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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,

...$50,000,000 | Lacnrporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

Issued and Fully Paid-up. 20,000,000

Kserve Funda:—

Sterling

5.6,500,000

Saver

$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

HEAD - OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Find

Reserve Liability of Pro-

£20,000,000

prietors

-$3,000,000 £3,000,000

£3,000,000

„Agencies and Branchess-

TEAD OFFICE: HONG TONG.

Alor Star

Tizia

Amritsar

BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

8. H. Dodwell, Day...;

CG Xght. Faq

Deputy Chairmka.

Hon. Mr. W. E. Bell

Hon. Mr. J. Paterson

AH. Compton Esq. T. E Pearce Eag

Bangkok

المصري

Bombar

Kerchi

Kang Fabe

Batavia

Sitis wat

Calzatio

Konis

Singapore

Capon

Lampar

Cawnpor

Cab

Musking Madona

Sourabay Taiping

Colombo

Kanta

Meden

Toorkak

New York

Pazing

(Palang)

Incom

Zambongs

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AKOT

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JOHORE

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KOWLOON

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BRANCHES :—

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON LAVONS

MALACCA

MAND

KCAA Wokonai

ANTEN

BEW YORK.

PEIPING

PENANG

BANGOON

MIOON

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAï'

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

BENGE PATANI TIENTSIN

TOKEO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

Outraá. Azconata opened in Lomi Currency

sed Fizad Depoate, reserved for car year or sherier patioda in Leon Currency and Sterling

an forms which will be

ALSO up to date Safted of appication

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DEPOSI SOXES

Hong Kong, Ixt November, 1755

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Basisma of the above Bank in conductę by the HONG KONG AND SHANGEL BANKING CORPORATION.

shesized on application.

POR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

5. IL GRAYETAN,

Hamburg

Hanko Harber

Prang

Foreign Exchange and Gemera" Banking busine | Transacted.

Correct Accomata oped and Fixed Deposit

reenivad for one year or aborser panoča ne znám which will be quosad oc application.

A. BREARLEY,

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.

~Head Office: 65, Broadway,

Capital

Sarpins

Amsterdam

Aatwa

Athena

Loung

منهم

-New York

U.S.$6,000,000.00

3183,633.06 870,731.05

Reserves

Bombay

BRANCHES

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The Hagu Havana Limburg

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Calenza Commen

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Chuet Manager,

Copenhag

Hong Kong, 25th February, 15

Edsburg

Face

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Genera

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Выс

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Commerce and

Finance.

LOCAL DOLLAR

STEADY

"Spot" Silver Quoted

The local dollar is steady, open- ing on demand this morning at | 1/3d.

20

"Spot silver was quoted at

The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £-US$497. | as compared with US $4.95%, while the New York on London: cross-rate was quoted at £-US- $1.96% as compared with - US$4.979

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Latest Quotations

January 14. The following quotations were re ceived last night between 11 p. and 12.30 P

American Express Montgomery

Ward

Bessere, and Undivided Protita $ Lebak | Company in Principal cities of United

States of Americs and Canada

[N.Y. Central (U.S. Steel.

***

SHARE MARKET

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

The following it the list of local Ishare quotations issued to day!

Banks

STEEL PRODUCTION

IN BRITAIN

Satisfactory Figures Issued

London, To-day.

There was a record production

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

General Price Level Somewhat High

SUGGESTED ADDING TO HOLDINGS

ENGLISH ACTOR CANNOT FLY

Katharine Cornell's Injunction

PLAYING MERCURIO TO: BER-JULIET

York. Mr.

Ralph

of steel in Great Britain in 1985. The output was 9,042,400 "toms, Messrs. White, Weld and Com New compared with 8,560.000 tons in pany, New York Correspondents Richardson, the English actor: 1984 and 960,000 tons in 1999, and for Messrs. S. E. Lery and Com- may do just what he likes with the previous highest anumal out-(pany, reports. put of 9,716,000 tons established:

his own aeroplane in England, Stocks: The decision regard-but as long as he is playing during the Great War in 1917. ing the Amended Agricultural "Mercurio with Miss Katha- The production of pig-iron last Adjustment Act to day facilitates rine Cornell, in "Romeo and year was 6,426,400 tons, compared the return of the impounded Pro-Juliet" bere he with 5,979,000 tons last year and cessing Tax payments, but it was grounded."

must stay B. 7,550,000 tons in 1929-British generally anticipated followity

Wireless Service.

