1925-12-23 — Page 9

TWO LAUNCHINGS.

UNUSUAL HAPPENING IN

HONGKONG.

RIFLE LEAGUE,

R.A.0.C. v. "HAWKINS,"

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps It must be something in the na- and H.M.S. Hawkins met in a kifle ture of a precedent for Hongkong League match

ut Stonecutters The result

to have two big steamers launched Range on Saturday.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE; HONGKONG.

Authorised Copits!

on the same day from different was a win for H.M.S. Hawkins. Issued and Fully Paid-up docks, but that is what is occurring The scores were as follows:---

$50,000 609 §.

$20,000.000

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23., 1925.

BANK S.

INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION.

(Owand by the National City Bank of New York)

Capital & Burping.........U.8. $15,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 60, Wall Street, New Yor LONDON OFFICE 1.

36 Bishopsgato, E. C. BRANCHES:

Reserve Fund Sterling

£ 4,500,000

this evening, when, at an identical hour, the s.s. Siang Wo is to b launched at Kowloon and the ..P.O. H. Page.. Antung will take the

H.M.S. Hawkins.

Silver -

918 500.000

Nume.

200

GDO Total. Vids.

Resorvo Liability of Propristora

$30,000.00

32

35 31

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COURT OF DIRECTORS:

Water

st P.0 A. C.

Taikou.

Thoday

THE "ANTUNG,"

25 38 31 89 A.B. L. Ring 28 26 32 P.0. A. Lewry. 26. 31 24

G. M. Young, Esq. Chairman B. P. White, Esq. Deputy Chairman D.M. Bernard, Esq Hon. Mr. AO. Laz W.H. Dell, Haq. W. L. Pattanden, Esq A.H. Compton, Esq. J.A. Plummer, Esq Hop.Mr.P.Holyook T. G. Weall, Esq.

Barahona

Onaka

Barcelon Bateria

Panama

Bombay

Polcing

Calcutta

Canton

A

Usbu

Colon

Dairen

Hankow

The sa. Antung, which is being Sgt. W. J. Shaw 25 29 25 launched at the Taikod Dockyards, S. Trow- and Engineering Company's yard,

bridge... 26 RO has been built to the order of the Col. Sgt. W. Gos China Navigation Co., Ltd. and

"Kett

22 2 3388

22 78

26 28 22

76

the naming ceremony will be per-P.O. T. Shentou 22 27 23 72 formed by Miss Stirling, daughter

of the Commodore. The vessel

Totals 210 2391 210 659 Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Maj. A. S. Stam-

ford, D.S.O. 20 30 28 87

Col, C. M. Stephen,

Staff Sgt. M. W.

82

D.S.O..... 27 28 27

23 23 20 75

Conley (Q.M.S. J. Wake.

ford

ing

L/Cpl. J. Ben-

dadl

21 28 21 70 25 21 69 17

61

18 24 18

GO

27

6

55

a single screw turbine steamer, of the awning deck type and has an overall length of 350 feet, a bean of 49 felt and 34 feet depth awning deck, built to rcantling approved by the British Corpora- tion on the deep framed system. with a cellular double hoftoni all fore and aft, three complete decks, and four cargo holds A large steel F. Roberta. 23 deckhouse amidships has accommė- |

Pte. C. Lake.. 234 21 dation for 20 first class passengers with saloon at fore end. On the Cpl. J. Manner- promenade deck are staterooms and saloon for eight saloon passengers. The dining saloon has been deuigene ed and panelled which, with the pleasing upholstery, makes a very neat and harmonious ruon. The officers and engineers are accom- rodated in rooms abaft the passed-i gers staterooms. On the boat deck in a steel house are the cap; tain's rooms, with chart room ter ward. At the after end of boat drek ista steel house for the wife less operator and a room for the officers recreation, conthin smoke room and masie room for their use.

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Totals-186, 206 167 559

LOCAL CRICKET.

ARMY V. CLUB,

Chief Manager A. H. Barlow, Esq. Manager: Shangbai-G. H, Biitt, Esq. LONDON BANKERS:

Kerbin WESTMINSTER BANK, LTD. Hongkong CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-

Kabe od in LOCAL CURRENOY and La Vega

Madrid FIXED DEPOSITS roosivad for Manila one year or shorter periode in Local Currency and Storling on torras which will be quoted on application.

Hongkong, 21st, Feb. 1924.

Prerto Plata

Rangoon

Ban Francisco, Üni. '

San Francisco de Macorís San Pedro de Macorie Sanchet

Santiago de los Caballeron Banto Domingo

Shangha

Singapore

Tientsin

Tukio

Yokoham

Commarcia) and 'Travellers' Leftare of Credit, Bill of Exchange and Cable Transfers bought and sold.

THE P. & 0. BANKING CORPORATION, LTD.

