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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHÀI BANKING CORPORATION

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Authorised Capital .....$50,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. Insed and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000

Reserve Funds:

Sterling £ 6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Beserve....$20,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: BONG KONG.

Amaritone

· HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

£3,000,000

Reserve Frad

£3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000!

.$20,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

Alor Star

Rangoon

1

Ackl

Sint

Satinering Sareeshan

Kobe

Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

Kuching-

Alad

Impunit

Moda

* VEL

New York

Priping

Ping

Fenang

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Hon Mr. J. J. Paterson. Chairmak.

G. Miskin Esq.

Dspety Chalea

Bangjok

Bombay

Calcutie Canton

Cawnpor Caba

Hon. Mr. W.H. Bell, J.R. Masson Esq be AH, Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esq. B

Haiphong

B.E. Dodwell Esq., JA. Plummer Ex Husburg MT. Johnson Esq., AL Shields Esq.kom

V. M. Graybar, Esq.

AKOY BANGEK

BATAVIA

CALCUTRA

SANTON

CR

COLUMBO

DAIRYN

FUCKCHOW

HAIPHONG

НАМЕСВ

HANDOW

HARBIN

SONGLEW

LLO

18

Chaal Manager.

BRANCHES:-

:..

JOHUŽE

KONE

XOWLOON

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LYUNN

MALACCA

MANIZA

la bure)

XURDEN

NEW TUBE

PENAM

RANGOOS

SAROUN

SAN FRANCISCO

MEANGHA

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

SUNGEI PATANI

TIENTSID

YOKOHAMA

Curran 40se opened in Lood Currency and Pond Deposin womeved for one year of shorter pecude in Lomi Cursury and Storing of se stick wil be quoted on bo

ALBO up to dave SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES in Exton. A TO LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1938

Harban

220 hoa

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(Bara) Tsingtao Yokuba Labor

gchangs aud General Pmaking buskmenn

trabacios.

THE CHINA-MAIL, TUESDAT,· APRIL 14, 1936.

Commerce and Finance

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Rise

is steady, local The

dollar opening on demand this iny at 1/3d.

mota-

16

Silver prices rose 3/16, both "spot" and "Forward" being quot- Jed at 20-1/16 last Thursday.

The London on New York cross- £---US- rate was quoted at

Carreas Accounts opened sod Fund Depouts $4.34 last Saturday, as compared Memand for a year or shorter paroda et reies whole wil be quoked as applic

A. BREAKLEY,

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE

with S-US.$4.94 last Wednes Manager.day, while the New York on Lon-!

don cross-rate was quoted at U.S.$4.94% yesterday, as compar-

5-5-$4.941⁄2. ed with Wednesday.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Head Office:-63, Broadway, New York

Capital Surplus Reserves

.U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,183,633.06 870,731.05

BRANCHES:-

Amtssekame

Greno

Antwerp Alleen

The Hagos

Bersos

Zodia Berlia

Bombay

Sun

Cara

Jerusaleza London

Bids may be

Leautie

Carpet

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the shore Baak is conduct.

od by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BASSING CORPORATION obsances Depict.co

POE TEN HONG KONG AND SHANGRAI BANKING CURPUBATION.

*, M. GRAYBETRX,

Chist Manager.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

Colamba

Lopenhagen Dublin Edinburg's Forsbos Gearve

Khburg Kev Fadelberg

Lurarpool

Lugano IALLOW

"

Moctress

Sapien Pirm

1

Purging

BOLL

Sinagbal Southampton

Singapore Tin

مقدمة

WING ON CO.

last.

Proposed Reduction Of Capital

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING PENDING

Extraordinary

General An Meeting of the Wing On Company (Shanghai) Limited will be held at the Company's registered office. No. 213, Des Voeux Road Central. Hong Kong. on Monday, May 4.) at 2 pm. when certain special considered. will be Express resolutions

Var.co Yakobsmus Zurick

3ocin-Cutlas Xanua -. Strauch

Branches of American

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Company in Principal cities of United It is proposed that the capital of

---------$20,000,000,00

Authorized Capita Paid Capital Berts Undivided Produ................ 386, SAD AS

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG.

