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HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital. Issued, and Fully Paid-up Reserve Funds: Sterling

Hong Kong Currency Re-

·serve, - s

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.$50,000,000 *$20,000,000

6,500,000

MEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

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

W. H. Lock, Esq., Deputy Chairman,

ofiskin, Esq...

J. K. Bousfeld. Eng. A... Compton, Ed. E..S. Morrison, Esq.,! L., J. Davies. Exq Hon. Mr. T. E. Pourçës Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dodwell, Hon. Mr. A. L. Shield

Hon. Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, Chief Manager,

to pretend that the difficulties and DAY OF THE COLONY SWIMMING CHAM- restrictions in the path of export PIONSHIPS AT VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB that in spite of these, by the unit- TO-MORROW. THE OFFICIALS HAVE LEFT England and Overseas the Com- NOTHING UNDONE TO ENSURE THE SUC

Dr. Hsu Mo replied: "Austra- pany had managed to maintain its

Ilans are playing a great and Amoy

Bangkok export trade at practically the CESS OF THE MEETING AND IT IS NOW LEFT

noble part in the creation of a

Balaria previous figure as in the

Justice Bombay |TO THE COMPETITORS, AND SPECTATORS real new order built on

and democracy. We are fighting Calcutta IN A LESSER DEGREE, TO MAKE THE 1941

en different fronts but we have

Chefoo one common purpose and objec- Colombo tive. In China there is only one

Dafron We should like to see this bald GALA THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE IN THE

leadership and one aim to offer Foochow fact treated by a Kipling. These HISTORY OF SWIMMING IN HONG KONG.

invincible resistance to the exports had to be made from

vaders until our rights are rationed materials under risk of

gained."-Reuter. death and destruction from the

year.

state- upon this

Times" re-

Commenting ment the "Electrical marks:-

Swimming will commence at 6.07 : to-mor-

air, and when they managed to row and entrance to the Club will be 60 cents, find themselves on board ship

they had to run the gauntlet of or $1.20 (guaranteed seating accommoda- mine, as well as the normal perils tion). In the course of the past week,

sea-raider, U-boat, bomber, and

of the deep. What human cour

have

discussed the prospects of the representatives

from the different clubs

age, fortitude and endurance went to the delivery of these goods!"

In spite of the imposition of the Excess Pronts Tax the Company has had a very successful year, its numerous factories having been | AM GIVING MY FINAL SELEC- largely employed upon work ofTIONS FOR Arst grade importance to the war EVENTS: effort.

ported missing, 10 wounded and 29 prisoners of war. 2 have gained the Distinguished Flying Cross, 1 the Distinguished Flying Medal, 1 the Military Cross, 2 the Mili- tary Medal

competing.

Canton

BRANCHES:-

Ipob

Johors

Hobe

Kowloon

Fangoon Balgon

Ban Francisco

Shangbai

Kuala Lumpur Singapore

Lyone

Loudon

Bourabaya

Sungei Patani

Malacon

Swałow

Manila

Tientsin

Muar (Johore) Tokyo

Talogtoo

Now York. Puping

Yokohama

Ponoog

Muhdon Holpbong in-Kaskow

re-Harbin

Iloilo

CURRENT

MRS. F.D.R. WRITES TO TOMMY

Women's IN MY ARTICLE TO-DAY I|Colony Championship

220 Yards free-style. Miss Vivienne Churn is a 100

TO-MORROW'S

Yards free-style.

and should set up a mark very

Wai-king,

of

Ко

and Miu-ling

their

ACCOUNTS opened in

от

Local Currency and FIXED DEPOSITS

One Year received for

shorter periods in Local and Other Currencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of various sizes To Let.

TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken.

Hong Kong, 26th February, 1941.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

Reserve Fund

AND

per cent. "dead cert" for this race, Tommy Maloney, the The report also reveals that of Colony Championship-Men's 880 close to 3 minutes flat. Misses He three and a-half year old The Business of the above Bank is the 50,000 persons employed by the G.E.C. in England 3,400 are The Lai Tsun trio, Chan Chun- Celeste Guterres leave very little war refugee from Shad-conducted by the HONG KONG AND Rules may be obtained on application.

KONG HONG serving with the Forces of whom Įnam, Yau Sai-kwan and Lau Tai- to choose between them, and it is well, London, who has SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

FOR Mrs.

THE 38 have been killed. 18 are reping should liven up this race by hard to pick the second position been adopted by

SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. pacing up and down neck and from these three.

V. M. GRAYBURN, 75 Yards neck, with Chan gradually fore--

V.R.C. Boys'

Medley Roosevelt, wife of the

Chief Manager. Handicap. ing ahead by reason of his power-

United States President,

Hong Kong, 1st March, 1837, The boys ful push-off, plus, of course, his

have shown past fetes, and the has received this letter powerful swimming. Their coach, prowess in and 1 the George S. H. Wong.

the crop, J. Roza-

THE CHARTERED BANK confidently predicts cream

from his foster mother: Pereira, Medal, so that both the Company that Chan will better his own re-

J. Gomes, G. Rosselet

OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA and its employees are making amarkable time of 11.15.3/5, whilst and C. Guterres, will try to beat

"I have your picture and think

AND CHINA. considerable contribution to the you should also do

so, or come the handicapper and each other in

this event!

you are a very brave-looking little Empire's war effort.

very close to it, in coming sec- ond.

