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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital $50,000,000 incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. Issued and Fully-Paid-up 20,000,000 | HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Baserve Funds:--

Sterling.£6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve....$10,000,000

serve Liability of Pro-

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: BONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Agencies and Branches:

Paid-up Capital

Eeserve Fund

..£3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Prv

prietors

...-..£3,000,000

$20,000,000

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Bangoon

„Amzitont

Ipa

Jacque

karachi

Securang

Davi

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Bombay

kut

Shanghai

L'alatia

Kuala Lumpur

Canton

Auching

Cawapoem

Madras

Caba

Colabo De

Meden

Dingapore

Sarabeye.

I'weste

New York

poong

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Hoa. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Chairman

G. Miskin Esq.

Deputy Chau"TRINIT

Men. Mr. W.H. Bell, J.R. Masson Esq. AH, Compton Esq., T. E. Paarce Esq. Hon. Mr. S. II. Dodwell,

J. A. Plummer Esq.

MT. Johnson Esq. AL. Shields Esq.

ANOT

1. M. Grayburn, Esq.

Chant Man

BAUVE

CALUSTA CANTUN CHEF

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DAIRES Pocliuw KAPUUM HAVES BANK HARYIN BONGRET

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USANCE

KUALA LUMPUR

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JYONS

MALAURA MANILA M&Jobore) XKDES NEW YORK PRIMING PESANE

HANGIN

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

SILANGHAI

SANGAPUKE

MAH HARAYA

SUNGLA PALANI

TIENTSIN

TSINGTAO

JOLDHAMA

Current Axolute upened in Loosi, Currency and Few ' toe om your ve borer pencerely sad bowrung on

arbuch

will be quiet où spieval the.

DrG MANG TU LEE DEPOT BU

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Bustion of the atone Bank is voodver. by JONG KONG AND MEANG HAL SANG CORPORATION

Buis day

FOR THE BONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BASKINŲ, CORIAUBATION.

V. GRAYBURN.

Checa ? Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

$10,000.50

Askbored Capra' -----

SOMO.CAX). Pud-up Caps Reserve and Loŭrided Probl$ 2,885, BWG_112

HEAD OFFICE;-huko KONG.

De Vos Home, Cen

BARD OF DIRECTORS-

Jus Long Eng Chan Ching Blank, Ling, heat hono -Bacig. Emy. Whing can do by sad bao Ying

Amoy

Bombay

An Tung Po. Eng., Chiet Managutu LT Fong. Zeq., Huangst.

BRANCHES AND-AGENCIES:-

عليمية

-

Melbourne

Demikia

semaran

bhangin

Nayak

New York

wate

Calmiste Curion Paiphong

Cuka

Yurin

Prepa

Tenang

Kamoinin

Kowloon

London

Bangona

San Francisco

Man

Zongkah

11)

Juhunte Zamboanga

Furman Exchange nod Gusarai Basiung busines Curreal Accouster opsoed and Find Depos recsked for Que year or aborter perde si talou wide wild be quoted an appucsun.

A. BREAKLEY,

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1936-

ommerce and Finance

NEW YORK STOCK

*** MARKET

Bearish Trend Seen

SALES ON RALLIES ADVISED

Messrs. White, Weld and Com-! pany, New York Correspondents for Messrs. S. E. Lery and Com- pany, report:-

Stocks: The market to-day es- tablished a bearish trend, with ro We ex- Manager.near resistance points.

Boag Koag, 1st January, 1935.

THE

fpect the current good business tol continue for perhaps another two months, but the market may bel anticipating subsequent

vace

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, tainty. We would advise sales

INC.

Joosepwated was bad basing in

Head Office:-65, Broadway. New York

Capital

_U_S_$6,000,000.00,

2,183,633.00 570,731.00

Industrial issues are on rallies.

resistance previous below the level, indicating a further sub- stantial decline if to support ap- Ipears before the close. done: 2,300,000 shares.

Business

Surplus Reserves

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جرا

Berlin

MOMČAJ

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LOWJO

Budisa

ایده های ماه تا

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BRANCHES:—

silnego w *he tinge

Barane

Bamberg Kamro Hudelberg loteriakan Jeruzalėt

verpool

WELCO

Laudo

Montreux Milan 320

Sapins

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Vall Slump Carlo

ADICK

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Faupung

Botterdam

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SHARE MARKET

The following was the list local share quotations issued |day:-

Bankı

H.K. Banks $1.510 : H.K. Bank (London) 103 1. Chartered Bank £14. Mercantile Bank A. and

£31 m. Mercantile Bank C. £14% n. Bank of East Asia $73 1.

Insurances

Canton Ins. $275 n- Union Ins. $510 b., ar, sa. China Underwriters $12. China Fire Ins. $450 h. H.K. Fire Ins. $250 . International Assce. Sh$3. Shipping

Douglases $36 n.

