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"TELEGRAPH SILVER

JUBILEE SUPPLEMENT,

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

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ISSUED AND FULLY PAID-UP

RESERVE FUNDS:~~~

STERLING

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RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.

Board of Directors:

S. H. Dodwell, Esq., Chairman.

► $50,000,000.00 $20,000,000.00

£ 6,500,000,00 $10,000,000.00

$20,000,000.00

C. C. Knight, Esq., Deputy Chairman.

W. H. Bell, Esq.

A. H. Compton, Esq.,

Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie.

G. Miskin, Esq

AMOY BANGKOK

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

CANTON

CHEFOO

COLOMBO

DAIREN

FOOCHOW

HAIPHONG

HAMBURG

HANKOW

HARBIN

Chiel Manager:

K. S. Morrison, Esq.

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson. T. E. Pearce, Esq.

V. M. Grayburn, Esq.

.BRANCHES:----

HONGKEW

·ILOILO-

IPOH

JOHORE KOBE

KOWLOON

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LYONS

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MANILA

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MUKDEN

NEW YORK

PEIPING PENANG RANGOON SAICON

SAN FRANCISCO SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA SUNCE! PATANI TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

Current Accnunts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on application.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on application.

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager.

JARDINE, MATHESON

& COMPANY, LTD.

General Managers:

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD. EWO COTTON MILLS, LTD., `SHANGHAI.

General Agents:

THE CANTON INSURANCE CO., LTD. SHANGHAI & HONGKEW WHARF CO, LTD.

GLEN LINE, LTD.

General Agencies:

ASIATIC STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. TRITON INSURANCE CO., LTD. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. GUARDIAN ASSURANCE CO., LTD. QUEENSLAND INSURANCE CO., LTD.

HORROCKSES, CREWDSON & CO., LTD.

THE ERASMIC CO., LTD.

WHITE HORSE DISTILLERS, LTD.

"CHIVERS & SONS, CAMBRIDGE.

BOMBAY-BURMAH TRADING CORPORATION, LTD. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES CO., LTD.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

ETC., ETC..

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Cable Address: “JARDINE"

HUMAN SIDE ROYALTY

OF

KINDLY THOUGHTS FOR OTHERS

PRACTICAL SYMPATHY, WITH DISABLED SOLDIERS

MAY 4, 1935.

Alted in before another engage great thing was to keep them mont.

occupied so that they might forget The position was explained-to some extent their tragic post-. that floors were being scrubbed and flon, brooding upon which was that the whole place was in a state retarding their recovery. Tho of upheaval,

Marchioness of Londonderry and

"Her Majesty won't mind that," the Marchioness of Tlichfield, who was the reply. She does so want stand out among hundreds of to see the hostel and this is hor eplendid women who gave time and only opportunity."

money to the cause of the wound- Within half an hour the royaled sol Initiated

Boldier,

a movement for drow up at the door. The teaching embroidery and handi- place, was inspected, the voluntary crafts in the military hospitals, and helpora were congratulated upon it spread all over the country.

work their newly-scrubbed floors, and beds and bedding,"bath-rooms, and laundry gone over.

car

"It Is extremely nice," said the Queen as she left again, "but I wish you had hind some pictures. Nover mind, I will send you nome. And the next day she did.

At first the very simplest of was undertaken, but there was a most generous response when it was offered for sale to the public. The Queon cherishes to-day some of the erudost specimens of needlework done by men-fine, able-bodied fellows before they Journoyed to Belgium or to the East-robbed by POPULAR WITH STAFF

warfare of limbs, health and Servants In all the royal re-strength. Side by side with these sidences tell of the consideration pieces of work in her collection are and the thoughtfulness of the King examples of the most exquisite sow and Queen for their staff, and of ing. for it seemed as if the angers their kindly Interest, in personal left to some of the handicapped affairs. They frequently, allow soldiers and sailors were specially their names to be used when children of older members of the endowed with artistic feollag se compensation for their other losses, staff are to be placed in positions Now the men are able to compete after school days are over, and with some of the most accomplished there are many instances of the needlewomen of the day in execut- Queen using her personal influence ing tapestries, coverings for antique on behalf of a son or a daughter furniture, and the finest of embrol- of some trusted servant.

It is not generally known that | when some state function is to be

derles on sating and velvets.

(By a Special Correspondent.) This royal reign, which has brought monarch and subject into such close touch, has been crowded with a thousand and one little incidents that have shown how human-is the outlook of the King and Queen. This is more noticeable, perhaps, since the War, which demonstrated to the King the great, affection and loyalty of his people, and showed fighting men and their dependents how real was the concern of Their Majesties for those who suffered.

SUPPORT FOR DISABLED The Queen has always been so extraordinarily given at the Falhee, tickets are The movement for interesting shy that it has never been easy for her to break invariably issued to relatives and and occupying the

men in their close friends of members of the early hospital days has developed down the barriers of, reserve and show her real

staff to enable them to go through until to-day it has split up into a feelings and in the first few years of the King's the State Apartments beforehand score or more of different organiss reign it was often said that, she was cold and aloof.and see the decorations. In the tions, working on a business basis, Her upright bearing, the fact that she did not inspect the tables with their port themselves, Nobody gives them CRS of a dinner-party they also to enable war shattered men to sup- appear to smile easily and that her expression when beautiful plato and exquisitely more support than the King and her features were in repose, was a little stern, gave arranged flowers.

