1936-02-28 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1936

The Tramway's Grievance

(Continued from Page 1)

had permitted the China Motor Bus Company to introduce second class fares on routes competing with tramcars, namely, routes 5. Not only were Nos. I and

not consulted

- your Directors

AK

Bus license by the Hong Kong Government's action in permitting reduction of bus fares on routes competing with your Petitioner to a level equal to the lowest tran

fare.

SPEECH QUOTED

**There

is nothing to indicate; to the probable effect of such con- that the question was ever refer- cessjons but your Company was red to the Ministry of Transport not informed that any such action In a recent speech the Permanent; was even contemplated.

unsafe vehicles, inefficient services, and a poor quality of transport worker. Finally, this competition between capitalists meant for the transport worker' low wages, long hours, and the mental discomfor of being mixed up with a mis Tamaged enterprise.

Proceeding, Mr. Morrison said he wished people to travel by rail or road as they liked, but there could not be reckless duplication of means which in the end Secretary of that Ministry Sirf transbo:1.

would mean disaster for everybody It was through the medium of Cyril Hurcomb, K.B.E. said:--

oncerned.

on

- the Chinese newspaper Wah Kiul

Yat Po on March 1 that -the-an- nouncement appeared. Strong re- presentations were then made by your Company, culminating in the appearance of the then Chairman (Mr. A. B. Stewart) and the Gen- eral Manager before the Execu

at its meeting tive Council March 28.

"At this meeting it transpired that not only were second class bus fares on competitive routes to be introduced but that certain route extensions, for which the Motor Bus Company also applied. had been granted, these conces sions to our competitors being ef fective as from April 1.

MEMORIAL DESPATCHED "Your Directors then decided that they must appeal to the Se- cretary of State for the Colonies. Consequently a Memorial WLS prepared and sent in to the Hong Kong Government, for despatch by them to Lendon, in May last.

"This Memorial was of a com- *prehensive" nature and dealt with!

your Company's affairs as back as 1925, when we were

formed by the Government

On the most difficult ques- ts which has arisen in conner-

- THE ACCOUNTS tion with the licensing of rand passenger services is the extent "Turning now to: the Accounts which an efficient road transport before the meeting I must first of undertaking providing adequate all remark this as the first occa local services, whether municipally or privately owned, is entitled in sion that complete information of the public interest to

to protection

the Working Account position has from the competition of other annot been included in presenting dertaking

whose justification the annual statement of accounts. the provision of longer-distance In the existing conditions of direct through services. and the.

and intense motor-bus competition which that protection should take.

form

The question of competition be your Directors regretfully advise tu୯୯.

tween public service vehicles and the undesirability of continuing

trackless troller tramways and

our former practice of publishingi undertakings is dealt with a full particulars of operating de- siderable length ph 91 of the First Interim

of the tail Whilst, in other respects re- Departmental Committee on thetaining as fár as possible their: Licensing and Regulation of Public customary form, the present ac- Service Vehicles. It is there point counts in this particular are aç- ed out that tramway undertakings

cordingly modified to conform whether municipally or privately wwned, are subject to statutory merely with requirements of the liabilities, such as the maintenance Companies Ordinances, of part of the highway on which

Frutes.

reached

passengers, stage by stage between "Depreciation has been charged

points served by the trama and tiler vehicle," "Sir Cyril Hurcomb

fari

im-

according to the usual scale. then pro-

"The customary amount has in ceeded to deal with what is known been written-off Goodwill etc. and.

President de Falers, above, has again expressed his willingness to submit the land annuities dis- pute with Great Britain tribunal without restriction.

DIAMOND RING

STOLEN

MARRIED WOMAN ADMITS GUILT

BENEFACTOR ROBBED

BIG ENTRIES

FOR COLONY

TENNIS TITLES

Extension Brings Better Results

SINGLES AND DOUBLES

· CHAMPIONS TO PLAY

Slightly more entries than last: year rewarded the Hong Kong Cricket Club's decision to extend the closing date for the Colony | Open"Singles and Doubles Lawn Tennis Championships for a week, the lists closing yesterday with. 51-oxmes for the Open Singles and 31 pairs for the Open Doubles. In both events the champions

will defend their titles.

