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Sterling

at

4 p.m.

Barómoter... 20.05.

30.12

30.0%

Temperature Rr

03.

Wisdom

Humidity... 96

78

76

Telegraphic Transfer... I. Bank Bilis, on demand 17. Bagk Bills, 4 months'

sight Gredits, 4 months'

Silver

Right

Direction ENE

+

E

Documents,

months'

Foror

4

sight

1/1/16

1/11/101 /18/10

Reservo Liability of Pro-

prietors

16

HONG KONG-METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

Hong Kong Observatory, March 19,

EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS,

Provious On Date On Dale | ON LONDON

at Day

'at 4 pim. 10 ..

Blarch 19, 1931.

-HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931.

HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

· BANKING 'CORPORATION,

Authorised Capital' ........#50,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-up...880,000,000 Reservo, Funds:--

UHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA AND OHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL, CHARTER, 1853.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

03, BROADWAY, New York.

Capital. £3,000,000 Surplus £4,000,000 reserves

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS ► COMPANY, INC.

Head Office:1.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

1

1

4

6

10

£6,500,000 -

..$10,000,000

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

U.S. $3,000,000 U.S.81,579,545 U.S.81,008,209

11

,850,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

pristors .....

12

13

13

£3,000,000

BRANCHES :→→

HEAD OFFICE; HONG KONG.

Amsterdam Autwap Athens

Const

Lancas tinople Logano Bdinburgh Lazor Forw

Palirad Holterdam Bome Marseilles Stamboul

18

17

18

(buket)

PO

Barlin Mamita

Dear

Monte Carlo bangkai

Gene

Kanila

Boot lamp.

Bowlany

Glasgow

Muziah

ten

C

0.

KLANG

BYMAWANG

Bremen

Havana

Montreux

Blog pore

20.

91

P2

93

sark

0,04

0.00

3,12

KORE

SERKYBAN

Ensala Hamburg

Man

At. Korita

KUALA

BILANGHAT

KANGBAR

BINDATORK

KUALA

BOURADAYA

Buenos Aires živ Cairo

Interlaken Valoutta Jonions Pin

Mai"

Flestate

Vient

LUMPUR

KUORING

TAIPING (P.34.8)

Iida

MAINILAH

ΤΑΤΟΥ

DELIN

MANILA

TIENTSIN

MEDAN

TOKTO

London

Gelomba Copenhagen Liverpool Piping

Branches of AMERICAN EXrEss

Prin Fant

Yokohama Zurich

24

NEW YORK

TSINGTAO

PRIPING

YOKOHAMA

PERANG

ZAMBOANGA

COMPANY in Principal Cities of United States of America and Canada.

20

28

99

Kandiaris)

...

All classes of Commercial Bank- 30 ing Transactions undertaken.

31

39

33

31

Bánk, at sight

ON YOKOHAMA :➡

On donand....

35

Persoap! investment accounta handled.

20

97

Westhor! OR Bain Highost open-air Tomperaturo, 1710 Lowest open-air Temperature 18G

B-Blue sky; O-Gloudy; D Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning: M-Mist; O-Overcast; P-Fassing showers; Q-8qualls; B-Rain; T- Thunder.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE,

ON PARTS:

Bank Bills, B demand 0174 Credits, 4 months' sight:6274 ON NEW YORK:

Brak Billa, on demand 2 Oredits, 00 days' sight. 25 ON BOMBAY

Telegraphic Transfer Back, on demand ... ON CALCUTTA

Telegraphic Transfer t Bank, on demand

ON SHANGHA! :-***

IE

ON MANILA-On demand... 48$

ON SINGAPORE: ---

Ön demand ...................... 43) ON BATAVIA:Ou, demand. C. ON HAIPHONG;

Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. C. G. S. MADKIE,

Agencies and Branches:- ALOR STĀS HONG KONG TONGKAH-

(Malay Stave) ILOILO ANRITKAR

BANGOON ΕΙΚΟΝΟΣ

BAIGON НАПАСНА

Chairman.ATAVIA

Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,

Deputy Chairman.CANTON

W. H. Bell, Esq. A. H. Compton, Esq. D. Lander Lewis, E.

G. Miskin, Esq.

T. E. Pearce, Esq. J. A Plummer, Esq. T.HR. Show, Esq.

J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager:

V. M. GRATOURs, Esq.

1 Tla, 761 1842, du

481

BRANCHES

Auroy

Ipoh

Peiping

Bangkok

Johore

Peuang

Batavia

Kobe

Bengoat

Bombay

Kowloon

Baigon

Calcutta Kuala

San Frau-

Canton Chelon

Lumpur

cisco

*Landon

Shanghai

LOW WATER.

