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LIGHT, POWER CHARGES ON

THE ISLAND REDUCED

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Hong Kong delegation to BIF

Selection of personnel for the Hong Kong official delega- tion to the British Industries Fair is understood to have been completed.

A further reduction in electric charges, on the Island of una cont for lighting and two cents for power will be made as from April 1, 1950. Announcing this at the 57th annual general meet- ing of the Hong Kong Electric Company Limited yesterday, Mr. J. D. Alexander, the Chairman, said this latest reduction would bring rates down to approximately double the pre-war rates.

The net profit for the year Leading the delegation will be ended December 31, 1949, after Mr. C. Blaker, chairman of the providing for depreciation and Hong Kong General Chamber of corporation profits tax, was Commerce, who is in England on HK$0,792,148.25, 4.

merce.

shares,

Mr. Kite will leave ahead of tivities during the year afr. the delegation early in April, Alexander said: while the other members will

"War take

K.W.. an increase of nearly 50 per cont over on pro-war level and also over the previous

year.

Rate reduction

Personalia Defendants acquitted of

disturbance charge

Among the departures from the Peninsula Hotel on Wednes- day were. Mr. and Mra, D. J. Guntan, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Thompson, Miss B. Thylor, Messrs. V. S. Saman, C. C. Vines, "W. G. Carroll, H. A. Ledeboer, H. C. Holloway, J. Kairuz, IL II. Demarest-nd Mr und ̄Mrs G. C. Vigdimar.

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verdict of not guilty was delivered by Mr.

D. Scholes at Central yesterday in the police case against C, W. Sargison and A. B. Sfowart. who were charged on three counts of disturb--- ance in the King Fu Restaurant, and obstric- tion of police officers on March 112.

Hotel on Wednesday were Miss Sargison and Stewart were co-defendants with T..

D. M. Jacobs, Mrs. L. Baxter, Mr. L Martimer, Mrs. E. Wells, Mrs. E. Turner, Mrs. G. Serlul, Mrs. N. . Gee, Mika Iluang King-fong, Messrs. R. B. Thomp- sun, A. B. Wanamaker, T. Wing, F. Smulkin, W.

W. H. Benge and J. E, Poulden.

Mr. T. W. Kwok, forner Na Nenalist Special Commissioner

+

0. Morgan and Chief Petty Officer Stovell who had in a previous hearing admitted the charges and were fined. Sargison and Ste- wart, pleading not guilty, were defended by: Mr. J.C. Stewart. defendants had pushed their The prosecution alleged that

for Kwongtung and Kwangsl, way into the King Fu Restaur- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, leftjant in the early hours of March "Your board have constantly for. Tripch by CAT plane yester-12-after the house had been kept under consideration, the cost day.

closed and proceeded to create of fuel and during the year now Mr. Kwok was accompanied by a "minor riot" in which tables plant has been converted to of secretary. reviewed most of your boller Mr. Leong Kun-ylu, his former were broken.

to

to

restaurant. They had not un derstood anything spoken them, they wald but had gono into the politə van after inspão- for Marlborough had told them to do so.

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leave.

Other

members will be Mr.

The meeting approved the pay- J.B. Kite, Secretary of the Hong ment of a final dividend of TIKS Kong General Chamber of Com-1.70 tax free, on each of 2,100,000

Mr.

K.M.A. Barnet!, merce;

Earlier in the year an

Mr. M. J. Oremus, an American of the Department of interim dividend of 30 cents a Director

citizen who was in the restaurant Supply and Distribution; Mr. Ngai share, tax free, had been paid.

Aring. This has resulted in sav-

Sargison, testifying in his own At the time and who was known. Shlo-kit, representing the Chinese Manufacturers' Union; Mr.