H.K. Banks $1,520, $1,515 sa H.A. Bank (London) $100 a Chartered Bank 513%. Mercantile Bank A. and

$294.

Mercantile Bank C. £134 Bank of East Asia $76 n.

Insurances

Canton Ins. $275.1. Unions Ins. $570 L China Underwriters $1.10 China Fire Ins. $480 n H.K. Fire Ins. $260 International Assee. $ë a

Shipping

Douglases $56 I H.K. Steamboats $54 b. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 z Indo-Chim (PréĹ) $20 n. Shells (Bearer) $5/- Union Waterboats $124 b.

Mining

.

He arrived here in Septem

www.

the-

the Supreme Court's decision last ber, but has been rather RECORD YEAR.

week. The failure of the Court happy because he has been un- London: The year 1935 was a to pass any decision on the Tenable to fly While visiting record year for the British steel nessee Valley Authorities question Washington with Miss Cornel industry. The output reached leaves the utility department of Mr. Richardson obtained 嗯 9,842,400 tons of steel ingots and the market without any news of plane and went up. Delighted castings, representing an 112 per influence. Mary cent gain above 1984 and exceed-houses, including ourselves, feel

with his spin through commission

clouds he returned to the ing by 126,400. tons the 1917 out-that the general price level

theatre and told Miss Cornell of bpzt. which

the previous pretty high

his pleasant afternoon. highest The demand was almost Soldiers' Bonus,

but, in view of

"I forbid you to fly," Miss entirely derived from the home Budget and the general business an unbalanced

Cornell replied, much to Mr. market-Reuter.

Richardson's outlook, we believe that the policy added, however, with a smile, dismay She of holding positons and adding at least until I get an under-- to holdings on weakness should study for Mercurio." still be followed. Business done:

was

is

to

any

COMMODITY PRICES 2,600,000 shares.

Miss Cornell has never flown- Sometimes she thinks she would” Cotton: --The "spot" situation like to go up "just once" and The following quotations have promises continued relative then she changes her mind. {been received by Renter.

strength to nearby positions. We Renter. Prev. Yesterday would reiterate our advice Closing Closing purchase Marea cotton on

easiness: The Bankhead "Act in effect is terminated as a result of the A.AA. decision, and we are against bulge buying of new-crop cotton.

Rubber: Primary arrivals, so far, are very small Total sales: (174 lots

CORKSCREW IN HEAD

Man Assaulted By Waiter

Paris

Parisians could hardly

Flash:---Steel mill activity dur- believe their 1441

Last Close 1030

11.00

N.X. Cotton

7

May

10.82-107

10.69

Não

N.Y. Eubber

Pirmus Paria Peiping Piermo

March

14.28 14.32

14.30

Boterdam Bote Shanghai

Chicago Wheat.

May Chicago Cort

May

Antamoks $1.40 3. Balators $171⁄2 1 Baguio Gold 22 c Benguet Consolidated $164. Bengret Exploration 11 cts. Imm Big Wedge 12 cts.

101

100%

Gold Creek 30 cts.

New York Cotton:- March

1116

11.20

60%

60

Gold River 7 cts. the

May

10.82

1186

SouthampacEL

Ipe Mining 90 cts. a.

July

10.52

10.32

Singapor

STOCKS:

Itogons 361⁄2 cis. D

October

10.08

10.11

Cadencias

Anaconda

Salacots 15 cs.

December (1936) 10.04

10.05

Tutti.

Monte Carlo

Veom

Copper

29***

29

29%

Kalan Mining Ad 11/6

Spot

11.95

11.95

Yalandang Zurich

Elec Bond &

Stare

16% 17

17

Langkats (Single) Sh.$11 n

New York Rubber:-

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General Motors 56

55%

53

S'hai Exploration Sh.54% L

Į3farch

14.28

14.27

Authorised Capital

Shanghai Loans $ n

May

-Pad-up Capata!

37%

ST

373%

Raubs $10 Do

July

29% 48%%

29號

Venz; Goldfield $3 5.

September

December

14.422 14.54 14.70a 14.92

14.56 14.69 14.93

(old) Chicago Wheat:--

May

101. - 100

HK and K Wharves (new) July

885%

$84%

September

87/8

Swi

Chicago Corn:-

¡May

$04

60

July

613%

60%

September

613%

603

Winnipeg. Wheat:

May

87%

July ¡October

$82

-8834

$73%

87%

Shanghai Cotton (new) Sh$413⁄41⁄4

New York Silk:- March May- July

HELD OFFICE:-HONG TONG

1 Das Taut Band, Cena:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- Shou-son. Chow, Chairman. ̧*

Boot Chen, Lap., P. 5. Kwon, Esq. Thoug

Bang, Eig. Vieng the sun, Eng. and Bao Ing

Tax Trzy Pa. Enq- Chart Mocager, Li Tes Fong. Eng. Manget.

