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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1935.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

"STAR" FERRY MEETING

LOWER EARNINGS LAST YEAR

TAILOR LET OFF

WITH CAUTION Accepting the defendant's ax- planation that the bank note was handed to him without his knowing

Decreased earnings were re-

MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE

PHILIPPINE GOLD SHARE QUOTATIONS To-day's quotations as received by It was a forgery, Mr. W. M. Thomported by the Chairman (Mr. W. J. Messrs. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz son, in the Central Magistracy this Keswick) at the thirty-seventh shortly after the close of the morning discharged, with a caus ordinary yearly, meeting of the morning session of the Manila tion, Li Yat-kwong, 21, a tailor of Star Ferry Co., Ltd., held in the Stock Exchange are as follows No: 82 Caino Road, who faced boardroom of Mesara, Jardine. charge of the possession of a forged Matheson & Co., Ltd., to-day at $10 note of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

"The noto was handed to me by

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A fine of $75, or six weeks' "hard

Тома Anlamok Goldfekle The Chairman said:Gentle Hague Gold Mining-off Itenguet Consolidated 11.00 under Gold River year

Mining a person from 23 Robinson Roaden-During the and I did not know it was a forged review the Company sustained are Gold Mine one", was the defendant's plea from great loss in the death of Mr. Race Co J, P. Warren who had been auro Consolidated

ember of the Board since 1929. 8. C. A. Gold skate Index 75.8. the deck when charged,

Giving the facts of the case,

The report and statement of tray, Volame pc 180.000. Detective-Sergeant F. W. Fowlla

necounts, together with the audi- stated that defendant was employed tor's report have beck in your at a small, tailoring establishment hands for some days, and with labour, was passerby Mr. E. I. nindy living at 46 Robinson Road your permission. I will follow the Wynne-Jones, at the Central Magla had clothes made at the shop and usual practice and take them as tracy this morning, on Chau Wonk a charge of widow, who admitted rend.

There is very little for me to possession of 118 po piu lottery pent her servant with 817 (one $10 note, one $5 note and two allver

this year: tho ae-tickets at Queen's Road West Ser dollars) to pay for them. The comment on defendant handed the money over counts are simple and straight feant Kinnear said the tickets were

forward. As the Chairman pre- daughter, aged six years.

actually found in possession of her to his master, but was repaid $12 dicted at the last annual meeting. from the total, as he was due for there was a considerable falling two months' wages.

In Caine Road. On December 28,

1.15 a.m. Alterations have been made on the Pier at Hongkong. and from the providing more space for passen- gera moving to ferries.

in 1949,

I do not think there is anything more in the accounts that calls propose the adoption of the report for comment, and I now beg to

and accounts.

off in traffic during the yearspriation a balance of $454,473,90, On January 10, the lady returned actually there was a deirease of to the shop to have the clothing $59,035.00 in receipts. Towards the It is proposed to pay a dividend altered. The defendant told her end of the year, in order to fall in of $2.00 per share and a bonus of that the $10 note she had given to with the extension of closing hours, $3.50 per share, and carry for the shop through her servant was oor service was also extended, the ward $14,478.90, I remind you a forked one and asked her to take last ferry from Hongkong leaving that the Ferry Pier lenses expire it back. She refused to change it at 1.30 am. and from Kowloon at as such a long period had elapsed And she was not sure whether it was the note or not. On the face of that, the defendant went to the Central Theatre the same night and tendered the note at the box office

SHROFF ROBBED for a 60-cent seat in the front stalls. The forgery was detected and the

Turning to the accounts, you defendant was taken into custody will observe in the Profit and Loss and handed over to the police.

amount of $888.87. Sergeant Fowlle added that the Account, an

The appointment of Messrs. written off under the heading of police were not pressing the ease."Bad and Doubtful Debts." This Keswick and S. II. Dodwell

J. M Pinna, clerk at the Chartered Bank, deposed to the forgery.

POPPIES DISPLACE FARM CROPS

GREAT INCREASE IN ACREAGE

The report and accounts were seconded by Mr. J. Danby, and were adopted unanimously.

OTHER BUSINESS

as

a loss sustained when the Directors, was confirmed, on the Company's Shroff who, when on motion of Mr. G. B. S. Thomson, his way to the Bank, was set seconded by Mr. J. H. K. Hance.

The Hou, Mr. C.. Gordon Mackie upen In Peking Road, Kowloon, by

appointed a Director, on three men who threw acid in his was face and robbed him. Several the motion of Mr. A. W. Heron, bystanders witilessed the attack reconded by Mr. D. Mackenzie. but the assailants made their en- Mr. C. Hemard Brown, A.C.A.. cape and nothing was recovered. was reappointed Auditor

nt 2

The investmenia under assets remuneration of $750, on the mo include two lakhs on loan at 4tion of Mr. J. M. Alves, seconded per cent. $125,000.00 invested in by Mr. W. M. Graves. the Hongkong Land Investment Present were Mr. W. J. Kes- Co's 4 per cent, Debentures, and wick (Chairman), the Hon. Mr. Chengtoh, Feb. 11. The plan of Manchukuo to assign the market value of shares in M. Gordon Mackie, Mr. A. H, Jehol as a poppy planting zone has public companica expresents $821,- Compton and Mr. S. 11. Dodwell had the effect of increasing the 225.00 The dividends from the (Directors); Mr. F. II. Crapnell poppy fields from 3,350,000 mow to latter investments realise Just Secretary), and the following shareholders: Hon. Mr. J. J. to over 50,000,000 mow, according over 7 per cent. per annum,

Paterson, and Messrs. G. B. S. to the latest investigation.

Thomaun, D. Mackenzie, J. H. R. The encouragement of poppy ! planting has correspondingly re- After allowing for depreciation Haner, A, W. Heron, W. M. Groves, duce the productive capacity of and taking into consideration the G, Castle, A. B. Stewart, J. Dan- farming land in this province. amount brought forward from last by, J. II. Seth, J. M. Alvea

year, there is available for uppro- E. G. Smith.

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