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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Absolved Capital

Toound at Pully Paid-up,

Serra Prada 1—

Beling

$50,000,000

Becerra Liability of Proprietors $34.000,00€

HEAD OFFICE: NONO KOKO.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and

Finance

COTTON, SILVER | NEW YORK STOCK

AND WHEAT

Paid-up Capital

£8,000,000

Reserve Fund

.£3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.48,000,000

Latest Quotations.

BOARD OF DIRECTORI 1–

Agencies and Branches:

ALGE STAK

KUCHING

2. E. Prozco, Bag.

TH. Blins, Eng.

W. E. Fall, Beq.

Deputy Chairman.

M.. well, H. A. 33. Complion, Faq

fus.4r. 7.. Macale.

AMOT BANGKOK JUTAVIA BONHAN CALCUTTA CANTON CHEFOO COLOG

MAIPHONO

BAINEN

FOODROW

•

MAMBURG

RANKOW

KARDIN

TLAKA

IPON

OBOT

КОВБ

MORGENT

ZOWLOON

4. Winkin. Eng.

Bon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

7. A. Memmet. Reg.

X, K. Grayburn, Bog.

Chin! Manager.

KUALA LUMPUR

EXCH

LANDG

LIONE

MAT LOOK

MANILA

NUAR (Johore)

XUXDEX

PRIFING

NEW YORK

PENANG

BANDOON

BAJOGN

BAK FRANCLBO0

SHANGRAI

SINGAPOR

MOURABAYA

BUNGXI PATAN

THENTALK

ΤΕΤΟ

TRENGTAO TOYOBAKA

Current Amount operiod is oral Burner mad Pixel Papelse revalved for nor your sharker periode in fasal Cerronus naš Storing so borini whlok will be quaint an appliandos. Hong Kong, 22nd May, 1988.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Westhoes of the shove Best le sondurini By the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANI. the ODPORATION, Kalas may be virinizad

FOI THE BONDFONU AND SHANOMAT JANKINN CORPORATION.

V. M. GRATULA,

Hong Kong, 24th April, 1932.

SAFETY FIRST!

To Safeguard Tour Valuablan and Jewelleries. Deposit them in'n 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- structed to provide all of these Im- Portant Qualities.

You may obtain a Bafe Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own use at a very moder. abe Rantal

"Inspection Cordially invited THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK,, LTD. Corner of Ics House Street and Des Voeux Road, Ceatral.

AMRITSAR

BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALOUTTA *GANTON

DAWKPOLE

COLOMBO

DELET

ПАТРИОКО HIKEUNG

HOF TOLS

MADRAS

MAKILA

MEDAN

NEW TORE

PAKANG

PRITING (Poking)

BANOOOM

BATOON

BENARIKO

GERENZAN

ΕΠΑΝΟ ΚΑΙ PENGAPORE KITIAWAN SODBABAYA

NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS

New York, Jah. 10.

EXCHANGE

A.O.F.C. Quotations,

New York, Yesterday.

Last To-day's Chanres. Aver Aver.

30 Industriala .....90.73 97.57 84 up 20 Rall

20 Utilities

40 Bonds.....

Hessrs. Asia Lands Ltd. have Commodity Index

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

On London-

T. T.

On demand

.40.12 40.60 .48 up (22.42 22.80 .38 up .84.80 85.08 .28 up 49.26 49.34 .08 up Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re- the New York cotton and wheatport:-Further weakness of Chrys-On Japan:- rubber, silk and silver exchanges ler Motors spoiled a fair rally to- On demand

ceived the following quotations on

New York:-

-1/61/

1/5 Four months' aight 1/5% Credila 4 months'

aight

1/6%

On New York-

On demand

37

Credits 60 days'

sight

nom.

