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INT GOLD LUAN.

An interesting announcement regarding the £10,000,000 loan to China by Lon

COMPANY MELTING.

Limited."

THURSDAY, SEPTEM

have been paid and which would bare for the most important" production | CHINESE GOVERNMENT 5 PER

been paid bad the shareholders, deminded.. Hit. These dividends.. I marunib, are în (100" in the island, and it has been steadily

China Sugar Redning Company the property of the shareholders pura and on the increase. Compared with the

simple. It is not a ruaneve fund, and I think, I am right in mying that even if output of the whole of Japan, the

that

fond can be touched. Our *prosence Hokkaido coal production averages doo House will be found on page 10. An extraordinary meeting of shareholders there were low and so dividends paid, about one-tenth, growing consistently Readers will remember that we published of the China. Sugar Refining Company was herain-day is not antagonistic to the General with the national production. The on Sept. 11th a Router's telegram, which are shown to-day at the offices of Misers Manag tu or to the Consulting Committen last mod was the first intimation to the pulio of / "ding; Matheson and Co., Ltd., in par; / We have come to hour I na mare, when the abay 6gures in 1910 were 1,501,899 tons the loan. Later Router aid "It (the ace of the following requisition, and have heard: Mr Rom explain the wation Funder

berwoon, the General Managers the Co to the Board, ach the Praus for the purpose of considering the resolution babaye haker, there will be no ill feeling the Press, prevo set out in it:-

for the Hokkaido, and 15,681,324 tons for the rest of Japan. It is a curious, fact that, in spite of the gradual increase of coal production in the Hokkaido and the rest of Japan, there has been no increase in value for the last five years. In 1906, when the output of Japan was. 12,000,000 tons, the value was 63,000,000 yen. The value was the saure in 1908, though the output had increased 2,000,000 tons; and in 1909 it went down to 58,000,000 yen, though there

of

English financier se Chairman. There will be a simdar Sub beard in Peking," The Security for the loan is the Sait

Gabelle.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The Amortem Consul General received the following telegram at 10.35 0. today:

Binila, September 26, 1919.

4.

Requisition. To the Directors of the

require you to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company for the purpose of considering and, if thought 66, passing the subjoined resolution:

That the General Agents and Consulting Committee ba and they are bereby auth orised and required to declare an interim

dividend be paid on the first day of October, 1912, to the members who are on the register on the thirtieth day of September,

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mittee and the signatories.

fand ze

was a slight increase in the produc Cyclone or Typhoon E. of aorthern (dividend of $3 per abare, and that such used fet se you all know add. A ♪ and hollow, wille, fese

"Engineering,"

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A MONEY LENDER'S ACTION.

1912.

*

of

from: foia) includes the establishment of a Com.

The Chairman Before I formally put the Ratepayers Whave honour mercial Bank with a capital of £3,000,000, of which £1,000,000 will be provided from the loan for the Bead Ofice in London China Sugas Refining Company, Ltd., we, this resolution to the mosting, I should to reprosent, and the e

reply to the on two of Mr Balillos Loginative Council approve Mixed Board--half Chinos, with a noted the undersigned, members of the above- | ramenky... I am very much obliged to aim nedonary bo give, thi

named Company holding in the aggregate for publicly bating there is n

daw the forde 1 Antagoniam 10,000 shares and upwards in the capital to

to the general t managers nor to the foamitoflow, my reasons

Tupporting the thereof, de haraby, in pursuance of the ing Caurmittes in the resolution which he fourth set of Byo-famelinge

in connection with the questione in provisions in this behalf contained in section had just proposed. He has taked some and hollow stud paised by the Board 67 of the Companies Ordinance, 1913, ton of dividend, fund. Walton Ziarul

A certain amoun I take it that the equalisation of dividend Perqd in an asset of the Company. It t

If the ing appoam to exist an company makes a los that at hax to effect of these basis the lors just the same as any other ramark may be of

It cannot be placed on one side a readers on one side. It stands there very much in Sinca 1000 the re

