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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936.

DECLINES TO DISCLOSE

SHIP'S FINES

(Continued from Page 1.) withdrawal of the surplus tonnage on the river during a part of the year, especially in the Mucno Line, contributed in no small measure to the little improvement recorded,

In

June. 1935, the Company acquired from 'Messrs. Butlerfield & Swire their interest the 8.x. Kin- rhari, and the transfer of this steamer to the Macao Line has shown favour- able results. Whilst freight has not improvell, passage money returns would seem to justify your Directors decision to improve this run by the operation of a faster steamer. The Instability of exchange during 1935 and the high Customs tariff continued

SERIOUS SANCTIONS EFFECTS

ITALIAN EXPORTS

DWINDLING

'GOLD DRAINS AWAY

CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES PROBE

URGED

FALSE PRETENCE

: CHARGE

PROMISE OF JOBS

IN JARDINE'S

(Continued from Page 13

upon a contract basis, instead of by

A former pupil of St. Paul's Government doctors; thus reducing College, Ki Sai-choong, allas Vincent the number of Government doctors required and effecting a saving on

Hi, 25, appeared on remand before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon their salaries, allowances, leave-pay. Magistracy this morning charged with passages and pensions. In tits con-

obtaining $60 by falso pretences, 119 nection our contention is that much of the work now done by Government

was accused of obtaining the money. doctors could equally well be por-

from Man Kam-sing, 16, 14 Tak- chuen, 10, Mak Chak-tong. 18, Lo formed by private practitioners attending at the Government Hospi-Kwan, and Li Hau-man, purporting to be able to obtain employment for tals and by their niso attending on them

as apprentice electricians at Government Servants In their own

Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co.. homes. Thus a great saving

Det-Sgt. Ellis, prosecuting, atotod public expenditure could be effected.

that on about December 23 Inst, Lau We regard this suggestion (4) ns being of pressing importance, having Sal-tong, a teacher who know defon- dant well, met him at Hunghom and of providing for the staffing of the was asked if he knew any persona who wanted jobs. The bencher, then new Queen Mary Hospital.

got in touch with the complainante who were work in Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co, on payment of $10 apiece.

In

Geneva, Apr. 21. Further details of the effects of to handicap both import and export sanctions were given by Mr. West, business, As a consequence, smugman, President of the Sanctions Ex-regard to the necessity, next year, gling was rife with the result that peris Committee, at a final meeting Loods which otherwise would have of that body. bern transported by legitimate_means Mr. Westminn stated that during were snuggled into Couton. Despite January, 1938, Italian exports de the serious difficulties met with dur-creased 16 per cent, and imports 30 ing the year, the Working Account per cent., compared with January, shows an increase of glaout $30,771.07 1935.

and your Directors hope the Com- Italian exporta to the sanctionist

pany's stairs will show marked in- provement for the current year.

ECONOMY EFFECTS

Your Directors have given close and careful attention to the economic running of your steamers, Steamers disbursements, compared with the 1034 figures, show an appreciable de- crease, but repairs are up $11,210.20 due to the extensive overhaul of two

of their book value,

Accordingly we suggest that the Government do now appoint a small Commission or Committee, upon which Lion, to enquire into, and report on there should be Unofficial representa

the matters Incltided in the above paragraphs (1) to (4),

countries Have become almost In conclusion, we desire to add that negligible, while it in estimated that we regard the present depression as the Bank of Italy has lost about half | being of a temporary nature. Ip

Great of its inst reported gold reserves.— Reuter.

CLOUDY WEATHER

promised by defendant

Complainants gave the required sume of money to the teacher, who gave them to his brother, Lay Yuk- tong, a solicitors' clerk, who in turn handed them over to defendant.

Defendant, who was unemployed, Britain and elsewhere there said that he was obtaining a position are signs of reviving trade and pros- in the firm and then would be able perity, which must egure to the bene, { to get complainants in. Ho promised it of this Colony. In the past their jobs would be rendy by Hongkong has wrathered many seri- January 1. For various reasons, tho ous economic storms, and she will date was extended, and finally com- win through now as she won through | plaisants look action and had defen- so often in times gone by.

dunt arrested.

MR. LO'S SPEECH

A wegk anticyclone area remains of the Company's beat steamers, the in the Parife to the south-east of Taishan and Lungshan. The amount Japan, Pressure has Increased con- at $48,048.47 that it

is proposed alterably ever north China, an anti- should be written off the value of

cyclone having developed aver your steamers is the usual 5 per cent, Mongolia. A depression is probably moving eastward nernes Manchuria. Investment Fluctuation Account The typhoon is situated about 100 shows a reduct tion during the year of miles east of Manila, moving slowly $39,423,10 which represents the northwestward. Local forecast:was amount of depreciation in the market Ensi winds, moderate, cloudy gentative annetion for its proposals cm- value of shares held by your Com-erally. Dany as Investiment Last year your

Directors were agal obliged to sell: AERO-CUSHION

TYRES

Make Driving Like Floating On Air

The ever-increasing demand for ease and riding comfort, and the effect this has had on modern car designs, has led the India Tyre organisation, to add another Super Tyre to its already well-proven range.

