SHARE
Stock Exchange.
H.K. 48. Bank
(London)
Chartered Bank”.
Mercantilo Honka A“& E.
Mercantile Blanks. O
P. &.0. Baak,
Bank of B. Asia-
Canton
Ohino Enderwriters
NorthChian
Union
ZAZUOTATIONS,
Sharebrokers' Association.
Banks.
1826
1226
Marine Insurances,
776
725
3.15
BA 31 8140
3.10
A.
3 20
$140
271
270
Yangtaxe
Ab
Fire Insurances.
China Firea
200
H.E. Fires
665
H.K. Steamboats
H.H. Take.
309 4.86
38
100
"Douglases
Indos (Prof.)
Indos Def. Lon/Reg.
Indos Dot, H.E. Reg.
Shella
Fertion
Water-boats
Oriental Navigation
China Sugars
TELE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SATURDAY, MAY 1925.
BANKS.
BANKS.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK
BANKING CORPORATION",
HEAD OFFICE; HONGKONG.' Authorised Capital - - $80,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000.030
Roeorve Fund
Storling Bilver
4,800.000
$26 500,000
Reserve Liability of Proprietors A
$20,000.000
COURT OF DIRECTORS: G. M. Young. Esq. Chairman H. P. White, Esq. Deputy Chairman B.D.F. Balth, Esq Hon. Mr. À.0, Lang W. H. Bell, Esq. W. L. Pattonden, Esq A.H. Compton, Esq. J.A. Plummer, Esq. Hon.Mr.P.H.Holyoak T. G. Weall, Beg
Chief Manager
A. H. Barlow, Esq. Manager: Shangbai-G. H. Stitt, Eag.
LONDON BANKERS:
"
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
Established: 1863.
Paid-up Capital and Reserve Fund Gids... 76,500,000-£6,375,000 HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM EASTERN HEAD OFFICE BATAVIA. BRANCHES :
Amby, Ampenan, Bandoong, Bombay, Calcutta Cheriben, Gorontalo, Hongkong, Kobe, Makassar, Medan, Menada, Palembang, Pekalongan, Probolinggo, Rotterdam Bemarang, Shanghai, Singapore, Soarabaya, Swatow, Togal, The Hague, Tjilatjap, Weltevreden.
LONDON REPRESENTATIVE -F 8. Wright, 27, Old Broad Street, London, E. C. 2.
CORRESPONDENTS: ...
LONDON-Midland Bank, Ltd., Ororaens Branch, Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Branch. N. M. Rothschild & Sanu and Swiss Bank Corporation.
NEW YORK-Chano National Bank, Farmers Loan & Trust Co., Irving Bank-Columbia Trust Co., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Now Torit Trust Co.
And in all the principal towns of the world.
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING & EXCHANGE BUSINESS TRANSACTED, CURRENT ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS, etc.
FIXED DEPOSITS received for THE BANK OF EAST ASIA,
one year or shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on application.
174
WESTMINSTER BANK LTD.
255
Refineries
ed in LOCAL CURRENCY and
521
Malabon
D.
Mining.
Benguet Consol,
Kailan
Langkat Combined
Baube
Tronche
Ural Caspians
H.K. Wharves
K. Docke
Hongkow Wharvel
Bhal Explor. New Ite
Docks Wharves, Godowns &c.
(New) Prem.
HE. Deveopments
BB.
64/
b. 1051
Ja, 197 120
64/
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194
121
203
1261/7
164
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93
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150
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11.30
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67
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41
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Bhanghai Docks
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Be.
H.K. Landa
H.K. Realty
H.K. Territories
Humphrey Estate
Princes Belding
Ewo Cottons
n.
Orientale
Shanghai Cottons Old
Shanghai Cottons Now
Canton Ice
(cum rts.)
New
(Com.)
Now
16
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Hongkong, 21st. Feb., 1924.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Business of the above Bank in conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA TION.
Rules may be obtained Non
application.
INTEREST on Deposite is calculated on the lowest balance during ench com. plated Calendar Month at 34 per cent per annum. Should there be no balance on 94 any day in a month no interest will be for that month, allowed to
Depositors may transfer at their option b. 20.a. 20.80/21 Balance of $100 or more in the HONG- KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be places on FIXED DEPOSIT at CUR. RENT RATES.
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Hongkong, 7th January 1925.
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Hongkong Ropes Old
H.K. Ropes (New) Fram.
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SHIPPING NEWS
SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE
GERANGE.
