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CARGO THIEVES AT SHANGHAI
$90,000 PIECE GOODS CARGO
BROACHED.
SPORT.
CRICKET.
K.C.C, F. CRAIGENGOWER,
Nine coolies were charged at the Mixed In this League match at Kowloon to-
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED.
Court at Shanghai last week, before Mr.morrow at g.16 p.m., the home team will NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that An EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
A. J. Martin (British Assessor), and Magistrate Kuan with unlawfully taking awny quantities of foreign cloth from the P._&_0.- sis. „Kashgup on January 5th.
Evidence as to observations kept on the accused and their subsequent arrest, having been given by a watchman and "Deputy Supt. Woodfeld, Chief Det-lasp. Reeves, of the Settlement police s called. 'He identified the fourth prisoner, who made a statement. This man gave the names of veral other persons con- cerned. Witness made investigatious and found a small room used as a special cargo compartment, this being about 95 square feet in size. was filled with He piece goods, about 150 rolls in all. went into the galley and found 20 cases open and the contours taken out. Some had been ripped open and the tin lining cut. He also found that the thieves had made a bed for themselves about four feet square. Nearby were candles, bottles of wire, eating materials, and picces of cloth which had been torn. This showed that the thieves had been on the ship for two days and had slept
there.
On coming out witness saw their idea. It was to get out by a port doar at low water when the door would be under the level of the wharf. Junks or ships could go under the wharf and there take away the carga, The attempt was frustrated only by the fact that the door had rusted. The thieves had taken away one case and some piecea and several rolls. flad they been able to open the door, they would have got away with between $18,000 and $20,000 worth of the cloth which was bound for Kohe Three uses had been opened, four were broken, and about 500 yards of cloth were stolen.
Statements were made by five other men, each implicating the others.
Accused were remanded for a week.
CAPT. BRANDTS BODY
LEAVES ICHANG.
WONDERFUL FAREWELL
CEREMONY..
The Tze brought the body of Captain Brandt down from Chungking to Ichang, and as the ship had been ordered to Shanghai, the best plan was for her to take the holy right on with her; so that} it might be interred where his wife and family are.
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be composed of J. P. Robinson (capt.), A. W. Ramsay, R. E. Lindsell, S. Jex. R. Pestonji, J. C. Fletcher, F. W. Howell, L. E. Laamart, R. Earnshaw. T. M. Cochrane, and L. Ar R. Dunsan,
K.C.C. 2ND XI, Đ° C,R,G,
Causeway
In this League match at Bay to-morrow at 13 p., the Kow loon XI will consist of H. Overy (rapt.). FJ. Edwards, A. O. Brawn, W. L Weser, A. R. F. Raven, A. J. Kew, B. Petheran, E. Savage, O. B. Raven, D. S. Green, and J. A. Fraser.
H.K.C.C. "A". C,S.C.C. “A."
The following will represent the Hong- kong Cricket Club in a friendly match against the Civil Service CC on the Ciril Service ground next Tueday At 10.30 a.m.-C. R. Baron, E. C. Hagen, H. E. Hollands, P. Jacks R. M. Me Alpine, I.. D. McNicoll, D. E. G Nicholson, J. A H Plummer. G. E. Pieres, Capt. R. F. Walker and M. M.
Watson.
FOOTBALL.
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The following have been selecioď tá re- present the Kowloon Fin this Lengue. the match to-morrow 4 p.m. on Hongkong Club ground:-RaemIASAN ; Morton and Knight; Howarth, Turner and Wheeler: Masch, Millard, Latham, Pasco and Duncan. Reserve: Leonard,
KOWLOON F.C. 2sp XI. v. H.M,S.
TITANIA,"
In thi League match to be played on the Kowloon ground to-morrow at 9.30 p.m. the home team will consist of:- A. N. Other: Olliver and Urquhart; A. W. Brown, W. H. Brown and Randle: Hast, Vickers: Spary. Sibley and Hay- lock. Reserves: Taylor and Chapman.
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS.
Three men were brought before Mr. J. E. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon in concretion with charges of having in their possession & revolver without permission of the Captain Super- intendent of Police.
The "ateerner was, due to leave for Shanghai on the forenoon of January 16th, but before she left a wonderful core mony took place on board, which shows the great respect the pilots of the Upper
It appears that the police at Shum Yangtze had for the deceased captain, Shui Po, following upon two armed
than 100 of thes: pilots, Reuters robberies in that district, sent out, detec Correspondent says, went on board, and tives to search the vicinity. On a vacant they
hnat a table placet in front of the niet of ground in Tai Nam Sreet the coffin, on which they had candles, etc. defendants were found sleeping.
