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TROPHONE 29.
COMPANY MEETINGS.
OREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD. The 25th ordinary general, meeting of tie Green Island Cement Company Limited, was hold yesterday afternoon at the offices of the General Managers Messrs. Shewan, Tones & Co Ma
The Hop. Mr. C. E. Anton, chairman of directors, presided. There were also present: Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G, Mr A. O. Lang," the Very Rev. Father R Robert (directors). Mr. B. Henderson (secretary); and Messrs. WE Clarke, I Shewan, 1), V. Steavenson, R. Hanced 4. A. Cordeiro, J. M. Gordon, M. A.
28TH,
1917,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH!
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA. DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
it
the
HONGKONG · MAGISTRACY.
SELLING WITHOUT LICENSE.
Chinese, who, was stated to be in god business, was charged, before Mr. Melbourne, with selling cigarettes with, out à license. He had been twice warned
Tu volume of repair work carried out has been considerable, and the Company. kys been able to take advantage of the large stock of material it always holds, JUBILEE MEETING.
to carry out this work expeditiously at à tiếc when she question of supplies is a * The annual meeting of shareholders of
very difficult one. \- “..... Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Cô, have made considerable progres before being proceeded against. A fine of was held in the Company a town with bag new ships which I told yun last sto was imposed. Andur: Chinese was
Queen's Buildings, yesterday, at rukicipated completing du fined $5 for a similar offence.
1810. Owing, unfortunately, to the great
ALLEGED THEFT. noon. Mr Stanley H. Dodwell,, Chair- dulas in getting delivery of some of the
realised, but we look for the completion An Indian watehran saw three Chinese man of Directors, presided, and there material or expectations have not been were also present: The How Sir Lauf of six of them during the next six coming from the store of the China Sugar
Refinery. They made off or his approach,. Chater, C.M.G., the Hon Mr. G. E. Anto,In this connection you will be interested and he captured one. It was obvious, on
Rooths. (Applausei) Mr. H. Percy White, Mr., S. Soles to hear that we have just purchased from examination, that the men were intent o Mr. J. H Wallace (directors). Mr. B. Mthy Government an extension of our piece carrying off material. Dyer (chief masager), and Messrs of ground at the point outside No. 1 Chinese was brought before captured
love led and reclaimed for shipbuilding | quiry, Hough, A. O, Lang, W. Dunbar, D., F. Dat are now getting the land, and remanded to mimit of the Wood
The
Figne redo, J. W. Taylor, W. Logan, E., Dark, H. Percy Smith, W. L. Patteaden, paposes. This new shipyard, when com MARINE ENGINEER SENTENCED
. G. Amod, P. Tester, L N. Li, Land H. W. Looker.
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS.
N. VA. Croucher, D. Macdonald, JW Graham, A, R. Lowe H. Humphreys, R. A Dastur, S. Michael G. C. Moxon, P.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption Tester, W. C. Jack, Lo Cheung Shut to write all cos derables "It repres watch valued at $20, several valuable
and Chan Sui Ki (shareholders).
ANNAT KNPORT AND ACUDENTS.
Thúy ChfALIMAM, în moving the adoption of the annua Report and Statement of Accounts, said The Directors report
of the annual reports and accounts sad With your permission we will follow the usual contre and take the report and accounts now in sour hands as read. Ar wo anticipated this tin last year we have still hotter statement to avand statement of accounts; for she year before you now than we had then. In 1916 luaving been in your hands for the stead of a dividend of 60 cents per Abare past week 1 wil with your permiss on, we are able to recommend the payment take them is rand. Before dealing with I you--though of 80 cunts, and put $150,000 to Reserve the accounts I would remind Fund after writing cfl 220,000 from Jeep perhaps most shareholders are are Water Bay buildings and machinery, and hat 1916 is the fiftieth anniversary of the registration of the Company under its $10,000 from steamer, launches and
lighter, besides paying a bonus to the staff and carrying forward 114,398. 40, 6s against $111,348.1t last year,
The rest of the past year's working is A very considerable improvement on those
wid we hope ty time to get it equipped
George Anderson, third engineer of the plete, will have four berths 503ft. long. for conststing very large vessels.s.s. Hupe, charged on remand with the larceny of $180 in Hongkong bank notes, (Applates)
You will serve the stub we propose a sovereign, au 1.0.1 for $210, a silver seats 20 per cent, 4 f the book value of paners and a pocketbook, from the third our fearing plant, the arms spout engineer of the some ship, appeared before improvements at Cosmopolia Dock, and dr. Wood again yesterday. After fir the lelance off phat and buildings, the videns the defendant was sentenced
"The amount the propene 1. put to to three months hard labour. reserve can be utilised in any was tour Directors think fit for the future in ATTEMPT TO ERIBE A CONSTABLE. provenient of the Company Liis, in view of the developments: I have just mentioned is very necessary.