DE LA BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE. ETABLISSEMENT FRANCO CHINOIS.
(Incorporated in France).
5, Chator Road, Victoria, Hongkong."
HEAD OFFICE:"
74, Rue St. Lazare, Paris,
:
LIMITED."
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG,
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund-
Authorised Capital
DIRECTORS
$10,000,000 $,000,000 1,000,000
Han: Mr. Chow Shou Boa-Chairman
Li Koon Chus
P. MARKS, Manager,
INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPERATION.
(Owned by the National City Bank of
New York).
Capital & Surplus...U.S. $10,000,000
Fung Ping Shan
Mok Ching Kong
Wong Yun Tong
P.K. Kwok
Huyuh Taf
Вагабола
Kan Yan Po
Barcelona
Pong Wai Ting.
Chan Ching Bbek
Batavia
Ng Ching Luk ·
Every description of Banking and Bombay Calcutta Exchange business transacted-Loans granted on approved securities.
Canton
Cobu
SAFE DEPOSIT/BOXES to ist.
KANG TONG PO
Chief Manager, Hongkong, 16th. February 1925.
Colon
Dairen
Hanko
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATCHAPPIJ. (Netherlands Trading Society). BANK.
HEAD OFFICE:
wall Street, New York..
LONDON OFFICE: Bishopsgate, E.C.
BRANCHES :
Panamo Peking
Puerto Plata
Fangoncisco, Cal
Вал
San Francisco de Macoris San Pedro da Macoris Sanchee
Benito de los Calalers
Domingo
Shanghai Singapore
Sauroabaya
Tientsin Tokio
Harbin Hongkong Kobe La Voga Madrid Manilo
Yokohama Commercial and Travellars Letters of Credit, Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfers bought and sold. Current accounts and Savings Bank accounts Established 1824.
Doposita in local, and opened and Fixed Hongkong Branch established 1906,
foreign currencies taken at rates that may be ascertained on application to the Bank, Authorized Capital Guildar...160,000,000
We are also able to offer our Customer (£12,500,000)
the services of Branches of the Nationa Paid-up Capital Guilders 80,000,000
City Bank of Now York in the principal (£6,666,670)
20,045,032 countries of South America, and in the Resorve Fund Guilderes
(1.670,419) West Indies."
G. HOGG, 22,660,000 Special Reserves Guilders
Manager. (1,089,230)
Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
THE BANK OF CANTON LTD. Head Office Hongkong.
Authorised Capital.. Paid Up Capital........ Bilver Reserve Fund
HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. Eastern HEAD OFFICEBATAVIA.
*** Modan Bombay Capital Franes. $10,000,000.00 Calcutta Reserves France $10,700,000.00 Cheriton
Working fund provided by
THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE
DE CHINE
Francs 50,000,000.
BANKERS.
BLANCHEB Bandjarmasin Kota-Radja Rotterdam "Bandoung Menara Samarang Shanghai Padang Singapore Palembang Soerabais Djember Pechinnan Soerakarta Dickjakarta Penang Tegal (Eole)
Pontianak latjap and The Hague Rangoon Weiterroden
"
Kobe
FRANCE Societe General Banque and Nationale da Credit, Banque de Paris des Paya Ban.
LONDON-Midland Bank Ltd.
NEW YORK --Irving Bank, Columbia Trust Co.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. Corre-
The following local shipping and mail intelligence has been pondents throughout the world.
corrected to noon to-day:
Vessel Macedonia
Marca
Phoumpenh
Batavia Tionkweng Hanci
Jona
Pres. Jefforнon Saarbrucken Gitting Дискова Malacca M.
Fook Hong
Vessel
Tamba M.
Mingsang
Fooshing
Vessel
Vessels Arrived.
J
Agents
From
Yokohama via S'hai
Date. 2nd May
1.ondon via S'pore
MH & Co.
We Fat Sing WB On APC
M M Hai On Calumbia Pae.
AO Line Melcher & Co.
K Larreen & Co,
A'Osta
FYK
San Fang Hong
Saigon
Heshow " Glasgow via S'pore
Haphong via C Wan
KO Wan via Macao Portland via S'hai Seattle vin S'hai
Yokohama via S'hai Reading
Dodwell & Co.
Kobe via Moji
Saigon
Impending Departures,
(Compiled from our Shipping Advertisements.)
Agents
NY K
Destination
Colombo
Hoihow
Swatow
Impending Arrivals. (Supplied by our Advertisers.)
