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ADVERTISEMENTS. | ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
HEREBY
NOTICE IS "GIVEN THAT THE FORTY. FIRST ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF THIS COM. PANY will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. on Friday, the 24th February, 1939, at 11.30 a.m, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st Decem. ber, 1938.
The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from
17th Friday, the
February, 1939, to Friday, the 24th Febru. ary, 1939, both days Inclusive..
By order of the Board of Directors,
C. M. MANNERS,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th Jan., 1939.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
on
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL OR DINARY GENERAL MEET. ING of SHAREHOLDERS wil be HEED at the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong Kong, THURSDAY, the 16th. Febru. ary, 1939, at 12 NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report- of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st. December, 1938.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, 4th. Febru. THURSDAY, 16th. to February, both days inclusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS
& SON,
General Managers Hong Hong, 24th Jan., 1939,
BINTH
MULLER -On
$4
at the Country Shanghai, to Mr.
HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE
IS
HEREBY
GIVEN that' the · FOUR- TEENTH ORDINARY YEAR- LY MEETING of HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held oa TUESDAY, the 7th 'day of March, 1939, at the BOARD ROOM of the Company, Second Floor, Exchange Building; Hong Kong, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Board of Directors, for the financial year ended 31st Decem her. 1938, and re-electing two Directors and the Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from the 25th February to 7th March, 1939, both days inclusive.
Dated this 31st day of Janu ary, 1939.
Order of the Board,
W. L. MCKENZIE,
Secretary.
14. Des Voeux Road, Centrḍl.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
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WAR-TIME POSTS
FOR RETIRED · NAVAL OFFICERS
New Mobilization
Arrangements
As a result of a careful review of the problem of mobilising re- tired naval officers for the second- iine Fleet and for shore billets the Admiralty has evolved an entirely new plan to avoid the anomalies which were revealed during the crisis in September. An Admiralty announcement on the subject will
be made in. the near future.
-In an emergency the number of sea appointments available for re- red officers would be comparative ly small but hundreds of shore billets of vital importance to the emcient machine would have to be Alled,
working of the naval
Officers under the ago of 60. will be selected first, but the services of any officer over that are may be utilized. Cişims for exemption for a limited period will only be given in ex- ceptional circumstances, and must be made as early as pos- sible. No caini will be con- sidered after mobilization be- comes imminent,
EDITORIAL
ACCOUNTANCY AWARDS
(Continued from Page 1)
dogmatism of the mer- chants. the consistent adher- ence to the old system, and the lack of material legislative sup- port, however, handicapped our endeavours for the development of the reform work during the early years of our efforts.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1939.
£181,562 AWARD Hello & Goodbye
IN BONDS CASE
House Of Lords Decision
BY A.W. HYER-
The ship building business is on the up and up for this year. Not only, is Hongkong helding her own in this respect, but sororal, now vessels of various companies will be making their maiden voyage to this harbour before the summer.
The next on the list is registered to the Danish Company. "Maersk Line" (passenfer and freight service from USA). The "Hulda Maersk” has salled from New York and will be in Hong- kong next Monday.
Judgment was given in the House; of Lords, upholding a decision of the Court of Appeal, that Canadian were repayable Ja this The Importance attached to the bonds
This motorship carries a limited office is this
gentleman's destiria- that Canadian hw the number of passengers, Freight is tion. Previous occupation was on desirability of reforming the old country on a gold value basis, and accounting system is now univer-
the main business. Agents, Jebsen his company's steamers in sally recognized. This is not only, contrary did not apply.
The decision dismissed an appeal and Co., report this ship is tops capacity of Purser, and also time from a commercial point of view.
to
the
Associated with this company
a definite guard against the falsi-brought by the New Brunswick in the Maersk Fleet when it comes spent in the home office in San nication and manipulation of acRallway Company, of Canada, toto decoration, comfort and modern Francisco, count books, but it is also a matter which the respondents were the Improvements in all departments.
at one of the Kowloon plers on her arrived in the Colony with their of national aspiration. If account British and French Trust Corpora- The "Hulda Maersk" will be tied Mir, and Mrs. 1. D. Buy is books are not properly kept, public ton Ltd, of Colemanstreet, E. Q
The case concerned 992 five per arrival and the public is most wel- daughter Miss D. Dymond on the investments and government re-
85. Ranpu.a from Penang. *This venue in the form of taxation, to cent. Arst mortgage bonds of £160 come for a look-see.
issued by the railway imperiai Airways
charming tamily sailed on mention but a few instances, would each,
"Coolidge" Saturday night for be jeopardized and much harm company. could be done.
