1936-01-22 — Page 8

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

-$50,000,000₫ Tarted and Falls Paid-op. 20,000,000) Reserve Funds:-

Sterlin Sire:

£6,500,000

$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAD OFFICE. BỤNG SONG.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Boyal Charter, 1853. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fand

£5,000,000 $3,000,000

Reserve Liability, of Pro-

$20,000,000

prietors

£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Ilovin

Fangoon

Amrituar

Saigon

Bangor

Karmoki

Balvin

Flang

Bondag

Coentia

Боя

Canton

Luwapor

Cawnpore

Eneling

Madras

Taiping

BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

3 Din Eng. Charman

CC. Rouhi Eng.

Deputy Commun. —

Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell

Hoa. Mr. J. J. Patersta Caba A.E. Compton Esq. T. E Pearce Esq., Colombo

Dethi

MT. Johnson Esq. JA. Plummer E59- Euphon G. Misti Esq. AL. Shields Esq.

AMOT

BANGKO

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA CESTON CHLPOO COLOMBO DAREN

HAIPHONG

HANBCEG HANKOW

-HONGKEW

LAILU

IPOH JOHOSE

КОВБ

KOWLOON

5. M. Graybara, Ent

Chat Maumont,

BRANCHES-

LONDON ZYONS MALAGA

ZANTZA

A Colore:

BURDEN

NEW YORK

PEIFING

PUNANG

RAMGOON

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGATURE

MUU KABAYA

SUME PATANI

ENTRIN

ZOKYO

"SI MOTAŬ YOKOHAMA

Carree: Accosuke ajmunds Zone CaTNEY

and Ford Degase received for use your or shorter periods in Las Currency and Sterling

i which will be youted us application. 60"up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BONA barova sites TO LET

Hong Kong, st November, S

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Bussers of the abur Bank in 'conduct ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CURZORATION. be many be aktained an appacation

FOB TEE BUNU BUNG AND SHANGHA" BANKING CIJEPOBATION.

V. M. GRAFITHS,

Song Song, 25th February, 19

Chief Manager.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorise! Capitki h

Padrop Capita. memun

Romers and Cudivided Prufle

$35,000,000,00

$ 5,508,BOOLDO

Hanbury

Baskor

Harbin

Hong Your

brazaced.

مة

(Pozive

banatang

Seremba

Shangha

Singapore

stwo. Sourabaya

Tongkah

(Banker)

Tokobama Zambesace

Foreign Emmaus and General Beating basin Current Loccents opes and Fixed Deposits

(received for one year de abeetse poroča at en

which will be quoted' sa application.

测

THE CHINA

EDNESDAY, JAN

ommerce and Finance

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Quietness Again Displayed

Messrs. White, Weld and Com- pany, New York Correspondents : for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Com- pany, repo***

Stocks: The market today was again quiet, with prices moving within narrow limits. The French political situation is stillares- izraining infrence. The volume of trading was rather small. In our A BREARLEY, opinion any further periods of

Manager. weakness should be utilised to ac-:

jcumulate holdings. Business done:

1390.000 shares.

Cotton:

Hour Kony. 1st January, 1935.

*THE

A quiet market. with

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, prices slightly higher. Traders

INC

Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York

Capital

US$6,000,000.00

870,731.05

Surplus --- 2,153,633.06

Beses...

Amsterdam Actwerp

Athe

Asuma

Xontresz

*.83 Nice

BRANCHES:-----

Gende

Lagon

The Zague

Havaia

Hamburg

Notice Pisos Para

Bombay

Bremer

Haidaiherg icceriakas

Pesqu

Bruneia

Cairo

Basin

Calcutta

Седм

Colombo

Debun

London LTMEX Sacram Lugano

Roterdam Horie Sungai Southern groa Singapore Te

Copenhagen

VALIDE

VIJA Yenice

Edan bag

Mote Carlo

Took

Florence

Xancia

Zurich

G

Munich

Branches

of American Express

$240,000.00 Company in Principal cities of United

EEAD OFFICE—ING ENG

20. Das Vorer Bd. Cret

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: — Sur-Shou-soc. Chow, Chardan

States of America and Camada..

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertakan.

Personal investment secounts hand-

Id Aoon Ches, Esq. R. & Kwok, Esq. Wang Las Tons. Xaç. Chan Ching Sick, Engelled

Fo. Esq.

Saung Po. Esq. Chic? Xanager. Le Foug, Engu Mazagur.

