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THE HONGKONG

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FIERCE FIRE AT DENHAM

26 ENGINES TURN OUT TO CALL

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1936.

FLY TO LONDON PARLEY

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it

EX-

(Continued from Page 1)

(Continued from Paga, 1) estimated to be their break-up values; therefore, the values at which

ment. He stated, however, that these assets now stand in the balance

was impossible to give a more shoot, read in conjunction with the

plicit undertaking at this stago. London, Mar, 17. Reserves appearing on the

At the same time, Mr. Eden per- side, in the opinion of your Board, rounding stations

More than 25 engines from sur-sonally requested Herr von Hoosly,

answered a die the preclude the necessity for further de-trict call this afternoon to a firent

German Ambassador in London, to preciation for some

some years to come.

urge Germany to send Turning again to the balance sheet, the London Film Productions, Lunited, I would make special reference

German toat Denim Buckinghamshire. the very considerable improvement

position of the Comerved volumés in the cash in which

connection it will be that, whereas at the end of 1034&

the overdraft with the Hong kong & Shanghai Banking Corpora tion was in the

region of four lakhs, this. Indebtedness has not only been liquidated during the year, but wo have been enabled to accumulate credit balance of $97,008.10 by the close of that financial period.

firm studios under construction for tives as soon as possid representa

the

RESERVE INCREASED

a

Flames shot through the roof to a height of a hundred feet, and dense of smoke hang

Over the

neighbouring countryside. studios, and no-one was injured. The No filmu are in production at the

Wireless. damago - is not yet known-British

MILLIONS FOR

RELIEF

ROOSEVELT TO ASK FOR $2,000,000,000

You will also noto, an increase. In the Company's General Reserve, which now stands at the substantiri Agure of $987,498.08, the increase therein being mainly accounted for by the recovery of certain bad debia

Washington, March 17. previously written off and amounting to $25,360.44, together

with profile

President F. D. Roosevelt announced accruing over and above written down than $2,000,000,000 for relief work to-day that he would ask for more Vairy at lok Un, $50,000, the during the coming financial yent,

on disposal of the old plant and

acceptance followed promptly, thus distinctly, Improving the atmosphere, though leaving the fundamental question unchanged, as the French are still determined to obtain satisfaction before negotiating on the German proposals.

FRENCH DEMANDS

Franco is at present pressing, first- ily, for the reference of the Franco- Soviet Fact to the International Court; secondly, to the appointment of a League Commission on the spot to prevent frontier Incidents during the negotiations; and, thirdly, for a British guarantee of the French and Delgian frontiera.

18 Under

It is

fun that during the aftemoon's secret meeting the French, and Belgians pressed for an

Im mediato discussion of their

of thor condem. natory resolution at a public meeting. curtailed, but M. Flandin, the French arrived, and the discussion was At that moment, Germany's reply

Thuron

The main item contributing to the ably under the sum to be naked, at the Paris at mid-day on that day,

moment,Router.

DRIZZLE OR RAIN

for

Efforts are

gulf at

at to-night's

are being made to bridge the

of meeting

the Locarno Committee. The League Council adjourned until 8.80 p.m. to- morrow, after a speech by Senor Ed- will unhesitatingly wards, of Chile, promising that Chile

accomplish heri is noted by the Council-Reuter. duty if violation of the Locarno PACL

Deep Water Bay property, $9,640.05,

The exact amount of the Adminis- Foreign Minister, informed the meet- and the Steam Lighter "liha Verde"tration's requirements is not revealing that, in any case, a voto on the ed, but it is understood to be consider.

bo Laken on 30,942.43.

would have to RKO

morning, as he is leaving RADIO augmentation of the Reserve resulted From the sale of the old plant at Hok Un, which was erected in 1906, and, having served the Company over a period of nearly thirty years, had outlived its normal life as

An anticyclone of great intensity economical unit and reached a state the neighbouring seas. Pressure is has developed over North China and of obsolescence. Moreover, t is the considered opinion of your Board that he depression has moved to the north highest to the north of Shantung, the productive output of plant in fully capable of meeting such of Hokkaido, and has sleepened very calls as may bo sanguinely anticipat-

considerably. Local forecast:- N. ed. In the circumstances, it

to strong was winds, fresh

cloudy lecided to call for tenders for the with mist, drizzle or light rain. disposal of all obsoleta

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30.

NOTICE!

