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COMPREHENSIVE AND COM-

PLETE REPORT

of tha

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST-

is given in the

"HONG KONG

WEEKLY

PRESS,"

THE CHINA OVERLAND

TRADE REPORT."

EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

My 14, 1931. ON LOVBON:-

Telegraphic Transfer... 11 Bank, Bills, on demand 11 Bank Billa, 4 months'

sight

Credits,

months

sight

11 33/18 1/07/16

Documante, 4 months'

eight

1/0 2/16

ON PAI-

Bank Bills, on demand 0072 Credits, 4 months' sight 617. OS NEW YORK:-

Bank Bills, on demand 23 13/16 Credits, 60 days' sight. 24'10/16 ON BOMBAY ***

Telegraphic Transfer 054

Bauk, on demand ...

ON CALCUTTA

Telegraphic Transfer Bank, on demand...

ON SHANGHAI !----

Th. 774

Bank, at sight j30% dis.

ON YOKOHAMA 2----

On demand ........... 4

·

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.

HONG HONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capital .......$50,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid-up...$20,000,000 Roservo Funda:-.

Sterling Bilver

£6,500,000 ...$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors.......$20,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

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

Chairman.

Hon. Mr. J. J. PATERSON,

Deputy Chairman.

W. II. Bell, Esq. A. H. Compton, Esq. B. Lander Lewis, Esq.

G. Miskin, Esq.

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

T. H. R. Shaw, Esqu

J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Managor:

YM. GRAYBURN, Esq.

BRANCHES-

Iloilo "Peiping Ipah

ON MANILA-On demand.... 47į

ON SINGAPORE :—-

On demand

42)

ON BATAVIA:-On demand. 609 ON HAIPHONO:----

Amoy Bangkok Batavia

Perang

Joliore

Bangoon

Bombay

Kobo

Saigon

Calcutta

Canton Chefoo

Kowloon Kusia

San Fran-

Lumpur

cisco Shanghai

1/0 13 3/16

Colombo Dairen Foochow

London

Lyons

20 Cents per Copy.

Subscription, paid in advance- per annum for delivery in Hong Kong $13; including Postage to azy part of the world-$18.

On demand, ON SAIGON: On demand 81 ON BANGKOK:-

On demand

******........ 183 SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Buying

Rate .....

BAR SILVER, per oz.

APPROPRIATE

The choice of

appropriate type·

and ornamentation

has much to do with the pulling power of an advertisement.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

in setting up advertisements aims at making them as effective as possible by the proper co-ordination of type, "copy," and illustration.

THE

BLUE FUNN

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND "PASSENGER SERVICES |

LONDON SERVICE.

"CALOHAS." 26th May, For Port Said, Marn, Casablanca,

London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull. "SARPEDON" 10th June, For Port Sail, Marseilles, London, ·

Rotterdam, H'burg, & Glasgow,

LIVERPOOL SERVICE.

.“ELPENOB"

"THESEUN"

20th May, For Fort Said, Genos, Havre,

Liverpool and Glasgow, 2nd June, For Port Said, Hovie,

Liverpool and Glasgow.

PACIFIC SERVIOK (via KOBE & YOKOHAMA) "PROTESILAUS" 28th May, For Victoria: Vancouver & Beattie. "EXION."

97th Jane, For Victoria, Vancouver & Sestila.

INWARD SERVICE.

Dae "DIOMED" 17th May,For 'hal, Moji, Kabe & Y'hame. "MERIONES" Sand May, For S'hal; Moji, Kobo & Y'kana.

All cargu sloomers with limited passenger accommodation

at specially reduced faros.

For freight, pasange rates and information apply to the unfermentioned.

@kubject to the provisions of the Company's

"All bookinga are TM

Hilla of Lading.

Butterfield & Swire,

Agenta.

Singapore Bourabaya Malacca Sungei

Patani Haiphong Manila Hamburg Munr Ticatsin Hankow (Johore) Tokyo Harbin Mukden Tsingtao Hongkew New York Yokohama

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CURRENT Accounts opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and Fixzo DX- rosirs' reseived for one year or shorter periods in LOCAL Cunnaner and STRILING on terms which will be quoted on application.

Hong Kong, let May, 1931.

[26

HONG KONG BAVINGS BANK,

THE Business of the above Bank

is conducted by the HONG| KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ab- tained on application.

