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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, MARCH 22,7 – 1928.
HONGKONG ROPE COMPANY.
STOP PRESS.
ZINOVIEFF LETTER
· PROGRESS IN SPITE OF DULL TIMES.
BETTER PROSPECTS.
Mr. R. G. Shewan, presiding at the 44th. ordinary yearly meeting.
DENIALS.
·M, CHICHERIN ACCUSES *BALDWIN OF SLANDER,
ment
· ARREST OF CITY THIEVES.
MANY PIECE GOODS SHOPS VICTIMISED.
GUILT ADMITTED.
Five men belonging to a gang of thieves who were responsible for a series of large-scale thefts from various piece-goods stores in the City were recently arrested and sentenced to various terms of im prisonment.
A sixth man, however, oluded ar rest, but it was not long before con- tact was established with him by the police. It transpires that on cscaping, he got togather a second gang, who carried on the work of the former gang and, in due course, four more piece-goods shops were victimised.
Moscow, Mar. 22. M. Chicherin, the of shareholders of the Hongkong Foreign Secretary, has issued a Russian Rope Manufacturing Company long reply to the statements made Limited, which was held in St. in the House of Commons, relating George's Building this morning, stated that the prospects for the to the Zinovieff Letter, in the be declared future were better than they had course of which been for some years past but, to Zinovieff admitted sending the Improve their financial position, it letter, and referred to Chicherin's had been decided to collect the call methods of evading acknowledg- of $5 per sharò due on June 15th.
Chairman's Speech.
M. Chicherin now declares Mr. Baldwin's utterances to be Addressing shareholders, the slanderous and insulting fabricn Chairman said:Gentlemen,- tions. He accuses the British With your permission we will take Premier of patent discrepancies, Then, acting on Information_ro- the report and accounts now laid and draws attention to the British ceived, Acting Detective Sub-Ins before you, copies of which have refusal to accept the Soviet In-pector A. V. Baker, who was respon in your hands for the vitation to institute an enquiry afblo for the previous arreste, car
of the ried out another raid and he been
finally got the man he wanted. required period, as read. The into the authenticity balance t credit of Working Zinovio Lettor.
This man was found together with Account for the past year is M. Chicherin adduces "evidence" an accomplice, in a house in Tong
the previous year, which, In view forgery, for example, the trial in The two men later made a clean of the continued depression in Russia of a certain Drujilovsky, abreast of everything. They sur business generaly, is encouraging manufacturer of forgeries, whose rendered 65 pawn tickets relating As regards house property, I am testimony is alleged to show that to goods stolen from time to time, glad to say the prospects have in the letter was fabricated in Berlin. while $700 worth of stolen proper. proved and I may say that prac- Reuter,
ty was also recovered and returned tically all our houses are lot, but
to various owndra. tenants come and go and there must always be one or two flats awaiting a tenant even at the best times. Our income for the year from rents is $79,980.81 against $3,428.20 in 1926, but this includes" the rent of the factory, at Matau- kok to the Military Authorities,
($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above $90,463.95 against $63,616.25 for that the Zinovieff Letter was a Man Street. Both were arrested.
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The Kowloon Hotel Kowloon.
The Premier Hotel in Kowloon with all modern conveniences. High Class Cusine and Table Appointments. Wonderful view of the Harbour and Peak, and five minutes from the Ferry, Wharves and Railway Station. Representative meate all steamers.
Daily Rates from
$ 6.00.
$130.00.
Monthly Rates from Under the Personal Supervision and attention of
MR. & MRS. H. J. WHITE.
Cables. "Kowlotel." Kowlcon.
Tel. No. K.608 & K.609.
PALACE HOTEL.
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Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely, under English Management Electric Light and Fan throughout Every Room with Private Bath. Leunge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms, Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Tarma moderate. Special terms to familles on application to:
Mrs. J..il. OXBERRY, Proprietress,
EUROPE
After-dinner dancing every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Cables:
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Singapore.
HOTEL
SINGAPORE.
Grill
THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD. Arthur E. Odell, Managing - Director.
