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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 17,

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THE MACHINE AGE.

IS MECHANISATION TO RUIN CIVILISATION?

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At the Sailora and. Soldiera Home, Wanchal, last evening, A debate took place on the motion that machinery is ruining civili- sation." The President of the Home (the Rev. E. C. H. Tribbeck)

in the chair. The mover (Mr. W. H. Smith, manager of the Home) urged that riachinary had reduced the scope for craftsmanship, personal skill resourcefulness; it robbed and

“ផ mon of the desire to

their Banda. Everyone was coming to a realiantion that something

was ho wrong with the world, and belloved the cause was the tremon- dous advance of machinery, with which man had set out to capture the world, only to become himself the captive: every new machine was a bar to the prison.

The Other Side,

Mr. S. V. Bernard drew a gloomy picture of the misery of Europtun alions before the dawn of the machine age. Man had always

1932.

KOWLOON MATTERS.

FIRST MEETING OF NEW COMMITTEE OF K.R.A.

BANKS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Rupul Charter 1968.

HHAD OFFI|--LONDON,

The first meeting of the now General Committee of the Kowloon Residents Association was held on Monday night, when matters brought up by members at the Pats-Up Capitu] Anaval General Meeting were dis cussed.

Bowery Tand Reserve Llability of ProgrÍNATE ..

KARACHI

XLANG

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES. After the President, the Rov, W,

ALOR STAR ILOILO AMRITSAR Pow W. Rogers, had welcomed the now

Committee. and BANGKOK members of the the usual routine business had been BATAVIA dealt with, the various standing BOMBAY sub-committees for the year were appointed, as follows:

Playgrounds-Messrs. E. Cock. 1. P. Un, II. F. Bunje and Li Chor Chi.

KANGBAR

1,000,000 61,000 1,000,000

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORTION.

Autherland Capital „................................450,000,000 Iwoed and fully fuld-up ......................... 10,000,000 Kerre and

Sterling ....................$6,100,000

Uver

#10,000,000.

Reserve Liability of Proprietora .....$10,000,000

· BRAD OFFICEŰ HONGKONA,

BOARD OF DIRECTORI. *

lion. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

Chairman,

T. L. Pearce Pad,

Deputy Chairman.

W. H. Bell, Bec,

J. A, Plummer, Eng.

▲ 21. Complon, Esq. T. IL. J. Ebaw, Dra.

C. O. 8. Machle, Dia. J. P. Warren,

4. Makin Zeq.

V. M. GRAYDURH K+9.. OLLIEF MANAGERU

KANDOOX BIGON

SEMARANG

SKRZMBAN

CABCUTTA CANTON CAWNPOR ODU

КОВА XUALA

SHANGILAT

BINGAPORN

RITIAWAN

COLOMBO DAIRYN DALE HAIPHONG HAMBURG

KUALA

LUMPUR KUCHING MADRAB

HOURABAYA

TAIPING

TIENTAIN

TONGKAH

MANILA

(Bbakei)

MEDAN

NEW YORK PIPINO

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Peking?

CANTON CILEFOO

COLOMBO

Forslen

Exchange and opened Bouhiner

DAIREN

FOOCHOW

HAIPIKING

apaved

and

HAMBURG

aborts JANKOW

HONOREW ILOILO

iron

JOHORE

KODE

Bathing Facilities.--Mesars. C. M. Manners, G. V. T. Marshall, R. HANOW T. Barrett and Dr. R. A. de Castro HARBIN Basto.

New Territories Produce Messrs. C. M. Manners, F. C. Mow Fung. L. D'Almada e Castro Jur.

HONGKONG PENAND

Carret Acrouble

belom tretected. Deposits mostrad for one year of

ΑΚΟΥ DANOKOK BATAVIA CALCUTTA

perioda et rates which was be quoted on HARDIN

1. ETCART.

Musset.

Rought solution for his trinn and G. V. T. Marshall.

Publication-Messrs. F. C. Mowploration. and had found it is a combination between nature, man and the ma- Fang, E. Cock, and C. M. Hali.

Elouskone. 17th Aug. 1981. Mr. I. C. Tregillus was appoint- chine. We should canoning nur great inventors as the emancipa-ed to represent the Association on rse the committee of the S.P.C.A., and from coarse tors of mankind

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE drudgery. Talk of "the Boul- it was decided that the two repre Killing routine of the wage slave" sentatives on the committee of the

BANK LIMITED. must not blind us to the fact that N. T. Agrleuitaral Association hours af leisure and oppurtunity should be nominated by the N. T. Capital (fully paid up)......... 104,000.DOG Reserve Fund ..... ......... 117,300,000.00 For mental improvement had Produce Sub-Committee. greatly increased. mass produe

BEAD OFFICE.—TŐRGHAMA, tion in berating men and extend-

In accordance with the resolu-

Branches and Aginela at ing enjoyment of many advantages

Ket Yush to wider circles in every rum Lion passed at the mutual generalexandria munity.

