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TURCO-EGYPTIAN
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1918,
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EMBROIDERY AND KARE LACES SWATOW DRAWN WORK; AND
LADIES TAILORING.
SWATOW TRADING COMPANY, HONGKONG. OPPOSITE THE CLOCK TOWER.
APPEAL DISMISSED
Judges Coacur in 'an Interesting Case,
SHANGHAI AND HONG- KEW WHARF CO., LD,
FAR EASTERN NAVAL SQUADRONS.
Annual Meeting. This morning judgments were The annual general meeting of read by the Chief Fastice, Sir.shareholders in this Company was Name W. Res Davies K. O. and The held at the office of the general Alacrity Faisne Judge, Mr. Justice Gom
Atins pertz, in the appeal case in which, agorts (Jardine, Matheson & Co.,
Bramble Kang Yang Che was the Ld.) last Wednesday. Mr. David Britomart appellant, ond Kwok Sin Lau the Landale presided, and there were admus respondent. The appellant asked that the judgment in aleo present Messrs. H. R. Kinnear, Cherub
Clio the notion dated November 9 H. A. J. Maoray, A. M. Marshall
Famo 1912, might bo reversed and C. W. Wrightson, Directors: Flor in ao far as it directed that a lease Messrs. J. M. Young, A. R. Handy dated March 1, 1911, made be- Wilson, A. Stott, J. R. Elise, Janus tweon Mr. G. H. Soth on the one
Merlin
part, and the appellant on the R. H. Elias, B. A. Clarke, T. R Kent other, bo null and void us against Wheelook, R. E. Kadcorie, P. Kinsha Kwok Siu La and that the Chambers and J. J. Dande judgment might be reversed in (Acting Secratary ),^ Bo far as it directed that the re- The Acting Secretary having spondent was entitled to the possion of the premises, No. 256 read the notice convening the
meeting, Quran's Rond."
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Mr. Eldon Potter, instruqh The Chairman said: Gentlemen, by Mr. Otto Kong Sing, appeared As the Report and Accounts have Robin in rapport of the appeal, been in your hands for some days Rosario
and Mr M. W. Slade K.Ö., in
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structed by Mr G. K. Hall Bratton, I propose, with your permission, Sandpiper of Messrs Brutton and Hett, for to taken them as read. I will Snipe the respondent...
now ask the Secretary of the Com- Tamar pany to read the Auditors' Report
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President's Judgment.
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HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S ON THE CHINA STATION.
Class Despatch-boat
Tous Guns: LHP. 1,700 12 2,000
Admiralty tug
Gunboat
Gunboat
710 2. 710 2 1,070 .6
Commander Comdr, C. L. Lambe. Master W. West..
Reported at
Hongkong
Hongkong
Yangtaze
Yanglaze.
Shangbai
Hongkong
J:
Hongkong) Hongkong
000 Lt-Com. B.E. Prichard 900 Lt.-Com. W. H. Darwell 1,400 Comdr, E. Williams
300 Master II. Smith 1,400 Comdr. Mackenzie, D.S.O. 65,700: "Lt.-Com. Wilkinson
British sloop
300 Water tank and tug
British sloop
..1,070 Torpedo-boat destroyer 300 2nd class oruiser - · 4,350 10 Torpedo bont destroyer 295 6 Torpedo-boat destroyer 2800
1st class oruiser River gunboat Surveying ship 1st class oruiser. 1st class cruiser River gunboat:
9,000 14 6184 1,040
14,600
9,800
7,000 Capt.0. F. Corbett M.V.0, Shanghai 4,000 Lt Com. F.G. Brickenden West River 3,900 Lt. Com. Boddam Whetham Hongkong 22,000 Capt. Allon-T-Hunt O.S.I. Hongkong 1,200. Lt. Com. H. Marryatt Yangleze
Capt: F. C. C. Pasco 27,000 Capt. G. O. Cayley
Capt. Frederick A. Powlett Hongkong 240 L-Comdr. M. Murray Yanglaze 6,300 t.Com. E.T.R. Chambera Canton 7,500 Li-Com. E.JG. Mackinnon Hongkong
240 Lt-Comdr. Nash
West River 1,400 Lt-Comdr.N.E Archdale Hongkong 240 Lt.-Com, I. S. Hutton Hongkong 240 Lt.-Com. Maurice. Leslie 6,000 Gunner. W. H. Ryder.
