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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

26, 1936.

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SHOWING TO-DAY

The

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

• Picture Beautiful

with HEDY KIESLER

The World's Most Perfect Woman,

NEXT CHANGE Wallace Boery - Barbara Stanwyck - John Boles

20th Century -

FOX

in

"A MESSAGE TO GARCIA”

UEEN

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THE FRENCH HAVE A WORD FOR HER... DANGEREUSE....... DANGEROUS!]

Adelph Zusor presumed

Thrilling the world with love, songs that can never comb true for her...the woman whose love means death! Hounded by a ruthless fate from New York's Metro- politan Opera House, to the dingy music halls of Rio, and the wild.

Parisian cabarots!

Melodrama apaind

thrilling myslet

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MARY ELLIS

Fatal Lady.

Walter Pidgeon, John Halliday, Ruth Donnelly Alan Mowbray, Guy Bates Post, Samual Hinds Norman Foster, Edgar Kennedy-A Poromeuny Picture Directed by Edward Ludwig A Walter Wanger Production

TO-DAY

AT THE

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ON THE STAGE

"THE GREAT CHINA TROUPE"

in.

New Juggling Tricks & Acrobats.

ON THE SCREEN

Peggy Shannon in "FURY OF THE JUNGLE”

A Columbia fleture..

Popular Pricos

Logo: 80 ct., Dross Circle: 55 cts., Stalls: 30 cts..

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY NELAN at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria

Mr. Serge Rubinstein

SPAIN'S "PASSION FLOWER"

Replies to

Shareholders

UPROAR AT MEETING OF THE CHOSEN CORPORATION Control of a Mine Company Passes Into Hands of a Japanese Corporation

MR. SERGE RUBINSTEIN, mana-

M

Mr. Godfrey, addressing Mr. Ru-

gink director of the Chosen Cor-binstein, said: "We are very pleased poration, Lid, was questioned by to see you back in this land again. Ehareholders at the extraordinary We are very disquieted about the financial position of this company. eneral meeting this month. "

(1 hope you will give us a short ex- planation of how you are able to pay

share

It was announced that the Chosen

when Corporation's control of, the Nurupi

the company's Mine Company has passed into the dividend of is, a

everyone bands of n Japanese corporation, coffers were without money. Where Chosen Union of Mines.

does the money come from? Perhaps

thought

At the beginning of the meeting you can give us an explanation about there was read a long report, cover that. I hope crities will be answered

state-

Mr. Rubinstein was heard to make "LA PASSINARIA" (The Fassioning 12 pages of printed foolscap, con- satisfactorily." Flower), the woman Communisterning the Chosen Corporation's as-

sociation with the Japanese company remarks about "sensational

ments." member of the Corles (Parliament),

Mr. Rubinstein then went into the who has been one of the greatest

chair. He said that before answering Inspirations of the Communist move-

questions he would call on Mr. Kasal, ment in Spalu, has visited the front

prominent Japanese official. line of

the loyal forces in the

GO mountains,

miles Guadarama north

name of Madrid, fer Dolores Ibarruri,

Wrote 60,000 Letters

Brighton, Aug, 20. THE Rev. J. P. Bacon Phillips, of Brighton, who celebrates his eightieth birthday here this month, has had 8,000 letters published in nowspapers.

He has written in all about 60.000 "Letters to the Editor" at an average of 1,000 a year. His

record number of letters published In a single year is 532.

I write

on anything." he said. "In fact, I see a Letter to The Editor in almost every incident. Sometimes I write more than a dozen letters in an afternoon."

Girl Pat Skipper's Outburst

"WHITE ENSIGN

SERVANTS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS

allowed to Mr. Binns was then Mr. Kusai, who was the Japanese

this A conference re-speak.

"As consulung engineers to representative at ceatly held at Budapest, where the relations between Japan and other company." he said, "we look upon servants of the nations were discussed, spoke on the ourselves as the good feeling existing between Japan shareholders and not of the board, to We arc not and Britain. He was cheered by the safeguard your interests from a tech-

neal point of view. | shareholders.

concerned with what the board does When Mr. Rubinstein invited ques-with its finances,

"We made certain statements with tions many shareholders wanted to talk at once and it was some time regard to the technical position of the before individuals were able to put nines. If that position did not sails-

make questions or

their ty us, it was our duty to inform you,"

their

speeches.

mines in Manchukuo,

ta

1

gold,

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Mr. John Wilmot, ex-M.P. for Ful- who said he represented n know shareholders' association, sald that on One shareholder wanted about the output of the company's November 22 the board issued a cir- cular to shareholders to which his

took Association

exception. The Mr. Rubinstein immediately slood o

and unveiled u chart on the wall, shareholders had a meeting and de- up which showed recent production of manded that a statement of affairs

should be published. the mines in pennyweights

Mr. Rubinstein said: "Are you the amout of ore and its total value.

