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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

·BANKING CORPORATION.-

Lomel ané-Pully Haldgy unmanın, 38,808,000

Reserve Fundi :--

£3.000.00

Bourts 244Mity of Progeluksen $30,000,000 HEAD "OFFICX: KONGKONG,

DOLED OF DIRECTORS.

BoNT. ¿Mackin'

J. P. Warten, Big, Dapety Char

W.. Bell. KH. A. 11. Compton, Eng

0. Miskin, Eng; *•. C.C. Knight, kaq.

AMOT

BANGZOR

BATAVIA BOMBAT

CALCUTTA GANDON CHEFOO COLOMBO DAISEX

FOOCHOW

BATTIONG

TAMBURG

ПАНКОЙ

HARMIN

YONUKEW

ILOILO

IPOH

JOHOR

KUBY

KOWLOON

K. Meritoa, Reg.

on. Mr J. J. Paterson

T. E. Pance Req.

Y. M. Gyuskura, Roy.

Chia! "Manager.

BRANCHES

LONDON

TONS MALACCA YANILA

MUAN (Jokoa)

YOLDER

NEW YORK

FEIFING

FRRANG

LANGDOE

BAIGOX

SAN FRANCISCO

KUALA LUMPUR

SHANGBAL

MENGAPORE

POUKAZATA

CUNGEI PATAMI

TIENTAIN

TOXTO

7SINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

Bernt Accomte opened in Losi Darrency and Fixed Deposit received for you your khari parilla in Lol Gompany and Eberling a sana which will be quoted on application Hong Kong, 26th February, 1984.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Bondness of the shore Bank la omuluak

ed the FONG XONG AND SHANGKA! SAXKING CORPORATIGE.

obialmed en application.

Malas may b

FOR THE HONGKONG AND ENANOHAI MANKING CORPORATION.

T. M. GRAYBURN

Hong Kong, 26th February, 1934.

SAFETY FIRST !

To Safeguard Your Valuables and Jewelleries Deposit them in a Vault

that is really! FIRE-PROOF

BURGLAR-PROOF

DAMP PROOF!

OUR SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT

located on the Mezzanine Floor

of

Our New building in Specially, Con- structed to provide all of thesa Im-1 portant Qualitina.

You may obtala a Safe Deposit Vault Box to this most up-to-date for your own use at a very moder- ate Rental

Inspection Cordially invited.

THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Corner of Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road, Central.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO.) HEAD OFFICE:-Tulpeh, Formosa Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1809.

Comic Bank in Formon

Baax-Never Lotond Avram Ian

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

"THE CHINA MAIL.

and

Commerce

Finance

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. COTTON, SILVER

|Pald-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£5,000,000 £3,000,000

AND WHEAT

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£2,000,000

Latest Quotations.

Agencies and Branches;

Alor Star

Mollo

Rangoon

Amritsar

Ipoh

Saigon

NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKETS

Semarang

Bangkok Batavia Bombay Calcutta Canton Cawnpore Cebr ¡Colombo

Delhi

Karachi

Klang Kobe Kuala

Kampur

Madras Manila Medan New York

Seremban Shanghal Singapore Sitiawan Sourabaya Taiping Ticntain

Tongkah

Haiphong

(Bhoker)

Hamburg

Priping Tsingtan

Hankow

Harbin

Penang

Zamboanga

Hohr Kour

(Peking) Yokohama

Foreign Exchange and General

Banking business transacted.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

A.O.F.C. Quotations.

New York, Yesterday. Dow Jones Averages.

30-Industrials

Last Today's Changes

Avery Aver

105.05-105.16. 11 up 49.81 30,28 47 up

changed 04:34 9448 32 up

New York, April 12. Mesars. Ania Lands Ltd. have re- 120 Raila ceived the following quotations on 20 Fillities (... 26.85 25,85 the New York cotton and wheat. rubber, silk and silver exchanges Commodity on the Commodity Exchanges Inc. New York:-

Closing Commodity April 11.

SILVER.

Price

40 Bonds

Index ...

63.82 $3.80 .02, down Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re on portThe market is still fighting to overcome the resistance area and many technical condition observers

Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc. are not convinced by the market

Current Accounts opened and Fix. of New York:

ed Deposits received for one year or

Apr. 10 Range Apr. 11-Range

46.55 46.60 shorter periods at rates which will bol May...46.85 46.88

46.86 46.90 quoted on application.

