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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

$50,000,000

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Issued and Fully Paid-up 20,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855. Reserve Funds Sil

Sterling £ 8,500,000 Silver... 0,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

& I Dodwelly Engi

Chairman

CC. Knight. Ing.

·Dapaty - Chairman.

T. 34-dirnybar. Eng.

Chief Manager.

Bombay Calcutta Cana

W. H. Bell, Esq. K. S. Morrison EsQs Cawapara

A. H. Compton Esqu

M. Johnson, Esq. Colobo.

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

Delhi.

Haiphong

G. Miskin, Esq. T. E. Pearce, Bag, Hamborg

AXOY

BANGFOR

BATAVIA

BOMBAT

CANTOR

JOHORE

FORE

KORLOOX

BRANCHES

LONDON LYONS XCALACCA

MANILA

KUAR (John)}

15-

Hamingw

Bang: Kean.

Ipoh Karichi

THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, ALKUSE, 17, 1815

Commerce and Finance

COMMODITY: PRICES:

..£3,000,000

£3,000,000 The following, quotations have been received by Reuter. £3,000,000₫

Foreign Exchange and Gumersi Banking busko

transacted.

Coat Accumula opened and Fixed Deposit December Pensive)-for-000 year or shorter perioda už zuten which will be goosed on applicación.

A. BREARLEY,

LOCAL SHARES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:

Fanks

KK. Bank $1080 d.

KK. Bank (London) $11234 n Chartered Bank £84 2

Mercantile Bank A. and K

£29 L

Mercantile C. 51222 1.

Bank of East Asia $7615 n.

Insurances

Canton Ins. $189 1 Union Ins. $380 m... China. Underwriters, 10 cts. China--Fire Ins. $382 n. HK Fire Ins. $185 sa. International Assce, $4 n.

Shipping

Douglases $36 12.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital 20,000,000 Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

Agencies and Branches:

D

Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing

Nor Lear

Kaigon

New York Cotton:-

Bangkok-

Serverban

October

11.31: 11.36.

Shanghai

December

1115

11.32

Lurapet

Sinexper Sitiawan

Inching

Sourabaya

January (1936)" 11.10

11.20

Madres

Taiping

March

10.99

114

Manila

Kelan

Tengbak

May

10.95

11.13

New York

(Bbaz)

Potping

Tringto

July

-10.85

108-

Yolebama

¡Spot

11.70

1175

Zamboniga.

New York Robber:

September

1202

11.88

12.22

12.10

January

12:29 12.17

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st Jamary, 1985

March Mar Chicago Wheat:-

12.46 1931

- 12.60

12.43

September

87

88%

December

892

90%

May

914

92

SUNGEI PATANI

|Chicago Cora:---

September

77

Authorised Capital

Paid-up Capital

$11,000,000 December

8,855,000 May

www

57

577%

58

Total ResourceR

Shell (Bearer) 74/4

Branches: Canton, Toishan, Shanghai August Hankow, Bangkok & San Francisco.

82/

855

Landon Banker: Lloyds Bank, Ltd, October

85%

$53

No. 1-No.3 No.1 No.3 Con Con Con. Con

2.47 237 250 2:39

Dec. Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes). Jan. (1936) for hire

March LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager May

264 235 2.56 234

2:25n 206 221n 2.06

Benguet Goldfield 10 cts n.

208. 2.13

206

Big Wedge 8 cts n

2.12

Gold Creek 30 ctx. n.

•

THE

-New York Suk:-

September

Gold River 7 cts. n.

1.66/

1.73

1.60

1.66

Itogons 36 cts. n.

March

161

16514

Salacots 12 cts-

Montreal Silver:

September

65.25

65.40

December

65.60

66.00

65.75m

65.950

67.10 67.50

Kailan Mining Ad. 13/6 n. Langkats (Single) Sh. $14 ni S'hai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 n. S'hai Loans Sh. $5% n Raubs ST b.

Venz; Goldfeld $2.30 n.

Docks, etc.

CALCUTTA

CHETOO COLOMBO DAIREX

RAIPHONG

HAMRING

HANKOW HARRIN

HONGKET

ILOILO

FTOH

NEW YORK

PRIPING

WENANG

RANGOOK

SAKIOX

WAN PRANCISCO

KUALA LUMPUR

SHANGHAT

SINGAPORE

SOURA BATA'

TIENINIS

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

Curver A-rums opened in Ional Centvary and Find: ponte id for one year or shorter pericula is Local Currency and Seling abjad sill be quoted in application.