Sirdar Rumjahn, holder of the Open Singles, will have to look toį his laurels in the face of such stiff opposition as Lai Krong- tsun, the Canton champion, Tsui Wai-pai, a former holder, who is playing as well as ever, H. D. Bumjahn, his cousin who was fea-j tured in a thrilling match two Seasons ago in the Semi-Final, |Round, and a C. Fincher, a final-

AVON

FOR

MORE MILEAGE

ist on many occasions. The Shute To-day's Short-Story twina are also making another ap- pearance in this event

are

Doubles More Open

In the Doubles the Eumjahn

very

enough to reach the same stage,

Sole Agents;

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

Music Hath Qualms

By Douglas Simpson

our application forias the Leicester case. Briefly this in the present state of affairs many years, and the complainant; Gray, Capt. J. D. Milne, Tennie Kwok been lost in the passage of time. long campaign was undoubtedly

GOVERNMENT APPROACHED

CAPITAL ASSETS

W.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Oranges," by William Saroyan.

"One of the extensions relates to the No. 1 Happy Valley Route which hitherto termicated at Blake Pier, but which now extends

"The inclusive profit for the Li Chuen, a married woman, | they run and also that tramway Eastern for a further mile to

and trackless trolley undertaking year 1935 was $744.813.58, being was this morning charged be Street and where it is not actually

have sunk heavy capital expendi over $200,000 less than in 1984, fore Mr. W. Schofield at the cousins, H. D. and S. A., who along the tramway track is within ture in track, electrical equipment and when I state that on the ex-Central Magistracy, with the have held the title for the last 11 75 yards of it.

and other plant, and are unable pense side figures compare favour-theft of a diamond ring valued years, will probably be fully ex-

HE feud which waged be-ly athrong with a myriad of the transfer their services to other

ably the serious nature

THEN of the at $300 from Wong Po-chung, tended.

that The Committee

tween Colonel Bludgeon most unprepossessing, curs the conclusion which was gen decline in traffic receipts will be married woman,

at No. 273 E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung,

and Miss Lavina Winterly money could buy. T. A. Pearce Scented, that

so long a appreciated.

Lockhart Road, second floor, on of the KCC., and

The colonel would bellow in the dated back to the middle-aged undertakings are providing

"An apparent falling off under Tuesday.

and L. Goldman, of the HCC days of the Oldest Inhabitant. local Constitutional Club of his adequate and efficient services. they the Investment and Sundry re-

likely semi-finalists, are in principle entitled to some

venue head is largely explained by Defendant pleaded guilty and while J. Leonard and Y. Hachiuma, But, the mind of that ancient rooted antipathy to cats, and lo! measure of protection, so far, as their strictly local trafic is on the amount taken into the pre- was remanded in police custody of Craigengewer, are also strong being now no longer clear about within a week, the neat spinsterial

the

anything save the indispensa-villa of Miss Winterly would be cerned, from the competition ofvious year in respect of forfeited for three days to enable public service vehicles conveying dividends.

ring to be recovered.

The following are the complete bility of beer, the original cause overrun with the sleekest and most of the fierce and sustained ill-agile felines that ever cut short Detective-Sergeant Fitches said entries:-

will which each of these respect-the career, of a prize chrysanthe- that the complainant and defend-

Open Singles

ed pillars of Little Worplesdon (mum. each other for ant had known

M Pagh, Ma Nai-kwong, S. A bore towards the other had long | But the shrewdest blow of the

C. Hung, F. H was in better circumstances. De-awierd,

Kwok, Wei Chun-tang, Lee Hua-ngak, In Little Worplesdon the feud struck when Miss Winterly in- response, to

was a Ministry of Transport or am sure the increased transfer of authority to commence a trolley

busex $150,000 strengthening your Gen- fendant often visited her and bor James Hsu, K. T. Kwik, Y. C. Lan, had taken its place as an institu- troduced her harmonium. der which forbade motor bus or motor bus service along the (No. 5) Queen's Road route jother than those owned by the eral Reserve position will be also towed small sums of money which} surg. Lt. W. A. S. Grant, Lai Kwong- tion, like market day and theį It came about through a concert

were never repaid, but complain-sun, Taui Yun-pui, T. A. Pearce, travelling picture show. The villa-at the village hall.

P. ant did not mind that. On the Monaghan, M. W. Lo, R. Blyth, gers noted each succeeding clash that neither could be approved, Leicester. Corporation to pick up approved.

