CITY TRANSPORT PROPOSAL.
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the way from Lee Gardens to Ar- senal Street.
Doubling the Track. Every speech from this chair for the past seven years has contained a reference to the long-promised Causeway 100-foot read between Bay and Quarry Bay, but very little progress has been made during the year under review and it has even tually become necessary to double considerable stretches of our old single track in addition to
in dealing safely and economically with heavy traffic demands is being more widely recognised."
Between the Western Market und Percival Street (Wanchai) we provide an average of about 2,500 Passenger seats per hour in each direction.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930.
BARCELONA COTTON JUNK ROBBERY AT] TO-DAY'S WANTS.
RESOLUTION.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERA- TION DISCUSSION,
Paris, Mar. 17.
The Committee of the Inter-
national Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufac Kai Tack Company,
turers Associations, meeting in At this meeting just year 1 Paris to-day, confined its discus- reported that your Company as from 1st January, 1929, had sion mainly to the resolution of assumed control of The Kai Tack the Barcelona Cotton Congress as Motor Bus Co. (1926), Ltd., opera-
regards the establishment of ting in Kowloon. The capital of that straightening out a snake-like Company has passed into the national cotton propaganda com- length between Quarry Bay and ownership of the Tramway Committees in each affiliated country. pany and your Directors now con- Ming Yuen.
The Secretary-General, Mr. Arno stitute the Board of The Kai Tack Altogether, since I Inst addressed Company. As regards the opera you, we have doubled about a mile tion of this business since the of the old single track on the Shag advent of our control I would say kiwan section and have extended that receipts have not proved as the track by about 380 yards from
satisfactory as expected. the old Shaukiwan terminus to This, however, is mainly due to Shaukiwan Village. The doubling the fares on our routo No. 4 roferred to was rendered absolute-Kowloon City-Yaumati Ferry) ly necessary by the great increase being too low and although your in the number of passengers who Board will refrain as long as on every hot afternoon in the bath- possible from increasing fares, ing season-desired to patronise the bathing beaches between North such course in the case of the route referred to may become Point and Quarry Bay. With a
necessary. A new route (No, 5) single track. We were unable
has been opened and-in, the sun to cope satisfactorily with this mer months--we are called upon - traffic,
to provide a service between Star Ferry and Tai Wan Beach.
Company's Buses.
Buses v. Trams. Before touching on the accounts,
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YOUNG WOMAN LOSES LIFE
BY DROWNING.
TRIAL ÁT SESSIONS.
The Criminal Sessions opened before the Pulsne Judge this morning.
Chung Ka, Chang Chung, Wong Ping and Lo Nam entered pleas of not guilty when they were charged with robbery by two or more on February 17.
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Sang, Li Tse and Ip Sul-wan were charged with assaulting, with in- a bout in Cheung Chau barbour on tent to rob, Kwong Ching-mui on
man and Gentlemen, Although the December 17. The first prisoner first year's working of our motor was also charged with robbing buses has not been financially Kwong Ching-mui of a pair of graph." successful, I am a strong believer bangles. All pleaded not guilty. in the Company going forward on
The Crown Solicitor, Mr. H. K. the policy of acquiring and run- ning services of motor buses both Holmes, prosecuted and said the FOR SALE-Furniture and Fixtures accused were members of the of beautifully appointed Flat. Good on the island and in Kowloon, crew of a fishing junk which, on locality Kowloon. Contents and Flat In Victoria the Company is in a December 17, was in Cheung Chau available towards end of April. Write particularly good position to com-harbour. Living there
Box No. 649, "Hongkong Telegraph." I feel it my duty as your Chairman For the service of these addi- bine the running of motor buses young woman named Kwong to sound a note of warning on the tional areas, eight new buses were with its traniway services and Ching-mui, who owned
FOR SALE---Four new
evening vexed question of "Buses" versus purchased during the course of feel the policy of the Board in passenger boat and
Gowns, three at $20.00 each, one at "Trams" as from an economic view-the year.
earned her $45.00. Write to Bor No. 631, care Including the former 16 passenger vehicles the Com-negotiating with the Hotel Com-living by taking passengers out of "Hongkong Telegraph." point.
