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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950.
American International Assurance Co. meeting
The American International Assurance. Company Limited held its 15th annual general meet- ing at Edinburgh Hause yesterday under the chairmanship of Mr. Gwyn M. Hughes, Managing Director.
Anti-TB Ass'n
expresses its gratitude
The Chairman of the Hona Kong Anti-Tuberchlosis Asin elation (Dr. S. N. Chau) kar asked us to publish his- thanks to the very many filends di the Association who have given so generously of their time and energy to make this cam- In a review of the Com. |terest earnings and le assurance pany's business during the premiums is sublelent to meet alt paign an unqualified success.
"First and foremost, we maush year Mr. Hughes said in part: policy claims as they full due.
This Fund is substantially in-thank the Press of lio Colony for "The Company's programme of expanding its life assurance created over the 1048 higure. In the vigorous. progrannie & has operations has been, vigorously spite of such increase the Com- conducted on our behalf through followed during the year. Ample pary still maintains its General out the months of April and May:
the assistance accorded us without precedent and to all sec- evidence that the Company Reserve at £40,000 as an suded agal strongly established in guarantee of security.
tions of the Press (both English Tholland is given by the fact Post-war dividends
language and Chinese) we are BUTTERFIELD & that the Thailand General Agency "The Life Revenue Account | indeed indebted, We must also accounted for more than 10 per reflects the fact that in 1949 | Thank Rediffusion for the many SWIRE,
cent of the total new insurance; the Company Lagan paying itnj space hours given over to our sold by the Company during the
first post-war, dividends to life year this in spite of the fact that
polley-holders under participat- It was in active operation for lest
ing poliates in force two years than nine months.
or more. Some £2,000 were "The overall results of the
thus distributed. Company's life sales programmo: "Reinsurance, fucilities in Life, were most gratifying. New Life Fire and Marine insurance have assurance sales during 1949 werd been greatly expanded during the 64.04 per cent higher than those year through the Company's affi- for 1949. The premium income fates in the American Interna- alter deducting reinsurance pre- tional Group. These not only niluns. rose 00.33 per cent over make it possible for the Company that for the previous. year and
to offer a more complete insur- the umount of life assurance in
ance service to the public, but force at the year end had in give it a ready inward reinsur creazed by 09.32 per cent. The ance market from which substan mortality experience was favour- tial reinsurance premiurns may able, standing at 49.34 per cent of be expected. Finally these foclll- the expected as expressed by the effectively protect the Com- mortality tables.
SALE OF CROWN LAND Hongkong, May 27, 1950,
An auction sale of Crown to Land will be held at P.W.D.
4.30 p.m. or apply No. 65 Jubilee Headquarters on Monday, the 5th day of June, 1950 at 3 p.in.
Fiste Shumahulpo Camrup.
The area which comprises 20,900 square feet is situated at Tai Po Road and is suitabl for residential purposes.
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(a) Encouragement of Smati
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(b) The selection of teams to represent the Colony in all Inter-Colonial
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(c) The
encouragement
and
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BOOKED AT THE (d) To provide club amenities for all those interested in the above.
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CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-second An- nun! Ordinary General Meet- ing of Shareholders of China Underwriters, Limited will be held at the Offices of the Com. pany, 4a. Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, on Mon day, the 12th day of June. 1050, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and a State- ment of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1949. and of electing Directors and Auditors.
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E. R. CHILDE, Managing Director.
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BORI
FOR THE
BUFFERING CHILDREN
Paty, from the hozord of exccs- Five loss.
"With these favourable rein- surance facilities now established the Company is in a position to
cause and the very appreciobio increase to our funds resulting therefrom; the cinemas for show.... ing sildes on our behalf; the Ad- vertising and Publicity Bureau. the Bus Componler, the Ferry Companies, Stores, etc. who have so generously displayed posters for us. To all these friends and many others we say thank you,
And last but by no means least, we should like to thank all thoro who have, so generously made donations. Although the publlelty campaign in closing, our need for support is by no means, ended. our work for the, Community can only be supplemented and carri ed on successfully according to the measure of support given us. We hope that each and everyone will remember throughout the year the slogan that has appear- ed in this campaign-"Give that
We are also asked to acknowl- edge the following donations to the Association: Previously acknowl-
edged $71,570.20 staff of the Mercantile
Bus cf India Ltd. 301.00 Mesurs. Northern Feu- ther Works Ltd..... 1.pysts. bro
Piling Co.
