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& B 818,008,800

Banners kitty al Troprietore 20,001,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Hon. Mr. 0.8. Heckle

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FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853,

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £9,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.£3,000,000

Alor Star

Rangoon

Amritsar

·Agiades and Branches:

Bangkok

Batavia

Mollo

Ipoh Karachi Klang Kobe

Saigon Semarang Seremban Shanghal Singapore Sitiawan Sourabaya

Bombay

Calcutta

Centon

timper

Cawnpore

Combo

Madrss

Manila

Taiping Tientsin

Medan

Tongkah

New York

(Bhaker)

Peiping

Tsingtao

(Peking) Yokohama

Penang

Zamboanga

Foreign Exchange and

General

Haiphong Hamburg Hankow

Harbin

Hong Kong

Banking business transacted."

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COTTON, SILVER AND WHEAT Latest Quotations.

NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS

New York April 5.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

A.OF.C. Quotations.

New York, Yesterday,

Dow Jones Averages.

Messrs. Asla Lands Ltd. have re80 Industriels caived the following quotations op 20 Railw the New York cotton and wheat. 20 Utilities rubber, silk and silver exchanges 40 Bands ... on the Commodity Exchanges Inc. Commodity New York:-

Closing Commodity Price April 4.

SILVER.

Current Accounts opened and Fix-of New York: ed Deposits received for one year or

47.23 47.23 47.74 47.80

Last To-day's Changes.

Aver. Aver. 102.74 108.19 .45 up 48.58 48.81 23 up 25.96 26.88 13 down 92.81 93.34–33 up.

mer-

Index. 53.67 53.09 81-up Messrs. E, A. Pierce & Co., Re on port:-We continued to like this slow and irregular improvement which has not gone far enough to Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. demonstrate conclusively the begin

De Charlatan Davenport ning of a broad advance. We think

Born 109 years ago, a Tartar Prim- relati

coma in Bussis, Dr. Charlotte de Apr. 3 Range Apr. 4 Range that motion pictures

Gellers Davenport fangks in the 46.40 46.48chandising, silver and motors are Wather Time. Three kis shorter periods at rates which will be May....46.35 46.40

46.78 46.78 steadily strengthening their market bands and ill does are among ber July....46.65 46.70 quoted on application.

́experiences. The koew Admiral Wheat: The Thomas Sept.

positions. ...47.10 47.12

Dewey, here of Manila Bay, int!- Amendment to the Silver Bill, per- Dec.....47.85 47.85

mately, Here the enjoys a "cizzy" as Wankington. Total sales for the day:-

mitting the purchase of silver until 226 contracts of 140 contracts of it has reached $1.29 per ounce, is 25,000 ors. each considered inflationary. Cotton: A|

feature was the steadiness of this MAY ROAD LIGHTING RUBBER.

market despite the relatively small

Silver: Commodity Exchange amount of business.

Fu- Rubber: Inc. of New York:

tures were lower early on, with the distant positions growing in rela- tive easiness. Banking interests bought near-bys on the decline. In-

W. H. E. THOMAS,

Acting Manager, Hong Kong, 20th February, 1984. THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

*

Head Office:-Hong Kong,

Aviberian Captial (ILE. Outroney) —$11,000,000 Fall-Up Capital 1,306,100

FRANCHI

25,000 ozs. each

Market:-Firm.

May

I

Apr. 3 Range Apr. 4 Range

11:49 11:51 11.76 11.79

.11.36 11.36

Ounin, Eng Kanker, · Bangkok, July....11.66 11.66

at Ben Forlane,

GORDON BANKR—

The Lloyd's Back, Ederlied.

OUR RESPONDSRTY

-la sil principal ekstar el dan Warli.

Foreign Exchange sol honking berlian of Bala Depali Borse (various slamme) >> a poorly LOOK POONG SHAN.

Chief Manager.

Sept....11.97 11.97 12.06 12.08terest was manifested in the Thomas

Standard No. 1 "B" Contract. Total sales for the day:-

383 contracts-607 contracts

SILK.

Silk: Commodity Exchange Ine, ef New York:

Apr. 3 Range Apr. 4 Range

1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37

May THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Sept....

