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prietors
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LENABANO
BEREKBAR
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SINGAPORE
KETIAWAN
TOKOHAMA
CALOUTTA
CANTSE
OREFOO COLOMBO DABER POOCHOW
MATPHONG
BONNEEW
KOWLOOK
IVALA LUBOYUS
PLEA
MANILA
MUAH (Juhari
MUIDEN
NEW YORK
PEIPINA
PERANG
BA100%
SAN FRAMOTR00
SINGAPORN
HUNGRI PATADI
TIENTEN
TOKTO
TINOTAC YOTOKAYA
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and Foreign Exchange Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix-| ed Deposite received for one year of sharter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. BREABLET,
RAMBURG HAKKOR
попо
ΣΚΟΤΙ
JOHURI
ZOEK
BHANGHAI
ROUBABATA
COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22
NEW
ADVERTISEMENTS,
LANE CRAWFORD LTD.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
|MAIN STORE will be closed on
24th, 25th, and 26th. Dec. PEAK STORE open as on Sundays:
........
22.16 21.80 29 down the New York cotton and wheat, EXCHANGE RESTAURANT AND ****** 62.78 8282 .04 up Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re-rubber, allik 'and, wilver"" exchanges BREAD DEPT. Open as usual. port: The tone is still inconclu-on the Commodity Exchange Inc..
CORNER HOUSE:— sive and perhaps questionable. New York:- Many traders who follow technical Closing Commodity Prices on Saturday 8.38 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. Sunday, 8.30 am, to 9.30 p.m. indications appear to feel that December 21,
Monday: 8.30 a.m. to 12 Noon. SILVER there will be another spell of
Silver: Commodity Exchange ine. Tubeday 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. {weakness, and are standing aside
||N, B. No Idiveries on Christmas New. 20 Bange Dec. 21 Range Day excepting standing orders for
43.70 43.75 bread.
GOVERNMENT NOTICES.
NOTICE.
"NON-PAYMENT OF WATER ACCOUNTS.
E
NXCESS WATER and METER
RENTAL ACCOUNTS ATO. posted to the person who signed the Form "G" guaranteeing pay- ment. This person is generally the landlord or his recognized agent.
In many instances inconvenience is caused to tenants by the water, supply being disconnected without warning to them, owing to the failure of the guaranter to pay the accounta within the specified
in order to better measure the re- of New York: sistance underneath the market. Wheat: Further year-end liquida-Mar. 43.80 43.80 tion and lack of buying power, in May ....44.35 44.35 1420, 44.50 stead of heavy pressure, is making July.44.85 44.85 4475:44.78: the market vulnerable. Farmers Total sales for the day: h are not selling. Cotton: There 155 contracts of 132 contracts of A. S. WATSON" & CO., LIMITED. period was scattered liquidation for Jan- uary, in preparation for notice day [to-morrow. There was small 'sell-
ing of other, months.
The Trade
25,000 or each
Market-Firm.”
- 26,000 ors each
RUBBER.
ON
NOTICE
SATURDAY, the 23rd. With
Rubber: Commodity Exchange
cember, All departments will bought the bulk of the sales Boe-Inc. of New York:
Dec. 20. Dec. 21. be open until 7 pm. culative participation was small.
8.60
8.62
8.90 8.86
9.16
9.38
9.10 9.30
Standard No. 1 "B" Contract.... Total sales for the day:----
124 contracts 218 contracts' NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE. New. 20 Range Déc. 21 Range
1.28 1.30 Dec. 1.294 1.31
SUGAR. Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffes
ON MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 25th and 26th. December, All De- partments will be CLOSED.
on these days,
The Hong Kong Dispensary. Die- pensing Department, will be open for dispensing prescriptions from 10 à.m., to 1pm, and from 6 pm. to 7. 30 p.m.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, Hong Kong, 23rd, December, 1933.
Jast. To-day's Changes.
Aver. Arer."
....43,000,000 ....15,000,000
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
30, Industriale 20 Rails 20 Utilities
New York, Dec. 22. .95.28 95.50 22 -up- Mesars. Asia Lands Ltd. have ...39.33 39.18 20 down ceived the following quotations on
40 Bonda
.63,000,000] On London-
T. T.
1/4/%
Agencies and Branches:
ALOE STAR
KUOPIIRG
MADEIR
On demand Four months' sight 1/8 Credits 4 months*
sight
1/4%
1/884
On New York-
PREFERA) (Palchagi
On demand
Credita 60 days'
sight
NOM
On Paris-
HAWKOW
On demand
590
KAREN
HOWO ZOM
BOUMARATA
ILOILO
TAIPING
TIENTEIN
Credits 4 months*
sight
690
KARACHI
TONO KAX (the hott
On India-
STANG
TESERTAO
T. T. On-demand,
934
99%
Gestral On Shanghai--
On demand
110%
On Japan:--
On demand
∙1167%
On Manila-
On demand
7134
On Singapore.
