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THE- HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15TH.

THE BRITISH DEAD IN FRANCE. Thoughtful people on both sides of the Channel, say a London paper, will always feel the significance of the modest GOOD PROSPECTS BUT MORE CAPITAL tablet to our dead which the Prince of Wales unveiled in Notre Dame recently, That venerable church on', the island which is the very heart of old Paris har The second ordinary general meeting for Frenchmen much the same associn- tions as Westminster Abbey has for us. of the Sandakan Light and Power Com-It is there, in the inost famous of French Įpany (1922). Ltd., was held at the offices

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cathedrals, that the sacrifices made by the British Empire as a whole in helping to of the General Managers of the Company, win the Great War are summed up in Messrs. Stuwan, Tomes & Co. Mr. R. G. a few telling words. The tables, inscrib Shewan presided and there also presented in French and in English, records the

fact that the British Empire ost Messrs. A. I. Shields and Tong Hok Ting million, dead. and that most of them Last "reflective (Consulting Committee), W. J. Brown fell in France, The (Secretary), H. H. Taylor, A. A. Botelho. visitor to Notre Dame cannot fail to Tse Tsan Tai, J. Toppin. D. W. Monktin understand what that means. If France strained her powers to the uttermost te and R. Shewan (shareholders).

repel the unprovoked iuvailer, Great Britain and the Dominiors, India, and the Colonies also exerted themselves, to the full, and spared neither blood ner The treasure to make the right prevail. Allies were animated by an equal deter mination, and worked in union for the vindication of the basic ideals of car civilisation. It is the earnest hope of all peoples and all parties in the British Etn pire that that union will endure. As the King said in his personal letter to the French President, with a touching simplicity that it not found in official despatches: We recall the dark days when our two peoples found hope in their unshakable loyalty to one another; and remembering our dead, we to-day. also renumber" that the living bond the peoples will not grow between

time.' Frenchmen and weaker by

The CHAIRMAN said:-Gentlemen,-The report and accounts having been in your hands for some days, I will, with your You will permission, take them as rend. observe that the balance of Werking Account shows a profit of $8.190.32, bus owing to our having had to pay out not less than $19,393 01 for interest on borrowed capital, the nett result for the This year is still on the wrong side. only emphasises the fact that we are work ing with too little capital. Were our authorised capital of $500.000 fully sub- scribed. we'" should have escaped this charge for interest and shown a profit for the year. It is absolutely necessary that we should obtain further capital and, if shareholders do not feel inclined to increase their holdings, we must on deavour to place the shards on the best terms we can in the open market. There Englishmen must, at times. difer." be is, however, no reason why the present cause abareholders should not help the Com-blems frost, varying standpoints. pany by taking up more shares in it as its business is improving every day and its prospects are undoutbedly good. The average monthly prof last year works out to $677 but this year the first two months (May and June) show a total profit of nearly 83,000. At this rate we shall be able to pay the full interest out! of revenue and leave a prost on working. 30 we can fairly claim to have turned the corner and to be on the roud to a dividend paying basis.

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the tablet in Notre Dame, and the wreath which the Prince of Wales laid on the tomb of the Unknown French Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, bear witness afresh to the solemn ties of a common common pride in the sorrow and fallen.

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Furthermore, the town of Sandakan is growing, the Government is enterprising and the community is a progressive one. There is a large field for development in Borneo in the shape of Public Works such as water works, roads, public buildings, etc., and for private enterprise in the shape of sawmills, rubber plantations, oil mills, coal mines, slipway, etc, and I see no reason why Sandakan thould not follow the example of Kowloon over the way, which, a few years ago, was the atmospheric of the phones. very small consumer of electric light and power and no bigger than Sandakan is lo-day.

LIGHTNING AND "ATMOS- PHERICS. Professor Elihu Thomson, who gave the "James Forrest lecture before the In- stitution of Civil Engineers on July 8th Electrical Progress Dealing took as his subject, and its Unsolved Problems." with wireless communication he said that there was a direct communication between "atmospherics." lightning flashes and "

Although, as you were informed at last year's meeting, we had alfche plant we needed, we bavo lately taken the oppertunity of acquiring, on very favour able tems, some additional plant which will be very useful to us and effect reduction in working costs. With these additions, the factory will be in a first class condition with a capacity of HOO k... the present, capitay bring 600 k.w.

Fuel, which is, of course, our heaviest item, is-now, I am glad to say, costing us very little, as our sawdust burning furnaces are now all installed and work. ing very satisfactorily, and enable us to dispense with coal to a large extent. To give you an idea of the reduction under this beading, the following figures ahow the decrease since 1929

1023

1921-4

1924-5 (one month)

$20,928

14,136

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The cast of fuel for the month of May, 1924, as you will see, is $863. At this rate the fuel cost for the year will work out approximately $10,350, but I am pleased to say that we bave just installed a special apparatus for consuming sawdust in its wet state. This will have the effect of reducing the cost of collecting dry sawd nat which has been, necessary in the: past and, in addition, we are about to carry out wood fuel from, the timber yards to the works by means of a motor. truck instead of by bullock-car. will do effect a reduction.

