1927-06-29 — Page 9

YEAR OF TRIAL.

SIONARIES. POSITION IN

SOUTH CHINA:

conditions in

South

COMPANY MEETING.

LANE CRAWFORD, AND 'C),

LTD., SHANGHALA

The aist annual general meeting" of shareholders in Lane, Crawford and Co., Ltd. was held on June 23

HONGKONG

THE RADIO SOCIETY

OBJECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSIONS.

The annual report of the Hong, kong Radio Society states.

WEDNES

W

AWESTINGHOUSE

ELECTRIC

are quieter, than they have

During the year the Society's Lot some years, and we are nestly hoping and praying for in the Shanghai office when. Mr. J. activities have mainly been direct The ed towards the broadcasting of uncient measure of peace and Ambrose occupied the chair. pelty to enable our workers chairman's speech was as follows: concerts, etc.. not only with the Your Directors regret that the in object of providing radio enter- tinue unmolested in the us of the accounts have been de- ment for members, but also as an- that there is of the Lord, says the Rey layed somewhat, which is, in a great attempt to shew Jaffray in the report of the measure, due to the fact that scope for broadcasting in the China Conference of the those responsible for their produc Colony. It was not the Society's

strive to perfect a Reiss, Massey & Co., Alliance for 1927.

tion were unable, through local intention to tical condition in China political troubles, to devote the time broadcasting

ly, however, are more criti-requisite for their completion, they merely to do a certain amount of an they have been, and the being more or less engaged in local experimental work in the bope

seems to contain possibili-military service for the defence of international complication the Settlements, ktreme danger to all foreign

ts.

·

organization, but

Distributors.

that sufficient interest would be Queen's Bids. aroused locally. to warrant, the organization of a broadcasting ser- vice by others whose scope was not limited like that of the Radio ¡Society.

Your Directors also regret that the result of the year's working is n loss year has been an eventful of $27,206.95 due to the great trade the history of China. It is depression in Shanghai and the out- quarter of a century and a perts together with the very active since the great Boxer anti- competition from those in businessca uprising. The Bolsheviks. similar to ours, which has compell. ain having firmly entrenched us to reduce the prices of our mselves in Canton, and hav- goods to meet such competition. fifteen months carried on a added to which the lower rates of mme of mob rule, strike exchange ruling during the year Joycott against foreigners have increased the laid down cost ally, and the British in in Shanghai of all imported goods flar, finally called this. all and in addition the Civil War has far as the South was con- reduced our volume of business i , and led forth the Canton-all the outports owing to the uncar.entrance fees and subscriptions to my they had trained in an tainty of residence there as tion

to fight the Chinese tomers were not willing and pos ry war lords of Central and sibly unable to bury to the same ex- ern China.

et as in normal years

Futera Problematical. the Edge of a Volcano.

It is quite impossible to forecast Cantonese National Govern- what the outerme of the current had easily succeeded in "es will be but turnover for the ng our province Kwang-sit auarter is somewhat lower than their control. Next came that for the corresponding period h. Kiang-si and further of last wear. into Hu-peh making Hankow With regard to the accounts now entre of their Government before you, they do not need much comment, though there are in them Je entire Yangtze Valle

a few items to which I would draw

er, the provinces of Fa-kien Che-kiang were also cop-attention viz: 1. So great has been their jh since moving their capital jkow that their influence has to the upper reaches of the "ze and down to Shanghai.

the storm centre which een located in South China rpme years has been shifted ntral China, to Hankow, and langtze Valley. What we in

gh for some years, now be s the experience of our bre-

in Central China. ile, as we have said, things uth China are temporarily er than they have been, yet furse we know not what a day bring forth. We know not political move in Central a, in Hankow, Shanghai, or ng, may again set South ablaze with antiforeign anti-Christian activity. We as though we were living on brink of an active volcano.

A Friendly Spirit St.

3

I two things, however, we feel e sore. First, the spirit of and enemies, anti-foreign Christian agitators, has not ged. They have simply ted their locality. They could operate successfully in Cen- China and in South China at

Experimental transmissions were carried out more or less re gularly from July, 1926, and the Committee believes that these, while purely experimental, have had an influence for good on radio generally in Hongkong. The work of the Society was, hampered by the fact that with only a compara- tively small membership affcient funds were not forthcoming from.

to be

enable needed apparates

cus... procured Towards the end of the year the Society found itself with insufficient valves to enable transmissions to be continued and the replacing of the old, worn out values left the Society indebted to a member who defrayed part of the cost on the understanding that the Society would acknowledge the debt when it had sufficient this liability, the funds. With Committee had no alternative but to dispose of the transmitter in the knowledge that it would re- main in the Colony at least for some time and that it would most used for broadcasting likely be parposes by others.

