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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 13, 1939.

The China Mail

Ninety-Fifth Year of Publication 3A Wyndham Street, Hong Kong. Telephone 20022

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

THE ELEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (weather permitting) at HAP- PY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 18th November, 1939, mencing at 2.00 p.m.

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The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Authorised Capital Issued and Fully Paid-up £3,000,000.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:

£3,000,000.

88. Bishopsgate, E. C. 2. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street. E. C. 3. West End Branch: 14/18, Cockspur Street, S. W. 1. Manchester Branch: 52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

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MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE No One without a badge will Amritsar а

be admitted to the Members' Bangkok Enclosure. Such must be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be readily identified.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an INTERIM DIVIDEND OF 12s. 6d. (Twelve Shillings and Six Pence) per Share on account of the year 1939 has been declar- WEDNESDAY, ed payable on 15th NOVEMBER 1939, on and after which date Dividend War- rants may be obtained on ap- plication at the Society's Regis-

Office, tered

Union Building,

Hong Kong.

NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED FROM SATURDAY, 4th NOVEMBER, to TUESDAY, 14th NOVEMBER, 1939, Both Days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

A. W. HUGHES,

General Manager. Hong Kong, 4th. October, 1939.

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Sterling Hong Kong Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000.00% HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORSI Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields, Chairman.

W. F. Lock, 'Esq., Deputy Chairman.

G. Muide, E14... K. 8. Morrison, Esq., Hon. Mr. T, E. Pearce, E. V. Wilkinson, Tea. Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, Chief Manager.

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BRANCHES:—

Hongkew

Iloilo

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Shanghai

Singapore

Sitiawan

Sourabaya

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Kuching

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Madras

Tongkah

Manila

(Bhuket)

Medan

New York

Tsingtao Yokohama

Amoy Bangkok Batavia Bombay Calcutta

Johore Kobe

Pelping

(Peking)

EXCHANGE

FOREIGN Banking Business transacted.

and General

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.

Badges admitting Non-Mem- Colombo bers to the Members' Enclosure Delhi and Club Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and $3.00 for Ladies (both including tax) are obtain- able through the SECRETARY | upon the personal or written ap- plication of a Member. such Member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for Payment of all Chits. etc.

The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will close at 12 o'clock NOON.

Tiffins are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 21920).

Canton Chefoo

Colombo Dairen Foochow

Haiphong

Hamburg

Hankow Harbin

Ipoh

*Kowloon

Kuala Lumpur

London

Lyons

Malacca

Manila

Muar (Johore) Mukden

New York

Pelping Penang Rangoon. Saigon

San Francisco

Shanghai

Singapore

Sourabaya

Sungel Patani Swatow

Tientsin

Tokyo

Tsingtao Yokohama

Current Accounts opened in Local Cur- rency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and other

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.

The Bank's Head Office in London under-currencies on terms which will be quoted on takes Executor and Trustee business, and application.

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of British Income claims recovery

Hong Kong, 25th February, 1939. overpaid, on terms which may be ascertain-in various sizes TO LET. ed at any of the Agencies and Branches.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

Tax

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PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

Head Office: Hong Kong. The price of Admission to the

26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000 Public Enclosure is $1.00 in-

LONDON BANKERS:- cluding Tax, for all Persons, in-

Westminster Bank, Ltd. cluding Ladies, and is payable

Foreign Exchange and every des- at the Gate. Soldiers and Sai-cription of banking business transacted. lors in Uniform are

Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits receiv- Half Price.

ed at rates which will be quoted on application.

admitted

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 13th Nov., 1989.

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

Chief Manager

NOW ON SALE AT ALL BOOKSELLERS

The 1939 Edition of the

CHINA YEAR BOOK

Edited by H. G. W. Woodhead, C.B.E.

The new edition will add another volume to the which China Year Book series (dating from 1912), constitutes the only complete contemporary history of China. It provides all material necessary for form- ing correct judgments on the Far Eastern situation and embodies all important documents and statistics of the year.

Among the 25 subjects dealt with by Foreign and Chinese experts are the following

Sino-Japanese Hostilities (Documented) Who's Who in China

Japan's Programme of Economic Development in China Communications during "the-Hostilities

Shanghai and Other Foreign Concessions

The Refugee Problèm in China

Foreign Trade in China during 1939

Finance and Currency (including war measures) The Kuomintang and the Government

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FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAJ BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Maneger

Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

$10,000,000.00 5,508,600,00 Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided Profits 2,883,938.00 -

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG. 10. Des Voeux Road, Central.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- Hon, Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman: Li Koun Chun, Esq.. P. K Kwok, Esq... Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching Shek, Esq., Li Lad Sang, Esq.. Wong Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying Po, Esq. and Fung Ping Wah, Esa.

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Mantia

Melbourne

Seattle

Amoy Batavia Bombay Calcutta

Samarang

Nagasaki

New York

Shanghai Singapore

Haiphong

Paris

Sourabays

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Pelping

Swatow

Honolulu

Penang

Sydney

Kobe

Rangoon

Kowloon London

Saigon

San Francisco

Tientsin

Vancouver

Every description of Banking and Ex change business transacted. Loans granted on approved securities.

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Cur rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

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