1947-04-22 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1947.

H. K. Land's Net Profit Of H.K.'S TRADE FIGURES

$1,092,585.41

Additional $1,192,001 From Sale Of Three Properties Not Worth Repair

Naval

Shareholder Protests Guerillas Slip

Past Lines

Escort For At Withholding Of

Merchantman

London, Apr. 20. The Admiralty said to- night that the 7,320-ton British merchant ship. Empire Honduras, arriv- en in Bermuda yesterday under escort of the Bri- tish

Padstow frigate, Bay.

The Padstow Bay was sent to the Empire durns' assistance on Wednesday after the master radioed that he was "having trouble with the crew."

The Admiralty add no further detalls were available. The Em-| pire Homlurus is awned by the Transport Ministry. - United Pressed.

Newshounds To Duel

Milan, Apr. 20.

"Windfall”

A nct profit of $1,092,585.41, plus an additional $1,192,001,21 from the sale of property, was the result of the year's working which ended Dec. 31, 1946, for the Hong Kong Land Investment & Agency Co., Ltd., which held its 55th ordin- ary general meeting in the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd, yester- day.

The profit from property sale was, however, large- ly absorbed by the allocation of $1,000,000 to additional writing down of the Company's protest property, and this decision drew a from Mr. J. H. Seth, one of the shareholders. Mr. Seth Hold part of this carried out as eronomlently se pumaille- "windfall" might have been truaghly, no as the axutd distributed to shareholders in the form of a bonus Instead of being kept back. The Chairman Mr. D.F. Lanttale replied it "Contracts have been placed for the Was not the polley of the Board construction of three additional floure un Marine House, This project is the Jemst

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re-

imaintenance routs in the future.

Marina House

heavy

prentis

to make distribution of wind- [costly, arheme for providing much prefid falls in the manner suggested,office space in the Central District and

Satisfaction

expressed you are wasured of a fair return on your investment while yet charging reasonable by Mr. Landale with pending | rentals. rent control legislation to

" onder to provide for this capitel place the landlord and Tenant peliture your directors have deelded

at the toine the bir Proclamation of 1945 which, helmingi expital of the company. amount Leonida Repaci, editor of the Kald, had been a hopless falluring to 190,000 shares of sub each, effor In these in the Art Santanu drs shares Milan edition of the anti-Com-In practice.

holders registered as at the date of this munist Umanita, has been chai- He urged that there should meeting in the proportion of one new lenged to a duet Journalist be free negollation between here for each romplet number of thre

landlords and tenants, with the hare held. The new sheren

offered at a premium of 125 ench, mak- Rent Tribunal as the arbiter ofing $50 per baru In all. Forms t what is a fale rent in case of application and renunciation will be 54. failure to come to a mutual rioled vees shortly,

Corrado de Vita of the Commu- nist-controlled Milano Sera.

ore to ho

"The new javije will penelde nciditlanul

In the midst of a fierary prize Award ceremony here inst night, hefty Repaci n Right Wing Sa cialist, thrashed de Vita in a Bst agreement. This he said, was funds totalling 15.000.000 which will b fight before the assembled liter in line with the procedure adopt-auptled partly to the redemption of the arg and journalistic celebrities.

ed in the United Kingdom last Debentures and to reduce the k Repuci accused de Vita of hay-

overdraft, and partly to meeting the coil year under the Furnished Dwell-of the extension to Marina House, so ther ine printed landerous romarks about him in Communist-controllings (Rent Control) Act 1996. the elose of the rear all of this new

Opening the meeting thecapitat will be fully employed. Chairman sold:

ed newspapers. During the night, de Vila's seconda visited the นต..

editorial offices of Umanita presented a challenge to Repaci who: accepted. It was not reveal- ed when the duel would be hold -Unitel Press.

Food Talks Invitation

Chairman's Speech

"The Arcounts befurg you deal witiz the first fell yone's working since 1971. The net profit, earluding property trans netiums, kotaled $1,002,585.41, which Ja Jaume $41,000 more than for 1940,

"Ilent received

the remains about kome, hat repairs, insurance and 2009. eral costs have Increased considerably. Itrat restrictions prevented Comping any part of this added expendi. turo.

