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Authorised Capital

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

...$50,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853

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

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

....$10,000,000

THE CHINA, MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3,-1936 -

and

Commerce

Finance

Reserve Funds:-

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Sterling

..€ 6,300,000

Hong Kong Currency

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

$3,000,000 $3,000,000

NEW YORK STOCK

Reserve

Reserve Liability of Pro-"

prietors

0,300,000;

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.£3,000,000

Aior Su

Amantar

Com

HEAD OFFICE HON. ONG

BOARD OF

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson

Charma

G. Miskin Esq. Deputy Chairbus.

Hon Mr. WH. Bell, C.C. Knight Esq. A. B. Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esq. S.H. Dodwell Esq., J.A. Plummer Esq. M.T. Johnson Ess. A.L. Shields Esq. 1. M. Grayburn, Esq.

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Seremban

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MARKET

Industrial Issues Leading

|HEAVY VOLUME OF BUSINESS

Messrs. White. Weld and Com- pany. New York Correspondents for Messra. S. E. Levy, and Com-)

change and Geneesi Banking kuipany state: doute opened and Fund Depos Stock: The market to-day was weed for our star or derer periods at eafirm, with industrial Issues lead- A. BREARLEY, ing the List. The volume of busi- Managerness transacted was on the heavy;

side. We would advise caution in purchases, as we anticipate irre- gular weakness before March 15.

Hong Kong. 1st January, 1935.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, when tax payments are due. We

INC.

Head Ofice:-65, Broadway. New York

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

.U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,153,633.06 970,731.05

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FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI,

·BANKING CORPORATION

GRAYBURN,

Chet Manage. Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

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KAN TING PO,

Contentur.

Alt classes of Commercial Banking | Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts hand- Ked.

would, however, bay steel stocks:

Business done: on any weakness. |1,980,000 shares.

Cotton: This market is dull.. with traders adopting a "wait and see" attitude until the Administra- tion's crop control measures are made known.

Wheat: There is no outstanding Feature. We would purchase old- crop wheat on declines and sell September wheat on good ad-

vances. bushels...

Total sales: 6,379,000

SHARE MARKET

Banks

H.K. Bank $1,555 sa

AMERICA'S FINANCES

:

Huge Public Loan Over Subscribed

TREASURY ANNOUNCEMENT

Reuter.

Washington. To-day.

PEOPLE WITH TAILS

Still Living Near Lanchow?

ROMANTIC-STORY FROM CORRESPONDENT

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THONG KONG HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY

THE ANNUAL SHOW

FLOWERS

ABLES

and VEGET- will be held at the VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS on THURSDAY, the 5th MARCH, China from $ pm to 6.30 pm and on FRIDAY. the 6th MARCH, from

Admission: 1st day, $1.00; 2nd'

J. T. BAGRAM,

Hon. Secretary,

Mr. Henry A. Morgenthau, Se TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

In far North-western cretary of the Treasury. an-there exists a strange land The following is the list of local cash loan of $1.250.000.000 has life is full of romance and free

nounced yesterday that the habited by strange people whose 10 am to 4 pm. share quotations issued to-day been heavily over-subscribed-dom. according to correspondence day, 50 cents.

from Lanchow. Kansu, appearing A message receivid yesterday in a recent issue of the China said that the Treasury was ask-Times. fing the nation for a loan of B $1,809.000.000. of

The story given by the Lanchow. which $1.250.-correspondent about this land of 000,000 would

be in cash $559.000.000 in notes maturing on stranger than fiction for, he says, April 15. for which new, securities in this, land. there live people with would be affered. The cash would talls, though they are otherwise

H.K. Bank (London) £101. Chartered Bank £14 a Mercantile Bank A and

£291⁄2 1. Mercantile Bank C. 13 a Bank of East Asia $75 a

Insurances

Canton Ins. $270 . Ucions Ins. $550 L., $54772 53 China Underwriters $105 b. · China Fire Ins. $480 n. EK Fire Ins. $260 n. International Assce. $34 - Shipping

Douglases $36 .. HK. Steamboats $54 n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 m. Shells (Bearer) $8/9 . Union Waterboats $14 1

Mining

Antamoks $2 b. Balatoes 214 ets. b. Baguio Gold 22 cts. Benguet Consolidated $18.40 Benguet Exploration 14 cts. n. Big Wedge 214 cta. a.

