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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 10 MARCH, 1981,
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Not the ORDINARY YEARLY TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN- MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will. be held in tbs.Ofise of the Company, 2. Q'S BUILDING, Hong Kong, on MONDAY, 30TH MARCH, 1931, at NOON, for consideration of the Direc tors Report and Statement of Accounts for the. Your ending 31st Drones, 1990.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS will be OLOSED REGISTER And from the 3RD to the form. MARCH 1991, Both Days inclusivo,
By Onlor of the Board of Directors,
R. M. DYER;
to THURSDAY, the 10TH MARCH, Hong Kong. 17th March, 1931, 1981, Both Days, inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
F. H. CRAFNELL, Secretary. Hong Kong. 2nd March, 1981. [898
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CHINA PROVIDENT-LOAN &;
MORTGAGE CO., LTD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
that the THIRTY-FOURTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS, in tho Company will be held in the Company's BOARD ROOM, 2 FLOOR, ALEXANDRA
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HE SIXTY-SECOND ORDIN-Hong Kong.om TUESDAY, SLT- ARY GENERAL MEETING MARCH, 1981, at NOON, for the of SHAREHOLDERS will ba, hold purpose of rooving.a.Statement of at the Offices of the Undersigned on Accounts-and, the Report of thal THURSDAY: the 26TH MARCH, Directors for the Year ended Decem 1931, ut NOON, for the purpose of 31st, 1980, electing Directors repiring, the Report of the toneral, and Auditors, and for the Transaction Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st DA, 1930:
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The report of the Hong Kong Fire Insurance Ob, Ltd, up to December 31, 1930 states:-
1920
THE MERCANTILE BANK.
16 PER CENT, ON A, B AND
C SHARES.
The Mercantile~Bank-of-India, Ltd, informs us that they have Office in London advising, that, at received a telegram from their Head
the annual general meeting, of the shareholders n final dividend of'8
Account-This account shows & surplus of $893,587.77, and it is recommended that this sum he's appropriated as follows:-To pay a dividend of 850 per share, 8.100,000; To pay an "exchango "
per cent on the "A" and bonus of: 810 per share, 880,000 shares will bo declared (mak
add to reinsurance: fund:
ing 16 per cent, for the year) less £6,211.30.7, 8113,587.77
Income tax)-£20,000 ba. placed, to The General Managers and Con-reserve: (raising it to £1,500,000) Bulting Committen wish it to ba £10,000 written off landed and house understood that the continuance or property-£100,000 carried forward otherwise of the above bonus; into 1931 account..
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1930 Account The balance at SHANGHAI AND ITS
credit of this account is $700,000:01/
Consulting Committee: -Sir Robert Ho Tung, Messrs: C. Bër- aard Brown, A. H Cohpton, L. Dunbar, T. E. Pearce and A.. H, White retiro but, being, eligible, offer, themselves. for re-election:
Auditors.The accounts have. beep audited by Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews and Percy Smiths, Seth & Fleming, who, being eligible, offer themselves for election.
PROBLEMS.
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MR. SHEPPARD AND THE ELECTIONS:
Mr. G. W Sheppard;; Vice-Chair- Council, who was returned- fourth inan of the Shanghai Municipal
but the Polls, has issued the follow- ing statement of his views in con renection with the elections which
commended on Monday ;--
U.S. AND THE SILVER PROBLEM:
INO DECISION YET: TAKEN · BY WHITE HOUSE.
"In March; 1999) I stated that if I was elected I would do my best to study the problems involved and decide on them-that- the issues likely to arise are difficult and com. plicated.
have done "I can now say that the former and that I was not mis taken in the latter. The issues aro Washington, Mar. 12-Possibility very difficult and complicated, and that President: Hoover will not I can only add now to-day when I fall an” international silver con- stand for election by the voting ference as the Senate requested ratepayers of the International When it presed the resolutions..of Settlement that if they do me the Senator Key Pittman, Democrat of honour to return me to a sent on Neveda, loomed here to-day. How the Council the experience gailted Ever, the official attitude of the by me during the past years of White House has not been formally service will be devoted to the beat fovealed and it is expected that interests of both' Foreigdiand: Chi-i one time must pass. befoto any hese residents of the area which the definite action is taken.