"I think,"

said. Mr. Rubinstein, shareholder?" and then said that, Mr. ["that

this is an answer your ques Wilmot had had 50 shares transferred The shareholder, Mr. Megan, said:to him recently by a Mr. Gough.

"Mr. Gough has not dared to come ат still confused. Perhaps to this meeting," declared Mr. your explanation did not reach as binstein. tur us me or may, be I was unable to There were cries of "Shame" from

several shareholders. It

follow it."

Wis

Ru

CX-

Mr. Rubinstein said he would re-plained that Mr. Gough had met with peat it if Mr. Megan liked but there motor accident. were cries of "No" from other share- holders.

A CHANT

Mr. Rubinstein: "Will Mr. Wilmot ENGINEERS' REPORT- Another shareholder, Mr. Burton, say when he became a shareholder?" Mr. Wilmol replied that he had BEFORE SUNRISE" said he endorsed the remarks that

had been made by Mr. Megan and been a shareholder since May 30.

"Do we want to hear him?" shout- said that it was diflleult to follow the

ed Mr. Rubinstein. There were cries Georgetown (British Guiana).

technicalities of the long report that of "Yes, yes," and "No, no," and then Aug. 14. George Orsborne, skipper of the had been read.

"There is," he said, "no copy of somebody began the chant "We want Girl Pat, and his brother Jim were

"I notice that there was no inter- to-day, committed to prison to awaittite speech before us. He referred Wilmot."

to the "hostile criticisms" of the en- their return to England.

reported on the uption to the speech of the gentle- Just before the end of the proceed-gineers who had ings they were on tria! for ex- mines, and said that he could not man who was brought here to talk tinued Mr. Wilmot. "The share- tradition on a charge of inrceny of understand the negotiations. that had about Japanese imperialism,"

Cirl Fal-however, Captain been going on with the Japanese holders want to know something

company who had taken

about the Graborne made a startling observa Chosen Corporation shares.

There were shouts of “No.” Captain C. C. Murtland, narrating

considerable "Then I will say a the chase and capture of the Girl

number of shareholders," retorted Pat by the Government steamer,

Mr. Wilmot, Pomeroon, said his vessel Rew colony and red ensigns..

Captain

Orsborne interjected: "You had a battleship's flag up. You

the

tion.

the

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Other references were made to the (poration. Management of this engineers' report and several share- the holders wanted to know why the 'en-

had been retained in gineers company's employ.

Mr. Binns, member of a frm mining engineers said "May I have

the Door, Sir?

of

Mr. Rubinsteln ruled that the last speaker should continue.

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Mr. Wilmot complained that, though the report had been read from the platform, no one in the hall had copy of it and it had been impos- sible to follow the long statement it that had been read. He asked they could be supplied with coples at ¡once.

Mr. Rubinstein replied that copies had been supplied to the Press.

shareholders At this point many

tried to speak at once and for some minutes Mr. Rubinstein hud difficulty in restoring order.

DEMAND FOR REPORT

Mr. Wilmot said:

"We hope that these negotiations with the Japanese concern will be of beneft to the company, but it seems clear that the control of the proper- ties has now passed beyond our

reach are the intentions of the

Japanese side of this undertaking? Only the future can determine. But the fact remains that what the Bri- tish shareholders are entitled to ex-

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FRIDAY: COLLEEN

is a report from the auditors and OSSESE Ping advisers on the position of

the

company.

"A substantial number of share. holders are determined to have the affairs investigated by auditors.

"If this is not done, the Board of Trade must be asked to investigate.

therefore, ask you to give, an undertaking that a report by the auditors on the position of the com- pany to the end of last year shall be circulated to the shareholders as soon as possible, and that, at the forth- coming, annual meeting of the con- pany, it will be competent for the hareholders to Lake such action as they feel proper,"

This was put to the meeting as a resolution and seconded,

Mr. Rubinstein: "We welcome Board of Trade Inquiry. As regards Mr. Wilmot"

י'

At this point there was uproar.

"ROCKING THE BOAT”

Mr. M. C. Harman, who said he was a shareholder in the company and, was at one time chairman of the Japanese companies belonging to the Chosen Corporation, stated that he was satisfied with the terms that had been arranged. The terms would have been better still it the boat had not been rocked, "It I blame anyone at all I blame the Bri- tish shareholders who have been rocking the boat in Mr. Rubinstein's absence.

Mr. Rubinstein sald test the com- pany would issue auditors' report up to June 30,

with.

NOTICE

DICK POWELL RUBY KEELER

TO ADVERTISERS.

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on Thursdays.