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HONGKONG DAILY PRÈSS

BANKS

HONGKONG AND

SHANGHAI “BANKING

CORPORATION

Authorised Capital ........$50, 1100,000 |

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

GENERAL

TAY BRIDGE DISASTER RECALLED

horror,

Issued & Fully Paid-Up $20,000,000rporated by Royal Charter, 1858 bridge. The gentleman took his

Sterling

Reserve Funda:

£6,500,000

H.K. Currency Reserve $10,000,000

· Reserve Liability of

Proprietors

$20,000,000

Head Office:--HONG KONG

Board of Directors. T. E. Pearce, Esq., Chairman, Hop. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

Deputy Chairman.

J. K. Bousfield, Esq.,

A, H. Compten, Esq..

Hon. Mr. S. H. Diudwell,

K. S. Morrison, Esq...

Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields,

W. H. Lock, Esq..

G. Miskin, Esq.,

H. V. Wilkinson, Esq..

Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn.

Y

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:,

38, Bishopsgate E.C.2,

Paid-up Capital

£3,000,000 Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 Réserve Liability of Pro- ·

prietors...... £3,000,000

MANCHESTER BRANCH: 71. Mosley Street, Manchester.

AMRITSAR

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: ALOR STAR HONG KONG PENANG 120110

RANGOON ТРОН

MALOON STEEMBAN SHANGHAX

BANGKOK

KARACHI KLANG

KUALA

LUMPUL KUCHING MADRAS MANILA MRDAN NEW YORK PRIPING

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA CANTON

ICH

Chief Manager.

Branches:-

CA WNPORZ

CABU COLOMBO DELHI

Amoy

Ipoh

"Penang

Bangkok

Johore

Rangoon

Batavia

Kobe

Saigon

Bumbay Kowloon

HAIPHONG HAMBURG" HANKOW HARBIN

Calcutta

Canton

Chefoo

Colombo

וג

San Kuala Francisco Lumpur Shanghai London Singapore Lyons

Sourabaya Dairen Malacca Sungei

Patani

Foochow Manila

Haiphong Muar Swatow

Hamburg

(Johore) Tientsin

Hankow Mukden Tokyo Barbin New York Tsingtao

Yokohama Hongkew Peiping Iloilo

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits

received for one year or shorter periods in Local and other Cur- rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let.

Hong Kong, 7th October, 1938.

HONGKONG SAVINGS

BANK

The Business of the above Bank 1 ponducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING COR. PORATION. Rules may be ob

tained on application.

For the Hong Kong & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. Grayburn.

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 7th October, 1938.

BANK OF EAST ASIA. LIMITED.

Authorised Capital $10 000,000,00 Paid-up Capital

5,538,800.00 Reserve and Undivided

Profts

2,776,720.78

Head Office:-HONG KONG N. 10. Des Voeux Road, Central.

Board of Directore,

Bir Shouson Chew, Chairman Li Koon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Sang, Esq P. R. Kwok, Esq..

WongChuson, Esq. Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Kan Ying Pu, Esq. GhanChingShek, Esq. FungPingWah Es

Kon Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager, Li The Fong, Esq., Manager.

Amoy

Kataria" Bombay Calostia Cann

Haiphong Hantow

Bruncker and Agencies :---

Kowtoge

Landon Manila Melbourne

N

Pmana Sourabaya

Raute

Baigne

3wntow Bydney

Thoko

olaco

Ben Fran

Tunisia Tokyo Semarang

VADCONVEY Shangha Yokohama Zaping Blogspore

New York, Seattle

Honolulu Parla Koba

03

(Peking)

BINGAPORE SITIAWAN BODBARAYA TAIPING TIENTOIN

TONOKAR

(Bhuket) TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

in

FORTION EXCHANOR and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

The Bank's Head Office London undertakes Executor and Trustee business, and claims re- covery of British Income TAX overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

THE CHASE BANK

15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

HEAD OFFICE:

18. PINE STREET.

NEW

YORK.

An American Bank offering com- plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of

Interest Rates on Application.

the world.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

This Bank is entirely owned by TilR CHABE NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, with Besources over I'.S. $2,500,000,000.

D. M. BIGGAR,

Manager.

BANK OF CHINA

Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK

PAID-UP CAPITAL $40,000,000.00 (BRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA)

Owing to our numerous Branches in China and connections in the principal Commercial Centres of the World, we are able to extend to our Clients special facilities for Domestic and Foreign Banking and Exchange.

Head Office: SHANGHAI Hong Kong Brunch:

4. QUEEN'S ROAD, C South China Offices:

KONGMOON TOISHAN KINGCHOW

Every description of Banking CANTON and Exchange business.transacted. Loana

SWATOW granted

approved SHIUCHOW securities.

