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TRADE BARRIERS,

Two Irreconcilable Currents of Opinion. NEW CONVENTION ARTICLES.

Certain States May, Sign With Reservations.

Geneva, Yesterday,

COMPANY MEETING.

Sandakan Light & Power Co., (1922) Ltd. CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT.

An Extension Of Concesion Granted.

The annual meeting of the above Company was held at noon to-day

··

ARMISTICE DAY

One, Great Celebration By Empire.

WIRELESS TELEPHONY. ·

Prince of Wales To Give An Addreu.

Rugby, Yesterday.

On Armistice Day this year it

A statement by M. Collejn, ex- Premier of the Netherlands, who in the office, of Messrs. Shewan, is proposed that all parts of the is presiding over the Trade Bar Tomes & Co. There were present: British Empire shall be enabled riera' Conference, shows owing to two irreconcilable our Messrs. J. P. Braga and C. A. da one great celebration.

that Mr. R. G. 6hewan (Chairman), by wireless telephony to join in rents of opinion it has been found Roza (Consulting Committee), Mr.. essential to draft articles for a Noel Braga (Secretary), and the ganised in connection

A concert, which is being or- now Convention regarding the following shareholders:---

with the abolition of import and export.r

|British Legion, will be held in the Keagra. W. Adarason, A. strictions and prohibitions in shields, D. W. Munton, J. Toppin, until ten o'clock in the evening. L.Albert Hall, London, from eight such a manner as to provide for rse Tean-tal, F. J. Tavares, Alan Ten thousand ex-Service men will both normal and abnormal crcum- Keith and A. A. Botelho. stances.

[sing marching and other songs | It has become necessary to in

The notice of meeting and audi- of the Great War. sert a new article allowing cerra' report were read by the Secre-

tary. tain States to sign the Conven tion with reservations.

The British Broadcasting Cor- poration will broadcast the con- cert all over the world through a new experimental short-wave

24-fretre wave-length.

Chairman's Review. The Chairman said:-The report A new difficulty has arisen from and accounts for our financial year transmitter at Chelmsford on. a this as

the representatives of ended June 80 last having been in some distant countries desired to consider the position owing to

your hands for the required period, other countries, not so distant, take them as read.

I will, with your permission, now being able to submit reservations.

The profit carried to Profit & In order to prevent an inde Loss Account for the year is $29,- the Empire and on ships at sea finite continuance of the reserva 962.10, which is a considerable im- will be able, atmospherics permit- tions, States are entitled to with-

"The most important feature, however, will be an address by H.R.R. the Prince of Wales,

468,000,000 British throughout

draw from the Convention until provement on last year, and after ting, to hear the spoken message the end of 1980 if they feel that deducting. Consulting Committee's of the Prince. It promises to be the subsequent maintenance of and auditors' fees, writing off an historic event. British Wire- the reservatione is detrimental $7,109.52 from the value of the less Service. to their interests.

concession, and deducting $24,765.25

NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS VISITED.

NEW

CRUISERS INSPECTED.

M. Colijn considers that the for depreciation of buildings, plant FIRST LORD'S TOUR. position is better than last week, and machinery, etc., there remains and that the Convention is likely a debit balance of $3,076.93, trans- to be signed at the week-end.ferred to the debit of General Fro-. Reuter.

fit & Loss, as per balance sheet. We have dealt liberally with depre EGYPT'S PREMIER.ciation on this occasion, although that has turned our profit into a

Rugby, Yesterday. amall loss, but we feel sure that) The First Lord of the Admiralty, shareholders will agree with used by Dame Caroline Bridgeman, Mr. W. C. C. Bridgeman, accompani- that, in providing for necessary de- made a tour of the naval establish preciation, irrespective of the inci-

ments of Portsmouth to-day.to dence of front or loss, we are fol lowing a sound polley.

VISIT TO BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE.

LORD LLOYD'S DINNER..

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Rugby, Yesterday, Sarwat Pasha, the Egyptian Premier, again visited the For

WORD YLOYD

Business Improving. The plant and machinery have been kept in the highest state of efficiency out of earnings, and I am again pleased to be able to report, a gradual and steady improvement in the business of our Company. The year under review has shown: a. marked increase in our output, the total units sold for lighting| having increased by 27,000 units and that for power by 85,000 unita above the totals for the preceding financial year. This improvement, I am pleased to say, in still being maintained.

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Mr. Bridegman inspected the work on the new cruisers Suffolk and Doractshire and saw the im- provements being made at the main generating station, in the dockyard,

Mr. W. C. Bridgeman.

Electric cooking has lately been) introduced, and by giving a favour- able rate for powek current, it has been found that the services of a domestic servant can be dispensed with. This is a great advantage place like British North Borneo, where the servant question the new accommodation at the sub- eign Office to-day and continued has so far been rather a difficult marine base at Gosport, and the his informal conversation on Brione.

progress being made with the re- tish-Egyptian relations with a Sandakan Consumption.. storation work in Nelson's flagship high official of the department. Last year I mentioned the pros- Victory.

To-night, Lord Lloyd, High pects we had of getting a steady de- Dame Bridgeman made an Inde Commissioner of Egypt, will give mand for power from the Govern-endent tour of the Royal Naval la dinner in honour of Sarwatment Pumping Station, and I am less Service.

Hospital at Haslar.-British Wire- Pasha-British Wireless Service now pleased to be able to inform you that the Water Works Scheme

for the town of Sandakan has been MR, ARTHUR SAMUEL approved by the Government. “Elec-|

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uated the Batu. Lima Rubber Es- Mr. Arthur Samuel has been Moscow, Yesterday. tate, and we hope that, when our appointed Financial Secretary to The famous explorer, Professor lines are run out, as far as the the Treasury in succession to Earl Koslov, who is now in Leningrad, pumping station, the proprietors of McNelll-Reuter. denies the report that he discovered

the tomb of the Tartar conquerir the rubber cotate will see their way Gengiskhan near the dead city of to installing motors for driving the Kharakote in Mongolia.

rubber-making machinery. Beyond

He says that he last year visited this point the country is being that, as our Articles of Association 10.30 am the Peak of Ikhebogdo, in the Mon- rapidly opened up for the planting are somewhat out-of-date, it has golian Altai range and there found of rubber, and we anticipate quite been decided to adopt fresh Ar- a mausoleum of an ancient Mongo a useful load from this area in the ticles, which will in due course be lian Khan whose name he was unnot very distant future. able to ascertain.

laid before you for your approval. Gentlemen, you will be pleased to Professor Kozlov was unable to

I now beg to propose the adop make excavations on the spot is hear that, after a certain amount tion of the report and accounts as he was travelling lightly equipped of negotiations, the Government of presented, and when this has been after his excavations at Khan British North Borneo has express seconded I shall be pleased to an- koto. Reuter,..

med its willingness to grant us answer any questions shareholders more extension' of 10 years, to our Con- may wish to nak.

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