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HONGKONG ELECTRIC
CO.'S GOOD YEAR
Jubilee Bonus For Staff
And Workmen
The recommendation “of the Board of Directors to pay bonus to staff and workmen was unanimously approved by shite- holders at the fiftieth annual general meeting of the Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd., held fn the P. & O. Building yesterday.
TWO RECORDS AT COLLEGE SPORTS
Bourlin Champion Of St. Joseph's
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1939.
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Serre Bourlin won the Senior Championship at the 23rd annual athletic meeting of St. Joseph's College held at Caro- line Hill yesterday afternoon. The Junior Championship was the Company's existence has been annexed by Wong Kwok-bun Those present were:—
and Midrets' titie by Ę. Mr. H. V. Wilkinson. D.B.O. a period of extraordinary pro-
Morales. Class 35 won the (Chairman of Directors), the Hon.gress in a branches in Science. and IMMY
Inter-Class championship. Sir Shouson Chow, Kt. Mr. T. E. and, Engineering
Some excellent sport was wit Pearce, the Hon. Mr. J. J. Pater-changes have taken place in the sou, the Hon. Mr. Stanley H.machinery and plant which this nessed and in the 200 metres senior Dodwell, the Hon. Mr. T. N, Chau. Company has used, to provide sprint Serge Bourlin clocked 24.4
Japan. CBE, (Directors) and Capt. F. L. Hongkong with its electricity sup- seconds to beat Max Wal-fong's ply: from a small beginning this record of 25 seconds made in 1837. Brown, O.BE, (Acting Manager).
Choy Hok-chung broke the re.Air Mail by "Pan American Ale- Shareholders present were Company has grown from strength Messrs. Ko, Koen-fan, E. E, Os to strength, and I think we may cord in the 1.500 metres junior ways Direct Service"-San Fran-
cisco date, 1st March. mund, Lo Kal-wing, B. Wong justly say that we now give as event recording the time of 5
as against K.Australia and Manila... Tape, J. Gardner, the Hon. Mr. A. cheap and reliable a supply as any mins. 36.8 secs.
supply company of our singh's time of 5 mins, 47. secs. Manila L. Shields, Messrs. A. McKellar, other
*E*** time in 1937. Wong Chi-po, Leung Shlu-lou. capacity, and at the Leung Fattin, Chua Seng-chod H. are able to provide shareholders with a reasonable return to their Gitting and Lo Yuk-tong.
|Investments.
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH The Acting Manager having read the notice convening the meeting, the Chairman said:"
The nett profit, after provid- "ing for depreciation, is $2,142, $266,992.26 -141.02 and with
brought forward from the last account, we have the sum of $2,409,133.28 for appropriation, On September 8, 1938, we paid an interim dividend of $1 per share, which, absorbed $600,000 and with the balance we propose: To pay a final dividend of $1.50 per share ab- sorbing
Te pay a cash bonus of
$0.75 per share ab sorbing
$900,000.00
I doubt if any of the original shareholders remain in the list of shareholders but I am happy to tell you that" Mr. W. H Wickham who was Chief Engl- neer and Manager from 1888 to 1910 and the Company's London Representative from
1910 until 1930 and so ably gulded the Company through Its early troubles is still enjoy- ing a well earned retirement In England. We realise that the success of the Company is due in no sma}] measure to the loyal efforts of our Agents, Staff and Workmen.
V. Krysanoff putted the shot 42 ft. 7.5 Ins. In the senior event to beat his own mark last year of 41 ft. 6 ins
Straits
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Conte Rosso....... Manila................
............Pres. Cleveland.. Straits and Europe via Negapatan (Papers etc.,)-London date, 9th February.
At the conclusion of the meet. Mr. B. J. B. Moralian, Supervisor of Physical Education, distribut- ed the prizes. In a short speech. he advocated a standard system | Calcutta and Straits.... that schools in the Colony should adopt, whereby all the boys. who could reach a certain standard in each event would score a point and thus have a feeling that they have contributed to the success of their class or team.
get for their money, I advise them to make enquiries as to the cost of a similar supply in other parts of the world.
It is usual for the Chairman, on 450,000.00 your 'and the Directors behalf, to I note with satisfaction" that the To write off investments 147,276.21 thank the manager and his stad Board are" continuing the policy of To pay a Jubliee bonus
for their loyal services during the providing ample depreciation, as 1 to Staff and workmen 49,976.22 year, but this year, in addition to hold that this is essential in these To carry forward to
cur thanks I feel sure you will days of rapid advance in Scientific next account
267.880.85 approve the bonus which your and Engineering practice. which I hope will meet with your Directors propose should be grant- approval
ed to the Staff in recognition of I cordially support the Directors' The
and this special occasion. proposed dividend
proposal to write down our invest- bonus are 25 cents better than I now propose that the reportments to their market value.
We have and statement of accounts as pre-. last year, and although
sented for the year ended Decem- ber 31, 1938 be adopted,'
not added to the reserve I feel sure you will approve the proposal to write of the fall in the value of our investments, which has now been shown in the balance sheet for five years.
Our livestments are all in local" dividend paying good stocks and we have received in dividends considerably mare than the losses we now proposé to write off.
