1936-03-28 — Page 8

THE CHINA"MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1936

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital_.................. -$50,000,000 Larded and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 Reserve Fund

Sterling ...... 6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency

Reserve....$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro

prietors

READ OFFICE, FOKO KONG.

BOSED OF DIRECTORS

Hon. Ms. J. J. Paterson

Chairman

G. Mislin Eng

Deputy Chairman.

Has. Mr. W. Bell, C.C. Knight Esq. A. H, Compton Esq, T. E. Pearce Esq. BEL: Dodwell Esq. JA. Plummer Baq. K.T. Johnson Esq., AL. Shields Esq. V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

AMOX

BATAVIA

CALCUTTA

DOLOMBO

JUCHOW

KAIPHONG

KANKOW

KARBIN

HOSOKET

MAKA

LPOH

JOHORT

ΚΟΑΣ

IDWLOON

Colať Managu

BRANCHES

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LYONS MALACCA

MANILA NUAR (Pakoraj

MUNDIA

NEW TURK

PENANG

BANGOON

DAIGON

GAN PRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SOCHABATA

GUNGE PATANI

TIENTSIN

ТОБТО

TSINGTAO

YUSQBAMA

Our core opened in Local Currency sol Thand Depode sowired for me your or charter pin Lol Outreaty and Sterling on term

will be quoted oa application. 4350 up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES pation in 30 LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1938

THE CHARTERED 'BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Alor Str

Доба Zok

Boogieh

Balkes

Kedroo Бай Bertarung Seremben

Bombay

Calouste

Caption

Caration

Luzia Compa

Made

Bangun

Colourbo

Dein Haiphong Hakow

New York

Sowesbays Taiping

Ionskana

Harbers

Harbin

(ing) ISFARE

Lohona

Zamboanga

Hong Long

Lanenched

DISLIKED

PAPER MONEY

Commerce

Finance

and

LOCAL SHARE MARKET

Messrs. Harriman's Weekly Report

Country People Prefer Silver

[From Our Own Correspondent]

TWO ROGUES FROM

ANCIENT DAYS

{Continued from Page 6.)

CHURCHES

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIS) ► SCIENTIST,

Sunday Service: 1115 a Sunday School: 10 am Subject: "REALITY.” Testimonial Meeting: Wednes Įdays. 6 pm.

He had some redeeming quali- CA Branch of the Motham ties, besides his devotion to his Church. The First Church tions. These stocks changed GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS fart, which in Italy at that time Christ. Scientist, in Boston, Mase)}, hands in fairly large quantities

covered multitude of 'sing. Macdonnell Eoad. below Boyes at $2.08/220 and 60%/68 cents

He was a good son, and sup-Road Tram Station. ported his aged father till his for cash and $2.24 and 74 ets. for

Canton, To-day death. He always speaks with May delivers respectively. Baguio

Brand new banknotes printed generous appreciation of the Gold and United Paracales also in London or New York may be great painters and sculptors, showed strength, the former hav-convenient as compared with bulky his contemporaries... and ing been done at 22/2612 and the and heavy silver coins, but to the 'If there is any parallel to the and latter at 61764 cts. The tone of

enterprising and cautious people Italian of the fifteenth century, abore address and is open:

Reading Room is located market review issued at noon to-/the market at the close is very in Tai Shan and Kong Moon, it is to be found in the Athenian

steady in local securities, with rich districts in Southern Kwang of the fifth century before p.m.

Monday and Thursday: 5.30 be The March Settlement which the main interest still centred on tung, silver coins certainly retain Christ

Tuesday and Friday: 10 to 1 their intrinsic value. was the largest for at least the Gold mining shares.

As Macaulay says of the

2003. Accustomed to carrying heavy (former, "perpetually descending Foreign Exchange and General Banking past three years passed off very

All authorised Christian Science not dislike mark a mind diseased through Reading Room carrying silver coins for business all its faculties, he had never- The Publie is cordially invited transactions. The general public theless an exquisite sensibility to attend the Service and visit the have no objection to Government both for the natural and moral Reading Boom.

