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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927.

"STAR" FERRY CO.

ed Ridiculous!

Our fleet now consists of the On Mr. Bailey's sitting down, four new ferries and three cider the chairman observed that the ones. The other two old ones, question of, the directors' re Directors' Fee Consider-Northern Star" and "Southern muneration had been considered Star," have been sold since De-by them when the Articide of cember 31, at prices which show Association were revised: "We useful profits on their book value. didn't care, to bring it up then,

Our receipts from interest, are ourselves," added Mr. Bernard, | lower as funds were needed to pay "but now that the, shareholdera for the new ferries.

havé brought it forward.. it be comes a different proposition," (Laughter).

SEASON TICKET HINTS.

OTHER BUSINESS. ·

On being put to the meeting. the motion was carried unani. mously.

At to-day's annual meeting off The retiring bonus of $2,500 the "Star" Ferry Co., Ltd., Mr. was granted to Mr. Hooper when J. M. Alves (a shareholder) des- he retired, after being associated cribed the directors joint fer of with the Company since its com--| $1,000 as ridiculous and a resolu-mencementy and the directors feel tion was passed increasing the sure shareholders will approve of amount to $2,000.

this gratuity A hint was thrown out in the Meeting Publlo's Wishes. : chairman's review that to safe-i

Your directors, Gentlemen, are. The next business was, thè con- guard the company's revenue, it appreciative of the fact that this frmation of the appointment of may be necessary to do away Company is a public utility com- Mr. A. S. D. Cousland as direc- with season tickets.

pany and that the needs of the tor. This was proposed by Mr. Suggestions from the Kowloon community must be met as far as Alves (who addreased the meet- Residents' Association, it was practicable. In designing the ing when the subject came up) stated, would be welcomed. new arrangements of the Hong and seconded by Mr. J. Hyde.—

The Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard Kong wharf we consulted the Carried unanimously. (chairman) presided, supported committee of the Kowloon Re- The re-appointment of the Hon. by the Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang and sidents' Association and were very Mr. A. O: Lang to the board was Mr. A.S. D. Cousland (directors) | glad to receive the benefit of their and Mr. F. H. Crapnell (secre- advice.

tary). Shareholders present The directors will always wel Fivere Mesars.-W. S. Bailey come any sugestions this Asso- D. C. Logan, J. Hyde, D. Macken-clation may make with regard to zie, C. F. Lee, S. B. Tar, J. Hthe ferry service. Taggart, A. J. Edgar, F. M.. Craw- I regret to say that owing to ford, J M. Alves, A. H. M. da some people using the ferries Silva. O. F. Ribeiro, R. V. Harris, without tickets, it became neces- J. T. Bagram and W. J. Hawker.sary to ask season ticket holders to produce their tickets for in- spection

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.

After the reading of the con- vening notice by the secretary and the customary introduction, the chairman said:-

During the past year the Com pany has sustained a great loss!

The large number of them makes it impracticable for the staff to recognise everyone and some system of this nature is necessary to safeguard the inter- ests of shareholders..

Ticket on Each Trip?

I trust that all users of the

also carried unanimously-pro- posed by Mr. J. H. Taggart, seconded by Mr. D. C. Logan..

Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A.G..A.. was re-elected auditor for the er- suing year- proposed by Mr. W. S. Bailoy, seconded by Mr. F. M. Crawford.

Dividend warrants will be ob tainable at the office on Monday.

"SUNNING” EXPOIT.

A STIRRING STORY OF

VALOUR.

TYPICAL OF THE SERVICE

Mr. Thos. Scott, Secretary of the

of

British Merchant officers, alx in

in the death of the late Sir C. Pferry service will co-operate with Mercantile Marine Service Associa Chater. Sir Paul first became a the staff so as to avoid the neces-tion, in a letter to Lloyd's List, director in 1899 and except for sity of some other method of referring to the foiled piratical at- two brief intervals he has been an coliccting farcs having to be in-tack on the British ship "Sunning," active member of the board since fgtituted which might not be soloff Swatow, says the cold facts re- that date and has taken a very convenient to the regular travel-lated by Sir Austen Chamberlain

concealed as stirring a story ters keen interest in the Company.