For the Hong Kong & Suanoga

Banking CORPORATION, V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1930, [2

EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION,

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-

U.S. 84,700,000,

HEAD OFFICE:

18, PINE STREET,

NEW YORK.

An American Bank offering comploto Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.

This Bank is entirely owood by Tun CHAHE NATIONAL DANK, New YORK, with Resources over 0.8. $2,000,000,000.

29]

D. M. BIGGAR,

Manager.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)

BANKERS

Established 1824.

OHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

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

1953.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS' COMPANY, INO.

Head Office:

Reserve Fund ................£4,000,000 Reserves ................. U.S.$1,008,209

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

Agenales and Branches:- ALOR STAR HONG KONG TONOKAH

(Malay Blatno) ILOILO

Allarrita Bombay

Edinburgh

CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

}

3 &

7

05, BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

"Capital £3,000,000 Surplus

D

10

11

U.S. 80,000,000 U.S.81,572,540

12

13

14

10

10

£3,000,000

*BRANCHES :-

(hoki)

Amatardim Costa Autemp Athens Dist

Un

Lucena Palermo Aleople Ingana

Betlardan

17

18

10

20

$1

21

Laktor

Home

Помаре UDOVA

Marseilles Stamboul

Monte Carlo hang bai

24

20

27

AMRITSALL

POR

BANGKOK

KARLACH

ATAVIA

KLANG :

DANGOON BAIGON BEMAKAND

Ganca

lalla

Gam

tanlan

Bron

HAYADA

Xestrox Bingapore

KOBE

Hamburg

Milan

St. Horila

KUALA

Dasnos Aires Harre Cairo

Yayton

Tiental

Intarishon Klos

Viazba

34

20

11

al

33

Qalcatta

C

Jurus Lkia Colombo London

Piratz

Vagice

Parla PARNER

Yokohama

Zurloa

36

35

30 87

Branches of AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY in Principal Cities of United States of America and Canada

B

39

40

41

42

43

44

46 47

48

accounta

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BOMBAT CALOUTTA

· CLIFTON CAW PORE Czau

OOLONDO DATUEN

DELNI

HAIPHONG

ПАМИЛИЯ

HANKOW

HARBIN

(Meta

Manchuria).

KANDBAL

KUALA

VAPUR KUCHING

MADIAS

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK

PRIPING

PEMAND

#

BEREMBAN ΒΕΑΝΟΥΣΑΙ BINGAPORE BOURADAYA ZAIPING

(FL.B.)

TIENTSIN

TOKYO TSINGTAO

TOKOHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

(Philippine

*(!mode)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business traucacted.

CURIENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for one year or shorter periods at 'rates which will be quoted on applica- tion.

A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager.. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931. [30

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

HEAD OFFICE:

74, Rue St. Luzare, Paris.

Fra. Capital, fully paid-up.... 50,000,000 Special Working Capital. 60,000,000 Roservee

Dro

Copenhagen Liverpool Pelping

All classes of Commercial Bank- ing Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment bandled.

The Company offers to intending travellers the use of ità "Traveleri Chequee" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.

Affiliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ...... Over G. $2,500,000,000

C. H. BENSON,

General Manager.

22,310,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD?

Marseillon

BRANCHES :- Paris

Lyons Snigon Haiphong Hanoi

Huo Tourane Quinhon Thanh-hoa Vinh Pnom Penh Foiping Shanghai Tientsin

Hong Kong

BANKERO: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale do 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. ROLLIN,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 1st July, 1822.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED,

HEAD OFFICE:-

ручная

Established 1917.)

HEAD OWICE :-SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OPTICE:-13, QUEEN'S RD. C.

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Authorciaod-Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Isauod

$8,000,000 Paid-up

Vatr 14 $1,000,000 Beserve Lizbilities "of

Shareholders

$4,000,000 $2,523,000

Surplus

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

Every description of 'Banking and -Exchange business transacted. TAN ENG HOOI,

Manager.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-OHİNE,

Head Office:

-90, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Fra.72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital... Fra.68,400,000.00 Reserve Fund ......Frs. 102,000,000.00

15, Gracechurch Street, London,

BRANCHES: E.C. 3.

Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Hue

Saigon Authorized Capital

*****---£3,000,000

Mengtaz Shanghai Subscribed Capital £1,800,000 Cantho

Canton Nam Dinh. Singapore Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,608,845

Djibouti Nouren Fort Bayard Papeete Tientsin Touranc Haiphong Peiping Hankow Pnom Penh Vịnh Hanoi Pondicherry Yunoanfu

BANKERS

Ina BANK or England.

and

MIDLAND BANK, Ltd.

HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Bangkok

CENTHAL

Authorised Capital

Batavia

Bombay

Calcutta

Colombo

Gidrs. 150,000,000 Delhi (212,500,000.) Galla

Paid-Up Capital...Gldrs_80,030,000 Hong Kong

(20,609,170.) Howrah

Reserve Fund........Oldrs. 40,015,000- Ipoh

(£3,334,653.) Kandy

Head Office:-Amsterdam,* Eastern Head Office:-Batavin.' BEAROHandler, Bander, Bombay,

Calcutta, Oberibor, Djember, Djekja karta", The Hague", Jiddah, Kose Kota Endja, Makamer, Modne, dang, Palembang, Pekalongan P Bang, Pentiana Rangoos, totter dam, Samarar, Bhanghai, Bihalgs (Bumatra)

Goerabais Bingapore Koerakarta (Bola), Tegal, Tiliat fap and Weltevrede *This offrez dan Baja Deposit Bowen Tr Kt. London Bankera:-- National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondents all over the world. Baaking Business of every descrip

tion. transacted,

A. STOKKINK,

Manager. Hong Kong, 12th May, 1831. [30

THE BANK OF SANTON, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

Hong Kong Currency. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000 PALD-UP CAPITAL ****** 8,865,000 RESERVE FUND.........· 1,100,000.

Branches

CANTON, SHANGHAI, ・ HANKOW, BWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW Yonk and SAN FRANCISCO,

London Bankers :-

THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD. Correspondents

-

Branches:

Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang

(Kelantan) Port Louis Kuain Lipis (Mauritius) (Pabang) Rangeon Kunla Shanghai Lumpur Simle Kuantan

Singapore (Pahang) Sourabaya

HONG KONG BRANCH:

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Choques issued. Trustee and Executorships under taken.

BANKBOS:

Thanhos

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-Amorienn 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 INTEREST allowed on Current AoExchange Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes to let. counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates

'A. BONNAUD, that may be ascertained on appli-

Manager, cation.

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1031. [32

O. L. SANDES,

Manager. 7, Queen's Road Central,

Hong Kong, ti April, 1931.

{20

BANK OF CHINA.

Reorganized October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK...

Subscribed Capital.....$25,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital.....$24,710,200.00 Reserve Funda

$3,820,503.82

HEAD OFFICE:~~~SKANGHAI.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED

Capital (fully paid up)

Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund ....Yen 115,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA

BRANCHES AND ÅGENCIES AT! Alexandris Honolulu Batavia: Kal Yoon Herlin

Karachi Bombay

Kobo

Calcatia Cautom

London

Lyone'

Manila

Rio de

Janeiro Hangoon Boerabaya

San Francisco Bosto Changchun Los Angeles Sombrang Dairon

Shanghai {Dalny) Nagasaki Shimanocoki

Nagoya Bingapore Nonchwang Bydney Now York Osaka

4, Queen's Road Central.

in China and large connections in

Fongtien

(Mukdeo)

Owing to our numerous branches

the important commercial centres of Hamburg

the world, we are able to extend to | Hankow

all Principal Cities of the World.our clients special facilities for Harbin Foreign Exchange and Banking domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong

Business of every description exchange. transactedondo, die all va proda para de

We also handle the issue of Bonds Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) and other Public Funds of the at a Yearly Rental of from 85 to Chiness. Government, both at home

LOOK POONG SHAN,

840...

071

Manager.

and abroad.

