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HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE
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H. K. AND CANTON
ICE CO.
Better Business This Year.
A GROWING TRADE.
At the annual ordinary yearly
ChinaTM Mail
No. 27,600
DUMPING BY THE SOVIET
PROTESTS RAISED AT LEAGUE MEETING.
CUSTOMS UNION?
mecting of shareholders of the "BOTTOM KNOCKED
Hong Kong and Canton Ice Manu facturing Company, Limited, held
in the Exchange Building this morning, the Chairman, Mr. J. P.
OUT OF PRICES."
BAT
SHED
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1930.
DIRECTORS' FEES
INCREASED.
Steamboat Company Changes Articles.
$2,500 FOR CHAIRMAN,
An extraordinary general meet-
ing was onlied by the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd., this morning at their offices
AUTREFOIS ACQUIT,
APPEAL AGAINST COURT'S DECISION.
POWER QUESTIONED.
-TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. ---The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/8
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
urines Alanuger
·Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central
DAIRY FARM CO. MANCHURIA BOLSHEVISTS FIND A
CAPITAL.
Proposed Increase Approved.
FLOURISHING BUSINESS.
of
STEPS IN
PEACEFUL CAPTURE OF PEKING.
TROOPS ARRIVE
NEW MENACE.
Plot to Create a Famine and Overthrow Soviet,
EX-NOBLES SUSPECTED
Moscow, Yesterday. An official communíque relating to the discovery of a "equnter- revolutionary, mischievous, spying organisation in connection with the supply to the population of meat and fish tinned goods and vegetables," says that 17 mem- The entire Manchurian fifth bers admitted to the organisation
Tientsin, Yesterday.
At the Court of Appeal this morning before the Acting Chief Justice Mr. Justice. Wood) and the Acting Puisno Judge (Mr. P. Jacka), an appeal was lodged con- cerning the Police Court action when Slow Choon-long charged A proposal to increase the working against Kwok Chun-shing for mis- capital the Dairy
Farm, CITY NOW IN HANDS and Cold appropriation of funds belonging Ice
Storage Com- to the Health Service Intelligence pany was adopted at an
OF THE POLICE. extraordinary general Bureau,
meeting At the Police Court, Mr. M. K. La held in the Exchange Building this in Queen's Building for the pur-
was for the complainant and Mr. morning. In setting forth the pose of amending certain articles. X. D'Almada, senior defended, motion, Mr. J. P. Warren, the Chair Geneva, Yesterday. Warren, stated that efforts made At a meeting of the Economic so as to enable the Company to Mr. F. C. Jenkin appeared man, stated that the time had
the Directors' opinion, brigade were pushed up the rail-aimed in conjunction with for- to improve the sale of ice in Can-Committee of the League of increase the annual remuneration morning for Slow Choon-leng (com- arrived, in ton had met with success, al-Nations to-day the Swedish dele-paid out to the directors of the plainant-appellant) and Mr. Leo when the increase was fully just way to-day and are expected to eign capitalists are making the D'Almada, junior, was for Kwok fed. It was not desirable to go arrive at Peking this evening, supply system miscarry, thus Company. though consumption was small as
Chun-ahing (defendant-respondent) on borrowing extensively from the while their place here has been creating famine and hoping that taken by the twenty-seventh, the discontented masses would yet, the
Sir Robert Ho Tung, Kt., pro- both counsels being instructed by Company's bankers. average householder gate, speaking of the most fa- there not appreciating the bene-voured nation clause, moved a re-sided at the meeting and support the respective solicitors who ap- The Company, the Chairman add-under the command of Liu Nai overthrow the dictatorship. The fits of ice to the full.
salution proposing that the ing him were the following Direc-peared at the Police Court.
ed, was in a flourishing condition, chang. The latter brigade arrived heads of the organisation were in eight troop trains throughout an ex-landowner, in ex-Major- Chairman's Speech, League. enquire into "dumping" lors:
In opening the case for the ap- and the future was very promising,'
the day and at present are drawn General, Professor Riazantsev; ex- Question of Policy. pellunt (complainant) Mr. Jenkin
After the Secretary had read the up in sidings in the central sta-Chief Editor of the Revolutionary said that for the purpose of his
tion. In the meantime the ad-Trade and Industrial Gazette, and argument the only charges of the resolution, the Chairman, in pro-
vance party of the sixth brigade Karatygain. The majority of Gentlemen: A few words of ex-have reached Tientsin East and the members are ex-nobles and original proceedings relevant to the posing its adoption, said: matter were charges five and six. The fifth charge alleged that respon-planation are perhaps necessery as it is expected that the remainder ex-officers of the Tsarist regime and members of the constitutional your permission take them as The Roumanian and Finnish de Mesars. M. Fernandes, Tai Tung-dent (defendant) made or concurred to the reasons which have prompted will arrive during the night.