SUGAR. Authorised Capital .... $10,000,000.00 | $ 6,598,600.00 Paid-up Capital .....

Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee Exchange: Reserve and Undivided

$2,484,000.00 Profita

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG

12, Des Voeux Road Central. BOARD OF DIRECTORS:~~

Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman,

L Kopn Chan. Ex.

P. K. Kwok. Eq.

Wong Tun Tank, Ex.

Chan Ching Shek, Faq.

Amendment.-Reuter.

..

Business Done:-1,560,000 shares.

Last To-day's

DISCUSSED.

.4

Mid-Levels Resident's

Association.

CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT QUEEN'S GARDENS

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CORRE

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934

DENCE.

A.D.C. PRODUCTION

To the Editor, "Chian Mall"1.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

HONG KONG REALTY AND TRUST CO, LTDA (Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances of Hong Kong)

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Sir-May I through the medium N° that the Ordinary Yearly

of your columns appeal to the theatre-going public of

Hong Meeting of Shareholders of Hong

Kong for greater support for the Kong Realty and Trust Company, A.D.C. in their. forthcoming pro-Limited, will be held at the Regis- duction of The First Mrs.tered Office of the Company, Ex- Fraser" than was accorded to change. Building (2nd Floor), Den

Vœux Road Central, Hong Kong, on. Ten-Minute- Alibi.”.

The A.D.C. can trace its record WEDNESDAY, the 25th April, back to 1870, and with the aid of a 1934, at 12 Noon, for the purpose series of most able producers and of receiving a Statement of Ac- actors can boast that it has scarce-counts and the Report of the Board. ly ever disappointed its audiences. of Directors for the year ended on The closing of the Theatre the 31st December, 1933, confirming Royal in 1932 made the position of the appointment of a Director and the Club very difficult. but the re-electing two Directors and the obstacle was surmounted last sex Auditors.

or-

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the son by the hiring of the Star and King's theatres for "Payment De-Company will be CLOSED from April, Tes- WEDNESDAY, the 11th ferred" and "Nine till Six" pectively. Apart from the ques-1934. to WEDNESDAY, the 25th tion of expense it was found bow-April, 1934, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board, ever that neither of these theatres

F. C. BARRY, was entirely suitable for an

Secretary. dinary amateur dramatic produc tion. This season with the build-

Hong Kong, 4th April, 1994. ing of the new Royal Naval Can-

FOR SALE. teen (now called the China Fleet Club) on the water front opposite

MATSHED FUR SALE-AL 1314 Arsenal Street and of the delight-mile beach. For full particulars and Box No. 747

ful small theatre which is aprice wanted, write annexe thereto, it seemed that our "China Mail."

the

difficulties were solved when we were able to arrange most favour- able terms with the Naval Au-1 thorities for

use of that theatre. We then proceeded at once with the staging of "Ten Minute Alibi," a play which took London by storm a year ago.and has had's x phenomenal run since,

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

PART Sale by Public Auction

of

The annual meeting of the Mid-and confidently expected bumper to be held on MONDAY, the 19th day of April, 1934, at 3 p.m. at was houses... Levels Residents' Association 97

Unfortunately our confidence the Offices of the Public Works Do 150% held yesterday afternoon at the 100% 100%

154

154

..12034 1191

Board Room of Messrs. Shewan was to some extent misplaced. Apartment, by Order of His Excellency Tomes and Co., matters regarding three out of the five performances the Governor of one Lot of Crown 45% 44% improved lighting in May Road, and the house was barely half full, Land at Ma Tau Wei in the Colony the removal of sharp corners in whereas had we been playing at of Hong Kong for a term of 75 Magazine Gip Road being discussed. the Theatre Royal with its much years, with the option of renewal The Commitee in its report re-greater capacity I have no doubt at a Crown Rent to be fixed by ferred to the complaints received in that nearly every seat would have the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 connection with the Police Revolver been taken. practice Range; and said that any recommendations made. would be ceedingly conservative place and

it is difficult to get the public'in

Anaconda Copper Mining 15% Auburn

35

Hong Kong is of course an ex-years.

new venture which takes them outside their usuall

as a result of correspondence with ambit, but surely it need only he realised that the China Fleet Club 984 the Government the vacant area. 88%

Price Pric

Air Reduction Allied Chemleni & Dye American Can American Redister American Smelting American Tel, & Tel. American Tobacca "B" American Waterworks

07 .152

69%4 60%

20%

20%

15

April 3. April 4.

