BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Litherland Ospital · memuramara Trend and Jilly Pull-up some Baservé Funds 1-
Meserve Klubling of Tropeladora man, 000,000,000
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA," AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
| Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859.
HRAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
HEAD OFFICN: HONG KONG, `
Reservs Liability of Pro-
prietors
68,009,000 £3,000,000
£3,000,000
Agencies and Branchen:
ALOR STAR
AMEYRAN
KUCHING
NADIAN
NAKILA
BOARD OF DIEBSTORI 1-—-
Condemned.
T. MAJ, Zhan, Kaq,
Deputy Chairman.
W. H. Ball, Bog.
A. B. Compiles, BM.,
. 8. Marron, Boy,
ton, Mr. 3. 3. Paterson.
ton. Mr. (0.8. Mickia. J. P. Warren, Kaq.
9. Kiekis, Hot;, x. Grayhers. Mrs.
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
ANOT
LONDOR
BANGKOX
LYON
L
MANILA
MUAM (Jabores
MUKDEN
NEW YORK
FEIFING
MALOUTTA BAXTON OREFOO DOLONBO
DAILER POOCHOW
КАТРИОНО ITTYBURG HANKOW
HOLO
trom
JORGER
KOUR
EOWLOON
KUALA LUMPUR
PENANG
BANGOOM
SAN FRANCISCO
BAIGON
SHANGHAY
ELKGAPOR
BOURABAYA
WUNGEI PATANI
TOKYO
TRINGTAD YOKOHAMA
Current Amouse spune la Eeral Dembly and Pizal Dapeutic control for quo zake it sherios paciala iz Lomi Gurrolley and Hurting au barma widch will be queiok en sapienties. Hong Kong, 24th January, 1934.
HONG KONG SAYINGS BANK.
Who Balkons of the abers Ban) is stuburial
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI JARKING CORPORATION.
V. M. ORATHIDAN,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1983.
BANGIOX
MATAVIA
BOMBAT
GALOUTTA Сантом
DAWNPORN‘·
GOLONDO
DELHI
HAIPHONE
HAMBURG HANKOW
MARKIN
ПРОБ
MEDAN
NEW YORK
FEIFING (Pekšlai PENANO BANGOOM
SAIGON
GEZENBAN
DEMARANG,
CHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
KITIAWAN
пого коме
BODKABATA
ILAIA
- TAIPING
TIESTOIR
КАЛАСИ
TONGKAR (buket)
KLANG
TEMOTIO
KUALA LUMPUR
KAMBOANGA
Foreign
IONE
TOZOHAMA
THE CHINA MA
and
Commerce
Finance
COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT
Latest Quotations.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
New York, Feb. 2. Mesars. Aala Lands Ltd. have ru ceived the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat
30 Industrial rubber, slik and silver exchanges
20 Rails... on, the Commodity Exchange I-20 Utilities New York:-
Closing Commodity Prices February 1.
New York Yesterday. Dow Jones Averário, CA
Lent To-daya Chanzas. Aver. "Aver, Ki
107.22 108.95 1.73 up. 49.77 50.94 1.17 "up 27.05 28.11 1.08 up 89.75 90.2148 up
40 Bonds.. on Commodity.
SILVER. Silver: Commodity Exchange inc of New York:
Jan. 31 Range Feb. 1. Range
43.90 43.90 Mar....44.15 44.15 May ..44.55*44.55 44.45 44.45
Exchange and General July....45.05 45.10 44.90 44.90
Banking business transacted.
Total sales for the day:-
Index ....
53.18 unreceived Mesira. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re- alot port: We think there was of profit-taking and it is probably advisable to watch the action of the market very carefully on the theory that the market may be fast approaching a temporary climax point. Wheat: There was a lack of support outside the Trade,
Current Accounts opened and Fix-188 contracts of 327 contracts of Cotton: There was a good volume
ed Deposits received for one TLT OF shorter periods at rates which will be {quoted on application.
A. BREAELEY,
Manager.
Hong Kong 17th November, 1952.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1919.
Head Office-Hong Kong.
Authorized Capital (H.I. Ourony) --- 811,006,000 Fold-Up Capital
a 3,005,900 Besarti Fund
1,160,000
BRANCHES |--
Castell
and Max Frauders.
Shanghai, Wanhow, Bangkok,
LONDON BANKEM ---
The Lloyd's Bank, Limited
CORESPONDENTE
In all principal sitim of the World.
Farol change and boulding business of very description "szanacial.
25,000 ozs each
Market:-Steady,
25,000 ors such
RUBBER. Rubber: Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York:
March May July
Jan. 31. Feb. 1. 9.94 10.00 10.27 10.26 10.51 10.67
Total sales for the day:
417 contracts — 461 contracta NATIONAL SILE EXCHANGE.