ON BANGKOK:-

On demand ................. 14 ↓ SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying

Colombo Dairen

Lyons Malacca

Hale

Haiphong Muar

Hamburg

Hankow

Singapore Sourabaya

Patani (Johore) Tientsin Mukden Tokyo.

Harbin Hongkow Iloilo

From March 1 to 95, 1931,

BIGH WATER,

Month

Datoont

Thar 1

Fri.

Bat,

ང་མཥ

Sun. 1 21

Hong

Koog

Standard

Time.

Height.

h. m. 10255 2

48

1045

32 18

22 49

Horg

Kong

standard

Time.

Fleight.

0341 1337 28

15.31

04 04

妈

1631

11 20

1448

93 256 3

17 12

Mon. 23

1187 5 G

05 OB

1738

Took 24

000445

1954

Wod. 25

47 40

05 28

123 15 9

20.06

5857

On demand........... ON SAIGON: On demand Je

BAR SILVER,, per uz.

141-

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. AT THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH Co., LM |

ADDRESSED

Vendor Hoi Ship

++

FROM Shanghai Bromen

DON'T LEAVE HONG KONG

Foochow Manila Sungei

Nagasaki Tsingtao New York Yokohama

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DE rostra received for one year or shorter periods in LOCAL CURRENCY and STERLING on terms which will be quoted on application.

Hong Kong, 29th Feb., 1031.

[20

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANE THE

Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application.

„without giving as Order for the Weekly Pren to be sent to your Address for

TWELVE MONTES

.816.04

iX MONTHS

$8.00

4

Victoria,

THREŻ MONTEB ..............

34.00

1:

New Territories.

LOCAL MAPS

Peak District,

Kowloon,

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. 11. Ie House Street.

THE

FUNNEL

BLUE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVIOR.

"AUTOLYODS

"HECTOR"

31st Mar, For Marseilles, Coenblanos.

London, B'dam, Hamburg & Glaserv 15th Apr, For Marseilles, London, R'dam.

& Glasgow

LIVERPOOL SERVICE, "KURYLOCHUS" 20th Mar,, For Genoa, Harra, Tripoli,

L'pool, de 'gow. ***TRISEYIAS". 20th Apr., ForGenos, Harra,i/pool.u'gow.

PACIFIC SERVICE (via KOBE & YOKOHAMA) ** IXION"

9th Apr., For Vistoria, Vannonverà dasftio. *TYNDAREUS". 2nd May, for Vistoria, Vansourer k domstie.

INWARD SERVICE.

**ANCHISES" CALOLLAR

Das 9th Mar,, For Shi, Maji, Kobe & Than 23th Mar., For S'hai, Koba, Yokoha.naj

Olaru & Vladivostock,

PASSENGER SERVICE

For

Baila AENEAS" 70h Apr., Shanghai, Taiugies, Taka & Dalay HECTOR" 15th Apr., at Noon, J'paro, Marseilles & London.

Alan carguntoamaze with limited passsugor accommodation specially redwood Laros,

For Creight, passage rates, and information apply.

Butterfield & Swire,

For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAL BANKING CORPORATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1930.

[2

EQUITABLE EASTERN BÁNK- ING CORPORATION.

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS- U.S. 84,500,000.

HEAD OFFICE:

18, PINE Street,

NEW YORK.

Au American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Service In the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application..

This Bank is entirely owned by: Tue CHASE NATIONAL BANK, New Yonx, whoso Total Resources are U.S. $2,800,000,000,

O. M. BIGGAR,

Manager.

93]

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY.)

BANKERS

Established 1884,

BOMBAY JÄLGUZTA

CAWNFORE ORNU COLOMBO DAIREN

HAIPHONG

HAMBURG MANHOW

TARMIN

Qforth

(Uppina

Talandi). FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITs roooived for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on applica

tion.

MIFERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931.

[30

BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIZ (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria Hong Kong.

HEAD OFFICE:

74, Rue St. Lazare, Paris.

Frs.

The Company offers to intending: travellers the use of its "Travelers Chequer" and Lettera of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped „Travel Department.

Affiliated with

THE CHASE NATNONAL BANK Resources Over G.$2,500,000,000

E. W. DUGGAN,

Maangor.

