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vacancy, and his appointment requires con firmation at this meeting. Sir C. P. Chafer, C.M.G., and Mr. A. G. Wood retire, but being eligible offer themselves for re-election.
AUDITOR.
The accounts have been audited by Mr. W. Hutton Potts, who offers himself for re-election.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 26th August, 1903
The accounts are as follows:-
BALANCE-SHEET, ?1st Ju'ș. 1903.
Capital account
Sundry oreditors
Unclaimed dividends
LIABILITIES
Profit and loss account
ASSETS.
Property comprising land, buildings and
machinery
Furniture
Sundry debtors
Cash
Cotton-value of stock.
C.
$ 1,25 1 00,00 341,024.66
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND compradore to Messrs. Meyer & Co. he was responsible for Chinese custom and he paid for all goods received in promissory notes accord- ing to the usual Chinese custom He had been sued by Messrs. Meyer & Co. for this amount and had had to pay it.
Erid-nce having been heard,
His Lordship gave judgment for plaintiff for the full amount claimed and coats, with interest at the rate of 8 per cent, from the date of the writ till the date of the judgmen'. He mentioned that he had been asked by the defendants' solicitors to delay the hearing of the caso to permit of a certain witness in Canton gisag his evidence before the British Consul, but as the solicitors could not 121.121.55 guarantee that this witness would actually go before the Consul to give his evidence and $1,713,187.41 | wertainly would not come to Hongkong to give it in case of being arrested, and as the case had been on the hearing list for about a year, he felt that he could not grant the commission.
Judgment was entered accordingly, The Court adjourned.
3.01.20
& C.
..1,356,420,02 2.757.00 21,041.92
1.098.91
248,140.61
31,328.25
10,000,00
Yarn-value of stock
Waste-value of stock
Mill stores-value of stock
32.186.88
Coal-value of stock
1.219.14
Fire insurance and t ze pertaining to
period after 31st July. 103
Dr.
10,9.4.68
$1,715,187.41
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
To remuneration to general managers. 10 per cent, on balance of working account To remuneration to consulting committee To auditor's fee
To interim dividend of 4 cents per share
paid on 20th April, 190- To balance......
Cr.
By balance from last yet
By gain on working
By transfer fees
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 31st August.
$
-121.39 3,000.00 25,00
$21.673.39
54.000 121,12155
C.
$ 8.465.43 131.233.89 96.00
· SPORTING NOTES.
up a j It now seems
[September 7, 1903. Captain-Mr. J. W. C. Bonusr-on or beforo the 5th prox..
Not much progress has been made in the Wigwam teunis tournament. The Champion- ship singl s (for which twelve have entered) have not started, and the most interesting result during the week was the victory in the "A class singles handicap of Humphreys (owes 39.3) over Sandford (scratch) by 6-0, 8-6.
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The man ia search of "schuipes," as a well- known local sportsman calls them, is not in a happy position just now. There was too much water already in their usual haunts, and yester day's rain certainly was not calculated to improve the state of affairs. Last week three or four couple to such persevering parties as did go out were as good as con'd be expected Some parties have been planning excur ions for this week-end, but the rain may damp their enthusiasm.
A Shanghai paper publishes the articles for a 20-round boxing contest on the 19th prox. between C. St. Clair and Billy Bellew, both prominent boxers on the China coast. The purse is $500, Shanghai appears to get better sport than the fiascos and fouls which draw Hongkong audiences to the ring.
It
ment yet. Unfortunately the time before them is very short, the team bing due to leare Hongkong on the 23rd instant, it appears. is a pity, in view of the unseasonableness of the season, that a week later at least could not have been decided upon. But it must of course
Daily Press, 27th August) Very unpropitions weather attends the cre of the cominencement of our athletic season To-day, unless the rain proves too much, it is
(Dai y Press, 5th September. ! intended that practice shall commence on the Cricket Ground, with a view to giving the have been endaring for the past week could Less propitious weather for sport than we candidates for places in the Hongkong team for Shanghai an opportunity of showing their hardly be imagined. Cricketers in particular have watched the rain with disgust. Only two form. Fortunately it seems that the rumour
days' net practice has been possible since the mentioned by "M.C.C." in these columns on
opening of the Cricket Ground to the selected Thursday was more or less correct The nows
candidates Consequently matters have not is very welcome. It would indeed be a matter
advanced much further, and the selection com for regret if owing to the obduracy of taipansimittee cannot have received much enlighten- it should become impossible to send representative side to Shanghai. $192,791.94 possible that a good eleven may be put in the field. Without such a hope it would be us less to send up a team to the neighbouring port, for Shanghai is evidently strong this year. With the Cricket Club, the Recreation Club, and the Police Club to select from, the Shanghai representatives are bound to have a powerful lot.
