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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1925,
"STAR - FERRIES.
INCREASED TRAFFIC LAST-
YEAR
TWO NEW BOATS COMING.
INCREASE IN THE COMPANY'S
CAPITAL APPROVED.
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SPEED TRIALS.
ANHUL EULFILLS.
REQUIREMENTS.
A SPLENDID: VESSEL.
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On Saturday the China Navi gation Co's new steamer "Anbul”: underwent her official speed trials steaming out of the harbour through Sulphur Channel. She has been built by the Talkoo Dock and Engineering Co
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The continued increase in the volume of traffic was referred to at this morning's annual meeting of the Star Ferry Co., Ltd, and the Over a measured mile she did Chairman indicated that the gon-13 knots; the contracted speed laid struction of more boats, similar to down. After the trial the "Anhuf' -those-which-have-recently been put went round the island with
on the run, would be necessary.
distinguished company "on 'board Mr. B. D. F. Beith presided and to tiffin. there were also present. Sir Paul Chater and Mr. G. G. Mackie; Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, solicitor, Mr. W. E. Brown, secretary and the following shareholders: Rev. Father Robert, Messrs L. S. Green hill, J. T. Bagram, Felix M. Ellis, J. Hooper, J. Hyde, A. A. Alves, W. J. Carroll, J. P. Braga, M. J. Cox. E. H. Neave, E. S. Ford, E. Sadick, A. J Edgar, O. E. Ribeiro. A.H.M. da Silva F. H. Crapnell, Choa Po-min, Chan Yat-fung, Kong E. Suen.'
The Chairman's address was as -follows:
With your permission, I propose as usual to take the report and "accounts as read. You will ob
serve that the period covered is only eight months, ie., from May 1, to December 31, 1924, the reason being that your Directors consider it advisable to close the books.on December 31, instead of April 30, as hitherto, in order to bring the end of our financial year more in Jine with other companies:
The profit on working for the period under review shows a satisfactory increase in proportion to the same period for the previous year, the balance available for appropriation including $37,252.71 brought forward from last year being $311,419.08 and your Direc tors recommend dealing with this
FOOTBALL
THE CHINS
EAST SURREY'S DOUBLE EVENT..
CHINESE LOSE TWICE.
RESULTS" AT A GLANCE.
*Langsso, Division 1. Surrey.............5 Chioa “B”. Kowloon.......... China "
Junior Shield Competition. Surreys Res....2 St. Josephs......o FIRST DIVISION. Surreys v. China "B.”
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one of the South China halves Recreio "A" v. Sacred Heart. Fandled. Cavielle pus in a nice shet. Og the Navy ground the At goal but the goblie Ecleared. Recreio team proved too strong. South Chion then mitte up their for the Sacred Heart beating them minds to draw level and prosted by four goals to none. Gosano hard but Duncan was very sound. scored twice in the Brat half, and Latham then tot going beating again in the second half, Feurtos both the back he sent in a nice added the other." shot at goal but. Yik cleared. Hayes then obtained possession Drums v. University. and had a fine opening to score but The Drums had an easy victory sent behind Pasco obtained over the University, the latter team ...I | possession and passed, well up in were not at full strength, being ..0 front of the forwards. McBride compelled to pick up substitutes ran forward and scored with from the line. Result Drums 5. League Division II.
a lovely shot which quite beat Yik. University 0. Recreio "A4 Sacred Heart...o Kowloon still pressing looked Club Res...I China "A"......like adding a third goal Latham Drum.5 University.......0 putting in a nice shot but the goalie Kowloon 3 St. Josephs "B" cleared South China, then got going Pang putting in a lovely Bhot which however hit the top of Those present included Mr.