Com. R. H. Anstruther C.M.Gongkong 800 Lt-0.Hon. Guy Stepford Yangtsze 900 Lt.-C.H.R.N. Cotrell Dormer Yangtsze 7,500 Lt.-Comdr. Maxwell
14
Yanglezo
Hongkong
Hongkong
Minotaur Monmouth Moorhen Newcastle Nightingale
Hongkong
22,000
Capt. B.H.F. Barttelot,
Hongkong
180
800 Lt-Com. Alan Dixon
Hongkong
2nd-class cruiser
4,800 12 -22,000
River gunboat
Oitor
Torpodo-boat
85 24 385 6
Ribble
Torpedo-toat destroyer
·600
River gunboat
Depotship for Submarines 980.
River gunboat
85 2
85 2
River gunboat
85
2
Torpedo boat destroyer 350
Receiving ship
4,650
6
River gunboat
180
Gunboat
710 2
Torpedo-bont destroyer 590
Torpedo-boat destroyer- 355
6
Welland
Torpedo-hout destroyer
500
Cantón 6,300 Lt. Com. H.D. Adair-Hall Hongkong 7,500 Com. Soymour
"Torpedo-boat destroyer 360
6
5,900 Com. R. Navillo
Hongkong Hongkong
Gunboat
195 -.2
Gunboat
Gunboat
150
150 2 2
.0.36,
C.-37,
0.38,
'T.B. 035,
T.B. 036,
T.B. 037,
T.B. 038,
800 Lt.-Comdr. J. O. Borrett Upper Yangisze 500 Lt.-Com. M. B. Blackwood Yangtsze 500 Lt.-Comdr. Lloyd.
Shuanghai
Lt-Com. Godfrey Herbert Hongkong. Lt-Com. A. A. L. Fenner Hongkong. Lt.-Com. J. R. A.Codrington Hongkong. Lt.-Com. Handley
West River.
Lt.-Com, Stileman
Lt.-Com. Nicol,
Hongkong Hongkong..
Lt.-Oom. H. W. Seymour, Hongkong.
Flagship of Admiral Sir à. L. Winsloe, K.C.B., C.V.O., OMG. Commander-in-Chipf.
FOREIGN MEN-OF-WAR ON THE CHINA AND JAPAN STATION.
In a written judgment, the in accordance with the Hong-Thistle President of the Appeal Cout, kong Companies Ordinances un- Usk Sir Havilland de Sausmorez der which this Company is non-Virago pointed out that the lease to the stituted.
The report, having been read, Whiting defondant, in the original, notion, Kang Yang Cho, was granted by the Chairman continued:-The re- Widgeon
receiver appointed by the Court.sult of the your's working is a cor- Woodcock It was dated March, 1 1911. On siderable improvement upon that Woodlark October 11, 1910, the Plaintiff of the preceding year, the balance made one agreement to purchase of the 1912 Working Account from the owner the whole being Tis. 370,179.01 as against of a property which inclu led Tla. 236,621.30 for 1911. This that leased to the defendant gives us a balance at credit of An assignment to the plaintiff Profit and Less Account of Tis. was executed on January 17, 174,370.57 after the interim 1012, and registored at the Land dividend of Tis. 3 per share paid Olice on January 18. The agree in August, has been deducted, ment to purchase was registered and enables your Directors to on November 21. 1911. At the recommend the payment of a time of signing the agreement haal dividend of Tis. 4 per share Kaiser Franz plaintiff paid part of the purchase making 7 per cent for the year money, and was a bona file par- and to place Tis. 25,000 to chaser for he had no notice of the Repairs Account.
A sum of Tls. 24,012.00 has Dupleix lease. He, however, knew of it before registration on November been spent on repairs during the Kleber 21. The lease was never regie-year, which is Tis. 4,612.60 in Lecidee.
oxcess of the provision mado Argas tered.
His Lordship pointed out that from the 1911 Acobunt. Gur Vigilante the preamble of the Land Regis godowne are in good order and Peibo tration Ordinance, showed that our wharves are being kept in a Dondard de Lagree, Gunboat the purpose of the ordinance was serviceable condition, but no more CO.
to prevent secret and fraudulent is being spent than is absolutely CHATER ROAD,consequouces, but its further necessary upon wharvas which Lynx object "is to provide menus are within the normal line, in Protee whereby the title to real and in case they, have eventually to be Styx" movable property may be easily replaced by others in the positions Fronde traced and ascertained.' In this required by the River Conser- dlberville further object it went entirely vaney. We handled a much Pistolet beyond the Middlecen Act, and larger number of steamers during Mousquet therefore they might expect to the year under review than in the Manclie find provision for a perfect regis preceding year and we have had try as well as for the prevention more cargo on storage." The pre- of fraud.
seat yoar has commenced well, He was of opinion that the appeal should be dismissed with
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FAR EAST OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CO., LTD.. AUTOGENOUS WELDING.
repair of bollers and halls, welding of cracks.