BECAUSE OF DELAY BY FOG "FOUR HOURS TO KILL" WILL BE REPLACED BY

Goose

AND Gander

se THE

with

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THE GIMMIE GIRLS IN THE BIGGEST LAUGH-FILM

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Have you heard the one about the Traveling Sales. lady?... It's oven funnier than the one about the Kansas City Princess |

JOAN BLONDELL GLENDA FARRELL

Traveling Saleslady

Barat Pealeenal comedy tamadan mắ

WILLIAM GARGAN HUGH HERBERT. RUTH DONNELLY - PATSY KELLY

ADDED ATTRACTION:

1903

Bit

Lho now

at Hok

mac Un, price of Japanese cement has been spare gear and reallued the sum increased of late, due presumably to

and these eventually

of $64,341.40. In view of the fact the present relatival values that, for reconstruction purposes, Hongkong dollar and the yen.

there

of the

FAST BRITISH AIR FIGHTERS

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$10,000, your Board of Directors

were written down to We continue to supply 4 portion of 500 for ground personnel had been

re-the requirements of the Hongkong secured. Of these 13,400 were re- gard this transaction as satisfactory. Government, and we trust that, with crulls

It will be observed, on further re the reduction of our prices, we

He concluded by stating that the ference to the balance sheet, that in future, be accorded more support Government had not abandoned its assets to the extent of

and

ings our industry, particularly having/hope of securing a Western European

KUN EQ

I am

the

appear under the headings

to the fact that your works Air Pret and perhaps, aubsequently, Factory" Machinery, Old Factory", and I would a means of livelihood to

neme 1,500 hands and attard they might obtain an agreement of

por even wider rope-Reuter Special. like to explain that these represent capita dependents, apart from being the Manager's House, the office one of the largest power consumers Biggest Since War buildings at lok Un and also the on the mainland; under which cir saw mill, which it has, of

Landon, March 17. course, cumstances, 119 has so often been been necessary to retain, and which stressed from this chair, your Com

In a House of Commons speech on are still included under the heading

the air estimates totalling £30,000,000 to materially contributes of "Old Factory".

pany

the

an increase of £13,013,000 over last With the disr

disposal of the old plant,

revenue of the Colony able to state year's estimates and the largest we no longer required our steam that our export trade, principally to vote since the war-the Under-Secre

pleased

which Parliament has been asked to lighter "Ilha Verde", and this vessel Malaya, has been well maintained Wax, consequently dispusi of for the during the past year, and the present vealed that the Royal Air Force had tary for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, re- $18,700, Furthermore, in exchange levels should enable us to lant, it was decided that the improve our position in those mar-achieved a speed of well over 300 miles

a single-seater fighter Ber of the Dean Water Bay kets. property should be advertised for

per hour. Another, which has just bo- aale, and eventually an offer of $10,-

gun ita flying trials, was confidently 008 was received for Rural Building that, if your Company was to continue space to give type at the kamu Lota 94 and 119, together with the its operations and enter into further straight into production and would

expected

ormer type would now go bungalows standing thereon; in view contracts, it would be necessary to be tho

sum

of

RAW MATERIAL

In September last, it became evident

world.

of the inaccessibility of this property make some prevision for additional in service in hircraft of this category and the probable cost of its mainten supplies of our principal raw material, писо and or development, your namely, limestone. Furthermore, your modification of the programme an He explained that as a result of the Board decided to accept such offer. Directors have in mind certain im nounced last May, in the light of

CONSTANT OPERATION

portant schemes in connection with developments abroad, the Metropolitan your Company may be asked to Squadrons would ultimately be in- Turning to the matter of output, give a guarantee as to the continuity creased to 129 with first-line

of cement supplies. Your Board felt, strength of our new plant at Hok Un, though our stocks of limestone should be formed for duties overseas. By the Squadrons would be not working at full capacity, Was kept in constant operation throughout supply, and, in view of the satisfactory frat-line strength of the Royal Air permitted to fall below one year's end of the next financial year the the year, and the sales from that factory again exceeded those of the state of the Company's cash position, Force would have been doubled in the previous year. Moreover, further

negotiations retrenchment and

were entered into for a short space of two years. He did not Fresh economics econor

contract, and am pleased to think any fighting service had ever effected during the year and

say that arrangements have now been been set a comparable task in time of tributed to the general reduction of

Com made for the supply of 100,000 tons peace.

I am pleased to be able to report that therefore, that it was inadvisable that a further twatproximately 1,750, ATM.

were

of

regulations enforced by the Canton strict policy of reduce with the votes to 47 Labour'n 'mation to reduce

our operation costs, coupled with of stone at price which, due to rates In a review of civil aviation, Sir which, the final payment of compen of exchange obtaining at that time. Phillip stated in connection with plans sation due to the late General Ban- bears favourable comparison with for the Trans-Atlantic service that the to make an experimental. was made in February last, Provious contracts entered into for alm was there. this item will now dis- supplies of raw material. The action beginning this year, if possible, and, appear from the accounts.

Board in this matter thus at the latest, early next year.-- your regret to say that the volume of aures continuity of operation for British Wireless. our business in Macao has not insome two years ahead.