A Chinese typeared before Mr. Wood charged with (1) causing an obstraction Kenly Town and (2) with having Defendant, who admitted both charges, said he thought if he paid the constable attempted to bribe an Indian constable
As is Siting in a Company like ours, spare of our younger men have gone and as large a number, as we can possib's are going home to take a more active dollar it would wipe out the offence. part in the war, and I deeply regret to He did not know it was the offence. E. Cruikshank, and L. 0. Collins, have
Mr. Wood warned the defendant that that three of the Miss A dirst, money to a constable. already given their lives for their coun--it was serious offence to do such a Trectors that they were not able to give prisonment. A fine of 810, with the present title, and under the circumstances a matter of regret to your thing and was usually punished ch it seems fit and proper that I should permission to all who apple for leave alternative of fourteen days imprison give a brief outline of our operation for military service, but those who are ment, was imposed for the obstruction, let' have the satisfaction of knowing and $25. or four weeks' imprisonment, during that period.
that their duties are also of national for the attempt to bribe, 14mportance. A good deal of extra work.
The Company was really started on
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
RIFLES
has unavoidably fallen ou bem, as it is impossible to augment our staff at the present time. I consider that the bonus we ask you to grant them has been wollt cured, and I have not the slightest doubt but that you are of the same. opinion. (Applause.)
M. T. F. Rough said--I rise to second the adoption of the report and accounts.
Our Chairman's review of the inception
With reference to Orders of March 26th to 27th, uniform is to be worn by all ranks when atending at Central": Station on Sunday, April 1st
DISCIPLINE
of our Company 50 years ago, and the Until further orders all Reports must bo var ons adiitional acquirements and development during the periud lapsed
of recent years and will I trust be founduly, 186, under a doed of settlement M3, Thomas Sutherland, then agent for quite sut'sfactory by shareholders. It
th P. & O Company in Hongkong, has not been secured very easily, how-being appointed chairman, and Mr. ever, for many things were against us,
Douglas Laprak, of the Douglas Steam the principal being the inability of our Chinese contractors to deliver one from ship Co., secretary. It took over Cow- Canton, partly owing to the disturbances pera. Dock and the Lockson Dock at in the interior of China, partly to in-Whampoa from Mr. J. C. Cowper for sufficient wcommodation on the railways, tiú sum of 8140.060 and the stock of those
stitution has now grown, bears eloquent Rad partly, or perhaps chiefly to the establishments for about $35,000. In 150 it entered into negotiations with Mr..
directors and management have had Jola Lament, the proprietor of tatimony to the fact that in the past our
(Sgd). F. C. Jankin, Lamont Duck at Aberdeen, and the new always in vew the necessity for keeping No. 2 Company Pc. 477 D. & Barradas, D.S.P. (R.). quirements of the navies and mercantile Deck then under construction, and even apace with the continually growing re taily purchased those two properties, ship us belonging to different cutries
navigating in these waters. di
In view of the recent development, in docks it is interesting to note that Manager's report for 1886 descrito pleted, why most capacious and valuable basin of the kind castward of Suez or
Cape of Good Hope"
since then to the stage to which this iu-
Penditure, and to ever the Hope Dock as being, "when com the management of the Company's affairs,
want of water up-country preventing the transport of stone. We have, therefore, had to rely entirely on stone from Tonkin, and in this respect our Eimer Chingchon has been the backbone of the business High rates of freight and change and dear coal has been import Bart items of these there are nothing for it but to increase the price of our cement all round. For mately the demang was good, and our markets were not long in adapting themselves to the higher cost.
