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WEDNESDAY, APRIL

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

" (Reder's Service to the China, Mall. }

COMPANY® MEETING.

THE CHINA MUI

HONGKONG HOMEL COMPANY, LAD.]}

EIGHT DESTROYERS

ENROUTE TO PHILIPPINES

LATEST SHIPPING NEWS

ARRIVALA.

The ordinary yearly meeting of the moured cruiser Brocklyn flagship of burger, 3,666.71 tons, serived rester San Diego, March 26 The ars The sa. Tiitaroem, Capt. A. Olden- Hongkong Horet Company) Ltd, was held at the hotel to-day, at moon: Mr. Rear Armii Wiley headed a fleet day at 5.30 pm. from Amoy, with 3 J. Scott Harston presided and there 29 warshiper wick steamed out bays of mail.

from here this morning for Hance

t were present Sir Ellis Kadoorie,Julu to participat, in the Minnion Messrs. C. S. Gubbay, and F. Mait-festival It is expected, that the 4,838 tons, arrived yesterday at 2.54 The Higho, Capt. J. F. Deary, Land (Directors), Mr. J. N. Tagget trip to the Hawaiian capital willp.m. from Chin Wan Two, with 6,000 (Manager and Secretary), Hon. Mr. cover eight days Seven destroyers tons of coal, fire clay and Bre bricks. Ho Fook, Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, from San Francisco will join the The Times correspondent at Aba learns from Moscow-that-the Soviet-Messrs. E. M. Raymond, W. Dunbar, destroyers Lea, Turbell, Upshur. The sa, Hong Samud, Capt. Ch. 'considers Finland's armistice proposa's unacceptable. The Reds are con tinuing hostilities until the Soviet has received a satisfactory reply. The Soriat refused a Polish request to cease hostilities during peace negotiations.

FINLAND AND THE BOLSHEVIKS.

LONDON, April 6.

JOOTBALL

LONDON, April 5..

In the Soccer amateur international game, England beat France by five to nil, at Rauen,

GERMAN CHEMISTRY.

CAUSES OF ITS SUCCESS.

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PRESENT-DAY CONDITIONS.

Since the date of the signing of the at armistice, several expert bodies from this country have visited the occupied Rhineland territory with a view to the investigation of trade and in dustrial conditions in, that district. Of these not the least important is

the work of a Mission which has in quired into the present position of the German chemical industry. That

MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE.

E. Abraham, Lo Cheung Ship H. Percy Smith, Ho Kwong, R. H. Kotewall, S. Michael (by W. G. Joseph, attomey). Fung Tar Hung, P. Tester, M. Manuk, and Ho Ki.

The Chairman: It being now past the hour for which this meeting is convened, I will ask the Secretary to read the notice convening the same.

year) shows #

Grees, Elliot Kiley, Yarnall, and Putrananda, 1,066 tons, arrived, yes- Rizal will proceed to the Philip terday st 3.05 p.m. from Saigon with pines for permanent station as 1500 tons of cargo and one bag of part of the Asiatic feet-Cableneros

mail American

STRIKE ON BRITISH RAIL WAY IN SOUTH AMERICA

"Tha 8.5. Phranang, Captain R. 5. Heaney, 1,022 tons, arrived yester day at 7.45 m. from Sibetek, with 1,125 tons of Sandalwood and 250, tons of general cargo.

Rio De Janeiro, March 26-4 the failure of the minister of trans Yamamets, 2,983.32 tons, arrived general strike was called following

The 13. Shinzul Maru, Capt.. portation to secure an agreement yesterday at 8.10 am, from Moji with the strikers on a raway cobwith 8 bags of mall and 233 tons of trolled by the BLAD Cablenaus Americas.

potatoes, cotton, sheetings, stm.

DEPARTURES,

The ... Tungshing, Capt. Udden, safled for Shangbal at 9 am today with 400 tons of general cargo.

The notice having been read,

• The Chairman said : Gentlemen, --- The Report and Accounts having been in your hands for several days. I will with your permission, and in accord ance with the usual practice, treat the At the Magistracy this morning, Į same as read. before Mr: N.L. Smith, & Chinese was The proft on the Company's work- charged with the theft of a quantity | Ing account for the year under review" of clothing, st November. The amounted to the sum of £282,349.33 That the Repüße Bay Hotel forms Police sald be

arrested as compared with $186,275,42 dura necessary adjunct to your Company's The as Rhesus, Capt. Taylor, the time, but be managed to escape from custody, and disaping the year 1919-thus showing an business is shown not only by the sailed for Shanghal at 10a.m.

increase of $76,273.91.

