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MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA LTD HONG KONG,

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,

UNITED ASBOSTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY.

LOSS ON WORKING.

. SHAREHOLDER DISCUSSES "

LIQUIDATION,

At the annual general meeting of the United Asboetoe Oriental Ageary, Ltd, held yesterday morn ing the question was raised of the desirability of the Company going iato voluntary liquidation.

MURDER 5,000 MILES AWAY.

WIFE POISONED BY POST.

THE MAGIC PHAL

NAPLES,

Tomasso Martin, a handsome young Italian, married his cousin. pretty girl of 10. He was a inzy fellow and had had a dozen lave affairs; but the pretty girl was in love with him and refused to listen to the warnings of her family. Tomasso "might be a bad let. but she loved him and marry him she would and marry him she did.

The Chairman, Mr. T. G. Weall in his speech reported a loss of

The young husband soon regret- 38,367 on the trading accounts for ted the lost of his freedom, and the past year, and explained that found his wife's love a nuisance; thie sum did not really represent to cut himself "adrift he an the inancial position of the Com-nounced that he was going to the pany in comparison with the pre l'nited States. He was going to vious year's loss einer drastic re-

wife.

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AUGUST 8th, 1928.

HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE,

[ORDERS BY THE HON. MR. D. C. WOLFE, C.31.0., CAPTAIN-SUPER- INTENDENT OF POLICE.]

Squad Drill

All roercita of the Chinese and Indian Companies, and of the Flying Sqund will parade at Central Police Station' on August 9th. nt 5.30 p.m. sharp for Squad Drill under Sergt. Condoa. Dress; Mufti.

Chinese Company.

INSPECTION PARADE,

All ranks of the Chinese" Com- pany, including newly joined re- cruits, will parade, at the Police Training School, Kowloon, Un Friday 10th, for inspection by the Hou. Captain Superintendent of

duction in overhead expenses had make his fortune, and when he had. Police. Fall in at 5.50 p.m. sharp. been made. With regard to metal enough money he would send for his

Dress: White uniform, cap with lation the Company had been Time went by and as his letters unable to find sufficient work to

cover; rifle, belt, side-arms, and make the venture a success, and held out no hope of speedy reunion in consequence the value of the the poor girl, who was still hope- truncheon to be carried. Those not plant and workshop had been conlessly in love, raised the money for in possession of uniform will at- the voyage and arrived unexpected-rend in mufti Special buses will eiderably depreciated in the ac

ly in New York.

counts.

The Hon. Mr. J. Owen. Hughes.

A Cold Welcome. who is a shareholder, asked if the

Tomasso welcomed her coldly, and Chairman held out any hope of his behaviour was such that it last obtaining a proit from the metal she saw that there was nothing for isation briness and said that heit but to return to Italy. She could felt rerious steps should be taken not make up her mind to break with with regard to the future of the him because she still loved him, and bueness as a whole.

they wrote to each other from time

the

to time.

will leave Star Ferry Wharf, Kow. loon, at 3.35 p.m. prompt. No mem- hers may be absent from this parade without leave from Company Com- mander.

Flying Squad.

of the Kowloon Section will take The weekly instructional patrol place on Tuesday, August 7th Fall in at the Tsimshatsui Fire Brigade Station at 3.30 p.m. sharp. Dress: 'Khaki uniform.

The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Thursday, August 9th. Fall in at the Central Police Station at 3.15 p.m. sharp. Dress: Khaki onitorm,

Sharpshooters’» Company. Revolver Night Firing Practice will be carried out on Kennedy Road Range on Wednesday evening. August 9th. at 9 p.m. Members will bring their belts, holsters, and revolvers.

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH. Addressing the nicesing,

She became ill and wrote to tell Chumaan said: Again I have loved her, that he longed to help her husband. He replied that he report loes on working for the nuncal year ending May 31st last her, that he had made much mones Lue trading loss on this occasion, and was coming to Italy with a $5,307, appears to be an improve American doctor, who would un- ment upon the oss for the pre-doubtedly cure her. And the fetter vious year but seeing that drastic almost worked a cure.

But Tomasso did not come, He reduction. in overhead expensée was effected this is not the case sent another letter to say that his and the actual gross profits were business prevented his leaving the considerably Legs, Owing to the United States and with the letter cash position, the charge for in- he sent a little phial containing a treat is becoming an increasingly white powder, which he said was a medicine of almost miraculous heavy burden.