The meeting also approved the ings and consumer rates will be Mr. Wu Te-chen, former Na-defence yesterday, stated that he to Stewart also testined. Mr. -transfer of IK$600,000 to plant reduced from April 1 1950 by one tionalist deputy premier and also friends shortly after i a.m. on table Clif-

had entered the restaurant with Oremus said that he had seen the ford Iju, represcating the spin- replacement reserve, HK$1,000,000 cent for lighting and two cents for one-time Mayor of Shanghal, March 12, while the eating house "start to finish."

table-breaking incident from ning

Industry, and Mr. K. C. Tam, to general reserve, and the carry-power with comparable reduction arrived from Talpeh by Honk was still open. Mr. E. D. Gil-stated that those involved in the Oremus, also representing the Hong Kong Chin- og forward of HK$410,594.38 (to to bulk supply consuniers. The Kong Airways yesterday. tse General Chamber of Com-the year 1050.

policy of the company has been Mr. Wu who is on a private ding gave corroborative evidence incident were not known to him ns possible and this est low visit here expects to return to the request o to Sargising them by his conglued one of At the request of counsel, Mr. conspicuous beard latest re- Taiwan shortly,

(CPO Stovell who had pleaded J. C. Stewart, the Court supocna- will bring our rates down ductions

ed Inspector Slevin of the Trafic further added that he saw Sto-

to the charges). Rullly Department to testify Slevin wast

the restaurant ; und Sargison statod. But 'in Be course of hearing, it was de- that defendant was not with the cided that Slevin was not required group creating the disturbance. in the box.

In his summing up, Mr. Scholes

also entered the restaurant doubt as to their integrity: It Stewart stated that he had referred to evidence of the de- fence and said that he had no sold that he was seated with was a case of mistaken Identity fore 1.30 am, on March 12. Ho friends awaiting service and had Mr. Scholen saki, as far as Sic gone off to investigate when no ed as regards the last charge,

wart and Sargison were concern- one came to wait on them.

the obstruction of police officers, Mr. Didn't understand

Scholes said he was satisfied that Both Stewart and Sargleon, defendants had not understood stated in evidence that they the police constables

orders. were stopped by pulido cón- Surulson and Stewart were sub- , stables" on their way out of the sequently discharged.

tiun and shortage of plant the "Eespite difficulties in opera- electrical supply to the Island has

Theft of Gov't rice

as

the

losses have again been, to approximately double the pre- the specially chartered deducted in full-from the total of wax rate there are few services plane to take Hong Kong shareholders' funds. The liquida-in the Colony with such a ratio visitors to the Fair at the end Lion of these losses will have to of charges. of Aprit,

be commenced in the near future Apart from the official delega- eller from reserves or by an al tion, 20 other visitors to the Fair location from the profit and loss

keeper of the Hong Kong and Law Cheong, No. 1 godown have booked passage by the account over a period of years. specially chartered plane.

Fixed assets show an appre-been kept going with the excep- Kowloon Wharf and Godown Accommodation has been re-ciation of over 80 per cent which off breakdowns, and Company, the fifth defendant at the Mount Royal Hotel, is represented by new plant and run to cut had to in the Government rlee theft London.

pation. for the Hong Kong buildings. Included in the total resort to load shedding.”

case, accused Ho Wal-lam, visitors.

is HK$2,000,000 spent on that The Chairman then proposed principal defendant, Arrangement tins also been enlargement of our distribution

the adoption of the report and ac- cause of his undoing before Hong system. The big increase in bulid- counts. made in London for the

Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Kow... Kong visitors to make a tour of ings has taxed our resources for factories and other works in Eng-distribution to the utmost but

Mr. A. el Arculli, seconding the loon yesterday when he was land so that they may have a first far as the elty is concerned wd motion, paid tribute to the Com- brought up to plead to, three hand knowledge and insight into have almost kept pace with the pany for the efficient manner in charges of aiding and abetting latest productions and production growth. Unfortunately, the same which it had handled the supply in the larceny of 140 bags of techniques at home.

cannot be said for the South side of electricity since the end of the rice. Exhibits for the Fair are going of the Island but it is expected war. The

reduction In retos that a forward by the RMS Canton to-

new feeder will be laid would help in the economie wel- within the foreseeable future. inorrow.

fare of the Island. Station extension

Inquiries expected

Mr. E.G.A. Grimwood, of the London Office of the Hong Kong "Investments have been reduced Government, anticipateя during by approximately HK$1,400,000 the period of the British Indus- due to the fact that we cold hold- tries Fair a large number of in-ings in U.K. War Bonds to meet quiries regarding Hong Kong capital commitments. products.

