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THE WAR AND THE COMPANY.
DIRECTOER CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE.
to the expenditure in Paris. Office rent 2198 managing director'e and other salaries £3,911...
Mr. Abbott-Is that in addition to the other 3,000 old?
this is for Paris. The managing director The Solicitor.-That is for London, and has £3,000 per annum. Travelling expenses are £188, and general expenses in Paris are £71. That makes up the total that appears in the profit and lose account. The Chairman.Are there any other questions in
Our enemies have much to say about British decadence. Methodical officials In his address to the shareholders of the collected the evidenes for it over many Pokin Byndicate, Limited, at the ordinary Tears until pigeon-holes were filled to general meeting on December 30th, Mr. bursting; and bordly had the war broken Roné de Cerenville, the Chairman, said :-- out when our soldiers chose as their battle. On account of the war and of the strained song Tipperary." What further need and disturbed situation which precoded of witnesses Bo this, say they, is the and has followed the precont crisis the should like to know the interest or inreste anthem of the free-s jingle from a music-
number of directors attending this meet ball: Hor us it is not easy to sit in judge MINER'S WORM BRADICATED.
ing is exceptionally email.
ment on "Tipperary.” We know what
Mr. Porks. Yes. On the other side we ments, gold bonds, ots, and what the profits were on the working of the collier,
The Solicitor. The £47,101 is made up.
way £3,067, deposit sccounts £672, currant sury bonds £0,949, Tientsin-Pukow Rail as follows: Chinese, Government (Tross
accounts £110, Honan Railway Five per cent. Gold loan 228,200, profit on the realization of 500 founder shares in the Banque Industriello de Chine £9,941, commission on taking up Treasury bonds £1,785 that is, less small refund of income tax and cleas interest on prepayment of instalments. In Chins there are some small amounts making altogether 391. That makes up the total of £47,101.
Chinese Government.
no profit on working the collier.
Mr. Perks. Then, apparently, there is.
Mr. Porks. There is only one other The Solicitor,£1,055. question I wish to ask before we discuss. this. There has been an article in Truth in which, if I remember rightly, it is stated that on the balanco shoot you give the cost of equipment of the steamship Vir Richard Awdry as over £42,000. Can you give us the amounts for last year and the year before? Thinvel
the men who choose to sing it have been adopt the customary practice of consider With your permission I propose to going through in France; and in England ing the report and accounts as read. It we hear it rendered shrilly, proudly, and will be remembered that in the report of with portantons solemnity by the small the joint consulting and mining engineers children for whom they are fighting. Nor a year ago reference was made to the is it even possible to dissect, living disease known as "minor's worm," which organisms thoroughly. They must dis had obtained a hold at the mines, and it frst; and when they are dead no probing was stated that strenuous efforts were reveals the secret of the life that once was being made to eradicate it. The directors theirs; only the material constituents are glad to be able to state that a recent remain the proverbial packet of snits and report from the medical officer at the bucket of water. Analysed in this fashion mines cortifies that the disease has now Tipperary is not impressive. Rob it been entirely eradicated, and that no new of the associations which give it life and oase among either the native or foreign what our enemies say about it is true as staffs has come under his notice since the true as that the Carraccio was just a cart. previous report. It is true, as mentioned profit and loss account yet for working the The Solicitor. We have not started a But when the forbears of the men who in the report, that the European troubles collier. You will see on the right-hand have trampled on Belgium were devastat temporarily interfere with our affairs.side of the balance-shoot a total amount of ing Italy after the manner of their kind For instance, our sales have been curtail£610,176. The profit is in that. they learned at Legnano that a cart may ed; part of the staff havo joined the mean as much as a Kaiser. Peaceful colours; our collier has been chartered by of the £47,101 is the profit on working the Mr. Perka-I want to know how much barghers set such store by this affair of the British Admiralty a certain amount collier spokes and planks that for it they shed of cool has been seized and, of course, not their blood, and not their own blood only paid for, by the German authorities in The worship of form is idolatry the Shantung; shipping and mail facilities Cross itself is but wood, and was once between Europe and the Far East have infamous emblems are vessels which men and are either stopped or delayed, charge with the spirit which is in them selves against the time they need it. And just as a vessel must be simple to be filled and emptied easily, ao an omblem must be simple if all mon are to understand it. Judged by this standard "Tipperary is telling. The sentiment appeals to the men who sing it it does not glorify some abstraction of blood and iron, which they can only conceive as a Juggernaut if they can conceite it at all; it speaks to them of the things they care about, What is more, it corresponds to reality, as they themselves know it. Technically, in their war songs as in their whole military organization, the Germans are our masters. But these songs are not picked up by the rank and file they are served out to them by their literary superiors like rations. There is nothing deleterious respect I am glad to say that negotiations for depreciation at all on the steamship? the ingredients. T The swelling words seem to give warmth and comfort inside and since they can be digested they serve their purpose. But it is noteworthy that in this as in other matters the Germans can correspond to reality. Last August they hurried to defend “The Rhine, the Rhine the German Rhine," when no one wanted to attack it; whereas it was difficult for us to persuade our people that a nation with which we had never been at war could conteraplate aggression, our
the
out the company's property has not been, and is not likely to be, interfered with There is no sign of any feeling against foreigners, and it is to be expected that In Chinese as well as in European affairs ultimately profit by better notion of the joint British and French intérasts will civilized and peaceful methods, auch the Chinese people, for historical reasons, are more apt than anyone else to appre ciate and reciprocate.
CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES,
the 1913 accounts was £42,108; this year The Solicitor. The cast of the collier in it is £42,689; and in 1919.it was £38,000.
it is that the value of this steamer has so Mr. Perks. Will you kindly tell us how very much increased; whereas the usual idea, I think, is to write off a large sum for depreciation 1
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Mr. Perks-£42,008. Could you tell us the cost of the wireless installation, pleass 152
The Solicitor-£460.
Some shareholders, I understand, are
The Solicitor-In 1912, when the figure somewhat doubtful as to the policy which pleted; in the next year, when the amount
was £38,000, the collier had not been com has been recommended by the board in thewas £42,109, it was completed; and this latest annual and interim report of a year we have added & wireless installation. closer cooperation between the company to it. and the Chinese authorities In this. Mr. Perks You have allowed nothing with the provincial authorities in view of facilitating improved working condition was allowed, AR BESTEARS
The Solicitor-Five per cent. deprecia- tions and extending operations, which have been in progress some time, have now
The Assistant Secretary-Each year, reached a stage when a satisfactory settle what
Mr. Abbott. And it now stands at ment may be confidently anticipated, and that a preliminary agreement to this effect has already been signed, particulars of which cannot be disclosed until negotia tions are completed. We have full con- adeuce that our contract with the Contral and Provincial Government will be made to work more smoothly than ever, and I regret, however, that they are unable to hope more profitably. The directors recommend the distribution of a dividend. No one can foreses the developments of Mr. Perks propose: That in the present crisis in financial affairs, and future further information be given in, the it is therefore a duty more imperative profit and loss account, the profit or loss than ever to husband the company's being allocated to each item in such resources until we can sail in smooth account.MAGING SYS waters again, and not to enter into the dividond-paying stage at a time when older and more firmly established concerns are experiencing difficulties in this respect itsde in word
SHAREHOLDERS' QUESTIONS,
the directors report aid accounts mado The Chairman.-I move frst: That up to 30th June, 1914, bo and the samo are hereby received and adopted." Those in hands. Those against it. Two The favour of that will please hold up their resolution is carried.
Mr. Hull-I second i
meeting. There are five for it and 11.- The Chairman. Then I put that to the against it,
The Solicitor-The resolution is lost. Mr. Perks.The next resolution I have THE REMUNERATION OF THE DIRECTORJ. to move is:-"That in the opinion of this meeting the directors should consent to forgo their remuneration until the com pany pays a dividends
The Solicitor. You cannot move that as a resolution, Mr. Perks not at this meeting.
power of passing any resolution with Mr. Perks This company, then, has no respect to the directors' fees,
The Solicitor-Yes, you can call a meet- beforehand of your intention to bring ing for the purpose. You must give notice forward such a resolution.
