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sheets are required. A company's counts. Clearly, he said, such ne- financial position has, by law, to opunts in the future should be kept bo revealed, and Lord KYLSANT'S { !'.
ater particularity and whole policy aimed an conociment. with greater information to the Several notable phrases in this con- shareholders.. nection by Mr. JUSTICE WRIGHT cut right across these methods. The Judgo said
The Manchester Guardian was of
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News and Views
opinion that, the cage, nors than And the Sergeant Ball!
any in recent times, has raised
questions which are of the greatest public importance with regard to the framing of company balance shorts and prospectuses The publle incercat, the intereat of sharehold ors, actual and prospective, the principles and methods of the se countangy profession, and of those commercial AJANJ
they advise and overace in "one shape or an other all these come in question, and there will necessarily be much discussion of them, It will in
"Mark" time when I tell yon" Wiv me foot, sergeant Yen said the sergeant to the dud recruit. Did you ever know anything mark time with hands Yes, or geant; my watch does"
Burglar Alarms}
Barge as Schoolhouse,
Secret Reserves may be the sub fect of almost intolerable abuso Such a system may be used to "'cover up negligence and irro- gularities. It is the duty of those who tunnage companies to study the shareholders. They are not to regard them as sheep that may look up if they are not fed."
Accounts of companies, in the
Youthful Honagenarian, future, should be kept with
famous physician, although in his
Sir James Crichton-Bro greater information to the share
ninety-second year, retains the holder LUI
mental elasticity of youth. his The Inw requires auditors to particular, be necessary to consider
Second Thoughts, he displays all the active curiosity which gave report on the accounts, which whether what one might almost call An ex-Hussar, Francis John to his fret volume of jottings so certainly Includes careful inves the technical jargon commonly honours at Aylesbury, Bucka, last that ho diulikes telepathy, thin Nash, who was buried with military stimulating an interest True it in tigation of thy profit and loss employed by accountants to describe month had spent altogether nine women, osteopaths auf modern account.
W cortain financial situations can any and a half years in four hospitals poetry. True it is also that he longer be considered adequate. To-Gallipoli, and discharged as medi pomerila" of a democratic age. Nash was wounded in the throat at disapproves of the "gowke and day, however, is not the time for enlly unfit. Ho rejoined as volun. Yet he remains interested in n such a discussion. It is important tary driver in the Red Cross, and manifestations of life, whether it that, as soon as the circumstances served until the end of the war be the size of the Chinees brain or permit, these questions should be hospital from the effect of war in-11 years old at the time of the Sixteen months later he wont into schoolboy howlers, Sir James was properly discussed.
juries, and in turn became blind Great Exhibition, and has himself talked, with the son of Robert Buras.
the neosstary teaching staff and Middlesex County Education Committee has decided to furnish equipment, on a floating barge, to be used as an elementary school for children of boatmen plying between Paddington and Viswsley, The barge has been provided by the Pad- sidelight on burglar alarms at Idington Canal Boatmen's Institu lock-up promises is given in a retion, and will accommodate about. port by Sir Hugh Turnbull, the twenty-five scholars. Commissioner of the City of Lon-
Lor of alarms given by such ap- don Police, During 1030 the uum-A pliances was 2052. And this is how they were caused:-By burglars, 1 By defective appliances; 2001.
If it becomes known to the world that balance sheets, of Eng lish companies. re not things which can be relied on, then that is a very serious matter for the financial and commercial affairs of this country
Glory of War
The News Chronicle says:-What-and had both legs amputated, over, the result of Lord KYLSANT's Widare Teshion,
Lord KYLSANT, it must be romom- bored, was acquitted on the charge pond may be the case will, it is of issuing falee annual reporta and to be hoped, have a salutary effect balance sheets Presumably it was City in regard to the publication in modifying the practice of the felt that there had merely been of balance sheets. The mislead wrong-headed policy, and, having.
ing nature of the published balance
I do not think I have ever known any new fashion spread with the et in the Evening Standard, Af wildfire rapidity of the "Victorian weeks ago there were only expen- bowler for women, writes London-
The Use of Resin..
The Australian cricket authori
the use of resin by bowlers, it 16 ties are said to have asked the M.C.C. to pass a law prohibiting
53, Flest Street, convicted. him on one charge, no heete of Public companies," wrote measured in güineas. Now it is to to use a new ball because the seam
2520 SEPTEMBER, 1901 (Both WATSON'S The Daily Press.
Daya Inclusive) for the preparation
of Dividend Warrants."
By Order of the Board,
DERRICK & CO.PT
Chartered Accountants, Local Becretaries. Hoxoxona BiNK CHAMBERS, SINGAPORE, 15th August, 1981. [1082
IN THE SUPREME COURT "OF HONG KONG,
PROBATE JURISDICTION. »
IN THE GOODS OF ALFRED HOLLAND SKELTON, Late OF SOUTH LODGE, CANFORD ÜLIFTS, IN THE COUNTY OF TOR, SET, ENGLAND, DROGRABED.