熟

53/4

May

1.49 1.50

Bindix (Aviation

10%

1954

July

1.66

1.5G

Borden Co.

22%

September

1.60

1.61

Canadian Pacific

17%

J. L. Case

72

78

Market:-Quiet.

Caterpillar Co.

31

$14

COTTON.

Chase National Bank

27%

273

placed before the Authorities.

Cotton: change:

New York Cotton

Ex-Chrysler Motors ......

65%

06%

Consolidated Gan of N.Y.

87%

The need of a children's play-terested in a 87%ground was an urgent matter, and

Curtis Wright

4%

4%

Li Lan Sang, Esq.

Wong Chu Son. Esq.

May

Kan Ying Po, Esq.

{

July

¡Oct.

Apr. 3 Range Apr. 4 Range

11.99 11.99 .12.11 12.11 12.26 12.27

Du Pont de Nemours.

97

AR14

12.05 12.06

Eastman Kodak

88

12:18 12.19

Electrie Auto-lite Co.

28

Electric Bond & Share

1734

Kan Tong Po, EG, Chief Manage,

The Fong, Esq., Manager.

Dec.

12.32 12.32

12.35 12.35

12.41 12.41

Electric Power & Light

"

10%

General Electric General

21

22 2214

Jan.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:--

Manila Melbourne

Seattle

Nagasaki

Canton

New York Osaka

Honolulu Kobe Kowloon London

Haiphong Paris Hankow

Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Bwatow Priping

Syndry

Shoku Penang Rangoon Tientsia

Tokyo Salgad San Felice Vancouver Yokohama

Mar. Middling

Spol..12.20

.12.42 12.42 ...12.52 12.52

12.47 12.47

General Foods

33%

3424

12.58 12.58

Gillette Safety

104

10

Motors

39%

Gald

Dust

2144

21

12.25

Internst. Harvester

.41%

Internat, Tel & Tel.

18

Liggett & Myers "E"

87%

April 3: April 4.

May July September

85%

802

80% 864*

Milenmery

National

86%

87*

National Dairy Prod.

Inc.

Ward Biscuit City Bank

31%

21+

15%

Pacific Gan & Electric

10

15%

БК

10,000,000

bushels

34% 35

74

| Amoy

Batavia Bombay

Calcutta

WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:

10,000,000

bushels

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKÒJ HEAD OFFICE: Taipeh, Formoes Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1800.

Central Bank in Fortazes

Maak-Bizies famed Arneses amouki „Tan, 46,one

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans Current Accounts opened in Local ranted on approved securities.

On and after August 16th, 1953, the Currency and Fixed Deposita received rate of Interest on Special Current for one year or shorter periods in

possible mutilation

Total sales for the day:

AMERICAN GOLD PRICE:

(WASHINGTON).

Deposit will be at 2% p.a. on daily Local and Foreign Currencies on U.S. Treasury Gold balance and the rate for balance over terms, which will be quoted on appli- $10,000 will be quoted on application.cation..

(Maximum rate-1%).

LONDON BALTES:

Barskaya Bak, Ltd. Layde Bank, EM, Midland Bank, Ind., Wastelatter Bank. 144.

The Book has Correspondasie la_ni_the_pelmapal Jammered Conitus Khemahout the world, X. JAGUNA,

BONG KONG BRENOMI

Dog Fer Hand Control, Hong Kong Dorombie M. 1982.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong,, lrt March, 1934.

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.

Head Offer:---65, Broadway, New York.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Capital

Surplus Reserves

.U.S.$6,000,000.00 .U.8.$1,807,089.17- -U‚ß‚$1,718,979.67

BRANCHTES:-

Mxico City

Otis Elevator

Packard Motors Pennsylvania Пly,

Radio Corpn. Scare

48%

socont Hoebuck Corp. 164

Standard Brands

Apr. 8 Apr. 4. Standard Gas

21

LIMITED.

