1936-04-04 — Page 8

BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Ined and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000| Reserve Funds:

Starling

£ 6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve

$10,000,000

Eeserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: MUNG KONG.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1935

and

Commerce

Finance.

Messrs. Harriman's Weekly Report Messrs. G. A. Harriman & Co's

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.£3,000,000 £3,000,000

£3,000,000

LOCAL SHARE MARKET

20,000,000 2

Agencies and Branches:

Lise Stad

Hole

Banjoon

Amurtar

Epok

Saigon

Bangkok

Larsonl

Semarang

Satwabana

Eobe

Shanghai

Calcu L'Anka Lisapore

ab

Sum's Lumpur

Singapor

Kucking

Sélak

Modra

tourabaya

Manila

Tapang

Madine

Таверня

New York

Taiping

(ishukar)

(Pang

IMMA

Teanag

Yokohama

review

states:-

issued

at noon

to-day

Katzbog

BOARD OF DIRECTORA Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Chairman

G. Miskin Esq..

Deputy Chairman.

INTE Beveling

Hon. Mr. WE. Bell, C.C. Enicht Esq.m.be A. H. Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esq.

Haiphong

Minkow

11-

BEL Dodwell Esq, JA, Plummer Esq. barg MT. Johnson Esq. AL Shields Esq.

AMOX

V. H. Grayburn, Esq.

RANGXOX

BUTAYLA

BONDAY

CALCUTTA

CAXTON

CHEFOO COLOMBO DAIRIN

Chief Manner.

BRANCHES-

LONDON

LYONS MALACCA

MANILA

MUAR (Jobesi

NEW YORK

DEINING

PENANG

KASUAN

SAILOR

POOCHOW

KALPHOKO

HAMBUBO

SAN FRANCLO)

HANKOW

~HANGHAI

SINGAPORE

UNGE PATANT TIENTSIN

HARBIN

HONGEZW

ILOILO

JOHORE

KOWLOON

KOALA LUMPUR

50RABAYA

YO

TSINGTAU

YOKOHAMA

Cheras Locontris opecná én Low Currency and #ed Depowe posited for 90s your

socie

10 Los Cursory and bring on verma wil be quoted on application

A580 up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES is SKING ME 20. LET

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

Butizens of the shore Bank u nadues

and by the HONG KONG AND SHANGILAI BALING COMPORATION,

Lule may by

SİMİZİ NG ASSION CONG AND SEANGE

PUR THE HUNG

BANKING CORPORATION.

4. M. GRAYBURN,

Curl Hagu.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

Klaud

Long Song

“urega. Exchange nad Gausal Banking bositate tradacted.

Latral accounts opened and Fixed Depois

ressed for our your or abacter pyesaća sa 'ravon wkach will be quoted`es spplication.

A. BRBARLEY.

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935,

THE

NEW YORK STOCK: MARKET

Irregularly Dull

* UNCERTAIN ATTITUDE

ADOPTED

· ITALY'S GAINS

ABYSSINI

(Continued from Page 6)

CHURCHES

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

One rather thorny problem (4 Branch of the Mother with which the Italians are al-Church, The First Church, a ready confronted in the occupi Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass). [ed territory is the abolition of!

Macdonnell Road, below Bowen- Numbers of any SC Road Tram Station slavery.

$9. Philippine mining stocks en- joyed a great deal of popularity

Messrs. White: Weld and Com- with Autamoks changing hands at pany, New York Correspondents $208/12 cash and $215 for June. for Messrs. S. E. Lery and Cor-

curacy are impossible to arrive at, as information about the in- Benguet exploration at 20/21 cts-pany, report:-

habitants is as vague as the Demonstrations at 66/66 cts

Stocks: The market today was maps of the. country, but an and Gold Rivers at 7/8

with traders Italian estimate probably United Paracales at 65 cts. to 68 irregularly dull

uncertain attitude generous one of the number of days, 6 pau. cts. Sterling counters were rather adopting an

The failure to push through in-slaves in the Tigre was 16.000.

cts,

*

..

weekly share report and market active with Hong Kong Banks\dicates that a trading position is Now that they have been freed jabove address and is open:

at Unioas

Sunday Service: 11.15 am. Sunday School: 10 am Subject:-UNREALITY.” Testimonial Meeting: Wedneɛ--

Reading Room is located

Monday and Thursday: 5:30 to done at $1,555 and

7. p.2. $561/65.. The tone of the market advisable. Business done: 1.560,- these have somehow to be ab

000 shares.

