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At the hall of the Police Club at Sai Kwa Yuen this morning at 10 o'clock a gathering of several hundred people witnessed the opening ceremony of the automatic telephone service.
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The ceremony was simple lut digni- fied. Mr. Lai Tse-kam, who presided, on demand explained that through indisposition Gold Leaf, 100 fine the Mayor, Mr. Lam Man-koi, was
unable to be present, He went on to (per tael)
say that the automatic lines were laid Sovereigns down in April last year, and that to- buying rate) day saw the completion of the work. It Silver (per oz) was largely due to the old 'phones, that had taxed the patience of the com-1 Aunity to the point of a rebellious mood. that the present up-to-date ser- vice has been brought into existence.
Whole-Hearted Co-operation. Mr. J. F. Rhame, the general mana- ger of the China Electric Company, was called upon for a few remarks, in the course of which he said he was glad. of the opportunity to be identified with the Canton Municipal Administration, and to say that most of their difficul- ties had been overcome by the whole- hearted co-operation the Municipal bodies. He took pleasure in congra- tulating the Canton Municipality on the completion of its automatic telephone service and wished it every success,
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Canton, Saturday. The Kwangtung High Court is bis address, that the last telephone service was at least 20 years old, and about to submit to the Provincial was so unsatisfactory that in 1912 Dr. Government a bill for the establish Sun Yat-sen insisted on installing a ment of three Subsidiary High new telephone service as being the first Courts, one in Hainan, the second step in his scheme of reconstruction, in "Ko-Lui” (south-western area of So in that year a contract was signed the province) and the third in with an American company to put in "Chiu-Mai" (Swatow district).
sent Mayor. He concluded that the en-
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в new telephone line and machines, but Under the present judiciary the company failed carry out its con-system, there are eight local courts tract within the stated period, which and 83 hsien courts presided over by was afterwards cancelled by the pre-the magistrates. It is found that the tire credit for the installation of new distance of the different hsiens automatic telephones must be given to from the Courts of Appeal is such Mr. Lam Man-koi, who was mainly res- as to involve long delay, causing ponsible for the improvement.
thereby much hardship to the "Painful Past"
litigants. Even the orders of the Mr. Ching Ting-ku, the Commission-High Courts for the transmission of er of Public Works, made a very documents or for the attendance of aloquent speech, in the course of which prisoners sometimes take over a he said the remembrance of the oid month before anything is done. telephone service still stirred the in- Such delays have seriously hinder- dignation. But now all that painfuled the process of the law and the part was over, and a new system of necessity for reraedying the evil communication had come into operation has become urgent in the opinion
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Other speakers followed more or less of the Kwangtung High Court.
the same theme. About five According to the plan in view, minates to twelve, the Chairmen arose the expenditure of the three Courts to say that the time had arrived for is estimated at about $90,000 an him to put the new automatic system nually, while the receipts from into operation, and in the midst of finas, etc., amount to $36.000. leay firecrackers going off outside and the ing therefore a deficit of $54,000, music of a brass band in the hall, he which will be met by the Govern- pulled a lever on the table before hima
ment if the foregoing bill is which was connected with the central
passed. station in the Administration building, and the automatic telephone system commenced its new career,
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LESS BAGGAGE
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Montreal, June 29. Because women wear, less clothes; and the clothes they wear are lighter, less baggage is checked relative to the number of people travelling to-day than ten years ago, says John Grahame- who has been handling baggage at the Bonaventure station of the Canadian National Railways since 1897-32
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treal. In 1928, 124,000 pieces of bag- $99
gage passed through the Bonaventure station in September, This was the peak month when people were returne ing from their vacations and, conipares with 44,000 pieces in February, the month of the least baggage traffic.
Sometimes a baggage man will handle 250 trunka in a day. At least John Grahamse used to be able to do that Lately, though, he has stepped aside to give the younger fellews a chance. He is not as young as he was and as a man grows clder trunks grow heavier.
The new wardrobe trunks for a while presented a problem to the old baggage hundier-baggage smasher" is an ob- solete terin, luggage is now handled carefully, with a minimum of damage. During 1928 only one piece of luggage was lost out of the million pieces pass- ing through the Bonaventure station. Wardrobe trunks, John Grahame says, were hard to "roll" until a nian got the hang of them. A trunk is "rolled" when it is upended and pivoted on its end once or twice to remove it from. the baggage car onto the deck of the matter of balance. baggage van. "Rolling" is largely a
Economic Investigation Squad Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Rail ways, has despatched a squad of Those who were present at the core-economic investigators to visit imony include Mr. J. B. Ferreira de Kwangsi, Kweichow and Yunnan.