Harriman Messrs. G. A Co.'s weeds share report

day states:

Business during the week has

Curro Acomuna opeted and Pad Depois satisfactorily on Tuesday last und/been done at the following prices: burdens. . industrious people into actions which might seem to Literature is available at the

visok mu be quoted an application.

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

roved for one su or shorter perioda 62 am the volume of business involved A. BREAKLEY, was a sure sign that more inter- Manager.est was being taken in our mar- ket, and in consequence a firmer tane prevailed after the Settle- meat with a few stocks marked up! AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, but trading in local investiments

THE

INC.

Head Office: 65, Broadway. New York

..U.S.$5,000,000.00 2,132,633.06 870,732.05

Barak Barbert

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

·BEANCHES:

Amsterdam Antwerp

Glasgow

The Hapon

Berla Burlin Bombay

Des

Ceiro

Axles may le

Cairasia Coates Cuiocbo Commalangva Dupler Edinburri Horne CHORTS

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Buizen of the shors Bank is conduct. by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI PANKING CORPORATION.

shiped of topic ONG AND SHANGHAI

FOR THE LONG

BANKING CORPORATION.

Havie

Interlaken,

London

Liverpoo

Ingrow LALLE

Xootrvaz Milan Kion

Pirans Pazz Twiping Borman Home Shanghai Somepok

Singapore Tretieka

H.K. Banks $1555/1560. Unions $555/660.

H.K. Fires $245/950. F.K. Electrics $52.35/53,- Hotels $4.15/4.50. H.K. Trams $10/10.70. Lights (old) $10.60/10%. Providents (old) $T30/145. Dairy Farms $19. Star Ferries $84. Cements $8.00/81⁄4- Watsons $34 Gold Rivers 7 cts. Antamoks $2.08/220. Demonstrations 602/68 ets. Baguio Gold 22/264' cts. United Paracale 61/64 cts. Big Wedge 26 cts San Mauricio $1.05. Ewos Sh.$8-

Benguet Exploration 20/20%.

EK Stock Exchange Weekly

these districts do

paper money but discount it by sublime, for every graceful and 20 per cent.

every lofty conception."

The Provincial Department of The Reformation was & vio- COMMODITY PRICES

Finance is upset by the preference lent reaction against Renais- for silver and has sent many sance morality; its effects were agents to the counties to buy up by no means confined to the

The following quotations have

the silver. The object is that the Churches which broke away been received by Reuter. entire province should use only the from Rome. paper or managed currency, while of Spain was

Prev.. Yesterday Closing Closing

the silver coins should be taken swashbucklers and artists of New York Cotton:— care of by the Government.

Orders are again promulgated that it is illegal to use the white metal in business" transactions. Those who have silver specie are asked to exchange it for paper cur-

cent.

was not on a very brisk scale ow- ing to quite a new interest ia! Manila Gold mining investments which were a very active market throughout the week, but we bave no doubt the local market will come into its own again as soon as buyers have satisfied their de mand in the Philippines. Amongst local investment counters, Hong Kong Lands appreciated from 294 to $30. Hong Kong Trams saw a new low level with sales report-

rency with a premium of 20 per Hong Kong jed at $10.50/70.

Electrica were put through in

Country people almost every- quantity at $52.35/53.00 closing] slightly easier. Telephones (old) Report issued at 3.15 pm. yester-where prefer to keep the silver and do not part with it unless absolute were quiet with shares obtainable day.

