with which he has treated them. They will show that he has a lucid and clear way of expressing himself on every subject, and yourselves, gentlemen, paid him the great com pliment when he gave up the Secretaryship, of electing him a member of this Chamber. ask you to show him further proof of your con- fidence by electing him your representative on the Legislative Council. We live in
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with my duty to this Chamber in which is cons centrated all interests, and which, as the late Chairman truly remarked only the other day, is the most representative body in the Coleny Those interests, foremost of which, in my opinion, is the shipping interest, will all, in the future, as in the past, receive my loyal atten- tion. The industrial interest, the youngest born, but one of growing importance, calls for the sympathy and fastering support of the Chamber. It can always count on my best offices whether as a member of the Committed or if you should be pleased to send me to the Council As your representative I should have
BUT ONE AIM,
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of Blake Fier. There the Government blunder- ed in the beginning by offering so paltry, a premium for the designs and plans that do local architect found it worth his while to com, pete, and the delay seems to have arisen, partly because the Government architect had too much to attend to, and partly because there was no money voted last year for the work. The remedy for these matters is simply more this the greater evils are, I think, constant men and more money. But at the back of all
shifting and changing of officers, the excessive number of acting appointments, the round man spending much of his time trying to fit into
THE SQUARE HOLE.
SOMEWHAT STIRRING TIMES. We seem to be entering upon a new era of great importance to the China trade, The great changes of the past 4 years-steamboats and science, engineering and the telegraph-were chicfy connected with China's relations to the outside world, and from a distance. We now to most accurately represent the views and to seem to be on the threshold of a new era of promote the interests of the Chamber. Turning
and the want of incentive for good men to stay. railway construction and possibly mining deveto another point, the question which now mest side, leaving the drones to settle down com. so that they drift away to better positions out- lopment which will give China an opportunity. agitates the public mind. I beg to state that 1fortably, and do nothing) but wait till that of developing her resources and providing am an earnest advocate of sanitary reform. I happy time arrives when they can claim their means of communication. These questions will recognise most fully that if we are to get rid of pension The remedies for all this are not far undoubtedly affect almost all who are engaged that terrible scourge the plague, we must give to seek. Weed out and do away with the in trade out here. New questions will arise, effect to the recommendations of the sanitary drones, encourage your good men with promo. and questions of the greatest importance. It experts who were sent here to report on the tion by merit and results, not merely by will be the duty of the Chamber of Commerce condition of the Colony in reply to our own seniority, let them fill permanent appointments to watch new developments and extract from urgent request." Measures of great importance, where they can take a live interest in their them what advantage they can. I think the having for their object somewhat sweeping work, and above all, endeavour to do away mature experience of Mr. Wilcox, helped by changes, are obout to be proposed and, as the energy of our young and able Secretary His Excelleny Sir William Gascoigne remark paralyses a man's energies and deadens his with the wretched system of pensions, which should be a very strong combination. Again, ed on Tuesday nirbt, no great reform can ever our representative would have the command be carried into effect without someone, feeling
imbitions. (Applause.) of a certain amount of time and this Mr. Wil the pinch. Put gentlemen, I submit that, we cox has. It is possible, though I esteem very are all feeling most, and have long been feel- highly the value and ability of his brother caning most acutely, the pinch of plague. It has didate no one more than as we know he
is, bappily for himself, at the head of a large and rising concern with immense interests to care for that however wishful he might be, he might not have the requisite time to devote to our interests in the same way as Mr. Wilcox. It is also an interesting thing to remember that Mr. Wilcox now represents the old firmi of. Tamer & Co,, which for years was repre- sented on the Legislative Council, and in an ever-changing community such as this I think
the maintenance of an
OLD HISTORIC CONNECTION of this sort is of a certain importance.
I will not detain you any longer, but I think we know Mr. Wilcox, we know him to be eam est, honest, fair-minded and capable, with the time and will devote his best services to
your cause. Upon those grounds, gentlemen, I recommend him to your votes, and upon those grounds I hope you will accept him. (Ap: plause.)
not only affected property owners by causing houses to be closed or altered but it has cost the shipowners and merchants dearly in loss of trade, while every resident had more or less been nipped by having to pay higher wages for bad service, to say nothing of personal discom fort and worry. We have to
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HE Undersigned his This Day established ACCOUNTANT and AUDITOR.
himself in practice as a CHARTERED
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Dated this and day of June, 1932.
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TOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA- ORDINARY MEETING of the above of the Company, on TUESDAY, the 10th day of June, at 12 o'clock. Now when the SUB JOINED KESOLUTIONS will be proposed.
