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CANTON RADIO STATION LIKELY TO OPERATE NEXT OCTOBER
VENERAL' satisfaction at the trend of events for the year U under review was the keynote of the Chairman's speech at the annual general meeting of the Hong Kong Telephono Com... pany, which was held this morning at the Board Room of the Company in Exchange Building.
The Chairman, the Hon. Mr. C. Gordon Mackie, stressed, the importance of the forthcoming erection of a wireless Telephony Station by the Canton Government, which would, through the Telephone Company, link up practically all the most important trade centres of China with the Colony next October.
The Chairman was supported, preciation, it will be noted that of by Mr. J. II. Taggart, Managing under this heading the sum Director, the Hon. Sir Shou-son $271.864.71 has been appropriated Chow, K, the Hon. Dr. R. H. based upon the formula as applic Kotewall, Mr. A. L. Shields. Mr.able-conforming with accepted residual fo S. H.. Dodwell, Mr. J. Scott- standards to the
depreciating assets; Harston (Directors), Mr. J. P. value of the Sherry (General Manager), and in this connection, the augmenta- Mr. W. L. McKenzie (Secretary). tion, of Reserve Fund Investments Mr. D, H. Blake, who is a member as they appear in the Balance of the Board of Directors, was in-Sheet, is partially represented by disposed and did not attend the the contra Item of Depreciation meeting.
Fund. The following shareholders were Substantial Credit Balance.
"It will be observed that, the also present:Mr. D. Tollan, Mr.
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1935
Arthur Johnson, who testified at Bruno Hauptmann's' trial is the New York police department datee- tive, who investigated Hauptmann's criminal record in Germany' and who brought members of Isador Fisch's family to Flemington, New Jersey.
B.B.C. EMPIRE TRANSMISSIONS
Correction Issued
London, To-day.
To-day's Short Story.
Seascape
By Leslie Reid
IKE every place on the north Ross was perfectly contented with Lwest of Scotland, Inverkil- her silence and detachment. He breck was not reached without understood this mood of hers, ac-1 time and trouble. To begin with, "knowledging" with a certain pride it was nearly 50 miles from the that she was capable of withdrawing ncarest railway station, and the herself within the circle of her own rather infrequent bus service, thoughts, which he was not fitted to which did help you substantially share.
on your way, took you only as far! At Poolinch Ross was counting on as the fishing town of Poolinch, his friend Rob, the driver of the from which It was another 22 motor-van which carried brend miles to Inverkilbreck. In any daily to Inverklibreck and neigh. case it was an insignificant place, bouring places, to give them a lift. a mere cluster of cottages and a They found him without delay, and stone jetty, and few people want-soon the three of them were squeezed ed to go there, except tourists in into the front seat, with their scanty the summer-time who had cara of luggage stacked, in the back of the their own.
van among the fragrant loaves, Young Rosa Macleod had no car swaying along the conat road to In- and so had to make the journey from verkilbreck the station in two distinct and rather lengthy stagesWith, him was, his wife Janet, whom he had married only three months pre- viously, a Southern girl, smartly dressed, at least according to Mas- leod standards, well-spoken, well- educated, with a ready smile and a chin 'which conveyed determination. Three months had not been nearly
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "Thirty Rounds.” by Frank Conly,
Janet was more talkative now, a8 The following correction has long enough for Ross to get sccus excited as a child, calling Ross's at been issued in regard to the tomed to the wonder of being mar-tention to the little rock-girt bays ried to Janet. Three years would B.B.C. Empire transmissions.
not be sufficient, he told himself, they were skirting, the blue islands From March 13 experimental
out at sea and the orange seaweed
the station and. Poolinch Janet sat
A mile from home they roared in
A
Il, J. de Figueiredo, Mr. A. J.balance at Credit of nett profit transmissions for Canada will be nor yet thirty. In the bus between with which the coast was fringed. Walter, Mr. C. Clark, Mr. Wony shows an increase of $195,473.96 radiated on GSC and GSL on Sun next the window, silent nearly the bottom gear up a steep hill. At the Ping-seen, Mr. Wong Min-hin, irtover the figure for the previous days, Mondays, Wednesdays and whole way, her hands clasped in her H. W. Walker, Mr. Chua Sung Chio, financial year,
Fridays from 8 pm. to 4 p.m. lap, her gaze fixed on the heathery top Janet cried out with joy. Mr. C. Hait, Mr. W. G. Griffen, Mr. "I would point out, however, Greenwich mean time, instead of wastes of Dearg Forest, through wide sweep of sea lay below them S. T. Williamson, Mr. G. C. Moxon, that whereas the sum of $170,482 from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. a8 which they were passing. Mr. Kwak Hin-wang, Mr. Chan has been transferred to General Re heretofore. Ping-un, Mr. A. MeKellur,; and Mr. sorve during the year under review, The B.BC. requests reports
E. M. Raymond,
.
