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TYPHOON IN JAPAN.
EXTENSIVE. DAMAGE.
TOKYO, September 20th.
The capital has been isolated since the 2nd inst. owing to a typhoon which wrought widespread devastation.
Details are meagre.
The worst damage took place in the middle of the country and on the South
Coast,
The French cruiser Duglein dragged her anchors and stranded at Yokohama but get off on Monday.
SUPREME COURT.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27ró, 1918.
Thursday, Septembar 28th. IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. Dapore Me. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (PUISE Jux).
A MONEYLENDEN'S CLAIM.
mentioned.
Mr. F. X. d'Almadine Castro appeared for plaintiff, the defendant being absent. Smith, who had formerly represented Mr. d'Almada stated that Mr. Crowther the defendant, had written him stating that he was unable to obtain further instructions in the action, and he did not propose to attend Court that morning.
His Lordship-Bas Mr. Smith - ap- Mr. d'Almada Mr. Smith appeared and the case was struck out, but your The Japanese warships Sulzura and ] Lordship granted a rehearing on the Manshu were dismasted.
your Lordship to order defendant to boat destroyers and five torpedo-bonts were driven ashore.
repay the 822 we paid for costs. I under- stand the plaintiff has given reasons to your Lordship for being unable to appear on the first day of the trial.
A Japanese mail boat boundered at Shimonoseki, the casualties being un- known
Heavy loss of life is reported from Nagoya, where the spinnery attached to the nunnery school collapsed on night of the 22nd.
peared?
CORRESPONDENCE.
CEILING BY ELAWS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "BONGKONG DAILY PRESS.**]
Hongkong, 20th September. St, The lateness of the hour at the
COMPANY MEETING. CHINA. SUGAR REFINING CO.
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MEETING.
AN." EXTRAORDINARY An extraordinary meeting of share holders in the above Company was held yesterday at the offices of Measra.
of fact this was done at the end of last year, over when there was no actual los made. This fund was made up, I think, some time in 1905 with what is really deferrad pay which might have required it at the time the profit was been paid out if the shareholders had made. They refrained from doing that and now ask for a small portion of that fund, in other words, about one-seventh
INTIMATIONS
JOHNSTONE'S
M.P.
**The effects of had Whisky "
"After dive of H. P.-
OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.
The ease in which Sunder Singh sued the absence through an unfortunate: mose of considering & resolution contained lakhs of dollars. I submit most strongly last meeting of the Sanitary Board, and Vardine, Matheson & Co., for the pur-of the amount, which now stands at four hair Khan tu recover the sum of $62derstanding of the representatives which proposed to authorise the Consult signatories that is the present instance for money lent and interest, was again the Press, prevented me from explaining ing Committee to declare an interim well a fund which was created for no in the requisition calling the meeting on behalf of myself and the other the Ratepayers whom I have the honour importance of the subject, there was an dividends, and we want to find out what to the Board, and through the Press to dividend of $3 per share. In view of the other purpose than the payment of you have made & prost and you have as
necessary to give the Byelaws the fores Legislative Council, whose approval is to represent, and to the Members of the
unusually large attendance.
the General Managers thoniselves and the of law, my reasons for supporting the Chuler, Hon. Mr. J. W. C. Bonnar, be told whether this fund is to be an Hou. Mr. C. H. Ross presided, and application of this fund, not necessarily Consulting Committee think as to the there
present-Hou. Sir Paul to-day, but in future years. We wish to and hollow structures which has bear Shellim (consulting committer), Mr. J. Fourth set of Byelaws relating to calling Messrs. H. P. White, F. Maitland, E. anlimited fand. I think you will agres passed by the Board this year,
As a certain amount of misunderstaria. (Solicitor to the Company, Messrs. A. F. should have been paid and which would
Barton (sceretary), Mr H, W. Looker than deferred pay, dividenda
that this fund is nothing more nor less ing appears to exist as to the object and G. F. Alves, H. Alves, R. M. Austin, demanded it. These dividends, I mbmit, Arculli, A. E. Arculli, F. Aucott, have been paid had the shareholders effect of those byelaws the following re- B. E. Beling, W. D. Braidwood, D. G. are in fact the property of the share- which marks may be of interest to your readers. M. Bornard, B. D. F Beith, C. W. holders pure and simple. It is not a Since 1003 the erection of new ceilings Clarke, Cheung Pui Kai, L. d'Almada o saying that even if there were a loss and four worpedo application of the plaintiff I would ask and hollow walla (except in the European Castro, A. C. Davison, G. Friesland, no dividends paid that fund can bo Beswick, J. Baptista, Chao Po Siu, W. E. reserve fund, and I think I am right in Reservation and Hill District) has been W. J. Gressos, F. M. de Graca, J. E. touched. Our presence here to-day is not illegal unless specially sanctioned by the Grusson. Ho Fook, Ho Kom Tong, E. D. antagonistic to the General Managers or Building Authority, and the Officers of Haskell, Ho Tang Ying, JM Hay.to the Consulting Committee. We have the Board have had power to remove cuit Ho lu, G. K. Haxton, Ho Kwong, Ho come to learn. I am sure when we have ings from houses in infected districts.
