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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

......$50,003,300) Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

Issued and Fnity-Paid-up. 20,000,000₫

eserve Funds:—

Sterling ....£6,500,000

mong kong Currency

Reserve...$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

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HEAD-OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fand

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

......$20,000,000)

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000)

Agencies and. Branches:

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HEAD OFFICE: HONG XUNG.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Cameramik.

G. Miskin Esq..

Deputy Chironi.

Hon Mr. Wb. sel, JK, Xasson Esqui

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H. Compton Esq., T. E. Pearce Esq., Colombo hon. Mr. S. M. Dodwell,

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Siphong

J. A. Plummer Esq., Hadowi T

Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,

Lepio Kartaue

A.-L. Shields Esq., Hong Kong

V. M. Graybarn, Esq.

AUS mality bus ALAVIA

MALAYALA LAMIUN

COLOMEO

PAIRES

JUDEHOW

·HAIPHONG

HANDLIN

MASKOW

BARKIN

UNDELW

ILVILU

AVSAL

JOHORE

LUNE

Chirurg.

BRANCHES :-

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON LYONS

KALAUCA

MANILA

VANDRA

NEW YORK PELPING PENANG

HANGOON

SAIGUA

SAN FRANCIS

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

SUNGE PATANI

DENTSIN

TUXXU

ISINGTAU

YOKOHAMA

Current Accounts opened its Local Currency and Fixed Depouse received for one year or sorte

node in Local Currency and Sterlate on Lerms which while quoted on applicationE

450 up to date 5IFE DEPOSIT BOXES in

VAZIOUS BIEN TO LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Business of the above Bank is coach "z

ed by the RONG KONG AND SHANGHAI EANING CURPURATION.

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FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGEM BANKING CORPORATION,

GRAYBURN.

Chint Manager. Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Andrewd Capital

Hand-up Captai

Bar and Cider Profits

*

-$10,000,000,0

$2,100.00

$ 1063302

HEAD OFFICE :—BONG KONG.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman

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Chun, E. P. K. Kok. Egong

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Kala Lumpur baugupure

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Fantabaja

Manila

Imping

Neden

York Pairing

(Pling) Pring

Zingtala Zongkah

Zamboanga

Foreign Exchange and General Banking business -

Giervan “devouuta" opened, and Vized Dupovita FORTE IDE one your shorter periods atʼraten | which will be quoted an application,

The leak's Hand. Uthen in London undertakes Executor zad Ärmatom bumizen, and claima

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income Tax everzaid, no focus winch may be mentalad at my of ma dgmacies and Branches.

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Manares. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Office Shanghai

Capital

$7,500,000.00 Beserve

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

Chinta

Tottiga Lazhangs and Gateral. Berkung Buatiess Erazmacted.

Current and Saving Accounts opened and Fixed Deposita received the one seat of shorter pueroda |at "retos which will be quoted on application.

SOT CHANG,

Kanget.

HONG KONG BRANCH: 24. Dee Youx Road, Crosis, Manager's Offer

I JUS Foreign Exchange Dept... LIGAND THE ELEGA General Ofice I

37507 Cashier's Of

THE WING ON BANK, LTD..

Head Office: Hong Kong 25, Des Voeux Road Central

Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des cription of banking business transact- ed

Current Accounts and Savings Ac-

Fixed Deposits re Chuo Ching Shek, Esq. Là Lan counts opened

Sun Free Los Dot, he and Jan Tingceived at rates which will be quoted

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Ka Tung Fu, kapo Chief Mauyet.

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BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

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Iterpboug

Helds

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brawloon brenter

basena tatunitesh.

Aluaise

Selbourne

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Semarang Shanghai

New York

Singapore

Sourabaya

Tiwntow

Omaka

Гиль

Вадачата

sudney

Tibolus

Tierai

Puigco

Tokyo

Dan Francisco

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Tukobema

Loans granted on approved

Jon application.

