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THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.

Tel Central 230.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH,

1, Queen's Buildings.

SOLE AGENTS FOR

BELL'S UNITED ASBESTOS CO. LTD.."

MANUFACTURERS OF

"Victor Metallic," "Dagger," "Quadruple

*Reefer Packings.

Bell's Asbestos Compositions.

- Salamander" Engine & Cylinder Oils.

-Salamanderite Jointing."

"and

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

To-day Special Children's Matinee,

at 230 p.m.

+ (7

Souvenir Tickets-No Blanks

"

Each Ticket entitled to a Prize

Gold Watches, Toys, Perfumes, Confectionery, etc.

p.m.

TO-DAY, at 5.15 p.m. & 9.15

MANILA VAUDEVILLE COMPANY

AND

MARY PHILBIN

The Merry-Go-Round" Girl

IN

"FOOLS' HIGHWAY"

A Universal-Jewel. De Luxe.

HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO, LTD.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS.

SPECIALISTS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. FOUNDATIONS BY THE FRANKI PILING SYSTEM.

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Our Head Office has been moved from Powell's Building,. Des Voeux Road Central, to more commodious premises on the 3rd Floor of St. GEORGE'S BUILDING, CHATER HONGKONG., (over the offices of Messrs Shewan. Tomes & Co.)

Telephones

Central 4581 (two lines).

We have much pleasure, in introducing

COMPANY REPORT..

THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.

The report for presentation to share holders at the twenty-seventh ordinary anaual meeting states:**

The Directors have the pleasure to sub- mit to shareholders their report, with a statement of accounts, for the eight) months ended December 31, 1924.

The nett earnings, of the boats, ufter paying all working expenses, amounted to $236,936.78.

The amount at credit of Profit and Loss Account (after paying for repairs, allow- ing for Directors and Auditor a fees and depreciation, including $37,259.7! naught forward, is 8311,415.08 which, with the approval of shareholders, it is proposed. to appropriate as follows:- To pay & Dividend of $1.50 ... To pay a Bonus of $1.00 To carry forward

60,000.00

40,000.CO

911,413.06

$311,413.06

Directors Mr. B. D. F. Beith joined the Board in place of Mr. D. G., M, Ber- nard resigned In accordance with the Articles of Association Mr. C. Gordon Mackie retires but, being eligible offers himsel for re-election.

," Auditor:-The accounts have been audited by Mr. Bernard Brown, A.C.A., who offers himself for re-elec tion.

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CHINESE OVERSEAS TRADE.

(FROM THE "CRINESE ECONOMIC BULLETIN."}

The Sze Hai Tang Bank, Singapore, established 1C 1907, was the earliest Chinese "overseas bank. It has been succeeded by, fourteen other banks, in- cluding the China and South Sea Bank, which was organised by Hwang Yi Chu of Samarang in 1921, with head offices in Shanghai The China and South Sea Bank now occupies an important posi.. tion among Chinese bankers in the coun- try. The total amount of authorised capital of the 13 overseas merchantį banksi is about $100,000,000, and the paid-up capital,27,000,000. The China and South Sea Bank has branch offices in

1926

Promoting Happiness

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Ken'sitas

Manufacturers?

the preferred cigarette

1. WIZ & SONS - LTD · 175-34 PICCADILLY · LONDON +W.1 · ENG. Wolemia onlyLDONNÉLLY A WHITE, Distributors for Hoorking and South China, 7 QUEEN'S BUILDINGS. Telephone: Central 436.

Jenkyn

Obtainable at Lane, Crawford, Lid, Tadaquest Filipina. Graeco- cyp laji

Tobacco Store.

mosed a 1 Flight – fast Tobacconists,

At 95 cents

per tin of 50

CLEARANCE SALE

OF

"All Millinery and

Knitted Goods.

MAUDE BRENNAN.

