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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 1928

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Dress

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Collars

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TRAGEDY AT KOWLOON. YOUNG REVENUE OFFICER DIES IN BATHROOM.

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in

COMPANY MEETING.

THE CHINESE NEW YEAR Everyone had entered heartily into the spirit of the affair and many magnificent UNION WATERBUAT CO., LTD.

THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS:

Mandarin costumes and other examples The eighteenth ordinary (andus)

For a few days at least the Chinese of Chinese dress were : Bzong the meeting of the Union Waterboat Co., The death took place under tragis pir- have done with business, and given their wide variety of fancy costumes Ltd., was held as the company's offices, cumstances yesterday of Mr. Mowbray whole time over to, merrymaking,

The evidence.

Paper caps, toy balloons. Ice House Street, yesterday morning. Arthur Rançox, a young and popular mem financial settlements have been made—– and other paraphernalia of Carnival"

Mr. T. C. Weal, Chairman of theber of the Revenue Office staff Mr. Han with but few important exceptions-and

were at the disposal of the party, Consulting Committee, presided. Others cake was staying at No. 3. Armed Build the devil of worry has been driven away overlooked Eo detail to secure the success provided by ย management which present were: Mr. A. S. Ellis, Mr. W.ings, Kowloon and was discovered dead for a tin at least. Restaurants, tea Adamson, Mr. A. O: Lang, Mr. K. E in his bathroom in the morning. Death houses, and stores, have all closed down Mr. C. F. Pratt, the manager, and Mr

of the evening. For the arrangements, Kamei, and Mr. C. J. F. Quarles Van was undoubtedly the result of carbonie the barbers have censed, work, coolies H. J. Norton, the assistant manager Ufford (members of the Consulting oxide gas poisoning. The deceased weat have thrown aside their burdens, and

Unfor were principally "responsible. Committee), Mir, G. R. Edwards, and for his bath at about eight o'clock in the newspapers have ceased to publish, In

tunately red gape was "invisibly present, Mr. Van Epps (shareholders) and Mr. usual way He failed to appear at the the neighbourhood of the bazaar al has in addition to the streamers of flowers W. "Gray (secretary}, "

breakfast table and the houseboy became been noise," cries, and througing crowds. hung from wall to wall Patrons werd Proposing the adoption of the reports alarmed and knocked on the bathroom Huga string of freworks read the airpotised that the Licensing Law doen not permit the Hotel Company to serve and accounts, the CHATEMAN said: dor. He received no reply and sought with rolling crescendos of sound, the refreshmeats or continue dancing niten

The report and accounts having been in your hands for the prescribed period. I will, with your permission, take them

as read.

aside

SALOM

atmosphere is everywhere tainted with the choking fumes of spent gunpowder, and fashing, bursting fireworks fly in very direction, to the danger of face and eyes.

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the aid of neighbours in an adjoining Bat. They smashed in the bathroom door and found the deceased lying on the Alcor. The pruit op trading for the year Dr. Balean was sent for immediately, amounts to $38,211.63, to which must be arul artificial respiration was tried with- added profit on the sale of shares. out effect. Apparently the decensed had The various stalls were this year con interests, dividends, etc, After writing off depreciation on your fleet and setting shaped in the bathroom and was there fined to the side streets of Queen's Road, for special repairs and some time, with the geyser going. The the main thoroughfare being barred to insurance fund as considered necessary geyser is believed to have used up all them, and dealers sold the "samo"Auti. by General Managers and approved by the oxygen in the air, thereby forming ques, made in Birmingham to the the Consulting Committee to the exten:

simple

who haunt the dis grin strict year by year, greedily drinking in the novelty of the sights.

Other stalls sold goldfish, beautifully marked, and with big staring eyes, swimming about in washing basins," papa, and in sacs even saucepans. Others had sweet meats and puddings, for sale, some being not unlike in appearance to Christmas puddings, which, too, are only made and sold on special days. Others, again, sold grotesque masks, hug and ghoulish, painted in vivid colours; and fireworks of all descriptiona

OF $37,01080, there remains a balance of carbonic oxide gis. He became, faint,

33,666, which, with last year's carry and from the position in which he was forward, "saves the sum of $30,669.70 toping it would seem that he made an be dealt with at this Meeting.