the crossbar. Kowloon then got James Reid (Manager, Taikoo
Playing at Scokumpoo in the going again Hayes putting across Junior Shield Competition Dockyard.) Mr. N. S. Brown,
the a nice centre. Clemo ran in trying Surrays." qualified for the next (Messrs. Butterfield and Swire,)
to score but hit the side of round by beating the College Sir Edward Pearce; Mr. H
the net Kowloon forced by two goals to Ferguson, (Chartered Bank,) Playing at Sookumpoo, and being corner but Glemo sent behind." inside.
pone. The Captain W. E. Clark: Mr. R.HR without Eaton and Potter the Hayes then got going and pat, mental team scored toward the
right of the Regl Wade, (Commissioner Chinese Surreys still managed to win in a nice shot but the goalie latter and of the first half, and Maritime Customs), Captain their game. The teams lined out agained cleared. Clemo obtained about ten minutes after the re- Hailey, "(Empress of Australia), as follows
the ball and had a lovely chance sumption the Inside left added Professor Brown (Hongkong
Surreys-Douglas: Cooper Jor to score but sent wide. South another. The College have only University), Mr. G. J. Harman, Mr don: Histed, Mitchell, Bristowe China at last found their feet and themselves to blame for losing for A. K. Henderson; Captain Thomas, Cornwell, Charlesworth, Hum- started with some of their usual they had quite as much of the Chau Yu teng, Mr. W. J. Hill, Meherstone, Butler and Macklesworth dash Ip" Koo going down and game H. C. Resker, Mr. W. G. Goggin China. "B"-Hui Shing-u; Ng scoring, pleasing the
their opponents and Chinese should have scored on at least four and Mr. F. W Jarres.
Pak-chun, Lo Walman: Tsang spectators of which there was a separate occasions from very easy Leung, Pang, Wah Hing, Tang large crowd. South China still things, but hesitation spoilt them. Shuf-hung, Wong Mee-shun, Tsol kept pressing and looked as The Senior Division game Club ve Pong pan, Chan Iu-kwong, Fung if they were going King-cheong.
to draw R. A. was postponed early in the level but Kowloon managed day as the Soldiers were unable The game, was of a very poor to keep them.....out till the to raise a team. The Police-Tamar order, the Surreys simply over whistle blew for time.
match was scratched at I p.m. whelmed their opponents and it Line up. Kowloon -A. Duncan, for the same reason and the Tamar was only the goalkeeper that pre- F. Wheeler, F. Reed. A. W conceded the points to their op vanted a very heavy score in the Turner, C. Caveille, B. Pasco, F first half. Butler opened with a Clemo, A. Latham, J. McBride, S nice drive from about twenty yards Randle and S. G. Hayes. out, and just before-half time South China A-Yik Chan- Humberstone was badly brought pong, Lat Yok-fat, Yu Wing-chan, down in the penalty area when Keok Ping kan. Wang Sui waj going through, he took the spot Lam Yuk-ying, Cheng Kwong-yin, kick himself and made no mistake. Li Wang-fong. In Kao, Shun Half time score Surreys 2. China Kam-shun and Pang Kam-wing. "B" 0.
The "Anhui was launched on October 2, at Talkoo Dockyard, and is the nineteenth vessel bulit for Messrs. Butterfield and Swire by this establishment, representing the best possible type of ship for the China Coast trade.
The "Anhui is of the awning deck type, has an overall length of 350 feet, a beam of 49 feet and 34 feet depth to awning deck, built to scantlings approved by the British Corporation on the deep framed system, with a cellular double bottom all fore and aft, three complete decks, and four cargo holds. She is the largest ship of the fleet and is of 3,500 tons. A large steel deck house amidship has The second half, was a repetition accommodation for 20 first-class of the early play, the Soldiers passengers with a salobis at the simply bombarding the Chinese fore chd. On the promenade derk | goal. Humberstone was prominent To pay a dividend of $1.50 per are staterooms and a saloon for in this half for doing the "hat share: to pay bonus of $1.00 per eight saloon passengers. The din-trick" by scoring three more goals; share and carry forward to newing saloon has been designed and the first one came from a nice pass account $211 445.08. Of this latter panelled in dark hardwood, which, from Bristowe, the shot being taken amount as nicktioned by me at our with pleasing upholstery, will make from twenty yards out, Mackles extrauriinary meeting, of January a very neat, and harmonious "bom. 14. $20,000 has been transferred to Reserve Fund for the purpose which I then explained.
amount as follows:
2ND DIVISION.