Turning to. Metallisation,, alter power. He had got it for her from She overcoming a great many ditheula famous American doctor, ties and getting the "plant working was, he wrote, to go to a stream satisfactorily, I regret to report in the neighbourhood of her home, that we are unable to and suficien: if possible the stream near the Valservists at the Police Training work to make the venture the suc. tess it was hoped. This lack of business is no doubt partly due to the depressed etate of trade, more especially shipping and partly to conservative tendencies and reluct ance to embark upon a new pro ceas. which is at present unknown and untried in the Far East. found her lying dead on the back. has been thought advisable to write She had not had the heart to off balance of the coat of purchase destroy the letter, which revealed of patent rights and also to depre- the secret of the murderer across ciate the plant and workshop, re the Atlantic, and the doctor who quiring the sum of 812,925.00 which you will see has been debited to examined her body found that the

had died of poison. Profit and Loss Account. I hope that this policy will receive your support.

To take care of the debit balance in Profit and Loss Account and

Grande, and to drink it there. She was to tell nobody and she was to burn the letter.

Found By Tourists.

And so the girl, who could not believe that her husband did not love her, went to the stream and took the medicine. Excursionista

Police Training School. The weekly classes for Police Re-

School, Kowloon, will be held on, Tuesday, August 14th, at 6 p.m. sharp. All members of the Chinese and Indian Company, and of the Flying Squad who have not yet passed Part II, of Training Course must attend...

Aquatic Sports,

The attention of all Police Re servists is drawn to the programme of the 7th annual aquatic sports of the Police and Prison Departments to be held at the VR.C. on Satur day, September 18th. It includes a special race open only to members of the Police Reserve. Further particulars can be obtained from Sergt. R. J. Huat, to whom all entries must be sent before Septem-

The Italian authorities applied for the arrest of Tomasso Martin. He had disappeared from New York and it is only recently that he was discovered, and arrested in aber 3rd. eliminate the debit, brought forward little town of Uruguay. He is under from last year's balance sheet, it lock and key and will be extradited

has been necessary to

encroach

upon your Reserves to the extent to be tried for his crime,"

TIGERS IN KUALA KUBU. from FOUR DEATHS: MAN-EATERS

SEEN NEAR RAILWAY STATION.

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of $37,000. This sum has been ob tained by the transfer of the whole of the equalisation of dividend fund -$20.000, part of reserves for launch-811,000 and 86,000 genera reserve. You will that after these transfers we are left with a general reserve equal to the capital in addition to smal

A reign of terror has been insti- ler reserves to take care of extra tuted in the Kuala Kuba district ordinary repairs and contingencies, by man-eating tigers, according to Stocks have been taken in at the appended report from the

valuations, conservative

invest Malayan Daily Expreu: ments at book value well below It. was only recently that a

(Sgd.) W. Kevr, A.S.P., Adjutant.

Hong Kong, August 7th, 1928.

QUEEN'S THEATRE

By Popular Demand Special Repeat Performances

current market quotatione, the Chinese tapper working on Ban TWO NIGHTS ONLY

whole matallisation venture stands Joo Estate, Kuala Kubu,

W3N

at the reduced value of $13,583 carried away by a tiger. Now a while your godown and property more tragic occurrenca bas come to at Yaumati have not been depre light. Since the first tragedy, the ciated as the value appearing in people in the district have been the balance sheet is considered keeping awake and were prepared conservative.

for the beast. Days passed with-

The report and accounts were out any untoward happening and adopted on the proposal of the when hopes were firmly gaining Chairman, seconded by Mr. H. Jground that the tiger would not re- Silva.

turn, the news was brought that three more men had been carried

MR. OWEN HUGHES The Hon Mr. J. Owen Hughes away. thed said that he regretted to Diligent search was made until observe that there had been more the half-eaten and badly mauled loeses in the business during the bodies of the victims were found. past year. He would like to enIt is known that four tigers were quire whether the Chairman held seen together one afternoon in the out any hope of the metallisation vicinity of the railway station. business becoming a profitable unit The station master communicated in the near future. It seemed to with the Police, who, arriving him that the money spent. on heavily armed, lost trace of the patent rights was out of all pro- beasts, who had retreated to the portion. He quite appreciated that jungle. The footmarks were plain- at the time when this addition to ly visible, as it was then broad the business was made prospects daylight were more hopeful He felt sure that the general managers and those responsible for the working With regard to the further re- had done their utmost to make the marks of Mr. Owen Hughes, he had venture a financial success, but it already taken up with Mesara. seemed high time to, coneider Dodwell's head office, the advis. whether or not they could carry on ability of putting the Company anto with a venture, which had already voluntary liquidation while there crippled them so severely. Hwere still assets far in excess of thought that serious steps should be taken with regard to the busi Dess as a whole.

Voluntary Liquidation?

the nominal capital. He might have some proposition to put before the shareholders in a month or two.

Other Business,

Mr. B. S. Vieira proposed and] Mr. L. G. S. Dodwell seconded the re-election of Messrs. Lindstead & Davis as auditors, which was ried unanimously...

Those Present,

car.