BEANCIES AND AGENCIES:-

Sestie

Serg Nangis.. Singapor Sourabaya

LOW

Amoy

Kaza

Henvis Bombay

Maibourne

Caculta Canton Kaiphong Башкор

New York

Deska Tana

Houolus

Jupit PADMUY

Sydney

Kade

Fatroon

Tanti"ni

Fowloos London

Fairon

Can Francisco

Tokyo Vancouver

Takamats

Évary description of Banking and Exchange: business Trumanciad. Louna granand on approved) BERLİGAN.

Current Acouste omand in Local Currency. and Fixed Deposit saved for one year ne shorter periods in local and Foreign Cizrencies: en_teries which will be quoted on applionison.

Safe Deposit Boss To Let

EX TONG PO.

Canal Maunger.

The Company offers to intending

jare still adopting a somewhat pas-') jsive attitude, most probably await-, jing developments from Washing ton in connection with the refund of Processing Faxes.

Wheat: Stocks in the bands of consumers are rather low, while jany definite news regarding tax | refunds should expedite the rej iplenishment of flour stocks. There' is a shortage of desirable Amer-1 licam grades.

Rubber: The statistical position is improving and we see the possibility of a resumption of speculative buying. We feel that higher prices are justified and we would recommend active accumula- tion.

LOCAL DOLLAR

STEADY

Silver Market Closed

The local dollar is steady, open-

Travellers the use of its "Taveller ing on demand this morning Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, at 1/3d.

addition, the world-wide services: Silver market was closed

of its thoroughly equipped Trarei;

| Department.

CEL BENSON,

General Manager

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)

$7,500,000.00

· Head Office-Shanghai Capital Beserve Branches-All Important Cities in

Chins

$1,500,000.00

Forsign Earhangs and Gaesi Basking Paninew

Corvet and Seeing Accounts opened and Fizod

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK pod for one year or storar periods

LIMITED

Established 1886

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

Beserve Fund

Yen. 127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin.

Bombay

Calertin

Canton

Dairen (Dalny) Fengtien (Makden)

Hamburg

Hankow

·Harbin,

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Elsinking

Karachi

Kobe London

Los Angeles

Manila

Maj

Nagasaki Nagoya

New YorkTM

Osaka

Paris

Pelping

Rangoon

o.de Jeneiro San Francisco. Seattle

Semarang

Shanghai

Singapore

Sozabaya Sydney

Tientsin Tokyo Tsing zu Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current Ac- counts.

Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application.

C. KISEINAMI

Manager Hors Fang, 12th September, 1988.

at rates which will be quoted on amplicatio

SOL Z CHANG.

HONG KONG BRANCH: 3. De Voux Bond. Conseil.

Manager's Of

Foreign Exchange Dept.

General 0f5re

hier's Oes

The London on New York cross- rate was not, quoted, while thef New York on London cross-rate was quoted = £-US$4947, 28 compared with £-US$495.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

15. Gesortbures Street, London, ECR Authorised Capital $3,000,000 1,800,000 1,050,000

Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund & Rest. 1247,850

BANKERS:

The Bank of Engiand A Hidand Bank, Lid. BEANCHES:

Maungat.

Tal, 2007

Baazisk Bor Calcothe (Colomb

7pon Fand

Ecta Bhar

Auspic

Kuala Lumpur

Hong Kout Howeal

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong

26, Des Voeux Road Central. Authorized Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des- cripton of banking business transact- ed.

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

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

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POPEYE Grab Your Partners!”

DEAR SHEEPS, THE GALS ARE WAITIN” FOR YA-COME ON IN |AN PICK YERSELF

A WIFE

NOW ME SHEEPS WALL

BE HAPPY. THEY KIN SETTLE DOWN AN RAISE

FAMILIES LIKE

NOBODY'S BUSINESS

Kew York Penan

Port Losin

Haccoon

Shanghai

Singapore

Kuantan (Patsogt Nemis

WONG KONG BRANCEL Eva duption of Beaking and Exchange

Teaveen Cheque imacurd Tree ! Executor

undertaken."

INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts mod | Fiand D-posen at Bates that may be samestained fon applicati

2. KENNEDY.

7. Quama's · Road Crotra...

Eons Kong, 24th July, 199

THE

Maunger.

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Chiza)

Capital paid up

Eeserves

$5,000,000. $7,300,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Beserve Sarings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office-Shanghai

A Bank having as its mission the industrial development on China and the fostering of he commercial relations abroad a Hong Kong Office-

5, Queen's Road Central Phone: 31116,

HER

SHARE MARKET

TO-DAYS QUOTATIONS

•

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

Banka

HF Bank $1,615 .