The week opened rather quietly necessary. jat $25.15 Dairy Farms came to American Express business at $192 ex dividend, but since the liquidation of the Minor issues were rather active. Settlement on Tuesday last there Providents (old) were dealt in at is a better tone and more enquiry $1.30/45 and China Lights (old) in the local market and this has at $10.60/75. Hotels firmed up resulted in the transaction of a from $4.15 to $4.50 cash and $4.60 fair volume of business princi- Jane, but closed on offer at $450 Pally in Banks. Insurances, Pu- cash. Cerpents came into their blic Utilities, Cements and Hotels. The Company offers to intending own once again and were put Although there have been a few sang. Eng., Mung Chan Son, Eng; and Kan Ting Travellers the use of its "Travellers through at 18/84, closing in de improvements, rates on the whole Cheques" and Letters of Credit and mand at $8.35. There was no have not shown much fluctuatian. in addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel change in Departament

V. M. GRAFEURN,

Chof Manag

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

Branches

Marsalking Monte Carlo Kaasla Munich

Vienas Tenice

Toshame Zurich

States of America and Canada.

'THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Company in Principal cities of United

All classes of Commercial Banking

Authored Capital Paid-up Capita

$1,000,000.00 $,398,000,00

ers and Undirsded. Pročkaný 2,585,504.37 Transactions undertaken.” -

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

10, D Youx Pood, Central

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:—

Ser - Chow, Chairma

LA Eco CLD, E. P. K .. Wong

Yan Tong, Esq., Chen Chung Sak, E

Fo. Eng.

Han Tung Po. Esq., Chant Manager...

Li T Four Faj. Mange.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

مانجا

Xatbourne

Amer

Batavia Bombay.

Recessi

Sian York

Seattie Sebarang Shangha Sincapace

-Camion

►

Samfont

Sydney

Washokn

Haiphong

Deake

Para

Bankow

Bogolin

Labe

Lorloos Loodos

Pripaz

Perang

Бадрова

SELECO Бид Глибочной

Vancouver Yokohama

Every-description of Banking and Exshanga Buasnem trasančiná Innose grazzed da approved

DOALFALİMİ.

Current Accounts opened to Locs! Campancy and Fized Deposits recul lor, can_zácie sowie gerade in Looal and Forsign Cum

on terms which will be quoted an appikantin.

Safe Deposit Boxes Luthe

FAN TONG PO,

Chial Manager.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1880

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

Yen.129,150,000)

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Dairen (Dainy)

Hamburg Hankow Harbin

Nagasaki Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Paris Peiping Rangoon Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro San Francisco Seattle Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Sydney Tientsin Tokyo * Taingtau Yingkow

Hong Kong Hsinking Karachi Kobe London

Honolulu!

Los Angeles

Manila

Moji

Interest allowed for Current ́. Ac- Deposits received for fixed periods

counts

at rates to be obtained on applica

tion.

G. KISHINAMI,

Hong Kong, 10th March, 1936.

POPEYE.

Manager.

led.

Personal investment accounts hand-

*

the sterling stocks Hong Kong Banks had sales re-Was corded at $1555/60 and Unions

Amongst at $555/60.

mining jissues which more or less mono- THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, polized the attention of our mar- ket the most popular counters

C. H. BENSON,

General Manager.

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai

Capital

$7,500,000.00 Reserve

$1,500,000.00 Branches-All Important Cities in

China Foreign_Exnlangs and Geoses) Basúting Bosisese

tracenoted.

Current and Saving docenata opmond and Pind Deposita zvonkwed for one zase se shorter perioda at cause tekich will be quoted as application.

Bou. Z. CH G.

Manager. HONG KONG BRANCH: My Des Vale Road, Canuril

Manager's Othon

Formgn Exchange Dagh, men

General Ofis mamous Ger's Offic

THE WING ON BANK, LID.