Feb.
Jan. 31 Range Feb. 1. Range
1.44 1.46 1.47% 1.49
SUGAR.
Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee Rxchange:
March
Sale Deposit Boxas (enrious diana) al a zonely noutal af from #14 #46.
May
July
of domestic trade purchases and some foreign buying. Tha advance attracted a decided increase in Southern selling. Silver: Values fluctuated in an erratic manner. Washington press reports to the effect that while silver was not mentioned in the new monetary arrangements, It might figure in the bargaining for international currency stabilisation.
Business Done: 4,710,000 shares.
Last To-day's Prics Price
Air Reduction
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
Wanted Another Referee!
This might be called a free-for-all, although the nominal combatants are Freddie Meyers and Harry Mamos. When they grappled at Oakland Calf, they tied thematives into ruch a knot that referee Jos Gardenfeld had to mix in, as shown, in order to let the customers see that there wire two men in the ring.
SUFFOLK ON LONG- SOUTHERN CRUISE
10% Medway and Submarines
Leaving Shortly.
NEURALIA EXPECTED NEXT FRIDAY
MOTOR CYCLIST
CAUTIONED.
Machine Not Under Full Control.
RIDING WITH HANDS OFF THE HANDLEBARS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE Undersigned have received '
Auction
Tinstructions to sell by Publie
ON
TUESDAY, the 6th Feb., 1934,
commencing at 2.30.pi
at their Kowloon Sales, Room, No. 35 Hankow Road. A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
· FURNITURE
Comprising:—
Chesterfield couches and area- chairs, Teak bedsteads, Dressing, tables, Chest of drawers, Cup boards, Wardrobes, Chairs, Dining table, Side board, Brass ware, Porcelain ware, Glass ware, Linen, Ornaments, Pictures, Carpets, Crockery, Tea set etc., etc.
also...
A Quantity of BLACKWOOD FURNITURE including:
Black wood tea poys, Black wood desk, Black wood chairs, Black wood Cabinet etc., etc.
and
One Radio Set
One Enamel Bath
One Plano
On View from Monday the 5th February, 1934.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 2nd February, 1934.
GENERAL NOTICES,
NOTICE.
STANDARD-VACUUM OIL COMPANY [Incorporated with limited liability in U.S.A.]
THE STANDARD-VACUUM OIL
TH
A motor cyclist. Lau Ming-sal, COMPANY announces it has was cautioned by Mr. Hamilton at taken over the business, office, the Central Police Court this morn-agencies, contracts and accounts Ing for not having full control of of Socony-Vacuum Corporation, his machine while driving, in Queen's and will be responsible for all Road East,
jobligations of Socony-Vacuum Cor-
301
1024
Allied Chemical & Dya American Can
.163
155
99
100
American Radiator
16
17
Jan. S1. Feb. 1.
American Smelting
43%
44%
1.40 1.51
American Tel & Tel
118
120%
American Tobacco "B" 77%
80
1.51 1.57
American Waterworks
23
24%
1.65 1.60
Anaconda Copper Mining 16
Auburn
59
584
Bendix Aviation
22%
COTTON.
22%
Borden Co
28%
J. L. Case
16% 824
11:39 11.41 11.55 11.56
Chase National Bank Caterpillar Co
29%
30%
.. 284
201
Chrysler Motors
56%
574
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 43%
44
11.72 11.73
Curtiss Wright.
K
Oct. Dec.
11.86 11.87
11.92 11.92
Du Pont de Nemours
991.
Eastman Kodak
09/
100%
8834
11.07 11.98
12.01 12.02
Electric Auto-lite Co.
Jan.....12.03 12.03
12.09 12.09
Electric Bond & Share
27%
18
10
Middling
Electric Power & Light
6%
Spot ..11.75
General Electric
225
11.76
Genera! - Foods
M
General Motori
8914
Gillette Safety
11%
Jan. 81, Feb. 1. |
Gold Dut
2014
May
91%
91%
Internat Harvester
4326
Internst Tel & Tel
16% 17
July
90%
90%
Liggett & Myers "B"
8914 01
September
9134
9114
Loew's Inc
2814
20
Total sales for the day:-
Montgomery Ward
30,000,000
30,000,000
National Biscuit
bushels
National City Bank
27% 40% 28
30%
44
+ 28%+
ceed to Bands, Menado, Sandakan. a clear personal record. Jesselton and Mantia.
The Magistrate warned the defen-
10%
Quis Elevator Pacific Gas
19
Packard Motors
Radio Corpn
Sears Boebuck
CHICAGO WHEAT.
Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:
bushels NEWLY MINED GOLD: (WASHINGTON).
National Dairy Products 16%
18
& Electric 18
Jan. 81 Feb. 1 Pennsylvania Rly
SAFETY FIRST !
To Safeguard Your Valashian and Jewellerfan,
Deposit them is a Vaxli
that to really: FIRE-PROOF BURGLAR-PROOF
DAMP PROOF 1
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT located on the Mezzanine Floor of Our New building Specially. Con structed to provide all of thesa Im- portant Qualitie
You may obtain a Safe Deport Box in this most up-to-date Vault for your own use at a very moder ate Bental
Inspection Cordially Invited. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Corner of Ice House Street_and Des Voeux Boad, Central,
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO.) HRAD OFFICE:-Talpak, Formosa,
Incorporated by Epecial Imperial Charter, 1899.
Castes Bank is. Formone Maak-Kate avand Avoyngs amenná Ton. th Art Pr
On and after August 15th, 1989, the rata of Interest on Special Current Deposit will be at 2% pa. on daily balanes and the rate for balance over
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Market:-Quiet. Chief Manager.
Cotton: New York Cotton Ex-Canadian Pacific
Jan. 31 Range Feb. 1. Range
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. change: Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00
Mar....11.37 11.38 Paid-up Capitāl
*...... 5,592,600.00 Reserve and Undivided
May....11.53 11.53 Profits
$2,812,000.00 July....11.69 11.70
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG 12, Des Voeux Road Central.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:— Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman.
Li Koon Chun, Esq. P. K. Kwok, Esq.
Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Chan Ching Shek, Esq.
Li Lan Sang, E.
Wong Chu Son, Esq.
Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kau Tong Pe. Esq, Chief Manager. Li Tea Fong, Esq., Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:- Amoy
Souttle Batavia
Manila
Melbourne Semarang Nagasaki Shanghal
New York Singapore
Oneka
Sourabaya Swatow
Talhoku Rangoon Tientsin
Peiping Syndey
Penang
Tokyo Ban F'cisco Vancouver Yokohama
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transactac
ranted on approved securities.
Current Accounta opened In Loes}]); urrency and Fixed Deposits received
$10,000 will be quoted or applications year or shorter periods in Local (Maximum rate-136%%);
LONDON BAYERNST -
Burdayı Miky Lady Thyphy Bank, Z44. Mitmed kak, 166, Tammmmer Bank, Lad
"T
The Book, los Corrapondents in all the_priamps. Jommorand Contess Shroughput the world.
MAGULA
MONO KONG BRAMEN;:!
3. DW Vhc Bant Content.
Hong Kong. Dormber 31, 1862
THE YOKOHAMA ́SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
nd Foreign Currencies on terms which wifi be groted on application
Safe Deposit Boxed To Let
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manage. Hong Kong, 24th November, 1833,
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY;
Bombay Calcutta
Canton
Hankow Honolulu Kobe Kowloon London
Haiphong
Parin
Established 1958)
Capital Surplus Barerves
¿Yen.121 250,000.
Capital (fully pal"-up). Yan100,000,000
Besarra Fand
Hand Offro>-TOKOHAMA.
New York Osaka
Sairon
34,45 $5.00|Standard Brands
Standard · Gas
H.M.S. Suffolk, flying the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Bir Frederick Charles Dreyer, 88K.C.B., C.B.E., left Singapore yes
terday on a southern cruise and is 74 expected to arrive at Batavia, Traffic Sergeant Yous said that|poration.
Dutch East Indies, to-morrow, he saw the defendant take both his Union Building,
From Batavia the Suffolk will hands off the handlebars to adjust 40% 11% proceed to Sourabaya, Bali, Endeh his tie. 214(Flores Group), and Port Darwin, 44% her only port of call in Australia. Magistrate that the defendant had THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD She is due at the last-named port been knocked down by a private STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED. on February 21 and later will promotor car some time ago, but had 20
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
Trafic Inspector Nicol told the
Hong Kong, February 1st, 1984.
The Suffolk is expected to arrive dant to be more careful in future. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
back in the Colony on or about
19% March 31.
30%
57%
8 the Fourth Submarine) Flotilla, 40% 49% with the Submarines· Oswald,
24%
H.M.S. Medway, Depot Ship to
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATKISI
touching at Manila as the first port of call.
TRAFFIC SIGNAL IGNORED.