SHOU J.CHEN;

~~~~Manager.""

Poiping

Ticutain

Tokyo.

Taiugino

Interest allowed on Current Aộ: counts.

Deposite received for Fixed Periods at rates to be obtained an application.

H, MORI, Manager. Hong Kong, April 11, 1931.-

Астова,

60

CLUES,

MO

A baling ruffian; take off his head and it is still there, 5.-Cecil and Wilfred aro well-

known predecessors. 9-The counterpart of irreverent. 12 and 13 across.-Prusy,

doubt, but he hardly deserves to be thus severed, presuni ably by a road hog. 15.-Cesar put down his most formidable foes thus; and so does a famous singer pa. t of her name.

16.-A malady incident to ewes

and cues,

A resus-

ק

17.-Put back in front, and this

pigaßleah becomes citated game. 22-Familiar abbreviation of the city of the Golden Gate, 23.--It is ignoble, it has been said, to prefer bondago, with this to strelous, liberty, 28-Enough and a bit more. 97.-A thing that has come to this

looks like Inating. 28.-A third of a Mozart opera title. So Italian, you know- or perhaps you don't, 30-A very fat man, who ruled

over Monb.

31.-Worn with thunmim on the

breast of 18 down.

34.-Not separate. Connected with

Manchester and Sheffield, 36-Pet name for the domestic

liaison official. 40.-Though the king may be chivied he cannot be this. 42.--Wordsworth and Dostoievsky

cach wrote about this peculiar, fellow.

44 Stand close around, yo Stygian set, with Dirco in one boat conveyed, Leat Charon, seoing, should for get that he in old, and she a 46.These are often lot in by seamstresscs. Kensington haa

one.

11

48.-In vain.

8.-A sausage munde mainly by a

royal house.

with

10-A hairy hunter

Amooth skinned and smooth- tongued brother,

11-A rock known to Samson, but not to you; so try one of a pair up.

12-Desirable pickings; but be--

ware of a lurking collapse 14" For we were upon the self- same hill, Fed the same flock" . (spelled as Milton spelt it).

18.—His beard and rod åre plant

names.

10-A peer onto said that there was no damned this about the Garter; now it has an order of its own. 20.-Saturn's rings cannot be seen

with this eye.

21.-A fall which has often saved

match.

22 Shain attack. 23-See 7 down, 24.-More than

оде

of our XVIIIth century

admirala had been this sort of boy. 26.-Liquid or baked, goes well

with sweets, 20.-K.C.s. 39.-Rognor's proud addition, 33.-Once a handicraft, now a secret. A thousand short of dislocated shapeliness. 35-Shylock's interest (rav.). 37 and 39 down. Merry-go-rounds. 38.-Frequent item in litter. 39.-See 37 down: 41.-Hia dagger got lost in 30

across's Int 43-When a thing is this it is a

different 44 across (rev.). 40.-Short kind of share, or upset

plot.

47-This muddied, fuddled toper

looks cast to Germany. The solution will be published to morrow...

40-Iteration heard from the YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION,

boaten sido after the ruba is over, 50.-These winka leave the eyelid

unmoved.

Down.

1.-Hussy... 2.Quick! you have two seconds

for this.

3.—Produces a blue 44 across. 4-One of threo guides to apot

ting a Cornishman. 5.-Colliquial rudiments,

SHAKING SUSTAIN AWNI STRUMKB "O LATIN UNANIX OÜ ́S SHT A BACLU | X IDOL 8 UKELETON FL18 S■■■■■■Y■■■E TROTAEART AHAB

DYTARIES OBOL 24 BRL MIJ HEE G.Samson said that the Philia. OTA THE AUTO CEAT tines would never have gues%... | W_R_CRABS_V_N_T ed his riddle if they had not LEECH ELUCIDATE employed this animal of his,

7 and 23 down.--A slave of the EN GEE AT Z REALTOR PALMERS scraglio.

THE HON. TREASURER,

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,

525, THE PEAK.

Enclosed please find cheque for twelve dollars. being subscription to your Society for the current year.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

ESTABLISHED 1918,

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Dos Youx Road, Central, HONG KONG.

UAPITALI AND SURPLUS, TOTAL RESQUECIES...

Orza H. $8,000,000,00

• .... Ova H.830,000,000,00 Every description of Banking Accounts and Exchange business transacted.

Current and Fixed Doppait Accounts in Loen! and Foreign Durrancler opened for Cliente,

Bavings Account and Safe Deposit Boxes. Branches and Agencies all over the world.

Printed and Tommand by Don

KAN TONG PO,

Chlef Manager,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, LIMITED, at 11, loe House Street, Victoria, Hong Kong, London Office: 58; Fist Street, E.C. 4.