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TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1932.

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Authorised Capital lulweribed and Peld Up Reserve Fund

BANKS.

INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

incorporated by Royal Charter 1858.

HEAD OFFICE(—LONDON,

| Pald-Up Capital £6,000,000 veres Fund

2,604,100 | Zowerve Liabilliy of Propraktoru ...

190,000

.............. $.000.000 1,000,000 1,000,000

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AGENCIES AND DRANCHES ALOR STAR ILOILO AMRITSAR

HEAD OFFICE 117-12, Lendenhall Street, Trondan, EC. 3.

WEST END BRANCH. 14-14, Cockapur Btroet, Lendes. B.W.I

BANGKOK

PENANG ILANGOON BAIGON KARACHI

SEMARANG

QEREMBAN

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital ... Ingred and fulls Paid-up Reserva Fushe-m

Sterling ....** alfrer

$80,000,000

20,000,000

+49,500,000 -$20,000,000

Neserts Liability of Proprietoru ...820,000,018

HEAD OFFICE: RONGKONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

Uhairman,

CINEMA SCREENINGS to speciality bits, and performed funny advised by the stage director in men in the German ranks.

little steps that her long nether ex-charge of the Broadway production to mortars, rifle fire, gas, machine guns, tremities enabled her to do. Present. visit the criminal court and nequaint and big guns pound their way through ly she was found on Broadway, at himself with court procedure, inat- the film and clear the way for the NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE tracting attention in "The Passing much as many of the important scenes final and ment powerful sequence of

Show" with - THEATRES.

there same unusual of the gripping mystery drama are nil, which takes place in a hospital

loid in Old

London. He beat the front. Men without legs, men Next came a successful vaudeville came so Marie Dressler, idol of the screen,

by the opposing

sing domens shot away, men turned into will be seen on Sunday at the Queen'n tour, and then back to Broadway, then tions of witnesses the examina-without eyes, men with their ab. D & O. BANKING THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI attorneys nt the murder trial he at-stark-nad maninen by the horrors of CORPORATION LTD Theatre in

starring more vaudeville, and after at the long tended that he came back the next the battlefields! It in ago realistic I (Incorporated in England, 1920). vehicle, "Emma" an intimate story of series of the day and the next until a verdict was is not easy to forget.

horrors Ita

that they American family life. Richard Crometty" "Linger Longer Letty

And since that time and terrible are Her Go Letty" and so on. Frank finally rendered. well,

Jean

Hersholt and Myrna Loy

international stage star has spent Bnger for a long time in the mind. have important supporting roles.

Greenwood's te girl was gaining (great many of his into hours listen- Dramatically the picture, by sheer force of this one epiagile, rises to The picture presenta Mins Dressler fame

With the coming of talking plctures Ing to trials of criminals. in her first straight character par

While Atwill has only been a silent heights that have rarely been sur.

production. in picture trayal since "Min and Bill" which her field widened considerably; she won her the Academy award for the had essnyed a couple of allent lms, attendant nt ander trials in real life. I pasne hellyy tragedy is neverthelosa

This tlin. Krent

#The Silent Witness" he ap best performance of any actress in but without creating any the industry in 1931. The story is furore, a wisely stuck to the stage pears as the defendant of a murder not without its light spots. The love the sound track gave her a charge. And he stands on the brink affairs of some of the soldiers, in- by the same author, Frances Marion, unti! and the production was directed by clunes to use her voice as well as her of conviction, by circumstantial evi- eluding an incident involving Carl's

legr .

dence, until a startling happening wife and his trusted friend provide n

relief from the war horrors. Clarence

Brown, whose last effort was

So Long Letty" was triumphantly turns the tide in his favour.

This picture opens to-day at the in The Silent Witness" the Crawford-Gable hit, "Ponscased."

Appearing

four days' ran. Miss Dressler is seen as the faithful reincarnated on the screen, and then

"Suicide Fleet." servant in the home of a rich man. came "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath", with Mr. Atwill are Grein Nianen, Queen's for

Stepping Out", "Flying High" and Helen Mack, Bramwell Fletcher and

in the other featur High adventure of the blood-ting- Fleet RKO much of a popular favourite ed roles. with picture fans AR with

sented in Broadway, Her latest

pereen appearance is in

Pathe's spectacular special staged with "Cheaters at Play,"

The co-operation of the United States nt Oner upon a time, as the children's, the Fox Films thriller, "Cheaters at

A Remarkable German Film, Navy, which is the special attraction which opens at the King's books have it, a lanky thirteen-old,

A grim and starkt tragedy in which at the Central Theatre, to-day. un Thursday. Teamed with school girl walked nervously into the

The picture combines a great ro- excellent Thoms Meighan in this exciting tule the Great War, as seen through Ger

Adventure story, offer of a bury Boston stage manager,

for A performances by an outstanding cast, said she was the daughter of Frank of burglary, adventure, romane and man epes, is revealed, "Four infantrymantie

and photography, and Comedy afloat and ashore, she has Men" my aptly be describesi Greenwood, a local merchant. asked for

in the chorus. She some of the funniest scenes of her Germany's reply to Universal's "All splendid direction

Quiet on the Western Front." Pro- and amazing production values.