During to-morrow and Thurs democratic Menshivik parties.
In presenting the report and and the system of export bounties The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, accounts for the year, the Chair-with a view to determining the Messrs. R. K. Batchelor, C. A. da man said:-
feasibility of International action, Roza, M. K. Lo, Li Tse-fong, John Gentlemen: The report and accounts having been in your and thus obviate the serious Arnald (Secretary) and II.
MacNamara. hands for some days, I shall with economic effects.
The shareholders, present were
read.
We
During the period under reviewgates complained of the dump-i pui, Ho Kam-tông, Ho Leung, in making a false entry in a cer- your directors, to recommend the day the twenty-third brigade are The organisation was connected
The articles of the Company were-amended as follows:-
(n) By deleting Article No. 18.
ad to say that we have now ar-that Holland desired to do herb ranged the distribution through the Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold utmost to prevent an economic Storage Co.'s compradore, and the warfare. The best way would be results so far have justified the
a reduction of tariffs of protect- step taken and we hope to be able
By deleting from Article No. 7 the following words "Up to ten? and an additional vote for each complete ten shares beyond the
first ten."
tain cash book, which entry pur-proposed increase of capital, and
to show better results next year. /ed countries to a reasonable level, (e) By adding the following. Article in accepting the plea of autrefois] 5 years has exceeded $1,600,000.
after Article No. 92 to be No. 92A.
The
as stated in my speech last year. ¡ing of Russian timber and agri- Po-sang, Wal Tat, Kwan, Suen horted to show that $520 had been the number of shares to be offered expected, accompanied by Yuwith the White Guards.
paid to a certain person, The to shareholders, The company's Hsueh-zung personally, and this made various attempts cultural produce, and hinted at and M. H. Lo. through various channels to im- the possibility of retallation.
sixth charge alleged that defendant capital was last increased in 1922 will complete the entire expedi-pu has been entrusted with an
Reuter. prove the sale of ice, and I am
(respondent) made or concurred in since when its business and turz tionary force at present inside the investigation of its activities The Netherlands' delegate said
walls. making a false entry on a voucher over have considerably increased, with reference to the same sum, pur-necessitating the expenditure of
So far as can be ascertained, the
munists and banditry in the country. porting to show that the money had large sums of money on buildings, fifth and sixth brigades will form
Nationalists Progress. been paid to T. K. Leung, (or Leng), machinery, cattle &c., in fact our the garrison for Peking, while
Hankow, Yesterday. Counsel further submitted that capital expenditure during the last the "twenty-third and twenty- seventh will remain in Tientsin.
The Hankow Provisional Head- acquit the Magistrate was wrong It is not desirable nor is it sound
Bridge Blown Up.
quarters released yesterday. the ach, Director shall have the for two reasons. The first was bo-f policy to continue adding to our
It was learned this evening that receipt of a wire from President any person cause there was no jurisdiction at assets and extending our business through a misunderstanding a Chiang to the effect that General approved for that purpose by all in a Magistrate to entertain that by borrowing extensively from our railway bridge was blown up near Chang Hsueh-liang has acted mujarity of the other Directors plea because of the existence upon Bankers whose assistance in this Tanngchow, on the Tsinpu line. under instruction to mobilise and of the Company to act as aller- the record of the plea of "Not way has been much appreciated. In Precautions are being taken to that Yen Hai-shan amounced his nate Director, in his place, dur- ing his abstrice from the Colony Guilty" which had been put for of Hong Kong or inability to act ward first. No one took the point through illness as such Director that the two pleas could not be re and at his discretion to remove carded together. such alternate Director, and ou any such appointment being made, the alternate Director shall be subject in ull respects to the
The consumption of Ice in Can- but if this was at present impos- ton is very small, as the average sible, Holland was willing to householder has not yet learned collaborate with a scheme where- to appreciate the benefits of icel
would for the preservation of food, the by low tariff countries sale of ice to householders is undertake to maintain a low tariff therefore practically nil
for a fixed period in return for a reduction of the tariff by high
A Working Profit.