July .47.30 47.80

47.30 47.35 Sept. 47.65 47.65 Dec...48.25 48.25 47.86 47.85 Total sales for the day: 211 contracts of--154 contracts of 25;000 ozs, each 25,000 ozs. each

Market: Easy.

W. E. E. THOMAS,

Acting Manager. Hong Kong, 20th February, 1934. THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

Head Office:-Hong Kong.

kutherland Capta) (X.X. OerraMKY) .......U31,907,200 Paid-up Caplial m

Basert Trié 1,780,000 'Enakov, Bangkok,

BENCH

Shanghal

LONDON MANEX-

The Lord' Bank, Carlhed. CORERIFONDENTS

In all pelamizul zillow of the World.

Prag Emmage, and bankdag bradzam af

very pionirsaiacted.

Bad But, Bornas (various stone) si a panely rouded a from SF 10 946.

LOOK POONG SHAN.

Chief Manager.

strength, but we do not think their arguments very convincing for the! prospect of lower prices. The mar ket may hesitate here, but it seems. that a broadly bullish base is still in formation. Wbent: The market is easier on its own weight and thera is no pronounced pressure or liqui dation. Cotton: The decline, is dite [to lack of buying rather than to any RUBBER

volume of selling. Sentiment is dis- Rubber: Commodity Exchange turbed by more wrangling over the Bankhead Bill. Silver: The market Inc. of New York:

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1934.

Accused As Spy Ring Head

Mary Louise Martin, who nuverti abe is a Canadian, la, pictured at Helsingfors, Finland, as she underwent interrogation in connection with the charge that the beaded an International spy ring, operating out' of Finland. Twenty-three Finns and two Americans are held with ber.

AIR

Apr. 10 Range Apr. 11 Range was relatively quiet, but turned HIMALAYA

reactionary at the late session, part- ly in sympathy with rubber and dis- appointment that Washington news did not have greater influence, Business Done:-1,550,000 shares.

Last To-day's Price Price

May 11,72 11.73. 11.78 11.78 12.06 12.07 July 12.01 12.02 Sept....12.28 12.31 12.32 12.34 Standard No. 1 "B" Contract Total sales for the day:--

585 contracts' — 711 contracts. SILK.

Apr. 10 Range Apr. 11 Range Mny

...1.30% 1.31 1.29 THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Sept...1.33 1.33

1.32

1.33 unquoted Anthorised Capital

$10,000,000.00 Dec .... unqupted Paid-up Capital ... # 5,598,600.00| Reserve and Undivided

$2,434,000.00 Prošla

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:---

Sir Shouson Chow, Chairman.

Li Koon Chun. Esq, P. X. Kwok, Esq.

Wong Tun Tang. Esq.

Li Lan Sang, Esq.

Kan Ying Po, Esq.

Kan Tong Po, Esa, Chief ManagNT. Li. Tas Fong, Esq., Manager.

ROUTE TO CHINA

Obvious Development In Near Future.

1

NEW PORTUGUESE CONSUL FETED.

Large Crowd Attend Reception.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

P

PUBLIC AUCTION.

R

ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS KE of the Safe by Public Auction Ito be held on MONDAY, the 16th day of April, 1934, at 3 p.m.,, at the Officer of the Public Works [Department, by Order of His Ex- cellency the Governor, of one Lot of Crown Land at Shamshuipa in the Colony of Hong Kong, for ■ term of 75 years, commencing frju 1st July, 1898 with the option of Frenewal at a Crown Rent to be fired by the Surveyor, of His Majesty the King. for one further term of 24 Years less the last three days

thereof.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Sharaknipo

Registry So.

Locality.

ft

W.

FL. ADenti

par sala plan,Į 1,115

R

PUBLIC AUCTION.

ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

PA

of the Sale by Public Auction

held on

MONDAY, the

A reception was given to the to be new Portuguese Consul in Hong 16th

day of April, 1934, at Kong, Snr. Alves Guerra and M3 pm, at the Offices of the dame Guerra yesterday at the Public Works Department, by Club Lusitano, the hosts being the Order of His Excellency the Gor- members of the four Portuguese ernor of one Lot of Crown Land Clubs in the Hong Kong, namely, at Shumshulpo in the Colony of The conquest of Everest by the Club Lusitano... Club de Recreio, Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, Houston Mount Evereat Flight Liga Portuguesa and The Catholic commencing from 1st July, 1898

with the option of renewal af a· expedition has opened the way for Union.

