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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 1926
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ILLEGAL DREDGING.
FISHING BOAT MASTER FINED AT
MARINE COURT.
Before Lieut-Commander G. F. Hole, R.N., at the Marine Court yesterday, Lan Fat, master of a fishing boat was charged with unlawfully using drags. grapplings, or other means for the pur. pose of lifting things from the bed of the harbour at the Naval Anchorage an January 2nd.
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HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE,
ULOSING QUOTATIONS.
Do
¡Loaden..
"January 4th, 1923. ..$1,060 out.
£129 nom.
*mon 153.
£29) nom
19; nom
195 nom. $590 buy
$94 sel.
Hongkong Bank Chartered Bank. Mercantile Bank, A. & B.,.
Do, P & O. Bank Canton Insurance... East Asia Bank
China. Underwriters North China Insurance Unica Insurance Lange Insurance ..... China Fire Insurance Hongkong Fire Insurance. 1600 nom, Donglases*** H., U. & M. Steamboats...82-4 bay. Indo-China (Pref.) Hongkong
hall 3
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Tls. 145 buy..
$253 buy.
$38 bay.
$165 bay.
$33 bay.
59% nom. (Def.), London...863 sal. Hongkong365 sal.
Do. Do.
Transporta Star Ferries.... Waterboats Orients!
Navigations... China Sugars.......... Malabar Bugars...... Benguets...... Kailan Mining Ad.. Langkate (combined)
(single)
Iplorations..
Shanghai Loan
abs........ Tronok Mines...
buy.
..........$t buy.
$15 Day. 3250 nom. $31 дол. ..$49 nom. 81.90 no 48/-nom. Ti.. 333 nom.
Tls. 5.45 cm. TL, 8 nom. $5.80.sel. 59/-com.
dom.
.8/. com.
$130 buy.
$56 buy. 57 sa.
Tls. 165 bay
Tla, 7 bay,
Th. lis nom.
buy..
39 b
$89 buy.. 69/70 sa
$5 bay
.88 buy.
313) buy,sa.
Delcndant pleaded not guilty. Police Sergeant G. Sherman, of the Royal Naval Yard Police, said that at 9.13 a.m. on Saturday, January 2nd, he was the sergeant on duty at the main gates of the Naval Yard He received a telephone message from H.MS. Harkins that there was a sampan dredging in her vicinity. Witness immediately went in the dockyard steam launch and arrested the defendant who was in a sampan and was making his way towards Wanchai, Witness did not see defendant dredging. but on examining the sampan, he found evidence of dredging on board, thereal Caspians being wet canvas, which had evidently E. & R. Wharfs.. been dredged up. There were also vari-BK & W. Docks
Hongkows.. ous articles of naval uniform which were
New Engineerings. dry. When witness was chasing the sam-Shanghai Decks. Fan, he saw the defendant cast off his E. & Hotels (old)...
Hongkong Lands dredging apparatus, consisting of bamboo Hongkong Realtys (c.p.)
HK. Territorials (f.p.), fitted with hooks. Witness took the sam-
Prince's Building». Humphreys Estatou.....
Rural Landa Swo Cottens Orientals......... Harry Johnson, Master-at-Arms on Shanghai Cottons (old)
Do. H.M.S. Hawkins, said he saw the defen-
Amusements dunt dredging of the port side of the Canton Ites. Harkins, He telephoned to the Dock-Cementa (combined)
Do yard Police, who sent a launch after the
mi Do. defendant. Defendant then cast off bis China Bases. grapnel. The police brought defendant
China Lights (combined)...519 sel."
(old) ...$15.10 nom. alongside the ship and witness recognised Do. (new)....$10.85 nom. him as the man he had seen dredging.
China Providents (camb.)...$32) nom.
Do. (old) Defendant said that between p and 10
Do.
(New)..... Constractions... a.m on Saturday, after getting fish at
Dairy Farms................. West Point, he went to Wanchai, rowing Der A Wing (f.p.) from West to East. When half-way, he Hongkong Electrics... was stopped by the police launch. IIe H. Developments.
Macao Electrica
did not know what was the matter. Then H.K. Ropes (combined)
Do. the police took him to the ship near the
(old) Naval Yard. The clothes found on his sampan were left to him by his grand father. He had no witnesses. ·
pan alongside the Harkins and defendant was' immediately recognised by the Master-at-Arm15.
Defendant was found guilty and fined 810. with the alternative of ten days' hard labour.
LOCAL SPORT.
ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB..