70-

"During the year. Three propertire were sold at antisfactory prierstwo kots

in Wanchal, both partly destroyed by

Hamburg, April 20. An Invitation to all German parties and trade unions in the war damage and looking the third, a British mane to attend a con mail sortion of devastated property In ference tomorrow in Ilerne to Ynumuti. -The male of these holdings. discuss the food situation, has which were producing it or been sent out by Dr. Relmaan, Chairman of the Communist Purty, in the British occupa- tlon zone of Germany,

on suggestions as to how grait

and potatoes can he suppiled as quilekly as possible and future food entastrophes prevented.

rentals, were |venue wad which, an the bass of 1942

nol worth repairing t

A

resenting tollding costs, probled large part of the purchase weiss of Unken Building, hooght in October last "War lower seenunt appears in

the

Athens, April 20. Press reports from Larissa sald today that guerillos had slipped

Greek through tho Army lines in Thessaly and ranged through the rich plalus yesterday, attacking several

points within 15 miles of army headquarters.

FOR MARCH

The Statistical Office of the Imports and Exports Department reports that imports of merchan- dise into the Colony of Hong Kong during the month of March, 1947, amounted to a declared value of $113,104,380 as compared with $48,499,645 in the month of March, 1946. Ex- ports of merchandise totalled a declared value of $95,795,682 as compared with $44,782,197. Imports during the first quarter of 1947 amounted to a declared value of $301,067,983 as compared with $135,309,990 in the first quarter of 1946. Exports totalled $269,380,826 as compared with $90,272,082. No cognizance has been taken in the following table of Government sponsored cargoes.

Total Values of Imports and Experts of Merchandios by Counities COUNTRIES

IMPORTS FROM

•March 1045 Mart (917

1.604.731

€12,802.168

United Kingdom

Australia

Burma

Canada

Ceylon

Fast Africa

India .... Malaya British)

New Zealand North Dorrec

Bouth Africa West Africa

Deltish Empire, Oller

One guerilla band attacked army detachments at Sikhour- ion and in a seven-hour battle killed two Greek soldiers and China, North injured eight. before withdraw-

West Indies

Reelum

Middle

--

Okuth

ing. Five guerillos were killed. | Cuba

The retreating guerillas col-Central America Hided with army reinforcement

Eenmark

hended for Sikhourion and in

France

-

10,022

March 1941

KXFORTS TO March 1940 2,07.046

4,020

-

052.001

6.404.325

232,083

3.x,ats

GNA,112

107,301

1,430

1,223,489

$18,629

1,500

47,1

24,174

—

-

60,080

4.007,692 7.008.120

1,070 HKR

2,184,000

32,436,129

1,791,700

54,01G

6.724

#65.857 60,804 DHL,T 24.726,934 168.201

500, 10

200,421

601,7

18,833

BAD,310

71,716

2,503

1,380

17,114

123,700

71,462

61,031.

204,610

6.124,127

6,777.183 12,201,124

1,620.256 0,045,448 3,13,094 20,400,695

0,211,000

1,224,693

1,400.572 4,083,6/1

7.G30,774

17,880,00

-

42,247

72,341

66,620

6,155

DA,1113

171,272

26.100

Germany

Kulland

Laty Japan

31,070 700,750 1,002,072

187,512 2,530,822

333,233

675,163

GJH,301

1.170.178

1.917,278

40,681

1*0,000

Kwong Chow Wan

109,772

800,087

Maca

4,328.890

Norway...

327,714

6,370,270 $,5x4,178

33,711 2.142,640 247,210

5,080,247

#19,594

Netherlands East Indies

Philippines

06,451

Peru

601,344..... 784,208 2.120

1,304,039

1,000,66H

8,564,201

36,133

Bla

401,100

6,925,000

South Amerles

1.30.745

Sweden

20,101

204,90%

3,351.213 71,100 106,73!