Belition has indicated that it is placed the same category as a reserțe

servo

know cannot be Reservation and Har uned for the purpose

Guldende. paying

illege) unless specially The equalition of the fund as Bollding Authorites dividend cap. tion. In the Hokkaido the same cir-

This is the object formed so that in lawn years we can, if the Board have had now cumstances are met with: During the

there is anything left of it, equalise the fcrilags from houses in, dividendy and to some extant it has been. years 1908-10, anys

The reason for these pr | used for this purpose. It has not generally Dated the 11th of September, 1912, the production has been fairly steadily In the Summary. Court this morning

RE. Balilice, Traited for the Estate of been the custom of the company to that after careful conside

interim dividends. Since 1903 Government and the Board P17

to the maintained, but the value has gone before the Prisme Judge, Mr. Justion the late E. R. Bellice, Lau Tak Po, Ernest have paid, I think, two. Os conclusion that all celling down 2,000,000 yen. This state of Gompertz. Sundah Singh, watesas 3D. Haskell, Lan In Chung, S. H. Michael, the 31st July 1933, when, I may my, the fores and interadiate soon all affairs is accounted for by the fact:watchman on the .. Shing Tai at Yuen Sidney Michael, C. Stewart, R J. Judah, profits then ascer sined ware en largs tha Istr and plaster, walls' and atli

there was no doubt whatever se to the res

Wa paid an- strhotures of that nature were a to sult of the year's working. 19.30 p.m.-Moeting of Subeeribers for (1) The introduction of bour-saving on whart, to recover $82.20 money lent.

other is 1910, and then profite wore as ancourage the spread of epide Subscription' Griffins for 1913 Races

devices and improved machinery has and interest thereon,

Mr. F. X. D'Almada, solicitor, up.

ficiently large to make e doubt cas, as the hollow spaces betwe what the your working would be. Whening and floor above, or in the fe

cuatter with Belilionat sher Smith, who represented the defen dant, wrote him yesterday that he was unable to obtain further instructions, and did not propose to attend the Court a large quantity of accumulated esat the last hearing and the case was struck in their hands, thus forcing them to off, but a re-hearing was granted on the application of plaintiff himself. Defen- reduce their prices. This cause, more dant did not appear. over, explains the slight reduction in Plaintiff said ha lent $50 to defendant ontput during the past year, and mustan 1.0, the rest of the money His Honour gave judgment for plain- not, as the companies assert, be taken owing being interest for eight months. tiff for the amount claimed, with costs.

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MEMO. FOR TO-MORROW.

General Memoranda.

SATURDAY, Sept. 3-

Noon-Chin Light and

Meeting.

Power C

Garrison Children's Concert. 9.15 p.m.-Performance at Theatre Royal

in aid of Cathedral Orgen Fund.

SEXDAT, Sept. 29:-

9a.m.-Excurion to Macao.

MONDAY, September 30-

8p.m.-Bale of rown land at P.W.D. 3.15 p.m.-Hongkong Cricket Clubs An- Entries close for China Mil Harbour

nual Meeting.

Race..

TUESDAY, October 1 :-

15, Peak Road, sped Shair Khan,.

enabled the coal produced to be so peared for plaintiff, and said Mr. Crow. F. Maitland, E. Shellim, the consulting I discusand some time ago I enald mit of the wall could not be cleared;

at a reduced-rate, hence causing & reduction in value per ton; and (3) the output has been greater than the lemund, and the coal-mines have hnds morning. Mr. Smith appeared at Balilios, W. D. Braidwood, D. G. M.

assign of the exhaustion of the mines. The individual product of the

5.m.-Hongkong Buckey Club An-Japanese miner warks nut to about

nual Meeting,

WEDNESDAY, October 2

14

158 tons, while his average daily

POLICE COURT.-

EUROPEAN FINED..

