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LIONEL BARRYMORE
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best op three husky ruffians!
The greatest
fight you've
over seen!
ALL TALKING
VERSION
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JOSEPH
HERGESHEIMER'S
CELEBRATED
STORY
COLUMBIA
"TOLABLE DAVID"
featuring
RICHARD CROMWELL
The berron's Lake! Start x *
NOAH
BEERY
George Duryea
JOAN
PEERS
Henry B. Walibali
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"TARZAN THE TIGER"
CHAPTER TWO
Our picture shows the U.S.S. Los Angeles at sea, clinging to a sen going mooring mast. It le reported that Chinese in America are subscribing for her purchase.
MEETING.
ESTATE COMPANY
first time. The investments con- sit of abares in Hongkong com- nins which your Directors con- |-ider "glit-edged.” As we were
only
getting
per from
bruk the
for credit balance in current count we thought advisable to get a considerably larger re-
PLEA FOR YOUNGER CABINET.
PROFITS DUE TO SALE
OF PROPERTY.
MANAGERS' FEES.
Satisfactory business during the r [], reported by Mr. Henry Humphreys (chairman) 'al the annual general meeting of shareholders of Humphreys Patate and Finance Cominany. Ltd., this morning. The profit was entirely dr to the enle of property al
Mr. Kowloon declared
Bum phreys.
Int.
aur"A THIRD SHOULD BE UNDER our
40." SUR-
At lenat a third of the members
torn by purchasing neal stocks, of the Cabinet should be under I do not think there are any the age of 10 Instead of an aver other items in the accounts which age of 67, a to-day, urged Pro- all for comment but I should like fennor J. I. S. Haldane in a broad-
mention that
is cast speech on science and civili. 11 to increase the Proposed
re-ation. muneration at present paid to
"Not only our politics, but our nur directors and the allowance industry is controlled by old men," 53 said to your genomni managers he said, "The average age of the
cover office rent, salary
of directors of a number of repre cretary and clerk
Although entative companies is 62. Nei. Spenros have foeren
consther capitalism nor any Serably, these have remained thereonic system can keep abreast nine for very many years, Due
ne of the times ander euch guidanet rollee will be given in the
press when the dates for the extinor- "An electorate which thought in inary meetings necessary to pass terms of human biology would you uch resolution have been fixed. that at least a third of the Cabine. I now he de projase that the were under forty and not more profit of $429.924.89 available for than a third over 60, appropriation be allocated as fol lows:-- Pay
a dividend of
borus
per cent.
per cent.
کان
(ranking for dividend us from
other
and re-
In hi remarka Mr. 11- phreys said:entlemen, The report and statement of accounts having been in your hands for the past 1 daya propose, with your permission, to take them as read The
proft is $201,211,15 more than
"Mensures should be taken to the previous year, entirely due to
transfer the control of industry to the sale of property lu Kowloon, g
of younger men whether its owne without which the proft would
081 150,000 ship was public or private. have been somewhat less. Turning old shares, $180,000: pay to the accounts you will notice dividend of 8 per cent, & of deal with the present world sitha. "You cannot expect old men to that instead of an overdra't of 4 per cent, an 50,000 shares. The Universities of Cam $196,847.14 with our bankers Inst year we have now a credit balance 1st May 1931), 340.000: transfer bridge and Oxford are often sup of $249,70844 partly due to sale of to a Rebuilding. Reserve, $150,000, posed to be backward property and partly to the new is-
Bellonary, but carry forward, $59,924,89.
they have just Sum of shares. The item under the
After the ecounts have been agreed to a rule by which Profes hending of liabilities "Premium
seconded I shall be pleased to sore must retire at 65, not because nu New Shares". $125,000 your ans any atto dion in con- their intellects have decayed, but Directors propose to transfer as follows:-$50,000 to Reserve Fundeson with the account inre because with rare exceptions they
holders may have to put.
cannot keep pace with the rnplit bringing this up to $500,000;
The Chairman's roposition was increase of knowledge." $40,000 to Typhoon & Floodseended by Mr. L. G. Bird, and Insurance Fund, bringing this up. arried unanimously. to $100,000; $35,000 to Building' On the proposal of the Chair- Improvement Fund, bringing this man, seconded by Mr. Frank Au- up to $50,000.
Un. Messrs. J. Scott Inrston, J. Amongst the aseets you will, M. Alves and G. G. Mackie, were note that the item "Sundry Deb-re-elected directors. Mesars. Percy fors" which usually consist main- 'Smith, Seth and Fleming and ly of outstanding rents, this year Messrs. Ein lead and Davia were standa at the large figure of re-ampainted auditors.
In the final tie of the match 8800,149.84 due to the sale of pro- These present included Merers, play stages of the Captain's Cup berty in Kowloon not being com- Hombrovs cebnirman), C. (Royal H.K. Golf Club), Sur pleted. The purchaser is to com- G. Mackie, J. Scott Haraton and gean Lieut. Comdr. E. J. K. Weeks, plete today.
4. M. Alves (directors), J. L. R.N., beat A. C. I. Bowker by one "Gilt-Edged" investments,
Quie, (secretary), L. G. Bird, D. hole.
LOCAL GOLF.
CAPTAIN'S CUP TIE RESULT.
E. Clark, J. D. Humphreys, C. The Bogey Pool at Fanling. Another item of the assets Bernard Brown, Frank Austin, M. fixed for Feb. 27th and 28th, had "Investments at east" $462,284.50 Mahuk, D. V. Stevenson and H. ¡to be cancelled owing to lack of appears in the accounts for the R. Borth shareholders), ¡ entries.
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Criminals were
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to thoight
bo could
commit the
perfect crimel
Then Fite and
Into tor bis daughter, freed bim
to murder! Don't tell the eading - sad
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BARRY HORE
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FRANCIS
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