Shai Kit, Ho Wing, F. H. Hupenden, heard Mr. Ross explain the action they The reason for these provisions was J. D. Kinnaird, R. Kennedy, Lo Cheung between the General Managers, the Con F. C. Hall, C. Hodgson, B. Judkins, have taken, there will be no feeling that after careful consideration the Gov-Shiu, Lau Tak Po, Lo In Chung, Leung ulting Committee and the signatories, ernment and the Board came to the con-Piu Chen, L. N. Leefe, L. A. B. Leete, clusion that all ceilings on ground floors Leung Tau, G. C. Moxon, D. R. Macthe resolution
Mr. BELILIUS then formally proposed and intermediate floors, and all lath J. McCaig R. E. Macdougal, Ng Hon kenzie, A. Murdoch, J. McCorquodale, and plaster walls and other hollow Tax, A. H. Ough, A. J. Pumfrett, J.
Mr. Lau TA Po seconded, The CHAIRMAN-Before I formally put structures of that nature were liable to Paterson, 1. M. G. Pereira, A. Rodger, like to reply to one or two of Mr. Belilios this resolution to the meeting, I should encourage the spread of epidemic dis-Ribeiro, L. E. Bos Remedios, E. Smyth, for publicly stating there is no antagonism W. B. Rigden, F. J. B. Ribeiro, F. X. V. eases, as the hollow spaces between the M. D. Silva, So Shek Chung, P. M. N.
zemarks. I am very much obliged to him WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. ceiling and floor above, of in the middle da Silva, C. Savard-Remedios, J. Wsulting committee in the resolution which of the wall could not be cleansed or dis-Stewart, R. Sutherland, A. M. da Silva, bo bas just proposed. He las asked some to the General Agents nor to the con infected.
G. A. Tiadall, B. Wong Tape, W. Taylor, questions in counection with the equalian- J. C. Taylor, Wong Leung Him, and tion of dividend fund. Well, gentlemen, J. F. Wright,
fund is an asset of the Company. If the Company makes a loss that asset has te I take it that the equalisation of dividend
Mr. Belilios has indicated that it is at the loss just the same as any other asset. It cannot be placed on one side as placed on one side. It stands there very much in the same category as a reserve
fund can. cannot be used for the purpose of paying the fund was formed. It was formed so dividends. The equalisation of dividend that in lean years we can, if there is any thing left of the fund, equalise the dividend, and to some extent it has been rally been the custom of the Company used for this purpose. It has not gen- to pay interim dividends. Since 1905 we
His Lordship-It was not the defen- dant's fault your client did not, turn up. A torpedo boat was sunk at Teurugahin reasons. (To plaintiff) Why were Mr. d'Almada-1 don't know. He gave and all on board were lost. Two other torpedo boats were damaged.
you not here on the last heuring? Plaintif-I could not get away. employed with David in Hongkong,
His Lordship entered judgment and costs for plaintiff.
PEACE PROSPECTS.
LONDON, September 24th, The Turkish and Italian delegates at Duchy declare there never has been a deadlock, and that the semi-official peace pourpurlers have been proceeding since July. The principal question, Italy's Hovero'gaty of Tripoli, is not yet wattled.
THE IMPERIAL FUND,
LONDON, September 22. Letters of Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Chamberlain are published approving the Tamperial Fund.