BEACHES AND AGENCIES

Mariia

Melbourne

Searche

Zuravie Bocubay Carita

Saganaki

Seaogha

Num Turk

Vraich

tunayos Surabaya

Pe

Petand

www.ang THRONE

Te

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S-Fracisco

V

Canton Tripster Hacko Kanabelas

Lobe

Juwloos Iwadon

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Every 'descriptios of Imaging and Exchangu, Dunidens trwoman Iowa Stacie do approved Securities.

Current Account opaced in Local Curvac] and Fixed Depoutin moved for Das year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies gea which will be quoted on applaadida.

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KAY TONG PU,"

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THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1880

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

All classes of Commercial Banking! Transactions undertaken

Personal investient accounts hand-

led

intending

4854

483

The following quotations from Lor- |dos were received last night befween. 15.30 p.m. and 10.30 p

Silver Spot 2014 (last close). 20 Cast reed), unchanged.

Silver Fortrand unquoted. The Company offers to Travellers the use of its Travellera India bought Market quietly steady. Silver Report:Speculators sold Cheques" and Letters of Credit and,

addition, the world-wide services close). 5.8 (last real). 06 down Liverpool Cotton-May 5.84 (last

of its thoroughly equipped Travel (change). Department

C. EL. BENSON,

General Manager

Liverpool Wheat-March 6/T (last close), 6/7 (last reed), is up (change):

London Bubber-April-June (buy- ers) 6% (last close)), 6-15/16 (last THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,reed), 1/16 up (change),

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

Head Office-Shanghai RAW RUBBER PRICES

Capital ~Reserve"

-$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00

Branches-All Important Cities in Latest Quotations From

China

Foreign Zarings and General Banking Business

**Current and Saving Accounts, opened and Fized Deposit reced for was year of shorter periods at 7 which w be quoted on application.

BOT Z. CHANG,

Masage. HONG KONG ERANCE; -24, DeFaux-Blood-Central---- Manager's Colo

Farico Exchange Dept.

Geners: 05/

Reserve Fond ..... Yes. 127,450,000-Cabir's 050

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Nagasaki

Alexandria.

Bataviz

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Dairen (Daly)

Nagoya

New York Ozaki

Pazis

Peiping

Pangoon

Fengtien (Makden) Rio de Janeiro

Hamburg

San Francisco

Hankow

Seattle-

Harbin

Semarang

Hang Ent

Shanghai

Honolul

Asinking

Karachi

Kobe

Singapore Somabaya Sydney

Tientsin

London

Los Angeles

Tsingtan

Mamla Mon

Yingkow

*

Interest allowed for Carrerit Ac

- Deposits received for £zed "periods

at rates to be obtained on application.

C. KISHINAMI,

Managez Hong Kong, 12th September, 1985.

POPEYE.

ADO-RAY FOR

CÜR DICTIPATOR:

HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR!

34567

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong 25, Des Voeux Road Central, Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKEES:-'-

- Westminster Bank, Lid. -Foreign Exchange and every des-1. cripton of banking business transact ed.

Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits To ceived at rates which will be quoted 97 application

Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. PHILIP GOCKCHIN Chief Manager.

BLUE MOON

"Curtain Calls.”

WE LOVE

OUR

There is no waste

--with

"Blue Moon"

4 FLAVOURS Obtainable At THE DAIRY FARM

ADMIT 1 TRIED TO MAKE THE, INGIANS. DECLARE WAR ON YOU - AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Singapore

4

Messrs. H. E. Joseph & Co., yesterday received the following| quotations in Straits Currency from Singapore for Raw Rubber. Spot 23% b. Down 1 233% s Feb-March 23 b., Down

2334 5 April-May-June 24% b. Down

24% $..... July-Aug-Sept 24 b.. Down

% 24% s Market: Undertone optimistic.

102

quietly

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Ineo-porated in China) Capital paid up... $5,000,000. Reserves Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Sesine Dest $600,000. Head-Office-Shanghai.

$7,300,000.

A Bank having as its mission the industrial development on Chins and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong: Office →→

6, Queen's Road. Central Phone 31116.

