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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

Reserve Funds:-

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

$50,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1833.

Sterling.....£6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve

....$10,000,000-

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

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

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund ...

..£3,000,000 .£3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.LS,000,000

$20,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Mor Star

thal

Bangoop

Aanestame

Tanh

Saigon

Bangk

Kwrecki

Semarang

Bat

King

J

tute

Shangh

Calcutta

Kuala Lumpat

Magigure

Ca

Karking

Cawnpore

Marina

Nourneym

Cebu

Manila

Touping

Colombo

Medar

Yiatan

Haiphong

New York Tapiok

Tangkab

Pineg)

(Shohar Tsingtao

Tokohama

HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORA

Hon. Mr. J. J. PatersoIL

Chairman.

G. Miskin Esq.,

Deputy ChairEDED.

Hon. Mr. W.B. Bell, C.C. Knight Esq

A. H, Compton Esq., T. E. Pearce Esq.

Delhi

S.B. Dodwell Esq., JA Plummer Edsburg M.T. Johnson Esq., A.L Shields Esq. Ranico

V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

AMOY BANGKOK BATAVIA BUMBAY

Ctist Manger.

BILANCHENDON

LYONS

VALACCA MANILA MUAR (Jeborw} MURDEN NEW YORK

Мана

Siliwan

Zamboanga Foreign Exchange and Öspersi Danking business tracted.

Current Arounts opened and Fixed Depoxica received for one year or shorter perinda så rales which will be quoted on application. -

A BREARLEY,

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936

Commerce and Finance

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

New High Level At Closing

FAVOURABLE BUSINESS OUTLOOK

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

Stocks: The strength of high grade industrial securities carried Dow Jones industrial average to a Manager.new high level at the closing,

Hong Kong, at January, 1935.

n

CALCUTTA CANTUS CIEPOO COLOMBO DAIREN YUUCHOW HAIPHONG НАМ НИВО MASKOW ARHIN HONGLEW

JOHURE XULE -KUTLOOK

KUALA LUMPUR

PLIFING -PENANG.

RANIOON SAIGON SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAL. SINGAPORE NOURABAYA MNGE! PATANI TIENTSIN TOKYO TSIKUTAO YOKOHAMA

Current Acosta opened in Local Currency and Puted Depois coved for our year*be aborter proda in osal Currency and Sterling Do terms

*hich will be quoted on applicati

ALSO u to da SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

T TO LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Business of the above Back in conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- 10 CORPORATION. Rubes may be abueload

delication

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V.M.GRAYBURN,

Chief I

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capta

which was doubtless due to the feeling that-if-the-Presidential tax proposals are adopted more gen- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, erally divided policies are likely.

THE

INC.

Head Office:-65, Broadway. New York

Capital Surplus Reserves

Amsterdam Atwic

Achap

Beale

Bombay

Bremen

Br

LKEPO

Calcalis

Canzon Letombo Copenhagen Dublin Edinburgh Florianon Gebete

-U.S.$5,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 870,731.05

BRANCHES:-

GROW

Giungo

The Hague Вала

Mostruz

Nice

Naples

Pres

Hamburg

Kandelburg Interlaken Jarunalcon London

Liverpool

Laverne Layabo LABO

Marion Monte Cacho Manila Munich

P

Branches of

Parta

Paiping

Rotterda

Shangha Soulropton

Singapore THEDAID

Tirana

Exoles Yakshams Zurich

American Express Company in Principal cities of United $20,000,00.00 States of America and Canada.

32,500,000,00

Paid-up Capital Kawerie and L'ndivided Prod$ 1.08

DEAD OFFICE-HONG KONG. 3D Trux Bond, Central.

BARD OF DIRECTORS-

Mr Shoum Chow, Chairman,

Li Soon Chus, F, P. K. Kwok, Ex...

150

un Tong, Eng China Ching Shah, Esq.. LA L

!

