BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
sushoriad Capital
1
turned and Fulis Fridup #00000 Love Fenda 3-
& LID $18,000,000
Mamurre Liability of Proprietors aan FIJPLIN
HEAD OFFICE: ADEG EÐL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS—
T. E. Fearra Bag
Chalrosa
T. II. H. Kha«, Esq.
Deputy Chairs
J. H. Bonfield, Exq.
N. L. Dodwell, King,
Dompon. Eng.
Uon. Mr. H. Mackle,
MUN MAXG COL BATAVIA
APPLA CALOUTTA
CARTON CHZPOO COLOMM
ΠΑΙΖΕΙ РООСЛОЙ CALPHONO
CANSURO HANKOW HABRIK
CONAXEW
NAILO
IPOH
JOWORE
KOBK
TOWLOOK
Vids Eng
Hon. Ma, J. J. Pateroom.
3. A. Mummet. Jog
N. Murphy, Faq Acting Chial Naongue,
KUALA LUMPUE
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BRANCHES.———
LOXDOX
LYOMI
VALLOCA
MAKIZA
MUAR (Johora,
VOLDEN
KEW YORK
PEIPINO
PENANG
KANGOOK
SAIGON
BAX FRANCISCO
STAKOTAI
SINGAPORE
SOUTHABATA SONGE PATAN'
TIENTWO
TOETO
TRINGTAO
TOEDHAMA
Current Amount spend in coral f'urton's sad Fixed Depostle cooled for one pow
be priori in Toral Outroney and Bertag sapientia. wo some whink will be packed Hong Kong. 22nd May, 10x3.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
*ka kuchome of the shore Bank la sendirian **** HOXⱭ LONG AND THAKONAI RANK
CORPORATION, ExM may be chiulack
10 application.
FOL FER HONGKONG AND BEIKSMA)
PRIZE CORPORATION,
LN. MULFOY,
Acting Chief Manger.
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1988.
SAFETY FIRST !
To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries, Deposit them in a Vault that is really: FIRE. PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF DAMP-PROOF!
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mexxanine Floor of Our New building is Specially Con- atracted to provide all of these Im- portant Qualities.
You may obtain a Safe Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vanit for your own use of a very moder- ato Rental
Inspection Cordially levited. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD.
- Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road, Centrul.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formous. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.
Conical Beak in Formoen, Back-Bolne hoped Arabian amount ... 44,0ƠN MÀQ
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1863.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
CALOU ITA DANTO
GAWEPOIS
BERU ÖOLOMBO DELHI KAIPHONG HAMBUZI FLANKOW HARBIY
BONG TONG
FLOILO
CABACHI
LORI
KUALA LUMPUE
MEDAN
NEW FORE
PEIPING (PELINE PENANG RANGOON BLIGOK
SENABANG SEBEMBIK SHANGHAI PINGAPORN
*KITIAWAN
ТАТРЕМО
TIENTBEN
TITNOYAO
YOKONAKA
SAMBOANGA
EXCHANGES.
THE CHINA MAIL
Commerce and Finance
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
..£3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
.$8,000,000] On London-
T. T.
1/4%
£3,000,000
On Demand
1/4%%%
Agencies and Branches:"
4 Months' Sight
1/42
ALOS STAR
LOUHINO
BANGKOI
YADRAN
Credits 4 months'
Sight
1/5
MAXILL
On New York-
'On Demand
Credits 60 das
-eight
30% Nem.
NOW
On Paria---
SOURA BATA
On Demand Credits 4
Sight
months'
675
€15
On India-
TONGKAN (Bhalen;
T. T.
On Demand
90% 90%
On Shanghai-
On Demand
110%
On Kobe
On Demand
1134
On Manila-
On Demand
1
| On Singapore-- On Demand
On Batavia--
On Demand
ББ
On Saigon-
On Bangkok
On Demand Sovereigns bank buy.
ing Rate .... 1/5 Bar silver per oz...
17 18/16 Bar Silver in Hong
Kong Copper Cash
672
136
Foreign Exchange and General Banking lusiness transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rabes which will be quoted on applicaties.
Manager.
A. BREAKLEY, Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Rafablished 1918
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
· Authorland Capital ¿EK Currmacy)...$11,000,000 P-C Ceplis
1,60.000 Lowes Paid L150,ENG
Dante.
BRANCHES-
On Demand
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1933.