" SLOW PROGRESS.
In Shanghai, practically 95 per under gold clauses in cent. of the business houses of any could be discharged by payment in Dykes at the control importance have now reformed ordinary currency at the nominal their accounting systems through value.
15
the
The Canadian Parliament passed SATURDAY, 4.05 p.m. Imperial Manila where Mr. Dymond will be a law in 1937 that obligations[airways" · "Delta" landed at Kagent of the States Line.
contracts Tak with the new Captain L. A. The very witty and nice 'Major' A. Beckerleg of Marsman & Co.. Travelling
called on the Colony. Penang to up from
Hongkong on Was another new
the s.8. Ranpuri. then home to his desk in Manila he sailed by the "Coolidge," Sa- turday night.
the necessity of furnishing accu- BONDHOLDERS' PECTECTION rate reports for income tax and
to
kok
Bang-
Air- more we refer
ber for the Imperial
..stationed group The Court of Appeal had decided ways business tax purposes. In Hong-that English law controlled pay-or less in the Colony,
A personality of outstanding - kong, however, progress, if any. In ments in London, and that the Radio Ulcer A. G. Stedmann.
bondholdera this direction is very slow.
were entitled This smiling and genial person will terest in the affairs of China to- have The many officers who
THE SOLUTION
repayment on a gold value basis, take over the duties of First Om- day Is General Hsu Tong Tse." This. written to ask for information.com-
cer O. Prichard who is spending
keen gentleman arrived on the" In order to accelerate progress The Lord Chancellor, Lord
"Coolidge" cerning the uniforms they would
from Shanghai en require on rejoining may be rein Hongkong, what course could Maugham, in his judgment, sald be sometime in the War Memorial January 29, 1939.
minded that particulars on this practically be pursued without was intended to protect the holder Hospital. Upon his release, which route to Chungking. Many offcials and personal frienxis gathered to of the should be fairly soon, he will jour depreciation Hospital. point are given in the re-employ-causing too drastic an evolution? against a
ney home to England for a vaca-meet the former President of Con- and Mis.ment regulations shown in the The solution to this problem. ta currency in New Brunswick.
tion.
trol for the National Government. Hans H. Muller, a daughter.
He did not think. however, that appendix to the Navy List, publish the opinion of my colleagues and ed half-yearly.
myself. is, firstly, to devise a sys. their lordships decision applied also Captain Alfred D. Ward also ar and now acting on the Defence
rived on the "Delia." One week of
Board of the Central Chinese Clov- tem of accounting that improves to interest on bonds,
ernment. rather than abandons a method The Court of Appeal's award of pleasure visiting in the Colony was
The General stated he was a plans of this gentleman connected days of Confucious and, secondly, therefore reduced to £181.582.
with H.M. Land Forces. Sea" Dragon
ENGAGEMENT
HARRIS-LITTLE--The
engage.
ment is announced between Nigel Mayne Wilfred Harris, eldest
Dr. 5021" of
and Wilfred Mrs.
of Harris, Chester Terrace, Regents Park, "Lon, and Marion Lawrence Little, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Martin Little, of Shinghal.
REFRESHER COURSES The question of notifying in ad-
vance appointments which would which dates back as far as the £182.444 to the Corporation was all we could find out about the soldier and as such bad very lit-
be allocated in war-time and of arranging refresher courses in time of peace is under consideration.
The naval authorities are fully alive to the value of the retired list as a war potential, and the seeming neglect of this factor in the past was due to circumstances over which they had no control. There will, however, be no grounds for complaint on this score in the
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HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 6, 1939.
JAPAN REFUSES
TO PAY
APAN, оп principle, has ab- solutely no intention to make reparations to third-party Powers for damages which their nationals" have suffered as a result of her military operations in China, ac- cording to a statement made in the Tokyo House of Representatives. by Mr. H. Arita. Japan's Foreign
Minister.
