Intimation.
THE HONGKONG TEL GRAPH WEDNESDAY APRIL 201QIO
**When that appointment had; term!- nated, be had a short stay at Home, but his roving disposition soon led him to accept an offer of the assistant editor ship of the Bangkok Times, . On the conclusion of his term in Slam, he took up a post on the Straits Times in Singapore as 8. WATSON & CO., sub-editor and chief reporter, collaborating with the late Editor, Mr. E. A.Murphy, in the production of that advanced journal. Thence he came up to Hongkong, where, after a brief stay, he obtained an appointment on the editorial staff of the Hongkong Telegraph 1905. ~ Upon the vacancy occurring
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THI
ANNUAL REPORT.
The report of the Board of Directors to the twenty-Erst ordinary yanety meeting of, share- mpany's Offical
holders, to be held at the St. George's Ballding, at noon on Saturday, 30th inst, is as follows:
Gentlemen,Your directors have the pleasure to sabmột the accompanying state.
adalng 18th February, 1910.4 mant of the compay's accopsis for the year
"SALE" OF A„PORTION OF THE PROPERTYO
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WATCHING THE PRECEDENT":
by the Hon. authorised by the Secretary of State ft. C.Emerson to the. Hongkong Legislative
That Son,000. zum ef 9,000 sterling has been
would be received in shares of the new com Pany, It will be diritibuted pro raia among the shareholders, with a portions for reserve "I hope you will be satisfied with this fifty cents to such shareholder and $100,000 for
the Imperial Treasury as compensation. losses of onlum manns that have the dictation of the Imperial Government, the tool of the notiopium agitation
Sir Frederick Lugard did not pat; Singapers Free Preis editorially,
Smeeting of the lars of the Valted Bingapore Rubber Ltd was bold at Singapore, on 12th- Dr. Lim Boon Keng presided and the were present Hen, Tan Jiak Kim, Tan Chay Ten, Chox Giang Thye, Les Choon Goao, Soab Eng Keat, Yow Ngan Pan, Chan Kang Swi, A. D. Machado (manager), Sch Ping Law (sacre tary), Seow Soon Kim, Tan Boo Liat, E. J. Ro The balance at credit of profit and loss ac.bertson, Lim Neo Spon, Chin Wes Chiang, L. in January, 1906, he succeeded to | count is $174,790.00 ; 'alter dadocting directors Hinnekindt, Seow Pob Lang, Ong Soon Tes. The Hon, Tas Jiak Kim then proposed that but that is the way in which i the editorship. Thoroughly conversant fees ($3,000) there remsins sum of $171,790.05 S. K. Yin, G. Emerson, H. A. E. Thompson, with the topics of the day and available for appropriation, and your director woll informed on 80 extensive range recommend that this be disposed of a MANUFACTURERS. of subjects, in particular the con- follows.
temporaneous history of South China, his articles in' the "editorial columns of this
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WCHAIRMAN'S REMARKS.
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must ba H Ironside, Yeo Bin Kang, F. O De Souza, the Director negotiate for the sale of the honestly put. Sir Frederick Legard farther Wes Kee Swi, Wes Choon Cusa, Seow Kok Seletar and Sambawang sections of the Com- congratulated the Legislative Council that Wan, Chew Swee, Tong and Koh San lio,pany's property to a proposed Company to be the grant had not been confined to one The minutes of the last meeting were read called "the Bambawang Rubber Company, Year. At this moment, not being able to **: certain defnitely the relation of this vots of the |Limited." and confirmed.zip
Imperial Gevarament in the actual deficit of Mr. Chen Giang Thye seconded and it was the Hongkong Government from the ordered carried nam, con
closing of the opium divanu, we can only shy MANY. TEMPTING OFFERS.
