1941-08-27 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

THE CHARTERED BANK OF

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

› BANKING CORPORATION

Authorized Capital

$50,000,000 |

Issued & Fully Paid Up $20,000.00 Incorporated by Bayal Charter, 18ba

Reserve Fund>

Sterling-.-.-.-.-.-

£6,500,000 Paki-Up Capital H.K. Currency Heserve $10,000,000 Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of

Reserve Liability of Pro- Proprietors

prietors.........

$20,000,000

Head Office: HONG KONG

Board of Directors: Han, Mr J. J Paterson,

W. H Lock, Esq.,

Chairman

Deputy Chuar mun

J K. Benefield, Eng..

A. H. Compton, Esq.

L. J. Davies, Esq.,

Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwel

4. Mirkin, Esq..

K S. Morrison. Esq.,

Hon. Mr. T. E Pearce,

Hon. Mr. A L. Shields,

Hon. Sy Vandeleur M. Grayburn,

Chief Manager.

Branches:

Amoy

Johore

Bangkok

Kobe

Rangoon Suigou

Batavia

Kowloon

Sarz

Rombay

1

Hontta

Chefoo

Colombo Dairen

Foochow

Haiphong Hankow

Harbin

Ipoh

Kuala

I

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London

Lyons Matera Manila

DOCKYARD SCHEME REACHING FRUITION

Industries are springing up in Batavia like mushrooms, their number increasing day by day. The spirit of enterprise seems contagious.

A

The latest instance is a scheme for a large dockyard at Semarang, where 10,030-ton ships will be built.

.

OVALTINE THE SUPREME FOOD

TONIC

the

The highest award by the I stitute of Hyglene is the Bluc Seal Certificate. This is held by The scheme originated with the This fact enables a considerable only a few firms and they rightly Sirector of the Dry Dock Com-vote to be made of credits for pride themselves upon receiving £3,000,000 | panies of

Tandjong Priok and works other than those connected it. There is only one tonic food .£3,000,000 | Sourabaya. Both companies have with land, sea and air defence en beverage awarded his certificate-

so far Builted their activities to which high amounts will be spent granted in recognition of £3,000,000

repairs, and to the building of HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:

smaller craft.

maintenance of its high quality 38, Bishopsgate E.C.2.

Fire has destroyed the major and merit, over A period of 27 The Dew dockyard will be a Sub-Agencies In London:

part of the ashing village Hmited liability company.

of years and that Is 17/122, Leadenhall Street, E.C.3.

The Telagatoedjos. As a rezult manager will be Mr. Adams VR native and Chinese families are Ovaltine.

600 popular delicious food beverage West End Branch:

Scheltema, shipping engineer, who homeless. Damage is asessed at 14/10, Cockspur Street, 8.W.1.

Is in America at the moment, pur-32,000 guilders Manchester Branch:

chasing the necessary machinery.

52, Mosley Street, Manchester, £

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

BATAVIA

BOMBAY CALCOTTA

AGENULES

ALOH STAR HONG KONG PENANG AMRITSAR ILOILO

RANGOUN BANGKOS ІРОК

SALGON

KARACHI

SEREMBAN KLANG

SHANGHAL

KUBK

SINGAPORE

SITIAWAN KAJA

SOURABAYA

TAIPING

VIENTS IN 4./NGKAH

(Bhuket) TSINGTAO УОКОНАМА

OLIVE STREET FATHER PLACE

CANTON CAWNPORE CEAU COLOMBO Francisco DELHI Shanghai

HAIPHONG

Singapore HANEOW

Sourabaya Sungei

Patani Swato

Muar

Johore) Tientsin Mukden Tokyo New York Tsingtao

Yokohama

Triping

Penang

in

CURRENT Arnors opened LGCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DR- POSITS received for one year or shorter perioda in Local and other Currencies on terras which will be qanted no application.

LUMPUR

KUCHING MADRAS

MAN LIA MEDAN

NEW YORK

MEIPING

(Poking) FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted,

CURRENT ACANTя opened nud Faxe BP818 received for On: Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which will be quote on application.

SAVINGS Acousts also opened in Lova! Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.

undertakes Exccator and Trustee The Bank's Hand Office in London business. and claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of terms which may be ascertained at various Bikes to let

any of the Ageticies and Branches

W. H EVANS THOMAS.

Manuger

TRUSTER

business undertaken.

EXECUTOR

Hongkong. 28th July. 181!

HONGKONG SAVINGS

BANK

The Busmess of the above Bank

is conducted by the HONGKONG

oh

& SHANGHAI BANKING COR PORATION. Ruls may be tained on upplivation.

