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FAIR, THEN FOG.
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FORECAST.
and they agreed that it is ex-
Till noon to-morrow the official pedient and in the best interests of the shareholders to amend the weather forecast for Hong Kong, Articles by providing that Beard the adjoining coast and Formosa meetings and General meetings Channel is:-Light N.E. or vari- shall be held in Hong Kong or atable winds, generally fair, fog such other place outside the
United Kingdom as the Board later.
"Ko Chow" Piracy Case. Surprise.
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POLICE DROP CHARGE.
The "Ko Chow" piracy case came. the Central Magistracy this morn- to a sudden and unexpected and at ing, when Mr. T. H. King. Director of Criminal Intelligence, «informed
may from time to timo determine. At 11 a.m. to-day the Observa-Mr. R. E. Lindsell that the proscen Your directors in consultation |lory reported-Pressure has de-tion could offer no evidence against with our lawyers have also creased" considerably over Japan, the accused, who was accordingly thought it advisable that our moderately from the Loochoos to discharged by the Maristrato. Articles should clearly indicate Hong Kong and slightly from It will be recalled that twenty- that the business of the Company Shanghai to Chefoo. It is nearly one Chinese were originally arrest
ed in connection with the alleged is managed, conducted and con-
attempt to affect the piracy of the trolled from its head office in
vessel. Hong Kong.
stationary over the Philippines.
The anticyclone has moved into the Pacific..
Your will notice that we have 'also amended the voting power of [elining northward.
members. In future on a pell
The typhoon near Yap is in
The moonsoon will be light or
cach share will carry one vote. interrupted over the China Sea. This Company is one of the At 9.35 a.m. to-day Manila lied Companies of the Unibu sent out a warning thus: cyclone Insurance Society of Canton or typhoon N.W. of Yap, moving Limited which holds the great north-west majority of its shares. As it is Meteorological observations at a alijed Company it is in the 6 am, to-day-barometer 29.88; best interests of all concerned temperature 62; humidity 91: that the policy of the Company wind East, force 3: weather, should be conducted and control overcast.
Ec by the Union Insurance Sc--) ciety of Canton Limited. I now, beg to recommend your support! to the proposals placed before you and formally to propose that the Articles be amended in the man- ner outlined in the Resolusion that has been read to you. After this has been seconded I shall be! pleased to answer any questions you may care to aski
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Mr. Archbutt seconded the re, solution which was carried!
There were no questions. The Chairman announced that there would be another meeting on March 4 for the purpose of confirming the resolution.
STONE DEAF.
MAN WHO CAN'T READ OR
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MAGISTRATE'S QUANDARY.
When a Chinese was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning with possessing five taels
SECRET REPORT,
BANK'S ADVANCES TO INDUSTRY.
A CRYPTIC STATEMENT.
London, Jan, 24. The "Daily News" describes as mysterious the statement made by Sir John Ferguson, the dis- tinguished banker, at the London School of Economica on January
18.
Sir John said: "The banks have recently made a very careful examination of the percentage of advances to all the leading indus- tries and he did not think the facts ought to be published."
The "Daily News" comments that many industrialists: strongly disagree with this generally-held banking view.
When all the talk of trade re- of illicit opium, Sub-Inap, J.vival is going on it would be wise During the interruption of the Hong Kong-Macao cable service Clarke informed his Worship that to let the public know how far
Last Thursday, however, twenty of the detained men were discharg ed upon the application of the Police.
At that hearing of the case, Chief Del, Lasp. T. Murphy, inform- ted Mr. Lindaell that the Pelice were anxious that, the case should be dealt with summarily, and that he had been instructed to ask his Worship to fix a date for the hear ing of the ease by two Magistrates. The case was accordingly set down for hearing by Messrs. Lindsell and Schofield this morning..
After ordering the accused to be discharged, his Worship made an order that the arms seized by the Police at the time the men were arrested should be consented,
NEW RANGE OF HILLS. ·
London, Jan 12. Mr. Michael Terry, having been requested by the Western Austra- Han Government to name the range east of Broome in 1925, has chosen Dum- the discovered: 300 miles
mer Range, which is the name of
a family sent at Basingstoke.
