1924-02-25

- MONDAY, FEBRÚARY 25 1924

COMPANY MEETING.

HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF CO., LTD.

The annual ordinary general meeting of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., was held in the Board Room

Co., Ltd., this morning.

Mr.

Messrs. A. S. D. Consland, Allan

What is this money owing for?-- It is rather difficult for me to say now what the Sundry creditors are. If you would care to call at the office sometime you could see there.

(2) The balance sheet also of shows an expenditure

Д credit $40,759.25 leaving

THE CHINA MAIL.

AMOY PIRACY SEQUEL

SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN .HONGKONG.

KOWLOON BURGLARIES.

YOUNG MAN GETS ONE YEAR'S JAIL.

ROASERIES CONFESSED,

CRIMINAL COURT TRIAL.

Piracy, the possession of stolen

Covered with ornaments and balance of $59,240.75 out of our property and the possession of other articles, counsel's table in Mr. special repair fund of $100,000 arms were the ladictments pre-J. R. Wood's court at the Magin of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & last year. Could you tell us onferred against five Chinese-four trucy this morning bed the appear what portion of the Company's men and a woman--brought before unce of a stall in an auction-room. D. G. M.. Bernard presided and property this money was spent? Mr. Justice Gompertz and a jury Hanging from a tantalus to a sat supporting him were Sir Paul The amount of $100,000 was put at the February criminal sessions uma vase, the property represented the "swag" taken by a young Bill' The Attorney General (the Sykes from four European re Chater, the Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang, aside, last year mostly for the which began this morning.

ré-conditioning of lighters and Cameron, J. P. Warren, O. I. Ellis, this amount of $40,000, was Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp KC.), who idences in Kowloon and recovered

prosecuted...explained to the jury

Carles Santos, unemployed, of and A. S. Gubbay (Directors), and expended almost entirely on re-that usually our Courts had jurisdic by the police.

conditioning of lighters.

tion only over British territory, No. 10, Park Street, stood in the Mr. W. S. Brown (Secretary).

(3.)-Could you please tell us British subjects and British ships. dock ua four charges of housebreak Shareholders present were if any offers have been made for In the case of piracy, however, ing and theft, details of which Messrs. P. Tester, J. T. Bagram, our timber yard and if so, how which was an offence against man- were as follows: F. H. Crapnell, F. Ellis, L. Tobias; J. M. Alves, A. H. Carrell, P. much was the offer and why was kind, they had jurisdiction no Yvanovich, W. Logan, Kelly it refused? I have said that matter where upon the high seas

time to time that we had disposed what the rationality of the ship.

Commenting upon the quaint of it, but we have not done so.

warding of the Indictment, which No offer has been made.

set out that "upon the high seas and against the peace of

From No. 9. Chatham Reed,"res

sidence of Mr. M. J. Pereira, of

Sayce, Lau Mok-lin, C. H. W there have been rumours from piracy occurred and no matter December 9 last, one tantalus, one

Kew, I, S. Perry; P. C. Potts, Li Pang sun, and A. Nissim.

In presenting the Director's re- port, the Chairman said:

Gentlemen, The report and

with the auditor's report, having been in your hands for some days, I will, with your permission, fol-

(4.) Do you think that the money which you are earning in

white borse and figure, one white marble vase, ane saisina vazo, and a pair of brass vases.

From No,, 3. Chatham Road, Our (Miss M. Gomes), on December 11, porcelain figures and a clock.

DOWN WITH THE FLU.

statement of accounts, together storage of timber justifies us in Lond the King," the prisoners "did one porcelain vase, a pair of white From No. 5, Aimoni Villas, (Mr. keeping the yard as a valuable assault and put in fear of their piece of land and not selling it lives certain mariners and other while the boom is on? I am sure persons," the Hon. Mr. Kemp said F. 0. Herridge), on Felmmry 16, low the usual custom and take the earning is too small to justify/this simply meant that the offence onė Japanese brouze v186, a silver to his room with an attack of

was committed in some place and photo-frame, eight silver vises and them, as read. The balance avail. our keeping it.-The timber yard in such circumstances as would brass figure. Only a part of the visit to Flume on the occasion of able for appropriation, including is an essential part of our busi-enable the King's Courts to take lot was recovered.

The ness as the Hongkong and Kow-cognisance of the crime. the sum of $303,493.66 brought on Godown and Wharf Company punishment for piracy, the Attomey forward from the previous year, and we cannot afford to give it General went on to say, used to is $1,060,819.20. Your Directors recommend dealing with this up. This property we have is be death but now the penalty was

amount as follows:- Pay a dividend of $6

per share absorbing $480,000.00 Pay a bonus of $3

per share absorbing 240,000.00 Transfer to Equalisa- tion of Dividend ~Fund

Carry forward to

new account

50,000.00

290,819.20

$1,060,819.20

and I trust this will meet with your approval. -.

