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HONG KONG RIFLE
ASSOCIATION
H.E. The Governor Presents Cup For Competition
A meeting of the Council was heid on Thursday evening at the Hong Kong Hotel, Major R. D. ¡ Walker, M.C.. President, taking the There were chair at 8.15 p.m.
also present Messrs. C. A, Grimes (Vice-President. R. H. Woodman,
D. W. Waterton and T. G. Stokes A. C. (Hor Treasurer); Cadet Ford, 2nd Lieurs, L. B. Holmes and Y. S. Wan, "Lients. J. D. Paullo and E. C. Parker-Jervis, Lieut. (E) A. C. Berlyn, Inspector W. R. Chester-Woods and the Honorary Secretary, Major D. H. Steers, R.E.
After the
China Command, to become Vice- Presidents of the Association.
OFFER OF CUPS
It was stated that the Courell had so far received offers of six and Silver Cups for competition at the forthcoming Prize Meeting, the Hon. Secretary was instructed to write and thank the donors for their generosity and the encour- agement so willingly afforded the Association.
iffin and tea room, bar servery, canteen, cleaning room, Secretary's once, changing rooms, shower-baths and lavatories and will be placed at the disposal of units of the Regular Army when the latter are firing their annual
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRU CRY
TRAMS AND BUSES
(Continued from Page 7) Depreciation has been charged according to the usual scale.
The customary amount has been written-off Goodwill etc. and in the present state of affairs I am sure the increased transfer of $150,000 strengthening your Gen- eral Reserve position will be also approved.
5%
for
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You will have remarked the Balance Sheet marshalled in a revised manner more in line with: modern accountancy practice but shown with a minimum of depar- ture from the usual form and I think with no loss of intelligibility. THE WRITTEN-DOWN FIGURE Concerning
written-down the figure at which fixed assets appear The thanks of the Council were tendered to Colonel M. H. Logan on the books I wish shareholders for his donation towards the build- to be informed that at cost plus minutes of the lasting fund which has been started additions less depreciation these In connection with the cost of the capital assets are nearer $7,000,000 meeting had been read and con-
erection of the Association's Club-the actual Agure, in fact, is firmed, as were those of the spec-
in extraordinary ial meeting held on February 23rd. nouse. This building will contain $6,927,814. The difference is ac-
and counted
amounts written-off, during the the President announced that ne had been granted an interview by
done the con- the Patron of the Association,
history of your undertaking. Had this not beer so His Excellency the Governor and
tinuing development and expan- who had Commander-in-Chief
sion of the Tramway must have been pleased to present a cup to "His Excellency the be known as
necessitated calls upon sharehold- ers from time to time. A conser- Governor's Prize." which would be
vative policy of internal finance shot for at the forthcoming Prize
followed out by your Board in the 'Meeting under the same conditions
past has however served to dispense as those in use at the Imperial
with additional capital demands Meeting for His Majesty the King's
and the reason I am now stressing Prize, with the one exception that,
the point is that an uninformed in the final stage, the
view appears to be held that the Company returns a high rate of used would be 700 and 800 yards, in place of the usual 900 and 1,000
answer is that upon an actu.d yards, the target, dimensions being
eld on the capital invested. The should be capital of $7,000,000, represented in reduced proportionately. His Ex- cellency had also accepted the in- raised as from that date to $15.00 these assets alone, the dividend for
and the Chairman vitation of
per annum, with a life membership.the year in review earned from traffic revenues is, in fact, one of members of the Council to be pre-ree of 90,00.
read from the 6.26 per cent. and, similarly, divi- letter was sent at tiffin on the Anal day of A the Meeting and to witness the Manager of the British Section of dends paid over the past five years final stages of the shooting during the Kowloon-Canton-Railway, ac- represent an average of 9.28 per the afternoon. after "which he ceding to the request of the Cour-cent. would distribute the prizes.
ell that officers and men, while in camp, should, whether in uniform or plainclothes, be allowed travel between the station nearest their camp and Kowloon at single rates for the double journey, on
MEMBERSHIP.
distances
27- The Honorary Secretary
and in- that the new nounced creased rates of subscription for
"Individual full members had had little, if any, effect. in reducing the number of fresh applications for Individual full membership to date was 313, while affiliated mem- bership seemed akely to approach the 5.000 Agure in the near future. Furthermore in view of the com- ing arrival of further "1914" rifles, and the neurness of the Meeting, further additions to "both classes af "membership are expect
ed.
course.
It was decided that, as a token of respect to the memory of His late Majesty King George V, the proposed dinner should be aban- doned for the present year.
In view of the rapid and unex- pected growth of the membership of the Association It was decided that the annual subscription for "Special" members
to
presentation to the booking clerk of their membership tickets.
It was unanimously decided that unless vacancies existed in the
at
and each Spoon
last detall Practice Shoot no member would be eligible to fire more than once, and under no circumstances would allowed to his second score be Frize
of a towards the award' count spoon. Furthermore until all the members present had had an op- Portunity of firing, no one would be allowed to fire a second time.