He was chairman of the board The number of passengers is British valour on the seas as any in 1899. In that year the net increasing and though the direc-in history, as a small handful of eurnings of the launches amount tors are loth to do away with the number, after a most desperate ed to $25,845 and dividend paid present system of season tickets battle lasting well into the night, $10,600, compared with $298,419 they may have to come into line aucceeded in defeating no less than and $240,000 for 1925. These with the practice in many places forty pirates, the vessel gutted figures give an indication of the in England and America and in- amidships, ; being subsequently growth of the Company in the eist on a ticket being produced safely towed into part. These gal

each trip. ·

lant British officers are typical of Naing, Beulawers, Seang-years Sir Paul was a director. “king, Tahnú, Carinthia, Same Dividend and Bonus. I do not think there is anything the Service which, during the Great You will observe from the ac-more that calls for comment and War, Kept the high seas open; dur- I now beg to propose the adoping the General Strike never failed counts that after transferring $25,000 to special repairs fund tion of the report and accounts, in their duty; and throughout the and 20,000 to accident fund and after this has been culy years of industrial unrest never once gave the King, his Govern- there remains a balance of $271.- seconded I shall be pleased to re-ment, or the British public, a me 225.71. It is proposed to pay the ply to any questions shareholders ment of xiety.

hope that a special wil be same dividend and bonus as last day wish to ask. year, that is, a dividend of $1.50 The Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang made to suitably

the seconded. No question was put services of these foudert - part) and bonus of $1.50 per share and the motion was carried unani-cular, and throwne tange by states

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Gezaliv to (ne Mr. Alves's Proposal.

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Tekudk, p^e, When the next item on the or foul te

Mr. Alves ready." in the serm and wi-be-f In the year under review we agenda came up, *

'ng of their country brougn the began extensive repairs to the said:

sexan seaq?. "Now in regard to the remuner-rior representative oody of Bri- Hong Kong wharf which has had very little attention for many ation of directors, Gentlemen, h Shipmatere and Officers, will do not know whether you are

allo-operate in any effort to years. In addition we are carry-

ecure public acknowledgment of ing out the alterations to the aware of the figure. It is ov

$1,000 to be divided among ech services rendered. superstructure which were re- ferred to at our meeting a year In other words $333.33 aece.

three, which I consider ridic

880.

"The cost of all this will amount Why we are paying our agents to about $110,000. It will be pos- and the auditor much more. It sible to charge part of it to tricate in the administration of true that there is nothing very capital account but a large pro- the Company, but still they give portion will have to be debited to their close attention to the Work special repairs account.

A further consignment of French The debit of $21.777.20 to this ing Account, where the germs of account in the year under review wastages and leakages may creep gold, valued at 142,000,000 francs ih, many a time, unnoticeable at has arrived and has been transfer is in respect of the repairs.

first. I am sure that I am not red to armoured trucks, which have Why the Work is Slow.'' naming too much, if I propose proceeded to an unknown destina- tion in the Wall Street district- When the alterations are com- that the directors' fees be increas

Reuter's American Service. plete the public will find the ed from $1,000 to $2,000.” arrangements for passengers us-MrAlves also asked if he was ing the ferries to be a great im- in order and the chairman replied provement,

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SUICIDE IN THE AIR?

London, Jan. 174

This figure has only once been opinion of the company's legal ad- exceeded in the history of the visers would be sought.

That was in 1924, Mr. W. 9. Bailey added that he Maurice Boucher, 62, an engin Company. when the date of the close of the entirely agreed with the remarks eer, was rulssed shortly after an financial year was changed, and made by Mr. Alves on the in-seroplane left, Alicante for Casa as the accounts were only for adequacy of the directors fee. blanca. His body has been found eight months the large earnings "I certainly think that for a con- | in a field and death is believed to were not so apparent.pany of this standing, the work, be due to suicide

Two Old Ferries Sold entailed and as conducted by the The four ferries built in the directors, a fee of $2,000 each is last three years are bigger than not too much. Mr. Bailey ar the old ones and, of course, the cordingly seconded Mr. Alves'a cost of running them, Including proposal, Mr. Balley distinctly fuel and insurance is higher mentioned $2,000 each where Tinis the net earnings of the Mr Alves a proposal was 124 DOats shown in the proft and loss for the three. The motion, account does not how the same peated by the chateman, Indi Increase as the actual earnings, ed $2,000 in all.

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