THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER
1948.
H.K. Realty Shares
To To Be Divided
THIS MORNING'S MEETINGS
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Share- holders of the Hongkong Realty and Trust Co., Ltd., held at the offices of Wheelock Marden & Co., Ltd., this morning, a resolution was passed that the pre- sent capital of the Company, namely 200,000 shares of HK$10, be sub-divided into 2,000,000 shares of HK$1 each:
NEW ARTICLES
new
to
The Chairman, Mr C, E. Marden, ;ad to permit their redistribution,
It has been thought desirable sinted:
smaller denomina- ..Before formally proposing the sub-divide into
speelal Resolutions which this Meel-tlons,
1 ing has been called to consider ought to tell you the reasons which have caused your Board to make the proposals to you. In the first place all of the printed coples of the Articles except one having been destroyed during the course of the war, we were faced with the neces- sity of preparing others and it. was logical that the Articles should be brought up to date.
In addition certain Articles have been varied and others Introduced for the purpose of appointing Mežst. Wheelock Marden & Co., Ltd, as the General Managers and Secretaries. The Chairman of the General Mann- gers will be Chairman of the Com- pany and certain other variations made to bring these changes properly into effect."
have been
As you are wore, the shares of the Company are mostly held by Messrs Wheclock Marden & Cu.. Ltd, and their associates and as t is intended to make a placement of the shares on the. Stock Exchange
Churchill
Warns Of Red Spies
д
London, Dec. 1.-Mr Wins ton Churchill 'told the House of Commons today that highly-organized fifth column was active in all parts Great Britain—“in our
The copy of the
Articles which is before you has been avail- inspection since the able for your 10th November, 1948..
now have pleasure in proposing the following Resolution that the the Company present Capital of numely 200,000 shares of HK$10.00 ench be and is hereby sub-divided of HK$1.00 into 2,000,000. shares ench nen
of
Hnylm necouded the Mr Bilin
to the Resolution, which was put Meeting and carried unanimously.
The chairman then proposed the following Resolution: That the New Articles of Association produers! to the Meeting, and for purpose identification subscrib by George of the n Ernest Mardan, Chairman of
and
be of the Meeting.. Company
as the Articles of Associa- ilon the Company In substitution the exclusion of all for and to existing Articles of Association
of
the son was seconded' by '
Thi
the Hon. P. S. Cassidy, put to the Meeting and carries unanimously,
Mr Present at the meeting were:
G. E. Marden (Chairman), Messrs C. Bloker. P. S. Cassidy, D. C. Davis and Eils Hayim (Directors), Mr W.
E. Lannaman
Marden
and
(Representing
Ltd.,
Shareholdersi. J. L.
Marden (Representing
Finance
"Yangtze
Co., Ltd., Shareholders), Messrs F. J. Hormon-Fisher, J. D.
Supplies Pile Up At Waterfront
S'hai Commander Condemns Panic
MAKES AN APPEAL FOR
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
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Shanghof, Dec. 1-The Comman Clogue and J. C. L. Pearce (Share-der for the Shanghal-Nanking area, holders), representing in all a of 190,340 shares.
ANNUAL MEETING
total
General Tang En-po, tonight lashed out at the widespread panic among various classes of people who have started to leave Shanghat and Nan- the Extraordinaryking to places of safety, of Following
Meeling, the Annual fac- General
General Meoling of Shareholders tories, in our trade unions and was held, and was attended by the in our camps."
Fame officials of the Company and
The Chairman stated:
General
Since the last Annual Meeting you have met for the pur- pose of considering a Resolution to place your company in voluntary liquidation. This was not proceeded with as an offer to purchase the shares was received and accepted in respect of 97% of the shares of the
"It is inconceivable that the shareholders. Soviet Government have not got a very accurate measure of Brilish
the resources,
wartime
Prime Minister told the House.
Mr Churchill took the lend in Conservative attacks on the Labour Government during n discussion of the term of military service.
