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LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD,

Successful First Year.

SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY.

Sir A. Conan Doyle's Collection of Pictures.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPÉ; SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1923.

possible for the resulten to baj obtained if the photographs were taken with one's own camara and plates. His general conclusion was that there is far too much scientifically rouched evidence! for the theory of faking

succeed.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

That greater attention shou

to

The first annual general meet- ing of Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Limited, was held at the Hong.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is tak kong Hotel at noon to-day, Mr. Jing a collection & his spirit photo- J. Scott Harston presiding.

¡grapha to America, where he will The Chairman said:-The ro-spend some months lecturing on port and accounts have been in the evidence for what he calls. your hands for the prescribed "the new science." The other period and I propose therefore, afternoon, says a writer in a home with your permission, to take paper, at the Hotel Victoria he them as road. The net profe tried it, so to speak, on the dogj for the year, after making when he showed his slides with a due allowance for depreciation, fascinating running commentary be paid by the State and local la $203,761.94. This amount to an audience of pressmen. There your Directors recommmend were also some scientific sceptics authorities to raising the standard, of British industrial art is the shall be appropriated as follows present, and some telling ques- To pay a dividend of $1 per share tions were put, which Sir Arthur effect of a report presented by a on 125,000 shares, absorbing answered with great fairness committee to the British Institute of Industrial Art. Government $125,000; To place to general ud moderation. The general reserve, $50,000: To pay a bonus effect of the hour's talk was to departments through their con- to staff (approximately 101 leave on the mind of the most tracts and otherwise can exerise Re- $12,500; To carry forward to new hostile the impression that bare is considerable influence. account $16,264.94; total, $203, something that is at any rate cently the Royal Mint establish-

ed a technical advisory com-! 764.94; which I trust will meet worthy of being looked into. with your approval. In regard to Before showing his pictures hemittee on coins and medals, and

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such appropriation, I would discussed the question, "Does the Postmaster-General is advised) remark that your directors con- ectoplasm exist: Apart from the to secure similar guidance when THE DAIRY FARH, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. sider it a sound one, because, as evidence of his pictures, his reply ew designs for stamps are re- the amount to be appropriated is was chiedy to say that be bad quired. In printing, it is recom

certain standard of the result of the first year's work himself seen and touched it. It ended, a ing of the Company it is essential has been weighed as well as photo-type and display should be aim.) to create a reserve fund. With graphed. What it actually is ed at by the Stationery Office, regard to the bonus for the staff, neither he nor anyone else knows, and wherever tenders are invited I feel sure

for the supply of articles in which that this will It is, he thinks, the be agreed to by you because omnipresent substance in the the element of design or crafts- our staff is A particularly whole world, but the most difficult manship is of importance the as- hard-working one, and it is to ato demonstrate because it is onlysistance of properly qualified

technical advisers great extent due to their efforts solid under very rare conditions.

should be that we are able to present wha: Lj There was intelligence in the sought. think you will agree is, for a first ectoplasm. The bodies that for Fear's working, a very good re-med from it did what they were! The Gorerament have bowed port. The stocks of the Company told. When it was poured out of before the storm of disapproval are held absolutely clean, and the body the ectoplasm assumed of their schema for charging for have in every care wherein the definite shape usually faces, admission to the British Museum present cost would be less, been hands, or feet, always as an at-and the Natural History Museum. reduced to replacement cost.

tempt to build up a human body. In the House of Commons Major In June last, your Board decid He described these imperfect Boyd Carpenter, Parliamentary ed to issue a further 25,000 shares beings as masks and moulds Secretary to the Ministry of at par, thus bringing the total crested by some unknown power. Labour, replying to Mr. Webb, issued capital of the Company up Immediately they were complete akid The cost of equipping the to $1,250.100. The purpose of this life went into them the thing British Museum and the Natural asue was to enable the Company stepped about. the body talked History Museum with turnstiles o acquire a controlling interest and lived for a few hours. It ap for the collection of admis- 1 the business of William Powell.peared to draw its life from the sion fees is roughly estimated imited. Your Board considered medium, but in time it lost ita at £500. I am informed by the is a very favourable transaction.silvery colour and was finally authorities of the Museums that In February last, negotiations absorbed back into the medium's it is probable that the turnstil re entered into with the pro- nters of the Hongkong Realty

We hold," he said, "that so staff that now counts the visitors. could be superintended by the ad Trust Company. Limited, for entity does pass into the body at bat that possibly one extra msa t sale of the site which is that moment when the machine would be required, at a maximum Sterally known as the Wiseman is ready and exhibits itself. Only salary of 32s. a week. plus bonus." si (Section A of Marine Lot No the other night," he went on. "If Mr. Webb then asked whather, in Tand the sale thereof has since was for two hours at a seance. view of the large expenditure in- ba duly completed, the pur. There we had a band which did volved in setting up these turn- che price being $1,000,000, not belong to say one. Lexamined stiles, it was proposed to go on weh brings a very satisfactory. It was soft and velvety. I felt with the proposal. Thereupon the mails to be sure there was no Mr. Baldwin, Chancellor of the prt to this Company.