20 FLOOR, ASIATIC BUILDINGS.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Tientsin, Hankow, and Amoy. The Ho HONGKONG HOTEL

Hong Bank, Singapore, has six branches, and the Chinese Overseas Merchants" Bank, Singapore, four branches. With the exception of the Chinn and South Sen Bank, most of the overseas Chinese banks deal principally, in louna. Deal. ing in drafts and foreign exchange is a. subsidiary, business. Following is a list of the Banks - organised by overseas Chinese merchants together with loca tion:-

China and South Sea Bank, Shanghai: China Banking Corporation, Philippine Islands; Chinese Merchants" Bank, Singapore: Sze Hoi Tung Bank, Singa-

Chiness pore;

Overseas Merchants' Baak. Slogapore; Ho Hong Bank. Singapore: Lee Hwa Bank, Singapore:

THURSDAY. FRIDAY,

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է:

SATURDAY,

MONDAY,

TUESDAY,

January, 29th 30th 31st February, 2nd 3rd

There will be No. TEA DANCES

at

THE HONGKONG HOTEL·

on any of the above Dates,

(1786

War Hing Lee Bank, Penang; China The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.” Banking Corporation, Ipob; Bank of Chantabun, Chantabun: Bank of Bata- via, Batavia; Chinese Bank, Sourabaya's Huang Chunghan's Bank, Samarang Ma Sum Chuan's Bank. Samurang: Chinese Commercial bank, Manna.

Recently, a Chinese merchant at Sam C. E. WARREN & CO.,

rang, Kwo Chun Yang, proposed to or ganise 5 bank with capital of $109,000,000. The head office is planned

to be opened in Shanghai or Peking.

LTD

MONUMENTALISTS, &o.

SANITARY ENGINERES,

and branch offices in all important cities OFFICES 81D, WYNDHAM STREET. throughout the world. Mr. Kwo is a rich sugar and cotton merchant in Samarang. His scheme is supported by Mr. Sciling. Ta former President of the Bank of Java.

SAIGON RICE MARKET.

Meurs, Wm. G. Hale & Co., Ltd., oi Saigon, in their latest circular, state:

The steadiness of our market which we reported in our last circular has been

0. 289.

HONGKONG.

JUST RECEIVED

A STOCK OF

× 4' RECTANGULAR RAIN- WATER PIPES, HEADS & SHOES,

accentuated during the period under re. HP. WATER FILTERS, BATHS,

LA TROPICAL PERFECTOS Japan, Java, Cuba and Europe for de-

The Finest JAMAICA CIGARS ever manufactured.

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Made by the Famous Factory of

B. & J. MACHADO CO, LTD., Try A Box of 25 To-day.

ABAQUERIA FILIPINA

LEADING TOBACCONISTS, OPPOSITE QUEEN'S THEATRE

PROMONTA

Is an exceedingly effective and strengthening medicine,

The chief ingredient in its composition is obtained from natural nerve, matter and contains in the synthesis all the properties to be found in the normal nerve matter,

This remedy can be applied in cases of:

Seurasthenia, all kinds of fatigue and exhaustion, insomnia arising from psychico-nervous causes, malnutrition and its resultaat ailment, anaemia, bloodlessness, impaired vitality.... Convalescence, senile decay of the nervous aytsem, after-effects of tropical anaemia and one-sided diet, etc.

PIANOS FOR SALE OR HIRE

TSANG FOOK PIANO GO.

•Im, 197"

94a, WandMAT FOLD.

view owing to purchases effected by

livery in January and February. During the last few days a strong advance has been reported in Hongkong and Singa pore. Under these circumstances, and with supplies of paddy still below the average, our market has strongly ad vanced and closes very firm. We may add that notwithstanding the very good crop which we will have this year, we do not see immediate prospects of a substra tial decline in the present quotations.

New Crop-Official reports confirmed the quantity available for export of 1,350,000 tons which we have already given, but the true outturn crop is not yet known as harvesting is still going on In some districta.

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS."

JANUARY 29TH, 1925. Hongkong and Shanghai

Banks Aro Canton Insurances

"Hongkong Fire Insurances

Unida Insurances

BASINS, Etc.