Current Accounts opened in Local We also handle the issue of Currency and Fixed Deposita re Bonds and other. Public Funds of ceived for one year or shorter the Chinese Government both at periode in Local and Foreign Cur Home and. Abroad. rendies on terms which will be

quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

THE MERCANTILE

BANK OF INDIA. LIMITED

Head Ofoo:-15, Gracechurch Street,

London, E.c.3

Authorised Depila

Babbed Chipid

Paid-up Capitai

Beserie, Fund' and Rest,

BANKERS:

£3,000,000 anon $1,050,000 21,247,830

The Bank of England and Midland

Bank, Ltd..

BRANCHES:

Bangkok

Ipoh-

Возму Calenita Celemo Delhi

Hongfoor Howar

Kantan

Kandy

Karthi

Hot Bhary

Kuala Liple

Kuala Lump

Kuala Terran

Medran

New York

Penang

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D. BENSON,

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beèn the final plunge.

With growing

theyproached anything like 40 lb, to came in for a good deal of the watched the curve at the north the square foot, this was quite pos- criticism and the Board of Trade side to try and see if the train sible: but then the driver would Inquiry showed that the plans wero would pass that point, but several have been warned by the resulting in some respects faulty, the ma- minutes elapsed, and no moving lolting. whereas the state of the terial of not too high a class, and abject broke the continuity of the recovered engine proved that his the maintenance after opening arst notice of anything wrong had unsatisfactory: but the probability hat and hürried out and across

is that, had the bridge, survived Magdalen Green, where he met

Most probably the entry of the that night, defects would have, several individuals who had ob- train into the tall lattice girders sooner or later, been discovered served that something was wrong which, of course, greatly increased and remedied. with the crossing train. The wind the flat surface opposed to the gale

"Had the train been a few at that time was so strong that he

-unfortunately coincided with one minutes earlier or later. It is quite had to crouch down upon the grass of the most ferce gusts of the possible that the old Tay Bridge of the Green to prevent being car-storm and the augmented lever-would be standing to-day In that red bodily away. One man was age, thus resulting in the breaking case, the colossal Forth Bridge, as blown against another, and both or disturbing of some

of the we know it would never have tumbled together. The massive fastenings between the tron co-existed, for it owes its extremely sigrial post beside the north hoxlumns and brick pedestals, wher massive design entirely to the was bent by the wind like a willow, collapse naturally followed. The de- catastrophe of the Tay. and on entering the Esplanade the sign and construction of the bridge pebbles were dashing about with

force that the hands and face

such f

were positively sore with the

violence of the Impact.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

When the alarm was given, the CONSIGNEES' NOTICES station-master at Tay Bridge Station and the Dundee locomo- tive foreman made their way along the bridge in spite of the storm, and the latter persisted until he came within a few yards of the gap. Consteration: as may well be Imagined, prevailed in Dundee, The Provost and other prominent men embarked in, one of the New- post ferry-boats, and, with great dimculty, steamed up to the bridge. when they made out that all the long spars were 'down, and that a gap of at least half a mile existed.

BODIES RECOVERED

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION. CO., LTD.

YONSIGNEES por Co.'s Vessel

"IXION"

(THE END)

NOTICE TO CONSIGNKES.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION O'r STEAKIN " CARTHAGE."

ARRIVED HONG KONG or

T DE, 1988.

the

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1938.-PAGE 13

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

TO MANILA

S.S. PRESIDENT

S.S.

DEC. 23rd

ADAMS

1

PRESIDENT TAET

DEC 25th

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD..

ROUND THE WORLD SERVICE

FORMERLY DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES

12, PEDDER ST.

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBRAL- TAR, MAKBRILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO FROM SEATTLE, VANCOUVER

AND STRAITS. AND VICTORIA VIA JAPAN

CONSIGNEE8 of Cargo by are requested to take Delivery of Flour above-named Vossel are hereby in and Lamber Shipments as soon as the formed that their Goods are being hided CONSIGNEES' NOTICES Vessel is ready to discharge and are and placed AT THE X in the Hong hereby notified that if their Lighters are Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown not placed alongside the Vessel Company's Godowns at Kowloon where required, their Ships enta will be dis-each Consignment will be sorted out Mark barged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, at by Mark and Delivery can be obtained as their expense, where the Cargo will the Goods are landed. lie also at their risk and expense and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf, Steamer will commence Discharge on the 20th Dec.

