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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Issued and Fully Paid-up

Authorised Capital

Reserve Fundas-

Sterling

£ 6,500,000

Stiver... $0,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

$50,000,000

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

20,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1953.

HEAD OFFICES LONDON

|Paid-up Capital

20,000,000 Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG.

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

& Dodwell. Eng.

Chairman

C & Knight, Eng.

Deputy Chairman,

V. M. Grayburza. Eng.

Chist Manager.

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

A. H. Compton Est

Alor Star Astrinse Bangkok Batavia | Bombay Calcutta

Canton

Agencies and Branches:

Teily

Ipad

Tacwol Klang Robe

Lamper

m

Cautare

M. T. Johnson, Esq. Cabe

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

Colabo Dahi

G. Miskin, Esq. T. E. Pearce, Esq. Haiphong

AMOT

BANGKOK

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

CASION CHEFOO COLOMBO

DAIRES POUCHOW

~HAIPHONG

HAMBURG HANKOW HARBIN BONGKET

Foto

IPOH

JOHORE

FORT

KOWLOOK

BRANCHES :-

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

XTAR (Jokore)

MUNDEN

NEW YORK

PEIPING

PENANG RANGOON

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

XUALA LUMPUR

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

SUXGET PATANI TIENTSIN

TorYo

TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

Current: Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fiard. Deposits received for con puer_or abertar periods in Local Currency and Sterling om here which will be quoted da application.

Hong Kong, 6th April, 1935.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Frame of the show Back in conduct

by the BONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

obwined on explication.

Hamburg Bankow Harbis Irene Sour

Kuching

Kadam New York

Priping

(Poking). Pete

Kangoon Faigon Star Karstedes Khanghai Sineupora Sitiawan Sumerabaya Taiping

Tongkab

(Bbakar) Taingto Yokohama. Zamboanga

Farsign Exobange and Geral Banking bodem Cummel Accxcale opened and Moud Deporte {reendend for one year or aborter perioda, så`rales.

which will be quoted on-appliation.

A. BREARLEY,

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st Jatary, 1935.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.

Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

_US$6,000,000,00 2.188,633.05

870.731.05

Palermo

BRANCHES:—

Awonderåsen

Antonp

Genos Glasgow

Abet

The Hague

Forena

Beake

Hartberg

Milan

Taples Parsers Paris

Жабине лову bo

Boplin

BANDEJ

BATT Beidelberg

Priping

"Brez

Broseniu Cairo

Ieranalam

London

Calcutta

Liverpool

Chist Kanapet.

Cannes

Laerme

Hong Kong, Zer February, 1935.

Colombe

Lugano

Copenhagam

Lazer

Xaronline

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

TX GRAIBURY,

Dubin Edinburgh

Tavare Genera

Interlaken

Monte. Carla Manila

Rotterdam Feme

2. Shanchal

Southampton

Rencapors Trotsia Taormina

-Vienna Fonica

Tokohama

2

THE CHINA MATER DAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 193

Commerce and Finance

-LOCAL DOLLAR

STEADY

Silver Prices Fall

The local dollar is steady, open- ing on demand this morning at 2/

- ei

3/16, Silver prices declined "spot" to 293 and "forward” to 29 7416.

Lon-

The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at US$1947‰» as compared with £-US$494%, while the New York on don cross-rate was quoted E-US$495,

as compared with £ US$4941⁄4.

MANCHESTER REPORT

Bureau Statement Published

EFFECTS REFLECTED ON THE MARKETS

at

and

Messrs. James F. Hutton Co., Ltd, Manchester reported as follows on August 14:—

In last week's report we referred | to the nearness of the official Since then this Burean Report.

has been published, and the mar- ket generally has reflected the effects of the report and the favourableness of the weather since the report was compiled, suggest- Branches of American Expressing even larger figures for the $2.80.600.00 Company in Principal cities of United ultimate yield

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capital

Paid-up Capital -

Munich

Montreaz

§ 3,308,600.00 States of America and Canada,

Beserve, and Cadivided Proste ——— 2,480,000,00 | .

1

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG

10. Des. Taux Boad Cros

BOARD OF DIRETORS the

Sir Show-son Chow, the san.

La Inom Chat, E. P. I. Kan Eg oor Ion Torg. Eng., Chan Chung thes, Exqu Li Las Fang, Zg. Trong Chu Son. Eaq. and Kan Ying

Canon

Isa. Tune To. Eng, Chist Manage I The Foog. Eng menge

BRANCHES AND AGENCIE

Semi...

