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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 1920.
COMPANY MEETINGS.
HINGKING CENTRAL ESTATE
LTD.
HOME FOOTBALL,'
The following are the positions of the
Luque on December 13. THE LEAGUE-DIVISION, I.
Arsenal... Bradford Braford Q.... Aston Villa
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THE CHINA MAIL.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. BIG FIRE IN WEST POINT.
which
the firm. The fire
日
was a flames. The Fire Brigade
BIG-GAME HUNTING AS A JOB.
Cheerfulness was written all over)
IN 747 38 34 18 of doubt or dismay, to suggest to them rapidly, and soon the whole house it was all about.
8 7 4 7 42 98 18 reasons for confidence and trust.
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[By W. L. COURTNEY.}. A fire broke out in a storied
building, No. 99 Des Voeux Road!. There were three dominant notes West at 5,25 am, today. The The annual general meeting of w. Bromwich & 18 13 6 5 50 25 29 First was opticism, the second was Fat
P. W. D. LF. A. Pts in Ella Wheeler Wilcox's. Muse. The house was occupied by the Yut his face as he came up to me, and it the above Company was held this Buruley19.11.30 26 leve, and the third was faith. Fermerchants. The ground floor was was the more surprising because
Lung firm ct rice morning in the offices of Messrs. | Sunderland Jardine, Matheson and Co. Sir Paul Newcastle U10 10459 17 34 haps there could hardly be a better used as a shop whilst the other floors when I saw him last he was as per Chater presiding. The others present Belton WIR
Chelsea.
1993 8 29 19 1 equipment for anyone who desired to were used for storing rice and as manently depressed as a man could 1878 7 23 3 19 convey a message to her fellow cres-4wellings by the employees of be. But now he was a solid six feet were the Hon. Mr. John Johnstone Middlesbrough 1972res, to help them in their moments started on the ground floor, spread of happiness, and I asked him what and Pere Robert (Directors), Mr. M. Manchester Utd 883 93 27 18 S. Northcote (Secretary) Sir Robert Everton Ho Tung, Messrs. G. W. Barton, L. Manchester O S. Geenhill, H. M. H. Nemazee E. Shefeld Utd 178 31 35 18 one of the best-applauded passages of M. Sadick and Li Tse Fong.
.1886 25 49 18 the Prime Minister's recent speech in and the fire float turned out, but f
"Happy!," he exclaimed. "I should The Chairman said
853 8 31 15 17 the House of Commons he asked fames proved very stubborn and it boy, a full-size man's job that sounds
despite strenuous efforts, Gentlemen. With your permission
the just think Fam! I've got a job, my we will take the Report as read. The Blackburn R15 88 26 35 17 or a crime to take an optimistic view pletely gutted that the
18 8 1 9 31 35 17 whether it was an offence, a mistake. was not unt the house was com more like a story book than anything net profits for the year amount to Derby County 180 28 17 of the future. Possibly it might be were got under control. The fire you ever heard of. I'm going to $109,232.70 as against $98,860.76 Notts County 18 6 6 7 7 38 16
Liverpul.18 for 1918
a mistake, but that had yet to be burned for nearly three hours and spend the rest of my life hunting $84,927.57 for Preston N. 18 8 3 9 29 43 18 Proved, and why anticipare needless- eventually burned itself out. It had wild beasts of all sorts and sizes- 1917. This satisfactory result is Oldham Ath171023 97 by? due to the gradual expiry of old Sheffield W. 18 3.11 13 2 question that those who look upon the the tithe the fire fighters arrived that and I'm going to get paid for doing
Meanwhile, there can be no taken such a hold of the bullding by lenses at low rentals and for THK LEAGUE-DIVISION II Goals long periods which were granted
bright side of things have such advan-they experienced much difficulty in it." by the original owners of our pro-Tottenham H.....16 16 1 35 11 39 while they manage to avoid the melan- although the firemen had succeeded incredulously. "Why, that's
8. W. D. L.F.A. Pre, ages as accrue.from wide popularity combating perty when the buildings were first Birmingham
8 am."What big game?" I asked 19 12 8 337 In 27 choly suggestions of gloom. Mrs. in putting ready for occupation, and which have Blackpool.. 19 11 5 38 21 25 Ella Wheeler Wilcox was the most was still smouldering and men were expert's job, isn't it? And I know since been relet at rates more com Hull City ...
