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Our opened in La Overmay and Tical Dapaita varudrak, for uns yate_ short periods in Loen? Company and Berling an forton which will be quoted on application. Hong Kong, 26th February, 1984,
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Hundanes of the shers Bakk li sandnet- ...nd be the FONG KENO AND EXANOHAT
WANKING CORPORATION. obtained, va application.
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FOR THE HONGKONO AND KHAWOWAJ BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. ORAYHURE,
Hong Kong, 28th February, 1934.
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ommerce and Finance
COTTON SILVER NEW YORK STOCK
AND WHEAT Latest Quotations.
New York, April 3 Messrs. Asia Lands Ltd: have re- caived the following quotations" on the New York cotton and, wheat. rubber, silk and silver exchanges on the Commodity Exchanges Inc. New York:---
Closing Commodity Price on April 2.
SILVER 'Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York:
Mar. 29 Range Apl. 2 Range Foreign Exchange and General May...45.90 4600
46.55 46.55 Banking business „transacted.
26.85 46.86 Current Accounts opened and Fix. July 40.38 46.38
47.28 47.29 ed Deposits received for one year or Sept....46.70°46.70 - shorter periods at rates which will be Dec. 47.49 47.40 47.88 47.88
Total sales for the day:--- 117 contracts of-181 contracts of 25,000 oza. each
quoted on application.
W. H. E. THOMAS,
Acting Manager. Hong Kong, 20th February, 1984
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1911.
Head Office:-Hong Kong.
19berned Copibal (15%. Curranay) -- BILME/300
Baserre Paul Lama
BRANCHES
Yankow, Bangkok, LONDON BATERERS 3000 The Lloyd's Best. Lindia
OOKESPONDENTI
Te, all principal star of the West. Parigi Enhange and bonking buduaro al
Saša Droseli Bonus (varione slam), ol' a poorly
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager,
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.}
25,000 oza, each
Market:-Firm.
RUBBER. Rubber: Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York:
Mar. 29 Range Apl: 2 Range May.11.11 11.11 11:34 1136 July ....11.43 11:43 11.64 11.68 Sept 11.70 11.71 11.92+11.94 Standard Na, 1 "B" Contract. Total sales for the day:
400 contracts-350 contracts. SILK.
Silk: Commodity Exchange Inc, of New York:
Mar. 29 Range Apl. 2 Range Mar.1.30% 1.82 1.31 131
SUGAR. Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee Exchange:
Mar. 29. Apl. 2.
May
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital
$10.000.000.00
July
1.58
1.53 1.54
1.59
$ 5,598,600.00
Reserve and Undivided
Profits
September
1:62
*1.63
$2,484,000,00
Market:Quiet.
COTTON.
HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG
12, Dee Voeur Road
Castral
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:~~~~
Bir Shouson Chow, Chairman.
LI Koon Chan. Esq.
P. L. Twok Esq,
Wong Yan Tonr. Esq.
Chan Chiar Shek, Esq.
Ti Lan Bang, Ed.
Wong Chu Ran. Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq.
Kan Tone Po, Eau Chief Manager. Le Tsa Fong, EP, Manager.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES---
Amoy
New-York Singapore
Rourabaya Swatow
EXCHANGE
A.0.F.C. Quotations.
FORD'S BROTHER BANKRUPT
Liabilities Listed At
£82,580.
"ASSETS" DECLARED MIL
TUESDAY, APRIL
LOCAL NEWS COMPANY MEETINGS
BREVITIES
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION. CO. LTD.
The Chichibu Maru will sail to THE FIFTY-THIRD ORDINARY morrow at noon instead of at 10 ́a.m.”
GENERAL MEETING The Eastern and Australian liner Officer of the General Manager, the Company will be held at the an-Nellore left Manila for Hong Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Cas Kong on Sunday afternoon, and will Ltd, Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Mr. William Ford who Jarrive here to-morrow morning.
WEDNESDAY, 11th April 1934, ime asserted that he did,
Sentence of one month's hard lacelying the Report of the Direc at noon-for-the-purpose of, re- vy, his ~ wealthy - brother, Mr.
bour was imposed on Yip Long-tors, passing the Accounts, and Henry Ford, the car manufat baig by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the electing Directors and Auditors. New York, Yesterday,
turer, has filed & petition in Central Magistracy this morning The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Jones Averagez bankruptcy, lating his liabili- for theft of 12 switches, a cooking Company will be CLOSED from Last Todiy's Changes kegunt
ties as $112,900.. (182,580) and pot, and electric wires from No. 128 the 4th April to 25th April, 1934, Avar. Ayer
LES 101.96 11 upsetting forth that he
both days.inclusive.
