THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.
Wal. Central 238.
AGENTS FOR
2. Queda's Buildings.
BRIGGS BITUMINOUS ENAMELS & SOLUTIONS.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
UNION
ANTI-CORROSIVE and ANTI-FOULING
COMPOSITIONS
FOR SHIP'S BOTTOMS.
'89
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
LAST THREE
NIGHTS.
TO-DAY, ni 5.15 p.m. & 9.15 p.
CARTER THE
I
PRESENTING
GREAT
Many New Illusions, etc.
ALSO
SEE and HEAR
Miss EVELYN MAXWELL.
She sees all. She knows all and what's gre important she tells all.
PRICES
Booking at the 'EREATRE.
TEL. C. 4636,
43.00, 82.00. $1.00 & 50 Cts:
At 230 p.m. & 7.15 p.m.
RICHARD BARTHELMESS
AND
DOROTHY GISH
IN
“BRIGHT SHAWL.”
9
90
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL STE, 1925)
WORLD THEATRE.
TO-DAY "TILL SATURDAY, 5.15 p.m. & 9.15 p.m..
THE WORLD'S FOREMOST CHARACTER ACTOR
GEORGE ARLISS
WR-ALICE JOYCE AND A Cast or Sourza Calabuities
"THE GREEN GODDESS "
(IN TEN BEELS).
THRILLS: BEAUTY!
DRAMA! TENSE APPEAL! Saved from the wreek of their plans they faced new dangers in the hostile The romantic story of the English beauty. kingdom of the Rajah of Rukb. trapped in the pairs of the orient greatest lover is one of the most thrilling narratives ever Lobi As a stage play it was a triumph for years Ana motion picture qctacle it takes its plats among the greatest blow of receat. hidory.
TO-DAY, at 2.30 p.m. & 7.15 p.m.
HOOT GIBSON
IF
"THE SAWDUST TRAIL
(AN INTERESTING COMEDY DRAMA WITH A TROUSAND LAUGHS)
"ALSO
"The FUNERAL of Dr. SUN YAT SEN.
DON'T FAIL TO SEE IT.
(69
HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
CONTRACTORS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING AND “BUILDING" WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
Specialists in Reinforced Concrete Foundations and Structures for Factories, Godowns, Wharves, Bridges, Piers, &c.
Sole Licensees for Hongkong and China of the Franki" Patent Compressed Concrete Piling System.
Enquiries to HEAD OFFICE":
ST. GEORGES, BUILDING OHATER ROAD.
Telephone Central 4581 (Two Lizos).
PIANOS FOR SALE OR HIRE.
TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.,
Tx. 46484.
No. 8, Das Vaux) Boix Castrat?(Entrance Los" Houm Street.)
78
"
COMPANY MEETINGS. CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
The 8th ordinary annual meeting of shareholders in the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Company, Limited, was bold yesterday morning at the office of Mossa Shewan. Tomes and Co. Mr. R. G. Shewan presided. and others present were:The Rev. Father Robert, Mr. T. C. Well, Mr. A. H. White. Sir. Lee Elysan (Consalting Committees. Mr. E Meda Rocha (Secretary), and the fallax ing shareholders: Messrs. W. Morley, A P. Samy, A. M. Thornhill, C. A. da Roza, Poon 1. Che, Tse Tsan Tal, W. J. Hawker, Tong Hak Ting. H. H. Tayler, Fung Tat Fang, M. A. Figueiredo, tip Yung Pak, and W. J. Carroll.
After the Secretary had read the nosice convening The meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said: Gentlemen,--The Roport and Accounts for the year ended December 31st, 1924, have been in your hands for some days, so with your per mission we will now take them as read. The nett enraings excluding the profit an the sale of the Kennedy Town property amount to $289.505, 49, ትጸ ugainst $108,207,04 for the previous year, which T-have no doubt will consider highly satisfactory.
The balance at credit of Frost and Loss Accountless Interim Dividend is $446,782.58 and we recommend that this amount shoiridh deit with as fol town --
To place to Reserve Fund... To place to Equalisation of
Dividend Account
To write off from Godown
Equipment Account
To pay a Final Dividend of 30 cents per share on 170,000 old shares
To pay a Final Dividend of 7 cents per share 031 140,000 bonus shares To pay a Final Dividend of
cents
share
196.21 new spaces
forward
.........
Ol
1,000.00
200,000.00
7,41283
136,000,00
.190.00
71,24.46 and carry
the balance of $18,925.59 to next year's aunt.