Under each one of the pilots had a one of their beds, placed under, an and when they took their leave of him, they placed their but awning, a revolver was found and all tonhole ray and lovingly on the three men were arrested. colin.
this, they had brought bomba and crackers with them, and these wire let off
a lighter which was tied up alongside the steamer. All bad appar ently contributed to the expenses of this ceremony, and is showed the esteem in which they held the deceased "captain. He & the colloqui was a great favourite with them all,
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al language, and so was able to be on terms of particular intimacy with them. Even the compradore of the ship. who had worked with the late Captain Brandt for many years, was reduced to bears, as he thought of this, the final parting with an old friend.
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The Magistrate ordered the defendants to be committed to the Criminal Sessions for trial.
MARINE MAGISTRACY.
FOUR CONVICTIONS.
Four cases of a minor character came before the Marine Magistrate (Lieut.- Cdr. Conway Hake, R.N.R.), yesterday.
Ling Hi Fat, owner of a cargo boat. pleaded guilty to depositing rabbish in the harbour on January 30th:“
When the ship weighed anchor and pass Sub-Inspector Bond said that defend- through the harber, all ships, both ant's bout was crossing the Harbour mercantile and navil, dipped their. flags towards Stonecutter and with a land her. And so were carried away from of building material, which was being Chungking, the remains of one who was
tr
the way across.
a part of the life of the port, and who dumped from both sides of the boat all has done much for the opening of the Un- per Yangtze to steamer traffic, but who has been so foully murdered.
THE LOSS OF **1:24,"
EXCITING WARTIME INCIDENT RECALLED.
The loss of L. recalls the exciting experience which its Commander, Lieut- Commander Eddis, had during the War
"Defendant was fined $10 or 14 days with hard labour.
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Leung Hing, owner of the steam launch Wing Fat pleaded guilty to failing to observe the rule of the road in the Harbour. He had been previously convicted of a similar offence.
Fined $15 or 14 days with hard labour.
n junior officer, when the submaring Leung Shu Tau, master of the steam 12 was destroyed by the Germans in launch Wo Shen, pleaded guilty on a Danish waters in August, 1915. The sub similar charge. Fined $10 or 14 days marine was on its way to the Baltic, when with hard labour.
it grounded off the Danish island of Satholm
The Danish authorities gave
નમસ her twenty-four hout to get off, but men time several German destroyers apparel and fire ou . 18, which, heing unable to reply, was soon sire.
practice Officer instructed the
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Chau Kam Yan, a' cargo Ebat master, pleaded guilty to carrying seven passen- KOTA in excom of his license,
P.-C. Bradsell said he saw the sampan in the Southern. Fairway, called her alongside, officers and men to take to the water, and The licenses allowed for 12. There had and discovered 19 passengers aboard. whilst swimming. they were fired ea by been a previous conviction for a similar
Germans with machine-guns and shrapnel
The Danish authorities sent offence. Fined 36 or 7 days with hard vesels to interpose between the Germans labour. and their victims, but only, a few of the submarine's crew esetbed, among them being Licut.-Commander Eddis, who ultimately, landed on the island and was Interned by the Danes
FAMOUS MUSEUM ROBBED.
ART TREASURES IN.BOLSHEVIK'S FLAT. The Petrograd Cheka, or Soviet secret police, recently raided the flat of Keller, assistant curator of the Museum, and found in it 1,535 treasures of the famous museum.
Keller Was
¿COMPANY REPORT
NEW ENGINEERING. WORKS, SHANGHAL
At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the New Engineering and Shipbuilding Works, Ltd., held last wook it was announced that the profit for the year including the carry forward from 1993 amounted to Tix, 232.000.49 and it st commended to apportion this amount as was decided that the shareholders be re-
in follows:- When the Bolsheviks seized power!
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Russia five yeara oge
to the Hermitage to control the staff Ta pay preference share
which the Bolshevika retained,
Members
Valuable
of the staff noticing the most
disappearing, became suspicions, exhibits and several professors decided to keep clone watch. As a result they reported to agents of the Cheka that ther had soon. Keller carrying off various works of art.