Hong Kong, 6th April, 1935.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912

Head Office:Hong Kong.

32170,492, Winnipeg Wheat:---

Foreign Exchange and Banking December ... business of every description trans-New York Sugar:-

acted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK Deposits received for one year or

The Bunk of the above Back in conduct ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING COMPORATION, Bates may be obtained on application.

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

shorter periods at rates which will be Sept. quoted on application.

V

F. M. GRAYBULX.

Chint Manager. Bong Kong, February, 1935.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capital

Paid-up Capita ....... Beter as Undivióni Prašte

$30,000,000.00

-$ 5,006,000,005

£180,000,00

HEAD OFFICE:—HOVA KOSG

30 Din Virus. Band Cairpl

BOARD OF DIRECTIES:-

Sie Shou-son Chow, Cha Jac.

Li Love Chen, Eng., P. K. Kwak. Eaq Tong You Zg. Emi.. Chuan Ching which Eeq.. 13 Lao Bang: Eng. Borg Che Son, Eng. and Kan Ting ∙Po, Eng.

Batavia

Kao Tong Pa. Eaq.. Chie! ManuETT.. 23 Te Yong. Faq. Hannove

BRANCHIES AND AGENGAN tem

•[samber Calcutta Cartoo Haiphong Hunkow

Home alu

Bobs.

Fro~100 London

Manila

من و این جور که اید

Stazapore Sourabaya.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, December

INC

Head Office:--65; Broadway,

New York

Capital. Surpits. Eeserves

.1.S.$6,000,000,00

2.183,633.06 $70,731.05

Kaplón

BRANCHES.

Genon Glamo The Hague Hevera Hembarg⚫ Havre Haid-Therg Interlaken

Paris

Priping Palermo Botterdam

Khanghai

Aretenders

Antwent

Athena

B

Berlin

Rombay

Ва

· Berzameli

Ledoc Liverpool

Cairo Calcutta

Тонятия Labor

Sastham pres

The glas

By York

Daka

Parin

Sama Tant

Colombe Copenhagen Dublin Edinburgh

Genera

Tiantaist

T MATTHEE

Mars

Marta Carlo

Massita

Tokohama Zurich

Perpis

jydney

Pr

Taibukas

Ktuan

Tin

S

40

VancouPHY Tokola.

Fon Francisco.

Every mcription of Beating and Exchang Bicos transacted. Loans grassed on approved

our tire.

20

Current Accounts, opened in Lonal Currency and Feed Dupri oceived: for, shorter periodja Lora and Foreign Currencies

on terms which will be quoted on application.

"Safe Deposit Boxes To Letter

Munici

Montreux

January March

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Latest Quotations

August 17.

The following quotations were 20- eved by Reuter:

NYLondon

Last close 10.20 11.00 1984 4973. 4964

NY. Cotton

Oct

11.31 11.23 11.29 10.95

1102 10.95

Branches of American Express. May Company in Principal cities of United N.T. Rabber States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personál

handled.

investment

1222 1214 12.10

218

Dec.

C. Wheat

.".

accounts

Sept Dec. [C. Corn Sept. 774

Dec.

157 STOCKS

8912

The Company offers to intending Amer Smelting 42 Travellers the use of its "Travellers, Con Gas NY. 32% Cheques" and Letters of Credit and Elec Bond & in addition, the world-wide services}

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK Department

*88

H.K. Steamboats $4 n. Indo-Chinas (Prefi), $30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def), $12 n

n.

Union Waterboats $111⁄4 new

Mining

Antamoks 7922 cts. a.

Balatos $18 _Z.`

Baguio Gold $241⁄21⁄2 ets. n.

Benguet Consolidated $12.10

A Doug Fairbanks and Lady Sylvia Ashley sailed from Quebec, Canada, cameramen tried to get them to pose together without success, but they obliged amparately. Fairbanks intimated that his long expected marriage tu2 Lady Ashley will take place in Europe nex‡ January, when his divorce from Mary Pickford becomes Engl.

