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our production have been touched, which is to some extent due to improvements made by our mill manager in the spinning of our Yarn. In this connection I am pleased to be able to state that the whole of our production has lately been sold, a considerable extent at very advantageous prices.
It may interest you to know that in order to overcome our constant difficulties regarding the storing of our raw material we have decided to erect a one storied godown on our property on the North side of the Yangtzepoo Road, and same will still be available for the storage of the present season's supply.
This Gentlemen, is all I have to say, but before proposing the adoption of the report and account I shall be pleased to answer any questions that shareholders may desire to put.
There being no questions, the following resolu- tions were put and unanimously carried:
Proposed by the Chairman and seconded by Mr. Hoettler-That the report and accounts as presented be passed.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
CORRESPONDENCE.
CHINESE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
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Rowing Clubs, but to the apathic indifference of the Committee, who are not as keen as they should be.
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I am informed that the rowing will be shorn of much of its interest this season (Hongkong Regatta), in consequence of the unsportsmanlike conduct of one of the Clubs who after agreeing with the others to row in similar class of 6th March, 1909. boats will now take advantage of their posses- SIR,-The article by Mr. Alabaster, published sion of a lighter boat.
If this is not pot in your issue of the 5th inst., affords me an hunting I should like to know what is? opportunity for referring to acurious omission on the part of the local branch of the China Associa-composition of the crews for the
Another matter which should be settled is the Nathan tion. I have failed to find in the newspaper Challenge Cup." Is it restricted to Hongs, reports of its annual meetings any recognition Businesses or what? For if the crews are of the movement in England to make known restricted to Hongs and not open to Businesses, to Chinese students the facilities for education the Civil Service boat should be barred as the in Great Britain. We read that the suggestion crew covers such a range that it is hardly fair first came from Sir John Jordan early in 1907, and to the others, as men can be chosen from Go- was acted upon by the parent society in London; vernment House down to the P. W. D. and and although considerably over elapsed since the inauguration of the movement,
a year has Sanitary Board.
"It is
very disappointing," as Mr. Carpenter the local branch does not seem to have thought remarks, "for men who have trained hard and it worth while to inform our Chinese community given up a good deal for rowing, if the Regatta, that it can furnish information of this kind the chief event of the year, falls flat." Quite So intently apparently has the local committee so, but if any Club, by reason of having better been watching the wiles of mandarindom that it boats should insist on this advantage as against The Chairman-The thanks of the Com- has overlooked the most effective means of their less fortunate rivals, what then? If they pany are due to Mr. Zickermann who developing those political and commercial rela- should insist, the Regatta deserves not only to has been 1 member of our Board for a
tions for which the China Association avowedly fall flat, but to be abandoned to show the great many years and had to resign his post stands. It is remarkable that there is not a disapprobation of the other Clubs at the very owing to his having been absent from Shanghai single Hongkong representative on the list unsportsmanlike conduct of the club in question and Mr. Kupsch who so ably filled Mr. Hoet-given by Mr. A labaster, while there are several in tler's seat on the Board during the latter Gentle-China and one even in Japan. Surely a British
Those responsible for the impasse will no doubt understand! and it would not be surprising man's absence from Shanghai. Mr. Stempel
were the other Clubs to scratch from such an has been invited to join the Board.
uneven contest.-Yours truly.
FAIR SPORT.
Proposed by Mr. Mittag and seconded by Mr. Woo Saw Chin:-That Mr. H. E. Arn- hold be elected as General Manager of the Com.
pany.
Mr. Mittag, Stempel's election was approved on the motion of Mr. Grunwald, seconded by
Mr. Arnhold.
Mr. Mittag, who retired in accordance with the Rules of Association, was re-elected on the motion of Mr. Ho Hsien Chuen, seconded by Mr. Woo Saw Chin.
Proposed by Mr. Gosser and seconded by Mr. Stempel:-That Mr. S. Gerecke be re-elected Auditor of the Company for the current year.- Carried.
The CHAIRMAN thanked those present for their attendance and the Meeting terminated.
DIVIDENDS.
Messrs. Sheran, Tomes & Co., Hongkong agents of the Yangtsze Insurance Association are in receipt of a telegram from Shanghai stating that the Directors will recommend at the forthcoming General Meeting a dividend of 25 per cent.
The report of the Peking Electric Company Limited for the past year showed an available balance of Taels 13,781. Of this Taels 8.219 has been written off installation; Taels 3,800 has been absorbed by a dividend of 2 per cent., and after payment of auditors' fees Taels 1,613 are carried forward to new account.
The Imperial Hotel, Peking, has paid a dividend of 8 per cent. for the past year.
MOTOR LIGHTER FOR THE STANDARD OIL CO.
