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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW,
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. SHE FOUND THE DAWN OF ROMANCE.....AND✅THE TWILIGHT OF MARRIAGE!
The "Mille" Girl Plays Grand Drama Again... Tenderly Human as the Foibles of All Youth Clutching at Happiness
and Finding a Mirogs...
YOUNG BRIDE
She Expected a Penthouse...and Pound Up With Two 'Rooms and a Baby!... But She Never Quit Loving Him HELEN
Twelvetrees
with the Sensational Kid Stars of "Are These Our Children?" ERIC LINDEN ARLINE JUDGE CLIFT (Ukelele Ikč) EDWARDS ROSCO ("Cimarron") ATES Directed by William Seiter
IDAVID O. SELZNICK Production RKO PATHE PICTURE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
WAR DEBTS
U.S. AMBASSADOR SAILS FOR LONDON
London, Feb. 1. Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Am- bassador to the United States, who is returning to London to report to the Government on War Debts, left New York yesterday. The im portance of his vinit is heightened by the fact that during the week- end he had a four hours' conversa tion with the President-Elect, Mr Roosevelt.
SCHOOL EXHIBITION.
MUI FONG GIRLS' WORK ON DISPLAY
COMPANY REPORT.
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF
STAR FERRY CO.
At the annual meeting of the The Mul Fang Girls' School of
shareholders.of the Star Forry Cam No. 1, Babbington Fatli, below the many, to be held on the 9th inst., the University hostels, is giving its Directors will report as follows:
The Directors have the pleasure to annual art exhibition, with hun- dreds of fine specimens of em- submit to Shareholders their report, broidery, needle work, drawings with a statement of accounts for the and paintings, and ornamental twelve months ended 31st December. and decorative handicraft, which indicate the clever and creative Ideas of their makers,
1932.
The nett earnings of the beats, after paying all working expenses, amount to $488,G24.04.
There is now about one month
The amount at credit of Profit and before the start of the meetings in The exhiblia are carefully ar-
Lons Account. after transferring Washington and it is recognised ranged in the spacious class- that there is no time to be lost in rooms, under the ablo direction of $25,000.00 to Reserve Fund, $25,000.00 co-relating the new. President's the headmistress, Mra. Chan Ng to Contingency Account, allowing for ideas with thone of the British Man-chi, The school has issued Directors and Auditor's fees, and Including $31,870.87 brought forward,
$479,578.50 cedure as well as the scope for the the foreign and Chinese communi- which, with the approval of Share- Cabinet about personnel and pro-invitations to leading members of Depreciation,
ties for the exhibition, which holders. It s proposed to appropriate Forthcoming negotiations.
The Times emphasises that the opens daily between 2 to 9 p.m. as follows: approach to the matter is of such and the public is invited to at importance that it requires almost tend, admission being fres. The as much care as the settlement it- exhibition will be continued until self and it welcomes the announce-the week-end, mont that the informal conversa, tion with Mr. Roosevelt, which was
limited "tentatively to arrange-er to recovery by a mere sealing menta for the forthcoming meet-down of an intermittable series of
To pay a Dividend of $2.00 per share..
$3.50 per shero ... To pay a Bonus of
To carry forward
$100,000.00
280,000.00 39,578.60
$479,678.58
The directors of the company are
ing in Washington," proved very annual payments from one govern-Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson (Chairman), Timea adds meat to another. And it must Mr. A. 11. Compton, Mr. M. T. John- satisfactory. Tho
P. Warren. "Debt settlement, if it is to be a take full account of the great stepson, Mr. H. H. H. Priestley, and Mr.
was taken last
Mr. A. II. Compton retires accord- Buttlement at all, must be final in forward which
of Association, the sense that neither wo nor the year in putting an end to anothering to the Articles
inter-vovernmental but being oligible, offers himself for
ro-election.
United States nor the World at, burden large would be brought any near-liabilities-British Wireless,
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"POLLY OF THE CIRCUS"
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REVENUE FIGURES.
cial crisis, a special appeal was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for prompt payment of DECREASE SHOWN IN INCOME this tax. Large sums await collec tion during the next two months TAX RECEIPTS
under this heading. London, Feb. 1.
Customs revenue has risen
by During the month of January, £27,248,000, up to date the total Surtax re- Income tax payments totalled £58,- being $188,814,000. 618,000 and total income taxes so ceipts according to latest returns last year. On the far received in the present financial are down on year are £12,719,000. It repre- other hand, Post Office profits at Bents a decrease of £28,889,000 £11,600,000 are only £100,000 short compared with the returns at the of the budget estimate, so that this corresponding date of last year. seems likely to be exceeded, The total amount of income tax Total revenue received last week collected last month excoeds by was 125,864,269, while expenditure nearly $13,000,000 the sum collect amounted to $12,877,604 and float- od in January 1981
ing debt was reduced by £14,656,- Last year, In view of the duan- | 500-British Wireless,
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