THE HOTEL RIVIERA
MACAO
Cable Address:-"RIVIERA, MACAOʻ
EMBODYING THE LUXURIES OF MODERN HOTEL CONSTRUCTION
THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF COMFORT AND SERVICE
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALPEED MORLEY, t1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong,
EX-PREMIER SHOT AT TIENTSIN.
the lease for which expires next ARMED MEN MURDER GENERAL
month. Our house property still leaves a poor return and we can only look for better returns as the demand for houses increases with the prosperity of the Colony. When this long-looked-for demand materialises, we shall be in a good position to take advantage of it, either with the land we have on this side, in one of the most con- gested districts, or with our now property at Ma-tau-kok
Overdraft Reduced.
..
CHANG SHOU-TSENG.
"RESIDENCE RAIDED.
Tientsin. Mar. 22.
An armed party entered the house of Gentral Chang Shou- tseng, in the Chinese city, last evening and shot him dead.
The intruders did not molest other members of the household. They later fled and had not beon arrested at a late hour last night, Now as regards accounts you
General Chang Shou-tseng was will see that in spite of dull times, former Premier, and it is per- not only have we completed pay-haps noteworthy that his daughter ment of the new buildings at Ma- married a son of Marshal Feng tau-kok amounting to $75,412.24 Yu-belang.-Reuter. but we have managed to reduce our overdraft with the bank from 2573,788.89 to $443,070.02 and of course for that, our land alone without plant or buildings la more than ample security,
Amongst the victimized shops were the Kwong Sang Yuen Piece Goods Company, of 87; Wing Lok! Street; the Hop Kee Lee, of 159, Queen's Road Central; the Kwong Tni, of 80, Queen's Road Central; and other cloth shops in the city.
The prisoners were charged be
|fore Major C. Willson this morn- ing. They pleaded guilty to their respective charges and sentences were inflicted, aggregating, in the case of the first man, to seven months, and in the case of the second, to six months' hard labour.
SOVIET INTRIGUE EXPOSED.
(Continued from Pape 1.)
Multilateral Treaty.
The United States Government, he said, belleves in the one project and disbelieves in the other. They believed that the idea behind the proposal for a pact re nouncing war could be made of General Chang was one of the fective as an articulate expression Three Heroes of North. China" of the almost universal, will to who in 1911 compelled the Man-poace. chus to promulgate a Constitution. They believed that such an ex- He was made. Premier in January, pression would be much more of- 1923, but in September of the same fective at present than any year he fled to Tientsin when schome, however drastic, for
Yuan-bung was abolishing, weapons. Reuter. President L
forced out by Tano Kun's faction.]
Land stands in our books at a very conservative figure but plant and buildings do not improve with time and should therefore be well depreciated. We therefore, recom- mend that these items should be written down as stated in the accounts, when they will stand at what we consider really safe gers carried by LC.C. tramways figures. For this purpose we have during the two weeks ending on made use of reserves which are February 15, 1928, as against the not reserves in the strict sense of corresponding weeks in 1927 is re- the word as the money represent-vealed by the report of the High- ed has been sunk in the Company's ways Committee.
business and cannot be utilised for
the proverbial rainy day, in fáct
An increase of 1,462,244 paasen-
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FUELLESS MOTOR.:
ENGINEERS SCEPTICAL AS TO NEW "INVENTION."
New York, Feb. 26, Sceptical engineers are to-day scratching their heads
over JO-
ports from Detrolt of, a "fuelless motor" demonstrated at Selfridge Field, Detroit, yesterday, before it takes the place of extra The fact that tombstones are im- a group of aeroplane engineers, capital. In this regard we trust ported from Germany and other including Colonel Lindbergh. Only the allocations we have made of countries wAS omphasised at a the fact that Major Thomas G. thead reserves will meat with your Board of Trade Inquiry into an Lanphier, Flight Commander at approval.
application for a duty, under the Selfridge Field, "appears to be Safeguarding regulations, on whole-heartedly committed to the monumental and architectural | new engine, prevents those acep- tics from openly voicing their granite.
incredulity..
Sounder Position.