The story

deals with the war ad- claimed to be eeriderably older thin film areer.

Wila lenve their claimed to be an she was, unt

in German, the picture is

to enlist in from the Duvel by Ernest

Л

She is a second mother to his children film hits, which served to make | Weldon 11 production, based upon linx. imagination-stirring type in pre-

but in the end they turn against her as the result of a dramatic will von-; her as

test.

red daneve.

"The Silent Witnces." Lionel Atwill, who made his talking The Fox demna, "The Silens, Witness", which is now playing at the King's Theatre, a great patron of murder

the stage success of Jack DeLeon and Jack Celestin was directed by Marcel Vernol at R. L.. Haugh.

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stage manager was deulatës?, po debut in the lending col of the Four from the Infantry" and the Navy. They all love the same but he was lale getting his show inte production and there was a dearth of girls at that moment, so he grudging

The following trials ly took her on trial. week the show opened, and Charlotte Greenwood made her debut before the footlights.

lued by Sara-Film with all dialogs", } ventures of pat

Island" concrasions Johansen, Cons was wiginally entitled "Comrades of girl hat friendship

Splendid work is done by Bill Boyd, 1918" was dieeted by the famose mance rivalry in the final crisis. G. W. Pabst and is an excellent piece ¦

Robert Armstrong. James Gleason, When he first started to rehearse of character study,

There is te story continuity. Ginger Rogers, Harry Bannister and the role of Sir Austin Howard, a role

concentrated other members of the imposing cast. he hut played on the stage mure than Rather the artion is

which lan again, igem a group of infantrymen as Allert Rogell deserves rent credit It wasn't lang. however, before 200 Charlotte advanced from the chorus portrays in the muting pieture, bar was presenting the lot of all the fighting for his direction of the story by com

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| Capital (fully paid up)........Y. 100,000,000 .....Y. 117,200,000.00 ileserve Fund

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Capital & Surplus over H$8,000,000 | Total Reimurces over H$30,000,000 | Alexandria

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Every description of Banking Bombar and Exchange business transact- ed.

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Kobe

Landes

Les Angeira Manila

Dairen (Dalty]Nagmaakt

Hantoon

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San Francica Restle

Spinnek Shanaha! Ahimononck! Singapore Sourabaya

Current and Fixed Deposit Ac counts in local and foreign cur rencies opened for clients,

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Newchwarg

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VANISHING GONGS

«Contiuned from Page 6.)

stick, also of teak, and with a fat and padded knob, covered in chamois leather much blackenedl through years of beating.

Interver allowed ou Current adEORILE, Depola received for Baed partuđa at rates to be ublained on sppikeazam.

D. MECOLL

Borghong, 21st May, 1952.

Manager.

THE HO "HONG BANK,

LIMITED

(ESTABLISH 1917).

HEAD OFFICE:-BINGAPORE. Tal Branchi 13 Queen's Hand Central.

Authorised Capat

But the gong is dusty in theurd Capital Jimbo of the box-room. Suon. Paid-up Caplini doubt, it will be sold for old lum. Heserve Liablilties of Share ber and the house will be cleared fer ever of even the remnants of an institution.

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and Fixed Deposits received for ons Your O shorter perioda la Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on application.

Monakong, 6th Aprli, 1992.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

The Business of the above Bank is çondugad by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAIRAĦT- ING CORPORATION, Ruics may be obtained on application,

FOR THE HONORUNO AND SILANGBAJ BANKING CORPORATION,

Y. M. GRAYBURN.

Chief NazAKTI. ilongkong, 27th February, 1952.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 65, Wall Street, New York,

Capital, Surplus and

Undivided Profts. US$225,503,775.00

Branches In

ARGENTINE NELGIUM BRAZIL Birmits $20,000,000 CHILE 8,000,000

CHINA

4.000.000 COLOMBIA

CUBA 4,000,000 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Agencies in

th

rinciput INDIA

ITALY

Now a prim, small maid perks! Every description of Banking and Exchange | JAPAN into the drawing-room and be transacted. twitters, "Dinner is served, ma-

dan. And it is to her bidding that our very small family files)

into the very small dining-room.

TAN ENG HOOI,

Manager.

LONDON MANCHURIA MEXICO PANAMA PERU PHILIPINE JBLANDE PORTO RICO

STRAITS

SETTLEMENTS URUGUARY VENEZUELA

Commercial and Travellers' Letters of Credit. Travellers Cheques, Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfere brought and sold. Current accounta and Savings Bank accounts opened and Fixed Deposits in local and

That good institution, the goak. BANK OF CHINA. foreign currencies taken at rates that

is fast following in the departing

wake of the big house and the

bell

large family. When that solid Recorganized October 28, 1928, under special pair held sway the gong, or dinner charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCBANUB BANK. For Was very necessary.