La
"During the year a new Group Life Assurance policy was deve- Joped which has enabled the enter the field of Company to mass Insurance of employces PROTECTION OF CHILDREN/ through their employers, a rela-/ expand its activities in the Firo they may live?"
iively new and untapped market and Marine folds. Plans are eur- in this part of the world. Some rently under way to register the
64.000 of Group Life Assurance ing and reinsurance
Company for both the direct writ-†
of these is now on the Company's books classes of business in indo-China. n this amount is constantly
"It had originally been planned increasing.
to extend life operations to Java the next statutory
during 1949, but conditions in valuation of the Life Assurance that country still do not appear to Fund is not required to be made unil December 31, 1950, in the favour such an enterprise.
Agency recruiting Interests of sound operation your Directors determined to value this
Dr. F. 1. Tseung Chairman
China Building
THE HONGKONG SOCIETY Mr. Li Fook Wo
Hon. Treasurer
"While
"The lo assurance develop-
The Bank of East Asia, Ltd., H.K. fund actuarially as of the end of mount programme or 1950 calls
1040,
In order to meet actuarial for intensive agency recruiting territories requirements it was necessary to and training the transfer £22,500, 0, 0, from the already active. In this connec- Profit and Loss Appropriation Ac-flat the Company has been for- of count to the Life Assurance Fund tunale in securing the services which currenity stands on the Me. Luigi da Roza as Life Sales Balance Sheet at £116,795. 1. 7d. Manager for Hong Kong. Mr. da
Company This is the amount, scientifically Koza joined the enleulated in accordance with January 1st, 1950. He has had accepted actuarial principles, brand experience in the Hfe as- his excellen! which when added to future insurance field and
work: Is already reflected in In- creased life gates In the Hong Kong territory,
NEXT CHANGE
AT THE
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Sino-British
KINKS Club lectures
WINNER OF FIVE "OSCARS"
OLIVIA de HAVILLAND for the best performance
by an actress
JOHN MEEHAN and HARRY HORNER for-the-best-art-direction..............
(Black & White)
EMILE KURI
for the best set direction' (black & White) EDITH HEAD and-
GILE STEELE
for the best costume design (black & White)
AARON GOPLAND
for the best musical scoring of a dramatic picture
She was taught
to love and bate ...by masters!
Olivia de Havilland Montgomery Clift Ralph Richardson WILLIAM WYLER'S
Heiress
MIRIAM HOPKINGE – MORKA PREZALAN «VEIKIA MOVIE LI BULGJA MOTER Prudent and Prománů by WILLIAM WYLZE
HARRIMAN REALTY CO., LTD.
King's Building (2nd floor) 9 Connaught Rd, Hong Kong.
Real Katata. Brokers
TO LET
The first of the new series of lectures given under the auspices of the Sino-British Club will take place tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. B the British Council Library Gloucester Building,
The speaker will be Professor T. S. Wel, distinguished econo- mist and historian, and his sub- ject will be "The Origins of the Japanese
ese Monarchy." Professor Wet's fascinating and controversial theme will be ht discovery of proof that the origin- al Emperor at Japan was a Chi- nese from Shantung, who, rd. title of ceived the
a good 1,000 "Jimmt humous years after his death.
This meeting will be the last public function of the Sino-British Club ut which Mr. Robert Bruce, who has been Hon. Seere- tary, will be present before go- Ing on leave next week.
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"Under the able management of Mr. Tuy Tin-un the Singapore Branch conthues to lead all of The Company's. Branches and General Agencies. Inte sules This Branch operates through sub-offices throughout Malaya and in North Borneo and Sarawak.
"Early in 1950 the Company's! Head Office was moved to new quarters in Edinburgh House. The benefits of uniting the Head Office staff and the Hong Kong Agency Force in one office canno bo denied, That the efficiency of both has increased since the es tablishment of the new office is clearly evident.
“Mr. J. R. Jones, M. C. resign- ed from the Board of Directors on, December 9, 1940 and his resigna- tion has been accepted with re- gret by the Board. The members of the Board of Directors join in expressing their appreciation for Mr. Jones' excellent services."
Wanz (shareholders).
Horace
The Union Trading Co.,
Lt.
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MOBSTS. Muller and Pippe (China) Ltd.
Staff of Messrs. Muller
and Phipps
Stof of Messrs. Blair
and Co., Lid, The Staff of Reuters Ltd.
Total
| CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
KEEP
OUR CITY CLEAN
COPD. TIED BY HEA CERVICE, INC. T. M. REO, LI, M. PAT. OŠT "When I discovered that I wasn't earning enough to afford one of those 'retire at fifty-five' plans, I just retired.
at thirty-five!!
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority on Authorit
South
100.00
"SHOW HIM A THIRD BUIT
information gave. I only 250.00
YOU HAVE shown one, suil,about the suft, but virtually com- recond manded South to bid No Trumps 250.00 your partner, has bid a
one and you have a strong three-If he stopped the spaces ade- card holding in a third suit. But quately. He did.