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TOTION IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of
Section 59 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made an Order limiting the Time for
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THE SOUTH CHINA MOTOR- SHIP BUILDING AND
REPAIRING WORKS,"
LIMITED.
Creditors and others to and in their NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Claims against the above Hatate to the
19TH DAY of SEPTEMBER, 1931.
"All Creditors and others are accord. ingly hereby required to send in their Claims to the Undersigned on or before that Date, in"
Dated the 20th day of August, 1931.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER Solicitors for the Executors, Prince's Building, Hong Kong.
F1081
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
HONG KONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTION,
IN 712" Goobe" oF - THOMAS FRANCIS O'SULLIVAN, LATE OF NO: 44, BoxinsoN- ROAD, VICTORIA; IN THE COLOKT OF HONG KONG, DRUMISED,
No
that the FIRST ORDINARY
MEETING YEARLY
of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, ST. Gzonas's BUILDING, SED FLO02, on TUESDAY, the 20TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1981, at 12.30 P, to receive the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts, to `re-elect Directors, and to re-elect Auditor.
By Order of the Board, BRANDT & €0...
General Managers. Hong Kong, 18th August, 1981. ;
(1087
NOTICE.
HONG KONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LIMITED.
"NOTICE IS HEREBY, GIVEN.
TOTICE 16. HEREBY GIVEN That the TRANSFER BOOKS
that the Court has, by virtua of the Provisions of Bection 58 of of the Company will ba CLOSED from Ordinance No. 8 of 1897, made an Order SATURDAY, 29, to MONDAY, limiting the Time for Creditors and Star AUGUST, 1931, Both Days others to send in their Claime against
inclusive. Estate to 9TH SEPTEMBER,
1931
abovs
All Creditors and others ar
ard accord.
ingly hereby required to send their
By Order of the Board,
B. ALVES,
Becretary:
₤1064
Claims to the Undersigned on or before Hong Kong. 17th Ang, 1981, - that Dato.
1058)
DRACONS, re
Solicitors for the Exsentrix, 1, Des Voeux Road Centril
Hong Kong.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP
··LIMITED.
NOTICE.
HONG KONG ENGINEERING &
·CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD, APPLICATION has been made to this Company to issue to MB. YEUNG IU TUNG, Duplicate. Certificate for 50 Shares In this Com- pany numbered 79886 to 79885, or other Certificate in lieu thereof upon T MEETING of the Shareholders THE ORDINARY GENERAL
statement that the Original Certifiente in the above Company will be held No. 555, dated 8th NOTEKBEN, 1929, at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, P. has been LOST or MISLAID.
O. BUILDING, ON MONDAY, AUGUST
AND NOTICE 18 HEREBY
3187, at 11 AM, for the purpose of GIVEN that, if, at the Expiration of
the the
Managers bogotan with Statement One Month from the Date hereof, the of Accounts to the 31st Dices, abore Certificate be not forthcoming the Said Certificate will be deemed
1620.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the CANCELLED and of NO EFFECT, Company will be CLOSED from 26TH and a NEW CERTIFICATE for the Baid Bhares will be issued in its stead by the Company, the wolf kanalen.
of AUGUST, to 31er of AUGUST, Boll Days inclusive.
DOUGLAH LAPRAIK & Co
“General Managers” Hong Kong, 19th:Aur÷÷1031
Secretary..
f1078 Hong Kong, 22nd July, 1981. [988)
HONG KONG, AVQUST 21, 1933..
QUESTIONS OF COMMER
CIAL PRACTICE,"
doubt the jury felt that acquittal
the authors of the Liberal Indus or conviction on a second count be-trial Inquiry in 1928, is indeed came a matter of relatively lesser importance. Lord KYLBANT was
the subject of general adverse found guilty of issuing a prospec
comment. It is widely felt that tus, asking the public to take up of better, and public opinion is in matters are getting worse instead debenture shares and alggesting in
favour of a change. There may this prospectus that steady profits be under certain circumstances, a were being made by the RM.S.Pense, for a hidden reserve, it the Company
of
the Judge
“I am bound to say that, quite apart from any question of success or failure, I think that, the prose cution of this case has been, and will be, of very great service to tho commercial community.,
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sive models to be had, at prices well known that some bowlers like be had everywhere for a matter of enables them to impart a spin shillings. I do not set up as a which is impossible when the seam prophet where women's fashions has disappeared and the leather are concerned, but I cannot help thinking that as the Shropshire Lad said of the gale on Wenlock Euge, "it blows so hard, twill soon be gone."
