"FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1918.
SHIPPING
P. & O. S. N. CO.
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE
UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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CAN AMERICA GROW RUBBER?
THE CHINA MAIL.
The American Rubber Trado has, beca rance or less seriously threatened ever stace the beginning of the Great Wat in 1014. Of the raw materials necessary
tion, and of the Rdentification of such as [can" boɑmado commersially valuable.
INTIMATIONS
*
Although such is not the main par pose of the investigation, it will unfall. ingly bring up the subject of utilizing the great waste lands of the Sierras In the enltivation of these rubber-agaduracy.
they are found from 1.000 up to 7,000 MITSUBISHI feet altitude, and as the lands are wo available and cebray, sal furthermore 44 for wae-work none is moris vital than the planweds no irrigations and is easily. india-rubber. It is, therefore, interest-propagated by entities or by weefs, the Ing to kudir thus there are shrubs, now fattempt is sure to be male. It is only |
KAISHA,OJI
(Mitsubishi Trading Co.)
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Kalinensa. Nad vintain fair be state, however, that such attempts COAL, GENERAL IMPORTSjand
TAKING PASSIsaurs and Cargo TO-
STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, ..
Steamers
Lears
to
Colombo
Hongkong Noon
Connecting Mail Steamer from
Dus Marsgilles
Due London
Colombo.
When Passengers change Steamers at COLOMBO
workable quantities of it,fund that by sheald be undertaken only after the mos tho, cultivation of these it is, pill watchful care of those perfectly familiar thorough investigation and under the
thus the Americans may be able ta
with the shrub. There is also thu, pod, grow their own rubber in the United Shility that it might be proficable to States. Flow this may come about erect, extmction plants, dad get the rub is told by that velitor of Theber out in quantity. They again it might India-Babber
York, not be. Certain it is, however, that the World" (New
bber is thero and in an extremity would Jupe 1st) in the pages of his psperi
Da very valuable.** The beginning of this interesting in- vstigation, he tells as, was Why Calis
docommodation in the connecting Steamer from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in ruta meiled a Council of 13, ferie, the
Hongkong at the time of Booking.
On the Australian Route Tickets Interthangeable with Orient Line.
SAILINGS DIRECT TO
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND
8. A
YOKOHAMA,
Leave Hongkong About".
Paskonges many travel by Railway in Japan between Ports of all free of charge.
(Non- INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
Transhipment IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS,
WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR
MARSEILLES AND LONDON,
„hout of which was the Governor it the State. Under hing 'wers' conuotitree="fon endieet informating on all subjects rels. | tive to war-stipplies, la certain of the se muitig sections were eminent batas. ists, and to two of them," Profio Harvey Man Hall and Theras Harper
spes). was given the task of reporting
EXPLOITING DISABLED MEN.
MR. HODGE HINTS AT LEGISLA. TION TO DEAL WITH EVUL.
16,000 NEW PENSIONS & MOSTU
About 13,007) men en an averaen come in full upon the rubber-bearing shrubs on the books of the Ministry of Pensions
that grow in the Sierros. He goes"en:
ONLIN
month, sauf Mr. John Hodga, Minister of Pensjon, in the House of Commons avoently. “
Nur only was the work new, bet so were the piante, except ay they had been Botol botanically. Indeed, after a season The House wis debuting the Vote for et hard work, of, segregation, of analysis, the Department, and Mr. Hodge went the ter experts give only the generic to say that, in rrrent auths, there maraes and refused to deal in species, had been at spending-up in dealing with plaints and his hope was thut, In the wimantizor, with saruples of rub- ber), chowed out of the bark by Judian
Calling at SINGAPORE, FORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOMLOptane, with hundreds of prest per
"AND PORT SAID.
CARRYING 1ST AND 28D SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUCED RATES. •
STEAMERS.
PROPOSED SAILINUM 2
Dug st
Lenva
Leave
E'LONG
"about
S'POLE xborb
if calling ahmad.
DEU LONDON About
THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
All Cabinaure fitted with Electris Fans free of charge and each Berth Furnished with an Electric Beading Lamp.
Owing to the War in Europe Steamers and Sailing dates are liable to be
asacalled or altered without notice.
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Consignees are reminded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agente cegarding arrival of consignments expect I of which they have required documents or advies..
Any damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignees and the Company's Surveyors. Mesere Goddard and Donglas, at 10 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be presented within ten days of the camer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will De admitted after the goods have loft the Godowns.
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the weeks grew into mouths, there Agency for THE OSAKA MARINE would be very littlệ cquse of complaint, except in so far is this frailty of the
machine was concerned.
meas in the herbarium, and with root (sections, and burk serions by the bun- | red-weight, this scasen's survey is about te begin. It will coming of visits to the planes where the plants are found in the greatest abundance, the exundation of quudența-planted with seeds and enting fast year, and an estimate of the territory nowered by these plants. These are the exantined.
i followed by estimates as to the num
It" was hoped to have in every town For
any ie nu vrthopedic clinic where ep who has stained employment could present themselves for breatment. A new dejurament ought to be crated to Ident with the supplying of artificial finths. It was abo essential that there should be no perinatal laboratory, where nil sealed now inventions could
»
Mr. lodge sail that no to the muť |
of plan, the rubber reminded of April the number of disabled men whe was,341,025, had revived pansions
could he utilized promptly.
then, and their seesibility. Muit his Ardeinen would be the greatest dith will lead to commercially the experts do culty in the future, and he beged that aut esen attempt to qualie," They know Limunipalities and public utility com- that there are plants containing 2. 5.-7. [panies who required "essengers should and 10 per cent. af rubber, and this give the "preterener to one-ärmed men
ecently uses of the exploitation of aans millions of pounds. Working for bled the land cope. before him, and the Council of Delers, they plan to be Detroit raat find language sunng ensach thoroughly informed cerning this to express his endemnation of anyone angree of rather. They were the United mean to Seek to take advantage Sutes for any reason cut off from ate of a disabled man. Whether it might oc supplies of crude robber, this tee possible to Eatraduce legislation to pro tet disabled men from exploitation he cizald not say, but at the moment the “The Chrysothamuus; the giant rab- Į (invernment” were musikering - the sthe hit brush, grown siz ör more fer injek, aral if it were “possible to frame height, as perennial, and a fet chime.énough to get it people of that golden blossom in lowering time while kid, he should a hesitate to ank the House of Conamon for, the seciry one species poesie, a most agreste ver ardatio odor. This type contains & top The "Mujerry, had set up songthing |7,per cent. of rubber and can probably ke 1,000 debied, pen, at en average be propagated from cuttings. The home of £17 B. 4 ench, out of the Ber from it seems to be a little better hantury fund that had been ruinal, To the end of April the number of disabled than that from guayule. The Erica whd recsivel pensions, was marin,' the dwarf, rabbit bruah," is very "311,4257
small and grows sparsely in rocky places |
Si A. Griffith Bowen, replying to
It rubber content is 30 per cent, but criticisms regarding delay in granting
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:
by means of a new regulation to give power to hun) Pensions Cenim'tures to
** It must be remembered that there grant temporary pensions pending the probably hundreds of specics, and settlement of appeals. The expenditure the boturists have zot only the task of the Department fast year was esti- classifying them, but of recording, the mated at. £23,000,000, this year the differencer in the rubber content, the estimate was 246,000,000. effect of temperature, rainfall, and, loca
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