WO

The Hon. Mr C. H. Rose presided, and others present were Sir Paul Chater, Hon, Mr J. W. C. Bonaar, Mesars H. P. White, committee; Mr H W. Looker, solicitor to the company, and Mr.F. Barton, secretary, Mrs. A. F. Arculli, Let Arculli, G. F. Aucott, H. Alves, G. F. Alvea, R. M. Austin Bernard, B. D. T. Beith, C..W. Beswick, J. Baptista, Cha Po Sui, W. E. Clarke, Cheang Pui Kai, L. D'Almada Castro,These amount at times to A. C. Davison, G. Friesland, W. J. Gres- thousand piouls, This year w son, F. M. P. de Graca, J. E. Gresson, Hotunately kept, our forward purchases it was found that the Sanitary Offecti have nevertheless. enosiderable commit: walls, and as the removal of ceilings Fook, Ho Kom Tong, E. D. Haskell, Ho low as wat pradently raclicable, but we had no power to remove hollow partition Tang Ting, J. M. Hay, Ho Iu, G. K. Hex-

mants, and you will readily understand

Would

without removing, surh wills was con too, Ho Kwong, Ho Shai Kit, Ho Wing, that a fall in the prices of sugar susidered to be ineffective to prevent the have a serious bearing on our position. F. Hupaden, F. C. Hall, C. Hodgson When your Consulting Commit re can spread of plague, it was decided to amend. Judkins, J. D. Kinnaird, R. Kennedy, Lo

sidered the matter of

of an interim dividend the bye-laws. Cheung Shin, Tau Tak Pa, In In Chang, Leung Pin Chan, L, N, Leofo, L. A. B.

meeting of coarse, in the general interests of the infeated,

detailed

With regard to bob-for ceilings figures, nor di won!! think any of you shareholders.

wish company, zive that I should have done so. I think yon pitched roofs. if they 420 substany,

that the company

nyenustructed of wood the sante object are

re all aware, however,

in the usual enure its business, which do apply, as such ceilings can be reag is one of some magnitude, unters into very cleaned, and disinfected, and "rende), arge forward purchases of raw ang eat-proof.

to many,

hundred for-

In

where

the General Managers placed before them

engar, the

During the recent epidemie af plagi

Two sets of amendments have already the most recent advices regarding raw been approved, and if the byelawa now

Leste. Leung Tsau, G. C. Mazen, ward. Thich was dog before the Legislative Council are passed,

may say of ball a guilder

doctared an interim

then be summarised as follows

First-In infected ~ premises, the Medical Offear of Health can remove ceilings and hollow structures if neces sary in order to thoroughly disinfect the building-ZA

D. B. Mackenzie, A Murdoch, picul in the

of raw sugar would not it is hoped that there will be no further 3 p.. Haxter Schools' Annual Sale of | wage-earning capacity is only 18 d.,

Michud Gillespie, who gave his address | McCorquidale, J, McCaig, R.E. Macdoug. Jonly have wiped out the profits made to alterations in the regulations relating to Work in City Hall

but the cost of living in Japan is Swimming Race Across the Barbour for

nx the Seamen's Institute, was charged, Ng Hon Taz. A. B. Ough, AJ the SR Jous, but would cause cailings and hollow structures, which thay Prizes presented by the China Mail. much smaller than in England. before Mr Melbare this morning with Pumfrett, J. Paterson, J. M. G. Pereira, A. of the company. I think you will ages ponding serious lows in the future working 5.30 p.m.--Hongkong Football Club An- report contains a great deal of having been drunk and incapable in Morri R. Rodger, W. B. Rigdan, F. J. B. Ribeiro, with me that had your Consulting Com-

nual Meeting.

information about the conditions of Hill Gap Road. Inspector McHardy F. X. V. Ribeiro, L E. dos Remedios, F.mittee with this knowledge before them

dividund

idund they would the workers and the methods of work said that as defendant was very quiet he Smyth, M. D. Silva, So Shak Chung. Phave deserved strong reprobation and might

have heen. Rxcused of justly ing, which will be read with interest did not wish to press the chargo. Accused M. S.da Silva, C. Savard-Remedios, J. W

Stewart, R. Sutherland, A. M. da Silva, misleading the sbarebold, intentionally by all engaged in the mining industry,~

G. A. diadall, B. Wong Tape. W. Taylor, that if att

the end of any wald remind you there happene

but for which we must refer to the

J. G. Taylor, Wong Loung Him and J.-P. to be any serious

that the capital I of the company is not a large one, and th

can be no

no doubt in

mind Wright.

that the equalisations of dividend fund would be swallowed up. It is en lysst of thecompany, and it would go. We cannot set. it on one side fall explanation,

The Chica

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMRes 26, 1912 | report

NEWS OF THE DAY.

www.fined 99.