Batavia

Methearte

Bombay

Calcutta

New York

Osaka

Haiphong Hachow Honolulu

Parin

Sugapore

atos

Pripins

Sedang

Penanc

Rangoon

Balgeen

Londos

San Franci=OG:

Tips Jayes Vaccocher Yokohama

Every description of Basking "and"". Exchange bakiness transacted. Lõsas granted en approved

Carwal Acouste, opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deponite, recaívod · for

On your or shorter perioda in Local and Perniza Curovacies |

terras which be quoted on applicarica. Safe Deposit. Bozan De Luste

EAN TONG. PO..

Chief Manager.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

Head Office Shanghai

Capital

Reserve

Branches

Forsien

Exchang

"Bamizona' postORECTED.

: $7,500,000.00

..$1.500.000.00

All Important Cities!

in China

and General

•

Varied interpretations of the

All classes of Commercial Banking statement made by the Secretary Transactions undertaken.

lof Agriculture also tended to con- Another minor accounts fuse sentiment.

factor was the refusal to finance

Personal investment

handled.

accumulated

The Company offers to intending the sale to Italy of a considerable Travellers the use of its "Travellers proportion of the Cheques" and Letters of Credit and stock of cotton in the United in addition, the world-wide services|States. of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department,

Trade Disappointing

The state of trade is still very E. W. DUGGAN,

Hanager disappointing. Few of the general

signs of activity are noticeable and [traders" reports have indicated that even where there have been at

THE WING ON BANK tempts to arrange business, many

LIMITED.

of them have been unsuccessful.

The continued easy tone of the raw cotton markets and the diff culty which has arisen because of Head Office: Hong-Kong).

the advance in fine yarn prices have 25. Des Voeux Road Central Authorised-Capital: $10,000,000 been obstacles to the conclusion of

LONDON BANKERS

business. Dealers on the other Westminster Band, Ltd.

side do not seem to understand this Foreign Exchange and every desincrease in yarn prices and there- cription of banking business transact- ed.

fore do not appreciate that Lan- Current Accounts and Savings Ae cashire producers must ask for counts opened. Fixed Deposits re more money. ceived at rates which will be quoted Shanghai Books Nothing en application. Special rates given¦

Few cablegrams have been re- for Special deposits.

Trusteeship and Executorship un-ceived from India, with the ex- dertaken. Safe Deposit Boxes for ception of those for one

or two hire.

houses, which have had rather more enquiry from Karachi and The Madras for light goods. standard cloths, including the fimer qualities of mulls and prints, have been in poor request. The up- country markets are reported to have placed a few useful orders for fancies.

Banking

PHILIP GOCKCHIN Chief Manager

LI SHU FONG L. GOCKCHIN

Asst Manager Asst. Manager

Curren and Sering Acctuzte, opened and Pizmi Deposita murived for om"yuse of shorter periods

st, pater, which will be qacted on application,

SOU Z CHANGI

2050 LONG BEANCE;

36 Dm Torx Boid, Central..

Mansewe's · Offer

Foreign Exchange · Dept.

General Offen

Cashier'a Gi

23166

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund... Yen 127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA,

Brancher and Agencies ats

Alexardia

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Cantoni

Dziren. (Dalny).

Nagasaki

Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Paris

Fengtien Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Peipine Rangoon

Hamburg

Ban Francisco

Hankow

Seattle.

Barbin

· Semarang

Fong Kong

Fenotala

Heinking

Karachi

Kobe London

Los Angeles Mandla

allowed.

Shanghai

ingapore::

received for fixed

Extes to be obtained on

CEKISHEN

Kong, 12th September,

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED

(Incorporated in China).

Capital paid up $5,000,000,

Eeserves

$7300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000.

Head-Office----Shanghai-

A Bank having as its mission the ⠀ industrial development or China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad. Hong-Kong Officer

7. Ice House St. "Phone"31492-2-3

Insured?

Agents

Colombo is still a buyer of malls and also white shirtings, and Sin- gapore has taken some fancies, but offers from Rangoon have been too low. Some bids have been re- ceived from Bombay for bleached shirtings

There have been a few smali lines of poplins and fancies for |China, but Shanghai has booked nothing. West Africa has bought some printing cloths and fancies and there has been small trade' in poplins, sætteens and cashmeres for South America.

The 3.5. Chitzal, carrying the outward English mail, is due here from Singapore at noon next Wednesday

Quicker

and a shine Las bright as lightning

BRASSO

METAL POLISHË

LOCAL SHARES:

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

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

Banks

HK. Bank $1,020 1.

HK Bank (London) $109 n Chartered Bank 512% 1. Mercantile Bank A. and E

£2954, n.

Mercantile Bank C £12% n.. Bank of East Asia $761⁄2 n.

****Insurances

Canton Iris. $180 1. Union Ins. $975 b.

Ching Underwriters $1.10 m. China Fire Ins $982 n. HK Fire Ins. $180 a. International Assce, $4 HÀ

Shipping

Douglases $36 1.

