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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 21, 1939

The China Mail

Ninety-Fifth Year of Publiloation SA Wyndham Street, Hong Kong. Telephone 20022

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

DRAFT PROGRAMMES and ENTRY FORMS for the Twelfth Extra Race Meeting to be held on SATURDAY, 2nd Decem- ber, 1939, (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secre- tary's Office. Exchange Build- ing; the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club, the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 23rd November, 1939.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 20th Nov., 1939.

Wo Specialiss

In the

MACHINELESS PERMANENT* (Absolutely no heat)

AHANA BEAUTY PARLOR Alexandra Bldg., Room 5, 2nd Fl.

Telephone 26824.

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Undersigned have receiv- ed instructions from the Liquida- fors to sell by Public Auction on Friday, the 24th. November, 1939

commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35 Hankow Road. Kowloon. “ A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising:-

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

Paid-up Capital

..£3,000,000. Reserve Fund

£3,000,000. Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:

88, Blahopagato, E. C. 2. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122. Leadenhall Street, E. C. 3. West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, S. W. 1. Manchester Branch:

52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Hankow Harbin Hongkong

Alor Star Amritsar

Bangkok Batavia Bombay

Teak & Iron Bedsteads, Divans, Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Dressing Tables, Screens, Ches- terfield Suites, Dining Tables, Clive Street Sideboards, Dinner Waggons,

Rollo

Ipoh

Calcutta Agencies: Karachi

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorized Capital

.$80,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up ....... $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:-- -

Sterling ..............

..£ 6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Froprietors $20,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Mr. A. L.. Shields. Chairman.

W. E. Lock, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.

J. K. Boubeld, Kaq.. A. E. Complon, Esq... Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dodwell, D. F. Landale, Esq..

0. Miskia, Esq., K. B. Morrison, Esq., Hon. Mr. T. E. Pearce. H. V. Wilkinson, Ess. Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, Chief Manager.

BRANCHES:-

Penang Rangoon Saigon Seremban Shanghai

Singapore

Klang

Sitiawan

Fairlie Place

Kobe

Sourabaya

Canton

Kuala Lumpur Taiping

Kuching

Tientsin

Amoy Bangkok

Hongkew

Hollo

Madras

Tongkah

Batavia

Ipoh

Colombo

Manila

(Bhuket)

Bombay

Johore

Delhi Haiphong Hamburg

Mcdan

New York

Tsingtao Yokohama

Calcutta

Pelping

(Peking)

Canton Chefoo Colombo Dairen

Foochow

Malacca

Haiphong

Manila

Hamburg

Muar (Johore)

Hankow Harbin

Mukden

Chairs & Armchairs, Desks, Cawnpore Bookcases, Cabinets, etc., etc. Cebu

Fine Carpets & Rugs, Pictures, Curios, Crystals, Cutlery, Bronze & Brass Ornaments, Porcelain & Glass Ware, Gramophone & Re- cords, Electric Ceiling & Table Fans, Cooking Stoves & Utensils, Banking Business transacted. etc., etc.

also

A Quantity of Blackwood & Rattan Furniture

and

One Piano by "Moutrie"

FOREIGN

EXCHANGE and General

Kobe Kowloon

Kuala Lumpur London

Lyons

New York

Peiping

Penang Rangoon

Saigon

San Franciser Shangbai

Singapore

Sourabaya

Sungei Patani Swatow Montsin

Tokyo

Tsingtao Yokohama

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.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local

Current Accounts opened in Local Cur Currency and Sterling with interest allowed rency and Fixed Deposits received for one at rates obtainable on application.

year or shorter periods in Local and other The Bank's Head Office in London under-currencies on terms which will be quoted on takes Executor and Trustee business, and application. claims recovery of British Income Tax

ed at any of the Agencies and Branches.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

Hong Kong, 25th February, 1939.

One Silver Plated Canteen Set overpaid, on terms which may be ascertain in various sizes TO LET. One Grandfather Clock One Electric "Gibson"

Two Electric "Frigidaire"

Refrigerator

Refrigerators

On View from Thursday, the 23rd. November, 1939

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 21st. Nov., 1939.

Get Rid of White Ants --Consult

Thomas Cowan & Co.

The White Ant Exterminating Experts Tel. 30722

ок

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.) Telephone 30311

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 China Year Book series (dating from 1912), which 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 Problem in China ·

Foreign Trade in China during 1939

Finance and Currency (including war measures)

The Kuomintang and the Government

Royal octavo, 688 pages, cloth bound, Shanghai $25 net

Postage:. In China 30 cents, abroad $1.40

Obtainable at all booksellers or from the publishersbon THE NORTH-CHINA DAILY NEWS & HERALD LTD. P.O. Box 707, Shanghal.

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS:-- Westminster Bank, Ltd.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK

The Business of the above Bank is con ducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANG- HAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAJ BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN.

Chief Manager

Foreign Exchange and every des- Hong Kong, 1st March, 1987. cription of banking business transacted. Current Accounts and Savings Ac- counts opened. Fixed Deposits receiv- ed at rates which will be quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

Chief Manager

Dutch Grown Bulbs Narcissus (Daffodils ) Tulips and Hyacinths.

Also

Best Varieties of Tested Flower & Vegetable Seeds

all for

Immediate Planting.

Now Obtainable At

GRACA & CO.

10 Wyndham St., Hong Kong Established 1896.

WANTED KNOWN

JULIAN & MINETT'S TRANSPORT— Baggage, Household Removals and Storage. Furniture Makers and Re- novators. Also all Odd Jobs Under- taken. 28, Lock Road, Kowloon. Phone 59650.

FOR SALE

HONG KONG Dollar DIRECTORY 1939 EDITION. On sale at all Book- stalls and at the Offices of the Publish- ers, 3A, Wyndham Street,

TUITION GIVEN

EXPERT Instructresses for ladies and young girls in music, shorthand, typ- ing, bookkeeping and English and French. Apply 24 Austin Road, Kow- loon,

THE BANK OF EAST

ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital

$10,000,000,00 5,606,600.06

Reserve and Undivided Profits 2,883,037.00

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:--- Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow,' Chairman; Li Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq., Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching Bhek, Esq., Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying Po, Esq. and Fung Ping Wah, Esq.

Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief- Manager. Li The Fong, Esq., Manager.

Branches, and Agencies:-

Amoy Batavia Bombay. Calcutta Haiphong

Manila

Melbourne

Seattle Samarang

Nagasaki

Shanghai

New York Paria

Singapore

Sourabaya

Hankow

Pelping

Swatow

Honolulu

Penang

Kobe

Rangoon

Kowloon London

Saigon

San Francisco

Sydney 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.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG PO.

Chief Manager

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the Information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the island and Mainland is published.--

faland

Victoria Peak

Feet.

1828

Signal Station

1774

Mt. Parker

1734

Mountain Lodge

1728

The Eyrie

1728

Peak Tram Statión

1806

Talkoo Sanatorium

1000

Mt. Davla

877

Bowen Road (filterbada)

297

Mainland

Feat.

Talmoshan

3124

Kowloon Penk ...................

10712