Cerita The speaker suggested meeting, the existing Rulo No. 12 that the trouble with the world of the Association was antended by

"The Emirate the addition of the words to-day is that production has been over-financed and consumption aubscription for Life Membership chasachan

His under-Anance,

proposala shall be Twenty dollars"; the hops for redressing the balance were was expressed that as many mem promotion of instalment buying.bers as possible would take advant- Hamburg higher wages and higher standards age of this method of avolding the of living for workers.

The Moral Effect. Mr. W. Sprague, in secunding the motion, desired to take the discussion back to the effect of the machine upon man.in a mer

He thought and physical sense.

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Interwet allowed on Current Accounta Deposit received for Exed perioda at rais to be obtained on piscation.

inconvenience attendant on collect-longhong Ing the small annual subscription, and In this connexion members are reminded that the subscription for 1932 is now duc, and should be forwarded to the Hon. Treasurer. Mr. R. Pestonji, C/ Messrs. Ben-

Smoke Nuisance.

the last speaker condemned him-jamin and Potta. self when he spoke of modern in- dustry as organised selfishness.

The next business on the agenda, Machinery was in danger of des- ako arising from the general meet- troying civilisation in the developing, was the question of the smoke ment of armamenta.

Men in- prested in machinory had made a very small contribution to sal or literature. Machinery depend- ed upon unlimited exports, but when every country was indus- trialised where would exports be Absorbed?

Industrial Revolution.

Mangst.

IL MONI

Uosekang. March lith, 1981.

THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. (ESTABLISHED 1917.)

utbarend Capital

bolders

KOWLOON

· BRANCHES LAN

KUALA LUMPUR.

LONDON LYONE MALACCA MANILA MUAR (Jabors) MUIDEN

NEW YORK PEIPING TENANG RANGOON BAIGON

BAN FRANCISCO SHANGHAI BINGAPORK GOURABATA

BUNGEI PATANI TIENTBIN

TOKYO

TRINGTAO TOKOHAMA

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Current Accountæ opened in Locs Curren and Fixed Depolta received for dus zERY OF shorter perioda in Local Currency and Sterling Joo terme which will be quoted on application.

Hongkong, 27th February 1932.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Nines of the adera Bank la son duetes the HONGKONG AND BHANGUAI DANI ING CORPORATION, Ruizs may be obtained on application.

FOR THE HONGKONG AND BILANGWAJ BANKING CORPORATION.

Y. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief ManaSEJ. Honghen. 27th February 1913.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 65, Wall Street, New York.

Capital, Surplus and

Undivided Profits. US$225,847,400.11

ARGENTINE

DELOIUR

DRAZIL

CHILLE

| CHINA

COLOMBIA GUDA DOMINICA

REPUBLIC

INDIA

ITALY

JAPAN

Branches in-

LONDON

MANCHURIA MEXICO PANAMA VERU PHILIPPINE

ISLAND PORTO RICO STRAITH

RETTLEMENTS URUGUAY

VENEZUELA Commercial and Travellers' Lotters

„Stralsu EI3,000,000 8.060,000 4.079,909 Credit. Travellers Cheques, Bille of Exchange and Cable Transfers 4,000,000 bought and sold. Current accounte 2.810,000 and Savings Bank accounts opened and Fixed Deposita in local and foreign currencies taken at rates that may be ascetrained on application to the Bank.

HEAD OFFICE:~SINGAPORE. Branch Azenaise and Compendents to the priselpal cities of the world."

Every cription of Banking and Exchange soclame tranenated.

TAN ING BOUL

from the Cement works, which gave rise to a protracted died Capital cussion. All angles of the question Paid-up Capital ..... were fully ventilated, and from the serve Liablities of Share- evidence reviewed there appeared surplu no doubt that an actual nuisance occasioned by this smoke did exist. It was finally decided to put the question before the Government, Loading Seaman Maclachlan and ascertain whether in view of touched on the Industrial Revolu-

the repeated compinints in this re- tion and claimed that increased de gard may action was contemplated, mand and output quickly absorbed and whether Government would con- the labour temporarily displaced sider obtaining expert advice as to But now the world was sick withe feasibility of eradicating the unemployment and chaos. Ma chinery was not to blame for this: it had ven a blessing to man and only bla perversity mianpplied the gift. The fault lay in our ethits and morals: we have not learned to live in harmony with our fel- lows. What possible cause could there be for want when the world had plenty and to spare"

The Motion Lost.

nuisance.

Traffic Danger.

MARAEIT

BANK OF CHINA.

organized Octaber 11, 1913, under special subscribed Captial

chestar of The National Germament un ma INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK

$14,000,000.00 24,719,090,00 **** 1,020,540.m

BEAD OFFICE, BBANGHAI.