General Cargo will be discharged into

It was two days before divers succeeded in finding any trace of the submerged train, the first coach being discovered just before dusk on Tuesday, while the engine was not located until January 1. when it was fourð lying 30 ft. from the fifth broken pier. Bodies were recovered very slowly. and ulti-Belt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie mately only some 30 out of an es-

at Consignees risk and subject to the timated 75, a number based on the Terms and Conditions of Storage at tickets collected at St. Fort, were

Holt's Whari. The Cargo will be ready ever recovered. The carriages were

for Delivery from the Godown on and after 20th, badly smashed, and wreckage was found as far away as Berwick and the coast of Norway.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be siamined on any Tuesdays and No entirely satisfactory explana-Friday between the houra ct 10.45 AM tion of the disaster was ever forth and Nocx within the Free Storage period. No Claims will be admitted after the coming. The existence of guard Goods have left the Vessel's Godown, and rails forbade the probability of the all General Cargo remaining undelivered train getting derailed and smash-after 27th Dec, will be subject to Bent. ing the bridge, Sir Thomas Bouch, All Claims against the Vessel must the engineer. thought the train, or be presented the Undersigned on a some portion of it, had been tilted before the 10th Jan., 1939, or they will by the wind till the tops of the

not be recognized. Carriages had dragged along and displaced one or more of the gird- ers. If the wind pressure ap- 20th December, 1938.

Say

No Fire Insurance will be offooted,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Azerta.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS with the Gift Everybody

TMAS

Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions have been given to the contrary Six Hours before arrival of

the steamer,

cluding date of arrival will be subject to Goods not cleared within 8 days in. rent

No Fire Insurance will be effected by as in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's surrayers. Mesars. GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.

Continoes are specially notified that it is necessary for a Revenue Officer to

be present at the examination of damaged dutiable cargo.

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on er before 11th Jan., 1939, or they will not be recognised."

No Olaim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co.

Agenin, [2049 Hong Kong, 21st Dec., 1938. (2048

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.

AND

CHINA MTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD.

TONBIGNEES par Co.'s Vessel

"HELENUS"-

TEL. 28171.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINTE

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE T

***SAUERLAND"

baving arrived from Hamburg and Forts of call, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and placed at their rink into the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godowns at Kowloom where "delivery may be obtained a “6002- as the Goods are landed.

FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE

Optional Cargo will not be landed are hereby notified that their "Cargo here, unless Notice has been givan 49 Wharf, Kowloon, whore it will hit on from port to port to the final port will be discharged into

Holt' hours prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried st Consignees risk and subject of call to which the option extends." Trims and Conditions of Storage at No Claime will be admitted siter the Holt'. Wharf, The Cargo will be Goods have left this Godowns, and all ready for Delivery from Godown on Goods remaining undelivered after the and after 19th Dec.

28th Dec., 1938, will be subject' to Rent.

Optional Cargo will not be landed hare, zalans Notice has been given prior to Vesool's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call in which the option extends,

All broken, chafed and damaged (foods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10,45 am and Noor within the Free Storage period No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Vessel's Godown and all Goods remaining after the 28th Dec, will be subject to Bant

delivered

All Claims against the Vessel mast be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 9th Jan., or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be «fected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents.

10th December, 1938.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods: are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be azamined on 24th Des 1-38, at 10. by our Sarveyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dotiablo goods, are aramined.

26th Jan, 1958, or they will not All Claims must reach us before the be recognised.

No Insurance will be affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

JEBSEN & 00, Agents, Hong Kong, 19th Dec., 1938.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD),

SILVER LINE.

+

NOTICE TO CONSIGNÉES

FROM

NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO.

THE Motor Vessel

"SILVERSANDAL"

AND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

YONSIGNEES per Co.'s Tease}

'AGAMEMNON,"

FROM UNITED KINGDOM A SINGAPORE.

are hereby notified that their Cargo will be discharged into

Holl's

Faving arrived from the above Porta on Wharf, Kowloon, where it will be st. 17th instant, Conmigrees of Cargo art Consigneen' risk and subject to Terma berrby informed that their Goods are and Conditions of Storage at Holt's being landed at their risk into the Go Whart. The Cargo will be ready for downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Delivery from Godown on and after Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, 17th Dee. Kowloon, and stored at Cordguese risk

and expense.

All broken, chafed and damaged Gooda

Uptional cargo will not be landed here anless Netics se been given pnor to All broken, cha fed, and damaged Goods Steamer's arrival, but carried on from are to be left in the Godowns, where port to port to the final port of call to ther will be examined on Friday, which the option extends, gard instant; at 10 am.

All Cisima must be prosented within are to be left in the Godowns, where 15 Uny of the vessels arrival here, they will be examined on any Tuesdays after which date they cannot be re- and Fridays between the hours of cognised

10,48 4. and Now within the Free No Claims will be admitted after the Storage period. Goods "have left the Godowue, and all, Goods remaining undelivered after the 24th inst, 1938, will be subject to Rant

No Fire Insurance has been effected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned

FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD.

2nd Floor, Hongkong & Shangbai Bank Building

Diala 33166 & 28189.” Hong Kong, 17th Dec, 1998.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered After the 24th Den, will be subject to Rent.

All Claims at the Steamer must ber-sented to the Undersigned and before the 7th Jan., or they will not be recognised.

No Tire Torunnce will be effected BUTTERFIELD & BWIRE

"Agenta.

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