A successful meeting came to a close when the "second-day"! of the annual athletic sports of the 8th Heavy Brigade, Royal Artil- lery, was held at Bookunpoo yes- Page 10 terday.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Quarantine restrictions, imposed
the same invitation will be ex- Federal indictment under which it tended to Roumania, Poland and is alleged that the Insul group against arrivals from Hothow in ber of votes recorded was 235,- France; announces the semi-cm-transferred stocks and cash from account" of small-pox, have been
parts of the world, lost during the depressiuti.
Returning to the Budget, how- Hong Kong, 15th April, 1936. [3437 | laudablę object are asked to com-ever, it is with greatest gratifica-
municate with the Honourable Dr. tion that we learn the Optimism❘ 423, HONGKONG REALTY AND H. Kotewall, C.M.G. LL.D., of beld forth for the current year. and the satisfactory way in which China Building, Hong Kong, who TRUST CO., LTD:
the past year's activities have been (INCORPORATED UNDER THE Com is "representing the Chinese Sub-
reviewed. So far us Industrial PANIES ORDINANCES OF HONO KONG) Committee formed for this purpose output is concerned, Mr. Chamber- ΝΟΥ
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN or to Mr. S. F. Balfour of the luin states that this has increased that the Ordinary Yearly Colonial Secretariat, Hong Kong," by about 12 per cent. while a new Meeting of Shareholders of Hong who will arrange for collecting Kong Realty and Trust Company boxes to be forwarded. Limited, will be held at the Register
ed Office of the Company. Exchange
:
seats 43: Bocial Democrats
to
One case of diphtheria and one
732, valid 235,062, tiivalld 1,770..
The votes were distributed as follows: National-Socialists 139,- 37,729, seats 12; Centrists, that is Catholics, 31,522, seats 10; Weise Party, that is, German Nation- alists, 9,805, senta 3; Piętleh Party 372, seats O; Poles 8,294, seats 2.
The election committee recorded that in no district was the elect lon public. The protests lodged by facturing production was concern- the Social-Democrate and Cen- ed. Interest rates were lower -all | trists alleging that the election round while, capital work, includ-
The INTERNATIONAL LABOUR At the same planet public was rejected. was
clal "Hornale D'Italia". The the Corporation Securities Com- removed. conference is expected to last for pany when they knew that bank- ten days: Eight foreign ministers ruptcy was imminent.
In consequence of this transfer of cerebro-spinal fever were re- have already indicated their wi- ingness" atterd. Including of assets, the Indictment charges, ported for the 24 hours ended an
the Corporation April 16, Monsieurs Laval Benes, Yefutch investors in and Titulescu. Great Britain will Securities Company, lost $200,000,
Two cases of small-pox, six of The eleven persons named in the Cepute Sir Eric Drummond, her act in
Indictment include. Mr. Martin diphtheria (one death), six of ambassader in Rome, to
Insull and Mr. Samuel Insul, cerebro-spinal fever (two deaths). the capacity of observer.
Junior, sons of the former utilities one death from enteric fever and Transocean Kuo Min.
83 from tuberculosis were reported magnate,
Mr. Insull and his two sons have for the week-ended April 15. thus far successfully fought
-record was set up insofar as manu-
This appeal is issued by the lug the construction of new build-number of voting papers originally Building (2nd Floor), Des Your Boud Silver Jubilee Committee of Hongings showed a marked increase. declared null and void by the bal- Central, Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Kong.
the 17th April, 1936, at 12 Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Board of Directors for the year ended on the 31st December, 1934, and re-electing two, Directors and the Auditors.
The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from Thursday, the 4th April, 1935, to Wednesday, 17th April, 1995, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board,
F. C. BARET,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 18th March, 1985,
(8337
EXHIBITION
Paintinga, Drawings and Sculpture by
LUIS CHAN GLOUCESTER HOTEL LOUNGE LAST DAY, 10 AM. till 7 PM.
Admission Free.
HONGKONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO, LED.
Due to these and other favourable lot masters were found to be in influences, cost of living, through-order when given the final careful out the year, was cheaper than in examination. Several minor ob- 1931, and this has had the effect of increasing the savings of the people, in the Post Office and other Savings Banks, quite con- siderably. Finally, the balance of the year showed an excess of
revenue
over expenditure other than the sum applied to the
reduction of debt. of £18,905,000.
The most cheerful part of Mr. Chamberlain's speech was perhaps that in which he stated that he proposed to make alterations in the income tax allowances that, would give relief to the Income tax payers at the bottom of the scale.
jections still undisposed of ean- not alter the above results. The Committee refused to allow the voting register to be checked over, Transocean Kuo" Min.