Colony Championship--Men's 150 boy. I know your mother is glad

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. Yardo Individual Medley.

to have you and your sister in a V.R.C. Boys' 25 Yards free-style

you can have Ng Nm has only Tsang Cheong-safe place where Junior Championship.

against him, as good food, sunshine, and fresh air. Paid-up Capital ming swimming This race should find J. A. Mar-far as I am aware, and should

"I know your sister will take ques winning by 3/4th of a body's have everything his own way. length. with the other three en- He is the best all-rounder this good care of you, when you can go trants finishing within a touch of season, and should prove this by back to your mother, a big, strong

should boy; setting up a mark that

"I hope the next report will V.R.C. Boys' 25 Yards free-style stand for a few years.

tell me that you are growing H'Cap (12 yrs, old & under).

stronger every day, and that you These

who HUNTING FOR THE POT, AS

in your adopted game youngsters

are very happy home." FROM HUNTING | pride themselves on just manag- A CHANGE

other ITALIANS, IS THE FAVOURITE ing to swim SPORT OF A SOUTH AFRICAN |side, should cause no little amuse- AIR FORCE SQUADRON, STA-ment with their TIONED IN THE SUDAN. TWO "strokes." OR THREE PICKED SHOTS. | no form guide here. LED BY THE MAJOR IN Colony Championship Women's CHARGE OF THE SQUADRON, TAKE A TRUCK INTO BUSH ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK TO HUNT THE LOCAL DEER.

"I went with them the

AIRMEN DEER STALKERS

THE

other

the

day" said a visitor, "and very ex ching it was. Standing in

pushed open truck, we

slowly through the bush, until one of the South Africans nudged me and said, "There they are.'

"They must have eyes like

saw

I

away

each other.

over to the

repertoire

of.

I am afraid there is

LOCAL SHARES

H.K, GOVT. LOANS 32% Loan (1940) 98 sa.

BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1480 b.

SHIPPING

100 Yarda breast-stroke. in the heats,

Judging by the times returned Miss Li Po-luen should win easily, whilst Misses Ho Wai-man and Ko Miu-ling, who did exactly the same time in DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS,

the heats, will fight it out for sec- and place up to the last foot. V.R.C. Members' 100 Yards free-

style Handicap.

popular race. Form is again be- yond judgment, Colony Championship-Men's 220

The handicapping of the V.R.C. officials has always been good and hawks. for I could see nothing at a close finish is promised in this all at frst. A moment later

running seven deer over the scrub. The young fight

the er gilot at

wheel of the

Yarda back-stroke. lorry, steered in and out through

W. Lawrence, well-known the thorn bushes and in and out veteran, should win, but A. K. of ditches, keeping level with but Rumjahn is reputed to have im- not getting any nearer to the deer.proved considerably in his train-

"We want to give them some

ing times by adopting a changed chance,' said the Major.

pace, and he should press Law- Standing. in the lorry was

rence into establishing.. a very feat in itself, but the Major, per good time for this newly in- haps using fighter aircraft. tech-

augurated race, Poon Wing-kai, of nique, brought down a fine buck Lai Tsun, beat Rumjahn by 2 with a clean shot through

Eecs. in the heats, and this strong neck from about 300 yards.

swimmer must be reckoned with Enemy aircraft must dodge by the two V.R.C. competitors. quickly out of the way of marks V.R.C. Women's 50 Yards free men like these."

style Junior Championship. Miss Myra Noronha will have stiff competition from Misses Therese Yvanovich and Yvonne Yolle, but should manage to reach the finishing wall ahead of them. Colony Championship Women's

Fandy Diving,

Anderson Miss Jacqueline

.

the

2,000 FLYING HOURS WITHOUT ACCIDENT

A COASTAL COMMAND has been practising hard SQUADRON HAS THE ENVIA under the eagle eye of BLE RECORD OF TWO THOU- Lionel Roza-Pereira. Though her SAND HOURS OF OPERA standard is not high, she should TIONAL FLYING IN THREE win this event from Miss MONTHS WITHOUT A SINGLE Josephine Ng, a somewhat un ACCIDENT, QUEE

Much of this flying was done known quanity The host of was done other women swimmers should by night, and in adverse weather take up diving, as there is hardly and the intense cold and snow anything more graceful to see storms early this year..

than a girl soaring through the During lese months the air-ale and cleanly entering the water. crafts of the squadron have pro-" V.R.C. Members' 60 Yards back. vided escort and protection to stroke Junior Championship. many convoys and have inter H. Reynolds, of the Police, cepted several enemy aircraft at- should win this race, with J. M. tempting to bomb British and Gosano, and 30. D. da Roza con- Allica vessels in the Atlántic, testing the second "place.