This

Our prospects too of new customers are decidedly good. Several industrial cdn- certs have been looking into the question of giving up steam and taking electric. power from us, and there can be little doubt that the decisions will be in our favour. In this respect many interest you to know that our sales of power alone for April, 1923, were 15.46 and April, 1021. 81,952.03 which shows a steady in- The returns for May, 1823. also cream

how a still further increase to $1,405, 20, "The British North Borneo Government are now working on a scheme for supply- The catch. ing the town with water. water areas and site for reservoir have all been decided upon, and we under stand it now only awaits the sanction of the Governors of the Chartered Com pany for the work to be started.

On Eateral pecasions he had been abla to watch n distant storm while listening. in, and he had observed that the flashes of lightning coincided with the crack of

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signals of the station with which He was. In communication regularly faded away just before a flash and slowly came back after it. On one occasion a thunder- storm passing overhead was responsible for cutting off communication with all stations, that lay in the direction of its travel.

Perhaps our compitatively feeble 1. ginnings with the wireless valve, wherein we made use of electric ions, coupled with a knowledge of the electric structure en matter might, he went on, be the found tion of work which would lead to th direct production of electric carre energy from the rays of the sun,

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! I smell tobacco smoke," oxclaimed hla Honour Judge Sir Thomas Granger dar- ing the bearing of a case at Greenwich County Court, recently. "Bring the cul- prit to me," he said to the usher, and it will be a dear smoke for him. Don't forget to look in the robing-room, and if it is a barrister the price of his dignity must be a fine of £1 38. Gl."

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The usher returned a minute later, preceded by Mr. Brandon, a barrister, who entered the defendant's box and The permanent establishment of the made profuse apologies to the judge. In Wembley Exhibition is advocated by Mr. ertenuation, he said there were notices John St. Loe Strachey in an article in prohibiting smoking in every county- the Spectator, of which he is the editor cart, but be had never known prohibi In the first place he urges that, the Domin- tion to be enforced. He pleaded that he We have been assured that the driving ions should be invited to continue the had been twenty years at the Bar and of the pumps will be by means of electric Exhibition for six months beginning at had never done anything disrespectful

haring arrived f above

1 from porta, on 12th August, motor, and we have already submitted the middle of next April, and that after to the judge..

Another barrister, intorposing, said 1924, Consignees are hereby requested to complete estimates for pumping plant wards the Exhibition should be made a

Bill of Lading in exchange for and mators. This should, of course. be reception hall and a great London cara- that no notices were posted in the robing-present

Delivery Orders, and take immediate delivery a profitable and constant, source of re-vanserai, with the special function of room of that court.

Yery from alongside the Steamer. Venue for us.

being a permanent Imperial mart of ex- The Judge (to Mr. Brandon)

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All Cargo not taken delivery from the Steamer y34th Asgust, 1924, will be landed inte the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, at Kowloon, and stored at Consignees risk,

I think I have now given you all the change and clearing house while the well. In the circumstances I will information I can as to present condi- grounds could utilised for a series of ex-miss you with a caution. tions and future prospects of this Com-hibitions of all kinds. pany. The weak spot is the one of capital. and I cannot too strongly im-

On the motion of. Mr. H. H. TAYLER, press upon the shareholders that further cond by Mr. J. TOPPIN, Messrs. A. L. capital must be obtained if we are to Shields, Tong Hok Ting and W. J reach the dividend paying stage quickly fawker' were re-elected as members of the drama "The Bachelor Girl," in nine l'st 11 am, on 18th Angost, 1994 On the other hand the strong point is that we are now working at a profit

which we have every reason to expect will stendily increase month by month.

Mr. TONG HOK TING seconded the adoption of the report and accounts, which was carried unanimously.

(Continued at font of hext column.).

Consulting Committee.

All broker, chafed and damnayod Cargo ke to

By special request, the existing comedy-be left in, the Godowns, where it will be examin No Claims will be admittel after the Gooda reels, a super-artistic production of thin gure left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining Mesars Lowe, Bingham & Matthews year, will be repeated to day, Saturday undelivered on and after 20th August, 1921,

The and Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming were and Sunday at 9.30 and 7.15 p.m. per ill be subject to Bent

No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected.

YAMASHITA KISEN KOGYO KAIFA. re-elected as auditors for the euauing formances at the World Theatre-

of patrons still are desirous of seeing

Agents. ear, on the motion of Mr. Tan TBAN TAL, management learns that a great number seconded by Mr. A. A. BOTELHO.

This was all the business before the thin picture and has decided to aede

Hongkong, 13th August, 19:1 to the request. meeting