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LESS INSURANCE BUSINESS.
ANNUAL MEETING OF CANTON OFFICE.
PIONEER WHO DIED UNRECOGNISED..
FIRST DISCOVERY OF. ANAESTHETICS.
The centenary of Henry Hill Hickman, the English pioneer in anesthesia, was celebrated at a re ception of the Royal Society of CHAIRMAN UNABLE TO GIVE A Medicine, at the Wellcome Muscum, Wigmore-street, W., during which HOPEFUL FORECAST. Lord Dawson of Penn gave an ad.
dress.
"An interesting book which tells the story of the life of this great pioneer has just been issued by the "Wellcome Medical Museum. It contains, in detail, the documents relating to Hickman's. work.
RATES GET WORSE. Presiding at the annual meet- ing of the Canton Insurance Office this morning, the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson said it was out of the question to give some sort of hopeful forecast regard- ing the future of marine in- surance. Not only was there
So far as is known, Hickman was the first to prove that the pain of operations could be abolished by the inhalation of a gas.
He carried out his experiments on animals, using carbon dioxide gas, but he was unable to persuade surgeons, either at home or abroad,
patients.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1930.
LEGAL COSTS
PAID...
NOT
CINEMA NOTES.
TWO ACTIONS MENTIONED IN SUMMARY COURT.
ONE CASE DECIDED.
DRAMATIC TENSION IN "MADAME."
When the screen takes a time- honoured novel, or a play that has achieved international success and
PRE-ROMAN CITY EXCAVATION.
URGENT WORK PLANNED AT COLCHESTER.
the
adapts it to its own peculiar| ENORMOUS INTEREST. technique, theatregoers usually wart, curious, to see how the ori- The most urgent excavation work
will Costs due for legal assistance ginal
be altered in ever undertaken in Britain will Hence, when begin in the early summer near formed the subjects of two actions the translation. which were included in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced | Colchester,, when it is hoped to dis- Friday's list before the Puisne Madame X as a new talking pic cover the remains of the great pre- Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) this ture play with Ruth Chatterton, Roman city which superseded morning, and in a third case, de-stage star, as heroine, and Lionel Verulam, near St. Albans, as fendant, who was sued for $3.91, Barrymore, famous actor, as direc- capital of Southern Britain,
In one action -Tung Yip sued notice. was called upon to pay $30 costs. tor, picture fans sat up and took "Would it follow the original?" Pun Ching-hing for $3.91 for rent Plaintiff was repre- sented by Mr. F. C. E. Rendall, money due
"Would the talking picture pre- while defendant was not, represerve the effect of the fomer stage aented. He consented to judg- ment on the claim.
to With regard
costs,
bit?"
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the
Dr. R. E. Mortimer Wheeler, Keeper of the London Museum, described the coming excavations at Verulam and Colchester as the most important yet planned.
Dr. Wheeler explained that the urgency of the Colchester excava- tions is due to the fact that a new arterial road is to be made in Col- chester,
"It will pass over what is believed to be the site of the pre-Roman capital, now open fields," he said.
"It is of the greatest importance
fore the site is damaged by road- makers or scaled for ever by the new-road.
The answer is being soen at the Mr. Queen's Theatre, where the new Rendall stated that he was cal play is being shown to delighted 'less business to go round, but to allow him to try this gas on their culating his costs on the second crowds. For not only does
scale but even on that scale they picture version retain everything such a shortage increased the
to, more than $30. He that the stage play had but adds scramble for business with the
Neither in England nor in France came result that rates go from bad to was the value of Hickman's work indicated; however, that he would a great deal more and it is pre that excavations should be made bo- [ defendant, he pointed out that he He said that the state-appreciated, and after an uphill agree to accept $30 as costs.
When this was communicated to had already moved out of the premises and stated he did not ree why he should pay so much in custs,
worse.
ment of accounts fully bore out the mediocrity foretold by his predecessor last year.
fight for recognition he died at the age of 30.
Now a century after the birth of this obsecure village doctor-his The Hon. Mr. Paterson said in great work is fully acknowledged. full:
The report and accounts having been in your hands for the prescrib- ed period, I propose with your per- mission, to follow the usual pro- i cedure of taking them as read:
The statement of accounts for the year 1928, which we now present
to you, fully bears out the mediver-
THE WALKER CUP FOURSOMES.
