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MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934.
PEARLING
INDUSTRY IN
AUSTRALIA
Falling Into Hands Of
Japanese.
BROOME'S PROSPERITY WANES
Sydney, N.S.W.
The pearling industry at Broome (West Australia) has fallen upón bad times, the Rev. S. R. W. of the Richardson told members
Legacy Club at a luncheon recent- ly. Only a remnant of Broome's old prosperity remained, he said,) Broome's prosperity had been kill- ed by the industry falling into the hands of the Japanese.
special
"It seems that some quality is required to detect shell lying on the ocean bed," said Mr. Richardson, "and Japanese divera
are
either more alert or take greater risks than British divers are allowed to do in deep waters." As a business proposition. he said, a pearler expected the shell he obtained to pay all expenses, | and if possible leave him a proft as well. Any pearls found ought to be clear profit always. Much luck entered into the business. Mr. Richardson said he knew a man diving for seven who had been years without finding a pearl of any value, while another man in bis first dive picked up a shell which contained pearl worth
a
£2,000. Contrary to what many people thought, a diver did not drop to the ocean bed and gather up the shells: which lay round about his feet. The diver
In common with the rest of the world, Soviet Russia has her transporta tion problems. The train shown here is one of her hopes of solving the dificulty. Developed by Comrade Yarmolchuk (inset), it resembles a snake, inasmuch as it has no wheels but runs in a grooved sluiceway on a "belly." by means of an arrangement of ball-bearing devices. Power is supplied by overhead cable. The train is said to have attained a speed of 100 miles an hour in tesis. (Central Prese)
SAVAGE ATTACK
OLD MAN
ON Engineering and Building
Assailants Use Large
Piece Of Granite.
TWO MEN ARRESTED
was in motion all the An apparent attempt to murder time, borne along by the lugger an old man named Foo Ching was drifting with the tide, and when made at Kowloon Chai village, Kow- he saw a shell be picked it up "as loon City, on Saturday afternoon at 12.30, when he was attacked in his he ran" so to speak.
Men of all
IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN WEST AFRICA
Exploitation of the Marampa Field
ACHIEVEMENT OF BRITISH ENGINEERS
to
THE CHINA MAIL
TUNNEL UNDER THE HUMBER
A Scheme Sponsored By Business Men.
RIVER BRIDGE DANGER
A scheme for a unnel under the
Humber to provide a short cut be
SHIPBUILDING IN - SCOTTISH YARDS
New Orders Placed In November.
OTHER LARGE CONTRACTS PENDING
In the Scottish shipbuilding in-
tween Hull and the Midlands industry the most outstanding fea
now being brought forward as an
1
alternative to the recently shelved ture is the large number of new bridge proposals.
contracts booked during the month. A correspondent understands of November, the total being from a reliable source that a com-twenty-one, aggregating about prehensive scheme, sponsored by s number of business men, for a tan orders were secured for at least ten 70,000 tons. In addition to these, {nel between Hull and Barton, a dis-
builders...
tance of two or three miles, is basmall craft-yachts, etc. by Clyde ing formulated, and that within a short time provisional proposal is interesting to note that at least Of the new contracts' placed, it will be presented to the Corpora-six of them are for cargo-carrying {tion,
that
Bomo
This project, would require the vessels, which means co-operation of the railways, for owners are looking into the future two tunnels would be necessary—
and intend bringing their fleet up to date. Twp 12,000-ton d.w. oil (one for road transport and the
other for rail traffic. If these plans tankers are included in the abare materialised Hull would develop orders.
The outlook in the industry is into a much more important distri- bution centre, and the present there are several important orders
now very much brighter, and transport problem would be solved.
2.4
Although the discarded bridge still pending, it would appear that scheme had the backing of great we are on the eve of better times. Dumbers of business men on the Allied trades will benefit consider- ground that it would provide 'rapid.
|ably.---Engineering.
transit into Lincolnshire, those who [depend upon the river for their trade pointed out the danger of driving vast piles into the estuary.
RATIONALISATION IN SHIPBUILDING
Scrapping Uneconomic Shipyards.