The
Defence Minister, Mr A. V. Alexander, proposed the second reading of the National Service bill extending the term of conscription from one year to 18 months. Referring to a request
for n closed session of the Commons to
strength, discuss British military Mr Churchill said: "We are told we cannot have a secret session. It is suggested there would be leaks. The only people who are not in-
Company.
ness was
>
Speaking at a reception, General Tang opperied for public confidence in the Government's ability to de- sald fend these vital centres. He
operation
COMMUNIST
This
airview of the waterfront and railroad yards at Jersey City, NJ., shows pileup of export- bound supplies which, now that the strike of AFL longshoremen has been settled, will be able to be despatched to their destina- tions. (AP Wirephoto).
UN Charter Lays Down Equal Rights
Paris, Dec.. 1-The United Nations Social Committee today Charter of
new
adopted DEFENDED IN Human Freedoms. which
COMMONS
de-
are race,
clares that all persons equal irrespective of colour, sex, language, religion or politics.
от
that only through the public's co- London, Dec. 1-The Speaker of
Government could the
of Commons, Coloncl It holds that no man should be Douglas
to arbitrary arrest, de- Clifton Brown, today de subjected stem the surging tide of the Com-the House munists.
fended ■ Communist member of tention or exile, nor subjected to
"Inhuman Mr Philip. Piratin, torture,
treatment Parliament against a charge of encouraging punishment.
Everyone has the right to freedom "Communist murderera" in Malaya.
Such a charge, he said, should not of movement and residence within of each state and the be made against a member of Parlia- the border
right to seek and to enjoy in other General Mr Piratin had asked how many countries, asylum from persecution. commander of the houses
and how were destroyed
The declaration laya down that appealed for a
homeless in the
of full age have many people left
men and women
General Tang declared that Chinese Communism is not a domestic but a world problem. What is happen ing to China today, he pointed out. is due to "the legacy of nine years of global war."
realisation of investments and pro-invasions of 1932 and 1937 State
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the
ment.
At the same reception,
Ta-chun, Chlen Until after the close of the year
Shanghai Garrison, which is now being reviewed, bust reawakening of the spirit which held burning of a village in North Mala- the right to marty without limita
mainly confined to the out successfully against the Japanese ya by British troops on November tions of race, nationality or religion.
It emphasises the rights of fres The Colonial Secretary, Mr Creechspeech, peaceful
religious perly but a subsidiary was incor-
Cheng Chang-po,
assembly, as Harriman Realty Co., Councillor and president of the Jones, said he had asked for a ro- freedom
and
the right of free porated
Influential Chinese Sinwanpao, an Ltd., for the purpose of ecquiring
elections. It maintains that the will Port the goodwill and assets of the Real
Major Tufton Beamish, Conserva- of the people expressed in periodile Estale business carried on by Mr daily, urged immediate action against
and Chinese newspapers tive, then commented that if these und genuine elections is the basis formed are the British nation and G. Harriman. This proved a very foreign in
which,
past week, havenetions were taken they were to of authority. the House of Commons, I say we satisfactory the
On social security, it stresses that have a right to know as much as the closetory investment and since published sensational reports which combat the activities of Communist
on this polni."
be such.
He cited unfounded though wide, į murderers who are given-activě on-feveryone has "the right--to-work Other Investments have had aggravateil the panic.
with equal pay for equal work, to Another Communist member, free choice of employment under since been made whilst others pre spread newspaper reports that the couragement by Mr Piratin" contemplated and it is anticipated Government had planned the evacu- William Gallacher, protested and the just and favourable conditions, and that they will prove favourable.
allon of Nanking.
Speaker Intervened in favour of to protection against unemploy-" defended Piratin-Reuter. En-un General Tang There is nothing to remark upon
the
which have newspapers, the Profit and Loss Account, most of the transactions which it re-published this news recently, on of co-operation flects having taken place In the grounds that lack
Government information between carly part of the year.
agencies and the newspapers was to blame.-Reuter,
Kremlin know? United Press.
Sailor Steals
A Watch
Marine Robert Bloomfield, 22, of HMS London was charged before this Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central morning with stealing a watch from the basement of 42, Spring Garden Lane on Monday night.