As to the future I can say nothing beyond the statement that we have begun the year well, and that our prospects seem quite fair at present,
exchange has since taken, Bince then,
The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., was registered on the Ilta October, 1800, under the Companies Or dinance, to take over the affairs of the original Company, with a share capital of $750,000 id Mr. Jas Whittall, of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co, was the first Chairman,
The Hopa Dock was opened in June, 1867, by the then Governor of Hongkong SR. G. Macdonald, and for a number of years was largely used for docking ships of H.M. Navy and other large vessels
In March, 1970, an amalgamation was made with the Union Dock Co., which possessed the property at Kowloon on which our present No. 2 and 3 docks are
addressed to Staff Inspector Potter, Victoria Gal All Report-slicets issued by the Discipline Department must, however, be returned to this offi- cer; e/o Orderly Room Sergeant.
JOINED
HONGKONG, TRAMWAY CO, LT!
The "approximate statement
inthic receipts for week eming 24th March
susfallows
mikese pussypiepalk
a. tür
week
812,61 It b
nicipis. for 12 wreke,
8103,761;
7,113
13,978
I note, sir, you mention of the late Mr. David Gillies' term of service in which gives us pause, and causes us to har back" consideraby. Events have followed each other so rapidly, it seems hardly credible that sixteen years have passed over our heads since Mr. Gillies. This Your retired from the chief managerssip Last Year There are many still in the Colony who Increase cherish kindly recollect ons "of that courtly old gentleman; and wild bu grateful to you for your appreciative re ference to an old friend who served our are beset, and who, by force of circum- stances, are prevented from responding Company so long and faithfully.
call to arma ?? that has sounded Its a great satisfaction to realize how to the
manter in which they have all accom well equipped our Docks are today, through our land. We are proud of the which is brought honte to us by the ex pectation expressed that during the next mudated themselves to the conditions six months we may look for the completit arose and still prevail. They are tion of the new steatriers now in course members of our community who, I ven of construction, despite the diflelties of re to aubmit, have to face during the procuring material from home. Some of day of 24 hours the maximum strenuous these difficulties are in a measure sur work of any of us. The duties pertain
likely to be during the whole of the day, and,
In the Clairman's speech last year he informed you that it had been decided to run no further risk of exchange with our surplus funds, but to bring them back to Hongkong, and it was fortunate that we did so, in view of the course that fusted, and the capital of the Company mounted, but for the inost part are stilling to their profession claim a very early was increased to $1,000,000 acutely in evidence and likely to be for start in the morning, strict application
Mr. David Gilies was appointed Beere as you know, it has been decided to
tary and Manager in November, 1875, return this money to shareholders, and
and remained in that position till 1901, this has been done, and the cap tul re- dued to $3,000,000 accordingly. and was very largely instrumental in The question of supplies of limestone successfully piloting the company through from Canton still remains a difficult one very difficult t'mes to the highly pro- for us. We had practically note from rous condition it was in on his retire there last year, owing to various enuses, In January, 1877, the properties at but we hope, now tha the countryWhampoa, not being found to here settling down and the rainy reason fa
Miaptive. were sold to the Chinese close upon us, that we shall sucked in Government on the condition that no getting supplies from China this year There is nothing in the accounts that think needa special comment, but I may mention that since they were closed we have made a donation of $5,000 to the War Charities Fund which I feel sure will be approved by all shareholders in the Company. (Applause.).
I cannot conclude my rentarks without bearing testimony to the low this Core pany has sustained by the sudden death of Mr. Hewitt M Uldall and Mr. Hewitt bore the burden and heat of the struggle in the early, dark days of the Company, and its subsequent success is greatly due to their efforts and the keen interest they took in the development of this business. In the death of Mr. Hewitt wo deplore the loss of a very able et gineer and a devoted servant of the Com- pany, who always had its interests most closely at heart.
N Mr. W. E. CLARKE seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted..
BIECTION OF DIRECTORS.
some time to come.