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

PHILIP GOCKCHIN, Chief Manager.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors

Every descriptive of Banking and Tachen the following list of some of the Currant Acomate opened in Local Cures bighest points on the Island and and Fized: Deposits recived for cos 2017 #Mainland is published:- shorter porinis in Local and Yorigo Curruticize

An arms which will be quoted on applivati.

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KAN TONG FU,

Chin Manager-

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936--

and

Commerce

Finance

Local Share Market

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

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

Banka

H. Bank $1,550 b., $7,570 8. HK. Bank (London) £101

-

- Chartered Bank $15 n..

Mercantile Bank A. and B

5314 n

Mercantile Bank C. $1413 n- Bank of East Asia $74 3.

Insurances Canton Ins. $260 Union Inş. $54712 b. China Underwriters $1 n. China Fire Ins. $462 n. H.K. Fire Ins. $235 b. International Assce. Sh.$34 n.

Shipping

Douglases 330 a. H.K. Steamboats $4 n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 n. Indo-China (Def.) $20 n. Shells (Bearer) 104/4 n. Union Waterboats $12 n.

Docks, etc.

H.K. and K. Wharves $94 b. H.K. and W. Kocks 814 b. Providents (Old) $1.40 b. Providents (New) 20 cts. De Hong Kew $185-n.

New Engineering Sh.$4 n. Shanghai Docks Sh.$85 a

Mining

Kailan Mining Ad. 10/3 n. Langkats (Single) Sh.$5 S'hai Exploration Sh.$3 a Shanghai Loans Sh.$3 n. Raubs $11.60/85 1. Venz: Goldfield $44 b. Antamoks $5.20 s. Atoks $1.05 n. Baguio Gold 62-ets. n. Balatoes $24 n. Benguet Consol $241⁄2 b. Benguet Exploration 47 cts. b.,

48 cts. sa. Big Wedge 70 cts. s., 69 cts. sa. Consolidated Mines 10% ets. b.

11 cts. s. 11-ets. sa. -Demonstrations $1% s. and sa. Ipo Gold 36 cts. sa

Itogons $2.73 n.

IX.L. $2.90 2.

Masbate $1.07 b., $1:09 sa. Northern Mining 53 cts. b., 52/53

cts. sa.

Paracale Gumaus $1.08 b. $1.15

33.

Salacat Mining 20 cts. b.

Public Utilities

HA. Tramways "$114 b. Peak Trams (old) $67% n. Peak Trams (new) $2 n. Star Ferries $90 n.

Yaumati Ferries $20 n.

C. Light (Old) $11.60 b., $11.70-

Bả

C. Lights (New) $8.35 b. H.K. Electric $521⁄4 b. Macao Electrics $20 n. Sandakan Lights $8.50 n. Telephones (Old) $261⁄2 b. Telephone (New) $8.65 n. China Bases Sh.#114 n. Singapore Tractions 29/- n. Singapore Pret. 28/- n

Industrials

Malabon Sugars $91⁄2 n. Cald., Macg. (Ord.) Sh.$19% Cald, Macy. (Pref.) Sh.$15. Canton, Ices $2 a. Cements $9.55 by $9.70 sa. HK. Ropes $316 n.

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms $21 b. Watsons $3.40 b. Lane, Crawfords $63⁄4% n. Mackintoshs $5 3. Sinceres $3 a. Wm. Powells 40 cts. x. Wing On (EK) $50 z.

Cotton Milla Ewo Cotton Sh.$73⁄4 b. Shanghai Cottons (old)

$70 1.

Shanghai Cottons (new)

$39 n.

Zoong Sings C3.$18 n. Wing On Textiles Sh.425 n.

Miscellaneous

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC

SOCIETY.

first CHORUS Rehearsal

TE THE MAID OF THE

| MOUNTAINS” will be held at the ¦ CATHEDRAL HALL on MON- DAY, AUGUST 31st at 5.30 p.m. All interested are invited to at-l tead.

LOCAL NEWS .

BREVITIES

From today the times of clos ing the English, American, Aus- tralian, Siberian and Manila mails will be the same at the Kowloon Central Post Office as at the General Post Office.

