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LAND INVEST- MENT CO. Final Dividend

Two Dollars

Of

A final dividend of $2, making a total of 84 for the year was an nounced at the" Annual Meeting of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company Limited held yesterday over which the Hon. Mr. JJ. Paterson presided.

Supporting the Chairman were Messrs. A. H. Compton, HH. H. T. E. Priestley. Felix A Joseph, Pearce and S. T. Williamson. `dir- ectors. Mr. L. S. Greenhill (secre- tary) and the following share- holders:-Messrs. O. Eager. L. G. Allison E. G. Smith. A. G. Smith, A. H. Chambers, James Choa, J. W. Tarrant. P. S. Cassidy, M. L. Railton, L. G. Frost, Frank Austin, A. 9.Sommers, H, Sommers. E. E. Strother. W. S. Bailey. F. C. Hall, L. C. F. Bellamy, N. V. A. Croucher, J. D. Danby, C. Grant Smith, W. J. Keswick and A. C. Kennedy.

Chairman's Speech. Addressing the meeting, the Chairman said:-

"Gentlemen. With your perinis sion I propose to follow the usual procedure and take the Report and As read. Statement of Accounts In the matter of the Profit and Loss Account, you will notice that there are some increase in expen- diture. "Charges" has advanced due, by about $14,000., which is partly, to an ex gratia payment made to the sister of our late ac- countant. Mr. H. A, Rodgers, who died in June last,

As a consequence of this. your Directors have decided to inauzur- ate a Staff Trust Fund which is designed to meet further charges of this nature and to provide for

CHIEF JUSTICE FAREWELLED

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

A "MECHANISED" SWATOW DEATH OF MR. J. M. BASTO

Presentation By Staff "Grand Old Man" In

WDS

HS Honour Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, who is leaving the Colony

on retirement oh Saturday presented with an inscribed ad- dress by members of the staff of Court yesterday the Supreme afternoon.

Mr.

the

M. T.

Hazlerigg. Registrar, in making the presenta- tlon said that it was the second cccasion within a year, that they say farewell to & Chlef had to Justice. It was with mixed feel- ing that they had gathered there going to as they were not only lose a Clater Justice but also a kind, considerate and sympathetic friend,

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Portuguese Com. munity

The death occurred yesterday at the Canossa Hospital of Mr. Jose Maria de Castro Basto, aged 79.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1934.

NOTES

Customs Club Dinner

INCOME-TAX Board's Scheme Of Reorganisation

FEWER COLLECTORS" OFFICES

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

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Swatow, Feb. 19,

The special "carnival" dinner beld last Saturday night at the. Customs Club was a huge success and judging by the if gossip we must" it was by far one of the the best parties, not actually best, ever given in that Club, the The late Mr. Basto was one of

most popular one in this port. Rationalisation 19 being introduc- the oldest member of the Portu-

The arrangements went through guese Community and was held ined into the great national business

ar income and without a hitch, thanks to those in charge. The spacious library- respect and esteem by all who knew of the collectiUI

Born and educated in Ma- property tax. Under the control of him.

so well decorated with everything caa, Mr. Basto, after some travelli Accountant anu Comptroller- ing- settled down to establish him- General, the Board, of Inland Chinese. plus foral ornaments of present festive season-was self in Hongkong, setting up bus-Revenue is reorganising this impor- the

a perfect dining converted into ness as a share and general brok- taut brunch of its activities.

Throughout the land, central-room Four tables were laid out er.

Upon the death of the late Mr.ised collectors qties are gradu and the Chinese food served was all that could be desired. I should Delfino Noronha, Mr. Basto acquirally taking the place of the scattered inscribed addressed the business at the firm of district orces which existed almost think everybody ate to his and her heart's content-not only content Noronha & Company,

but relief as I have heard of no All present were following day!, one suffering from indigestion the donned in Chinese dress; indeed the varied colours and styles at the gowns, so highly slit much enhanced the general atmosphere. The men were also appropriately dressed. The dinner was followed by dancing, mahjong and bridge

Mr. Hazlerigg.then presented Mr. Wood with an which he said contained the names of all members of the staff as a token "for all that Mr. Wood had done to them

Replying, Mr. Wood sald that they had done him a real honour in presenting him the address and to come here and bid him good I was a great pleasure, he bye. said, to have been" associated with all members of the staff. and he was glad to see that not only the présent membera were preserit but as Mr. Wong also past members Kwong. Tin. He should also like to recall the presence of the shror. Mr. Chan Tak who had been his colleague for the past thirty years. In conclusion Mr. Wood wished that Hongkong would be kind to them all,

He was married in 1883 to the eldest daughter of the late Count de Sena Fernandes. It will be remembered they celebrated their golden jubilee last year.