For the Hongrong & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager,

Hong Kong, 28th Feb., 1939.

THE CHASE BANK

15, QUEEN'S ROAD. CENTRAL

HEAD OFFICE:

BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED

Authorised Capital $10,000,000,0 Pand-Up Capital

5,588,000.I Reserve and Undivided

Profits

2,988,261.50

Head Office:--HONG KONG No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central

Board of Directors:

HON. BIR SHOUSON CHOW, Chairman

Li Kon Uban, Esq.

Wong Yun Tong, Ev

P. Kwok, Eay.

1. Las Sang, F

Fung Ping Wab Wong Chu Son, Esq

KAN TONG Po, Esq, Chief Manager Hox. M. Li THE FONG, Manager

16, PINE STREET,

NEW YORK Au American Bank offering, co-

plete Foreign Banking Service Batavia in the principal Markets of the Bombay world.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

.

This Bank is a subsidiary of The Chase National Bank, New York, with Resources of over 1.S.$.3,800,000,000.

D. L. BALLANTYNE,

12th June 1941,

Manager

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED

Head Office:-15, Gracechurch Streat.

London, EC-a

Authorised Uspital..

Haberited Capital

Palt-up Ospital

Reserve Fund und Best,

BANKERS:

£3,000,00..

21,900,000

21.000.0011

21,274,08

The Bank of England and Midland

Bank. Ltd.

Kuala Trengguna

BRANCHES:

Bangkok

Bombay

[pols Jafne

Atadras

Valuatio

New York

Colorbo

Penang

Kanchi

Rangoon

Kota Bharu

Sheoghal

Kuantan Kandy

Felhi Gaite Hongkong Kuda Lipa St Howish

Karla Lumpur Макарого HONG KONG BRANCH: Ermy description of looking and Exchange

baninos trad

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP

UNDERTAKEN - JURRENT ACCOUNTS speed in Loss der Tengy FIXED DEPOSrts received in Legal Correary & STERLING du terms that may be

D. BENSON.

moet la pell on ap; Hention.

WANT-ADS

Quick!

Amoy

Branches and Agencies:

Calvatia

Halphame Beskow

pmajuin

Kole

Kowloos Para

London

Marita

Melbourn

Vagnsake

Wingapore Lugoon В стобага Naiyou Swatow Artiny

San Fran

visco Tientels

Fork Sextile Pancarer

Parla Poiplox

Semoraty

Shangha

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loan granted on approved securities.

Current Accounts opened in Loca Currency and Fixed Deposite r ceived for one year or

shorter

periods in Local and Foreign Cur rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

.

the ever-

The quality of this supreme tante food beverage is also the The increasing demand for ton-

reason for its success in ather nage has given rise to this new erg has handed to the Department confidence of the medical profes- A group of N.EX. rubber export- ways. It has gained the complete enterprise...the promoters of which

a statementsion and it is the same have been in close touch, with the of the proposals concerning the which accounts for it being, the

of Economic Affairs

reason Department.

formation of a "single seller or dally beverage in countless thou- According to the "Locomotief," ganisation" for dealing with the sands of homes.

sale of plantation rabber to the United States

pro-

an

It has always been thought im- possible to bulid such large ships in the NEI. The opinion held by

The plan is limited to ten large experienced shipbuilders, however,

Java producers who wish to safe served to modify this view.

The

guard harbour of Semarang offers suffl-

themselves against being clent scope for such work up to pushed out of the market as a

result of the tendency of the limit of 10,000-ton vessels

ducers to

supply direct bo The semarang dockyard will American organisation which func have three adjoining slipways. Ittlons as a single buyers. is believed that it will be possible to build four 10.000-ton

It is leamed that there is a fair chance of the proposals being yearly.

will be need for fully agreed to with the result that all

the single seller organisation as

There

ships

Quite apart from its delicious properties when made with flavour and its thirst-quenching cold milk. 11 possesses Just those quality characteristics which place it in a class by itself. Owing to the exclusive scientific methods of manufacture of Ovaltine it provides. In a correctly balanced and easily digestible form, all the essential food elements for the maintenance of health and vita- Ilty: all those foog elements

Te-

1,200 workmen, and from 20 to 25/producers will be obliged to use quired by body, brain and nerve.

European experts are foremen. A total sum of five million guilders an intermediary while the Inter- will be invested in the enterprise.

ests of the remaining small ex- Wages will absorb about 800,500

porters will be kept in mind. guliders yearly.

