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HONGKONG HANBARD REPORTS

MEETINGS LEGISLATIVE COUNCILL

Session 1925.

Revised by Members.

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SELE CLEXO'S SOAP, 25. or E, Table,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 4TH, 1326

Scottish Letter.

THE UBIQUITOUS SCOT.

PRINCE OF WALES' TRIBUTE. · A FEW WORDS ON GLASGOW BARS.

[FROM CUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY

ASSURANCE.

A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

The Directors report and accounts for 1923 of the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., of which Company. Messrs. Arnhold & Co., are the Hongkong agents, show a great improvement over the figures of 1924 and if great improve ment over 1923.

Entsaka. March 31st There are no better settlers oversegs than Scotsmen. On his ranch in Canada he had 4,000 acres, but only four hands,The premium income, which stands at £3,373,000, as against £3,027,870, shows an and they were Scots." That was the text

increase of £348,333. This increase is of the Prince of Wales' speech to the

spread over every country where the Com- members of the Highland Society at their annual dinner which is one of the prin- Pany operates and applies practically to cipal Scottish functions of the London all classes of business,

He had travelled a good deal. he said, and he had always found Scotsmen in the forefront of overseas development." They were even pro minent outside of the British Empire. "He had been mes by many pipe bands all over the United States, and the dick he "was wearing was given to him by Scots in Buenos Aires and the Argen line,"

season.

THE VOGUE OF TARTAN. The Prince, of course, wore tartan kilt, as was fitting at a gathering of those who claim to come from North of the Highland Line, but it should be more generally remembered that the "garb of Old Gaul is not worn in the Lowlanda of Scotland. An American, writing re- cently of the comparative absence of the crime of murder in Scotland, speaks of this country as having "five million people in its beather and Highlands," and also calls it "the land of kilta." Where did this writer, and others, get their ideas of Scotland? Even Mr. Page, the American Ambassador, had them, or pretended to have them, and wrote to his friends at home letters which no doubt they took seriously, but were grotesquely funny to a Scotsman, or even to an intelligent Englishman. Pro- fessor Blackie said that in the Highlands nobody wore kilts but a fool or an Eng lishinan; but practically all Americans and very many Englishmen evidently prefer to draw their ideas of Scotland a superficial knowledge of the romances of Sir Walter "Scott, with flavouring from Punch

from

Taking the combined operations of the Corporation and its associated Companies into account the total premiums are 7,037,66, while total funds, exelusive of Capital, are £16,587,022.

conte tax (including the interim dividend A dividend of 4/- per share, free of in-

of 12/6) has been declared for the year, absorbing £279,815

MERCHANTS' MARINE INSURANCE. Messrs. Arnhold & Co., Ltd, are also the Hongkong agents of the Merchants' Marine Insurance Co., Ltd, This Com- pany has declared a dividend of 3/- por share, free of tax, which with the interim dividend paid in July will make I per cent for the year.

CHINA ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING,

Association was held on March 31st at The annual meeting of the China the P. & Q. Offices, Lendenhall Street. under the chairmanship of Mr. L. N. Leefe. Those present were:-

H. H. Joseph, A. V. Apcarn, J. R. Michael. H. A. J. Macray, Com. R. Wayne, IN.. T. H. Whitehead, F. Salinger, Sir George Macdonough, R. II. Hills, G. A. Richardson, A. M. Town- send. Ed. F. Mackay, David Landale, W. H. Wickham, J. Hanbury Williams, Major W. F. Nathan, W. D. Kennett, H. G. Simms, G. T. Edkins, J. L. Benu- mont, Lord Southborough, F. J. Abbott, H. V. Bell, Alfred Bryor, Dr. C. Frederick Strange, H. C. Wilcox (Secre ary). T. Petrie, Alex Reiss, JP. Mackintosh, Sir J. H. Stewärt Lock- hart, S. H. Dodwell, C. Rutherford, O. T Cousins, A. R. Wood. H. D. C. Jones, Archibald Rose and F. Anderson.

Extracts from the report of the Association were given in the Daily Press yesterday.

On the motion of Mr. Archibald Rose,

seconded by Mr. W. S. Nathan, Mr. Leefe was elected Chairman, Mr. Stanley, H.Dodwell, Vice-Chairman and Mr. H.