The deceased will be remember- ed for his philanthropy. Many charitable institutions in the Col- ony received regular support from him and to them Mr. Basto's death is an irreparable loss.

"

A keen traveller, the deceased had been round the world three times. Upon one of his visits to interested in the exploration of London he represented a syndicate Petroleum in Portuguese Timor.

everywhere.

Three thousand collectors offoes will have been reduced to well under 300 when the reorganisation is complete.

Already a considerable part of Greater London, and most of the big industrial towns and areas, have been "contralised," and the office work made more efficient by the introduction" of meobanised ac- countancy..

Under the Finance Act of 1931, for the first time the Board of Inland Revenue secured the power and their staffs. Previously, the to appoint all income-tax collectors Board bad shared the appointment As a tribute of respect to him. of collectors with Local Commia- the arm of Noronha and Company sioners, and.collectors had appoint ed their own assistants, That Act, closed down for a day yesterday.

In private life, Mr. Basto was a it may be said, gave the Board the keen horticulturist and bas been opportunity to put its house in known to produce very good re-order." Hence the reorganisation

of scheme.

the future of the Staff. Provision PUBLIC MONEYults from his gardens.

is being made now for deprecia-

tion of Gloucester Building, which 1em appears for the first time.

to have The last year seems

been abnormal in the amount of damage caused by white ants and this, "together with rather more re- pair work than usual. has helped to swell the total under "Repairs" Account

Satisfactory Result.""

VOTES

All Items Approved By Council

"

Mr. Basto is survived by his

three Security and. Convenience. seven sons and widow, daughters, to whom the sympathy

The object of the Board, I was of the whole of the Portuguese

Somerset community is extended. Mr. Bas-informed recently at to's sons are Messrs. B. Baste and House, is three-fold: J. J. Basto of Messrs. Noronha & to's sons are Messrs. B. Basto and A. H. Basto, who are architects, Dr. R. A. Basto, Mr. J. J. Basto, who is a chiropractor and Mr. A. Basto who is a merchant in Macao.

Of Mr. Basto's daughters, one is

Security of the revenue,

Convenience of the taxpayer, and Better conditions for the staffs. Put more specifically, the changes being brought about are designed to remove the cause for criticism resulting from defalcations by col-

The Colonial Secretary (the Hon. On the Credit side a proft of

Thomas Southern) presided Sir 8100.000, is shown by the Residen- over the Finance Committee of the tial portion of Gloucester Bulld-Legislative Council yesterday when ing and I think that you will votes for 1933 totalling 109 and a sister at the Maryknoll Convent lectors; provide better facilities agree that this is a very satisfac- for 1934 totalling $39,873 were "ap-in New York, while another is the for the payment of income and pro- wife of Mr. J. M. D'Almada Reme-perty tax; and remove a grievance tory" result considering the times proved.

dios: The deceased was a Knight of many collecters by putting them through which we are passing.

at the Balance The Asset side

itor Government Civil and Mental of the Order of Christ (Portugal). on the extablishment, thus ensuring Sheet shows a new heading, "Re- novations of Buildings", it having been decided to spread over a period of three years the cast of "doing-up our buildings.

With regard to an item of $3,123

Hospitals,) Sir Henry Pollock ask- ed if the Mental Hospital was for the old or new mental asylum. The Colonial Secretary replied that it was for the old. There were no sales of property

Sir Henry: When is work Uke- during the year under review busly to begin on the new mental your. Directors took advantage of

asylum. an attractive offer and purchased

The Chairman: We have no Nos. 17-19 Queen's Road, Central

vote in this year's estimates for What 'at about $55. per square foot.

the new mental hospital. we are concentrating on at the moment in the new Government, Civil Hospital.

It is proposed to pay a Final Dividend of 82. per Share absorb- Ink 8000,000. which with the In

terim Dividend will make a total of $4. per Share for the year.