NEW YORK STOCK

MARKET

Market Registers Higher

RECENT BULLISH ADVICES-

MAINTAINED -

SHARE MARKET ·

Messrs. Harriman's Weekly Report

FOOD

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

·ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE

STANLEY

T

THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR be- gins Sept. 9th. Examination for new Students SATURDAY, September 7th- at 9 am

. For Prospectus, for Boarders & Day Boys, apply Li Hoi Tung, Esq, Messrs. Banker & Co. Bank of China Building, or

THE WARDEN,

St. Stephen's College, Stanley.

INDIAN MAHARAJAH ACCUSED

Girl's Story Of Imprisonment

ESCAPE FROM BUNGALOW

Bombay.

The escape at dead of night of three girls who alleged that they were kept prisoners in the Mala- bar Hill bungalow of the Mahara- jah of Sirchi, after having been forced to become is mistresses, was described in the Bombay High Court recently..

Messrs. G. A. Harriman & Co's

An application was made re- weekly share report and market garding the guardianship of one review issued "at

to of the girls... day states:

Dharney, a 16-year-old daughter As a whole the market maintain of Padms. Rajaji, a former Sirohi

In their market report. Messrsed a very steady tone during the subject, gave evidence that her ) Benguet Exploration 13 cts. b. S. E. Levy and Company, corres-week under review and although the family were persecuted in that pondents for Messrs. White Weld volume of business was not large. State and her parents Imprisoned. On the suggestion of a friend and Company, New York, State: there were more enquiries for in-

Hong Kong that she should seek the Mahara- vestment stocks. **Stocks: The market to-day was

Ipo Mining 90 ets. n.

HK and K Wharves

$78 1.

HK and K Wharves

higher in spite of some moderate/Trams were very steady and were jah's pardon Dharmey, according profit-taking. There is nothing in dealt in at $12.65/75, Star Ferries to her story, ventured alone to the Maharajah's bungalow in 'Pind-

were slightly firmer with

general news to cause any change from our recent bullish advices.quiries at $77, but sellers were scarce. A fair amount of busi- Business done: 1,710,000 shares.

ness was put through in Hong "Wheat: With a further provement in four sales, coupled Kong Electrics at $581/59/ closing in demand at $59. Tele- with lighter hedge pressure and

phones (old) came to business at frost in Northem Canada. We $20.35 with further buyers at

Total would prefer the longside.

2

warz

Begged For Mercy Kneeling before him, she begged for mercr

The Maharajah, she said, pro- the immediate release of mised $20.25 Wharves eased off some her parents, but when she got up to sales: 18,389,000 bushels

what and could be obtained at leave the bungalow she found she

was imprisoned. "Cotton: Earlier in the day there $76. Hong Kong Lands formed (old) was some general new buying and

notable feature of the week Dharmey alleged that she was also some buying by mills on hopes having slumped one point from taken to the Maharajah's bunga- of a 12-cent loan. The market is $29 to $28, the market, however. low in Sirohi and there forced extremely nervous and erratic, closing better with enquiries at to be his mistress. She saw there with prices fluctuating according $284.

With the exception of three other girls who were in the the continuously changing Hotels which touched a low level same plight.

After two months she and two Washington loan gossip. The of $32, minor, issues attracted trend of the market is depending very little attention. China Lights of the other girls were taken to on a cotton loan and also on the

shares the bungalow at Malabar Hill and rather neglected, were loan terms of such a

Senator having changed hands in small they were followed by the Mahara George predicts the announcement scrips at $8.30. Cements were on fah of a 12-cent loan within thirty six offer at $34 without attracting hours.

(new)

574% D HK. and W. Dock $74 b. Providents (old) 65 cts. I. Providenja (new) 20 cts. n. Hong Kew Sh. $240 m. New Engineering Sh. $4 n. Shanghai Docks. Sh.$78 n.

Cotton Mills Ewo Cottons Sh.- $7. n. Shanghai Cotton (old) Sh

$65 1

Shanghai Cotton (new) $40 Zoong Sings Sh. $81⁄2 1 Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 a.. Lands, Hotels, etc.

to

Dharmer then stated that at-

buyers.

re-tempts were made to convert the Providents (ota) "Flash: The American Railway mained unchanged with enquiries girls to another religion. They Association estimates carloadings at 55 cents. Watsons revived to refused. Then they were beaten.

Escape n. at 585.000 cars, a decline of 20,000 a buying rate of $3.10.

cars from the corresponding period drop in exchange Sterling coun-

Telling her story of the escape,

of last year

90%

57344

43 3244

427%

1736

1734

HK and S. Hotels $3 b. H.A. Lands $2812 5 5283432 HK Lands 4% Debentures

100%

42

424

KAN TONG TO..