(lucorporated in Englani! 1920) With wasch in mufliated THE ALLAHABAD BANK, LTD. INDIA.

Authorized Capital.. Subscribed and Paid-up2,694,160 Reserve Fund...

HEAD OFFICE

.£5,000,000

160,08

122, Leadenhall London E.O. WEST LONDON BRANCH: 14-16, Coolspur Sirest, Londen S.W.1. EASTERN BRANCHES: Bombay, Unicutts, Karnobi, Madras, Dolombo, Singapore, Hongkong. Danton and Shanghai.

The Corporation undertake Genera) Banking and Ezebange Business of every description and is addition to te ranches has Agencies in all the principal cities of the world.

L. E. HOPKINS,

Manager.

23, Des Voux Road Central, Hongkong.

ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL BANK. LTD.

HEAD

@

OFFICE:

Current accounts and Savings Bank socots opened and Fixed Deposits in local and 80 Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong, foreign currencies taken at rates that inay be ascertained on application to the Banii. We are also able to oßer our Ovatomers

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. the services of Branches of the Nationa

The Business of the above Bank coudneted by the HONGKONG AND

SHANGHAI BANKING ConPORA TION. Rules may be obtained appbation.

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'İNTEREST on Deposita is onigulated or the lowest balance during each onm ploted Onlendar Mouth at 34 per cent par annum. Should there be do balance on any day in a month, no interest will be allowed far that month.

Depositors may transfer at their option Balaries of $100 or more to the HỒNG- HONG AND SHANGHAI BANK be

places on FIXED DEPOSIT at OUR.. RENT RATEA.

For the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank ing Corporation.

A. R. BARLOW,

Chist Manager. Hongkong, 7th. January 1925.

TOE DANK OF CANTON LTD. Eond Office Hongkong.

The following have been selec- ed to represent the Army H. K. C. C. on 25th and 26th December, commencing at 2 p.. ench day on the H. K. C. V. The vessel has 10 steam winches grond: Major W. P. A. Hatter- and 10 derricks arranged for 2, 5 Sley-Smith, D.S.O., R.A. Capt. and 10 dom lifts while provision has Morris, D.S.O.. LAS.C., Capt. been made for a 30 ton derrick. Carpenter, M. C., E. S., Lieut. Electric light is fitted throughout Smith, R. A., Sgt. Gifford, R. A.. the vessel and a plentiful supply Major Polland, D.S.O., R.A.M.C.business of fats, Right lifeboats are Capt. Warters, 1. M. S.. Capt. housed on boat deck, the davits Armstrong, M.C., R.S., C.Q.M.S. being fitted with Turnbuls patent Stripp, E. S., Ann, Clayton. R.A.. turning out gear.

and A. N. Other. Cal Robertson.

one

The machinery consists of set of geared turbines of the Brwa. urtis type, supplied with Purere) heated stems from three mullila hilar maring boilers

having working pressure of 220 The.

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www.

£1,200,000 .£1,081,875 700,000

Paid Up Capital........ Authorised Cupitat..... Silver Reserve Fundment

Foreign Exchango & Moreras Banking

transacted. Interest allowed on

CURRENT ACCOUNTS

2% per aunum on daily crodit balancos Umpire--11.- of over $100.00:

PARIS BUDGET.

Paris, Dec. 22.

Segre bien, Turbines and bidons The landret for the town of Paris,] have bernstructed by the Tale ko Dockyard.

amount to come Bard hundred thousand froncs, has been

A spied at over 18 She is atsisared without additional taga- Upated on trial:

Con, Lubynciji.

THE "SANG WO."

The Stane Wo, which has ret constructed by fire Hongkong and Whamon Bock Compatig for the Indo-Chin Strom Naviation n.. Lid., is designed to the midd Yangtze River service. Her leneth over all is 285 feet; wheth b tween perpendiculars 275 ༤༠༩ཝཱ། breadth moulded 46 feet: depth moulded rod. She as a goal post fore- and

cancies two Satason posts four ving derricks for the after-soli, with machinery space amidships,

The Sang Wo wa be able- 10 carry between X80 ten- and 1,000 tons at cargo, but in addition she also has a certain amount of pas senger avcommodatin Twelv first class passengers can be car- ried in six roberth cabins; and there is accommodation

for t second class passengers in fourteen four-berth cabins: The passenger accommodation is situated on the upper deck.

On the upper deck there is also a

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS

PORTABLE MODEL Weight 8 lbs. in travelling case.

MINIMUM WEIGHT.

MAXIMUM SERVICE.

Price Mex. $112.50 Nett.

baggage-room and smuke-room: DODWELL & Co., Ltd.

while aft this a Chinese salonp. which will seat twenty-four.

