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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1934.

Revenue Declines

On

"Star" Ferries

Fleet Of Six Modern Vessels Operating

SPECIAL $50,000 FUND APPROVED

MEETING AT ANNUAL

Mr. J. F. Grune seconded The annual general meeting of the "Star Ferry Co. Ltd., was held amendment.

at the Board room of Messrs. Jar-

Crapnell, Secretary.

The following shureholders were present: Messrs. G. Castle, W. N. Groves, G. B. S. Thomson, D. Mac- Kenzie, Frank Austin, attorney for A. J. David, J. D. Dandy. J. H.

Seth. A. W. Heron. E. G. Smith, J. F. Grose, P. S. Cassidy, W. F. Sim-

no feeling either way.

Not Doing As Well As Formerly.

thr:

BRITISH TRADE WITH SOVIET Agreement May Be Signed Soon.

SHORT FOOD SUPPLIES AT MOSCOW EMBASSY

London, To-day

THE CHINA MAIL.

To-day's Short Story..

By Eric

THE PRISON OF COOCH Linklater. PARWANEE

Punjabi

THE LAST THREE DAYS OF

POWELL'S SALE

TO-DAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

ABOUT the middle of last cen: Who is that?" he asked the com- Do no miss this final opportunity of securing high-

tury, Thomas Motley amander of his escort, a The drafting of the Anglo-Soviet great-uncle of the better-known Mussulman with much experience of class gentlemen's wear at genuine Sale Prices.

- was appointed, war and other matters. | trade agreement, which has been Juan Motley

from the East India Company, "That, Sahib, is the Rain Bhim." Note these huge discounts. the subject of negotiation for some Government Agent in the prin- The soldier spoke with the imper- [time past, is now proceeding, and cipality of Cooch Parwance. turbability of his kind.

33.1/3%

certain restrictions have been im-

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Came

TO-MORROW'S STORY

from

Reduction Off Regular Prices. OVERCOATS TRAVELLING RUGS DRESSING & BATH GOWNS

BOOTS and SHOES SHIRTS and PYJAMAS

HALF PRICE

PULLOVERS & SWEATERS SOCKS & GOLF HOSE

TIES

SCARVES GLOVES

HATS

COLLARS

25% Discount Off All Other Regular Stocks.

WM. POWELL, LTD.

SPECIALISTS IN GENTLEMEN'S WEAR,

9, Queen's Road Central.

It is expected that the signing of When he arrived, after a dif- As they watched and waited, the the agreement will take place in cult journey from Bombay, he sound of singing, accompanied by

found existing in the capital city several Instruments, London shortly.

a state of affairs that was prob- within the walls, and as if roused The Foreign Secretary, Sir John ably without precedent even in to a frenzy, the Raja beat again The Chairman said that so far as Simon, in the House of Commons, The royal gardens were invaded)smears of blood from his wounded! SUIT and ATTACHE CASES

the chequered history of India. the gates, leaving on them dine Matheson and Co. Ltd., this the interin dividend was concern-yesterday afternoon, stated that the by sullen. turbulently proliferat hands, and cried in a high despair- morning when the Hon. Mr. J. J.ed, he could see no very valid reason conclusion of the agreement was not ing jungle-growths; occasionally ing voice, "Let me in, ah, let me Paterson (Chairman), presided. He for it. nor could he see any strong being delayed by the question

a wild boar might be observed in in!" of

Then he sank to the ground was supported by Hon. Mr. C. Gor- don Mackie. Mr. A. H. Compton, reason against it. That was a mut-food supplies to the British Em.the streets; and in the Raja's and a small cloud of dust rose and palace, bats fitted undisturbed, slowly settled on the bright silk of Mr. H. 1. H. Priestley, Mr. J. P.ter which was to be considered by bassy in Moscow.

But these circumstances, though his coat. Warren, Directors. and Mr. F. Hthe Directors: It made a little more He added: "In as much as the signs of grave disturbance, were not Sounds of deep compassion rose

work for the Company. but he had Soviet Government seek to secure, really surprising to a MAD with from the crowd.

"Ail All" they in their trade agreements with some experience of native states. other countries diplomatic, privi-That which truly astonished Thomas from the spectacle of grief.

mourned, and shrank a little back leges for their "trade representa Motley was the behaviour of the With regard to the amendment ven, and in view of the fact that prince, the Raja Bhim. proposed by Mr. Seth, the Chairman posed on the purchase and import-Government Agent reached the city. When, with his escort, the new said that perhaps he did not make ing of supplies by His Majesty's he was not received with the wel it very clear in bis speech but actually the Company. was not do-representatives in the Soviet Union, come he had naturally expected, but the British Government has re was left to ride through deserted the ing as well as it had been. Taking quested the Soviet Government to thorough-fares and ponder the

it by and large, public utility Com-| Gentlemen, the Ferry earnings panies were feeling the draught, supplies would continue to be avail-neglect.

give an assurance that the necessary significance of so much evidence' of for the past year were $9.598 less and it was in the Directors' mind able at reasonable prices, and that current noise, he came to the out- Presently, guided by re- than the previous

There to keep the dividend on a level keel auch supplies as

they found itskirts of a large crowd gathered this mean?" said Thomas Motley, was a considerable falling off in as far as possible. The application necessary to import would not be about the walls of a superb and and the Punjabi captain, shrugging trafe during the latter part in of the money to the Equalization of subject to import duties. 1933; this was not surprising in Dividend Fund was to ensure thin.

spacious building, which he was his shoulders, replied, "His father, view of business conditions gener

"The Soviet Government having told was the prison. He felt sure they all realised that declined to give such

Forcing his too, was an eccentric; and the acro ally in the Colony and the fact the management could

Assurance, way through the mob, many of bat's son is always turning somer- that there were fewer visitors to eye-to-eye on an occasion like this relations, that proper treatment that the object of their regard was

see which is necessary for satisfactory whom were weeping, he discovered saults."

"What shall we do about it?" with shareholders, who, not unna should be accorded to His Majesty's a young man who beat frantically asked the new Government Agent. Because of the falling off in re-turally, wanted all the money they venue I have mentioned and

representatives, be- could get, while on the other side have made their position clear to gates.

Government with bleeding knuckles at the prison "When a man's beard is on fire cause of the probability that this the Directors would like the money the Soviet Government in a formal "Let me in!"

"Let me in!" he cried. he must put it out himself," answer- diminuation will He continued over to keep things on the same level If note."-Brifish Wireless Service.

ed the soldier. But the Government this year at least, your Directors possible,

A semicircle of respectful space Agent, owning as well as an ardent have decided, if you approve.

had been left about this so strangely sense of responsibility. A lively place $50,000 to Equalisation

importunate candidate for admis curiosity, was unwilling to accept sion to a gaol, and Thomas Motley so shallow and so callous a solution;

monk. J. H. R. Hance.

Chairman's Speech.

The Chairman, addressing meeting, said:—

the Port.

Dividend account.

year.

Our pier lennes, as I told last year, expire in 1949.

Operating

ExperisER

to

never

Mr. Simmons said that he thought| of the amendment of Mr. Seth was not

very material.

you

were in-

Mr. Seth said he could not see the object of putting $50,000 to Equall- sation of Dividend Fund when the share.

the

STOCK EXCHANGE CONTROL

Mr. Roosevelt Favours Legislation,

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

(By_Telegraph. Copyright, Triegy ulin "Mesanges Ordinance, 1994, Re-

erived February 8, 835 nax.)

Washington. To-day.

creased, due to the acceleration of dividend was only $2 per the service by extending the ten There will have to be a very, very minute service to midnight and large drop in the earnings of the then every 15 minutes

to 1a.m. Company before you will have to These additional expenses, how-draw on it. Once it gets into this ever, were offset by a very favour-Account, it will never come out," he able coal contract which kept run-

said. ning costs low.

Continuing, he said that the You will notice in the Accounts that the cash at Bank is over eight money was not likely to be cut again lakke. This is a large amount to

unless there was a new issue of Mr. Ferdinand Pecora. the at- be idle, but loans were made dur capital. The Chairman assured Mr. torney who acted for the Sen- ing the year which were refunded Seth that the Directors Intentionate inquiry committee during the before December 21. Payment of was not to put the money into the recent investigations of private the dividend and bonus now

Equalization of Dividend Account banks in America, declares that pored will absorb $440,000, and we and to leave it there for ever. On the he has proposed stock market re- have ellents ready to take the ba- other hand, he thought it would be gulation legislation to place Stock

a mistake to

Exchanges under the control of a pul dividends up without apparent,

Federal Trade Commission and or with only

to prohibit pool operations. slight, justification.

lance on loan.

The Electric Star.

pro-

The Diesel Electric Ferry, which

I told you at our last meeting was

The amendment was put to

the

then being built, was handed over meeting and defeated.

.

To-morrow's story will be "Death of a Hostess." by Inez Holden.

"Now, what the devil does

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could plainly see that his clothes and summoning from the crowd

were the silken raiment of a prince, some two or three of its elder and and his features, though distorted wiselier-seeming members, he led! by grief, had the distinguishing them to the camp which his people cast of royalty. *

had set up and asked them to reveal the succession of events which was responsible for the strange be-j haviour of their prince,

BRITISH

SHIPPING

BADLY HIT

But Recent, Steady Improvement.

THREAT OF RETALIATION

London. To-day. After a brief debate the House

They required little persuasion, and told their story in very straightforward way.

•

.

a

KING'S

SPECIAL

PERFORMANCE

on

SUNDAY, 11th FEBRUARY, AT 11.30 AM.

THE FIRST INDIAN TALKING PICTURE IN HONG KONG.

SHYAM SUNDER"

AT USUAL THEATRE PRICES.

Raja Bhim, they declared, had CHINESE NEW YEAR \LOCAL NEWS

FAIRS

Larger Firms Taking Part This Year.

ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN AT WANCHAI

BREVITIES

The forthcoming marriage be- of tween Reginald Gwynne Ward the Chinese Maritime Customs, Tai- shan, and Elfrida Maria Xavier of 334, Hennessey Road, Hong Kong, is announced.

some years previously appointed as his Diwan, or Prime Minister, man called Motilal, a clever states- man who ruled the country well, but who often displeased the Raja by the levity with which he referred to Important matters and treated im

Motilal, they said, portant people. would repeal a law to make a jest.

And one day he had been stand- ing, idly conversing with the Raja's Architect and the Raja's Landscape The annual Chinese New Year Gardener, in the shade of a banyan market fairs at Wanchai, Yau-

a bridge. mati and Shumshuipo were open-was fined $20 by Mr. S. Balfour at of tree that grew near to

On the bridge a lively argument ed to the public yesterday. A the Central Magistracy, this morn- Bri-was proceeding between

record foring, for being in possession of 18 a large, total of 400 stalls, strongly-built peasant and a Bania, these fairs, which have been po pui lottery tickets on board the a notorious moneylender who had neatly laid out by the police on 8. Sul On, yesterday.

The White House has emphas of Lords yesterday agreed to s ised that President Roosevelt fa-

by the Builders in October and The Chairman: Thank you Mr.

vours stock market legislation at resolution calling for the immediate named the "Electric Star." This Seth for making the meeting rather-United Press, per S. C. Gold

the present session of Congress and most serious attention of vessel is quite up to expectations. more intelligent and amusing than There is a certain amount of vibra-usual.

Bar Co.

Austin

BILL PREPARED

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

the

Government to the question maintaining the well-being of tish shipping.

Replying on the debate,

British shipping had been heavi-

tian due to the engines being Proposed by Mr. Frank rather more powerful than neces- and seconded by Mr. Cassidy. the sary for the size of the boat; Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson was otherwise she is running very an-elected to the Board of Directors. tisfactorily.

We now have a fleet Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A.C.A., was whic Messages Ordinence. 1994. R. for Foreign Affairs, agreed that quarrel, and suddenly the peasant and general vendors.

Chung' Ping, a Chinese hawker,

By Telepraph, Copyright, Telegra. Earl Stanhope, Under-Secretary many of the country people in his the Wanchai reclamation, have

power, The argument grew to been taken over by store-keepers Appearing on charges of attempt

Washington, To-day.

of six modern vessels. One old re-elected Auditor for the ensuing erived February 8, 9.04 ) ferry, the "Evening Star," which year at a remuneration of $750, on has seen good service but is past the proposal of Mr. Dandy seconded her useful life. Is for disposal. by Mr. Thomna.

Proposed Amendment.

Mr. J. H. Seth said that before

the resolution was put to the meet- ing there was one matter he would- like to touch upon, that being the proposal to place $50,000 to Equalization of Dividendn Ac-

count. Before making this alloca- tion, the Directors might have] noticed that there was

already

$275,000 in the Reserve Fund and

a similar amount in the General!

INDIAN CONSTABLE

ASSAULTED.

Jockey Club Coolie Cautioned.

UNSATISFACTORY CASE

Contingency Account. He thought A Jockey Club coolle, Lo

Sum,

**

ed theft and assaulting a Chinese, The markets on the mainland, Chan Chung, on board the ferry ly hit by the world economic seized the Bania round his fat waist,

in launch Man Wai, Ng Chuk-nam, a At a surplus White House con- situation, but had shown a steady swung him over the parapet, and totalling 200, are situated

The Waterloo Road, Yaumati, extend-cobbler, was discharged this morn- ference, President Roosevelt and improvement during the Last dropped him into the river.

moneylender's shrill cry was drowning from the junction of Nathan ing by Mr. Balfour at the Central the Democratic legislative leaders year or two. Federal supervision of stock agreed on drastic provisions for Although, he said, there were ed in the mullen splash of his violent Road to the waterfront, while Magistracy owing to insufficient

the stalls in Shushuipo extend evidence: mar-2,000,000 tons of British ship immersion.

