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BANKS

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capizal...$50,000,000 Issed and Fully-Paid-up. 20,000,000 Reserve Funds

Sterling

Hong Kong Currency

Reserve: Liability of Pro-

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Incorporsaed vs. Boral Charvet,. 195%. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fand

COMMERCIAL

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936.

LOCAL SHARE MARKET

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

The following was the list of Ipeal share quotations

($3,000,000 (to-day!

£3,000,000)

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

Eeserve

$10,000,000

prietors

$20,000,000

Mor Har

I

MEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

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

Chairma

G. Miskin Esq.,

Deputy Chairma

Bangkok

Besara Bombay Calcetin

_53,900,000

Bangoon

Agencies and Branches:

Thaile

h

Kashi Klang

Saramben

Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur dengaparn

SIKKWKA

TH

Cartpors

Colorbo

Hon. Mr. W.H. Bell, JR. Masson Esq, Cebu

A. H. Compton Esq. T. E. Pearce Esaya

Ho. MS. M. Dodwell,

||imping Hamburg

J. Planner Esq Ha

Hom Mr. 31. T. Johnson,

AMGY

A. L. Shields Esq.,

1. M. Grayburo. Esq.

CALCUTTA

CANTON

DELEGEN

บท

HO

FOUCHOW LNP30NG BAMBURG PANKOW HARBIN BONGEEW

لملاقية

KORE

JOBORE

KOWLOON

Chiel Manager,

BRANCHES

KUARA LUMPUR

BONDON LYONS MALALXA

MANITA

MUKDAN

PEPING

NEW YORK

PENANG

RANGOOS

در مالكي

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGITAI

SINGAPORE ~

SUCBABALA

SUNGE PATANI TIENTSIX

TOKYO

TUNGIAU

YOKOHAMA

1

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and

- Depota received

OGE "

pecinde 20l Currency and Stecting on tartDA which will be quoted on application.

ISO up to 42 SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES, in Teri IU LET.

Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

Harban

Kuching Madine Manilg

New York Paiping

Реда

Dankein Tongkah

(min)

ingro Xolmamas Zambomaga

Forge Exchange and General Banking busines kranencied

Curreal 4000vnte opened and Fixed Depo {PRON/THÍ že obe zwar or abortec perioda na rav

which will be quoted an appliossiga.

The Bank's Land Offos in London undertakes Esqua

Ervine

chutna business and

لط

PRODUC at Brush Locome Tax arepaid ob wrth which may be moutained at any vita | Agvisitam and Braschm

A BREARLEY,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK,

LIMITED

(Incorporated in China) Head Office-Shanghai

Capital Reserve

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

Branches All Important Cities in

Chins.

Foreign Exchange and General Barking Busines

transected.

Currens and baring Accounts oprzeć und Fize

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK Ports Powered for one year a shorter Demois

The Business of the above ek is oondars.

the HONG

RONG

BURNING CORPORATION.

posed on spicatuan.

AND SHANGHAI

Bules may De

PUB THE BUNG LONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COMPUSATION,

*. K. GRAYEVES,

Chial Managet. Hong Kong, 24th February, 1936.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capa

Paid-up Capita

$ 1,808,000.00

Barvy and Undivided Proste 2000, 336.54

HEAD OFFICE --HONG KONG.

10, Des Tour Bead, Canical

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Eo. Sir Shoa-son Chow, Chairman.

Wong

at raïms which will be goound on spolication.

BOC Z CHANG,

Manage

HONG KONG BRANCE: 34. De Varuz Boad, Central

Foreign Emcasnge Dept."tit 1998 propter fraction General Užne wi Cashier's Office

35580

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- cription of banking business transact- ed.

Koop Chuz, Eng., P. I. Iwak, Balmes Late/courts "opened.

Jun Tong. Eng., Chan Chang Sinks Enter

Away

Be Wong Chu Son, Bag, and Xan

محمدية

Kan Tung Po, Esq. Chiel Manager..

Manager. la Im long. Fuego?