By Order of the Board, 19 sets, not even a car. He stated For stealing two wooden buckets 17.92 48.41-19 pp.
that he had 30° creditors. The in Gough Street this morning, Yip] ·
JARDINE, MATHESON & 23.96 06 down Union Guardian Trust Company Shu-kau, a street coolle, was sen
CO., LTD. 92.62- 02:67 03 up took over the trusteeship of his tenced to three weeks' imprisonment
General Managers. affairs,
$0 Industrial 20. Ratla
20 Ult
40 Bonds Commodity
Index
38.81
Lockhart Road.
yesterday.
by Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the Hong Kong, 26th March, 1934. Mr. Ford was formerly head, Central Police Court. of the Willlam+Ford Tractor Mesra. E. A Pierce & Co. Re Sales Company of Suburban
THE HONG KONG,' CANTON & Suffering Internal injuries after MACAO STEAMBOAT CO. LTD port:-We think the market, con- Highland Park, Michigan Until being assaulted by her husband, Li tinues to give a satisfactory account 1920 he was associated with Hen- Tim, of No. 9 Keelung Street, was NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. of itself though the volume did not the Fordson Tractor
ry and Edsel ford in 'developing admitted to the Kowloon Hospital greatly increase. We believe that a few days of continued firmness by Mr. Ford appeared at the None of the 80 creditors listed
HUNDRED, AND TFOURTEENTH ORDINARY would have material effect on the bankruptcy examination. In his jumping into the harbour at Quarry in the Company will be held at the Attempting to commit suicide by MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS general sentiment. Wheat: The petition he stated that of the point yesterday, Ho. Wai-fung Ofice of the Company, 1, Queen's market Aluctuated erratically within $412,000 liabilities, $254,800 Chinese woman aged 30 of 425 Building, Victoria, Hong Kong on a range of one cent, averaging some-(£50.960) is owed to unsecured Lockhart Road, was removed to the THURSDAY, the 12th April, 1934, what lower. Frivate estimates of creditors, $153,900 (£30,780) on Government Civil Hospital, American Winter wheat averaged accomodation paper and the bal
: at noon for the purpose of receiv- 510,000,000 bushels, which was about ance among unsecured creditors. Li Hlug, aged 64, of No. 11 Talpos Report of the Directors, toe as expected and which is construed Ford, who is 63 years old, 1s bearish. Cotton:
Street, second floor, was admitted Last week's the youngest brother of Henry to the Government Civil Hospital counts, and electing Directors and buyers and old longs liquidated mo- Ford. derately, while there was some for-ingly resembles his elder brother after being knocked lown by tram Company will be CLOSED from
In appearance he strik-muffering from multiple injuries
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the eigo selling of near deliveries. Sil- He served as President and
Ear No. 1 in Johnson Road yester FRIDAY, the 6th April, 1934, ta ver: Firm, reflecting the Washing-Chief of Police of Dearborn, MI ton news that the Silver Bloc would chigen, when that suburb
day. His condition was aald to be THURSDAY. the 12th April, 1994, serious.. tination.-Reuter. make a drive this week for remoné a village. He has had no busi-
Both Days Inclusive, during which yness connexion with his elder!
periods No Transfer of Shares brother for more than ten years Chinese, was sentenced to two weeks Li Kiang-in an unemployed Reuter.
can be registered.
By Order of the Board of hard labour by Mr. Q. A. A: Mac-
Directors. Fayden at the Central Police Court.
E. DA LUZ, this morning, for loitering at the
Acting Secretary.. Streets last evening.. Junction of Wellington,and Peel
26th March, 1934.
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Business Done:-1.870,000 shares. Last To-day's
Cotton: New York Cotton Ex-American Tobacco "B" charge:
Pecife
221
Price Price
$
Air Reduction
95%
05
Allied Chemical & Dye,152
151..
merican Can
9914
091%
99
American Radiator
15
Amerkan Smelling
American Tel. & Tel
119% 11944
G8%
4
Mar. 29 Range Apl. 2 Range May...12.01 12.01 11.94 11.95 July ..12.13 12.14 12.05 12.08 Oct.....12.28 12.28 Doc.
..12.38 12.38 Jan....12.43 12,43, Mar. 12.50 12.56 Middling
Aviation
American Waterworks 20% Anaconda Copper Mining 15% Auburn Bendix Borden Co. Canadian
20%
59%
10%
22%
12.20 12.20
12.30 12.30
J. I. Case 12.
7244
Caterpillar Co.
30%
12.35 12.85
20%
12.50 12.50
Chrysler Motors
58%
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 38
12.15
Du Pont de Nemours.. Eualman Kodak Electric Auto-lite Co.
Cartins Wright ..............