Agents
P&O
Tilawa
Talren
Maleumoto Maru NYK
Hakusan M.
Hakusan M.
Sado M.
Kitano M.
Em. of Canada
From
Sailing
3rd May,
3rd
3rd
Due Hongkong
2nd May
3rd
3rd
4th
4th
5th
6th:
19th
Amoy
Singapore
Singapore
Socz
Suez
Shanghai
London
(Compiled from our Advertisements.)
Singapore
NYK NY K
OPS Ld.
NYK
NYK
Consignees Diary.
Vessel
Agents
Com. Ramel
Prov. Jefferson
Free Claims Goods
Storage to be Stored
Expires Pros, McKinley AOL Kowloon May 4
AOL Kowloon Scotisburg
May 4 DS-LKowloon May 4. RR.. Kowloon. May 4 AOL. Kowloon
Examina- tion Date
in by
'May 2
May 2
Alay 2
May 6
May 2
May 7
West Jens
CP80 Kowloon.
May 7
May 15
May 5 May 6
Steamers' Movements.
Pres: Harrison
M. M. FITZ-HENRY,
Manager.
ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL BANK LTD.
HEAD OFFICE :'
50 Des Vooux Road Contral, Hongkong.
BRANCHES-BANGKOK- SHANGHAL
Correspondents:-Londoa: Weat minster Bank, Ltd; Now York: National City Bank: San Francisco:" Union Trust Co. of San Francisco; Canton Bunk. Authorised Capital.............$5 000 000 Pald
Up Cepital............. $1,500,000 Modern banking in all its branches Current accounts savings accounts and fixed deposits solicited. Loans granted on approved security.
Overseas banking a speciality. INTEREST.-Current accounts 2 per cont savinga 4 per cent, Fixed Deposits,
London Bankers-National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
Correspondents all over the world. BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY! DESCRIPTION.
W. H. GROSKAMP; Agent.
THE P. & O. BANKING CORPORATION, LTD.
[Incorporated in England 1920) With which is affliated THE ALLAHABAD BANK, LTD. INDIA.
Authorized Capital... Subscribed and Paid-up Reserve Funit .......................
£5,000,000 £2,594,160 ...£135,000
HEAD OFFICE: 127, Leadenhall London E.O. WEST LONDON BRANCH: 14-16, Cockspur Street, London S.W.I.
SCHERING'S
Chemicals and Medicines.
VOIGTLANDER
93
Cameras, Binoculars; etc. SIGURD Plates. SATRAP Photo-Papers.
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STOCKS ARE KEPT BY: SANDER, WIELER & CO.
NOW AT
POWELL BUILDING, 1st floor, Des Voeux Road C...
Telephone Central 4411.
LONELIEST ISLAND.
Cunha.
BANKS,
Missioners Back from Tristan da { THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA & CHINA,
(Incorporated by Royal Charter 1653:)
£3,000,000
Rev. Martyn Rogers, who three years ago gave up his church in England to go as British mission- ary to Tristan da Cunha, the lonely island 1,500 miles from Cape Town, reached Southampton recently with his young wife and baby.
The latter-golden-haired child is named "Edward," after the Prince of Wales, at the islandera' special request.
"The people have signed a petition asking the British Government to send an annual
mail to
Rogers. It is the only means of getting food and clothes.
"Thore are 140 inhabitants, and for 15 months they lived on fish and seabirds, so that we should have what little meat (beef and mutton) there was."
Whon our baby was born three years ago an old woman of 90 nursed my wife..
Paid-up Capital............ Reserve Fand ............. £4,000,000 Reservo Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 business transacted.
Foreign Exchange and General Banking
Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposita received for year ar shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
THE
A. H. FERGUSON,..
Manager,
LERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE: 15, Gracechurch Street, London E.0.1. Authorized Capital
£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital£16 Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 300,000 Reserve Fund
BANKERS:
THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Midland Bank, Lid. BRANCHES : Kandy
"The people are all related, and there are only five names on Belavia the island..
Bangkok
"There are more old women on Colombo
Galis the island than old men. This is Dati due to a tragedy 25 years ago. Bambay Seventeen men put off tos sailing Calcutta ship for feed and were all drown- od.
My wife played the organ and taught the choir, and we had four services a day in our church, with little school, all helped to £1,200,000 build. The people are half- £1,081,876 coloured, and are all Church of $700,000 England and speak English,
Foreign Exchange & General Banking business transacted..