Established 1880

Manager

1/54- 1/0 Four months'. sight 1/5%

2814 formerly occupied by No. 1 and 2 but 10 minutes by ricksha from Queen's Gardens, had been offered the centre of Town, that the small theatre attached is entirely and accepted.

Since then the Government had modern and exceedingly comfort kindly undertaken to surface and able and that there is ample park. ing space for cars immediately In 38% fence the site in question with wire front of it, and any prejudice

netting, where necessary, and it was

15% hoped that it would be completed be: against a place of amusement which is just off the beaten track Ifore the coming summer..

should disappear. "The First Mr. H. J. Armstrong was elected Mrs. Fraser" is a most amusing 32% to be Hon. Secretary and Treasureright comedy by St. John Ervine in place of Mr. T. A. Martin, who which was frat produced at the 15% is leaving the Colony.

elected as

Haymarket Theatre in London in The committee were

1929 and had a long and success- follows: Messrs. A. L. Shields ful run. It was written mainly

:

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Kowloon faland lot

Registry Ko.

Locality.

Prince Edward

سات

th about

As per asin plan. 26,000 124

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE

TREATY.

The following desirable- Properties:

The Albany situated on -Inland

(chairman), J. T. Bagram, Cheu for Marie Tempest who played the 7%Lim-pak, L. Dunbar, H. H. title role-one of the best im Lots Nos. 807 and 808.

384

124

Standard Oll Co. of N.J.

Price, per o

$35.00 $35.00

Texas Corpn.

274

Trans-America

Union Carbide, & Carbon

EXCHANGES.

Union Pacifie

128

United Air & Transport 244

United Corpn.

0%.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

United States Steel...

52%

On London

T. T. On demand

Westinghouse E. & M. 30.

BID-4.

LONDON EXCHANGES.

Credits 4 months'

sight

1/6%

On New York-

On demand

8814

Paris New York Montreal

London, Yesterday.

78 9/32 ...... 6.153⁄4

5.15%

Credits 60 days'

Brussels

22.10

aight

39%

Berlin

On Paris-

Amsterdam

8 (1) 7.64%

On demand

580

Milan..

59 15/16

Credits 4 months'

eight

620

Pred

Peiping

Rotterdam

On India.........

Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo

19.39

22.89/

T.T. and demand

98%

On Shanghal-

Vienna

'On demand

110

Prague

Chairs

Nagasaki

Oglala

Од Управ:-

Ingmo

Nagoya

On demand

125.

New York

Helsingfors Madrid Labou

Поновини

Moni Dar

On Manila-

Onaka

On demand

75%

Athens

Bucharest

(Itaruman » Mondow

Yokohama

On Singapore={

19.90% 23 124% 228*** 37 18/16 110 587 Bellers 51220 225

On demand

68%

4% B.0,

On Batavia—

On demand

Buenos Alrea

-38% 8.0.

Montevideo

$7% 8.0.

On, demand On Bangkok-----

$8

1/4%

1/2%

Personal Investment handled.

accounta

'On demand Sovereigns bank buy-

ing rate

125%

Bombay

1/4.8/82

Hong Kong

1/6/

Silver Spot

Bar Bilver per: oz. 3.

10%

Silver Forward

Capital (fully paid-up) Yes.100,000,000 Reserve Fund

Yen.122,750,000

Head Offee-YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at:

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Hankow

Harbin

Amsterdam

О

Úllaager

An

Bombay

Batone Hambur

Eiddelberg

Jorunaloun

Farie Peiping Daire (Dalby) Rangoon

(Minkden) Rio de Janeiro

San Francisco Beatle

Honolulu. Hainking Karachi

Singapore

Soerabaya Sydney Tokyo

Branches of American Express Com pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

|On Balgon—

You Angeles

Mania

Mol

Tientain Tsingtau Yingkow

The Company offers to intendiar Bar Silver in Hong Travelers the gun of its "Travels Kong Interest allowed on Current Ac- Chequees and Letters of: Dradia and, counts,

In addition, the a world-wide warriott Copper, Caal,

Deposits received for fixed periode of ita thoroughly equipped Travel De Copper Cents at rates to be obtained on application.|partment.

