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THE IRISH QUESTION.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
LEAD FOR GOLD.
Charge against a Woman.
EXTRA
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1914.
ANGLO-JAVA ESTATES.
LIMITED.
The Annual Meeting.
A woman pawned, or rather tried to pawn, bangles ne solid
The fourth annual general gold to a pawnbroker for 8100. meeting of the Anglo-Java E. Af or some bargaining, $95 was taten, L., was held on April 20 agreed on. The pawnbroker was a little curions as to the weight and he teated them with the result that he found they wore filled with lead..
At the Police Court, this morn statement in which he asysing, the woman. was charged So far as I know, conversations before Mr. C. D. Malbourne, Mr. (on the Ulster question) have not Stokes, of Messrs Deacon, Looker, been renewed. He denies that Deacon and Hurston, prosecuted he has consulted with Mr and Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton
lofanded. Asquith.
London. Recalved May 8. Mr. Redmond has issued a
Mr. Redmond donies that he
consulted Mr Asquith with reference to new concessi ne. He says the position of the I ish party regarding concessions has not changed since the secon reading of the Bill and ho in confident the Bill will be sont to the House of Lordwin its present shape before the Whitsuntide
тезовн.
The paper assert that Mr. Arquith saw Mr. Boar Low yos- terday and subsequently Mr. Devlin and Mr. Dillon.
JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS
The Missing Shirt Case.
In the, Summary Court, this morning. Mr. Justice Hazelund
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between the various products, until the coffee and cocoa me removed from thu hevaa gardens,
-A CURIOUS CASE.
or, to put it another way, until Alleged hold-up of A Chinese for
Ransom. the various cultures occupy exact | and oxclusive Breda,
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chief manager, writing in Septem ben last, says that, as the num- be increased by 150 men during ber of tappers will have to
1914, and, as there will be 150,000 trees to be added the rounds during 1915, it nocossary to provide these buildings to accommodate additional coolies required.
Partionlara of the expenditure on new machinery are given in the report. For the current year, your directors have suthorized
ut an estimated cost of F. 10,000 erected, and also a Wickham pro. cess outfit, sa an experiment, at
Law yesterday to protest against gava jigment for the defondante up the 170 nores on Limburg out during the current year, Iyear is estimated at 6,000 pioula Consumption of water in Kowloon in unions of the purchase of a univeral washer
A deputation of "Dis-kard " Unionists waited on Mr. Bmar
concessions.
BILLIARDS.
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The coffee, as you are doubt- less aware does not occupy any separate areas by itself on either
is interplanted are a great many trees Battered estate, but throughout the heves gardens, through the heves gardens.
The stock of rubber unsold at the end of the year is large, The principal reason for this being that the acting chief manager has been holding on to his rabber
order long, in make big shipments. Instruct-
too
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ions have been sent to the
Kong Sing appeared for the only about 70 acres are avaiable that it was possible to begin would like to say that it is not at be obtained from the 159 acres might have stretched it a point or
The tram line is used almost morning at the Police Court, in A case was remanded this exclusively for the transport of which five men were alleged to the hemp leaves from the gardens have held up for ransom a tym monit at the offices of Messrs. J.A to the factory, and the deprecia-Chinese at Lai Chi-kok. When Tyle sla, belawnsle Watrie & Co., Lt., Secretarios tion on it will, therefore, become Sergeant McKay visited the place later af in helawdyfe on balaw and General Managers, Shanghai a charge against hemp Mr. W. S. David-on presided, and Shanghai office expenses,
be found it guarded, but the direc- the other directors pressns were inre' and nuditors' fees amount to Bergeant "took" the guard in the wong-ni-bela Mesare. J. H. MeMichael, H. A. J. Tla, 8,389,32, and thiarum works house. A free fight ensued, and STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS,
when the general disturbance had Macray, and A. M Marshall. The out at the rate of 1.1-5d, per number of shares represented at, pound. In this connection I have subsided, a woman accused the the meating was 142,13. naly to point out to you that, with captured man of stealing clothing Bum rewash... The Chairman, in the course doable the output this cost would and he accused her of assault. am Intermediate esen
Wong-nal-chang There was found in the house a be reduced to 3/5ths, of a penny piece of paper with a five cent of his speech said :-
Your directors havo followed Satisfactory as I think you will The defeDo was that the their usual custom en compiling consider these figures, I think the lamp affixed, and this paper, it pianist la milles of gallone during the month of bangles were stamped gold. The the report anti have endeavoured costs for the current year will as alleged, the gang had asked woman bought them as gold and to make it as comprehensive a show a general all round reduce the captured man to sign to the Coupon when she pawaed them the bad possible. There are a few points, tion, due largely to the increased extent of 8400. The paper conpoptation
Contacption per tained no writing however. no idea of the metal filling.
