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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 1924.
COMPANY MEETING.
CHINA PROVIDENT'S
OUTLOOK. 1.
THE YEAR'S REPORT.
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PEAK STRIKE.
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CHAIR AND RICSHA COOLIES.
PEACE SOON RESTORED.
For two hours this morning, public chair and ricsha coolies on
"A the Peak were on strike. storm in a teacup" is how the authorities. described it, as there was hardly any genuine ground Officers from the for a stonnage. Traffic Department were. oo, the. after the men scene shortly
downed shafts" at 8.30 and the trouble was fixed up by 10.30.
Peak residents who came down to town by the 830 tram say that the usual quota of public chairs and rieshas were still in the stand when they reached the upper tram station. If the strike did incon- venience anybody it must have been only the small number who left home later..
IN BROKERS' ALLEY.
THE
WILL THE NEW ASSOCIA-
TION PROSPER?:
OPINIONS VARIED ON, RIALTO.
CHINA MAIL.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
OPENING CEREMONY
TO-MORROW.
POLO NOTES.
LADY STUBBS CHALLENGE
CUP.
To-morrow at Causeway Bay, a one chukha knock-out tournament will be played by teams repre- septing the 4th: Submarine Flotilla R.N., the Army, the Hongkong. Mounted Infantry and by a Free booters' Team.
the cup until team will bold
defeated by challenged and another team. Challenges for the Cup may subsequently be issued once every month and challenging teams may not have a higher aggregate handicap than six goals.
Somebody once ventured in an American guide-book of Hong- kong, a statement that its theatres Two or three of the "runners" were imposing mansions. At the Mr. R. G. Shewan presided at
atached to brokers' offices in Ice time the description was branded the 27th ordinary general meeting
House Street have resigned as a as a "terminologieal inexactitude." resalt of the artion of the Hong- But with the opening of the of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co. Ltd., this morning
kong Stock Exchange and Share-Queen's Theatre in the very heart broker's Association in limiting of the city we now boast a palace He was supported by the Rev.
the authorised broker to one inter-of entertainment worthy of that Father Robert and Messrs. J. P.
The teams will compete for a preter and one clerk. Warren, H. P. White and Lee
Opinion in some quarters is that imaginative author, who, it would Challenge Cup kindly presented Hysan There were also present
the new association, which it has seem was blessed with remarkable by Lady Stubbs. The winning Messrs F. Ellis, H. H. Tayler,
been proposed to from, will not foresight. A. M. Thornhill, G. P. Lammert,
No matter how casual the Tsang Foo, W. J. Hawker, A. A.
observer, he cannot fail to be im- Alves, A. H. Carroll, A. A.
prosper and that the scheme seems to be losing support.. Cordeiro, M. M. Remedios, Choy
One broker told a China Mait pressed by the pains that have Po-ming, M. A. Figueiredo, D. W.
representative this morning that been taken to ensure the comfort Manton, P. Plage, A. Keating,
if the association were formed, the and safety of visitors to the or man in charge Queen's Theatre. Innovations Ting Hok-ting. Lau Sui-channg,
President Tse Tsan-tai, D. P. Lopes,
should make it compulsory that rendered possible by the trend of
he Omar,
each member, before is science have been installed. J. W.. Shewan, R. M. A.
the
eligible and recognised should, P. Samy, and
There is not one of the 1,400 besides paying his
$100 or the secretory, Mr. E. M. de Rocha:
seats in the ginnt strukture from $125 entrance fee, put up a sub-which a perfect view of the screen stantial guarantee which would give him the confidence of his or stage cannot be obtained.
Although one meets an impos-composed as under:-
Submarine Flotilla. Lieut. clients and also establish the
ing spectacle on entering the
Spragge RN, Lieut. Flemming Exchange on a sound basis.
Yesterday, April settlement day, siately portals a yet more wonder-R.II. Lieut. Comm. Woolrych. passed off very quietly. "Nobodyul vision awaits the visitor inside. R.N., Lieut. Commn. Creswell. R.N.
The Army-Lieut. Sugden, had any cause to worry," stated. Thanks must be rendered to the Jessee for our informant this morning.
architects for their ingenuity of R.G.A., Lieut. Cobhold, R.G.A... and ricshas was
design. Perfect technique is Lieut. Davies, R.G.A., H.E. the assured for both the silver-sheet | G.O.C told by the police to explain things to the men and the latter must have been satisfied as they almost immediately résumed.