38

CLUEB. *

* Across. 1-From here.one goes to Kan-

dabar.

0-A sister slope. 10-A. Mrs. of theatrical famo 11. They break this in out West. 13-The Morris" or "Daimler"

of the future

13-This sort of disease may be

described as local,

10. This awful. upset has, weight

in sport.

17.--Hence the dentistt." 20,--Reenli, with him, "It's

Never Too Late to Mend."

Capital, fully paid-up .... 50,000,000 Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. 92-A modernised old Roman Reserves

22,319,000

Marseillos

BRANCHER :- Paris Lyons Saigon Haiphong .Hanoi Tourane Quinhon Hue

Thanh hoa Vinh Peiping Shanghai

Hong Kong

BANKERS:

Pnom Penh. Tientsin

Franco: Société Généralo, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiana.

San Francisco: Bank of Italy.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the

World.

A BOLLIN,

Manager. Hong Kong, Jet July, 1229.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, IMITED, HEAD OFFICz:-

15, Gracechurch Street, London,

E.C. 3

Authorized Capital. Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital

Established 1017.).

HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE. HONG KONG Orvice :—13, QUEEN'» Rp. C.

Reserve Liabilities of

Shareholders

"

"

town of Yorkshire.

24. You could scarcely travel

much farther away on earth. 25.-You are deceived when you

are this in,

8-The opposing part

across.

14-Pour off gently. 15.-If you do not make

10

this

you cover. make anything. 17.---A member of a heretic aect. 18-You stop in doing this, dij 19~~A gift of a Inmous General;

1.-This, with an accent, is an

explanation to you." 23-Just played about. 28-Don't let yourself be this with

mero trifles. 27.Make restitution-or take

punishment.l.

The Prince is now their Lord. 1-A man of this is certainly n

stout follow,

3.-Such a break is generally as si

sociated with an instrument. 33-A useful addition to many

liquids.

The solation will be published to-

28.-This is, after 25 across, 29-A Shakespearean Princess, 30-In seeking this animal, you morrow,

almost wander from your subs ject.

know

Authorcized Capital....Straits $50,000,000 Issand

$8,000,000 Paid-up

$4,000,000

$4,000,000 $2,530,000 34.-Lovers of the "Ring

him as "Wotan,!! 35.-This belongs to the kitchen

garden,

Surplus

Branches, Agencies and Corres- pondents in the principal cities of the world.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HO001,

Maunger.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE. Head Office:

08, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.

Subscribed, Capital Frs. 72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital... Fra.68,400,000:00 Reserve Fund..... Fra 102,000,000,00

BRANCHES : Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Huo Saigon £3,000,000 Cantbo Mengtaz Shanghai £1,800,000 Canton Non-Dinh Singapore

Thanion £1,050,000 Djibouti Noumea

Reservo Fund and Rest....£1,648,506 Eort Bayard Papeete Tientsin

BANKERS:

TS BANK OF England

as and MIDLAND BANK, LTD.

Batavin Bangkok Bombay

HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEZ'8 ROAD Calcutta

CENTRAL

Colombo Delhi Gallo

Authorised "Capital

Gidrs. 150,000,000- Hong Kong

(£12,500,000.) Howrah Paid Up Capital...Gldra: 80,030,000 Ipoh

(£8,609,170.) Kandy Reserve Fund....... Gidrs. 40,015,000 (£3,334,583.) Head Office Amsterdam.* Eastern Head Office:-Batavia. BRANCHES-Bandjeroads, Bradong", Bombay, Calcutta, Oberibon, Djember, Djokjar karia The Hague, Jain, Rols, Bois Endje, Naikams, -Mulan, Pa dany. Palembang, Frkalongan, F nang, Pontianak""' Rangoon," Boar dan, Bemarang, Shanghai, bolga mira) Begspor, Boarabala, howakarta (Solo) Tore, Talap and Walleyendan”.

*These afstre kate Bafi Depist. Been To Zat,

London Bankers:-- National Provincial Bank, Ltd.

Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip

tion transacted.

A. STOKKINK,

Apting Manager, Hong Kong, 18th May, 1930 (30

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

HEAD OFFIER: "Hoso Kosa

-BRANCHED:

Karachi Madroa Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang

(Kelantan) Port Louis Kuala Lipis (Mauritius)

(Pahang) Rangoon Kuala Shanghai Lumpur Simla Kuantno Singapore. (Pahang) Bourabaya

HONG KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted Travellers Cheques issued. Trustee and Executorships under- taken,

INTEREST allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposite at Rates that may be ascertained on appli- cation

C. L. BANDES,

Manager. 7, Queen's Road Central,

Hong Kong, 15th Mar., 1931.