Chief Manages

Share.

1734

E. W. DUGGAN,

of its thoroughly equipped Travel General Motors 4274 Int. Tel & Tel 11% Loew's Inc. 413%2 Manager. Montgomery

Ward

11% 41

11%

41%

354 35 22% 22

US. Steel

46% 43.

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Office ...Shanghai

'Capital

Besurve

$7,500,000,00

.$1,500,000.00

Branches ...All Important Cities

in China

General Exebangs and

Banking

Formin „Business Prusacted.

Current and Sering Accounts opened and Fised Déporita Terved. for one year or shorter periode: at rates- which will be quited an application.

SOU Z CHANG

BONG KONG BRANCH:

24 Time Forex Trad. Cenzaț

Foreign Exchange Dept.

General Office

Center's Othon

Msanger."

23508

39367

Ek wil

NY. Central

THE WING ON BANK Standard Oil

LIMITED.

Head Office: Hong Kong 26. Des Voeux Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS:-- ..

Westminster Band, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des-- cription of banking business transact-

NJ.

46%

424 423

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: Gracechurch Street, London, ECL

Authorised Sapital

Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital

£3,000,000 1.800.000 1050,000

Reserve Fund & Rest.. 1,247,230 BANKERS:

--Gurent Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits re ceived at rates which will be qusted; on application. Special rates given for Special deposits.

Trusteeship and Executorship un-

Safe Deposit Boxes for Bangkor

Calcutta PHILIP GOCK CHIN

Colombo Chief Manager

Delhi LI SHU FONGIG

Asst. Manager Fong Kong

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK dertaken.

LIMITED.

Established 1880

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

Leserve Find

Head Offer

Ten: 125,200,000

YOKOHAMA

Brancher and Agencies at:

Alexandria

Extavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Nagasaki-

Nagoya

New York Osaka.

Paris Peiping

Dairen (Dalny); Kangoon Fengtien Maiden) Rio de Jeneiro

San Francisco

Seattle

Hambung

Hankow

Harbin

Hong Kong

Honolulu

-Ezinking

Karachi

Kobe

Semarang

Shanghai

Singapore

Souzabaya

Landon

Los Angeles

Manila

Moji

showed for

hire.

LGOCKCHIN Asst. Manager

THE SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS, BANK LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up.... $5,000,000,

Eeserves.

$7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. rich Hend-Office-Shanghai A Bank having aš. its mzzission the industrial development-e-or Chins, and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad, Hong Kong Office-

7. Ice House -8t; Phone 31481-2-3

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS

Berlin to

The Bank of England & Widland Bank, Idle BRANCHES: Inob

New York PADSHE Karachi

Port Lo Kota Bharu

(Mauritius) Zuala Lipia Bangnon

Shanghai

Howrah

Kuala Lumpur Kuantan (Palang) Finda. Madras

Sapore

•

BONG KONG BRANCH Every description of Banking and Exchange “busineu transacted.

Travellers Chaquos freneč.

Trustee and Executorships under- taken.

INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits at Bates: that may be amortiained Con: application.

R. KESKPOT

Mark Manages.

Queen's Road Central..

Hong Kong, 24th July, 1935.

Is it Insured?

LOWEST

ATES:

Shanghai Lands Sh. $20 m Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 m. Humphreys $71⁄2 1

HK Healties $4 n. Chinese Estates $88 u. China Realties Sh.34 n. China Debentires Sh.$129 n. Public Utilities

HK. Tramways $12.60 Peak Trans (old) $73⁄4 m Peak Trams (new) $5 a Star Ferries $77% b. Yaumati Ferries $17.60 1. C. Light $8.45 1.2 HK Electric $59 b., $595. Macao Electrics $2271⁄2 n. Sandakan Light $5 s. Telephones (old) $20.35 b. Telephones (new). $8.20 China Bases Sh$111⁄4 n. Singapore Traction 10/6 n. Singapore Pref. 22/8 b.

Industdala Malabon Sugar $31⁄2 n Cald: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $191⁄41⁄2

Cald: Macg. (Pref). Sh. $13 Canton Ices $1.80 n.. Cements $34 HK Ropes $21.

