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The

Hongkong Telegraph

FOUNDED 1881

No. 13,815

MINERS ON STRIKE.

French Take Precautions.

AN AMMONIA SECRET.

(Bender's Service);

*# *+A¤★#☛ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1923. BITART

Brussels, February 9. As a result of the exploitation of the State forests in the Belgian occupation zone in Gemany, large sales of timber have been held.

LAST NIGHT'S MURDER.

Two Men Arrested.

HUMPHREYS ESTATE MEETING.

CHINA PROVIDENT MEETING.

Interim Dividendɛ May be Paid

The twenty-sixth ordinary

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Legalisation Opposed.

Charges Against Engineers Shanghai. Fahruary 9-The

Fail.

DAY BY DAY.

A Good Year. The anoual general acting of Two men armed with revolvers shareholders in the Humphreys

18hanghai Branch of the In- visited the third door of No. 46 Estate and Finance Co. was held)

ternational "Anti-Opium Associa- Kennedy Town yesterday after-at the Hongkong Hotel this

At the Marine Court this tion at a meeting declared its noon and, for na known reason, morning, Mr. Henry Humphreys

opposition to the policy of fatally shot one of the women presiding. There were also present generalmating of the China Prov morning, before Commander C.

A. O. Lane. J. Stott ident Loan and Mortgage Co, Beckwith, the case in which monopoly in opium and licensing inmates in the mouth before they Messrs. Paris, February 9.

m.s. Kong Ning and aglen."-Bruler. A message from Mer states that owing to the failure of the left with a quantity of closh-Haston, J.M. Alves, W.L. Patten Ltd., was held this morning at the the third and fourth engineers thereof, suggested by Sir F.. negotiations to increas their wages, the Moselle miners have ing and money amounting to $73.den, Rev. Fr. Robert (directors), G. Company's offices, St. Georges of the. declared a general strikt, but seven thousand remain to work the The man who actually fired the Rapp (secretary), Messrs. M. Fer- Building. Mr. R. G. Shawen pres-the electrician of the ship were pumps. French troops as a precaution have occupied the mines of shot is said to be a youth who asader, A. P. Samy, D. E. Clark, ided and there were also present charged with deserting and also the Sarre, where the mhers have also truck. The Sarre railway-had been employed as a servant A. S. Ellis, M. S. Northcote, the Rev. Father H Sauvag, with doing wilful damage to the

by the murdered woman.

Hennesy Seth, J. D. Humphress Messia H. P. White, T. Gengives of the ship was con- men are also threatening to strike for an increase of wages...

Investigations pursued until a E Ellis E. S. Abraham, F. M. Well (Consulting Committee), cluded.

Sin. Wong

IV. JE. M. da Rocha (Secretary)

Mr. Nash appeared for the H. A. Lammert. ES. P. V. late hour last night by the polies Ellis.

Soares. Faid: Ellis, A. A. Alves. F. F. Ellis,ner (Mr. G. Banker) and Mr.Mr. S. T. Bathia has been de clared a qualified auditor under resulted in the arrest of two inen Carroll, F. who are alleged to have been

Chairman The

G. P. Lammert, W. J. Carroll, Deonys appeared to defend.

It was stated that the second the Companies Ordinances. and report implicated. A part of the stolen Gentlemen,-The

A. P. Samy, H. Odell, G. H. of accounts. with

not yet been arrested.

The names of Dr. Chik Hing- property is said to have been statement

auditor's report having been in Undersand, A. Cordeiro, M. Agineer, who bad absconded, bad

man and Dr. Shin Kwai-shing recovered from them.

your hands for the past ten days. Figueiredo, Tong Hok-ting, Poon.

Evidence was given by the bave been added to the list of I will with your permission: 1-cho, W. G. Hawker. H. H.

third and fourth engineers to medical practitioners. Tayler and R. O. Benson. take them as read. The net profit for the year is $320,282.18, † The Chairman said: -Gentle-the effect that before three as against $194 31499 for the men,-With your permission, we o'clock preceding year. This increase in will take the report and accounts were

At that time the second importation of subsidiary silver prouts, as you will see, is mainly for 1912, which have been in your usual.

engineer called them up on deck coins of the new mould issued by

the Province of Kwangiang. due to profit on sales of property.hands for some time, as read.

and said that a new set of engi which amounted for the year The net profit on car ordinary neers had been engaged and they

Mr. G. B. Twemlow is appoint- under review to $371,127.87, 8) working for the year amounts to would be paid off. The com- Two tragedies at 981 were against 588,356.57 for 1921. Rente $279,430.50, as against $180,421.52

is $11.945.89 better, at

Fear an improvement of pradore of the ship paid the led to control and superintend the forests of the Colony, vice Mr. reported by masters of vessels Account

second engineer, who in tura B. E. G. Spinks, resigned.