The typhoons In July and August last caused considerable damage to our property, chiefly to the roofs of the godowns, to the West Point wharves, and to the Praya at Kowloon. The total cost of the repairs was $74,255.48. Of

Lighters,

used for godown purposes.

From No. 18, Chatham Road, (Mr. Bennett), on December 19, a clock, two silver photo frames, a felt silver-plated calender and hat, the last ve articles being still missing.

Hig

the same as for robbery on land.

Mr. Kemp said the case was (5.)-It is rumoured that you

Defendant pleaded guilty to all have acquired temporary in Kow-rather a complicated one, there

on on the railway property being about 24 witnesses and over charges and asked to be dealt with (Kowloon Bay) a large piece of 50 exhibits. The ship concerned at mee although Defective Sergeant land for storing your timber in was the "Ka Ngo," a small Chinese Dorling applied for a remand. future. Is there any truth in ship which plied between Amoy Worship imposed centence of six this? We have been leasing part and a place north of it called mouths hard labour on each charge, of the railway property for about Chuchow. On December 5 the the first two to run consecutively "Ka Ngo" left Amoy for Chin- and the other two, concurrently, or two years. We are only leasing it chow carrying about 400 pas-twelve months in ell. and have not bought it.

sengers, some of whom were (6.)-1 see there is a large returning from Java and Singapore decrease in our earnings last year. to their homes in the province of To what do you attribute the Fukien while others were pig deal- falling off, as it seems there are ers who usually travel on this route. many more steamers using the When the "Ka Ngo" was about 45 wharf than in the previous year? miles out of Amoy a gang of As a result of the strike in the pirates took charge of the ship and early part of 1922 our receipts for plundered the passengers. Shots storage were enormous and the were fired but as far as was known figures for 1922, storage and nobody was hurt. The pirates to had the ship steered southward godown rent amounted

INTERPORT SHOOTING.

SHANGHAI DEFEAT HONG-

KONG.

'A Reuter cable from Rome states' that the King of Italy is confined influenza. He has postponed his the proclamation of the annexation of that city.

MR. SHAW'S ORIGINALS.

"NO MAN IS SCRUPULOUS ALL ROUND."

In a letter quoted by Mr. H. C. Duffin in "Cornhill Mr. Bernard Shaw says

"Some characters like Dubedat, Morell, and Mr. Clandon,are som pounded from several living origi nals; in others, such as Bluntuchli, Sergius, and the Waiter in 'You Never Can Tell," the dramatisation bas altered the complexion beyond recognition; in others (Cukane, Sartorius, Julia, Vivie Warren, Crefts etc.) models ras' private per sous whose names would mean nothing except to their acquaintau ces; and only a very few, hket Coins and Lady Britoinart, are e close us to preserve on the stage their actual condition and relations in real life...... Some, by the way, are lifted straight out of Dick- ens: for instance, Mrs. Dudgeon and Bohun (Mrs. Clemen and Jeg-. 102 gers). Mendoza, the brand who makes varses and recites them to

his captives, wrs invented by Conan 106 Doyle, The sulky. Social-Democrat

off at Saturday under very weather conditions, adverse Hongkong scored only 833, being

is the late Harry Qualeb, probably: 133 unknown to yon. The anarchist i

a little man with whom I once worked in, an office, not a bit an anarchist in real life, but that sort of! man. You will see from these ex- amples. that there is in my plays, and indeed in all fiction, an element duo altogether to the purely acci dental personal experiences of the author, which defies exegesis."

Shanghai, February 23. In the Interport rifle shooting, Shanghai Scottish v. Hongkong this amount, $21,491.54 was re936,000; in 1923, $807,000, along the coast and on the morning Scottish, Shanghai scored 944.

The individual scores were as whereas wharf work in 1922 was of December 7 junks and sampans

came out from the shore in response folows:- covered under the insurance poli- $715,000 and in 1928, $800,000.

to shots and took off them and cies in respect of our wharves,

(7.)--It is rumoured, that you their loot. The coxswain believed Quartermaster-Sergt. Gates. and the balance of $52,763.94 has

Sergt. Campbell ....... are contemplating selling some of that they had then come been debited to profit and loss your godowns at West Point. I about 260 miles south which Sergt. Mackintosh account. The damage would un-ear some of these godowns are would bring them

somewhere Sergt. Wilson doubtedly have been greater had not utilised. Can you enlighten near Bias Bay. After the Corp. Tait... we not received warning on each me? I am sure I am not pirates had left the coxswain took Lee. Corpl. Bell,. occasion in ample time to get our

Lee..Corpl. Stewart launches and lighters away to responsible for the rumours cir- the ship back to Amoy.

