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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1917..

THE SHARE MARKET QUOTATIONS.

COMPANY MEETING,

Валки

Up to the Mloute.

Unions. Douglases, Indos (Def.)

b. 8 710.00. b. $ 900.00. b. $ 116.00, b. §.132.00,

H.K. Wharven. b. $ 88.00. Kloon Docks. # # 128.00.

S'hai Oottopa. Comenta.

b. 8 H.K. Tramwaya, b. $

11.70. 7.10.

VOLUNTEER RESERVE

ORDERS.

Chiasse Hagineering and Mining įposition of the proft and Som

WOMEN'S DAY.

FULL COUBT.

judgmentensered for the appellant for principal and Inpurest withi costs here ad below. V

MUSICAL LECTURE..

Judgment in Canton Bank Case. The Chief Justice's Oplates. The Question of Press Criticism,

cash, Treasury bills, War Loan and Exobotjder honda a total of 2306,03 goat 2015 thờ your before. "Now, as to the

2000unt and the dividend. The

Wartime Workers. balance brought forward from

Io Great Britala s věký in- The fourth annual ordinary last your Was £99,189; the Auential movement has been Fall Court this morning in the Judgment was given in the general meeting of the Chinese prokt, daljest as I have already Engineering and Mining Come said to eroes profits duty in starts to provide further for the case wherein the widow of

Co.

“The Chic_Janies, sud --1/

agree that shit appeal should be. allowed. The sonofenicis at which

I

that, insemnach as the orders in which Mr. Donman Faller has arrived in the Coast below was The final lectare of the seria the garnishes proosedings speni been giving on music at the

pany, Ltd., was held at Winchester £201,725, which makes a fótal moral and material welfare of the | former Chinese military officër is fically attached the deposits in Helena May'Instituts took place.

hundreds of thousands of women

two

the improved rate of exchange, dividend, will be payable on 20th loyally responded to their at Ganion for a political-alienos) | Badter to his "oftomer. The th Krst “Publið: Hppinës fios, “addi

and recreation.

know

Steamboats. BB. $ 20.50. Obing ngars. b. 8 126.00. House, EC., on December 19, Mr. of 2300,864. We paid trim and girle who are engaged in the appealing against a decision of the respondent Bank in the name last evening in the presence of

W. F. Turner chairman of the dividend of 5 per cent. (£50,000) and of mansitions and in offor the Chief Justics in su action of their customer. Lau Cheak large attenduros. company) presiding. The secre of May 15, 1918, and we bare paid, wartime work. Shortly after the brought by her against the Daning, sad as there was no aug-

The lecturer again · dealt · geation that the Bank bad any with some common faults of b. $ 118.00 tary (Mr. Alf. W. Berry) having (or provided for, income tax, which outbreak of the great war, the on Bank, for $10,000.

read the notice calling the meet- leaves a balance of £225,375. Young Women's Christian Associa The story of the

das, Enowledge whatever of the fraud interpretation, and sleo made ing and the auditors' report. We propose to pay a balance tion, of which H.M. Queen Mary which was reported in the perpetrated on the Court, the referencs to musical criticism, The Chairman said: The sales dividend of 5 per cent, making and. Queen Alexandra are the Telegraph at the time, is that the money must be held to have been saying that honest criticism of the Kailan Mining Administrs 10 per cent, for the year free of

widow's late husband at one paid under compulsion of law, war" "always to “ba welcomed. time deposited in sary duty of providing hats, Canton Bank tion were practically the same as 10come tax, which will leave patrons, took up the very neces-

the and the Bank thus, relieved of He then alinded to a Prom last year, its profite were slightly 5175,376 to be carried forward, hotels, canteens and rest-rooms money amounting to $10,000. judgment "I am not called upon, he frat artibed in the Celdos, in sams of any liability. I also said in my cutting of what was written whèn tess, whilst our prodis, thanks to sabject to excess profta duty. The where the women workers, who so Soon after this he was executed to consider the libility of which the paperineated de are considerably mors. The sales inst. There are two obervations

Jountry #okli, Cala ubikia pat- of the Administration for the year whình ought to be made about

sola estaša. Rís -widow does not arian here. I desire to of oriticism was not much good. Order No. 6, issued to-day by amounted to 2,667,000 tons, as this dividend. The first is that in per food, sleeping accommodation having the money in the bank a position of debtor od raditor the stucked him fice, ask Major Wakeman, Commanding compared with 2.692.000 tons for paying it free of income tax of 54.