popular of American poets, and count on duty until nearly 9 o'clock when very well you have never done ary mensurate with the present demand
Buddersfield for office accommodation and there Bristol City
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23: her admirers in this country also the "all clear was given. are still a few of these old leases yet West Ham U.
by the hundred thousand. If her poems became first the chief Financial at $45,000. All the
The damage done is estimated to expire. Our property to-day is fully Stockport Co
support of her family, they equally is
"That's the joy and glory of the occupiedi and in good order.
Fulham...
property whole thing." he said. “I've never Insured with six different Barnsley....
and
For the first time in our annals. we declared an Interim Dividend at the rates of 80 per annum and it is now proposed to pay. a Final dividend at the same rate..
The report and accounts were adopted on the proposition of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. H. M. H. Nemazee.
The Hom. Mr. John Johnstone and M. D. G. M. Bernard were confirmed on the proposition of Pere Robert, seconded by Mr. E. Sadick.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE ·
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Portsmouth. The Hon. Mr. John Johnstone was Walford re-elected a Director on the proposi-Reading tion of Mr. G. W. Barton, seconded Queen's F. A'gers by Mr. L. S. Greenhill.
Messrs H. Percy Smith and C. Bernard Brown' were re-elected auditors, with a remuneration of $150 each, on the proposition of Mr. Li Tse Fong, seconded by Mr. Northcote.
There being no further business, the meeting terminated.
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proved contorting gospels for her Insurance Companies. The cause seen a lion except in the Zoo,* and countrymen and countrywomen. Fire of the outbreak is at present un- I've never hunted a thing more Jarge American dailies published them, known but the Police are investigat important than the ferocious rabbit, and they were subsequently syndi-ing. No lives were lost. cated among the smaller papers in the States.
adequate reason why these poems Clearly there must have been some secured their immerse circulation. even though from a literary standpoint
TOPICS FOR TENANTS.
from the plague of landlords Read Are you a tedant? Do you suffer Adversaria" in the China Mail. It touches the spot.
the author did not reach the first or even the second rank in poetic.litera- ure.. One reason has already been assigned the incurable optimism of last week raised Knutsford Terrace The Land Investment Company the poetess. Her message. was rents by ten dollars. Do you live in never calculated to lower the spirits Knutsford Terrace?
The
Then forth-
but I'm going to be a hunter all the same: I'm going to chase the bison upon the boundless prairie of his
knock the spots off the leopard, and home, and dig the grizzly out of his lair, and petrify the puma, and
-oh, I'm going to do it all!".
calmed down a little enough to tell. In time I managed to get him me a plain story. Before the war I
22a clarion appeal to humanity to rise will interest you.
of mankind; on the contrary, it was coming numbers of the China Mail had known him as an efficient but rebellious bank clerk. He had served above its special difficulties, and to be
tenants of
Humphreys five years in the Army, acquiring a awake when the dawn appears. That Buildings (Humphreys is the spirit of this well-known stanza: Company) have been notified that life of the open. Demobilisation had Estate captaincy and a mighty love for the in future they must pay the taxes,
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The annual general meeting of the above Company was held this morn- ing in the offices of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., the Hon. Mr. Johnment of accounts together with the Johnstone presiding, the others pre-Auditors Report having been in your sent were Sir Paul Chater, Sir possession for some days may i take Robert Ho Tung, Mr.C. S. Gubbay. them as read. Directors). MEM. S. Northcote (Secretary), Pere Robert Messrs J. H. Seth, L. Leefe, Bell Irving Lo Cheung Shui and E. Sadick
shareholders.