A Stop at Amoy Silva, the Portuguese Consul-General, The squad consists of Chang Foo-ing. Many attempts have been
The machines are not flying direct to Mr. James McKenna, American Con- sang, Chan Ting-kang, Chao Ko-made without success to improve Nanking, but are going to stop over sul, Mr. U. Spalginer, Swiss Consul, yuan, Tseng Ko-chla and others. the quality of the silk. Hence the at Amoy, where General Chang is in- Mr. J. J. Wierink, Dutch Consui, Mr. The men have already arrived at improvement sericulture
of
structed to inspect the aeroplanes and Lai Tao-kam, Mr. Feng Wei, Mx. Ho Shanghai and are expected to take seriously engaging the attention of aerodrome there, which will come under Chi-cheung, Commissioner of Public the boat to-day for Hong Kong, the Chairman, General Chan Ming- the direction of the Central Govern- Health, Mr. Chu Chang-nien, High Ad-they will come to
Canton before shu, and of General Tang. Yin-wa, next. viser to the Kwangtung Government,
The departure of these machines for the Commissioner of Public Recon- Mr. J. F. Rhame, Mr. P. T. Carey, and making their trip, stopping first in members of the Commission of Canton Kwangs!. The result of their instruction; and every effort will be the north will mark the initial step in the scheme for the unification of Municipal Telephone Administration.vestigation into the economic can-made by the local Government to aerial units coming under the direct ditions of the people in the differ-help the merchants to recover the control of Nanking. There are two ad- ent districts through which position which was once held by vantages which are said to be gained The new motor launch "Douglas," they pass will have im the Canton, silk trade.
under this scheme:-First, unified con- In order to gain personal know-trol, assures the development of ap being built by the Kowloon Docks, portant bearing as is nearly completed.
The owners the railway lines will be laid, edge of sericulture in the Shuntak proved machines and the uniform train- ara. Mears. Douglas, Lapraik which are to link these provinces. district, General Chan Ming-shu,ing of aerial forces, and secondly. & Co.
Central Bank Next Year General Tang Yin-wa, Mr. Chow aerial expansion on a big scale can be In connection with his scheme Mun-chor of the Central Bank, Mr. possible only through the medium of for the re-unification of finances, Chow Ding-bang (President of the the National Treasury.
Propaganda by Air Mr. T. V. Soong, Finance Minister, Kwangtung, General Chamber of while on his last visit to Canton, Commerce) and Mr. Sum Kwok-wa that arrangements will be made for the It is reported, but not confirmed, proposed to re-organise the local (representative of the Silk Guild) printing of a large number of leaflets Central Bank of China so as to put will leave on August 25 by gunboat for distribution by the planes to towiis it under the direct control of the for a tour of inspection, touching and cities over which they will pass Ministry of Finance. But inasmuch at Taileung, Yungkee, Kwafchow These leaflets will dwell upon the im as the capital of the bank was and other places in the Shuntak portance of aviation as a force for na financed by the Canton Treasury, district. They will also examine tional defence, and -- esli upon. and not until this amount is all the all factories in these people to subscribe to a national avia-- liquidated, the proposal is left in places,
tion fund.Canton News Agency, abeyance.
On August 22, the Chairman and General Tang both visited Lingnam University, where there is a de partment for the improvement of cocoons, with the object of acquir ing such knowledge of sericulture as will be useful to them in their inspection tour. Cantón News Ageney,
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Kwangtung Sericulture The Canton officials are much concerned over Kwängt „g sericul- ture. Raw silk is one of the main industries of the province. In 1926, Kwangtung exported 60 per cent of the all produced in the country, but, beginning from 1926, the exportation of silk has fallen gradually and at present the out- Jook has become distinctly alarm | years.
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Cheung Chau, Saturday, The moonlight picnic on the shore was much enjoyed by those who ventured out, though the weather looked threatening
On Wednesday a number of the
Another reason why the per capita: average of baggage has fallen away. 18 that commercial travellers do not carry as many samples with them now as they did formerly. The development of printing enables them to fake cats- Jogues and pictures instead of dupli- eate articles. Also, transportation-is quicker. People go and return in less time than they used to on short trips. and they carry more hand baggage.
The Kowloon Magistrate fined a Chinese on Saturday morning, ten dollars or fourteen days' hard la bour for the larceny of two pieces of iron, worth one dollar from the Sul On Wing matshed in Canton Road. He stated that a friend, who had since died, had left it to him."
Another charge of salt smug- gling was preferred at the Provi- residents and visitors went over to sional Court, Shanghai, against four Kowloon to bid farewell to several Chinese women who were found to friends leaving on the "Empress of have smuggled 865 lb. of salt in Russia"-Mrs. Robb, the Rev. and to Shanghai, They were sentenced Mrs Hinkey, and the Rev. J. Lake to two months' imprisonment each (on their way to the States and the speakers at the recent conference in sentence to be suspended for three Rev. A. R. Jaffray and the Missea Cheung Chau. The latter are on
Parson and Daris, who were the their way to Shanghai.
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