Bosber

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

Nowel

Calcatio Canton

Haiphong

P!n Pedid

Semoning

Shanghai

Separ

Soucy

Milbourne

Sew York

Osaka

Sydney

Husainia

Tibok

$300

Bangcon

Timetab

Takeo

com

•

•)

e FraucisOn

Tokobama

Current Accounts and Savings Ac- Fixed Deposits. re- Tceived at rates which will be quoted

on application

Drey diption of Banking and Banbang Bus transced, Losna grected on approved Losal Currency Curat Accounts oped in

Fized Deposite posveć for one posta scorter perioda in Local and Foreign Currencies sha wema which will be quoted on application.

Date Depot Boxes To Let

TÉK TONG PO.

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

PHILIP GOCK CHIN, Chief Manager.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Incorporated with, Limited Lishlity in USA. Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York

Chat, Manager.

Capital Surplus Reserves

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED

Established 1890

Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 .....Yen 130,900,000 'Eeserve Find

Bead Office: YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Alexandria

Banzkok

Batavia

Berlin

Bombay

Calcutta

Cantor

Dairen (Dainy) Fengzien (Mukden)

Hamburg Hankow Harbin Hong Kong Honolulu Hsinking Karachi

Kobe

London

Los Angeles

Manila

Nagasaki

Moji NEKOTE New York

Osaka Paris Peiping Rangoon Rio de Janeiro San Franciscp Seattle Semarang Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya Sydney

Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtan

Yingkow

Interest allowed for Current Ac-i counts.

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

G. KISHINAMI.

Manager. Hong Kong, 11th September, 1936.

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

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

$7,300,000, Beserves.. Capital Savings Dept. $500,000, Reserve Savings Dept. $600,000. Head-Office-Shanghai

A Berk having as its mission the industrial development on China and the fostering of bact commercial relations abroad. Hong King Office

6,

Ben's Road Central Phone 31116.

U.S.$6,000,000.00 2,240,314.35 897,612.65

BRANCHES:-

&terdam Antwerp Athens

GLUN Glasgow

LUX

The Hagu

Nios

balans

Naples

Hamburg

Pakis

Banan Baxia

Bombay

Bannis

Cairo

Calcutta Cacoa Colombo Copenhagen In Edinburgh Floramos Селать

Meidelberg. Interislan

Loodma

■

Liverpool

·LADDARIO

Letion Marazilian Monte Carlo

Manila

Prevnt FolierGLE Koo

Donaghni

· Southampton

Singapore

Vieste

Visuude

Yokohama Žunch

Express

Munich

Branches of American Company in Principal cities of United) States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Braking Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment accounts hand-

led.

The Company eers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travellers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped: Travel Department

C'IL BENSON,

General Manager.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information -af visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:—

The Eyrie

Bamfor

H.K. Bank $1600 b.

issued

H.K. (Lon. Reg.) £1021⁄2 n. Chartered Bank $15% n

Mercantile Bank A. and B.

$31 n.

Mercantile Bank C. 14 Bank of East Asia $80 13.

Insurances

Canton Ins. $270 n.

Union Ins. $57734 b.

China Underwriters $1 m

China Fire Ins. $462 n.

H.K. Fire Ins. $255 n.

International Assce. Sh. D.

Shipping

Douglases $30.

HK. Steamboats $4 Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $30 m.

Indo-Chinas (Def.) $20 D. Shells (Bearer) 111/5 a. Union Waterboats $12 n.

Docks, etc.

b.

EK. and K. Wharves $112 b. H.K. and W. Docks $13 Providents (old) $2.20 sa Providents (New) 20 cts. Hong Kew $185 m. New Engineering Sh$ . Shanghai Docks, Sh.$811⁄2 ..

3 Mining Kilan Mining Ad. 10. a Langkats (Single) $h.$3 S'hai Exploration Sh2 n Shanghai Loans. Sh.$2 ̄n. Baubs $11.25 b.

Vens: Goldfield $434, B., Antamoks $5.65/80 sa Atoks $124 n. Baguio Gold 65 S Balatoes $24 n.