THIS STATEMENT has created no
surprise to the "Hongkong Daily Press" which all plong has main-
of certain -excep- tions,
tained that it is Tokyo's policy, to dishonourably disregard her solemn pledges. It has, however, caused considerable surprise In European In the Goods of MARY | and American business circles.both ELEANOR GRONDAHL in the Far East and abroad as it had been hoped that the question late of St. Annes Building of reparations would be settled 25 Rue du Consulate, French satisfactorily, in the spite of the Concession, Shanghai, China, fact that doubt had existed in Married Woman, deceased.
the minds of many that Japan would pay. NOTICE is hereby given that INTERESTED foreign quarters in Shanghai are inclined to inter- the Court has, by virtue of Sec-
pret the statement of Mr. Arita in tion 58 The Probate Ordinance the sense that Japan is unwilling .1897 (No. Z of 1897), made an to undertake any definite obliga
Order limiting the time for send. tions and leaves OPED. the ing in claims to or against the possibility
We fear, however. above estate to the 28th day of FUTILE that their hopes will be February, 1939,
HOPES dashed to pieces us it is Creditors and claimants are
not and never will be the hereby required to send their intention of the Japanese to pay any reparations. What Japan is claims to the andersigned by the interested in is to get as much out above date.
of China as she possibly can, even Dated the 31st day of January, tionals, whom she wishes even
at the expense of third-party nu- 1939.
tually to drive put of China alto- LO AND LO,
gether. Solicitors for the attorney of
INCIDENTALLY, it was only a few Anton Kasimir Grondahl
weeks ago that Mr. Arita made a statement in the Diet to the effect that "vast fields" will be left open for foreign commercial enter- prise, but he did not say where those vast fields lay. MR. ARITA has only himself and his predecessors to blame If his speeches receive a frigid welcome
and the administrator of the estate of the above-named deceased, Alexandra Bullding,
Des Voeux 'Razd, Central, Hong Kong.
J. M. MURRAY
The funeral of Mrs. Julia Mar- guerite Murray took place rester- day at the Catholic Cemetery, the Rev. Father R. 5. Brookes officiat- ing.
The chlet mourner was. Mr. B. 3. Murray, husband of the deceased. Among those who attended" were D. Mr. and Mrs. Clemo. Mrs. Davies, Mr. J. A. Bendell, Mr. L. Dobry, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ewing. Messrs. M. J. Flattery, H. J: Gel- ling, W. J. Harrison, Hillyer, P. Morgan, Sinton, J. Watts, Watson, Miss M. Nuttall, Mrs. A. Silva and others.
A wreath from "Loving husband" was buried with the casket. Many Boral tributes were sent.
to advocate the new methods by The railway company was ordered Inculcating its utility in the minds to pay the costs.
of the younger generation of ac countants.
3.
In the first, we have suc- ceeded in devising it novet system that follows closely to the old system in application while lacking in no way the serviceability of western ас- counting and, in the second, we have found the means of disseminating the knowledge to younger accountants and ather's through rapid and cheap "tuition, such as is now given by our school in class studies and kindred ways.
In this connection, perhaps it is
flattering for me to say that never
ary schools.
was!
.4
tle to say about the political as-. peel of present Chinese affairs. During the past year General' Hsu · has been in poor health. However,' SATURDAY, 4.15 pm the Ameri- he looks very well this time and can listed junk, Sea Dragon" stated he was completely recover- got under way for Keelung, Mid-ed and ready to give his complete
Island, Honolulu and San time and efforts to his country.
A Mr. George W. Akers must Richard Halliburton, author, tra- have been a terrific rush to reach
J
CHUNG NAN
COLLEGE
PRIZE DAY Francisco.
Dr. Irene Ho, Ph.D., B.A., dis-
way
tributed the prizes at the Chung eller and organizer of the expedi-Europe. Travelling to Hongkong Na College speech day held at ion had his fingers crossed. Dur by this steamer, he dashed down the Queen's Theatie yesterdaying the last two months he has the gangway while out in the har morning when a concat was also postponed his departure from week bour and scooted over to the s
10 week Trials and tribulations (Rajputana sailing out to southern given.
The Headmaster, in the course have been his lot, but now he has ports and Burope as the "Coolidge"
gone and everyone hopes for the entered the bay. of his report said, in part:-
best. The school year opened shortly
35. Bangurs in War after the outbreak st shanghai. The maximum attend-crew, Mr. John B. Flagg formerly WHEN THIS P. & O. ship pulled
ance was 213 in September 1937
Captain Jack Welch has eleven
a seaman with the American Pre-
out Friday, noon time, for
and the minimum attendance was dent Line was a recent addition Shanghai it was almost another
when Mr. G. Torre signed off due business mans' 138 in February 1938. The average to illness. The later young man northern residents were returning special. Many
attendance was 188,
Im glad to announce that In/Will leave Hongkong shortly by to ice and snow land after plea-
an American Presiderit Line steam-sant and profitable days in Hong er for San Francisco,
Mr. Georfe Petrich is the man
of bad
kong.