Isorbed.

Tuesday and Friday: 10 to 12: at the close is firm in all sections

In this land of chaos and old Cotton: This market was barely night slaves were divided into. with a very slow but steady up-

All authorised Christian Science: With the exception of one of ward tendency-

steady and inactive. There was three classes. The highest

available at the- two local stocks, more particular-

some buying by the Trade, with slave class comprised fighting Literature is Business during the week has selling by foreign interests. New men, who were naturally kept fi Reading Room.

The Public is ordially invited: mining shares monopolished the been done at the following prices: crop cotton was largely neglected fairly good condition by their

market and attention of our

H.K. Banks $1555.-

Traders are now waiting for more owners both for their fighting to attend the Service and visit the Trading was rely brisk in this

Unions $561/565-

definite developments in connection value and as a bargaining asset. Reading Room section. Local stocks were very Benguet Explorations 20/24 ets. with the disposal of the Govern-İ At Agula I saw a slave who

slightly over firm at

quota

cts

had escaped from his master

ly

Cements.

Philippinegold

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,ns during the week, but busi

INC.

Head Ofce: $5, Broadway, New York

Capital

Surplus

Reserves

.U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,183,633.06

370,72106

Amenirdam Antriacy

BRANCHES:-

Gon Glasgow

Jasman Beale Berlin

The Blagos HEPRES

Bownload

черных

Bramela

Hainburg Havre Kabelberg Interials Jorganisa

Calm Canton Colombe Copaghag Dubl Edinburgh

London Livergent Leowbe

Marsalios

Cario Manila

Montreux

Alam

Na

Pane Paiping

Kom Shanghai Soutoplo

Venios Yokohama Zurich

rose

ness was undoubtedly restricted owing to the increasing popularity of Gold Mining securitiek Scrip was very scarce in the however local investment section and quite a strong feature of the week were Hong Kong Lands which from $30 to $334, enjoying an to unsatisfed demand right up the close of business. Hong Kong Electries were a shade easier at one time having changed hands down to $5175 but a strong de- mand eventually set in at $52. Telephones (old) came to business at $25/25.13 closing steady at the former rate. Hong Kong Trams again slipped to a new

Branches of American Express cord THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Company in Principal cities of United $10.40.

States of America and Canada.

Specs and Codinded Proti 12:06,62

Authorised Capria fed-up Caprial

-.... $10,000,000.00

/

· READ OFFICE:-HONG KONG

14. D Variak Bord, Caderel

BUARD OF DIRECTORS: —

Ser blou-sou Chore, ChauBRIEL.

Eng., Chan Ching Sack,

low re-

at

Demonstrations 65/66

Gold Bivers 7/8 cts.

HK. Hotels $4:10/4.20.

H.K. Lands $3032/33- H.K. Electrics $51/52% -. Linited Paracale 65/68 cts. China Lights (old) $10.45/10.50. Cements $310/815. Baguio Gold 28/30 cts. Itogons $1.08.

Salacots 14/15 ets. San Mauricio $1.07. EK Trams $10.40., Star Ferries $84.- ** Telephones: Kald) $24/25.15. Providenti (old) $1.20. Humphreys $9. Antamoks $2.08/212. Big Wedge 25 cts. Lane, Crawfords $5.99.

'

Jinent's stock of loan cotton.

Domestic Slaves

V

Wheat: The wheat market was and had come through the holding by the hand a small girk rather uncertain, but the turnover Italian lines. He had been a who seemed to me about 10- is very heavy. There is still a warrior slave, son of a slave years of age. Her little bead lack of moisture in the South-junion, and though rather weedy, was ribbed with greasy black West Total sales: 31,002,000 even for an Ethiopian, he looked hair, after the usual fashion of quite healthy. He was enrolled Ethiopian women, and flies rime bushels.

