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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital

$50,000,000 Issued and Faily-Paid-up. 20,000,000|

Reserve Funds

Sterling......£6,500,000

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve

----- $10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors......

HÈAH ÚFFICE: BUNG KUNG.

"THE CHARTERED "BANK" OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853

Agencies and Branches:

Holla

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital

Eeserve Fund

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

.$20,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000:

Alor Sta Kuritour Banghay

Bangoes

Smagunk

Destering

4

Shugm

VOİCOLLA

Pads Lumpur

bugspor

Kuching

Sawapara

Mademo

Manila

Tampong

Machen.

Zionism

Tongkak

[hising)

Ме

ZVATI OF DIRECTORI

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

Лит

G: Miskin Esq..

Deputy Chairma

جماعت

Hon. Mr. W.H. Beli, J.K. »lasson Esq. mile A. t. Compton Esq. T. E Pearce Esq

J. A. Plummer Esq., beg

Hon. Mr. S. M. Dodwell,

Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson,

V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

AMUX

MASUK

EKA LA VIA

DOMBAY

CALCUTTA

SANJUA

LIEFOO COLUMBO DAIRES HOUCOKUW HAIPHONG

HAMBURG LANKOW

MABBIN

BONUKEW

ILUMU

FOR

JUHORE

MORE

HOWLOON

Haiphong

Lisakow Harbo

A. L. Shields Esq., Hong Kong

Chief Slaungu.

BRANCHES :-

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON. LYUNS

MALA

MANILA

MUAR Qobure?

MCADEN

ALW YORK

PEPING PENANG KANGOON

AIGUS

SAN FRANCISCU

SHANGHAI

SINGAPOKE

SDURABAYA

BUNGE FATANI

TIENTSEN

TUETO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

Tokomeza Zambongs

which will be guomi on appùnation.

The Bank's land Unos in London under

buslawen, and

Giarma

Ewoutor sed Trustee MORICT OF doczne which may be moansland at any of its Agracias and Brunches.

THE CHINA-MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936

and

Commerce

Finance

NEW YORK SHARE MARKET

Narrow Trading Range

CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE Messrs. White. Weld and Com- pany, New York Correspondents for Messrs. S. E. Levy and Com pany. Report:

"Stocks:-The failure of the Foreign Exchange and General Banking besimarket to hold yesterday's gains Current Accounts, opened and Fixed Depot implies a continuance of the very received for Que year or short period az aarrow trading range of the past week. With the exception of the fish Lucanon era of situation in Spain, fundamental

conditions. still appear to be coa-] A BREARLEY, Istructive, but the market evidently Manager needs further consolidation before)

it makes any important forward Hong Kong., 1st January, 1955. -

movement. Business done:-960,-) 1000 shares.

"Cotton:-An early forecast 'of

** THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, the weather indicates fair condi

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency` sod Fixed Deposits avowed for one year or shorter perode in coal Gurreacy and Slacking on term whach, will be quosad on_application.

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES in tacions i 20 LEL

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Basics of cum abure Bes is condere ed by the ONG EUNG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

outured on appication

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head-Office-Shanghai

.$7,500,000.00 $1,500,000.00

China.

Itions to-day and to-mOTTOW

Oklahoma and West Texas. Cloody' and showers are indicated on the coast of Arkansas, whilst scatter- ed, showers are forecast in the

Capital Reserve Branches-All Important Cities in North-West and the Central por

tions of the Belt. The failure of the much heralded drought relief Deposits reared for a year or shorter periods to materialise is likely soon

Foreign Exchange and General Banking Busine

transacted.

Currant and Saving Accounts opened: and Fixed

se rate which will be quoted_on_spplestion.

60 Z CHANG,

Mater.

HONG KONG BRANCH: 26. Des Yeux Bond, Central

pe

Manager's Of

Fesign change Dept.

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAL BANKING CORPORATION.

M. GRAYBLEN.

Chial Manager-*

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Autaviant Capilei

Pay Capital

$TOAKOJKI, UG

€ 2.000.00

liamere und Badaward Erotiin AJIR

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG,

19, The Vanz Hond, Center).

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:--

εσταντική απ Cashier's Office

Tel 26

300

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong 26, Des Voeux Road Central

የ

Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS: Westminster Bank, Ltd.

Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman.cription of banking business transact-

I hove Chill, Eng., P. K. Kay Ranked Yau Tong, Enj, Chien Chung Shak, Saqui Zi Lan

Iv. E

-

Kan Tung To, Eg, Chief Managar,

I Fong. Eng., Maunger.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES

Manila

on application.

to

fcause come apprehension. Wel think that cotton prices will res-] pond quickly, to any such appre- hension.