H.K. Steamboats $54 n.

. Indo-Chinas (Pret.), $30 1. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 1. Shell (Bearer) 95/7 Union Waterboats $12.20 n.

Mining

Antameks $2.35, 2.42 sa. Balatocs $21 a.

$3.

n.

CHAMBER OF LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

COMMERCE

Annual Meeting Next Monday

Ho Tim-aan. an unemployed, The Hong Kong Inter-School was this morning sentenced to Sports will be held at Caroline Hill and Cheats: 2 pm) six months' hard labour by Mr.to-day

(finals: 215 S. F. Balfour at the Central Friday, May 1, Magistracy for throwing pepper pm). The prizes will be dis- The Annual General Meeting into the face of Mrs. Irwatatributed on Friday by Mr. G. R. of the Members of the Hong and attempting to snatch ber Sayer, Director of Education. Kong

Chamber

General

of

There will be a whist drive at the Cheero Club at S.30 pm to- day.

yester- Defendant admitted the day. of Commerce will be held at the handbag near Glenealy to offices of the Chamber, Char-

charge. tered Bank Building. on Monday next at 4.30 p.m. for the follow-! ing purposes:----

The usual fortnightly whist

Che Lin, a female, was admitted (1) To receive the Report to the Government Civil Hospital

Room at Kowloon Dock to- and Accounts of the Commit-suffering from injuries received drive will be held in the Reading

ended 31st when she was knocked down by

at $.45 day

Admis- P.1. Iprivate ear No. 3595 in Hennessey

50

Refreshments sion

cents. Road yesterday.

will be served and whist will be followed by a tombola. The Com- mittee extends a cordial invitation - to the general public.

B tee for the year

December, 1985.

(2) To elect a Committee. (3) To elect Auditors. (4) To transact any General Business

.

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Firm

Ng Yuen was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday suf- fering from internal injuries re- ceived when eight men assaulted

The ss. Chitral is due here, him in Portland Street resterday. from Singapore with the outward

English mails

morrow.

at 10

(11

A report has been made to the Police by Leung Kam-chuen, mas- ter of cargo boa: No. 1669W, that A rehearsal of the Hong Kong to-day called for dollar is steady, his boat collided with another Singers is The local

No. 1754V, in the at 5.30 pm at the Union Church, jopening on demand this morning cargo boat.

southern fairway at 1.30 rester-Kennedy Road. at1 81.

result were unchanged. day afternoon and as a Silver prices

thrown into i The Matshed Church Ladies' both "spot" and "forward" being seven persons were

the water. They were rescued Sewing Bee will meet at 10 a.. quoted at 20%.

The London on New York cross-by the steam launch Hop" Sang,to-day. rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.93%, which happened to be near by.j

of

At-to-day's weekly tiffic Baguio Geld 30 cts., b. 31 ets. as compared with S-U.S$4.99. Yeung Lin-fai a married woman. Cotton: The rains in Texas áre

while the New York on London and Lo Fo were admitted to the the Rotary Club, the speaker will are insuf- beneficial, but they

cross-rate was unchanged at Government Civil Hospital and be Rotarian Laszlo Schwartz, of cient, whilst the rainfall in

U.S.S4.9391.

are reported to be progressing Budapesth. His subject will be Two Happy Bed-fellows - Com- satisfactorily. Oklahoma is entirely insuficient!

mercialism and Art." Wheat: While some beneficial! rains have been received, much

Wei in needed. more rainfall

be advisable to think it would

Total sales: purchase for a turn. 19.221,000 bushels.

Flash: Steel mill activity for the past week is estimated at 71.2 per cent of capacity against 70.4 American Express per cent. the previous week. Company in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.

Branches

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

led

Persocal investment accounts hand-

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services

COMMODITY PRICES

The following quotations have been received by Reuter.

Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing

of its thoroughly equipped Travel New York Cotton:- Department

(Incorporated in China)

Head Office Shanghai

Capital

$7,500,000.00

Reserve

-$1,500,000.00

Bungapore Sourabaya Mydlwy

Taihei

"Tak Vanocovat

Every description, of Banking and Exchang Loans grested on approved

Sape poate spent in Local CATRACY and Food Deposita esired low one year or shorter periods is Local god Formign Curr

A winch will be quoted, on "appisosLUID.

Bele Depoelt Bom To Le

SAN TONG PO

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, January

LIMITED

Branches-All Important Cities in

tranamazed..

Current and being costs specs and Pized March

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Deputed for the year or shorter perioda

retes which wội he quoted on application.

Z CHANG,

Manage

2 De Tour Bond. Central

Chit Manage.