Local Shares NEW STAR FERRY
BOAT LAUNCHED
The official summary of the Hons Among First Of Kind in
Kong Stock Exchange issued to- day at 10.30 am
Dairy Farms were again sub-; jected to some pressure this morn-
NEW YORK STOCKing, but at a slight shading off in
EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Yesterday, Thew Jones Averages.
Aver. “Aver..
30 Industrials .. 20 Balle、、、 20 Utilities... $0.58 10.61.03 ap 40 Bonds... 87.90 88.01.11 up Masrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re port:-The stock markets took their cue from the strength of grains, pushing through the top of Re- the recent trading range. cently conservative feeling has been veering toward a belief that' if the business trend continues upward there is a possibility ad- ditional stimulas from Govern- mental action but nothing is yet evident.
100.17 101.34 117 up 49.67 · 50.79.1,12 up
Wheat: This market followed
61% Nom. advance in rye.
582
Nom. Nominal .... 1% prem.
Reanghai, Fack". Bułk Copper Cents
Rate of Native In
LONDON BANKARA ;—
The Lloyd's Bark, Limited-
DOBBEN PONTIENTS
La ali priscit af elling of the Tori.
For change and banking busan a rary description inverted
Bade Depot Bosas (various sizou) ni a jourly count of from $5 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager:
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Offies: Hong Kong. No. 12. Des Voeux Road Central, Established: 1918
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital .... Reserve and Undivided
Profite
$10,000,000,00 5,591,600,00
2,312,000.00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:---
Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman.
Li Koen Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq.
Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Li Lan Sang, Esq. Pun Hlu Cho, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kau Tong Fo, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager,
Correspondents in all principal cities!
On and after August 15th, 1933, the rate of Interest on Special Current at the World. Deposit will be at 2% pa. on daily balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application (Maximum rate-1%).
LONDON BANEKES 1
Berlays Bank, Xoldu, idoyda Bank, Lad Midisol Back, Lad, Wadminster Bink, LAL
The Bank has Gorraspondenis is all the príanipol
marcial Centres through
BOND LONG_BRANCH:
the wid
8, De Vaux Road Contra
-Hong Kong, December 1, 1981.
R.
KAMEH
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE RAHK.
LIMITED.
Fatablished 1880.
Reserve Fund
„Ten. 139,750,000|
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,500,000
Head Office:YOKOHAMA,
Branchin and Agencien átt,
Alaxandria
Batavia
Berlin
Nagasaki
Nagorn
Newchwass
Naw. Yock
Calcutta
-Canton
Dairen (Dalny).
Felping
Fangties (Mukden). Rangoon
Hamburg
Renkow
Harbin
Hory Book
Honolulu Hainking
Karachi
Kobe
Lyndon Lóg. Angeles
Rio de Janeiro
Ban Francisco Beattle
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved securities. Safe Deposit Boxes To Let
terest
34% pa. Chinese Sub. Coin... 32% dis Hong Kong Sch. Coln par.
1.200 INDUSTRIAL CODES FILED
Cotton: Higher од improved sentiment Offerings have been small. The tone has been steady. There has been some short cover- ing and slight trade and specula- tive buying.
Weevil complaints are heard due to the weather and crop advices are less favourable.
Silver: Producers sold. At the opening buying was mostly on Trade and foreign accounts, 148 lots were done additional to Sep- tember switching.
Business Done:-1,960,000 shares Lash To-day's Chanzes
British Empire.
DIESEL ELECTRIC DRIVEN
The latest addition to the Star
rates there were ready buyers, and quite a few parcels changed Ferry fleet, the "Electric Star,” In- hands both for cash and forward- cidentally one of the first Diesel- Trama maintained their positions (electric ferry boats to be built in at the quoted buying rate of the British Empire, was christen-
$22.40 (Ex. Div.)
The rest of the market more or less on the qquiet side.
Sales.
ed and launched at the yards of the was South China Motor Ship-building and Repairing Works, this morning, by Mrs. H. H. Priestley,
Hong Kong Banka, $1,815. Union Insurances, $5671⁄2/570, Raubs, $11.90..
Hotels, $6.90.
Hong Kong Trams, $221 ex. Div. Telephones, $324.
Cements (Combined), $5.45. Dairy Farms, $28/29.10. Watsons, $8.
