Dr. Halt Wright, lately doctor on board the G P. R. Empress of Japan, has start-and: officers of the ship presented him to practice in Hongkong. The captain with a silver bowl before leaving.
Geo. Fenwick & Ca., Ld.
"The fourteenth yearly'meeting of shareholders in this Company was held on the 9th inst. The Chairman (Mr. Parlane) when' proposing the adoption of the report and accounts, said that in the carly months of the past year work was scarce, but subsequently improved, and the prospects for 1903 were good. Ther were continuing to replace old plant with new and introducing new labour-saring machinery. It had been hoped by the that they would have been able to fae the works to another site, but after lengthy negotiations with the Govern. ment, extending over eighteen months, they had only been able to secure a piece of land burdened with such onerous conditions as to render compliance with them impossible. The report and accounts were passed una voce and the retiring director and the auditor were reelected.
The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ld.
The annual meeting of shareholders took the 12th inst., when a very small assembled. The Chairman referred to the business of the past year as dull and disappointing, owing to the violent fluctuations in exchange which make importers shy of accumulating. stocks, and while these fluctuations continue the Prospect of improvement seems remote. In order to meet the increasing expendi. ture from fall of exchange the Board have decided to make their charges in sterling and to fix the salaries of the Euro employes half in sterling and half in'dollars. "The improvements made in. the quarters occupied by the Chinese employs have amply justified the outlay, for a ingle. case of plague having occurred among them last year. Mr. Wilcox se conded the motion for the adoption of ried The other formal the report and accounts, which was car-business was then transacted.
The Hongkong Hotel Company, Ld.
The half-yearly meeting of the sharon holder, s Company was held on the Lith inst. The Chairman, in proposing the adoption of the report' and accounts, referred to t improvements in the reception and other rooms on the first floor carried out, wand intimated that it was in con ion to provide for their own electric installation and to remove the Chinese servants to outside quarters to do th the noise and the smell of tha kitchen in the hotel building, and improvements would have to be Mr. Ho Tu seconded the reich ed unanimously, sines was then re of Arms. relay afternoon the Police made ire of arms. Tu a godown at 36, ast, they found some fire thousand effective rifles of various makes stored.
shad been taken to picoes and were for shipment when seized. The trols had been sprinkled with sca water, ing them a superficial coating of rust, ake them appear old weapons. The arms were removed to the Central Police Station, and two men, believed to be connected with the attempt to smuggle them, were arrested in Wing On Street. ating Burglaries, gang of thieves broke into the Victoria Hair Dressing Saloon, which is on the ground floor of the Connaught House Hotel, carly on Sunday morning and stole razors, pipes, perfumes, mnbrellas, ete., to the value of some $1,000. Though the police are on the alert, so far none of the thieves have been caught.
Burglars also entered a shop on Road, used as a ladies' and children's sup: ply store, on the night of the 10th inst. and carried off goods to the value of $500 or so. Some of the goods were found by the police in a refuse basket, but the thieves got off with the rest and are still at large.
A third burglary was committed on the morning of the 13th inst. on the premises of Messrs. Short, Short and Ca., 1G, Connaught Road. The burglars foreed the door and had made preparations for a very clean sweep, having collected a pile of
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