Governor's Shield: Third round results:
de Rome and Brown (Education Dept) beat Bennett and Andrewes (John- son. Stokes & Master), 2 and 1. Pendered and Butterfield (A.P.C.) beat Hugh Jones and Prior (Wilkinson & Grist), 8 and 5. Ireland and Ironside (B. & S.) beat Smith and. Dodwell (Dodwell & Co), 3 and 2. Hearn and Gillingham (Naval Yard) beat McLaren and Carrie' (Davie Boag & Co.), 2 and 1.
Result of New Year's' Competitions 1. The Captain's Cup (first qualifying competition for 1928) which should have been played on 2nd to 4th January will be played on 9th to 11th January..
2. Limit Handicap Bogey Competition, 1st-3rd January:
A. E. Wood, all square, first prize; T. Ramsay, 4 down, second; 18 entries, 3. Mixed Foursome Competition New Course, 1st January:
This Competition is cancelled as only
six pairs entered..
4. Bogey Pool, 1st-3rd January
J. Smith, one up, wins.
C. Hake and A. E. Wood, all square,
tie for second
AH. Ferguson and S, Hewking 1 down.
Do.
........
$150 nom.
37 sel.
Tls. 10 aci.
Tls. St nom
Tis. 62. sol.
(now)..
Tis. 31 sel.
$10 buy.
(old)
(new).
Do. (now) Hongkong Tramways.. Lane Crawfords, Mackintosha..... Peak Trama (old)
Do. (now) (cp.). Sinceres
Taxis
United Asbestos
Watsona (old)
Do.. (now)
Wm. Pawella..
дот.
...$16; buy.
..$19 nom.
.$3 com.
fls. 10 buy.
nom.
*mou 188**
...$21 bay.
$17 nom. .$10 nom.
..$55 buy., 554 so.
10 nom.
.30 cts. bay.
$10 sel.
$133 rom.
.88) Com
3:44 buy, 24/25 m
$1% nom.
821+ nom.
$16 boy.
.18 nom
..$11 sel.
$5 sel.
820 ngal
..$12 buy,, 13.
$12 buy.
$13 sel
baybayers; sollers; sa,sales ;
nom-nominal
COMPANY REPORT.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
The Directors submitting a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Com- pany for the term ending 30th September, 1825, atute:
The net profit, after providing for the and depreciation of the fleet and insurance amounts to Yen 1,391,850.77, including ships structural repair funds, Yen 167,119.15 Brought forward from the last account
Yen Adding thereto.
1,300,000, the amount transferred from the Dividend equalization fund, we obtain a total surplus of Yen 2,624,050.77,
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The Directors now propose that this surplus be appropriated as follows: Legal reserve fund. Yen
Directors' and auditors'
facs
Dividend (8 per cent. per
annum)
60,000,00
70,000.00
5,320,000.00
Total......Yen 9,450,000.00
leaving a balance of Yen 174,650 77 to be carried_forward to the next account -
The Directors further propose that the whole amount of the Reserve fund for extension of services and improvement of flect, Yen 14,548,566,41, and a portion of the Insurance fuad, Yen 7,500,000 out of Yes 17,312,041.91, totalling Yes 29,049,568:44, be now transferred as fol To the reduction of book low':
value of fleet.
F. A. Redmond, A. Morrison, and F. To supplementing Pension
Beavis, A W. Shovelton, L. Smith, 2 down.
58 entries.
F...
fund'
There was a slight error in our report | Head Office, yesterday of the golf match between members of the Junior Section of the
Royal Hongkong Golf Club and membora of the Kowloon Golf Club. In the singles, it was reported, that W. Mackay lost playing against A."W. Roberta and that C. A. Grimes won against E. A Beaumont The positions should have been the reverse in each case and the' scores should have read. W. Mackey. (Happy Valley) 1. A W. Roberta (K.G.C.) 0; and C. A. Grimes, (Happy Valley) 0. E. A. Beaumont (K.G.C.) 1
Yen17,000,000,00
5,048,568.44
Total......Yen22,048,583.41
Tokyo, 27th November, 1926.
SHANGHAI RUBBER COMPANIES.
Messrs. Benjamin & Potts have received the following cable from their Shanghai Office:-
3rd interim dividend of Th. 0.30, mak
ing T. 0.43 for Dominions. 3rd interim dividend of Tl. 0.25, mak
ing T 0,75 for Zinagben. -- 2nd interim dividend of T., 0.05, mak-
ing T 0.10 for Taipings.
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25/250 Electrica
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