The

floors, and enclosed deck spaer are-

Office Equipment Dept.

of pine and the exposed decks of Queen's Building, Ground Floor.

tonk. She is metal balt. She

will not be completed until about

the end of February, and, will pro-

reed to the Yangtze immediately

after her sped trials bave beca

(Opposito Forry Wharf.)

Tol. C.1030.

carried wat in Hongkong, The By Special arrangement with the vessel will be electrically lighted Committee of the Royal Hong- throughout.

Long Gol Club, wo have been on abled to publish an excellent

RUBBER CONSUMPTION. book of views of

ECONOMY CAMPAIGN

LAUNCHED.

Washington, Dec. 22.

Mr. Hoover in co-operation with

National rubber and automobile) associations, has launched a pro-i

HONGKONG'S

GOLF COURSES

Call and inspect these at the MEE CHEUNG. ESTABLISHMENTS

gramme with the slogan "A patà Studig:-Ice House Street 1st.

in time saves nine," to arouse the Branch:-Beaconsfield Arcade public to economise

on rubber, 2nd, Branch: Mala Corridor of

[Hongkong Hotel.

especially in motor tyres. In this connection a reduction in consump- tion of twenty-five cent. is con- sidered feasible.-Renter.

Official Photographers to the "Hongkong Telograph "

SAVINGS

City Bank of New York in the principal countries of South America and in the Wort Judios.

O. KOGO,

Manager.

Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

.£3,000,000 .....£4,000,000

(Incorporated by Royal Charter 1863.) Paid-up Capital. Reservs Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors.£3,000,000 Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed: Deposita received for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be austad on spplication.

A. H. FERGUSON, 30 sånger.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE

HEAD OFFICE: 96, Boulevaru Havesmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital. Fre, 72,000,000.00 Paid Capital

Ero 68,400,000.00 Reserves Fund ......Ers. 69,607,283.84

Bankok

BRANCHES

Haroj

Bai hat bang Hongkong

4% per tanul DEPOSITS

Canton Djibouti

Mongtie

Pondicherry Saigon Shanghai

Noumea

Singapura

Portbuyurd

Papeete

Tiontain

for 12 months 6% per annu

Haiphong Hoikax

Peking

Fourane

Prom-Pinb Yuunanfoo

4

3

3

on Demand

2% per annum

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BRANCHES : -- Canton, Swatow, Shanghai, Hankow, Bangkok, New York and San Francisco.

LONDON BANKERS-The Lloyds Bank Ltd.

LOOK POONG SHAN, Chief Manager.

THE FANK OF CHINA.

(Specially authorized by Presidentia) Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1217.1

Authorized Capital.

Paid-up Capitan)

Reserve Fuída.

1'

$64,000,000.00 $10,270,600.00

BANKERS.

In FRANCE:--Comptoir National

d'Escompto de Paria;

BRANCHES-BANGKOK- SHANGHAI Correspondents:-London: Weat- mister Bank, Lid; Now York: National City Bank: San Franolsce: Union Trust Co. of San Francisco; Danton Bank, Authorfand Capital Paid Up Capital

.....35 000 000 $1500,000 Modern banking in all its branches Current accounts savings accounts and fixed depos nooited. Leand granted an approved sacrally.

Overseas banking a speciality. INTEREST.-Curiant accounts 2 per oans wavings 4 pat omi, Fizad Deposits. 8 months per cent,,6 months 4 per tent, one year par sint,

Safe Deposite, Boxes for Beat, Our Vaults safeguarded by time dlooks and double combinations. Artur plai steal deo,

J. Y. LCX,

Manager.

THE HO KONG BANK, LTD. (Established 1617.)

CAPITAL:

Authorised dapital

Issued

Paid-up Reserve liabilities of

Shareholders Burplus......

$20,000,00.

0,000,000

4,000,000

4,000,000

025,000

HEAD OFFICE SINGAPORE. Branches. Agencies and Correspondoule in the principal cities of the world..

Every description of Banking and Exchange busindie traugactod.

H L. HUANG

Manager.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE

BANK LTD.

Established 1830

Credit Capital tfully paid up). Y. 100,000,000

Lyonnai; Banque de Paris et des Reserva fund... Y. 93,500,000

Payn-Bay Credit Industrial ut Cusonercial Societe General.

In LONDON The National Για

vincial and Union Bank of England,

HEADOFFICE-YOKOHAMA. ·

Branches and Agencies at

Kobu

Semarang London Socrabaya

Balavis

Lids Comptoir National d'Escompte Bombay de Paris, Cadit younais

In NEW YORK:-. P. Morgan & Co. Bitenct Ayres Lyons

Calcutta Interest allowed on Current Accounts Canton and Fixed Deposits according to arrange.

Rangoon

Spatule

Los Angeles San Francisco Manila Nagnant

Shanghai

Nowchwang kimono

ment.

Changchun Dairan

Nagoya

Cingapore

Evory aescription of banking and archange business transacted.

