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BRITISH TAXIS FOR HONGKONG
COMPANY'S ANNUAL
MEETING
SATURDAY OCTOBER 31, 1925.
DEPARTING FRIENDS!
EMPRESS OF CANADA'S HEAVY
PASSENGER LIST.
Governor's Secretary. Leaves
time in receipt of a regular lucome Mr. Birkett: This expense. Mr. Birkett said if the company. from the hire of its taxis. I would amount had a good deal to do with did not keep the taxis in proper also call your attention to the item our place in Pedder Street. Your condition they would, be soon pull- in the Balance-sheet of calls in ar- Directors were of opinion that it ed up at around turn by the roara. Theao ahare-holders, have would pay to have those offices and Pollee. Taxis were regularly, in been served with a notice under that it would assist the sale of sppated by the Police Inside and registered cover to pay the 3rd, call ears. It was given a fair trial, in out and if they were not all right! ith Interest dud and informing fact more than a fair trial, and they were not allowed on the thom that in default of payment we vacated the premises as soon streets.. A Shareholder's Questions, ' within 14 days, their shares will as we could let them as we reailse There being no further questions
be forfeited and sold in accordance they did not justify the rent which the motion was put and the report A number of prominent local The annual meeting of the Hong with clause 36 (u) of our Articles we had to pay. It was a new place and accounts passed unanimously residents were on board the Empress kong and Kowloon Taxicab Com-of Association. I might add that when we went in and we had all! On the proposal of Mr. Rowe, pany Ltd. was held yesterday at of the $8,000 outstanding when the the inside fittings to put up. seconded by Mr. Fulcher, Messrs. of Canada when she sailed yester the Company's registered offices. accounts were closed, $5,000 has There were only the bare walls Sum Pak-ming and Chan Limpak day for Vancouver vin Shanghai
when we took it over.
were re-elected Directors.
and Japanese ports. Among these Mr. H. Birkett was in the chair since been collected,, supported by Mr. Fred. Ellis and Mr. E. M. Raymond (Directors),
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British Taxis.
The Farming Scheine. Mr. McNeill: About this farming out. Is it one man to whom you form them all out or are they farm- ed out to the drivers?
Mr. Rowe: Three men are con cerned and each driver has $50 in the scheme. These three men arej responsible to the Company and the money is collected every day.
Mr. McNeill raised the point of the condition of the taxis plying for hire. He said he had spent hundreds of dollars in fares and had always found them in a con- dition they should not be in. They
OBITUARY.
Messrs. Lowe, Bingham andere Mr. Gainford-St. Lawrence, Matthews were re-elected Auditors. Private secretary to H E. Sir R. E Stibbs, booked to Kobe, from,where, after a short stay be will continue his journey to Europe by the Em press of Russia; Mr E Stonej General Passenger Agent in 'the' Orkout for Cuundina Pacifi & S bound to Yokohama. on business, Mr. H. E. D'Alba, Panama Consul
MRS. STINER
We regret to announced the death at the Victoria Hospital on Friday of Mrs. Stiner, wife of Corporal Stiner of the IO. 8. The death took place at 8.10 am. as a result of chronic inflamation of the liver
and jaundicd
Mrs. Stiner had been in the Colony for three years, and was preparing to leave for home 00
route for Shanghai, Mr. W. Austin, of Moutries, also for Bhang. Butterfield and Swiss, booked bai, Mr. H. G. Burns, of Messrs through to Europe; Mr. B Bourne, Supt. of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotela, and Mr. W. D Goodfellow of the Hongkong Realty
Hotel business, Mr. L Vander Felts of the J. C. J. Line to Robe on re-appointment, Mr. B. C. Gay, Mr. CA Peel of Dodwells and Major Rowntree to Shanghai Mr. W Tsurutani of the M. B. K. to Kobo, and Mrs. E. Chandler for Victoria, B.0.