THE COINAGE CASE.

my

The Ann and woman charged with coining several thousand spurious American fiva ecat pieces were brought up before Mr Irving this morning and again reman ded. The man was allowed ball in the HMS. Fame returned to Hingking sum of $1.500 and the woman, 1500.

When the Imsiness of Mr Melbourne's court was delayed for fifteen minutes this M: and Mrs E. D. C. Wolfe are leaving morning owing to solicitors present argu- | the exercise of their discretion they do not the Company Before I put the resolution | on twelve months' holiday to-morrow Dying 'en a case should be taken, Mr P. P. think it prudent in the company's interest to the meeting, 17 say other shareholder:

the .. Atanta Maru.

The Inte Y.M.C.A. Law Tennis Club bay change its maine to that of the Olgrapie Laan Tannis Club.

COAL IN JAPAN.

Economic today from Mirs Bay. THE Financial and Annual of Japan, to which we recent- ly referred, gives very complete statistics of the mining industry, and shows its very varied character, all the more important minerals being represented to a greater or less ex- tent. Those who are interested in coal-mining will find a good deal of! Forty-six workers are hoping to leave interesting information in a consular for China this autumn in connection sith report recently issued by the Foreign the China Inland Mission. Of these 20 Office on the Coal-Mining Indusky in the Hokkaido (formerly called Yezo), In this report there are some features worthy of general publicity, and of the attention of all those who are interested in coal-mining, no matter.

are going out for the first time.

A Japanese stator pamed Sonnda

teda "Jap" biplane st the Hendon Aerodrome Bying meeting on 26th alto, aqd attracted con-ida. able interent.

Booking Tur

"Penelope" at the in what country the work is being Thestre Royal on Saturday evening, 28th doze. The report is No. 682 in the instant, has been exceptionally good and we learn to day that the seats are nearly Miscellaneous Series, and may be all taken ap obtained through any bookseller,

side the court

A DELAY.

IMPRESSIONS IN LIGHT AND SOUND.

The Secretary read the requisition and resolution, and the following observation attached to it in the natice of meeting

The General Agents and Consulting Committee of the Company desire to make the following observation on the subject matter of the resolution, namely, that in

Inter

Int

it

pay such

the explanation given the decision

ly look to you to support the action of the General Managers sad the Consisting Committee in this matter, which I can navire you is taken in the best interests of

would be trapeak becan 1.800.

equalisation.

Scoondi To districts declared by the Board to be efected the Medieni Officer Holh has similar power during in epidote.

Thirdly Bilder the bes-set li Eve-laws now before tih Legislative - Council, the Bigard th the approval.

of the Governor-in-Council may declare that any area or block of buildings specially liable to spread infection, although an epalenie or infectious dis ense efista there at the time, and may

If a ceiling or hallow structure has

the Building Ordinanca prevents its re erection unless with the consent of tha Building Authority, and a similar rule applies with regard to all new cellings,

use the European Reservation and the The Building Authority has stated that

The resolution was pat to the meeting. Hill District he will only allow ceilings but no hard ware held up in its supp reto bis erected in top floors, and that such The Chairman I declare te resolution ceilings must he substantially constructed low. That is all the businese gentleman of wrod. In much obliged to you for your

attendance.

STREET LAMP THEFTS.

The bye-law passed by the Board co the 24th instant adopts that statenters and gives is legal sanction, and it may be assumed that no top-floor celling, constructed in accordance with the re quirements of this Bgo-law and properly clesased and maintained will be removed unless the Eng Roor is used as an Eating Kouse or Restaurant for which a licence," Man Caught in the Anto

is required Prosecuting a lamp thief who wes, In all cases of removal of ceilings and

Heavy Lows to Gorernment.

