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WITHE CHINA MAILLŠFRIDAY, MAYI 20,040,

New Colonial Secretary

Nicoll Hong Kong's new 'Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. F. CMG, arrived at Kal Tak yesterday. He is shown here (left) after disembarking from the BOAC flying boat and being aslated by Mr. D. C. K. Hawkins, the acting Colonia! Becre- tary. ("China Mali" Photo).

Personalia

New Colonial Secretary Here

Correspondence

The "Editor takes no responsibility for views expressad in letters by correspondents, and by no means necessarily apress with them.

`Chinose Films

If part servies was to be the criterion af reallocation of the

DOCK COMPANY REVEALS PROFIT

A net profit of HK$4,415,274 marked the' trad- ing result of the Hong Kong and Whampoo Dock Compday Limited for the year ended December 31, 1948,

"Irate Film Fan" in the "Sunday case for saying "Let us have a Announcing this result at the annual general meet-

ta

Elr, Hovhiy soon the letter by franchise, here if ever war a Herak" about the Yung Hwa change. Let us give the Yaumati

a chance Ferry Company production, Virtue in the Dust" i decided, with my wife wiki kida; bhow what they can do." Again to have a look at this picture on peemding to the proper practice Its last showing day

the of many municipalities the nature Liberty. I would like to state that of the amenities and services to I enjoyed it knmensely and periodical review, maht have. be provided, with, power of

did my wife and children.

This is the first Chinese picture

been laid down, and the net pro-

I have seen, but I shall certain-fit limited to 0 per cent or sem

ing of the Company yesterday, the Chairman of Directors, Mr. S T. Williamson, said dur- ing the year d large number of conversion jobs to passenger and cargo vessels were carried out, in addition to'normal' dacking and gen- eral engineering repairs.

Reviewing further work on ing the year we carried out a similar moderite figure. But i the char of sush obvious manos rebuilding and improvements number of large conversion jobs poly profits it would surely be a to plant and machinery carried to passenger and cargo vesseln We dealt also with better course to make ferry ser- out during the year, the Chair- and tankers.

several -extensive damage repair vice a public undertaking direct-man said:

Docks, iho oft

to permit

economie

In addition to the normal

upon survey, docking and June we launched a water-

ly look forward to other Yung Hwa productions if the standard of acting in as good as it is in "Virtue in the Dust,"

The leading lady, who took

part of mother and daughter, Y, amenable, without, arguing "A coppersmiths and plumbers Jobs, ・the thinly "Imows how to bet, with the terns of a'franchise, to jahop of modern design was but engineering repairs.

Dehpite the absence of English public correction of arr short-at, Kowloon dialogue, my wife cffed when comings. Past experience shows building having been too badly boat bullt for the Union Water-

daughter were re- that the present Government is damaged mother and

boat Company of Hong Kong and united, and that means a film is not capably of fulfilling this restorations, the new building

function and that an elected Food when a woman cries.

"I should like to take I thought the film might have majority on the Legislative Coun- upon a site adjacent to the main delivered her shortly afterwords.

now advocated by the machine shop which has practica. ended when they were reunited. C but the additional detalls did Reform Club will be necessary to advantages.

were successful in pur- management and staff upon the not spoil the picture any way, make it so.

G. S. KENNEDY-chasing four structural building results achieved. It was

Net Profit good show although

from

aurplus stores Admiralty SKIPTON, heavy in parts and the knopsis

"The And three of these huve been

pet Profit for the year, B.Sc.Econ. und slides were well-written in

erected as a carpenters shop-uit after allowing for Depreciation la good English.

(A short part of this letter.

boat shod to replace the old 54,415,274, which, with the regarded an ancestarily speci

which had been damaged | balance brought forward from fic as to names, has been deleted.

-Editor.)

the previous year, gives a total

·

ÉUROPEAN.

Changes Required

to

Ladie's Day At Rotary Club

It was Ladles' Day at the It should Kowloon Rotary Club yester

their

facto renewal of the Star Ferry Company's franchise (by exten- sion of pler lenses) for very prontable Kuwloon Point ferry service was contrary to this rule

thin

opportunity pf thanking the

repant new bulld-for appropriation of $5,683,720.

ings included electrical power Your Board have recommended house and substations, while ex follows:

tensive repairs

art additions 1. Provision for Contin- were carried out to the punip- gencies & Taxation

1940/50

house of our largest drydock, watchmen's quarters and the 2. Provision for Staff erecting shed at our East Yard berth; also few dockside lava- 1ories for ships personnel have

een erected,

towards a New School for Hung Hom..... Transter to Reserva

-700,000

Provident Fund ph Staff Long Service

1,235,000

3.

rovision for Donation

350,000

Im-

500,000

100,000

*2,025,000

covered timbor store and adjoining it.

