COMPANY REPORT.
THE HONGKONG TELEPHONE COMPANY. LTD.
The report of the Board of Directors of the Hongkong Telepbane Company to the shareholders at the meeting to be held on March 9 will state:
SOLICITOR FOR TRIAL.
ALLEGED CONVERSION OF
CHEQUE,
William Douglas Sanders, aged thirty-two, solicitor, of Belgrave Court, Norfolk-terraco, Brighton, was charged at Marlborough-street, The Balance at credit of Profit and London, recently, with having Loss Account for the year ended the received a cheque for £460 and a 31st December, 1931, (including the banker's draft for £4,034 on ac- kum of 182,250.27 brought forward from the previous year), amounted to count of the executor of A. C. $767.504.61. After charging $333,-Liddell, converting the proceeds 124.61 for Depreciation and effecting, to his own use. on the 4th August, 1931, the payment]
Sanders, who pleaded not guilty of an Interim Dividend of 4%, nbsorbe
defence, was ing $128,000.00, there remains the and reserved his sum of $306,840.09, which the Board committed for trial. Ife
wan recommend be appropriated an follows: allowed bail, himself in
and ono surety in £500.
To payment of a Final Dividend of 6% (making 10% for the year)
To Transfer to General
Reserve (bringing same up to $325,000) Carry forward to noxt
Account
£1,000
THE HONGKONG
FLOODS RUIN 1,500
HOMES.
325,000 ACRES UNDER MISSISSIPPI WATERS
TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1932.
ARMED ROBBERY,
THREE YOUTHS FACE A SERIOUS CHARGE.
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EMPIRE CONFERENCE;
MR. THOMAS PLEADS FOR
· HARMONY,
Three Chinese youths, So Tak,
London, Feb. 25. Li Ming and Ko Yat-cho, were "Do not let us go to Ottawa lu 1,800 families homeless. brought before Mr. Fraser at the a haggling spirit, but let us go to A whole town cut off. Kowloon Magistracy yesterday see what we can throw into the 125,000 acres flooded. afternoon on the charge of having common pool for the benefit of There are the outstanding fea- No. 11 Saigon Street, necond floor, In the House of Commons, to- committed an armed robbery at all," appealed Mr. J. H. Thomas tures of the havoc caused by the on January
Detective-wards the close of raging waters of
a speech in Mississippi Inspector Fallon prosecuted. which he waxed indignant at the tributary that burst its bunks, the. Outlining the case, Inspector expense of Major Nathan, the ing down a valley. ten-feet wall of flood water rear-Fallon said that at about 1.15 pm, secretary of the Cobden Club, who on January 29, the three defen-moved an amendment in the com- It was the rampant Tallabatchle dants went up to the second floor mittee atage of the River that caused the disaster.
Duties of No. 11 Saigon Street and enter Bill that preference be given For five weeks the waters have led the premises by the
ataircase
nat to the -Dominions, India and South thundered against the
door. Grassy
the time. there were:
ere Rhodeain if by March 31 they Lake Levce (dam), and $102,000,00
at last four females and two children on chacted that United
Kingdom they broke through at three Im
the door. One of the defendunts
Mr. Thomas characterised this already partially-flooded Tippo
two carried knives. With theac proposal a threat to the Dominions Basin.
weapons, they pushed the fainter the same as to foreigners, as an Convict Rescuers.
inton cablele, but did not bind Insult. Everyone looked forward them all.
to the Ottawa conference, as per- for a concentration of
Immediate orders were given The robbers then ransacked thaps the turning point in Cuir boala at floor and stayed there for about Imperial polley. We should do Glendora, three miles down the half an hour. At the end of that our utmost to create a good. at- river,
period, they left taking away with mosphere. Every available man was en-them a quantity of
Mr. Thomas contended that the Jewellers One of the women of the Government hud made
great victs out of the gabis are bring employed.
| robbers did not do so because they had not done so as well, but that Approximately 3325,000 acres are take care of her
thought she needed her hands to die have already
not justify the amendment. submerged in six counties in a
baby This
shown great Mississippi inland lake of downstairs, and on reaching the will respond."
Woman followed the robbers | hands, and I believe the Dominions same twenty square miles. So for no lives are reported lost.
street, raised the alarm. One of The amendment ww negatived Numeraus
turned the robberA holes
down
A n without
division-Reuter's have pune best by the torrent in the main two made off in another direé-
been servenging fane, while the other Special Servico. Hlever at Glendora, floating logs tion.
acting as altering raps.
The only means of getting away
lee as a solicitor at Bolton-street, portant points, and poured into the produced a pistol, and the oth00da should be numitted free.
Mr. H. A. H. Morgan, prosecut ing, said that Sanders was in prac-
50,000.00 W. Among hia clients
Mr. Liddell, who died in 1927. Mr. 83,840,00 Galbraith, a barrister, became sole executor under his will, and $195,840.00 hstructed Sanders to wind up
the estate. Under Article No. 10h of the Cont£59,000. Part of it consisted of The estate was sworn at about pray's Articles of Association, the
Directors,
Hon. Sir Shau-son Chow and Mr. D. H. mansion at Leamington Spa, gaged in rengue work. Even con Baur was not bound at all; the sacrifices, though some Dominions
Minke retire by rotation, but heing called Reuchlawn.
llible offer Wemselves virtion
for T
Auditors.
Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, who The accounts for the year under are eligible and offer themselves for review kave been audited by Mesars, re-election.
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Mr.
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the robbery had been received by the Yaumat! Police Station, à from Gleidara is by boat, Refugees Reservist, was passing at the tim, from the Diocesan Girls' School. Palic telephone message was received in great numbers A cramped
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011 the railway embankments, and on hearing the criva of the Divisional Inspector Clark per They are scantily clothed and woman, i went in pursuit of tonally went to the school, on the rabber who had turned down the Kistal. The inmates would say Krounds of which he picked up scavenrim lane. There followed Washington were informed that a long chane along side streets went on. Inspector Fallon, tha 1,500 families from nine counties the robber threw away a purcel very similar to the one produced and in the course of this chase, the robbers had used a a weapon of Mississippi have been driven
Court, There was no direct from their homes. The inhabi of jewellery he was holding in tanla of Belzoni. Mississippi, are ninel in the chase after a while, was the one used at the rabbers; bis hands. A Chinese student evidence to show that the pistol preparing to dynamite the lever vi below the town so as to lessen the this additional aid resulting in however, although evidence would
arrest of
hear he given to show that the chas the Reclamation Street.
led past
the grounda of the Police Diocesan Girl School. when On the same day, acting on Insperior Fallon alleged was the information, Police first defendant. was found
th15 Loarrested have some more jewellery on his defendants in various addresses, person, and this property had and they were also charged with since been identified
No property was by the armed robbery. victims of the robbery as theirs. however, found on thea.
Pistol Recovered.
After evidence was taken, the Immediately after a report o; case was adjourned.
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Thus there are gradually deve loping in various parts of the country some 140 forests, chiefly af pine, spruce and Douglas fir. Some of these forests will one day) be larger than the New Forest, and in years to come they will be valuable recreation centres.
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