J. Wadobone suggested that the magia that an interim dividend should be paid.

The Chairman then addressing Myrds the destruction of ceilings, cle trate should take his case and let the

The Chairman opened the proceedings Bello, ud-Before I put the resolution solicitors finish their argament some other with the following remarks-Gentlemen, to the meeting, may I ask if it is your been removed under either set of use. time. Mr Melbourne heard the case and This meeting has been called at the instance intention that the dividend should be paid laws, then (unless the house is in the the solicitors finished the argument out of certain shareholders who repens that out of profits to the 30th of June or out of European Reservation or Bill District)

you should pass the resolution which has the quakeation fond

been send to you, I think, gentlemon, Mr Balilios; Out of the it

is quite unnecessary for

to do s prudent you, that if it had been to assure fund.

The Chairman: The solicitor for the would have given the Consulting Committee company points out that it is not mentioned much satisfaction to have declared an in the resolation, and any sheent etc,

Tax matter, however, shareholder might objector me I will intering dividend.

Ke Belili: If you considered was fully On of the items to be presented at the ofthead it was then anaimosaly

Consalting

Commitracting

amend the resolution now. August The tre Royal on Saturday, Sept. 28th, is decided that in the best-interests of the sorics of "Impressions in Light and Company it was not advisable to Souad." To describe exactly what these, a dividend. This was verbally explained to one of the signatories of this requisition. are is a matter of some difficulty as the but I regret to say that neither he nor the idea is a now one or at all evouts we have other signatories were necer heard of its being carried out before. of the, Consulting Committer, and as a It is very generally recognized that there is result, we are met here today to give them great connection between the arts of music, fall opportunity of placing their views I new. Invite "the poetry and painting. Rarely is a beautifal refoze shareholders. piece of music composed, s fine poetigantories to the requisition to state their A small fire was caused on the written, or a picture painted without each Mr Lau Tak Po seconded. From a sketch of the history of coal-ground door of 250, Des Vaux Road, by showing either in conception or the carry- · Mr Bolílios suti --Before. I formally put {mining in the island, it appears that one of the inmates searching for an ing out of that conception some con this resolution, I would like to uske it the presence of coal was made known escape of gas with a naked light. Nonection with one or both of the other porfectly clear, both to you and to the about sixty years ago. In 1874, Mr body waa-injured by the explosion, and sister arts. We have only to turn to other members of the Consulting Com ught by Itkong in the act of remov-hellow, item der shows, three sets

the flames were put out before they had Milton's "Il pensaroso" or his "Asmittee that this poeting has not having fittings from lamp column in the of bysliwe imla B. S. Lymna, an American geologist done much damage.

solemn music' to see how definitely both called in any spirit of hostility or stagestreet, Mr. P. F. F. Woodhouse, Deputyture was illegal under the Brilding Ordi

The build- in the service of the Imperial Govern-

these pooms owe great deal of their nism to the general managers or the Cure Superintendent of Police, stated ances, the cost

sulting Committee. It

It goes further It FOLDING CARS ment, visited the locality and made u York Herald states that Mr J. W. Pexell, compositious which owe their origin almost degree the

A Philadelphia telegram to the New inspiration to must, and so for the musical does not mens to attack in the slightest there had been a most remarkable suries in is defrayed by the

discretionary power of t the Cum of tholts of gas lamp fittings since about ance with a scalo report on its resources, but it was till sistant to the president of Best Cramaticaly to poetry their names are far too

mitée, under the articles of saaxiation," 18 July, 1910. About 200 fittings of vari at the last meet Shipbuilding Company, nacines that numerous to moption. Again there are a themed var det i et surts had been stolen, and though required they be paid

fact the reason this meeting was exiled earnest, and one of the most valuable contracta for chips amounting to £2,400.000 meenus fine pictures bleu owe their as to better enable individual share reward of ten dollars had toen offered pense of putting

huldets t to meet you and the members for information that would lead to a con- top floors and the Yowport News Shipbuilding Com many of Rosetti's Sunnets are written