Mr. M 'W. Stranack of. H. K.
Mr. and Mrs, F. R. Allison and a
...
before in Hongkong has there bees a school such as ours which is able to give tuition in modern account ing through the medium of the Chinese language.
July Class 4 boys participated in a The term under review com Junior Middle School Examination menced on January 1, 1938. with which was open to all schools you will hear from if you are in-Mulford & Co., was returning to an aggregate of 235 students on gistered under the Chinese Minis-terested in stort wave radio. his business desk in the north af- the enrolment register. The num-try of Education and which, was
two radio Operating the
satster a very short call here. ber, enrolled was far in excess of supervised by an offer specially aboard the junk is this man's job. what we had anticipated for the sent by the Department of Educa- All radio taris will be interested young member of the family were second term and it is gratifying,totion. Canten.
to know the "Sea Dragon's" radio heading home to Shanghai wind- point out that the percentages of As many Chinese are rendered call letters, W O D D. reaches ing up a business call here and north attendance
maintained destitute and homeless by the pre- them.
interior of China throughout the term at a Darsent war, we feel it our duty that.
Other than the above members A representative of the Imperial which served to indicate how in: we should do whatever we can to there are seamen, R. Chase, John Chemical Industries, Mr. V. St. J. fare), will fully respect the sover-
terested the students have been in relieve their distress and suffering Potter, G. Navis, Paul Mooney with Killery was all smiles when he eignty" of China;, there will soon be their studies of the number, 15 All students have been participat- a very badly sprained ankle which sailed homeward, Shanghai And a friendly government in China
per cent, are empicyed as booking in the "one-cent-a-day move-will keep him more or less tied to another busy business maa Mr. H. friendly to Japan, of course, but keepers in various arms while the ment and all teachers sacrificing the mast for the next couple of E. Arnhold of Arnhold Trading Co.. to nocody else!, and the "new or-
weeks, and G. Barstow the accor-returned home. der in Asia will promote friend-emainder hall from the merchant one day's pay in every month.
PRIZE WINNERS
owner am player and ship between East Asia and other class and those fresh from second-
The passenger list informed, us Powers."
Prize winners were as follows:- black chow paps. PRACTICAL TRAINING
that F/L. R. Barclay was bound Chong Yok-kee, Kwan Shing- H. Von Fehren is the engineer; BUT. AS USUAL. there are
Vocational training being diatong, Cheng Kwan-hwi, Sun Poh-the cook Sigh and assistant 17 for Kobe. However, we did not see a handsome airman in uniform phrases no less courteous and tinct from ordinary academic chuen, Chan Yu-cheong. Yu year old Patrick Kelly, complete about the ship, therefore, this gen- idealistic which deserve equal at education, particular attention hasString-chew, Wong Chong-phew, the list of crew and adventurers. teman may still be lurking about tention. While foreigners have no apart from the class lectures, been Pan Kew-fan. Ho Kan-yow. Chong fear of being excluded from the given to practical, application of Yok-khal, Ho Che-khien, Cheong
President Coolidge
our land.
"new order," there must neces-
And Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Maxted the theoretical knowledge which Fong-woh, Chay Su-yven, Chol Su-NOON, SATURDAY, The Number of Wilkinson. Heywood and Clark sutily be "certain restrictions and
the students obtain in the class-tuck, Lu Wai-leong, Leong Tew- regulations in spheres having a
One steamer of American Pre-in Shanghai finished off the List TOOM. In this connection, during yen, Fan Sow-ke. Wu Kam-yhen. vital bearing upon the national the term, inspection visits to var-
sident Line came calling in from of travelling business representa- defence and the economic indepen-tous merchant Arms, banks and
Matriculation Certificate-Chung America and Stranghal
tivea.. All these people should dence of the three countries"-factories have been carried out. I
A new resident arrived on this have quite an interesting trip to that is, Japan, "Manchoukuo" and
Education Department School take this opportunity to place on Certificate-Kwan Shing-tong.
big steamer, Mr. H. M.. Rowland. the north, especially, when they Chifia, which will, of course, act in
record my deep appreciation of the
Freight duties and a desk in the have a get together and session of perfect harmony. These restric courtesies extended by the Armsta HK. Schools-Chan Shiu-shiu.