remained at Canton, and, little base my judgment purely upon Daring the debture moverál The endeavour has grown to H.KV.R., eläter :-

the preceding year. The divisible in the & the shareholder is placed such proportions and 8 math thinking that anyone would hatch one point, ie, the payment by pissse were played, Mr. Faller The following members of "A" profit of the Administration was in the same position as if we de- remains to be done, that Women's plot to get her money from the compulsion of law." The argu- again delighting his audience by

Bank, left it there. and "B" Coe, who were absent slightly lower by about 8110,000, clared a dividend of 13 per cent. Day has been founded, in order

Bat ment on appeal has convinced his expressive rendering of the

thie - that

vis# was compositions. from parade without leave either consequently the proportion of or a little over, and deduct the tax; to make the widest appeal for some persons, who obviously me on Friday, the 26th instant, or profscoming to this company was next, by adhering to the rate of funds for the creation and equip there, started an action in the tien of the fants of the Bank's to the lecturer at the clone, His the money. Was an erronsons one, and the ques- In proposing a role of thanks Sunday, the 26th instant, will lower by about £8,000. This 10 per cent, we are steadily |ment of buildings in areas where Original Court here for $13,000 liability to its customer, which 1Excellency the Governor, referr... · the 31st Janasry, and Thursday, manager of the Administration further that in time of war, with have been called together to sup-/84net a man who assumed the did not consider in the Courting to criticiems; said that this dead officer's name, and, in due below is a most important ques criticisme they got in Hongkong the lat February, at 5 p.m. (Dress: which I quoted at the last annual {all the uncertainties that war Armies. In the great majority against him. Of course, the man

course of time, obtained judgment tion in the oksa,

were made by reporters who ware meeting. Knowing what we do brings, it is our duty to do so. of cases the women had to leave with the assumed name never paid taches debts due to the judg course, knew very little either Now, a garniebee order st-paid $125 a month, and who, of of the difficaltice of many The output of coal has been their homes, and it is absolutely up, because he was one of the meat debtor and it is beyond about einging or music. kinds which have character-regulated according to

the demand. In order to keep down attended in.

swindlers, and then the Court, doubt (s) that the discharge ised the working of

The vole was heartily carried, Administration's business during expenditure, development work In London, Women's Day will having no ides that the action given to the garnishze ander

A collection -was- "made" oË the year we consider this result has been limited to providing be celebrated on Tacaday, Febru- was bogus, scepted garnishte Beton $18 of the C.O.P., for behalf of the Blind Ballons of atisfactory. It may be remem. the required output and maintain-

proceedings, and made an order the amount paid in against Soldiers' Tänd. bered that during the preceding ing the ore weerves. The coal art al peat, and one out whereby the Bank of Canton the judgment deblor, and (b) that daya throughout the United King-- year (the year ended June 30, in sight at the end of the year dom. It is also hoped that the pay the $10,000 to the slain-the judgment debtor in this game 1815) there had been a serious WAR 16,345,000 tona.

[înt." Thời who done, and when is the defendant in the fetitioko The Over San Dominiona will help he widow, a short time later, action and fail to the rate of exchange, bat erection of the high tension the cause by making dollections went for her money, she found enstomer.

not the bank's TANKS ON THE FILM for which our profits would have power lines between the various and sending donations to Women's it had gone. It was then that she been appreciably higher than mines has been completed. The Day Fand for Women Wartime commenced proceedings against fearly bo jurisdiction in the This being the case, there was section, that Workers, 168, Piccadilly London, the Bank, and the case, which Court, to attach monies other than Shining as the tiniest point of improvement in the exchange setChaokochwang mines, is in ingland. The Hoporary Trawas heard by the Chief Justice those of the judgment debtor, and light in our northern constella. Jin, which, continued practically use. The remainder awaits thearera are the Lord Mayor of (Sir William Bass Davies), went the garnishes order was in fact)

attend recruits parade on the Oricket Ground on Wednesday

Drill order)-Ples. B.

Belilior, N. E. Kont, T. F. Olaxion, J. Laer, and A. Ritchie.

NEAREST STAR TO EARTH.

„Rival Discovered to Alpha

Centauri.

the financial accords very closely with the strengthening forecast made by the general position of the compsay, and

| great numbers of women workora

ply munitions for the Allied

first they wore. Daring the past year with which we are dealing au

between the

the

Liani and

tions, and much too faint ever to throughout the year, so that the completion of the additional gen-

essential that their comfort be

Loidon and Lord Sydenham, - against her, on the ground that bad. But what was the duty of the Queen Alexandra has written the Bank had paid out the money Bank upon being served with the

Wonderful Pictures of the Battle of the Aners.