This will bring the Reserve Fund up to $100,000 and leave the Equalisation of Dividend Account at another $100,000 thus more than repaying what we took from these accounts last year for dividend. We hope that these allocations will meet with your approval.
From the accounts now before you, you will see that "Interrst paid and Com- missions rose from
to $130.492.70 $171.099.9 in addition to interest on mortgages which came to $87,346.47, total of $259.846.43 paid for interest, eie, hut as we owed on mortgages $1,250,000 and og overdraft was 32,006.344.41. this amount is easily accounted for and phins why we had to make the final rall of 2.000.000 on the 15th instant, which simply to reduce this large indebted which stood nees. Sundry Creditors
TVDZ
ไ
PX.
nt $382,306.88, included several temperary lours and has since been reduced to about $30,000.
In accordance with Resolutions passed on January 14th, 1924, and confirmed on Jazuury
anuary 29th, 1994, fully paid up bonus.. shares to the value of $300,000 were issued to shareholders bringing the Capital up to "42,000,000, and under the saine Resolutions $1,000,000 new capital was called up on March 15th, 1924, making $3,000,000 in all.
A further call of $1,000,000 was made.on January 16th this year and a foal-call of $4,000,000 on April 15th, making the total paid up capital 80,000,000, but these figures belong to 1925 and do not appear in the present accounts..
After all the hopes we had of assistance from the Government it seems that little or nothing will be done for West Point as regards wharfage accommodation, and secing that so much time was being lust we decided
acquire the whart the Standard Oil Company gedowns situated on Marine Lot 948 and Section A of Inland Lot No. 1298 at a cost of $1,200,000. This and the small wharf we already owa
Valuable Qualities
Some things are valuable because they are rare, sir; others are valuable because they are good, but it doesn't follow that all good
hings are expensive.
Kensitas Cigarettes are as good as really good cigarettes can be, and they're certainly not expensive.
The value is in the quality, sir.
Kensitas
ManufacturEYES
the preferred cigarette.
J. WII & SONS · LTD - 1936 PICCADILLY - LONDON - W.; · ENG
· #holesale only: DONNELLY & WHYTE, Distributors for Houghong and Senth China, 1 QUEEN'S BUILDINGS," Teleshone: Cantral (M.
IT IS HARD TO AVOID
WE DO NOT BELIEVE BUT THEN IN TALKING OF
"IN SUPERLATIVES
Entyn
Obranabis at Lane,Crawford, Ltd. Tabaqueria Filivion, Graeco-Expoliar
Tobaco Sta
and all ha h-class Tobacconista.
-At-95 cents
per tin of 50
FIND YOUR MAN"
The story is most thrilling; the setting is superb;
The acting of the human characters is excellent!
But every thing else pales before the marvellous
#
A
performance of the wonder dog“ RIN-TIN-TIN !”
to
Is is showing TO-DAY till WEDNESDAY at THE CORONET
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
APRIL 7TH, 1925.
Hongkong and Shanghai
Banks.** Caston IngoTAKOGR
$1,250 HOU „5770 1. $270 6.
1865 nom. 15-48.
$68 a.
Hongkong Fire Insurances Douglas Steamships..... HK.. O. & M. Stambos 1..399 b. "Star" Ferries...... 1972 p.
Saga med) Langkata Kowloon Wampos Docks... Shanghai Hongkong Landa
Wharver
Docks......
Hotoia......
Cement Batates. Hongkong Baper
China Provides
Farms.. Waterboats. Watsons Bongkong Electrics..... Chias Lights
Hongkong 'l'rami Peak Tramways
b-buyers;
Thairy M.L. 160 will, we think. mees our requirements until the plans of the Government for the development of the Port take a more definite shape.
On Marine Lots Nos. 177 and 178, which, were not built upon when we bough: them, we have où one half quickly puc up some small one-storied godowns which were utilised at once and have proved quite remunerative, but, of course, we cannot get the full value out of the load with one-storied godowns, so "we are erecting a large 5-storied godowe of re inforced concrete on the remaining half. which we feel sure will bring a good return to the Company,
of
A
261 nom.
..$196 B.
$1920 tom. Tix. 127 apm. 396 *.
$166 ».
$20 b. $31. ..45-14b.
$5! nom. 327 1.
ità nom. gay b.
20/91 SE.
...$364 nom.
$5 now.
1201 b.
sellers; samtales.