Bonus to Staff. It is proposed also, to pay a bonus to the Staff of R10,000, ap- propriate $39,029.09. to "Special Re- pairs and Renewals" Account and $100,000, to our

Besides the Chairman there were

The present

Colonial Treasurer (the Hon. Mr. M. J. Breen), the Henderson, the Hon. Mr. R. M. Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, the Hon. Sir William Shenton, the Hon. M C. G. S. Mackie, the Hon. Mr. R.H, "Rebuilding Re-Kotewall, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, serve" Account, thus leaving $538, the Hon. Mr. S. W. Tso, the Hon. 495.62 to be carried forward to Mr. T.. N. Chau and Mr. R. A. C.

North (Clerk, of Councils.)

new account.

I now beg to propose the adop- tion of the Report and Accounts as presented and, when this has been

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duly seconded. 1. shall be pleased ATTORNEY FOR

to answer, to the best of my ablity, any questions that Share- holders may wish to ask.

Mr. L. C. E. Bellamy second and the report and accounts were duly adopted. Mr. S. T. Willamson's

THE DEFENSE"

The Funeral -·

them pension and other rights..

Up to date, eightyaight:centra- lised" offices- hay en opened.

Altogether. It

up to a late hour. was a great evening and the ab- sence of Mr. Hilliard, the Com- inissioner, owing to indisposition, was the only drawback.

A. New Arrival.

The next new arrival to this port will be in the person of Mrs. A. Pederson, the wife of the present. Harbour Master and Tide Surveyor, The latter has been in his post since last, April and is a very popular man not merely tu bis own brother officers. but to all outsiders as well. He has just gone down to Hongkong to meet his wife en route trom Home.

Buses Again!

The bus service, which has been forcibly suspended by the author-. ties for non-payment of taxes, has been resumea. Hundreds wel Come the resumption of service as the temporary stoppage has caused to those who are living in that great expense and inconvenience other end of the town. Apparently a compromitse has been reached with the authorities in the matter of payment.

The funeral took place yesterday. These include eight in HEROIG YOUNG

and the huge attendance at the London areas, which, take the place graveside testined to the esteem in of five or six times that number of which Mr. Basto was held. There district offices. Big cities like Man- was a fully representative gather-chester, Liverpool, and Birmingham ing of members of the Portuguese are divided into several districts for Community while a good number convenience, but their offices are all of friends from other sections of in one buildings

In these new, central offices, as the community were also present. The French and Italian missions much as possible of the labour is were represented by a large at-mechanised, to ensure greater ac- and labour tendance of priests and sisters euracy, expedition,

longer is each while the Seleslan fathers were saving.. institutions which benefitted from laboriously written out in ink, or small receipt made out in duplicating Mr. "Basto's generosity sent parties of their charges to the fun-books.

This work, as well as the office erál.

The intimation was given out by bookkeeping, is now done by those the family that no wreaths were marvellous figuring machines which to be sent, in spite of this request, have become a necessity to the mo- quite a number were seen at the dern office. Monument and at the cemetery.

The funeral service was conduct-

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"Attorney for the Defense," a Columbla production At the Queen's, to-day presents Edmund Lowe as a district attorney who sours on his, profession when he Ands he has sent an innocent man. to the electric chair. No more sui table role could have been found for Lowe.

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He was presented by Bix Burton Chadwick, Deputy Master, and for half an hour he recounted his ad- ventures, when, in November, 1932, the Phemius lay, at the mercy of a

the Caribbean Sea.

Useful Work Being terrine nurricane for five days in

Done

Among those seen at the grave- side were the Portuguese Consul

Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Bro. Almar and Messrs. A. C. Botelho, C. A. P.

Mr. Laurence Holt, representing Xavier, J. M. Alves, V. C. Rocha, A.

the owners of the Phemius, gave 'a J. C. Rocha, B. Pestonji, F. P. de V. Soares, H. A. Alves, H. J. Figue-

Three years ago the administra- graphic description last night to a representative of "The Daily rido, J. C. Ribeiro, A. A Guterres, tion of the London Hospitals and

Telegraph" of the behaviour of F. X D'Almada e Castro, Leo allied medical services was trans-

Mr. Timms on the occasion; as it. D'Almada e Castro, Leo D'Alamada ferred to the County authority was presented in a special report e Castro, funfor, C. D'Alamada "e

Before that the services were to the Prince, together with the Castro, L R Souza, J. Noronha, P.

bodies and captain's report to the owners, governed by private Yvanovitch, J. M. da Rocha, E. da

idea of the Sorte enterprises.