You will have remarked the day in question defendant visited pui, H. Shute, W. Shute, G. C. Bur- of these mortal enemies with the

H. Scoones, Firdos Khan, Taui Wai- the streets being too narrow for and set down the same passenger

on such portion of the roote as Balance Sheet marshalled in such vehicles. The principal lay within 440 yards of the Lei- revised manner more in line with complainant and asked for a loan, nett, S. W. Liang, Capt W. J. Esame exactness that they exercis- points in the Petition, however, cester tramway track

modern accountancy practice but but as she did not have any money Cragg, I. MA Barack, F. Eed in compiling the record of the

S. A. Eunjabn, E D-local football team. dealt with the question of second

shown with a minimum odejshe gave her a meal, and later

Leong When she awoke Gosano, Chos, M. Drysdale, J. Ping-chiu, AV

Some said that the colonel was class rotor bus fares which had

arture from the usual form, and went to sleep.

rejected suitor. of Miss been introduced only on routes "Your Board has now approach-I think with no loss of intelligi-she found the defendant gone. and Tavares, Lt. Comdr. H. R. Conway,

also the diamond ring which was Wing Comdr. B. G. Bishop, Cape Lavina's youth; others, that it Nos. 1 and 5. that is to say, the led the Hong Kong Government en-bilty.

jon her table.

L. J. Walch, P. MacDougall, A. Wan; was Miss Winterly who had been routes which compete mest inten-quiring whether it is the Govern- sively with the tramway services ment's intention to grant protec- "Concerning the written down, Complainant suspected the de- Lee Wai-tong, H. Y. He, In Tak spurned, to her everlasting The chief item of that partico-

cheuk, J. W. Leonard, C. H. U dignation, by the

lar evening's entertainment WAX once dashing It is significant that on the Uni-tion to your Company such as is figure at which fixed assets appear fendant and went over to her Paul Kong. Wong Fuk-nam, versity Routes (Nos. 3 and 4) no outlined by the Permanent Secre on the books I wish, shareholders place in Kowloon, where she ad- Hachiuma, E. C. Fincher, Lak Chun-colonel. A third school of thought, to be a selection of solo music on the harmonium, rendered by the origin vicar's youngest daughter. It was second class, fares were introduc-tary to the Ministry of Trans-to be informed that at cost, plus mitted the theft. Taken to No. 2 cheong, N. A. E. Mackay, A. E. P. less romantic, traced the ed.

port, and at the same time asking additions less depreciation. these Police Station, defendant con-Guest, L. BA B. Phillipore, A. of the fead to the spectacular dis "Prior to the Government call whether His Excellency the capital assets are nearer $7,000,- fessed and said she had given the L. Sullivan, H. Owen Hughes and Sagreement of a valuable Persian greed in Little Worplesdon that ing for tenders for a motor bus Governor will be good enough, to 000 the actual figure, in fact, ring to her mother, who wanted franchise it was laid down that cause to be sent out on a visit to is $6.927.814. The difference is to return to Canton and who had bus fares (this applied to the the Colony a senior official of that accounted for in extraordinary pawned it for $10, hoping to re- Hong Kong Hotel Company's Ministry. This official would make amounts written-off during the deem it later to return it to com- buses and to the buses operated a report and recommendations to history of your undertaking. Had plainant. Enquiries failed to lo by our own Company) must not the Government which could safe this not been so done the con-cate the mother, and defendant be less than the first class tram ly be regarded as unbiassed and tinuing development and expansion then said she had pawned it her- When in 1932 tenders for in accordance with the practice of of the Tramway must have neces-self, but could not tell the Police the exclusive bus franchise were the British Traffic Commissioners sitated calls upon shareholders which pawnshop she had dealt invited there was no suggestion who are charged under the Road from time to time. A conserva- with. Later she changed her internal finance story once again, saying she had that this policy of leaving the se- Traffic Act of 1930 with the duty tive policy of cond clas8

the of issuing road service licences followed out by your Board in the given it to a man in Kowloon City. past has however served to dis- On the way to find this man the trams was to be departed from and fixing fares etc.

"Observe what was said by the pense with additional capital de defendant jumped from the ferry, and it was strongly contended]

Hon. Herbert Morrison, mands, and the reason I am now but was recued. that what had occurred, constitut-Right ed a grave departure, generally, PG, MP., (Minister of Transport stressing the point is that, an un- from the spirit and intention of 1929-1931) the originator of the informed view appears to be held the conditions of tender and, par- London Passenger Transport Act, that the Company returns a high ticularly, that the institution of in a speech in 1930-when refer-rate of yield on the capital invest

Traffic Act of ed. The answer is that upon an second class fares on routes Nos ring to the Road

actual capital of $7,000,000, 1 and 5 was in conflict with those In his judgment the two most im- presented in these assets alone,

portant parts of the Road Trafic

those dealing with the the dividend for the year in re Act were regulation of public service vebi-view earned from traffic revenues cies, and the Omnibus Bill promotis, in fact, one of 6.26 per cat ed by the Municipal Tramways and, similarly, 'dividends paid over and Transport Association.

