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UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that An EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Offices of fesans. DODWELL & Co., LTD., QUEEN'A BUILDING, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong, at 11 O'CLOCK in the FoneNoor on MON- DAY, the TH DAY of DECEMBER, 1030, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit. passing the following Resolutions as Extra ordinary Resolutions:-
That the Articles of Associn- tion of the Company be amended as
follows:-
(a) By the insertion immediately after Article 43 of the follow- ing new Article, namely:- 10 (a) The Company may by ordinary resolution cancel any shares which at the date of the passing of such resolution have not been taken or agroed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of ..its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled:- (6) By the insertion immediately
after Article 102 of the follow ing now Articles, namely;- 10%. The Company many at any -time and from time to time in general meeting by resolu tion authorize the General Managers to capitalize any profits of the Company not re- quired for the time being for payment of dividend upon any preference shares of the Company or
other shares
issued upon any special con- ditions, whether standing to the credit of the Company's reserve fund or otherwise, and including profits arising from the appreciation in value of capital assets, and to allot to the members holding shares of the Company in respect of the net amount. capitalized fully paid shares of the
mens
Com- pany of equivalent nominal amount, and the General Man- agers shall give effect in any such resolution accordingly, and any shares allotted pur- suant to any such resolution. shall be distributed among the members holding shares of the Company so far as prac ticable in proportion to the number of shares held by them and shall be respectively, credited as fully paid by of the profits 60 capitalized and the General Manajers may make such pro viaion by the issuo of frac tional certificates or by the payment of cash or by salc and distribution of the pro- ceeds or otherwise as they may think expedient for the case of fractions. The General Managers may appoint any person on behalf of the mem- hers to enter into muy agree. ment with the Company pro- viding for the allotment to them of such shares credited A fully paid up, and in satis faction as aforesaid and any agreement made under such authority shall be auective. 1026. The General Managers may, with the sanction of the Com. pany in General Meeting, de- clare a dividend to be paid to the members according to their rights and interests in the profits, and may. fx the time for payment and may with tho like sanction declaro and pay a dividend or bonus out of any reserve fund and fix the time for payment there! and may with the like annation declara and pay bonuses to the Company's em- ployees or any of them.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that A Further EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Same Time and Place on TUESDAY, the 2nd Day of DE- OEMBER, 1930, for the purpose of receiving a Raport of the Proceed- inga at the above-mentioned Meet- ing and of confirming, if thought fit, as a Special Resolution tho above-mentioned Resolution.
AND NOTICE IS HEREDY FURTHER GIVEN that A Further GENERAL
EXTRAORDINARY
MEETING of the Company will be held at the Same Place on TUES- DAY, the 2D DAY of DECEMBER, 1030, at 11.5 O'clock in the FORT- NOON or boon thereafter as the Above Meeting shall have terminat- ed, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing, the following Resolutions, namely:-
That the Company do hereby cancel all shares (namely, 22,277 sharos aumlisred 27724 to 50000) which at the data heroof have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and do hereby diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares to cancelled.
That the Capital of the Com- pany be increased from its diminish- od capital of $194,001.00 Hong Kong Currengy divided into 27,723 shares of 87.00 each to $500,010 Hong Kong Ourroney divided into 71,430 shares of $7.00 cach and that such addi- tional shores shall rank in all re- sporta" "pure"pare with the originat ospital of the Company.
· ADVERTISEMENTS.
-0.—That the Directors be and they. are hereby authorised to capitalize the 'aum of 877,630 profits of the Company standing to the credit of tha Company's Reserve Funds and to nilot to the members holding shores of the Company as on the first day of January, 1931, in re spect, of the set amount capitalized of fully paid slures of the Company equivalent nominal value in the pro- portion of two shares for every five shares of the Company then held by auch person, respectively, and that such shares so allotted shall rank for dividends a from the 14 day of January, 1931.
4. That if on such distribution as aforesaid any person would be. entitled to a fraction of a sharo the General Managers shall in lieu of issuing fractional rertificates cause the whole zhore to be allotted to a person or persons to be named by the General Managers and such share may at such time as the Coneral Managers think it be told and the proceeds distributed amongst the persons entitled to the fractions making up the share.
5. That the Directors be and they are hereby authorised out of the profita of the Company standing to the credit of the Company's Reserve Funds to pay to the mem- bors holding the 27,723 existing shares of the Company as on the 1st day of January, 1931, a sum equal to 80.00 for every hire shares of the Company then held by such porsons, respectively, by way of a of the Company. bonus dividend out of the profits
Dated this 27th day of November, 1030.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1930.
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**The songs we sang in France and wherever British troops fought from 1914 to 1918, will Lo found in. this book.
They bring back as nothing else can days we can never forget, and faos we shall son no more. These songs, irivial as many may the by Pablic Auction to
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The dynamic exponent of the "four square gospel was removed
the constitutionality of the rulo of the Democratic party in Arkansas which bats negroes from member- ship.
The controversy over qualifica- tions for American citizenship will test the cases involving two British subjesis, Mr. Douglas Macintosh, professor of Theology at Yale Uni versity, and Miss Mario Averill, a: nurse. They were denied, citizen- Bhip by local federal courts because they refused to promise to hear arms in the defence of the United States of America,.
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