Among the large gathering pre- Crown Rent to be fixed by the Sur a regular commercial air 12% across the Himalayas to the Yah-sent to greet the new consul were veyor of His Majesty the King, for

341⁄2

route

ize Valley-a valley rich in gold, Mr. D. P. J. Lopes, Mr. and Mrs. one, further term of 24 years less

Leó D'Almada e Castro,' Snr., Mr.]the last three days thereof.⠀ silver, copper and iron.

and Mrs. Leo D'Almada e Castro,

This is the belief of Colonel

V. S. Blacker, who was in charge junior, M. J. Almeda, Mr. C. A. da of the flying operations of the Roza, Mr. A. F. B. Silva Netto, Mr. P. V. Betelho, Mr. II. A. de ̃B. expedition.

16%

"Our flight over Everest," he Botelho, Mr. A. J. Oemund, Mr. an interview in and Mrs. P. N. M. Silva, Hr.. F. L. 6% told Reuter in 22 London, "has definitoly establish-Silva, Dr. and Mrs. B. Souza, Mr. 38ed that it is possible to run an air and Mrs. F. P. de Y. Soares, Mr. 101 service over the Himalayas into C. M. Corren, Mr. E. J. Figueire- 21% the upper reaches of the Yangtze da, Mr. J. A. S. Alves, Mr. F. H. 424a territory which could supply Barnes, Mr. M. A. Simoes, Mr. A.

everything necessary to the

Silk: Commodity Exchange Inc, of New York:

Air Reduction

90

· 9

Allied Chemical & Dye

152xd

151

American Can...

103%

104%

1.30

American, Radiator

15%

15%

LONDON TO SHANGHAI IN TEN DAYS

American Tel & Tel

.119

110

American Tabaren "B" 72

73

:

American Waterworks

20

London,

20

SUGAR. Sugar: New York Sugar & Coffee Aul Exchange:

Anaconda Copper Mining

175%

17

Auburn

B2%

+53%

Bendix Aviation

19%

30%

Borden Co.

294

Apr. 10 Apr. 11

Canadian

Pacific

17

17

May

1.36 1.41

J. 1.

Casc

729%

July

1.42

September

1.47* 1.47 1.52

Caterpillar Co.

32%

3214

Chase National Bank

28

Chrysler Motors

54%

Markets-Quiet.

Chan Ching Shek, Esq.

Wong Chu Son, Esq.

Amoy

Batayis

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Bankow Honoluta

Haiphong

Nagarak! New York Оваки Paris Pairing Penang RABKOON Saigon

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:--

Manila Seattie Melbourne Semarang

Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya

Syndes

Cotton: change:

Apr. 10 Range Apr. 11 Range May

.12.04 12.04 11.34 11.95 12.05 12.06 July.12.16 12.16 [Oct. ..12.29 12.20 Dec. ...12.40 12.40 Jan. 12.47 12.47 Mar.12.55 12.55 Middling

Spot..12.25

COTTON." New York Cotton Ex-Du Pont de Nemours

Consolidated Gas of N.Y.37% Curtins Wright

37%

474

4%

97%

06%%

12.18 12.18

Eastman Kodak ...... RO Electric Aula-lite Co. 28% Electric Band

& Shore 10% Electric Power & Light 7 General Electric General Foods

941⁄4

28

12.29 12.29

12.34 12.34

General Motors Gillette Safety Gold Dust

.....22% 344 -387

10/2 21%

12.45 12.45

421

Internat. Tel & Tel

15

14

12.15

Liggett & Myera "B".

91

9214

mercial life of a nation.

Montgomery Ward

324

32፤4

Loew's Inc

334

33%

National Biscuit

4214 43

281 29

May July

80% 86

bid

bid

next two or three years at the outside.

80% 862

National Dairy Products 16

16

Sahi Fcisco

Pacific Gas & Electric 194

1914

New Design Required,

The Official Summary of the

September

874 87%

Otis Elevator

36%

16%

Packard Motors

6%

10,000,000

Pennsylvania Rly

6 44,

35%

bushels

Radio Corpn

74

Sears Roebuck

Socony-Vacuum Corpn

Standard Brands Standard Gos

50 16% 201

12

123 40%

$85.00 Texas Corpn..

27

27

Trans-America

Union Carbide & Carbon 45%

132 Union Pacifie

7

7

451/

132

234

64

52

Robe London

Kowloon

Talhoku Tientsin Tokyo Vancouver Yokohama

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans

ranted on approved securities.