THE REPORT.
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It appears that a police officer on point duty asked some of the olies for the licences which, it is stated, they are supposed to carry This seems to have been resented and is said to have started the strike. It is a matter for conjecture as to whether anything else happened but the
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A forfeit of twenty dollars will be paid into the Club funds by a challenging team failing to defeat the holders of the Cup.
The teams to-morrow will be
Mr. Shewan said: "The result of the year's work is disappointing but there were good reasons for this and there is no occasion for pessimism on the part of shure- tolders as the Company's business is a very sound one. For the first half of 1923 our earnings the chairs were well inaintaleed but imports fell off greatly in the last half of the year especially four which is one of our chief supports, the import of which was affected by the earthquake in Japan and the disturbances in the country around Canton. Compared with the first six months the earnings for there said to have, tone time or
A pantry-boy and four firemen
place. other, discarded their owner's uni second half of last year show
Paul Lecat" were before Mr. E. W. reduction of about $80.000-but I forms and to have taken a shift on pf the s.s.
At 2.15 p.m. to-morrow, the am glad to say that in December, public chairs to make a few extra charged
tacy this morning with being in
Other shows will be given during unlawful possession of arms and when admission is by invitation. ammunition.
the day and "business proper" will start on Friday.
There was a runions about which hinted that there was more in thei inatter than appeared on the sur- face. Certain private chair coolies
BIG ARMS HAUL FROM
PAUL LECAT."
the
and the spoken stage. A cele- Mounted Infantry.-Mr. Mac- brated singer who has inspected kenzie, Mr. Macnamara, Mr. Potts, the thelltre has described its Mr. Palmer. acoustic arrangements as finest in the Far East.
Ample exits are provided and entrances to the different parts are separated from one another thus ensuring no crowding,
Freebooters.Midshipman Ford, R.N., Mr. St. Lawrence, Mr. Stanton, Captain Neville, R.M.
The draw has not yet taken
The game will commence at 5.15 pm, and the Committee of he Polo Club hope that many
business revived with us, our go-cents. Complaints are also men. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis-opening performance will be given members and their friends will be,
downs have been full since the beginning of this year and at the moment we have had to turn, cargo awity, We cannot of course guarantee that this state of things will continue for the rest of the year but we have really good grounds for feeling honeful about our profits in the future. In my remarks last year I referred to what we might do when we got into "full swing" but this object was not attained last year, as our. block of new reinforced concrete godowns was not in full working order and available for cargo till September and two other good godowns were lost to us for some months owing to structural altera- tions which enabled the godowne
tionedas having been made with the non-appearance of private coolies when given instructions, with the
The charge against the pantry result that some of the men may have got together to reist inter-boy, who was defended by Mr. C. H. Lyson was that he was in unlawful possession of 18 Mauser revolvers and, 8,800 rounds of ammunition.
ference.
The Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall will open the theatre at 2.20 p.m. H.E. the Governor will arrive at 13 p.m.
The King's band will play
Still there is no cause for alarm as the traffic officers have the atter in hand and the coolies will
The four firemen, it was alleged, always be available through the
between them. lessee who obtains his licences had 39 pistols and 80889 rounds during the day.
were defended by Mr. from the Goverment and farms of ammunition out the chairs and icshas to the They
H. C. Lee.
The accused were remanded until Monday.
Bien,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Among the Bank of England dir
10 take a heavier load of cargo and [retons elegd on Margha 20 for 1524
10 repairs necessitated by the Was My C. S. Jodie,
According to a. Reuter cable from Ashville North Carolina), Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, only child of the late Mr. George Vanderbilt, has married the Hon. John Amherst Cecil. a member of the Staff of the British Embassy
GIVEN A CHANCE.
his thanks.
CARELESS BLASTING.
CONGRATULATIONS.
MR. W. G. GERRARD'S NEW
POST..
present.
LIKIN PROTEST.
SHANGHAI MERCHANTS"
TROUBLES.
"Daily
Shanghai, April 29. The "N.-C. Daily News" states that the merchants of Shanghai are enraged owing to the estab- lishment of new likin stations on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, of which the collectors have been Congratulations will be extend-ordered, to extort every cent the ed to Mr. William George Gerrard law allows.