Mr. Law says Tariff Reform must be the first item in the constructive pro. grainme of the Unionists.
Up to the present $1,500 have subscrib- ed. A quarter of a million subscribers
are wanted.
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THR PARTITION OF DEDEYA SA
A BUYOUR DENIED.
LONDON, September 26th. Reuter is informed that the newspaper staternents that the conference at Bal moral are likely to lead to the practical partition of Persia are absolutely with out foundation.
IMPRESSIONS IN LIGHT AND SOUND.
One of the items to be presented at the Theatre Royal to-morrow is a series of "Impressions in Light and Bound." To describe exactly what these aro matter of some difficulty, as the idea is
is.n
HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.
THE ANNUAL MEETING.
I um
The annual meeting of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society was haid last even ing at the City Hall, the Hon. Mr. U. H. Ross presiding over a gathering of about ninety members.
The report and accounts were adopted on the motion of the CHAIRMAN.
The CHAIRSIN then praposed the election of Mr. W. Dickson, manager of the Chartered Bank, as President for the year. He had known Mr. Dickson, he said, in both South and North China, and felt sure that he would be a worthy successor to those who had preceded him
in the office.
Mr. SINCLAIR seconded, and the mastion
Auction Manimously.
Mr. Dickson briefly returned thanks. The Hon. Mr. J. C. W. Bonnar was elerted Vice-President.
Mr. A. B. Pollock, of the Chartered Bank, was appointed Hon. Secretary, and Mr. G. R. Dalbeattie treasurer.
It was decided to celebrate St. Andrew's Day by the holding of the customary ball.
Mr. BUTHERLAND brought forward the question of the subscription to the Ball. The object of the Society, he said, should be to arrange the function on lines which would make it possible to fix would be able to attend, and it seemned such a subscription that all the members to him that the present high aub- scription would, Sooner have to be considered.. that according to the
or later,
With regard to top-four ceilings under pitched roofs, if they are substantially constructed of wood the same objections readily cleansed and disinfected, and do not apply, as such ceilings can be rendered rat-proof
The Secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, read the requisiti- lefuing Company, Ltd., we, the under- tion which it contained as follows:-
To the Directors of the China Sugar signed members of the above-named Com- During the recent epidemic of plague pany holding in the aggregate 10,000 it was found that the Sanitary Officers Shares and upwards in, the Capital fund. A reserve fund, as you all know,
walls, and as the removal of cailings had no power to remove hollow partition without removing such walls was con- sidered to be ineffective to prevent the spread of piague, it was decided to amend the byelaws.
Two sets of amendments have already been approved, and if the byelaws now before the Legislative Council are passed, it is hoped that there will be no further
alterations in the regulations rolating to ceilings and hollow structures, which may then be summarised as follows:
FIRST:-In infected premises the Medicul Officer of Health can remove ceilings and hollow, structures if neces- sary in order to thoroughly disinfect the building.
BECONDLY:In districts declared by the Board to be infected the Medical Officer of Health has similar powers: during an epidentic.
THIRDLY: --Under the new set of Byelaws now before the Legislative Council, the Board with the approval of the Governor-in-Council may de- clare that any area or block of build- ings is specially liable to spread in- fection, although no epidemic or in- fectious disease exists there at the time, and may order the destruction of coil
ings, ote.
If a ceiling or hollow structuro has
been removed under either set of byclaws, then (unless the house is in the European Reservation or Hill District) the Build-
Section 67 of the Companies Ordinance, thereof, do hereby in pursuance of the provisions in this behalf contained in 11, require you to convene an Extra- ordinary General Meeting of the Con pany for the purpose of considering and i thought it passing the subjoined
Resolution.
ing Committee be and they are hereby authorised and required to declare an That the General Agents and Consult
Interim Dividend of $3 per share, and that anch Dividend be paid on the first and of cor, 1912, to the members who aro on the Register on the thirtieth day of September, 1912.
Dated the 11th of September, 1912.
R. E. BELLOS, TRUSTEE FOR THE ESTATE OF THE LATE E. R. BELIL109. LAB TAX PO.
ERNEST D. HASEELI..
