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A RUBBER TRUST COMPANY.
IMPORTANT SCHEME. ON FOOT IN SHANGHAI
SAVING THE LOCAL
COMPANIES,
According to an advertisement in the North-China Daily News, it is proposed to deal a company in Shanghai to be called the Rubber Trust Ltd., the object of which will be in prowet the interests of shareholders who have invested
odry in Shanghai plantation companies. The directors are an gouneed as Sir Elly Kadoorie, Mr. A. J. Welch, and Mr. L. E. Can ning, and here is no dinht that the public interested in rubbed in v-stients will regard this scheme with the greatest attention.
Such a crisis as How oceurs--- took place in 1991, and far-sighted people connected with Shanghai evanjnnies then put forward a scheme for a trust" company. was proposed that by the judicious handling of the Bnancial resources. appertaining to the various on- cerns, it would be possible to krep the leng wealthy locally-owned estates from reverting to jungle, which was already threatened in other casus. Unfortunately the trust on that ocension failed to amaterialize, which, in the light of present-day conditions, is a mis fortune.
In view of the formation of the present trust it is useful to look back on the figures quoted when the previous trust was under discus- siin.
wards of Tik 15,000,000 in rubber estates, and when it is borne in mind how high on ocension rubber, shares have risen, it is evident that the general body of sharehold- ers have contributed much, mora Juoney than that in the purchase of their individual holdings. The first of the years when big dividends came to Shanghai was probably 1017, when they amounted to Tla. 3,000,000. That was but a forerun-
"NO CURE, NO PAY" PLEA.
"DEFENCE IN DOCTORS
LAWSUIT.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,
AEROPLANE 'LOST IN NAVAL "WAR.”
TIGER'S LAST BATTLE.
Flying the age of nine Admir |als, the Atlantic and Mediter ranean Fleets arrived at Gibraltar on the completion of their combin-
Paris-Is 'a surgaon entitled to receive payment in respect of un unsuccessful aporation 1. A French magistrate says, in effect, "Certained exercises. ly not." It is a startling judg
nent which has naturally caused much uneasiness in the medical profession.
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Dr. Jacquemin performed a 'dif- feult operation on a child who was suffering from a spinal complaint, It was, not successful, and 31. Cohen, the father, refused to pay the bill. M. Cohen's submission of "
eure, no pay" was upheld by magistrate, and to-day the hear ing of an appeal has begun.
Despite the serious nature of the rake the arguments are being con. ducted largely on the humorous plane. The position of the counse! for M. Cohen is peculiarly difficult. "Does my learned friend," asked his opponent, subscribe to the principle that if he loses his case he is not to be paid?
is an actor to liye his ducked every night when there is napplaase " "Is a geiteral to have his pay stopped when he fights a losing battle?" "Are deductions to be made from a preacher's stip- end for every sermon that sends his congregation to sleep?" These were a few of the posers presented to the higher tribunal.
"The decision is being awaited with widespread interest.
SAFETY WEEK EFFORT.
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A mishap to an néropläne and a rush by warships ta rescue the three airmen involved resulted in an un- expected trace of 2 hours in the war between the "Blue" (Meditor. ranean), Fleet, and the "Red"! (At- lantic) Fleet.
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TEAR GAS BOMBS IN THEATRE.
ASTONISHING SCENES IN
PARIS.
Paris-An extraordinary scene took place at the Ambigu Theatre last month.
The occasion was the rosumption of the play "L'Affaire Dreyfus, which had aroused patriotle de monstrations,
The performance had just started, when tear gas bombs wero thrown. into the auditorium. The presaus believed to have thrown them were forcibly dispersed by a party of spectators who had been organised as a special police force under the orders of the Secretary of the ex- Buzzing out an S. O. S. a Black-Servicemen's Pacific League.
One of the demonstrators was three-senter reconnaisance machine was forced to alight on hoisted up on to the stage, where the Atlantic. The news was imme he was spanked in the good old, diately breadcast, and "Reds" and fashioned way. At half past ten "Blues" forget their hostillities in however, the gas had become so bad that the audience had to leave the a concerted rash to the spot.
theatre.
מו ענן
The airmen clung to the machine, amid huge breaking waves, for nearly an hour before H.31.5. Resolution reached them. Fowered rutter and took flem aboard un-
It was, however, impos harned. sible to salve the aeroplane.
