lewis MILESTONE P

ALSO

MICKEY MOUSE

'AND

MICKEY MOUSE

Presents

"KLONDIKE

KID"

BABES IN THE WOODS" Coloured Silly Symphony!

CRUELTY TO A MUI-TSAL

Woman Gaoled

HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB

that TEMBERS are reminded

the 46th. ANNUAL GEN- ERAL MEETING will be held in the Club-house on THURSDAY, 3rd August, 1933, at 5.45 p.m. W. PRYDE. Acting Hon. Secretary.

HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE OF INTERIM DIVIDEND

N°

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ah INTERIM DIVIDEND

of FOUR per cent. (4%) for the six months ended 30th June, 1933, amounting to FORTY Cents per share on each share of the Com- pany will be paid on FRIDAY, the 4th August, 1933, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtain- ed on application at the Register- ed Office of the Company, Exchange Building, 4th floor.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the from Company will be CLOSED SATURDAY, the 29th July to FEI- DAY, the 4th August, 1933, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Direc-

tors.

W. L. MCKENZIE,

Secretary.

11th July, 1983,

THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY

CO., LTD.

N. INTERIM DIVIDEND of

ATWO DOLLARS per share for

the six months ended 30th June 1933 will be payable on WEDNES- DAY, 16th August, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtain- ed on application at the Company's Offices, 3 Chater Road.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the REGISTER OF SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the 4th August to TUESDAY the 15th August (both [days inclusive), during which per- fod on transfer of shares, can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

L. S. GREENHILL,

• Secretary. Hong Kong, 28th July, 1938.

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.

AN

N. INTERIM DIVIDEND of 50 cents per Share has been de clared payable on WEDNESDAY,

Chuen Yan, married woman, ap-ard AUGUST next, on and after

20% gerously weak condition, suffering peared before Mr. Schofield this which date Dividend Warrante may 17% 17%, fcom shock and loss of blood. She morning, charged, on remand, with be obtained upon application at the 6%was on the operating table for near-assaulting a female child, Wong Kim Registered Office of the Company, Canal Road East, Bowrington, | !ly two hours, Mr. Folson spent Heong, six years of age.'

Accused admitted the charge, Hong Kong. 8% the night at the hospital.

-2744

84

8414.85%

27

34%

35

11%

22K

7

Latest reports from the hospital saying that she had beaten the gizl 14 hold out every hope of her recovery, because she was mischievous.

Sentence of two months hard As soon as the alarm was receive 11%ed at the local police station every bour was passed.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the REGISTER of MEMBERS of the Company will be closed from WEDNESDAY, 9th, to TUESDAY,

Iclusive. the miscreant, but were unsuccess-unregistered mul-isal and ill-treat- 22nd AUGUST, 1938, both days in- ful in effecting a capture. It is ment of a mui-tant; were withdrawn

available man joined in the hunt for

Two other charges, of keeping an

socounts: China and large connections in the im- Standard Gas

portant commercial centres of the Stan. Oft Co. of NJ. world, we are able to extend to our Socony-Vacuum Corpn. The Company" offers to intending clients special, facilities for domestic Texas Coron, Travelers the bas of its "Travelers and foreign banking and exchanges. Tens-America terest allowed a Current A-Chequeat and Latters of Credit and, We also handia the issue of Bonds finion Carbide & Carbon 41

| in^uädition,' the, world-wida, servicos and other Publle. Fonda of the Chin Union & Transport-82488% whopeil, however, that the clues in at the previous hesring eriode of itu thoroughly equipped Travel-De-| Use Government both at home Deposits repaire

at eaten to be obtained on app

Hong Kong, 11th March, 1983,

Union Pacifie

Mand

Abroad

United Corpn.

DUGGAN,

Manage

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager. Hong Kong, 5th March; 1981.REA

United Timited Sion S0001B2%82%

10 the possession of the Police will Sub-Inspector Fraser, of the Westinghouse E. & MAC 40% PE enable them to establish the men's B.C.A., appeared for the prosecu

† indicate the bid • indicate the dir identity.

tion.

By Order of the Board,

DW. F. SIMMONS

Secretary

Hong Kong, lat' August, 1983