Ten of the passengers who gave Ptc. Wilson culated. If various people cir

"Police Court Pte. Smith. shelter. We have recently con- culated rumours, they must be evidence at the tracted with the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. for the con- responsible for them. (Laughter.) placed their losses at $30,000 but Pte. Sinclair

Mr. Sayce suggested that in it was impossible, Mr. Kemp The Hongkong Scottish fired struction of a short, powerful tug, the interests of the shareholders, indicated, to say what the total to assist in berthing steamers. It the Company followed the practice will also be used for towing of other Companies, by publish

Arrangements have been made ing the figures and the dividend with the Government for the con- proposed, subject to audit, the tinuation of the siding from the same day as the meeting.

The Chairman replied that it railway station into our premises. The work has been put in hand was not the custom and asked and will shortly be completed. To Mr. Sayce, if it were his wish.

Mr. Sayce, replied that it was enable us to take care of heavy railway or other material, an up to the other shareholders to order has been placed for a acquiesce. locomotive steam crane capable of. The adoption of the report and lifting up to 25 tons. This siding accounts was seconded by will place us in a favourable posi Paul Chater and passed tion for expeditiously bandling animously.

Mr. J. T. Bagram proposed and any class of cargo to or from the railway. The work at the wharves Mr. C. H. W. Kew seconded the has increased materially both in resolution confirming the appoint regard to the number of ships and ment of Messrs. Allan Cameron, tonnage of cargo, and the ques- A. S. Gubbay, O. I. Ellis, and J. P. tion of further wharfage accom- Warren as Directors. modation is engaging the ́atten- tion of your Directors.

Part two of the Annual Muske- try Course was fired, and the possible per man was thus 115 Ten men fired on each points. side, all counting.

The character of Dubedat illn- strites one of my pet theses, which is that no man is scrupulous all round. Each men has, according to bis faculties and interests, certain points of honour whilst in matters: 93 that do not interest him he is care- 91 less and unscrupulous. One of the 79 several models who sat unconscious- 78 ly for Dubedet was morbidly! 73 scrupulons as to his religious and 71 political convictions, and would 60 have gone to the guillotine sooner than recent a syllable of them. But be had absolutely no conscience about coney or women: he was a shameles seducer god borrower, net men who were scrupulously correct suy a thief. In contrast with in their family and business life he seemed a blackguard, and was &

losses were. About half of the money taken was in the form of Yuan Shi-ki silver dollars, benten by the prisoner's possession, The number of which were found in passengers had also a great deal of jewellery stolen from them some of this was also and. recovered from the prisoners.

Describing how the prisoners Hongkong scores follow: came to be arrested Mr. Kemp said Corpl. Goodman that two of the men were pointed Lieut. Logan out to a Chinese detective in Yau- Private Swan Sirmati on December 14. One man Private Carrie had two gold watches on him and Private Cudhill un-the other had a gold wrist watch Corpl. Smyth .

and a gold ring, $700 in notes, aut. Ralston Dutch coin and two silver dollars. Private Hope.. The former gave an address in Corpl. Young Canton Road where the police Compl. Greig found the woman prisoner and another of the men. A dagger was found in a bed under a sheet and The resolution re-electing the a box claimed by the woman was

This was the first annual Inter- Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang and Mr. found to contain a quantity of There have been rumours from Allan Cameron as Directors, was jewellery, besides a large sum of port Volunteer Shoot. Hongkong time to time that we had dispos- proposed by Mr. P. Tester and money in Yuan Shi-ki 'dollars and fired off yesterday at 3 p.m. and banknotes. Told to turn out her Shanghai at 7.30a.m.The totals ed of the timber yard. We have seconded by Mr. I. S. Perry.