Consulting Ommittee, that ones viction, this was the first man who had by pany by the Pacific Mail Steamship Comon pictures themselves. The connection they were in with regard to payment of year it eat the Government: $200 to to

dividend

In July 1884 s special very extensive, and various estimates any because of the provision in the between music and painting is no less resolution was passed authorising them to replaos stalen fttings, and in the last supe have been made of their contents. In Panama Canal Law forbidding the railway strong and many famous symphonies owe per interim dividends out of profits at two years $1,000 worth had been stolth, 1831, a report was made by the en-

to manage ships passing through the canal some at least of their origin to the content theis discretion. The point of the plation of a fine picture or actual land: signatorine to the requisition was rather to gineer in the Hokkaido adminstration

The unique sight of & Chicaman scape of this latter case we have a fine emphasise the fact that this equalistion of the art labour, and four hours

example

in Mendelssohn.cotes." Sym-dividend fand was formed for that specific that the quantity of coal contained in in his picturesque native dices ex phony which he wrote after scomg the purpose; that is to say, to pay dividends in the fields examined no to date was

connection between ruins of Holyrood. It is can this intimate me years. As a matter of fact this waS

We understand that on October estimated at 600,000,000 tone. It

is one of the features of the sill-Impressions. "Are-based.' Briefy the 'when; thara win: an kotus- lose, condes, tage campaign now being waged in reading of a beautiful poems calls up to the

the This find WAS mada

and 19 aminsical- play, entill "P has since been discovered, thint that ohin. Mr Wong Da Gi, who was sent the eye and to the ear the 1 the harsholdere i bad, i

of the artist a pictare, to the musician in 1966 with what is really deferred pay. Cook,

The idea is to simal which might have been paid out and compo estimate is singularly low. When, from China sa a delegate to the Jeneral A

vergasted it at for the management therefore, it is remembered that the Confe race of the Methodist Episcopal impression which is called up in the mind the time the profile made

They Theater Church, recently held in the United States by three well known finams. The poems frained from doing that and may kakla total output of coal from the whole was caught up in the onthusiam of the are E. G. Stephenson The dark lagoon small portion of that fans, in other words Noval. numb of the Hokkoido barely exceeds e a movement that he offered his ner. an astract from Laurence Hope's Garden about one-seventh of the amount, thick eularly tuneful

By Hand 1,500,000 tons per annum, and the ivices as lecturer in the cause instand of of the Kamanda passage from RL. Bow stands at four lakhs of dollars.

sabio most strongly on behalf of my who conduct the estimated

and the other signatories that in the pre Rontrees of the rest of tuming to Chies she had planned to

do,

ent instance you herà made a proft and cry Japan are under 800,000,000 tons,

CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC CHOLERA you have as well a fund which was created

AND DIARREGA REMEDY, for no other purpose than the payment the prospects of a successful develop

WHOOPING COUGH.

*THIS

Always, wing the good dividends; sud we want to and out ment of the Kokkaido me, as far as 17 is in diseases like whooping songh that

opinion, it at the praise, of thors the General Manegins themselvÉ. -the yoxd qualities of Chamberlain's

who use in The quick ome hich if Culting Comunt on think as Intent resources go, exceptionally Cough Remedy a most appreciated,

blication of this fand-" 1' Nquiñon the baugh, mucus and midsize Favourable.The output of "coal Fiustion: talset anderethe fing from the Flokkaido is as yet of not the clisse ut all damerons cons

ring, less frequent sad less per

Líði | very great-valne, - but still. By For Mayall Chemists and

THREE POSITIONS Navy, Blue or Green.

COMPETITIVE PRICES.

Bijou Scenic

Theatre,

(FLOWER STREET).

O-NIGHT 1

PROGRAMME:

TO-NIGHT

The Great Drama of Circus Lite THAT YOUNG THE

THE SHEPHERD'S SWEEHART,

uries by

PRISCE & NICE WINTER,

ROWLET-and OLADYS

Septemb19, 1912-

1888 that the work was taken up in

and extensive seams, was exploited

The coal-fields in the Kokkaido are

have seen withdrawn from Mem Cramp origin to the poetry of Shelly, for example. Fole for al', they might learn the position been caught in the set. In July thin

present

Stevenson's Child's Book of

effodis, even in the most

Ethier, soms

time

Pilsoner was sent

stocks.