You will observe from the ac- tariff countries.
counts that during the year we He opposed the Roumanian plea made a profit on working of that agricultural countries should
power to nominate
ex-
Shihchiachwang. Heavy rewards have been given to the National- ists for the capture of Kaifeng, Loyang and Chengchow,"
According to military circles, Nationalists to-day, the 2nd Na- tionalist Route Army being the first in entering the city.
Loyang.in Danger. The Nationalists under
$15,198.56, but the whole of this receive preferential treatment terms and conditions existing with although the test was expressed culty in maintaining our usun! [pected here before midnight. Kaifeng fell into the hands of the
amount has been appropriated as from importing countries, on the Holland shown in the Profit and Loss Ac-ground of free trade. count, and a further sum of would have to impose duties in $1,918.03 utilised from. the order to grant such preferences, balance brought forward from the which would mean raising the last statement of accounts, after price of foodstuffs among the the reduction of the capital, thus Dutch population. leaving $7,595.57 at the credit of The French delegate said that Profit and Loss Account to be car- France was prepared to enter ried forward to next year's ac-into negotiations with a view to placing tariff systems on the old General Managers' 'Interest, basis of equal opportunity for all For the first time a provision on the Home market, provided has been made to pay the Direc- there was a general plan which tors and the General Managers, would give a measure of security The General Managers have not in tariff matters. exercised their right to collect the
count.
Offer to Britain..
reference to the other Director
the
lows:-
out
from
...
Liu
the opinion of your directors the prevent panic, and no serious de- retirement on September 18 from time has arrived when an increase velopments are expected." of capital is fully justified. It fa
Peking, Yesterday. estimated that the saving in interest
Troop trains full of Manchurian to about Dealing with his second point, next year will amount counsel said that in order to es: $1 per share on the new issue, troops left Fengtai for Feking at
They are tablish the plea of autrefois acquit, therefore we anticipate
no dia 10.30 to-night.
More Troops Arrive,.. of the Company, and each alter differently in different authorities. dividend on the increased capital
Peking, Yesterday. nate Director, whilst acting in Defendant must prove either that! The Immediate Issue.
One regiment of Manchurian the place of an absent Director, on the first occasion he was acquitted You will observe from the notice shall exercise and discharge all
are moving freely duties of the Director he re of the identical offence with which just read out to you that it is pro- troops entered Peking about mid- presents, but shall look to auch he is now charged," or "that on the posed to issue at once 50,000 fully night, and Director solely for his remunera former occasion, he could have been paid up shares out of the increase of about the City. The Shansi Gar- Mou-yen approached to the suburb tion, and shall not be entitled to convicted of the present offence," or 100,000 shares which you are being rison-Commander and the Direc of Loyang on September 20 and claim remuneration thethat on the former occasion he asked to authorise, and to hold over tor of Public Safety, after handing were expected to take occupation Company." (d) By deleting Article No. 95 and could have been convicted of an the remaining 50,000 shores until over, are leaving to-day. Man of Loyang city on Sunday. The substituting in place thereof the offence, which is substantially the auch time as a further issue of churian armoured trains have vanguard of Yang Fu-cheng Is gone on the Peking-Hankow line reported to have arrived at a following Article reading as fol. same as the present offence."
capital may become necessary.
point, only a distance of '20'lis It is further proposed to offer to Paotingfu.-Reuter.
from Loyang.. It is circulated "Ench Director shall be paid There were 22 charges of which
Peaceful Conquest.
that Feng Yu-hsiang is person- The four these 50,000 shares to present share- of the funds of the Company four related to $520.
Shanghai, Yesterday. by way of remuneration for his roughly alleged larceny, wrongful holders in the proportion of one new
ally directing the operations in services at the rate of $1,500 per conversion, falsification of account share to every four old shares at a The Shansi troops were com- Loyang, in order to resist the Na- annum. In addition to the above remuneration the Chairman shall books and of obtaining the money premium of $7.50 per share, viz: mencing to evacuate Tientsin and tionalists" attack.