Stores, etc. Daily Farms $1534 8. Watson $3 bi Lane, Crawford $3 Mackintosh $2 The Sinceres $5 b.” *** Wm. Powells 70 eta. n. Wing On (HK): $55 n.

Entertainments:34′′n=" SC Enterprises $135 n. Macsó “Greyhounds"- $2 n. Constructions (old) $1.10/1 Constructions (new) 25 chi Vibro Piling $4,

Ch. Govt 5% 1925 - G&BA”.

Latest Quotations

texs

With the

were firmer, Hong Kong Dharmey said, "At one o'clock in Banks closed in demand at $1070 the morning two of the other girls and Unions at $380. The tone of and myself slipped out of the the market at the close is quietly bungalow. We jumped over a wall at the back of the building and -Business during the week has reached the road We were, un- Prev. To-day's been done at the following prices: able to find the homes of our

EK Banks $10472 Ex div. Antamoks 793 cents.

The following quotations were steady. received by Renter:

NY/London

cross-rate

close

close

498

496%

1136 11:36 88% w

66.00

NY. Cotton Oct.... 1131 N.Y. Rubber Sept. 12.02 Chicago Wheat Sept. 87% Chicago Corn Sept. 774 Montreal Silver Dec. 65.60 Silver Official ...65% 65%

Dow Jones Averages 30-Jdustrials 127.47 127.63 16 up 35.96 36.87. 91 imp 20 Rails 20 Utilities. 26.89 27.69 80 up 40 Bonds.... 96.49 96.53 44 up 11 Commodity

Index,

Business

53.47 53.70 23 up e-1,710,000 shares.

HK. SHAREBROKERS? ASSOCIATION

Stock Report

The following report was issued by the Hong Kong Sharebrokers' Association yesterday afternoon.

Douglases $35 b Steamboats $31⁄2 b Antamoks 78 cts. D. Baguio Gold 241⁄2 cts. b. Beng Consolidated $12 b. Beng Exploration 12 cta. h Big Wedge 10% cts. b. Salacots 13 cts, ba United Paracales 32-cts. b Raubs $7% ba Hotels $35. Lands $28 C.D. b. Providents Old 55.ets. b. HK. Docks $12 Star Ferries $771⁄2 b. Yaumati Ferries $17-5. Electrics, $59 b ** Telephones Old $20.20 b "Canton Ices #13% 14

Ropes $120 D

Dairy

HK Hotels $3

Humphreys $T1⁄2/TH. HK Trams $12.65/12%- Telephones (old) $20.35- Canton Insurances $185. H.K. Fires $180. Gold Rivers 6/7 cents. H.K. Lands $28.. H.K. Electrics $584/59 *Providents (old) 55/60 cents.

HK Govt 4% Loan-6 pre Bank of East Asia $754-

YOUNG MEN FINED FOR TAKING CAR

brothers and uncles. A police offi- •*

cer took as to the police station. Afterwards we were taken to a rescue bome."

The court was informed that the of Dharmey had been parents brought to Bombay under certain promises and threats so that they might claim their daughter and thus remove the difficult situation in which the Maharajali found- himself.

Brother As Guardian The girl and her brother refus ed to stop proceedings, and were: determined to take the application for guardianship into court

Mr. Justice Bjwadia appointed the girl's brother as her guardian Boxer's Intimidating" and made an order requiring her

to be kept in Bombay.

Attitude

The Maharajah of Sirohi rules a State of 1958 square miles, with

A former Oxford University population of over 200,000. heavy-weight, Budal Clouston, formerly of Brasenice College GIRL SENTENCED FOR

oke College,

was one of three former under- graduates who were foed at Ox- ford recently for taking 2 car without the owner's pers

with Clouston was fined £20 costs, and Gavin Smit Brasenose man, and formerly of Fa were fined £10 ta

Car Abandoi was stated new car and drove They were when they abando side a pubыcho bury

Clouston was later admitted taking the

ed the constable: or do th

"HIGH TREASON?”?

"Exemplary" Verdict In Berlin

Berli

of

The "exemplary sem 15 years penal servitude has they took a been passed on a 24-year-old end Munich girl named Bertha Oxford Karg, it is announced in Berlin. out- Found guilty of high treason by the Berlin People's Court, Traulein Karg was alleged to and have attempted to rebuild, the forbidden Communist Youth

scanisation

en; and She was des

Palat

gia.

Constru

Since