For the first time the publió

be seen by the ansssisted eye, Average rate for the year in orating plant at Linai and sub-expressing ker sincere gympathy on an order of the Court, and garnlibee order? It should, I ] nameless and almost unrecogniɛ- respect of our remi'tspoes from stations, which has been delayed in the good work, and wishing wae, therefore, protested against think, 'have taken stepa forthwith may witness on the Atm the amas. ed, ster which till the other day (China comes out at about is, by the difficulties attending } the enterprise all possible suo further payment.

WAL **

amidot 101. per dollar.

That, of manufacture and shipment from

undistinguished millions of others, takes its place coarse, is the rate which we Europe. It is hoped that the

Latitudes.

is in a

ing

the dste

of the

0138.

No, I Company,

Musketry 1917, Part ti

folded.

to communicate with its customer ing work performed by the tanke It was the Fall Court af so as to apprise him of the order

(“"hir Majosty's · land shipi ") whole line will be in working

Appeal decision which was which had been set ved apan it, during the recent fighting in se perhaps the most notable star adopt in making up our accounts order by the end of the present POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. given this morning, the Court and which parported to stisch his

France. in the skies.

The result in that whilst our

being composed of Sir Esvilland modies. If such an attempt had The new warilm~~* The Battl It is not new in the sense of proportion of the Kilan Mining fancial year. The mines will

Orders issued to-day by Mr. de Bansmarex, the Chist Jaction been made the Bank may and of the Anore" was shows pri- now being seen for the first time, Administration's profits is, as then be in a position to cope with

should have ascertained that he rately at the Seals Theatre on for there is an observation of it have said, about $6,000 less than demand of three and half F. O. Jenkin, D.8.P. (Reserve) and the Puisns Judge.

The President's View, was dead. Clearly it should before December 22, and it was to be by Lamont as long ago as the that of the preceding year, the million tons of coal per atuum.siste

The written judgment of the parting with the monies have released for the publio on January year 1842, but its discovery as figure which comes to the credit As regards the results of the year

Parade at Central at 5:30 pm. President first reviewed the facts, obtained the production of the 15, It surpaunch" in: interest and being anything out of the ardin-of our profit and loss acount is now current, Major Nathan points Bry is due to American astrono £30,000 mars, vis., #186,163. out the difficulty of predicting on Friday, February 2. Those and, in dealing with the eastion deposit receipts, which of course wonderful realism the historic mers. It lies in the familiar This is the more satisfactory, anything under existing condi- without Service rifles will draw of whether the Bank was pro-would not have been forthcom- Somme pictures.

#54 # maiter of Of the many superb piotaros constallation Ophiuchus. It is sinesmuch as experience tells ne tione both in the Far East and same from the Armoury between tected by the Court's order to ing. This

pay, said that the Bank relied on ordinary precation,

shown, thow depicting the tahka star with the fastest motion (as that the rate for the past year in Europe, but be ecosidera 5 and 5.30 p.m. on that date.

the protection giren to a garni. It was contended on behalf of take first plass. The monsterg seen from the earth) of say star may be regarded for practical the general position favourable

All ranks who should have shes by Section 418 of the Code of the Bank that there was no evid. are suen preparing for the fray, in all the heavens. It is the purposes as about the normal one, at least for the maintenance of nearest star to the earth that is and therefore we may reasonably sales and profits at the level of attended, but failed to attend, io Civil Procedare, bat be appre-ence to show that it did not take with their crews entering thronge to be seen from these northern hope for its continuanes, but of the past year. We have the satie-fice Part I of this year's course on headed that to do so successfully such messures of precaution, but the portholes. Then follow their

course there can be no certainty faction of knowing that so far either Sunday, January 14, 21, or they must show that the debt I think the answer is that there triumphant, raging

proomssion To the the asles have kept up to last 28, are warned to attend the range they paid to Chin Kes (the man was an obligation on the Bank to through "No Man's Land in such 8 malte,. Alpha Centauri bas for a long sure I have just given there year's level. The most uncertain on Sunday next, February 4, who brought the bogus action) show the Court that it had done tearing up barbed wire and other period held its pisse as our to be added.

