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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAJ BANKING CORPORATION.

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Working

$10.000.000

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READ OFFICE, RONG XOXO

BOARD OF DIRECTORA --

r. No, Say

T."A. IL Han, Tag.

W. H. Bell, Boy.

Deputy Chairman.

HB. Dodwell, Reg.

A. I. Campión, Vaq,

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MOT

MATATTA

ROMEDAY CALCUITS CANTUN

COLOS DO

Mihin. Zos.

Bon Me. 3. J. Patiente

1. A. Pammar, Bug

3. M. Grubers. Bes.

Ohlal Manager.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

READ OFFICE: LONDON,

Paid-up Capital Beserve Fund

#3,000,000] £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

Agencies and Branches

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SINGAPURLIS

BOUMBATA

TRENDIN

ΣΤΣΚΟΥΔΟ

TOLGILAMA

TOKŐLAB (Bhuket)

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General

BANOKOK

LONDER Стока

PANTOW

HARBIN

MALADD

BOKO XONO

MARILA

Подо

TALINO

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MUKDEN

KARAOHI

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PINANG

KUALA LUMPUR

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Foreign

BHANGRAJ

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TIETU

TOKYO

HAITRONG

DAIKIN

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BANKO

BARSIN

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IPO

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KUALA LUMPER

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Charvet Arranno aped lu Lamond Curratory and Firad Dapenile ramalvad for me pada * charle variede la Tool Durrelay and darling on wine which will be quoted an oppilasking. Hong Kong. 22nd May, 1983.

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SOEG KONG AND EMANGKAT BARX the BEPORATION. Jelas any bu uliobha il saslination.

10 TER ZONGKONG AND SHANDMAI SANTINS COEPORATION.

Y. Y. GRAYBURN,

Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.

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THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINEO.)

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

Omahead Band in Yermoons. Back Actes coed ávirker silount Yes RADNO NA

Os and after August 15th, 1933, the Current rate of Interest on Special

be at 2% p.a. on daily Depowit will balance and the rate for balance over 110,000 will be quoted on application (Maximum rats—1%).

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Dear Road Central Hus Kong. Denwabes 14,, IDOL.

Menge

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1838.

Exchange and

Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix ed Deposite racetrad for one year or starter periods at zafer which will be quoted on application.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and

Finance.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

AUSTRALIAN TRADE WITH CHINA

Chinese Delegation Suggested.

#

COTTON, SILVER

AND WHEAT

Latest Quotations.

NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933.

SUPPLEMENTARY VOTES ASKED

Finance Committee's Next Meeting

ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE

OF $126,769 New York, Dec. 7. Mesara. Asin Lands Ltd. have re

Supplementary votes totalling ceived the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat $126,760 will be tabled rubber. silk and silver exchanges next meeting on the Commodity Exchange Committee of

Council New York:- the Chinese Closing Commodity Prices DO

Several additional sums are At a meeting of

required on account of the Po~| Chamber of Commerce held yester-December 6.

SILVER.

lice Force, the first being 56,600 day afternoon, Mr. Wong Kwong-

of Anti-Piracy Sther: Commodity Exchange ine for expenses tin the Chairman referred to some

Guards. the of New York: correspondence received from Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Relocal office of the Advertising and Dec. 5 Range Dec 6 Range

44.80 44.81 port:-There is not much in to-day's Publicity Bureau, in which it was Mar. 45.15 45.20

45.94 45.31 Huggested that the members of the May...48.75 45.75 Chamber should be sounded as to July.. 46.26 46.28 45.84 45.81 their attitude should an invitation [Total sales for the day:

A.O.F.C. Quotations.

New York. Yesterday.

Last To-day's Changas. Aver. Aver.

30 Industrials 101.90 101.28 71 down 20 Rails

39.83 40.63 TO up 20 Utilities. 23.88 23.63 25 down

8161 81.97 86 up 40 Bonds

Ba

market to show what the immediate

The relative. future will bring.

described strength of rails is quite satisfactory and we think we shall shortly see further attempts to put the market on higher ground. Wheat:

con- The better feeling

be received to send a delegation to 251 contracts of — 163 contracts of attend the Melbourne Centenary 25.000 ozs each 25,000 ozs each

Market:-Steady. celebration.

RUBBER

Rubber:

at the Finatice of the

the Legislative

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MACAO RACES

THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB

--

SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING.