The Australian and New Zca-j land Association launch picnic. which was twice postponed last month. because of inclement wea-

next

ather, has

Association's picnic has been fixed for Saturday, August 29, leaving the Police Pier, Kowloon at 9 p.m.

Sh.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

NEXT SAILING TO VANCOUVER VIA SHANGHAI, JAPAN & HONOLULU,

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

AT NOON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st

BOOK NOW FOR YOUR

TRIP HOME IN 1937

Yoko-

Fan-

couver

Hong Shang- Nagi- Kabe Kong hai maki

hama Honolula Victoria Leave Arrive Leave Leave Leave Leave Arrive

been abandoned. The Steamer

E/Canada Jan. 26 Jan. 28 moonlight E/Russia

Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 14 Feb 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 18. E/Japan Feb. 23 Feb. 25

Feb. 27 Feb. 23 Mar. 2. Mar. 8 Mar, 15 E/Asia Mar. 10 Mar, 12 Mar. 14 Mar. 16 Mar, 18

Mar. 27 E/Canada Mar. 19 Mar. 21

Mar: 24 Mar. 26 Apr. 2 Apr. E/Enssia Apr. 2 Apr. 4 Apr. 6 Apt. 8 Apr. 10

Apr. 19 E/Japan Apr. 16 Apr. 18

Apr. 21 Apr, 23 Apr. 29 May 4 E/Asia Apr. 30 May 2 May May 6 May 8 E/Canada May 14 May 16 E/Russia May 28 May 30 June E/Japan June 11. June 13

There will be a dance at the! Cheero Club at 8 p.m. to-day.

The Council of the Hong Kong Football Association will hold a meeting at the Sports Club at 5.30 p.m. to-day.

The R.E.O.CA. open-air Whist Drive and Tombola is due to take Sh-place at Wellington Barracks at

18.30 p.m. to-day.

Entertainments $2.90 n. S. C. Enterprises $1.35 n.

Macno “Greyhounds” $2 n. Constructions (old) $1%%% n Constructions (new) 20 cts. b. Vibro Piling $2

Ch. Gort. 5% 1925 GBds.

32 b.

H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 6% prem. b. H.K. Govt. 3% Loan par. b. Wallace Harpers $4 n.

LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY

Silver Prices Firm

од

San Mauricio $3.15 s.. $3.20 sa. The London on New York cross- Suyoc Consol 66 cts. b.

rate was quoted at US$5.024.

A Tombola will be held at the R.E.W.O.s and S/N.C.0.3 Mess at 9 pm to-morrow.

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May 17

May 19 May 21 May 28 June 2 June 3 June 5 June 12 June 18 June 16 June 18 June 24 June 29

For Information Apply To Your Own Agent Or

Canadian Pacific

WORLD'S GREATEST. TRAVEL. SYSTEM

HONG KONG

SHIP'S BOY to-day

A Whist Drive will be held at the European YMCA in

the West Lounge, begin-| ning at 9 p.m.

There will be a Whist Drive at the Sailors". Home and Seamen's Institute at 9 p.m. on Wednesday

TURNS DIRECTOR

OF MUSIC seen him.

TEL 20752

[said he'd come to get married.

He kept on saying that.

"The old priest said they'd better wait till the doctor'd The girl said she was going to marry hira quick (Continued from Page 4) and lively and nobody could stop her. So the old priest between them, faces: white married them on condition he faces, blank faces, drawn and went straight to hospital. There will be a Whist Drive at very tired which haunted you "She took him off in her car. the Cheero Club to-morrow, be-

There were women with He sat beside her. I put a ginning at 8.30 p.m.

children in their arms or couple o' the women in my car crouched between their knees and I followed. It was only a The usual Friday morning meet-tfully asleep: a few men: a bush-track but that girl was ing of the Christian Fellowship canary in a cage, a dog or two, doing 40. And by cripes she

next.

