The coming of the submarine cable revolutionalized telegraphic communication and by 1871 a telegram could be sent directly to London from Singapore, Batavia (Djakarta), Saigon, Hong Kong, or Shanghai. New York and London had been linked since 1866 [7, pp. 26-37]. 7. A. J. H. Latham, The International Economy and the Undeveloped World, 1868-1914 (London: Croom Helm; Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa N.J., 1978 & 1983), Japanese Edition, Trans. H. Kawakatsu (Tokyo: Nihon-Hyoron-Sha, 1987). Banks Nederlandsch Indische Escompto-Maatschappij [Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank] [W05p146] Estblished on 5 November 1857 in Batavia, Java with head office there. [W05p146] Branch opened in Penang on 2 November 1905. [W05p146] In Singapore the agents of the bank were the Banque de l'Indo-Chine and Messrs. Hooglandt & Co. [W05p146] Foreign Commercial banks in Thailand and the dates of their establishment [K03p4331] The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1888 Chartered Bank 1893 Banque de l’Indochine 1897 Sze Hai Tong Bank 1909 Bank of Canton 1919 Mercantile Bank 1933 Yokohama Specie Bank 1936 ------------ HG 3288 .C47M85 1996X ROBA (Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China), Stuart Miurhead (1996). Crisis Banking in the East: The History of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, 1853-93. (Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Pub. Co., 379 p.). Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China--History; Banks and banking, British--India--History; Banks and banking, British--Asia--History. ----------------- Weill & Zerner [W05p694] Founded by Mr. Zerner and Mr. Alfred Montor in 1903 The senior partner Mr. Chas. Weill resides in Paris gems, pearls, watches, chronometres, jewellery fabrrication sold to general public but also to the Rajas and the King of Siam ----------- Atkinson & Forbes [W05p697] established in 1907 by Henry Atkinson and R. H. Forbes upon the take over the firm of Lindsay & Atkinson main business is the sale of Oliver typewriters also agents for several companies. ---------------------------- The British Dispensary [W05p697] established in 1896 by Dr. Galloway wholesale and retail dispensing chemist and druggist business with an optical department. exporting to Java, Jahore and the native States, Sarawak and Siam. ------------------------ The Borneo Company Ltd. [W05p697- formed in 1856 and took over the Sinapore firm of Messrs. Morgan, McEwan and [page(s) missing?] --------------- James Motion & Co. [W5p700] founded ca 1857 jewellers and makers of chronomiters, clocks, and watches and various nautical instruments -------- Ravensway & Co. [W05p700] established in 1881 marble is plentify in the Malay States. traders in marble, monumnents, tombstaones, and marble work owns a quary in Ipoh in Perak which employs 250 there employ 50 masons in Singapore ----------- Lambert Bros. [W05p700] founded in 1862 They also established the Singapore Carriage Works. Carriges of all types are built and exported. Horses are sold on commission. Also have a horse shoe section and sell horse feed. --------------------------- Nathan & Son [W05p700- founded in 1884 by Mr. E. S. Nathan [info missing] -------------------------------- Levy Hermanos [W05p702] Head office is in Paris Sinapore branch opend in 1904 branches in Singapore, Manilla, Iloilo in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin, Port Arthur, Kharbin and Bombay. jewllers, musical inmstruments agents for various companies including the Aspirator Company vacuum cleaners and the Interantional Talking Machine Company -------------------- C. F. F. Wearne & Co. [W05p702] opened in 1906 a motor engineering works Charlie Frederick Foster Wearne and brother Theodore James Benjamin Wearne from Australia On 26 November 1912, the firm became Wearne Brothers Ltd. motor vehicle sales and rentals as well as petrol for these see Wearnes http://www.wbl.com.sg/heritage.shtml ------------------- G. R. Lambert & Co. [W5p702-5] founded in 1875 y G. R. Lambert & Co. from Dresden, Germany photographers and realted equipment. produce about 250,000 postcards / year photographer by special appointment to the king of Siam and the Sultan of Johore ----------