It is gratifying to learn of the purchase according to the present regime, at the from the Government of land for the hour whon restful recreation would be extension of our works. I commend to acceptable we find them cheerfully enter shareholders the foresight and enterprising upon their various Volunteer duties, which prompted the acquisition, and look comprising parades, drills or guards as forward to the time when the addition to may be ordered, und what I submit our shipyard area is completed, which certainly is the most arduous--a aumber will place is in a strong position to of then taking on the working of the F! searchlights, the last named service combat that keen industrial competition which we would be very shortsighted did placing at the disposal of the authorities we not recognize will always confront is skilled application beyond the “ken**
of the ordinary individual
We shareholders, Mr. Chairman, join
or may uther nationality than (Applause) Chinese guld be docked there
as it is generally accepted that no The two patent slips belonging to foot ng in the Colony will again be with you in your expression of deep Captain Sands were purchased in August, vouchsafed to that nationality who savo regret that Messrs irst, Cruikshank 1997 for $150,000, and were subsequently by their dastardly conduct for ever and Collins should have been already removed to Kowloon Dock, where they placed themselves without the pale of called upon to make the supreme sacri- are still doing good work
commercial relations with us, we must be fice for our country, and venture to In December, 1880, the Cosmopolitan prepared for stranger opposition grow-express the hope that those others of the linck was purchased for $400,000, an 1 the ing up outside our doors, both to the staff now in the fighting line may be capital of the Company increased to north and south we must look for it. The spared to return to us safe and sound 81,250,000. The acquisition of this pro- recent awakening of the people of the after the accomplishment by the Allied perty placed the then dock ag facilities great country of China to their responsi Forces of the noble object for the con- the port in the hands of the Company.bilities in the cause of civilization, when sumation of which our men volunteered, In April, 1882, owing to the dificulty they found it incumbent on them to tell (Applause.) Gentlemen, with these res finding dock suitable for deep the representatives of Germany to begone marks I second the adoption of the
This report and accounts. draagt hins,th the asstance of a from their gaze. sets us thinking grant from the Admiralty, the construe great nation will be with us in excluding tio of the present. No, I Dock at Kow. the Han from again entering the field of and unanimously carried. loan was started, and was completed in competition in providing docking facili 1898. From that date up to 1991, when ties, but they will be there themselves; "On the motion of Mr. W. Dunbar, capital was increased to $2,500,000, and although the opposition will be as seconded by Mr. W. E. Clarke, the Hon. the affairs of the company were of ever-it should-friendly, and as such we will Sir C. Paul Chater and Mr. A. Sorensen increasing prosperity. O welcome it, it will be there all the same; were re-elected directors.
The motion was put to the meeting
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Subsequent events are probably with no it behoves us to be farsighted in Mr. A. O. Lang proposed that the meet- the memory of all of you present and it making our plans for the fature (Ap in confirm the appointment of the Hon. On the proposal of MrR HANCOCK does not exem necessary to enlarge upon plause) in of seconded by Mr. D. V. STEVENSON, the them. I would only mention that in It is with much pleasure I note in the in room of Mr. D. Landale and Mr. D. Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., Dr. J 1908 the Naval Dockyard and the Taikoo accounts provision for a honus to the W Craddock (resigned on leaving the W. Noble, the Hon Mr O E Anton, Dock simultaneously came into existence, staff. The result of the year's working the Very Rev. Father Robert, and Mr thus largely increasing the docking smply warrants a bonus being granted Colony), and the appointment of Mr. H.
{reɛigned). AO. Lang were re-elected directors, capacity of the Colony and naturally in in which connection I am sure share White in room of Mr. G. W. Barton troducing a very strong element of com holders will join with me in recording petition, However, since 1913 we have appreciation of the good work put in by The CHAIRMAN proposed the re-appoint-been working in harmony with the Taikoo our employees in their several vocations. ment of Messrs. F. Maitland and A. E. Dook, and the results, I venture to think, As the Chairman says, they are engaged Lowe as auditors at a remuneration of are heen to the mutual benefit of both on work of national importance, as carry $500 ner gunum. This was an increase Companiesing out their duties in the service of the of $800, which was deserved by the very large increase in the work
AFPOINTMENT DE AUDITORS.
Mr R SHEWAN seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted.- G. This was all the business
Turning to the secounts for this year it gives the Directors great pleasure, on the jab co years to come before you with such a favourable report and we trust au Will Lient with your approval
Dock Company fills that condition:
Our sympathies are with those members desirous of taking a more active part in combating the hostil ties with which we (Continued at foot of next column.).
Mr. D. MACDONALD sconded the motion, which was unanimously ostried
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOES,
Mr P TESTER proposed, seconded by Mr. Lo CHEUNG SHUI, the re appointment of Mr H. Peroy Smith, F.C.A., and Mr. AR Lowe CA, ag auditors, at a fre of $1,000 cach
The notion was unanimously carred. This concluded the business.
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