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GENERAL

GOOD YEAR REPORTED BY WATSON'S ROYAL VISIT TO

serve our resources against such contingencies as may arise in the

FIFTY-CENT DIVIDEND

Canton Business Drops After Future

Promising Period

"Profit on trading for the year under review, namely $139,313.42, whilst showing an appreciable increase over the past few years, is however much less than we had reason to anticipate," said Mr. D. E. Clark when he presided at the annual meeting of shareholders of Messrs. A. S. Waison and Co., Ltd., held in the Jacobean Room of the Hong Kong Hotel yesterday.

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Supporting Mr. Clark were the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Messrs. ST. Williamson, Wm. Paterson (Secretary) and the following share- bolders: Messrs. N. V. A. Croucher, J. D. Humphreys, C. B. Brown, J E. Japy, J. A. Tarrant, F. W. Stapleton, Peter Wong, P. C. Potts and R Johannessen

I do not think that there are any further matters calling for special mention and I now form- ally propose that the report and statement of accounts, as present- ed, be adopted, and that the balance at credit of proft and loss account as at October 31, 1937, namely $214,077.71. be appropriat- ed as follows:-

To pay a dividend of 50 cents per share, ab- sorbing

1.

To transfer to General

Reserve.....

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH Addressing the meeting chairman said:—

Gentlemen-Profit on trading for the year under review, namely $139.313.42, whilst showing an ap-

I am pleased to inform you" that preciable increase

trade returns covering the first the past few years. is however much less four months or the present Anan-" than we had reason to anticipate clal year show a marked improve- as remittances from our Cantonment in all Hong Kong depart- Branch up to the beginning of ments as compared with the cor- August last showed marked im-responding period of the year un- provement and gave every indica- der review.

Ja gratifying.extent in the improv- ed conditions ruling and no doubt. the

this has partly been due to the fact that a stable exchange has operated in our favour.

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tion that this particular account would compensate to some extent for the Indifferent results

ex-

DEBIT BALANCES. HIGH

Our aerated water machinery Canton, have been maintained in and equipment, both here and in excellent condition and, as it has always been the policy of your

To transfer to Chinese Stan Superannuation Account ..

To write off Building

Improvements ...

And Carry Forward to

next Account

$75,000.00

50,000.00

SCOTLAND

TOUR OF SPECIAL AREA

Time.

(BY AIR MAIL)

"CHILDREN ARE

MASTERS

OF

THE COUNTRY"

"Children today are masters of

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1938.-PAGE 3

WOMEN WEEP AS K.C. PLEADS

FOR MERCY

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one

Youth Who Killed His Father the country tomorrow and the Women wept bitterly as they She had told her son that she destiny of the nation entirely listened to Mr. Norman Birkatt, feared "something might happen depends on how these children are K.C., pleading for mercy for ain the dark!" "When I suffered he brought up. As a result of Japan's slight, bespectacled youth of seven- suffered too," she added. war of aggression on China, thou-teen, who stood in the dock at

"The home" of this family-if it sands of children in the war areas Leicester Assizes recently accused can be called a home-was have been deprived of their of murdering his father,

where misery long drawn reigned parents.

He had been described as a boy day in and day out," declared Mr. "It is our duty to see that those in a thousand.

Birkett. orphans are brought up in a pro- Mr. Birkett's moving appeal told Mr. Justice Finlay said the jury per way and this sacred duty now on the jury, which included three had given the most merciful ver- falls on the shoulders of the pro-women, and the youth, Owen diet that a jury with a proper sense moters of the Wartime Orphan-Arthur Alexander Meakin, was of public duty could arrive at

found not guilty of murder, but It was a tribute to English

age."

,"

It has been officially announced that the King and Queen will devote May 4. the day after the official opening of the Empire, Ex- bibition in Glasgow, to a tour of the special area to the south and cast of Glasgow. The intimation has given the atmost satisfaction in the West of Scotland, states The

Details of the tour have not yet

Thus declared Madame Chiang guilty of manslaughter "under Justice that the prisoner, having been published, but it is known that their Majesties will pay a Kai-shek while addressing the Pre- great provocation." and was sen-no means, had been defended in 10,000.00 | visit to Hamilton, where in the paratory Committee of the war-tenced to twelve months in the such an admirable way. Counsel

Town Hall, which was opened by time Orphanage at the Hankow second division.

and solicitor for the defence had 3,874.86 King George V in 1914, they will YWCA recently.

His father. George Arthur Mea-rendered a public service." meet representatives of

Presided over by Madame Feng kin, aged thirty-nine, was head- 75,202.65 Lanarkshire County Council and Yu-hsiang, the meeting was attend master of Warkop Vale School

of the various Lanarkshire burghs.ed by 20 leading ladies of the $214,077,71

Visits will also be paid to the Wuhan cities. Coatbridge and Motherwell areas,

At the suggestion of Madame killed him with an axe as he lay which were very badly hit during Chiang, $10,000 will be appro-in bed. the alump in the heavy industries,priated by the Chinese Women's Mary Ann Meakin, the mother, It da expected that the King and War-Aid Association as Initial ex- said her husband, who drank and queen will also visit the Scottish penses for the establishment of had a violent temper, treated his industrial estates at Hillington, to the First Wartime Orphanage to son cruelly from the age of eight. the south of Glasgow, where a take care 500 orphans as an ex-Twice she had had to leave her

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husband. non-periment.