Two minutes after the "war" had opened, Lón reported that she and attacked two "Buy" battle. ships, the Revenge and the Resolu tion and torpedoed both, and their spoed was feduced to represent the damage inflicted.
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They assembled outside, where M., Riehepin, author of the piece, an- minced that the performance would be resumed as soon as the house had been ventilated.
Up till eleven o'clock to-night live arrests, had been made.
£1,300 HIDDEN UNDER FLAGSTONE,
COUPLE'S SAVINGS.
Three remarkable accounts open-
For one fine ship this has been the last engagement, for the battle cruiser Tiger is to be scrapped un-ed with trustee savings banks last der the London Treaty in the early year are referred to in the report, issued inst month, of the Inspection
summer.
The Tiger cost £2,037,401 to build.
WIDER FILMS..
PANORAMIC EFFECTS.
Most of the big Hollywood studios have been ready for some time with pictures made on wide-film, but it was decided that they should be hold inck in view of the additional
APRIL 22, 1931.
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Committee of Trustee. Savings PREMISES TO LET.
Banka for the year ended Novem. ber 30 last.
BILLIARDS.
♦ILLIARD Tables and Cushions.
TTRACTIV Three and Four Booned and Cashion Rubbers
Hoomel FEATS in HUM.
BUILDINGS,
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PICTURES.
PRING EXHIBITION of PIC. TURES by the Foremost Artists
As a result of a campaign of house-to-house advertising, three persons in particular were led to open accounts," it is stated. "In the first case, life's savings amount. PHREYS BUILDINGS, KOWLOOK. replaced. Expert work and satisfaction ing to £400 were being carried daily Also Two Roomed FLAT in NATHAN guaranteed at low cost. HONG KONG All Modern Conveniences.-PUBLIC BILLIARD SALOON, 193, Wider films, designed not to in in the pocket: in the second caso Roap.
WORLD THEATHx), Phone 20005. Shanghai has invested up. TOLL OF BRITAIN'S ROADS.crease the size of the figures but a man and his wils had been keep-Apply HUMPHREYS ESTATE & DE VOLUX ROAD CENTRAL (NGAT
to enlarge the area of action, are ing their life's savings of £1,300 in FINANCE Co., LP, ALEXANDRA E notes and gold under a flagstone coming to the screen,
in their kitchen; in the third ease, on the death of a wife, her hus Every day nearly fifty people
and found money, mostly silver, are killed and 3,000 injured by
hidden in various places about the accidents in Great Britain. Every
house to the amount of £350,"
At the end of the year the aggre-FLAT with All Modera Conveniences of Japan at Means. KOMOR & east of exhibitors for now equipate of cash and face or par value and Garage, -- Apply to: OREDIT KOMOR Opons WEDNESDAY, the halt-hour, somebody dies; every
D'EXTREME-ORIENT, 29TH APRIL, at thoir Art Rooms For minute somebody is hurt.
Now the truce is being called off. of stock held by the banks was FONCIER
compared with 4th floor, FRENCH BANK BUILDING. (196 ONE WEEK ONLY. United Artists inve arranged to £172,518,485, These figures are given by the
months. The National Safety First Association, show their wide-film version of 1,443,309 at the end of the
The Bat Whispers" at the Regal, preceding twelve which is holding its second nation Marble Arch, early next month, to number of active accounts at the and dormant accounts 279,083. For al anfely week, from May 11 to May see how the public reacts to the end of last November was 2,315,370, 10, and which urges thunt more than novelty.
Experiments with another wide- November, 1999, the figures were: 78 per cent, of such accidents are film picture," Billy the Kid," have Active accounts 2,192,073; dormant
already been conducted at the Em-accounts 83,995. preventable.
pire Leicester-square, and it is not likely that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer' and Paramount will allow United Artista alone to exploit the field.
ner of what was to come, for be tween 1945 and 1030 a total of upwards of Ts. 19,000,000 was dis trilinted in dividends by these com panies. It is obviously worth while for shareholders to endeavour to conserve interests which have yield- ed them such returna in the past, and in the circumstances the for- mation of a trust which will save the companies financially wenker than the others and equally sup. port the stronger ones will appeal to all with a belief in the future of the industry.
RUBBER,
:
RUMOUS DISTURB THE MARKET.
Messrs. Pentreath & Co. have kindly forwarded us the following letter, dated March 25, which they have received from Mesars. Hornby Hemelryk & Co., of Liverpool.
