1918-12-24 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24,

1918,

BROSSARD, MOPIN & CO.

CIVIL ENGINEERS,

Telegraphic Address—“ BROSSARD ARCHITECTS and SURVEYORS,

Telephone-2566.

King's Building,

HONGKONG.

Codes, A.B.C., 5th, A.Z. Francais. Bentley's, Omnibus and Private.

Agencies:-SAIGON, SINGAPORE, HAIPHONG, PEKIN & TIENTSIN.

REINFORCED CONCRETE WORKS:

Road and Railway Bridges, Bunds, Wherres. Weirs, Retaining Walls, Dams, Industrial Buildings, Towers; Tanks, Godowns, Frameworks, Cul- verts, Vaults, Floors, Roofs, Piles hollow and full, all lengths and sizes, Soles and Foundation" plat.. forms, Chimneys, Poles for support- ing Telegraph and Telephone lines and carrying Electric Light De Power.

COMMISSION, IMPORT & EXPORT:

railways,

Industrial materials for

factorise, mines, iron, steel, pipes, angle bars... nteel joists, iron sheets, motors and

fire- Fichet's

proof safes

**

REINFORCED CONCRETE IS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF AND OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE. TO EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

RAILWAY, FERRY BOAT SINGAPORE JOHORE.

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MARINE CONSTRUCTION: Lighters (river and sea) up to 1,000. Long Hulks, Ferry Boats in steel, wood and reinforced concrete.

Ses going "ships in reinforced, con- crete, and wood. Steamers and Sailing vessels up to any tonnage

IRON WORK

Frame work, machine tools, boilers, and industrial installations.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORKS: Private and Public Buildings, Fec- tories, Godowns - Tunneli Found- com- ations in bad ground, by pressed air, Walls, Drains, Sewers, Churches Hotels and Hospitals.

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M. M. Brossard, Mopin and Goi, shall be pleased to study all technical and industrial questions and are prepared to supply specifications and plans on every kind of metallic or reinforced concrete construction which may be required. Address as above or fo their agents. Wm. C. JACK & Co., Ltd., 14, Des Voeux Road, Central.

Reinforced Concrete SPECIALISTS.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

International Control

of Minerals.

A HAPPY IDEA

BY GU

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BANKS

BANK OF CANTON,

LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG.

FÖREIGN EXCHANGE and

General Banking Business

Transacted.

INTEREST ON FIXED

DEPOSITS.

For 3 Months 3% per annum

For 6 Months 4% per annum.

For 12 Months 43% per annum.

LOOK POON SHAN;

Chief Manager,

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE. Subscribed Capital -Francs 45,000,000. Paldup

- * 22,500,000. (14 of the Capital, ie. Francs 15,000,000 subscribed by the Government of the China Republic.)

· Chairman of the

Board of Directors André Barthelot General Manager

A. Pernotts.

HEAD OFFICE:

74. Rue Saint Lacare, PARIS.

BRANCHES

SHANGHAI

TIENTSIN HONGKONG

רו

PEKING

BANKS

LONGKONG & SHANDRAI

BANKING CORPORA

TION. Paid-up Capital. $1$.000.000. RESERVE FUNDS 1

Sterling

£1,500,000 at 21-

-$15,000,000 Bilvar $19,500,000

0154.800 301

Reserve Liability o

Proprietors.$15,000,0â€

COURT OF DIRECTORS

EM: FH Helya CastTISSE

6.5. M. Baina, 200.-Depay Önkorman A. H. Comptos, Esq., Hou, Mr. H. Doda, W. Patrenden. I'm 4,5, Gabbey, Bang & Plasma, Zie Eo Ms D. L

CHIEF KAKAO32 Hongkong N. Stabb, hog

MAYLANE ® Shanghaiek, G. Stephan, Est

Laadon Zankara-London_Cesarer

Bank and Bars Bank Ubalzað”

HongkongInterest Allowed! De Current Accost in the rain of 3 per cent, vti santa on the dały balios.

ON FEED DEPOSITS............

