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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. 1024

SHANGHAI-NANKING RAILWAY. AGREEMENT AS TO PROFITS. The following is the essential part of the agreement recently concluded between the Ministry of Communications and the British and Chinese. Corporation and sanctioneil by, the High Court in Londen, referring to the prosta of the Shanghai- Nanking. Railway:

Provisional agreement for compromise of the matters, in manner hereinafter appearing now this agreement withexreth that in consideration of the premises it is hereby agreed, by and between the parties hereto as follows:

This agreement shall be subject to the Corporation obtaining on its part the sanction of the High Court of Justice in England, and the Corporation shall forth with at its own cost take the necessary steps for obtaining and shall use its best endeavours to obtain such sanction with all possible despatch.

SHANGHAI PROBLEMS. CARE OF FOREIGN "PAUPERS

AND OF THE INSANE- The Charity Organisation Committed of the Kings Daughters' Society recently requested the Municipal Council of Shanghai to appoint a Commission to consuler the question of Poor Law and Poor Law Relief in Shanghai and to enquire into the provision for the ment- ally deficient and fasare. ·

The Acting Secretary of the Council in reply wrote that these questions had been considered by the, Council from time to time, pad in particular, the whole ques- tivo as to whether the maintenance of indigent foreign persons could be allow ed to become a burden upon the Muni- cipal revenues was carefully investigated by a Special Committee, in 1916, as set forth in the Annual Report for that year, As a result of that investigation the Council came to the conclusion that it could not assume responsibility for main-

With respect to the said four-fifths share of the net profits earned during each of the five years, 1993 to 1927, inclu- sive, a sum equivalent, to £20,000 sha Le set uside at the end of each respective year by the, Railway Administration attaining indigent persons in Shanghai, in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking whole or in part, and the reasons for its Corporation in Shanghai, and in the

year

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March 1st, 1916, to the Charity Organiza- tion Committee, as also in be Report of the Special Committee adopted by the Council in the same year.

together with the accumulations of the previous Ave years, will, after deducting bank's commission, amount to a total total sum of £116,000; und in 1920 the sum so accumulated shall be applied for redemption of bonds at par and bank's "The findings of this Special Com- commission as and in manner provided in Article 16 of the Loan Agreement. In-mittee. were governed by conditions cet terest on these deposits shall be allowed materially different from these new pre- by the said bank at its advertised rates vailing, and the Council dnes not, there- for the time being for twelve months fore, consider that any useful purpose fixed deposits, subject to any change of rate from the date of such change, and would be served by appointing a further Special Committee to consider this ques- will be payable half-yearly.

tion.

4. With respect to the said four-fifths share of the net profits earned during

"It does not appear that the demand each of the years 1920 to 1953, a sum for provision, for the meatally deficient equivalent to £116,000 shall be "paid-to-

alters the essential character of the problem. It is appre

the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking and insane, Corperation at Shanghai as and in man- ner provided in Article 13 of the Loan hended that there would be a tendency Agreement, together with the mount for the mentally deficient, like other required for the bank's commission ench year as provided in the said Article, necessitous persons, to gravitate to the and shall be used for redemption of the Settlement from all parts of China and Loan Bouds at par in accordance with the Schedule hereto and in the manner from the Far East generally and that the provided by Article 20 of the Loan Agree Council would he faced by abnormal de- ment. In the event of the said four-mands for the cost of their maintenance, ifths share not amounting in any one year to a sum equivalent to £118,000, the defcisney will be made good by the Ch nese Government Interest the rate of five per cent. per annum op all meneys revenue which shall have been applied in redemp-dents, none of whom would benefit by tion of the Loan Bonds shall be deducted from the yearly income of the railway before arriving at the net profits. in acculance with Article 19 of the hoan

4. As

which would have a direct influence in raising the rates of taxation.

Cragot "Furthermore, the Council escape from the fact that much of its 24 derived from Chinese resi

such a scheme of relief, and such dis crimination between two classes of rate- payers would he hound to roact unfavour. ably on the attitude of the Chinese com- munity towards the Council's authority.

their reluctance to prosecute.

1 am directed therefore, to inform you, with regret, that the Council does not see its way to appoint the Special Commission which you propose, or, to take any action which would imply ac ceptance of responsibility for the main- tenance of indigent poor of foreign rationality or for the custody and well- being of the montally deficient."