Council controls.
It was declared hore that Pic sident Hoover is studying a nuass dt statistics-relating to the silver
Questions of Importance.
On the various questione invol-
fituation which were submitted with fed in this control-I place the fol the report of the Pittman subcom-jowing in the order of this import-
ance to the community: mittee of the Senate commerce eam.
1.-Maintenance- of Law and written which investigated the caUSE
Order and suppression by all for declining Sino-American trade
nud any means available of 'and the relation of that ɖeeline to
armed robbery now unfortu- ately of too frequent occur- depressed silver values in the world runrkets.
To-day some of President Hoo- ver's advisors indicated that it is possible, that he will dismiss the re commendations for an internationa). silver.conference without taking action. Or, it is suggested, 'in event that the President does summon an international-silver, conteranes ho will arrange to limit its, agenda' to such an extent that the conferenco will be prevented from affronting any of the nations,juvolved.
ance.
2.-Efforts to improve traffic con- gestion by greater Road and other facilities.. 3-More rigorous control of ex
penditure of public funds now granted under various forms of charities, grants in aid, eto. 4.–Disestablishment of coat of cducation from General Muni- cipal Funds and the provision of an Education Tax to pro-
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other worda "make the punishment fit the crime?" "Like the rest of the public here, whether Councillors or otherwise, I No Ldan Involved.
have no knowledge of what Judge No question of a silver. Ioan to Feetham's report, when it is issued, China is involved in the Pre. will recommend, but it is to to
say that whatever it anys will in sident's present deliberations. The fluence future Councils in their Senate passed those sections of the conduct of the affairs of this great, Pittoda report calling upon the 4nd growing in importance, trading centre. One can, perhaps, visualize President to cope with the Guétua that future candidates for election tions in tho. silver. marketa. He to the office of Councillers will be was asked to aid in increasing and content to abide by the vote of the Chinese ratepayers, and the crate- stabilizing the valudi ofiäilver, and, papers, resident outside Settlement if necessary, to convene, an intermits, as well as those ratepayers national silver conference to con- who now yote under the qualifica
tions conferred Wong themst under- sider the uses and status of silver existing Land Regulations. Such Yould have it in, admitted, fan The section of the Pittman re reaching effects, but would, tend-to port suggesting a loan to. China cemont the interests of Shanghai as failed to receive action in the last whole versus the disruptive in session of Congress, partly becfluences which tend to undermine of the lack of indication as to orderly administration and equit China would regard a large sil、able taxation so necessary for the successful carrying on of business..
as money,
loan.
Sinca Congress adjourned: last. "Incidentally I may remark that week the President has called upon with the issue of Judge Feetham's experts of the Department of State, report I trust we shall have a ces- the Treasury and the Departmentation for the better ordering af of Commerce to aid him in reach-gffairs of the Council and be given ing a decision.as to the advisability breathing space to absorb and 'put. of calling an international silver into effect where and when pow conference. The experts will roable-those that have already been port to their respective department made. secretarica who will, in turn, ro-. Finally amongst all the sugges port to President Houver. It is tions that have 'recently' appearad considered certain that no action in the Press re Civic Centres-ein- on calling an international silver racing provision of hall-rooms conference will be taken until the and so on-I did not ! notice entire question has been discussed any proposal that the Chairman by President Hoover with his of Council should be provided with Cabinet
_d_motor-enry supplied and upkept Because of the phraseology of the qut of public funds. It, dois not Arnate resolutions President Hoo. depoar to me an, unreasonable thing ver does not need, to mummon at that he should be to provided if it international silver conference un-is the wish of the ratepayers that, less the results of his own study the Office which he all should be demonstrate a necessity for such regarded in the sense, in which it action.
should."
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