Gold Creek 15 cts. .

Flash: Steel mill activity during Gold River 7 cts. n.

the past week is estimated at 515-Ipo Mining $241⁄2 n.

per cent of capacity, against 52.9

per cent. the previous week.

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Drop

The local dollar is steady, open- demand this morning

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its Travellers 1914, while "forward" also drop- Cheques" and Letters of Credit and in addition, the world-wide services Ped to 19%-

of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.

C. EL BENSON,

General Manager.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,

· LIMITED

(Incorporated in China)" Head Office-Shanghai

Capital Reserve

$1,500,000,00

.$1,500,000.00

The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £U.S.$4.994, us carnpared with £-US$4.99, while the New York on London | cross-rate

steady at £ U.S.$4.391

was

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS

Berlin, To-day, The Reichs- mark was quoted yesterday with- out guarantee at: New York, Branches-Al Important Cities in 40.67: Amsterdam. 59.17; Paris, 509; and London. 12276. Faris Furvigo Exchange and General Banking Business quoted the Pound sterling at 74.- www.led.

Gurmeet and Saving Accents opened" und "Fired to 74.76 and the US. Dollar at Deposit recited for non gear or aborter perioda

14.9612% to 14,955.—Trans-Ocean Service.

Itogons 65 cts. n.

Salscots 15 cts. n. Kailan Mining Ad. 14/- n Langkats (Single) $11 n. S'hai Exploration Sh.34% n. Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 ́n. Raubs $11.30 b." Venz; Goldfield $3 b.

Docks, etc.

TH

Wharve (old)

.

and romance and freedom Soutes RAW RUBBER PRICES

Singapore

be raised by means of two issues, entirely similar to ordinary people. Latest Quotations From namely, $650,000,000 worth of 234 The land is, therefore, known as per cent. bonds, 1951, redeemable The Tailed-People's Country." [at the Government's option in The place. in Chinese geography. March 1948, and also $600,000,000 is called Twokuzetapan, situated worth of 1% per cent. notes near the Kan Lan Mountain. to) maturing in March 1941.

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co.

the north of Leng Ling Mountain (yesterday received the following About $450,000,000 of the cash and south of Juo Chiang. The quotations in Straits Currency would be used to repay the short-total area of the land is about 500 from Singapore for Raw Rubber. term loans due on March 16. Thus quare li, surrounded by-long snow- the amount of the new borrowing capped

was deforests." signed to supplement the Trea- surgis cash reserves for relief and also for the farm and bonus payments.

was $800,000,000, which

veterans'

mountain

ranges and

Cut Off

The tailed human beings in this

The net proceeds, combined with strange land have followed their the heavy income-tax payments, free and romantic life without

the

Into

ayo,

Spot 25% Down 25 s. April-June 26 b.. Down % 26%

S.

July-Sept 26% b. Down

263% 5.

Oct-Dec. 26% 5., Down % 26%

8.

Market:-Idle.

Messrs. Benjamin

and Potts Straits

were expected to give the Trea-knowledge of the outside world

until seven or eight years sury a working cash balance in ex- cess of $2,000.000,000.

when a woman, following) a quar- The national debt would be in-rel with her husband, left her received the following creased

home to $31.300,000,000.

and wandered

the currcacy quotations (buyers) from mountains. largest in history.

Unable to find her Singapore to-day for Raw Rub

ber:- way home, she met a barbarous man who took her to his CAVE home. There the woman remained

but for several years,

finally

COMMODITY PRICES

The following quotations hav been received by Router.

Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing

HK and K Wharves (new) New York Cotton:-

Hong Kew Sh.$190 New Engineering Sb. Shanghai Docks. $79 n.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cottons Sh. n. Shanghai Cottons (old)

Shanghai Cottons (new)

Zoong Sings Sh$12 m. Wing On Textiles Sh. $25 ¤, Lands, Hotels, etc. HE, and S. Hotels $4.90 s. HE. Lands $3574 -

11.18

· 10.76 10.42

managed to escape and ran back

to her home.

Despite the vivid story about the land that the woman brought back to her fellow-countrymen upon her return and reunion with her family after several years' captivity, people still laughed and thought it was all imagination. Three years ago, however, a flood from the mountains following heavy rains brought to the village the bodles of several strange ha- beings closely answering the description that had been 16.622given by the woman. ATI these bodies carried tails of about four or five inches. long.

and K.

$100

60

at 1/3d.

"Spot" silver declined 14

to

$970- H.K. and W. Docks $9 Th Providents Told) $1.60 s. Providents (new) 50 cts. z.

March May

11.20

10.81

July

10.45

¡October

10.03

10.06

December

10.02

10.07

January Spot

10.05

10.05

11.30

11-28

New York Robber: March

16.581

Sh.$70 May

*

15.70

Sh.41

July September December Chicago Wheat:

15.71 15.80 15.81

15.91 16.08

15.93a 16-10a

May July

100 1004 90%

September

90%

9034 89%

Chicago Com:-

HK. Lands, 4% Debentures May .. 100% n.

61

July

6114

603%

Shanghai Lands Sh.18 Metropolitan Landa Sh. $10 m.May

Winnipeg Wheat:-

841/4

Humphreys $9.70 x

July October

85%xx

84%

9354 84/2 84%

Chinese Estates $84 r.

New York Silk:-

26. Des Voeux Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS

Messrs. Benjamin and Potts re- ceived the following buying and selling

from quotations

their |Manila Agents this morning:—

PESOS Benguet Consolidateds 11.60 11.90)

1.20 1.25 Antamoks

58 60 26. 262

China Realties Sh.$4 n China Debentures Sh.$60 7.

March

May

Public Utilition

July

1.623 1.602a 1.58a 1.561 1.57t 1.5434a

HK Tramways $11.90 a Peak Trame (ald) $7 n. Peak Trams (new) $3. Star Ferries $87 n. Yaumati Ferrics-$20

n.

China

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK at rates which will be quoted on applicative

LIMITED

Established 1860

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

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

"Calcutta

Canton

Dairen (Dainy)

Nagasaki

Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Paris

Peiping Rangoon

Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

#amb

Hamburg

Hankow

Hurbin

Hong Kong Honolulu -

Esinking

Karachi

Tencon

Los

Angeles

Manila

Moji

San Francisco Seattle

Semarang Shanghai

Singapore

Sourabaya Sydney Tokyo

Tientsin

Tsingtar Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current Ac-

Deposits received for fixed periods

counts..

at rates to be obtained on applice

- tion

C. KISHINAMI,"

Manager. Hong Kong, 12th September, 1935.

POPEYE.

SOU & GIẢNG

HONG KONG BRANCH: 4. Den Vaux Road. Central. Xanger's Off

A change Deat

0500 E' ce

Manager.

„Tai, 39505 Ostse

15502

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong

Westminster Bank, Ltd.

BUYING AND SELLING

IN MANILA

Foreign Exchange and every des-San Mauricios cripton of banking business transact-United Paracales

ed.

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

Trusteeship & Executorship under- taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

PHILIP GOCK CHIN

Chief Manager.

QUALITY

PRINTING

Prices Reasonable

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD. GMINA' RAIL BLINK,

"The Lady Killer."

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[TOAR, KEEP YERİ JEYE ON ZEXA PEAL,

SHE'S A SPY"-

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THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK "LIMITED (Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up $5,000,000. Reserves

$7,300,000; Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office Shanghai

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

6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116

| DONT LET'ER "EXCARE.

ASSIDENTLY OR ONE PURPLEOUS-IF YA DOES PLL: BUST EVERY BONE AN YER PREAISKORIC

HEAD!