For 3 months, få par celt, per MERBAİ for months, 2 per cent pe HEREN

at twotha. 1 per cent. DAT ZEZNA

N. J. STAPB

Chief Mazagot

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANT

THE Embats of the shove Back is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI RANKDNÍ CORPORATION. Rules may be obtaisać on suplicating IFTEREST # depoda it towed in dos `mita, kunx monthly balances i Szł DE COL PARKER Depositors may, transist, as chair option, isimor of $400 or store to the Hongkong and SANCHO Brat is be placed, on FAD. DEFORT ~

For the Hongkong and Shanghai Zecxiring Carpace”

N. J. STABB.

Chief Manage!

cant. yu anaBİRİ

BAIGON THE CHARTERED BANK OF

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

HAIPHONG YUNNANFOU

BANKERS: FRANCE.. Société Génémi pour favoriser le Developpement du Com- merce et de l'Industrie en France LONDON. London

County Wert- *iminates & Far'a Park. Ltd, Lendös

Joint Chy & Midland Bark, L NEW YORK. Redmond Co. Correspondenta in the chief commercial demires of the world

Telegraphic &dchen; CHIBANKIND."

Interest on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits in Local Currency and in Gold. Temos on application.

_Every_description of Banking and Exchange businemiravaacted.

Epecial facilities for French exchange. MROUET DE JOURNEL

Manager.

HONGKONG BRANCH, Queen's Building

Chater Road

Tel® 2440.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CFINE

(FRENCH BANK)

Heid Office: 15 bin Rue Lafitte, Farie.

Capital Beserves ...

TH

CHINA

Lacorporated by Royal Charzie 188

PEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

PAID UP CAPAN-bes RESERVE FUND $2,000,000 RESERVE LEABURETY OF

FROTKINTORS

£120,000

PORTION LICHANGE had Danara! Bankie!

besla transicted. CUAREST ACCOTATS opened sat ZACHR DEPOSITS received for 1 year de sbostar periods rate which will be cited on application T. C. DOWNING,

Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912,

THE MERCANTILE BANT 0J INDIA. LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurai

Street, London. Authorised Capital Bubscribed $1

| Paid Up

Reserve Fund

BANKERS The Best of England

562.800 850,000

The London Joint Stack Buck, Blandt of 2 KANCHI 2-

Frs. 48,000,000

Bombay!!

Calcaza

+4

50,000,000

Colombe

Defal

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES.

Bangkok Eng

Frigon

Sharkboi

Xarack

Kom Bhure

Kzala emp

Madrag

Pesso

Kanton

Sherghel Singapore!:

The industrial (Fort of Italy. ence the war, owing to the lack. of coal in the country and com sidering the cational finances, has been greater than that of any other nation, says an AmericaD Exchange. The Germans had not taken into consideration the liguits deposits in the country, neither had they reckoned with the rapid adaptability of Italian industry. Ai for iron, it wis -bove all the deposits in Elbs that saved the situation. If is estimated that there is sufficient | iron in Elbe, Cogne, Lombardy, sad Sardinis to meet the nation's requirements for 75 years, This

is but an atom in 'the life of a nation, end it will be recessary to pass = law prohibiting the asing up, of the mineral reservee In the meantime, it is necessary seriously to study the interns tional problem of mineral wop- plice. One thing that most not be forgotten is that our poverty -in coal has considerably increas

ed our war expenditure owing

to the fabulous tire în freighte

and the exchange, which brough

up the price of coal from L, 36 m

to 500-600 per ton.

Italy is

EVENING DRESSES Įmade-to order]

from exclusive models.

Maison Lily

Alexandra Búllding.

therefore suffering economically ident Wilson to see that this le more than all other countrier, done. Germany was able to bring Pig iron statistics of the United

Six Months Iron Output. haring entered the fray on the about a world war through her 88018 footing and with the simamente of a large nation. Inous wealth is coal and iron, States, for the firet ball of 1918. I will therefore be an important compiled by the American Iron

see that the mineral problem is

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LD Bachelor Timpkins has been worried about what to give the kids for Xmas and has hit upon a happy and

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original idea. It may appeal to some of "you, and what boundless joy if any of the tickets should win. The suspense will not be long now.

BUY

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY

WAR BOND TICKETS

EXCHANGE.

SELLING.

30 d/s San Francis-1

looking into the future of our induty of the League of Nations to marked failing it to the 1917 On Sale, till 31st Dec., at all Banks, Hotels, Clubs & Stores. Steel Institute, dustries, it must be remembered that the price of coal will never solved in a way that will not and 1916 figures. For the six come down to pre-war ļovel. We]| leave

months ended Jane 30, 1918, the countries "poor in must tarn to water-power to take

minerale at the mercy of those report shows that 18,227,730 its place, bat it will

of pig require fifty years of

more fortunate in the possession. tons of all kinds work

Some think that it may be possi-iron were prodgoed, compared and the expenditure of able to destroy the Krupp work with 19,258,235 ions for the TT .... millions of money to obtain the

notherr, and to bring about corresponding period of 1917. If Demand... 3/4 7/16

this rate is maintained for the 30 ds

3/4 9/16

prodeation for this year would te

*3/4" 13/16

Nom

of our ecoat mio future that this

4/8

T/T Shanghai

co& New York 811 4 m/s. Marks..... Nom

mis. France. 4.534 6 m/s: Fraces *..... 458) Demand, Germany - Dealand, New York. 80 T/T Bombay Nom.. Derr and, Bembey... T/T Calcutta. Nom... Demand, Calcutta Demand, Manila

162 Demand, Singapore. 143

Non.