FLAX GROWING IN BRITAIN

New Industry Being Exploited

London. To-day. An important stage in the re- Foreign Exchange and every des-rival of the British flax industry was marked yesterday. by Current Accounts and Savings Ac-the starting up of electrically muốn l tong thu sau tăng thức keo Xin counts opened. Fixed Deposits re-driven machinery of the latest de- ceived at rates which will be quoted sign in the de-seeding section of Trusteeship & Executorship under the new fax mills at Billing in

The taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire Northamptonshire.

mills, which will be in full operation by PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

[September 7, are part of a new in-. Chief Manager.

dustrial venture associated with a carefully planned agricultural ex- periment in the same county. Six hundred acres have been sown with pedigree seed and despite the adverse weather, a crop of excep-| tionally good quality has been har- vested.-British Wireless Service.

سنة

Melbourne

Seallia Techartag

Aunay

Batavia

thyalay Calcutta

Nazzooks

New York

Mingopera

Sourablys

pong

Letra

Mwalow

Basilnow

l'espinst

Nydney

Honolulu

Peng

kolem

Hangvod

Themstatin

huwloos

Zakyo

SAD FPacino

Yakoba

Insuran

PALING,

Every description of Banking and Exchange

- Granitos Lambo grated on approved |

NUTILAR,

Current Accounts opened in Local CupCY and Fixed Deports reserved for noe_yane je į shorter perioda in Local and Foreign Corenčian un term which will be quoted on application.

Deposit Bonus To Let

Zu

KÂN TONG PO,

UNEMPLOYMENT

IN ENGLAND Age. Distribution Analysis

London, To-day.

REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS

Berlin. To-day--The Reichsmark without age distribution of unemployed was quoted yesterday.

The half-yearly analysis of the

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK men and women made by the La- guarantee at: New York,

*LIMITED

Established 1880

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

Head Office: YOKOHAMA -

→Branches and Agencies at

Alexandría

Bangkok

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calenta

Canton

Moji Nagasaki

Nagoya

New York

Paris

Peiping

Dairen (Dainy) Rangoon Fengtien (Mukden). Bio de Jezeiro

Hamburg

San Francisco

Hankow

Seattle:

Harbin

Semarang

Long Roar

Shanghai

Honolulu

Singapore

Sourabaya

Hainking

Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

Sydney

Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtaa

Yinglow Interest allowed for Current Ac- COLETE.

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

G. KISHENAME,

Hong Kong, 3rd July, 1936.

THE

Manager.

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL- & SAVINGS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in China)

Capital paid up

Reserves

$5,000,000. $7,500,000.

| Capital: Savings Dept. $500,000. Reserve Savings Dept: $800,000. Head-Office-Shanghai

A Bank“having as its mission the industrial development - es China, and the fostering ufőher commercial relations abroad. Hong Kong Ofcom

5. Queen's' Rond-Central

· Phone 3111E

between

SHARE MARKET

LOCAL DOLLAR

STEADY-

Silver Prices Fall

The local dollar is steady, open- ing on-demand this morning jat 1/2-13/16d. -

"Spot" silver fell to 19%, The following was the list of while "forward" also declined local share quotations issued to- to 191 įday:--

Banks

The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at S-US.$5.03,

HK Bank $1565 b. $1560/1570 as compared with; £-US$5.08.

while the New York on! London cross-rate

quoted

sa.

HK. Bank (London) $102. Chartered Bank $15% 0.

Mercantile

Bank A. and

1

314 n. Mercantile Bank C. £141⁄2 m Bank of East Asia $74 b.

Insurances

B.

was

at --U.S.$5.03, as compared with £—U.S.$3.03-7/16.

RAW RUBBER

•Buying Quotations From Ellis & Edgar

Aug. 21 Last Price C.

26-7/16 Unc.

Canton Ins. $265. n. Union Ins $550 b. China Underwriters $1 n. China Fire Ins. $162 H.K. Fire Ins. $240 b. International Assce. Sh$3% n. Shipping

Delivery Spot

OVD.

5./M.

26-15/16 Unc.

LA./3.

27-3/16 Unc

Unchanged Stagnant.

Douglases $30 1. H.K. Steamboats $4 n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 1. Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 Shells (Bearer) $105/T1⁄2 n. Union Waterboats $12 a.

Docks, etc.

