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THE HONGKONG
COMPANY MEETING
(ood Year for Moutrie's.
TELEGRAPH.
Moutrie and Co, Ltd, held i their 11th annual geners! meeting) at Shanghai on June 1.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 1023
BANDIT FRACAS ON KOREAN BORDER.
Japanese Flee Across
Frontier.
was
SANITARY BOARD.
Yesterday's Meeting.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board held yesterday. Mr. G. R. Peking, June A-Bandits at Sager presided and there were alsı Sir Edward Fearce was in the shih Tankou, near the Korean (present the Secretary for Chinese chair and was supported by Dr. W.border, defeated a body of troops Affairs (Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax). J. Israman, Mosers. K. E. Newman after a fight in which six soldiers the acting Director of Public and A. E Paine (Directors) and Mr. were killed and over twenty carried Works (Hon. Mr. H. T. Jackman), Wm. S. Watson (Secretary Thereoff captive. The soldiers there are Mr. C. G. Alabaster. Dr. Ozorio dispirited and the bandits, becom Mr. S. W. Tao, Mr. Wong Kwong- were 657 shares represented
The Chairman said; Gentlemen, ing more aggressive, have attacked tin. Dr. Fearse (Medical Ofeer of Mr. J. A. Fraser The report and accounts having the timber mills'at Erbshiktaokoh. Health and been in your bands for some few kidnapping over thirty from there. (Secretary).
Discussions on the amendment days 1 will, with your permission,Japanese and other remaining em adopt the usual procedure and ployees were forced to cross the of the Remora of Patients Bye- frontier and take refuge in Borean laws and the issue of food licenses take them as read
at Wong-Nai-Chong village are territory:
reported elsewhere,
Hected in Company's History.
It is with great satisfaction that Hsiung Pingchi has wired stating
Lærʻgogned të3⁄4a letter from the Our Board have the pleasure of that the fire brigade of hendite Government relative to the erection faring before you today a repertat Tsaochuang, cumbaring 800 of nine European and six native
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ILL-TREATING AN ADOPTED SON
record in the history of the Com-wired that the enrolment will be Kawloon, the Chairman read a pany. It is, therefore, with pleasure shortly completel after which a letter to the effect that the Gov that on behalf of your Board I have the captives will be freed-enterernor in Council approved the re- to recommend the following appro priation of the credit standing at geoit and loss account. The sun we are able to allocate for division) is $132,521.4. Of this su interim dividend of û per cent, was: declared last November and absorb- ed 85,54.00, leaving for distribu tion a sum of $134317.43 which your Board proposes being dealt with as Follows:
Final dividend of 4 per
gent. absorbing
Bus of $1 per share.....
Plarg to reserve fund Place to building reserve Place to stock reserve... Bus to foreign staff Larry forward
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21.67200 13.000.00
40,000.00 10,000.00
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commendation of the Board sub- ject to the condition that the per mission given may be revoked at any time and that there should be a separate well for each house. The Chairman added that he would Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the deal with a minute by Dr. Ozorio Magistracy yesterday, Weng Yau, or the subject at the next meet-
ing. described as a Canton official, was ill-treating his charged with seven year old adopted son, Wong Wah-hing, at Yaumati.
"RESTORING” THE ABBEY.
Progress of the New Operations,
It was stated that Sergeant) Norton looked into the defendant's house through a window in pass- ing on patrol in the early hours of Saturday morning, ahd noticed the boy tied up with his back
A quantity of valuable work against the street door. Sergeant has already been carried out in Norton returned to the Station the restoration, or it would be 2020 and brought cut Sergeant Baker, more correct to say the mainten
The two officers entered the house arce, of Westminster Abbey. 1317 and found the boy secured to the These developments have been
door with a string round his neck rendered parsible by the great! Provided agree to the above and his hands tied together. The food which was set on foot by thef appropriations, your reserst
ac-boy was released, and on being appeal of the Dean of West unts will stand as follows: examined extensive bruises were minster three years ago, writes a
of his correspondent of the server. Reserve account
The great. Chapel of King more body, in addition to burn marky. Heary VII was felt to be more Building reserve stock reserve
30,000.00
The defendant's excuse was that urgently in need of attention than Flange nervation
theby's mind was schinged any other part of the fabric. Ac Donna owing to the troubles at his home cordingly a start has been roade jat Wuchow and that the boy was here, and much has already been somal very disobedient.
dne to save the ruined stone work, portions of which three years ago were actually falling! into the road from time to time. The public will probably have ob erved that a portion of the es-
Making a total pverte
8 sorenen found on different parts
The Musical fraze. Its penup, ferreklaam for me to
Defendant was sentenced to one month's hard labour,
out on, that in a dessiness end-tones to the furtiærame of our las ears be tumiamentni ba-bi- algeneral interests The institution]terior of this chapel has been sound reserve; one càp newer blot a regular inspection of the bran treated with an experimental want the present mau-deal eruze, if fches its resulted in a more ready sample of limewash. For the 1 may call it s sing
it,eontrol and closer contact with the moment this portion of the build- therefore, betoves the be Baittain branch managers and staff.
