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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1930.

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BRITISH TRADER'S INSURANCE.

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH AT ANNUAL MEETING,

The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes presided at the annual meeting, of! the British Tradera Insurance Com. pany held yesterday.

:

Supporting the chairman.were the Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie and Messrs. J. E. Bousfeld, J. A. Plum- mer, D. O. Russell, J. P. Warren (Directors), Mr. Paul Lauder (General Manager), and the follow ing shareholders-Messrs. J. W. Alabaster, A. E. S. Alves, G. S. Archbutt, Jahn Bentley, B. M. C. da Cunha, H. C. Gray, and Y. R. V. Ribeiro.

Chairman's Speech.

The Chairman's speech was, as follows: The report and accounts were issued on May 9, which will have given you time study the figures. I propose, therefore, to follow the usual practice and take them, as well as the auditors' re- port, as read.

• The working account for the year 1998 after payment of an interim dividend of 5 shillings per share and a bonus of 20 per cent. to con tributors, passed at the last annual meeting, shows a balance of recommend that a final dividend of 4 shillings per share on 96,000 shares be paid to shareholders, absorbing £10,200, and that the balance be carried forward to underwriting suspense account.

THE PROHIBITION STRAW VOTE.

DRY ADVOCATES WELL SNOWED UNDER

{UNITED PRESS.]

New York, May 9-Final figures of the "Literary Digest's" pall on the prohibition issue were announc. ed to-day-

. For continued efforts at en- forcement-1,484,098 votes.

For modification of the law- 1,300,314, votes.

For repeal of 1,042,052 votes.

the law-

Arkansas, Kansas, North Caro- lica, Oklahoma and Tennesseo. re- „turned majorities for enforcement.

Connecticut, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey and Rhode Island voted for repeal.

Thirteen, states voted over 40 per crat. for enforcement, and 18 states voted similarly, for repeal.

Washington proved to be the only state returning a majority in favour of modiñcation. Twenty- four states, however, voted over 30 per cent. for modification.

The foregoing figures represent.

ed by those polled.

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The balance of working account the year 1999 stands at £174,658.17.8. Out of this balance your Directors recommend the pay- ment of an interim dividend of s

рег shillings

share, absorbing £24,000, and that a bonus of 20 per cent. be paid to shareholders of business on bonus terms, absorbing about £10,000, and that the remain der be carried forward.

PROHIBITION'S WAR CHEST.

PLEDGES OF $18,000,000 FOR DRIVE.

(UNITED PRESS.] Washington, May-Financial pledges amounting to a total of more than G318,000,000 and extend- The accounts of this Companying over a period of some years to have not been greatly affected by

core are possessed by the Anti- Saloon League of America, accord- the position of exchange owing tɔ the fact that such a large propor- Senate Lobbyist Committee by Mr. ing to evidence given before the tion of its assets are in sterling.

F. Scott McBride, general superin- tendent of the League to-day.

The working account balance for the year 1928 shows approximately the same total as the 1927 account as at the end of the second year. The 1020 working necount shows an increase of £10,020.8.5 as compared with the 1028 account as at the game period.

I now move that the Directors? report and statement of accounts, 38 presented, be adopted, and when this has been seconded, I shall be pleased to answer any questions you may care to ask.

Mr. H. C. Gray seconded and the report and accounts were unani- mously adopted.

SHANGHAI WEDDING.

BOOTH-TOWNSEND.

A wedding of much interest was solemnized quietly in Shanghai on Monday when Miss Beatrice Town- send, daughter of the late Mr. C. F. Townsend and Mrs. Townsend of Brook Green, Landon, was mar- ried to Mr. "H. R. C. Booth, son of the late Mr. J. Booth and Mrs. ceremony Booth of Dublin. The was performed at H.M. Consulate. shortly before noon.

The bride, who took the degree› of B.S.C. from the London School of Economics, wore an attractive ensemble of beige corded silk, trim- med with a scarf collar" of dark brown. He hat and slippers were of a matching dark brown.

Mrs. W. 8. Reed served B, ma- tron of honour,

After the ceremony a reception. was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Read, 1375 Ruc Lafayette, for the many friends of the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Booth left for Japan on their wedding trip. On their return they will be at home: at 2 Kinnear Road,

Mr. Booth is the Manager of the P. &O Banking Corporation, Ltd. of Shanghai."

JAPANESE STEAMERS UNDER FIRE.

YANGTZE BANDITS' FIRE. RETURNED,.

Hankow, May 24. The Japanese river steamer Toyo Maru was made the target of rifle firing from a band of bandits at a point three miles above Cheng Liang Chi in the up river area on Friday, it has been

The reported here. guards who happened to be on board the Toyo Maru returned the fire and silenced the bandits after ten minutes. About ten bullets hit various parts of the steamer but there were no casualties. **

The Rakuyo Maru, another Japanese steamer, belonging to the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha, was also They upon by I'd of ato Thandits on Thursday at a point 16 miles above Wusuel, while the same steamer was again fired upon by a group of bandits on the same day three miles above Kiukiang. On both occasions, however, the steamer was not hit,

Mr. McBrida said that the Lea- gue usually collected on about 70 per cent of such pledges. The re- cords of the League indicated that it cost more than 25 cents to collect a dollar, on the average.

"The question must be fought But all time in a contest of that kind" said the general superinten- dent, in explaining the reason for such a campaign.

ex-

Members of the committee. pressed considerable interest in this statement because the League had heretofore insisted that the question of prohibition in the Un- ited States had been already settl ed, so that straw votes such as the "Literary Digest and other publi cations had been conducting throughout the country were super-. fluous.

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ON.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5,

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