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ity foretold by my predecessor at Hartley at the fourteen made this time last year. Comparing the down. The remainder of figures with those for the 1927 ac-holen were halved.
court, the following approximate differences are found:-The sur- plus of $926,019,40 is $160,000 less: the Premium Income is $30,000 higher; the Loss Ratio stands at 71.36 per cent as against 65.73 per cent; the Expense Ratio is 20.80 per cent, as compared with 19.57 per cent, and the Underwriting Ba- Jance is 7.23 per cent. as against
15.70 per cent..
Gloomy Outlook.
the
Ouimet Improves. Campbell and Smith werd 2 up at the seventh, but lost the next four, Duimet. hitherto the weak link, improving. The Americans won the fourteen. Jost the fifteenth. halved the 16th and 17th, and won the eighteenth,
that
sented in a series of concentrated times the drama into the dramatic scenes that crowd three same length of time that it took to pre- sent the play.
"The discovery of pre-Roman coins, pottery, and other relics en- courage us to believe that further discoveries of enormous interest will be made when serious excava tion begins.
Lionel Barrymore and his In reply to his Lordship, ns to scenarist, Williard Mack have why he had not moved out on the made the first perfect blend of the date of the expiry of the notice, technique of stage and silent defendant said
plaintiff screen. There is no scene longer "St Albans was the capital of agreed to let him stay on until he than a few moments, the story be-Southern Britain when Julius Gresar in atacato dramatic landed, but it was superseded by found other accommodation and ing told he found that accommodation episodes just as is done in silent the British town of Camulodunum pictures, but with dialogue full of (immortalised in Shakespeare's yesterday.
concentrated meaning so that not "Cymbeline,") which in A.D. 43 a word is wasted embellishing it. was conquered by a Roman army. Of course scenic effects impossible on the stage mark the play-the heroine's wandering in the Orient, in South America, and other lands, are all shown in vivid and colour | ful scenes.
In the witness box, plaintiff denied he came to such an agree- ment with defendant, and his Lordship gave judgment for plain- tir, by consent, and costs.
most
The cast is one of the elaborate seen in a single play in a
Actions for Recovery. Messrs. G. K. Hall Brutton and Company were the plaintiffs in two actions for recovery of costs. Mr. A. Covey represented the company in both cases. In one case plain- long time. tis sued Woo Chun-sheung. trading as the Shun Hing Con- pany for $109.56.
"It is the site of this town, in existence before London, that will be explored.
"It is certain that important dis- coveries will be made, and the area to be excavated will be decided as work proceeds, and will depend on the nature of the finds.
"Colchester may be regarded as a similar field of exploration to that at Verulam." Dr. Wheeler added, "but the urgency of the work in 'Colchester is greater be cause the new road is planned to be made by the end of the year.
"I shall be in charge of the Verulam excavations, and Mr. J. P. Bushe-Fox is to direct the work
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"So This Is College," Holderness and Stout won the
Outside of the huge staff of Defendant stated that he first two, the second with a birdie
cameramen, sound technicians and a number of music three, Holderness holing an eight instructed the company in con-stage crews, yarder. The Americans won the nexion with a case when he was composers, orchestration arran- I would also call your attention third The British were stili one told that the costs would be gers, dance masters, football éx to the fact that Income from In- at the sixth, but Stout, missing roughly $100. After he had given perts and university advisers were terest stands at $611,726.89, as
a short puit, enabled the Americans instructions he paid, from time to necessary for the screening of "So at Colchester."" against $537,695.29 for the year to become square at the minin. time, various amounts to the total This Is College" the new Metro-
From time to time interesting 1927; an increase of $71.031.60
talking-singing- finds have been made at Col-} only $250. which is wholly due to the fall in The British won the 10th., 11th of $270, for which he received a Goldwyn-Mayer
He dancing feature which is due short-chester." exchange. It is unlikely, however, ed and played a bundle of bad declared that somebody had cheat-ly at the Queen's Theatre.