that the principle of compensation has been The Chairman" said there was another admitted. It would hava bena desperately point. The Directors wished, to-ascertain dishoneat if it had ool,- bat wer whether the shareholders would give them this, that the stray deviation of a Radical Go authority to negotiate for the re-formation of vernment into virtue sinqda out as a wonderful, thair existing propasty on very advantageous || sirangely-creditabile suluggy Thalgo rola) terms to the present shareholders Very lempi political vice, and virtue is so exceptional a manifestation that it is greeted with unwonted encomiums. If the Imperial Goverment such an assumption inflicts—it will at once. proceed to announce that the samas priaciple, of compensation is to be applied to the Straits Settlements, and to the Federated Malay Stater, which constitutionally should be as free of interference of the kind as if they were in Mar. To be honest at a cost of £9,000 it one thing,
originality of style and soundness of views His forceful comments, even when disagreeing with the popular view, were the exposition of an independent and settled conviction. As a publicist he could be reason edwith, but his opinion could not be moulded or subversed to individual interests. He was, upon times, the unequivocal critic of certain Governmental policies, but his criticism To Carry forward to next account.... £1,798.20 opinion it would not be to your advantage to Willing to giro half.in shares and balf in money { is honest-and what a strain on the mind
were directed in the interest of what he cons cientiously conceived to have been the public weal, rather than any inherent desire to be agin the Government." In the advance- ment of the commercial and tradal. pro- sperity of the port, his facile pen was ever ready to be welded. The feature
To write off furniture account for depreciation .....................
To pay a bonus te staff
• Dr Lim Boon King ralds-Gentlemen, This manting has been called chiefly on 0,000,03 account of the resolution, notice of which has been in your hands. But before we proceed to 77065:45 | deal with it, your Directors wish to lay before you some important matters and to ascertain 5,000.co your views upon them. It is well known that repeated offers have been made to purchase your 477.00 untates, but your Directors consider it laadvising offers had bien made to the Company to 4.150.05 able to entertain any of these, as they are of the participate in their shares. The people were dispose of your property outright for cash, even which would supply all the working capital There would also be the return of all cash in at the present baom prices. Your Directors, however, bare considated it advisable to hand the existing Company. The amount of shares over a detached portion of your property in the would be open to negotiation, The Directors Seletar and Sembawang districts for a vary did not advise selling outright. They would large sum which will be payable in shares of like to hear what the shareholders had to say, the New Company, The price asked for by on the subject, The Company that would:
things, p
$174,79298
Directors-3 on. Sir C. F. Chater, C.M.G, and Mr. E. G. Barrett resigned their seats co, leaving the Colony and Sir H. N. Mody and Mr. G. H. Medhurst were appolated to fill the vacancies. These appointments require the confirmation of abareholder,' In accordance
which he has made of this journal is the with the articles of association Sir H.N. Mody Four Directors has been accepted by the pro- come had an enormous capital to buy up other But if our whole oplum revenus is to be abane
REFRESHING. best testimony of his professional worth, During bix sojourn in Hongkong, Mr. Brebner made many friends, not only in jouroallatic circles but among the general community. With his colleagues on the Press he was always in harmony and the beat of co-workers.
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DEATHS.
At the Government Civil Hospital, Hong kong, on the 19th. April, 1915, ALEXANDER WALLER BREDNER, late Editor, Hongkong
· Telegraph. Ago:34.
On April 14, 1910, at Shanghai, Captain John Henderson Brown, R,M,2, 1x, Chin Bụi, aged 53 years,
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LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE T.K.K' Soya Maru. 4,713 gross
tonnage, arrived from Japan, this morning,
HYDROPHOBIA bas appeared in Nagasaki and the police were to undertake destructional owneries dogs from the 11th instant.
A BROTHER of Lord Dalhousie aud a son of Lord Eldon have recently bred appointed to the staff of the British. Legation at Peking.
THU Straits Echo learns that Mr. Loke Chow Thye's property, the Sungei Ular Rubber Estate, situate at Kulim and contining an area of about 4,000 acis, has been sold to a private syndicate for the sum of $175,000,
MR. L. Clements, for seven years in Bangkok, has died in the hills near Korat from malaria
and paralysis, He was well knows, having been last by the Indian Government to the Siamese police,
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THE property known as No. 115, Jervois Streat was put up for sale by public auction, at noon, to-day, by order of the mortgagee. The reserve price of $12,000 not having been obtained the property was withdrawn,
From Golf Alustrated.—“One of the applicants for the post of secretary to a golf club recently put forward as his chial recommendation the fact that he had bad previous experience as Recretary to a gas company." (This seams a little obscure. Would the counteous Mr. Halloway cast a light on this subject.). --
KEAR-Admiral Richard Frederick Britten, R.N. (retired), of Kenswick Manor, Worcester, who estate valued at £177,381 gross, with net saw service in the China War of 1858, left
personally. £334.799. He bequeathed one. | year's wagen,10 eacă domestic servant (includ
ung bis coachman, John Wassler), of three years' service, and in addition £5 each in respect of each further year'ol'service beyond
he Jongkong Oelegraph three years.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1910,
DEATH OF MN, A. W. BREBNER, We deeply regret to have to sanounce the danth of Mr. A. W, Brebner, the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph, with which he had been associated for over five years. His de -mise occurred at ten o'clock last night in the
moters of the subsidiary company and will be and Hon. Mr. W. J. Greston retire, bat, belog offered to their shareholders, without any addi. eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
tion of profits and charges. Your Directors do Auditors. The accounts have been audited not think it will be to your interest 20 make by Messrs. W. Hution Pots and J. Cox-Hd-public the details of their transactions. The wards. Messrs. W. Hutton Form and J. Cor Seletar and Sembawang sections are calimated Edwards offer themselvas forma-election. by Mr. Machado to contain about 2,796 (7.2,373) acres of, which, 1,575 are Jungle or blukor and about 700 are under callivation. You: manager's report on this property gives the following figures --
1. W. C. BONNAR,”
Chairman,
Hongkong, 18th April, 1910.