the amount. previously allocated an on reception. especially from The Chairman's Speech
nually under this heading was listeners in Western Canada. The Hon. Mr. C. Gorden Mackie, $50,000 only, the revised basis hav- British Wireless Service. Chairman, in addressing the Share. ing been sanctioned by Government holdere sald:-
when application was made for the "Before proceeding with the increase of the Authorised Capital ordinary business of this Meeting of the Company in 1933-in effect I desire, on behalf of your Board auch increased appropriation repre to place on record an expression of sents the amortisation of the Capl- profound regret at the recent death tal over the residual period of the of Mr. J. P. Warren.
franchise under which your Com- pany operates.
"The late Mr. Warren joined the Board of this Company in 1930 and
Over $74,000 Profit
REBEL LEADER CROSSES
·BORDER TO S. MASTANLI ***
1
KOREAN EXPELLED
FROM COLONY
ali a-glitter in the sunshine,” and] resting lightly like birds on its."sur- face were the Ascalg Islands, a
"Ross, how lovely," said Janet. Which is Auntie Meg's house?
"The long white one. We'll be there now in no time."
tangle of purple shores and glisten- Ing, water channels, rising with a charming attempt at regularity, each, one more steeply on the sea- Inland stretched the Arrives From Cantonward side.
curve of the bay, with the cottages Without Valid Passport of Inverkilbreck tucked beneath a reddish cliff, where the little River A 80-year-old unemployed Kilbreck flowed into the sen. Korean, Sang Eun Lyu, was order- (Continued from Page 1) ea to be expelled from the Colony by Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones at the Government warships bom- Central Police Court this morning served thereon until shortly before "For the purpose of effecting a barded the insurgents positions for entering the Colony without a
"And is, it always like this?". Ross, emlled. his death; during the period of direct comparison of the actual nett at Kavalla with unknown results (valid passport,
200 REBEL, PRISONERS AN Detective-Sergeant Russell stated office on your Directorate, Mr. profit, the difference between the
That it lan't. Wait till the: General Kondylies in a later that defendant came from Canton anath-wester is blowing and you Warren brought to bear much sound gure now allocated to Reserve and advice in the deliberations of your the former appropriation should be communique claimed to have on Thursday last, and was arrested won't find it so lovely." Board and his intimate knowledge deducted and the resulting increase positions where they met with re- He stated that he intended to stow: Janet, and broke off to pay heed to dislodged the rebels from all on the s.s. Canton Maru on Sunday. "I'm sure even then.... began of business and affairs proved in- of profit will be shown in the amount
Jeistance.. valuable, not only to this, but to the many other Companies with of $74,991.98, or approximately the
At nightfall they were 10 kito- As the Japanese Consul has ar a black dog which leaped the stone. equivalent of the requisite amount metres from Seres and would en-ranged for him to sent to. Japan wall beside the road and was now which he was associated.
"His wise counsels are indeed a dent on the increased capital of the going on to Drama and Kavalla. magistrate ordered the expulsion to
ter the town in the morning. then by the 8.9. President Wilson, the bounding along beside them, barking
shrilly. loss to this Company and his parg.. Company subscribed at and The Government losses were only operate as from
That's Roy," Ross explained. Within a minute the.
had inx engenders a genuine feeling of regret to his colleagues and to his ranking pari passu from the Janu-two killed and four wounded, the ship leaves,
deposited them, with their luggage, in the road outside the largest of three cottages. A white-haired
numerous friends in the Colony,
Government Royalties
necessary in order to meet the divi-
28
¡ary 1, 1934.
Satisfactory Increase
while many rebels were wounded. Subsequent news confirmed the "Under normal trading conditions capture of Seres and the evacua
away to Korea.
to-morrow when
ISLAND
"Turning to the Accounts, you this increase could but be regarded tion by the rebels of Drama and SKIPPER FINDS NEW will observe on reference to the as highly satisfactory; I am confi- Kavalla. About 4.000 rebels are Debit side of Profit and Loss Acdent, therefore, that I am voicing stated to have been killed in the count that the annual payment to the opinion of shareholders in stat- fighting at the crossing of the Government in respect of Royalties ing that the results of the operating Struma.
is approximately, the same as for of your Company for the past year
the previous financial year.
are highly commendable, having re-
REDS DEFEATED IN KIANGSI
(Continued from Page 1).
Timor Sea Discovery Named Nelson Rock
Van
woman came out to greet them She had an alert, rather shrewish expression, in which nose and chín were the most prominent features.
"Hullo, Auntie Meg," said Ross, kissing her. "Here's Janet I've brought to see "you.”