Vimwa on

Corroborative testimony wna given by the brothers, though defendant denied their statements.

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has

The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo mid

Giving evidence, defendant declared Your Excelleney-I beg leave to make that he had been promised a position a few observations on the Bill which in Jardine's, and as he needed money, is now before this counell. I would he borrowed $50 from Lau Sai-tong, like to commence by recording my who asked him to procure work for personal META of satisfaction that complainants, This Lau Sal-tong Government has decided to seek legin. denicil.

The case was again remanded until bodied in the Bill, as this procedure | 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. affords a convenient opportunity of expressing our

a matter able work. which velves Important questions

Judged by the above standard, and of principle.

having regard

tho Colony's It is not, I know, sought to justify capacity to pay in relation to the levy the ground time the

rovante which, however, variable in salaries of the whole staff are too its items of receipts dependent on the high to the extent of the percentages

degree of the Colony's prosperity, at least the certain characteristics that largo proceeds from undevelop ed and rales can no longer be relled upon, and that the hitherto fabulous fucome from sale of opium must sure- ly and inevitably, reach a vanishing point, I have no doubt, and I repont, that the present salaries are in many instances excessive, And, on the assumption that this view is sound, 1 mabmit that a not n solution to the salary question.

temporary lovy la I suggest that pending a revision-- and irrespective of whether a revision takes place or not there should be a permanent reduction of a small percentage, say five per cent., on ali salaries above the suggested minimum under the levy scheme. Based on exchange at 1/8d, the total salaries

porary

certain shares to meet the heavy A total ng of $10 wan inposed averdraft with our bankers, The upon Cheung Tsung, of No, 246 Sat Canton Pool Agreement, which has Yeung Choi Stroet, second floor, when been in operation since 1933, as he was summoned before Mr. Mac- been renewed.

fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy Your Directers are pleased to fé- this morning for issuing unstamped port that, thanks, in the co-operation of the Railway Administration, the reipts for two sumns of $22 received by which it is sought to have

by him on March 4 and August 28 reduced; if this were so, the general river steamers are now able to over last year from the Wing Cheong Lung reduction should not be a merely tem- contr the uneconomic passage rates firm, No. 1 Lok Shan Road. Sergeant

Arrangement: it should be the obtaining before understanding Whiteroft, alinched to the Colonial made permanent. According to the

Auri with the railway was reached. I would like to record the Directors Treasury, stated that defendant stated statement of the Hon. the Attorney that he had given ten cents to the General in introducing the Bill before keen appreciatin of the courtesy and the spirit of co-operation shown by tenant to put stamps on the receipts. "This," said, Sergeant Whit the Railway Administration. Aseft, "is a common excuse given your Chairman remarked at this time landlords." last year, there was a surplus of) tonnage in the river, and with the diminished vojnie of trade found generally? teen competition develop

ed.

In the Macao Lint, passage rates were lowered last December in com- pliance with an agreement with the inspector of Economic Services of Your Directors consider the road.rangement satisfactory.

This is the Aero-cushion tyre which, as its; name implies, provides perfect cushioning for the car, and gives maximum comfor: during fast journeys over any type of

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MaLnd.

owners.

WHARF LEASES

has bee

by

in the Directors report to an aspect which undoubtedly lins a very serious effect on the Company's revenue, that of smuggling datiable goods and also the carriage of surreptitions cargo. non with other Companies on the China coast and rivers, the an- mand debit arising from this form of illeral trading must be enormous as in combined total in a year, but I am POETY Lo suggest that, s one not exactly in ignorance of a little of what is going on behind the scenes, this nefarious "business" if it can so be described, is, despite the best in tentions and endeavours, very much on the increase, the commodities dealt in ranging from packets of salt and sugar to even human beings.