On Paris

On demand

606

Credits 4 months'

sight

645

On India-

T. T...

On demand On Shanghai-- On demand

90% 86%

110

HANKOW

121

HANDIN

on the Commodity Exchange Inc day. In view of all the bearish-Un Manila-

ILOILO

ness expressed during the pasti

On demand

731⁄4

KARACHI

TORGKAR (Bleulat)

KLING

THINGYLO

Closing Commodity Prices January 9,

YOKOHAMA

KUALA LUMPUR

ZAMBOANIA

Foreign Exchange and

General

Banking business transacted.

SILVER. Silver: Commodity Exchange of New York:

Jan. 8 Range ...44.98 44.38

Jan. 9 Range

44.40 44.42

44.90 44.94

45.45 45.45

On demand we shall bave to wait until Chrys-On Saigon ler selling is over.

On demand In the mean- time, we would not expect a serious On Bangkok- On demand general, decline.

Wheat: A bet ter feeling is developing owing to Sovereigan bank buy-

ing rate Washington advices regarding the Wheat Code and the probability Bar Silver per oz. of less Gorerament interference Bar Silver in

Kong with the grain exchanges. Cotton: RUBBER.

Despite considerable selling, prices Copper Cash Commodity Exchange advanced to a new high grounds. Copper Cents

Rate of Native Interest 3% p.a. Trade interests were the chief buy-Chinese Sub. Cain

week, we think that the failure of On Singapore..... selling to spread generally through| the list may possibly be of con- On Batavia- Insiderable significance and perhaps

On demand

824

58%

60,1%

1274

1/6

10 1/16

Hong

nom.

tion appeurs to be strong techna-

cally, despite the advance. Silver: The market opened steady. It

TIDEE

KOEN

ΤΑΥΡΙΝΟ

TIENT IN

Current Accounts opened and Fix-

ed Deposits received for one year or Mar. shorter periods at rates which will be May....44.85 44.90 quoted on application.

A. BREARLEY,

Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established IIL

Head Ofer:-Hong Kong.

authorized Capital (19.1. Oursowy)...@11,000,000 Fald-Up Oplint

BRANCHES -

July....46.48 45.45 Total sales for the day:-

133 contracts of 187 contracts of ---

25,000 ozs each 25,000 ora each

Market: Steady.

Rubber: Inc. of New York:

March May July

1,160,000

Canton, Shanghai, Fashow, Bangkok

sad Ben Fastlane.

LONDON BANKZES)—–

The Lion's Back, Liled OORLEAPONDENTE

Is all principal ettim of the World.

Pig change sod banking business of avery description.

Sala Dapoi Boss (variona słowej ni a zourly

from $110 $48.

LOOK POONG SBAN,

Chief Manager.

nom

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934.

COMING HIGH-SPEED

RAIL TRANSPORT.

Pullman President Makes Forecast.

30 HOURS FROM CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

DIVIDEND NOTICE.

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

THE

THE Directors of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor-

"It is only a question of time-poration announce that, subject to audit, the dividend for the half year and a short time at that-until you

Ibe:-

000.-

And carry, forward to next year about $3,462,000.-

will see thirty-hour trains running ending 31st December, 1933 will between Chicago and San Fran-1

Dividend £3.- per share @ 1/63⁄4%. cisco, stated James, Keeley, Vice Write off Bank Premises $1,500,- President of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company, who was a passen- ger on the Dollar round-the world liner President Polk from New York to San Francisco.

The present railroad time tween Chicago and the, const vix}{

Overland the Southern Pacific's Limited is 61 hours, over a die- tance of 2200 odd miles.

1.

"00

"The new raf equipment which will make up these fast diyers will! be constructed of aluminum alloy Innd light steel modelled on

streamlines.

!

CINEMA NOTES

Coaches will be air-conditioned MAIL REVIEW to eliminate dust and noise, and

maintain even temperatures. The "ARIZONA TO BROADWAY”—

heavy, slow and expensive-to-oper-

ate trains of to-day soon will takej ja place in a museum."

