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1 HERSERY VIVIAN.] HAPARANDA (Finnish Frontier). Most Finns are either White Guards or
The bill which the, Germans will have In Great Britain proposals have been to pay for their wanten destruction in set forth. for vast central-station fuel France has been increased many millions Bower plants at strategic points for the by the deliberate damage they have done supply of power for all industries, so to the collieries of the Lene Seid, Red Guards now version of the sky- to secure a more efficient use of cul says whence they were recently driven set bying, Arcades ambeid
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Black rf Canides. of all by-products is being the British. The French Minister fer Guards both,**** extractary Times
Like the Irish, they have long suffered. value, which is enormous, but also because the Minister of Mines, M. Loucheur, from an war-developed sense of liberty, urged not merely on account of their the Liberated Regions, M. le Brun, and a cheap fuel will thereby become available who went to Lens recently to inspwer the with the consequence that they have r district, report scenes of devistation mainet continuously, a subject race to reduce the cost of power. A recent
Though their rulers have tricked and report by the committee on electrical that make the blood boil.
Of the 10.000 houses which constituted cajoled them, their subjection has been trades appointed by the British Board of
very light; indeed, they have generally Trade states: The prosperity of indus. the garden city of Lens, formerly
bn pampered in the way of government. tries depends largely on cheap energy for working man's paradise, not que remains
Their aristocracy was provided by tim driving machinery, and even a fractional standing. Every house has been chili Swedes, who found then pt pupils in reduction in price is of iniportance in rately razed and the gardens which sur
Indeed. determining the ability of minufacturers rounded most of them have been ruined acquiring a surface civilisation.
for a long time to come. to compete in the world's markets."
their passion for learning borders almost on the ridiculous. You may see men of Stock. too. is wing taken of the water The mines in every case have been fifty or sixty geing about Helsingfors in powers of the British Isles,
flooded. The puuping lone will
estudents capy. They are just taking UF A conjoint board of scientife eieties quire nearly two years. At the great some new course at the university. yey acting under the auspices of the Imperial Courrieres mines, where one or two pit man, woman and child in the land is Government and recruited from the are already in course of restoration, chock full of book-learning, and they ron- highest ranks of technical men in Great every scrap of the surface organization, tinue their education all through their Brimin is studying the reparers of the which was reputed the wat in France, Fives without any advantage to themselves Empire. Becognizing the importance of has been destroyed systematially to the or the world at large. water, power, a strong sub-committee was list, limits. appointed to take stock of this resource
„Measures were "taken two three and. thanks to the co-operation of the years ago to begin the work of restora Dominions, a large amount of valuable
tion immediately after the German data has been secured" steps toward a fuller knowledge, and apprecia were driven out. Even in view of this tim of the waterpower resources of the foresight, however, it is not believed that Empire.
coal production can be resumed in the "While "Canada – leads, New Guinea, New Zealand, and Tasmanic may Len, mine feld before eighteen months be instanced among others of the British or two years, and even then only a very Dominions as having great, and castle small proportion of the former output will be obtainable. Experts report that important waterpower possibilition.
It m may not be amiss to draw attention at least five years will be required before here to the Tata hydroeletrie under the pils say is brought back to taking in India which, to those un-normal output.
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They are Orientals who have never be Finland and you will find antiquities come Europeanised. Dig anywhere in crudely resembling Japanese art.
Look at their quaint gollywog architecture with its fantastic pillars and projections and gargoyes: at their Tartar cheekbones nach quinting lis eyes; and you realise t once to very remote is their civilisation. About 2,000 years ago their language re- Even sembled Hungarian and Turkish.