Interest allowed on
CURRENT ACCOUNTS 2% per annuma on daily credit balances
of over $100.00 :
SAVINGS
4% per annum DEPOSITS
for 12 months 5% per annum
6
}
3
4%
on Demand 2% per annara
BRANCHES: Canton, Swatow, Shanghai. Hankow, Bangkok, New York and San Francisco.
Bank .td.
LONDON BANKERS-The Lloyds
LOOK POONG SHAN, Chief Manager.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LTD.
Eatablished 1830. EASTERN BRANCHES :' Bombay: Calcutta, Karachi, Madrap. Capital (fully paid up).... Y. 100,000,000 Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong, Beaarve fund to be altered to Y. 80,500,000
Canton and Shanghai..
HEADOFFICE-YOKOHAMA The Corporation undertake General
Branches and Agoncies at Banking and Exchange Business of every description and is addition to ite Branches Batavia" Kabe
London haa Agencies in all the principal cities of Bombay
Buenos Ayres Lyons Calcutta Changchun
the world.
L. E. HOPKINS,
Xanager.
3 months 4 per cent, 6 months 436 per 22. Des Vaux Road Central, Hongkong. cant, ono year 6 per cont.
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent.
Our Vaults safeguarded by time clocks and double combinations.
Armour plato steel doors.
J. Y. LUM,
Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA.
(Epecially authorized by Presidential Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 2917.),
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
(BRANCH BANK.)
HEAD OFFICE :
06, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.
Capital Paid-up Capital Reserves...
Frs. 72,000,000.00 ..Fr. 68,400,000.00 ...Fra. 58,667,238.64
BRANCHES & AGENCIES 1 Bankok Hongkong Saigon Battambang Mangtse Blungsist Neumen Singapore
Tientsin J'aposta
Tourana Poking Haiphong Hankow
Pnom Penh Tladivestock Hanak
Pondicherry Yonacofy
BANKERS
Authorized Capital...$60,000,000,00 Paid-up Oupital $18,278,600.00 Cunton. Reserve Funds....$ 9,673,475.24 Djibouti
HEAD OFFICE PEKING. HONGKONG BRANCHES :
4, Queon's load Central. Brancher and Bub-branches all over. China and correspondents in Europe, America and other parts of the World.
LONDON BANKERS-The National
Empress of Canada arrived at Kobe on the April 30th 10.30 am. left Kobe en Provincial and Union Bank of England the April 30th 5.00 p.m. and is due at Shanghai on the May 2nd 6.30 p.m.
"Theseus arrived at Londen on 29th inst,
Ltd.
The Guaranty Trust Company of Now
Taiyo Maru arrived at Yokohama on April 30th and saila May 2nd, being due at York, Hongkong May 10th.
Honolulu and San Francites,
Bhinyo, Maru arrived at Yokohama on April 30th and sails May 2nd for Sarpodon left Port Spid-25th April for this port and is dus here on or about 15th May.
Dolius loft Port Said 26th ulto for Couns, Marabillos, Liverpool and Glasgow, Autolycus loft Port Baid 26th vita for for Londan, Rotterdam & Hamburg.. Antenor left Port, Baid 2011 alto for Marsoilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow
Dardanim loft Fort Said 20th ults for Mavze, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Tiector for Marseilles, London. Rotterdam Glasgow and left Shanghai lot init for this port and is due on 3rd, Vestal will be despatched at noon on 6th instal
Hall
NEW YORK BRANCHES:The Irving National Banks. The Equitable Trust Company of New York.
Interest allowed on Current Accounta and Fixed Deposita. Terms on applica- tion.
Every description of Banking business transooled.
Loans granted on approved sensities. Special faollities for Home Exchange. 'THU YEE PEI, Manager.
Dairen
Sograbaya.. Rangoon San Francisca Los Angeles Seattle Manila
Nagasaki
Shanghat Singapore Nowchwang
Sydney Osaya Tientsin
Nagoya Shimonosek
"We buried three people whilst! we were there and solemnised four weddings-the latter at a farewell service before we left- when both brides and bridgerooms wept, and the proceedings more resembled a funeral!
"For the wodding breakfast we had dry broad and tea-which were great luxuries.
"On the rare occasions when B ship is sighted everybody makes a rush for the beach and for the tiny canvas boats the is- landers fashion, themselves.
·
"We bad our letters ready written for months waiting for a chance to get a ship to take them. We were two years with- out news. All we knew was that Lloyd George was in Parliament, and that Princess Mary was married.