Flash: The American Railway as one of Ras Gugsa's irregu-med her eyes. She was for sale, and the man tried to get Association estimates carloadings lars.

me to give him three thalers for jat 600,000 cars, a decrease of

her, which at Italian and Erit- 16,000 cars from the correspond-

The second class consisted of trean rates would be about 16s. jing period of last year.

domestic slaves; who were also As I did not feel like starting comparatively well treated on an Ethiopian kindergarten I re- account of their market value.jected the offer. The price, COMMODITY PRICES and were even in many cases re-for some reason, was a very low garded as inferior members of one. I learned that the usual The following quotations hawtheir masters' families. "The price for a healthy black female

lowest {been received by Reuter.

and most miserable slave was the equivalent of £5 Prev. Yesterday slaves were peasants, who had or £5a lot of money to su Closing Closing nothing of their own and were Ethiopian.

under-fed-this accounting for!

Although the natives of the the fact that a higher percent-occupied areas seemed to me to 10.94 10.94 age of them were diseased than be making a good thing out of the rest of Ethiopia's populace their new masters at Agnia I 10.22

Slaves were mated as animals watched Dr. Francs dealing 10.26 are, the progeny being the with a crowd who had come to 10. master's property. If a master demand compensation for dam- 11.62

had sons, by a slave they were aged crops and so on, and he treated as his sons, but the fate told me that if they did not say of the daughters was uncertain the Italian troops had caused The warrior slaves are at pre-damage they said Ras Segum's 16.03 sent being absorbed in the men had done so, and were re 16340 bands of irregulars, but they compensed just the same and,... 16.26a will most probably present a although, the occupation has considerable problem in time of done their markets a very great peace. The other types of male deal of good, I think it will be slaves are being given paid difficult to prevent slavery, con work on the roads.

tinuing in some form or other..

11.29

New York Cotton:- of $10.35 after sales

E. K. Stock Exchange Weekly May Minor issues ruled quieter. Eotels gave way slight-Report issued at 3.15 p.m. yester-July

October All classes. of Commercial Bankingly to a buying rate of $4.10 after day-

not charac“ ĮDecember Transactions undertaken.

shares had changed hands the market was

terised by any great activity dur-January Providents (old) were $4.12. Personal investment accounts hand-dealt in at $1.20 closing in de-ing the week under review and the March

mand at China Lights business done was only of small Spot The Company offers to intending (old) remained in steady demand dimensions. However, the rates New York Rubber:- Travellers the use of its "Travellers at $10.40 with business done at were well maintained and certain Mar Cheques and Letters of Credit and $10.45/50. Cements were the most stocks were hard to get, such as July

ed

La

Kong, Big Wong Cau don. Eaq and Bas Ying

E

20. Lo

Kao Tung P, Day Chial Masngor.

To Esq., Manage.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES —

Mazila

Betti

Debangha

Читафона

Duranojm

SALON

Amay

Batina

Melbourn

Descenda

Calouste

Jour

Сельод

Saphong

Para

Hechow

Howla

Taikoku TIPING Tukre

Kawbon Landon

SHELGIN

Den Fram

Perma

Pemang

Burge

sydney

lakukan

Evay deceptive of Banking and Exchange |

Joe gived, os approve

Bumisen tapesčius.

CUTED Auced in Love! Caremacy sed Find Deposita rowed for wow year or shorter persada sa Local and Foreign Currencies om which will be quoted on applimatut.

Bule Depot Beam To Lab

XAN TONG PO.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

AMTED

Established 1880

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

.Yen 129,150,000

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Sagaanki

Nagoya

Now York

Paris

Feiping

Dairen (Dainy) Rangoon

Fengtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Harbury

Bankow

Harbin

Hong Konz

Hondlala

Hainking Karachi

Kobe

London

Lazeles

Manila

Moji

San Francisco

Seattle

Semarang

Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya

Sydney

Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current counts.

Ar-

Deposits received for fixed periods)

at rates to be obtained on applica tion.