STATEMENT or ACCOUNTS TO FIBRUARY 28TH, 1910, Liabilities.
Capital 65,000 shares oach $10 paid up.................8620,000.00 Sundry creditors" _.....
5,222,50
Dividends unclaimed it. 7,058.09 Suspessa account nisonanimema 3,744.89 Balance of profit and less account... 74,790.96
ASSETS.
Plot and maior account,' cost of, as, por Fant account ......
$496,382,25 Less amount provided for
depreciation
66,38415
$430,000,00
400
$788,816,44
1 year old
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93,848 trees 10,632
11,048
7,080
18,759.
129,328 -.-
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In ieply to Ms. Thompson, the Chairman said the Company was not a local one, t
Mr. Choa Giang Thys asked the Chairman to explain in Chinese so that all pressut would
doned, "say, rongbly, four and a half million”
dollars, the due compensation to be paid all
wually would be a matter of £530,000. If the
abandonment of the opium revenge had benn a joint policy on the part of the Imperial Government and the Straits Government, there. would have been some ground for an appor Mr. Robertson asked whether it was wise to tioned distribution of the defcit, but as the dispose of the property.
be able to understand,”
deficit is due to the dictation of the Imperial Government and against the will of the local
The Chairman remarked that that was what the Directors were asking, the shareholders.|| Government and the people, the real amount
- The Directors filt that they must be guided by 517 acre the shareholders.
Mr. Robertton then asked that time be given the shareholders to consider the matter. All .398: 7:10. | of them ware not prosent,
92 Ju
630 acres Since the above figurst were compiled fux ther planting has bens done so that the planted Krea is now over 700 acres. These portions of your Company form an important and valuable developmental ostale for there are still 2,000 acres to be planted up. They are separat ed from the main portion in Seragoon and Pongol by a distance of eight to nine miles and have been under the control of an as- | sistant manager. As the usw Company has arranged to appoint this gentleman as their manager and will appoint Mr. Ma chado as their visiting agent, you will be –$522,063.65 | satisfied that your interest in this concern will be la sala bands. By thus relegating the development and extension of these outlying sections to a subsidiary Company, which bas acquired valuable rubber bearing properties is the vicinity we shall retain under our own care 100,000.00 the best of your estates consisting of a more or less compact area of about 4,060 acres. Mr. 40.507-45 Machado has supplied the following estimate 13,320,62 of trees and planted areas.com/
2,279,17
Cost of plant, since added 92,055.53
Propery, cost of land and
buildings as per last account *********-..$118/043-99 Less amount provided
for depreciation
Installation, material,
stack of Storesandcoal, stockof... Tools, &c. stock of Furniture, cost of, as per
insurance, valuo of un fast account..........
expired, portioon af
policies............. Sundry debtors ̧.'.......... Cash with agente ...... Hongkong and Shanghai, Banking Corporation
11,043.99
WORKING ACCOUNT.
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677.co
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1 year old ...... --145,338 {reas = 763 acres.
19,300 19.058 · 306 *15,800 600 1 By comparing the figuren with those pub 1,500,00 30,16436 lished in the prospectus you will observe the 18,505.25 great progress that has been made since the formation of the Company. You will no doubi 53,795.94 also appreciate the great value of the goo odd acres containing kealthy 'and well developed $788,816.44 trees from 3 to 5 years of age. On a very con
servative basis your manager bas prepared the following estimate of the yield of rubber which speaks for itsell.
1910
To Agency and office expenses................. $1,000,00 To Rent and taxes.............