BAD ACCIDENT

IN DEVON

The local dollar is steady, open-at the Helena May was unavoid-ja kitten playing with a bit of very near piled me up." "I came ing demand this morning ably cancelled last week. The string

or even a grand-round the bend and got me at 1/2-13/164,

next meeting will be on Friday mother drowsy in a corner.." brakes on just in time. Her Dr. Wood is interested in the car was right across the track. "Spot" silver was steady at next at 10.30 2.x.

supernatural or, as he puts it She was screaming at us: He's 19%, while forward" was also firm at 192.

the Supernatural has interested gone! He's gone! He's gone! itself in him. He tells how one He's gore! He's gone! He's night returning to his room at gone! Like that. We couldn't Exeter College, he stopped, stop ber. frozen, on the threshold, to see Pointless-But True standing up against him a man with a body and no head! "Hethe'd gone to.

"The women asked her where They couldn't stood while I could have count make her listen. led one, two, three, four, and meself. I had to shout.

I asked her A motor-coach- in which meni

She my hair bristled. bers of the Challacombe. Devon was sore next day.

My scalp just pointed at the empty seat

Then he Then she started to laugh. branch of the National Deposit went-puff! out like a candle."

I Friendly Society were returning Incredulous companions. deny-for all the tea in China. I left wouldn't hear that laugh again from an outing to Newquay, crash-ing a practical joke, joined in those women to look after her ed last month at Screw bridge, a vain ghost hunt.

Gold River 12 cts. b.. 10 cta. sa. London cross-rate was unchanged)

at £-U.S.$5.02%-

ISLAND

Feet

Victoria Peek

1,823

United Paracales $2.40 b. Gold Greeks 55 cls.

as compared with ̈ £—U.S.$5.02 | · 11/16, while the New York

Signal Station

1,774

Mt. Parker

1,734

Santa Rosa 13 cts. sa.

Mountain Lodge

1,725

Lands, Hotels, etc.

The Eyrie

1.725

Peak Hotel

1,305

H.K. and S. Hotels $1.80 b. HK. Lands $23 b.

Mt. Davis

877

Bowen Boad (filterbeds)

297

HK. 4% Debentures 105%. Shanghai Lands Sh.413 n.

Yen.129,150,000

MAINLAND

Fect

Metropolitan Lands Sh, $10 a Humphreys $9 .

Kowloon Peak

1,971

HK Realties $4

Taimoshan.

Chinese Estates $80 n.

3,124

Established 1880 ·

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

Reserve Fund ..........

Head Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexsadria

Bangkok.

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

· Dairen (Dainy)

Fenstien (Mukden)

Hamburg Hankow

Harbio

Bong Kont

Honolulu

Hainking

Karachi

Robe

London

Los Angeles

Manda

Mosi Nagasaki

Nagoya

New York

Osaka

Paris

Peiping Kangoon

Rio de Janeiro San Francisco Seattle Semarang Shanghai

Singapore

Sourabaya. Sydney

Pientsin

Tsingtau

Tokyo

Yingkow

Interest allowed-for- Current Ac-

counts.

Deposits received for. fized periods

at rates to be obtained on applica-

tion

G. KISHINAMI,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 3rd July, 1935.

THE

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK PRITED (Incorporated in China)

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

$7,500,000. Capital, Savings Dept. - $500,000. Beserve Savings Dept $800,000 Hard Office Shanghai

A Bank having as its mission the industrial development on- China and the fostering of her commercial relations abroad... Hong Kong Office- (1)

& Oven's Bond Central "Phone" 1711E”

THE

China Realties, Sh.$4. China Debentures Sh.360 n.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

INC.

Incorporated with Limited Liability in U.S.A.

REICHMARK TRAVELLERS

CHEQUES

ON SALE AT

ADVANTAGEOUS RATES

Office:

No. 4, Des Voeux Road

Central

POLICE RESERVE Orders For The Current

Week

Coach Falls 60 Feet To River Edge

Come To Be Married

.