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SECONDER'S SPEECH. Mr. R. Johannessen in second- ing the chairman's proposal for the adoption of the report and accounts, said:-Mr. chairman and perienced in the past. However,

in seconding the adoption of the pas gentlemen-I have much pleasure the sudden and unexpected out

report and statement of accounts Profit-paying basis, with the as- break of hostilities. coming as it

as presented for the year ended sistance of the Commissioner for QUEEN VICTORIA did while our aerated water sea- general managers to make ample October 31. 1837 and, whilst so do- the Special Areas in Scotland, is provision for deteriomtion and re-ing. I feel sure that I voice the attracting new industries to the placements, continue to operate to opinion of all shareholders that

100 M.P.H, TRAIN In his presidential address to the a high degree of efficiency.-

the accounts as set forth show

The King and Queen are expect Society of Engineers recently, Mr. there is very little that calls for year's working.

Turning to the Balance Sheet, very satisfactory results of the ed to spend practically the entire Harry Bentham, a London cogi- day on Tuesday, May 3, in the Em-neer, recalled that Queen Victoria comment excepting perhaps the

pire Exhibition.

once travelled in a train at more PRECAUTIONARY STEPS

It is regrettable that Canton fact that sundry debtors and debit Branch should again have showing their visit the King and Queen

Hopes are entertained that dur- than 100 m.p.h. As you will no doubt appreciate. balances are some ninety thou-an adverse balance but, after the!

The speed, in August last a large percentage sand dollars higher than a year chairman's

he said, was kept may find time to inspect, some of secret in, case the public became explanations. I am

alarmed.

sun was still at its height, brought Canton trade in general almost to a complete standstill and, conse- quently. I regret on this account to state that an adverse balance has again to be recorded.

secured by deposits,

nection.

district.

S. T. Butlin A.C.A. be re-elected

Notts, and the son, whom he had BOY'S DEATH FROM

treated "Worse than a dog," had

A

RARE DISEASE

Collapse At School

rare disease, the cause of

which is unknown, was stated at an inquest at Cranleigh recently to have caused the death of Paddy Thorne, 15, of Cranleigh School The boy was the only son of Major

"MISERY REIGNED" Mr. Norman Birkett (defending); Malcolm Thorne, of Sefton. Cran- He was as good a son as a motherleigh. could wish to have? Yes.

MISS SHEILA

MACDONALD

Miss Sheila MacDonald, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, has taken up voluntary probation work.

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Dr. Eric Gardner, who made a postmortem examination, said that- the boy died of degeneration of the aorta-the main artery from the heart-and the coats of the blood vessels.

The coroner, Mr. G. Wills Taylor, naked Mr. C. B. Blackshaw, the boy's form master, about punkh- very interested in the ment the boy had received. Mr. Mr. Bentham was speaking of work," she said, "and it is possible Blackshaw said that Thome was Fallway developments. Referring that I may become a police-court late for a lesson and he made him to the Channel Tunnel scheme of probation officer." 1930, he said it was proposed to

of Canton aerated water bottle ago. Your general managers have sure you will all agree that the re. Glasgow's new housing schemes. stock was in the hands of our given these figures close and care-sult in this connection would have agents and dealers there and al-ful scrutiny and are fully satis- been different had it not been f though this, for the most part, was fled that the difference shown is the unexpected outbreak of hos Stapleton seconded and the mo-

squat on his haunches for three we have entirely attributable to the in-tilities.

tion was carried unanimouusly. deemed it advisable to make pro- creased volume of trade.

For some years. Miss MacDonald jor four minutes. vision in the accounts now before

Mr. J. A. Tarrant proposed and run trains from London to Paris at has been interested in social con- I am glad to note that provision

Major Thorne said that he was The proposals now before you has been made for contingencies Mr. J. E. Jupp seconded that Mr. an average speed of 90 m.ph., with ditions, and in 1935 she visited playing squash at the school when you for possible losses in this con- covering the payment of a divlikely to arise in the near future /C. Bernard Brown A.C.A. and Mr. a maximum of 120 m.ph.

| Hamburg to study institutions and he heard his son call. "Daddy, dend amenting to 5 per cent and and all must coneur that this is Auditors of the Company for the out of the window at that speed had returned As regards North China: similar the allocation of $50000-to gen-sound practice under the circum- ensuing year at a remuneration of he would make a call for 15 addi- months tour in Australia, New wher

Should a passenger put his bead prisons. A few months earlier she Daddy. I have lost the use of my

from an precautionary steps have been eral reserve will, I trut, meet with stances. The proposal was

eight- lega." He carried his son home,

he was adopted, namely, the writing down your approval. In recommending Hted.

attended by B to a nominal aum of certain ac- such transfer to general reserve.

$1,250.00 each per annum. This tional horse power from the loco-Zealand, the United States and doctor. He died early the follow- was carried unanimously.

motive. counts in that area, although the it is felt that, whilst the Im-

Canada.

ing day. OTHER BUSINESS

The chairman then thanked amount involved is not of much mediate outlook is hopeful, it is a

In a reference to the distant

As Dr. Gardner had said he did The chairman proposed that the shareholders for their attendance future, Mr. Bentham said: "When significance.

not consider that the boy's punish- matter of sound policy to pay due retiring directors, Mr. J. Scott and announced that dividend war-electricity has shown us how to pockets enough energy From the foregoing remarks it regard to the prevailing unsettled Harston, the Hon. Stř

to take ment had anything to do with the Shou-son rants were ready and could be ob- draw in the inexhaustible stores our private plane around. the cause of death," the coroner re- will be concluded that our Hong state of affairs in this part of the Chow, Kt., and Mr. S. T. William-tained on application at the offices of energy in a compact and sim-world and provide heat and light corded a verdict of death from na- Kong business has participated to World and, consequently. to con- kon be re-elected. Mr. F. W. of the Company...

ple way we may carry in our for our comfort all the way."

tural causes.

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