Mr. Weall replied that he wit afraid the prospects of the future success of metallization were noné too bright. In addition to ship- ping the process could be used for various other lines but there. Beem- nd no tendency to use it. No more eapital expenditure was necessary. Thoat present at the meeting. the intention was to find what con- were: Mr. T. G. Weall. (Chairman), tracts they could for the process the Hos. Mr. J. Owen Hughes, and every quarter would be ex-Messrs. L. G. S. Dodwell D plored.

Harver, H. J. Silva, B. S. Vieira, (Continued on nest Column), and G. R. "Edwards (Secretary').

Sunday and Monday August 11th & 12th at 9.20 p.m.

THE

WORLD FAMOUS MAGICIAN

LONG TACK SAM

DIRECT FROM LONDON AND NEW YORK

With his brilliant company of Chinese wonder workers, dancers, acrobats, equilibrists, jugglers, con- tortionists, gymnasts, and devil workers

ALSO THE BEAUTIFUL

Misses MI NA &

NEESA LONG

A fall time performance of magic and first class variety turns in a setting of Oriental splendour sa presented in London.

PRICES OF ADMISSION:

33, 32 AND $1. Advance Booking at The Queen's

3

25

SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S startling play "Rain"

an amazingly vivid film produced by the man who made "What Price Glory ? '

GLORIA

Swanson

AT THE

QUEEN'S

IN

-SADIE THOMPSON

Sadie could storm any barracks she attacked I Magnetisma bad never been heard of in the lonely. South Sea Island until she arrived. What a woman!

You'll say so, too!

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE.

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30.

THE comedy of youth who tried a book of how to make love but found caveman tactics better!-

THE BOY FRIEND

With... MARCELINE DAY, GEORGE K; ARTHUR,

AT THE

JOHN WARBON GERTRUDE ASTOR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Interpréter 5.15 &.9.20 2.30 & 7.15.

WORLD Orchestra

HUMOUR TRAGEDY INTRIGUE --- ROMANCE!

In

With

POLA NEGRI

FORBIDDEN PARADISE

ADOLPHE MENJOU AND PAULINE STÄRKE

AT THE

STAR

CINEMA NEWS.

SADIE THOMSON.”

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Gloria Swanson will be seen in the greatest picture of her career, "Sadie Thompson," nt the Queen's from to-day till Saturday.

"Continuous 2.30 to 11.15.

POLICE INQUIRY SCORE.

TO TRAVEL ABOUT THE COUNTRY.

LONDON, July 14th. The Home Secretary,. Sir Wil liam Joynson-Hicka consulted the Liberal, and Socialist Parties on the terms of reference for the Royal a stage play under the title of Commission which he proposes to

Baia," the picture is a study of character. The settings, while re-

Based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham, which was produced as

set up to inquire into the methods

flecting the "mood" of the story and practice of the police.

are not obtrusive and nothing

Details are unlikely to be settled

is allowed to detract from the for another ten days or more. But dramatic relations between the it seems certain that the Commis- various characters.

sion will be empowered to consider

all the general points put forward by the Savidge Tribunal in both reports,

Sadie Thompson," around whom the story is woven, is an outcast of San Francisco's underworld who arrives at a South Sea Island where Also, it is intended that charges she meets a tyrannical reformer, such as those brought by Mr. T. J. whose wrath she incurs because of O'Connor, M.P., relating to alleg her easy familiarity with a party ed corruption and bribery, shall be of marines stationed on the island, fully probed. It is apparently in and her open contempt of his teach the mind of the Home Secretary ing. Sadie's rebellion is the begin- that the Commission might travel ning of the conflict between outcast about the country during its and reformer which, following close. examination of provincial forces. ly the original story sweeps from climax to dimax, to a sensational ending,

Miss Swanson "plays "Sadie Thompson," others in the cast are Lionel Barrymore, as the fanatical reformer, William Stanton and Blanche Frederici.

Owing to the length of the pic ture, performances start promptly at 230, 5.00, 7.15 and 0.30.

skill, Long Tack Sam is a comedian of ability. Assisting the magician are his two beautiful daughters, the Misses Mi Na, and Nee Sa Long, who contribute musical and dancing solos and Indian, jazz, and novelty dances of great skill and effective. ness. The other members of the company have, distinctive items, such as ribbon spinning, diving Long Tack Sam Again, -

through a frame of knifes and other Long Tack Sam, the Chinese strange stunts. The programme magician and his clever company of which is to be repeated on Sunday vaudeville artists who delighted and Monday is an exceptionally Queen's Theatre audiences last fine one and it should draw crowded week with their remarkable perfor- houses on both nights. Admission mance, art to reappear at the is at the popular prices of $3, $ Queen's on Sunday and Monday and 81 and booking is now open at next at 8.99 each evening. Besides the Queen's Theatre, where seats being magician of marvellous may be reserved for the dress circlo (Oontinued at foot of next column.) and orchestra stalls.