H.K. and Wharves $99% b.,

$98/100 sa

HK. and W. Docks $14 82 Providents (Old)

$1.55/60 sa

$1.60

Providents (New) 20 cts. n. Hong Kew $185

26-11/16 Unc./

CANADIAN PACIFIC

NEXT SAILING TO VANCOUVER VIA SHANGHAI & JAPAN

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AT NOON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 4th

BOOK NOW FOR YOUR

TRIP HOME IN 1937

Long Shang- Nagy Kobe Kong hai

Yoko

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Steamer Messrs. H. E. Joseph and Co.

E/Canada Jan. 26 Jan. 23 bave received the following E/Russis quotations in Straits currency E/Japan Feb. 23 Feb. 25 from Singapore for Raw Rubber- E/Asia

Buyers 26% Unchanged E/Russia Apr. 2 Apr. 4 Ap.

E/Japan Apr. 16 Apr. 18 26% Unchanged ElÁsia Apr: 30 May 2 May 26% Unchanged] E/Canada May 14 May 16 27 Unchanged E/Basin May 28 May 30 June 1

E/Japani Jane 11 June 18

Spot September b., Oct./Dec.

Jan/March

Market:----Quiet.

New Engineering Sh.$4 x. Shanghai Docks Sh.$81% n. ex.

div.

Mining

Kailan Mining Ad. 10- ni Langkats (Single) Sh.35 m. S'hai Exploration Sh-$3 n. Shanghai Loans Sh.$3 n. Raubs $11.60 3. Venz: Goldfield $4 b -Antamoks $5.28 b.

Atoks 95 cts. s.

MISS BROWN AT A COCKTAIL PARTY

(Continued from Page ¿j

Miss Brown stands in the middle of the room with a glass, and a cigarette, and her gloves and her bag, and wonders what! to do with all the sticks.

She She puts them in her bag.

Baguio Gold 59 cts. s., 59/5914 drops one of her gloves.

cts. 83.

Balatoes $251⁄2 n. Benguet Consol $24 n. Benguet Exploration 44 Big Wedge 64 cts n Consolidated Mines 10

.11/114 cts. sa. Demonstrations $1.70 s..

734 sa

cts. sa.

cts. s.,

$1.68/-

Ipo Gold 42 cts. sa Itogons $2.95 n. 1.X.L. $2.95 n. Masbate $1.03 sa Northern Mining 32 ets. b. Paracale Gumaus $1 b., $1.10

95 cts: sa

"Allow me," says 蟲 fair young man in a tweed coat.: "And He picks up the glove. do eat one of these. I'm sick of carrying them about." Miss Brown takes a lobster patty; The fair or another stick. young man and Miss Brown stand and drink their cocktails. "Good tune, isn't it?" he says, nodding towards the gramo- phone.

"Frightfully

good," says

Miss Brown. Someone fills her glass again..

"There are some frightfully s..good tunes on at the moment, aren't there?" says the fair young man.

"Yes, aren't there?" Miss Brown- "Though there

Salacot Mining 221⁄2 cts. n.. San Mauricio $3.05 6., $3.107.14|

Sch

Sayoc Consol 73 ets. b., 76 cts. are some frightful ones,

aren't there"

"Frightful," he says.

says

too,

"But

United Paracales $2.39.45 s. then they can't all be good, can

s. 80/75 cts. sa.

Gold Greeks 48 cts.

40.25;

Gold River 13 cts. n.

Santa Rosa. 13 cts. n.

Landa, Hotels, etc.

bour Ministry shows that while Paris. 610.5; Amsterdam. 59.23: and London, 1251. Paris quoted there was a reduction

the Pound sterling at 76.45 to May 1935 and last May in the!? number of unemployed, in nearly 176.48, and the U.S. dollar at 15.18 every age group the reduction was 7/8 to 15.19%--Trans-Ocean Ser- greater proportionally among per- sons under 35 years. Men under

vice.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 33 were 44.3 per cent of all un-have received a cable from Messrs. employed men in May 1935, but Derrick and Co., Local Secretaries this May the percentage had, in Singapore of the Raub Australian fallen to 41.6. - British Wireless Gold Mining Co., Ltd, announcing the output for the four weeks ending Service.

August 15 to be 2,006, ounces.

AMERICAN EXPRESS

COMPANY

TRAVELERS CHEQUES

IN US. DOLLARS

AND STERLING

CAN BE CASHED

THE WORLD OVER

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC.

Incorporated with Limited Liability in USA.

No. 4, Des Voeux Road, Central.

they? And some of the good

ones

good." are frightfully Miss Brown agrees. They are getting on rather well.

He

HK and S. Hotels $5.10 b. looks quite nice. Miss Brown

$5.05/10 sa.