One of the Shanghai papers has already suggested a suitablo team. bat it is perhaps not much use to venture an opiniou yet. Several of the visitors to Hong- kong in the last Interport Week here are sure to be included, and there are new men of great ability. Among the records of the present season in Shanghai I notice particularly the bowling figures of E. H. Lynch, who plays for the Municipal Police, and has really doue some remarkable things. With regard to the Japau team, I hear that there is a possibility of its not being able to appear; it is sincerely to be trusted that this fear will not be realised.
$102.794.94
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR WILLIAM M. GOODMAN (CHIEF JUSTICE).
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CLAIM ON PROMISSORY NOTES,
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A case was called in which Cheong Kam Tin sued the Nam Cheong firm for $37,104.65 ou promissory notes. Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C., barrister-at-law (instructed by Mr. E. A. Bonner of Messrs. Dennys & Bowley, solicitors), appeared for the plaintiff; the defendants, whose solicitors
Messrs. Ewens & Harston, were represented.
Mr. Sharp stated that the plaintiff was cow- pradore to Messrs. Meyer & Co. The amount 25 for which he sued was due to him on promissory notes. The defence was that at the time the promissory notes were given the plaintiff was a partner in the Nani Cheong firm and no account had been taken and no balance struck of the partnership property. In reply to that the plaintiff stated that for a period of about nine years, before the transactions referred to in these proceedings, he was a partner in the Nam Cheong firm, but on 8th March, 1902, he resigned from his partnership and handed over his share to one Chan Hop Kee.
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His Lordship-They do not deny that the notes were given ?
Mr. Sharp-No.
His Lordship-Then the only question is whether he was a partner at the time or not?
Mr. Sharp-Yes. Proceeding, he said that the reason of Cheong Kam Tin-leaving the defend. ant firm was that they had very large dealings with Messrs. Meyer & Co. and it was felt that it was not convenient for the compradore of Messrs. Meyer & Co. to be a partner of Nan Cheong firm. He therefore resigned, and handed over his share, to Chan Hop Kee. As
Taking it for granted that the team will go. which I suppose we may now do, the great necessity is to get to work at once. Auy side we may send is sure to want a lot of polishing. A vigorous captain is an essential. Equally ess ntial is a strict attention to fielding, a department in which Hongkong was execrably weak last season. The selection committee may be hard put to it to get sufficient bowlers of class. Unless Dixon and R. Hancock can get off, the task looks almost hopeless. Personally I bave always thought very highly of the claims of Lamble to a place in our best team; it may not be generally known that he and Dixon headed the bowling averages (like the bitting, still unpublished, by the way) last season. Lamble is a slow bowler, and a slow bowler is badly wanted. Whether he could get away I cannot say. With regard to batting, it is said that Maitland is a doubtful starter. I trust this is not true, for he can make a lot of runs on his days and is au useful man on the side. We shall know the best-or worst--soon; but to my mind without the Hancocks, Dixon and
another bowler (beside Turner) the enterprise will not meet with much reward.
be remembered that Shanghai is near the end of its cricket period for this year and presumably does not wish to prolong it auduly. There has been little chance of studying batting and boling form here this week, or rather for so much of the week as we have not had to look upu a soaked expanse of turf. Yesterday was as bad as ever.
Shanghai has been busy discussing the con- stitution of its team to meet our players, and one journal has eveu iastituted a plébiscite on the subject. The state of the poll at the beginning of this week put the following eleven men in the team: -W. H. Moule, W. J. Turubull, A. E. Lanning, W. Potter, K. J. McEuen, & C. Dew. V. H. Launing, W. H. C Weippert, R. C. Farbridge, A. J. McClure, and W. J. Tyack, with E. H. Lynch as twelfth man Not a bad selectiou, to judge by recent Shing- hai form. A critic writing in the N.-C. Daily News substitutes W. H. Jackson and T. Wallace A. E. and V, H. for McClure and Tyack. Lanning, Turnbull, Potter, McEuen, Weippert, and Farbridge were all down here in November, 1901, when Shanghai beat ns by seven wickets. Of the Hongkong team that year very few are remaining-in fact only Se combe Smith (who only played against the Straits in 1901), H.. Hancock and Artbar. The others, Majors Beresford-Ash, Dorehill, and Dyson, Lieuts. Clifton Brown and Bird, Franklin, Percy Cox, Private Preedy aud Gunner Gratrix, all
are gone from us.
The next Gymkhana meeting will be given by the Royal Artillery ou the Polo Ground, It is an. Causeway Bay, on the 15th inst. nounced to be for polo ponies, and some in- teresting and amusing events are promised by the programme. The weather should be more propitious by then.
Thursday night's boxing entertainment was a lengthy affair, the last event not finishing until well after one. Such unpleasant feature i The Hon. Sec. of the H.K.A F.C. states as attended the receut Newman-Grace contest were happily absent, and some good boxing was that the six-a-side competition of the Football Club will shortly commence. Members desir-seen, unmarred by foul play. Nevertheless ing to participate should notify the Association the central affair was a little disappointing to
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