NEFARIOUS PRACTICE

this Couneit, the levy in being invoked in order to reduce the expenditure side of the Budget, and an to balance the Budget for

1038

am right in

In times of violent fluctuations in the cost of living caused by the vagaries of exchange or other fac tors, periodic adjustments of salaries in relation to such disturbing factors

གསངས་ may be reasonable and accessary. For instance, I believe saying that In England the basic pre- war salary, rates are adjusted every six months if the price index mo as much as five points up or down. But I consider that it would be a dangerous disturbance of the funda mental principle of security on which

Ar set out in the 1930 Estimates

a

half

amount to some eleven and million dollars. I gather that if the average rate of the dollar for 1030 works out at 1/3d. there will be an increase in the cost of the Colony's

the Civil Service is based to subject ter

Civil servants' salaries to variations depending on the income and expendi- ture of the Colonial Exchequer, un- necompanied by circumstances affect- in the financial stability of the Colony,

I have no doubt that, con- fronted with such eircumstances, and taken into the confidence of the Goy-

crnment, the Civil servants would readily and voluntarily respond to any reasonable appeal to make sacrifices in the interest of the Colony.

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commitments (including dollars. I do not know how much of salaries). of three mullion

this

increase is attributable to But for the purpose salaries alone.

my argument I assume that the increase attributable to salaries connes to one and a half million dollars. The total figure for saiaries express- ed in dollars, and based at Exchange of 1/3d, therefore, comes to about thirteen million dollars. Five per cent, on this sum comes to $650,000.

POINT ANSWERED

for

An application for the registration of the Company's properties In Canton was sent in just August following a requirement by the Chinese Authorities that the step had to be taken by all forelin property And as you will have seen from Ele

balance sheet before you, the registration fees paid have been The matter

played by the Chinese

We have read and heard in recent Authoring the Company's Canton terms "bribers" and "corruption", times, Mr. Chairman, much use of wharves you will notice a debit of but I venture to submit that nowhere 510,211:86 In the Profit & Loss

more than in this smuggling racket, Account for special wharf expenses with its mngst extensive ramifications,

"SHELTERED SERVICE" "Civil servants cannot, in my view, The sum represents rental due in are those terms more deserving of

ap- arrears to the Canton Authorities for plication. With you we have a fair be regarded in the same light as e- the two whalves. As you are aware idea where a big share of responployees of a commercial firm. The the leases for the wharf sites are sibility lies and I feel it is hardly Civil Service is not a concern making hed in perpetuity by the Company necessary to assure you that the diff a profit measurable in or de but the Canton Government claimed culties of the Company in this respect pendent upon

the son of that under Chinese, law, the Canton are fully appreciated. At the same consumers in a competitive market. Government had the right to revise time I believe you will concur in my. It is not doing work which can be the rent in view of the changed con-contention that while efforts by the measured exactly in terms of any ditions. Protracted negotiations were floating staff to minimise this nefar similar work outside. It can offer commencert as long ago as August, fous practice are unremitting, their none of the "glittering prizes" which 1830, and were concluded only in position is none the less fifficult and at least were formerly obtainable in December, 1935. I would like to nvidious with the metaphorical gun the industrial or commercial world. rst{』 the Directors' thanks to Mr. of extremism pointed continually at

F. La for his services in bringing them by, those behind the smugglers. 41s chief attraction lies in its being be impracticable by Tason of its very

service", "sheltered

with P the negotiations

conclusion

guaranteed resptable to the Directora in all the Diplomatic pourparler yamtage in manence in employment unnifested by proposals were chandlaved on the citrumstances. The long leases held dealing with individuals and bodies of the varying ups-and-downs of com- by the owners of the two hotels built understanding and goodwill, but such mercial prosperity and dopression. on Company's properties at Canton would appear to be wasted when the Its history, its prestigo, and, indeed, expired last July, and your Directors only response of those se approached its very existence, rert on the sure have decided on shorter leases, but is the non-slackoning of endeavours to foundation of security. This founda- on the same terms and conditions accumulate further illicit gain. Irtion should not therefore, be lightly The present leases expire next June, then it is at all possible to tighten up | shaken.

Mr. R. K. Batchelor resigned from and intensify preventive measures in I am aware that England could be the Board of Directors in January, this respect I am content to believe cited as a precedent for calling upon 1935, and, as anounced by the Chair that such will, in the mutual interest the Civil Service to make sacrifices man lust year, Mr. H. Staples Smith of all, have the careful consideration for the common weal, but the circum¬ was invited to the vacancy. Mr. of the Directors.

stances which

existed in England H. da Luz, the Company's Secretary, The Chairman: 1 would like to at the time wore different to those having acted in that capacity since thank you, Capt. Kirby, for your re- obtaining in the Colony. England 1933, was promoted to the substantive marks, especially your appreciation had no surplus balance; on the con- post in April, 1035. Mr. A. Robert-of the difficulties of the Directora of trary, she had a colossal National son,

Engineer, and Mr. J. M. the Company in dealing with this Debt; the whole credit of England, Figueiredo, Purser, retired during the problem, which is one engaging the and therefore of the British Empire period under roview, after long attention of the Board.