1,020,790

Switzerland

G41,242

0,33

24,820

-

1,333,1

4,160,ВНО

.12,805,241

www

141,22

1,923,402

TOTAL Total Bellish Empira Total Foreign

48.490.015 111,101,300

95,795,CK2

13.484,60A 32,358,607 35,014,DT 80,786,778

14,108,20 50,618,680

25.02.191

00.305.409

the ensuing battle eight gueril. French Indo Ching las were killed or captured.

Another band' blew up two bridges between Lamia and Volos while weat of Lamia army forces ambushed a band of guerillas, killing 35, the re- ports said,

Meanwhile, the Salonica au thorities reported a new gueril. la band entered Greece

from withdrew Bulgaria but

into It met Greek Bulgaria when forces. A Greek border officer asked that they be handed over- but the Bulgarian officers sald | they would be disarmed and de- talned.-United Press.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES

The following passengers embarked Buthampton on board the «n," "Strach- Innver" on April 8. 1947, Yur long Kalust

Mr. P., and Miss B.A. Apusul, Mam. M.J. Allfrey, Mrs. V.A. Jagne. H. Hake,

Spain ... U. 8. A. V. H. B. R Dihen

111

1,021

100,07%

130.270 010,749

Tsaldaris Thanks United States

Athens, Apr. 20,

Mrs. 11.1, Drown, 5.3. Brooks, A., Cree Dr. Constantin Tsaldaris, Greek deputy Prime

well, C. Cormors, Mrs LW, 'Daxla, [1,A,I. Ellery, J. Fonte, F.G. Falm, G.H.V. Fran cl, Mrs. F., Chola, (1, Grohate. W.M Grimila €. Huglies, W. Nichisun, 1. Miller, Mr. P.al. Normian, E.0. Ramsey,

*Rent control Jetislation is now befur (komended mu un to zemsky in agme part I the anomaly, to wislets 1 xeferred at ang | meeting last year, whrichy we have best

Compelled to accept the 1941 rentale nisir. V.M. and Miss B.A. Bilk, D. Weight, wikkelandline vastly Intromed coats. Come plete freedom from rest cuntrul le eers | Luknly not to be expected 19 longt na a using shortage remales. Indeed, 1 think Governmunt will do the, Community 2 great service If. It'mucceed In making rent control more effective.

Mr. 1.0, and Miss (7.3. lmmuns, Mrs. ME. Thomas. Mrs. BM. Trout, ILW. Brown, WJ.C. Kitt Mm. PAN, D Boer, Mex, J.8. Nicholson, Hr. A.G. Jong, Mrs. G.A. Pullen, A.J. Stephen, Mrs. F.H. Taylor, Mr. M.1.7. Ramsey, Mire. L. Aplin.

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"Hopeless Failure" J'enluuta Hotel elval-Has H.

[Uruynie, Mark Fergus, Mr. and M "In the promulguilen of the hands 2,9. Telang and R. What. Ford and Tenant Proclamation in Octo ber, 1885, large number of landlords have flagrantly' defed 'Gaverament zor.

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P'colnsula departures--Mrs. N. Mc. trui and although the proclamation mit Intyre, Mẫm G. Crane, Mr. P.4.ti. Hune neg, Kurene Hill, Mrs. E Hill, 0.2. Block. kave been satisfactory 10 theory it was Irs, R.E. Fischer, Y.C. Oldham. L-CL

in practice a hopeless fallure. Unscrupus mit Mrk, D. Spillane, J.Ul. Dowhunt, Mrs.

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Minister and Foreign Minister, speaking at a political rally at Salonika today, said that the daring support which the United States was giving to Greece imposed upon the Greek Gov- ernment the obligation of crushing the rebels for good and as quickly as possible."

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Dr. Taaldaris declared that SAN FRANCISCO Greece "was still fighting for the same ideals for which soldiers died during the war-10% Round Trip Reduction fur independence, national In- tegrity and free democratle in- ̈ stitutions."

He reiterated Greek charges that Yugoslavia and Bulgaria planned to annex Greek Ma-

the direction of the Misalusi which wcedonia-

1 Innlands have ferieš a heavy x Carty, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Franklin, shout half a

milo away.