Curabers who resort there, but also today. On Monday, the Police

The Profit and Loss Account (in- by the fact that your Manger has been peared. received information as to his where cluding the sum of $43,799.28 in receipt of numerous applications abouts, and detectives were sent out brought forward from the previous for accommodation from the Feder to arrest him.

credit balance of ated Malay States, Manila, Harkow, $267.254.03, and after deducting Shanghai, and the Coast Ports; and therefrom the interim dividend I-venture to predict that in the course amounting to $80,000, paid in August, of the next few years Repulse Bay 1919, a sum of $187,254.03 remains will become one of the leading resorts to-day with 350 tons of general avaiable for appropriation which in the Orient. Moreover the open- your Directors recommend shall being up of that side of the Island

The s. Cheongshing Capt. van apportioned as follows:-

should tend to considerably relieve the Cortlandt, sailed for Tientsin, at existing housing congestion, as with 10 a.m. to-day with 1,800 tons of To pay a Final Dividend

the extension of the new road round general cargo: the Island, building expansion will inevitably follow sin view of the acces sibility by motorcarswhich traffic is increasing from month to month; 6,875,00 and in addition Repulse Bay as a sea

side resort will be a boom dusing the 56,023.08 hot season.

When the charge of theft was ex- plained to the defendant, he admitted it, and said he could not remember how he stole the clothing, except that he gained admittance to the house by going up a staircase.

Six weeks hard labour.

most unanimously, managers and others in the chemical industry said that the output per man per hour was only half what it was before the war, although it's not known whet her this is more than an estimate. In other trades, in which the figure

of $4 per share on 20,000 shares...... To pay a Bonus of $2. per share on 20,000 shares To pay & Buns to the

European Staff

To transfer to General-

Reserve

To carry, forward to New

Account

$80,000.00

40,000.00

י.

I do not propose to detain you fur-·| 4,355.95ther, Gentlemen, and I now beg to formally propose that the Report and $187,254.03 Accounts for the year. 1919, as pre-

Thess. Habong, Capt. Dassmore, sailed for Foochow vis Swatow at I

cargo.

The as: Kasoku Maru, Capt. F. Amino, salled for Milbourne via Manila at noon to-day with 200 tons of general cargo.

--TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

His Worship enquired why the defendant was not charged with escaping from custody?

Inspector Grant said they could not Mission composed of twenty members do so, because they did not know how of the Association of British Chemic-the defendant escaped. No one saw al Manufacturers accompanied by a him get away. military representative and four de legales, representing the Department of Overseas Trade, the Board of Trade, the Local Government Board, and Canadian interests, has. arrived at the conclusion that it is clear that German. success in chemical industry has been obtained through honest labour, that it is deserved, and that it is in no way dependent upon any special ability which the Germans alone possess. On the contrary, where it has been possible to make com parisons, in several cases it has been clear that greater intelligence has given rests upon an actuarial basis, I must that the above suggested been exhibited in English works, the highest output noted. Is 75 per cent.pportionment will meer wish your processes in use baving been carried of the per-war value. Moreover, the approval more especially in view of to a level of efficiency higher than work done now falls in quality far the fact that, as you will observe, that reached in Germany. This is below the standard of former days, shareholders will be in receipt of a particularly true of the manufacture. The workers are negligent and dividend and bonus amounting to $10 of propellants and high explosives. careless, and no longer show that per share in respect of the year 1919 -Through dogged perseverance and

conscientious attention to details the respect for authority which, in the as compared with $6 for the preceding ing that they show a very satisfactory April, at the Club House, North. Point.

past, was one of the striving features year. German often succeeds in obtaining of German labour. Unpunctuality I have no doubt that you will agreement. good results even when the process and malingering are rife, and men that the profit shown for the past year There has been considerable cric-Members and friends from 4 p.m. used is inferior. Moreover, he is pre and women are far more concerned is extremely satisfactory for which iom for some time as to Hotel short- pared to begin on a small scale and with their unions, and committees our cordial thanks are due to the age in this Colony, but from experi- gradually extend his operations."

than with their work. The reasons Manager and Stal--and that, in view ence I End. the same all over the In the course of their tour, cover for this profound change are not far thereof, you will endorse the action East, and even in other countries. ing a fortnight, members of the to seek. The most potent appears to of your Board in voting to the Euro-The cause, no doubt, is after being Mission visited thirty-nine works in all-four in the Belgian zone north be war weariness, which the Germans pear Staff the bonus I have already tied up for the last five years many

themselves ascribe, with almost com mentioned...

are moving and especially to the East.

sented be adopted, and I shall be THE ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT obliged if some shareholder will kind-

ly second such proposal, whereupon questions is to the Report and Ac counts may be raised.