HK. Steamboats $4 mi Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $$0 n. Indo-Chinas (Def), $12 n. Shell (Bearer), 70/- 1. Union Waterbosts $11 n.

Mining

Antamoks 80 cts.

Balatoes. $18

The youngest mother on Maryland records in Mr. Bernice Bg- gina Stoller, aged 12, shown with her.' six-pound baby daughter. Genevieve, who was born following a Caesarian operation at the Cumberland hospital. · Mrs. Stot ler's mother is 26.

EXCHANGES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATION

| On London-

On Shanghai............

OBITUARY

DAME-MADGE

KENDAL

London. Saturday: The death has occurred of Dame Madge Kendal. the fa- 132 mous actress. — Reuter.

On TIT. and demand

4 months" sight

2/- 2/-]

Credits 4 mouths' sight ..2/13

On demand".

A

On Singapore---

On demand

On Japan

On demand

On India-

On T.T. and demand

Baguio Gold 24 cts- n. Benguet Consolidated $12.10 Benguet Exploration 13 cts, 11. Benguet Goldfeld 10 cts n. Big Wedge 3. cts. B- Gold Creek 30 cts. n. Gold River 7 cts. I Ipo Mining 90 cts. n. Itogons 364 cts. n. Salacots 15 cta. 1. Kailan Mining Ad. 11/6 Langkats (Single) Sh $14 D- Shai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2-n S'hai Loans Sh. $55 1. Ranbe $71⁄2 DL Venz; Goldfield $2.30 n.

Docks, etc. HK and K Wharves * $75 D

On New York—.

On demand

Credits 60 days" sight

On Batavia-

On demand

On Paris-

On demand

Credits. 4 months' sight

(old) | On Saigon-

On demand

On Manila

HK and K. Wharves (new)

$741⁄2 DL

HK and W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old) 55 cts. ne". Providents (new) 20 cts. I Hong Kew Sh. $240 m. New Engineering Sh. $4 n- Shanghai Docks Sh.$78 n.

Cotton Mills Ewo Cotton Sh$5.70 n.

(old) Shanghai Cotton ** $65: 1. Shanghai Cotton (new) $40 Zoong Sings Sh. $81⁄2 n. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 1 Lands, Hotels, etc.

An actress whose active carvar 85% on the stage lasted more than half |2. czidny, Dame Madge Kendal 1692 was known as "the matron of the

British drama **

13233

Born at Grimsby on March 15, 1849, the twenty-secand child of 49 her parents she came of a family 51% which, for generations, had been

connected with the theatre.

73

750 795

9232

Debut At 5

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

THE EIGHTH EXTRA RACE

TRICHING will be held

(weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLES on SATURDAY, 21st September 1985, commencing' at 12.00 pus

The First Bell will be rung at (1.30 pm.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN.

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 16th Sept., 1985.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

RACE FIXTURES FOR 1936

ANNUAL RACE MEETING Saturday, 22nd February Monday, 24th February

Tuesday, 25th February Wednesday, 26th Februsiy Saturday, 29th February IST EXTRA RACE MEETING Saturday, Mth March 2ND EXTRA RACE MEETING Saturday, 28th March 3RD EXTRA RAGE MEETING Saturday, 11th April

Monday, 13th April.

(Easter Monday)

4TH EXTRA RACE MEETING Saturday, 2nd May, 5TH EXTRA KACE MEETING. Saturday, 16th May 6TH EXTRA RACE MENTING Saturday, 30th May Monday, 1st June (Whit Monday)

*TH EXTRA RACE MEETING. Saturday, 26th September STH EXTRA RACE MEETİNG "Saturikay,”"10th October

(Double Tenth)

9TH EXTRA RACE MEETING Saturday, 24th October 19TH FÄLTRÄ RACE MEETING -- Saturday, 7th November TITH EXTRA RACE MEETING

Saturday, 21st November

12TH EXTRA RACE MEETING :: Saturday: 5th December 13TH EXTRA RACE: MEETING Saturday, 19th December

TUITION

She was not quite 5 years old when she played her first role ** 74*4 February 20, 1854. Billed as Madge Robertson, she appeared as 99 The child Marie in "The Struggle

COMMERCIAL TRAINING given in for "Gold” and “The Orphan of the Frozen Sea" at the Marylebone Book-keeping, Storthand, Typewriting -and Business routine. Fees, Moderate. 2/- Theatre

Apply 6" Aimi Villas, Austin Road, 29-38

In the years that followed, she Kowloon BOL played a number of child roles, in- DOH- cluding that of Eva in “Uncle

Par Tom's Cabin," at Bristol in 1855 3% P. Her talent, both as an actress, 37% dis and as a singer, secured her

par numerous engagements.

