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MEETING

Lead Produced Acceptable

AMAH'S COURAGE IN

RESISTING ROBBER

TOLD IN COURT

다

The story of how an amah. inspired by courage and her loyalty to her mistress, attacked a robber who was armed with a kitchen knife, was told in the Central Court yesterday before Mr. Butters. The incident occurred about 2, a.m. on June 4 when the oc-

an pnwelcome cupants of No. 33. Morrison Hill Road were paid visit.

CONTINUED ATTACK

Miss Pak Suct was writing a the rear of the house and raised letter, with her cousin Miss Yuen the alarm. Lan-ying keeping her company A noise came from the kitchen and

was amiss. went to investigate Miss Yuen, feeling that something

When she reached the kitchen she was confronted by a man armed with a kitchen knife.

The man continued to attack

returned and together with Miss Miss Pak and demanded the key to the wardrobe, but the amat Yuen, forced him into the kitchen

The annual meeting of Hong Kong Mines Limited, was held in the offices of the Company, Prin- ce's Building, yesterday.

Mr. C.

C. Stark, (managing director) presided and there were present:Mr. J. M. Wong (direc- and Company, Inc., LR. Nielson lor) L. R. Nielson, Esq. Nielson and Co., Ltd., Messrs. F. Schreiber, Sydney Baxter, Wong Kit-wan R. O. Odell Esq. (for International Investments Ltd.). W. G. Foy Leung Yau-cheung. B. Wong Tape, J. R. Paton, H. J. Armstrong (re-kins, who prosecuted, said that came to the house. A man was when the stranger saw Miss Yuen brought in who was readily re- he caught hold of her and threat-cognised by the three inmates as ened her with the knife to keep the robber.

Yesterday an unemployed mafco silent. The man took her into the

WXS charged dining room, and turned his at-named Wong Tin

with assault with intent to rob. tention to Miss Pak.

presenting Messrs. Deacons) and T. A. Martin. for the Secretaries.

The chairman said:-

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and locked the door behind him.

A short while later, a Chinese Detective Inspector W. N. Dar-detective and an Indian constable

But for the calamitous drop-in the price of lead from £37 per ton to something in the neighbour- hood of £13, our showing would The amah, 'Au Hing, who had Miss Pak and her cousin and the have been very much better. I also heard the commotion, came amah Identified Weng as the man would remind you however, that out and together with Miss Yuen who had attempted to job them

With dramatic on June 4. attacked the man.

Defendant dented the accusa- suddenness.. the amah managed to overcome the man and snatched tion. The case was remanded till

She went to 2.30 p.m. on Monday, July 4. the knife from him.

in mining, where so much time has to be given to experiment and development in the first year, a loss can generally be anticipated. If however lead had maintained

Its price we would have been able THE LOCH NESS

to make a very handsome proft.

Since the date of Messrs. Nielson and Co's report, our stock of 3765 tons of concentrates har been sold to buyers in Europe ex- clusively. Earlier sales would

have been made but for the fact that Nielson and Co. felt there was every prospect that prices would improve. while they also were negotiating for sale of one year's output on very favourable terms, in Manila. Unfortunately this sale fell through at the last

moment.

REDUCING EXPENSES

I would explain that payment for concentrates is made on the average price of the calendar month following the month of arrival. With the exception of Initial shipments of 260 tons

“MONSTER”

Plan For Scientific

Inquiry

FOUR CASES OF CHOLERA

Four cases of cholera were re- ported to the health authorities on Wednesday,

"

case

of

Other diseases notified were eight "cases of enteric fever, four cases of measles, three cases of TRAINED OBSERVERS [cerebro-spinal fever, three cases of

tired), who went to

Captain D. J. Munro. R.N. (Re-dysentery and

sen in the diphtheria Merchant Service in 1880 at the age of 11 and made five voyages FINED FOR SELLING

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round the world in clipper ships.

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has written a pamphlet entitled Lam Hong. licence holder at "Loch Ness Mystery." The "mys-the Kowloon City market, was tery" of the lach is, of course, the yesterday aned $50 at the Kow-

monster" whose existence first hinted at nearly five years charge of having, on June 9, ex- loon Court by Mr. Barnett on a

ago, says The Times.

hibited for sale pears which had Captain, Munro, who wishes to

Was

therefore, the price we will resolve the mystery of the loch, been sliced into several pieces and

ceive will be based on the aver age price for July and August.