Sir. Recently your correspon- dent www

drew attention cases of disregard by our unre- formed Government of the plain Colonial Onlee direction (Hong Kong Government Tieneral Or- *ters 405 et seq.) that gover

ment purchase of stores be by public tender. also be noted that government day with the minimum of

"Very extensive repairs to the contracts for services

are sup-speeches, only two CDEES of old joiners shop are still in pro- pesed to be by public tender, that "services" includes publicanes, and numerous Indies at gress together with a new saw-4. the Club's weekly luncheon. m utilities, and that the recent de The "Kal Tak Hares" an RAF

dance band, played all through the

and was greatly ap- meeting preciated by the the gathering.

More than 120 people were pre- sent, and lunch was served. On That unoßicial members of the the balcony during which there Legislative Council favoured this was two items of trumpet solus renewal is not to the point: it is by members of the RAF band Colonialul a vocal number by the band to the Governor, was at the air-lald down

leader, Fred Green. „ port to meet Mr. Nicoll. Among Administrative policy that the After thanking the Indies for those

party impartial method of publle ten the reception were Mr. A. J. B. Moss, Director dering shall be used for obtain-having attended, Mr. Elmer Cbu. of Civil Aviation; Mr. B. C. K. ing stores and inviting services the President, expressed apps.. Hawking, acting Colonial Scere to be used in the pubile interest clation on behalf of the Retary tary Mr. H, A. Hornblow, repre-

It is even laid down (General Club to the RAB band for fis

purt!cipication. Bennett, the Far Order 407) that "invitations for senting Mr. E.G

Eastern representative of BOAC, tenders for services not estimated $1,000 need Mr. Nicoll, the Station Superin to cast more than tendent, Superintendent E. Tyler of the Hong Kong Police and Mr. M. Oxford.

Departures from the Peninsula Hotel on Wednesday included Mr. and Mrs. 4.6. Hooper, Mrs. E. Ferguson, Mrs. M. Yipintsoi, Messrs. F.N. Esenberg. H.C Jumieson, G... Thery, G.B. Bourling, W. Sly, J.C. San- ders, J.R. Vane, Lee Williams. E. Jensen. C. Wallis, H.K. Keenan, on T II, Sven

Anug the new arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel Webesa. were Mr. and Mrs. M.S. de Florance, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot, Mr. and Mrs. H. Anette Mr. and Mrs. M. Zadra, Mr. and Mrs. J. Obliger, Mr. and Mrs C.S. Woods, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. F Piour. Messrs. O. Oftedal, J.F. Marshall, N. Waastadt, E. Källevik C.G. Marques. V. Aanesen, € Faines, A.S. Leo and Ed. Clau-

sen.

•

Mr. Lorenzo Lo arrived in the Colony gesterday from Manila by CPA.

Messrs. Teodisio, Manuel Adeva Fulton Funez, Ramon Limasin. | Antonio Artevela, Damel Alvera- do, & Fronk Perns were maong the departures for Manila

by CPA yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ler Man-fang, Messrs. A. Eveleigh, Ho Hoo- yin, L Y. Cheng, Han Yin-young. and S.M. Chakravarty arrived in the Colony pesterday from Singa- pore and Bangkok by CPA.

A ngiber of passengers board- ed the ss. thungle for Sydney vesterday. They included Mr. and Mrs. J.J. O. King, Mrs. E. MeCill. Mrs. L.. Young, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Widdowson, Mr. E.R. Bylulove, M. F.D. Angus. Mra O. Price, Mr. A. Moisey, Miss J. Hanilion, Mrs. F. Levin, Mr. K.C. Hamilton, Mr. C.K. Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. O. Singer, Mr. ano Mrs. I.B. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. D.F. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs, V. Walker, Mr. H.W. Lane, Miss! M.M. Birks

V.M. and Miss Wilson.