In the case of exhibitors on the Hong Kong Stand at the Fair, most of the details will be avail- able.

"Your remaining investments show a market value appreciation of some 24 per cent over cost at December 31 1949,

Low, who said that he was forced into helping Ho Wai-lam in stealing the rice from godown The resolution was put to the 38C of the Hong Kong and Kow- meeting and carried unanimous-loon Wharf and Godown Com- meny in Jordan Road Inst August and asked for leniency. 20, pleaded guilty to the charges

ly.

Mr. J. D. Alexander, Sir Shou on Chow and Mr T. N. Chau, the retiring Directors, were tre elected to the Board.

Mesara. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, the auditors, were reappointed at a remuneration of HK$7,500 a year.

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Settlement reached

The

in eviction action

Supreme Court yesterday recorded a settle- ment of an action for possession and damages brought by a man who was evicted from his Happy Valley home with his family by his landlords.

Gunter.

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A book on Hong Kong

material. He is

The Court, taking into consi- deration of the fact that he had given every assistance police in solving the case, fined to the him $1,500 or seven months' hard

The defendants have agreed labour, sentence to begin on of to pay the man $6,000 as com- Commitments for plant and There are, however, many Bris machinery at £70,000 sterling

October 25, the date of his ar-pensation, plus $2,000 as costs, who have not participated in the cover three new bollers totalling On the motion of Mr. A. S. resi.

both within two weeks. Fair in respect of whom Mr. 400,000 lbs. per hour capacity, MacKlehan, one of the share- Grimwood has little information,

On Monday, Ho Wal-lam, allas

The Senior Puishe Judge, Mr. two turbines

with a combined holders, the amount of directors' William Ho, former cargo super- Justice Williams, expressed his

Tho' life and octivities of the. it was officially stated yesterday, rating of 35,000 KW with their remuneration was increased from visor of the Department of Sup- satisfaction over the settlement people of Hong Kong sie ló be The Department of Commerce attendant distributors, the steel- HK$18,000 10 11K$36,000 a year. plies and Distribution. Rice Sec-which he termed a falr-one, am described in a book for the bone- and Industry urges all Hong work for the generating station Kong arms, including manufac extension and the new internals sent rate

Mr. MacKichan said the pre-tally clark at the tice Section, trouble to all.

tion, and his son, Ho Tin-sing, one, which had saved a lot of it of the people in Britalo. The turers, importers and exporters, for our No. sot which suffered

was fixed

tack has been allotted, to 'Mr. when the were sentenced to two years' The plaintiff was Chung Chuen, Harold Ingrams, CMG, OBE, whu to forward to London details of a major breakdown during the pit of the Company was IKS hard labour for the theft of 130 assistant manager of the. Sias recently arrived here to gather their products and #ll possible

year. We were

0,000,000. Now It was 11K$21, boga of government information on prices, methods of tunate in having completed the come when the Directors should and Kowloon Whart and Godown D'Allon, instructed by Mr. I. W. daughter of the Rt. Hon. Edward

extremely for-

rice from Chow Soap Company, who was the necessary 000,000. He felt the time had godown 38B of the Hong Kong represented by Mr. packing, etc.

erection of No. 9 turbine when be paid a sum a little more com

accompanied by his wife, It will be appreciated that No. 7. stripped its internals. So many overseas buyers will visit tur as generating plant is concnsurate with their responsibi-Company on September 23,

KC. Mr. D.A.L. Wright appeared Short, London during the period of the British Industries Fair and every off than we were in 1943 but the the chair were Sir Shousen Chow,

Charges withdrawn for the landlords of 27 Yik-Yam

Mr. Ingrams, who has spent 30- Supporting Mr. Alexander in

Street, Happy Valley, Fung Hok Colonial

years in service Linder the effort will be made to induce current your should show

omer. hus wrillen The charge of theft from go- these buyers to call at the London marked change for the better in Mr. T. N. Chou, Mr. D. F. Lan- down 38C against Ho Wal-lum instructions of Mr. F.D. Ha Colonies. He is particularly on-

when and Sắc Wan tak on the

several publications on tho Omce. The more Information supply facilities. Preliminary dale and Mr. E. H. Hill (Divec- and his son, and one charge of mond. Mr. Grimwood enn give them, the work in connection with the

and Mr. F. F. Duckworth stealing 50 bags of rice, the pro- better chance there is of interest-generating station extension is

Lanager).