At the very outset of the The erratic and highly dramatic Roza, A. W. da Roza, E. Leitão, E.

work can be storm," Mr. Holt said, Timms was heavy wave Life of a man, who as a public pro- Rullion, A. M. L. Soares, S. M magnitude of this Monoplane Of Unusual Wing secutor turns persecutor to reach

Churn, A. W. da Roda; O. B. Raven, gathered if one considers that struck down by a the Governor's chair, until the M. A. da Silva, F. E. Barnes, P. M. there are 74 great hospitals with which swept across the afterdeck, Design

numbering 18,500 and an and his head was cut open death of an innocent man turns N. da Silva, F. L. Silva, A. Xavier, annual cost of maintenance of

There was nobody to attend to him disgustedly away from the H, A. Lammert. P, V. Botelho, S. About four and a half million him, so he crept into a temporary moves in Lopes Dr. B. de Bouza, A. pounds sterling. Under the new refuge for a while until he felt district attorneyship,

court in the Bufflad A. Banty, G. M. Noronha, unified ambulance services, there able to carry of He worked on one of most active world-New York City's Criminal. A. Noronha, H. A. de B. Botelho were over a quarter of a million through the storm by daw and Court.

M. A. da Silva and A. H. Carroll

cases dealt with last year, and the night and never failed to carry Lowe's superb performance is

mileage covered by these support by the given admirable

bulance was over two million. portrayals of Evelyn Brent as Val Lorraine, a lady who loves only partment to find her murdered,

Progress Mado when there is money in it for her, and lying in a drunken stupor be- and Constance Cummings, Lowe's side her, Paul Wallace, the Bog gecretary-faithful, adoring, effici- whose innocent father Burton had

A military flying-boat of un- usual design has just been launch ed by Messrs. Short Brother, at Rochester, and will shortly begin

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Hatch covers and the funnel were ripped away by the 200-inile an-hour gale, and 1.200 tons of #dief poured into the bull.'

Lonery Fight with "Peril During the last 23 hours of the

the scuppers, to pour oil in a sady volume on the water ben-..

its flying trials: It is a twin- engined monoplane with a wing span of 60ft. The wing is the most remarkable feature in the design. It is swept upwards from the hull for nearly one-third of the span and then is carried on to the tipa

sent to the chair when he was dis- from diversified control to central ordeal Tinima, was stationed alone at a much more gentle angle. At

After Burton, District Attorney, trict attorney. Val had been work-direction was achieved smoothly, the points where the ging flattens our two Rolls-Royce steam-cooled become Burton, defense attorney, ing the boy to get the incriminat- and successfully, and substantial experimental engines are mounted determind to keep accused mening papers in Burton's, possession.

out of the chair as he before had To shield Paul, Burton surrenders Progres has been made in three eath the bow Fallure would have He carried on alone, with little sent them there, he tries to make to the police and is brought to years with the work of strengthe-meant an almost certain disaster,

tions, in which this was needed. A food, no sleep, and in complete amends by taking under his care trial accused of the murder of Vai ning hospital organisation in direc- the wife and son of the innocent Lorraine."

The trial of Burton, who con- recent report states that many darkness, for the whole of that man for whose death he holds

ducts his own defense, is one of services have been placed on a time. It was magnificent "** himself responsible.

the most dramatic and unusual basis which renders possible sound. In his own report the captain ever screened, And the unique development in the future. The suid: 41 cannot and words to ex- turn of circumstantial events that sums spent by the London County Bress the grad

even ben Anally gives Burton the clue to the Council on major extensions and ageous endurance shown by Timms, real murderer, is an unusal and developments since April, 1930, to a pont even

La a native of Lencs expenditure of about $200,000 Is

Arfied there cleverly worked out plot complica- amolints to 2050,000 and further tion.

planned for the current" "rest, and he There is no hospital service in the pare for it world witch has so great à touk

This device for raising the wing well above the water, so that the airscrews and engines are clear of spray in all but the worst weather, makes a very clean wing structure. The only external supports for the wing are two king-posts set on the aloping portion and braced to the framework of the hull The boat has the usual wing-tip floats to give it lateral stability on the water. The loaded weight of the boat is about eight and a half tons No details as to performance or equipment may yet be published.

Val Lorraine, his former param- our, tries to encourage Burton to relent in his persecution of Nick Quinn, gangster, her present lover. Citizen's Committee through a Burton, has formed to get the real criminals that infest the city. Bur- ton laughs her away.

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A sudden phone call one night ition to Lowe are Miss Brent MIs from Val brings Burton to her - Cummings and Dobald Dillaway,

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