1937-06-15 — Page 12

A Filmland Romance

'Pictured at the famous Mission Inn, Riverside, California, where they announced their engagement, are June Lang, screen actress, and Victor Orsatti, actor's agent. They will reside in Beverly Hills, after a honeymoon trip to Hawaii.

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MORE PEAK RESIDEN

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TRAMWAY COMPANY MEETING REPORT

"The steady falling off in regular although the closing of the old Peak monthly tickets-attributed to the Hotel took away a certain amount of casual traffic in addition to a few ticket increasing use by Peak residents of holders. The first completed month of motor-cars-was referred to by Mr. D. E. Clark at the annual meeting of shareholders, held this morning, of the Peak Tramway Company.

Mr. Clark stated, however, that receipts from casual sources were improving and while that state of affairs existed, the Company could still work at a profit.

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the present financial year again shows a further drop in monthly tickets, but this has been more than made up by increased receipts from other classes of tickets. Provided this state of affairs' continues and there is no ap- preciable rise in running costs; the Company should still be able to show a profit somewhere round about the present figure, but it will have to de pend largely on receipts from sources other than monthly. tickets.

The report and accounts and al- location of profits were unanimous-'

Mr. Clark was supported by Mr. Scott-Harston and Mr. D. F. Landale (Directors) and Messrs. M. H. Turner P. C. Potts, J. D. Hum-ly approved. phreys, J. E. Jupp and W. C. Lee, and J. L. Quie (Sécretary).

The chairman said:-

Sir Robert Ho Tung, Mr. J. Scott- Harston, Mr. L. Kadoorie, Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson and Mr. D. F. Lan- In spite of a further drop indale were re-elected to the Board: Traffic Receipts of just over $8,000.-of Directors on the proposal of Mr. the result of the year's working as D. E. Clark, seconded by Mr. P. C. compared with the previous year shown an increase in profit of over Potts. $3,000 after transferring from Pro- fit & Loss Account $7,480.12 as de- preciation on property. This is the first year we have depreciated pro- perty directly from Profit & Loss Ac- count.

Rents received, you will notice, show an appreciable increase due to the fact that we benefitted by a full year's returns from St. John's Apart- ments.

Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Mat- and thews and Messrs. Linstead Davis were re-elected auditors.

ROBERT TAYLOR

FLEES FROM MOB

OF SCHOOL GIRLS

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San Francisco, June 10.—Film: Star Robert Taylor, visited the San Francisco Girls' High School to-day and pandemonium broke loose.

Twelve hundred shrieking girls textbooks for auto-

As predicted in my remarks at the last Annual Meeting nearly all ex- penses are lower, but I do not think we can expect any further saving in the this direction as in fact under heading Maintenance & Repairs there is almost certain to be an increase due flourishing

to the higher cost, as expressed in graphs. mobbed the movie actor dollars, of our wire ropes.

FUTURE PROSPECTS

and forced him to flee the school auditorium by climbing down а steel fire escape.

You will doubtless like to hear from me an expression of opinion as to the future prospects of the Com- pany. The large decline in traffic The Y:M.C.A. have started a Chin- receipts during the last few years istese. Class, sitting on three days a nearly all confined to the regular

monthly first class ticket holders; other week, Mondays, Wednesdays receipts have been fairly consistent, Fridays, from 6.80 to 7.30 p.m.

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Princess Elizabeth, attired in Royal robes, being received at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation Service by the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk. Together with her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, Princess Elizabeth was an enthralled spectator of the moving Service in the Abbey.

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