·

Among

the arrivals

from Swatow by the ss, Pakhai yester- day were Mr. B. G.D, Miller, Mrs. Miller, Miss Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Bienz und Mr. A.J. Colberg

Mr.`W.J. Liddle and Mr. W. Russell left fur Yokohama yester- day by the ss. Aenças,

The forthcoming weddings have been announced of Mr. Weldon Dilworth Bigony, pilot, of Civil Air Transport, Canton, and Mrs. Amalle Hildegard Harpfinger, c/o Mrs. H. L. Bushbaum, of 14 Kal Yuen Terrace; "Mr. Domingo Blo Soto, welder, of KIL, 4004 Canton Road, and Mias Ramona Chang Duran, of Ma- Tau Chung Camp. MORE ROYAL ENGINEERS HERE Three Royal Air Force Dakotas Landed at Kal Tak lato yesterday afternoon bringing in 65 more members of the Royal Enginters to bolster, the colony'a garrison.

De WITTS

A DOAC Rying boat brought Mr. J. F. Nicoll, CMG, Hong Kong's new Colonial Secretary Into the Colony yesterday, The plane arrived at Kai Tak shortly after 5 p.m.

Captain A. F. P. Wilson, alde

in

Mr. Nicoll is here to take over the office of Colonial Secretary left vacant br2D. M. Mac- Dougall, who has retired and has since left the Colony for the United Kingdom.

Mr. C. M. Danton, President of the Pacific Iron and Steel Exporting Company of Los Angeles, who has arrived in the

Colony

on ་་ short business trip, Mr. Denton plans to stay 'here “until 10- morrow.

The company's Far East representatives, M. C. Kluge and Company, have recently supplied building materials used by Jardines Maintenance Company at Kai Tak. At the present moment, ONAC and CATC ara alzo erecting maintenance and stores build.

on the airfield.

number of Chinese factories and colton mille are using standard structures and bulldings "manufactured by the Pacino Iron 'and' Steel

Company for their industrial noede. Mr. Denton hopes to establish branch offices of tha company

in other major contrea of the Far East shortly..

as British

Naval Aid Fund

not be by advertisement provided that all likely tenderers are ap- proached." No distinction ต made between services for which the Government pays (eg, in former years removal of night-coll from Latest contributions to the the urban area) and services for Hong Kong Naval Aid Fund which the Government is paid (e.follow: g. the right of maintaining Chi- nese temples and collecting con- Previously acknow-

lodged tributions from visitors)!

Members U. S. Lodge 1341 & Visitors May Bth

both

kinds of services must be put up

public tender.

This is not the first occasion that the rule has been breached The officers and Ships'

with impunity on a large scale:

Company

of H.M.S.

when I was in the Treasury 18 years ago the contract for Gov-Mr. & Mrs. Leo dAl-

mada ernment Printing WAR renewed

Reynolds

for five years (since strangely An Allen increased on further renewal to Messrs. Mollers' (HK) 20) agalost my official advice and Ltd protest and with lower estimates, Mr. & Mra, O. W. obtained by public tender from other good firms already lying on Mr. & Mrs. H.H. Dye the Clovemment Desk, "An' equi- | Messrs. William Hunt tably similar thing occurred with

& Co the awarding of a New Territory

in U.S.A. Mining Franchise in 1935 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gold though there it was a sale of land Mr. & Mru. P. B. rights that was involved.

Bhabher Messrs. Whiteaway

Laidlaw & Co

The lease of the Stor Ferry stands cut for the contrast be tween the pronts of the contractor Messrs. W.R. Loxley &

Co (China) Ltd

And the inadequacy of the BET- vice. During the first 27 years of the Star Ferry Company's opera- Mr J. E. Dagai tions the net proft average per cent per annum. But the Stor Ferry Company's recent profits are like

30

Mombers of

HK$

for

Extensions.

Reserve

to

The not

payment of a Dividend of $2.25 per

"Last year 1 reported that 3.. four heavy, lift dockside, oranes had been bought and' } ́am 10, now pleased to inform you that two of these have bean, work-i

Leaving an amount to Ing for some months, one at No. 1 Dock and the other, at carry forward to next No. 2. Dock, Kowloon: se account of accounts for a large amount of

the capital expenditure, ahown!

on the Balance Bheat as Additions to "Plant.