The superintendent reports that your

effort to reach the door, for he was lying fleet has been maintained in good order, face downwards with the key underneath two of the older boats have been his body, thoroughly overhauled during the year at

an

Mr. Hancox was a single man, and his This expense of about $94,000. expense you will recallset was provided thirtieth birthday would have fallen on for last year in special repairs account, the 24th of this month. He came East There remains ond more boat to be re-

in 1911 is a Mercantile Marine appren- conditioned at □} estimated cont of $12,000. This boat is now under repair tice, but he later joined the Chinese Cus and special repairs account has been toms which he left to join the staff at built up to meet this expense by the Holt's Wharf, Kowloon. He entered the transfer of $10,000. The new boạt, Nh.

Condition out of current revenije. You

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7 was commissioned on the 19th of August Government service as a revenue officer and has proved very satisfactory. The on probation in June of last year.

Last night the firing of the crackers Tumainder of your fleet have been re- The night before his death he was in after the usual thanks offerings to the gularly docked and kept in first class perfect health and good spirits, and god of the kitchen," was deafening will notice that $14,010.80 has been visited the Chinese fair in the company It is difficult to do adequate justice written off the value of Waterboats and of a friend. Men's Wear Specialists,

Of a quiet disposition, and to the weirdness of the scene as it this is on the usual scale.

Small reptifs were necessitated to the popular with all those who knew him, his Appears to Western eyes, what with the Alexandra Building, Des Voeux Roadpipes and staging at Lai-chi-kok during early death is much to be regretted. A crowds of people, shouting and serear

the typhoon season and as we shall have post mortem "is to be held, and the bodying, their forms looming mistily through to remove these when the new Govern has been removed to the public mortuary.

the haze of smoke; the thunder of the ment basic is ready, your Committee

fireworks, the horrible stench of the have considered it necessary to write down

strrets, and the cries of the dealers.

But even on peculiarly Chinese octa- sion the inBuence of the West, makes it

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COMPANY REPORT.

The demand. for water is still increas- darge passenger: steamers now using this GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD-alf feit. Stalls were studied with print ing chiefly on account of the numerous

Port and we were called" upon last year) to supply so'less than 540,000 tons, an increase of 39,000 over the previous year, I regret that this increase is not reflected in your profit on working. First of all, as your Chairman warned you last year, the Government had increased the cost of water by 100 per cent. Extra expenses and decreased revenue were occasioned by the strike, while running expenses have been considerably increased owing to advances in crews' wages, etc. Towards the end of the year we had to advance the price of Water to our consumers, but this is not fully reflected in the accounts for the period under review,

With your increased fleet, it has been. considered wine to add to the insurance which has been brought up to $10,000 [by the addition of $10,000.

The report for presentation to shareholders reads as follows:-

midnight,"

So that actually seeing. China New Year in had to be done in the street, but the gathering made good us of the St. Paul's Churchyard precedent and the Chices provided ample fire- cracker. accompaniments. It goes with out saying that the dancing floor fully occupied throughout the evening and that the enjoyment of the dancers was ensured by the skill of the Hotel Band,

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THE OPERA,

THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD." The Williamson Opera Company re- peated their performance of the Yeoma of the Guard at the Theatre Royal last night, and in spite of the counter attraction in the form of a Chinese Carnival and Dinner held at the Hong kong Hotel, which attracted upwards of 400 residents, there was a fairly large audience. The acting generally was well up to the previous night's standard, and the whole opera was received with th Charles Workman portrayed the charac enthusiasm which it deserved, ter of poor Jack Point with his old vigour, and played upon the “emotious of his audience with a true artist's skull. herself an actress of no mean ability and Elsie Coram, as Elais Maynard, proved interpreted the part with the sympathy it deserved. Byrl Walkely maintained her reputation in the role of Phoebe Merryll, azd gavo a dainty and vivacious inter-

The rest of the pretation of the part. company justfied their selection in the production.