On demand On Bangkok---. On demand Sovereigns bank buying rate Bar silver per oz Bar silver in Hong Kong. Copper cash Copper cents

Rate of native Interest Sh. Chinese sub, coin

Hong Kong sub. coin

2.

H.K., and S. Hotel $3.10 sa. HK Lands $23 sa HK Lands 4% Debentures: $100

Shanghai Lands Sh. $2071⁄2 n Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 m.. Humphreys $71⁄42 2. HK Realties $4 n. Chinese Estates $88 n China Realies Sh.$4 a. China Debentures Sh.$123 the

Public Utilities HK. Tramways $10.80 n Peak Trams. (old) $51⁄2 n. Peak Trans (new) $5. n. Star Ferries $782 n Yanati Ferries $17.60 C. Light $8.05 1.

K. Electric $52 b., $521⁄2 sa. Macao Electrics $20 mg Sandakan Light $3 a.“ Telephones. (old) $19 n. Telephones (new): $8 s. China Buses Sh.$11 Singapore Traction 10/6 ni Singapore Pref. 22/6 1.

Industrials Malabon Sugar $831⁄2 n.. Cald., Macg. (ORL) Sh$191⁄2 2. Cald: Macg (Pre£.). Sh.$13 2. Canton Ices $1.80 m... Cements $2.90.mze HK Ropes $2.15 3. Stares, etc Dairy Farms $151⁄2 8. Watson $3 Lane, Crawford, $3. n. Mackintosh 47 Sinceres 5 Wm. Powe Wing On (HK) 355

Entertainments $4 n. S. C Enterprises

Constructions

Ch Gov

6% 1925 G$BJL

RAW RUBBER PRICES

Latest Quotations From

Singapore

Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co. have received the following Straits Cur- rency quotations from Singapore) for Raw Rubber

She was

a singing fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dreamitin 1863, with! Ellen Terry as Titania, and by

1865 she was playing Oubelis and

Desdemona at the Exymarket

Theatre in London. In 1867, she played Georgina in “Our American Couzin” with E. A. Souther.

Stars With Husband

HE ESCAPED FROM PENTONVILLE

But Only For Ten Minutes

London

A prisoner escaped from Pen- tonville Frison recently for ten

minutes

He hacked away bricks from a barred second-storey window, She was married in 1869 to an crawled along a planic to a wall, actor, William Hunter Kendal, slid down a short length of rope,

Spot 181⁄2 Unchanged b. 18 whose family name was Grimston dropped 2011, to the ground, and

As: “Mr. and Mrs. Kendal they made a bolt for it.

October/December 18 38 Un-1 were hailed by theatre patrons as But he was seen and whistles

changed b., 19 4 January/March (1935) 19

s

UD-

Unchanged b 19. April/June (1936) 20

changed b., 20/23 Market: Uncertain.

“HESPERUS”—– NEW

· STYLE:

"To Keep Him

Company

SKIPPER HAD TAKEN HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER

London

a perfect combination, and their shrilled the alarm.

1⁄2 professional careers became in Boys standing outside a sweet-

separable.

shop in Offord-road were thrust From successes in Shakespearian aside by the man in his Tush. revivals and old English comedies He hid behind the door of the she turned with her partner to con-shop and then went out into the temporary plays. In 1879, her street again

husband became int manager

Eye

"Account

with John Hart of the St. James's Theatre, and there the Kendals played for nine years in a succes- What happened then was des- ision of plays.

cribed by a bystander in Offord- After that, they were seen in road, at the back of the prison.

↑ America, occasionally in London, or “I saw a man wearing a big scarf on tour in the provinces. Queen round his neck, part of it cover- Victoria commanded them to aping his face,” he said. pear before her in 1887 in two

“Then I saw a police car come productions

down the road From the opposite Mrs. Kendal officially retired in direction two warders came sprint-

"The man with the scarf made

Captain Panagos Pateras, 1908 but appeared at His Majesty's ing along. skipper of the Greek steamer Theatre on the occasion of a gala Kalliopi, is a lonely man performance on June 27, 1911. Many a time as his ship sailed She was made a Dame Commander the seas he longed for the com- of the British Empire in 1926 25 panionship of he little daugh year later was given the Grand ter-He decided to take her Cross of the Order.*****

with him.

Off went the little girl to Rosario, in the Argentine

True Victorian

A true Victorian, Dame Madge reti ment often took the

eration to fica, plucked eyeb

were anati “Uh, how

Then a doctor told the skip-after per that the little girl nieeded present fresh

So the slipper took a cow on board

With the skipper and his dang the cow crossed the Atlantic from the Argentine to Ipsw

pper was fined His offence into

COB www and red

to her

to se

rapid move as if to run away, but before he had covered more [than a few yards the warders reached him. Police officers jump- ed out of the car and went to the [warders"

Then the man went back