23 PER CENT. REDUCTION SINCE 1930
The arrival in Glasgow recently Mr. Richardson said Broome was shut by two men who inflicted serious of a cargo of 8,000 tons of iron ore.
fascinating place the most wounds with a large plece of granite. from Sierra Leone, consigned cosmopolitan town in Australia. The police were informed and the Messrs. W. Baird and Company. hues, white, black, two men, named Leung Tsang and Limited. marks the commencement brown, were there. There would Tse Pei, were later arrested. The of what is hoped will be an impor-]
While the total gross tonnage of Kowloon tant industry in that British Crown merchant vessels launched in Great be 20 different nationalities present victim was taken to the at n church service.-Router. Hospital in a critical condition but Colony
Britain fell from about 2,000,000 is stated to be progressing favour- Depoalts of iron ore of consider-tons in 1920 to 200,000 tons in 1932, able magnitude were first discover- it is estimated that, over a some. Charged At Kowloon. ed in 1927 at Marampa by Major what similar period, the shipbuild- The two men appeared before Mr. N. R. Junner, M.C., of the Sierrajing capacity of the North-East |Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Maxis=|Leone Genlogical Service, and, in Coast, for example. had Increased
tracy this morning, charged with November of the same year, ex-by about 40 per cent. malicious wounding.
PILLAR BOXES FOR MADRID.
Postal Service Undergoes Reorganisation
bly.
week.
amination and exploration of these Nover since 1923 have more than
On the application of Detective are bodies was commenced by a roughly 50 per cent, of the berths Inspertor Dorling the accused were British firm and completed in 1939. been occupied, and during the last remanded in police custody for one
The ore lies on the surface of a two years this figure has fallen to
As hill rising some 600 ft. above the about 10 per cent. surrounding swamp: It is stated to quonce, the industry has sustained( be similar in character to that found a wastage of about 1,000,000 1, per in Indian are fields, and to contain.jannum.
Madrid. Pillar. boxes are soon to be in stalled throughout Madrid in a re- organisation of its outside porta! service. An order for 150 has been placed, and they will be supplied; free by an advertising firm which intends to plaster them with adver- Helena May Institute.
tisements.
At present there are only fetteri boxes in tobacconists shops and trams, apart from the post offices.
PIANO AND VOCAL RECITAL.
MR. AND MRS, BOWES-SMITH AND MR. M. BARTON.
The Postal service is now four)
A plano and vocal recital by Mr. times heavier than it was 10 years; aga, but there are now 200 fower and Mrs. A. M. Bowes-Smith, with postman than there were in 1918. Mr. Maurice Barton at the piano,
During the past 10 years the pos-is announced
a conse
en an average, 57 per cent. of Iron To meet this situation, the Na- and 0.04 per cent. of phosphorous. tional Shipbuilders Security. Limit- ed. embracing 96 per cent. of the
The Marampa ore deposits are shipbuilding frms, was formed worked by open-cut quarrying, and, three years ago to buy up yarda as they are on the surface, no strip-offered for scrapping at a price sub- }ping of overburden is required. stantially above the scrapping value,
Transport Facilities
As a result, since 1930, 116 berths,| Concurrently with the exploration out of 684, have thus been pur- of the ore deposits, the survey of chased, and 48 have also fallen into
to take place on a railway from Marampa to the disuse, making a total reduction In tal service with foreign countries Thursday at 5.30 pm, at the nearest deep-water terminus situat-capacity of about 23 per cent. has increased by 850 por cent. Helena May Institute.
Router.
BUTTON BETRAYS
FORGERIES.
Technical Error In Belgian Notes.
Brussels.
led at Pepel, 15 miles upstream from
It is, of course, essential for the The programme is as follows:-Freetown, on the Sierra Leone River, prosperity of the country that its
Three English Songs (a) Beauty, The Pilgrim,
was put in hand.
shipbuilding trade should be put The construction of the railway, footing, and consequently the pro- upon a thoroughly sound economic D. M. Stewart. under the direction of Brigadier-blem is to ensure that there should (b) Snowflakes, ..Landon Ronald. General F. D. Hammond, and
A Feast of Lanterns,
Mesars, Couper and Ker, consulting ed yards, instead of an unnecessary (be a limited number of well-employ- Granville Bantock. engineers, of Westminster, was Piano Solos.
completed in February of the pre-number of uneconomie half-idle Schumann. sent year. The line is 52 miles in ones.Engineering,
Grieg. length, and is of 8 ft. Gin, gauge.