In 1928 what was described as that the higher figure will be
Although most of the ten song the most important Roman dia- maintained in its entirety owing to shots. The Americans won thene
covery for 60 years aroused wide. the present difficulty of finding of the next four, and Moe holed a
spread discussion. This was the employment for our Silver Assets on three-yarder at the eighteenth for
the lead.--Reuter. the previous lucrative scale.
finding of a beautifully-carved figure of Longinus, a cavalry ofli cer, to which was attached a Latin inscription.
-Looking ahead,
were possible for
I
wish it
and 13th., when Holderness ernek- j
ខ្លាំង' to give has since been regained owing to a
you some sort of hopeful fore-recovery in prices.
cast as
of Marine to the future Insurance but that is out of the question. As you are well aware, Commerce generally, is at a low ebb in every part of the World and Such a position is speedily felt in Insurance circles: not only is there less business to go round but such shortage increases the scramble for business with the result that rates go from bad to worse.
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Increased Dividend.
receipt
for
ed him out of $20.
hearing on May 22.
the claim was for $969.81.
Mr. Covey stated that $100 had been paid on account and he applied for a week's adjournment saying there was a possibility that the balance would be paid.
Hia Lordship accordingly adjourned the case.
His Lordship fixed the case for hits were composed by Mar- In the second case, the defen- tin Broones, many of the lyrics dants were Messrs. A. and P. came from the pens of Al Bons. Leong Hing Kee, against whom berg, Fred Fisher and Charlotte Greenwood. Broones' numbers are the poppy "Campus Capers,'
College Days," "I Don't Want Your Kisses," "Gorgeous" and Friends Until the End," while Greer and Klages contributed the whoopee song, "Sophomore Prom." Sammy Lee of Ziegeld Follies fame, and George Cunningham, who put on the dance numbers in The surplus to be dealt with is
Kathleen Chapman, of "Good News" and "The Broadway $925,019.40, out of which has Loughborough, was fatally injured Melody," got together on concoct- been paid an interim dividend of in a motor accident near Loug-ing the "Campus Capers" number, $18 per share. We now
recom- borough when her car akidded which is winning wide popularity mend the payment of a final divi-into one owned by Major Burnaby, throughout the country. dend at the increased figure Master of the Quorn Hounds. Delmer Daves, former Stanford
Reinsurance Fund is up by some $350,000, also Underwriting Sus- pense Account by approximately $320,000.
Miss
of $27 per share and the transfer Misa Chapman was hurled through class president and co-author of of the balance amounting to the roof of her car, and died later the original story from which the $476,019.40 to Underwriting Sus- in hospital. pense Account, to close 1928 and
The only bright spot, at the mo- ment, is the dull market in London which, thanks to a capable guiding head, has more than held its own. An underwriter's lot, in these days, is not a happy one, he has either to retain his business by cutting rates to a level which, he knows full well, must prove to be unpro- fitable or see constituents go past him, never to return. As advised
I do not think there is anything from the chair last May, steps were further that calls for special re- to be taken to reduce substantial-ference but I shall be pleased Jy the Account written by the Com-
best of my pany in London; this has now been ability any questions arising out done and, judging by the showing of the Accounts which after 12 months, the result is holders may wish to put after the likely to prove satisfactory.
picture was filmed, acted as class president in the fraternity house supervised
previous years. The balance of An 11-year-old boy, Moss Abra-Beenes and also $1,912,581.53, at credit of 1929 hams, of Cleeve-buildings, Shore- technical details of set construc- account, allows of the payment of ditch, was drowned at Pitfieldtion and glee club activities. Sam the usual Interim Dividend of $18 street Swiming Baths, Hoxton. Wood, director, used the Trojan for that year.
The boy was with other lads when campus for many of his outdoor he disappeared under the water. sound. locations and the Los An attendant dived to his assis-Angels Coliseum jammed with tance, and he was taken from the 100,000-spectators was the authen water. Artificial respiration wastic background for the big footbulb tried, but without sucess.
to
answer to the
share-
Accounts themselves have been duly seconded.
The Balance Sheet.
