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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

INVESTMENT

COY'S MEETING

Year's Business Is Reviewed

By The Chairman

That no unfair advantage had been taken of the continuous demand for both business and living quarters, due largely to the Sino-Japanese hostilities, was reiterated by Mr. D. F. Landale, Chairman, at the annual general meeting of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company, Ltd., held this morning.

Mr. Landate cald.-The figures be- ****

tore you show the result of twelve

the demand for both business and

months working, during which time GO SLOW ON MAIL living quarters has continued to put SEIZURE HINT TO

an extremely heavy tax upon the supply of available accommodation. This condition is similar to that which existed throughout 1930, and is due) largely to the present Sino-Japanese) hostilities.

The amount at the credit of Pront and Loss Account is $223,517.70 more than for the preceding year and is accounted for by a large increase in sales of property and by rent revenue;} the latter reflects a full year's return) on leases negotiated during the last half of 1930, 1 desire to rellerate the remarks made by the Chairman in presenting the 1937 Accounts when he stated that this Company has taken no unfair advantage of the polliient tuation and rentals remanin sub- stantially the same as then.

Gloucester Hotel

CONGRESSMEN

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Mar, 12, (UP). -It is understood that one of the principal items on the agenda for discussion during Mr. Welles visit to London is the question of seizure of American mails,

Mr. Welles personally wit nessed the seizure of 334 bags of mail from the Italian liner Rex, on which he crossed the Atlantic. The action occurred at Gibraltar.

It is understood that, in Washington, Mr. Cordell Hull has been quietly advis- ing U.S. Congressmen not to create further difficulties by bringing the subject up in Congress.

The Balance on Working Account] of the Gloucester Hotel shows a do- crease of $83,405,03. In 1938 on un- usual number of commercial and turing visitors passed through the Colony, but in 1939 income from this urce decreased and, since the out- break of war in Europe, there has

the! been a considerable decline In number of transients.

Various sales of properly have been) ●●● efected, the principal one being M.

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situnted

Out- naugh Road) wilch is site the true business centre and it was considered advisable to take ad-

satisfactory offer vantage of a

and dispose of this property. The other

L..

14 Chater Read und 2 Con Sharp Fighting On

Western Front

March 12, 1940.

Austria's Day

Of Mourning ALHAMBRA THEATRE

Second Anniversary Of

Annexation

LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter).-Two yours

yesterday, Germany annexed Austrla and the anniversary was marked here by the opening of "The Austria Office" which is to get in touch with. underground move- ments in Austria and to help spread Allied propaganda..

A large number of Austrian emigresi were present at the opening and

speeches were made by the former

Social Democrat lender and the lender

of the Austrian Monarchists.

Liberation Aim

Both said that they had only one alm-the liberation of Austrin.

The former 'Austrian Minister to

| London was also present.

He said that most of the people in Austrin were opposed to the present state of affairs.

TRADE IN HANKOW

Foreign Criticism Of Japan's Monopoly

Hankow, Mar. 11. Outspoken comments on the Japanese monopoly of trade nt Ian- kow is nude by Mr. V. A. Mason in his report as Chairman at the annual meeting of the British Chomber of Commerce.

come

Mr. Mason declares that Imports have

been of every description of cargo that could be manufactured in s******* | Japan or of items of foreign manu- fucture for whick Japanese concerns are agents. The claim that Imports were rictly limited to military necessities early became insupport- able. Most of the Imports direct from Japan, allegedly by PARIS, Mar. II (Reuter).-To-military transport. Wilh the Cus- sales cover vacant land on the Praya day's communique says Bint there toms paralysed by separation from East Reclamation and two small lots were sharp local encounters to the Is administrative centre by lack of authority, it was not supposed that ? Chinese tenements. As is custom-south-east of Nied River,

on these There was artillery firing in the the ordinary Customs formalities Jy the profil obtained transactions, together with a sum of region of Vosges.

were complied with. There was activity by the air forces. 27,800.20, has been transferred to General Reserve Account.

With

regard to the position of Mortgages, 1 am pleased to report that tive policy and the proposal to declare there are being cleared slowly but $1.50 per share, making $2.75 in all nevertheless satisfactorily, and it is for the year under review, and to in- hoped that it will ultimately be crease the balance carried forward possible to re-transfer nearly $100,000

by $57,320.00, commends itself under Lo General Reserve AceDuni.

existing uncertain conditions,

Building Delayed

The Chairman then proposed the adoption of the report and accounts. Seconded by Sir Robert llo Tung, the proposal was carried unanimously.

