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THE CHINESE AND THE JOCKEY CLUB'
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.
Last month, the Hongkong Chinese
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH,
SAILORS AND SOLDIERS HOME.
REPORT FOR 1918,
The report of the Committee of the and Boldiers' Home for 1918, "Oar aim is to provide refresh
mad an unsuccessful application to be Ballurs
saya: elected remberg of the Hongkong Jockey Clab
in material and personnel, we try to do
the work for Service men that Is been done so effectively by Y.M.C.A. Institutes and huts in the home training camps and in the theatres of war. public appeal has been made in Colony during the War, and with the exception of one grant from the Admiral- ty, the donation of the Whampoa Bethel
No
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At a meeting of the Chinesement, rest. recreation and moral zein Chamber of Commerco, it was decided to forcement in a free and friendly atmos scok membership of the Juckey Club and phere. Up to the limit of our equipment consequently, Memra. M. K. Lo and J. M. Wong were deputed to see Bir Paul Chater, C.M.G., the chairman. Sir Paul advised the delegates to write officially to the Stewards of the Club and this was done, with the result that a reply was reocived to the effect that the Club was a private organisation and they declined to answer any of the questions asked of the Balloting Committee. A further mert ing
was held yesterday evening, but the proceedings were private.
The following is the correspondenre : Hongkong. 14th January, 1919 Bir PACK CHATER. KL. C.M.G..
Fund and a grant from the Canadian
British Sailors' Relief Fund, the Home has been run on a self-supporting basis The following figures give some idea of activities during the year: 40,000 meals, including teas and light refreshments, served; 6.500
have slept in the Chairman, Hongkong Jockey Club.
have attended "At DEA Siz, Adverting to the interview Home; 7,800 men which wr, as deputies of the Chinese Homes," encerts, and lectures; 6,000 men General Chamber of Commerce, had with have attended religious meetings. you on the 10th inst with reference to the The new Praya East Feclaration scherac Admission of Chinese to the Hongkong will in due time involve the removal of Jockey tlab, we asked you if you would the presen: Rome. Representations as kindly let us know
whether or not to future plans have already been made Chinese were debarred from admission as to the proper authorities, and eventual. mombers to the Jockey Club.
You rely, we hope to be able to reconstruct the plied that the Jockey Club was a private Home on a larger scale and to extend its institution, governed by its own rules, work and influence. At present wo are which provided for a Balloting Com-hampered by lack of a large concert hall witter; that the admission or rejection of and other facilities. We believe that 4 candidate for mombership was entirely when the time contes we shall be able, on a mutter for the Balloting Committee; the basis of the work done for the welfare that any Chinese desirous of joining of Servios men in the past, to appeal could ask a propower and a seconder to with confidence to the generous public of put him up for election; that each appli- | Hongkong." dation would be dealt with by the Ballot ing Committee in the usual course, and that therefore you were unable to give a definito answer to our question. Yon then gave us two instances of the way in which the Informal Balloting Com-
mitter" dealt with the applications for membership by two well-known Chinese Sir Robert Ho Tang and the late Mr. Wei On.
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The Shanghai Race Club was situated in the Foreign Bettlement, and it was obvious that different consideratione would arise in that ease, and in any case the position of the Shanghai Raco Club
CRUMPLED ROSE LEAVES.
Municipalities, if I may quate
From history, are difficult to trust: Witness the race who banished, by their vote,
A person they themselves had styled "The Just." And yet, if I believe those worthy men With whom I talk, there cortainly will be a Tremendous boom in our' well-being, when We ouce obtain that splendid panacea,
Unofficial Majority. (Shouts of applause!) Our loyalty there is no shaking. We'll surely obtampe to all of the lawa, If they're of our making.
It's always been my fixed and firm belief That one undoubted right is part and parcal Of English heritage: I mean, in brief, That every home should be its owner's castle. Here, in Hongkong, of course, there is no doubt That this is true, but with, the reservation That you have got a home-which is about The hardest thing to and in all creation.
It's only the taipane and such wealthy chaps Can afford to pay present-time ront.
Still, some day mayb we shall hire from the Japa,
Or live in a tent,
If I have understood the War, the Allica fought it To check oppression and the mailéd fist;
And yet it rather seems that we have bought it, For, now that "righteousness and prace have kissed,'' We read of armaments that grow apace; And even here it seems a bit unnerving, When we discover to defend the place
The Volunteers are asked to go on serving.
COMPANY
If the privates decline to remain in the Corps The Officers can't alone fill it.
So there's risk of our possibly losing the War.
Or some people their billet.
MEETING.
HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO..
LTD.