KING'S THEATRE

James Dunn, Joan Bennett and Herbert Mundin are the featured players in the Fox comedy entitled, "Arizona to Broadway," now show-

1% prem. LOCAL NEWSing at the King's Theatre.

31% dia.

Jan. 8. Jan. 9.jers due to realising and liquida Hong Kong Sub. Coin 4% prem.

8.95 8.06 9.17 9.18 9.39 9.40 Standard No. 1 "3" Contract Total sales for the day:--

142 contracts --- 74 contracta

NATIONAL SILK EXCHANGE.

Jan. 8 Range Jan. 9 Range) Jan.....1.33 1.33% 1.33 1.33

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Exchange:

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided

Profita

SUGAR, Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee

Jan. 8. Jan. 1,23 1.21 1.30 1.27 1.34 1.32

$10,000,000.00

March

$ 6,698,600.00

May

$ 2,312,000,00

July

Market:-Quiet.

READ OFFICE:--HONG KONG 12. Des Voeux Road Central

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:--- Str Shouson Chow, Chairman.

COTTON.

Cotton: New York Cotton Ex-1 change:

SHARE MARKET.

BREVITIES

The picture has a light and fast-

moving story with a delightful ro-

mance interwoven, James Dunn, as a man from the Wild West, ar-

A fine of $50 was imposed by Mr. rives in New York and becomes in- Balfour at the Central Magistracy volved in the warfare of the city's

was said that failure of the firm- The Oficial Summary of the this morning on Chen Lun, a gangsters. ness of the stock and grain markets Hong Kong Stock Exchange lasted antesman, for keeping 1. New The supporting cast include to bring more support influenced yesterday at 3.15 p.m.

Market Street as a common gaming many prominent players such as further liquidation by disappointed Both Cantons and Unions bave house.

Sammy Choen, Theodore Von Eltz, long interests.

Merna Kennedy, Earle Foxe, David steadily advanced in the past few Business Done: 870,000 shares. dare, and closed this afternoon at

The Annual Speech Day of the Wengren, J. Carrol Naish and Max Last To-day $320 and $580, respectively,

Diocesan Boys' School will take wagner.

52

The rest of the market was on the quict side.

BUYERS

Benguet Explorations 31 cts.

Excellency the Governor will be MAIL REVIEW pressent and the chair will be taken by the Right Rev. R. O. Hall, Bishop of Hong Kong

F

“LUCKY DEVIL”—MAJESTIC

THEATRE

"Lucky Devils," now showing at Chan Chak-lam, manager of the Shanghai Book Store, was fined $25 the Mejestic Theatre, is an exciting of Holly- by Mr. Balfour this morning for story of the stunt-men exposing pictures of an offensive wood who risk their lives daily to nature at 197 Hollywood Road. add realism to the films. The plc- ture contains many thrills and the

The Hong Kong Philharmonic So-leading players, Bill Boyd and Dar- ciety advertise that, the "Pirates of othy Wilson, act their paria: splen- Penzance" will be produced at thedidly. King's Theatre on February 6, 8, 9

and 10 at 9.30 p.m. and a matinee MAIL REVIEW

Price Peker

3

篇

Air Reduction

954

96%

Allied Chemical & Dye .145 American Can

94% American Smelting... 42

J45

9452

Ropes came into the picture to-place on Friday, January 20. His } day, and were hid up to $7.10 with out attracting any sellera.

424

American Tel & Tel 109% 11% American Tobacco "" American Waterworks Anaconda Copper Mining 13%

62 17

TO

SALES

17% 18

Union Insurances $580.

4914

ATW

Hotels $6.40

Aviation

104

104

Hong Kong Lands $721⁄4%1⁄2/7294

Barden Cn

J. 1.

Caterpillar Co

Canadian Pocide Case

ភព 20%

Z. 14%

Hong Kong Trams $21

15%

654

23%

24%

Jan. 8 Range Jan. 9 Range

Chase National Bank

21%

224

Hong Kong Banks $1835 Canton Insurances $320

Li Koon Chun. Esq.