They should be clear as to what the past five years represent an were the elements of the econo-average of 3.28 per cent.

There must be

fare.

conditions.

passengers to

TENDER NOT ACCEPTED ! "As pointed out in the speech | from this chair two years ago our tender was not accepted, the China Motor Bus Company-having Loffered Government a higher ten-i der than your Company found it economically possible to put for ward. under the conditions laid down.

that year:

be

OVERSTAYED HIS PERMIT

Italian Film Man's Plea To Magistrate

Ling.

Open Doubles

H. A. Barros and J. Gonsalves. J. Crawford and. S. A. Grey. G. S. Gamble and T. C. Monaghan. Capt. J. D. Milne and W. N. Petch.

M. W. and M. K. Lo

daughter cat and a pedigree bull-terrier the vicar's youngest which had ended fatally for the played the harmonium very nicely indeed; nevertheless, it would be Persian cat

As the colonel and Miss Winter-eless to deny that the very first dulcet chord struck by that pains- were next-door neighboura, there was no shortage of hostile with the slam of the village hall taking young lady synchronised opportunity. Mias Winterly had B. O' Deane and G. E. R. Divest but to express in public her inbred E C. Fincher and W. C. Hung.

dislike of any dog to find the bark yard of her enemy instantaneous

F. H. Kwok and 5 W. Liang. Lee Hua-ngak and Tennie Kwok. Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yan-pui, T. A. Pearce and L. Goldman.

P. H. Scoones and A. L. Sullivan.

Y. N. Tan and P. C. Lee.

C. Pool and R. Henry.

G. C. Burnett and A. W. Ramsey. K. and W. Shute.

E. Bathurst and A. T. Lay.

M. A. Razack and A. K. Suffiad S.. A. and H

D. Ramjahn

V. Gosano and A. V. Remedies. M. Pagh and B. Conway. J. A. Bendall and L. Agafuron. Wing Com

Comdr. HL G. Bishop and Capt. LJ: Walch.

Wai-teng and Lak Ding-

cheong

P. F. McCabe and D: Carey.

Drysdale and J. Tavares.

M

After the Bow-street magistrate had recommended Gian Carlo Cay

G. Lai and G. Chang.

Tak-chenk and lu Tak-lam.

his

"I have a last reference to the pelli, aged 24, director of a film mics of transport. to meet the Balance Sheet to make in regard company, for deportation. sufficient transport requirements of industry and the to the heading Investments. You counsel applied for bail, and said reasonable requirements of the will observe from the note of that Mrs. Dudley Ward and az- years ahead. There must

December 31 prices a market de other friend of Cappelli's were in elasticity in the means of transport which would meet temporary ex-preciation of 14 per cent. These court prepared to stand surety for pansions and contractions of de- investments, entered into with the him. The magistrate withdrew was received from the Hong Kong mand. Transport must be efficien primary objective of ensuring the recommendation and adjourn

transport, and, if it was to be supplementary revenues, consisted the hearing.

it must be guaranteed

of first class dividend bearing: The system stocks, and temporary

"I regret to report, however, that on November 22 last a letter

Government to the effect that the Secretary of State for the Colon- ies had given our Petition care ful consideration, but that he fail- ed to see any ground on which he would be justified. in interfering with the discretion of the Hong Kong Government regarding the matters which were the subject} of the Petition.

"In our Petition we asked, inter idir that the Secretary of State

might be pleased

•

to refer to the Ministry of Tran- *sport, matters of transportation principle arising out of this Memorial for report regarding the treatment of which your petitioner {£s providers of efficient, public passenger transpert

apert services within in the Colony for the past years) compiains since the year 1928; and in particular, with regard and to the recent injury which ́ ́your Petitioner complains of having suf-i fered vis-a-vis the present Motor-"

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coumble security

transport must meet

system.

withit

the

TRESPASSING FOR

RABBITS

LIVELY FILM WITH MUSIC

Picturesque Scenes Of Spain

"ROSE OF THE RANCHO" AT QUEEN'S THEATRE

door behind the retreating back

of Colonel Bludgeon.

It was the instrument; not the artist, to which the colonel ob jected. The harmóníum, it seem- ed, was his pet aversion.

The contents of the large pack- ing case which was delivered at the house of Miss Winterly some three days afterwards caused no speculation in the village. Its ar- [rival in fact, had been confident-

ly predicted.

The strains of Miss Winterly's | harmoníum ärifted out into the morning air after just that time it takes to unpack a large packing This film, featuring Gladys case, and, apart from brief inter- Swarthout and John Boles, is live-vals for refreshment, those same ly and entertaining all the way strains continued to drift through through. Not only that: it is out the day and evening and again full of rhythmic Spanish music; in early mors.