SUNDAY, 10th DECEMBER, 1933 First Saddling Bell at 1.15 p.m. First Race

at 1.45 p.m.

ADMISSION :--

To Members' Enclosure $2.00 To Public Enclosure 40 eta.

Members badges LADIES are

30.

MUST show their Admittance. gain

cordially invited to The amount expended to date attend the RACES without charge. is $19,475.33 which leaves a ba-See Steamboats Co.'s Notice for lance of $524.67 on this vote. Special Sailings to Macao. The estimated expenditure re quired up to December, 1933, will be $6,500 and a vote for $6.000 is therefore requested. The expenditure in 1932 $27,062.92 and it has not been possible to reduce it to the sum

Was

DOLLAR ACADEMY,

P Commodity Exchange

Dec. 5. Dec. 6.

8.85 8.90 9.25 9.22 9.64 9.43 9.75 9.67

After a brief speech by Mr. J. M. tinues. There was some mail buy-Weng stressing the need for such a ing, but local interests are inclined Chinese trade visit to Australia, the Inc. of New York: to oppose the advance. Receipts Chairman said it should enhance,

Cotton: Southern were very light.

future trade developments, while at December selling Was more evident. while the same time a well organized trade March there was a modest domand

from mission could remove much misun May the Continent. The Trade appears derstanding abroad Manager.

about China, July to be willing to buy on the scale- which is not a land of labourers, but Standard No. 1 "B" Contract. down. Silver: The decline in for possesses also been business men Total sales for the day:~~~ eign exchange off set the feeling of with capital and good organisation.

A. BREAKLEY,

Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932

THE BANK OF CANTON,

Rafablished 1911.

Bead Offer --Heng Kong.

LTD.

Anthaetana Capita) (1.8. Ourrenzy: $11,000,000 Pod-Up Capli

1.150,00 ВДАНОВКА

Kingbak. Bsalow, Bangkok

Onsion.

LONDON BANKERS)- The Loyds Bank Limited. CORRESPONDINTO

In all priampai bitter of the World,

Poesigs Excumago and banking business a very description "smannatal.

Made Dupe's Bows (various siana) ut a Fracij

LOOK POONG BHAN,

firmness. bought moderately.

PR

545 contracts 187 contracts

NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE. Dec. B Range Dec 6 Bange Dec....1.37 1.88

Commission houses

A sub-committee consisting of The futures Messrs. J. M. Wong, Li Yew Tong, market, however, remained under Chung Wel-lum, Lui Yam Shuen and | pressure.

Lau Ngok-fan was elected to con- Business Done:---1,440,000 shares.sider the suggestion of getting

Last To-day's Chinese merchants interested

and forming a delegation to attend the Exchange: Melbourne celebration.

Air Reduction Allied Chemical & Dyr American Can

Chief Manager. Borden Co.

Canadian Pacifie

1. Case

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Caterpillar Co.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital ..... Reserve and Undivided

Profils

HEAD OFFICE:—HONG KONG 12, Des Voeux Road Central

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-

Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman.

Li Hoon Chun, Esq.

P. K. Kwok, Esq.

Wong Yun Tong, Esq.

Chan Ching Shek, Esq.

Chase National Bank

Electric Bond & & Share

Electric Power & Light 54

General Electric

Foods

reneral Motort

Gold Dust

ht

1.38 1.40

Dollar, Scotland. [REPARATION for Universi- ties, Army, Public Servicra, of $20,000 provided in the Cur-Commerce. On list of School. rent Estimates. Government nominating for Sandhurst. Сол- is re-imbursed for its expendi-lingent of Junior Division O.T.C.

Mild climate and Healthful sur- ture on this service by the Com- panies employing the guards. roundings, specially suitable for A further item under the same colonial boys and boys from urban |heading is $4,000 for Secret Ser-areas. Preparatory School ad-

vice.

Hacent.

The amount provided in the Prospectus and full particulars 1933 Estimates has been expend may be obtained on application to ed owing to more rewards being the School Secretary, or at the

office of this paper. paid. It is estimated that 8

Headmaster, HUGH F. MARTIN, surn of $4,000 will be required to

SUGAR Sugar: New York Suzar & Coffe Cover expenditure to the end of

the year.