100.00
you don't dare try No Trumps! There was no great risk to that 70.00 because you have no stoppers in diamond bid, since the suit was a
the fourth. Perhaps your part-minor and South would not v 120.00 ner has that one plugged. But likely to support it unless he had 85.00 how are you going to find it out? no alterizative. That was a slight In some situations you can. navisk, and what the pair stood, to $72,912.20 | certain by bidding your three-card
Rediffusion aids anti-TB campaign
Rediffusion subscribers had contributed more than $19,000
card gal by that bid was much more"
sult, thereby putting him in poŝi-thon what it stood to lose. tion to bid the No Trump game
if he can take care of the us
narned sult.
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to the Hong Kong Anti-Tuber. culosis Association campaign.
Contribu up to last evening.
come from All tions have classes of society and walks vulnerable). of life.
Bouth West North
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At some other tables of the ame duplicate, North follower! Scuth's 3-Clubs
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in To game the minor. Nobody managed to make inore than just
barely that contract, without ex- tras. The No Trump. declarers, however, seared an extra trick. After the spade K lead, which the A won, South wan a heart. flaesse, lost a club finesse to the K, lost two spades and won the next, followed by the rest of the now established tricks.
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One company Rediffussion a19 cheque for $2,000, a Wanchal à c bootblack contributed $10 and the | 3 old woman who sells newspapers The key bid in that sequence bear Rediffusion House sent in was North's 8-Diamonds. He wa a contribution of $30,
Rediffusion's "Dollars for Discs" programme which began Jart Thursday evening had to be con- tinued this week because of the large number of musical requests sent in with contributions to the anti-Tuberculosis fund,
The report and accounts werd duly seconded and adopted by
Today "Dollars for Discs" wil the meeting.
Present were Mr. Gwyn M. | continue at 8.30 p.m. when the Director) contributions and requests will bo Hughes (Managing
Charles H. Duft, Kar, acknowledged and subscribers The second lecture will be on Messrs. Friday, June 16, at the same Tong-po, and K. K. Tse (Direc- will be asked to telephone Re- time and place, when Mr. Wu tore), Mr. B. E. Foster-Holl (Di- diffusion their musical request and contributions. Tonight the 'staff Hel-tak will speak on "The Treat-rector and Secretary), und Mr.
at Rediffusion
will man Chinese Jack Y. H. Yuen, and
oil ment of Europe. In
available
telephones to be in School Text Books."
readiness for the great number who are expected to telephone in. If you have not already con- II tributed to the Hong Kong Anti- Tuberculosis Association camt- paign you are requested, to either write to Rediffusion giving them a musical request to be played on "Dollars
for Disca" or to tele- phone Rediffusion at 25667 after 3.30 p.m. tonight to have your request included (if time permits) on this special community pro- gramme for the Anti-Tuberculosis campaign.
DBS accountant sent to prison for embezzlement
Pleading guilty to four charges of embezzlement from the Diocesan Boys' School, Ong Leang- sin, 40-year-old accountant in the employ of the school, was sentenced to two years' hard labour by Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Kowloon yesterday.
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British Council film shows
Defendant, GA overseas, which ordinarily amounted to $400 Chinese, was alleged to have a month. Mr. Lowe alleged that stolen on various dates be during one month $3,700
drawn as pocket money. When The British Council will re tween December 1, 1948; and
the September terms come around, sume, a regular series of film April 28, this year, $15,080.20
defendant was alleged to have from the accounts of the schoo. collected fees from the boarding and the pupils. ̧·
students, and did not make an Between June 20, and June entry in the books, neither was 20, 1949, defendant was alleged cash paid into the bank. When to have taken $1,552, money 're- the fees for the September term ceived by him for the school were due, he entered them in the Between July 21 and July 21. school book as cash in hand, 1949, he was alleged to have taken - $2,032;' between · August ⋅ 4 Mr. H. Capstick, of Deacons, and August 11, 1040, $2,308, and who held a watching brief on between December 1, 1948 and behalf of the school, gold that April 28, 1960, 39.388.20, making, although defendant's salary was a total of $15,880.20.
given as $585, his actual senio - Mr. P. Lowe, prosecuting of pay was $300 and the rest was sold that when an audit of the shade up by the students *j; -school books was batried out by
shows next Thusday. The pro- ・two gramme; will consist of films entitled "Colour" and "Plastica","
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sirong enough in general to try 3-No Trumps himself if he knew that enough of South's high cards were in the spades. But he had no such information. So, for a he could tell, South might have had both top club honours and vulnerable), perhaps the heart K with noth ing at all of value in the spádos | how should North play at 3-No His diamond" bid, however, not Trumps?
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East North-South
If the defenders lead hearts
A British Crossword puzzle
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