As from July 24, the freight

FLOATING MINE

A floating mine at the end of Kap Sing Mun

south Fass WAS

of the at 8

it is hoped that the building of rates to Singapore of the KP.M. the slipways will start about two shipping company will be increas- months' hence, and that the keeled by 25 per cent. Coal, tin, tin For the first 10.000-ton ship will ore, tin dust, nutmeg, mace, palm sighted by the coxwain be laid down by the middle of of, tobacco and copra will not be terry launch "Man Keung" next year

affected.

p.m. on Monday.

A Government Memorandum to the People's Council about the NEL 1942 Budget points out that the financial position of the islands is still favourable HA compared with other belligerent countries.

"IT NEVER RAINS BUT POURS”

"It never rains but it pours" la an oft-repeated definition of Hong- kong's climatic vagaries which was vindicated by the amount of rain which fell between midnight Sunday and 9 a.m. yesterday.

on

In one single hour yesterday morning-3.30 to 4.30 am--no less than 65 of an inch of rain was re

gistered, while 4.820 inches fell pe-

tween 11 o'clock on Monday night

and 9 a.m. the following morning. The total for the 83 hours was 7.855 inches.

Days of

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 27 Aug. to Sept. 1941.

HIGH WATER.

LRYB OF

Height,

LOW WATER

Hong

Kong

Standard

Height.

BURNS PHILP LINE

Passenger & Freight Bervice To

AUSTRALIA

We have, a vessel sailing for

Manila,

7

Madang,

Salamana,

Rabaul,

End of August.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1941-PAGE 9

P. & O.

Passenger & Cargo Services

to

Straits, Ceylon, India, East & South Africa,

and

United King lom.

B. I.

Passenger & Cargo Services

to

Straits, Burma & India.

E. & A. Passenger & Cargo Services

to

and

Philippines, Australian Ports. New Zealand with transhipment. For further particulare apply to

MACKINNON,

Manila.

MACKENZIE & CO. Phone 27721.

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

Next Sallings

To NEW YORK & BOSTON via

Singapore, Penang. Colombo, Bombay,

Capetown and Trinidad

First Week in September

To UNITED STATES

First, Second & Third Week in September

For further particulars, apply

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND - WORLD SERVICE”

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES

12 PEDDER ST.

TEL. 28171.

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

For particulars regarding Passengers,

Cargo and Sailings apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents.

Tel. No. 30832.

1. Connaught Road.

6 21 06 59

Sydney and Melbourne Towards the

Excellent passenger accommodation with a large number of single cabins at no supplement. Built-in Swimming Bath and Spacious Sports Deck.

BARBER - WILHELMSEN LINE

SERVICE TO

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

Via LOS ANGELES & PANAMA

by NEW FAST VESSELS NEXT SAILING EARLY SEPTEMBER

Taking cargo on Through Bills of Lading for West Africa

(via New York)

Time

h. mi.

Beng

Kong

Standard Time

ix mu

Wed. 27

0007

8 18

0857

1227

6 21

18 28

Thu 28

00:1

13 33

5 B

1801

SAFE DEPOSIT Boxes To LET.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Hanager.

Fri. 20

Sat.

01 39

6 4

08 15

14:30

1937

30

08,43

0957

16 24

4

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Tues 2 08.14

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 Brauchet in China and connections in the the World, we are able to extend principal Commercial Centres of to our Cliente special facilities for Domcatio and Foreign Banking and Exchange.

"Head Offer:-SHANGHAI Hong Kong Branch:

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

·KONGMOON TOISHAN SHIUCHOW KINGCHOW

DANTON SWATOW

We also handle the issue of Bonds: and other Public Funds of the Chinese Government both at Home and Abroadl

RHOU JOHEN,

Manager

05-07 1933

6 6 12 41

8

2024 pi 13 48

Passenger & Freight Agents. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 28031.

P. & O. Building.

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

Hong Kong, Baok Building,

Agents,

BANK LINE (CHINA)LTD

AGENTS FOR

-ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.

Regular saldags for UNITED KINGDOM

NEXT SAILING → END OF AUGUST

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE, LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

for Mauritius, Rennion, Tauatave, Lourenen Margate, Durban will Cape Porty

ÁS OPPORTUNITY OFFERE AMERICAN-ORIENTAL LINE

Regular sailings for Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore

· AS OPPORTUNITY OFFERS

Freight or Passgo on any of the above liner apply p Telephone 21791

THE BANK LINE (CHINA), LTD

Telephone 2602I.

SUMMER CLOTHES

Women's, Men's & Children's

WANTED URGENTLY

HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY Monday & Thursday

ICE HOUSE STREET

10 to 12 Noon,