Hoog Long. 17th November, 1961.
On demand
6014
Silver: The market was a narrow December affaff. Bank buying appeared for March the first time in several days. Thit May tended to absorb liquidation.
t
July
On Batavia-
Last To-day's Price Price
On demand
57
On Saigon
Air Reduction
On demand
59
[Allied Chemical & Dye .141
08 9814
1422
On Bangkok...
American Can
93
On demand
132
American Emelting
SON
93 < 39%
Sovereigns bank buy-
American Tel & Tel
109
109
American Tobacco "B"
Ing rate
1/6
Bar Silver-per oz.
18 9/16
American Waterworks
70% 71
17
17
Anaconda, Copper Mining
134
Bandix
Aviation. 15.
16% Exchange:
Borden Co
20%
20%
Dec. 20. Dec, 21.
Canadian Pacific
12%
nom..
12% December
1.12
1.11
NOTICE.
J. I. Case
1% prem.
Caterpillar Co
22%
6412 March
1.17.
1.18
Chase National Bank
2474
16%%t
16%+ May
1.24
1.24
832% dis.
Chrysler Motors
Curtian Wright
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 35%
49%
Market:-Quiet.
NOTICE
3614
COTTON.
24
Du Pont de Nemours
87
88
2% Cottont
Eastman Kodak
78
78 change:
Electric Auto-Lite Co
17
17
London, Yesterday.
Electric Bond & Share. 10%
1034
Electric Power & Light. 44
Dec.
4
Paris
83 23/32
Electric
17.
17
$10,000,000.00
New York
/5,08
General Foods
92%
327
Undivided
$ 5,598,600.00
$ 2.812,000.00
Montreal
5.07
General Motors
8214
32%
Brussela
23.60
Gillette Safety
7
July10.30 10.32
Gold Dust
16
16
Geneva
16.97
Internat Harvester
Oct.....10.50 10.51
874
37%
Amsterdam
8.16
Internat Tel & Tel
12%
12% 21
Middling
'Milan
621⁄4
Myers "B"
*80%
80%
Spot...10.05
10.00
28%
28
Berlin
13.72/2
20%
Stockholm
19.39
Copenhagen
22.40
National City Bank
17%1
17
Dalo
19.90
National Dairy Products 12
December
Otis Elevator 21,
29/2
14 14 May
Pacific Gas & Electric
16
15%
110
Packard Motors
3%
0%
Helsingfors
226/2
29
29
Madrid
40
Sears Roebuck
Согра
6%
40%
Lisbon
1091⁄4
Standard Brands
Athens
570
Standard Gas
20/ 6%
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Bucharest Belgrade
550
Standard Oil
240
Socony-Vacuum Corps, 11%
Texan Corpn
Amoy
Manila
Batavia
Melbourne
Bombay
Nagasaki
Seattle Bemarang Shanghai
Rio
Trana Amèrica
24% 64
6%
Buenos Aires
35-4
Montevideo
35%*
Union Pacific
-100% 100%
Calcutta
Onka
1/6 3/64
United Air & Transport 30
30
United Corps
4%
Haiphong
Pari
United States Steel
45%
Hankow Honolulu
Peiping
Westinghouse E & M
35%
45% 35%
Rangoon
Balgoo
Kong.
Copper Cash
Our Amenie vysnać la Innú CurriOS) and Pizal Dupakte vannkvað fer una punt de abertas pariolo in Lamel Carroney and Sterling
Hong Kong, Ind May, 1923.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Boston_of_bho aburu Monk in sundarieć By HONG KONG AND SHANBHAY HANT.
CHS CORPORATION. Na mer be abloided
NOS EM HOROKONE AND SHANGHAI
ARISE OORPORATIOS.
T. X. GRAYNURK,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.
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To Bafernard Your Valuables and Jewelleries,
Deposit them in a Vault that is really FIRE-PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF
DAMP PROOF | OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT Socated on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building in Specially Cor- structed to provide all of these im portant Qualities.
You may obtain a Safe Deport Box in this most up-to-tale Vanit for your own use at a very moder- ate Bental
Inspection Cordially invited. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD.
Carber of Ice House Street and Das Vertx Road, Centrul
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1911.
Hand Oce--Hong Kong.
Authorized Capital 18.%. Ourrency] ...$11,400, 1964-Up Optini meman Beurre Feid van
BRANCHES 1--
Conten Shangha
Backer, Bangkok,
and Ham Franekten.