Buyers
Bank of East Asia, $101. Underwriters. $1.85. Douglases, $321⁄2. Venz: Goldfielda, $51⁄4- Hotela, $6.80.
Hong Kong Lands, $76. Ewo Cottons, Sh.$14. Hong Kong Trams, $22.40 ex: Div. China Lights (old), $12.70. Electrics, $741⁄2. Watsons, $84. Constructions (new), 85 cents. Govt. Loans, 3% Prem.
Sellers.
Sinceres, $13.40.
COLLIERIES IDLE IN WALES.
Last Today's Twelve Thousand Miners
On Strike.
Price Price
101
$
100年 -1334
89
36
128
28
17%
17%
1814
30%
18%
7844
22%
Air Reduction Allied Chemical & Dye 132 American Can ..... 89 American Smelting .. 38 American Tel & Tel 127 Continued from. Paze 11
American Tobacco "B" 89 Meanwhile, agitation for further American Waterworks 28%
Anacada Copper Min- infistion has virtually subsided, and experts continue to chart the Auburn course of commodity markets in an Bendix Aviation
Borden Co. effort to fad a practical basis for
Canadian Pacific determining the value of the dol-1. I. Case lar on the basis of its purchasing Caterpillar Co. power.-United Press, per B.C. Chase National Bank 25%† Gold Bar Co.
THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK LTD.
ww
National Bank Building, 8A. Des Voeux Road, Central
Authorized Capital Paid-up Capital
,א
59
Chrysler Motors
42
Consolidated Gui
49
Curtiss Weight Drugi
Inz
*E
46%
Du Pont de Nemours 77% Eastman Kodak ... 79% Electric Auro-lite Co. 194 Electric Bond Share 2434
Power Electric $5,000,000.00 Light
General Electric 1,000,000.00 | General
General Foods General Motors Gillette Safety Gold Dust
New York, London and Paris Agenta;
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY.
We offer facilities for the transac-Con D
Internat Harvester
Londen, Aug. 15.
At the reception following the ceremony, the Hon Mr. J. J, Pater- son, Chairman of the Star Ferry Company, gave a short address after which Mr. Paul Hodgeon, in a brief speach, described the ves sel, later presenting Mrs. Priestley with a silver rose bowl as a memen. to of the occasion.
Dimensions of Ferry.
The dimensions of the new Star Ferry are:---
Length over all
116'
Between perpendiculars
110
Beam moulded
28'
Depth moulded
10'9"
8'6"
approximately.,
Draft loaded
The general appearance is very similar to the existing ferries
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
has been brought to our notice that certain parties : canvassing for a new Hong Kong directory are misleading the public by stating that they are canvassing for the "Dollar Directory."
This new directory has no connection whatever with the HONG KONG DOLLAR DIREC- TORY (established 1916).
The Hong Kong Dollar Directory is published yearly by the Hong Kong Dollar Directory Company at their offices. 3A Wyndham Street.
Our representative. Mr. J. C. Faers is our only authoris ed canvasser..
THE HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY CO.
3A. Wyndham Street. Hong Kong August 22, 1933.
GENERAL NOTICES.
with the exception of the shorter CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL. funnel, the beclawatt windows in
the first class deck shelters, and THE Classes in Colloquial Can- the third class deck where there
tonese under the auspices of
than
T
able be considerably more avail-the Hong Kong General Chamber able passenger space
on of Commerce will be resumed on previous ferries having exactly WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. the same overall dimensions.
BEGINNERS ARE INVITED TO This is due principally to the ATTEND FOR ENROLMENT on absence of the large engine and TUESDAY, September 5, at 5.15 The under-deck!p.m. in the Board Room of the boller casings. arrangement is, however, totally Chamber of Commerce, Chartered different, the machinery being Bank Building. Inatalied in three separate water. tight compartments instead of one
The
In consequence of a dispute over wages, work stopped in 21 anthra-As on the existing ferries. cite collieries in north and south central compartment is termed the generator and pumping room and Wales to-day.
the immediate adjacent compari- A total of 12,000 men are at prement separated from the former by sent affected, and it is expected that
a further 5,000 will be idle by Wed. water tight bulk heads and quick action hand operated water tight nesday.
Representatives of the miners doors are termed the propulsion have been authorised to negotiate motor rooms. The remaining com- settlement with the owners ifpartments are very similar to the existing ferries. It will be noted, possible.-Reutat.
therefore, that with the better. subdivision arrangement passen- gers are assured of greater safe- in the unlikely event of the ferry being damaged in collision or
SLUM CLEARANCE IN BRITAIN.