however, that I may be able to production that is anticipated, The defendast was discharged. explain more fully. My remarks and to the fact that fewer now will follow the sequence adopted trees will be tukon into the in the report and, deal fi at with ronada In his connection, you expanding fally. thenrens occupied by the different will no doubt be pleased to learn production is slightly more cultures and ike harvosis.
last that the cost of tapping, callser-than
year, due Stuting with the heves, I may ing and manufacturing, for the inclusion this year of certain say that, as you will have seen first three months of this year,
omitted from the report, the area under show a reduction of no less than in those of last year, while the this culture was not extented lart 2.2-3.1. from the average figures prices realized were about 8-STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS
more than those of the previous year, nor has any decision been of last year. arrived at, ne vet, about planting As regards the estimated out year. The output for the current mag way that the visiting agent and harvesting" was commenced In the ease of the Kat Hing state referred to in the report.
Your directors, however, are puts it at 400,000lb. Judging by during March. This is a month firm, merchants, of 5. Kwong
unanimous in their opinion that the guttarn during the first gear-earlier than last year, but the Huen Sirent z. the Sai Kong this ares should be planted, and ler, I think this estimate should manager thinks this advisable, in Hoog Yip Steamship. Co, ol Connaught Rnd. The claim was ouls await the return to the be achieved, unlese unfavourable order that advantage may be
The awemment Analyst reporte show that the an estimated cost of £200, for the sum of $925 52 damage estate of the chief manager, when other interferes for a prolonge taken of the greater supply of war is of excellent quality.
water available at this season of Pablic Works Department. the after will be taken up, and, period. sustained by
Plaintiffs' the
On Djarangan estate, as you the year. through the failure of the defend if he is of the same opinion, Last night's games in the semi-
ants to deliver cartain gooda hope the work will be completed will have learnt from the report, final of this tournament made it which plaintiffs hand d to them during the next planting season. tapping was commenced in
the report October last. prastically certain that the final on February 6th for shipment by The remarks in will be fought out between the their steamship Kwong Hung regarding these 170 acres are not H. K. Volunteers and the H. then at Hongkong, to the Yo Wo strie ly correct. The report says patato in March 1910, when a Police and Wandora, as, the Vol.
Lung firm in Wuchoy, such goods that this is the area, approxi- block of 175 acres was planted Ma the report you were informed the same. way ́as” with the Java agents to arrange to make auteers gained two more 038y consisting of three cases of Lox-mote entire area described as fore be gratifying to you to know disappear as the shade from the planted in the beven garden, possible, every week. The value mately for hevoa., As a matter of sith 25,00 trees. It must there has the coffee would gradually coffee, the cocos trees inter-chipments fortnightly, and, it victories over their Regular opoy's white liale thread shirts, ponenta. So far, the last mentioned Mt. R. C. Faithfull appeared forest and waste land, some 282 that although interplanted with even became too detine. In con- must be removed gradually attached to the ansold rubber la team has not won a single game for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Oitores, is suitable, but of this area coffee, they have grown so well section with this statement, I and eventually the harvest will low, and I think the auditors as the remaining area must be apping when they were only 34 likely the the coffee trees only. The harvest of this com-two, but, of course, it is much 250 defendants,
retained in its precent condition rears old. In January last about will disappear completely for modity was also adversely affected in order to preserved the water 10,000 treen were being tapped; sono years to come, owing to the by the drought, and fell short of better to be on the safe side.