As regards the residue, if any, of

As regards the task of suppressing the four-fifths share of the said profits beggars and impostors, also referred to remaining in any year after making the in your letter, this is dertaken by the full payments ...oned in the two pre-Municipal Police, but it is rendered dif ceding Articles, whole of sneh re- cult by the indiference of the public and sidue, if it does not exceed $250,000, or if it exceeds that sum, the sum of not less than $250,000 shall be set aside and applied in such year for direct use for capital expenditure or as security for temporary or short-term advances to he from time to time arranged betweek the Director-General and the Corporation and applied in respect of such capital expen: diture Interest at the rate for the time being current for advances to the Chinese Government on the amount so set aside na applied after the date of this agree ment under this Clause or raised by way of advances as aforesaid and applied for capital expenditure, shall be deducted from the yearly income before arriving at the net profite, in accordance with Article 12 of the. Loun Agreement.

5. Any surplus now outstanding of the said four-fifths of profits in muy one year remaining, uftey providing for the full payments mentioned in the preceding Articles, may be applied by the Ministry of Communications to meet the loan ser- vice of any other Chinese "Government Railway, preference being given to those railways in which the Corporation and Chinese Central Railways, Ltd., are in terested.

tion.

C. In the event of the sanction of the Court not being obtained by the Corpora this Agreement shall be void and nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect the rights or contentions of either party. 9

7. This Agreement having been signed and scaled by the contracting parties, a copy will be officially communicated to the Minister of Great Britain in Peking by the Walchinopz

This Agreement is executed in quadru plicate, two copies to be retained by the Ministry of Communications and two by the Corporation.

"DAWES PLAN "

FOR CHINA.

PROPOSED CONFERENCE.

It is reported in financial circles in New York that "Dawes Plan", for Chias, to be arranged by business bien rather than diplomats, will be discussed shortly

SAINT JOAN.”“” THE A.I.C.'S EFFORT.

Not having seen "Saint Jo", but only read it, it is possible only to give an idea of how the pay presents itself to the imagination. But there are those who have seen it and who speak glowingly of it and of the cuir character. Take the Maid, as she is often referred to. Under our eyes she grows and develops from moment to moment, says a well-known London critic. At first she is just eager and bright and reasonable, and patriotie; by the fifth scene she has aged perceptibly, her king crowned, and hos wept, bas

етед learned For the Jittle bitterness, in the sixth scene she is simply, and, at the last desperately fighting for her life, a girl no longer, almost a hunted, disappointed woman; fully she realises that she is unique and aboue, she has, learnt pity, she has reaptured her humour. The a-t scene is poig, ut to see. It is what the old Gaelic pots would call the binding", the last vers that brings together and sums up all that has gone before.

Booking opened on day last and there has been an extraid.nary demand for seats.

LOCAL SPORT.

ORIOKET.

H.V.D.G. 1. UNIVERSITY.

The following will represent the at an international conference to be called H.V.D.C. against the University on by China. Meanwhile, American busi- ness interests operating in the Far East Saturday (bus leaves H.K.CC Pavilion ne suggested to the State Department at 1.45 p.in, sharp):-E R. Mitchell that at the Conference that country (capt.), H. Owen Hughes, A CI should favour the funding of old Chinese Bowker, A. W. Eamsay, G. R. More, E obligations, instead of endorsing new Ralphs, D. E. G. Nicholson, J. A. H F. Stewart, H. E. Hollands, L. P. The revelation of the project is due to Flanueer and W. J. Hope. recent advices from Peking, which in- dicated that Dr Wang (then the Foreign Minister) intended to invite the various Powers interested in China to attend a Conference to discuss” measures

loans.

straits.

HOCKEY.

'CLUB 2nd v. ULUB “A.”

to raise China from her present financial At Happ, eat (playing in whites)

In Washington. State Department of Club

Valley to-day at 5 p.m., the

vials have no comment to make with we will consist of:-J. Wediake, LA. B gard to the proposed scheme for Chinese A. R. Kinross, H. H. Lose, C. FLloyd, Duncan, W. Lock, LR Blacking, financial reconstruction, and do not say whether the Department is aware of the H. G. Gardner, Drake, J. C. Faera and plan, or would look favourably upon it. A. Bower ((cupt.).

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So great was the interest and enthusiasm aroused by these sensational Bouts," on September 12th, 1923, that thousands of people were turned ons from Boyle's Thirty Acres Stadium. Just think what wonder the Cinema does. The Cinema will bring you to the King Eile' and show Four of the WORLD'S GREATEST BOUTS. Think how much, will it cost yün to travel from Hongkong to BG in two different-trim, and-if-you- were "Turned Out" as thousands were, wouldn't you feel as if you had, received a " Knock Out"

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