Benguet Consol. $24 n. Benguet Exploration 52 cts. sa Big Wedge 81 cta à Consolidated Mines 10% cts.

11 cts. sa. Demonstrations $1.53 n. ex. div. Gold Creeks 55 cts.

Gold River 12 ets. n. Ipo Gold 40 etsi p. Itogons. $3.40 s. LXL $3.40 1. Mambulao 92 cts. n. Masbate SL.03 s Northern Mining

b.,

NEW YORK SHARE MARKET

Further Technical Correction?

AVIATION STOCKS SHOULD BE WATCHED

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

Stocks: The market appears to demand further technical correc- tion in the form of tired selling, which we believe will soon be com- pleted. We think that aviation stocks will participate in the next upward move. Business doce: - 1,040,000 shares.

Wheat: Export figures are again reported to be heavy. Better prices for Chicago and Winaipeg, wheat are indicated in the near future. Total sales:-16,376,000 bushels

Cotton: The American Cotton Crop Service says that prospects increasing for the yield are not the crop seems to be around 11,000,-) 000 bales. We expect a good in- crease in acreage for 1937, how-j- ever, and we would therefore ad vise the confining of purchases to 574/56% not bom tramith,

cts. sa!! Paracale Gumaus $1.10 n. Salacot Mining $18 a San Mauricio $4.10 a. Santa Rosa 1617 cts. s. Suyoc Consol $7 a. United Paracales $2.56.53. U. Explors 64 cts, sa.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

HK. & S. Hotels $6 b... HK Lands $404% 1.

EK. 4% Debentures 105% *** "Shanghai Lands Sh.$13 n. Metropolitan Lands Sh.$10 n. Humphreys 391⁄4 b.i. HK. Realties $5.60 1. Chinese Estates $80 China Realties Sh. n. China Debentures Sh.$60 1.

Public Utilities

HK. Tramways $12. Peak Trams (old) $61⁄2 n

Peak Trams (new) $2%

Star Ferries $93 b.

Yaumati Ferries $22 b

C. Light (Old) $14 b., $14.80

85 $3.

C. Lights (New) $11.40 ELK. Electrics $54% b. Macao Electrics $20 n. Sandakan Lights $8.30 n. Telephones (Old) $29 Telephones (New) $10.15

104 Ba

Flash: Average crude oil pro- duction for the past week is esti mated at 3,021,000 barrels, as com pared with 3,009,000 barrels the previous week

The Edison Electric Institute estimates electricity production at 2.029,000,000 kwh for the cur rent week, which is an increase of 11 per cent over the same week of last year.

COMMODITY PRICES

The following quotations have been received by Reuter:-

January March

Prev. Yesterday Closing Closing

She's American-and 13 Miss Consuelo Cintron, 13-year-old American girl, is pictured in this dramatic photo de she starred in a bullfight recently in Lisbon, Portagol. She is an expert korsewoman and the daughter of a West Point graduate.

The tunic era is at its height, and here, Mary Brian, the screen youthful models

white and of navy example printed crepe with

· Retress,

#

a gilet and wide revers, of starched pique. The high neckline is decorated with white" rique flowers.

LOCAL DOLLAR

STEADY "Spot" Silver Up

SECRETS OF SCREEN MAKE-UP

(Continued from Page 5)

We will now suppose that the actor or actress has been made

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The

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Highest testimonials confirming his ability and knowledge from great personalities.

ADDRESS: ROOM No. 33.

METROPOLE HOTEL

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PUBLIC AUCTION

THE Undersigned have received

instructions to sell by Public

THE

Auction

on

Tuesday, the 22nd. September, 1936

commencing at 230 pmn at their Sales Room,

No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

up and is ready to be shot comprising:—

(You must pardon these techni- calities).

Black Wood Ware, Teak Din-

He Carpets,

Does he feel coming Room & Bed Room Furniture, fortable with the Fairbank Drawing Room & Office Furniture, Ornaments, Pictures, adornment on his face? does not. But does the adorn-Brass & E. P. Ware, Porcelain & Weell, Glass Ware, Sewing Machines, ment stay with him?