They paid them.

left arriving in Hongkong harbour due to the completion during the nearly $100,000, dus entirely to

year of six houses in Miaden the new godowns we acquired ship thinking they had been this morning.

The master of the a. Kashmir Avenue and twelve Oats above last year. With the addition of

They did not go. discharged. reports that Warrant Shipwright, Road. Reat for these was, how- $9,67812 brought forward from down into the engine room again! W. H. Mi, R. N., being sent out erar, only received for few previous account, there is left for and knew nothing about the to join H.M.S. Hawkins, jumped months in the latter part of the for distribution $263,165.74 out damage which had been done. All the newspaper are most apprehensive with regard to events overboard whilst the vessel was year, so that a farcher rise in our of which we propose to pay a

The compradore was called and at Smyrns. Authoritative Turkish quarters now declare the note within the Red Sea, on January 17th. rental income may be expected dividend of $1.25 per share, ab-|

during the current year.

|sorbing $212,500, put $20,000 to admitted that he paid the second regard to Allied warships was in nowise an ultimatum, but simply and was drowned.

The ster of the s.s. Pathoi. You will notice in the assets Reserve Fund, bringing it up to engineer, but thought that it was circular informing al the States, including neutrals, of the decision of the Turkish generalstaff to forbid vessels of over a thousand tons from Saigon. reports that one that mortgagestotheCompany are $350,000, place $25,000 to the only provision money" and not

was considerably less, the mortgage credit

战 Equalisation to pay the men off. to be stationed in Smyrna harbour, in accordance with the Turkish female Chinese passenger.

found to be missing on February on the property at West Point of Dividend maritime regulations.

6th. and it is believed that she was los: overboard.

Paris, February 9. The French Chamber's passing the second reading of the, Bill authorising the convention with the Badische Aniline Company. whereby a concession has been granted for the manufacture of synthetic ammonia at Toulouse, has aroused a storm of controversy in Germany. The non-capitalist papers are especially severe in denouncing the treacherous contract" whereby the directors of the company have betrayed their country to a hereditary enemy for money. Bitterness habeen introduced into the discussion by the! allegation that the French in 1919 hinted at a forcible wresting of the secret if it were not conceded otherwise. M. Loucheur, support-i ing the Bill in the Chamber, recalled the acute shortage of nitrates: in wartime, almost prefenting a continuance of the war, after which France determined to procure the only known process of trans-1 formation of nitric acid

A CLIMB-DOWN AT SMYRNA.

Turks → Explain" the Note.

Constantinople. February 9.

London, February 9,

A Constantinople telegram states that an agreement has been reached between the Spyros authorities and the Allied naval como-] manders of the warabips in port sanctioning a status quo for the fleets uctil matters be diplomatically arranged.

Brussels, February 9.

Following a conference between the French and Belgian Ministers, it is announced that a complete agreement has beeni reached regarding trafic in the occupied territory. Arcangements have been made to meet the systematic German disorganisation of the canals and waterways.

AN IRISH REFUSAL

London, February 9. Liam Lanch, the chief of staff of the Republican army, reply ing on behalf of his (iorerament and Army Council" says Liam Deasy's proposal cannot be considered.

TRAGEDIES AT SEA.

Naval Man Jumps Overboard.

THE WATER SUPPLY.

Chinese New Year Arrangements.

one

of

Account, Day ·

they thought they going to mail as

the

His Worship'discharged all the

*.*

Shanghai has prohibited the

it

THE MODERN CHILD. "And so this is little Walter!" Issid the visitor "Dear me, what a big boy you've grown to be! I

have believed wouldn't possible!" "Mother," said Walter, when the visitor had gone, "doesn't it pass your compreben- ision bow persons in whom one would naturally xpect RO having been paid off in May last. bonus to staff of $3,033 and

Women, saying that he had no direct ordinary degree of intelligence Mortgages by the Company are carry forward $2,632.74. also reduced.

trast that this distribution will evidence that they had tampered appear to believe, all history with the Engines. "In the

od Nature to the contrary, The only other item in the meet with your approval.

of the electrician Case

he that the children of their c accounts which I think calls for We have been approached by

(could not ba charged with

quaintance will always remain special comment the item some shareholders as to prin desertion because be was over infants, and persist in expressing

Shares in Penlic Company at interim dividends, and we see no signed on; in the case of the other Cast." This represents the firar

great objection to doing this, shares in the Hongkong Engineer with safety. ing and Construction Company,

two men he took into account the surprise when they observe the call of $2.50 a share op 1.000 provided of course we can do sifact that they had already baan/Perfectly natural increase in one's

in prison for six days. He You will see from the balance thought the second engineer

I trust the proposed distribution

of profits will meet with your sheet that we have very consider should be arrested if possible.

ably increased your holdings of!

approval.