(Continued from Page 1).
Ladies are invited to avail them- selves of these facilities for learn- ing Cantonese.
As far as possible, times will be arranged to suit students.
Fuller particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.
M. F. KEY.
Secretary.
August 22, 1933.
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE.
STANLEY.
MCHOOL re-opens on September 5th Examination for New Students on MONDAY, Sept. 4th. at Stanley at 9 a.m. For Prospec- tus, For Boarders & Day-Boys, The cagine in the new ship is a Apply to Mr. Li Hoi Tung. Banker
Only a small proportion of those groundings. have been definitely allotted
9
to
244
elum dwellers and, although many
30%
31%
13%
સૂર
14
32
Montgomery
Ward National Biscuit
26
55%
National City Bank
National Dairy Pro-
ducts
821
20
17/
Liggett & Myers R
tiet: of general banking business. Internat Tel & Tel Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks and bonds bought and sold. Loans granted on approved securities.
LEE FANG, General Manager,
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE,
́tā. Gracechurch Street, Londen, REA
Authorised Capital Subscribed Capital ... Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund & Rt. 1,246,735
BANKERS:
Loew's Inc.
Otis Elevator
Pacific Gas & Electric 24%
Radio Corpo
Scare
Packard Motors
Pennsylvanis Hy
35
小
£3,000,000
Care Roebuck
41%
Standards Branda
28
7,800,000
1,050,000
Standard Gas Standard Oil Co.
N. 3.
15%
384 Vacuum Corps. 12% Texas Corpn Trans-America
249% 7%
The Bank of Englané e Midland Bark, Láli
New York Proseg
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager,
BRANCHEST
.Bangkok
Ipok
Bombay
Kandy
Caloutta
Kaesent
Fort Lopta
Celnet
Kota Bharu •*
Della Galle
Kasia Lépha
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC...
Head Office: 85, Broadway."
New York.
U.S.$5,000,000,00 US$1,867,089.17 .U.S.$1,718,079.67
Capital Surplus
Eeserves
BRANCHES
Mexico City.
Branches of American Express Com- patry is Principal cities of United Btates of America and Canada.
Hong Long...
How
Kuala Lumpur
(Mauritium), Rangoon Khangha
Kuanian (Pshing) Bimle
Madzes
Singapore
LONG KONG KRANCIL -
Every description of Booking and Rechtags kod mant tehomoted.
Travellace Choquée leszel..
Trantee and Executorships under taken.
INTEREST allowed on Current kocconta sad Fixed Depositant Bates that may be sortsinad os appčašalog.
JB. BOSS,
Queen's Boné Contest.' Th
POWER UNITS.
via-a vis
to
Stanley.
KING'S
progressive boroughs have done Crossley-Premier 4-cycle excellent work in tackling their K08 unit, and has eight cylinders & Co., 20, Des Voeux Road, C.....07 local slum areas, the action of the opposed operating four cranks, and ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, Health Minister in dealing with the rated power of the unit is to be the subject on a national basis has 540 b.h.p. at 270 revolutions. It is stimulated interest generally and to be noted, however, that this en- has enlisted public support for the sine is capable of developing 600 drastic slum-clearance scheme now, borsepower at 300 revolutions and a being drafted. British Wireless maximum of 660 b.h.p. for one bour, In spite of the tendency Service.
there is to-day to suggest that if diesel-electric propulsion is chosen, only the highest speeds of prime over should be used, the owners a slower Among the passengers who dis have deliberately chosen 28 embarked from the P. and O. 4.5. speed with a more moderate rating. Naldera this morning was Lt. The main B.T.H. generator is a 300 Comdr. A. Coventry, who will take kw. init of D. C. type, and this sup- 12% up his duties at H.M. Naval Dock-plies power for propulsion to one of two 420 shaft house-power pro- yard, Hong Kong.
pelling motors.
Union Carbide & Ca- 474 46
bon
Union
Pacific United Air & Trans-
124
port
United Corpa
37%
·8%
United States Steel 54% Westinghouse E & M 43%
i
Personal Pars.