Mr. A. H. Rowo (Managing Direc- Your Directors have under con tof) and Messrs. C. Fulcher, A. A. Feideration the sale of the present Alves, and D. McNeill (share-feet of taxis and the purchase of holders).
a new fleet of British made vehi- The Chairman, in moving the cles, for when purpose à visit home adaption of the report and accounts, to England by your Managing sald:
Director, is under contemplation, in "Before proceeding to deal with order to select the most suitable the Company's affairs, I desire to taxicab, and you may rest assured refer to the great loss we have sus that the result will be the putting tuined in the death, under the in commission of a greatly improv tragic circumstances which you ed type of vehicle, specially adapt will all remember, of the late Honed to hill climbing and generally Mr. Chau Biu-ki, who was a Direc-suited to local condition, and which tor of the Company from its in-will last much longer, with lower had been in a bad state, for months December 28. She leaves five you and Trust Co., to Shanghai on ception and always took the running expenses and smaller re- and months. He thought they children, the eldest nine and the deepest interest in its affairs, Mr. pair bill than our present fleet of ought to be looked over a little youngest three years old
He knew what Chinese The funeral was held at Happy T. N. Chau has been invited by the taxlebs and for which the Direc-more. Directors to All the seat thus vacat- tors are of the opinion that there drivers were and how careless they Valley and was attended by a num ed, and I am sure he will carry on will be no need to make any fur- were when they were using sarae- ber of residents of the Married his father's excellent work. ther calls to meet the cost of new thing not their own. He consider Quarters and a number of the men
You will note that, the balance fleet of taxicabs.
ed that if they were pulled up "at of the bereaved husband's hit, and sheet shows a loss of $46,680.14, Although the Balance Sheet a round turn" it would do a lot of the Royal Engineers to which
ho was uitschel but it has to be borne in mind that shows a loss, the results of our of good. $62,308.41, has been written off for trading since May 1st, under the depreciation, in addition to the new system of farming out the taxis) $45,915.04, written off last year, has been very profitable and when making the total amount written the books are closed at the end of off for depreciation $108,218.45, this month, which will be just six which represents about one-third months trading under the new sys- of the paid-up capital of the Com-tem your Directors hope to declare pany and more than half the an interim dividend. I have now! original cost of our taxicabs. This has been accomplished in a period of only fourteen months trading As the bulk of our taxis did not arrive in the Colony until March 1924 and further It shows that your Directors have pursued a bold policy and made ample provision for.deprecia- tion, which I feel sure will meet with the approbation of the share- holders.
Bad Servants,
pleasure in moving the adoption of the Report and Accounts, and after this has been Seconded I shall be glad to answer to the best of my ability any questions which any shareholder may desire to ask.
Mr. E. M. Raymond seconded.
Heavy Administration Cost. Mr. McNeill drew attention to an amount of $60,000 under the hending of office administration and expenses and asked if he could be informe what there was in the administration to make up that: amount.
You will also note that the Balance Sheet before you refers to the period ending April 30th, 1925 and since that date the affairs of the Company have been conducted on a different plan: the loss of pany had three branches. The rent $16,680.14, is to be attributed in for their office and showroom in
Mr. Rowe explained that the sum covered the time when the Com-
a large measure to the fact that the AP.C. building amounted to
$2,000 a month. They had now. left that and had sub-leased it going into their present smaller
our drivers, working as servants of the Company, grievously abused the taxicabs, a fact which is borne out by the item in, the profit and offices. Since they had been farin- loss. Account of $46,937.85, for ing out the taxis these expenses workshop and" "garage
charges, had been done away with and ad- Furthermore, by, various ways too ministration expenses were not complicated to describe here, the now more than $2,000 a month. Company was deprived by the Mr. McNeill then referred to the drivers of a considerable part of item headed "Cushiousp Covers and its just receipts. Your Directors Uniforms," saying, "I have never therefore decided to begin the pre- yet seen a driver with his uniform sent year with a system of farm-on."
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ing out the taxis to a syndicate Mr. Rowe stated that when the formed by the drivers themselves. Company was first started they had The syndicate pays, n' fixed rate for two uniforms made for each driver. were untidier the vehicles and they have to meet Drivers, however; their own running workshop and with uniforms, than without. The garage, charges, thus eliminating company still had the uniforms. this heading from our accounts the items, Run-The amount under
There ning Charges, Workshop and also covered taxi-meters. Garage Charges, and Trad were 90 of them and they cost| ing Expenses, which together about $125 cach.
00-
Mr. McNeill; Then there is an Item under furniture of $7,045.
amount
att to $210,010.87, item which will not cur at all in the next statement of Accounts to be presented to you.
Pedder Street Expenses.
Mr. Rowe: A good deal of that Shareholders in Arrears.
figure is taken up by $2,000 which Furthermore, the item "Offer Ad- we had to pay for the erection of ministration and Expenses has a partition in the A.P.C. premises. been greatly reduced as the Com It includes furniture at Kowloon. pany now employs a much smaller Mr. McNeill: I have been to thej ataff. In future, apart from these Kowloon Depot and all the furni- reduced office expenses, the Com-ture there is not worth $50.
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