J. W. Leonard and T. Hachiuma, Wone Fuk-nam and K. F. Lui.- the lovely, pure-soprano of Gladys In a week the martial springi- Lt. W. P. Lacy and Lt. E A. B. Swarthout and the powerful voice ness had departed from the step Phillimore.

of Boles. Plenty of laughs too. of Colonel Bludgeon; in a month, and scenes as picturesque as you the lines of care lay heavily upon might desire.

his brow, and village errand boys One-Don Carlos, romantic hero trembled to deliver at his door. (of great daring, leads a band of With doors and windows tightly

Spaniards against the "land-shut, and a powerful wireless set grabbers" who invade the quiet which he disliked in an only slight- Spanish settlements. This Donly less degree than the har- Carlos is really none other than monium-blaring forth at full the lovely Rosita, daughter of an {volume, even then the colonel could Mr. William Randolph Hearst old aristocratic family. She sings, not altogether exclude the dil

Prosecution Started By Hearst

Cappelli, an Italian, who was market (alleged to have overstayed his per- the problem of the fluctuations need occasion little (mit under the Aliens Act, said he peak load of demand for transport uneasiness. In fact, I am pleased had money interests in Ace Filma

the nineteenth century they to tell you that, based upon cur Ltd, and pleaded to be allowed to the American newspaper proprie rides her white horse and leads gent harmony of Miss Winterly. were toid that free competitio rent quotations, the overall differ stay in England. was the great thing, that it provide cheapness and efficiency.ence under-cost

It

has narrowed to

was to the credit of Socialist 12 per cent propaganda thut there was practi "An Interim Dividend, amount

Was A

r

of rabbits.

tor, who is the owner of St. her men. This is her secret life; An application to the local Bench Donat's Castle, Glamorgan, was at home, graceful and lovely, she that the harmonium should be sil the prosecutor in two

cases at is the traditional maid of old enced as a public nuisance had Cowbridge Court recently.

Spain and Queen of the Fiesta. |been sympathetically received but cally no business man of repute ing to $260,000, was paid in of 40 cents per share be paid

Cyril James Turrell and Walter

Then John Boles appears. Lov- reluctantly refused. The magis who to-day would say that that

for the year 1935.”

Liscombe, both of Llantwit Major, ing Boafts, he is ignorant of her trates were all cronies the

of commercial doctrine. August last, and a final dividend Competition in

road

of the satne amount, makinig: 80 This was seconded by Mr. C. were summoned for trespassing role as Don Carlos and it appeare colonel's at the Constitutional Club, transport meant that time-tables were un-cents per share for, the year 1935 Gordon Mackie and carried upon Mr. Hearst's land in parsuit that he is himself in league with but they were also entertained to related and that there was lack of is now recommended, leaving a unanimously.

the "landgrabbers” · Then there tea by Miss Winterly. contact between different forms

balance of $118,584.42 to be car Mr. M. T. Johnson was elected Frederick Groom said that he is excitement. Humour over mugs It was, oddly enough, Rupert of- transport, which meant empty ried forward.

to the Board of Directors on the saw the men bunting the hedges of beer and the exploits of an Blodgeon who saved, the colonel People appreciated empty seats, but these were the econo- "I now propose the rasolu. proposal of the Mr. E. Wong Tape, with two dogs. No rabbits were absent-minded Insurance agent from ignominous retreat. Oddly,

seconded by Mr. Chua Seng-choo, found on them.

come in to complete our enjoy-¡because this irresponsible nephew That the Report of the Direc while, Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Turrell was fined 10k and Lisment

of Colonel Bludgeon's was the last tors and Statement of Accounts Matthews were appointed anditors combe: £1.7

Boles is at his best as a dashing person Little Worplesdon would Spaniard and. Gladys Swarthout have imagined in the light of his 31; 1985; as presented, be adopt-posal of Mr. W. Allen, seconded by The as. Talma is dne here from is one of the loveliest women on uncle's rescuing angel. ed, and that a Final Dividend Mr. C. A. L. Rickett

Singapore next Tuesday morning. the screen, her voice a perfection. (Continued on Page 113

scats.

mics not of wisdom but of bedlam tion:

The

empty seat had to be paid for either by capital, in the shape of and services, bad vehicles, and bazdkruptcy, or by the passengers

in needlessly high fares for thoar who did travel, uncomfortable and

for the year ended December for the ensuing yaar on-the pro-