Everything possible has been done to reduce expense to

minimum; and we are a further

another effort to secure a further reduction in freight rates, as present rates handicap us a lot.

As previously advised, we are contemplating increasing the mill- ing machinery to handle a fur- ther 100 tons per day: This can be done at comparatively little cost, as provision for this ad-

which were in a condition of rot.

Li Fu, stall föki, stated in evid-

makes in his pamphlet sugges- tions for a scientific investigation. and states that if sufficient finan-ence, that the pears were not cat

and were not for sale.

He was cial support is forthcoming a

given false testimony.

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the cost of labour will be sli-htly increased, the general overhead will not be increased in any way. PRICE OF LEAD In conclusion. I would reiterate that our Success failure is entirely dependerit on the price of lead. We can only say that from the number of inquiries we have received lately, we sincerely trust that demand of this product will shortly raise it to its former levels.

I am glad to say that our pro- duct has been found very accep table by smelters. in Europe, and we have secured smelting charges: considerably below present CUT- rent rates.

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should take. Captain Munro server always on watch from day- places out of bounds all plans light to twilight. The floating based on "aeroplanes. alrships, station might be an old barge, or bathospheres, submarines. &c. as drifter. being unsuitable.

To observe it successfully, per- fect quietness in water and air is essential: this can only be secured by observing from fixed stations Undoub- ashore and afloat. ... tedly it is very timid, and dives immediately any strange noise is heard, such as a motor horn or propeller of a motor-boat."

OBSERVATION STATIONS Captain Munro continues:-"If the following four points could be discovered in connection with the creature I think all Interests A sil- The Report and Statement of would be satisfied: -(1) accounts were adopted: proposed bouette taken from a position as by the Chairman and seconded nearly on the same plane as pos

sible; (2) length; (3) speed of by Mr. Wong Kit-wan

Messrs. David Wat Kwok-u, travel on the surface; (4) food."

There should be three fixed and J. M. Wong, who retired in rotation and being eligible, were stations, he suggests, so situated that they can be seen from each: re-elected directors of the Com-

should be! pany. Mr. 8. Baxter propossing and other. Each station

provided with telephoto camera Mr. H. Odell seconding.

Messrs. T. A Martin and Com-fitted with sulfable lens for longe pany after having relinquished range work, ränge finder, cinema the Secretaryship, were re-elected camera with suitable lens

stop watch. as auditors of the Company, at long-range work,

for

an annual remuneration of $3,000, Hght meter, and powerful binocu

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CAFE DEFRAUDED

OF CAKES

...Captain Munro is puzzled by the source of the food which an ani- mal of the size of "monster" must consume, Trout, pike, salmon, Yip Chung-chow. clerk, and and eels are known to be in the Cheting Wah, delivery coolle, em-lach, but trout would be the only ployed at the Marçel Cafe, Nathan all-the-year-round food supply Road, appeared before Mr. Barnett "and a creature of the size des- at the Kowloon Court yesterday, cribed must be very rimble to be on charges of defrauding the cafe able to make a meal of them; __NO (GNS OF ATTACH of 10 boxes of fancy cakes.

It was stated that the clerk

There are no large masses of would write out the delivery order, rushes of grass on the banks of pay for it, and fill the boxes with the loch to give. the creature a more than the specified number of vegetable diet; and the trees do cakes on the delivery order. The not show any signs of being at delivery coolie would assist in the tacked, In the deeper parts Bale of the surplus cakes

of the loch there may be an un- known food supply; and this could only be found by sultable trawling gear."

Mr. D. Blumenthal, of Marcel Cafe, appeared as complainant.

A fine of 200 br. In default, four months hard labour, was imposed Coming to the cost. Captain

on the drst defendant and a nine of $25 or, in défault, one month's hard labours posed on the second defendant.

Munro estimates that. £1,500 would be necessary to carry on operations at the three stations for three months. te suggests |

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