G. KISHINAMI,

Manager.

Hong Kong. 10th March, 1935/

POPEYE.

POPEYE, CUR PREŠIE

A ROWBOATANI BAWLOUT THAT

FOR BOO

AT OUR

COUNTRY

GOSH!

ISN'T HE BRAVE!

INS

in addition, the world-wide mervices:

.11.24

-10.29

10.29

10:23

19.32 10.39

11.69

16.00

15.08 -16.172

15.85 15.94

1631

16.42.

| Chicago Wheni:

May

947%

July ..

83%

945 84%

September

824

Chicago Corn:-

Hong Kong Banks $1555.

May

€0%

60

Union Insurances $561, $5621⁄2,

$565.

July

89%

.59%

Winnipeg Wheat:-

Providents (Old) $1.30, $120.

May

20

79

Hotels. $4.121⁄2."

July

81

80

Lands $32, $38, $331⁄41⁄21⁄2

October

$14

80%

of the local Lands. Interest in the Philippine September of its thoroughly equipped Travel prominent feature

mining stocks continued unabated December market, being in very strong deand the rates in some cases show-March Department

mand throughout owing to për-] General Managersistent rumour of fresh contractsed substantial advances.

rose steadily from $8.10 to BUSINESS DONE DURING

THE WEEK

C. EL BESOK

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) "Head" Offer-Shanghai

Capital

$7,500,000.00 Reserve

$1,500,000.00 BranchesAll Important Cities in

tramenced.

Chizza Forsiga Exchange and General Banking Business | Curves and Sering koommate opened, and Picad Dapodi reciévad for our your oë shortar preinda as taken which will be quoted_an_application...

HONG KONO BRANCH. 24. The Vent Band, Chlad

Mazagar's "Dồm m

Forough Brokenge Dept.

General Oos

Coline's Ome

Maungut.

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong" 26, Des Voeux Road Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:- Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des- cripton of banking business transact- ed.

Current Accounts and Savings Ao- eatints opened.. Fixed Deposits 26- ceived at rates which will be quoted on_application.

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

PHILIP GOCK CHIN -

Chief Manager.

Job Printing

PEASONABH

SPRICES

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ESta.

CRIAL MAIL AGEN

Sherman Was. Right.”...--

ARE NORMAL

SEZ, QUIT SHOOTIN AT

ROVA, ME NEW

TRY

DON'T BE SILLY, MAK – THIS IS WAR WARI DO YOU

UNDERSTAND?

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

15. Gracechurch Street, Londen, ECS. Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital .. 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital 1,050,000 Reserve Fund & Best 1247 230 BANTERS:

De Beck of England & Midland Bank, Lad

Bangkok

Bomber

Oslost

Colombe

· Dalbi

Fong Kong Sowrah

BRANCHES:

Ipol

Kandy

Xarachi

Tosa Bhan

Kunis Kipla

Kush Lamper

New York" Peaks Pore-

(Maorities) Bengoe Shanghai

Singapore

Kuantan (Payung) Simls" Kadran

HONG HONG SEANCE.

Every description of Banking and Exchange basinam transacted.

Trawlers Chegues issued.

Trust and Executorships undertaken. INTEREST allowed on Current Acenta and Fixed Deposit al- Reina that 'stay be ascertainad on applicatiog.

R. HENNEDI.

2. Qmo's Bood Carsons.

Hong Kong, 24th July, 1995,

*THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China) Capital paid up $5,000,000, Eeseryes

$7,900,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $800,000." Head Office Shanghai

A Bank having as its mission. the industrial development, China and the fostering of her commercial relations abrond. Hong Kong Ofice-

6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.

LOKAY, THEN I'LL TAKE YEROL. BATTLESHIP

APART, THIS IS WAR EH?

Star Ferries $34.

Humphreys $9.* Tramways $10.40..

China Lights (Old) SIQ45. * Electrics $52%, $52%. $51.

$52

Telephones (Old) $25,15, Cements $8.95, $8.15. Sinceres $2

Sandakan Lights $8, $8.30. Antamoks $2.15.