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RESULTS TO DATE.
First Division.
Goals..
P.W.DL.F. A. Pts. Surfeys. 11 10 0.1 37 8 20 China "A"... 13 8 2 3 29 13 18 Kowloon..... II 6 14 26 13 13 Kowloon 2nd. v. St. Joseph's "B" Club 12 6 195 21 12 13
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12 4 17 12 16. Saturday afternoon, St Joseph's were unfortunate in only nine of their players turning out, and Kow- loon although playing poorly had no difficulty in winning by three goals to one.
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SATURDAY'S TRIAL GAME.
worth sent over a nice centre for The officers and engineers are ac- Humberstone to add, and later the commodated in rooms. abaft the latter player sent in a "daisy passengers staterooms. On the boat cutter" that the goalie could not With regard to our feet, the deck in asteel house are the cap see. The Chinese only paid one and for the first five minutes of Surreys 15 13 1 St. Joseph's started by pressing Rec. "A."" ... 16 14 3 two new boats referred to by tain's room with chart room for visit to their opponents goal to the game the Kowloon goal looked St., me at our last annual meeting ward. At the after end of boat this half, and then Tsoi Ping-fan in danger.and had some very "nar-
Joseph's were completed after considerable deck is a steel house for the wire- missed an open goal.
"A." row escapes, but with a certain Drums. unavoidable delay and have been less operator and a room for the in commission since the beginning officers recreation,
Result. Surreys 5. China "B" 6. amount of luck the defence man- Kowloon. combining of the current year. proving satisfactory in every way their use.
every smoke room and music room for Kowloon . South China "Aaged to keep St. Joseph's from China "A" scoring. Kowloon then got Rec. "B" Neither South China nor. Kow-going and from the passengers' point of
Latham There are 10 steam winches and loon were at full strength on Satur- down
15 4.3 8 9 going Club а put in view, but, being more commo
low Sacred Heart. 153 9 20 10 derricka arranged for two, five day afternoon the former being shot but Lim was very sound and University dious and more powerful than and ten ton lifts, while provision three of their players short which cleared, Kowloon still continued China "B",
15 3 2.16 14 45 the older boats, are more ex has been made for a thirty ton included Lau in goal and Chan to press and it was not long before St.
16 2 4 10 pensive to operate. They are derrick. Electric light is fitted So, while Kowloon were short their efforts were awarded, from a however, necessary to cope with
throughout the the larger numbers travelling on plentiful
vessel and a McKelvie, Knight and Beach, nice centre Millard passed to Fitz- · supply of our ferries, and the continued in Eight lifeboats
fans, Duncan having to fall back into Gerald who netted, with a shot that are housed on goal, while they had to draw on gave the goalle no chance,, thus crease in the volume of traffic the boat deck, the davits being fit-two players who had already had giving Kowloon the lead renders imperative the constructed with Turnbull's patent turning a game to complete the eleven. Joseph's then got going and from St. out gear.
This put matters fairly even and a scrarable in front of the goal," This vessel, which is of a new a good match was anticipated with Omar scored, making things level design for the C. N. Co, is sure to a win for the China eleven; how once more. Kowloon continued preve attractive for the deck pas-ever it was Kowloon's day in on pressing after this, and should match for the purpose of selecting On Saturday afternoon a trial senger trade as the upper deck has Saterday and after a hard struggle have been at least two more up, a team to play in the Cup match The Chairman proposed and the large opening ventilating ports at with a lot of good play by the but had shooting in front of the against the Navy on Rev. Father Robert seconded the the ship's side extending the whole defence they managed to come goal kept their score down and at day adoption of the report and accounts. distance of passenger space.. out the victors by the odd goal in halftime the scores were still level. Happy Valley, when the Hong- next, was played at Carried.