DEATH OF FAMOUS JOCKEY
Fall In Steeplechase
London, April 16. The famous Jockey Bill Speck,
"OFFICE
Soviet Only An Observer
(Special to the "Hong Kong"
Dally Freas").EU (By Talagraph, Copyright, Tele graphic: Mezzages Ordinance. 189 Received, April 16, 4.30 p.m.)
Apr 16, 4.30
Moscow, Apr. 18. The Soviet Government has in- formed the International Labour Omice at Geneva that the Soviet Urion, despite her entry to the League, will take part only as an observer in the work of the International Labour Office. The reasons for the non-entry to the Omice will shortly be announced
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NOTICE is hereby given that the Ar present the first 2175 of taxable who rode Mr. Waltney's Thomond by the Soviet Government.
NAVIGATION.CO., LTD.
THE Filty-fourth
Ordinary THE
General Meeting of the Com- pany will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs. Jar dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 18th April 1985, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts and electing Directors and Auditors,
The Transfer Books of the Com pany will be Closed from the 10th April to the 1st May inclusive.
By order of the Board, JAEDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lan.
General Maza ag. 3rd April, 1935:
one Long.
STRESA DECISIONS?
THIRTEENTH ORDINARY. income is charged at one-half the If in the Grand National, died at Tranincean Kun Mit YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders standard rate. He now proposed Cheltenham to-day following a of the Hongkong Engineering and that it be altered to make the fall in the Ledbury Steeplechase Construction Company, Limited, will firat £135 of taxable income on Aprü 10 when riding the 2 to be held at the Offices of Mesars. Lowe, chargeable at one-third the tax- 1 favourite Gwelo, who was Bingham & Matthews, Mercantile able rate and anything over that thrown badly and sustained a Bank Building, Queen's Road at the full rate of 4s 6d. The fracture of the spine (Central) Hong Kong, on Wednesday personal allowance of the married Reuter. the 24th April, 1985, at 12 o'clock taxpayer would also be revised as (Noon) for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and also the allowance of £40 for
Statement of Accounts for the Tear anded on the 31st December, 1934, and electing Directors and Auditora,
The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 17th April to the 24th April, 1985, both daya inclusive,
By Order of the Board
B. ALVES,
Becretary, [8408 Hong Kong, 10th April, 1982. [9417
each child after the first. Last
ENDORSED
[Spects to the "Hong Kong Baliy
Proes", Momiright).
Rome. Apr. 15 After numerous discussions be-
but by no means the least, the will be compensated in that a sum Hability for this would be abolished has been provided for the restoratween the delegates of the Little In respect of all incomes, earned tion of the said cuts. Taken all Entente and M. Laval, It was om or unearned, under £125. This is in all, the Budget speech is one cially announced the the most important proposed that should give new hope and endorsed the change and should result in great courage to all members of that This le considered. Aghly.
reller for the section of the com.... munity concerned.
* Civil servants and others affect/
ed by the cuts in salaries and the on allowances made during the crisis brought
tan
The British
better
bery and? glorious ending. Trans
of the
The Polish exhibition ship, -8.5. which included one of fraud The Dardanus, chartered from the Blue spectacular chase, which led Funnel Line, has been delayed, and United States Ag mis half-way will not now arrive here until day- around the world, and which light to-morrow. She will berth. culminated in the arrest of Mr. at Holt's Whart and leave Hồng Insull and his trial and acquitta Kong on Saturday at 4 p.m. - in Chicago, has contributed a
of American finance.
chapter of excitement to the story The twenty-fourth annual gen- eral meeting of the Macao Electric Mr, Insull, an Englishman by Lighting Co., Ltd. will be held at birth, and former associate of the the orces of Mesars, Lowe, Bing- late Mr. Thomas Edison, was at ham & Matthews, Mercantile Bank one time one of the richest bust Building on Thursday, May 2, at ness magnates in America. E 11.300 when the report and ac vast organization collapsed with counts for the year will be pre- the whole fiscal fabric following sented According to the report the disastrous slump of 1930-31 which has just been issued, the net Mr. Insulf lost his entire personal profit for the year amounts to fortune in the ruins of his catas: $168,322.19 while a dividend of trophie enterprises
$150 per share will be paid mak- ing in all a total of $135,000 Reuter.
(Special in the “Hong Kong
Daily
Through the courtesy of the Dollar Steamship Company, who REARMAMENT PROBLEM | received the informator by rado yesterday, it is learned that United States railroad rates wit creased as from April "The in- creaser will be as follows: carload rates 7 per cent, with a maximum of 5 cents per 100 lbs: for less than a carload, 10 per cen maximum of 11 cents, The increases will include sil
ties except meals
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