10. V lood, Cal

BOARD OF DIRECTUPS:

Sur Show Chure, Can

Ii Isoe Luua. Eng. F. B. on, by Wong' Yun Tong bay Cha Chung book, ling. Li Las

mang. 284. Song Chu Son, Bay, and a

Z reg.

ومصير

Batavia

Bombay

Kan Tung Po, Eng, Chiaí Manager..

Tom Four Lagu Masagar.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES ;--

Calcutta

Canton

Sephone

Hanków

Hom

Kolek

Korleon

Loeden.

Julia

Me! Bource

Augiesis

Sve York

على كلية ال

Pati

Hangam

Zasta

Sa Faci

Бонгалета

Sechabung

bhanghai,

Singapore

-

byydney

Thoka

Tientsin Tukyo

L'OKSERIDA

States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts hand-

led.

the Company be reduced from. ($10,000,000 Hong Kong Currency, of Idivided into 100,000 shares

$100 Hong Kong currency each, to $10,000,000 national curTERCY prevailing in Shanghai, divided of $100 100,000 shares

The Company offers to intending into TinTravellers the use of its "Travellers national currency

Cheques" and Letters of Credit and,

Ey scriptwa of tacking and Exchange buscames Selected.

grated on approvać

in Zoo CITRICY

Arroyale op for coa az or

Currear 204 Find De

smarter pecode is loosi and Foreign Cyr

on to winch will be quoted veggiELLENE. -Sale Depot Boxes To Le

XAN TONG TO,

Chat Monger.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1889

Capital (full paid-up) Yen.100,000,000 .Yen.129,150,000 Reserve Fund

Head Office: YOKOHAMA Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton Dairen (Dainy) Fengtien (Maiden)

Hamburg

Flankow Hachin

Kong

Honu

Hsinking Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

Moji

Nagasaki Nagoya New York

"

Osaka Paris Peiping Rangoon

de Janeiro Bio San Francisco Seattle

Semarang Shanghai

Singapore

Sourabaya

Sydney Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtau

Yingkow

in Shanghai |

in addition, the world-wide services each, and that such reduction be of its thoroughly equipped. Travel effected by cancelling paid-up per share capital to an amount Department.

equal to the difference at the cur- C. H. BENSON,

between General Manager.rent rate of exchange

$100 Hong Kong currency and $100: national currency prevailing in THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, Shanghai upon each of the 100,000

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China). Head Office Shanghai

Capital

Reserve

$7,500,000.00

$1,500,000.00

Branches- Important Cities in

China

Foreign Exchange und Gasses, Banking BusinMMA. traced

shares which have been issued.

SHARE MARKET

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

Banka

H.K. Banks $1,553 n. H.K. Bank (London) £100% n. Chartered Bank £14 n.

Mercantile Bank A. and

KI E.

Mercantile Bank C. £14 1.- Bank of East Asia $73

Insurances

Canton Ins. $275 n. Unions Ing $575 d. China Underwriters $1-n. China Fire Ins. $480.z H.K. Fire Ins. $237 m. International Assce. Sh$3 n. Shipping

Douglases $36 →

F.K. Steamboats $514 n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 1. Shells (Bearer) 92/6 n. Union Waterboats $12.20 n.

Mining

Antamoks $2.12 b. Balatoes $2134 n. Baguio Gold 25 cts. b., Benguet Consolidated $18.10. Benguet Exploration 20 cts. n. Big Wedge 26 cts, a. Demonstration 66 cts. b. Gold Creek 15 cts. n. Gold River 7 ets. n. Itogons $1.08 b. IXL $1.55 b.

Salacot 14 cts. D. Kailan Mining Ad. 11/6 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.$10-n. Masbate 70 cts. 1.

S'hai Exploration Sh.$41⁄2 n. Shanghai Loans Sh. Raubs $114.