Benguet Consolidated $18.20 Benguet Exploration 22 cts. Big Wedge 40 cts. n. Demonstration 79 cts. 32. Gold Creek 15 ets. D. Gold River 44 cts. sa. Itogons $1.20 b. 31.24 sa IXL $16 n. Salacot 11 cts. a. Kailan Mining Ad. 12/3 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.810 n Masbate 70 cts. n.

S'hai Exploration Sh.$44 n. Shangbai Loans Sh.$4 n. Raubs $111⁄4 ».

San Maurico $1.20

.

ZLOTY TO BE CONTROLLED

Government Decree Published

Warsaw, To-day.

j

The sa Nellore

A Russian couple. Petrus and Maria Vitkovski, were this mor- !ning charged before Mr. S.. F.Manila, Australian and Tasmanian Balfour at the Central Magistracy ports on Saturday

with entering the Colony without a

The case was

a valid passport. adjourned for 48 hours.

will leave for

next at 10.30

One case each of enteric fever and puerperal fever were reported The weekly meeting of the Ur-to the Health authorities in the of controlled currencies, with alban Council will be held at 4.15 43 hours ended on Sunday.

The zloty has joined the ranks

decree closely regulating foreign pm. to-day. exchange transactions and

es-

United Paracale 76 cts. b. 76 tablishing a commission, whose

cts. sa.

Yenz; Goldfield $31⁄2 n.

Docks, etc.

The ss. Nellore, which left Moji The ss. Santhia will leave for on Sunday morning, is due bere leave will be necessary for the Osaka via ports: on 6 a.m.

onjon Thursday morning- purchase or transfer abroad of Thursday. foreign currencies, the granting of credits to foreigners, and the. import and export of gold.

Nearing home after addressing The Kowloon Chess Club will

over 17,000 Rotarians throughout meet at 5.30 p.m. to-day at the the world, Mr. C. S. See arrived ins

Hong Kong this week on his way to Kuala Lumpur after completing

the

at

ling

his

tour

a world tour which began in Mr. See year. Singapore Last at visited 18 different countries dur- addressed

and

H.K. and K. Wharves $91 x. KK. and W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old) $11⁄4 n. Providente (new) 20 cta. 1. - Hong Kew Sh$190 n. New Engineering Sha Shanghai Docks Sh.$100 B.

-Cotton Mills Ewo Cottons Sh88% b Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh$70

៦.

RAW RUBBER PRICES (new) Sh.-

The Government officially ex- Central British School plains that the decision is intend-

The annual meeting of ed to prevent speculation and the undue export of capital, and will China Emporium will be held not interefere with normal trading 62A-6S, Queen's Road Central,

4.30 p.m. to-day. [conditions.-Reuter.

Shanghai Cottons

$3714 b. Zoong Sings Sh.$12 r. Wing On Textiles Sh$25

Lands, Hotels, etc.

EK. and S. Hotel $4.80 b...“ á....

30/821 sa H.K. Lands $31 s

May July C. H. BENSON,

General Manager. October

December

March Spot

New York Rubber:- May July September China Forsign, Zambags and Owners! Banking Business December

11.53 1158 11.20 11.13 10.27 10.37 10.35 10.26 10.29 -10.38# 10.44 10.33 11.33 11.77

15.99a

15.93 16.11a 16.05 16.22 16.192 16.343 16.284 16.40a. 16.454

Chicago Wheat:—

H.K Lands 4%

Debentures

LIMITED

HONG KONG BRANCH :

May

10034

98

100% b.

Established 1980

Manager's Off -

• IL SEE

July

90%

$7

Shanghai Lands Sh$18 n.

Yoreign Exchange Deph MNCONTINE RADOST

53566

September

39%

$5%

Metropolitan Landa Sh, $10

n.

General Odas

Be360

Eumphreys $8.80 2.

Coal' as were

23509

..Yen 129,150,000

Chicago Corn:-

H.K. Realties $5 m.

May

63P%

61%

Chinese Estates $82 1.

Head Office: YOKOHAMA,

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

July

62

60%

China Bealties Sh.$4

China. Debentures Sh.$60 n.

Alexandria.

Head Office: Hong Kong

•26, Des Voeux Road Central

Winnipeg Wheat:-

Public Utilities

Batavia

May

8134

7954

H.K. Tramways $10% b. $10.-

July

825%

8034

85.sa.

Bombay

October

83

82.

Calcutta

Canton

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

Beserve Fund

Berlin

Branches and Agencies at

Nagasaki Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Paris

Peiping

Dairen (Dainy) Rangoon

Fengties (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Kanking

Pondon

Los

Angeles

Marila Moji

San Francisco

Seattle Shang

Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtan Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current Ae.

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

G. KISHINAMI,

tion.

Manager.