to the interest factor in the situation in that of leaving Blake Pier at 9 a.m. was a debt das him, and to have appested in its obstacles, while their guns are nearest neighbour among the in Chins £8,981, making £195. freight, which is fraught with Beturn about 12 noon,

and that, they could not obvious owa protection in the garnisbee trained on the enemy's inches. stellar hosts. Alpha Centaui, 145. Interest in Europe is $10,- grest difficulties. Two of the Men armed with (1) Servicely de, But it was ingeniously proceedings,

Pictures of the mud difficulties anlike the star in Ophiuchus, is 843, out agency fee is £4,000, and administration's long-time charter Rifles or (2) Now Winchester argued on their behalf the the The duties of a garnishes are which our troops have had to en- one of the brightest stars, bat it with some small trifles the total of boats were requisitioned by the Carbines will take same to the Court, baring been satisfied by referred to in some detail in the counter are

r'ára alsɔ shown, and one southern constellation, the credit side of the proft and Admiralty in January of this range. All others will have rifles tife affidarit of Ukin Kee that the judgments in the House of Lords realise what a betrible handicap sad so is invisible at Greenwich. loss sooount is brought up to Test and are still under requisi-issued to them on the range.

money deposited was the property in Venail v. de Pace, 1892, 4.0.org Borland Hoops Its distance was first measured 209,846. On the other side you tion, had 'regret to say that Chief Inspector Birine Khan, of the judgment debtor, he must 90. From thess it is clear that had to face. Their dimoditioN TEAM. at the Cape Town Observatory, have London expenses, 43,506, within the hat Hów. Wheks the Inspectors Lammert, Alves: add therefore bertim jdgment debtor his position is not merely minis. overcome by the weighs for and the parallax of 1" then using somewhat less than the year Admiralty requisitioned the third: Wei will attend se instructors,

Referring to the argument that terial: "That he is summoned bringing back the wounded and found for it was undoubted before. Then you will find a nate and last of the administration's Crown Sergeante Hisham Khan, the Bank Was rebred to pay the before the Judge to be present other ingokokks ideas. ly too greater. Later messdrae to the effect that the Brussels ex-long-time okarier boats, F.A.V. Ribeiro, Silva, C. A. Ross, debt, he thought that the answer on the spplication and when he

Other sognes show ⋅ the mơn - have reduced it to .76", which in penses since May 31, 1916 so that the difficulty to-day is J. Wong, and Bergends Butterfall was that they were to pay this is before the Judge, it is not "going over the top," an extra- round figures is equivalent to (that is for 13 months preced-greater and not less than before, will attend as register-keepers. particular debt as they admitted meraly to be there, and bear ordinary picture of artillery fice distance of twenty five million

On the other hand, the rate of

it to be due to the judgment what is said, but it is to take part by wight, and a-bombing attack millions of miles. Dr. Crom-connis), heve not been ascer exchange continues to be good, No, 2 Company, Section 8-debtor. It was clearly for the in it for his own protection on the German lines. melin, at a meeting of the Royal tained, as no secounts have been and, after taking a carefal view P.O. 849 L. Bodrigues, and P.O. Back to put the Court right if (Judgment of Lord Banden Astronomical Society recently, received sings that date. When of the whole situation, we feel 850 H, H. Remedion.

no aach debt was due, and this

p. 99.) sonounoad for

the star in the amount is known it will be sufficiently confident that the

Resigned.

further on account of the clevar- Now this is exactly what the P.O. 100 Kwok Wing Kai is uses of Chin Koe's fraud or their Bank did not do in the present

Secks and Shirts for Soldierz. Ophiuchus a parallax of 70" charged against the balance of results of the year's operations which is very close, though still profit which we propose to carry will be satisfactory. You may permitted to resign on leaving own supineness they failed to case. It allowed the Court to not dieplacing Alpha Centauri forward. The net profit carried remember that in the earlier the Colony.

do. They were, in fact, defraud- ant apon the representations made

The Union Church Ladies' (on these measures) from its to the balance-sheet is £201,725, stages of the war the company

ed by Chin Kos and they could in the affidavit in the fraudalens Working party has this month prond position as our nearest as against $159,000 the year be- contributed in London ard All Sapts, and Inspectors are not, in his opinion, release notion without appearing on the sont 118 pairs of socks and 118 neighbour.