Mr. D. E. Brown-Mr. Chairman and gen- and I am sure it will be to you all that I should tlemen-It is a matter of great surprise to me,
rise to my feet at a large public and fully representative meeting of the commercial interests of Hongkong to day. I am forced to my feet by the remarks I have heard and ! would just like to add a few of my own. As my for confirmation us SPECIAL RESOLU
Should the RESOLUTIONS be passed by the required majority they will be submitted
in the remarks of the geod and conscientious which will be subsequently convened. friend Mr. Shewan has said, I also quite concurTIONS to a Second Extraordinary Meeting work that has been done for this Chamber by
IST RESOLUTION. That Article 71 shall be cancelled and that and farseeing remarks of His Excellency the therefor Mr. Wilcox. I have also to refer to the able the following Article shall be substituted Officer Administering the Government when a few. nights ago he sincerely hoped that this Chamber would have a Whitehead, equally painstaking, equally inde- pendent and equally vigorous; and I can only say that we have to-day in one of our nominees, Mr. Robert Shewan, not only a gentlenian possessing
successor to Mr.
with every power within our reach. We must never relax our vigilance or lay aside the weapons with which experience has taught us it must be fought. In this connection the question of the water supply is of supreme importance, and it will be the duty of the Executive to see that not an hour is lost in the carrying out of measures to make the supply commensurate with the wants of the island. am a firm believer in the future of the Colony. and I feel convinced that, in spite of plague, asked for by His Excellency but a man to
ALL THOSE QUALIFICATIONS pestilence and water famine, it will continue to progress if only its people are true to their and I think the Chamber is to be congratulat
represent the Chamber equal to the occasion; own beat interests and its Goverment willed, being as it is, a hady representing the conscientiously carry out the work entrusted to it. In performing that duty they would receive my steady support; but should it be needful, the stimulus of a reminder, or appeal would not be wanting (Applause) i am proud to see so many present to-day, and I only hope that at the next annual meeting there will be an equal number of members present to show
in having a man coming forward as its nominee entire commercial interests of this Colony,
to the Legislative Counci! possessing Mr.
standing and reputation (applause)- man. Robert Shewan's commercial ability, of his
who has the strength of mind at all times to speak his mind. I would go further and say that it has been hinted to me and some others
71. The First Directors and the Secre- taries named in these Art'cies shall be paid for founders remuneration in each year 131% of the net profits of the Company to be divided into 19 shares, of which 4 shares shall be given to each of the Mana- ging Directors, i share to each of the other First Directors, 3 shares to the Chief Secretary, and 2 shares to each of the Assistant Secretaries, and the first Direc tors and the Secretaries named in these Articles shall also be paid 5% for founders remuneration of the net profit of the Com- pany in each year to be divided among them in proportion to the number of shares taken up by them and by such Shareholders as they introduced on the formation of the Company. The Managing Directors shall also divide 14% of the net profits of the Company among the Officers of the Com- piny other than those before mentioned in these Articles for good service in such
determine.
Mr. J. H. Lewis-You said in your opening remarks, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. Whitehead had spoken freely and fairly and it is our duty and it behoves us to exercise our best energies to secure a man to follow in his footsteps. Whilst quite agreeing with your remarks and Mr. Stewart's with regard to the character of Mr. Wilcox I cannot agree with you that be is the most estimable map of our community, he your interest not only in the election of repre in the Colony that if Mr. Shewan was put for. the following' Article shall be substituted
does got represent in any respect the mer cantile community of the Chamber of Com merce. I think we have a much better man and it is our duty, to get the best man we can possibly get.
THE DEST MAN WE HAVE IS ' Mr. Robert Shewan-(applause)-the head of a very leading firm of Hongkong, Messrs. Showan, Tomes & Co. He is an able man, he has a thorough grasp of every commercial interest in this Colony, and, what is more he is in touch with every interest of the com- munity; and it is a man of that position that we want to represent the Chamber of Com merce on the Legislative Council. I do not think it is necessary to add anything more. I have much pleasure in proposing Mr. Shewan to represent us on the Legislative Council. (Agplause.)
Mr. E. W. Mitchell-Mr. Chairman, I have much pleasure in seconding Mr. Lewis's resolution. I will not waste the time of the meeting by calogising Mr. Shewan. Every member of this Chamber knows him as well as I do. Like Mr. Wilcox, he is an old resid- ent. He is inclose, touch with everything in the shape of business and during the last two or three years has been selected by the Gover nor to serve on different Commissions that have been appointed to sit in this Colony. He is an independent man, has a
sentatives, but in the election of the Committee and in the working of the Committee during the year. It will
STRENGTHEN THE CHAMBER very much indeed and give great support to the Committee if they could at every annual meeting see such an attendance before them as they do to-day. (Applause.).