1-YAM:50S GONER, LAUGH AT YA. MISTER: SPHINK- SOMETIMES A LAUGH HURTS WORSEN A SOCK IN THE MUSH

Docks, etc.

HK and K Wharves

$1022 b

$100

H.K. and W.. Docks $9. Providents (old) $160 b. Providents (new) 15 cts. the Hong Kew Sh. $23771⁄2 n. New Begineering Shit Shanghai Docks. $80 z.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cotton Sh$81⁄2 1. Shanghai Catton (old) Sh.$75

T

Zoong Sings Sh.312 .

Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 1, Lands, Hotels, etc

HK and S. Hotel $5.30 n HK Lands $36 .

1.95 199- 1.94%-1-92- 194 193

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS

HK Lands-4% Debentures $100-Berlin, Today

11

Shanghai Lands Sh $20.n.

Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $10.65 sa

HAK Realties $5,35 m. Chinese Estates $84 m. China Bealties China Debentures Sh.$95 1.

Publie Utilities.

n

n.

HK Tramways $14 b., $1410/-|

20 83

Peak Trams (old) $5 b. Peak Trams (new) $21⁄2

Star Ferries $90 b

Yaumati Ferries $18.

C. Lights (old) $10.30 b, $10.40

*

C. Light (new), $7.40/45 sa HK. Electrice şi bi, T1 52 Macao Electrics $20 n. Sandakan Light $210 a Telephones fold) $26.b., $26 52. Telephones (new) $10.20 sa China Buses Sh.$11 Singapore Traction 17/- n. Singapore Traction Pref. 26/-

II

Industrials

Malabon Sugar $340 n.

Cald., Macg (Ord) Sh$191⁄2 2 Cald: Macy. (Pret), Sh‡15 n Canton. Ices $1.45 n

"IM GOING TO SEND FOR MY ATTORNEY-IN- | NEW YORK," "AND SUE

YOU FOR TEN BILLION DOLLARS-YOU BROKE

YOUR CONTRACT (DITA ME

Reichsmark

eyes when they

ing the past week is estimated at saw a man hurrying through the 49.4 per cent of capacity, against streets with 49.2 per cent the previous week planted in his head.

a corkscrew firmly

He was on his way to the police station from a restaurant where

BANDITS HOLD he had been assaulted with this

UP MAIL

Concern For French Taxpayers

Cagnes-Sur-Men-Armed motor bandits held up the postman when

he was taking the night mail for Paris, and London from the Post Office to the railway station here, recently.

singular weapon.

He gave his name as Pani Nazy- and he just had sufficient strength to declare that he had had a quarrel with a certain waiter. about the latter's sister. Then be collapsed.

He was taken to hospital, and the waiter was arrested-Reuter

FOR SALE

selection of the best varieties" of Reliable and Tested FLOWER AND VEGETABLE- SEEDS

At a lonely part of the road a car without lights drew up and four men jumped out. Covering! the postman with a revolver they hastily loaded the mail bags into the car which drove off at a high quotations (without guarantee) speed in the direction of Cannes. Police cordons were drawn up,

from yesterday were: New York, 40.-

Messrs. Sutton & Sons. Reading 45: Paris, 608-25; Amsterdam, across the main roads but the

bandits managed to make a get-Messza. "Arthur Yates & Co, Ltd,

and 59.215; and London, 12.255.-The Paris sterling quotation was 78-

away. [78-78.81, and the dollar, -15.05-

15.055 Trans-Ocean Service.

Cements: $8:15 b., $8/8.10 n HK. Bopes $4.95 b. Stores, etc. Dairy Farm $21.15 5. Watsons $41⁄2 ** Lane, Crawfords $6% n. Mackintosh $5 1 Sinceres $2.20 b

Wm. Powells 70 cts. n. Wing On (HE) $421⁄2 3..

Miscellaneous

Entertainments $3.60 b. S. C. Enterprises $1.35 m Macao. "Greyhounds” $2 mi Constructions (old) $165 % Constructions (new) 50 cts. S Vibro Piling $4 n.

Ch. Govt 5% 1925 G$BJ*-

94% De

EK. Govt. 4% Loan 5% prem

11:

HK Govt 3 Loan Ho

'prem

Wallace Harpers $4 m.

Over £3,000

Sydney.

The opportunity of serving you. will be a pleasure, and your com- manda-will have om best attention

The mail included a number of | letters for England, and also (many remittances for the French tax-collector. Tax-papers are now wondering whether they will have to pay their taxes twice over.

The total amount stolen is estiPO mated to exceed £3,000 Reuter.

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