The thirty-second ordinary annual gen- eral meeting of the Hongkong and Kow. loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., was held yesterday at the offices of Mossrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., The Hon. Mr. Mr. D. Landale presided and there were also present:--Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., Mesers. S. H. Dodwell, A. O. Lang, C.
DAN
COMPANY REPORT.
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.
The report of the dirretera, to be sub- mitted to the shareholders ou April 23rd, 1919, states:-
The directors submit herewith the audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st Deamber, 1918. The gross proât for the year
amounts to...£68,729.13.8 From this must be deducted
the debenture interest
8,493.15.0
Showing a net profit of £62,235, 16,8 To which should be added the
......
amount brought forward from the last balance-sheet, after allowing for the final Dividend of £11,375
Making a balance of Of this there has
►
been transferred
contingent interim divi- liability a/c. £70,000. 0.0
dend for
ΣΟΥ 1018
" of rd. per share, paid 21st Aug.. 1918, absorbed... The directors DOW
9,479, 3.4
recommend the payment of a final dividend for 1918 of 100. per share........ 13,041.13.4
42,267. 4.4
£14.50. 3.0
Gubbay, A. H. Compton and A. David (directors), Capt. G. P. Lammert would not affect the matter in question.
and Capt. W.
E. Clarke, Messrs. la connection with the above, and in the event of your answer to our question Ritchie, F. R. Wolf, S. G. Nowall, G. C. Moxon, G. Grimble, H. W Looker We then painted out that what you being in the affirmative, we omitted to D. K. Moss, H. P. Smith, C. B. Byers, had stated would be reasonable, if the ask you a question, and we shall be glad W. L. Leusk, A. E. Grifin, P. Tester,The Balloting Committee would consider each
if you will allow us to do so in this C. B. Kew, J. W. Kew, A. E. Crapnell, application on its merits, ., the eligi letter: When the land now belonging G. H. Potta, Ho Wing, and H. M. H. bility of the candidate for admission to the Jockey Club was originally applied Nemazee (shareholders).. irrespective of his race, but that the post for, was the Government informed that
The CHAIRMAN said:-Your directors tion would be absolutely different if the it was the intention of the Club to ex- are pleased to place before you again a
14 fact
clude the Chinese from membership? Balluting Committee would.
satisfactory report on the year's work- "black ball" all Chinese candidates, no
As regards (h), we confess that the ing, the chief increase in our revenue matter what their social position and general fitness as members of the Club point was new to us, and we were unable being derived from storage earnings,
Leaving to be carried forward £ 1,482. 6.4 might be. We submitted that a definite at the time to make any observations although, in spite of the continued in- creases in our working expenses, the re- theroon. We have, however, since learn- turns from whart work and lighter working and profit and loss account have been Both the balance sheet and the work- answer would be given to our question, and suggested that if you were to obtained that there is an International Race have also improved to a certain extent.
converted into sterling (with the excep From each member of the Bailating Com-Club at Kiangwan in Shanghai; that it
The whole of our establishment and tion of capital additions and deprecia- mitte his answer to the question:-"If includes among its mainbers members of plant has been utilised to the utmost in, taken at 2/-) at the T.T rate on 31st December, 1918, viz. 38. 4d This a Chinese gentleman were w apply to the Shanghai Race Club as well as extant throughout the year, and the need rate is 4id, per dollar higher than the godown accommodation, rate taken for the previous year's se become a member of the Club, would you Shanghai Race Club habitually ride side especially for cargoes from steamers dis greatly increased. The actual Hongkong counts, and the sterling figures are again ground that he was Chinese than by side with the Chinese. In any case, charging at the wharves, is becoming receipts and working expenses
work of the majority would, in fugt. it is absolutely inconceivable to us that more apparent. We look forward to the constitute the answer to our question. the Bhanghai Race Club members could
rofuse him admission merely - on
bu
Chinese; and that the jockeys of the
for greater
early completion of the new godown re-
1917
83,020.16.8
in the local currency are as follows:-
1018. Trafo and miscellane
ous receipts...8724,230 $765,680
Pooinage
Thereupon, you requested us to write to be so lacking in sportsmanship as to forred to last year to relieve the conges Less loss on subsidiary you officially, so that you might consult refuse to participate in Hongkong Race tion, but it behoves us to make better! the stewards with the view to giving us werely because the Hongkong Jockey use of the limited area of land owned Club had admitted the Chinese to its by us, and, with this end in view, your membership.
a reply.