The merchants find it impossi- Hans Jansen. described as of of the Hongkong Police, who has Dutch nationality, was charged been appointed Assistant Super-ble to send goods by railway with- typhoon and rainstorm. In "full
A Router cable from Wellington before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this intendent, New Territories, during out losing money, and consequent- swing" was therefore "a consuma-
to send their goods by water, tion devoutly to be wished for" | notes that Admiral Lord Jellies, morning with Being drunk and the absence on leave of Mr. ly they are arranging at Nanking
steph at a diariament lumeheem. (incapable at Swatow Street L. H. V. Booth. all last year but we have very
Speaking English Mr. Gerrard is best known as whereby they will come under the nearly reached it now, there being regretfully announced that he was yesterday..
Loving New Zealand towards the fairly well, he admitted the an Inspector and from his prowess Maritime Customs, whose taxa- still two properties which are not
and of the year.
offence and pleaded with His on the field of sport. Pressure of tion is lighter. yet utilised to their full value.
The paper points out that dis- Worship for a chance, promising You will notice that "Interest paid and Commissions" has risen Paris, April 29-The Repara- to keep clear of drink in future. pace prevents our going into full from $46,572 to 5130.482-bit tions Commission has received He informed the Court that he had details in connection with the astrous consequences are likely to this is simply due to our having the Japanese and Jugo-slav Gov-been without, work for fourteen trophies he has won, but no re- arise from the tax, that the rail- one of the chants are losing money, and that its com- days but was expecting to be minder is needed of his bowls ways are losing business, the mer- carried a much heavier overdraft ernment's replies to throughout the year.
munication of the 17th instant taken on a ship in a day or two activities-he was But besides "Interest on over- regarding the Experts' Reports, His Worship warned defendant pioneers of the interport contests the tax authorities and Govern- draft."--we-bad-to-pay-a-farther and will consider them in con- that he would be heavily fined if and his prowess at putting the ment are losing revenue, and also ferent provinces, and that young $75.045.-for Interest on mortgages junction with the British and he came up again and let him-go-weight in which he still one of the that riots are occurring in the dif
Defendant was most profuse, in Colony's best. of the new godowns the full Italian replies-Reuter.
Born in 1877, Mr. Gerrard join- industries are being crippled.
It is interesting to note that carnings from which, however,
ed the Hongkong Police in Febru. were not as I have explained-
ary, 1898, being made acting ser during the discussions on the Cus- available to off-set this payment.
geant and lance sergeant in the toms surtax, with all the talk of We have however at last dispos
next year. He was sergeant from abolishing likin, the officials are ed of the Kennedy Town Property
1900 till 1913 when he was quietly arranging a more rigorous at a profit of about $225,000. which will be a very substantial
Two fines of $35 each were appointed a second class inspector, enforcement.-Courtesy addition to our profits for 1924,
imposed on the Hongkong Engi- being given first class rank in Bulletin." For the present dividend, we must fall back on our Reserves
As an inspector. Mr. Gerrard and subject to your approval we
summonses for blasting at a hill was in charge of Yaumati station
BILLIARDS, have transferred to credit of soft
opposite Repulse Bay at 5.45 p.m. for some years. During the war General and Loss Account $25,000-from
Mitchell, on April 22. William
he was one of the regular officers Equalisation of Dividend Account DSC, of the United States
STEVENSON IN SPLENDID One of the summonses was not who rendered yeoman service to and $50,000,-from Reserve Fund. Flying Corps passed through taking proper precautions in that the Police Reserve by giving in-
FORM. This enables us to recommend Hongkong on his way to Manila there was not sufficient timber to struction at the Police Reserve Dividend of $1.-per share er 10%, to-day.
arrived by the weigh down the fragments which
SHANGHAI, April 29. put $10,000.-10 credit of Reserve s.s. "Kwonrung' from Bangkok would be thrown un by the charge school and assisting in examina-
An Interesting exhibition of Fund and write off $4.18279 from yesterday where he has been on and the other was for blasting
His during prohibited hours.
For the last few years, Mr. billiards was given at the Country Godown Equipment and Furniture game shooting expedition. Account which I trust will be visit does not concern the world] Sergeant Philips was the com- Gerrard has been Principal of the Club last night, Mr. H. W. Steven- approved by shareholders.
His headquarters are, at plainant. A representative of the Police Training School in which son playing the Shanghai chan- We are of course practically Manila.
company who was in court admitted he has been instrumental in bring-pion, Captain, Barrett, a game of dividend out of paying this
the charges and after the occuring to that pitch of efficiency the 800 up, the latter receiving 350.