The Chairman said: Gentlemen-I propose to take the Report and Accounts as read.
The net profits for the year amount to $1.671.73 as compared with
$60,752,68 for 1918.
review after payment of all Charges The profits for the year now under including Managing Directors, Direc tors and Auditors fees amount to
$682,295.97 as compared with be added the sum of $104,508.91 $461,757.88 for 1918, to this must the amount brought forward from last year, giving a total of $786,802.88 available for distribution. From this Our revenue from rents has. I Interim dividend of $3.50 per share there has already been paid an regret to say: fallen from $40,824.65 or $175,000 and it is now proposed in 1918 to $19,350.12 owing to the to deal with the balance $611,802.88 cessation of a large portion of in the following manner- rents derived from coal storage To pay a Final Dividend
K. M. Lot 49 which had ceased shortly before the end of 1918 and contrary to our expectation did not revive during 1919. It is to be hoped however that some part of this
оп
To pay a
of $4.50 per share... $225,000,00
Bonus of To pay a Bonus to
$5,00 per share...... 250,000 00
Staff
land may again come into occupation To write off Furniture a/c during the current year as we have To carry forward ...... already had some enquiry therefore,
During the year the Government
7.206.00 2,005.92 127,590.96
$ 611,802.88
resumed possession of our Kowloon all of which will no doubt meet with Farm Lot. 11.
ly occupied and now vacant.
your approval,
Our investment in shares remains 8 per cent. on the capital. unchanged while that in mortgages This I trust will meet with
your approval.
Laugh, and the world laughs with which means a rent increase of seat him back to his bank, where he was frankly and increasingly miser- ¡able.
You.
Weep, and you weep alone: For the sad old earth must borrow
its mirth,
It has trouble crough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer.
Sigh, it is lost on the air; The echoes bound to a joyful sound,"
But shrink from voicing care. popularity because they have invented Some poets attain a dizzy height of a special phrase or two which strike home. Perhaps there is no tener in- stance than the first two lines of the We forget the rest-even the infelicia poem which has just been quoted. tous line. The echoes bound to a joviul sound." which may be sense.
but is hardly poetry.
about thirteen per cent. Do you Live in Humphrey's Buildings? Then subscribe for the China Mail regular- ly if you have enough money left. You will find it pays.
The Tung Wa Land Investment Co. own Empress Lodge. Rents are up $5. Empress Lodge lodgers should watch forthcoming "Adversaria" in the China Mail.
and a new one enters, some landlords Every time a tenant leaves a flat
ask more rent. Sometimes tenants offer more in order to get the place. fiat, and cannot blame the landlord The tenant of the fat in that cases
the China Mail regularly. There's a for being sharp. If you are not a flat, you will make sure of getting
way.
But somehow or other he had heard rumour that a man might make a
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had make inquiries and found that rumour was literally true.
Of course, it isn't every man's job, he explained. You have got to be pretty fit and as hard as nails, sports recard behind you. And then and they like it better if you have a
You must be keen. If you were not quite mad about the work you would have a pretty this time.
"But goodness knows I'm mad
read every hunting yarn I could get tough about it always have been ever since I was a kid and used to hold of. But I didn't see an earthly chance of doing any of it. You want money for that game-bags of money.
something more than a writer of a But Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was
Why should Chinese landlords be sanguine mind. that were kindly, encouraging, above owners of ramshackle edifices be
She wrote poems
compelled by the Government to alt sentimental, emphasising the com-ignored? The China Mail is always want any money and they will take repair their property, and European
"But the people I found don't age. But over and beyond all these every day? You lose if you don't. mon virtues of cheerfulness and cour-pertinent, like that. Do you see it you without any experience if they ordinary traits was her never-failing encomiurn of fore.
think you are the right sort. They Why are the Housing Problem and put up all that is necessary in the A Bame of pas-the China Mail like teeth? Because way of kit and send you out to learn sion was at the root of her nature. they are much in the mouths of the job. I haven't a notion where 1 -consuming. emotional, absorbing. everybody.