I found his

I

found him.

and I went for the lick o' me Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. Hnear Barnstaple. It fell 60 feet

life. It's 48 miles to Afghan King, Inspector General of Police, over a bank, turning a somersault,

The next day he was shown Creek. Right out in the bush. Chinese Company

and being prevented from plung- Training Course-Part ILing into the River Yeo only by an a statue that some workmen I did it in just over the hour.

had just found while cleaning That's moving. The following undermentioned oak tree on the bank.

The sides of the coach were a basement. It was the statue car. Then members will attend Chinese Com-

Dead? Too pany Headquarters on Tuesday, burst open, the windows were of a man in seventeenth cen- Underneath it.

Broke his neck." August 18th at 17.30 hours for smashed, and the passengers, suf-tury dress and in an attitude of right he was.

Dr. Wood offers no explana- Part II of Training Course:— fering from broken bones, cuts, prayer. "He had no head. My

hair bristled for the secondtions. "The experts tell me Constables R38 Henry Wong, and bruises, were extricated by R96 Edward Ho and R16 Kwok companions in a coach which was time, I had seen the original of true ghost stories are like that

this battered bit of marble-pointless," he remarks.qu following. Seven were detained Chun. Shing.

He came last night to knock at have no views, I have simply? Training Course - Part III-in Barnstaple Hospital.

[given the facts." He will have my door."

More eerie still is the tale of a large company of believers the girl who was bride to a who will read and re-read spectre.

"True Thomas."

course

There will be a revolver for: Chinese Company' on Friday, August 21st at 17.15 hours at the King's Park Revolver Range um- |der Police Sergeant A210 Perkins.

NO STATUE OF "GENESIS"

This is told in the words of la casual stranger with whom

Those detailed by the O.C will Only Gargoyle Head he talked while his ship was CHAPEL FOR R.N.V.R.

attend.

The

held up at Fremantle.

ALTAR

Permanent Resting- Place

Inuliin. Company...

Plans to include a living re- "He was a 'cobber" of mine,” Training Course-Part IIL-presentation of Epstein's statne said the man, "and I knew the following, undermentioned “Genesis” in a carnival at Hare-girl-one of them that's easy to members will attend Indian Com- hills. Leeds, have been aban-look at.. She hopped in with pany Headquarters on Tuesday, doned by the carnival commit the tuckers for the wedding August 18th at 17.30 hours for tee.

breakfast and he fixed up with Part II of Training Course:- Mr. Roland Wood, the secrethe priest All right.

A memorial chapel has been "At the chapel he's well and designed to provide in St. Constables R210 Abdullah Shah tary, said: "We have not aban- Mohamed, R213 S. B. Hussian doned the project simply be-truly missing. There was all John's Church, Auckland-road, of our critics, as we the mob. Just hanging about.Upper Norwood, a permanent R236 M. S. Dillon and 1256 Sher cause

maintain that the criticisms And the old priest peeping at resting-place for the altar ased Ahmed Khan

have been unwarrantable and his watch. And the girl get-in. the Chapel of the Royal

for Indian Company on Tuesday, have we ever said that we in-

never our intention nor come. And he didn't come during the war. August 18th at 17,15 hours at the tended to give more

"I thought I'd better go and The altar was originally pro- than a see if I could find him coming vided by the St. John's Church Bowen Road Revolver Range un-head and shoulders portrayal along. He wasn't looking too authorities, and since it was der Police Sergeant A210 Perkins. of Genesis. Those detailed by the 0. C. will {attend."'

Training Course - Part III.

There will be a revolver course unsupported by the facts. Itting ready to cry. He didn't Naval Depot, Crystal Palace,

(SGD.) C, CHAMPKIN,

D.-S. P. (B). Hong Kong, Monday, August 17,

Was

clever. He'd got a bandage returned to them it has remain- "In place of the living por-round his neck. He gaid he'd ed unused in the vestry trayal of Genesis the commit-had a smash at Afghan Creek; It is estimated that the cost tee proposes now to make she said he'd left the car there. of erecting the chapel will be gargoyle head of Genesis and He said someqnd tied him up £300, and contributions are m- carry it in the carnival proces-and given him a lift into town.vited from members of the sion

He said he was good-onow. He R.N.V.R. and the RND.