has softened, but it appears that sa Australia some bowlers have beca carrying powdered resin in which they have put the tips of their fingers in order to improve their grips. Time was when bowlera "objected to wicket-keepers making their gloves tacky" by oiling tion being made because some of the rubber in the palms, the objec- the stickiness, was transferred to in three days of an inquest on to that practice bowlers may desire coroners should be compelled with the ball, but instead of objecting road accident victim to seed in a it if the MO.C. accept Australia's form on which should be sat out proppen.
the victim's name, address, and
occupation, and the circumstances A Friend of Nursey
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in which the victim died, and in any de blank column should be sat down An exhibition of several hundred by the authorities in London whe-drawings by Louis Wain, whose thar the accident could have been humorous pictures of onte and doga avoided, and, if so, how. He add-have been famous for nearly half a Following the recent cases of a
ed: I drive all over South-West century, was opened by Mr. R. D.- girl lesing her employment because at times, by the way some people Galleries,' London last month. For Lancashire, and I am scared stiff. Blumenfeld at the Brook-street
The Price of Beanty.
she wore pyjamas at a Brighton sot on the road." The ultra-conservative Morning dance and a man losing hip becauAS.
Road Dealis" Consus,!' South-West Lancashire, suggested Mr. 8. Brighouse, the coroner for fact of the existence of such a rent an inquest at Bootle that Editorial comments by British serve be specified, so that the dis papers on this most important case closure of its amount enn be in showed a significant unanimity.sisted upon it, the majority of the LONDON papers that arrived yester. The Times agreed, with the remark shareholders to desire day contained extensive reports of the final stages of what is the most important criminal trial of modern times When Lord KYLBANT and Mr. HENRY J MORLAND were ar- raigned at the Old Bailey questions were raised that went to the root
some time past Louis Wain, who is of British business methods,
over 70 years of age, has been an inmate of a mental hospital. His From 1921 to 1927 the Royal Mail ost says, inter alia, that the trial be won an Irish sweepstake prize,809 Soviet Workers for London. Steam Pocket Company made no in its advocacy, conduct, and a Yorkshire girl has been threaten On August 1 the Soviet steamer earnings, aro pennilege, and one of
sisters, on profits, and in 1928 and 1027 losses summing up, has shown the British ed with dismissal because she enterforeign ports with 300 workmen on from the present Exhibition will be Ukraine is leaving Leningrad for them in an invalid. The profita were incurred. This was carefully system of justice at. its best. No ed a beauty contest. The girl, Missboard, shys the London Morning devoted to keeping his home inthet, ! concealed from shareholders and trial could have been more fair, Mary Arblaster, of Royston, who is Post. This group of Communists Most of the pictures on show are public balance sheet adjustments and the summing up, in which 20 years of age, was in domestic consists of the best shock work of cats and dogs; they are depicted were made, and dividends paid out JUSTICE WEIGHT SWOPE away all the service with Mrs. M. Kershaw, of reward for their exceptionally good in winter sports, and playing the ers, men as well as women, who in playing cricket, dancing, engaged of "secret reserves" put aside from important irrelevancies with which Ravensthorp, near Dewsbury, and work have been given the possibility bag-pipes; there is also a section previous years when pronta had the case bad surrounded itself, was, gave her mistress' address when she of visiting foreign countries. Their devoted to Louis Wain's more recent been unprecedentedly farge, Lord in our view, a model of cogent entered the Horbury Physical Oul-Genos, and Stamboul. In Genon has lost none of its cunning Tho trip will stop at Hamburg, London, work, which shows that his hand KYLSANT'S defence wits that his lucidity. For the rest, the course ceived a letter from Mrs. Kershaw Milan and Turin, where they will but perhaps the most interesting of ture Club's beauty contest. She re- they will make an excursion to cats and dogs are as droll as ever: policy was in accordance with of this trial has revealed practices stating that if she remained in the inspect the Fiat factorica. Much his later pictures are of a totally commercial custom and was calcu- and conventions which reflect ill contest she would be dismissed. attention will be paid to the pro-different kind, representing strange lated to maintain the prestige and on the genennt conduct of company Miss Athiaster stated later that she paganda: works of these 300 workers landscapes in peculiarly vivid and
intended going through with it. prosperity of the Company. He business. The result itself should
in all the towns that they will visit striking colours. fally believed that the slump would be a strong safeguard for investors. pass long before the reserves were It is extremely unlikely that there, exhausted, and that the sharehold-will in future be any want of ean- era interests were best served by dour in disclosing accurately the this line of policy, Sir Joan financial or trading position which SIMON, Lord KYLSANT'S counsel, is the vital interest of every single pleaded that his client had been shareholder а сотраду..