SAIGON RICE MARKET,
The Compagnie de Commerce et de Navigation d'Extreme-Orient of Saigon, in their market report dated 21st April Muy
Jess
The tendency of our market continues As for our prosperts this year, business
The engag generally is undoubtedly very slack at to be strongly upwards. present, but the year has not opened. zoents of the mills are still very heary badly for us and we have had no reason and no deliveries can be obtained for so far to anticipate any serious falling April-beginning of May shipment, un- Demand our turnover.
at extravagant prices.
Som now move that the Report and from Europe is practically nil Accounts as presented be adopted and business has been closed with Japar, passed, and when that has been seconded but big sales have been made to the I shall be pleased to answer any ques- Philippine Islands. For brokens 1 and
shareholders.
2 mixed the tendency is armed. Father tions from
Father ROBERT seconded, and the Report Important contracts of white rice meal
carried unanimously. and Accounts were.
have been booked with Liverpool buyers Mr. W. MORLEY proposed that Mr. H. for April-May shipment. The total P. White, Father Robert, Messrs. Lee amount of rice exported from January Bysan and T. G. Weall be elected as a to April 15th, 1925, is 475,123,511
tons, against 474,943,244 in 1921. consulting committee.
quote bo-day white Saigon rice No. 2 ifted, "Japan quality, Hongkong 86.85 per, picul Lo.b. Saigon; 15s. 6d. per picul Lob. Saigon, yen 8.00 per picul f.o.b. Saigon, for April-May shipment.
Mr. A. P. SANY seconded, and this was carried.
Mr. CA.. DK Roze proposed that Mesars. Linstead & Davis and Percy Smith, Beth and Fleming be appointed
auditors.
Mr. FUNG TAT HANG seconded, and this was carried.
The CHAIERAN announced that dividend warrants were now ready.
ĽADU KUNG MOW C. S. & W. CO.
An extraordinary meeting of the Laou Kung Mow Cotton Spinning & Weaving Co., Ltd., was held on April 22nd at the Shanghai offices of Messrs. Ilbert & Co., Ltd., agents and managers for the Com-
pany.
4
Sir Edward Pearce presided, support ed by the directors, Messrs. C. M. Hain, K. Otani and L. M. f. Beytagh. Alto gether there were 73,310 bares repre sented.
(Contimed at foot of next Column.)
We
As the result of the meeting the follow- ing resolutions were unanimously con- firmed:-
That the Company be wound up volun- tarily and that Messrs. L M Boytagh, and G. A. Turner be liquidators for the purpose of auch winding up as follows:--
That Messrs. L. M. Beytagh and G. A. Turner be and are hereby appoint ed joint and several liquidators for the purpose of such winding up at a total remuneration of Tls. 27,000 and that each. of these, the said L. M. f. Beytagh and the said . A. Turner, noting singly and, without the other of them he and is hereby authorized to exercise every power given to a liquidator in a voluntary winding up.
ONTINENTAL
SOLE-AGENTS:
BORNEMANN & CO.,
MONGKONG-Queen's Road ASTATIC BUILDING, CANTON-No. 17, Tu Yuzя H. K
C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.
MONUMENTAL DEPARTMENT, $8A, WANCHAI ROAD, HONGKONG.
Monumental Work neatly exe- cuted in Italian of American Marble.
Polished Or Fine Punched Hongkong Granite.
Marble Fireplaces supplied and fixed to own or Selected Design.
Estimates Free on Application at the above-or at our Head Office in
CHINA BUILDING (Facing QUEEN'S THEATRE). ARTIFICIAL WREATHS IN STOCK.
APION N0-1 APION No. 2 APIONNIS
[79
Dyspeptics Can Eat What
"They Like
if they take half a teaspoonful of Bisurated Magnesia in a little water mediately. after eating. No matter how badly you may suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia, gas, fatglence, or acidity-ao matter how many medicines you may have tried without access-don't give up hope. Thousands who once suffered as you now suffer-who had tried everything without obtaining relief-now enjoy perfect health, and cza cat almost anything without the slightest pais or discomfort. You can do the xane if you will go to-day to any good chemist and get a package of Ewurated Magneria Take us directed above and fyou'll woon. forgat puse ever had a stonsch........... you' find your vital organs strengthened, while content and enjoyment will fill your life. But be quite sure you yet the right thing- for your protection the oral "BISMAG". trade mark is prominently displayed on the wrapper, and you should look for it when buying.
The Sign
of the
Gernize
See it un
Package