San Mauricio $1.20 b. United Paracale 67 cts. b. Venz; Goldfield $314 n.

Dock, etc.

H.K. and K. Wharves $91 62. H.K. and W. Docks $9 Providents (old) $1.15 b. Providents (new) 20 cta. I Hong Kew Sh.$190 New Engineering Sh$4 a Shanghai Docks Sh.$90 n.

Cotton Milt

CIVIL ESTIMATES £1,000,000 LESS

£70,000 More For Secret Service

HOME OFFICE ALSO HAS LARGER BUDGET

is

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Averages Up

BUT UNDERTONE NOT FIRM

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

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

instructions to sell by Public

designed have received

од

Auction

Wednesday the 15th. April 195€ commencing at 11,00 am. at their Sales Room. Duddell Street Quantity of Valuable Household

A reduction of more than 1

Stock: With the exception of 000,000 on last year's total shown in the Estimates issued utilities, Dow-Jones averages were A last month for the Civil and Re-jall up, but the undertone is not venue Departments. These are firm. Trading, on the whole, was the first of the Estimates for thelon the quiet side. Business done:] forthcoming financial year.

[1,450,000 shares.

A striking item is an increase for £70,000 in the amount allotted is

Whest: No important moisture the South-West. forecast in

de-

Furniture and Sundries On View on day of Sale Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.

AuctioneeTS.

Hong Kong, 14th April, 1936.

THE Undersigned have received Tinstructions have receive Auction

on

Friday the 17th. April, 1936 commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room. No. 35, Hankow Road. Kowloon

to the secret service. The Home Total sales: 25.869,000 bushels.

Cotton: There was some heavy Office also requires an additional

price-fixing in May cotton. Views £426.000.

The total Estimates are £448,-regarding weather conditions are 089,714. compared with £449,091,-stimulating buying.

Rubber: Many traders are on €41 in 1935.

Last year's original figure was side-lines, fearing possible

pre valuation or declines. We think £17879.690 lower than the sent estimate, but it was increas that setbacks would prove to be ed by the Budget provision for temporary and result in more con- the restoration of salary cuts and fident aggressive buying and even- tually sabstantially high prices. supplementary estimates.

Total sales: 213 lots.

Flash: The Phillips Petroleum

Chesterfield Suites, Teak Dining extra Room and Bed Room Furniture, last year £365.253.914, as com Company has declared an

dividend of 25 cents per share. Gramaphone and Records. Pic pared with 4369,871,339.

Steel mill activity during the

tures, Clocks, Ornaments, Cutlery, economy is offset by the three re- venue departments, which ask for Past week is estimated at 67.9 per Brass and Glass Ware, Porcelai £3.415,489 more than in 1935. The cent of capacity, against 645 per and E. P. Ware, etc, etc.

The civil estimates show 3 TC- 01 duction of nearly £4,500,000

This

comparative figures for these decent. the previous week. partments are:-

1936

1935

£ Customs and

Excise

5.837,100 5,672,400 Inland Revenue 7,654,700 7,527 902 69,344,000 66,220,000 Post Office ...

Big Home Office Increase Among the principal items un- der the civil estimates are:-

1936

1935

£

allowance

A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising: ·

also

A Few. Pieces of Black Wood Furniture Or View from Thursday, the

Terms: Cash on Delivery

COMMODITY PRICES 16th. April 1936.

The following quotations have been received by Beater.

Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing

1L30 11.35 11.00 10.37 10.44 10.39 10.45

Spot

1,245.255 1,273,377 New York Rubber:-

May

271,500 223,500 India Services 1,618,525 1,666,990 July

.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 14th April, 1936.