Simms Hon. Treasurer of the China Association for the ensuing year. reconded by Mr. H. M. Tawnsend, the On the motion of Mr. A. P.. Wood,

General Committee was appointed, as follows:-

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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

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GLASGOW'S STAND-UP BARS! Many of the more humanly interesting problems in history are not solved-nor

WAR CHANGES. even mentioned-by historical writers,

MAY 3RD, 1926, Sir John Anderson (Permanent UnEongkong Bank... $1,110 buy. & n. declares Mr. Neil Munro, the well-known

der-Secretary, Home Office), replying at

Do., London.........15 nam. novelist and journalist. He certainly George Macdonough. The Rt. Hon. Lord ex-Service Civil Servants to the toast

Viscount Inchape, Lieut.-General Sir the annual dinner of the Association of Chartered Bank.......

£ nom. Mercantile Bank, A. & B..............2304 buy. makes a point when he says that while Southborough, Sir James H. Stewart of the Civil Service, said that when he

0......218 bay. Professor Rait, the historian, can give Lockhart.. Sir R. Waley Cohen., Sir entered the Service the functions of P. & 0. us day and date for the Battle of Duu. Gorahom Stewart.. Mr. F. Anderson, Mr. government were strictly limited The East Aria Baak. bar, he will not be able to say when the Stanley H. Dodwell, Mr. W. Fisher, Mr.selves, but when the great tide of social.

Byron Brenan., Mr., J. S. Bruce, Mr. Departments kept very much to them- Canton Insurance qui

..1635 buy. China Underwriters ............ $1.8

1.90 bay. stand up Bar first became a feature of 1. S. Haskell, Mr. R. H. Hill, Mr. H. progress set in and the Government be North China Insurance

Ti 145 nom.

D. Landale, Mr. L. N. Leefe, Mr. H. form, the Civil Service had to adapt -most certainly shuffle off in a disquisition W. Looker, M.P., Mr. E. F. Mackay, itself to new conditions. With the pass Hongkong Fire Insurance 1550 bay. Fire Insurance ..........$170 bay. Mr. H. A. J. Macray, Major WS.ing of the National Insurance Act, the Nathan, CMG Me. Cenibald Civil Service Poposition against vory Hongkang Nga

C.M.G., C. H. Pearson. tackle big

Dongisses...

U. & M. Steamboats...$20 sel. Rose. Mr. D. C. Rutherford, Mr. Charles powerful political influences, which were Indo-Chinas (Prof.)...... V. Sale, Mr. F. Salinger, Mr. H. G. directed against the policy of the Gov- Do. (DeL), Simms, Mr. E. A. Stanton, Mr. T H.

ernment of the day. Then came the Shell Transports......... Great War, which had a profound effect Star Ferrés......................................... on the Civil Service, shaking it up from! Waterbost

Insurance

convivial life in Glasgow, and will al D. C. Jones, Mr. W. H. Kennett, "Mr. gan to concern itself with schemes of re-insurance .......................$37) bay.

Whitehead.

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EXCHANGE RATES.

[SHROFCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RUGBY, May fat..

147:45 142.15/16

Paris

Brussels Amsterdam Berlin Copenhagen Vienna Helsingfors

Yokohama.

12.09%

20.425

18.585

34.445

1931

Lisbon

2.7/32

Buenos Aires

48.5/32

Shanghai

2/10%

1/11

New York

Geneva Milan

4.8015 25.13

120.920 18.14

92.40

184.3/18

33.17

13/32

1/3.27/32

9/94 30

915/18

top to bottom and compelling it for the Oriental Navigations first time to co-operate with the business China Bugars men of the country. No one could doubt Malabon Bugars that that co-operation was successful and

Bengueta..

that it contributed enormously to the Aila Mining Ad.... successful conduct of the war. (Cheers.) Langkate (combined) It was equally true that the tasks which ganghar Explorations..

Do. (single) were set the Civil Service during those terrible years were of enormous benefit Fanb

to the Service itself. They had the re-

Bhanghai

Lo

Tronch Mines

sult of recreating the Service and render- Urai Caspians ing it more adaptable and more effective - HK. & K. Wharfs........ for meeting the demands, which were in- HK. & W. Docks ....... creasing still in difficulty and variety. Hongko

$35 nom

$46 nom

87/6 bay.

$81 buy.

.15 nom.

$26 nom.

421- buy

$34 buy. $13 buy.

The 24 bay, Tla. 19, bar.

Tis..51 nom.

$5 nom.

$153 bay.

Tl. 175 bay.