As regards the cocos, it is in- supply.
in March this number was increas-fact that, since the estates passed the estimate by 128 picals. The As regarda the output of rubed to 17,000, which represents into your hands, the herea has cost of production compares fav- evitable that there should be a ber, you will agree with me, I nearly 70 per cent, of the trees in been planted very far apart. ourably with that of the previone large stock on hand musold at think, that it was very satisfac-the block. After this number is The harvest of coffee was a year, but the prices realized were end of the year, for the reason. tory. Al I don't ene how you reached, no further treas will be great disappointment to all con- less than those realized for the that this commodity is harvestadi en be of any other opinion, se brought into the rounds until corned, but was unavoidable, or 1912 crop, due to there having in the autumn, and, after being regarda the yields' per tree and next natuma. This will enable rather inevitable, owing to the been a leas quantity of No. 1 prepared and dried, which takes per acro, than that they are like the manager to concentrate, his adverse
conditions quality, which was cocasioned by time, must be shipped to Europe wise very satisfactory.
efforts on organizing his tapping foring the year 1912. The higher the drought. The output for the for sale.
The reason why the unsold stock I connection with the yields, force and reducing the cost of cost of production is, of course current year is estimated at 1,000
of hemp is so large is because it the report draws your attention production. By the beginning due primarily to the decreased-picals.
Tarsing now to the account I takes a much longer time to dry Ansur-to the fact that no particular of next year, 1915, there shoulded output, and secondly to
decrease was evidenced until be some thing like 40,000 trees the increased cost of upkeep of find that there is very little left during the autumn than in the after four months of drought, in the rounds, which number will gardens. A considerably larger for me to say, but I have a few summer time, owing to the rains, It also must be shipped to Europe Since the report was issued it be very considerably increased sum was spent on upkeep of gar- remarks to make regarding ex- his been brought to my attention during the year. The output for dens in 1913, then in 1912, prin- penditure on capital account. for sale, and auctions are held
Ediate that the trees were wintering the current year is estimated at dipally for praning, which was On Djarangan
the only once a month.
As far as I can see there is no- daring August and September, 15,000 lb. That is all I have to necessary in consequence of the only extraordinary expenditure
the first payment on thing in the accounts of the and it may be that the decresson say absat rubber. during those two months were The reduction in the area an-year, and adverse wasther con account of the new rubber factory, Shanghai Company which calls atributable to that fact as much der hemp has been fully ex-ditions which prevailed in 1912. which is now being erected. for any comment. Your directorat As to the effect of the drought. plained in the report. The area Another reason, however, is, that This factory was contracted for I hardly need say, share the regre, The cost of production is all now under this culture this be in the cost figures for 1913, the last year, it consists of the which you no doubt feel on sp. with the exception of the maintained, I think, for some selling expenses have been in building and machinery, which count of the reduced profit, but depreciation. The depreciation, time. The reasons for not included, whereas these expenses latter comprises an oil engine, this was inevitable, owing to the other than the an written off the creasing it are two-fold. In the were not included in figures for three oreping machines and a heavy fall in the value of rubber coffee gardena, which, of course, first place, the work of harvest 1912. The decreased selling finishing machine. These mach- and the other diffoultion with Wo may be considered almost se a ing the leaves is heavy and prices are the result of a less ines will be ample for an output had to contend, and I hope that direot charge against the coffee, difficult, and consequently this buoyant market, and the fact that of 20,000 lb, per month, so that the results for the current year 3057, 5391, 4382 (Wing Ying
amounta
F.25,149 34 or olass of work is less attractive to there was harvested a less pro- it will not be necessary to buy will be somewhat better,
There being no questions, the Obeoog), Taingtau.
$2,005.00 the bulk of which was the coolies. This difficulty, how portion of the better varieties of additions! machinery for some
Chairman proposed that the for machinery, buildings and ever, could probably be overcome, coffee, namely, Java and Liberia, time to come."