Plaintiff had claimed that Texions to embody as much human Ing them in Hong Kong. # was already in plan and the

Shareholders

perty of the Economic Co-opera- was a legal sub-tenant of the front material as possible and to make -whole ofcinlly added.

-present

weration-Administration of the United Part-of-the-house-In-question. In his work throughly comprehen..... scheme should be completed by Messrs. A. el Arculli, A. S. Mac- States, from the Green Island July 13, 1949, he had alleged, de- Laive, so 'as to give the people at All possible information should 1953,

Kichan, R. P. Dunlop, H. L. W. Cement Godown on July 29 fendants broke into the house Home ah. all-round picture of be sent to: Mr. E.G.A. Grimwood, The phenomenal growth of Allken, F. H. Fell, B. Wong Tape, last, against Ho Wal-lam, were and forcibly removed his family Hong Kong's past and present London Omee of the Hong Kong

P. Loureiro, the load on the Juland of Hong Wong Chi-pe, Ip Kwai-chung.) Assistant Superintendent of Police | into the street..

Leung Government,

Fat-tin, withdrawn when Mr. A. A. Shaw, and belongings from the place His projected. work on this Colony Grand Building, Kong can be more readily un Trafalgar Square, London, W.C.2 derstood when

Leung Shiu-lou, Lo Ylu and Li attached to the Anti-Corruption 1 say

jis to be the first of a series of the that In as curly as possible.

pre-war days we had a peak

Hing-lung. It is

ritories. load of 20,800 K.W. In 1943 the highest recorded load stood at 7,800 K. W. This load In- creased to 21,800 in 1948 and In 1949 the peak stood at 30,000

particularly requested that the information be sent direct to Mr. Grimwood and not the Department of Commerce, and Industry since time is short.

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New trial in property dispute

Branch, who prosecuted, entered stay in hotels for some time same character · on Colonial. ter-

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defendants

The three other sentenced on Monday are Cheung Lun, cook at the Hip Yick Rica "Depot; and Cheung Kwan, foki at the Depot, and" Leung" Pui- sang, No. 1 godown' keeper of the Green Island Cement Go

to Chung claimed he had, thus

afterwards, during which time cxpenses were. Incurred, which were the subject of his claim for damages. NOTANARA

Defence argument

In their statement of defence, the landlords had denied that the plaintiff hnd sub-let the premises from the principal tenant of the

A Full Court of Appeal yes- down. terday overruled a decision of Cheung Lun and Cheung Kwan, house, who was incidentally Mr. Justice Williams, Senior charged with alding and abetting evicted by an order of the Puisne Judge, in a dispute over after a conviction had been re-

In the theft, were discharged Tenancy Tribunal on July 13. property at 23 Yiu Wah Street,gistered, while Leung Pul-sang, Into the house on that day, but They denied having broken Hong Kong, and ordered a new charged with stealing, was given asserted that possession was de trial.

nine months with an, alternative livered to them by a Supremo At the original hearing, whilch One of $1,500. was taken some three months ago, the appellants, Young Shu-

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There was no legal argument, and the respondent plected 'not

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Hearing of the action, which started on Wednesday, went on until yesterday morning. When It resumed in the afternoon, Mr. D'Alton announced that a settla- ment had been reached between. the parties, which was according

The sum of $8,400 which had originally been paid to defendants by order of the Tenency "Tribunal was yesterday ordered to be re- tained by them for two weeks pehding further possible claims

to call evidence. Judgment was presentative of the Office of In. ly recorded by the Court.. then given for the respondent, Mrs. Ng Lal-King of 175 Portland Lernational Information of the Street, third floor.

Department of State, the Unit- The Hon. Leo d'Almada, KC, ed States Government, arriv instructed by Mr. F. H. Losoby, ed from Saigon by Cathay was for the respondents. The Pacific Airways yesterday. appellants were represented by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, KC, instruct inspection tour of United States Mrs. Maurer, who is making an Led by Mr. S. N. Quina.

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