Jan

..20.65 10.65

10.69 10.09

Chrysler Motors

Ku

Union Insurances $5771⁄2

P. X. Kwok, Esq.

Consolidated Gas of N.Y.

30%

30%

Wong Yun Tong, Esq,

¡Mar.

..10.72 10.73

10.70 10.77

Douglases $34%

Curtiss Wright

214

214

Chan Ching Shek, Esq

May

10.88 10.89

10.32 10.93

Du Pont de Nemours

90%

01%1

Li Lan Sang, Esq.

July

.11.03 11.04

11.07 11.07

Eastman Kodak ........

70

704

Raubs $12.60

Wong Chu Son, Esq.

Oct.

Kan Ying Po, Esq.

Dec.

..11.20 11.20 ...11.36 11.36 11.40 11.40

11.25 11.26

Electric Auto-lite Co 18%

1814

Electric Bond & Share . 114

11%

Electric Power & Light. 4%%%

Ewa Cottons Sh.$12.90

4/

Middling

General Electric

18

1914

Notels $0.35

10.95

General Foods

34

34%

Hong Kong Lands $72.60

General Motors

34*

Humphreys $111⁄2

Gillette Safety

876

9

Jan. 8. Jan. 9.

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1714

174

284

Star Ferries $99.

1434

147

84% 85%

Liggett

82% 83% 84

& Loew's Inc.

Myers. "D

73

77%

84%

Montgomery

National Biscuit

Werd

2614

1. K. Electrics $73%

284

21%

21%

Macao Electrics $23%

40%

46%

10,000,000 bushola

National City Bank"

22%

23%†

National Dairy Products 13

13%

Ous Elevator

14%

14%

Pacific Gas & Electric. 18%

15

Motora...

3%

29

29%

4034 40% 20%

Kan Teng Po, Exq, Chief Manager.

Li The Fong, Esq., Manager.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

Manila Melbourne Nagasaki

Spot ..10.85

CHICAGO WHEAT. "Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:

Gold Dust

Internat Harvester

Internat Tel & Tel

September

Seattle

Amoy

Batavia Bombay

Calcutta Canton

New York Oraks

Hankow Hanalatu Kobe Kowloon London

Pari Peiping

Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Bwntow

May July

Penang

Rangoon

Saigon

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Haiphong

(TAIWAN GINKO.)

BEAD OFFICE:-Talper, Formees. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

Onsion Bank in Formats. Bank-Mohan Lasund Avacaqo amate! Tara en

-On and after August 15th, 1933, the rate of Interest on Special Current Deposit will be at 2% p.a. on daily balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application. (Maximum-rated 36%)+ 1.

LONDON HANIĽRO, ·· Marciaga Batik, Lodne käepue Back, IA, MiCond book, Liday Wastminster Bank, 4

To Mak

22 Ap

The Bank her Corsoopendonte tu ali kha_prinopat Summervill, Oumiem. Noonghorst cha world. **L. NAGURA,

noda woma Daiichi "

1, De Four Bond Contrai

Hone E. Desember 9, 1981.

THE YOKOHAMA'SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1996.

Capital (fully pak^-up) Yen100,000,000 Baterie Fund

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Axunción ati

Aluzandria

Bateria

Yea.121,210,000

Hagora

Fection (Mulden) "His de Janeiro

Bombay

Calcutta

Cakton

Dairan (Dalny)

Hamburg

Hankow Harbin ***

Henolala

Hainking Karschl

Landow Los Angeles

Manila

Nagsisi

New York

Osaka

Paris

Palping

Rangoon V

San Francisc Beattle

Bamarang

Singapore Sourabaya

Tokyo

Yingkow

San Felsen

Sunday

Talhoku Tientsin

Tokyo. Vancouver

Yokohama

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted Loans granted an approved securities,

Current Accounts opened in Local received Coenry, and Fixed Depozita Por ne year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Lette

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 24th November, 1953.

bi-cla nyt hy da

!