Sang. Wang Chu Sou Erg, and Kas Ying P'u, Esq.

..

Ansor

Latvia

Bombay

En Tung Po, Esq., Chief Manager..

Live Fong. Eaq... Manage.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES 1000

Calcutta

Leason

Hapboog Hiaskow

Івони звіль

Kowloo

Manila

Melbourne

bezmarang

¿

New York

Ducke

SALTASY

Swallow

Aura

Sydney

Loendap

Every description of Barking and Exchange business united. Loans granted on approved

MACUTTING

Jest or

Current Arcounts opened in Loca Carmory and Fixed Deposita recessed for one aborter periods in Lonal and Foreign Curraces one which will be quoted sa application.

Jase Deposit Boxes To Let

KAN TONG PO,

A favourable

We anticipate considerable discus- sion by the Opposition in, Con- gress and a delay in the adjourn- meant before the final enactment of the tax programme. business outlook, particularly in steel, is growing more evident and we continue to favour recently mentioned

during any Business weakness. periods of done: 2,700,000 shares.

Wheat: The better milling de- mand has influenced. May wheat. Forecast of rains in the South- West have weakened distant posi- sales: 7,212,000 tions.

Total bashels.

groups

Cotton: It is estimated that the Producers Pool has sold 5,000 bales of May cotton. There is some hedging against purchases of "spot" cotton offered by the Fool.

All classes of Commercial Banking COMMODITY PRICES

Transactions, undertaken.

led.

Personal investment accounts hand-

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers

The following quotations have been received by Reuter.

Prev. Testerday Closing Closing

Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, New York Cotton:-

addition, the world-wide services March

160

of its thoroughly equipped Travel May Department.

SHARE MARKET

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

The following is the list of local share quotations issued today:

F

Banks

BRITISH FINANCES

Budgetary Position Satisfactory

ALL REVENUE ESTIMATES LIKELY TO BE REACHED

London, To-day.

SUICIDE TO FREE

· LOVER

Girl's Pathetic Last Letter

"FATE HAS CHEATED ME”

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS-

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

THE undersigned have received instructions to sell by Publie

T

Auction

00

Saturday, the 7th. March, 1936, commencing at 11 am.

at their Sales Room, Duddell Street

- Cigarette Paper

A pathetic letter, written by a Exchequer returns show that, apart from self-balancing items, girl who gassed herself because) 928,253 was received into the she mistakenly believed that ber Exchequer last week and that the lover was going to leave her

the week was for an old love, was read by the 23 Cases Beads expenditure for 419,850,74% The current financial Paddington coroner (Mr. Ingleby-4

March 31 and "the Oddie) at the inquest recently.

The girl total ordinary revenue to date is

Mary was Evelyn The estimated re-Miles, aged 23, a factory hand, £667.523.597. venue for the full year is £743,- who was found gassed in her rooms 2 470,000 so that the budgetary poin 噩 house in Portobello-road, i sition must be regarded as satis- Kensington, on Tuesday. factory.

John Atbert Phipps, a green-24

H.K. Bank $1,555 sa. HK. Bank (London) #1011⁄2 a. year ends on Chartered Bank £14 n. Mercantile

Bank A. and £29% n. Mercantile Bank C. £132. Bank of East Asia $73 1.

Insurances Canton Ins $270 1. Unions Ins. $550 b. China Underwriters $105 b.. China Fire Ins. $430 n. ILK Fire Ins. $260 n. International Assce. $34 5.

Shipping

Douglases $36 D II.K. Steamboats $5. indo-Chinas (ret.),"$30 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 n. Shells (Bearer) 90/- n.

Union Waterboats $142.

Mining

Antamoks $2/1.98 sa. Balato 2134 cts. b. Baguio Gold 22 cts. n. Benguet Consolidated $18.40 a. Benguet Exploration 14% cts.

b. 15 cts, să.