Mr. W. Dunbar: In second, the

accounts, I think I am voicing the feelings of the shareholders i say year's work, worthy of the manage

of Cologne, twenty five in the British plete unanimity, to hunger, but this You will notice that the balance Another complaint heard is the high zone, mostly in the neighbourhood is clearly accentuated by disappoint sheer, etc., are presemed in a form cost, this from many who had never of Cologne, two in the American ment (by no means cenfined to the differing from that hitherto adopted. been used to the silver currency. The zone close to Coblentz, and eight in higher ranks) with the results of the This is due to the fact that your Board, cost of food and wages is about the the French zone between Mayence war. Many Germans also say that and Manaheim. For the purposes by the relaxation of military dis during the past year, deemed it ad-same on a Eve shiling dollar as on a of the inquiry the Mission was di ciptine all check to self-indulgence visable to approach Messrs. Lowe, vided into four sections: (1) Heavy has been removed, the German Bingham & Mathews, and arranged chemicals, (2) coal tar, intermediates, having no sense of selfcontrol to and dyestuffs; (3) fine organic and pharmaceutical products: (4) general guide him. organic products. Questions of

to

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of the

we shilling dollar.

Mr. Kotewal I have much plea sure in seconding

CLUB.

NOTICE

THE CLOSING CRUISE of the Besson and presentation of Prizes will take place on SATURDAY, 10th

The Commodore, Vice-Commodore and Committee will be at Home to

By Order,

P. B. COLTEURST, Acting Hon. Sailing Secretary. Hongkong, April 7, 1920.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

TO-DAY

WEDNESDAY, April 7th,

TEA DANSANT from 4 to 7136 DINNER DAKOE from 8. 7.3. BATURDAY, April 10th,

TEA DANSANT from 4 to 7. DINNER DANCE from 8 PM.

SUNDAY, April 11th.

ORCHESTAL CONCERTS daring

Tiffin and Afternoon Tes.

**-PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE Undersigned has received natino- tions to sell by Public Auction,

OF

MONDAY, April 19, 1920 ̧- commencing at 1.3) p.m.

at his Sales Rooms, Duddell Street. "A Quantity" of Valuable Household Furniture, (Fall Particulars from Catalogsok Ex-Chul on delivery.

On view from Saturday, the 10 mat

GEO, P, LAMMERT;:

·Auctionser.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Repulse Bay There is no doubt fes them to reorganise the Company's this is a wise nove and 1 do not ques- Accountancy Department in order to tion the future success. There is WAR-TIME EFFORTS.

bring the same up-to-date; and, in plenty of room" to expand and I am During the war, and because of this relation in order to give effect with the Direcmes in increasing our general interest were dealt with by the war, the Germans expanded their to Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Mat- accommodations there. With these the Mission as a whole, and the sub-works for the manufacture of thews' recommendations and drive few remarks. I beg to recond the stances of its findings may be sum- chemical connection with | ar a figure upon which equitable-de-adoption of the gccounts. A marised in the remark that the nitrogen products, two large plants preciation of property and working The Chairman The adoption of the German chemical industry has been had been installed to work on a large equipment should be based, it was report and accounts having been duly one stupendous organisation for

scale what was known as the Haber, considered, necessary to have a re- proposed and seconded, I shall be effecting and promoting the applica

process, one at Oppan, near valuation of the assets of the Com-pleased to endeavour to answer to the tion of science to industry.

Ludwigshafen, and the other at | piny--which was carried out in Janu- | best of my ability any questions which MALINGERING RIFE.

Merseburg. During the war the ary last year; and in this connection shareholders may raise thercon In the larger works, success has Germans also greatly extended their you will notice from the balance sheet There being no questions I will now been achieved through the complete plant for the manufacture that the appreciated values have been put the motion for the adoption of the and efficient combination of the cyanamide, using this as another transferred to reserve. Moreover, de report and accounts to the meeting, services of a number of experts, each source of ammonia. In this case the preciation (which has hitherto been and shall be obliged if those in lavour representing