HK Bank (London) £107 n. Bank of East Asia $80 b.

Chartered Bank £14. Mercantile Bank A. and

£297

Mercantile Bank C. 134 1

..... Insurances Canton Ins. $270 Unions Ins. $5674

China Underwriters. SL10 sa- China Fire Ins. $450

HK. Fire Ins. $260 m.

International Assce. $3.

Shipping

Douglases $35 1- EK Steamboats $514 5. Indo-Chinas (Pre£), $30 n Indo-Chinas (De) $20. Shells (Bearer) 89/44% - Chion Waterboats $147 sa

Mining

Antamoks $1.57 b. $1.60 sa. Balatoes $17

Baguio Gold 22 ets. 2. Benguet Consolidated $17.10 Benguet Exploration 12'ets. n. Big Wedge 12 ctá. m. Gold Creek 30 ct. Gold River 7-cts-sa- Ipo Mining 90`cts. b.. Itogons 36 cts.

Salacots 15 cts. n.

Kaila Mining Ad. 12/6 m.; Langkats (Single) $11 n. Shai Exploration Sh.34% ni Shanghai Loans Sh. Rinks $11.10 b Venz:-Goldfield $3 5.

Docks, etc.

HK and K Wharves

$103D-

(old)

HK and K. Wharves (new)

$100

H.K. and W. Docks $9 a. Providents (old), $2.20 b., $2.20/-

214-52-

Providents (new) 45 cts. b. Hong few Sh. 323734 m. NewEngineering Sh.84 n: -- Shanghai Docis. $80 n..

⚫ Cotton Mills Ewo Cotton Sh$821⁄2 2 Shanghai Cotton (old)

*

-

1936

"STAR" FERRY CO. LTD.

Available Funds Of

$458,521.45

DIVIDEND AND BONUS

TO BE PROPOSED

The "Star" Ferry Co., Ltd, re-} port that the amount at Credit of Profit and Loss Account for the year ended December 31, 1933, îs $394,047.55, the amount carried forward from the year 1934 being $14,475.90.

The Directors propose to, trans- fer the Balance at Equalisation of Dividend Fund. $50,000, making the total amount available for distribution $458.521.45.

At the

approaching yearly meeting of shareholders' the Directors will recommend the fol- lowing appropriations:--

| To pay a 'Dividend of $100

per share

To pay a Boats of $3.50

per share

To carry forward

$150,000:00

280,000.00 18,521.43

$458,521.43

RAW RUBBER PRICES Latest Quotations From Singapore

Messrs. E. B. Joseph & Co., have received the following quotations from Singapore in

Jane Withers is in "This Is The Life." the Fox production that will be screened at the Alhambra Theatre shortly.

Straits Currency for Raw Rubber STRONG PLEA FOR

Spot 23% Up b., 24 s. February/March 23 7 Up 36;

b. 243.

April/June 24 14 Up 26 3. 24

34 S..

July/September 25 Up

11⁄21⁄2 S

Market: Firm

LENIENCY

(Continued from Page 5)

b. 25 where, and therefore your Lord- ship need not have to pass a severe sentence in order to set up an example.

LOCAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

No Fatalities Last Week

"The prisoner was arrested on November 25, 1935, and had been in custody since then. I beg your Lordship to take into con- sideration. Whatever punishment is inflicted upon him. the real weight will not be felt until be has left the prison as a conviction of this kind is very difficult to live down

"And, my Lord. f I may re

A total of 34 traffic accidents, resulting in-injuries to 16 per- sons but no fatalities, were re- ported in the week ended Jan- uary 18. There were 20 collis spectfully submit, this is a res ions between vehicles, result-fitting occasion to show clemency, ing in four people being injured when the whole Empire and the while a further two such acci-Colony is grief-stricken at the loss dents took place involving dam- of the King”

Reduced Sentence age to property, two persons

In summing

up Mr. Justice being injured..

Six people were injured while Hayden said:- running across the road, three "In view of the very powerful while walking on the roadway, plea by your Counsel; Mr. and three while jumping on or D'Almada, I sentence you to a. Foff, or falling off, a vehicle much lighter sentence than I swhile in motion.

would otherwise pass.

Sh.$75|

Shanghai Cotton (new) Sh$41

16

Zoong Sings Sh.$12 a. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 ¤,

Lands Hotels, etc.