[29

BANK OF CHINA.

Reorganized October 28, 1928, under special charter of The Nations] Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

Haiphong Peiping Tourane

Hankow

Напоі

Prom-Penh Vinh Pondicherry Yunnanfu

Bankers:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Crédit Indus- trial et Commercial; Société Générale,

IN LONDON: The National. Provin

cial and Union Bank of Eng- land, Ltd.; Comptoir National. d'Escompte de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co, of Now York,.

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits Record-; ing to arrangement.

Every description of Banking and Exchango Business tranencted. Safe Deposit Boxes to let.

A. LECOT,

Manager. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1920. [32

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

IMITED

Capital (fully paid up)." Reserve Fund

|

30. It is risky to do this in a

total stranger.

37. Another letter would make

this artist of little account, 38.A remark in an undertone.

Down.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.

UP PRES 8ESCAPED HEI

THE BALD TA EGET S ES CLEARLTEN P |T=B_ULTI, L.E_A_0 CANT YESTY ATES

1.-A modern poet might here be HTTP E

of this.

Thrutched "the Lancas- trinn could say

4. Commented visibly.

TSPEER NOMADEW IMPACT INABOTH

B.-An important person at many NO ERIC AFRIC_I

functions,

TINTIN‹NA BU LATES

d. Any great figure reduced to, E SATURSTY LOT

or raised to, a quadruped.... |E OTETIT

-This instrument almost puts

yon in a whirl.

NORWARD ODY KSRE

WHEN YOU ARE DUE FOR LEAVE

Send a Chit to 11. Ice House Street.

and order the Hongkong Weekly Press

to be sent to you for--

Three months

Six months Twelve months

$ 4.00

$8.00

$16.00

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

ESTABLISHED 1918,

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voux, Road, Central,

TONG TONG.

Yen 100,000,000 ..Yen 115,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT:

Raugoon Saigon Boorabaya

CAPITAL AND BURPLUS TOTAL RESOURCES.

Ban

Francisco

Subscribed Capital.....$25,000,000,00 Alexandria Ka Yuen

Karachi 824,710,200.00 Batavia Hong Kong Currency. Paid-up Capital.

Bombay *Kobe Calcutta London Canton

Lyons Changchun Los Angelbe Seattle

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000

PAID-UP CAPITAL RESERVE FUND..............

Branches:-

Reserve Funde

8,643,600 1,100,000

CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW, SWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW. YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, London Bankers: - THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD. Correspondente

transacted.

$3,820,503.82

HEAD OFFICE:-SHANGHAI

HONG KONG BRANCH;

4 Queen's Road Central.

Dairen

Manila Bemarang (Dalny) Nagasaki Shanghai Fengtian Nagoya Bingapore.

Owing to our numerous branches (ukdan), Nowchwang Shimonoseki:

Hankow

Harbin

New York Bydnay Oukh Polping

in China and farge connections in the important commercial contree of Hong Kong Rio de

Tientsin Tokyo

insofu

the world, we are able to extend to Honolulu : Janeiro Tsingtao In all Principal Cities of the World, our clients special facilities for Buenos Ayras (Temporarily closed).. Foreign Exchange and Booking domestic and foreign banking and Vladivostook (Temporarily closed).

Interest allowed on Current Ar Business of exors description We also handle the surf Bonds count

excliange. N

Deposits received for Fixed Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) and other Public Funds of the

Rental of from 85 to Chinese Government both at home Periods at rates to be obtained on and abroad.^ GA GC: application.

OPEN SHOU-J., CHEN,

Manager

at a

POONG SHAN,A

Maunger,

H. MORI, Manager. Hong Kong, March 11, 1031.

OTER H. 88,000,000,00 ...OTER H.830,000,000,00 Every description of Banking Accounts and Exchange business transactod.

Current and Fixed Depolit Accounts" in "Local and "Fördiga Currencies opened for Clients

Barings Acontat and date Deposit Boxes.

Branches and Agencies all over the world.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Ma

Printed and Published by BoBERT TVIET BARRY

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, LIMPIED, AS 11, Ics Hous Street Victoria, Hong Kong. London Odlice; 13, EI E.C. 4AN

Street.