SECONDER
The Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields, in seconding the proposal said:
In rising to second this the 50th annual report. I desire to congra- tulate all concerned on the excel-{ lent results which have once again been placed before us.
CORDIAL SUPPORT
I am sure shareholders will jom with me in appreciation of dividend and the proposed bonus and will heartily approve the grant of the proposed Jublice bonus to our Staff and Workmen on the ocession of the completion of the 50th year of the Company's opera- tions. "
It gives me great pleasure - to I have been a resident of this second the proposal that the Re- Colony for thirty years and during port and Statement of Accounta The output from the Generating the whole of that time the stock as presented be approved, Station during 1938 was 64,510,228) of The Hongkong Electric Co.. DIRECTORS ELECTED units, an increase of over 6 million Ltd. has always been looked upon Mr. H. V. Wilkinson, the Hon. units, or 8.88% over 1937, and you as one of the safest Investments Sir Blouson Chow, the Hon. Mr. will notice that the profit on anyone could desire to have. T. N. Chau and Mr. T, B. Pearce' working is $259,62419 more than
I am sure the public fully ap-were unanimously elected as Direc- last year."
preciates the reliable service which tors
SATISFACTORY RESULT
This satisfactory result has been obtained without any increase in our standard rates" for current and in spite of an increase in the cost price of coal of 45% and of considerable expenses caused by a serious breakdown on No. 7 Tur bine last April"
Gruss Bad Debts at $723.91 are the lowest on record. The loss on realization of investments was on the sale of "Star" Ferry shares. Full depreciation has been allowed for at $724,377, an increase of $43,470.
The expenditure on Capital Account this "year has been $1,546,388, three quarters of which was at the Generating Station.
The 15,000 kilowatt Turbo- Alternator was completed and the set put into operation in "August, and I am glad to be able to tell you that it is giving very satia- factory results.
GOOD PROGRESS
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the Company provides for them The re-election of · Messrs" -Lin-- and if there are people who are stead and Davis as auditors was not quite satisfied with what they also carried unanimously.
Kumaon Rifles Win H.K. Area Inter-Unit Cross Country Challenge Cup
THE TEAM OF THE 1ST KUMAON RIFLES WON THE
· HONGKONG AREA INTER-UNIT CROSS COUNTRY CHALLENGE CUP yesterday, the run being over a course of some five miles In Kowloon City, the start and finish at the Polo Ground, Bound- ary Street.
The 15 men of the 1st Kumaons' team were in running strength the best balanced of the seven competing teams. The Hongkong Regiment, H. K. 5. R. A., winners. last year, proved the only serious challengers, placing three, men in the first tên to complete the course as against the Kummond' four.
for man, however, the tana Rifles, 407, the ash Heavy
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By the end of the year good progres had been made with the erection of the new 100,000 lbs. per hour Stirling boiler
The Challenge Cup, which iạ which has since been put in
H.K.. 5. R. & was the individual competed for annually, was pre- commission.
|\ {winner, his fresh condition at the sented last year by Brig. F. W. L. Additional concrete bins for coal finish, his time over the cours Blasett, D. 8. O., M. C. storage were constructed and a of 33 minutes 9 2/5 seconds, the The General Omcer Command- start made with improvements to quality of the field he literally ing, Major-General, A. & Grasett, the Circulating Water System. ran away from, and his winning; D. 8. O., M. C., presented the prizes. As regards the distribution margin of a good. 200-yards stamp-The first three prizes were a diver system, a rectifer was installed ing him as one of the finest dis- cup a silver medal and a bronze Foochow via Swatow. to deal with increased load on the tance runners in the Far East, medal "The 15 members of the Hongkong Tramways, additional The second man home, Bher winning team also received souve- switchgear and transformer were Singh (No. 12353), of the Rumson nir medals, installed at the Dairy Farm" Co.'s} Rifles, ......"collapsed at the finish. East Point Works, a new substation | Another Kumaon Rifles” runner, was built and equipped in Ken-Sher Singh (No. 13159) was third. IRISH SOCCER TEAM nedy Road, the duplicate high The first seven men to anish all TO MEET WALES tenator feeder to Stanley was from the Indian Regiments, were
(Reuter) The completed, and numerous small ex-well ahead of the rest of the held LONDON, MAX 8 tensions were made. Pte. Manson of the 2nd Bn Irish soccer team to play Wales at Meters connected increased by The Royal Scots, a runner of Wrexham on March 15 will be as 3,432 to 46.510, Part of this in- proven ability, was 8th, and Pte. follows: crease is doubtless due to the Heather of the Middlesex Regiment Breen Manchester U.) Cook abnormal times, through which we was 9th L/C. Sutherland (Royal (Everton), Butler (Blackpool) are passing: I anticipate however Scots) 11th and Cpl. Ells (Middle, Brolly Millwall), MacMillen" (Ches-
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a falling off in the number of sex) 16th were the only other men terbela); Weir (Clyde); Collane Airmail for Malaya, Java, and Aur- meters connected when normal of the home finita aming the first Leeds U.), Stevenson (Everton), times return.
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TEAM SCORES DE No doubt, you will have noticed The team scores are as follows: that this is our 50th annual lat Rumsons. 221 E K Regt.. general meeting the 50 years of H. K. 8. R. A 386, 5th/8th Ralpu
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