Other Additions

share less tak

1,173,728 PA Staff Provident Scheme Fund

has been in axistance for

a long period but confiderable Improvements have been found necessary to bring it inte. line with

present day standarda: a roylsed scheme is in course of detallad con- compilation. for sideration of the Board.

Other additions to plant In-

new clude

machine for the copper with and plumbers shop, also sprious drilling, boring. "A Long Service Fund

machines and grinding

lathes Chinese Staff has some of which were purchased prepared In

1.5

Funds.

the extent that beet of a pravo on ts in res-

men.

was' "Plans

Jru

approve of

for been dratt form. hope from the Hong Kong Government You will formally approve of the ex Japanese reparations. Other provision recommended by the important equipment Include Board in respect of these wide variety of modem welding

The next machines to

donation to- during the year we have more wards a new school to be built than doubled

our facilities for in Hung Hom and which is badly 380466.18 this Important and growing needed by children of our work-

development in our work.

additional launch An

In hand with 255.00 built and other small craft are Government for the building to

in a

course

of construction for be commenced in the very near in courte

tree of construction for our future and for the school to be 310.00 own use.

opened in September, The two house properties an

"I have no hesitation in asking 250.00 the Penk were restored during you to

the proposed 1940, and I am pleased to report donation, 20.00

which will be somo that they have both been sold token of our regard to our pre- 2,500.00

to proft in 1949. Your Directors war workmen and their familles propose to utilke the proceeds who were unfortunately, killed and 30.00 towards

of houses for during the initial 100.00 staff in

inter when

bombing "Essential

were

ere directed against our 1,000.00 been carried out at Cosmpolitan

Hung Hom yards by Allied Dockyard, and at Aberdeen Docks bombers, in order to prevent the 1,000.00 we have repaired the Caisson enemy making full use of them.

ariet overhauled the pumping A further allocation of $500,000 50.0 plant with a view to using these to Reserve for Extensions and premises to a limited extent this Improvements has been recom- mended, bringing this Reserve up 600.00 The

foregoing very briefly to $2,500,000. 1,000.00 sets out the work we have chr "From Note 2 on the Balance 50.00 ried out towards improving pur Sheet you will see, that we had facilities since the last meating, forward commitments for Capital as I will now deal with the expenditure amounting to $1,820,- Trading activities.

000, but this refers to replace- "Once again I am pleased to inents of existing buildings, plant, report on behalf of the Board a etc. and their modernisation.

(Continued on Page 11) satisfactory year's trading. Dur-

HK$387,651.18

the Hong Kong

castle in a dream. The working of the ferries showed n Cricket Club have donated 800 net profit of over 1,200 per cent to the Hong Kog Naval Aid Fund, in 1916 and nearly 3,000 per cent

In 1947 on the book value of the assels

employed. viz. the launches, piers and equipment,

Judging by the volume of tra- fic and the Company's standpat attitude to improving the service It will be nearer 4,000 per cent for 1910. Probably the launches are undervalued owing to exces- nive depreciation but even if they were worth six times (their book Value ta circumstance which would hardly be allowed by the Auditors) the not work- Ing profit would still be several hundreds per cent per annum.

As most of the Company's aspels are in bank deposita and other companies' securities (sequiireð out of past profits) the rot Onal profit is less magificent. Still at 41 per cent of shareholders funda for 1946 and $3 per cent for 1947, it is well ahead ever of Star Gaston d'Aquino, well-known Ferry standards. A small fra Jocal tenor, will be "on the airtion of the profits would provide for Rediffusion, beginning today rest rooms and waiting rooms and every Friday for two months, worthy of the New York Fans from 8.15 to 8.30 p.m.

nsylvania Itailroad Station instead His

programme, will range of the chrop and' inadequate from opera to folk songs,

board, sonts that the public” has How to

Given put up with Government permission, this could eastly be done by building over adjoining areas of shallow water where motor boats now ride.

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TENOR TO BE “ON THE AIR”-

Man Zan

for PILES

In fuber at alt good Dispensaries

The following are the relevant figures, extracted from the Com- pany's return to the Registrar: -- Talance sheet extemet, tin thousanda at deliars)

· Khárs Cupljaloo Nit Profæenmuļailene 741810 1,373

2,000 Waching - Arevard, petraet gla chowMAĞI of dollars) Tatal

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