Lia. 5.85 bay,

107 ba

...$634 nom.

15 nom

There was hardly any department of New Engineerings........... human activity which at the present time Shanghai Dooks..... the Covernment Departments were not HE&E Hotel...... ......$9.95 nom.

called upon to enter. The last job which

on the beverages of our Norse invaders and their practice with horn, mugs Nowhere indeed in all the histories, is it indicated when the Tavern ceased to be a home from home, with chairs and tables, a rack to hang one's pipe on,} and cheerful sawdust and spitoons. The modern Glasgow public-house. Mr. Neil Munro says he gathers from enquiries- ahem-bas a long mahogany counter like that which he once saw in ́a Bank, with two bear-pumps and a bibliotheque Gilled with bottles behind it, and, in front, a low brass rail covered with bird-lime, to rest the feet on. Some- times the counter has a horse-shoe shape, presumably for Good Luck. There is, it seems,no accommodation for sitting down. There are two theories regarding the compulsory, use of the stand-up Bar. The first is that the vintners introduced it in order to give customers with hollow lega a better chance to fill them than they' could here in a sitting posture. The second, and more generally, accepted, is that the Glasgow Licensing Authorities thought to induce sobriety by imposing conditions, which would make the cus tomer clear out as soon as he was served, as in the druggists' shops. They sadly

when its ranks were thrown open to under-estimated the standing capacity of

women, while recently there had been a Chiza Bases..... the public. We shall probably never

great influx of ex-Bervice men. As to China Lights (combined). the ex-Service men, the qualities of

(old) learn now exactly when this "revolú

patriotism and keen devotion to duty. which distinguished the young men who Constructions

Chira Providents..... tionary change occurred. Let the 'his-

A correspondent aski us for informa torigos therefore, make-careful note of tion regarding the year's working of this outbreak of war were the qualities which Der & Wing (Lp.)

responded to their country's call at the Dairy Farms..... April, 1925, as the date when the Glas- will take plat when the annunt me that they looked for in the Civil Service Hanging Hectar gow Magistrates discovered that the the accounts for the year are now in the body of ex-Service men who had recently

take place. We are informed that today. He was sure that that great Macao Electrics stand-up bar contributed little to the hands of the Auditors and that it is ex-joined the Civil Service would rapidly sobriety of the populace, and agreed to pected to fix the date of the annual meet absorb the traditions of the Civil Service

Developments

(combined) license a public-house without a bar of

H.K. Hopos

Do(old) any kind, saya Mr. Neil Munro.-Heg in about a week's time.

because they were good traditions, which

(now) adds that an experimental institution

all, he was sure, would be proud to Hongkong Tramways. adopt. (Cheers.)

Lane, Orawforda. Mackintoshs:/ Peak Trams (old)

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Rio Bombay Hongkong Silver (spot)...... Silver (forward)

HONGKONG AND KOWLOON

TAXICAB CO..

WEATHER REFOËT.

Lands..... had been given to them was to net sugitorials (£p.j........

Realtys (ap.) debt collectors in connection with the Humphreys Estates....162 noun. cash on delivery system. He did not be Prince Buildings, $100 nom. lieve there was anything to which the Rural Lands Civil Service could reasonably put its wa Cotton hand, that it was not capable of doing. Oriental........... The reason was that the Civil Service Shanghai Cottons (old) was recruited from all classes and repre sentative of all types of training and Amusements education. It had had to meet various Canton Ices rude shocks. The traditional attitude of Camienta (combined).. the Civil Service was sadly disturbed

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Mlectrics

I am tired of political life and I do not like to hear of it any more," a United Asbestos

of this description has been opened nearer Glasgow Cross, and the watchful atten tion of the Trade is riveted on it. Phayiologists are no less interested in s Last night's weather report, forecast test which will prove whether, after years and remarka by the Royal Observatory of disuse, the sitting postura în social said:la hours can be restored to people who for The anti-cyclone is still central to the Marshal Teap Kun's answer in a recent watsons (old) generations have been accustomed to East of Tokyo and a wedge of relatively interview with General Chang Haushwa Forells... hook themselves on to mahogany Bars, high pressure extends Westward to Tong-Liang, son of Marshal Chang Tao Lin, Singapons Tractions For chairs and tables, and food as well king.

General Chang Chung Chang and General an drink, are the novel features of this Local forecast: East or variable winda, Li Ching Lin at the former's residence establishment.

moderate to light, fine to cloudy. in Peking

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