The point raised at the general meeting as to the danger of bussĽA pulling out and passing each other

Hour Fanda in busy thoroughfares was discussd-Up Capital ed, and a scheme for "white line" control at stopping places formulat- ed, it was decided to place this aug- Divisional before the gestion

it Superintendent of Police, with a tried out being view to experimentally, Arising from this discussion, the dangerous habit

to

Discussion continued from the body of the hall for nearly ALTA hour. A Naval Petty Offeer was heartily applauded for the sugges- tion that a fire engine which had among school children of boarding bus stops was just gone by, and the telephone and leaving busses while in motion

and travelling on which called it, provided

commented on; the Association argument in support of mechanisa- tion which might be the means of appeals to the parents and the

School authorities saving life and property which various would otherwise be destroyed, andeavour to instil the dangers of However a later speaker endeny this practice into the minds of the

children. oured to offset the argument by remarking that some of the speak ors had apparently been neon- venienced by the noise of passing mechanical monsters, the Trams.

On being put to the vole, the motion was lost by 15 votes to 7.

Appreciation.

HONGKONG BRANCH,

Wo are also able to offer Customers the

services of the Branches of the International Bank. ing Corporation in Spain and also of The National City Bank of New York (France) B.A., in Paris and Nice.

B. M. MeLAY,

Manager.

Hongkong, 4th March, 1082. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. (Motherlanda Trading Boalety}}

BANKEES

SSTARLINKED 1984.

(Hongkong Ofee) 11. Queen's Bond. Omans 4, cews's Road Central. Owing to the numarone branches la China Authoriei Geplial ......Cheliders 158,081,095. and large connections in the important com Pald-Up Capt.Quiidam $1,481,005 mersial centre of the world, we are able to maar Fa54 ..........Ouilders 40,818.396-

Kand O-AMITIRAN" extend to our stients special facilities Kor dumeetle and foreign banking and exchange.

We also handle the use of inde med

Barbara Band OH+65-BATAVIA, sther Pubile Pands of the Chinese Gereram801 soth at home and abroad.

SKOU 2. CHEN,

BRANCHUS |--Bestfarmsalu,

EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris Geneva

Other business dealt with includ-Berlin ed a letter of appreciation from the Oslo..... Yaumati Ferry Co. for the efforts Helsingfors

Athens of the Association towards improv

Shanghal ing traffic facilities at the Taumat! Buenos Aires Ferry Approach, a letter from Sir

New York Amsterdam Henry Pollock acknowledging with thanks

his

Vienna election as an honorary

Madrid Life Member of the Association, and an application with regard to

Hongkong the establishment of a bus stop at

Brusscia the La Salle College. It was

Milan of

Stockholm agreed that this stop would be considerable benefit, and that the Copenhagen The report of the Board of Direc authorities should be requested to Prague fors of the Hongkang Electric Com-instal a stop adjacent to the college Lisbon

COMPANY REPORT.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED.

pany, Id., to the shareholders at the rd annual meeting to be held on the 23rd inst., antes,

entrance.

Star Ferry Approach.

Bucharest

Yesterday

92.1/16

18.75 L

16.26

Jendrag Bombay

Celenthe Charles Djember, jokjaskazin." The Hagon* Jiddeh, Erbe, Hakan Palmbox, Joh longan, Kotterdam, Bemarang,* Shang

Blagepore, Bogra Boseskarin (Bala), T'wes Tilletiap and Weltevreden,”

← These effem have safe deposit bonum to lá, Bankernsation Provincial New

Corraspandest' all your the Worl

BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TRANSACTED.

4. STOKKNK,

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Bongos. Let Dumber, 1937.

THE BANK OF CANTON LIMITED.

Provious Day

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Your Directors have pleasure in

In view of the fact that the Montevideo

Montreal submitting the accompanying state- ment of the Company's accounts for traffic reorganisation at the "Star" the year ended 31st December, 1931. Ferry approach has proved to be Silver (apot)

The Balance at Credit of Profit and satisfactory, It was agreed that the Loss Account available for appro-provision of covered ways might be priation, after allowing for Deprecia- extended to include the bus stop- llon la $1,840,895,11 and your Direc

tors recommend that this be disposed ping platform, and so provide pro- tection for the large number of bus passengers

of as follows:-

To pay a Dividend of

$2.50 per share on

450,000 aharoм.....

To appropriate a sum to

write off Obsolete Plant

To place to Reserve To carry forward to

next Account

arriving in wet- weather; recommendations to this

$1,125,000.00 end will be forwarded to Govern-

179,050,00 100,000.00

136,338,11

mont.

.MINE EXPLOSION.

MANY CASUALTIES IN A JAPANESE PIT.

Total $1,840,356.11 Directors. In accordance with the Articles of Association Mr. T. E. Pearce and the Hon. Mr. C. G. 9. Mackie retire, and being eligible,

Tokyo, Mar. 16. offer themselves for ro-olection.

Ton minare have been killed and Auditors. The Auditors, Mesare. Linatend & Davis rotire, and being 22 injured seriously by a gas ex- Mligible. offer theniselves for re-plosion in Futago mine in Naga-

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