& Lamps, Fans

מן

One Set Old Chinese Arms.

and

it must be remembered that Cutlery, Table the heat of studio lamps is Linen, etc, etc. round about 130 degrees temperature. and, therefore, though the, make-up stands up to its task manfully, the artist's face.sometimes does not.

Fortunate Life · Turning to generalities. I regard myself as being singu- larly fortunate in that having lived most of my life in Paris, the most cosmopolitan city in

One Set Temple Ornaments.. also

Two Electric Refrigerators. On View from Monday, the 21st September, 1936.

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers.

the world, having worked and Hong Kong, 17th September, 19$6. lived

amongst Americans,

British and Germans in their native environment, I consider myself something of a judge of and. national characteristics

international consequently,

beauty- I hope I possess

"VARSITY'S THIRD

RELAY TRIUMPH

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enough tact never to say who Roza-Pereira's reserve of strength. is the most beautiful woman I

have made up, but when you!

Jessie

by spasmodic bursts previously.

set the

pace,

take into consideration that Lawrence made his second mistake` have worked with Madeleine on consecutive days by allowing

Roza-Pereira to Carroll, Benita Hume; Matthews, Alice Terry, Joan which was too slow for him, but Barry, Marta Eggerta, Wendy as he only discovered this in the Barrie, Diana Napier, Betty later stages, he was unable to Stockfeld and so many others, make up for the deficit in time and you will appreciate my re as a result the final time was much.

slower than last year's mark. ticence.

Failed To Appear

Then there are those long- suffering people who allowed

The Oper Relay was the last me to make. them hideous... event on the programme and the must certainly pay tribute to YMCA, who had qualified as a Brunie Hale, ä charming result of being the fastest third in vivacious personality, who, for the heats, were unfortunately placed the sake of the story and a sub as one of the their swimmers fail- Cop-led to sequent transformation.

put in an appearance. H sented to be made as grotesque Millington, however, depulised and. as I could make her. You will swam a very good race. remember her with Gordon

Harker in This is the Life. But

H. G. Lange, the "Y" swimming

this

The local dollar is steady, opening on demand

then actors really do make champion, caused a minor sensa

tion when he led the field over the sacrifices for their art. As an

"Spot" silver rose 1/16 to 19%, actor I made the supreme sacrifirst 50 yards, although be twice while "forward" remained steady fice-I threw up acting and crashed into the guiding lines to-

became a make-on expert.

Cult Of Beauty

wards his finish. Millington thus WES had a yard's lead, but this 9000 nullified by Lau Po-her's sprint for the University, and. Wing-ngok, the latter's

The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £-U.S.$5.- Apart from the work itself I 06%, as compared with US-feel that there is something Cheong $5.06%, while the New York on worth accomplishing in the third string, had two yards lead London cross rate was unchanged artificial creation of beauty over Ip Hos-chun, of South China, jat £-U.S.$5.06-7/16.

New York Cotton: October

12.00

11.97

December

12.03

12.01

12.02

11.99

morning at 1/234d

11.96

11.95

May

1L96

11.94

July

1188

1187

at 19 7/16.

Spot

12.40

12.37

New York Rubber:

September

16.432

October

16.45a

16.50% 16.53

December

16.54a 16.6

b.

January b,March

16.550

16.631

16.64

16.71a

May

16.700

July

16.81

16.80 16.88a.

Chicago Wheat:

September

1134

December

111

May

110%

114% 1124 111%

September

*113

114

December

95%

95%

May

91%

91%

Winnipeg Wheat:

October

104%

1032

106 104 1057 106

dustrial revival taken by the motor industry is shown by the

figures of the recent growth in the

output of British cars. The num

China Buses Sh$111⁄4 na Singapore Tractions 29/- 2. Singapore Pre

28/-

Malabon Sugars $911⁄2 n-

Industrials.

Cali, Marg (Ord.) Sh.#191⁄2 *Chicago Com: Cald., Macg. (Pre£) Sh.$15 .

Canton Ices $2.20 b.

Cement $12.10 5. H.K. Ropes $4.10ʻn..