718
costa.
Chief Justice Agrees.
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Otter
JosephI Armoured cruiser
4,000 45 8,000 Capt. Hanta
French.
Armoured cruiser Armoured oruiser Gunboat River gunboat Gunboat. Gunboat
10,014 30 20,000 Capt. Vergos 0,700 12 19,600 Capt. Gourts
845 10 1,000 Lieut. Vandier. 180 6 670 Lieut. Dordet
500 Lieut, de Jervillier
Lieut. Collin
123 7 130
Shanghai
Shanghai
Hongkong
Saigon
Canton
Canton
Tongka
Lieut. Dupuy Dutempa Tohong-kin
**Flagship of Rear Admiral Collook de Kerillis, Commander-in-Chief, the French China Station.
Submarine
Lieut. Bolaix
Saigon
Submarine.
Saigon
Armoured gunboat
Destroyer
Destroyer
Destroyer
Destroyer
Surveying-ship
1,708 10 350 7
130
7
·307 6: 1,025 10
1,700
Lieut. Guillaume-Louis Saigon 303 Lieut. Aurillac
Saigon
Capt.de Frigate Ilouisen Hongkong 300 Comdr. de Marqueseso Saigon
300 9,000 Com. Voisin
Saigon
Saigon
Flagship of Commodore Boucicaut, Commanding the local defence Indo thin
Vaterland
If any shareholder desires any Emden further information regarding the Gneisenau. Accounts I shall be happy to give Iltis it him to the best of my ability. Jaguar There were no questions, and Leipzig The Chief Justice agreed gen the following resolutions were Luchs orally with the conclusions arriv- then put to the meeting and Nurnburg ed at by the Presiding Judge carried unanimously:- There was a good deal of new Renewing of corroded platen by addition of metal
Proposed by the Chairman and Schoraborer Welding of broken places of any kind c metal matter introduced in argument on seconded by Mr A. M. Marshall: 9.00 appeal, and he thought it desir. That the Report and Accounts, na Taku OFFION: 84, Gonge'e Building, 3rd Flour, Telephone 1088.
able to express in a few words presented be passed and fadopt Tiger the construction which he also ..
Tsingtan placed on sections 3, and 4, of Proposed by MrJ, M. Young the Ordinance Section 3. sub- and seconded by Mr B. A, Clark : section 1, dealt with unregistered That Messra H. R Kinnear, H. A. Calabria deeds and provided that deeds J. Macray, A. M. Marshall, C. W. which were not registered, should Wrightson, together with the be void "as against any subse-senior member of Jardine, Ma- Adamastor quent bona fide purchaser or heson & Co., Ld., be re-olcoted- Macno mortgagee for valuable con Directors of the Company for the Patria sideration of the same current year. Man parcels." And he agreed that it Proposed by Mr J. B. Elias and applied whether the subsequent seconded by Mr T. B. Wheelock purchaser had registered or not, that Messrs G. B. Wingrove and A-2 and that the object of the crdio-H. W. G. Hayter be re-leated 4-4 anca being to enforce registration, auditors of the Company for the A-6 S. I. YAMATOYA, the question of postponing curtent year.
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CASUM,
prior to a sabsequent unregister- Proposed by the Chairman and Albany ed deed was apparently not re seconded by Mr. H. R. Kinnear Bainbridge garded by the legislature as an That a final dividend of Tis: 4 Barry olement of weight.
Cruiser Gunboat Cruiser
River günboat Flagship Torpedo-bont Torpedo-boat Gunboat River gunboat River gunboat
German,
900 10 1,350
400 8
Cruiser
3,000 22 13,500 Capt. v. Restorf
Swalow
Armoured cruiser Gunboat Guabout
11,600 36 26,000
Captain Benningbaus
Tsingtau
900 12 1,300 900 12 3,250 24 11,000
Comdr. v. Gohren
Shanghai
1,300
Comdr. Vanselow
Taingtau
Capt. Behnoke
Tsingtan
Comdr. Bendemann
Taingtau
3,400 22 13,200, Capt. Morsberger
Tsingtan
Capt. Lieut. Firle
Yangtazo
11,000 38 20,000 Capt. Resiug⠀⠀
Shanghai
6,500 Capt. Lt. Berronberg
Tsingtan
280 4
Taingtan
900 -10
Tsingtau
223
1,300 Capt. Lt. Frhr. Speth v.
