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April 24, 1931. ON LONDON:
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931.
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
BANKING JORPORATION,
Authorised Capital 850,000,000. Issued & Fully Paid-ap...$30,000,000 Reservo Funds:—
Sterling. Silver
11 13/16 Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
Credits, 4 months'
sight
1/7/18
Documents, 4 months'
STRAITS ON MALAY
mminata 1/64.
CHINA, JAPAN, Corea, INDO
CHINA,
SIAM.
SETTLEMENTS,
STATES. NETHERLANDS INDIA, BORNEO, THEON PHILIPPINES, Etc.
This Large Volume of approximate- ly 2,200 Fagas gives, in addition to the Usual Lists of Firms, an Alphabetical Llats of Residents in the Far East containing the Names of nearly
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20,000 FOREIGNERS,'.
Arranged, with the initials as well as Surnames in strict alphabo, tient order.
CLASSIFIED LIST
MERCHANTS,
AND
MANUFACTURERS
for the whole of the Far East arranged, with addresses, in alphabetical order.
sight PARIS:
Bark Billa, on demand 007 Credits, 4 months' sight 6474 NEW YORK:-
Bank Bills, on demand 233- ON BOMBAX:
Telegraphie Transfer Bank, on demand
ON CALCUTTA: --
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ON SHANGHAI:
Bauk, at sight .... ON YOKOHAMA :-**
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4N1
ON MANILA-On demand... #72-
ON SINGAPORE:-
On demand
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER,
1833.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Agencies and Branches:- ALOR STAR HONG KONG TONOKAU
Tinay Beat) [TÖILD
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, ING,
Head Offoe:
Amsterdam Conetan. Lucerne Palermo Antwerp athens Dis
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
A
2
3
£6,500,000 *....$10,000,000
Reserve Fund
65, BROADWAY, New York.
Capital £3,000,000 Surplus £4,000,000 Reserves
U.S.80,000,000 U.S.81,572,575 10
U.8.81,005,209
Resurvo Liability of Pro-
.....$20,000,000
prietors
£3,000,000
BRANCHES :-
12
13
timple Lugan
Edinburgh Luzor
klamoto
Hettonland Home Marsellies Stamboul
fron
KARACHI
DANGDON BADDON
Beriln Biarritz
C
Monte Carlo Shanghai
OPTION
Maxila Boath
Bombay
Glasgow
Munich
Lon
KLAND
•
ЯККАКАКО
Bremsen
HAU
Montreex
Bingspora
17
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Bramal Hamburg
St. Steril
Buenos Aires Havre
Naples
Tantalu
Onlro
Tateria
Nige
Vanna
daloutta
Jorvaatem Pires
Venice
Geante
Lido
Parts
Yokotam
Colombo London
ProRng Peiping
Zurich
Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY in Principal Cities of United States of America and Canada.
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Board of Directors: Hon. Mr. C. G. S. MACKIE,
Chairman.
Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,
Deputy Chairman,
W. I. Bell, Esq. A. H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lewis, Esq. G. Miskin, Es).
T. E. Pearce, Esq.
J. A. Plummer, Esq.
T. H. R Shaw, Esq.
J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager:
V. M. GRAYBORN, Esq.
Peiping
42
Amoy
BRANCHES : Ipoh
ON BATAVIA:-On demand. 59% Os HairHONG
Bangkok
Johore
Penang
Batavia
Kobe
Rangoon
On demand. ON SAIGON:-On demand 61 ON BANGKOK:
Bombay
Kowloon
Baigon
Calcutta
On demand SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying
193
Canton Chefoo Colombo Dairen
Kuala
Lumpur
Lendon
San Fran.
cisco Shanghai
Lyons
Malacca
13 4/16 Foochow
Manila
Haiphong Muar
Sungei
Patani
Hamburg
Hankow
Harbin
Hongkew New York Iloilo
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A. H. FERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931.
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EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK, ING CORPORATION.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS— U.S. $4,500,000.
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D. M. BIGGAR,
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NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-
·MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824.
BRANCHES Paris Lyons
Marseilles Saigon Haiphong Hanoi Tournus. Quinhon Нио Thanh hoa Vinh Pnom Penh Peiping Shanghai Tientsin Hong Kong
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. London: Midland Bank, Ltd.
Established 1917.)
Head Orrier:-SINGAPORE, HONG KONG OFFICE :-13, QUEEN'S RD, C.
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Irving Trust Co., Banca Com--Every description of Banking and merciale Italiane.
Exchange business transacted. TAN ENG HOOI,
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the
World.
A. ROLLIN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st July, 1929.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE: --- 15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. 3.
Manager,
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, Head Office:
00, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Frs.2,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital Frs.68,400,000.00 Reserve Fund...Frs.102,000,000.00
BRANCHES Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhen Battambang
Hue
Saigon Authorized Capital 3,000,000 Centha Mengtaz Shanghai Subscribed Capital ...£1,800,000 Canton Nam-Dinh Singapore Paid-up Capital .......
21,050,000 Djibouti Noumen Thanhoa Reserve Fund and Rest....£3,040,500 Fort Bayard Fapoeta
Tientsin Haiphong Paiping Touranc Hapkow Pnom Penh Vinh Hanoi Pondicherry Yunnanfu
BANKERS:
THE BANK OF ENGLAND and
MIDLAND BANK, LTD.