Baguio Gold 28 cts., 27% cts. 'Benguet Exploration 2 cts., 21

cts, 21. cts., 20 cts. Demonstration 66 cts; 661⁄2 cta. Gold Rivers 7 cts. Itogons $1.03.

́San Mauricio $104, $1.07. Salacots 15 ciz, 141⁄2 cts. United Paracale 641⁄2 cts., 65

cts, 67 cts," 68 cts.

CHANGES (3.15 p.m.) CLOSING QUOTATIONS

BUYERS

Union Insurances $56234. Hotels $4.10 China Lights (Old) $10.40. Cements $84.

SALES Union Insurances "$565. Lands $223/332. Baguio Gold 271⁄2 cts.

YA HINT GO'NER, HAVE NO MORE BATTLESHIP

THAN A JACKRABBIT

Owners' Attitude

40 Years On lu Tære (7)

H.K. SHAREBROKERS' sign. These men, who were just as well

ASSOCIATION

The following report was issued by, the Hong Kong Sharebroker Association yesterday afternoon.

Banks $1,555 &

Unions $560 b.

Antamoks $2.05 b.

The other part of the problem is the attitude taken by slave- In a country where there is ne owners deprived of their cheap so very little trade of any kind labour. At Adowa I saw it takes more than a prociama- number of merchants, who look-tion to end an old-established ed well-to-do and carried them-enterprise, particularly one so selves with a certain hauteur, easy to prosecute on the sly... come into the deputy-commis- Perhaps, in view of the difficulty- sioner's office to make submis-of absorption, however, this is:

Musculmen, as are most of the

Anyone who has seen the commercials of the province, country will agree with me that had come from unoccupied ter- the Italians have done very well! ritory in front of the lines, and indeed to get as far as they have got in the time, consider- they had a question to ask.

"If," said their spokesman, ing the type of warfare they are through the Askari interpreter, using, but they could hardly feel the Italian army advances over great confidence in the position our district before the end of as it stands. the harvesting, may we bel

After 40 odd years of occupa-

Baguio Gold 27%1⁄2 etab. 28 cts. allowed to keep our slaves untiltion Eritrea remains undevelop

32

Itogons $1.05 b.

Big Wedge 251⁄2 ets. b. Gold Rivers 71⁄2 eta, 841⁄2 ets, s.

Gold Greek 12 cts. b.

Demonstrations 64 cts. b.

Salacots 144 cts. b. 15/15

勰

Vens, Gold Fielda $3 b. Hótels $4.10 b.

the crops are in, as this is most ed, chiefly because there is now. important for us?"" wn withing there to develop, and in Naturally, the deputy-com-spite of the possibilities offered missioner had to explain that by the Makalle plain and one or this would be out of the ques-two similar valleys for agricul- . tion. The faces of the slave-ture. I think the next 40 years clowners fell. The deputy-com-would see the Tigre much as it Imissioner added: "The men is now. In view of the exist must be free to go or to remain-ence of the unpacified Seyum, If they elect to remain they Sebat and probably other chiefs, must be paid.”

I am tempted to add that it will The merchants made no obstill require military occupation. jection, but it was plain that they did not like it.

Land Debentures par. b.. Providents. Oid $1.15 b. Ewos $8,35 b. Trams $10.2074 ̧sa. Lights Old $10.35 b. Lights New: $7.15 b. Singapore Traction Ord. 22/- b. Cements $8.75 6.

Sinceren $11.80 b., $1.90 a. Govt 4%. Loan 4%% Prem. b. Gold $ Bands 93% b..

Next Monday.

Child For Sale :

125 NEW TRAMS

The abolition of the trade, in- slaves will take some time. Liverpool Transport Committee When I was in Aksum after the last month decided to bay 125 new? proclamation by Marshal deftram cars at £2,500 each and 40 Bono a man sidled up to me, heavy oil buses for about £60,000.

"The Spinachovian Navy.”

PLL BLOW YER BLASTED` TUB TO PIECES WITH YER) (OWN GONS:

No:No:

X

HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY 1936 ISSUE

NOW

ON SALE

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