Stores, etc Dairy Farms $21% b. Watson $4.85 11. Lane, Crawfords $62% n Mackintoshs $5 n. Sinceres 33 - 1.

Wm. Powells 40 cts... Wing On (H.K.) $50 n.

Cotton Willis Ewo Cottons Sh$8% b. Shanghai Cottons (old) Sh

$70 "b

ISLAND

Victoria Peak

Feet 1,822

Signal Station ...... 1,774

Shanghai Cottons (new)

$391⁄2 b.

Mt. Parker

1,734

Zoong Sings Sh$18 m

Mountain Lodge

1,725

1,725

Wing On Textiles Sh$25 a.

Miscellanous

Peak Hotel

1,305

Mt. Lavis

877 297

Fast 8,128

Bowen Road (filterbeds)

MAINLAND

· Tzimoshan

Kowloon Peak

Entertainments $3 m

December May

CHARTERED BANK

Interim Dividend Declared

BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY

Important Share In

Trade Revival -

Once having been made tem-

porarily beautiful a woman will and A. A da Roza, of the V.R.C

and this advantage made all the strive to make herself perman-

ently so. The cult of beauty is difference to the last strings.

Luis Oliveira strcaked away, age-old as Eve herself, and civilisation is at its zenith when covering the final 50 yards in just beauty flourishes. The people over 25 secs. to give the Varsity jof Pericles' Athens proved that, their third win, while Norman Lee So, for my part, I say that beat Lawrence by a yard for sec- those who can be beautiful wil ond place. The Army just beat be beautiful, unaided or aided the "Y" for fourth place by a London, To-day.

and those who cannot be bean-touch. The important share in the inful can teach. I teach.

RAW RUBBER

There will be no swimming to- will day, but the championships Lcontinue to-morrow.

ber of private cars and taxis pro- Latest Quotations From CHINESE POLICE WILL BE

Singapore

and

duced in the 10 month from Octo ber last to the end July was 41,122, or 154 per cent greater

Messrs. I B. Joseph than in the corresponding period

The in-Co. have received the following of 1924 and last year.

Straits currency. crease in the case of commercial quotations in

STRONG

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Notable Capture George Tsang, formerly of

The local office of the Chartered vehicles was 12,203, or 15.5 pertem Singapore for Eaw Rubber South China "B" and one of the

•

and

An

Bank of India, Australia Sh-China has received the following telegram-from the head office in London:

declared "Directors have interim dividend for the past half year at the rate of 14 per cent per annum, subject to income tax Dividend payable

on September 23."

S.. £. Enterprises $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounds” $2 n. Constructions (old) $1% Constructions (new) 50 cts, i Vibro Filing $44-ben Ch. Govt 5% 1925. GABds.

92% b. HK Gort 4% Lorn 8% prem.

...

b.

·E.K. Govt 32% Loan par. b. Wallace. Harpers $4 ». Mineral-Rex 69 cta) sa.

cent-British Wireless Service.

PIANO TRADE BOOMING

Chicago.

Spot.... Oct./Dec.

Jan/March

April/June

Market: Steadier.

Buyers

2634 Up 27 -do 27%

do -21-do-

most prolife scorers in the First Division last season, is a notable captare. He will probably lead the Police intermediate line, as they already have a good leader in Ho Sai-cheung.

The Chinese Police Second Divi-

Po,

The National Piano Manufac-of last year and 226 per cent. cor-sion team will be chosen from the turers Association announces that respondingly above 1933, Sales in following:-Chan Wai-lam, Fang a zummary of business for the first June gained 52 per cent. over June, Kwai-choi, Wong Hon, Woo half of 1936 indicated that the 1985, and were an improvement of Wong Solok Chan Chui, Wong period was the industry's most 169 per cent. over the figures of Mai-wai, Ho Sal-cheung, Ip Lan- successful six months in 15 years, June, 1933, according to W. Akai, Chan Wing-hos, and Kong Piano shipments were 37.53 per Mennie, secretary of the associa-Hing, Hast year's chief goal-scorer. cent, more than in the first half tion.