main factory erected has been built in the periodically voted out of the yearly thereof will kindly signity same fu branches of activity. The Germans, immediate neighbourhood of the profits) now appears in the Proft and the usual maner. Those against? in fact, have learned how to use cheap fuel supply afforded by the Loss Account to the debit of the vani-Carried unanimously. The next buti- their leaders with the utmost effect. field of brown coal near Cologue. Moreover, in Germany the whole com- Having secured a supply of am-ous items thus indicating to share ness with which we have to deal is manity takes interest in the chemical mania, the Germans have developed holders in compendious form the exact the re-election of Directors. industry, and as a consequence the a process for its conversion into financial position of the Company Mr. E. M. Raymond Mr. Chmir- industry is assigned a position of nitric acid, by passing a heated mix- I should add that your Board are man, I beg to propose that the appoint honour similar to that confered in ture of this gas with air through extremely satisfied with the manner ment of Mr. S. Gubbay to the Britain to shipbuilding The status platinum gauze; they have thus renin which Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Board of Directors be confirmed and of the chemist is such, too, that dered themselves entirely indepen- Matthews carried out the reorganist that Sir Ellis Kasoorie be re-elected chemistry, being at least equal dent of outside supplies of the ma- tion above referred to, and greatly to the Board.

any other professson, canterials required for the manufacture appreciate the attention and skill ex claim the services of the best of the acid:. It is probably to this hibited in that regard

In addressing you on the 1st March trains in the country. The pro circumstance alone that they owed gress of chemical industry has invol their ability to carry on the war dur last year, my predecessor in the office ved the development not only of the ing so long a period. Of two plants of Chairman outlined the Company's by Mr. Kotowall that Mr. C. S. Gub-TEX Undersigned have received in- chemist, but also of the engineer, the erected at the Hochst factory for the intentions with regard to the erection bry's appointment to the Board be structions to sell by. Public Anes electrician, and other specialists, each oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, of the Repulse Bay Hotel. I think confirmed, and that Sir Ellis Kadoorie tion, in his sphere as well trained as the one was capable of producing the you will agree that the progress in be re-elected to the Board. Will those chemist. While the chemist bas equivalent in nitric acid of 6,500 | that connection during the short period in favour kindly, signify in the usual known how to select his materials, the tons, the other of 10,000 tons of of 12 months, which has elapsed since manner. Agained? Carried unanim- engineer has known how to make nitrate of soda per month The late my predecessor addressed you, re- cusly. The next and last businées use of them; there has not only been ter is the more recent plant, having dounds to the credit of all concerned, with which we have to deal is the the closest possible co-operation bet been completed in February 1919, and that the Hotel which has been re-election of auditors ween the two branches, but full sym at a cost of 40,000,000 marks.

constructed in the locality in question, Hon. Mr. Len Chu - Pak Mr. pathy in aims and mutual understan Great difficulties were found by is an acquisition to the Colony as well Chairman, I beg to propose that Mr. ding of the object to be gained. the Mission in gaining any definite

As proof that the men controlling information with regard to dye-stuffs, 23 to the Company, A. R. Love and Mr. H. Ferry Smith Although this last mentioned estab|be re-elected as auditors for the cus the industry are gifted with no mean owing to the obstacles placed in the fishment has only been in operation et vest at a remuneration of $500 Valuable Household Tarniture, order of courage, the report points way by the Germans Apparently, to the vast scale on which many of among the chief factors of success three months, the results are showing each per anim the processes are installed, and to the upon which the Germans relied was that the enterprise is a sound ce rast scale even of some of their the utilisation of bye-products, and and I may inform you that it is the

The Chairmatat has been prov failures. Nothing appears to have the Mission emphasises the impor intention of your Board to extend-such struck the Mission more than the tance of co-operation among British establishment from time to time in posed by Hoff. Mr. Lau Chu Pak apparently unstinted outlay of money manufacturers in this direction. The order to keep pace with the demand, and on labratories, Abraries, and technin general Excellence of the German and, in fact, within the course of the al staff, especially in the larger arrangements seem to have impressed next two or three months the East. Perc works. At the time the condi the Mission. In the main, it would block comprising residential quarters tions of labour appear to have been appear that German success is due i should be ready for occupation and your peculiarly unsatisfactory. The hour rather the skill and care with may further say that as the result manner.

rate of pay had been raised, to which factory operations are carried of personal inspection of these quar ailely. This be meet-two and a half times the pres out and to the large scale on which ters/1 or con war figure. This, however, far from they have been conducted rather modsson offered

ented the full menre of the than to this possession of any special ange which had taken place. All secrets.

-et · Tenst

that obtainable at any other reso

The Chairman. It has been pro- posed by Mr.. Raymond and seconded

MP Tester I have pleasure in seconding that Mr. Chairman,

doby Mr. Percy Tester. A. R. Love and H re-elected as audito

Will those in

Against?:? Carried unspuns businces,

the Secr

(For Account of the Concerned

SATURDAY,

April 17, 1920, at 10:30 am, at their Balen Booma, Ko-8, Den Vortex Boad, Corner of Is House Struck,

CINDY

(Removed to Sales Rooms for De convenience of sale),

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