Big Wedge 2144 cts. n. Gold Creek 15 cts. n. Gold River 7 cts. sa. Ipo Mining $21⁄2 . Itogons 65 cts. . Salacots 15 cts. II. Kailan Mining Ad. 12/6 n. Langkats (Single) $11 n Shai Exploration Sh.24 ¤, Shanghai Loans Sh.$4 - AL- Raubs $11.35 b. Venz; Goldfield $34 sa

Docks, etc.

whom

met four

The total ordinary expenditure grocer, said that he had known to date is £67240,581, against Miss Miles for about three years. of each an estimate for the full year of They were very fond £754,577,000. Income Tax, which other. He told her about an-

he had is the largest individual item of other girl inland revenue. now amounts toj again on January 1 after £207,468,000 against the estimate years. and Miss Miles wanted to: for the full year of 5282,500,000. know what his feelings, were to- The amount of estate duties wards her. He intended to marry collected at £79,960,000, is already Miss Miles, but she came to the within £40,000 of the estimate. conclusion that he wanted to re Customs and Excise receipts to turn to the other girl.

• Needless Sacrifice laste total 4278,775,000, against an

Mr. Oddie, summing up, said: jestimate of $294,920,000.-British

Wireless Service.

This is a tragic story. I feel very sorry for this poor girl. She was in love with Phipps. He met an old flame of his, which seem- ed to have worried Miss Miles

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Drop

"She has taken her life in order that he might go back to the giri whom she thought he loved bet- ter than herself. It was a tragic. act of self-sacrifice for which

7

1

1

Artificial Fruits Brass Rolls

Fish Hooks

M

Glass Buttons

Beaded Fringes

2

→

3

Flower Omaments Dates

Buttons

5 Reams Blotting Papers.

also

1 Case of Imitation Jewellery.

and

Provisions in

A Quantity of small lots and sundries.

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers

THE Undersigned have received

Auction

strucban to sell by rublic

Monday, the 9th March, 1936, commencing at 16.30 am.

at No. 18, Hillwood Eqad, Kowloon A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHÖLD

FURNITURE

¡comprising:-

Drawing Room, Dining Room and Bed Room Saites, Curios, a charming Ornaments, etc.

The local dollar is steady, open-there was no necessity.

"She has written this morning demand ling on

letter to him and to me, in which jat 1/34d.

"Spot" silver

declined 3% to she saya; 19%, while "forward" also drop- ned % to 19.

and

A few pieces of Blackwood

I am taking my own life, not ware... because I am a coward, but be- On view from Sunday the 8th.. The London on New York cross-cause I am letting my lover go to March 1936.

I only hope rate was steady at £-U.S.$4.99, the girl he loves. while the New York on London that she will realise what this (old) cross-rate was

at act is costing me besides my life. quoted

*Love Him So Muck" [U.S.$4.99%, as compared with £---- H.K. and K. Wharves (new) US$1.99.

$971⁄2 n-

H.K. and K Wharvex

$100.

H.K. and W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old)

Berlin, to-day-The exceeding- ly favourable reports from the Leipzig Fair

I would not stand in the way

of his happiness for anything, be- cause I love him so much. II

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS..

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 4th. March, 1936.

only he loved me as much instead HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL of her, life could have been It seems 28 sweeter to

me.

SOCIETY

THE ANNUAL SHOW of fate, has taken

and VEGET ABLES will be held at the cheated me."

The coroner, recording his ver-VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh$70 tions in Geneva. Call money stood dict in accordance with the medi-on THURSDAY, the 5th MARCH, at 2 per cent-Trans-Ocean cal evidence that Miss Miles died from 3pm to 6.30 p.m. and on from coal gas poisoning, said FRIDAY, the 6th MARCH, from Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh.$41 Service.

that he was convinced that she 10 am to 4 pm.

Admission: 1st day, $1.00; 2nd committed suicide while of un-

day, 50 cents. sound mind.