Head Office: Hong Kong

26, Des Voeux Road Central. Authorized Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster-Bank, Ltd.

were

Antamoks and

Demonstra-

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

15. Gewerchurch Street, London. I.CA. Authorised Capital £2,000,000 Subscribed Capital .. 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital

.... 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Rest 1,247,930

BANIZES: The Bank of England & Midland Bank, Lad

BRANCHES:

Karachi

New York Penang

Bangkok

Bomory

Ipo Sandy

Calcotia

Port Doula

Colombe

Kota Bharu

Daki

Kuala Lipis

BLAD

Gralle

Kuala Lumpur

Shanghai

Hong Soor

Russie (Pahang) Sh Kadza

Singapore

BONG LONG DRASCH. Every description of Banking and Exchange bus transac

Travellers Choques lastsed.,

Trustee and Executorships" undertakes. INTEREST allowed as Current Advocate und

Foreign Exchange and every des Fixed Deposite at Rates that may be securtainme

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.

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

PHILIP GOCKCHEN

Chief Manager.

QUICK

PRINTING

SERVICE

Modern Plant

THE KEWEPAPER INTELL RISE LID,

"On The Spot.”

FIDONT WANT NO FOOLIN, TYAM NOW GONER TEST

YER EYES. IF THEY'RE GOOD YA JOINS THE

ARMY-IF THEY

AIN'T YA DONT

+

(WHAS THIS LETTER IT'S AN'S

THA'S RIGHT

YA KIN JOIN

ME ARMY

on agpilession.

3. LENNEDY.

1. Quaem's Road, Crutană,

Hong Kong, 24th July, 1956,

******** THE

Manager.

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. $500,000. Head-Offee--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 $1116.

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Some Nervousness Evident

Italy.

The heavy hand laid upon the

MAY

July

October December

Terrible Person

1113

11.25: 10.74 10.88

.10.20

10:17

10.15

10.14

10.15 10.16

March (1937)

10470 10.17

11.51

11.64

15.88a unquoted

My other rogue was a really Jazuary terrible person.

Edward John Trelawny be Spot longed to an old Cornish family. New York Rubber: In youth he was strikingly March

May handsome. What he looked like

July in old age may be seen in the. Tate Gallery. He is the old

September sailor in Millais's "The North- December West Passage” «

15.954 15.91

16.032

16.02

16.12.

16.12

16.212

16.223

At the age of five or six he Chicago Wheat:

May and his brother hacked to pieces la pet raven of their father's.

In his "Adventures of Younger Son" he spares us no details.

96%

96%

July

ST

87%

September

36

85%

Chicago Corn *-----

May July

59

591⁄4

59%

59%

Winnipeg Wheat: May July October

8014

82%

3314

$3%

$3

New York Silk: March Kay July

unquoted unquoted!

1.70

1-66

1702 1.65

He ran away to sea; "I have always detested my relations,” he says; left his ship to become a pirate; sank a British ship VOLUME OF TRADING ON

and drowned her crew; wallow- LIGHT SIDE

ed in murder and wanton cruelty; married several wives Messrs. White, Weld and Con-land deserted them always

The Philippine Mining section the centre of interest throughout the period under `re- view and practically the entire list registered substantial ad-pany, New York Correspondents treating women with heartless

for Messrs. S. E Levy and Com-brutality. Business Done During The Week pany, report:

Hong Kong Banks $1555, $1560.

vances.

He seems to have had several H.K. SHAREBROKERS "Stocks: There was some ner children of various nationali- Union Insurances $5571⁄2, $560,|vousness on the market to-day ties, including a daughter by a ASSOCIATION

$555, $557%

H.K. Fire Insurances

$250,

due to the weakness of the French little Greek girl of thirteen, $245, Franc, but the volume of trading whom he treated horribly.

The following report was issued

was on the light side on the de- Yet he belonged to his age, noy the Hong Kong Sharebrokers" $1.30, cline in prices. The market was less than Cellini. He regarded Association yesterday afternoon.

generally listless and lacked in himself as a Byronic hero. He We would did all the things that Byron

Providents (Old) $1,

$140, $1.45. Hotels 44.10, $4.15,, $4.45, $44-mediate stimulus. Tramways $10.65, $10.60, $10.55, favour caution for the present, dreamed of and wrote about. but we would consider any sharp He hated his own country and break in prices as a buying op despised all others. $102.portunity in automobile and oil

$10.70, $10.60, $10, $10.40. Star Ferries $84. China.

