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£1,000,000 SCHEME OF REORGANISATION.
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PURCHASED.
PILFERING OF CARGOES.
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THE WEEK'S DIARY.
To-day.
39th Ordinary annual meeting Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., St. George's Building 11 a
Extraordinary general meeting China Light and Power Co. (1918), d. St. George's Building), 2.30
The alarming amount of pillering from ships' cargoes, in ports and Mr. W... Morris, the motor car led officials of shipping a trade Gande. Price & Co., Ltd., No. 2 warehouses all over the world, has
90th Ordinary annual meeting king, has decided to become a coal king, and is busy organising a vast
organisations to believe that Ice House Street (St George's scheme of development and amalceivers is at work,
world-wide. organisation of re- Building), noon. gamation which will go far, Te volutionise the British coal in- So serious have the losses become dustry.
that the Sydney (Australia) Cham His plans, will cost more than ber of Commerce has requested the £1,000,000 to develop, and has new Federation of Chambers of Com-P company has just been registered merce of the British Empire to in- St. Stephen's College sports,
Morris Collieries, Ltd.vestigate the problem.
University Pavilion ground." 1.20 private company-with a nominal
The view that a gang with world-P.. capital of £20,000 in £1 shares. wide ramifications is involved is Through the initiative of Mr. supported by London trade or Sydney Taylor, a colliery pro ganisations and shipping com- prietor,
of Old Dean Hall, Speech panies. It is thought that this gang Forest of Dean, the low may also be the receivers of pro beach Colliery, near Parkend, Aperty from faudulent bankrupts, a portion of which includes the rich greater part, of which, it is known Coleford Highdell scam, has been is sent abroad. bought by Mr. W. R. Horris.
The mining rights were acquired
Thousands Lost Yearly.
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H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament (details in sports column daily).
Savoy, King Edward Hotel and Tea dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel
Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's Young Men's Club Sing Song, 8 p.m..
Dinner dance, Cafe, Parisien,
p..
Athletic "A" (League: Division Football F.O.S.B.'s China ILA"), Happy Valley; p.m.
Hockey Club บ. K.O.S.B.'s, The cases of insurance com-U.S.R.C. Ground, 5.15 p.m. from Walisand, Ltd., now i controlled by
Crawshay panies in London:alone amount to Company, Ltd, and it is proposed hundreds of thousands of pounds to equip them with the most modern every year. Although both ship electrical plant and to sink the pre- ping companies and traders regard sent shaft to a depth of another a certain amount of pilferingin fifty yards to reach the five-feet the Port of London amounting to Highdelf seam.
Production of a tens of thousands of pounds every minimum output of 1.000 tons of year-as normal, the Chamber of coal a day is expected, and the Shipping of the United Kingdom, colliery will be by far the most up-in view of the complaint from to-date in the Forest of Dean. A Sydney, is to reopen investigations. thousand miners will eventually be Mr. Leigh, secretary of the employed.
Federation of Chambers of Cam merce of the British Empire, told a
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Mr. W. R Morris will be the governing director and chairman, and Mr. Sydney Taylor the man- aging director of the new company. Howbeach Colliery development is, however, only part of tis gigantic
plan; negotiations are still progress for acquiring other most important collieries. This foreshadows the amalgamation with one of the largest concerns in the country.
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A BRITISH COAL STRIKE ECHO.
HEARD AT SOUTHERN RAIL- WAY GENERAL MEETING.
NEARLY OUT OF COAL AT
END OF NOVEMBER.
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Shortly after the war the losses and in 1921-2 amounted to hun- from pillering were enormous
dreds of thousands of pounds,. but as the result of a rigorous campaign, during which numbers. of men were sentenced to prison, the loss was reduced. Although we had hoped that our losses would remain at a level we have come to regard as normal, we al trying to trace the plague to its source. It almost impossible to tell whether the thefts take place at British ports, in the ship, or at the destination port.
It is apparent that the thieves have ready means of disposing of stolen articles, probably through
world-wide organisation of fences." Until we can get at the root of this organisation and break it up there seems little chance of stopping the evil.
Full dress rehearsal of H.M.S. Pinafore Theatre Royal, 9 p.m. Queen's Theatre: "Success." World Theatre: "Silken Shackles." Star Theatre: The. Beautiful Cheat," and "Cornered."
Principal mails:-Outward: Canada, U.S.A., etc., Europe via Vancouver (Empress of Canèda), 3. p.mi.
Thursday."
Entries close for, Hong Kong Lawn Bow's League.
Legislative Council Meeting, 2.30 P.EL.
3rd Annual general meeting Simplex. Plaster Co., Ltd., 2nd Floor, Powell's Building, 3 p.m.
H.K.CC Tennis Tournament
(details in sports column daily).
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TERMS MODERATE. pany found themselves with less An official of the Shipping Europe vid Siberia (Malta),
Special Terms to Families on applica than 24 hours' coal supply in sight. Federation said that practically P.; Delta), 2.30 p.m.