Land and building being B.C. Lot No. 4103 and 9079 stand in our whilst the Books at $230,000.00 value place upon the land alone hy the Council's Assessment Com- mittre is 8307,002.73 or a difference in your favour of $207,609.73, whilst Lot No. 823 recupied by B.C. Messrs. Dombey and and Son, which stands at 855.172.48 is assess-

'favour is $318.283,73 every reason for saying the above assessments are not at all high.

Furniture, fixtures and machinery stand in our books at 227,122,48 or alightly higher than in 1925.

Bank Overdraft.

Broadcasting Expenditure. It will be seen that the Society now has a balance of $208.40, The expenditure on broadcasting has been itemised in order to give members an accurate idea of how same, has been incurred. The

South have been passing at $103.953.49 or a difference in item of $68.40, for aerial equip your favor of $48.571.00 or a totalment would be an asset to the fterns, difference on the three lots in your Society if transmissions were still

and.I have being made. The three

($15). modulation transformer, magnetic modulator, ($25) and radiotron ammeter, ($10), were not included with the transmitter when same was purchased but Stocks have been most carefully were sold with the transmitter and checked and stand at 9007,623.87 are therefore included in expen-

1925diture instead of as an asset. or 859,896.55 higher than in

The Committee desires, to ex- a very great which increase is in measure due to the low rates of press its thanks to the South Morning Post, Ltd. exchange at which the goods were China

for placing 3

трот at imported.

the disposal of the Society for Bank overdraft in, $181,677.67 or meeting and broadcasting purposes 28,983.17 higher than last year, during the year; to Messrs. Mou- We hope however to get this con-trie for the loan of gramophone siderably reduced at an early date. records; to the many artistes who General reserve is unaltered at gave their voluntary services at 150,000.00 but you will he asked to broadcast concerts, and to all deal with $100,000.00 of this reserve those who during the year have in the manner shown in the report. assisted the Society in many ways.

This, gentlemen, is all I have to in connexion with the report same time, hence the tem- and accounts now before you but ry all in the South. Second, before putting the resolutions to spirit of the people among the meeting if any shareholders im we are working. generallybave any quesions to ask I will do aking, is as friendly as ever. my best to answer them. haa mot changed. inder, the influence of strong 1 agitators, who can hire ruf- s of the baser sort for mobs, bring on riots, the people erally are extremely cautions heir friendship towards us. Persecution and Trial. he present complication re- les itself into a keen contest în jamatic manoeuvres concerning na, between the most un- icipled, unscrupulous of na- s, Bolshevik, Soviet Russia on one hand, and those nations with all their sins, yet still in a strong sense of right and

ib and fair play.

he year has been one of perse- cution and trial. In fact for the past five or six years this has been of our the outstanding feature work. No less than seven of our:

including chapels,

mis- two sionary residences, have been at tacked by angry mobs, who broke into our buildings and vented their rage and hatred by madly de- stroying and loating everything in sight,

In April Miss P. R. Seely and iss L. F. Marsh had a remarkable eliverance from the wild mob. hey were saved by the brave and Srompt action of our Chinese

aders. The ladies lay hidden in loft for three hours and could wear the wild yells of the raging! abble as furniture in the Chapel was ammahed to pieces, ·

DOB

THE PRICE OF CORN.

WILD JUMP AT CHICAGO MARKET.

(Cord

most sev

Chicago, June 28.

ices jumped wildly to al- cents a bushel and at

close Yrinally top figures were

edictions are current disaster to the corn

stions: Service:

It solutions, The following resolutions earried:

were

The ancual meeting will be held on Thursday, July 7, at 5.30 p.m. at the Morning Post Building

seconded by Mr. D. W. Crawford.

That Mr. R.J. Bowerman be re- elected a Director of the company. Moved by Mr. H. H. Read and seconded by Mr. V. W. Ephgrave.

That Messrs. Thomson and Co. be That the report and statement of re-elected nuditors for the company accounts as presented for the twelve at a remuneration of Tix. 500. Mov months ending February 98 be passed by Mr. J. Ambrose and seconded ed. Moved by Mr. J. Ambrose and by Mr. Woo Bei-tsang.

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