Current Accounts opened in Local

On and after August 15th, 1933, the Currency and Fixed Deposits received rele of Interest on Special Current for one year or shorter periode in Deposit will be at 2% p.a. on daily Local and

Internat. Harvester

WHEAT. Wheat: Chicago Board of Trade:

Apr. 10 Apr. 11 National City Bank....

Total sales for the day:-

10,000,000

bushels

AMERICAN GOLD PRICE: (WASHINGTON).

Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Standard Oil Co. of N.J. 40*4

Foreign Currencies on U.S. Treasury Gold balance and the rate for balance over terms which will be quoted on appli-

Price, per 02. ... $35.00 $10,000 will be quoted on application. Jestion.

(Maximum rate-1%).

LOXDOR BERLYNS

Maclays Bank, Ltd- Talapdı Bank, 149 Midland Book, Lid, Wastekontor Bank, Ind

The Bush boa Cervnponduese in, ali the pelampai Sommeraal Genirne skroughout the world,

K. EAQUA LÒNG LONG BARCE

4. Da Yast Bond Omvirs).

If anyon

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 1st March, 1984. -

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY;

INC,

*Head Oßen:-65, Broadway, New York,

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Capital

LIMITED

Established 1880

Capital (fully paid-up). Yen.100,000,000

Reserve Fund

Surpion Reserves

EXCHANGES.

TODAY'S QUOTATIONS

རྰ་ ་ ༩

On London

T. T.

On New York----- „U.S.$6,000,000.00

.U.S.€1,867,089.17

Tilango

2.1.9.$1,718,979.67

Вдума Hamburg

Heidelberg -Interlaken

London

Locur

Marvelou

- Carle

Mio City On demand

BRANCHES

Amsterdam

13

Aniwory

Yen.122,750,000

Alber

AKMIDE

Bola.

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA

Bombay

Broule

Chain

Nagasaki

Calmedia

Nagoya

Canber

Colomb

New York

Onka

Paris

Горноваров Dubile Elsburgh

Peiping Rangoon

O sys

Branches and Agencies at:

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

- Вопро

flosserdam

Bhanghai

United Air & Transport 23 United Corpn.** United States Steel. 62% Westinghouse E. & M. 89

com

E. S. Alves, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Castro Bastro, Mr. C. A. P: Xav

"This is an obvious development jier and Mr. J. M. da Rocha. which I think will come within the

SHARE-MARKET.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

**Kowloon Inland

Locality.

Boundary

12th

I. ĮM.

KS.

about

da per sala plan. 2,0

36

F

PUBLIC AUCTION.

۲,۰

THE Undersigned have received

esterday at 5.15 in China Lights Instruction to sell by rublis

"The design of the present nero- Hong Kong Stock Exchange insued 5% plane le not quite far enough yesterday at 3.15 p.m.* -

advanced to make the route a pay- boying preposition, but an improved came in for Botne enquiry this 16% machine with more highly super-morning, and slightly higher rates 224 charged engines and with variable might be paid if fair-sized parcels pitched propellers should be able were forthcoming. Cements also would seem to be attracting some to do the flight from the Ganges attention and fair quantities of valley to the Yangtze in a day.

"This would bring the Far East shares have change hands in the

last day or two.

SALES Shanghai, Docks Sh. $132

BUYERS

much nearer to Great Britain.

could "A link-up of air routes be arranged so that letters or pas- 38% engers from England could reach 10 days. Shanghai in less than Stages of the Journey would be 71⁄2 days to Calcutta, one day from Calcutta to Chung-king on the day to Yangtze, and then one Shanghal-a tremendous asset for Government and business trans-

COAL CONTRACT DISPUTE ENDS.

A long legal dispute over a $68,-actions.

000 coal contract ended with the The flight from

Calcutta to

dismissal by the Chief Justice, Mr. Chung-king would have to be at an AD. A. MacGregor at the Supreme altitude of between 15,000 to 16,000 Court yesterday, of a motion by feet.

"Passengers would not need 8. Latif Husfan and Arnhold and Co. Ltd., to set aside an award Oxygen maska or hava to undergu! made against them in favour of special tests before the journey, Hang Shun and Co., coal merchants but special emergency Oxygen ! apparatus would have to be kept of Hong Kong and Canton..

The action has been "before in the machine. The type of courts and arbitrators whose de diygen apparatus which would be cisions have been several times needed is already in use in South appealed against, but by the de America for air routes across the cision of the court in this case, the Andes."-Reuter. award of Mr. T. E. Pearce is up-

On demand

1/5% 1/5/ Four months' sight 1/5% Credits 4 months'

sight

บ

1/6%.