On Eviphong

necessary power for the gigantic (dienrmment. This is, however, - ¡last six month of this year total 60 de ................... 3ƒ£ I1/16- public works which are necessary Utopian ides, because this war In the meantime, a mineral and has proved so quickly it is pos- 38,455,460 tone, the lowest since Singapore........ 143 coal concession is argent for Italy.ible to transform peace-time and it is to be hoped for the skendustries to the manufacture of 1916, and more than 2,000,000 TT Japan. 152. mitter will sot be neglected/mamente. For this reason if the too under the 1917 figures. TIT.india... Nom,

Pennsylvania was the largest pro Demand, Indis. What would be the fate of Ital, peace is to be a durable one.ducer beading the liet with a total (T/ San Francis-} io fatore war without coal or from ideale to hard facts, and the of 7,121,933 tone for the six co & New York! mineral? It will be a banere question must be discuss month compared with 2,791,514 vs. 1884 there will be a Langue of Nshions; but if this league at the Peace Conference, Who or the first taff of 1917. O'TIT MET. N. m.

are the guarantees that Presiden Produonon tolled 4C59 603 T Trace-iltana.

compared with 1262,703 in 1917 Densad, Part 43634

BUYING. tals, LC 35%

it is necessary to come down

71%

is to exist, there is all the more wilson 7 quire? Pieces of paper of the total production of 18 227, zesson by the international problem cf mineral supplies ste of no nes. There moet be730 for, the first half of this yeaṛi): cm. DP.

international control of the should be colved. This problem principal irosfelde. It is of a 1933,032 Lons were coke pig 6ma LC36 must be brought up at the Pesce Conference, and we look to Pressetalking of League of Nationeiro: 120,40i fons anthracite sad 30 dis. Sydney and

in the abstract.

******* 1173,394 tone chartest pig iron.

Melbourno

On Saigon On Basakok

Sovereigns

H

Goldlauf per £5

Battambang Monter

Canton

Kenter

Dilati

Panerie

Fainbons

Pering

Hant Hardi

.Singanore

*Tientsin

Tourate Phem-Pebo Vladicstock Pondichery

BANKERS

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Re. compte de Paris; Credit Lauonnaie Bannue de Taris et des Pays-Bas, Credit Industriel et l'ommercial Scicete

Generale.

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IN LONDON: The National Povrcial Union Bank of England b); Comptoir National d'Escompte de Pasie: Prijk J.Tanasis.

IN NEW YORK: JP Morgan &ta.""

Interest allowed an estrent Accounts and Ford its newdire to arrangement,

· Every dncovíption of banking and ex. change brine impacted;

A. SIRE Acting Manager. Hongkong, detober 21, 1918.

NOTICE.

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO. LTD.

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TIME TABLE,

WEEK DAYS,

NIGHT CARE...

Every 15 min

10 "fa

14 mala

20, poku

30 min

8.30 pm, 9.30 pt. 10,00 pm. 10.30 13.00 pm. 1180 μm. and 11,45 pm.

# SATURDAYS ́ ́EXTRA CARS)

1.30 pm, and 1200 midnight BUNDAYE.

214 % prem 25%prém.

4576

5.90 Kom.

39′′*

TIGHT DARK

Bar Silver, per os, 48, 7/16.

SUBSIDIART COMS DISCOUNT PER $109; H'kong 50 cts gub..

Danton,

pat. 10.00 pm. 10.30 pm, and 11.45 pak..

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HONGLONG BRANCH. Enry description of Zanklag and Bushasé huskatt teacted.

I'd on Cerros: &ccounts'kt e par ka peasant on Dully Saisoces, sad on Fixed Ampen st rates which may be securzačned on spykemianč

C. CHAMPKIN,

Acting Manages/

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION,

HEAD OFFICE NATIONAL CITY BANK"

BUILDING. 55, was Street, New York CAPITAL AND SURPLUS US, $5,500,000.DE USDIVIDED PROFITS 3.113,960.00

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Established 1880.. Authorised Capital Yen 48.000.00 Paid-up Capital-a

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