Mr. Terry has expressed, the opinion that the range will prove | gold-bearing.
NOTICE.
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or write-No. We have put that there has been a relatively Alexandra Balldings. some large characters in front of high percentage of loans to the Members are reminded that these him and he simple rods his head.agricultural, coal-mining, Iron and Badges will also admit them to all
Shown the tins of opium, the steel industries. defendant, nodded his head in the While certain specialised forms affirmative manner.
of the engineering industry are His Worship: I suppose he very little indebted to the banks, meane that he admits the offence, the cotton industry is by no means $500 or four months.
so heavily indebted to the banks The next question to arise was as some people hint.
A limited number of tickets are that of acquainting the defendant
available and may be obtained from with his Worship's sentence. This
Messrs. Linstead & Davis, Alexan- At present the advance made by dra Buildings, on or before Satur elicited a further question from ten clearing banks stand at near-day February 26th, 1927, at a cost Mr. Lindsell as to the man's ly £900,000,000.
of $10 each per day or $30 for ability to read and write,
With the bank-rate at five per the Meeting. Insp. Clarke: He can't read or
cent, and the banking loan or The charge for admission för write, but he knew how to run over-draft rate as "one over five Ladies to the Members' Enclosure away when accosted by the con- and varying," the cost of the bank will be $4 per day. Each member stable.
сал advance now is six per cent. per the Secretary, badges for the ad- obtain upon application to His Worship said that he would annum, or by favour five and a mission of two Ladies free of consider the matter more fully half per cent. In consequence charge. It was essential that the man be advances must be earning the ten dren acquainted with his sentence. He banks round about £60,000,000 enclosure during the first three THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG would therefore be remanded
yearly. This comes from borrow-days racing." until to-morrow morning.
MARSHAL FOCH'E WARNING.
Páris, Jan. 13.
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On no pretext will chil Electrical Supplies. bo permitted In either
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., LTD. 72, Queen's Rd., Central, Tel. C. 8270.
ers are in industry, therefore its PUBLIC ENCLOSURE. bank loana will possibly cost, say,
Tickets of Admission to the £25,000,000 yearly.
Public Enclosure, price $9 per An inquiry carried out by the day for All persons including bankers has shown just how far Ladies, may be purchased from Engineers & Field-Marshal Foch still refuses industry is pledged and what Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd. or at to agree that Germany has dis- weight of bank loans each great the Gate.
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform armed. He said: "If the Germans industry carries. are going to be allowed to com The publication of the results admitted to the Public Enclosure at 8.30 am. struct fortresses as they wish and of the inquiry might show that $1 per day.
even to manufacture heavy guns industry is still overwhelmingly
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Mingaung
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I cannot prevent them, but shall its own master and would stimu refuse to share the responsibilitylate deposits to banks for financ-]
"The Conference of Ambassadors
is raising objections to two issues, ing a revival of trade,
namely, Germany's eastern fort fications and the right to manufaë- ture war material for export; but there are many other clauses in the disarmament plan which the Ger- mans have not yet fulfilled."
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Servants are not permitted in the The remains of Houston Stewart Members Enclosure except for Chamberlain, the renegade English passing through on their duties, but man, were cremated in the presence must remain in their employers" The trial was resumed of Hes of a distinguished gathering. Those stands. keth Pearson on charges connect present included the ex-Crown Any persons found loitering ed with the publication of "The Prince; who deposited a wreath about with Sorvants Passes 12.80 p.m. Whispering Gallary Pearson ad- from the ex-Kaiser, ex-King their possession will forfeit the 2 pmmitted that the diary was a fake, Ferdinand of Fulgaria, Prince same and will be removed from the
and said that he assumed the Hohenlohe, and Herr Siegried Wag- enclosure. publishers knew that too After Aer, Extremists and Nationalist or-
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officiating priest eulogised Chan Mall," he became frightened and berlalu as a real Christian and a told a whole "éeries of lies. Tho
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