A plea of at $15.- per share and to call up the Peking on September. 19, leaving Lanfeng Besleged. be paid additional remuneration by a false voucher.
General Chiang Ting-wen is full annual fee of $4,800-in re- The German delegate advocated
The Company in General Meeting case was investigated before Mr. so that the at the rate of $1,000 per annum. "Not Guilty" was entered and the amount due by December 24, 1930, the police and a contingent of gar-
now issue shares, as rison forces temporarily to main- now pouring, five more National spect of office expenses.
the co-operation of all European During the year Mr. Coxon countries in a complete custome
may by Ordinary Resolution in- Grantham who dismissed all the from January 1, 1931, will rank tain order and peace, and to pre-divisions for the capture of Lan- crease or diminish the remunera- having left the Colony, Mr. A. B. union as a solution of agricultural tion of the Directors or of any charge and discharged defendant. pari passu with the old shares for pare to hand over the two cities feng. The 1st and 2nd National Stewart was invited to fill the and other economic problems. He
to the Manchurian troops upon Training Divisions, together with of them."
The complainant then applied for a dividends and other benefits.
I am glad to say that the Com-their arrival.
those under Kin Han-ting and vacancy.
believed that a number of Euro-
Chairman's Speech.
re-hearing which was refused, but The plant and machinery is pean States was ready to give
A regiment of Manchurian gen-Chen Cheng, are attacking the Addressing the meeting, the later leave to appeal was granted but pany is doing well and the future. maintained in good order and con-Britain such assurances that Bri-Chairman said:—
complainant did not proceed with is promising,
darmes, arriving at Tientsin at north-east corner while those. dition,
The motion was seconded by Mr. 8 p.m. last Saturday, were accord- under Siang Kuan Yundhajang, tain would find it advantageous to As indicated in the notice which the appeal. Subsequently he took The resolution was seconded by consolidate her tariffs with has just been read by the Sacre out a summons against defendant B. W. Bradbury, and carried un-ed a warm welcome by the Shansi Mao Beng-wen and Tan Ttao-
animously. Mr. Ho Kom-tong, and passed theirs...
tary, this meeting has been con- charging him with uttering a forged
forces, who subsequently with yuan, attacking the south corner. Supporting the Chairman were drew to Paotingfu. Slogans with The city defenders, being the unanimously.
vened for the purpose of consider voucher in respect of $520, the
Owen Hughes, ing, and, if thought fit, approving money and voucher being the same The Hon. Mr. J. Coincident, with the League certain alterations in the articles articles as mentioned in the charges Mesara, T. E. Pearce, A. B. Stewart the signs of "Welcome the North- Yen-Feng allies, have offered a eastern troops for their support stubborn resistance. Heavy of association of the Company at the previous action. On the Directors) and Mr. M. Manuk of the National Government" were artillery fire is exchanged during
Secretary).
the whole day. The nature of the alterations new case a plea of "Not Guilty" and Mr. A. Macfarlane, seconded by been knocked right out of has been fully set out in the autrefois acquit was entered for the
Others present were Dr. W. V. M.seen posted around Tientsin.
Another division of Manchurian Kuominchan Suffer Reverses, Messra. A. Koch,
Stevenson prices" on the British corn ex-notice, and it is unnecessary for defence and complaint was dis (Manager), B. W. Bradbury, O. F. yuh were expected to arrive at tary circles state that Lu Chung Mr. Chan Nai-pan..
troops commanded by Fang Yun- Telegraphic advices from mili- Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and change, according to an official. Fleming were re-elected auditors, The exchange position has never me to go through each clause in missed.
Ribeiro, Leung Yan-po, Chan Nal-Tungchow yesterday and at Fek lin personally commanded three pan, and Chan Pun-kow... Mr. A. Stevenson moving the been so grave for the British and detall. But in order to provent Autrefois acquit is a plen
ing, to-day. The Shans! forces divisions of Kuominchun from proposal and Mr. Leung Yan po British Colonial farmer Quota-any misapprehension I should like criminal case. When a person la to explain rather more fully the indicated for an offence 'add he
RAIN LATER.
stationed at Peking retired to Lanfeng on September 17 to stage ecconding.