Sir R. Awdry move That M retires by rotation, bo re-elected a director René de Cérenville, the director who of the company
The Managing Director (M. André Berthelot) second that make
Mr. Abbott-How often do the directory. meet f
A SPONTANEOUS PRODUCT. Now our songs, like our institutions, are not imposed on us from above; for good or for evil they are chosen by the people themselves; both abound in defects and crudities which any professor can detect, and both typify a "Kultur which we maintain to be superior to that of Germany. Since those who never make mistakes never make anything, we reaign ourselves to the mistakes of young democracy in the hope that our people will riso on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things. We aim at breeding a We received last week a cheque for race which shall govern itself wisely; the £20,000 from the Government of the Germans aim at breeding a race which Republic of China, the interest in respect shall submit to a wise government. Before of Coupon No. 19, due January 1st, 1818, our people there lie possibilities of pro- on the Chinese Government Honan Bail gres precisely because they are not way Five per cent. (Gold) Loan. It is trammelled by leading strings; and if especially gratifying at this juncture, and they can survive the ailments of political at the present time, to mention again childhood they should furnish a higher that the Chinese Government has never percentage of capable men than a nation failed to fulfil its obligations. I now in which responsibility is reserved to the propose: That the directors report for. But political capacity is founded on and accounts made up to June 30th, 1914, sense of proportion, and it may be be, and the serne are hereby, received and objected that there is little of that in adopted. " men who in moments of danger find com Sir Richard D. Awdry, K.C.B.-I beg fort in the humours of "Tipperary to 20cond that resolution
What we have hero-and still more in dofiant "Jack Johnsons and Black Marias"finds its analogy in the Mr. Sydney Parks Would you kindly grotesque carvings which characterize let us know separately the items in the Gothic churches of the time proft and loss account making up the when faith was alive and fertile, directors remuneration, travelling ex- In its vitality it is the self-expres penses, and so on, and also the interest on sion of such men as the stone-masons investments, gold bonds and deposit and of the 13th century. They were not learned current accounts? I think we ought to architects to render their religions aspira have those items separately tions in soaring jets of stone; they were
The Chairman.-Gentlemen, the board man of mother-wit-dexterous fellows does not feel cnabled to give these figures with ideas of their own and the liberty at this general meeting, because the com- -to assert them. Believing in the Devil pany has not yet arrived at a dividend and in his power to destroy, they flouted paying stage, but, of course, we shall be him in gargoyles, just as our soldiers hurl very glad to give all these particulars to "coal-box" at the most fearful instru any shareholder who wishes to get them, ments of destruction which science can if he will kindly pay us a risit at any time devisa To such a man as the mason at the office dugo go religion was not like a formal call paid Mr. Perks I have been there this morn in a high hat at stated intervals on aing, and they could not give me the superior whom he believes to be out; it information. It was said to me last year was an inseparable part of his daily life that I ought to go to the accountant, and to be regarded, therefore, from all the I went to him, but he said that he had no standpoints of that life, including the power to give me the information. It is humorous. Never doubting that real not for me personally that I want these animals had filed into a real ark, he saw particulars. I do not see why you should. no irreverence in making his monkey not let the shareholders know how these behave like a real monkey; and so be items are made up. You have the totals, would carve him shinning up the rigging. and you must therefore have the details. His sincerity is embodied in Reins The Solicitor.-1 will read them. The Cathedral, which the Germans have been item of directors' fees is £3,000 The M bombarding On the other hand, Cologne directors travelling expenses are £736, of At an extraordinary meeting of Messrs. Cathedral which was built almost anew which the details are given here. Office Read Holliday & Sons (Limited), to commemorate the victories of 1870 is rent, housekeeper, and so on, £1,802, less Huddersfield, manufacturers of aniling modern Germany made stone. -Imposing amounts received from another company, dyes, chemicals, and colours, the share in bulk, consistent in design, a triumph which reduces the net expenditure to holders sanctioned an agreement which it for the engineer, it is splendidly null; it £1,552. The salaries are £3,85; the is proposed is to be ratified between the looks as if it had never been prayed in, secretary £1,320, and the assistant firm and the Government under which the and its stiff tracery recalls nothing so secretary and the staff make up the undertaking will be financially assisted much as a made-up tie, The patriotism difference. The auditors remuneration is by the Government in order that the com of the English soldier is like the religion £157 70s, the law costs £400, advertising peny's output may be considerably of the mason; he is at ease with it. To £758 153, cablegrams aid telegrams £174, increased. The most important provision him it stands for places that he himself general expenses £518-there is a long of the agreement is the option of the Enows well not Westminster Abbey, but detail of these, but it is not worth while ultimate merging of Mears Read, Holli Piccadilly, the Strand, and Leicester reading them out. Then coal trials 233, day's business into the larger undertaking square.
And that is why he sings and share warrant expenses £45, Those which the Government is seeking to Tipperary." The Times.
were the London expenses. Now we come catablish.
Sir R. Awdry. At least once a month, and they also attend the office very fre quently indeed. I am myself there two or three days a week. I do not so why I should do all that work for nothing. In fact, when things are in abeyance there is more troubles
and save us troublet
A Shareholder Then why not wind
The Chairman. We do not want to wind up because we are absolutely com vinced that we shall obtain success. If we stick to it we are convinced that your.. patience, which we have shared with you as shareholders, will be rewarded.
by Sir B. Awdry, and declared carried The motion was then put to the meeting nanimously, IMAGE Comte de Ferol, Mr. J. A. Barson, and Resolutions were also passed electing the Mr. H. Lejeune directors of the company.
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