Has to "It has been our practice," every kind of cargo was subject to General Baring said, to carry pilfering on a large scale.
Ma. J. H. OXBERRY, A few
Propristress about 100,000 tons of coal in stock, years ago pianos were actually be St. Paul's College sports, H.K. equivalent to about four weeks' ing stolen at the docks, but this has F.C. ground, Happy Valley, 1.30 supply for normal traffic. The now been stopped."
| p.m. Strike found us with rather more
H.K.C.C. The Chamber of Shipping of the than 100,000 tons in hand, and we United Kingdom committee, which (details in sports column daily). were able to carry on a reduced ser investigated the subject, came to
Tea Dances: H.E. Hotel, Hotel vice until the end of July without the conclusion that much pilfering Savoy, King Edward Hotel, and much difficulty.
Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m. took place in Australian ports,
We began to place orders for
American coal early in June, for delivery in July, but in course, of time the general demand for for eign coal became so great that we found in necessary in order to secure supplies to place our orders at least three months ahead.
Why Deliveries Fall "Notwithstanding this, the de- liveries fell so far behind, partly due to the congestion at foreign ports and partly to the very bad storma experienced during the lat fer part of the year, and to other causes over which we had no con- tral, that at one period in Novem- ber last we were nearly at the end of our resources.
"We managed, however, to pull through, and when the Strike came to an end the beginning of December we had enough foreign coal on order to last "ca until the end of February.
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Queen's Theatre: For Heaven's Sake.
World Theatre: "The Lucky Devil."
Star Theatre: "The Ne'er Do Well."
Principal Mails:-Outward: Europe vid Marseilles (Macedonia), 10.30 am; Europe vid Siberia (Kwongsang), 5 p.m.
Sunday.
Army
Golf: Captain's Cup'; Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, Golfing Society.
Principal Mail:-Inward: U.S.A., Cabada, etc. (President Jackson),
-Monday. Entries close for Volunteer Corps Annual Rifle Meeting.
H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament (details in sports columa daily).
Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy, King Edward Hotel, and Cafe Parisien, 430 pm
Dinner dahoe, Cafe Parisien, B P.m.
The enhanced price we have had to pay for this coal, has involved us in an increased expenditure during 1928 of about £500,000, compared with the price we should have paid for a similar quantity of British coal at the E.K. Philharmonie Society pro- prices ruling before the Strike.
sent" H.M.8. Finafare," Theatre "We did equip a certain number Hoyal, 9.30 p.m. of locomotives for the burning of oil fuel and they did good service, but the experience we gained amply confirmed
Principal Mails:-Inward: Aus Europe rid Siberia (Hector), 8.30 tralia, etc. (Arajara). Outward:
.a. m, our previous conclusions; that there must be a very consider able reduction in the price of sil fuel before it can compete on equal terms in the running of locomotive engin ca.
"Though we are still receiving
Tuesday,
H.K.CC Tennis Toornament (details in sports columa daily).
Sanitary Board Meeting, 4.15
p.m.
Tea Dances: H.E. Hotel, Hotel
a certain amount of home-produced Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 P. coal under our pre-strike contracts, China Coast Officers' Guild and
Friday.
Tennis Tournament
Hocker: Club e. H.M.9. Tamar and small ships, U.S.R.C. ground, 5.15 p..
Annual meeting Hong Kong Automobile Association, Jardine, Matheson's offices, 5.30 p.m.
"Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien, 9 p.m.
Lantern Lecture on Japan," by Mr. A. E. Crook, Sailors' and Soldiers' Home, for H. M. Forces,
B
p.m.
H.K. Philharmonic Society pre sentH.M.S. Pinafore," Theatre Royal, 9.30 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: "For Heaven's Bake."
World Theatre The Lucky Devil,"
Star Theatre: "The Ne'er "do Well"
Principal Malls:-Outward: Australia, etc. (St. Albana), 2.30 p.m. Outward: Europe vid Siberia (Shantung), 8.30 ..
Saturday. Entries close for Lawn Bowls Open Championship.
Football and Cricket: Details in Saturday's issue.
Hong Kong Yacht Club.
Regatta and Gymkhana, Royal
Central British School Annual Sports, King's Park
ing Green Club and distribution of Closing Day" Kowloon Bowl-
prizes..
Golf: Captain's Cup, Fanling. Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30
St. Stephen's College Founder's Day celebration. Prize Distribution
Great Hall, University, 720 p.m. by Mr. W. W. Hornell, C.I.E., M.A. (Vice-Chancellor University),
we shall also be using imported coal Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien, 8 Dinner Dance, Cafa Parisien, 8 until next month. We expect the P...
last, cargo in imported coal early Principal Mails:-Outward:
p.m.
Hong Kong Philharmonic Society
in March and we are now entering Canada, U.S.A., etc., and Europe present ***H.M.S. Pimaforo into negotiations for our forward vid Victoria,
B.C. (President Theatre Royal, 8.30 p.m.. contracts of home-produced coal," Pierce), & p.m.
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