The machinery consists of one set three. The appointment of Mr. B. D. F. of geared turbines of the Brown
The second half St. Joseph's were South China commenced by playing against the wind and the kong Rugby Club members were Beith, as a Director, was confirmed, Curtis type, supplied with super pressing hard and before Kowloon pine men began to tell, Kowloon divided into teams of Colours and being proposed by M Bagram and heated steam from three multitu had found their feet were all having the majority of the play.
Whites. seconded by Mr. Alves.
bular marine boilers having a around the home goal and looked Pressing hard Kowloon forced The re-election of the retiring working pressure of 200 lb per like scoring, and for the first five three corners iq quick succession, brook, Stewart, Banner
Colours. Prowse; Easter Director, Mr. C. Gordon Mackie, square inch. Turbines and boilers minutes the defence bad all their but, obtained no advantage from Was then proposed by Mr have been constructed by the work cut out to keep the ball from any of them. Kowloon at this Burns Vox and Greenhill and seconded by Mr. Taikoo Dockyard.
going through, still they managed period were still shooting weakly Forsyth, Beveride. Garrod, Neave,
on the run between Hongkong, Hayes and got him going down yet run out a draw, however this
The "Anhu!" will be employed to and at last Reed passed up to and the game looked as if it might Lyon, Hendle, Russell and John- Swatow, Amoy and Singapore and the wing, which eased the tension, was not to be and after quarter of Foster, O'Neil and Summerfield; Whites. Gawler; Skinner, will make her maiden trip to Hayes made a nice run but ended an hour's play from a scrimmage Milne and Morrison; Jordain, Swatow from Hongkong on weakly. The China backs gaining which ensued in front of the goal February 7, under the command of possession failed to clear the ball Millard scored. This put life lato
Cleland, .Burns, Moncrieff. Captain Pennefather, the senior going to Pasco who shot the the Kowloon forwards and going Mackintosh, Murphy, Clerk and officer of the fleet. Mr. H Georgeball going behind Latham then straight down from the centre kick Lee, is the Chief Engineer.
tion of further boats and we are therefore considering plans for two more boats of approximately the same capacity as the Golden Star and Meridian Star.
Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A. C. A. was re-elected Auditor, being pro- posed by Mr. Carroll and seconded
by Mr. Hyde.
The Chairman Concluded by remarking that dividend warrants could be obtained on application on and after to-morrow.
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got going and.. tested. Yik they once more netted. Kowloon Immediately after the kick-off, The extraordinary meeting was
with a nice shot but found still kept up the pace, Fitz-Gerald the Colours pressed into the op- the held and after the Secretary
him safe. the .ball being put in a nice shot but Lim saved, posing twenty-five. Stewart re- had read the notice convening that
cleared. Shortly after McBride put Millard then tried to get another gistered a splendid try between meeting, the Chairman said:- A KOWLOON FIRE. In a nice shot but Yik again cleared, but the goalie again saved but the posts, which he converted. The object of this meeting is for
Pasco handled Bear his own goal was unable to clear, Morriss obtain Stewart started another move- the purpose of receiving a report.
and S. China were awarded a free ed possession; put in a stinger but ment which ended in Easterbrook of the " proceedings at the first night, the Kowloon Fire Station Is Kao then looked as if he was the whistle blew for time, leaving tween the posts,
Shortly before midnight last kick, but they sent the ball behind Lim gave a corner. Shortly after going through and scoring be extraordinary general meeting
Stewart again January on
received a call from the direction going to open the score beating Kowloon the victors. 14. 1925,
converted. Before the interval, and of confirming, if thought of Yaumati
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Half-time Colours, 2 goals, I try (13 points); Whites, nil.