pany for the purchase of its moto into Cheung Chau harbour. She total 01 24 In some quarters the view has pany now has
buses and franchise should be was in the habit of tying up her been expressed that a sure panacea (Dennis) motor buses. Deprecia- for our present diminution of pro- tion provided against motor buses, endorsed by shareholders, pro- boat at a small wharf and it waa fits is gradually to substitute especially in the case of the old vided that this may be done with-engaged on the night of December motor buses for tramcars. This, in leet, has been a heavy item of out the Tramway Company being 17 by three men. Kwong Ching your Board's opinion, is a fallacy charge in the accounts, and, in saddled with the Hotel Company's mui was now dead, but there was pregnant with alarming possi-addition to certain interest costs garages, hire service cars and or-evidence to show that she owned bilities. The public and others fincurred in financing the newganisation as agents for various Jewellery and various ornaments.nics. leather bound latest edition quite naturally may regard our expenditure, has absorbed
earned on working. views on this subject us biased surplus
There is accordingly no return The Tramway Company has be and prejudiced by reason of the
1929: hind it a record of good service from this Bource for fact that the Company's main Although the results for this first to the public, and I feel sure the source of revenue is derived from year of our Kai Tack operation Government will have every con- electric traction, but when I tell are disappointing, I feel able to fidence that in giving enlarged you it is estimated that had the say that given continued develop powers to the Tramway Company, 27,000,000 passengers which our ment of our routes the prospects these will be exercised in the best tramcars carried last year been of this investment are not dia-interests of the community. carried (at the same fares) by couraging. motor buses instead of tramcars: aut only should we not have hadj over seven lakhs profit, but we should not have made sufficient profit to pay any dividend,
greater
Some Examples.
Hotel Co. Buses.
the ninkes of motor cars.
Mr. Holmes said it seemed quite clear that the men who engaged the boat that night were the three prisoners. They were rowed out to the fairway where tree fishing junks, one owned by a man named Kwok Pat-yin, were lying. Kwok Pat-yin would say that he heard a ery of "Save life" in a woman's velce and later heard someone
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PREMISES TO LET.
TO LET.-Ground floor, No. 2, Gran- Road, Kowloon. Apply to ville Kwong Fat Yuen, 33, Des Voeux Road West or phone C.1282.
TO LET—Attmétive and spacious 1 now formally beg to second shouting "Thief." He looked out
two roomed Flat near Ferry. Kow- the resolution "that the report of and saw the passenger boat, in loon, with modern conveniences. I have been asked to make a the Directors and statement of ac- the after part of which were two Available, towards end of Apr. statement concerning current ru-counts for the year ended 31st De-men and a woman, "fighting or Moderate rental. Write Box No: mours as to the acquisition by this cember, 1929 be adopted as pre-struggling. A third man was sit-648, "Hongkong Telegraph." Company of the Hongkong Hotel sented, and that a final dividend ting in the fore part of the boat.
of 50 cents per share for the year 1929 is hereby sanctioned."
The motion was carried.
Other Business.
of
TO LET-Office Rooms, Hongkong Motor Garage business. Prelimi-
The woman was pushed over and Shanghai Bank Building. Apply I trust, therefore, that you will nary negotiations with such an
board, or at any rate she fell over to Sang Kee, same Bullding. agree with me that the matter acquisition in view commenced a
board, and the three men jumped To LET.-Three Roomed, Modern merits a thorough and full investi- few days ago and it is proposed--
into the sea. Kwok Pat-yin lower European FLAT, Nathan Road, near gation and I make no excuse for at an early date to take the op-
Mr. H. Stuart Smith proposed, ed a boat from his junk and first Ferry. Write Box. 543, care the four rather lengthy references portunity of placing before share-
holders a full statement of the and Mr. M. J. Wright seconded, of all took in the woman, who "Hongkong Telegraph." which follow:
(a) The Anglo-Argentine Tram-position and to consider certain the re-election of Messrs. Cho never recovered. He then went
Po-sien, A. H. Compton and J. E. after one of the men in the water FLAT TO LET Fally, furnished ways Co., Ltd. (which comprises the proposals.
Turning to the balance sheet Joseph, to the Board of Directors, and picked up the second defen- four-roomed upper fiat in two-storey of part of the Tramways
taken house. Quiet, pleasing locality. Buenos Aires) is one of the greatest and accounts before the meeting, and on the motion of Mr. F. 11.dant, who, before he was
Rent $110 per month. Write Box 644, Ointo the boat, was struck with the world,A new head-Motor Transport Crapnell, seconded by Mr.
"Hongkong Telegraph." operating as it does nearly 3,000 investments--appears in the state-Kitchell, Messrs. Lowe, Bingham paddles from the rescue boat. He vehicles over 420 miles of track. ment of assets set out in the balance and Matthews were re-elected as was then tied up. Another boat A GODOWN at Whitfield Road con- They commenced operating a service sheet. This takes the place of the auditors of the Company.
put off from a fishing junk and|sisting · about · 2,660 sq. ft. next to picked up the third man, while the Kwong Sang Hong Glass Factory. Those present were:-Mr. B. D. first appeared to have made his Please apply to Kwong Sang Hong passengers per annum) admitted at The Kai Tack Company previously Beith (chairman). Sir Robert way to his own fishing junk. The Ltd. their last annual general meeting referred to. that their bus services were operated at a loss,
tramway
concerns
in
of motor buses in January 1927. The former item "Motor Bus Account" Chairman of this gigantic system and includes the investment (which carries over 550,000,000
being
(b). The Glasgow General Omnibus and Motor Services, Ltd., which start-
of
Traffic Receipts.