3. T. BAGRAM,

Hon. Secretary.

stimulus to the failed to give anot only can't unfairs and and T FLOWERS

Landa, Hotels, etc.

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS

Berlin, to-day.The Reich-

B.K. and S. Hotels $.10 b, $4smärk was quoted yesterday-with-,

BERLIN SHARE MARKET

C. H. BENSON,

General Manager. December

July October

11.18 11.18 10.76 10.69 10.42 10.06

$1.35

b.,

$1.35/20 sa.

10.35

10.02

Providents (new) 50 cts. m. Hong Kew, Sh$190 n.

P

Pang

1

Tanca

January Spot....

10.07 10.02 10.05 11.23.

10.05 11.29

New Engineering Sh.$4 m. Shanghai Docks. $79 n.

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cottons Sh.$8 n.

cause of the apprehension of the possible outcome of the negotia-|

balkon

Takya

Ses Frabelaco

VILNO YOT 1okoban

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,

J

LIMITED

New York Rubber:- March

(Incorporated in China)

May

Head Office-Shanghai

July

15.62 15.62a 15.71. 15.76 15.81n 15.86a

II.

--

Capital

-$7,500,000,00

September

15.93a

15.95a

Zoong Singa Sh.$12 n.

• Reserve

$1,500,000.00

December

16.102

16.152.

Wing On Textiles Sh.$25

Chief Manager.

100

903%

September

895%

100% 89% 89

Chicago Corn:—

May

603/%

61

July

60%

61

Winnipeg Wheat:-

May

83%

33%

July

847

October

8478

8414 84

New York Silk:- March May

1.6023 1.64a

1.382a 1.56t 1.55 1.56a.

..

Branches-A Important Cities in

Ching Foreign Exchange and General-Banking Besi Chicago Wheat:

Current and Saving Accts opened and Fized May Deposita received" fer cas quas of aborter periods July

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK t rats which will be quoted on application.

BOU Z. CHANG.*-*

Manager. HONG KONG BRANCH: 24. Des Vœux Road, Central,

--- TL 28

LIMITED

Established 1880

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

Reserve Fond

.Yen 127,450,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Dairen (Dainy)

Hamburg

Hankow

Nagasaki

Nagoya

New York

Okaka

Paris Peiping Rangoon San

Francisco

Seattle

Fengtier (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Erbin

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Hsinking Karachi

Kobe

London Los Angeles

Vanils

Moji

Sourabaya Sydney Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtau Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current he

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

C. KISHINAMI.

Manager. Hong Kong, 12th September, 1936.

POPEYE.

Manager's Office

Foreign Exchangs Dept, umem

General Offer gr Cambier's O

#

13567

THE WING ON BÀNK, LTD.

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

LONDON BANKERS:-- Westminster Bank, Ltd Foreign Exchange_and_every_ cripton of banking business transact- ed.

Bes July

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 hire.

PHILIP GOCKCHIN

Chief Manager.

QUALITY

PRINTING

Prices Reasonable

THE NEWSPAPER EXTERPREEK 1,723,

JA WYRENAR ST.

CHIKA MAIL KM.

"Advice To The Lovelorn."

TOAR, YOU'LL DO THIS FOR ME - SAY YOU WILL: YOU LIKE ME DON'T YOU,TOAR? You

DON'T WANT TO

SEE ME SHOT

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Chins)

$5,000,000. Capital paid up 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 commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Office

6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.

YOU USANT TOAR SHOULD KILL POPEYE?

YES, DARLING THEN TAKE ME TO MY

COUNTRY

sa.

HE. Lands $3511⁄2 83- H.K. Landa 4%- Debentures

100% n.

Shanghai Lands Sh.$18 a. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $9.70 s.

EK Realties. $5.85 n.

Chinese. Estates $84 a.

China Realties Sh4 1. China Debentures Sh.$60 x.