fit, as a special resolution the Two engines were sent to that sailed over the bar. South China resolution which was passed at part of Waterloo Road to attend a still pressing looked 12 if St. Joseph's were unfortunate in such first meeting. That resolus minor outbreak in a coal yard. they would be the first to score not turning out a fall team but put tion, as you will remember, con- The Brigade's efförts were beating Duncan rith a nice shot up a very good fight again! In the second half, the Whites
and the quite successful
only a It looked like a certain gool but Kowloon, who did not play their showed considerable improve. small quantity of coal was Reed ran back and cleared the ball usual game, their shooting especialment and managed to take, the
cerned the" insertion in Articles of Association of a new
Article respecting the capitalisa- damaged.
Result
right from the goalmouth, Southly in the first half and first half of play into the Colours" terrain. tion of profits, and, at the before-
China still continued pressing but the second half being very poor. Stewart broke away, and although mentioned first meeting, I shortly
Lal spoilt a nice forward moveFor the winners the outstanding tackled by three men, made a explained the necessity for it to $1,000,000, the capitalisation of ment by sending behind.
player was Fitz-Gerold; while for splendid run, and scored another I do not, therefore, consider $400,000, standing to the credit of Kowloon then got going but were the losers Lim in goal put up a try, which he converted. it necessar} to deal further the Reserve Fund, and the Issue stopped by Lami Yak Yise fouling: very he show and St. Joseph's The Whites retallated, and but therewith, except to add that at of bonus shares At the extra a free kick was given, Pasco stoB have to thank him for the for bad handling by their three- the meeting in question the ordinary general meeting held straight for the goal mouth, Yik score being so low.
quarters would have scored two new Article, was unanimously on January 14' - T
seemed to save the ball" which explained
Kowloon,C. Stewart, W. Parratt, or three tries. Just before the passed as an extraordinary resolu- the reasons why your Directors slipped rough his hands into the 8 Rasmussen, A. W Brown close Skinner (Whites) after a sinn. In order to comply with the thought it essential to bring for goal ning Kowloon one to the Capt.) W. H. Brown, S. Randle, fine run, scored. This try was Companies Ordinance, it is neces-ward these ordinary resolutions, lead, South China then tried to C. Morriss, A. Latham, C. Millard, unconverted. sary that such resolution shall be I do not think there is anything cleared. South China then forced a Joseph's B" H. Lim, J. Pow, J. equalise but Duncan was safe and A. Fitzgerald, V Hast St con ir ned as special resolution. further which I need say reapert-
The Chairman then proposed the ing them, but if any shareholder Corus but sent belled from the Souza, J. Delgado, Y. Hachluma, Colours, 8 goals, 1 try (18 points). to firmation as a special resolu; would like to ask any questions or kick. Halftime arrived with na C. Figueiredo, K., M. Omır, G. tion which was seconded by Father seek any explanation, I shall be funker scoM....
Lim, P. Leo. Robert and carried unanimously, pleased to endeavour to answer "Kowloon ...... 1 South China... O The ordinary gererat meeting - SUCH QUESTIONE And give such ex- The second half started wiENT
Club Rev., China of the Company they took place, planations to the best of my Kowloon making the pace and the Club ground the hone and after the Secretary hart read", ability.,.
looked dangerous hat Turner spoilt teum did well to play their the notice convening the meeting, There were no que-tions, and the matters by fouling; sill pressing opponents to a draw, for the the Chairmata saldo-- ..
Chairman proposed the resolutions, however they forced a corner Chinese had much the botter of This meeting is for the purpose These were seconded by Father Cleme put in a lovely centre from exchanges and only bad, shootins, of considering and, if thought fit, Robert and were carried un-me but xil the Kowloon forwards spolls them from obtaining the two Cassing ordinary resolutions Inaniously, this concluding the missed the opportunitySouthpoints, R <masing the Company's capital business of the meeting.
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