1st Prize Essay Competition oper: American President Line's local Business is Business. tions and regulations
visited in allowing our students to were not defined-at all BENEFITS scrutinize some of their account--1st,
Mandarin Speaking Competition Ho Cheuk-yiu, 2nd. Wan closely by "Mr. Arita,
LORD SELBY FINED. books and explaining their uses. Chung-kin, 3rd." Fung Klu Fan. 4th. and it is, therefore, na-
Experience such as this, you will Young Woon..
AFTER CRASH tural to deduce from,
Mr. Tommy Lee and Miss Yee concur, is of immense value to ac- Penmanship practice what they are
Competition-1st, were the winners of the first prize
Viscount Selby was recently counting students as it gives them Tong Yat-kong. 2nd. Shi Man-in the dancing competition or aned £10, with £6 7s id costs, at likely to amount to, all the more
the opportunity of seeing how their leong. 3rd, Ng Yin-tuen. since Mr. Arita himself pointed to theoretical knowledge can be put
ganized by the Hongkong Chinese wath, pear Ripon, on a charge of Cham Dancers' Association, the "Manchoukuo" as an example of into practical use.
dangerous, driving. His licence how Britain and the United States
round of which was decided at the was suspended for three months. Although, so far, the prelimin-
Hongkong Hotel "yesterday. had profited from the "new order."ary stage of our work has been ap
Supt. Cooper stated that a lorry M. K. Lo presented the prizes.
driver, who stopped on the Great BRITAIN'S TRADE with "Man-preciably successful, there is still
Winners of the other prizes were North road to repair his lights, was choukuo" happens to be less than much to be done but, with the co-p The following forthcoming wed-Mr. Chan Chung-man and Miss standing talking to another driver one per cent, of the total; British operation and advice of the direc-dinga are announced:- and American interests have been
Lee (second), Mr. Chang Koo and when Lord Selby drove his car into trrà of the school and the support Mr. Woo Yun-ting. of No. 110, Miss Lily Lee (third), Mr. Cheans the back of the lorry. driven out and the. "open door"
of the publle and the Government, Prince Edward Road, Ground floor, Tin-yue, and Miss Wong (fourth), One of the men died of injuries. working Japanese monopolies, so slammed by legalized and effective we feel certain that our mission Kowloon, and Miss Ling So-ying. Mr. and M. L. G. Buckle (arth while Lord and Lady Selby were
will attain its goal in the not dis- midwife. of No. 117, Fuk Lo Chuen and Mr. James Door
and Miss both Injured. that between 1930 and 1936, Japan-tant future.
Road, ist fcor, Kowloon City.
Mr. A. P. Peaker, counsel for the ese imports to "Manchoukuo” rose
Mr. Wong Bin-ling, merchant. The competition was organized cefence, suggested that the two from 37 to 13 per cent. of the total
of No. 1 Bonham Strand East, to raise funds for refugees, and drivers standing in the road must and have continued to rise.
the NEPTUNE PRODUCTS and Miss Chan Ling-tung, of the proceeds will be given to the Bri- have unwittingly obscured MR. ARITA FOUND an unfor-
same address.
Wish Fund for the Rellet or Dis- lorry's red light. He submitted · Mr. Ho Chun-tao, merchant, ortress in China. An exhibition of Neptune Pro-No. 184 Johnston Road, 2nd floor. ducts will be held to-day in the and Miss Lueng Shun-ying, of No Hendriks, claims to be 118 years at between 50 and 60.mp3 Board Room of the "South China 82 Thomson Road, 2nd floor. Morning Post from 10 am to 6
UNDER "NEW ORDER"
tunate.choice as a good ex- ample but he can rest assured that. his word in the matter of foreign trade interests in China and the question of reparations is not the last. It is expected that the Powers will oficially ask Tokyo for
in Europe and America. Japan, he an exact denation of his state- 88' said (stop me if you've heard it-be- | menta.
D.XI,
EXHIBITION
Mrs. A. N. Mácfadyen 'will
Yu-cheong.
Inter-class Ping Pong plons-Class 4. team.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ri
DANCE FINAL
Irene Suez (skrth),
Anal
Mrs.
¿
that there were no features t recklessness in the case,
Lord Belby estimated his speed
t
A Capetown Malay, Gariel
fold, He says that he was born à
slave in 1820 and remembers the Mr. R. A. Close" has been ap- open the exhibition which will in the Colony, and are the pro-celebrations in Capetown when pointed to a lectureship in Eng- continue for the next two days. duction of the Neptune Products Queen Victoria ascended
Neptune products are a novelty Co. of Kayamally Building,
throne
thellish at the, Tniversity of Athens,
[in Greece.