LAU. IU CHUNG,
6. H. MICHAEL. SIDNEY MICHAEL. C. STEWAM
B. J. JUDAH.
Dated 12th September, 1912. The following statement by the General Agents and Consulting Committee was also read:-
The General Agents and Consulting Committed of the Company desire to subject matter of the Resolution, namely, make the following observation on the
that in the exercise of their discretion they do not think it prudent in the Company's interest that an
Interim
Dividend should be paid. He mentioned
accounts
at
This is the object with which
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took of
have paid, I thinks, two. One was on the Always have on hand a vary large complete- 31st July, 1905, when, I may say, the profits then ascertained were so large that there was no doubt whatever as to the result of the year's working. We paid anether in 1910, and then the profits were also sufficiently large to make no doubt.
SCIENTIFIC AND
as to what the year's working would be. SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS When I discussed this matter with Mr. Belilios at a meeting we had some time
Sight Compasses, Hand Larels, &e., 20.)
also
ago I could not, of course, is the general Transits, Levels, Plane Tables, Prismatie and interests of the Company, give him de- tailed figures, nor do I think any of you shareholdere would wish that I should have done so. I think you are all aware, however, that the Company in the usuni course of its business, which is one of DRAWING some magnitude, enters inte very large forward purchases of raw sugar. Then amount thousand picals. This year we have at times to nuuay hundred as low as was prudently practicable, but fortunatoly kept our forward mirchases
new one, or at all events we have the fast ball an amount of about $950 ing Ordinance prevents its re-crection with the following remarks:-Gentlemen, mittec considered the matter
tæver beard of its being carried out be fore, It is very generally recognized was spent on champagne out of a total that there is a great connection between expenditure of 82,800.
He thought there the arts of music, poatry and painting were many numbers of this Society not Rarely is a beautiful piece of music particularly desirous of having cham- composed, fine poem written, or ev pagne at the ball, and suggested that it picture painted without each showing, might be well to have "charapagne cup either in conception or the carrying out Cordless expensivo substitute. By this of that conception, some connection with means a saving of about 450 might be one or both of the other sister ars. We effected, and by reducing the items on have only to turn to Milton's "the menu at the supper a farther economy
·PENESTOSO " or his "At a soleman music" of about $200 might be made.. This he to see how definitely both these poems considered would enable a reduction of owe a great deal of their inspiration to gs to be made in the subscription. The music, and as for the musical composi-committee might take the matters into tions which owe their origin almost consideration. entirely to poetry, their names are far The CHAIRMAN pointed out that the too numerous to mention, Again there ball was rightly regarded as the ball of are numerous fine pictures which owe the year, and expressed the opinion that their origin to the poetry of Shelby, for the expenditure could not very well be example, and many of Rosetti's Bonusts further cut down. It was a matter which are written on pictures themselves. The the committee might take into considera- connection between music and painting tion, however. is no les strong, and many famous Mr. Hoven suggested it might be well symphonies owe some, at least of their origin to the contemplation of ane the elimination of champagne.”.
to take the opinion of the meeting us to picture or actual landscape. Of thi latter case we have a fine example in
Mr. Dicksor expressed the view that Mendelssohn's 'Scotch "
as the ball was the premier event of the Symphony, which he wrote after seeing the ruins nature in the Colony it must be done of Holyrood. It is on
this intimate well, and champagne was almost neces
Mr. SINCLAIR, in order to test the
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connection between the three arts that sary. the "Impressions" are based. Briefly, the reading of a beautiful poem calls up opinion of the meeting, proposed that to the eye of the artist a picture, to the
the meeting considers the present aub ear of the musician a melody. The idea scriptions of $15, and 810 for the first
!
is to present simultaneously to the eye guest satisfactory." and to the ear the impression which is Aur amendment to reduce the subscrip- called up in the mind by three well- tion to 810, and raise the amount for the The poems are B. C. first guest to 15 was not seconded, and Stephenson's "The dark lagoon," an Mr. Sinclair's proposition was carried.