(Old)

securities. Business done:-1- #Z1⁄4,†550,000 shares.

Lights $10, $10.65.” China Lights (New) $7.20, Electrics $52,5522. $52.95,

$52 $53. Telephones (Old) $25.35. Cements $7.60, $7.85, $8, $8%. Dairy Farms $20, $191⁄2. Sinceres $2.

Antamoks $2.11, $2.10, $2.08,

$2.12, $2.15, $2.17, $2.20. Baguio Gold 22 cts., 24 cts. Benguet Exploration 18 cts, Big Wedge 26 cts. Demonstration 58 cts., 59 61 cts, 66 cts, 68 cts. San Mauricio $1.05.

A

Parely Hateful

Banks $1535 b., $1540 35. Antamoks $2.17 sa Baguio Gold 721⁄2 cts, b. 29

ctBy J $28 cts. sa Beng. Exp. 20 cts. b. Big Wedge 25 cts. b. Demonstrations 66/67 cts. 38. Gold Rivers 8 cts, sa. Salacots $14

b., 15 ets. SA.

·Paracales '64 cts. b., 65 cts.. sa.. Raubs $11.b. :) Lands $30 Debentures par b.

b.

Humphreys $9% z

·Providents Old $1.40 s.

Trams $10.40 b. $10.55 8. $101⁄2

Lights $10.60 sa Roper $43.

Gold $ Bonds 93% ·b. Govt, 4% Loan 34% Prem b

"Wheat:There was some scat. In his raging temper and roaring vanity he resembled the tered liquidation of May wheat on

Italian; but whereas we pat weakness in Minneapolis. forecast indicates clear weather down Cellini's autobiography with a shamefaced liking for conditions over the dry areas.

the rascal, Trelawny, as depict- Total sales:-15,172,000 bushels.

"Cotton: It is reported that ed by himself, is purely hateful But even he had one redeem- the Manager of the Producers"

He loved Shelley. ing quality. Pool has strongly urged the Com Shelley's friends, says his bio- modity Credit Corporation to sell

grapher, Mrs. Campbell, are like 750,000 bales of loan cotton over la march-past of the seven cts, a period of four months, begin deadly sins; the pirate and maur- ning early in April It is positive derer Trelawny, the covetous that this will not depress the Godwin, the lecherous Byron,, United Paracale 61 cts. 62 cts, basis or price of the product as the slipshod Hunt, the sly Med-mani.

the world needs cotton. The Han-win, the disdainful Peacock, thej ager of the Producers' Pool is gluttonous Hogg-

One caution must be added.. confident that this proposed sale Shelley did not like Trelawny, Both Cellini and Trelawny were will not affect the marketing of but Trelawny loved Shelley, and inveterate liars. How much of holdings of May and July options-cherished his memory till the their stories are true will never Sales of new-crop cotton have end of his long life; for he, too, be known, nor perhaps does it. been mostly on foreign account. like Cellini, escaped justice and matter much. They drew their

"Flash:-The American Rail-died in peace.

own portraits as they wished to way Association

Whether it is to his credit appear to the world. loadings during the past week at that many women were fond of Perhaps this is the most 567,000 cars, a decrease of 40,000 him I do not know. Some amazing thing about them. cars from the corresponding per women, to their dire misfor-For they were certainly quite iod of last year.

tune, cannot resist a fierce cave-sane.

64 cts.

Ewa Cottons Sh.$84. Govt. 31⁄2 Loán par.

Changes (3.15 p.m.) Closing Quotations Buyers

Lands $30..

Sellers Humphreys $9. Tramways $10.60. Sales Tramways $10.40. Sinceres $2.

estimates car-

Next Monday.

“A Good Risk.”

HEY, YOU!

IT IS

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