Batavia Bangkok
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Bombay
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
Calcutta Colombo Delhi Galle Gidrs. 150,000,000-
(£12,500,000.) Hong Kong Paid-Up Capital...Glurs. 80,030,000 Howrah
(20,669,170.) Ipoh Reserve Fund........Gidra. 40,016,000 | Kandy
(£3,334,533.)
Head Office:—Amsterdam,” Eastern Head Office:~Batavia. BRANCHES:--Bandjermsalo, Bandoeng", Bombay,
and Weltevesite?".
Calcutta, Charbon, Djambar, Diskja- karta, The Hague), Jkkkh, Kobe, Kota-Hadi Makasar, Medan, Pa. dang. Palembang, Pekalongan, P hang, Fontianak, Rangoon, Blotter dams". Samarang, Singhal Bibolts (Bumaira), Singapors Boems soerakaria (Bob) Tryal, Tating 4*Then offoss have Bafe Deposit Bonne Te Let,
London Bankers National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip-
tion transacted.
A. STOKKINK,
Acting Manager. Hong Kong, 18th May. 1030. (30
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD,
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currency. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL........ 8,605,000, RESERVE FUND
1,100,000
Branches:- CANTON, SHANGHAI, HASLOW, SWATOW, BANGKOK, New. YORK and SAN FRANCISCO. *******London” Bankera;-
THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD. Correspondents
BRANCHES :
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang (Kelantan) Part Louis Kuala Lipis (uuritius)
(Pahang) Rangoon Kuala Shanghai Lumpur8imin Kuantun Singapore
(Pahang) Sourabaya
Hoxo Koxo Branch: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Cheques issued. Trustee and Executorshipa under. taken:
INTEREST allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be ascertained on appli- cation,
C. L. SANDES,
Manager. 7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 19th Mar., 1931.
BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 26, 1928; under special charter of The National Government as an
"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 Provia- cial and Union Bank of Eng- land, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompté de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York. Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits accord. ing to arrangement.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted,
Safe Deposit Boxes to let,
A. LECOT,
Manager: Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1920. [32
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
IMITED
| Capital (fully paid' up)
Yon 100,000,000
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Reserve Fund...... Yen 115,000,000
Subscribed Capital......$25,000,000,00
Rio, da
Janeiro
Rangoon
BANK,
83,890,503.82
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA,
BRANCUES AND AGENCIES AT ! ---- Paid-up Capital... $24,710,900.00 Alexandria Honolulu Reserva Funda............
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGBAL,
HONG KONG BRANCH:
Itatavia Herlin
·Bombay Calcutta Canton Changchun
Kai Yuen Kamchi
Kobe
London
Lyonz
Boarabaya San Francisco Boattlo
Los Angelos Bomarang
Dairen
Manlia Shanghai (Dalny)
Bhimonoseki Nagasaki.. Fengtico Nagoya Blagaporo (Makdon) Nowchwang Bydney
Tientsin Osaka
Tokyo Peiping Tsingtao
4, Queen's Road Central...
Owing to our numerous branches
in China and large connections" in
the important. commercial sentres of Hamburg New York' the world, we are able to extend to Hankow
all Principal Cities of the World, Jour clients special. facilities. for Harbin Foreign Exchange and Banking domestic and foreign banking and
Business of every description exchange, transacted, Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) at a Yearly Bentel of from 85 to 840
LOOK POONG shan,
· ទេវ។
Manager.
Hong Kong
Interest allowed on Current ̧ Ão- We also handle the issue of Bonds counts. amil other Tablic Funds of the Deposita received for Fixed Chinees Government both at home Periods at rates to be obtained on and abroad.
application. Me
H. MORI, Manager, Hong Kong, April 11, 1931.
SHOU J, CHEN, Manager.
Across
OLUES.
1.-The Lord who in the play got
to the pantry." 6.-Ment jelly.
Their work fellows yours but you know it not (abbrev.). 10.There is, 'tis said, & this to
everything.
י.
11.-Unrefined and always 'more
than rude.
12-To be observed duly always
by the polito. 14. This sort of event casts
dark shadow before. 13.-The companion of the pot. 17. He ruled before 1 ncross 10. You nuw are reading what
first was this.
21. Fish or pigment. 22.-Lack food and you this. 21.-Its brnes were revisted by the
poet.
28. The queen put another letter.
.to it.
28. These folk know their law. 30-Stated, especially in trial. 30.-An island of the Mediter
ranean favoured by the ex- Kaiser.
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6.-Impute.
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7.His world was underground. 8. You grow when you are in
this.
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13-Many perform with great
this.
10-A saint of early England. 18.-Quite suitable and necessary. 19.-A famous Paul. 50.-Call forth.
22-A mineral substance. 23.-One of Europe's rivers, 25.-This is washed by the 'water. 20. Not unlike 34 neros8. 27. A famous explorer. 20.-To be this is the risk the
toreador takes.
31-A famous critic. 32-Many this was sont abroad
in the Great War.
The solution will be published on Monday.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
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VEEAMOMYMN S EDAM AVERT ■ 8 KIT
31. This is what you see. 35.-A popular novelist recently ACTUATE DIGNITY
deceased. 38.-She is a figure from grand
opera: 37.-You need not reach far to
touch what is this.
Down.
f-Made angry, 2-Here you may find something
to laugh at
3.-A. goddess of the old East. 4.-Clear out,
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