Mr. Robert Shewan-Mr. Chairman and gentlemen-Before I commence I should like to say that I heartily endorse all the remarks made by Mr. Sharp and Mr. Stewart in regard to my friend and opponent, Mr. Wilcox. Per sanally speaking, I am sure you could not have a better man. We Scotsmen are naturally a
modest race, and I will do no violence to my feelings by blowing my trumpet on this occa. sion. I have now been over twenty-one years in the Colony, you all know me very well, and will not pay you the poor compliment of suppasing, that any empty phrases of fine. promises of mine can alter the opinion you have formed of me already. You must take me, if you take me at all, with all faults, and without any self-recommendation from me. would like, however, to make clear one thing to you, and that is, that I am not "agin" the Goverment on all occasions simply because it is the Government But, however, I may touch upon one or two matters of public in terest, which I know bave been discussed amongst you, and wherein I think the Govern
GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF (laughter) and is the very last man likely meat are to blame. to be.
LED BY THE NOSE,
He is a good speaker anf an able debater have much pleasure in seconding this, and I am sure this Chamber will elect him by a very large majority. (Applause.)
Mr. R. C. Wilcox-Mr. Chairman, I had not intended, op to a late moment, to address you at any length. In this microcosm, where every man who has in any way been before the public is so, thoroughly well known, I was inclined to consider it superfluous to lay before you any exposition of my views or policy. But, gentle men; it has been pointed out to me that silence might lead to misconception in some respects, though my opinions are writ large in the archives
I
The burning question is, if I may be allowed to perpetrate a bull, water, or rather the want of it.
WHO IS INDIVIDUALLY TO BLAME
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ward as the Chamber's nominee he would stand, if elected to the Legislative Council, as a man who had so many commercial interests in band, in which he was interested, that he would never be able to speak without an axe to grind. (Cries of "No.") But, gentlemen... where is there
A BIGGER AKE
Commerce, and I claim, gentlemen, that the in the Colony than the axe of the Chamber of
gentleman that this Chamber nominates should be a man who has the largest connection with the commercial prosperity of this Colony, and I have much pleasure in endorsing the nomin- ation of Mr. Robert Shewan as (Applause).
such..
manner is the Managing Directors stall
2ND RESOLUTION. That Article 72 shall be cancelled and that
therefor
72. If the First Directors and the Secre taries named in these Articles or any of them shall vacate their office either by resignation or death or any other cause their successors shall only be entitled to one half of such Founders remuneration (as provided in the preceding clause) and the other half share be paid to the Director or Secretary so retiring or to the legal personal representative of such Direc- tor or Secretary so dying as aforesaid. By Order of the Board of Directors,
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The vote was then taken by ballot, the scrutineers being Messrs. Playfair and Ormiston. At the conclusion of the countingbour of the Sailors' Home, on the Southern of the votes,
The Chairman announced the result as follows
Mr. Shewan Mr. Wilcox
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17
Majority .......... The announcement of the result was received with applause.
Mr. R. C. Wilcox-Before we go, gentlemen, I beg to propose a vote of thanks to the Chair. man for his able conduct on this occasion rather a trying one-and at the same time I beg most cordially to thank my supporters for the kind support they have given me on this occasion, and to say that although not elected, 1 shall never cease to continue my efforts on
the promotion of its interests. (Applause:) behalf of the welfare of this Chamber and for
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it is difficult to say, but undoubtedly, the fault lies with Public Works Department. I do not say the bead of the Department is to blame, be has not been long in that position and I know that he is doing all he can to increase the supply of water as quickly as possible. It is partly the system of continually changing the officers, so that every man is able to shift the blame on to some predecessor and the responsibility can not be fixed on any particular person. And partly it is the fault of the Government in starving the Department as regards the staff and not listening of this Chamber I will not, however, detain to its cry, for more men. (Hear, hear.) We can you long. First of all I should like to tell you all understand, and I think we all readily admit, Court, Gentlemen, my flag has been quer.
chose a man to represent them in the Hundred. that the idea of appealing to you for your suf.that the work of the PW. D. has increased tioned by some one in this Colony who himself frages on this occasion never entered my head enormously of late years. I myself was told by sails under an anonymous flag. I am proud to antil the other day, when Mr. Whitehead, your ME Chatham, when I enquired why some simple say that my flag is now, and always has been late representative, and some other members malters had not been attended to, that it was the flag of the people who for 1,500 years have of the Chamber suggested if and asked me to
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This, of course, is a state of things that should their own representative; and I am proud to It was pointed out to me that my long and in not be allowed to continue. The next question timare connection with this Chamber had is that of roads, and there again the P. W. D. ls you have, in the exercise of that same right think, too,that-in-spile-of-my-anonymous friend Afforded me a unique opportunity to become to blame, for, in the first instance, laying roads elected me to the Witanagemote of Hangkang. acquainted with its aims, objects, and interests.
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(Applause.) Gentlemen, we may nof in that jectures that my private interests are intimately repairing and tinkering at them here and
respect enjoy all the freedom of the English of connected with landed property, and that there there, and lastly for not making up their village steadings at last brought about an those old days, but as those old Angles in their for my tendency would be, towards the pro minde as to which material is
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