Keller, being a Communist, now face a sentence of death for a betrayal of trust,;
dividend at 8 per cent....120,000.00
To pay a dividend of 5 per cent. on the ordinary shares
................. $2,500.00 To carry forward balance...... 50,000,40
Tis. £32,000.40|
MEETING of HONGKONG al SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD., will be held at Tue HoNOKONG HOTEL, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, on WEDNES. DAY, the 13 DAY of PEERUARY, 1984, at 2.30 o'cloc¤ļiä the AFTERNOON, when the subjined Resolutions will be proposed as Extraordinary Resolutions :-
(1) "That the authorised Capital, of the Company (which is now $5,000,000 consisting of 300,000 Shares of the nominal value of $10 each whereof 375.000 have been issued) be increased from $5,000,000 consisting as afore said to $10,000,000 (consisting of 1,000,000 Shares of the adminal value of $10 each) by the creation of 500,000 additional Shares of the nominal value of $10 each ranking (subject as hereinafter mentioned) as from date of allotment for dividend and in all other respecta pari paisu with the Shares constituting the Company's present issued capital"
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(2) "That in the first stanco 375,000 Shares be offered at par (in the propor tion of one New Share for every one Old Share held by them respectively) to the persons who on the date of the confirmation of this Resolution as a Special Resolution are registered in the Company's Share Register as the holders of the 375,000 Old Shares, and so that on acceptance of the offer the the nominal amount due in respect of such 375,000 New Shares shall be payable as to the Sum of $5 part thereof on acceptance of such offer and as to the balance thereof on the 30th day of June, 1924. And further that until such time as the said 375,000 New Shares shall be fully paid they shall vis-a-vis the said 375,000 Old Shares, rank for dividend only in proportion to the ratio borne by the amount paid up thereon to the full nominal value (310) thereof, and that any of the sail 375,000 new Shares which shall not be taken up by the Company's Shareholders in manner aforesaid he disposed of in such manner as the Company's Board of Directors #hall think fit."
(3) That such offer he made by Notice specifying the number of Shares to which the member is entitled and limiting a time within which the offer if not accepted by the member on behalf of himself or his nominee will deemed to be declined and that the Directors be at liberty to fix such time and in the case of Shareholders whose place of Address is not in Hongkong to extend it to such date or dates as they may think fit." (4)"That the balance of 250,000 Shares constituting the Company's Uniesl Capital be issued at such time or times in such manner and for such purposes and upon auch terms and conditions in every respect as the Company's Board of Directors may decide."
(5) That the Regulations contained in the printed document submitted to the Meeting and for the purpose of identificazio subscribed by the Chairman thereof be approved and adopted as the Articles of Association of the Com- pany in substitution for and to the exclusion of all the existing Articles thereof."
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a further EXTRAOR DINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the same place on THURSDAY, the 29 DAY of FEBRUARY, 1914, at 2.80 o'clock in the AFTERNOON, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Proceedings of the above-mentioned Meeting and of confirming if thought £t as Special Resolutions the above-mentioned Resolutions.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Thursday. the 21st day of February, 1924, to Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1924 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
The suggested new Articles of Association are similar to the old, subject to clerical alterations and to the following alterations of substance, viz:--
(1) The deletion from Article 71 of the words "and holding or representing by
proxy not less than one-tenth of the issued Capital."
(2) The alteration of the minimum number of Directors to four and of the
maximam number to seven,
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(8) The alteration of the remuneration of Directors to payment at the rate of Four thousand dollars per annum and such suma as a General Meeting may determine instead of the fixed sum of Three thousand dollars per annum and such sums as a General Meeting may determine.
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(4) The alteration of the quorum of Directors to three instead of two.
(5) The addition of Articles enabling the appointment by the Directors of a Local Board of Advisory Committee in any place at a remuneration to be fixed by the Articles and the appointment by the Directors of Local General Managers, Secretaries or other Assistants, delegates or Attorneys at remuneration to be fixed by the Directors.
(6) The addition of an Article enabling the Company to have an Official Seal
and Local Registers in places outside the Colony.
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A copy of the Articles of Association of the Company with the said alterations and amendments incorporated and indicated in red ink or red print can be seen during usual basiness hours at the Registered Office of the Company, Powell's Build- ing, Doa Your Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, and at the Shang- hai Office of of the Company in Hongkong Bank Building, Shanghai, in the Bepublic of China.
Dated the 81st day of January, 1924.
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By Order of the Board,
PERCY H. SUCKLING,
Secretary.
REPULSE BAY HOTEL.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE
DINNER DANCE
ON
MONDAY, 19th FEBRUARY.
Tables for above may now be booked at the
Hongkong or Repulse Bay Hotels.
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
YE OLDE PRINTERIE, LTD. PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS, ETC. 14 QUEEN'S ROAD' CENTRAL (NEXT DOOR TO Lazarus),
V. Q LABRUM, Managing Director.