Private Car Driver Fined $15.
that the THIRTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders in the Company. will be held at the Company's Tow Office, 2, Lower Albert Road, on TUESDAY, 20th February, 1984 at- 11 am for the purpose of receiv= ing the Report of, the Directors to- gether with Statement of Accounts, ¡declaring a Dividend-and-ré-elect-
For disobeying a traffic signal stjing Directors and Auditors,"
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the
H.M.S. Cornwall, of the Fifth the function of Morrison Hill Road Cruiser Squadron, which has been and Stubba Road, LI Ching, driver Company WILL BE CLOSED from re-commissioned for further set-of private car No. 317, was fined the 9th February to 20th February. vice on the China Station, is ex$15 by Mr. Hamilton at the Central 1994, both days inclusive, pected to relieve. the Kent at Police Court this morning,
By Orders of the Board of Directors, Pening on February 15. the latter Mr. A. W. Phillips, the com ship then leaving for England for plainant, said that he was given the signal to turn into Stubba Rond rest and re-commissioning.
J. D. THOMSON,
Secretary.
H.M. Troopship Neuralla is ex-from Queen's Road East when the Hong Kong, 30th January, 1934, pected to arrive in Hong Kong defendant, coming down from from Singapore on February 8. Stubbs Road, cut across his path She will leave the same day for Shanghal.
Reconstruction Finance Corpa's buying price, per 02...
NEW YORK METALS.
;
11
184 Standard Oil Co of N.J. 474 47% Jan. 29 Feb. 1 | 324H
Oorpa 1814 18% Copper, March, per lb. 7.20,
7.05-Vacuum
Texas
27% 28 Corpn Tin, March, per Ib... 50.65 60.75
Trans-America
T Union
Carbide & Carbon 484 45 LONDON EXCHANGES.
Union Pacifie
126 127
24% Osiris, Orpheus, Rainbow, Par-
thian, Phoenix, Otus, Perseus, and Olympus, will leave Hong Kong on February 19, on a southern crufae.
London, Yesterday,
Parla New York
Montreal
77 27/82 4.92% K
United Ale &:Transport 38% United Corpn Tahu 6% Tinited States Steel.... 56% Westinghouse E & M
38%
57
XD. BID.:|
Brussels
Geneva
21.984 15.84
Amsterdam ** Milan Berlin
7.82%
584
On Landen-
12.8944
Stockholm
19.39
On demand.
1/84 1/5
Copenhagen
·22.40
Oslo Vianna
-19.90
29
"Four months". sight: 1/87%
Credila 4 months" 1/ night;
-1/6%
Prague
On New York
108
On demand
86%
Helsingfor
22634
(3.8.38,000,000.00
2.$1.887,089.17 ·
1/710079.67-
Madrid
Lisbon
87 29/32 110
Credits $0
sight.
On Paris-
Athens
645 sellers
On demand
675
Bucharest
530
Master Dits
Credits months",
Belgrade Bib
227
night
615
4%*
On Indis
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
881⁄4** 8774
TST
**On demand
Bombay:
-1/8 8/82 3/4
On Shanghai-- On demand
110
1281
IC.
New York:
(Dalny) Hangoon rtian, (Mallen) 150-da Janeiro
Ban Francisso Beattle
Bemarang
Boanghel
Bingapore Boerabá Brissy
sches of American Erne pany in 1 Principal cities
Transaction
Hamburg
Hankow
Harbis
Honolulu
Reinking
United
19 7/16
19-7/18
Shanghai Theo Boon Yokohama.
Silver Spot
Silver Forward
Sellers Oncial
1/2 0/82
British Wireless Bervice.
THE OVERSEAS, NATIONAL
BANK LTD.
| On Japani-
On demand
[On Manila
On demand On Singapore-
On Batavia-
On demand
On demand
On Balgon-
*On Demand On Bangk
The - Japanese - Light Cruiser Kuma is expected to leave Hong | Kong for Saigon on Sunday after.
noon
LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY.
Slight Decline In Silver Prices.
The dollar is unchanged, opening to-day at 1/8
Silver prices fell 1/16
both spot and forward closing
19: 7/16
and turned into Happy Valley, s that he was obliged to put on his brakes suddenly to avoid an scel dent
PUBLICATION OF OBSCENE BOOKS, Chinese Aviator And Salesman Charged,
Taan Chak Ping, described as 46 aviator, and Li Ming, a-walesini were charged before Mr. S Hamilton at the Com
Court this morning
obscene and revoltin
titled "Love Stories,"
The cross rate, London on New Terrace. York, is 2-G34.97 and New York on Mr. AMac London # #-684,97;
ga for the defendants, and Rub
tor
VARIETY CONCERT.
Excellent
ston, attached
Chines
the
was fixed for M next, ball being granted i
KING'S
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