tions on Liverpool and Baltic ex-reason for substituting a new arquitted he cannot be afterwards
Nankow on September 20, a severe counter-attack against. Those present were Mr. J. P. changes reached a ridiculously ticle 96 in the place of the exist indicted for the same offence, pro
The Manchurian troops have the Nationalist left wing, but was. Warren, (in the chair), Mr. A. B. low level in consequence of ing one,
vided, the first Indictment were
planned a peaceful conquest and consequently repulsed. During- Stewart, Mr. Ho Kom-tong, and and reaped by serfa," being Under the existing article the fully convicted on it, and if he
Soviet grain, "planted, grown
The Old Fees
such that ho could have been law.
control of Peking and Tientsin, the struggle, the Nationalists re Mr. Leung Yan-po (directors) dumped in the markets by the Directors are to be paid at the be thus Indicted a second time
Into which their large portion sisted the attack by 500 machine supported by Mr. M. Manuk, Soviet's grain Armada from
will not enter until the entire guns, together with 100 artillery, evacuation of the Shansi forces, over 10,000 shots of artillery were (secretary) and Mr. A. Stevenson Blacis Sea porta de rate of $9,000 per annum, and such he may plead autrefois acquit «(manager); = mak
further sums, if any, as the Com-which will be a good bar to the
so as to avoid any possible mis-fired, thus covering the war zone A similar position obtaina in pany in general meeting may from indictment. The true test by Shareholders who attended were
understanding
with smoke. Only a small, por the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hguhes, and the United States, the Secretary time to time determine, euch re- which the question, whether such
General Chang Houeh-lang will tion of Kuominchun were able to Mesara, A. Macfarlane, Chan Nal of Agriculture declaring that muneration to be divided among a plea is a sufficient har in any
shortly issue another circular tele- flee back to Lanfeng city, leaving pan, and Chan Pun-kow.
Soviet is selling wheat short on them in such proportions as they particular case, may be tried, is,
gram, pointing out the following thousands of dead on the field the Chicago-market to the detri-
three points
A
Canton News Agency," may determine, and In default of whether the evidence necessary, to ment of the American farmer such determination, equally be support the second indictment He adds that it would be impus-tween them. would have been sufficient to pro Bible, for Bussia to deliver grain to Chicago with a tariff of 42 In 1924 the number of directors cure a legal conviction upon the
been to divide the 19,000 between. The case Unparalleled Chartering the nine director, A will not
until Ber zguLondon, Yesterday, At the ordinary
sting meeting"
of Soviet of the Company held
131921, it was
· Other Business, The retiring Directors, Messrs.
Prices Desperately. 'Low.
"dumping"
"bottom
A. B. Stewart and Ho Kom-tong, debate on
were re-elected on the motion of Geneva, the
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE
Rugby, Yesterday
at
has
Ww
is officially announced cents per bushel Reuter was nine and the practice had fro that as “the Primo Minin daya term of
Canada
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by
Hand:
in
(Orcs 16% over twenty-one
Zent
The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states: The anti-cyclone is central to the north of the Lower; Yangtaze valley,
Depressions are shown to the north of Tokie and to the cast of Tourane.
**Forecast - NE. * winds, fresh; generally cloudy; some rain later
Rainfall,VES VILM Rainfall to 10 am. bɔ-day. nil. Rainfall since January 1, 89,97 Inches against an average y of 78.67 inches, t
Temperature.
The temperature at certain specified centres this morning Cat 6 o'clock.
Hong
Prat Noland
That the mobilisation of Mari-
Earlier News.... churian troops to Hopel · is
Peking, Yesterday, acted under the instruction The Manchurian troops did not of the Central Government arrive to-day as expected and it fa 2 That the Manchurian troops now stated that they will take over.
will endeavour to avoid any control of the city to-morrow. encounter with the North A Manchurian armoured - tráin erners, and will not take over | Jabalieved to be at Yangtzun and the control of Peking and another has gone along the Tiến- Tientsin "until the complete tain-Pukow line to Tehchow, it la. withdrawal of Shansi forces: believed.” A cavalry, brigado in 8. That In view of reaching the guing to Peking by road from Shan-
• point of political tutelege and halky
reconstruction, the Man- Préparations are being made to churian troops will try their station troops in various places, best to exterminate all the
(Continued on Foot to)
ry elements, Com-