shirla to the men of R,G.4, who fare. This time, however, we Brussele various same amonating seked to make it convenient to themselves from their obliga order Disi, or rendering it any The rapid motion of the star in become liable for excess-profits to nearly £2,000 to charitable attend a meeting at Headquartation to the widow, an inno-ssistance or communicating any recently left Hongkong, making, Ophiuchus is still more sarpris- dats, which we have to settle objects. There is no item of that Club at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, cont third party by pleading caution whatever in dealing within all, 218 pairs of socks and 213 ing than its nearnoes to us. This with the Revenus Authorities. I kind in the accounts which are February 1.

the fraud of Chin Kee, in an the monies of its customer. If the shirts sent from Union Church to matter was investigated by Pro- do not think I need go through before us, but we have recently

notion of which that third party Court had received the slightest fensor Barnard, who found that the balance sheet in detail. It is contributed two sums of £250|

had no notion. And it might intimation calling in question the star had a proper motion quite explicit, so I will merely each,

the British| much larger than that of any call attention to its chist Bed Grome Fead and the other to other star. It is so great that the feature. The liabilities, including the Lord Mayor of London's City shange of position should be able the half-year's debeatures in- of London Committee of the We are asked to any that to be detected at intervals a terest, which become payable on National Committee for Belist in Gunner Windeor, 88 Company se to be unable to communicate The Bank's apathy amounlad would have been "to" explain tö

a month or two, Jaly L, amounted to $219,885, as Belgium, which may be regarded B. G. A challenges

with a client who has left a large to negligence and renders if the Court' that it had no know. where usually years are required against $186,583 in the precedings relating to the past year, and we comert fu the Shropshire Begim of madney in their kinds, they liable to refund to its onstomer's ledge of the judgment debtor. for the detection of proper balance sheet. You will notice are quite sure that this notion will ment to a six-round contest at were at least bound to warn the representative the monies which The Court made the limited order motions. At present speed, it will that of this increase only about bare your approval. I now move the next boxing tournament to be Court of the danger of making due diligence on its paff would which lag within ith jarindinion. have travelled half ita distaboo £7,000 is on outstanding socpants, "That the directorn” report bold ander the auspices of the such an "order sa the garnislice have averted the wrongful con- The plaintif was not within the from the earth in a trifle of tax the rest is in respect of share and 4000unts at June 30, 1916, be Hongkong Polios Esserve in aid order ander discussion. Had version of.

soops of those proceedings. . I thousand years. The Ophiuchus debentare coupons and deben and they are hereby received and of the Sportsmen's Ambalanos.

they done so, he had little-doubt | "I'ngine au toʻodate.

the order had purported to affect star is very faink, of 9.5 magnitude tare drawn for redemption, the and adopted, and that a fasl ~An barly response will bblige, that a Court with the know- The Puisme Judge's Submissions, her faturbate which it did not,

Lodge which visually and 110 meghitude pho explanation being, of course, the dividend be declared of 6 per

this Court In his judgment, the Paide it would have "been without tographically, “At present it îè, lamentable one thi the whole of Dont., making 10 per sent, for

had of litigant of this Fadge sled agreed that the appeal jurisdiction and "Void, known as Barnard's Proper Motion Belgium and large ares of year, free of income tax, payable Micklem, Messrs. Eimand Paris warily. They, however, preferred expressed the opinion that the

olas, would have moved very should be allowed with posts, and Boma Star. Another name is Barnard's North Eastern France, where our on December 20, 1916." "rut-away star." Profesor Frost, debentures

and G. T: Symons were re-elected to let the order go prsolibally, by Bank had been the Lieut. Col. H. A. Micklem, direotota,

· in a letter fromthe Terkos Obser- largely "beld, "ing still in tis D.SO., seconded the resolution

Kodiak hai be jokikiot see how of wan lagembur Fran Valory, U.S.A., says they have possession of the Germans and it was carried unanimously. Company having been rely polat compulsion. Cha d

Monsta. Añnan, Daglar, and they could say they paid under thought the Bank had there adopted the late onibubus On the other side at the abdodát On the motion of the Chaired auditors, Abaži probéęcia jeji)

ta thu ¦ to the

ank mams, of Gilpin. kana na red you will - see-that 'we here ɛin man,- neecuded by Ident.Col. secmalan edi

short as

and

shares AZA

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Anniversary.

H. K. P. R.

Boxing Challenge for Next Tournament,

NEGA

14 Yuikabiinit Har their @nduct | the bona fides of disschankotibd ontributed to the success of the is would doubtless have taken fficked; for it seemed to him, that steps to investigate the position against the money being if they wood acted their business before making the order absolute, paid oat. The proper course

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