Gale

into Came

as we

stature?"

News in To-day's New Advertisements.

We are informed that the

and property. Secretary for C'ainese Affairs and

the Kodown I have no further remarks toi

results justify our] to Chinese Members of the Legislative Council interviewed make, gentlemen, and now pro present the Director of Public Works on rose that the report and statement policy, hur, of course.

posgrasion this point negotiations are now the question of the water supply of accounts, as presented, be adopt-i

Schweppe's renowned special- in progress between the authori- London, February 9. The Free State Ministers Cosgrave, Hogan (Minister of Agricul and enquired whether a full suped. After this has been seconded of some of new godowns in the

Prection or piers which will7: ture) and Kennedy (Legal Adviser) have arrived in London. Thesply could be permitted on the I shall be pleased to answer to the latter part of the year, we have ties and ourselves regarding the ities ste now on sale here.-Page

benefit of their work.

facilitate the handling of cargo The J. C. Williamson Gilbert & interviewed the Luks of Devonshire in the Colonial Office and liday following the New Year, best of my ability any questions had anything like the full

There becoz no questions, the

Godown on Inland Lot 905 is and prove a useful adjunct to our Sullivan Co, open their Hong- conferred for an hour with the Premier at Downing Street, it is or failing that, the substitution shareholders marwish to ask.

of two half-days following New

Messrs. general godown business. In the tong season to-night-Page 4. Year's

for Day understood with regard to Anglo-Irish financial relations.

of report and accounts were adopted. that purchased from

Consignees are notified of the Dublin, February 9.

days before Chiness on the proposal of the chairman Shewan. Tomes and Co. It has light of the Colony's experiences It is declared in republican quarters that all the republican the Year. The Director of seconded by Mr. J. Hennessy Seth. been working for seven months last year with labour, be quas-arrival of the a.a. "Genos Maru.”.

On the motion of Mr. Ham-land we are pleased with the result tion of iers at West Point bas-Page 4.

A notice concerning the water leaders have supported Lynch's rejection of Deasy's appeal, and New

phrey seconded by Mr. F. M.Land in the neighbourhood of become important. there can never be prace until De Valera be approached a Public Works pointed out tha

supply during Chinese New Year As regards our prospects for Holidava appears on page 4. "President of the Republic" nevertheless, it is believed here that the water storage would not per the offered amnesty will result in considerably thinning the ranksimit of more than four days' full Ellis, Messrs. J. Scott Harston, tais godown bas zone up greatly

we, have bad the present year. I have given

Intending exhibitors at the an- of the irregulars. The farmers' deputy in a speech in the Dail supply and as much water would, W. L Pattenden, the Res. Father in value since we acquired this

it from you the figures which justify usual show of the Hongkong te-elected several enquiries for declared that any number of irregulars would leave the ranks to in the condition now obtaining. Robert. Mr. A. O. Lanz and Me property, and

he consumed is half a day as in J. M. Alves

intending buyers, but, except for looking forward bopefully, and Horticultural Society, should con- morrow morning, but for the threat of death beld over them.

normal full day, and it was agreed Directors,

olda not think I need say more salt the notice on page 4. Messrs. H. Percy Smith tempting price, we that no more convenient arrange-

now but that we have begun

To-day provides the last op- the F.C.A. and C. Bercard Brown, inclined to let it go

it well and meat could be made in

that all

portunity of seeing the famous Those on Marine Lor 282 we purchases are at prices that could film "Romance." than circumstance

now A.C.A., were re-elected auditors, that

Page 12. the proposition of Mr.have had for six months and oth In order to meats Budget deficit of 31 milliards of francs the published in an advertisement-loa

S. Northcote. Finance Minister, M. Delasteyrie, intends to modify the proposal to fall supply on Tuesday, Wednes-Ferrandez, seconded by. Mr. M. Marine Lot 180 for only four not be repeated to-day. increase taxation by twenty per cent. The twenty percent. increase day, Thursday and Friday. will apply only in the case of certain direct taxes. There will be general increase of ten per cent. from which the Customs dues, business turnovers, aries and salaries will be exempt. It is esti mated that this will produce 1,500 millions of francs. Half a milliard each will be secured from the surplus revenue on income tax and payments to the Stale by the rallways. It is hoped to obtain, the remaining milliard by measures preventing evasion of income tax

THE NEW FRENCH BUDGET.

and by economies.

Paris, February 9.

J

were

ABBOT ASSASSINATES ARCHBISHOP.

Warsaw, February 9. Abbot Latyszenk has assassinated Archbishop Georges, the head of the Polis Orthodox Church. The assassin favoured dependence of the Church on the Moscow. Patriarchate, while the Archbishop last year proclaimed its independence.

AUSTRALIAN MINISTRY.

Melbourne, February 9.