After considerable discussion it was agreed that all individual full members, other than Foundation
Thirty-eight new applications for individual
membership full were approved by the Council; consideration of the application- from the Hong Kong Naval Velun- teer Force was deferred, pending the elucidation of one or two minor matters in connection there- with.
members would be required to subscribe $2.40 per annum, if they desired to receive copies of the Association's magazine, as issued.
I have a last reference, to the Balance Sheet to make in regard
29, 1936.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ...
100
12 1. 13
[14
16
18
28
30
21.
29
NOTE-Figures in parentheses Indleate number of lette.s in the words required.
12-Things known or
(4).
'ACROSS
5.-Past (6). 3.-Prosperous (8).
9.-Biting sarcasm (8). 10. A perll of the mine (8). 14-An affliction of bodily un-
steadiness (5),
15. Masculine term for the op-
posite sex (7),
19,- Swill for swine (7). 23.-Man's name (8). 26-A whale (8). 28. Stately (8).
29. This kind of animal moves to
its "den early"
(8).
(anagram)
13.--Fairy story (4).
granted
15.-A sheet of ice (4). 18.-Transparent mineral (4).
17. Decoy (4).
18.-Avold (4)...
20. A kind of seal (5),
21-Fatigued (5).
22.-Bright (5).
24-Reverie (5). 25-Bitter (5).
26-A natural weapon (4). 27-Tip, top (4)."
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
The following is the solution of
30. The period of the new or full yesterday's puzzle:-
moon: ($).
DOWN
1-Prefix for half (4), 2. Quick (5).
3.A mineral salt (5). 4.-Splendour (4).
5. To avoid publicity (5). 6. A kind of jelly (5).. 7-A place in the temple of fame
(5).
10. Angle (4).. 11-Sounded (4). .
2:
CHINESE ART EXHIBITION
to the heading Investments. You Visitors From Abroad
will observe from the note of December 31 prices a market de- preciation of 14 per cent. These investments. entered into with the primary objective of ensuring sup plementary revenues, consist of Arst class dividend bearing stocks and temporary market Buctuations riced occasion Ittle uneasiness. In fact, I am pleased to tell you that. based upon current quotations, the overall difference under-cost has narrowed to 12 per cent.
An Interim Dividend. amounting to $260,000. was paid in August last, and a final dividend of the same amount, making 80 cents per share for the year 1935 is now re commended, leaving a balance of $118,534.42 to be carried forward.
Upon the proposal of the Chair- ruan which was seconded by Mr. C.
NO WEEK-END SHOOT It was unanimously decided that
We are asked to state that owing the Council acting under the
to the Naval Range being required powers conferred upon them by the Rules of the Association, should by members of the Royal Navy and invite Brigadier H. G. Seth-Smith, Volunteers, there will be no Asso-carried unanimously.
ciation's Spoon. and Practice .D.S.O., A.A. and Q.M.G., China
Shoot, either this afternoon or to- Command. and Colonel St. G. Kirke D.B.O., Chief Engineer, morrow (Sunday)...
SPOON AND PRACTICE SHOOT
The following are the leading scores made in a spoon and Practice Enoot competition fired on the Army Ranges at Kowloon City on Wednesday afternoon:-
Conditions:-Beven shots and one sighting shot at 200, 500 and 600 yards.
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S.R, (B)
Score at Score at Score at Aggregate Ass'n 200 yds. 500 yds. 600 yds. Score
Nett. H'cap Nett:
Nett. Nett.
1.-C.Q.M.S. Cheetham 2-Lt. (E) Berlyn
32
33
30
95 (a)*
Scr.
32
31
31
94 (a)
3.-L'Cpl. Tonkings
5
30
33
31
94 (a)+
4.-Major Steers
1
34.
34
26
94 (a)
5-/Cpl. Peters
1
29
33
31
93 a()
8Pte. Winstanley ..........
2
32
30
*30
92 (a)
7-Arm, L/Sgt. Stephens... 3
31
29
30
90 (a)
(a) Signifies that the 1914 rifle was used.
Nett Spoon. t--H'cap Spoon
THE KING'S CUP AIR RACE
Classes In Eliminating Contesi
not exceed 150, b.h.p. at the maxi mum permissible revolutions minutes of the engle
(b) single-engined aircraft ex- ceeding this power;
Across-1. Ap-pas-e: 5, Elation:
9, Legible; 12, Impetus: 15. Emit. 16, Ox-de: 17, Mash; 18, Hug-o: 19; Croak: 20, Eple; 21, Ream; 24, Psalm: 26. Pope; 28, Nemesis; 29. Yearned: 30, Use-less; 31, Stadium.