Bubscribed Capital be there would

father in the Pald-Up Capital library who would hear the gong Reservs Funds and know that dinner-time had come. There would be mother in the drawing-room, and Angelina;

in her little boudoir at the back

f the house. Tom and George

may be ascertained on application to the Bank.

We are also able to offer our Customers the services of the 825,000,000.00 Branches of the International Bank- 24,110,000.90|ing Corporation in Spain and also of 0,820,806.87 The National City Bank of New York,

(France) SA., in Paris and Nico.

R. M. McLAT,

Manager.

HEAD OFFICE:~STANGHAL

HONGKONG BRANCH,

4. Queen's Road, Central.

Owing to our numerous branchce its China in their sitting-room had to be and large connections in the important com- advised, not to mention Dick in eclat centres of the world, we are able to his den at the top of the house and extend to our clients special facilities for Mary in her bed-room, where she domestic and foreign banking and change. always repaired for peace and other Public Funds of the Chinees Govern quiet.

METALLIC TONGUE.

And so the gongs of the country badmed, and clanged, and twang-

We sing bundle the Latio of Bonda and

ment both at home and abroad.

BHOU J. CHEN,

INDIA, LIMITED,

led out the meal-time message four THE MERCANTILE BANK OF times daily. All could hear the gong if well sounded, and from every corner of the house would come movements; each widely separated room gave out its hun-Authorised) Capital gry inante.

Subscribed Capital Between seven and seven-thirty Paid Up Capital

Head Office: 16 Gracechurch Street. London, EC. J.

a residential road gave splendid Reece Fund and Rest metallic tongue. To walk down it

BANKERS.

23,000,000 1,800,000

1,000,000

1.217,027

HRANCHED (- Howrah Ipoh Kuantan

Madras New York Penang

was to taste a finely cosmopolitan The Bank of England & Midland Bank, Ltd. jangling. Gongs from India, from Burma, from China, from Ceyl011, | Belavia from Japan, from Birmingham, Bangkok from every corner of the earth Bombar where gongs are made, joined in Calcutta the metallic bellowing. Shrill and Colombo Impatient was the gong from Delh! Number 7, staccato and high-Galle

ilongkung

Kandy Karachi

Hela Bharu

Rangoon

Shanghai

Simla

Kuala Lipis Singapore Kuala Lumpur Soerabara Port Loule (Mauritius) HONGKONG BRANCE.

pitched that of Number 12, a sullen roar from Number 3, a twangling jumble of sound ending with a vicious bang from November 20. business transacted. They had a parlourmaid with more strength than artistry.

What gongs there are to-day are

Every description of Banking and Exchange

Travellers Cheques loi

TRUSTLE AND EXECUTUNSHIPS

UNDERTAKEN,

not sounded as they were. They Interest allowed on Currant Accounts and

are banged and beaten roughly Fixed Deposits at Tales that may be ascer and the steady ringing tone intained on appilention. Jacking. But there are few enough

of these, unless it is in schools and auch places. And it is a pity. For there was a majestic and ap- petising summons in that brass) rumbling, such as may never be attained by the pert twitterings of the parlourmaid in the tiny flat.

C. G. G.

I.I.D.

J., 68,

Manager.

CERTIFICATE.

Of the Societe Internationale de Placements, Basle. (Local Agents) Messrs. A. Gocke & Co.)

mander Herbert A. Jones, U. S. N. Lew Lipton and F. McGrow Hills are to be commended on their original screen play and dialogue, reznectively. And hats off to the U. S. Navy. It Basle: £2 129. 00. made this great picture possible.

HANDEL

Hongkong, 4th March, 1982.

NEDERLANDSCHE

MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. (Netherlande Trading Society).

BANKERA

ESTABLISHED 1824.

Bongbong Office: 11, Queen's Road, Oestrui Authorized Capital Pakt-up Capital Reserves

..F. 158,000,#DR

..F. 80,0$3,800

...F. 20,010,000

IT OS-AMSTERDAM.*

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DANHING BUSINESS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TRANBAUTED. A. STOKKINK,

Manager. Hongkong, 22nd June, 1981.

THE BANK OF CANTON LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED 1112.

Head Ofco:-Hongkong.

Authorized Capital ..........

Pald-Up Capital

Reserva Fund

| DRANCHES -

£1,000,000

1,945,000

3,106,000

Canton. Shanghai, Ilankyw, Bunion, Bangkok, New York and Ban Frame LONDON BRANCHES –

45000.

The Lloyds Bank, Lang!ted, Correspondente in all petneipel nilies of the

work

Ferien Etehenew 'and Banking business of every description tresonatech.

Bata Deposit Bon Caroon sheme) at a

Tuesday's official quotation in urty restal of Tram så er 6.

100% YOUNG FRAM,

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