1939-05-17 — Page 11

PAR 11.

NEWS OF THE DAY

IN PICTURES

FROM FAR AND NEAR

Hongkong Telegraph

PHOTONEWS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1939.

HAPPENINGS AS SEEN BY THE CAMERA'S EYE

PICTURES OF FIRE DISASTER IN FRENCH LINER

AN AERIAL VIEW of the French liner Paris which, after ßre; had ' raged in her all night, capsized at Le Havre,

Firemen are still at work on her side, with hoses stretching from the quay..

_BANK_NOTICES

- THE CHARTERED- BANK : OF

INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated dy, Royal Charter 1853

Pald-up Capital ....... £3,000,000 Reserva Liability of Proprietara. 13,000,000 Reserve Fund mehr £3,000,000 UKAD OFFICES-LONDON.

· 38 Blahopsgats, B.C.L Rub-Agencies in London: 117/132, Leadenhall street, K. C. & West End Branch: 14/18, Cockapur Ntreet, 3.9,1,^.

Manchester Brancht

53, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Hankow

Alor Star Amriur

Bongkok Batavia Bombay Cricutta

Cilve

Talrite

Tangoon

Markin

241290

Hongkong

Ilalio

Inch Karachi

Beremban

Shanghai Singapore

Hitiawan... Bourabaya Taiping

Lumour

Kuching Madras Maniža

Medan

Tienin Tongkah

Agencies:

Klang

Kobe

Street

· Kunta

Placa Canton Cawnpore Cebu

(Uhuket)

Taingiao Yokohama

New York

Helping

Haiphong

(Peking)

Calambo Deill

Bambora

Penang

and

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur rencies at rates which will be quoted on uppilcation,

BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened In Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA,

Authorised Capital: Tossing $10,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital puno. § 8,000,000.00 Reserve and Undivided

Pronta Gmina $ 2,003,032.02 * BRAD OFFICE>~HONGKONG

10, Des Voeux Road, Central

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 'Bir showson' Chow, Chairman, Il Koo Chun In Li Lan Sang, Zad P. K. Kwak, Xaq. Wong Chu Bon, Eng. Wong Yun Tong, aq, Kan Ying Po, pag. Chang Chung Bhok, Yaq FungPin Wah,Esq. KAN. TONG, PO, Esq. Chief Manager. ALI TEE-YONG, Kêu..., Manager,

·BRANCHES-AND AGENCIES: Amoy - Manildir; Sa Seattle Batavia, ...

Melbourne Bombky **NoZdhika ***** Calcutta New York Haiphong, Parig Hankow Palping Honotufu * Penang Koba" giftangoon

Kowloon

Semarang Shanglaml

Singapore Bourabaya

Bwatow Bydney Tiontaln

Vancouver

Lendosë-Ban Franskaen ha

**Every: description of Banking and Ex- changd business transacted. Loans grani- ed on approved accurities, i

Current Accounts opened in Local Cur- rency and mixed · Deposits received for nhe year of shorjer: periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on- terms which wi be quoted on' application.

Bafe Deposit BoxoTo Let

EAN TONO PO,

Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED. -

The Bank's Head Office in London Head Mes-35, Gracechurch Street,

undertakes Executor & Turton business,

London, ECJ.

63,000,000

800.000 1,150,000

and claims recovery of British Income Authorbed Capital Tax overpaid, on ferns which may be Subscribed Capital oscertained at any of is Agencica Paid-up Capital **** Branches,

Reserve Fund and Rest ... R. A. CAMIDGE,

DANKERS! The Bank of England & Midland Bank, Lia.

Manager

DANCE COMPETITION

Three Couples Qualify

For Final

Dangkok

Bombay

Calcutta

Calambo

Doihi Galle

Though the crowded attendance longkang presaged a big entry, only four Howrah couples were sufletently courageous

DIRANCHE:]*****

Ipoh Kuantan

Kandy Karachi

Kota Bharu

Madros New York Penang Rangoon Shanghai

Bimla

Kuala Lipis

Bingapore

Kuala Trengganu

Kuala Lumpur

HONGKONG BRANCH

description of Danking

Exchange Business transacted.

-Every

mad

to compete in the first heat of the "Garden of the Moon" dance com petition, which was held in the Roof TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSUIP Garden of the Hongkong Hotel ut

UNDERTAKEN. tea time yesterday. Of these couples Interest allowed on Current Accounta three were chosen- to contest. the and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be Anal, which will be held in the Grill uscertained on application. Room of the Hongkong Hotel on May

D. BENSON,

21 at 6 p.m.

The competition is being conduct-

Manager.

ed by Warner Bros., whose film, PICKPOCKET'S THEFT,

"Garden of the Moon," will open at

the King's Theatre on May 20, Mr.

J. H. Odell, Warner Bros. repre-Worked Among Crowd At

sentative in Hongkong, supervised

last night's heat, for which Art Car- nerla and his orchestra provided the music.

·

Ambulance Display.

For the theft of 20 cents from the

The competition is being judged pocket of Wong Sun-wing, 20, shop by Mesars, C. T. Wu and T. c. Kan, fok, at the navy ground; Causeway Hongkong dancing teachers.

Bay, on Monday Li Chi-ming, 18, Those who qualified last night unemployed, was sentenced to four were. Mrs. R N. Hargreaves. and months hard labour, and recom- Mr. G. W. Cole, Mrs. V. Mitchell mended for banishment by Mr. T. J. and Mr. H. Phillips, and Mr. and Houston at the Central Magistracy Mrs. L. G. Buckle.

yesterday.

Second and third heats will be

held in the Roof Garden on May 18 Sgt. H. A. McKay sald Li had two and May 10. Winners of the final previous convictions and had recent- will each receive a silver cup pre-ly come out of gael. sented by the Hongkong and Shang-

Hotel Ltd., and will be the The theft took place during the fu- guests of Warner Bros., First Na-spection of the St. John Ambulance Honal Inc., ut the premiere, of the Brigade. flm. The first prize will be pre-

sented by the management of the

'ROBBED IN G.P.O.

Hongkong Hotel, the second by the Mr. A. G. Squibbs, of Tak Shing King's Theatre and the China Street, Kowloon, was robbed of a Emporium, and the third (two silver wallet containing $60 and private cups) by the Hongkong Dowling papers while buying stampa in the Alleys.

General Post Office on Monday,

FIREBOATS alongside the burn-

Ing ship before she turned over.

She

was preparing, to 'sall to America, when the fire started.

UPS

JACK BENNY, comedian, arriving at Newark, N. Jy airport, from Hollywood, to answer a smuggling charge in New York. He was fined $10,000 and glych a suspended sentence of a

year.

·NAMED AS 'American Am-

Lassador to the Franco government In Spain IN Alexander W. Wéddell, nboye.

He has been “Ambassador to.

Argentine since 1933.

Count the TELEGRAPHS" everywhere

THE PARIS, Into which thousands of gallons of water had been poured, listing heavily. Two men were killed.

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