Messrs. C. Bernard Brown and pockets, the woman produced six wired from the north are nothing | blackguard; but there were ocea not done so, and perhaps it will

more rings on a string and several short of wonderful and they show sions when they eat a very poor interest shareholders if I state H. Percy Smith were re-elected rolls of banknotes, both Hongkong ability which we can scarcely hope figere beside him-accasions when the position. Two years ago it auditors at a remuneration of and Fukien. Other jewellery and to compete against succesfully. The became obvious that a larger area $700 each, on the proposal of Mr. further surns of money were found Umpire in Hongkong was Capt. I loyalty to their convictions called Dubedat nya on his deathbed that than we had available for timber Ellis and seconded by Mr. K. in the same cubicle. It was after. D. Joll,R.G.A. and Mr. R. Butber- or some risk and morifice. When wards ascertained that one of the land, who takes an active interest: he has fought the good fight, he is was necessary, and negotiations Sayce,

quite serious. He means that be were begun with the Government At the conclusion of the meet-men had changed into Hongkong as chieftain of the St. Andrew's for another site. So far nothing ing, the Chairman announced money 6,505 Yuan Shi-ki dollars Society, in the Hongkong Scottish, had not painted little girls playing wis present throughout the shoot, with fox-terriers to go exhibited has been arranged, but I believe that dividend warrants 'could be and 875 miscellaneous dollars on and hope that we shall be able to obtained on application on and December 14 and had on Decem-It is hoped that a trophy will be pre-end sold at the Royal Academy, in ber 10 changed $1717 worth of sented for annual competition, and stead of doing the best he could secure a suitable site in the near after February 26.

Chinese 20-cent pieces and $420 perhaps other porte might be ip-in his art!!! future. Meantime, it has been

worth of miscellaneous coins intoduced to compete. Hongkong money. On December.

necessary to rent a large area of railway property to store the

timber that could not be accom Mr. Asquith, replying to a com-18 Inspector Murphy went back to modated in the yard. I am un- munication from Paisley business the premises in Canton Road and able to say whether all or any of men, anys he sees no reason for re- found an automatic pistol, there. our land will be sold when it is coding from his already expressed "The fifth prisoner was arrested no longer required for timber, and considered opinions. But it is quite possible that your

on January 6 when the police. were searching the passengers aboard the ss. "Hanoi", and was identified by certain witnesses pirated the "Ka Ngo

Total

LEAGUE CRICKET.

VARSITY V. NAVY.

833

Directora may decide to retain all On a charge of treasonable con of it, as we find the ground floor spincy against the Soviet Govern-

The following will represent the area on our Marine Lots is insuffiment Trotsky has, according to as being one of the men who University 1st XI in league match cient for our needs, and expansion despatch received in Paris, been ar

against the Navy 1st XI on the It might seem strange, Mr. Kemp University ground on Wednesday is only possible on the land nowcated by onder of Zinovielf.

suggested, that these men, after a next at 2.15 pm sharp E. K, used for timber. I do not think

Speakingnt Plyranth, Sir piracy of this magnitude, should Quick, M. H. Roffey, A. S. Hert, that there is, anything further

not be defended by counsel. The R. A. Ponsonby Fane, W. M. that calls for comment, and now Donald Maclean suggested a new police had, however, he pointed Gittins, A. A. Rumjahn' (Capt.), beg to propose the adoption of the formula-support the new Goven out, seized all their resources that H N. Balhetchet, T. O. Yeow, report and accounts. When these mant when it wae right, and oppose were known of in Hongkong. M. B. Osman, D. Laing and B.P.Ng finve been seconded, I shall be it when it was wrong. A Labour It was quite possible that The Ist XI friendly match vs pleased to answer any questions Government, he said, should and there might be other loot else the Garrison has been scratched would be judged on its merits where but this might be in the owing to the members of the ahareholders may wish to ask.

hands of confederates who were Garrison team having Camp and Mr. Kelly Sayce asked several questions: which with Mr. Beris announced by the Admiralty unwilling to part with it to help Manoeuvres on that day. nard's replies were as follows: that all hope of saving the men on their friends or it might be that the the sabioprine L 24-has been aban-orisorers had not been able to (1)The balance sheet shows Bond Bough weather still pre-communicate with their friends to Bundry croditors, $456,905 vente any attempt, being made to pbtain the necetury funds, Would you plende explain to me ring the vondel. Meages of gym instrcting the defence? why we should owe such a large pachy from many foreign comtries The hearing of evidence amount when we have about a have been received:

roceeding milion dollars cash at the bank.

that the case will occupy: a day or remainin ror were ged unt

ednesday

Fit is expected morning at 10. 30 a.m.

There were several traffic accidents during the week-ond: A Chinese girl had an arm fractured through not getting out of the way of taxi in Queen's Road Central. Motor car No. 469 knocked down an old man in Des Voeux Road Central. A labourer was injured by car No. 839 in Praya East and an earth-coolle was knocked down by a tram In Yeo Wo Street. -

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