A supplementary vote for this sum is therefore request- } --- Dec. 6. Dec. 6.

ed. 1.19 1.21

A further geners! committee meet-December ing will have to consider the report March

before

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONR

any May

Market:-Quiet.

1.30

128

1.86

J.34

A sum of $1,000 is required for the purchase of a new set of solid tyres for the Dennis Police Van and also to meet running re- COTTON. Cotton! New York Cotton Ex-pairs for Police Motor Vehicles change:

up to 31st December, 1933.

Dec. 6 Range Dec 6 Range- Dec. ... 9.99 9.90 9.92 9.12 Jan....10.02 10.02 9.93 9.94 Mar.

..10.16 10.10 10.08 10.08 May.10.29 10.29 10.23 10.23 July...10.42 10.42 10.34 10.34 Oct....10.60 10.60 10.50 10.50 Middling

Mutilated

Spot .10.20

CHICAGO WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Tride:

Tec. 5. Dec. 6. 84% 84% 863% .87

Price Pric

104% 1024 148% 1461⁄4

98

American Smelting American Trl, & Tel. American Tobacco "B" American Waterworks Anaconda Copper Mining 15% Auburn

4514

437%

1184

116%%%

of the sub-committee

ጎርና

76%

action can be taken.

18

18%

14

€224

4644

Bendix Ariation

21%

104

16%

21

13

13

72

71

2144

241%

$10,000,000.00 Chrysler Motors

2044

19%

On London---

5144

$6,698,600.50 Consolidated Gax of N.Y. 37%

50%

T. T.

1/4%

374

On demand

1/47

$ 2,312,000.00

Curtins Wright

24

Du Pont de Nemours

DIN

90%

Four months' sight. 1/5

Eastman Kodak

84

811

Credits 4 months'

Electric Auto-lite Co.

18

18

734%

sight

1/5%

13

137

On New York

20%

2012

Onderhand

361⁄2

38

CrediNo 60 x d a ;

34

394

#

Aight A

NOW

December

Gillette Safety

19%%%

10%

On Pari

May

18%

174

Internal. Harvester

42% 42%

On demand

525

July

80

86

Internat Tell & Tel.

194

13

Credits 4 months'

Total sales for the day:-

Liggett & Myers "3"

814

sight

625

Low' Inc.

30

30

120

Montgomery Ward

On ludla

14,000,000

bushels

20,000,000 bushels

234

24V

40%

T. T.

49%

9344

National City Bank

20% 1

1844

On demand

93

Otis Elevator

National Dairy Prod.

13%

13%

On Shanghai-

News In Brief.

14

1414

On demand

1103

Scattle

Pacific Gas & Electric

17%

18%

Semarang Shanghal

Packard Motors

4

On Japan:-

4

Pennsylvania

Rly.

28%

2814

On demand

116

.6%

6%

Or Mandia-

Sears Hoebuck

24

44

Standard Brands

On demand

7214

23

DAM

29%

Standard Ga

85%

| On Singaporṣ--

Standard Oil Co. of N.J. 46%

464

On demand

60

Socotry Vacuum Corpn.. 10% 1634

On Batavia-

Texas Corpn.

2014

261

On demand

565%

Тгалк Амrrica

On Salgon..

47

111

On demand

582

33%

On Bangkok-

4%%%

On demand

135 nom.

40% 40/4

46

39%

Bovereigns bank buy-

ing rate

1/5/

Bar Silver per oz.

18%

Bar Silver in Hong

Kong

дет.

Copper Cash

nom.

Li Lan Sang, Esq.

Wong Chu Son, Eng. Kan Ying Po, E.

Kan Tong Po, Esq, Chief Manager.

Li The Fong, Esq., Manager.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

Manila Melbourne Nagasaki New York

Amoy

Belavia

Bombay

Calcutta Canton

Haiphong Hankow Honolula Robe Kowloon

London

Osaka Paris Peiping Penang

• Rangoon Saigon

San F'cisco

Singapore Sourabaya

Swatow Syndey Talhoku Tientsin

Tokyo

Vancouver Yokohama

National Biscuit

Radio Ceron.

KR

Union Carbide & Barben 48

Pacific Union

.108 United Air & Transport 33% Every description of Exchange business transacted. Loans United Corpn.

Banking and

granted on approved securitien.

United States Steel Current Accounts opened in Local Westinghouse E. & M. Currency and Fixed Deposits received--BID. for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terms which

? nuoted on application

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG PO.