Love is in all things. she wrote:
shall go first, but the world is a big place and all of it is good And I "all things are in love."
might have stuck in that blessed Love is the aim of every human
bank for ever and ever, amen!"
soul:
And he who has not loved has miss-
ed life's goal.
Or in more tripping measure:
He speeds but to grief, though full
gaily be ride.
Who travels along without love by
his side.
Probably all those waiters who have gained almost tremendous notoriety
P. 5. The China Mail is the only paper of the kind: Beware of Worth less Imitations."-
He hurried away, for, as he ex- LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. ing gans to be attended to, and I plained, there was a matter of choos-
ARRIVALS,
saw him go with something like envy.. For he had made it very plain that there were plenty of openinga Ferguson, 1,338 tons, arrived yesterday the Daily Mail,
The 5.3. HOPSANG, Capt. J. were young and fit again--H. L. in in his new profession. If only one
at 2 pm. from Amoy with 30 lons of general cargo
The 5. HUNGWAN T, Capt. H. P. Robinson, 20 tons, arrived yesterday
st 5.30 p.m. from Swatow.
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
The debit side of our Profit and Loss account shows a decrease in ordinary sources shows again over The revenue of the Company from expenditure by reason of a smaller previous years and your Directors bill for repairs and the saving of feel justified in increasing the amount Government Rates upon land former of the Final return to shareholders Mrs. Florence Barclay, for instance. to a figure which will show a net the author of "The Rosary, or Gene
The 3.5. Stratton Porter, or L. E. L. in a Jones. 241 tons, arrired yesterday at 3 AMHERST Capt. Thos has increased' and now stands at
former generation, or Mrs. Hemans, Pa. from Sitatik (N. Borneo) with 152 $299,000 at good rates of interest.
or Quida herself-have had at the During the year. under review the root of their character a strong emo-Kelly, 3,049 toos, arrived yesterday at
tons of sandal wood and 2 bags of mail. Your Directors recommend the opportunity has been taken to dis tional force, and have made love their po trom Singapore with 846 tons of
bea.. MUNCASTER CASTLE, Capt. | HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER payment of the usual dividend of pose of certain properties in the principal theme: From this in the general cargo. 7 per cent. on the paid up Capital, West end of the colony hitherto used case of a woman like Mrs. Wilcox the Kobayusb: 1,370 tons, arrived yesterday
OF COMMERCE. after payment of which we carry as godowns, at prices which show a transition is easy forward the sum of $614,380.95 a considerable profit on original cost faith in a Providence Who guides coal, 178, tops of general cargo and To 28. AMAKUSA MARU, Capt. sum slightly less than for the year and distribution to shareholders has everything for the best and Who never several bags of couil
To unquestioning at 1 pm from Swatow with 1,000 tons of before.
The report and statement of ac-
been made accordingly. counts were adopted on the proposíbeen all that could be desired and.
fails to respond to As usual the work of our staff has prayerful appeal. tion of the Chairman, seconded by your Directors feel sure that you will Pere Robert
Oh a great warld, a fair world, Messrs. A. H. Compton and C. S. allow for a Bonus being paid.
support the appropriation made to
and a true world I find it;. Gubbay were re-elected, on the pro- position of Mr. Leefe, seconded by Mr. Irving.
www.comed
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an earnest and
Most probably all those who are con- A sun that never forgets to rise,
vinced Spiritualists believe in trans- migration. Mrs. Wilcox thought that On the darkest night a star in the she and her husband had passed
skies.
Or again
And a God of love behind it.