NO NEESA DOREL

H.K. Realties $5.85 n.

C Lights (old)- $11.05 n. C. Lights (new) $8 'n. HK Electrics $74. n. Macao Electrics $20 m Sandakan Lights $4%. Telephones (old) $261⁄44 3. Telephones (new) $10.20 ̊ s. China Buses Sh.$111⁄4 b. Singapore Tractions 17/-' n.. Singapore Tractions Pref. 267-

11.

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $8.40..

Cald, Macg. (Ord.) Sh$1934 a Cald: Macy (Pref), Sh.$15 n° Canton Ices $17 1. Cements $8.35

H.K. Ropes $5.40 s

1UNSHT I WASNT KIND-HEARTED- SMIGHTY HARD TO HAVE THAT GAL

Stores, etc. Dairy Farmis $21% 8. Watsons $485. Lane, Crawfords $6%1⁄2 n. Mackintoshs $5 m. Sinceres $2.20

-

Wm. Powells 30 cta. n... Wing On (HK) $55 -

Miscellaneous Entertainments $4.70

60%

News Spreads

Spot 25% cts. unchanged. April/June 26 ets. down cent July/September 26 cts down

3% cert

262

October/December down cent Market:-Dull.

PLANES LENT FOR TRADE TOUR

Propaganda Flight In Algiers

Paris.

The French Air Force is being used for "commercial travelling."

Ten army machines have been Thus the news about the strangellent to the Chambers of Commerce nca-by of Algeria for a propaganda tour land began to spread to cities.

A young explorer named in French Western Africa. Mo La Na in the city of Kumacha Leading officials from the Cham- at once organised an expeditionary bers of Commerce of Algiers, Oran group and. carrying food supplies and other cities are heading the and weapons for self-defense, they tour, which is to stimulate trade set out for the mountains during between Algeria and the French. the summer of last year.

territories to the south.

Somme 9,300 miles of territory through the mountains and forests, will be covered in 45 days.

Following

three days trek!

the party, attracted by the bark- ing of dogs from the distance, finally came to a beautiful village. Their appearance at once-drew z ¦erewd of more than 100 natives who were all equipped with shields land sveaTS. The explorers raised their hands as a friendly gesture, with the result they were finally welcomed and invited to the home of the chieftain.

Ruled By King

STARHEMBERG TO VISIT MUSSOLINI

Prince von”

Vienna, To-day. Starhemberg, it is understood, is: going to Rome to-morrow to macet Signor Mussolini, presumably to reassure the latter regarding his recent talks in Paris on the Haps- burg and Danubiam questions, Reuter's Bulletin Service..

The explorers learned from the chieftain that the land is "ruled by a ling. People there do not know how to farm but live by hunting and grazing. They be lieve in no religion. "The common 2 people all have tails, while those

who have their tails cut may be Mr. and Mrs. J., Lamport, both G$Bds—franked as of a higher class.

aged 84. of Tilford, Surrey, re-

S. C. Enterprises $1.35 p Macao "Greyhounds” $2 n.. Constructions (ok) $14. Constructions (new) 50 cts. Vibro Piling $4 n. Ch. Govt 5% 1925

94%

MARRIED ON 135 A WEEK

During their stay, the explorers ceived a telegram of congratula- H.K. Govt 4% Loan 4% prem. taught the chieftain how to make tion from the King and Queen on

B.

K. Govt 3% Loan par. n. Wallace Harpers $4 n.

wine and cigarettes Upon leav-celebrating their diamond wed-- ling, they were presented with gifts ding. They married on 15% 3

of various kinds made in the area week.

To-morrow "Advice To The Lovelorn”

TAKE ME AWAY FROM HERE YOU BIGHANDSOME MAN-1 LOVE YOU — GO KILL POPEYE, THEN TAKE ME TO BRUTIA,;"MY

“YOU THINK TOER PERTY, HAR? CH,700 6000: OH, YOU LITTLE PATSUEET PAZDOTIE! SURE-

POPEYE

HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY

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