His aunt shot an appraising| "As you are aware, your Comgard to the difficult times through
A new island has been discovered glance over Janet'a trim grey con pany contributes to public revenue which the Colony has passed.
in the Timor Sea.
tume. There was no disapproval in upon the basis of $4 per Exchange "Addressing you from the Chalt
It lies in latitude 13.17 degrees that glance, merely a half-conscious Line Per annum and if this amount at the last Annual Meeting, when]
South, 114.24 East, and is about 600 acknowledgment that here was some- is deducted from the annual rental your Directors recommended the charge to subscribers, it will be ap declaration of a Final Dividend of It is learned that the Communist miles North-West by Weat of one from far beyond her own nar preciated that telephone service is 8 per cent., making a distribution of remants in south Kiangel were at-Western Australla, Agr
Broome the port of Kimberley row circle of social experience, who being supplied at rates which com- 12 per cent. for the year, remark itempting to escape to the weat
might perhaps give herself airs, Its discovery was announced by with her fine clothes and her fine] pare favourably with those in force ed that such recommendation had'
The troops of the first and the elsewhere.
only been made after your Board Second Divisions of the First Army Captain Nelson of the City of Lille education. "In this connection, I venture to had given mature consideration to Corps have been sent out to envelop when he put into port here.
It has been named Nelson Rock after the captain of the ship.
Stability Of Company
them. According to a report of}, Lieut-Gen. Pang Lin-sheng, vico] = commander of the first Division,
submit that since the abandonment the future prospects of your Com of the Mandal System and the in-pany. auguration of the Automatic Work. ing, the degree of service rendered
"The fact that your Board is en several bands of the retreating THIRSTY ELEPHANTS conforms in the matter of officient fabled to present to you Accounts bandits were dispersed In Chang- operation with the highest stan justifying the maintenance of this lok-yac, Ti-yah, Mie-tal-yuen, and
PLAY HAVOC darda-obtainable only under con rate of distribution for the current Tang-low-yao during the past few ditions resultant upon the instalin year on the increased capital bears days. Over 100 of them were kill- flen and adequate maintenance of eloquent testimony, in my opinion, ed, many made prisoners, and an up-to-date plant.
to the stability of your undertaking, several machine "Climatic conditions subsisting "As this will probably be the last than 100 rifles taken.
in the Colony for the major portion foccasion on which I will have the According to Information from
Result Of Drought In Malaya
And, so you're Janet
The new niece suffered herself. willingly enough,, to be kissed..
"And you're Auntie, Meg, I've
heard such a lot about you.
"Have you now? Our Ross was seldom a one to talk."
"Ah, but he talks to me.” ***"Liko enough."""" She turned her
rather
her hard gaze away, letting. "It wander vaguely down the road. "I hope you'll be comfortable with us, Owing to the extraordinarily het I'm sure, sl
she added. We're plain
of the year make the maintenance honour to address you at an Annual Shinkwan, the horde of remnant and dry weather experienced in the folk.". factor, a dominant one, particularly Mecting, I desire to avail myself of outlaws headed by Yeh Chin-ying, Kuala Lipis District, especially up By now a second meeting -- was vis-a-vis the fino adjustments to the opportunity of urging the neces who attempted to dash to the west, the Ulu towards the Kelantan due to take place Rose's Uncle hyper-sensitive mechanisms operatsity of making representation to has been repulsed by the troops of boundary, the feeding grounds and Angus was standing outside the ing, as is essential, in a dehumidi Government for permission to esta- the first Division and the fourth drinking pools of the various herds gate, shyly conscious that no one fied atmosphere.
blish an Investment and Exchange Independent Division. These re of elephants have dried up in con- was paying attention to him. He
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"As you will observe, provision
has been made for the bonus: tu
European staff on the customary
K. R. A, ANNUAL MEETING
basis, and I may hero add that pay. The Annual Meeting of the Kow- Chinese personnel has been effect-foon Residents' Association, which
treaters are now roving in moun sequence, of which the herds have was a burly, bald-headed man, with tainous regions on the herder of combined" and are playing hayot a fringe of grey hair round the bass Kiangal and Hunan provinces around the villages of Chigar of his skull, and a wispy grey mous- Central Press..
Perah, Sungel Temah, Sungel Yu tache and Merapoh, anya a report from Janet took to him at once, with Malaya:
his patched; navy-blue trour yra and
ment of the New Year bonus to the
od following our established pras: takes place on Friday night at 6 The Hong Kong University Gra tice, these allocations, I am con- p.m. at St. Andrew's Church Hall, is duates Association will hold - ita fident, will be endorsed by share- not confined solely to members
Generi
holders' in which relation, I venture the Association. Naturally
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the
to remark that the excellence of members will have power to vote
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