The market has been under the inBurnce of various rumours rs. garding the progress of the restric tion discussions culminating in an official statement, issued by the Rubber Growers' Association, to the effect that the adjourned meeting, which was to have been held on
Monday, had been postponed in order to enable the Dutch Govern- ment, to communicate with the Dutch East Indies authorities on the subject.
The programme will inelude Bafety Congress at Leeds, ut which every branch of national life will be, represented, and every, aspect of safety first and accident pre- vention will be discussed.
Throughout the country there will be an intensive propaganda For Safety First and accident prevention, Special talks, lectures, and cinema displays on the subject will be given in the schools.
In addition to local competitions there will be a competition on the twelve most important points of the new Highway, Code, for which prizes to the value of £5,000 have already been guaranteed.
The association points out that since "Safety First" work started in this country in 1923 the annual increase in the number of street nucidents has been reduced from 18 per cent. to 3 per cent, Edinburgh, which
energetic.
an possesses
Safety First" Council, has in five years reduced its annual number We learn this morning that som
of accidents from 1,800 to just un- prominent Dutelt growers have der 1,000--a drop of over 40 per notified the Dutch Rubber commit
cent. compared with an iccrense of that they strongly protest
Government inter. over 33 per cent, throughout the against any ference and that they have decided rest of Great Britain in the BAINS
to refrain from further co-opera- tion in regard to the restriction of_output.
period.
PASSENGERS
Departures,
This action on the part of soma of the leading Dutch producers is casting a gloom over the market, as it is considered unlikely that the Dutch Government will endeavour
The folowing passengers left to enforce legal measures of re- striction in face of this opposition, yesterday by the s.8. Anchises:- and according to the Financial Mr. and Mrs. T. P. H. Blake, Mas Times, opinion in Amsterdam in ters O. P. H. and C. J. H. Blake, that owing to the decision of the Mr. R. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. B opposition group, the question of Crowley, Master P. P. Crowley, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Forshaw, Miss restriction is again in the balance.
Under these circumstances, it-is-M 1 Forshow, Miss P. M. For- difficult to have an opinion, but of shaw, Master M. G. Forshaw, Miss true, Rubber is ludicrously cheap. B. A. Forshaw, Mr. and Mrs. R. Stocks: London and Liverpool D. L. Gordon and two children, 131,485 tons, an increase of 1,359 Mr. D. P. Griffith, Rev. and Mrs.' T. Ward-Hall, Miss J. G. Hall, Mr. Close London last night:-Spot L. D. Howey, Mrs. W. 8. Marsh, and April 3id., April-Juns Mr. and Mrs, L. Parbury, Mr. F. 3.13/16d.. July-September 3.15/16d., Rothe, and Mr. V. M. Studd. October December 4id.. January-
tons.
March 4d, January-December 1832
4ld. buyers.
The Ben Liue s.s. Bennevis, from Our New York correspondents mebled last night that the market Leith, Antwerp, London, Straits continues, nervous. Speculative in And Manila left Manils for this terests view the restriction posport on Monday afternoon (April sibilities sceptically, and manufac. 20), and is due to arrive here to- turera appear to be well supplied.morrow morning (April 23),
The B.I. a.s, Sirdhana will leave Close New York last night-No..
1 Standard Contract, July 7.750, for Amoy, Moji, Kobo and Oska September 7.000, December 8.20c., on or about Friday, April 24-nt="7: January 8.290.
a.m.
ment.
Wide-sim lends itself obviously to panoramic effects. "The Bat Whis pers" is a mystery thriller, and the eeric impression of shadows and distances is said to be enhanced by the new method.
The size of the new screen is
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A dramatic plea was made by the mother of a well-dressed girl of 23, Ena Garwood, described. motor driver, who was charged at Brighton with the murder of her
infant child.
The girl was traced through a laundry mark on some clothes.
Her mother cried bitterly when he entered the witness box. She said that her husband died when the girl was a baby. She herself was a trained nurse, "Can 1 ask She was advised not to do ao at a question?" she sobbed. this stage, but replied, "I only wanted to know if you could punish me instead-of-my girl. I. could do anything."
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It is feared that the building it self is beyond repair which would also be a great loss, to the city as in its simplicity and noble forms it was regarded as a fine examplo of the architecture of its time.
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