I will not attempt to prophesy what the future may bring forth,
The new motor, the invention of but I may say that we have com- menced the present year with bet-
Paris, Feb 17.-English scored a Lester J. Hendershot, a Pitts- ter prospects and in a aounder when the Academie Fransalse de- its energy from tree electricty in a victory over French yesterday burgh engineer, is said to draw position than we have been for cided to cut out of the fauguage the air ground. This is accom some years past. We have ample the verb "muqueter," which to plished by a special method of assets for a much larger overdraft old-fashioned French for "to flirt," winding the armature. The small than the present one, but interest on the grounds that the sense was model demonstrated in Detroit, it makes a big hole in our profits and suficiently covered by the new la stated, attained 1.800 revalu- therefore, in order to improve our fangled "firter, taken as it is tions per minute. The inventor financial position, we have decided direct from our own word. At the claims that it is capable of run- to no longer delay collecting the same time they admitted to the ning at this speed for 2,000-8,000 call of $5 per share, due on 16th French language the word "mufle," hours before "recharging."
which means "cad." The dignified William D. Stout, the President Our present Articles of Associa- definition to be given in the dic- of the aeroplane company in tion, although not very old, are tionary is a man whose character which Henry Ford is deeply in- not quite equal to present-day re- is compounded of impudence and ferested,, watched the tests and quirements, and we propose pre-brutality." Formerly "mufie" was characterised them as very im paring new articles providing a gross slang. Now it may be con-pressive." He described the ac Board of Directora in place of a sidered classical. Consulting Committee and these will be laid before you in due course. The question of the Gon- eral Managers' commission will also be considered at the Aarie time.
June next.
Business Matters,
tion of the motor as "actually uncanny."
Engineers in the neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, particularly those 'at Bettis Field, "where Hendershot
Mr. H.P. White seconded and conducted many experiments, are the motion was carried.
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heartily committed to the new Mr. Allan Kelth proposed that engine. Those, however, who Since these accounts were print- H.F. White, Mr. Allan have not seen it, including Gov- ed, Sir Elly Kadoorie has, on the Cameron, Sir Robert Ho Tung, and ernment experts, are inclined to invitation of the committee, ac-Sir. Elly Hadoorie be re-elected to feel that such a motor to be cepted a seat as member of the the Consulting Committee. This affective would have to weigh a Consulting Committee and his was seconded by Mr. H. Dryer and thousand times as much namo has been added to the list was carried.
aeroplane.lt, skape of members for re-election,
On the proposition of Mr. M.A. I now beg to propose that the re- Figueiredo, seconded by Mr. WA port and accounts as presented be Gardner, Messrs. Linstead and adopted and passed and that the Davie and Messrs, Percy Smith, Balance at Credit of Profit and Beth and Fleming were re-elected Loss Account of $538,802.59 be ap- auditors at a remuneration of $350 to-day's questions propriated as follows:-To place each per annum.
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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
The following are the replies to
1. A priest in Homs who was martyred in the reign of Claudius 17. 3. That it was of Druidle origin. 3. The British Association's expedition to the Great Barrier Beef in Aus- tralian waters. 14. The victory of Thotmes
1500 FC B
to Credit of Typhoon & Flood Ac- Directors present in addition to count, $7,670.51; To write off:—the Chairman were Mr. HP. White, Factory at Kennedy Town, $60,- Mr. Allan Cameron, and Sir Elly 000; Wharf, 36,000; Houses, $100,-Kadoorie; also Mr. J. Coulthart, over the Mitanul about
Bermude. & B Frank Dafner - 7. ́- ht |000; Factory at Kowloon, $297,- Secretary. Shareholders present, Llanwehrilyn, near Baia, North Wales. 5. 063.25; Plant and Machinery, were Mesars. Allan Keith, I.W. Calvaros lards is feet long on the Hand of Komodo, cast of Java. •0: The rock-- $63,062.88; Total $583,802,59.
Shewan, W. Gardner, J. Toppin, call pillar known as "Let's Wife," near the Dead Box 10,. £56,500,000.-21. 685,018,655, When this has been seconded 1 4.H.M. de Silva, M.A. Figueiredo, 1012 Kilauea, in Lawas, the seater of shall be pleased to answer ques- M Fernandes, H. Dreyer, J. F.which was fat acrose so the distance between
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