(a) Soaring,
(b) Nocturne,
(c) Autumn,
Moszkowski. The excavated ore is conveyed
A tunic button on the uniform of
Two Russian Songs. Albert, King of the Belgians, has betrayed a large number of forged (a) The Clock, .....
(b) Before my Window, 1,000 Belga notes (£28-118.54.)
This button is shaded black on the genuine currency. It is white Air from "Herodiade
on the forged notes.
■
Plano Solos, Some other technical errors in the (a) Prelude in G Flat, forgeries had been overlooked even
I
FAMOUS MANSIONS TO BE FLATS
Mayfair Residences Sold.
from the workings to the railway Sachnowsky, below by means of inclines and is loaded into 80-ton box-type wagons Rachmaninoff, supplied by Messrs. Metropolitan-
..Massenet. Cammell Carriage, ̈· Wagon
and Finance Company, Limited,
The trains are worked by power- Rachmaninoff. ful Garratt locomotives, constructed Two more mansions, occupying|
¡by Messrs. Beyer, Peacock and selected positions; are shortly to be Brahms. Company, Limited, and each capable added to the list—already long-of Three English Songs
of hauling a train of 36 wagons, properties" `iz Mayfair, London, (a) A Land of Silence, ...Quilter, the total useful lead per train thus where a single private residence (b) Neglected Moon,
exceeding 1,000 tons, Armstrong Gibbs. Woodrzan.
by experta at licenced betting offices (b) Rhapsody in G Minor, where many of the forgeries have been presented. But the button did
not, survive scrutiny.-Reuten
DARING KOWLOON ROBBERY.
$500 Stolen From Hawker's Stall.
SALESMAN BLINDED WITH PEPPER
daring robbery took place last
night about 7.30 in Reclamation
(c). A Birthday,
Plano Solos... (a) Impromptu in F Sherp, (b) Elude in A Flat, (c) Nocturne.in D Flat, (d) Ballads in A Flat,
BANISHED LAST THURSDAY:
Electric Loading Plant
has given place to fists. ·No. 8, Seamore-place, Park-lane, is to un- dergo conversion, while 89, XIII-
On arrival at Pepel, the wagons street, is to be pulled down, and a are discharged by means of a tip-new buliding erected on the site, pler into a hopper, the ore then
The main accommodation of each being transferred by ̃an elevator fat will consist of one reception Into a large storage bunker, the de- and two bed-rooms. Rents will| aigned capacity, of which is 75,000 range from £450 to £600. Chopin. tons,
It is proposed to build on the Arranged below the bunker is roof an extra storey which, on the belt, which conveys the ore along outside, will be largely of glass, plor 660 ft, in length, and the with the present topmost storey mineral is finally delivered into the this will form a malsonetto, On
prit (there is to be a shop with an ans The loading Installation at Pepel, trance in Paric-lane. The cost of which was supplied by Messrs. the raconstruction is put at nearly Ying Yea-shing was sentenced to The Mitchell Conveyor and Trans- £8,000,- The salesman, as soon as he had nine months' hard labour by Mr, porter Company Limited, has been recovered'”” somewhat, gave tho Belfour at the Central Magistracy designed to load vossola at "a" zate alarm, and the police were quickly this morning for returning from of up to 2,000 tons an hour, la on the track of the two men, banishment, jeden
All the machinery, both at the One man was arrested shortly Inspector Vincent sinted that the mines and at Papel," "la" electrica
arda and Ji -being held by defendant was banished only last driven, the power being generated the police, but none of the money Thursday and had not lost any
by Mirrlees Diesel eng has been recovered"
time In coming back on inerring
Strest, Kowloon, when two men Sentenced To-day Former's hold through an adjustable the Park-lane side of the house
entered a vegetable hawker's stall,)
blinded the salesmart, Lok Ting-
sung, with pepper, and bound him,
decamping with about $500,0
Returning,
for
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LAUNDRY,
AND
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·AT ALL A DEPOTS.
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The Largest Sanitary Laundrymen, Dyers and Drycleaners in the Far East.
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MAKING THIS SALE
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