SPORT

INTERFORT GOLF.

Mr

The following have been chosen to re-

be played in the morning, first present the Army against Shanghai "at Fanling or Sunday (18th inst. Singles... the ed new year cards, others sold trilby couple driving off, at 0.38 am, and four hats; the latter especially looked rídical-balls in the afternoon, first four driving The Board of Directors have now to lay ous and out of place in such

off, at 1.40 p.m. Team:--- & spot. before the shareholders

a statement of Possibly, to the old timer the most striking feature of the fair was the wo. derful array of plants and flowers which 984,564.06 lined the streets. Orange trees in fruit

accounts, and balance sheet for the year ending 31st December, 1922.

The gross profit for the year

is

The amount brought forward

from the previous year

7.709.94

After allowing for the interim divi- dend paid in Sep- tember last $200,000.00 Directors' and audi- Mors' fees, etc. Writing of 10 per cent for depre- ciation da the Company's build ings, machinery, launches, lighters,

etc.

58,981.34

atood side by side with gorgeous chry. 100,617.80 Bathemams; the beautiful shrubs of the

peonies, or lucky flowers of the Chin $1,053,481,86 ese, in bloom coatrasted remarkably with the ugly malformations, of other shrubs, deliberately stunted in their growth by vandalistic Chinese gardenera.

Yaumati and, other districts al had their fairs, though these are little else

Major H. G. Gandy, Capt. H. F. Bloxham, Lieut. W. D. Bacon, Major A: S. Littlejohn, Major Milner Jones,

Major J. E. Lloyd.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

A reminder to competitors in the Junior Championship appears among to-day's advertisements.

BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP.

miniature productions of the Up to 375, in last night's game at the Paddy's Market Cair But whenv.R.C., the issue was in doubt, both midnight arrives there is a geuoral clear players making fine breaks and keeping ance of vendora' stalls from the street, together. From this on fortune certainly and today Hongkong has more of a smiled on the winner, P. K. Leong, for Homeside Sunday air than on any other almost as every visit: he was left with day of the year.

an easy one." "E. L. Barros, in addition West Foint was unusually quiet. On New to having bad leaves seemed to lose, Year's era all the restaurants and hotels confidence and he had only reached 203 are closed, business houses- and stores, on the conclusion of "hostilities.” ⠀ The 817,700.58 and with the exception of a few private highest breaks were-Leong 38, Barros

gatherings to which access for the foreign 37.

-8967,685.28

The total carrying capacity of your flect, allowing for one boat to be off duty, is at present about 1,800 tons. Last year our daily supply amounted to approxi mately 1,500 tons, including Sundays and holidays. As the demand is by no means regular, we are frequently called upon to supply up to 3,000 tons per day, which necessitates working the boats and crew night and day making it extremely diff. The balance to be ealt with is cult to keep the boats clean, or lay them which it is recommended ba up for vessary painting and repairs, applied as follows in January this year, wo supplied over To pay a faal dividend of 56,000 tow, which constitutes a record. 81.50 per share Any delay in our service is detrimental To place to reserve for new to our recommendation and your, Com- plaat VE HELPE mittee have approved the purchase of an. To write off buildings and other new boat which has been put in

machinery, Macao works, hand and will be commissioned about the an additional middle of the year. I trust our policy To donate to war memorial in this respect will meet with

hospital approval.

your

er is by no means easy, there was little

of any interest to the stranger. To ARMED ROBBERY AT WEST

600,000.00 morrow, however, all will be opened once" more, and the normal round of galety 50,000.00 will be continued with renewed enthu

50,000.00

5,000.00 14,182.00

to the

To bonus to staff And carry forward

credit of next year's no-

count

SİDATI.

"CHINESE CARNIVAL"

GAY SCENE AT THE HONGKONG HOTEL

POINT

HONGKONG. AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO. ROBBED.