"Our baby has never seen a piece of cake or chocolate, or eaten any white bread,"
Mr. Rogers added that he had had an interview with the Prime Minister of 8. Africa with regard" to the islandore settling in Cape Colony, but no arrangement hað yet been made.
CRICKET BATS.
Karachi Kota Bhara
• Hongkong Howrah Now York
Panang (Mauritius.)
Fort Louis Bourabaya Kuala Lumnal Madras Rangoon
Shanghai
Singapore.
HONGKONG BRANCH ;" Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
Interest allowed on Current Accounts at two per cent per annum on Dally balances, and on Fixed Deposits at rates that any be ascertained on application.
J./B. ROSS, Acting Manager.
KEEP YOUR LITTLE ONES HAPPY AND WELL
With the Aid of BABY'S OWN TABLETS, THE FAMOUS CANADIAN REMDEY FOR CHILDREN'S AILMENTS. Baby's Own Tablets quickly relieve constipation; colio and in- digestion, choek diarrhoea, cool fevar, expol worms, allay teething. pains almost as if by magio, calm the nerves, bring sound health- The Past and the Present.
giving sleep in a perfectly natural The death at the ripe age of 87 way. Are guaranteed absolutely. of Bon Warsop, the cricket-bat puro, and safe even for the Rio Janeiro Vladivostock maker, has led to some talk about youngest and most délicate in Saigon.
cricket bats and art of mak- fant. Chemists everywhere soll, Interest allowed on Current Account
One learns that in them, or post froo, 60 cents. the ating them.
little more than a generation vial, from Dr. Williams' Medicine methods have undergone a mark- Co., 60 Kiangee Road, Shanghai. ed change. In the days when Cobbett's bats were a power in
(Dainy)
Fengtien
Mukden
Honolulus Harbin Kai Yuon
New York Tokyo
Peking
de
Tainantu
Teington a
Deposits received for fixed periods rates to be obtained on application.
Mr. O. ARIMA, Manager. Hongkong, March 11th 1025.
THE HO BONG SANE, LTD.
(Incorporated in the Strails Betilamenta.)
CAPITAL:
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the land-days of comparative but it has not the same enduring loisure-production was never qualities. Its life, no matter how burried, says a writer in a Homa brilliant, is shortor, and once put paper. Treated like a choice out of action it senses to be. The cigar or a precious vintage, the owner replaces it without a wood was allowed ample time to thought of the old-time repairer's mature, and when the bat came. skill Bats are much heavier $20,000,000 finished from the craftsman's now than in anofont days, but 4,000,000 hands so much had to be done when the balance is porfoot the 4,000,000 4,000,000 with oil and sandpaper that two difference of two or three ounces
600,000 or three years went by before the matters littlo.
W. W. Read assured a friend weapon was considered fit for n mastor's use. Such bats stood of mine that the bat with which ho Brandios Agencies and correspondents endloss, wear, and their faces played the innings of bin life for vincial and Union Bank of England, in the principal cities of the world.
Authorised Capital Issued Pald-op. Crodit Reserve Funds of shareholders Lyotinais; Banque do Paris of des leserve Funda Pays-Buy Credit Industrial et Commercial; Societo Beneral."
In FRANCE: Comptoir National
d'Escompte da
In LONDON-The National Pro
Ltd: Comptoir National d'Escompté do Paris, Credit Lyonnais.
In NEW YORK --J. P. Morgan & Co. Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits according to arrange-
cont
Every description of hasking and oxchange business transacted.
A. LECOT,
Manager,
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HEAD. OFFICE :-BINGAPORE.
HONGKONG BRANCHES :
13, Queen's Road Contral
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transnated. LOCAL BOARD: Mr. Ko Leong Hos (Chairman) Mr. Sum Pale Ming.
Mr. Ng Chang Luk
Manager-Mr. Han Liang Huang. Telephone Nos, CF4506 and 4597.
could be monded. One specimen England at the Oval in 1884 -W. G. Grace made-buge scoros waighed barely two pounds. On with it nearly fifty years ago--is the other hand, the story goos, preserved to-day by the son of a Albert Trott had a bat of abnor famous bowler who often got mal weight specially made for "W. G." out but had at times to him so that he might be able to pay a high price for his muccess. hit a ball over the present pavilion The modern bat-made from at Lord's. The distinction of the green wood-is in some ro- having done this remains with spects far superior to the old one, him alone,
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