$68,000 Damages,

1.

On demand

38%

Credits 60 days'...

aight.

.

39%.

On Paris

57742

Credits 4 months"

sight....

Pelping

On India

HTT, and demand

617

98%

On Shanghal-

On demand

1104

On Japans

On démand On Manila--

126

Yokohama

On demand On Blagaper-

75%

On demand

63%

Theld.

On demand

On Balgon-

67%

Seerabaya

Bydney

Tsingtan Yingkow

On Bangkok-

On demand Personal investment accounts Bovereign bank boy-la Thandled:

Jag rate

1/64 The Company offers to intending Bar Silver. per oz. 2014 Travelers the "aja of ita

Bar "Silver" in Hong

Kong

Mon.

125%

lan

Canton Dairen (Dainy) Fenglien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Hamburg

Hankow

Tarbin

Hong Kong

Honoluin Hainking

Karach

· Kote!

London

San Francisco Seattle Semarang

Shangha

Singapore

Tientela Tokyo

Branches of American Express Com-On Batavia pany in Principal cities › of United States of America and Canada. 2

All classes of Commercial Banking). On demand Transactions undertaken,NE

Los Angeles

Mott"

Manila

Interest allowed on Current Av-Cheques and Leftare of, Cre counts.

{fa' addition, the “world-wizla Deposits received for fixed periods of its thoroughly equipped Tra

A rates to be obtained on application.)]partmen

4. KISHINAMI,

Manager,

Hong Kong 1h April, 1984.

*W. DUGGAN,,

Copper Cashgan

Copper Centauriar: 19%; preEH.

| Rate of Native Interest 31⁄2%%- p.a. Chinese Sub Cola 1. 32% dis

Hong Kobe Bub, Coln par

1

The award was $68,000 for KIDNAPPED WOMAN

damages for breach of an agree ment and the application against | the award was on the grounds of luck of finality 'and' that it did not specifically decide all the matters |In disputa. 20I MUA

KILLS BANDIT ·

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Shot With Own Revolver

Canton Insuranzes $810 Underwriters $1.15 Raub's $14

Docks $15

Providents (Old) $1.90 Hotels $5.90 Realties *$6.10

Hong Kong Trams* $20.35 Yaumati Ferries $244 China 'Lights (Old) $8.80 Electrics $703%

Telephones (New) $12 Cements (Old) - $13⁄4 Cements (New) $14 Lane; Crawfords $4

Constructions (Old) $15% Construction's (New) 70 ct.

SELLERS

Wharves $109. ----- Hong Kong Lands $66 Star Ferries $96% Electrics #71%

Watsons $634 Bentertainments $9.

** REGULATION OF US.

́ ́? STOCK, EXCHANGES

(Continued from 'Page 1)

Auction

ON

MONDAY, the 16th April, 1934, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 35,

Hapkow Road, Kowloon

A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising a

Chesterfield couches and arm- chairs,

Wardrobes, Dressing tables, Chest of drawers, Deska, Bookcase, Gas stove, Tea poys, Carpets, Pictures, Glasses, Dinner [crockery, Linen, Hatstands, Vascó, Jetc., ele.

Terras-Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 12th April 1934.

C

SHOWER OF MONEY, IN ALEXANDRIA

Bookmaker's Winnings Thrown To Crowd.

Alexandria,

It rained coins and banknotes In the main street of, Alexandría when the police raided a clandes- tine betting agency and arrested a bookmaker and his four clerks. When the police broke down the door of the office, they found The Committee on Tuesday the five men counting cut their Tirana, Albania, adopted a section of the revised winnings.

One of the clerks promptly Bayram Sul Ajdini, a notorious Stock Exchange Control Bill, seized as much money as he bandit, for whom the Albanian lating to the segregation of broker could hold, and threw a shower C. H. Blake, of Messrs. Wilkinson police have been searching for and dealer activities and permit of coins and notes out of the and Grist, appeared for Mesura, three years, has been killed bying a new regulatory commission window in an attempt to pay," Tiang Shun and Co,; Mr. D. He-a woman he kidnapped. He was to lay down rules governing the creditors waiting in the street.

subject. Nelll, instructed by Mr. H. J. Arm shot with his own revolver, strong, "of Messrs. Descons, which the woman managed to The revised Bill does not pro The police managed to selze

hibit trading by brokers as the 24 In cash-Beuter. spatch from him--Reuter, presented applicants,

priginal Bill did

Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C. and Mr.

H., G. Sheldon, instructed by Mr.

below: