1935-02-26 — Page 9

Loretta Young and Joha Boles are featured in "White Parade," which will be screened the: Eing's Theatre next Saturday. It is a Fox film.

SATISFACTORY

"YEAR

Humphrey's Estates And

Finance Co., Ltd.

PROFITS EXCEED 1933 FIGURE

CORRESPONDENCE

Membership Of Royal Empire Society

To the Editor "China Mall"), Sir-1 should be grateful if you} would kindly let it be known) through your columns that, owing

A satisfactory report and state to the payment of the entrance-tee

ment of accounts was rendered at being temporarily suspended, Bri-

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1935

To-day's Short Story.

FREIGHT TRAIN

SEARCHLIGHT TATTOO Distribution Of Proceeds To Charity

.PROFIT OF $5,787 The audited accounts of

OMEWHERE in the quiet, how terrible It must be for an able-

Sexuries old house, a clock bodied man to be penned up as struck the hour **with slow, Godfrey was, weak in week out, dignified strokes, and Godfrey year after yeas,_only exchanging Sharrock, the stout, middle-aged the pokiness of the flat for dingy man complacently straddling the office in an obscure streat YOU, bearskin rug in front of the he'd felt sorry for Godfrey. He'd library fireplace, paused in what even had some fine idea of putting he was saying to compare his the pledding, patient fellow on his watch with the striking time-foot as soon as he himself made piece.

good in the West African venture.

"Midnight already!" he remark- Well, he hadn't made good, and "all Led in surprise. "I'd no idea it was he'd got out of West Africa was so late. But then-with a glance fover. But Godfrey, mowed up, in to, the loosely built, muscular fallow his south-east corner of London, who had sunk himself into a corner had made a fortune.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Accidents Can Happen," by Evelyn Davey Collins.

was saying

of the low, bergere couch in luxuri ous indolence"we've at lot of leeway to make up, haven't we, Tony? The last time we met was when you were just setting off for the Gold Coast on one of your hare- brained adventures. Why, that's about twenty years ago, isn't it?”. •]

Tony's lean, brown face, with its deep-cut lines, creased into a net- work of finer wrinkles as he grin "Yes," Godfrey ned. "Dunno exactly," he said, proudly, "I think I can say I have with lazy difference, "but I dare say done well for myself and my you're right. I know you and Sybil family. Noll Place is an improve and the babes were living in those, ment on Bebbington Mansions. In Hats-Bebbington Mansions, wasn't fact, Tony, 'I don't mind betting it-in the south-east of London. that you've never seen anything to No old-world country residence for beat this"he waved a pale, pudgy you then, my Bukko. Three rooma hand to indicate his surroundings and a kitchenette was about the in any of those foreign coun size of your quarters!"

tries you were telling us about at Tony might have added that he'd dinner?" felt desperately sorry for his pallid, "Everything's splendid, old man. over-worked elder brother in those You're to bo.congratulation. But days. He could remember thinking tell me, Godfrey, why, exactly did you go to the trouble of advertising for me? You hadn't heard from me in year

DEPARTURES BY TROOPSHIP Large Number From Colony

:

"I wanted you to come home," replled Godfrey simply. "I knew "you'd be sure to find that advertise-

ment if I kept on with It.”

Tony cocked a pair of clear, quiz- zical eyes at his brother, "Yet it was by sheer chance that I did see it," he remarked. "If I hadn't go It will be with regret, and not a cleaned out at poker two days after little envy, that the many friends being paid off the lousy tanker that the of the Officers and men who leave brought me across the Atlantic, T

the annual general meeting of Hum-/tish Subjects have, just now, the Military Searchlight Tattoo which for Home on Sunday by the troop shouldn't have gone into the Liver phrey's Estates and Finance. Co,,opportunity of joining the Royal was held at Sookunpao early in ship Somersetshirā will assemble to pool park looking for a placa to rest

as Non-Resident November, 1984, revealed a profit of wish them bon voyage. Lis Ltd., which was held in the Jacobean Empire Seelety

The following are the Officers, y weary bones, and if I hadn't Room of the Hong Kong Hotel this Fellows, upon exceptionally favour- $5,787.

It was originally intended that 50 their wives, and families who will gone into the park. I shouldn't have morning, and which was presided able terms, namely, upon payment

Subscription of per cent. of the profits should be leave by the Troopship Somerset-one had left on a bench."

found the newspaper which some of an Auna) over by Mr. D. E. Clark. He was

given to the Area Sports Board to hire on Sunday: £1.11.4. supported by the Hon. Mr. C. Gor-

additional recreational

Tony reached for a cigarette out This enables Non-Resident. Fel-provide don Mackie, Mr. J. M. Alves, Mr.

To Egypt. Capt. G. F. MacLean of the gold box near his elbow. lows to obtain the interesting facilities for the troops, the re- J. Scott-Harston (Directors) and

"You know, Godfrey, it gave journal, "United Empire," whilst mainder being divided between local and MacLean. Mr. J. L. Qule. (Secretary),

they are out here, and when they civil and military charities.

quite a turn seeing my own name

The following shareholders were

To Malta. Capt. E. C. Barry,

me

are on leave in England, gives In view, however, of the small Capt. E. M. Bolt, Mrs. Bolt and in-printed there in the Agony column. also present: Mr. P. C. Potts, Mr.

been fant. J. D. Humphreys, Mr. W. C. Lee, them, without further charge, an amount involved, "It has now Mr. Lo Chung-wan, Mr. D.. V. excellent meeting place in London decided to devote the whole Steavenson, Mr. R. H. Wild, Mr. H. where meals can be obtained, the op: charity.

A. Pearson, Dr. E. L. Lancester and

Mr. H. Gittina.

It gave me another turn when I Saw who was advertising..... I didn't understand, though, how your address came to be Noll Place, Berkshire-not that it worried me

to To Gibraltar, Capt. G. F. Fleet wood and Mrs. Fleetwood, Capt. portunity of hearing a number of A sum of $1,500 will be given to D. Dunlop, Lieut. F, W. Webb and interesting lectures, and the pri-Lady Peel for distribution to Civil Mrs. Webb, vilege of using an unique Library, charities; 8800 to Mrs. O. C. Borrett To the United Kingdom. Col. F much. I just headed south as hard containing over 200,000 volumes, for Hong Kong Area Military chari-R. Nosworthy, D.S.O., M.C., Miss as I could, cadging lorry rides, get- and 1,000 Empire periodicals, tles; and the remainder will be M. Way, nurse to family of Col. ting lifts, foot-slogging part of the If any British Subjects will kind- divided among the units which par-Nosworthy, Major A. C. Hancocke, Way... Tell me, Godfrey, were you the year under review is $169.112.13ly communicate with me, I shall be ticipated, including the Hong Kong M. C., and Mrs., Hancocks, Capt. 7. badly shocked when I turned up Volunteer Defence Corps and the Henderson, Lisut, H. V. Ewbank, here this afternoon looking like a Hong Kong Police, for Private Re-Lieut. L. H. Fairclough, Mrs. Mar- tramp?" gimental charities,

Jahall, Capt. F. R. Williams, Lieut.

The Chairman, in his review of the year, suid:--

Gentlemen,-"The net prefit for

as against $167,060.79 for the pre vious year. I think you, will agree with me that these figures can be considered as satisfactory in view of prevailing conditions.

Increase From Rents "Turning to the Profit and Loss Account you will note that Rents shew an increase of $14,338.07.

delighted to propose them. Yours faithfully, Hoa. Corresponding Secretary,

Hong Kong. Queen's Building.

Personal Pars

Mr. P. C. Clemo, of the China] This is chiefly due to the fact that Light & Power Co., accompanied by Abermor Court was revenue pro- his wife and daughter, left by the ducing for the entire year under re- R.M.S. Empress of Canada this view as against only one month of morning. the previous year.

VALUABLE FOREST

Parasites Controlled By Insect Agency

J. Stocker, Capt. O. C. Guinness. Godfrey's face reddened. " may Wife and family of the late CB.Mas well be candid with you, Tony. Greenway, Capt. K. G. Richman more or less expected that when and Mrs. Richman, Major L. A you did turn up, if you ever did, derson and Mrs. Anderson, Capt. you'd be in just some such plight. A. Irwin and Mrs. Irwin, Cant, T. You see, you always were a rolling G. R. Sutherland, Lieut.. W. stone. But, look here, this aimless Flint, Rev. J. N. Lewis Bryan, L-existence, this drifting haphazardly miles, or about one-third of the Tasken, Lieut. N. J. T. Rews, M. life you seem to have led where An area of 1,150,000 square Col. J. R. Tanken, M. C. and Mrs. from place to place, this vagabond total land area of the Dominion

of Canada, Is covered with

Repairs shew a decreased expen- Sir Victor Sassoon; Governing forests. diture of 84,177.13 but Interest is Director of the E. D. Bassoon Merchantable timber is esti- up by $12,768.08, due to an increased Banking Co., Ltd., left for Shang-mated at 165.880,000 cubic feet, overdraft at the Bank. During the hai on business this morning by valued at $1,689,000,000, and year a portion of your Investments the R.M.S. Empress of Canada, young growth is placed at was disposed of which explains the

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A LIFE A DAY SAVED

and how can it end?" g

"In a ditch, probably,"

I see nothing amusing in that and neither do you, really. Now, Tony, I confess I had a definite objective in view. I wanted to get 400,000,000 cubic feet. Sy During 1984, more lives were you back and persuade you to settle item "Losa on Sale of Investments" Mrs. John Fleming, wife of Mr. To combat the insect destruc-[saved by lifeboats than in any down. There are some nice little $86.38.

John Fleming. of Messrs. Lowe, tien of the trees parasites have year for 20 years. There were properties for sale "Turning to the Balance Sheet, It Bingham and Matthews, was a pas-been introduced as a means of 340 launches of lifeboats, and Again Tony's hard mouth twist will be noted that $4,656.81 has senger aboard the RIM.S. Empress biological control, and have approximately a life a day wased into a grin of derision, "Listen, been expended from the Building of Canada,, which sailed for. Shang- proved to be a very effective rescued, making a total of almost brother those disreputable old

(Continued on Pape 7) hai this morning,

means of direct attack,

184.000 in the last 111 years.****

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