1917
3.923.70
1912
To Insurance ...
7,578.59
To Auditors' fees, or 005 TRAILER To Bad debis pre-
1913
200,00
1914
601.93
1915
.....260595.48
Accept....
Cr.
A CASE of fish poisoning on board a junk' | To Amount carried to profit atid loss has been reported at Shau-ki-wan, it ap pears that last night a fishing junk 'put into Shau-ki-wan Bay and informed the Police au- borities that owing to fish poisoning, three persons bad died on board, six others had been | taken seriously ill and the rest of the crew were indisposed. A launch was detailed to the scene of the sad occurrence and towed the in- lected junk over to an isolated spot.
Government Civil Hospital and was due to THOSE now in Singapore who were present at
By Net profit on working... By Scrip and transfer focu By Interest
⚫tion..
$185,199.08
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Dr.
.... 12,000 lbs. 70,000. 1,200,000*1
383,000 586,000
.678,000
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A European shareholder suggested that there was no barm in negotiating.
The Chairman said that if the shareholders were not in favour of selling, the directors need not waste their time in negotiation.
Mr. Ironside then moved "That the direc tors be empowered to treat for the sale of the Company's undertaking, any agroomant" which they enter into being submitted to the shares holders for confirmation"
Mr. Seow Pol Leog seconded and it was agreed..
A vote of thanks to the Chairman,concluded the meeting which then adjourned sino die.
RAUB GOLD MINUS.
DIVIDEND DECLARED,
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due by way of solatium is the whole amount" abandoned in deference to an agitation, which no man hess of any real understanding bag the | least sympathy with. As a sort of fogatined garotting there is something to be said for it, because might is ever right. It is brutal, but wa are not so unscientific as to refute to admit that having the power, there is nothing to prevent (he Imperial Government from doing an it likes. But then it must not prate of people's right and all that sort of thing. It is a god-given champion of the gutter-snipes of Bethnal Grise and Clerkenwell, but for the Straits having no votes, it is a mailed Gaf, a Simon Løgres, But if the Home Government under- Jake to compactate this Colony to the extent of the mining £5j0,000'a year, assuming the whole opium revenus presently to go by the board, we may still know them, to be the fools they are, but we must admit their complete honesty, But if they try to commute their destructive financial action for anything less than our fail annual loss iæ perpatwo, we shall take leave to hold them dishonest in that most disgracefal of all ways, seeking a reputation for a dab'oss virtue, at the expensat of a hapless victim; The blasant wearer of the phylactory is ever to be suspected. We trust that the Legis
A dividend at the rate of one shilling sad two pence has been declared by the Rand Aus tralian Gold Mining Co., Ld. Coupon No. 11,lative Council will very vigilantly look into payable on the 31st March last.
GLENEALY &STATB5,
MR. MAUDE'S LATEST HEPORT.
April 144
The Times of Malaya is informed by Meters Aylesbury and Jarland that Mr Maurice Maude reports on Glengly as follows pader date April the fourth-Since my last visit in September the growth has been extremely good. There is scarcely any rost disease and white ants are scarce.
A further sevenly acres is being planted and five hundred are being felled. The estimated yields will be' much exceeded.
The rubber from the factory is very good and the topping is some of the best work in the
W Stater,
I am sure that Gleoanly will prova s sound Investment. The total capital is only $300,00 and for this about 1,950 acres will be brought. into bearing,
Good dividends may be expected in the
You will thus see that we are now entering upon a dividend paying stage and with the above figures at your disposal you can meantiknu." readily calculate the value of your property: from the investor's, point of view, Le, to
· LECTURE: IN KOBE...