Messrs. W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld.. have de- signed and built to the order of The Standard Oil Company of New York a motor oil tank lighter for shallow river service.
The vessel is of teak. 85ft. Oin. overall by 18ft. Oin. moulded breadth, and fitted with a steel tank amidships to carry 95 tons of kerosene oil in bulk on a draft of 4ft. 6in. The twin motors are by Messrs. Gardner and Sons and of 72 brake horse power, and a mast and sail are also fitted. The vessel was launched on Satur- day afternoon the ceremony being performed by Miss Thompson who named the boat Bemis. The work had been carried out under the supervision of Captain J. T. Douglas.
Two opium prosecutions took place at the Magistracy on Thursday. A fireman on board the steamer Loongsang was fined $500 for having in his possession twenty taels of opium. The quartermaster on board the s.s. Kaifong was charged with being in possession of ten taels of
pium, but the hearing was adjourned.
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Colony should be one of the readiest sources of information regarding education in Britain. Would not the pamphlet prepared and circulated elsewhere by the London Education Committee, be appreciated here?
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Hongkong, 16th March, 1909.
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from South China who have in recent years It is well known that many of the students migrated to foreign countries might and ought [TO THE EDITOR OF THE naturally to have been educated in Great Britain had they information respecting British centres of education. And the small number who have gone to England have had available very little assistance and advice in the selection of schools; the consequences which dependence upon inexperienced friends entails have been inevitable.
At first sight there may appear but little con- nection, if indeed there be no rivalry, between the work of the Chinese Students' Education Committee in London and the Hongkong University scheme; but it may be said without hesitation that the success of the Governor's scheme depends largely upon the diffusion of information respecting British Education and University methods. Having shown the way by His Excellency will supplement this by a series his valuable memorandum, it is to be hoped that of illustrated articles or lectures on British University work generally so as to bring vividly and actual conditions of university education. A before the Chinese Working Committee the ideals glance at the reports of the Sunday meetings thus far held show how hazy and elementary are the notions regarding higher education. Dr. Ho Kai's chairmanship appears likely to be a difficult and trying one, and it is to be feared that his splendid energies, instead of being applied to larger matters, may be taken up with details. A few hundred dollars expended in securing photographs and specially-written con- tributions prepared in booklet-form by the best art of the printer, and issued for the use, primarily, of the Working Committee (assisted by lantern lectures) should yield a hundredfold return.
Only by bringing home closely to the Chinese a full appreciation of the advantages which have followed the establishment of Universities, can the scheme for Hongkong be realised; properly engineered, it should not fail of success.
Yours faithfully,
C. H. LEE.
FAIR SPORT V. POT HUNTING.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE
DAILY PRESS."]
SIR, A letter appeared in your paper of 19th March over the signature of E. W. Carpenter deploring the apathy of the rowing men of Hongkong. With his remarks all having the interests of rowing at heart I can but agree, This I understand is not so much due to want of enthusiasm among the younger members of the
HONGKONG DAILY
Hongkong, 17th March 1909. SIR, I have read with much interest the letter by "Fair Sport" which appeared in the columns of your valuable paper and must say that his out-spoken criticisms are endorsed by a large number of sportsmen in Hongkong.
I conscientiously believe that rowers should be placed on even terms, thus giving all an equal chance of according a victory. More. over, in fairness to them, a good opportunity will be afforded spectators of witnessing a com- petition of prowess when all things are equal.
At one of the meetings of the Hongkong Regatta Committee held recently, it was pro- posed and carried by a majority of 7 to 1, 80 I coming Regatta be competed in the same class believe, that all four-oared' events at the forth-
of boats. The decision was received with much
interest by all broadminded sportsmen and tunity for competition upon terms of equality. endorsed by them as afferding the one oppor.
The decision which called forth such favour- able comments was reversed at a subsequent meeting when some of the members of the Committee were not present. It looks as if the subsequent decision, which overrules the popular original finding, is to hold good.
With your permission I would like to ask the sporting public to judge for themselves if it is fair play to accord the chance to one class rowing on a far superior boat when such a boat is only owned by one rowing club in the colony and available to its members only, practically thus penalising the members of the other clubs ?
An inferior and much heavier boat, all of the same design, is owned by all the three other clubs. As the majority of the Clubs own the heavier boats, why not compete in them as at
first decided ?
It should be a governing principle in sport as in business that the majority should receive the maximum consideration. In other words, the greatest good to the maximum number.
I have myself entered a crew for the Junio Fours on the understanding that competitorr would all be placed on even terms, but had reluctantly to withdraw upon the second de- cision of the Hongkong Regatta Committee being unofficially announced.
Lest the purport of my letter be misunder- stood by the officials of the rowing clubs con- cerned, allow me to add that I was prompted to approach you for the hospitality of your columns