ESTIMATES FREE FOR ALL KINDS OF MONUMENTAL WORK &c., IN ITALIAN MARBLE-POLISHED OF FINELY PUNCHED HONGKONG GRANITE.

To Ows cx SELECTED DESIGN.

A LARGE STOCK OF ARTIFICIAL WREATHS.

CINEMA NOTES.

THE CORONET.

(1488

Charlie Chaplin has produced a really serious film, "A Woman of Paris," which by some critics has been acclaimed a masterpiece. His genius as & producer consists in an infinite capacity for con- centrating on little things. His methed is subtle in the extreme, and he suggestS the course of events so cleverly by ap 1,195 b., 81,205 aparently minor events that the intelligent spectator should be able to follow the whole action

tion by a kind of fastinct rather than by any conscious effort to grasp what is taking place,

$755.

$715 nom. $261 b.

b.

Douglas Steamships....... H.K., G. & M. Steamboat 221 h

Star Ferri Waterboat

*Shell Transporte 2), mm2 China Sugars...in

Langkats (combined)

Kowloon WharrOS

Winampos Docks

Shanghai Docks

4159 nom.

181 b.

..122 b...

22 nom. T. ...211 b.

$213 $1623 Tix. 107 HK. & 8. Hotels... (old) $18, (new) $17 nom. Hongkong Lands

$108 6. Humphreys Estates. $42) Dom. Dwo Milli

Ta. 12.35 b. Bhanghai Cottons......(vid) Th. 614 nom. Orientais

Tis. 4.20 nom.

b.. &a

Cameria (combined)

Providenta

China Lights (combined)......126

J(old). "(now). 39 b.

#45₤ bi Hongkong Ropes (combined) $59 nom.

Dairy Farms

Electrica

Tramway!

Watsons

The excellence of the acting in "A) Woman of Paris is not all due to the genius of Charlie Chaplin. In the lead ing part Edna Purviance is admirably tragic and always subdued. The smaller characters are also excellently played.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

La "Fools Highway," her latest. Universal Jewel starring production, adapted from "My Mamie Rose," Owen Kildare's famous life-story, showing to-day at the Queen's Theatre. Mary Philbin plays the role of Mamie Rose, little waif of the old Bowery. Miss Philbin is supported by a strong cast including Pat O'Malley, who plays the opposite her, Buster Collier, Jr., Max Davidson, Kate Price, Charlie Murray, Edwin J. Brady, Lincoln Plumer.

The Manila. Vaudeville Co., are extend- (old) $22 nom. (now) 144 bing their engagement hers for a further two weeks and will give entire changes of programme each week on Monday Thursday and Baturday.

Peak Tramy (old)....

$26.

bebuyers; p=sellers; sa-

Produced by

the greatest film artist in the world as a tribute to

the girl who has appeared in nearly all his pictures

A WOMAN

· EDNA

OF PARIS

with

PURVIANCE

is the greatest Chaplin picture ever thrown upon a screen, though Charlie himself does not play a part.

It is the first technically Pefect Photo- drama !

A Perfect Story,

Perfect Settings,

Perfect Acting T

Do not think that, because we not increase prices, it is not a super-picture

TO-DAY, at

230 p.m., 5.15 pm, 7.15 pm and 9.15 p.m.

THE CORONET

THE

TO-DAY

JAN. 30 and JAN. 31

and SATURDAY

STAR

Direct from the

FOLIES BERGERES

SERGINE & LUDO Artistic Dancers Extraordinary YVONNE DEMAY

Delightfully French Chansons Comiques

MAJUREL

Baritone

DUGARD

Comedian-Parodist Impersonator LES ANAGLYPHES

Living Movies" together with

ANNA Q. NILLSON

In

"INNOCENCE

The Drama Surprising

Prices

5.30 p.m. Circle and Stalls 81.20; Pit 60 cts. 9.15

82.00;

Servicemen Half Price.

81.00