I now propose the following Working Account for the year resolution:"That the report and 1929, after twelve months, shows accounts, as presented, including fall in premium of approximately the payment of a final dividend in -$100,000, but the baalnce of $1,912,- respect of the year 1928 of $27 per 681.53 carred forward is nearly share and an interim dividend în $75,000 more than that for the respect of the year 1929 of $18 per year 1928 at the same period. This share
and the addition <f increase in balance has resulted $476,019.40 to underwriting sus- despite the heavy curtailment pence account, be adopted and effected in London and, if only for passed."
this reason, we are inclined to be The adoption of the report was optimistic as to the ultimate out-seconded by Mr. J. H. Taggart, turn of this Account, as at the 31st and unanimously agreed to. December next.
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Consulting Committee.
On the proposition of Mr. M. H. Tong, the following were re- Turner, seconded by Mr. Ho Kom
elected to act, together with the Chairman, as the Consulting Com- mittee for the ensuing financial year: Sir Robert Ho Tung. Messrs. A. H. Compton, L. Dunbar, Henry Humphreys, T. E. Pearce and A. H. White.
The year 1929. beyond bringing the usual tale of disasters to shipping, was unproductive of any thing suficiently outstanding to call for special comment by me.
An analysis of the balance sheet shows that while the total of our assets, as expressed in 'sterling, has fallen By some £150,000, as compared with that for the previous year, in Hongkong
Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Mat- dollars they show an increase of thews, and Messrs. Percy Smith, over $1,100,000; these fluctuations Seth and Fleming were re-elected being due to the fall in exchange auditors of the Company on the from 2/-4, the rate ruling on the motion of Mr. Lo Cheung-sia, 31st December, 1928, to that of
seconded by Mr. Ho Leung. 1/74 as on the 31st December Those present were: Hon. Mr. 1929. The Investment. & Ex-J. J. Paterson (in the chair), Sir change Fluctuation Accounts Robert Ho Tung, Messrs. A. H shows
2 shrinkage of some Campton, H. Humphreys and A. H. $425,000, this resulting from the White (Consulting Committee), fall in the market value of our Messrs. J. H. Taggart, J. H. Seth, sterling securities on the 31st Ho Kom-Tang, L. S. Greenhill, A December last, as compared with II. Rumjahn, M. H. Turner, Lo quotations ruling at the end of
Cheung-siu, Ho Leung P. S. 1928; it will Interest you to know Cassidy and M. H. Lo. (share- that a very large part of this sum holders).
TO 1930 NEA SÉRVICE WC-
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"Thla New Year's dinner is given by the Mayor to the city employees--
WEST END HOTEL IMPOSTOR.
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MADE TO WORK FOR MEAL AND ROOM.
An amazing incident in a West End hotel in which an impostor was the central figure is being followed by a Scotland Yard hunt for the man. about 20, representing himself to Late one night a person of be the son of Mr. Tom Walls, the actor-manager, arrived at the luggage would be arriving later. hotel, booked a suite, and said his
excellent meal, with a bottle of He went into dinner, chose ap the best Burgundy, and retired. the management got into, touch As his luggage did not arrive, with Mr. Tom Walls at the Aldwych Theatre, where he is appearing. It was then discover- ed that the visitor was an im- postor, as Mr. Walls's son was at college.
"I tiptoed to the room and found the man asleep, an official of the hotel said. "On the instructions of the manager, he was locked in for the night.
"The next morning the manager had the man before him? He stated that his father was the secretary of a well-known yacht club,"
The manager, not wishing to prosecute, decided that the man should work out the cost of the meal and the room He cleaned several hundred knives, forks, and spoons, washed up several hundred dishes, and plates, and scrubbed saucepans. He Was then allowed to leave.
In the meantime Mr.. Tom Walis had been in communication with Bow-street, but when a'detective visited the hotel the man had left. Inquiries by detectives have revealed a sequence of attempted frauds by the impostor. He gave a cheque to a West End dealer for a £1,300 motor-car to be delivered to him at an hotel in which he was staying. Detectives stopped the car from arriving...
Iderman David Cairns, ex-Mayor of Sunderland, who was elected pre- sident of the National Federation of Meat Traders' Associations at Llandudno, said in his address: "The consumption of meat has gone down by a third in the last twelve months. This is because of the changed methods of housekeeping adopted in so many homes. The week-end joint seems to have dia- appeared."
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