Knowing that He Who has planned
..my ways stands near, Love sent me forth, to Love I go
again;
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F.R.G.S. (Executive Secretary) Mr. Benjamin Hillman, (Treasurer) through several previous existences will address the Members of the Hong- together, and, indeed, In one of the kong General Chamber of Commerce in earliest of her incarnations she held the OLD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE that she and he had been martyred by ROOM CITY HALL, on TUESDAY, barbarians living amid the mists of 3rd FEBRUARY, 1920, at 5 r... at the hands of cruci men in one of primeval time. If she had suffered All returned airmen are
For Love is all, and over all, the earliest phases of her existence, cordially invited to attend.
Amen.
she, had no reason to reproach her fellow creatures during the life which
It is known that Mrs. Wilcoa had has just been ended. From the very
By Order,
the position of Secretary to the Com Mr. Shelton Hooper who has held Messra. H. Fercy Smith and C. 1889, retired at the end of the year. pany since the date of its birth in Bernard Brown were re-elected au- His work not only in connection with ditors, with a remuneration of $50, this Company, but also in the general each on the proposition of Mr. Lo Cheung Shui, seconded by Mr. Ehas proved invaluable, and he takes interests of the colony as a whele, Sadick,
There being no further business, with him the best wishes of a large the meeting terminated.
number of friends, amongst whom may be counted your Directors who realise and fully appreciate the man ner in which he carried out his an ideal married file of some thirty beginning of her career her fame has
E. AM. WILLIAMS, services to the Public with consider years with Mr. Robert A. Wilcox, of been celebrated by many grateful
Secretary. able credit to himself and therefor to New York. He died in 1916, and readers unknown to her, who cherish
Hongkong, January 28, 1920. this Company- The annual general meeting of the
almist immediately afterwards the in their hearts her brave message of above Company was held in the on the Directorate, on the proposition direction of Spiritualism. The poetess
Mr. G. W. Barton was confirmed thoughts of his wife turned in the trustfulness and serenity.
PENANG OLUB. offices of Messra. Jardine, Matheson of Pere Robert seconded by Mr. Lo claimed to have received hundreds of ant of the volumes which Mrs. Wilcox APPLICATIONS are invited for the
I add the titles of the most import- and Co. this morning the Hon. Mr. Cheung Shui. John Johnstone presiding. The
messages from her dead husband. In published: Poems of "Passion"; others present were Sir Paul Chater,Ho Tung were re-elected Directors with Theosophists, and then return Three Women" Kingdom of Board and free Lodging in the Club. Mr. G. W. Barton and Sir Robert California she held some conferences Maurine","Poems of Pleasure? Treasurer of the PINANG OLUB. appointment of Secretary and Sir Robert Ho Tung. Mr. G. W. on the proposition of Mr.L. N. Leafe, ing to her home at Shortocach, Con- Love and other Poems Erring Three months probation Applicants Barton, Mr. C. S. Gubbay (Directors), seconded by Mr. Beil Irving,
Salary $500 per month with free Mr. M. S. Northcote (Secretary), Mesara H. Percy Smith and Cferent messages and appeals which and Emotions The Beautiful Land addreed to teda
accticut, she sent out a series of dif- Woman's Love Men Women, should send copies of testimonials Pere Robert, Messrs. Lo Cheung Shut, Bernard Brown L. N., Leefe, Bell Irving, Ho Leung, Auditors, with a remuneration of world. Once she asked her, husband" Around the Year with Ella Wheeler
were re-elected she had received from the other of Nod Poems of PowerTHE PRESIDENT, L. S. Greenhill, E. Sadick, Li Tse 1500 each, ort the proposition of Mr. how long a time, would slagse betereijcox A Woman of the World"> Fong.-N. F. Croucher and E. J. Ha Leung, seconded by Mr. Green she joined him. And the answer Poems of Sentiment" New
PENANG CLUB, PENANG. Time is naught, I am incom- Thought, Common Sense, and What plete without you; two halves make Life Means to Mẹ"; a whole we shall finish. in Nirvana." Sonnets of Abelard and Helbise,
The Love
Chapman (shareholders),
hill The Chairman said.
There being no further business, Gentlemen,--The Report and State the meeting terminated.
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