Hong Kong, March 12, 1924,

Y. ABE, TA

Acling Manager,}

Rate of Native Interest

Chinese Blub, Cola wy

OGGAN,

Hong Kong Bub, Colá

Belgrade

Blo..

Shanghal

Yokohama

Warloan 8%.

176*

19%

Priestley, T. A. Martin. D. J. Fraser personations that she has land C. A. da Roza.

Personal Pars.

ever

given, while Henry Ainley played

Area.... 43,817 square feet,

47,707 square feet..

the peccant but regretful husband The Castle, The Den, and The Hut. with equal

Situated on Inland Lota Nos. 577 auccess. The play should make a special appeal to and 689.

Area members of the Scottish Com- Mrs. Beatrice Thompson, of the munity since 'the two principal | Advertising & Publicity Bureau, characters both hail from North of returned to the Colony after an Tweed and their younger son's extended business tour to England, chief complaint against his Eag Europe, and Singapore, by the lish Public School is that it taught P. and. O. Naldera yesterday. him to forget his good Scotch.ac-

¡cent.

2 to 10 Graham Street (even

numbers) and No. 97 Wellington Street, Situated on Inland Lot No. 169. Area.... 8.872 square feet. For further particulars please

LINSTEAD & DAVIS,

Lieut. Col. T. A. Robertson, The A.D.C. is not a profit mak-apply to the undersigned. O.B.E., the former Secretary of the ing concern but it cannot afford to Its productions of Hong Kong Club will be leaving the lose money on Colony to-morrow by the Carnar-popular plays, and unless more support is forthcoming for its pre- vonshire.

sent venture, it may have to con-

· PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE

Mr. Ernest F. Pollock, F.R.G.S.. alder curtailing, if not suspending, HE Undersigned have received inatructions from The Trea- J.P., of Strathfield, Sydney, Newita activities. Bouth Wales, who, is a Councillor "The First Mrs. Fraser" will be surer of The China Fleet Club to and late Honorary Secretary of the played on the 11th, 12th, 18th and sell by, Public Auction on Royal Zoological Society of New 14th April, each night at 9.15 and South Wales, and a corresponding booking is at Andersons, y member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union arrived yes terday by the Nellore for Japan and China, accompanied by Mrs, Pollock

Mrs. A. D, Brasier-Creagh has returned to the Colony after two months" absence, during which

R. E. Lindsell.

(President HKAD.C.).

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY,

Tuesday, the 10th. April, 1934. commencing at 10 am.

at The Old Premises' of The Royal Naval Canteen, Johnston Road, Sundry Furniture, Tesk counters, Partitions, Electric Call- ing and Table Fans, Marble top. Tables, Benches, Chairs, Ice Chest, Blankets, Mattresses, Pillows, Electric and Lavatory Fittings,

time she visited Ceylon, India and Silver Prices Decline. Porcelain Wash Basins etc, etc.

Malaya.

The local dollar remains un

also

One Aerated Water Machinery

One Hand Truck

The wedding is announced to. take place shortly of Mr. Borge changed, opening on demand this and accessories. Richard Rasmussen, mercantile morning at 1/64\/ marine, of

*

One Bowling Alley with com plete Gear

On View from Monday, the 9th, April, 1934

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

Miss-Spot and forward sliver prices Shameen, to Louise May, teacher, of 5B, Gar- yesterday declined. Ye, closing at

19% and 19 16/16 respectively. 19 15/16 den Road, Hong Kongama 104-7/18

C

The London on New York cross Wireless Service. The wedding took place at the rate yesterday closed at #U.8.45.-

Registrar's Once yásterday morn 17% as compared with U.8.45.16 made for Ing of Eric Noel Clibborn, of the on Tasaday, while the New York on Zealand with the con- Imperial, Chemical Industries, London rate, quoted on Tuesday at Telbourne Centenary China, Lid, and Clays Beatrice &-U.S.85.1776, yesterday closed at

ZU.S.$5,16%, Chittenden, of Hong Kong.

LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 5th April, 1934