ESTIMATES PASSED creased during the last

In view of the somewhat difficult twelve

The House of Commons adopted the months,

and conditions there showmes through w

times,

through which your Company air estimates after rejecting by 170 little or no improvement. The permit is passing, and in

expenditure the personnel of the R.A.F.-Reuter. Authorities in 1984, of which mention as far as possible, your Board ua- was made in the speech from the tion of each Director should be re-

animously agreed that the

remunera- chair

last year, have not, despite

ETHIOPIA TO FIGHT efforts, been

And have duced from 83,000 to $2,000 per seriously Intercided,

with shipments annum, as from beginning of the to China from our Macas Works year

our

The cement requirements of the Co- lony of Macao Itself are not sufficient

to keep our factory in constant

oper

the

business justifies a re-

and until such tímo se the

to the former rate.

Before closing, 1

I have to refer

TO LAST

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atlon, and for these reasons, it was again to the matter of unconverted Red Cross planos at Quoram.--Hou- considerably le July production very shares, of which 07,047 still remain ter Special

last, on account

necessary to curtail

sent in, I would once more vo- ser

of accumulated stocks. Your Board, peat the request made at last Annual

*SHUFFLE OFF THE BUFFALO"-Morria Molodies Colour Cartoon, therefore, feel that there is little hope Meeting that shareholders in posses

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HELLDORADO

FRIDAY:-

RICHARD ARLEN MADGE EVANS and STEPIN FETCHIT

"The Thundering in the Night”- with EDMUND LOWE

LEAGUE MEETING

London, Mar. 17. Conversations took place at St. of

scrip nasist us by James Palace to-day between the sending it

In for conve

conversión.

League Secretary General and mem- There being no

further matters bers of the League Counell regarding for comment, I

have the meeting of the Committee of in formally pro

proposing the Thirteen in connection with Italo- of the report and accounts Abyssinian war..

uming in

of amelioration of the existing

state of affairs and of our business in Macao regaining oven a modicum of former prosperity; in the circum-

may be necessary to con anent cessation of

that port and the t

our adoption ultimate for

ita

sider if it

of our plant. In this rein-

now

the financial year ended the 31st No definite arrangements have been

tion, shareholders may recall that the whamber, 1934, as presented, and made and there will probably be fur-

this has been seconded, I shall ther discussions before the meeting major portion of the plant was laid be pleased to answer any questions la fixed-British Wirelan down in 1025, and can still, therefore,

shareholders may with to ask.

be regarded as a useful and economi- Mr. Croucher seconded and the re- production of cement; port and accounts were adopted with- the event of your Board effecting out question.

operation

cal unit for

in

the

.. decision to abandon

Macao, it is reasonably

that no great

Mr. anticipated

OTHER BUSINESS

Rickett propesod

the ru.

perienced inculty will bo ox-election of Sir Robert Ho Tung and |

on the plant.r. T. E. Pearce as directors. Me.

In the meantime, expenditure at these Fung Kwok-wa seconded and the works has been reduced to a minimum, motion was carried.

and stops are being taken-in the

KEEN COMPETITION

Mr. Raymond proposed the ro

Was

- JIJIGA NOT TAKEN

Rome, Mar. 17. The reports that General Grazlanl'a troops had captured Jilga wore to- day officially denied United Press.

EXPORTS TO CHINA

first instanco-to sell all obsolete election of the auditors, Messrs. Linment of Commerce, American ox-

Washington, Mar. 17. According to returns of the Depart machinery and stores.

kload and Davis, and Mesars. Lowo, ports to the China market in January Bingham and Matthews Mr. M. A. amounted to $8,674,000, of which Figueiredo seconded and the motion $2,875,000 went to China, including Your Company again experienced

Presont

carried.

Manchukuo, #080,000 to Hongkong intense competition from the sale of J. ont at the meeting were Messrs. and $119,000 to Kwangtung Router. Japanese coment in the Hongkong Harston,

Taggart (Chairman), J. Scott market throughout the year under ro- A. 14 Shields and Sir Robert Ho E. Pearoc, Li Tec-fong, view, figures available displaying the Tung (Directors); Moara M. A. fact that, while 97,488 tons of coment Figueiredo, Fung Kwok-wa, H.Y.M. were imported into the Colony during Figueirodo, UAL. Rickett, N.V.A. the year 1986, 79,120 tons came from Croucher, A. C. Botelho, A J. Edgar, Japan. In this connection, it is in E. M. Raymond, F. E, Silva, Boo Pui- teresting, however, to note that the chen, Mek Ying-kio, (shareholders).

EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS

Cairo, Mar. 17, leave afty-eight seats in the General The Wald Party has decided to Election uncontested for minority: parties,--Router's Bulletin Service.

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