Stevenson's best breaks were previous profits and in the The Rt. Hon. Earl of Cassillis rence of the day had been related number of junior men now in the
203 and 158, the former providing force. ordinary course we would not do is due in Hongkong to-morrow His Worship imposed the fines.
The
"Pleasure has beer expressed at a magnificent exhibition of the so but in this case, we feel we are on his way round the world. justified, as we are already in a Earl who in Freemasonary is M. E
Mr. Gerrard's appointment to top-of-the-table game, which in- position this year to replace these First Grand Principal
Grand Royal Arch
Am Indian guard of the "oficer rank," he being it is be- cluded 40 nursery cannons, drawings out of the profits on the Supreme
will be Steamboat Go's s.s. Sui An" was lieved, the second man to be sol sale of the Kennedy Towa Pro- Chapter, of Scotland
honored at a Convocation of instrumental in arresting a Chinese | promoted..
Mr. Gerrard is the holder of perty.
In accordance with Resolutions members of Scottish Chapters who was on the gangway of the passed and confirmed on 14th, and at the Zetland Hall on Saturday ship at 8.30 p.m. on April 27, with various police medals:
packets of cigarettes January 19, 1924 respectively the night. The Earl is the eldest son twenty
10 his girdle. This A Peking cable to the Daily Capital of the Company has been of the third Marquess of Aista and secured raised to $3,000,000-paid up and was formerly a Major in the 3rd morning the man was fined $20 Bulletin says a mandate appoints
or fourteen days by Mr. R. E
General Lai Hsin-huai Comman- $6,000,000-subscribed which has Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Lindsell,
der-in-Chief of the Szechuan ** strengthened our resources by the addition of $1,000,000,-in cash,
Frontier Defence. Mr. Shewan then moved that the report and accounts be adopted and passed and the amount avail- able for distribution be allocated as proposed.
in Washington. Photographs of neering and Construction Co., Ltd. 1916. the couple are given in our picture this morning in respect of two page today.
Aight.
He
of the
Indianapolis, April 29,-Was
ren McCray, Governor of the State
London, April 28.-Reports
of Indiana, who was convicted by from Riga of widespread insur
tions.
EXPERT
Captain Barrett reached 615, his best breaks being 41 and 35- Courtesy Daily Bulletin.
INTERIOR POLITICS.
on to Urga.
Peking, April 29, The Manchan Lama is now at Kansu en route to Urga, and the Government has instructed the General Chang Tsao-hsiang has Kansu Tull to persuade him to the Federal Court on a charge of rection in Turkestan are officially been appointed Military Governor using the mails to further a confirmed by an announcement of Kirin, in succession to the late come to Peking, instead of going fraudulent scheme has been im from Moscow of serious counter Sun Lieh-chun, according to the
It appears that friction arose be- prisoned pending sentence. The revolutionary activity in Bokhara Daily Bulletin., Chang, Tso-lin's penalty for the offence, is a fint and the presence of an arrped son, Chang Hsueh-liang, succeeds tween the Dalai and Manchan Mr. F. Ellis proposed the re- not exceeding $1,000 or imprison force on the Afghan frontier be- Chang Tso-hsiang in the command Lama before the latter left Tibet, election of the Consulting Comment not exceeding five years, or tween the Red troops and the in- of the Twenty-Seventh Feng tien and it is believed that he hopes to mittee (Messrs. H. P. White, J. P. both. McCray isaccused of forging surgents. These troops are from Division. Warren, Lee Hyean and the Rev hundreds of fraudulent notes and Afghanistan, and are said to be in Father H. Souvey) and this was obtaining money by false pre-revolt against the Ameer-Reuter. seconded by Mr. Cordeiro and tences in
Mr. H. P. White seconded and it was carried.
carried, Mr. Shewan remarking operation that they had lost an old friend by Reuter.
the death of Mr. U Poi-on who
served on the committee almost from the very start of the Company
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connection with the
of cattle ranches.-
and always took a deep interest in tion of $700 each. Mr. Munton
seconded and it was carried. its progress.
IC This Mr. Samy proposed the
concluded the meeting Shewan announcing that | election of Messrs Linstead and Mr. Davis and Percy Smith, Seth and dividend warrants would be ready Flerning as auditors at a remunera- to-morrow,
make an agreement with the Hutuhktu whereby the peoples of Mongolia and Eastern Tibet will unite, thus weakening the Dalzi Courtesy Daily Bulletin.
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