(Danny)

Fougtion

Osnya

Makdon

Na York

A. LEUUT,

Manager.

Hamburg

Paking

Tukyo

Harkan Honolul

Rio de

ASIA Harbin

$ 0,629,425.24 THE BANK OF EAST

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING. HONGKONG BRANCHES :

4. Queen's Road Central. Bistiches and Sub-branches all over

China and correspondouts in Europe, America and other parts of the World.

LONDON BANKERS :-- The National Provincial and aion Baak of England

LIN

The Guaranty Trual Company of New York,

NEW YORK BRANCHES :—The Irving National Bahke. The Equitable Trust Company of New York.

Interest allowed on Current Accounts ans Fixed Depoalts, Torms on applica-

ісп.

Byary description of Banking business

iranoted.

Leans granted on approved secusation Special facilities for Homo Exchange, TSU kar PEI,

Maunger.

公司管燕Ú法中

DANGUE FRANCO-CHINOISE pour le

Commerce et L'Industrie

(Incorporated in Frauen).

5. Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong.

HEAD OFFICE :

74, Ras St. Lazare, Paria.

Capital

............................ B+ 20,000,000. Bonorvos F.;,160,000. Special Working Capited Frs,80,000,000.

BRANOMES

Parie, Lyon, Murdvillea Eizon, Haiphong, Euro Peling, Shanghai, Piontin Cunton, Hongkong.

BANKERS.

FRANCE-Bocists General Bangus

LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund-

DIRECTORS

$10.000.000 5,000,000 1,000,000

Hon. Mr. Chow Bhou Son-Chairman

Fang Ping Shan

P.K. Kwok

Li Koon Chu

Ng Ching Lak Pong Wai Ting

Mok Ching Kong

Wong Yua Tong

Hayah Tai

Kan Yan Po Chan Ching Shok Every desoription of Banking and Exchange business trapmoted-Loans granted on approved securities.

BÁFE DEPOSIT BOXES to let.

KAN OTONG PO Chief Mansgér.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

((Netherlands Trading (Society). BANK.

Established 1824.

Hongkong Beanoh established 1996

Authorized Capital Guilder...100,000,000 (812,600,000) ...... 50,000,000

Faid.ap Capital Quilders

XMAS

CARDS, CRACKERS, DOLLS,

TOYS, GAMES, AT TOYSHOP

No. Duddell Street.

Open daily from 9 to 6.

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AGENTS.

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Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark

BHANGHAI,

HONGKONG.)

Janoire Karach

Saigea

Taivanto

Tsingtau Vladivostock

Kai Yuen

Interest allowed on Currant Accounts. Deposits rooived for £xad perioda at rates to be obtasand on application.

Mr. G. ARIMA, Manager Hougkong, March 11th 1925.

HONGKONG HARDWARE CO.

TAI LEE CHAN,"

Earp. 1384

METAL GOODS and HARDWARE..

T. NAKAO Japanese Shoo Expert. TORTOISE SHELL BOXEE and CASES A SPECIALITY

Autor House Hotel Building. Queen's Road Central.

(2 6,666,670) FOB ATTENTION OF MASTERS Reserve Fund Guilder 20,526,861 OF NORTH-BOUND STEAMERS.

( 1,711,405) Special Reserves Guilders... 22,560,000 ( 1,888,330) HEAD OFFICE-AMSTERDAM, Eastern HEAD OFFICE BATAVIA

BRANCHES :- Bandjarmasin Kota-Radja Botterdam Dandoong

Macassar Shmerong, Bombay Merlan Shanghai Caloutts Padang Bingapore Cheribon Palembang Boorabais Djember Pocalongan Boerakarta (fo Djok jakarta Penang Togni

Nationale Pacis et des Payu Bas.

LONDON-Midland Bank Ltd... Traat Co.

NEW YORK :-Irving Bank, Columbia)

de Credit, Banque de Koba

Every description of Banking and Exchange Boaïness Transacted. "Curre spondeate throughout the world.

A. ROLLIN.

Managar-

Pontianak Tiltjaj, and The Hagu Bangoon Weltevreden

London Bankers --National Provincial Dank, Ltd.

Correspondents all over the world. BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY

DESCRIPTION. ..

M. J. HERBSCHLEB,

Areni,

18, during the North-East Monsoon there is always 1 ponaiblity of North-bound steam. ers running short OF BUNKEF COAL, this is to inform you that TAIT & CO., AMOY, (a well | protected port with good anchor ago) have stooks of GOOT JAPANESE BUNKER COAT

AT REASONABLE PRICES,

Wireless messages via Hong- | kong or Formosa are re-trame mmitted by the Great Northari Telegraph Co. and a wire t

"TAIT"" or "COALBUNKER" MOT, will feceive their prom attention, es

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Complete

Tel. No. C. 1993

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