Mr. R. Edwards and Mir, and 48 125% Mrs. J. F. Hickman were also pas- Bengers for the Colony by the
38% Naldera.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
-84-9/32
London, Yesterday
Paria
New York
Manage:
Montreal
Brussels
Geneva
Berlin
Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1985.
THE BANK OF CHINA, 行銀國中
Reorganised October 28, 1928, under
special charter of The National Gor ernment as an
A INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital: Reserva: Funds
$25,000,000,00 $24,710,209.00 ..$8,820,505.32
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
Bumerang
-All cineses of Commercial Banking Transactions undertakan..
og
? HONG KONG BRANCH: 4Queen's Road Central.
Bingspars
Soarabays BydDay Tientals
Tokyo
Interest" Allować żon
Caract A
· Deposits, recstrid Loe fixed
1st rates to be obfeinad on
Hong Kong, 11th March,"10EK
Personal investzwat
handled
Owing to car namerous branches in China and large connections in the im- portant commercial centres of the
The Company offers to intending world, we are able to extend to our Travelers the use of. Its strayoclients special facilities for domestic
We also handle the issue of Bonds Ing addition, the world-wide, services and other Fubile Funds of the Chin, of a thoroughly equipped Travel De
Government both at home and cation partment
SHOUJ. CHEN,
"W" DUGGANG
Hong Kong, 5th March, 1931
Amsterdam
Milan Stockholm Copenhagen Orlo Vienna Helsingfors Athens Prague Bücharest
Belgrad
Madrid Lisbon
Rio
Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay, Shanghai Hong Kong
Yokohama
4.4974
AMIT
23-64742
17.09/2
13.84/2
8.17
62 11/18
19.88
22,40
19.90
80. Nom.
2262
25874
111
560
240
394
109%
4.3/8" O.R 42 OR 34 Nom 1/6/1/16
1/8 A
1/2 3/8 Silver Spot 17 15/16 Silver Forward 17 15/16
War Loan 81 per cent, 110:1/8
British Wireless Service.
INDIAN FIRM ·SUES CLIENTS,
Mr. P. I. O'Neil of the Import Claim For $150 On
and Exports Office, accompanied by Mrs. O'Neill, arrived in the Colony this morning from Europe by the P: and O, as. Naldera.
Promissory Note.
Before the Puisne Judge," Mr.
Sergeant A. J. Johnson and Ser. R. E. Lindsell, this morning in the Summary Court, the Indian geant T. Carson of the Hong Kong Credit Co-Operative Society Police Force returned from furlough claimed the sum of $150 and this morning by the s.. Naldera costs from Fooran Singh,
The Air-Conditioned Theatre,
COMMENCING TO-DAY
"BORN
LUCKY"
WITH
TALBOT O'FARRELL
RENE RAY JOHN LONGDEN,
A
WESTMINSTER FILMS
PRODUCTION *~
ALSO· ADDED ATTRACTION
Hazoura Singh and Qutab Din, AT 7.15 & 9.30 PERFORMANCES
BRITISH OBSERVER IN AUSTRIA allegedly due under a promissory
(Continued from Page 1,3,
note, dated November 2, 1932...
Mr Leo D'Almada e Castro,
Following a series Nazi anti-Jar, instructed by Mr. Ael Austria broadcast from the Arculli, appeared for the plain- |Habicht Studios in Munich, tiffs, while Mr. F. C. E. Rendall, undertaken before the assurances of Messrs, Russ and Company, were given by the German Gov-represented the defendants. ernment, it was hoped that the The case is proceeding. attacks would cease. On August [11, however, further propaganda was broadcast, followed up by Itwo other speeches, on August 13,
and August 16,
QUALITY PRINTING ervice With
News In Brief.
HM. Sloop Bridgewater is «x« pected to arrive in the Colony from Shanghai to sorrow afternoon.
Chan Ngan Mui, aged two years, was yesterday sent to the Kwong
Wak Hospital: suffering from In-
DAILY.
THE IMPS DANCE ORCHESTRA
BY RIND PERMISSION OF HEUT, COL, E. J. de C. BOYS, M.C. & OFFICERS,
the
the BAND of the
1ST BN.
LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT
WILL PLAY! SELECTIONS FROM
*** BORN LUCKY "-
AND
Juries to her head, which she re- “THE GOOD COMPANIONS cafred when a bamboo pols fell o|CONDUCTOR-C_8, TROWT. her from the second ador at 18 Be--1
clamation Street:
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