98%
86%
28%
Mar. 29. Apl. 2.Electric Bond & Share
17%
87
86
Electric Power & Light 7 General Electric
General Foods
865%
General Motors
381Z
38
Gillette Safety
Gold Dust
Internat. Harvester
Internat. Tel. & Tel.
Spot ..12.20
WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:
80% 86% 87% Total sales for: the day:---
Manila
Seattle
Batavia
Bombay
Calcutta
Melbourne Semarang Nagasaki Shanghai
May
July
Sept.
Canton
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD, (TAIWAN GINKO.)
Haiphong Nankow Honolulu
Omka Paris
Kobe Kowloon HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosondon
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1809.
Olen! Beak in Vermon
Peiping
Synday
Penang Rangoon Tientsin
Salon
10,000,000
10,000,000 baahela
Chase National Bank
-Liggett & Myers "B"
Loew's Inc.
bushels AMERICAN GOLD PRICE: (WASHINGTON).
Ward Mar. 29, Apl.
Tathoku
Takyo San Petco Vancouvar Yokohama Every description of Bankdne and Exchange business transacted Loans-
U.B. Treasury Gold
Bank-Motor Soused Avienas savai „ST24. 14,000 ans | STanted on approved securities, PA
27%
51%
37%
was
BEGGARS EARN:48. AN HOUR. Turkish Journalist's Disclosure.
..
Istanbul.
1
gether with a Statement of Ac
Auditors.
Pleading guilty to being in pos-47 session of 5,000 Macao, Lottery tic-
kets at Des Voeux Road Central
yesterday. Ng Lam was fined $260, in default two weeks, by Mr. Q. A, A. MacFadyen t the Central Magistracy. this morning.
1
He says he was astonished at 4 o'clock, Cheung Hing, a factory
the liberality of the public. .⠀ worker was crushed to death...
The beggars themselves were 16% always ready to help each other."
A very entertaining concert Once he was arrested, and when given at the European Y.M.CA.
» V j o € = q € M C C C C C C F x c H E -££Â¢Ã¢£?£Ã¢<£££***•
Hong Kook
POLICE RESERVE. Orders for the Current
Week
Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, CMG, Inspector General of Police.
Chinese Company Inspection Parade. All rank
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Beggars in Istanbul earn about four shillings an hour, ar- cording to the experience' of 'a As a result of the collapse of a Turkish journalist who has just portion of the first floor veranda of spent several months disguised Ne, 198 Nanchang Street, Shem- as one of them.
shulpo, yesterday afternoon of the Chinese Company will par- ade at Central Police Station for a general, inspection by the Hon.. Commissioner, Dr. S. W. Tao, LL D., O. B. E., on Thursday, April 12h. After inspection & Com he came out of prison penniless night by the well-known partypany, photograph will be taken. they had a “whip round" for his from HMS. Eagle. Further per Fall in at 17.30 hours, Dress- 10% 10% benefit-Reuter.
formances by this convert-party will Blue Uniform, Cap with White be given to-morrow night and Cover, and Belt with Brace. Thursday night.
Indian Company. A combined reception to the new recruits of the Indian Company re Training Course-Pari II. All Vicar, the Rev. James Robert Higgs, siding in Kowloon will attend' 3, M.A. (Oxon), and farewell to the Chi Woo Street, Kowloon on Wed departing Incumbent, the Rev. Wnesday, April 4th: at 17.30 hours. Walton Rogers, will be held in the for instruction.
National Blacuit... 42%
20
41%
10%
32
2.
Montgomery
$14
Mar. 29. Apl.
2
Oils Elevator Pacific Gas
National City Bank 1 27 271 National Dairy Prod.
18%
155%
BX
"
7%
48%4
Price, per o, ---› $85.00 $85.00
NEW YORK METALS.
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On and after August 15th, 1933, the
Current Accounts opened in Local rale of Interest on
Special Current Currency and Fixed Deposits received Copper, Oct., per 15. 7.48 Deposit will be at 2% p.a. on daily Local and Foreign Currenclas on
for one year or shorter periods in Tin, Oct, 1b. *****, 55.00 balance and the rate for balance over $10,000 will be quoted on application. terms which will be quoted on appli-
cation.
(Maximum rate-114%).
TORDON BENTKANT
Marelove Back, Láda Lloyds Bank. 140 Kilianë Best, Ltd, Winnlovlar Bank. Tad
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The Bank has forrespondente in all the prias.pa Jommercial Centres Shawnehamn the world. E. KAGUBA.
HONG LONG HAVOR ¿
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Hong Kong, Dongmaker 9. 1985.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
HAN TONG PO,
Chief Masaga. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1984.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC,
Head Office:45, Broadway, New York.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Capital ...