ing has perhaps a somewhat star-
four reserves in order to
Stocks-These you will note, inveng effect, but this disadvantage will disappear speedily enough Trainy day with perfect "espanmity, been reduced to more Bormal under the influence of our smoke-
Dur Baikal Road property, as Itevek due to careful attention laden London climate already, inforzovdi you, was jetrelas four requirements and the ready sale
meet *
a
l with an eye to the Janova the Iwe have for var goods. Popularity of the "Moustrie", phara
New Premises. These promises, which we have rimpied for about a years, we have
VII.'s Chapel, before the present scaffolding is removed in the natural course of events.
The objects in view are four in preservativa on top of the silico number: (1) To place an extra fuorides: (3) to mitigate the in- evitably patchy effect produced
It is not propused that the entire exterior of the Abbey should be subjected to this process of maintained and Dar Mjaf
limewashing at any one time, fi-u-hess has adean.est vary consider
despite sundry rumours to the Jably in the last few years. Mr vacate at the end of this year would be neither desirable por contrary. Such a development Watson gues of home ave lu as our landerds are contemplating practicable. The present sugges morrow, where he will ascertain all rebuilding the site. Your Board tion is by degrees (following the Fate Fatest improvements in pinne have aroured new premises at 37 the slow progress of the work) to fend vegan manufacture, and on his Nalking Road which will afford us clean down with this solution of return we shall be able to start on more, arccomodation and better limewash the exterior of Henry cur proposed new factory, building opportunities for displaying our in compliance with all untern stocks, and which we hope to oc improvements. With this object in engy on the 11th inst. visa, yea will notice plat we have
Before sitting down, I should like bron gradually writing off the back to express the Board's appreciation Įvalue of our present. Esctory, build (of the good work done by the staff ings situated in North Honan Roadrinring the year. It is, I need hard a site which at present abořil ny say, due to their loyal endeavours by the presence of the new stones comm for. expansion, and which that the stress of the Company inserted here and there to replace autler Chinese administration cant pende I feel assured, therefore, the decayed masonry; (3) to re-) junt be devrąsi "satisfactory. When that you will pass the recommended veal to the eye the exquisitely is time arrives, therefore, to' con bnts of $12.07.4 without demur. beautiful and minute details of the und operation in cur new factory I think, gentlemen, that I have stonework, hidden for long years past beneath the darkness of a Tour present c will be.dispuses) of, nore covered all the points neces covering of Boot; and (4) to bring At present the factory stands in our sary to refer to, but should azy back a treatment of stonework buergoat 82,000, and the original cost shareholder wish to ask any ques-which is at once reasonable and of the land, some 5 mow, at 810,600.tions, I shall be pleased to answer possessed of ancient au bority.
The filling in of cur Baikal Road them to the best of my ability. property was completed during the year and the cost of this Pail, turn string mow 14 §. 2. 6, now stands
u our books at Bertin
Company's Pro-perity.
were 17-
The chamical stone preserve-
No questions were asked and the tive at present being employed on following resolutions
King Henry VII- Chapel is silico- animously adopted:
fluoride. It has been applied Proposed by the Chairman and under the advice and superinten- dence of Dr. Cecil H. Dench. This seconded by Dr. Isenman-That the Our continard prosperity is due report and accounts, as presented preservative solution is of a trans- parent character, and his practi- to our greatly increased turnover be passed.
cally no effect whatever opon the by the extension of our wholesale | Proposed by Mr. Newman and colour of the actusi stonework business, both with reference to our seconded by Mr. Paine That Dr. W. One glance at that portion of pianus, whose mexits bave been J.- Isenman be re-elected a director the building which bar grandy voiced by thousands of satisfied of the company.
undergone this treat is sufficienti customers during the past decade, Proposed by Mr. H. Browett and to show that stone this lime also to other goods we distribute, seconded by Mr. A. C. Remedios-washed very quickly begins to tone The increase in the general turn That. Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and down as before It all probabi over of our retail business has fur-Matthews be re-elected Auditors of years in all that will be required lity a period of lass than two
ther added to the splendid reaalis the Company.
for the outward appearance of the attained The conservative policy| Proposed by Mr. J. D. Wells and flime wholly to disappear. On the sdopted of recent years in provid-seconded by Mr. R. Paterson-That other hand the preservative effect | ing reserve to meet all possible the next annual general meeting of will remain for an indefinite flactuations of business has insured the company be held during the period.
fne us a foundation that has capita-] month of June, 1924 lized it with new life, enabling the| On the proposal of Mr. Broweit, progressiveness of our management seconded by Mr. Paterson, a hearty Hother to extend the field of their vote of thanks was given to the operations. All our branches have Directors and Staff of the Company? made excellent progress in the 'ex- Bir Edward replied in suitable tension of their own particular terri- terms, and the meeting terminated.
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