LONDON BANKEKRI |-- The Fed's Bank, 10ind. QUELESPONDENT
In all principal siline of the World.
Færdige Anbangs and banking business of arry meription bramausted.
Sale Depart Banos (various above) ai u pracky ranial of from 25 to 800.
LOOK POONG BELAN,
Chlef Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and
Profita
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG 12, Des Vorur Road Central.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
Sir Shouson Chów," Chalema1.12.
Li Koon Chun, Esq.
P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Chan Ching Shak, Esq.
Li Lan Bang, Esq.
Esq.
Wong Chu Ben! Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Han Tong Po, g, Chief Manage.
La The Fong. Esq, Manager.
Bar Silver in Hong
Copper Cents
Rate of Native Interest 34% pa. Chinese Sub. Coin
Hong Kong Sub. Coin par.
LONDON EXCHANGES.
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THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Canton
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:—Talpsk, FormoMER. Ingorporated by Epecial Imperial Okartar, 1879.
Central Bank in Forment Mont-Nipis Sourd Arunge amount ...Ton. 06.200
On and after August 15th, 1985, the rata of Interest, on Special Current 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%%%),
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THE TOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE,
4
LIMITED.
Established 1996.
Capital (felly pak:-up) Yan104,800,000 Beserve Fund ....................Yes.121.250,000
Head Office ----TOKOBAMA.
Alexandria
Merlia
Galentia
Centen
has anê Agenciam at:
·Dairem (Daley), Zexgtion (Mulden)
Hamburg Hankow
Harbin
T
Hainking Karnaki
Kobe
London
Los Angeles
Manila
Hagasald
[
Надори Newckwang New York
PATA Bangoon
Bio, de Janeire San Frances Seattle Semarang Shanghai
Bingapore Boscabaya
Tokyo
Kobe Kowloon -London - +
New York. Singapore
Penang
Sourabaya Swatow
Byndey
Taihoku Tientain Tokyo
San Fcisco Vancouver-
Yokohama
Every description of Banking and] Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved securities.
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in and Foreign Currencies on terma will be quoted un application.
Bata Deposit Based To Let.
TAN TONG PO,
Chiet Manager, Hong Kong, 24th November, 1981.
| AMERICAN EXPRESS · COMPANY,
• INC.
Head Offers*6s, Brinéway.'
1.8.86,000,000.00 U.6.$1.8477/089.17** U.B$1,710,979.87
Bombay
Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver Spot
Forward
Warloan 3%
414
1/3/2
175 8/16
1/214
18 9/16
19-9/16 101%
• Sellers Official. ||
-British Wirelėja Bervice.
THE OVERSÉAS NATIONÁL
BANK LTD.
Liggett &
Loew's Inc. H
optromery Ward
Biscoit
Tenants....... are, therefore, advised to make suitable arranges ments with their landlords to en sure that all water and meter
Changes of ownership of pr
of“pro- perty should be notided immediate-
to this Office.
R. M. HENDERSON,
Water. Authority. Public Works Department, Hong Kong, 20th December, 1933.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
Pthe Sale by Pablle Auction
Ito be held on
WEDNESDAY, the
1938,
at
is hereby 27th day of Dec. given that on the in-8pm at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by New York Cotton Exstructions of the under- Order of His Excellency the Gov
signed a Cash Closing armor of one Lot of Crown Land New. 20 Range Dec. 21 Rang Sale commencing on the of Hong Kong for a term of 75
jat To Kwa Wan in the Celciy
9.88 9.88 9.99 9.99 Jan-
9.86 9.85 9.82 9.83 22nd December and con-years with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fired by Mar.....10.02 10.04
tinuing for the ensuing the Surveyor of His Majesty, the May....10.19 10.19
9.99 10.00 30.14 10.14
10.28 10.29 days until further notice King, for one further term of 75 10.48 10.48 of the stock-in-trade of FARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
the Paris Silk Store, the| CHICAGO WHEAT. Pioneer Commercial Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade: Company and the
Dec. 20. Dec. 21.1
794
78%
81%. 804 804
794
July .. Total sales for the day:---
10,000,000 80,000,000
bushels
trishels NEW YORK METALS.
www
Colombo Jewellery Store,
will be held at the Paris
Silk Store, China Build- ing.
Any goods remain- ing unsold together with Dec. 18 Dec. 21 the tenants' fixtures and 164 Copper, per b, March 7.40 7.26 24k Tin
44% Oil. Co of N.J. 44%
Union Carbide & Carbon 45% 43%
BID:-
LIMITING RUBBER
PRODUCTION..
1
Agreement In Sight,
At Last:*
London; Today.
P
68.45 52.20 fittings will be sold by public auction at a place and time to be announced later.