Queen. Whenever an exhibition of colour to this suggestion, yet even in those days the grief and the suffering of others caused her the deepest distress.

During a pre-War tour of in- dustrial districts in the Midlands, a terrible colliery disaster occur red within a few miles of Went- worth Woodhouse, where the King and Queen were staying with Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, The news was brought to them while the house-party were aț dinner, and immediately the meal was over Their Majestics asked to be allowed to drive to the pit in which the accident had happened. Those who escorted them ox- pected that the royal car would. be taken to the Manager's office. and that the King would make in- quírica there and ask that his Aympathy with the sufferers and their dependents should be ex- pressed.

Instead, His Majesty asked to be taken to the pithead, whore women were waiting for news of their husbands and sons, and where grim stories were being brought of death, injury, and terrible disfigurement.

ROYAL KINDNESS

On one occasion a member of their work is held--and these aro

the housekeeper's staff was enter-arranged regularly Her Majesty taining some friends from the makes a point of attending and

The King has a chat with a little fellow who

bas started work very early in life.

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country in her own room on an making purchases which the publle evening when the Queen was attend- are at liberty to Inspect. Very ing an important function. When frequently, duplicate orders are Her Majesty was dressed and had given by people who like to possess gone back to her sitting-room, a a piece of work similar to that message was sent to the little party bought by the Queen. In addition,

the King and Queen order every Queen, who was wearing a magni- thing that it is possible to order all fcent gown and some of her price- the year round from one organisa- iena jewels, they might do so. They tion or another. were escorted to her presence by s maid of honour, the Queen received them in the most charming way and shook hands with them all, talking to them about various little things in the sitting-room to put them at their ease.

DISABLED SOLDIERS

One of the things which has most

Arrived there, both the King and the Queen left the car and went from group to group of the relatives of men who were known to be down the mine, asking ques-

His Majesty has a cheery word for blinded ex-Servicemen tions here, giving encouragement

during one of his visits to Scotland, and sympathy there, and trying to comfort those to whom news of pieces come into the possession of -death-was-brought....

Her Majesty as patterns, and many When, eventually, they left to of them are large enough to make return to Wentworth, tears were up into little funcy articles. To pouring down the Queen's faco, have them to use in this way is a and she begged that everything great joy to women-many of that was possible might be done them with very clever fingers that if they would care to see the to comfort the women who were who must pass weary months, bereaved.

sometimes years, in the hospital, "Those poor, poor mothers!" she knowing that they can never go aald brokenly as she went away but and share in everyday life

Handicrafts of this type are not again. from that tragic pithead.

the only things which Interest them. When shilling hostels for

Orders are constantly going to the women were established in vari-

Lord Roberts' Memorial Workship, Many other stories of her sym-ous parts of Londen a few years

and kindred organisations, for pathy and her kindness of heart age, so that homeless women who

furniture, toys, leather goods, Bold bootlaces, matches, and

pottery, and other articles made by come to mind.

disabled ex-Service men. A few She was going over a hospital other oddments in the streets

years ago, when there was a vogua in a very poor district on one oc-might have comfortable beds and

for lacquer furniture, the Queen enalon, and spent a few minutes hot tea in docent surroundings, in the sparsely-furnished room the Queen asked at once that de-endeared all the members of the ordered from the Memorial Work- belonging to the matron. A desk,tails of the scheme might be sent Royal Family to the hearts of the shops a beautiful bedroom suite to a deal table, two Windsor chairs, to her. The next day, when the public is the lead they have given her own design in this prettily de- staff were making a tremendous to the country to support industries cornted style, and, before. It was and a divan bed-couch-for it

one of the organised on behalf of disabled sent to Windsor Castle-where it was a bed-sitting room-were all effort to prepare

men. Even before has a place of honour in one of the that it contained, and the only hostels for the opening ceremony, ex-Service ornaments were a small picture a telephone message came from hostilitles had ceased, the King and more important rooms-it was on or two and a little vase of flowers, one of Her Majesty's ladies-in- Queen expressed their keen ap show in London for several weeks, preciation of the movements made. As a result other orders were re- Within two days, a comfortable waiting.

"May the Queen come round atto employ badly wounded soldiers calved by the Workshops, including armchair was delivored hospital, together with from a lady-in-waiting explaining that the Queen felt that, after her arduous work, the Matron not only deserved, but needed, both rest and comfort in her off-duty hours, and that she, hoped she would be able to find room for the chair and time to use it.

From that time the hospital has always received a gift of dafodils from the Queen at Easter-time. It is one of her self-imposed duties, when the Court goes to Windsor for the early spring visit, to apend a good many hours in the wild part of the Castle grounde and in Windsor Great Park, cut- ting the beautiful golden Lontou les that grow there in such pro- fusion, and having them sent off, under her personal supervision, to the big London hospitals. Since she has been old enough to do so, Princess Elizabeth has invariably helped with this task, choosing what she calls "the weany ones" to make up into bunches for children's wards und Institutions.

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Another kindly and very human thought of the Queon is to despatch every year a parcel of pieces of velvet, alik, brocado," and so on to patients at the Royal Hospital for Incurables. These

and sailors who would never again one from the Princess Royal, who It was just after luncheon at be able to take up their pre-war has a similar sulte at Egerton the Palace, and the visit had to be employment. In the early daye the House, Newmarket.

Hië Majesty conferring * Kulshthood on one UPC of ħla Admirals aboard a battleship.

Some of his subjects shaking hands with the King in-