Intercepted
POSTWAR OVERDRAFT
of
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Paris, Dec. 1.-The United tions Legal Committee today i passed the first World Convention against genocide (organised murder
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Britain Agrees To Back European Parliament Scheme
On the assels side of the Balance Sheet you will see that investments
"Quite a record for a 17-year-old, Britain; South Africa and the other than that in the subsidiary
Worship," sald Inspector Soviet Union abstained from voling. company, whilst small, are in at cost, into the North China military pic Your
reports that Moran at Central this morning
when
The Convention will now go be THE SHOCKING MISS PILGRIM” According to Inspector Brownrigg, whilst the amount due from the sub-ture Inst night with Bloomfield and another marine sidiary ropresents the cost of nc-General Nich Yung-cheng's
Chan Pik-nam, 17, unemployed,sembly, and if passed will bo sent went to the premises saying they quisition and incorporation of the munist forces in West Chahar were he prosecuted in the case against fore the plenary session of the As
towards Chahar, then business. were, Military Police who wished to
breach of a deportation Reuter. son and for
The amount at Sundry Debtors capital: 180 kilometres from Feiping, charged with larceny from the per- to member States for ratifications morphine. search the house
along the Peiping-Suiyuan rallway. After they left, Chan Chung die has since been recolved whilst you
Fighting was proceeding about 25 order before Mr d'Almada.
The
Miss Elizabeth": observe the large amount
complainant, covered his wrist watch, valued at will
of 3 3 Peak Mansions, consisted į D'Arcy,
หล $10, missing from the top of his cash and the provision for repay-kilometres west of Kalgan. The re-
Ia ber car, which was held wardrobe. He chased the two ment of the postwar overdraft which i ports said the invaders marines and raised the alarm. yesterday's legislation will doubters of Mongol Red cavalry.-Reuter.
up by a traffic light at Des Voeux ouisider Gloucester Central outs Rood EVACUATION SHIPS
Building
Defendant put his hand Geneva, Dec. 1.--The International through the window of the car and Dance at Prost and Loss Appropria- Refugee Organisation today assigned snatch a handbag containing $10 and Twelve Britons-men, women and tion Account which it is not intended three more ships making Ave al some cosmetics, from complainant's three children-arrived in Hongkong He then ran towards Chuter this morning from Tsingtao by the aro est-together-to evacuate. European red and provisions
The driver of the car gate USS Pollux which had been placed inated fully to cover all known liabl-fugees threatened by the spreading
at the disposal of the evacuices hy chase and arrested defendant.
author!- the United States naval ties and contingencies other than civil war in China. profits tax,
Defendant, who had three pre- If app
They are the 3,728-ton Swedish applicable.
5,042-ion vicus convictions for larceny from ties. I now have pleasure in proposing-chip. San Francisco, the that the Report
the
said he returned porson, and Accounts in Norwegian Svalbard, and the 7,330-
Hongkong to get his clothes. respect of the year ended 30th April, ton Panamanian Protea.
They will go to China in January he had no money to go back, he 1948, be adopted as presented and
evacuate the re-
Now handbag. Ho February to
snatched, the when this has been duly seconded,
"You will," sald Mr d'Almada demunds If the war In China been emergency action, all the 13.000 when, he sentenced him to three and
respective charges. » European refugees will be evacuated six months consecutively, there being no questions, was put to by a shuttle service, possibly
Bloomfield
by result in clearing. WHA
Military L/Cpl R. Munro of the Polico and Detective Li Hung. The watch was found in his waistband. Pleading for leniency, Bloomfield told the Magistrate that he was from Icave the Kent and was due to Services next year. He said he was under influence of drink time of the offence,
Bloomfield's
at the
Offer
in the
Commanding sald the accused. had been Services for six years and had had
a very good record,
The Magistrate imposed a
of $150 or two months.
fine
Marshal Petain
Weakens
at this time to disturb, whilst sundry creditors and
or
1
I shall answer to the best of my maining 3.135 refugees who have wished to re.urn to Canton, ability, any questions which share Immigration visas for resettlement.
holders may wish to put.
This resolution, seconded by Mr D. C. Davis, and
having
the Meeling and carried unanimous-
ly
Japan or Australla.