GIRL GUIDES AND BROWNIES.
New Kowloon Brownie. Pack Formed.
INTERESTING CEREMONY AT - MARYKNOLL
's
W: J.Lockhart-Smith,
Official Receiver...
MAN WHO OBJECTED
TO SEARCH,
Fight With District Watchman.
An Interesting; effemony. Look place yesterday afternoon in the beautiful grounds of the Maryknoll Convent, Austin Road, when Mrs. National Bank Building,
W. J. Anderson, District Commis-
FINED $3,000 8A, Das Voeux Road," "Central.
The Amsterdam correspondent of aioner of the Girl Guides, opened Authorized Capital ...,000,000.00 the Financial Times has learned the 4th Kowloon Brownie Pack.
Pleading not guilty to charge Paid-up Capital -
*2,000,000.00 from well-informed quarters--that・ The Commissioner was greeted "Now" York, London' und
Important secret meetings between by the officers, Miss H. M. Noronha, of assaulting a district' watchman. Paris Agents
the rubber, producers and the (Brown Owl), and-Misi P. d'Eca, at Water Street yesterday Chan BANKERS TRUST. COMPANY. We offer facilities for the transae Dutch Government representatives (Tawny Owl), and Guard of Sam, a coolie, at the Central Police tion of reneral banking business, are being held at the. Colonial. De Honour formed by the Officers and Court this morning, claimed that Foreign Exchange transacted. Stocks pariment of The Hague, and he is Guides of the 6th Kowloon Company the watchman demanded “aqueexe" of $25 and tried to arrest him when and bonds bought and sold. Loans
reliably informed that the pro- (Markmoll School). granted on approved securities.
LEE FANG.
gress of the negotiations again Twelve small pupils of the Con- he refused the demand... General- Manager. kok promising and
vent School were conducted to the Sub-Inspector Elaton ald
• Inside observers are apparently roadstool" and, after making the the accused objected to being convinced that restriction will twofold promise, were daly enrolled searched, and struggled, striking shortly be a falt accompli and are Brownies and posted to the the watchman, on the chest and
scratching his banda, of the opinion that it may be put newly-formed Pack into operation by May next. The Commissioner addressed the The defendant, was found guilty. The correspondent is also inform-gathering, saying how pleased she and a fine of $25, in default one. Reorganized October 26, 1928, undered that a farther important rubber was at being able to assist in the month's hard labour, was imposed. special charter of The National Goy restriction conference will be held formation of a new Brownle Pack.
Capital Barplas Beserves
Marico City
THE BANK OF CHINA. 分行銀
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Branches of Amerions Exproór Com
pany in Principal, ellies of "United
States of America and Canada.
All classes of Cümisereinl
Transactions ¦ under
Pireozal,
ernment as an 1.
INTERNATIONAL
DENON BANK
Subscribed: Capital Paid-Up Capital Besarra Funds.
EXCHANGE 4.$25,000,000.00
.828, TED,200.00 F -$:18,320,505.33
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI:
TỔNG XONG BÀI CHI
& Quines's Bead Cantrel.
before the end of December, pro-On behalf of the Guides and Bably in Holland --Beuber,
LOCAL DOLLAR UNCHANGED..
Forward Silver Down, Owing to our numerena branches in Bangs, BCAZIEND
to-day China and large connections in the im
The dollar opened portast commercial centres of the cha world we are able to extend to our ellants special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.
We also handle, the issue of Boods and ether, Pablle, Funda; of the Omins
we dewrnment both at home. [and] tere
EHOU 7. CHEN,EN YOU
Brownies she thanked the Reverend Mother Suparlor and Sisters of the Convent for their keen interest and helpful: co-operation in all branches of Guiding. Under their kindly wing and with the help of two mich |able officers) as Miss Noronha" and | Miss ¦ d'Eça", she was confident" the Pack would rapidly increase in sise and encleney,
At the conclusion of the Care- mony the visitors were entertained to ten by the Reverend Mother,
REPORT
that
CHINESE SOLDIER
IN TROUBLEM
Caught With Opium,
FINED $3,00;
|years.-
Locality.
Boundary
mt:]›ubout
da par valt plan: | 1,194 / 24
PUBLIC AUCTION.
DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on WEDNESDAY, :: the 27th day of December, 1998, ' at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by -- Order of His Excellency the Gov jernor of one Let of Crown Land at Mount Cameron, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal af; a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Bur-, veyor of His Majesty thả King, fer one. further term of 75 yeAKKAD PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
GENERAL NOTICES.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
Accordance with: Government THE EXCHANGE
BANKS Tran
for the
DESD
Decem
25th": 1985;
Hong Kon
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