時報
- A Collection of Calligraphy and Paintings by Famous Artists
- Zhongfu Bank dividend payment notice
- Jiangwan racing: notice
An advertising-led page offers a commemorative book promotion, announces the start of bank dividends and directs racing members to obtain motorcar permits.
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Translation
A Collection of Calligraphy and Paintings by Famous Artists
Finely printed by the Commercial Press
A Collection of Calligraphy and Paintings by Famous Artists
A special gift marking the 30th anniversary
Offer ends this month
Zhongfu Bank dividend payment notice
Our bank has completed its accounts for the first half of Year 15. Following our usual practice, payment of the dividend for that period will begin on October 1, the 25th day of the eighth lunar month.
Jiangwan racing: notice
Members with their own cars who have not yet paid for and obtained a permit for the Chinese-administered area should do so promptly at our office, 126 Jing’an Temple Road.
Context
Fine printing as an anniversary attraction
The Commercial Press, founded in Shanghai in 1897, sold an image of technical quality as well as books. This promotion pairs fine printing with famous artists’ calligraphy and painting, making the gift a demonstration of the publisher’s craft. The anniversary and month-end deadline turn cultural prestige into an incentive to act now. The advertisement offers readers something tangible and collectible, not just a statement about the firm’s longevity.
A dividend notice for readers using two calendars
The bank supplies both October 1 and its lunar-calendar equivalent so shareholders can identify the same payment date through either system. The key event is the completion of the half-year accounts, which makes a distribution possible. “Year 15” belongs to the republican dating used in the notice. The announcement therefore connects formal accounting time, the recurring payment routine and the calendars familiar to its readers.
Why a racegoer needed a separate motoring permit
The club’s notice assumes that owning a car does not by itself settle the paperwork for driving in the Chinese-administered area. It directs members to a particular office to obtain the required document and pay the charge. That small instruction reveals the administrative geography behind a leisure outing: the journey to racing could involve rules tied to jurisdiction, with the club acting as an intermediary for its members.
Original
名人書畫彙
商務印書館精印
名人書畫彙
三十年紀念大贈品
本月底滿期
中孚銀行發給股息廣告
本行十五年份上期決算業經辦竣應即仍照向例擇於十月一日（即陰曆八月廿五日）起爲本行發給上期股息之期
江灣賽馬：注意
凡會員自備汽車尚未捐得華界照會者請速向本會靜安寺路一百廿六號捐領可也