H.K. Lands $3344 b.

H.K. 4% Debentures 105% D. Shanghai Lands Sh.$13 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh. $10 Humphreys $9.11. HK Realties $434 b. $4.30 sa Chinese Estates $80 m China Realties Sh.$4 n. China Debentures Sh.#60 1.

Public Utilities

starts on her second cocktail, and finds that it is sherry.

1 "Hullo!" says a half-remem- bered voice at Miss Brown's elbow. She turns round, and sces Vera, who was at school with her and was so ghastly,

"Hullo Vera!" she says. The fair young man has moved off Miss Brown hates people who ask you What You Are Doing)

H.K. Tramways $12.10 b., $12/-] Now.

12.10 B

Peak Trams (old) $61⁄4 ni Peak Trams (new) $2% n. Star Ferries $87 b... $871⁄2 sa. Yaumati Ferries $20% d., $20%

22.

"I work," she ́answers. sort of type."

"My dear," says Vera, "how thrilling! So do I. In Vic- toria-street. Where are you?" Miss Brown's glass is filed She isn't sure what it

C. Lights (Old) $12 b. $12/-again.

12.15 sa

C. Lights (New) $8.70 b... EK. Electric 45 b., $53%

15

Macao Electrics $20 m -Sandakan - Lights 48.30 n.

Telephones (Old) $27 b. Telephones. (New) 49:n China Buses -Sh$114 1 Singapore - Tractions 29/- 2 Singapore Pref. 28/- n

Indienstrials Malabon Sugars $91⁄2 1:” Call, Macg. (Ord) Sh$12 Cald, Macg. (Pref) Sh#15 në Canton Ices $2 m.

Cements $9.70 5., $9:60, sa. HK. Ropes 43% b., $3.20 22. Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms $213% b.- Watsons $3,600

Lane, Crawfords" 36% 2.

Mackintoshs $5 11. Sinceres $3 5.

Wm. Fowellx 40 cts. I Wing On (HK) 450-1. * Cotton Hills Ewo-Cotton 6h$71⁄4- ni

Who Cares? Miss Brown finds herself on the edge of a group that is

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Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 2 Mar. 8 Mar: 18 Mar. 10 Mar. 12 Mar. 14 Mar, 16 Man. 18

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

Maz. 24 Mar. 26 Apr. 2 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 10

Ap. 19 Apr. 21 Apr. 23 Apr. 29 May 4 May 6 May '8

May 17 May 19 May 21 May 28 June 2 June 3 Ime 5 June 12 · Jone 18 June 16 June 18 June 24 June 23

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PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA

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is this time, but it tastes rather jolly, and she is beginning to think that Vera isn't so ghastly after all, when Vera says, arguing, very gravely, about finds as they all get into the "There's someone I must speak palimpsests and palindromes. smal car outside, is the fair She thinks now to," and disappears.

Have a nut," says one of the young man

She group to Miss Brown. "Do that he looks very nice. you know anything about palin- can't help feeling a little excit- dromes ?" Miss Brown says ed as she climbs into the car. that she knows all about them. Because everything is such fun. The gramophone, starts She knows, of course, that it Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh. again. Let's Face the Music wouldn't be such fun if she and Dance. Miss Brown sud-hadn't had dozens of Martinis And Sh-denly feels tremendously happy and dozens of sherries..

and at home in this crowded, she knows, too, that to-morrow smoky world, where you eat morning she will wake up feel- peanuts, and argue about palin-ing vaguely sad, and she will dromes, and face the music and find half a dozen cocktail sticks dance. And dance. Now, if in her handbag, and this will only she were going dancing somehow make her feel even to-night with someone.

sadder.

$70 1. Shanghai Cottons (new)

$39.

Zoong Singa Sh$18 n Wing On Textiles Sh.$25 a

Miscellaneous. Entertainments $200 a. 3. C. Enterprises $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounds”, $2 n. Constructions. (old) $13% n Constructions (new) 30 ctx b.

“Hullo!" says the voice But who cares? Not Miss again. "We were just think-Brown, as she sits squashed up Vibró Biling $2 b., $2-6ming, Vera goes on, "that we in the back of the very small Ch. Govt 5% 1925 G‡Bds-might go on somewhere and car, pulling on her gloves, the

92% b.

My brother and you left glove on her right hand and *HLK Govt 4% Loan 6% prem hand me and those people over the right on her left hand; and there What do you think?" telling herself that everything

Vera's brother, Miss Brown is such fun

HK. Govt. 82% Loan parib

Walaca Espezz: $1′′2"

Idance