Other Business

"The incidental haste to grab while the grabbing was good appears to have resulted in the regurgitation of it is doubtful if the present profits in plocks and suffucation of bustness. military money offers any advantage to the foreign currency needs of Japan," he says.

The manner of export business also terests, he commented. The was not encouraging to British in- same fables had been told about military necessity as in the case of imports. Yet commodities of all sorts had been shipped in goodly quantities. Wood oll, ramic, cotton, gall nuts, hides, skins, cs, tea and sundry cargoes and gone forward; nor had all those cominodities been destined exclu- Avely for Japan proper:

In the Balance Sheet you will notice tite Item of $62,700 for Investments. On necount of the general political situation your Board may consider it advisable to delay proceeding with .ទ On the proposal of Mr. J. A. Tar- building programine and, in order to rant, secunded by Mr. M. 11. Lo, Mr. avoid having too large an amount of S. T. Williamsan and Mr. A. Raymond

ash lying idle, it was decided to pur- were re-elected Directors. chase a small number of shares which, Messrs. Ferey Smith, Seth and If necessity arises. can be

be readily con- Fleming and Messrs. Linstead and Apart from the privileged ship- verted into liquid funds.

Davis were re-clected auditors, on the men of ramie on German account The re-development of M.L. 2C (12 proposal of Mr. D. V. Steavenson, and worxl oil on American account, Des Voeux Road Central), which was seconded by Mr. H. G. Geer.

no foreign trade other than Japanese contracted for to the present

been There were present ni the meeting: has for prior

recorded., Purely locat increased cost of construction, is pro- Mr. D. F. Landale (Chairman), lon. transactions as between third party nationals had been hampered or ob- ceeding satisfactorily and should be Mr. T. E. Pearce, Hon. Mr. M. K. compicted in July or August. At the Lo, Mr. A. II. Compton, Mr. S. T.structed by arbitrary allotment of: moment the Company's Architects Williamson (Directors). Mr. O. Eager permits. are working on the re-development (Secretary), and Sir Robert Ho Tuni of M.L. 2 Sec. B (St. Francis Hotel) Messis, J. A. Trorant, M. II. Lo, D. and a decision as to the wisest course V. Steavenson, R. G. Geur, N. V. A. to adopt for his particular site will Croucher, B. C. Field, G. W. Grey be taken by your Board at a Inter J. C. Eager, B. M., Bateman, A. date.

Bremer, A. S. Gomes, R. M. G. Silva, In considering the Final Dividend J. C. Taylor and D. L. Newbigging your Board has adopted a conserva- (shareholders).

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MELVYN DOUGLAS

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Production

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Mr. Mason sold that local opinion) was inclined to feel, perhaps not un-! reasonably, that Shanghai intercato were over-casunt regarding the sur- Avival of British outport trade. He revealed that the British population

the district at the close of 1938) was estimated al 127 men, 88 women and 25 children.-Reuter,

LATE NEWS

Vatican Rebuffs Ribbentrop

LONDON, Mar. 12.(Reuter).—An Interesting account of Herr von Rib- bentrop's visit to the Pope is culled by the "Times" from a trustworthy| source in Rome, which states that Ribbentrop asked whether the Pope was prepared to support a peace plan one was advanced by Germany or a friendly State,

it

He received the reply that any eventual support would be con- ditional upon due reparation being made not only to Roman Catholics, but non-Roman Catholics who had been ill-treated in Poland.

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GOOD WORLD

The Pope is understood to have) 4 SHOWS DAILY dwelt upon the injustices done to Poland

Sand

other countries like Czecho-Slovakia, and is belleved that his support for any peace pro- posals must depend upon their con- forming to the five points laid down in his Christmas Allocution..

Ribbentrop made en unsuccessful the Pope not to altempt to persuade the Pope not allow the

the Vatican broadcasts upon the Nazi utrocities to continue. The German envoy also sought to explain relations with the Soviet Germany's relations

by argu ing that Nazism had

not only Germany. but also

so the Roman Catholle Church from Bolshevisin, and he tried to make out that Ger- man-Soviet relations were increly economic and that Germany had been driven to her. present altuntion by Britain.

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