the Hongkong precadent announced to-day, The question in the vary biggest thing the Colony and the Federated Malay Stafon are up- against at this mimeat. And here is a fine. field for determined activity. The principle of compensation is admitted. Let it be hammer. ed in to the head. Koowing the Radical- morality it is safe to assume that if it can bilk this Colosy in the compensation transaction it will. We want no welsblog in the matter, and the Imperial Government is going to be an closely watched ja all this as any dubious bookie of Epsom Bowas,
THE CONFIDENCE TRICK AGAIN,
CHINESE WOMAN ROPEED OF $300, Another member of the ignorant class of Chinese has fallen a victim to what is populary ly known as the confidence trick,... It appears that while a Chinese woman was walking aloog in the streat yesterday, she was accosted by a Chiusmin, who was accompanied by youth, The man informed the woman that the boy hid picked up a bundle contaibing number of banknotes on the roadside but was afraid to go and have the bills changed intoam
Ha asked her if she would go and tange the poles and upon the woman replying" in the
$184490.98 reckon tubber at 3 to 4 shillings per lb, and CATS AS PLAGUE PREVENTERS.firmative, he asked her to dappalt some secu-
16,50 the cost of producties from 1 to 1/6 per
tity, whereupon the, simple creature had 79313 15. With regard to the arean still unplanted
over a package containing money and Jav to the value of $330. – On arriving at the money your manager is proceeding with the clear
Dr. Miyajima, of the Infectious Diseases, changer's, the woman opened the packaga"bot Ing and planting as quickly as circamslancas
Investigation Institute, in responte to an invita
was mortified to discover that the pickage was will perm. Your directors must call your attention farther to certain facts which enhanc. tion from the Kobe Municipal Sanitary Asic staffed with worthless paper and Hight Inside
was found a solitary banknote)We do ed the valde el your estates (1) There is cistion, delirated a lectore où Saturday, gih $174.79095 almost no sickness among the men working on inst, at the Butoku-dep, Bowayama, The snt know whether the dajing impostor, had been?
the plantations which are in fact in a very fect of the lec urn was the method of stamping|| Brough to book, $174,790,95-|- ialubrious condition, (2) Labour is cheap and out bubonic plague. He stated that inch Kyayang di
plentiful. All kinds of hands prefer work1 gmsasures had been most diligently considered It will be remembered that, when *** in Singapore on alusswäge to going alsewhere, by distinguished scientific men for more than burg-America liber Cleveland arrivad Although wages are, bound to increase in the ten years. But, so far, there had not been any Francisco with the first Clark ton
question 5,195,84
wasʻralked a 10 fators we have been astured by our manager better method dlicovered than to breed as that our plantations need never foar & scarcity many cats as possible and so exterminate Government could impose 169,595-45 offabour (3) Nearly all our planted areas sto
rate, People often were apt to consider that every passenger on the 'rou
“bacilli,, but that bad been carried botwas kept clean worded and free from (alang, (4) Our Catoo-fransmitted.
where "foralg trope are in good condition and are practically | Wa
bonic pending; 'fras, foom' disasie,and pestly? We have there MANY
fora every confidence that you,
will approve of
pneumonia, from which ho had been ailing the greai seriva of cricket matches played on ↑ To Amount available for appropria». for the last. two weeks. Mr. Brebner was | the Esplazado bere when, at Christmas 1890, only in bis 34th year. He was a native of teams from hongkong, Colombo and the Aberdeen, and after completing his educa- Native States met at Singapore for a whole tión at Robert Gordon's College, he joined the Aberdeen Pres Press, He was FOOD after detailed to report in the
fortnight's play, will woll recollect the fiss performances of. T. Kelaart, the left-brod
Cr.
Colombo bowier. It is coming on to twenty By Amount of und videl profit, as, ?.
per last account. years since then, and yet. T, Kölaust seeps toʻ
Court of Sessions in Edinburgh ́ ́where be in just as fico form as ever he was, nod to By Balance Ɖof "working"""account.
he bad exceptional opportunity of ace as deadly with the ball against the best quiring his experience in law reporting. Iiko bate that men to be found in Ceylon. A report all Aberdeen-trained journalists, he had an of the matchUp Country v. the Colts" has excellent footing in'his'profession and he was, this reference to a remarkabis display by that
ndistinguished as not only a roady writor. | vateram playeri
brought down,kit...........
but'a brilliant exponent of the profession as Keluart galo bowled in great form, capins- L'Avinir da Temkin pablishes a very pessimistic the staps your directors hava aken to form a Baye welljörHis first appointment abroad was in ing" six of the leven" wickets, that, fall on leader concerning the future of Indo-Uhlus, in strong subsidiary company. It is with the 1895, when he went to Jamaica, in the match was 12 wickets for 95, & performance
which atlantion is notateros Satörday, for 24" rose: His record for the
rawn to the past and faidre | vlaw acquainting you with of the country"> flome: very, goce, the ·Bal of your directors that West Indies" to take up the position of sub
which must "rank" with the best bowling foals | advice" is tendered but whether it will ever ba" jured to go over Gleanse in Kingston, lsvid.by, the famous. hander, Kelaut upontis a coastion which lime alone can Yar he acted as special was heartily, cong lated: on, his, succes
estion-in timely and
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