Bong Kong, 10th March, 1936..

K

POPEYE. A.

IYA GOT TO BE BRAVE COWARDS DON'T GET NOPLACE GO CAPTURE A BRUTIAN

OKAY,

SOLJER

FLL TRY IT- GNATS TO THE ENEMY

Authorised Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:- Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des cripton of barking business tranzact ed.

Current Accounts and Savings Ac-j 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.

'Brine Your PRINTING, Problems to Usi

THE PEKWEPAPER ENTERPELEE LTD.

GOURA HAR BURG

24 WINNIE WY.

Hand-To-Hand Encounter”

| HANDS UP OR I'LL)

PRICK YOU WITH

MY BAYONET

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up .$5,000,000.

Reserves

..$7,200,000. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head Ofice 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.

SHAW!:

THA

HAW! HAW! HA!

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Peak Trams (old) $7 a. Peak Trams (new) $3 n. Star Ferries $86 b.

Yaumati Ferries $19 -

C. Lights (old) $10.70 b. C. Lights (new) $7% b.

HK Electrics $50% b., $50%-

51 sa

Macao Electrics 520 1. Sandakan Lights $8.30 m. Telephones (old) $25.40 n. Telephones (new) 19 n. China Buses Sh$11 Singapore Tractions 20/- n. Singapore Tractions Pref. 23/-

I

Industrials

Malabon Sugars. $8.40 n. Cald., Macg. (Ord) Sh$191⁄2 1 Cald, Mecg. (Pret:) Sh.$15

HA!

"HAW! HA!

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[Earlier cable on Page 10.1

Latest Quotations From Singapore

5

following

Currency

Messrs. B. B. Joseph and Co. have

the received

Straits quotations in from Singapore for Baw Rubber.

Buyers

Spot May/June ¡July/Sept. Oct/Dec.

The St. John's Cathedral Church Rotarians in every country. Council will meet to-day at 5.30

P.M

A Dinner Dance will be held at Repulse Bay Hotel to-morrow at 8.30 p.m.

CONSUMPTION OF TIN

.26% Down % WORLD FIGURES

27

Down 18

273% Down % .27% Down /

Market:-Uncertain;

Canton Ices 31 n. Cements $10 b, $10.15/10.10 HLK. Ropes $4 b.

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms $20 m. Watsons $3 1

Zane, Crawfords $674 m.

Mackintoshs $5 1. Sinceres 22 1.

Wi Fowells 50 eta, zi. Wing On (HK) $55 n.

Miscellaneous Entertainments $2.90 n.

S. C. Enterprises $135 2 Macao "Greyhounds” $2 'n. Constructions (old) $1% Constructions (new) 50 cts: Vibro Piling $4. n.

Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$BCA

934.

ISSUED

WORLD'S LARGEST

SHIP

"Normandie" Still Leads

Through additional construc- tion made aboard the French Line Aagship Normandie during her winter lay-up in Havre, her, London, To-day. gross tonnage has been in- from 79,280 to The extent to which the world creased

by 82,799.45, according to cabled is nsing more tin is shown the April bulletin of the Tin Re-advices received by Henri Morin sa-search Development Council, re-de Lindlays, resident General

H.K. Gort, 4% Loan 5% prem.

- b.

E.K. Govt. 3% Loan par. 1. Wallace Harpers $4 n.

To-morrow.

HELP! STOP ME! I'M LAUGHING MYSELF TO

DEATH

vealing the world apparent con-Manager of the French Line for the year ending here, from Henri Cangardel, the sumption

line's managing director in February 1936 at 145,492 tons, an

Paris increase of 215 per cent, compar- led with last year. the United The Normandie thus retains States leading the way with an the distinction of being the increase of 45.1 per cent. Other "world's largest ship," and is appreciable increases were: Hollikewise the longest ship afloat. land, $15 per cent; Czechoslova-her length being 1,029 feet kia, 25.1; Switzerland 18.9: over-all-the standard of mea-- Sweden, 17.8; and India, 16.9. surement by which the length It is estimated that 139,800 of vessels is always determined. tons were used in manufacture The advices from Paris also (an increase of 8.4 per cent.). announced that the gross ton-- while the 5,692 tons remaining

of the Normandie will nage from the above consumption reach the record-breaking figure figure have gone into consumers' of 83,000 tons by the time cur-

aboard rent construction stocks.

The bulletin.calculates Eolivia's finished and the ship re-enters

with arrears of exports at the end of service,

her departure *March at 8,081 tons-Beuter. from Havre on May 6.

"The Secret Service'

HA:

HA

(AH MY FIRST

IM-GRR-

TO OUR ENEMIES

OUR FLAG

SHALL

{LIVE!

HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY

· 1936 ISSUE -

NOW

ON SALE

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