le property No. 147 Prays rubber glove, and the two fingers Exchequer, stated, "I have de Es has now been disposed of touched were just as much cided to withdraw that order." thesale thereof having been fingers as my own. An eminent (Loud cheere). cared through On the 1st. editor of a scientific paper who inspt. The price obtained was present had no doubt that the wa$33,000, which transaction experiment was geuuino. It was alstshows a substantial protit private circle with no profes to In view of this sale, your

sional medium present." direors deemed it advisable to chase the property shown

substance.

ALLEGATIONS OF FAKING, Discussing the allegations of

on balance sheet as No. 1 faking in the photograps, Sir

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Arthur spoke at length about the they

In the detailed Civil Services acqued at a very reasonable Spiritualist photographer Hope at Estimates for public works and figut The manufacture of far-Crewe. There might have been buildings for the year ending aita:is now being carried on at fakes and swindles in some spirit March 31, 1924, the main outlines the st-mentioned premises in photography, but they had gen- of which have already been pub- steaof at No 147 Praga East as erally been exposed by the lished, it is stated that £17,040 for prevails. Your Company dur. Spiritualists, who regarded the memorials is to defray the cost of ing a year under review also fakers as their worst enemies. the erection of memorials to the ented into an agreement for the Ee asked 13 to consider the late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the purchs from the Hongkong weight of the cumulative avite Field-Marshal Earl Kitche- Hote Company. Limited, of desce, and asked us to apply ner. and the late Field-Marshal. Ports Building on very favour.common sense and ask whose Earl Roberts. abla im.

interest it was to fake these That to Mr. Chamberlain is to

In 'ebruary last, your Com. things. Hope himself was a cost £5,000, to Earl Kitchener) panyia conjunction with the Carpenter, & religious man, who £7,000, and to Earl Roberts Dairy arm Ice & Cold Storage only charged 45. 61. & dozen for £5.040.

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Compy, Limited, opened a store bis spirit photographs. His ap att Peak Hotel for the paratus was of the most amateur conveence of Peak residents. It description, and Sir Arthur wAS is nointicipated that this will prefectly convinced that he was causey appreciable increase in not fraudulent. reveni but in addition

Describing his own visit to mately Assisting the Com- Crewe he said he was deeply.im- pany strons, it has the effect of pressed by the spiritual power of

Little Johnny, although only 12 keepin the Company's name Hope and Mrs. Dean, the medium. His father saw him counting his years old, was clever at figures. beforee public. An arrangement "I bought my plates in Man- bas nobeen arrived at whereby chester and took them with me. marbles, and asked him how the Dry Farm Ice and Cold I was shown at Crewe the old he had. "If I had as many Storag Company. Limited's cupboard which is Hope's dark more sad half as many more, and branchin Canton will act room.

I opened the package my-

seven besides," said Johnny, "1 29 our stributing agents in that self, marked the plate, and put it would have thirty-two." How port, a from the 1st. instant all into the carrier myself. There many marbles did he have ? orders pm Canton for provis- were two local spiritualists with

Yesterday's answer: Biona be executed by them. me. I put the carrier into the The eff of this will be that our camera myself. If there was any custom there will be relieved fraud it was my own fraud. No of the convenience of them-one else touched it. I was hoping selves mining delivery of goods, to get a photograph of my son." passingime through the Cus. What he actually got was what toms anpaying duty, etc.

he 'showed on the screen-s In celusion, I would like photograph of himself, his head to add, behalf of your Board, surounded by a sort of written and I pink all present will scroll, bearing the words, "Well #gree th therein, that done, friend Doyle. Welcome to our boy thanks are due to Crewe. Greetings to all.-T. Col- Your maging directors, Messrs. ley." This was the name of Crawfor Bridger and Eustace, Archdeacon Colley, a spiritualist for the eallent results achieved of an earlier time.

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The stars (*) indicate the six shrubs that were uprooted by the

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The Girman then formally dead son appeared above his diagonal, still contains an even proposedthat the report and head. It was, be said, his son number of shrubs, just as before accounts the Company for the as he had been eight years before the catastrophe. financial year ending 28th bis death, and was immediately February 1923, (including the recognised as such by bis own. apportiodent recommended by family.

Dittors 85 Iberein indicated as presented, bo adopted.

He showed another photograph wind. It will be seen that each borizontal, and

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