HK. and S. Hotel $5.80/90 HK Lands $35.80/36 32. Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 n. Metropolitan Lands. Sh. $10 n Humphreys $10.55 HK Realties $5.85 0. Chinese Estates $84. China Realties $4 D. China Debentures Sh.$60 n.

Public Utilities

H.K. Tramways $14.10 sa Peak Trams (old) $5 b. Peak Trams (new) $2. Star Ferries $94 b. Yaumati Ferries $18% b. C. Lights (old) $11.40

$1125/1/2 sa

bi,

C. Lights (new) $8-10 b.. $8-15/-

20 52

HK. Electrics $72/75 sa Macao Electrics $20. z. Sandakan Light $43⁄41⁄2 b. Telephones (old) $2624 h.. 327

32

Telephones (new) $10.20 $10

China Buses Sh$11 Singapore Traction 15/3 b. Singapore Traction : Pref. 26/-

++

Industrials

Malabon Sugar $8.40 1.

Cald., Macz. (Ord) Sh.3191⁄2 a. Cald: Maeg (Pref), Sh.$15. Canton Ices $15% n.

(OH,MY GORSH!

KEEP YOU

SAW HER THAT

HEAD'S MINE!

GEN GE

L-CLOMP

CLOMP

TROMP

∙COMP⋅

FROMP

DR. EUWE HONOURED

Amsterdam

"The crime is a very serious one, but I believe it was not pre- meditated.

I am using the word Today. Dr. premeditated in its popular sense Euwe, the new world's chess and not in its legal

sense I champion. has been honoured sentence you to six months' hard by the Queen of the Nether labour, sentence commence |lands, who has named him an from the date of you arrest”

Officer of the Order of Orange- Nassau-Trans-Ocean Service.

Cements $92.

HK. Popes $5.55 b

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms $21. Watsons $5- za

Lane, Crawfords $6. Mackintosh $5 1 Sinceres $2.30: n. Wm. Powells 70 cts. a. Wing On (HK) $53 b.

Miscellaneous Entertainments. $52.

S. C. Enterprises $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounds" $2 n Constructions (old) $1% b. Constructions (new) 50 cts. n. Vibro Piling $4 n.

Ch. Gort 5% 1925 G&BJ?

94% n.

to

The s Rajputana is due here?

ing.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE

THE JANUARY SETTLEMENT, DAY is POSTPONED from the 28th. inst to the 30th. insti By Order of the Committee,

V. BENJAMIN,-

Secretary.

BANK HOLIDAY

Accordance with Government Ordinance, the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on FRIDAY & SATURDAY, the 24th & 25th -January, 1936-

(Chins New Year Holidays).

Hong Kong, 21st January, 1936.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

10

NOTICE

and.

N FRIDAY, the 25th

SATURDAY the 25th Janu- ary, 1936, The Company's Offices and all

Departments will be

CLOSED:

The Hong Kong Dispensary, Dispensing Department,

will be open for dispensing pre- scriptions from to am to 1 p.

The Kowloon Dispepasary will be open for business from 10 am. to 1 Data

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, Hong Kong. 22pd. Jan., 19396.

SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE, HONG KONG

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

NT. GEORGE'S BALL bas 'been

CANCALLED.

LINSTEAD & DAVIES, Secretaries & Treasurers.

KOWLOON UNION CHURCH

SERVICE OF INTERCESSION FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY

AND THE NATION WILL BE HELD THIS EVENT.

AT 9 O'CLOCK

OFFICIATING MINISTER

REV. J. D. MACLEAN.

EASTERN MERCANTILE & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation).

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Dividend of 40% on all ordinary claims lodged with, the undersigned is declared pay-

N

from Shanghai next. Friday morn-able on and after Monday, 27th should instant when creditors apply personally at the under- noted address.

PUBLIC AUCTION

THE Undersigned have received Undersigned bave received

Auction.

OF

Wednesday, the 29th Jan, 1936, commencing at 10.30 am---

A. BITCHIE, CA. E. M. BEYDEN, CA.

Joint Liquidators. c/o. Lowe Bingham & Matthews,

Mercantile Bank Building. Hong Kong, 21st January, 1935.

at No. 4B, Hankow Road, Kowloon HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

On View from Tuesday the 28th

H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 54% prem January, 1936.

b.

HE Gort 34% Loan par 82 Wallace Harpers 34 m2

Terms: Cash on Delivery

SOCIETY

BURNS DINNER

EMBERS are notified that

Mais DINNER is CAN-

LAMMEET BROS.,

Auctioneers, CELLED.

To-morrow."Rice And Oil Shoes.”

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