11.08 20 MONTHS' GAOL

+

-

Ministry of La-

bour

New York Cotton- May July 23.719.000 23,690,000 October

Unemployment

December

45,000,900 50,139,043

Secret Service. Foreign Office Diplomatic and Consular Ser- vices League of Na-

tions

$30,000

172,736

180,000 January 181,570 March

10.42 10.48

1047. 10.57 11.69 11.75

Home Office Police (England

and Wales)

1,019,259 593,253 September

December 11,312,759 11.377,041 March

16.02. 16.08 16.14 16.203 16.22

-16.30a

16.363 16443

16.41

Board

age xions

Pen-

47,622,796 46,146,787

Chicago Wheat:- 21,628,150 20,416,540 May July 44,321,000 43,319,000

September

95% 95%

87%

877

85%

85%

OT-

phans & Old-

Chicago Corn:—

age Contribu-

May

604

tory Pensions 15,000,000 14,000,000 Grants for Em- ployment Schemes

July

59%

594

Winnipeg Wheat:--

44,100,000 4,200,000 May

81%

31%

Debentures

Un employment Assistance Board Mmistry

July

82

October

32%

2,000,000 2,100,000 |

824

of

Ewo Cottons Sh.38 b. Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh$70

Shanghai Cottons (new) Sh.$40

*-

*

Certain

Articles of

alterations In the the Association of company are also proposed.

Cacross and Sering Accounts speed and Fixed RAW RUBBER PRICES

Deposit retired for ass year or aborsar panoda si falon which will be quoted on application.

BOU 2. CELSO,

Kaunger.

HONG KONG BENCH HD Faux Bond, Central Manager's Off Forsiga Zobengs Dept. sumasam

- Tal $2065

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong

26, Dea Voet Road Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:-- Westaninster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every das- criptor of banking business transact- ad

Current Accounts and Savings Ae- Fixed Deposita re- counts opened. ceived at rates which will be quoted on_application.

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

PHILIP GOCKCHIN

Chief Manager.

Interest allowed for Current AQUALITY PRINTING

counts.

Deposits received for fixed periods on applica-

at rates to be obtained

tion.

G. KISHINAMI

Manager:

Hong Kong, 10th March, 1936.

POPEYE.

-

"Gnats

SALARE WE GOING TO LET THAT ONE-EYED RAT RUIN MY BATTLESHIP? —

NAY, SIR

WELL, GET YOUR

GON AND SHOOT

RM

(AYE,

ĮSIR

With Quick Service

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD,

GAMLA BEN. BLDG.

And Bolts To You!"

DROP THAT EN OR ILL SMACK

YOUR SILLY

FACE

Latest Quotations From

Singapore

Messrs. H. E. Joseph and Ca following the have received

Straits currency quotations in from Singapore for Raw Rubber.

Spot 25% b. Unchanged. May-June 27 b. Up s. July-Sept. 27 b. Up Oct-Dec. 221⁄2 b. Up Market:-Quiet.

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)

..$5,000,000. Capital paid up

$7,300,000. Beserves Capital Savings Dept. $600,000. Beserve Savings Dept. $600,000 Head Of Shantzari

A Bank having as its mission' the industrial development on China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Office~~

S

6, Queen's Road Central Phone 31116.

Zoong Sings Sh.$12 n Wing On Textiles Sh.$25 a

Lands, Hotels, etc. H.K., and S. Hotel 4 b. H.K. Lans $3314 m.

HK. Lands

4%

100% b. Shanghai Lands Sh$18 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 a Humphreys $9 1.

HK Realties $5 n- Chinese Estates $82 m China Realties Sh.34 . China Debentures Sh.$60 D.

Public Utilities

H.K. Tramways $10.40 5. Peak Trams (oid) 7 n." Peak Trams (new) $3 n. Star Ferries $84. Yaumati Ferries $19 n C. Lights (old) $10.40 n.

C. Lights (new) $7.35 n. HK Electrics $51 b. $51%

32+

Macao Electrics $20 a. Sandakan Lights $8.30 a. Telephones (old) $25.15 Telephones (new) $9. n. China Buses Sh$114 n. Singapore Tractions 21/- 1. Singapore Tractions Pref. 23/-

1.