Schulzburg Canton
223
Shanghai
Italian cruiser
2,145
Portuguese,
Cruiser
Gunboat
Quaboat
1,757
700
0,000. Oыlt. z. S. Clansson 1,350
Comdr.' Bockør ti
500 Obit, z. 8. Prinz
Com, Sommi Piconardi Shanghai
Capt. Anibal de S. Dias Maczo -Macao Capt. Martins Capt. Jose de Carvalho Orato Macao
UNITED STATES VESSELS ATTACHED TO ASIATIC STATION.
Submarine
Ensign J. MoO. Murray
Cavite
Lieut. E. D. McWhorter
Ensign J. O. Van de Carr
Ensign O. M. Yates
Protected oruiser.
3,430 10
Torpedo-bost des.
420 7
8,000 Ensign H. M. Jones
Torpedo-boat des.
420 7
8,000 Lieut. R. Hill
Ganbaat
213 8
Torpedo-boat destroyer Protestad.oruiser Torpedo-boat destroyer. Torpedo boat destroyer Gunboat
He concurred with his learned per sliste he declared for the Callao
Chauncey year 1912. N others that the assignment wOB Mr. A. Statt said that there Cincinnati an assignment the property and was a rumour about to the effect Dale. not of reversion,
that the Company was negotiat-Decatur. ing to sell a portion of their pro-Helena Elcano Pulsne Judge Concurs. The Puisne Jadge, concurring, perty. Was that co? said in this case, the respondent The Chairman replied that Mohican had entered upon negotiations, no negotiations were going on Monadnock executed a binding agreement to directly between the Company Monterey purchase, and paid a deposit and anybody for the sale of any Pampanga all in absoluto good faith; and portion of their property. They, Piscataqua with no notice of the appellant's had had, through a broker, an Pompey lease. He saw nothing frandu-inery as to what price they Quiros lont in his then going on to com- would accept for a portion of their Rainbow plets his purchase and obtaining property and a reply lind been Samar A telegram from Kaifong says the protection the law offered given that an offer at a certain Saratoga that the recent sevore windstorm him. Why should he be put to figuro would be considered. There Villalobos devastated the wheat crop to such inconvenience by the appellant's was nothing more definite that he Wilmington Gunboat an extent that a famino is im- negligence?
was able to give Mr. Stoit.
MILLINERS & DRAPERS
LADIES & CHILDREN'S WEAR. No. 1 & 8 D'Aguilar Street
Rough Weather in the North.
pending in Central and North The appeal was dismissed with ['87 Honan.
costs,
This congladed the business of the meeting
420 7 3,183 11
3,500 Commander M. L. Bristol Cruising
250 Ensign W. L. Heiberg
8,000 Lient, F. J. Fletcher 10,000 Com. S. S. Robinson 420478,000 Lieut. U. A. Woodruff 420 78,000 Lieut. B. H. Green 620 4 800 Lt. Com. V.8, Gannon 1392 81,988 Com. G.B. Marvell 1,100 Ltent, R. V. Lowe: 3,000 Lient. E. P. Svarz z 5,277 Com. JV Chase --Lient B. B. Taylor 1,600 Lieut. 8. W. Wallace
Liont. W. O. Wallace.
1,900, 6
Cavite
Canton
Osvito
Shanghai
Gunboat Station ship
Monitor Monitor Gunboat
3,900 4,081
243
Ben going tug Repair ship Gunboat Cruiser Gunboat Cruiser
854 2
085
3502
208 Lieut. J. J. Hannigan
243 8
Gunboat
4250 Lient. G. O Dichanan 8,115 14 17,401 Commander H. A. Wiley
870 9 208 Lieut. E. Darre
Shanghai
Swatot
Shanghai
gkong
ngarol
United B
4,360 141,800 Lt. Com. D. W. Wartzbaugh Swatow,
892 8 1,894 Commander JF. Hubbard 402
650 Ohio Bswain. P. E. Radol Wompatuok Tug
U.S.8. Saratoga Flagship Rear Admiral R. F. Nicholson, Coramander-in-C Asiatic Fleet, temporarily
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