A ballet for the election of committee-
known poemi.
xtract from Laurance Dave
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unless with the consent of the Building with regard to all new ceilings, etc. Authority and a similar rule applies
outside the European Reservation and The Building Authority has stated that the Hill District he will only allow ceil- ings to be erected in top floors, and that such ceilings must be substantially con- structed of wood.
gives it legal sanction, and it may be The byclaws passed by the Beard on the 24th instant adopts that statement and assumed that no top floor ceiling on structed in accordance with the require mente of this Byelaw and properly unless the top floor is used as no Eating eleansed and maintained will be removed House or Restaurant for which a licence is required.
most recent
we have nevertheless considerable com- mitments, and you will readily under stand that a fall in the prices of raw sugar will have a serious bearing on our The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings position.
When your consulting com. instance of certain shareholders who pro placed before them the
This meeting has been called at the interim dividend the General Agents of an poss that you should pass the resolution advices regarding raw sugar, the ten- which has just been read to you, I think, deney of which was downward. A drop. gentlemen, it is quite unnecessary for I may say, of half a guilder a picul in me to assure you that if it had been the value of raw sugar would not only prudent to do so it would have given the have wiped out the profits made to the Consulting Committee much satisfaction 30th Jane but would cause a correspond- The matter, however, was fully consider the Company. to have declared an interim dividend. ing serious loss in the future working of ed at a meeting of the Consulting Com with me that had your consalting com- I think you will agree
interests of the Company it was not have deserved strong reprobation and mitics in August last, and it was then unanimously decided that, in the best declared an interim dividend they would mittee with this knowledge before them advisable to pay such a dividend. This might justly have been accused of inten- was verbally explained to one of the tionally misleading the shareholders. I signatories of this requisition, but I may say that if at the end of any year signatories were apparently satisfied by I would remind you that the capital of regret to see that neither he nor the other there happen to be any serious loss-and the explanation given after the decision the company is not a large one there them a full opportunity of placing their swallowed up. It is of the Consulting Committee, and as a can be no doubt in my mind that the views before shareholders. I now invite the company, and it would go. result we are met here today to give equalisation of dividend fund would be the signatories to the requisition to state cannot set it on one side. Having MI. BELILIOS-Before I formally put tion, gentlemen, unhesitatingly look given you this fairly full explana-
other members of the Consulting Com Committee in this matter, which I can to you to support the action of the perfectly clear, both to you and to the General Agents and the Consulting called in any spirit of hostility or of the Company. Before I put the re- witte, that this meeting has not been assure you is taken in the best interests antagonism to the General Managers or solution to the meeting, if any other further. It does not mean to attack in do so. the Consulting Committee. It goes shareholder would like to speak ho can the slightest degree the discretionary power of the Committee, under the Relilica, aaid-Before I put the resolu Tho CHAIRMAN, then addressing Mr. articles of association, to pay an interim tion to the meeting, may I ask if it is dividend out of profits; in fact, the reason your intention that the dividend should this meeting was called was to better be paid pat of profits to the 30th of June you and the members of the Consulting enable individual shareholders to meet or out of the equalisation fund? Committee, that, once and for all, they fund, th
Mr. BeLiLros Out of the equalisation might learn the position they were in with regard to payment of interim
The CHAIRMAN-The solicitor for the
cut that it is dividend. In July, 1884, a special resolu- mentioned in the resolution and any
company points to pay interim dividends out of profits
Bot tion was passed authorising the Committee absent shareholder might object. in their discretion.
Mr. BSLILIOS-If you will allow me I The point of the will amend the resolution now. signatories to the reguisition was rather!
hollow structures under these three sets of byelaws, unless the ceiling or structure In all cases of removal of ceilings and
was illegal under the Building Ordia Ances, the cost of anaking good the their ease. accordance with a scale of compensation this resolution, I would like to make it building is defrayed by the Board in adopted at the last meeting. If new walls are required they are paid for, and ings in top floors in the place of ceilings the expense of putting up wooden ceil removed by order of the Board is also defrayed.
to include architects' fees for plans and The scale of compensation is calculated supervision where the deposit of plans is required by law,
These bye-laws cover practically the whole of the business portion of the City, down to the Queen's Hond level botween 88 the European Reservation only comes the Ice House and Arsenal Street and does not include the North side of Queen's Road or the area between that
Road and the Sea.
with a view to carrying out the policy of All these bye-laws have been framed the Board with the least possible annoy ance and expense to property owners,
an asset of
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