There

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me the nut hard-proved elements of the ingles Ann l'oroy, Flobert W. Gray, Mr, water in the nullah and j' gơi fery wel community and it in very unlikely that and Mr, D. Keminole, T. Lam3, MT.

they will in turn be lased effectively, Feuerde, 11 Wlau and Miss Yarn. (..

"All fale-minded people mit agme that

the property owner is unalised to robus

and started shiverin

"About a butired, yards down the wai.

lab 1 peurd body and just after

bed it I heard a low whlsile, 1 Jouk«

relief, but while a general percentage InTsang Cheung and five cthered around and saw that what I thought creuse over the 1941 axle rental in the Chinese were charged with street, w

a body was Lleut. Thomar, H.K.V.

staying at the Misjon overnight and who

wert

The conference is to decide [patence Bheet at $519,550.01, This is the simplest and podalbly the most desirable gambling at Central 'yesterday 10.6. (Fold Ambulance) who had been written down book value of our lon method, I feel that as soon as conds before Mr. Sainsbury. Two of had been marched away with us. He told your registered cisim on reinstatements rm, the landlord and the lenont contas mech higher,

should in the first place be left to en the defendants who falled to apme that be managed to Jump into the pear had their ball of $25 each nullah and hide whilst we beinu tablish the rental by Tres negnilation.

estreated and the other four acmarbed up the hill. After some ennver.

anilon cartled on · down the nuliki cused were each oned $10. The leaving him behind. $60 seized during the rald was "After eight days of travelling ordered put in the Potr Box.

"Štend progress has been maintained In repairing your properties, Unneresanty Dr. Reimann wants to sendur premature expenditure han

ben

n delegation to London to nego- **ulded, but winer closing the secounta tiate with the British Govern. Under review we have had to undertake

ment about immediate helptons, of your older buildings

forge-scale repairs to the exterior por

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"Perhaps this procedure could be in Etrosuced gradually, starting with business premlara and extending" to domatic' pre miers when the housing altuation baz berome les acute. For the time being. some meskuins of control should remain Is being whereby either party would apply to П

Rent Tribunal if the falled to reach Mesars Pent, Marwick, Mitchell a

were reappointed anditore an the motion of Mr. R. M. G. Bira, secvaded by Mr. H. Geary Gardner.

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agreement by free nemállion, on the Hnow of the proceduro which was adopted In the United Kingdam last your kadar the Furnished Dwellings (Rent. Contrail Act, 1946. The rent established by the | Tribunal would then boconje a "register" ced rint' and could not be esconded wife utst further reference to a Rent (Tylbosal,

"After providing for the transfer of $38,124 to general reserve and $200,000 in contingencies reserve, and for a bonita to staff of $10,000, there manaing in the appropriation account a balance of sis:

Supporting Mr. Landate in the 'chair were the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo and MweTX.

hiding reached the North Point In Lerament Camp where i aww a Japan- w with a Bed Crowe penis in his hand and where I was given medical t Lention by European personnel laternes

here,

Mi Mary Bufflad seld for her filleults "On December 19, 1941, at about' 0509 hours when i was on duty as an aux

A. Raymond, B. T. Williamson and a nurse at No. First Aid Fast

D. Benhadh (Directors), and Mr. B. C.the Balesian 24. Shakle, the

Field (Secretary);"

Shareholders present were Mysen. 3. 11. Beth, P. Loureiro. 13. Oenry Gardner (representing Union Insurance Borlely of Canton Ltd.), 0. W. Grey, La Yuk-tong n. M. G. Bile, 8, 11. Rom, P. Morrison,

driver and staff if an ambulanco store

our post returned, having falled toget through to Hoor Kong.