LIMITED.
Established 1888
.17.8.$8,000,000,00 .U.§.$1,867,089.17 .1.8.$1,716,979.5T
EXCHANGES.
Electric, 19 7.50 Pennsylvania Bly- 55.18 Radio Corpn.
Roebuck
Secony-Vacuum Corps. 184 Standard Brands
21
NO THIEVES BY REQUEST.
"Nothing. Worth Stealing."
Madrid.
St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kowloon All recruits of the Indian Com at 9 o'clock to-night. All members pany residing at Hong Kong will of the congregation and friends are attend Chinese Company Head- cordially invited to attend.
quarters, 17, Queen's Road Central [on, Thursday, April 5th. at 17.30
hours for instruction....
*
Emergency Unit Reserve. Carried out by members of
Riot Drill: A Riot Drill will be the
After thieves had broken into his 17 house five times in a year a Madrid 1244 12% landlord posted this notice on his
A reception was given by the Biandard Oil Co. of N.J. 45% 45% door
Catholic Young Men's Society lant 20%27
"No Thieves Wanted."
evening in the hall-of-the Wah Yan "So that gangsters may be saved College, Robinson Road to MET. the trouble of forcing this door in Mario Zanin, the new Apostolic De Emergency Unit Reserve on Fri- vain, this notice is to inform them legate to China and to the three day, April 6th, Members will fall that their colleagues have left newly ordained Chinese priests in at No. 2 Police Station at 17.80 nothing in the house worth steal-Fathers Lucas Fung, Pau! Lau and hours, Dress-optional.
Joseph Tip...
Stack of Currency That Paid Bremer's Ransom
Bandard Gar
-TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
Texas Corpn.
Trans-America
On London-
T. T
1/5%
On demand Four months' sight 1/6. Credits 4 months'
sight
1/5%
Usion Carbide & Carbon
44 Union Pacific
.127 United Air & Transport 22% United Corpn. 6% United States Steel... 52% Westinghouse E. & M., 89%
BID-t.
1974
23%
6%
58
ing." Reuter.
1/8/
On-New York-
On demand:
884
Surplus .... Reserves
Credits 60 days'
sight
39%
On, Paris-
BRANCHES
On demand.
57734
AmarioKana
Malady city
Credits 4 months'
Yen.122,750,000
sight..
017
Bertla
Hamburg Bame
sidebary
On India-
TT. and Demand
98%
On Shanghai--
110
On Japan:-
128
78%*
*68*
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen,100,000,000 Reserve Fund
Head Once:-YOKOHAMA
Branches and. Agencies at:
Bombay
Tactica Vienna
Alexandria
Nagasaki
Batavia
Nagoya
Barlin
Now York
Osaka
Calcutta
Paris
Canton
Pelping Dairen (Dalny) Rangoon Fongtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro Hamburg
San Francisco Bextile Semarang
Capambajul Dublin 24laborgh More Совата
Condit
Yokohama Lecide
Shanghai
Hankow
Hardla
Hour Kore Handlela Hefnking.
Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Angeles
»Moji
Bingapore Soorabaya
Bydney Tictain
Tsingtan
Yingkow
Tokyo
On-demand'
On demand
On demand
| On Manila-
On Singapore.
·On demand'
Branches of American Express Com. Os Bataviam p
pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.
All claras of Commercial
handled
On demand
On Salzon
On demand
873/4
On Bangkok
On demand
124
Boreraigne bank baysta
Bar Silver
HollART
WA Mania
Transactions, undertaken.
Personal Investment
The Company offers to fatanding Kravalera theme of ita "Traveen Bar Silver" in
Interest allowed on Current Ae Cheron and lettare of Credit Band, Konggu
In addition, the world-wide servion Copper
Deposits received for fixed periods of its thoroughly equipped Trayst Des Copper: at rates to be obtained on application. partmente
Rate of
1 W. DEGGAN T
Chines
Holly'
PT. ABE
Hong Kong, March 18, 1984.
Bgd. D. L. KING,
D.S.P. (B) FEW TOURISTS GO TO CANTON.
Visits To Kowloon."
Only a small percentage of the || passengers of the Hamburg-Amer{=" can round-the-world liner took ad», vantage of the special trip to Can Lon.organised (ni yasterday, the majority of the tourists"preferring to spend the day in Hong Kong,
Large:numbers vialled the malize Land for short excursions to Kow- loon City, Kawloon Tong and Taim Sha Teul, while others spent their time on the Jaland, visiting shops and bazaars, or making trips on the Peak and round the island,aka
Dr. Lo Wen kan; the Milster of Justica in the Nanking Government, left Canton by seroplane and arrived
the
yesterday morning,
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