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The two other ships; the 7,003-ton Italian Castel Blanco and the 7,007- The following resolutions
were ton Argentine Wooster Victory have also put to the meeting and carried already left Australla. They will Paris, Dec. 1-Marshal Philippe unanimously.
rench a Chinese port early in Felain,
the Isle d'You
That the appointments of Messrs December and embark 1,700 re being G. E. Mardon, C. Blaker, serving a life sentence for
Ellsfugees,
mainly Jewlah, responsible for the Vichy Govern- Hayim and the Hon P. 9. Cassidy Mediterranean port-Reuter. mant' collaboration with Germany, as Directors, be approved was pro-
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had weakened considerably, it was posed by Mr D. C. Davis, seconded stated In Paris
ME Wednesday. on The announcement was made by passed.
of Informatien, M. the Minister Francois Mitterand.
by
de Mesara. G. E. Marden and
F. J. Horman-Fisher and
Ellis
who retire in accordance were rumours in Paris on with the Articles, re-elected Direc- wolnesday that the French Cabinet tors on the proposition of tion t at their mecting may have deelded Cassidy seconded by Mr J.D.
from
the Clague. to remove the Morshal
off the Bay of Dia Island" which
of Dis-
Messrs Teat, Marwick, Mitchell & s3 and Luke him to Illeneuve Co. were re-appointed Auditors of Loubat in the South of France, the Company at a remuneration to where he originally had a house, be agreed upon by the Directors But according to M Mitterand. This was proposed by Mr W. G. E. nothing had yet boin, daelded about Lannaman and conded by Mr
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Paris, Dec. 1.-Britain has agreed to support the French plan for a Euronean. Parliament, it was learned today in quarters in close touch with the Western European Unity: Committee.
ITALY, APPROACHED?
.
Rome, Dec. 1-The ambasader to Rome, Sir Victor Mollet, saw the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Sforza, tothy
British
the British support for the French the European "Cabinet" and
European Parliament, ita dnances: proposal is a real step forward and its terms of reference-Reuter. (Continued from Page: 1)...
reconciling British and reported to French views on practical steps These forces were. have withdrawn closer to Pelping to be taken towards a political
meet the reported threat in the arca. 30 to 80 miles and economic union of Europe east of Pelping.
Britain's support, was made cons Semi-oficial dispatches the Reds altuckingTangshanda ditional on the French and Benelux and "was, understood.: to have, dig- belag composed of several column countries agreeing to support the London, Dec. I-The Colonial of veteran Manchurian campaigners British proposal for a "Consultative Cussed with him the plan for a Secretary, Ms Arthur Creech Jones under General Lin Plas who have European Council of Miniatore. Europeans. Consultative Council.
Foreign Ministry circles said after told the House of Commons today landed on the cast coast across the This condition was accepted.
This "marriage" of Briuth and the meeting that seemed likely that rubber bought by Russia in, or B of Chihil,
There was no confirmation of the French Ideas was urged by the that Italy would be invited to co Drove Unlicensed from Malaya
ra in 1947 amount to
rumours that Lin Pino, is moving international Committee for Euro-operate in the European Union.
Mr Count-Blorza also heard 'a, report. 37.024 Arst nine months of the Reds into northeast and castern pean Dederation in which Tricyclos
During the
Winston Churchill has played a from Professor" "Alberio Tarchin), General Fu's Pelping headquartere | prominent bart. this yes these exports to Russia Shantung by sea routes
the Italian “Ambassador, Flos Four men, arrested in Wanchai were 60.400 tons,
Slde Mr Guy Lloyd, Conservative, aug contrmed that the Nationalists are a and West Point yesterday for driving
Unity Commities will start to tailan Bulyuan province. RegaNO allcenco, ware Rested that it was "madness to allow Bossessional Protow in sub-committee of the Eumpoan United States, on his recent talks tricycles without
to go to Central: News claimed Nation-marrow to work out the practical this morning fined $20 each by Mr this very laras
Falist success in Kalgon, where 8,000 detalle Hin-shing Lo at Central. The em- Russia at Perones said that it was Reds were reported casualles: Threo
Mr. Creach-
The work of the committen is empiric Anglo-Amerleen ployer of one of them was fined $40 for allowing his tricyclo, to be not a very: Irge quantity, and it columns of Communists were sald driven by an unlicensed driver and was in accordance with trade arby: Central News to be in retreat expected to occupy about thres regarding the future of pur for keeping an Unlicensed tricycle, in rangements with the Baylots with the government troops in weeks, It has to elaborate the may five way in favour
purrult United Press, exact powers:11 is proposed to give Italian thesis, touter. Fleming Tuad.
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President Truman
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