"About, half or thren, quarters of an

our later the Japanese arrived at our and we were ordered to epe mut

out

front of the. Mission Ceraze with hands up. · The rivillans: were then seJLIS

601,54, 76 is peenramended that 1600, N. L. H. Halton and Yates Hwa, and from the Mlution to, the open ground la be distributed as a dividend of Mrs. Irene Ho, Chang Share, leaving $78,897.84' 16 be carried forward. I now "propose that the. Bepert and Slatement of Accounts as presented be adapted."N

After the motion had been accended by Mr. P. Loureiro, Mr. J., 3L, Réta saked the Chairman bow the sum of $1,000,000 shown in the accounts as having been written of property had, bein' allocated ľ

Protest

Mt Lndale replied that. 14. TUY B been applied to - writing dawn' property

"Immediately following the · Kenerat merling the Secretary, on the directionated from the Millery, we were scarabed of the Chaliman, reed out the notion of erything we bed, was taken from

lús and throws on, the ground: an -extraordinary geenersi meeting, can- erned, to approve us increase in' the ab-

borised explial of the Company $10,000,000 10 280,000,000.

Crom

Saw Shooting

The Chinese doctor, Dr. Tsang Fook Capital Increase ther, was slapped. When he failed to an Explaining the purpose of the neopling weer ouersion is so how many we were.

anu Greek Tracy THE DE LA RAMA STEAMSHIP CO., INC.

and contended that proof of

this was to be acen In Yugoslav and Bulgarian refusals to stato

GENERAL AGENTS

clearly before the United Na- MAIN BOOKING OFFICE tions Balkan Enquiry Commis-PENINSULA HOTEL LOBBY slon that they had no aggris-

Tels. 68880 and 68081-Ex. 22 sive designs against Grecce,

The Greek Foreign Minister in said that Army operations

decisive Thessaly-"the first blew against armed bands of the subversive Communist minority"would be followed by other attacks equally do- claive until the account between the nation and the rebellion la finally and completely liquidat-

ed.!!

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United States support. sald, "guaranteed success of Grecco's struggle against conspiracy hatched beyond our frontiers and carried out by the treacherous Communist minority."-Router.

BEVIN LEAVING

London, Apr. 21: The Foreign Office spokesman said teday that: Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin plans to leave ́Mos- cow on Wednesday. The party will make the four or five days" elur trip to London by train,

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the Hon. Mr. Leodalu valdi teta L [The "Miltary prisoners' were ́nti made fo

**Thi - meeting has been called Ar the: remove thele shirta" "After about my hour.

London, Apr. 21. purpose of, adopting. I thought * fl www wwe told tä met-vule the main road. In the Central District, Mr. Both galờ| revolution by which the authorised expitet||Whilst on the road : Xanw the wounded Where there's a woman there's shareholders had expected that sowie park of the company will be focrossed from whte had been to the ambulence which had mơ, khla windfall”; from the isla1 ́of: pro-- $19,500,000 (16:180,000,000. ESPN town stopped by anamy, fire on the misin way.

today (perty, might have been distributed to "The authorised capital of the empany road-Immediately" beyond the malen to Jean-Filtness today WILD them, by way of a bonus. The polley “pë {wis ftad" at $2,500,000, on the lacorpore- [wards. Bauley, Leida antha vendilda dend. | charged for attempting to take the Board In keeping back to fures » tion of the Company in 18881) 11 was das of these wounded-bed bed wils “out of the United Kingdom #64 share of the Company's' próbt, will::tit| Zhareaued:to. $1,000,000. In the same year (alight wound on him, arm' and I saw? kim

hidden in the shoulder pads of -hle" view," not. Justißad) ZARZ the present and fo 810,090,000 in 1923.

time, ANN GOLD BN: “#inse, then, the company has made “To all went up the rond, exopt the her coat-United Press.

The Chairman replied that it was not much progress and, althonan there is no ambulaném driver, wine had been wounded the policy of the Board to make "dietribu=|||[mmiediate need. for a farther incrsday) din | In the Save - Then we were told to 'slið tion of windfalle in the manner siggas the "yundaital, your dirvolaes con-us-anto the hillside behind the, Mission, and as the fillary prisoners taken movi My bufandu alder Ibai an, Ineronse in the authorised | Jost," an-we were going up a Zapandet, saw the final up; 1 wow!.some fall, and 2017-motion (was then psa; so she motu | anpilat, Eruts ›, #19,990,000, $*$80,000, aflade" enina" down... from Laaman Fort || 17: paw. Cadet" Madiona, Giper On Thema

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