One caso (Chinese) of typhoid guilty of no more than failure in The Daily Telegraph snid:-The fever was reported on Wednesday. pradore department of the Tedition to other minor prizes. Bad A Chinese, attached to the com- Daily Telegraph 25 prize in ad- his policy, and to suggest a criminal charges on which the defendants The total output of the Kailan Hing, was charged on remand be competition for the King's Prize, fuck further, dogged him in the offenca was absurd.
wero acquitted, however, have raised Minug Administration's mines for fore Mr. E H. Williams yester as he was squadded at a bad hour The Judgo agreed with the con- questions which go sufficiently deered to 104,340 tons, and the sales into the Colony. The Postmaster However, in the circumstances his the week ending. August 8, amount day. with having brought six letters and did not do himself justices tention that the position of Mr. into commercial practice to give during the period to 83,686 tons. MORLAND, the auditor, was different the case profound importance for
General, Mr. E. W. Hamilton, who performance was extremely credit from that of Lord KYLBANY. Me the business world. The term KE, at the Soldiers Club on Wed the practice which was becoming follow his excellent example at sext
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prosecuted, asked for a nominal fine able, and it le to be hoped that defeating S/Sergt. Pollard, to be imposed so as to discourage other Hong Kong Volunteers will MORLAND passed the balance sheet practice is used advisedly. Mr.nesday night, Cpl. Cottle, RE, a nuisance. His Worship imposed year's Bisley-Hong Kong Daily but in 1996 added the phrase" ad Moran's case was simple. He won the Army Billiards: Champion a fine of $15, justment of taxation reserves, to was proved to have followed, by was 73 and the final scores in his ship. The winner's highest, break
pa Press, August 22, 1900, show the shareholders how their employing the phrase adjustment favour were 800-378.. dividends were obtained. This was of taxation reserves, & general accepted by the jury and Mr. practice of which the legitimacy had Kowloon, at 8. p.m. last night, e Found straying in Chatham Road, MORLAND was acquitted Some in never been questioned, and which brindle Boston bull-terrier dog, age teresting comments on the respon-was fully approved by the leading about six months, has four white sibilities of auditors were, however, members of his profession. The Paws, a white spot on back of neck,. white breast and white muzzle, no made by the judge and may form charge against Lord KYLSANT raised collar or license badge. Owner the basis of now legislation. When a more complicated issue. Fall dismay have the dog on application the R.M.3.P. Company's profits closure of one's business position, to Mrs Losby, 3, Chatham Road,
Kowloon. were turning to lose Lord KYLGANT' said Lord KYLSANT, was often un position was difficult To admit to wise when active competition was the situation was to worsen de being faced, and all that be had Principle gave place to expediency, done had been solely in the In and expediency, based on personal terests of shareholders The jury's judgment, proved a bad guide. The verdict accepts this, and clears him expected trade revival on which the of all fraudulent intention in re policy of the company was based, gard to the balance sheet. Mr did not materialise, and the task-Juice WAZOHI
howay
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Local Notes and Events *
from the files:
Looking Back 25 Years,
Looking Back 60 Years.
List of articles presented to the Colony Hall museum from July 1s to August 20, 1881 ;---------
Seven bottles containing insk from Annam, by Mr. R. A. Rotario, Inte Interpreter of the Supreme Court Four bird's neste" from Annam, by Mr. Beck Tsing Taup One bird's nest, by Mr. William Schmidt. Two pinces of petrified Hong Kong will be pleased to wood and one sponge, by Dr. East hear that its representative at lacke Two tailor bird' nests from When the case in which a Chinese Bisely, Captain G. P. Lammert, Haiphong, by Captain Hamiini- coolie was charged with the theft won a prize of 26 in the competi- ** Return of visitors to the City Marks and unlawfully pawning with a score of 34 at 600 yards. August 2 of a pair of spectacles from Mrs. tion for the Daily Telegraph cup, Hall museum, for the wock, ending. thom, was resumed before Mr. J. Four tied for the cup itself, their A Fraser yosterday, the first score being 35. The Holy Ker not authcient evidence to show that presented at the Bisley Rifle Meet- oharge was dismissed as there was Volunteer Corps, was worthily ro- the coolie actually sole the glasses. ing by Captain G. P Lammert, The man who admitted pawning who must be heartily congratulated of retrieving the position became plain In the summing up his the glasses, was given a term of on the commendable public spirit three weeks hard labour, the sen lie has shown Unfortunately a increasingly hard. It is to raid opinion that, apart from the quietence to commence from August sharp cold which he contractedt
oh situatione, "ending in disaster tion of criminal intention, all war 10 lb was stated that the manquila early-in-the-meeting prevent-
get arrived "from Foochow about sixed him from showing his skill and giving endless opportunity for not as it should have been in the months ago and was employed at the ranges to the fullest advantage, ̈abuse, that audits and balance presentation of the company's so the Howloon Gardens.
but he succeeded in winning the 23, 1881
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