in
With the exception of this tem the accounts are presented in their
earnings,
usual form. Traffic
mounting to $1.606,201.20 show a
Ho Tung, Kt., Messrs. R. Stock, were subsequently arrested. J. E, Joseph and Choa Po-sien (Directors) Measra. F. H. Crap- In the passenger boat,
Two cases of typhoid and one
of small-pox were reported to the Medical Officer of Health over the
NEW FLATS TO LET, rei rced houses with garages shoes concrate new
and water closet, Luna Building, nell, O. Kitchell, J. P. Wright, Kwere found, one pair being identi- Kimberley Road, Kowloon Apply Stuart Smith, W. J. Stokes, Frank fied as the property of one of the Mr. H. P. Chan, Chinose Chamber of Austin, Felix M. Ellis, Wong prisoners. od with such a flourish of trumpets
Commerce, 64, Connaught Road, in 1926 ninde a loss for the year ended
Bagram, A. H. Rumjahn, G. W statements made by the prisoners Kwong-tiu, C. B. Riggs, J. T. Mr. Holmes read out numerous || Central. September 30th last of 125,216 with the result that the E1 shares have decline of $298,794.83 from the Sellars, N. V. A. Croucher, Chus from time to time, some of which figure for the previous year and Seng-shoo, E. Ezra, N. M. Currie, denied complicity in the affair dropped to about eight shillings.
this, due largely to motor bus com- A. B. Stewart, Wok Hin-wang (c) The Third Avenue
large transportation petition, I have already mentioned.. B. Ribeiro, Yu Chung-suen and and others giving some contradic New York is undertaking which operates both
Including the item of interest H. Owen Hughes (Shareholders), tramways and motor buses. The and investment return in the Profit Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, M.C. of murder had once been preferred following paragraph relating to the and Loss Account the total income A.M.I.E.E., M.Inst.L (General against the three men,, but had operation of this Company for the for the year amounts to $1,624,- Manager) and Mr. W. F. Simmons, been dropped. year 1929 is taken from an American 301.72 against $1.955,911.34 for F.C.I.S., (Secretary). technical journal:Receipts of the
other hand, the Third Avenue Railway, New York, 1928. On the from bus operation
tween working expenses give favourable C$5,000 and G$6,000 a day. These comparisons with last year and bus receipts are not included in the after charging $146,586.00 for receipts of the railway system, only depreciation and providing the the net from bus operation appearing | Government Royalty of $37,992, 14, in the income statement. During the net profit amount to $731,763.58, past year there were extraordinary This is $239,176.77 less than for expenses due to the installation of new lines and equipment. The buses are
on of Deducting for i
are
1928.
being depreciated at the basis the interim dividend paid in August
equipment notes issued for a larger last and $68,000.00 written-off part of the buses. Under these goodwill and construction expenses conditions, the bus operation showed a there remains a sum of $338.769,55, deficit of G$287,775 for the year,
Dollar Dividend.
Another Instance.
Making a total of $1.00 per (d) The Institute of Transport recently awarded its coveted Graduate Share for the year, your Directors Silver Medal to a Mr. A. A. Jackson now recommend the declaration of per
of Nottingham for his paper "The a final dividend of 50 cents Raillesa Trolley System. Its Sphere," share absorbing $325,000.00 and The last paragraph of that paper is carrying forward the balance to as follows: "For pioneer work, and next year.
operation over light traffic routes Including the amount of $245,- with relatively few stops, connecting.
ting789.17 brought forward from last where the traffic demand year this gives an additional sum
Antares, also for operation
400
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the provision of less than of $13,763.58-that is, a total of passenger seats per hour in one $259,552.75-unappropriated pro- direction the motor bus is unassail fit carried to next account. able; its adoption for such services There is nothing else, I think, over the country is convincing calling for separate mention and proof. Where traffic warrants I beg to propose:"That the Re- service giving between 400 and 1,000 port of the Directors and state- passenger seats per hour in one ment of accounts as presented for direction, with a corresponding in-
the year ended 31st December, crease in the number of Passenger stops per mile, and particularly over 1929, be adopted and that a final routes containing severe gradients dividend of 50 cents per share for there appears to be sound reasons for the year 1929 is hereby sanctioned." seriously considering the adoption of When this resolution has been railless trolley vehicles. Routes re-seconded I shall be glad to answer quiring services giving over 1,000 to the best of my ability any quos- passenger seats per hour in direction would seem to be the realm tions that shareholders may wish of the tramcar running on double to ask.
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"track, and expressions made recently
by eminent authorities on the subject
of road passenger transport indicate
Mr. Austin's Speech:
Mr. Frank Austin seconded the
at the high value of the tramear adoption of the report and ac-
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