was at stake, and whatever stops had periods of service--in the case of the Capt. Kirby: I assure you that the to be taken to save the altuation were former, 33 years, and in the case of floating staff, on their part,

justified by the paramount considera- the latter, 32 years.

tion of preserving the existence of the carry on in the same spirit. With these remarks I beg to pro-

State. pose that the reports and accounts as presented be passed. After this has been seconded, I shall endeavour to answer to the best of my ability any question you may wish to ask, Capt. W. E. Kirby seconded, and

the motion was carried

SMUGGLING FINES

OTHER BUSINESS

will

Was

The re-election of Directors then proceeded with. On the pro position of Mr. Hung Taze Yee seconded by Captain A. II. Lake, in Hon. Mr. M, K. Lo, and Sir Robert He Tung, K., were re-elected to the Board of Directors.

and

assured

In my submission, therefore, the proposed levy, merely as a temporary mensure to balance our Budget is, undor existing circumstances, hardly justified. On the other hand, I do consider that some permanent reduc tion in the salary bill which the Colony is now called upon to is essential.

bear

COMMISSION NEEDED Only recently bad pecasion to urge that our Civil Service was too large and that in many instances the salaries were too high, and I see no season to recede from this position. And I cannot resist the conclusion

The only objectius to this scheme is the obvious injustice to those whose salaries are not excessive. But such injustice, which is of course inten- sifled in the proposed temporary lovy, is unavoidable until the salarica havo been revised. It may be urged that the proposed devy is designed to aid our straitened finances to the extent of some $1,140,000 add this year, and that therefore a mild

proposal benefitting revenue to the extent of only about six and a half lakhs must

mildness. But I venture to point out. I understand "the levy

basis that 1930 would commence with 4 deficit of one million dollars, and that the surpluses at the end of 1936 would be reduced to just over oight million dollars. Since 1935 happily ended, not with a deficit of $1,000,000 but with a credit balance of nearly $140,000 (the exact figure being $138,01127), the absence of any con- tribution from salary cuts would not upset the financial status

quo as envisaged by the auther of the lovy proposals.

My proposal bas at feast the merit of being an attempt, however feeble, to deal seriously with this problem, and from the point of view of the public it has this attraction, namely

ary period ΟΙ

that during the to proposed levy,

the Government's whatever it may be one, two or even three years the surplus could bo resorted to, equally as temporary measure, for the purpose of making the difference between the amount. up which the Government levy would have produced, and that saved under

five per cent. my scheme, and thereafter the annual ent reduction could bo earmarked for repaying, and building

the

surpluses.

Messre. Linstead & Davin

point of view of the. After the report had been passed, Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews

Civil Servants, it cannot be seriously Capt. Kirby inquired as to whether were re-elected auditors for the en

suggested that a permanent reduction it was possible for shareholders to suing year at

of such a small parcentage involves remuneration of find out from the Company

any substantial hardship; on the the $1,000 each, on the proposition of amount of fines levied on the Company Mr. 3. C. Sun, seconded by Mr. T. F.

contrary, I do not see why the Civil during 1935 or account of the smuggl Lo.

Servants should not gladly accept this ing of dutiable goods and carriage of Before the meeting terminated, that the time has come when the solution of a very important and com

sacrifice as their contribution to the surreptitious curgo,

After consulting the Secretary, the to the Chairman seconded by Mr. Msalaries, with

Capt. Kirby proposed a vote of thankej whole question of Civil Service plicated problem. Chink it would be satisfactory for

sold: "Capt. Kirby, I Fernandez.

its complicated and

Frankly I do not like the proposed sometimes individual conccasions and levy, for the reasons I have endeavour. privileges, such as the provision of ed to not out, but unless and until uel allowance, etc, should be ro- other acceptable solution of the lary free quarters, medical attendance,

Government can place before us some viewed by another Commission. In question, I feel that I cannot do other this way, it may be possible that the wise than to voto for this Bill, I prevailing Governmental salaries may need hardly add that the views I have be brought into a closer approxima ventured to express are entirely my tion to prevailing wares paid by the own, for which none of my unofficial better private employers for compar- colleagues is responsible.

don't

Those present at the meeting were me to answer you off-hand without the the Hon. Mt. MI. K. Lo (Chairman), figures before me. Moreover it is not Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Mesers. La Tac desirable that these figures should be fong, C. A. da Roza, H. Staples published but if you will inquire from Smith (Directors), Lo Tang-fan the Secretary he will be able to ict (Alternate Director), II, da Luz you or any shareholders know.” (Secretary), Capt. A. H. Lake, Capt. Capt. Kirby, addressing the meet. E. Kirby, and Messrs. M. Fer- ing, said-It is a matter for satis nandez, Hung Teze-yee, S. C. Sun and faction to note that reference is madey. K. Kwan (Shareholders).