Public Utilities

HK Tramways $11.10 så. Peak Trams (old) $7 n.- Peak Trams (new) $3 n. Star Ferries $87 a. Yaunati-Ferries $20 n. C. Lights (old)

$10.90/60 sa

$10.60

b.,

C. Lights (new) 3 n. H.K. Electrics' $721⁄2 b, $72 s2. Macao Electrica $20 - Sandakan Lights 4 n.

Telephones

$25.65 xa.

(old)

$25 Bes

Telephones (new) $9 b, $9 sa.

Cements $8 2.

China Busen Sh$111⁄4 n. Singapore Tractions 17/- n.

Singapore Tractions Pref. 25/-)

#

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $8.40 n..

tout guarantee at: New York,

40.70; Paris, 608.5; Amsterdam,! 58.17; and London, 12275, Paris quoted the Pound sterling at 74.72 to 74.75, and the US, dollar at 14.96% to 14.96%-Trans-Ocean Service.

Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh$15 ¤. Canton Ices $14

Cements $8.85 1.

H.K. Ropes $41⁄2 b., $41⁄2 B

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms $21 sa. Watsons $4.85 n Lane, Crawfords. $63⁄41⁄4% D- Mackintoshs $5. Sinceres $2.20 n. Wm. Powells 70 cts. n. Wing On (HK.) $55 ■.

Miscellaneous Entertainments $4.70 n. S. C. Enterprises $135 2. Macao Greyhounds" $2 x. Constructions (old) $1% 1. Constructions (new) 50 cts, Vibro Piling $4 n. Ch. Gost. 5% 1925 GSBAR

94% D.

"I do not blame Phipps for it at all" he added.

DEPORTEE'S PROTEST

Man With Nazi "Secrets"

authorities in England his corres- pondence was intercepted. Booked Passage

He booked his passage for Lon- don in the liner American Trader on November 9, the statement con- tinued, but as he was going

WRITTEN STATEMENT ISSUED board he was stopped, taicen to Ellis Izland and detained. "The following week he was put

Plymouth.

од

Dr. George Bresin, a political board the President Roosevelt and refugee who was being deported kept la custody. He added that if from New York to Germany in the he were deported it should be to United States liner President his own country.

When Dr. Bresin arrived in Roosevelt, which arrived at Ply jmouth. 'last month, sent a preas New York December, 1934, it was correspondent a written statement stated in the New York Post that he was associated politically with through a fellow-passenger.

He wrote that he was born in the assassinated Liberal leader France, that his mother was Walther Rathenas, and for five British, that he was recognised by days after the 1918 revolution in the Home Office as being of Im-Germany was military commander perial Russian nationality, and of Berlin" that his wife and children live in i n.Glendale-avenue Edgware, Lon-

{don, N.W.

Dr. Bresin claimed that while engaged in anti-Nazi propaganda

OLDEST WOMAN BURIED -

Mrs. Caroline Merriott, aged

HK Govt 4% Loan 42% premjin the United States he discovered 110, of Croydon, believed to be the

b.

"HK. Govt. 31⁄2% Loan par. He

Cald, Macy. (Ord) Sh$19%; n Wallace Harpers $4 a.

BUT POPEYE IS

[TOAR'S PAL-

YOU'LL

BE DOING HIM.A

·FAVOR YOU'LL BE SENDING HIM TO

REAVEN

3..

To-morrow.

important Nazi secrets affecting oldest woman in England, was British Interests in Ethiopia, bat buried at Mitcham Park cemetery when he tried to get in touch with last month.

"An Ear For Music."

JUST KNOW HE'D LOVE TO PLAY A HARP

AND FLY ABOUT.

ON UJINGS

OH. HOT DOG: GOOD. 106A- MY DEAR PAL FLY

AND PLAY PEEANO –HO KAY

TOAR KILL

POPEYE AND

SEND HIM TO

SWELL PLACE

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