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 24th November, 1983.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

ING.

Hand Off-Broadway. New York.

Capital

Surplus

Raserver

Capital (fully pal'-up) Yan100,000,000) Amiriam Raierre Fund.......Yen.121,250,000 twar

.1.8.36,000,000.00 1.8.81,867,039.17 .U.S.$1,718,979.47

BRANCHES...

Maxies Ola

1000

Hood Olles-TOKOHAMA

Baske

Bombus

Brendans

Heidelberg

From Parte Palpina

Branches and Agocios att

Liverpool

Phangh

Alexandria

Nagasak!

Belavia

NAZOFA

Calvete

Slappen

mbay

Cakutta

Caston

New York Osaka Faria Felping

cikarmeins

Diran (Dalny)

Nowokwang

Festion (Mulden) Rangoon

Hanbury HaLow

Harbin

Hong Kong Bosbizia

Hanking

Karachi

London

Kobe

Los Angeles

Rio de Janeiro Ban Francisco Beattie

Bemarking

Shangha Blagapore Bourabaya Bydney Tientzia

Tokyo

Laker Marvelies Claseshagué Make Car Debilla

Morobos

Mondrian

Branches of American Expense Coma- pany in Principal cition of United

| States of America and Odmade.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken,

Personal

handled.

LOCAL DOLLAR UNCHANGED.

Silver Prices Advance.

The dollar is still changed, open- ing to-day at 1/4%.

Silver prices advanced 1/16 yės- terday, spot closing at 18% and for- |ward at 18 11/16.

The cross rate, London on New York, la £-G85.12%, while New York

on London is £-G55.11.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀

中

Reorganlaed Octóber 28, 1928, under

special charter of The National Gov |ergament as an

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE-

BANK

Subscribed Capital Pald-Up Capffal Réserté Fonde

....$25,000,000.00 .£24,710,200.00 .$ 8,820,505.82

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4 Queen's Road: Central,"

Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the im portant commercial centres of the

The Company offers to tutanátur world, we are able to extend to our Krweslare the use of its strange clients special facilities for, domartie Current de Chopper and Lattays of Credit and are as handle tokiame of Bonde

foreign banking and changes. in- pätition, the worldwide survinas of ir thuroughly detipped Travel DE- and other Fabile Funds of the Ching eas. Government both at home and

DUGGAN,

abroad, HOU. 1, CHEN,

Copper Cents

1% premi

Rate of Native Interest 8% p.m. Chinese Sub. Coin

Hong Kong Sub. Coin par.

B.A., (Oxon).

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERN AND SURVEYORS,

· Public Auctions

It is estimated that an addi. tional sum of $350 will be re quired for telegrams and long- distance calls up to the end of instructions to sell by Publie

the year.

Prisons Department. Owing to the fact that married officers of the Prison Indian Staff at the drawing rent allowance rate of $15 per month could not obtain suitable quarters in the vicinity of the Gael it was found necessary rent a house in! Hospital Road for $360 a month

منا

[\HE Undersigned have received

Auction

ON

Saturday, the 9th December, 1933. commencing at 10.30 a.m.,

at their Sales Room,

4. Duddell Street,

Sew A Quantity, of - MALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

including:

FURNITURE

Bed Room

us additional quarter for eight| Dining Room and families. A vote of $2,600 is re- Suites, etc. etc., quested. The rent allowances of (The above Furniture was at one the officers concerned have laps-time at "Overbaya" Repulsebay ed.

Rond.)

increase

Catalogues will be issued.

. Owing to unforeseen in the number of prisoners the On View from Friday, the Stb. amount provided in the current December, 1938. It was erroneously reported yea-year's Estimates for photography

LAMMERT BROS., terday that Mr. T. P. Farrell was has proved insufficient, and an

Auctioneers. fined for allowing his dog to be at aditional sum of $400 is re large both unrmuled and unlicensed, quested.

whereas the defendant in the case was Mr. R. E. Farrell.

Miscellaneous

THE Undersigned have received

ON

MONDAY, the 11th Dec., 1933, commencing at 4.00 p.m. at their Sales Boom, 4. Duddell Street.

Assortment of SUIT LENGTHS.