The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's buildings ab I was asked recently by a shareholder

West Poist wore broken into, by armed why we considered it neccesary to build

The Hongkong Hotel decided to give nine o'clock, and the sum of $1,600 was robbers yesterday morning, shortly after up such a large investment Huctuation

96,833.55 their patrons an opportunity of celebrating stolen from the safe. There were on the account and as thore, may be some mis

this China New Year in Chinese fashion premises at the time a compradora understanding on this point, I would

817,708,58 and a Fancy Dress Carnival was therefore and thres clerka, all of whom the robbers" explain that it has always been the prag tice of this Company to show invest

Directors. Since the last annual meet- ed in keeping with the idea.

announced and the grillroom was decorat bound, and gagged with tea cups. The ments at their market value, writing offing Mr. J. Bell-Irving and Sir Paul entrance corridor were hung the fami- them to take the money out.

In the safe was open so that it was easy for any appreciation to investment, finotun- Chater resigned, and Mr. D. G. M. liar Chinose tableaux which, according robbed the clerks and took money and They also tion account so that this account reflects Bernard was invited to join the Board to the Chinese staff of the hotel, had no jewellery from them to the value of Att the enhanced value of your securities in place of Mr. Boll-Irving, Lal on his particular historical significance but were other $170. The men, according to the siaco date of purchase, You will, I am return to the Colony, Bir Paul Chater caly there for lock see. Illuminated Compradore, were armed with revolvers sure, agres that this cannot be distribut was invited to rojion the Board. These with tiny electric lights they made quite and daggers and the police are furniated

an effective display. In the ceiling of with their description:

ed as proît unless actually realized, and it might be better in future to follow the practice adopted by other companies of showing investments at book value, in Berting market value in a footnote.

appointments require confirmation.

In accordance with section. 12 (14) of the Articles of Association Mr. A. O Lang and Bev. Father L, Robert retire, and being oligible offer themselves for re

the corridor wore some handsome, ex- amples of monster Chiruse lanterns, and, against one, wall of the passage-way, was placed a blackwood joss table with

KRYPTOK LENSES

the usual offerings, scrol, decorations and are conceded to be one of the very best. spray of peach bags Specimens of forms of bifocal fonses. The bifocal, seg- the ingeniously constructed Chinese flow-

I do not think there is anything in election. the account or report calling for further Auditors. The accounts have been comment from me. I consider wo are to sudited by Mesars, Linstead and Davis be congratulated on continuing to supply and Mosara, Long, Bingham ad or baskets were everywhere and contri.ment is ground and fused into the distant the essential needs of regular customers thowa who are eligible for reappoint during the strike at usual prices and meat. thanks are due to our European staff and to the splendid work done by numerous volunteers who assisted in manning, the bosta Bome of our competitors, charged three or four times normal prices

buted largely towards the desired effect lens, making the product practically one, some works ago than bookings were invisible and the lens has a beautiful No sooner had the scheme become known pic

of glass. The segments are totally made very readily, with the result that

400 diners sat down in the grill-room, appearance. Kryptok lenses of any pres Before moving the adoption of the ac last night, to partake of a recherche din aription in either regular or counts and report,. I shall be glad toner, of which the following was the are manufactured by the

Toria form Hongkong Optical Co., Bucccesors to Clark & Co.,

After making the provisions commerat-wer any questions to the best of my menu od above, we have, as I have said, the ability...

were no questions, The motion was car riod unanimously."

sum of $30,602/74 to be dealt with, and Mr. A. S. ELLIS seconded, and there your Committed recommend the payment of a dividend of $1,25 per siare, absorb ing224,863,75, leaving a balance of 15,009,90 in carry forward to new account,

(Continued at, foot of next columa,)

On the proposition of Mr. W. ADAM- sex, seconded by Mr. VAR Urrozd, Mr C. Bernard Brown was re-appointed auditor.

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Broiled King Salmon

Stowed Mushrooms. Lamb Chops and Green Posse Loast Turkey and Cranberry Sauco Coup St. Jacque

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