In the course of our interview, we had some interchanges of viows upon a few Thanking you for the courtesy you points, and you put forward the follow-extended to us at the interview, and ing facts as matters requiring consider expecting to be favoured with an early ation in dealing with the question: reply.--We remain, dear sir, yours faith
(a) That the Bhanghai Race Club ex-fully,
eludes Chinese from membership. endi
(b) Thut the fougkong Jockey Clab
M. K. Lo J. M. WONG. Hongkong Jockey Club, 2nd January, 1818. GENTLEMEN, Your letter, of the 14th instant, eddressed to Bir Paul Chater, has been laid before the stewards of the Jockey Club.
of
Power expenses, traffic
expenses, maintenance and repairs, and gon- eral expenses Working profit, Hong-
kong
B27
$723,400 $765,080
8312,531 8350,920
8410,872 8404,761
directors contemplate demolishing some of the older single-storied godowns and storied godowns. We have also under replacing them by modern three or four- consideration plans for extending some the older wharves in order to anti- sipate the demand for berthing larger Trafic receipts increased by $26,609, ships. The cost, of course, in view of and, in view of the heavy rainfall dur- the anhanced prices of material, will being 1918, this is very satisfactory. Hong- heavy, but we are of opinion that it is kong working expenses increased by necessary for the maintenance of your 838,388, of which 820,940 is accounted for business to proceed with the work with by the additional cost of coal. out delay
"Depreciation of the wasting assets of the Company has been charged to the accounts, and the royalty of 6 per cent. of the working profit, payable to tho Hongkong Government, has been provid
ed for.
.
and the Shanghai Race Club are
You will notice in the report that it is proposed to transfer $400,000 to the associated, and that, as the former
Reserve Fund This account will then depends upon the latter for Jockeys
stand at $1,000,000, and as the money and ponier, the former would
has been utilised for improvements to the Company's properties, euch as build-
The lovestments are shown at the writ gravely affected in the event of the
ing the new Steel Wharf and Reinformed ten down value, which is less than tho They considor the questions you have Concrets Godown, etc., we are of quinion market value at 31st December. 1816. latter withdrawing from the useo
that
it is desirable to canibalise thin num During the year £300 first mortgage ciation by reason of the former naked regarding the probable action of by issuing and distributing now shares debantures of the Company were pur admitting Chinese to membership. the Balloting Committee should not have among the existing shareholders Furchased and cancalled, and the debentures ther details of this matter will be forth-Notice to redeem those debentures at par outstanding amount to £129,000. As regards (u), we vnatured to point been addressed to the Committes of any coming at an early date, when the pro- out that the Shanghai Raos Club and the private Club and to which they must,posals are submitted for your considers on the 31st May next has been given to
tion
the debenture-holders, and arrangements Hongkong Jockey Club do not stand on therefore, decline to reply.
One dreaded visitors the typhoons-ve been made with Hongkong and. prooinely the same footing. In the care
I am to add, however, that the stewards dealt very kindly with us during the Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hong- of the Hongkong Jockey Club, a large regret they are unable to recommend to by bad weather being triflinged Lance to London has boon secured au year, the damage caused to our property kong to advance the amount required for this purpose. Exchange for the remis piece of land, in a British Crown Colony, the members any altoration in the quali "The report" and accounts was grunted by the Government to our-options for election which have hitherto unanimously on the motion of the Charta. 7.
MAN, seconded by Mr. A. Atrama
Dr. J. W. Noble resigned his seat on ★ain individuals as trustees for the Club been regarded as ossontist generally in The Hon. Mr.. E. Burutu and Mr. A. the 19th July, 1918, and the Rev. Father at a nominal rest; the Club included the European Amateur Racing Clubs of H. Compron were confirmed de diretore, L. Robori was appointed to fill the among its members persons of many dif. the Fur East-I beg to retain, your on the proposition of Mt. Newall, second Vonney. The Hon. Mr. E. Shellim also resigned on the 2nd December, 1919, and End by Mr. O, H; Kxw. Lerons nationalities and races, and yet obedient servant,
Maury, A. O Tang and K. V. D. PARA. H. Compton was appointed to were looted directors on the pronnalle vanity The Rev. Tather L. of Mr. Byers, Moonded by Me ChangeLL, *Itsberti And "Mr." A. H. Compton are now
Mosure. P. MAITLAND and H. P. Swirligible for re-election. were re-bonninted auditors at a fun Tung, who is aligible and offers himself ihe retiring director is Sir Robert Ho 1* The OATHMAN having autounoot that for re-elect an
Chinese, who paid more than 4/8th
pf tlu naian and taxes of the Colony and many of whom were Britials asbjocin. apore, apparently, debarrod, from 1 To membership.
(Vontinued ki Jani of west solaman.)
(8d.) W. Houda
(Clark of the Course, Hongkong Jockey Club),
K. K. Lo, Eng. J. M. Word, Baq.
eration of #500 enah..
dividend warrants would be ready on the auditors horn. Lowe, Bingham and after February, Bid, the meeting tor- 3 de Mabiluek, tolide thetwelves for re-eles.
Lion.
1919.
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