With exclamations of some can-along Nam Cheong Street from keta, dealing with short-selling, ping idle, the proportion of idle

A Chinese youth, Yu Yuen, aus- marginal trading, specialists pool British shipping was less than cern a dozen fortuitous spectators Apliu Street to the waterfront.

that, of any of the great mari of the Incident rose from their heels The Canton curio dealers and tained a broken right leg when he operations and manipulations,

where they had been comfortably flower vendors, who make an an was knocked down in Queen's Road A Bill will be introduced to-mor-time powers except Japan. row-United Press, per S.C. Gold Bar Co.

dred years foreign ships have river to render assistance. had a free right to enter our they were stopped by Motilal, who pected to arrive in a few days the occurrence. The boy was taken

time, and if the present good to the Government Civil Hospital. ports, and the only thing we can shouted to them in a loud voice. de is to take action and press "Wait a moment!" he said, weather is maintained the deal

tisfactory turn-over. for equal facilities from foreign "Perhaps the. Banis has business in erster confident of a very sa Dr. Kenneth Mackenzie, who

the river. Did you ever hear of a countries for our shipping.

In previous years the Chinese spent his Christmas holidays travel- Bania who went on a journey except fair in Hong Kong was concen-at the Hong Kong University of ling'in Yáññan, last night lectured for prost? He may have ellents trated in the narrow lanes of "A Glimpse of Yunnanfu," his in- downstream. Let him sink or queen's Road West, near the teresting talk being Illustrated with

that these two sum were adequate was charged before Mr. E. W. NEURALIA DELAYED

at the Central Police

and the $50,000 added. to them Hamilton would make the total Reserves six Court this morning with assaulting lakhs, which was certainly in ex-an Indian constable, Hetar Singh, eess of normal requirements. at Leighton Hall Road at 2.30 this]

Mr. Soth also suggested that the morning.

Company should, in keeping with

It was stated, that he struck the

BY BAD WEATHER.

Expected On Sunday Or Monday.

Chinese

He proceeded, "For one hun sitting and moved towards the nual trip to the Colony with Central yesterday by

But large stocks of wares, are ex-push-cyclist who failed to stop after

"We cannot continue to give foreign countries Tash cilities, which they deny to

us and we may have to re-swim, for a Bania never went any Central Theatre, but, owing to moving pictures taken by himself

where for nothing."

the danger of fire in this con-

And Motilal laughed loudly gested area, It was decided to during the journey did, the Raja's Architect, and the move the fair to Wanchai.

So

The annual, speech day of the

faliate. We have " got other Public Utility Companies try constable, over the left eye with a

something to sell; we have, H.M. Troopship Neuralia, which and pay on interim dividend each grass-hopper cage which he

gol markets, and if foreign was was due to arrive from Singapore

Raja's Landscape Gardener. countries wish to trade In year in about June or July.-, le carrying, when the constable at to-morrow and sail for Shanghai in

The fairs will be open daily un- proposed then the following tempted to search him.the evening, has been delayed by

our markets they must give the spectators of lesser rank, none til midnight on Chinese New Ying Wa Girls School was held yes

of whom had cause to love the Year's eve, February 13.

terday at the Hop Yat Church Just Amendment to the resolution: The defendant alleged that the very heavy monsoon weather and is

us an equal chance to trade in theirs,

moneylender, took no steps to rescue This year some of the larger evening, the Bav Cheong Chuk That the Balance Sheet at De- constable suddenly embraced him now expected to arrive in Hong "If they sell to us they must him, but laughed instead, and with firms, are taking part. Messrs ng proelding The annual cember 31, 1988 and Profit and and patted his face. He rer sted Kong either on Sunday evening or take our exports, and if they great good humour watched him on Lok Yuen, the bakery and Miss D. Hutchinson, And

was presented by the Headmist Lost Account for the year end and accidentally struck him with early on Monday morning

don't take our merchandise they drown.confectionary firm, have acquir must take our services. When Raja Bhim heard of this ed iz lots and bullt, large wall, wife of the Hon Mr.

Drmented the ot The Goernment he stated, was drank he grew very angry, because while the Chinese department of giving the utmost attention: In he was a humane man and because Messrs. Gilman and Company its power to the problem and the he knew that Motilal was himself will also exhibit varieties of

ent of the Board of Trade, I member of the Bania caste, though colaten, elcatera

alter Runciman.#hoped to the Diwan naturally endeavoured to

something that would conceal this fact. Bo be spol British shipping British ferly "to his;

ed December 31, 1983 as present the cage.

ed, be adopted, and that a divi-

The Magistrate convicted the de-

dend of Two Dollars and bonus fendant but merely cautioned him,

of $3,50 per share be paid to all adding that he was not satisfied shareholders on the Register on about the matter January 1, 1954; and that the The defendant claimed that mum of $88,587,84 be carried for mentioned the constable's actions ward to the 1984 Proft and Loss the police station, but this Account

denfed by Inspector McLellan

WEATHER. REPORT.

with moderate sterly winds, is the

the Royal Ob

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The annual fairs, always at

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who tour shery,

the stalls and make a purchases fancy, fish.