H.K. Steamboats $10.80 b.

ETC.

H.K. and K. Wharves $97 b. H.K. Docks $19.40 b., $194 S.,

$19.30/50 sa. Providents $7.35 b., $7.45

$7.30/40 68. LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS, HK. and S. Hotels $4.15 b.,

$4.30 s., $44.sa.

H.K. Lands $37 b.. $36% sa, H.K, Realties $3.90 b., $4.10 s. Chinese Estates, $100 b.

PUBLIC UTILITIES HK. Tramways $17.85 b..

sa.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided

Profits

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

£3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38, Bishopsgate, E.C.2. 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.CA. West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, S.W.1. Manchester Branch: 52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 3.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES!

Alor Star

Amritsar

Bangkok

Ipob

Karachi

L

Hankow

Penang.

Hong Kong

Rangoon

Iloilo

Saigon

Seremban

Batavia

Bombay

Shanghai

Calcutta

Klang

Singapore

Agencies:

Kobe

Sitiawan

Chire Street

Kuala Lumpur Sourabaya

Fairilo Place .$10,000,000.00

Canton 5,598,600,00

Саипрого Cobu 2,983,261.50 Colombo

Delhi Haiphong

Kuching

Taiping

Madras

Tiontain

Manila

Tougkah

Medan

(Bhuket)

New York

Tsingtao

Peiping

Yokohama

(Peking)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-

Hon,

Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman;

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and

LI Koon Chun, Esq., P. K, Kwok, Esq.,FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Li Lan Sang. Year or shorter periods in Local or Esq.. Wong Chu Son, Esq, and Fung Other Currencler at: rates which will Ping Wah, Esq.

Kan Tong Po. Esq., Chief Manager. Hon. Mr. Li Tse Fong, Manager.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

Beattie Bemarang Shanghai

Amoy Halavia Bombay

$18 Calcutta

Manila Melbourne

Nagasaki

New York

:

Haiphong

Parla

Singapore Bourabaya

Hankow Honolulp

Peiping

Bwatow

Bydney

Kobe Kowloon London

Rangoon

Tientaln

Balgan

Vancouver

Ban Francisca

Yaumati Ferries $24 b. China Lights (Old) $7 b., $6;

90/7-sa. H.K. Electrics Ex, Rts: $22:85 h.,

$2221⁄2 sa.

H.K. Electrics (New) $224 b. HK. Electrics Rights $122b

$12.15/60 sa. :) Macao Electrics $18 b. Telephones (Old), $25 sa. Telephones (New) $91⁄4 b

INDUSTRIALS. Cements $16.85 b.

STORES, &C. Dairy Farms $19.10 b.. Watsons $13.35 b. $13.35 sa. Lane, Crawfords $0 b. Sinceres $2.40, bi

MISCELLANEOUS $1,000 H.K. Govt. 31⁄2% Loan

100 Docks @ $19.30 1,100, Docks @ $191.- 500 Providents @ $7.30 1,500 Providents: @ $7.40, 100 Lands $304 500 Trams@ $18. 100 Lights (Old) $6,90 500 Lights (Old) @ 579 75 Lights (New) @ $2.15 200 Elec.: (Old) X. Rts. @ 2430 Elec.. Rta @ $12:15 66 Elec.. Rts. @ $12.40 1,000 Elec.. Rts, $12,00 100 Watsons @ $13.85

Panang

and

be quoted on application:

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened In Local Currency and Sterling with m terest. allowed at rates obtainable on application.

The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor and Trustee busi ness, and claims recovery of Britain Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.

・W H, EVANS THOMAS,

Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK

› OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

Every description of Banking Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved securities.

Current Accounts opened in Local 15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C... Currency and, Fixed Deposits received EAGAL

for one year or shorter periods in Local Authorised Capital and

Subscribed Capital

Foreign Currencies on terms. which will be quoted on application, Paid-up Capital *******

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let er.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

Reserve. Fund & Rest...

£3,000,000

-1,000,000

1,050,000

1,254,699 A BANKERSAT The Bank of England and Midland

- Bank, Ltd.

BRANCHES:VI

Jaffna Kuantan

THE WING ON BANK,

LIMITED. NI

Bangkok Bombay

Calqutla

Kandy

Colombo

Delhi

Head Office Hong Kong. 20, Dea Voeux Road, Central. Hong Kong Autherland Capital $10,000,000 Howrah

Ipals LONDON. BANKERS— Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every description of banking business transacted.

Current Accounts and Savings Accounts opened. Fixed Deposits received at rates which will be quoted on application,

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

Chief Manager,

Karachi

Now York

Tinaug

Rangoon

Kota Dhard 4 Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur Simla -

Kuala Lipis Singapore Kuala

- Trengganu

VAS HONG KONG BRANCH-00 Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted,^

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP WAR UNDERTAKEN,ELMANIZER CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Local Currency and FIXED DEPOSITS received in Local Currency and 'STER- LING) on terms that may be ascertained un application, -

D. BENSON,

-Manager.