THE DECIDING TEST MATCH,

Johannesburg, February 9. Each side having win and a draw to its credit, the fourth Test match was regarded as the decisive battle for cricket supra-

A Cabinet composed of Nationalists and Country Party has been macy, and excited intense interest, 7,000 persons attending. The

formed, with Mr. Bruce & Prime Minister and Minister of External weather was Ene, and the wicket perfect.

England scored 244 and South Africa with ten minutes' batting Affairs and Mr. Page as Treasurer.

wicket England had a feeble compiled & rune without losing start, with 35 and three wickets down, but after that Darr (63) and Mead (38) in a sturdy partnership yielded 73. Carr and Fender (44)

London, February 9. farther advanced the total to 177 for 5. Mann (34) and Kennedy

French frands closed at 75.25: Belgian at 85.15, the fire at 964. (16) put the finishing touches. The South African bowlers through out were very clever. Hall took 6 for 82 and Blanckenberg 2 for marks at 140,000 to 147,000, and sterling at 4.6774.

46.

THE DEBT FUNDING AGREEMENT

Washington, February 9.

·

EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.

Y

BOTH DOING WELL.

London, February 9. Princess Mary and her son continue to progress satisfactorily The House of Representatives has ratified the debt funding Further daily bulletins are to be issued.

The Democratic agreement with Britain almost unanimously, leader, Mr. Garrett declared he would support the measure because

it made for stabilisation of the world.

BECKETT v. DEMPSEY.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. MINE ACCIDENT IN

Victoria, B.C., February 9, Nineteen fatalities resulted from an explosion of fire damp in mine near Cumberland.

London, Febrüary 9.

EGYPTIAN CABINET RESIGNS.

The King of Egypt has accep

Cătro, February 9,

resignation

It is announced that Beckett has signed articles to meet Dempsey for the world's heavyweight championship in July or August in New York. The match is conditional on Beckett beating Dick Smith at Holland Park Hall on February 1933

are

LISTEN!

"Simply a matter of cold, hard common-sense," is how Wrigley's describe their expenditure of nearly $4,000,000 a y'ur în alter Dining.

months, so it is obvious that our Our small investment in] War profits for last year, although they Loan shows a profit, and as it show an increase, are by no means was not made for business pur criterion of what we shall do poses, I think it might now be when we have all these godowas realised. in full swing. Properties an

You will observe that we gavei Marine Lots 181 and 182 and Marine Lote 177, 178 and 179, ona donation of $1,000 to the Swallow which only bargain morer has Relief Food, and I bave no doubt

Special Children's Festival been paid, are not yet taken over our action will meet with your

Services will be held at St. by 2*, One block is, in fact, only cordial approval. in course of construction. It will

In accordance with resolations Andrew's, Kowloon, to-morrow,— be of reinforced concrete passed on 26th. April and 20th. Page 4.

The Hawaiian Troubadours ara- throughout sod will be a ve May last year, the capital of the

our assets Company was increased from appearing at the Star Theatre for valuable addition to

the last time, to-night-Pages 2, but we doubt if the buildings $1,250,000 to $1,700,000.

4 and 12. will be completed before

It was Before moving the adoption of middle of the

Hughes and Hough give notice purchased for $900,000 the report and accounts I shall be of & public suction sale of house- and the property on Marine pleased to answer any question hold furniture and effects on Lots 177, 178 and 179 for $673,830. from shareholders. These purchases will enable us at last to dispense with all our hired' godowas, which are distently and inconveniently separated from each other, and concentrate in one returned thanks, and the report of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club

year.

the

In seconding, the Rev. Father Souvey congratulated the Gener Managers for their good work daring the year. Mr. Sbewan

Tuesday next-Page 4

"Out of the Snows" is. hing

Page 12. screened at the World Thea ́r.-

A notice of interest to members

appears on page 4,

quarter.

The Dairy Farm Co. bave TO- But all these purchases have and accounts were adopted. entailed an increased expenditure On the motion of Mr. G. Hceived shipment of Canadian and our overdraft, as you will Underwood, seconded by Mr. A Salmon.-Page 7. [observe,was nearly 13 lakhs on Cordeiro Messrs. H. P. White,

31st. December arquence, out

last. In con Poi-on, T. G. Weall and the Rev, payments for Father Souvey were re-appointed interest have risen amounting to to the Consulting Committee. $76,167.90 which amount isi included in the item in Profit Messrs. Linstead and Davis and

To-Day's Exchange. -

The closing rate of the dollar oz

Lighting Up-Trine. Lighting-Up Time to-day 6.17

and Losy of

$96,572.16. for Mr. H. Percy Balth were re-demand to-day was 28. 2.11/16d. interest and Commission.

appointed auditors, on the motion Our properties command of Mr. H. P. White, seconded by

Mr. M. A. Figueiredo. [valuable water frontages, and on