THON

*

Total sales for the day:-

10,000,000

bushels NEWLY MINED GOLD: (WASHINGTON).

Reconstruction Finance Corpn's buying price, per oz...

Jan. 8 Jan. 9

Wavelanta Rly

Radio Coron

Seara Roebuck Standard Brands

8406 84.06 Standard Gau

THE OVERSEAS NATIONAL BANK LTD.

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Standard Oil Co of NJ. 44%

15% Socony-Vacuum Corpn.. Texas Corpa

28% Trans-America

મા

16%

8% 6%

Union Carbide & Carbon 45 113 Union Pacific

45%

113

United Air & Transport 30%

-30%

United Corpn

Westinghouse E&M XD. $5,000,000.00 BID.:t.

United States Steel

48%

444 :47

National Bank Building, 8A. De Voeux Road, Central

Authorized Capital

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Pald-up Capital 1,000,000.00

INC.

Hand Offendi, Broadway, New York......

‚ 1.1.$6,000,000.00 .W.5.82.867,089.37 138,$1,718,979.47

Capital Burplus.... Remeras

BRANCHES – 15.

Heidelberg

Forurolam

Marvellan

** Carle

Mexico City

ساوية

Branches of American Expense Corn- pany in Principal dues of United States of America and Canada. -

All classe of Commisrcial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts: handlad.

The Compaay" offers se futandini Travalard: the use of the L

mart and Letters of Oradit. sddition, tha: world-wida; savien

onably equipped Trayal-De-

LA DUGGAN,

New York, London, and 13

Paris Agenta: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. We offer facilities for the tranIES- tion of general banking business, Foreign Exchange transacted. Stecks and bonds bought and soldók Zonne grantod on approved, wecurities, vēju

LEB FANG, General Manager,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LTD,

HEAD OFFIORIN

Lä. Omanburch Birupi, Landa, 3.03,

Authorised Capital ....£8,000,000 Subscribed Capital ........... 1,800,000 1,050,000 Paid-up Capital a Reserva Fund & Rest, 1,340,785 -

} The Book at Barand & Midland Book; Rádi

Danghole Spolet

Posable Mutilations:

Wharver $117

Realties $0

China Lights (new) $9.80

Telephones (old) $25

H. K. Ropes 7.10 Watsons $7

Govt. Loans 6% Prem.

SELLERS

Dairy Farms $29

EXPANDING BANK

CAPITAL

(Continued From Page 1).

on February 7 at 4.80 p.m.

Book-

ing opens at the King's Theatre on February 1.

"INNOCENTS OF CHICAGO”----

STAR THEATRE

There will be a special Cinemato-

Directed by Lupino Lane, who graph, performance at the Peak himself was the cause of much Club, for the children of members, laughter in the Love Parade,” the on Thursday, January 25, from 5 British dlm riot "Innocents of p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Mothers are ask-Chicago" in the currant attraction ed to keep this date free for their at the Star Theatre. How a beauti- children.

ful little newspaper reporter lɛ in- strumental in saving an ingenuous An entertainment will be given, young Briton from death at the by the pupils of the St. Agnes' Girls' hands of Chicago gangsters is School, at 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, in hillariously told in this production. the Lee Hy-aan Hall of the St. Paul's

Girls' College, Macdonnell Road, at|MAIL_REVIEW which Chinese and English plays]] will be presented.