Auction Two supplementary votes of) Hours of transmission from $4,000 and $13.000 appear under Z.B.W., the local broadcasting ata- the head of Miscellaneous Ser- tion, for the month of November vices, the first being for printing totalled 284.50, of which 167.75 and binding Ordinances, Regula hours were devoted to European, tions and Reports. and 116.75 to Chinese programmes- The abnormal amount of new drafted New licenses to the number of 109 legislation passed and ware issued during the month during the year has caused the

vote to be exceeded.

The second vole, of $18,000, is

the

Professor W. Brown, of Hang Kong University, last night gave a for printing and binding Miscel most interesting address at the laneous Papers. {Sailors' and Soldiers' Home on the Although the output of 38%% dis.great tragedy of A, D, 79 in which Prison printing shop for 1988 to the Roman cities of Herculaneum date exceeds the corresponding and Pompeii were burled in an output of all previous years, eruption of Vesuvius. The address the Printing Department has was broadcast from the local been unable to meet demands and already job printing, which would gsually go to the Gaol, to the At yesterday's meeting of the amount of over $10,000 has had

Govern Chinese Chamber of Commerce it to be placed with the was resolved to send a petition to ment Printers, A supplemen the Governor from the Chinese re-tary vote for $18.000 is request sidents of Hong Kong, praying for ed.

LONDON EXCHANGES.

Stockholm Copenhagen Vienna

Paris New York Montreal

London, Yesterday,

89 9/32 5.12%

3,05

Brussels

23.47

Geneva

16.88

Amsterdam

8.10

Milan

Berlin

61 13/16 18.65

19.39%

22.40

90'

18.90

10924

228%

89 15/16 110

185

Rio Buenos Aires Montevideo Shanghai Bombay.

212: 41%

35*

Oslo Prague Helsingfors Madrid Lisbon.

Athena Bucharest

Belgrade

1/8 11/16

station.

an increase of the allowance of free) |water per capite and ■ reduction of) the charges for excess, consumption.

The Rev. Robert J. Cairns, H.-M. ] Pastor of Sancian Island gave an Jaddress last night at 8 o'clock, over)

COLONY'S WATER SUPPLIES

A Fine

On View on morning of the sale. Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 6th December, 1933.

TIN PRODUCTION QUOTAS.

Committee Considers 1934 Reduction.

Paria, To-day. The main problem for the Inter- national Tin Committee meeting to-day is whether the production quota of each signatory country will be 40 per cent of the 1929 produc- tion or more for the first three months of 1934. *7

Another question is the possible adhesion of the countries not at pre- sent members of the Committee.

While official circles are allent, it

the radio, on the story of the great Improved Position Overs probable that negotiations

Christian plonser,

St. Francia

| Xavier, and his death on Sanciati

Jaland, whither hundrads of pil grims are bound this week-end from |Hong Kong and Macao.

Last Year

Are

now being conducted with the non- member nations, including Chine

The total amount of water in and the Belgian Congo-Router. storage in the Island Reservoirs on Hong Kong's rainfall for the 24

November 80 amounted to 2,023,

His Excellency the Governor, Bix 610,000 gallons, as compared with hour ending at 10 km. to-day was William Feel, M.C.M.G, K. at 1,858,950,000 gallons on the same 0.20 of an inch, making a total of 61.35 inches since January 1, tended by Captain Waller, AD,C., day of last year,

* against an average of 82.20 inches. yesterday morning visited the Mainland reservoirs show 681, 202 children's hospital, clinic and or 150.000 gallons in store on the same Sentence of two months' hard 1/6.1/32....... phanage of the Convent of the Pro- day, as compared with 650,870,000 labour was imposed by Mr. B. W. 1/5.8/16

clous Blood, Kowloon, where he was gallons on November 80 last year. Tamilton at the Central Magistracy 1/2 19/32 regelved by the Rev. Mother Teresa Consumption per head pet' day this morning of Li Kad, street Tim, the Right Rev. Bishop Henry for the Island was 21.6 gallons and coolfe, for stealing a purne contain- Valtorta, Vicar Apostolic of long for the mainland: 19:6 galloning $20 from Chinese woman's Kong, the Committee. And medical compared with 20.2 gallons and 16. cabin on board the Hydrangea, ahi, and Mrs: Ferry of the nursing gallons' respectively during Novering alongside the Chin Chau

bar 1932

Wharf yesterday.

18

Hong Kook Yokohami Silver Spot Suger Forward 18 11/16

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