Industriais

Malabon Sugars $8.40 n. Cald.. Marg. (Ord.) Sh.$19 Cald, Mecg. (Pret) Sh$15 a. Canton Ices $11. Cements $8.90 b. H.K. Ropes $4 &

LISTEN TWEET-TWEET-

[ 1 OBJECT TO THE ENEMY- TWEET-COMING ABOARD THIS BATTLESHIP

TWEET-) "OH, YOU DO.

DO YOU?-WELL- I SUPPOSE YOU THINK.

ILIKE

of Edu- cation Ministry Health

Old-

Widows.

Agriculture 2277,878 2,241,497

of Ministry

101,152 Transport

109,098 Ministry of

Pensions ... 41,400,000 42,400,000 Among smaller items for which there are increased estimates, are all the national art galleries and museums, prisons, assistance to shipping, beet sugar subsidy, Boy- of Parliament al parks, Houses buildings..

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $19% n. Watsons $ 12.

Lane, Crawfords $6%% n.

Mackintoshs $5 m. Sinceres $2 D- Wm. Powells 50 cia. s. Wing On (EK) $55 a

MiscellanGNEN EntertainmentsTM $234 p.

S. C. Enterprises $135.n. Macao "Greyhounds" $2 m. Constructions (ok) $1% n Constructions (new) 50 cta. 2. Vibro Piling 14 n.

Ch. Govt. 5% 1935 G$Bds.--

-94% n

HK Govt. 4% Loan 5% prem. b. PHK Govt. 32% Loan par. b. Wallace Harpers $4 n.

To-morrow.

YOUNG MAN DAWILL YOU PLEASE-PLEASE STOP UNSCREWING MY,

BATTLESHIP!!?

B

60%

224

SAVED

Stroke Of Mid-night. Does It

AMNESTY IN FORCE.

Warsaw: One minute has sav

16.51bed a man here from serving 20

months in prison.

A market gardener named An- drzej Keller was charged with

fire to buildings be having set

the longing to his neighbours on night of November 10-11 last

He was found guilty and sen- tenced to five years' imprisonment, But then the court had to deter mine the exact moment at which the offence was committed.

A crime committed a minute before midnight on the night of the fire would be effected by the- amnesty granted to commemorata- the introduction of Poland's new the accused would receive a reduced sentence. Benefit Of Doubt The full sentence would have to- be served if it was proved that the offence was committed even minute after midnight.

1,000,000 POUNDS constitution, and

OF BEEF

Biggest Atlantic Catering Job

FOOD FOR "QUEEN MARY”

Southampton,

ORÜ:

All the witnesses maintained that the fire brake out exactly on the stroke of midnight.

The court decided to give the

The man who will be respon-prisoner the benefit of the doubt

Queen and reduce his sentence of Eva: sible for seeing that the

He will thus Mary's larders are always wel years by a third.

2 have to serve only three years and stocked gave an

interviewer

idea of the biggest Aflantic cater-four months. jing job that anyone has yet bon

called upon to undertake.

3,000.

Mr. A. L. Gosling victualling

THE WINE LIST the Cunard

The wines, spirits and beer con-- superintendent of Atlantic fleet, estimates that in asumed will incinde:

year the Queen Mary will require:

1,000,000lb of beef; 21,000 bot tles of whisky: 400,000lb of fish; 42,000 galls, of milk in addition to of condensed milk; 6,400 galls.

butter. cream; 165,000 These figures are based on the

22.000 gells. draught lager;" 725,000 bottles of beer; 285,000, bot- tles of mineral water: 11,600 bot- tlee of liquers; 2,000 bottles of brandy: 5,800 bottles of gin; 20,000 bottles of champagne. Nearly 400 different kinds of"

assumption that the liner will have food will be stored in the larders: an average daily population of of the Queen Mary,

-“High Tide."

ADMIRAL

I TOLD YA ONCT TO

MIND YER OWN BIZNESS.

•NOW SCRAI

HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY

· 1936 ISSUE-

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