Sentence of four months' hard labour was imposed by Mr. Balfour

“PUTTIN" ON THE RITZ,”— ORIENTAL THEATRE

In-prominance of cast, and the

at the Central Magistracy, this authentic atmosphere of Broadway. morning on Lo Sö, unemployed, for "Puttin' on the Ritz, the United

tacle starring Harry Richman, showing at the Oriental Theatre,

The $48,600,000 thus lopped of being in possession of 44 counter-Artists all-dialogue musical spec- the book valuation of the common feit coins. 36% stock plus $10,000,000 transferred 35%

from surplus will be used to write-The first re-uplon dinner of Old now is one of the foremost offer down sasets, leaving after readjust Boy of the Arethuas Training Ship ings in the record of talking and ment of reserves, a revamped capi-was held last. Saturday, avaning at singing pictures,

LONDON EXCHANGES.

London, Yesterday.

"Paris

New York

88 9/32 5.0914

Montreal

5.09%

Brussels

22.47

Geneva

16.86

Amsterdam

8:12

Milan

Berlin

Stockholm

Copenhagen

Vienna Prague Helsingfors "Madrid:

62-3/16 18.72 19.80. 22.40 19.00 **

29

100% 2204

109%

80 9/16

Port Kole

Kota Bharu :

- Kuala Lipka *

Galle

Kuala Lumpur/

Lisbon Athens Bucharest. Belgrade Rio

J

· Henry Hamiprian, ál Honking and. Just

Buenos Aires Montevideo Bombay

Shanghai Hong Lon

Yokohama Silver Sp

Allver/Forward

Warloan

5824

550

240

tal set-up as follows: $50,000,000 the Palace Hotel, Kowloon, the The supporting cast includes preferred stock 5% cumulative, oldest Arethusa boy present, being Joan Bennett, James Gleason, €77,500,000 common stock, $80,000,- Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence, Purnell Pratt, Eddie Kane, Aileen 000 surplus and about $6,000,000 of H.M.9. Medway. Twenty-three Pringle and Lilyan Tashman, in undivided profitab fsat down to dinner?! It is hoped

The total of $162,500,000 does not to make the re-union an annua}) include approximately $40,000,000 affair,

in unallocated reserves net appear

NEW GOLD 'FIELD

CITY

ing on the statement, It is under-Owing to the growth of the popu- stood that the bank will also use #lation of Kowloon and the increas

Dar Es Salaam, '. portion of current earnings, which ing demand for greater social facili-| would probably be twice present ties on the part of the younger. The Tanganyika Government is [dividend requirement of $1 per generation, the Board of Directors establishing a new township-with year, for révaluation of assets. of the Chinese Young Man's Chris-administrative police offices at the Book value of the new common tian Association has decided to add Lupa goldfield in southern Tangan- stocka will be in excess of $21 per an annexe to the Kowloon Branch at jika, which has been attracting the share. This valuation includes the the cost of $40,000, Work has al-attention of the city of Johannes), net worth of the City Bank Farm-ready begun and it is expected that burg-Reuter, lers Trust Co., but excludes any in- the new. extension will be ready for

terest in the City Company of New occupation early this summer.

York, Inc. (formerly the National

City Ca) and in the $40,000,000 of

general reserves.***

The City Bank Farmers Trust and undivided profits in excess of SAMAJ Co, will be, continued as a separate $1,500,000.

8594

1/8 1/16 1/4 1/16||

entity, Chairman Perkins / said, On adoption of the plan, the with its operations devoted to the Chairman, Mr. Perkins, said he ex trust business. Its affiliation with pected: to recommand, payment of 1/5 11/16the bank is permitted under exist-dividend of 25 cents a share on 1/2 11/82 ing Jaw provided It becomes February 1. This payment, which member of the Federal Reserve is a distribution out of final-quar System, which it plans to do in the ter earnings of 1982, will be Mo- near future, he said, "The trust layed beyond the customary Janu company has a present capital of ary dividend date because of axis Bervice: $10.0

murplus of $10,000,000, tence preferred stock-Beuter

VAL:19. 1/183X 19%

101 18/18

COMING SHORTLY F ALLESLIE HOWARD HEATHER ANGEL

BERKELEY

SQUARE

AT

*THE

KING'S