On Limburg estate the heaviest directors' report and sistement but the second and chief difficul- The Earvest for the current year The machinery includes all ty has to do with the space re- is estimated at 2,000 piouls for expenditure was on secount of of accounts, as presented be pass kinde, viz: rubber, hemp, coffee quired for the bamp machinery Limbuig and 2,200 plouls for native houses. In the circular ed. This was seconded by and cocoa, as well as what may be in the factory. This machinery Djarangan, or a total of 4,800 laued to you last September, you A. M. Marshall, and carried. deseribed as the general machin- takes up a great deal of room aspicule.
were informed of the outbreak of The other resolutions adopted ery, that is the water power do also the leaves as they are Although we would all like to plague, and the steps that were:
taken to get rid That a dividend at the rate of installation, the electric light brought in from the folds. Our see largecoffee harvests every year, had been plant, and the machine shop. factory is large, as is likewise the we must remember that the trees of
this scourge, At the 7 per cent, equal to Tis. 0.28 per The accounts, nofo lunately, do power developed by the turbine, a band to suffer from a request of the chief manager, share be paid, Proposed by the not show the cost of each kind of but, nevertheless, both are limit-succession of heavy crops. As a your directors promptly voted o Chairman, seconded by Mr. Mo machinery, and it bas, therefore, ed, and since beven in the premier result of the comparatively small sum of F. 120,000 for the pur Michael been impossible to arrive at the culture, sufficient space must be crops harvested last year and to pose of building new native That Mr. W. 8. Dovidéon be proportion of the sum provided for reserved in the factory for the be harvested this year, the trees houses to be made rat proof, Of re-elected a director of the com depreciation applicable to the now rabber machines which will may be said to have rested, and this sum voted F. 112,000 were pany Proposed by Mr. A. Stott, rubbor. We hope to be able to be required to deal with the ever-with the cultivation and careful spent, for which there have been seconded by Dr. G. E. Goods. It is said that corpses of plague victims may be seen on the At the Pulice Court, to-day separate the machinery account increasing output. At the present pruning they have had, we have built, streets of Hongkong. It is im- Inspector Dymond kept Mr. J. B. during the current year; we will time it is felt that it will be poe the satisfaction of knowing 402 detached houses.
then be able to tell more exactly aible to handle the output of bomp that given favourable weather 146 lines... possible to determine what the Wood bay when he brought to what part of the depreciation on from the existing area, without in conditions during the blossoming death list is at present, but the Court about three
21 foremen'e houses, baadred machinery should be horne by any way erercaching on the specs period of this year the trees are number is aaid to be large. Chinese charged with unlawfully the rubber.
reserved for therabber machinery, capable of producing a heavy 1 godown. Europeans have been striokon, discharging orackers in the Wos-
4 plague barrack The harvest was slightly over orop despite all precautions. "Verily tera district causing a nuisance buildings, de will twise be the gatimate and would have been The area under cocoa alone is 38 stables we must go abroad for Home to those in the hospital. A fine matter of conai lorable difficulty considerably more had the dry only 159 sores, but in addition to 15 art obeda
of $1 in each case was imposed, to divide this fairly and justly weather not prevented the leaves this, as stated in the report, there
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AMMUNITION
POSSESSION.
At the Police Court, this after- noon before Mr. J. R. Word, a Chinese was charged by Inspector Gordon with being in unlawful possession of 300 rounds of am- munition, at Kowloon.
Inspector Gordon explained to the Court that the defendant was a cook on the 9.9. Biberia and he said he was taking ammunition to his country.
A fine of $150 was imposed.
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Manila and the Plague. Owing to the plague which is now assuming alarming propor- tions in Hongkong, passengera and crew arriving here UD steamers from the British port are subjected to a more thorough ex- Margaret Cooke Stgeorges, amination by the quarantine doe- Radio Krea-Choshi, tors than usual, says the Cab- Yokoyamaycz Toyokises Lenews American (Manila) of May [Tokio.
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in Manila, The journal adds:-
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That Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Mattheway be re-elected auditors to the Company for the easaing year at a fee of Tis. 150
Proposed by the Chairman, soconded by Mr. Macray,
The Chairman after thanking Those present for attending, an- acunced that dividend warrants
During the months of April would be posted iliat evening