Down.-2, Poem: 3, E-xi-t; 4, So: 8, Lame; 7, Teem; 8, Op-us: 9. Leghorn; 10. Ging-ham: 11. Express; 12. Ideally: 13, Tampion; 14, Shocked; 22. Eels; 23, Meal; 24, Plas; 25, Meet: 26, Prod: 27, Peru.
Eastern Europe, as well as for the North-East
"La République": France is not without credit in Rome; Czecho- slovakia may intervene usefully with Rumania and Jugoslavia. The statesmen will have to con- sider various juridical plans for a collective guarantee of Austrian independence. Their talks will have extreme interest, and may the hour of political stabilisation in Central Europe."
London, Feb. 9.
advance There are just over three weeks more to go before the Chinese Exhibition at Burlington House closes. By March 7, 1 the flow of visitars continues at its present rate, some 300,000 people will have passed through the turnstiles in the fourteen weeks in which it has been open...
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That means, if one can judge by attendance figures, that Chinese art exhibition has interested Eng- list people as much as French,' has been more popular than the Flemish and Persian, yet does not draw so many visitors as the Ita-
lian exhibition did.
The favourite exhibit, it is in- teresting to hear, is Mrs, Rocke- S. Mackle, the resolution that feller's Bodhisattva of the Tang the Report of the Directors and
Dynasty (No. 2.498), but the ob- Statement of Accounts for the year tects lent from our own Royal ended December 31, 1935, as pre-collections have attracted a great sented, be adopted and that a
deal of attention.
Contrary Final Dividend of 40 cents per
to expectations, the share be paid for the year 1935 was "early rooths," devoted to the Shang-yin, Chou, and Han Dynas- ties, have been the most crowded of all, and this seems due not so auch to the conscientiousness of the.yet unwearied sightseer at the outset of his tour as to the genuine fascination which this early work exercises over a vast number of people. The bronzes particularly are a source of attraction.
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OTHER BUSINESS
The election of the Hon. Mr. Patterson and Mr. M. T. Johnson as directors for the coming year was proposed by Mr. B. Wongtape and seconded by Mr. Choa Seng Chul, and was unanimously car- ried.
Proposed by, Mr. Wm. Allen, and seconded by Mr. C. A. L. Rickett, Messrs, Lowe, Bingham and Mat- thews were re-elected auditors for "the forthcoming year at a fee of
$2,000.
The shareholders present were: Messrs. B. Wongtape, Wm. Allen, FH Crammell, C. A. L Rickett W. Stapleton, O. Arvulli, A. H. Mac- kenzle, . E. Choy, Choa Seng Choo. F. Schreiber, J. Manners, Frank Austin. 86. T. Williams, Kai Wing and C. G, S, Mackie.
40,000. SCHOOL CHILDREN The organisers of the exhibition remarkable art gratined at the response there has been on the part of schools and the stars of industrial concerns to take adva- tage of the special facilities offer- ed them
Some 40,000 school than 18,000 children and members of staff associations have paid visits under this scheme.
more
A further" feature has been the widespread appeal this exhibition has made to international students of art; fty Chinese students have
AIR MAIL TO NIGERIA AND come from Paris, the Society of
GOLD COAST
New Weekly Service
London, Feb. 8. The Postmaster-General announ- ces that a weekly air-mall service to Nigeria and the Gold Coast will be conveyed to Khartoum by the England-South Africa air-mall service leaving London to-morrow and thence by a branch air ser- vice to, Kano, Nigeria. Transmis- top from Kano to Lagos, and Ac- cra will, for the present, be by surface transport.
Friends of Asiatic Art and Culture f Vienna have sent a special party, another one is being, or- |ganised by Les Amitiés de France. and yesterday the German liner General von Steuben reached the of large party Thames with a visitors aboard intent on a four- days concentration at Burlington House,
PARIS COMMENTS Comments, in Paris to-day on the talks are quoted by Reuter:
(c) multi-engined aircraft with no restriction as to engine power. London, Feb, id. The aircraft which pass into the The King's Cup Air Race this final by completing the eliminating year will be flown on Friday and course in the fastest times will be
"Le Matin"; M. Flandin and Dr. number of starters in Saturday, July 10 and 11. On the half the first day there will be an eliminaceach class, up to a maximum of
Hodra will study measures for the Ing contest over a course of ap-10 in each class. The final will
guarantee of the Austrian frontier The air convention plan, at one proximately 1,240 miles. For the be flown on the Saturday over a
course of approximately 350 miles, The air-postage rates to Nigeria, time abandoned, but still in pros purposes of the eiminating con- test competing aircraft will be starting and finishing at Hatfield Gold Coast, and Tchad will be 60.pect, may also be contemplated, divided into three classes:-- aerodrome. In the final the air-a half-Gold Coast, and Tchad will as Prague (the Czech capital) is craft will race on estimated per- be 8. a half-ounce for letters and the focal point or diplomatic -
34. for post-cards.
rangements for Central formance' handicape,
(a) Single-engined aircraft, the total engine power of which does
and
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