it ntains seatedly a single Euro- fwan word. If you want to learn Finnish You mast begin from the very beginning without a single elua
now
familiar with tropien) conditions, is truly The mines in the Lens and Douai remarkable. It is a scheme to provide tricts before the war produced 12:000,000
The Finns pretext for Ran sympathies approximately 3,000 horsepower furtons of coal a year. All these mins
is their hatred of Russians, when they 3,600 hours per year from valleys which were kept working 'during the whole proclaim to be their traditional tyrants. have hitherto been dry for nine months period the Gernung occupied the locali much as the Trish try to regard the Bri- of the year. This undertaking depends is cancerned, and, an enormous quan- | Lish. In reality the Finns like the Hits for its water supply on the storage of the fity of coal has been extracted by them.beeruse they recognise kindred spirits, monsoon rains which, it is stated, average Step by step na the Allies advanced, how. This is specially the case in the north 31 inches per day for 45 days over &ever, the tines have been systematically of Finland, where they openly prainin Priest of
scheme, as yet incomplete, is never rained. In order to presene use being their hatred of the Allies. Pheard of Finis theless in operation: It was hanged in made of the mines which the Allies molesting and insulting travellers who India, and during the first year of opera-wrenched from the energy the Germans dared to speak English in the streets br tion earned and paid a, dividend
ande cach mine an enormous tank into to read English books hi the prajn, --Phily full capital.
which all the surface water overhead was Erpress, DEVELOPMENTS IN FRANCE AND ITALY.
carefully directed. until the war an importer of
The work of rehabilitating the French one-third of its cont. was faced by the loss mine hans been taken in hand by a spe to the enemy of a considerable proportion cially created Government department, of its con nine and the rising price and in which are represented the owners and dificulty of transportation for imported managers of all the collieries in the in fuel. Promptly, and in spite of many vaded districts. Thanks to community dificulties, it has proceeded with hydro ideas and plans, the necessary, machi developments and by the end of this year nery has been ordered, in series. Invala will have 1,100,000 horsepower developed, alle help has been given in this work by an increase of 450,000 horsepower since the British War Oßve. 1010, two-thirds of which has been scctired It is estimated that the pits contain since war broke out.
something lik: 100,000,000 cubic yards of Italy, lacking coal, is an excellent Beld water, which must be brought up from for water-power.development and through depth averaging 1.000 feet. The The Allgemeine Elektricitats, Gesellschaft
will be the most machinery necessary powerful ever known for such purposes,
FREE TRADERS AND ME BUGHES.
Views of Mr. Hughes was the sub- Jeet of an address delivered by Mr. J. 31. Robertson, M.P.. at the Satiha Liberal Club in October, the rasion being a dinner of the Political and Economie Circle of the club. over which Lord Farrer presided.
Mr. Robertson said Mr. Hughes told us that one of the great principles E our fiscal policy after the war must b
industry and by 1910, $15,000 horsepower: The electric power «necessary for it ispire as a monopoly for the British
the.
not
was developed, Since the outbreak of war
Talian Government has
estimated at 50,000 horse power. Most Merely broken the Teutonic bold, but of the pumps bus been constructed in proceeded with an active "water-power England and with the help of the British policy. A recent news item states that and American troops in France-3. F. concessions for 908.000 horsepower were Times granted in 1917 and that in December.
SCANDINAVIAN ACTIVITIES.
buyer. But Mr. Hughes, Prime Minis ter of Australia, had put higher duties
glish goods than any other Brin Minister. As soon as the war was over we were to tell our Allies, that we pre posed to keep for our own needs, or at. least to have the first claim upon. all the raw materials in the British Empire; and he said this was a thing to be done by
man not by a committee.
Could they im
le was to
1917, there were 218 requests for concessable water horsepower had ready been sions, estimated at 818,000 horsepower. in developed. More recent information is course of examination.
not available; nevertheless/the mère fact be done by aandies such a thing Neutral co
countries are well aware that that 32 horsepower had been developed in agine Australia they will have to compete in a mach 1910 for each square mile of aron is seven it Mr Lloyd George were the dicta kerner market after the war and there are cient indication of the economic import- tor? He asked them to imagine what
ance of Swiss water powers.
"have happened if the British Cr CENTRAL POWERS WELL DEVELOPED.
nient had sent to Australia an Order. Information collected during 1915 by the Journal contained & spitalization and 101 are to get them
In July last, the British Board of Trade in Council saying. You are not po let article on the foreigners go into your markets and buy. Dominion Waterpower Branch indicated
out. and *1
signs of stimulated activities in the Scandinavian countries.
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that Norway bad 5.500.000 water horse development of electric power supply in British buyers come in and fix their own power available, of which 1.120.000 tar- Germany, as part of the construction prices. There would have been an insur bine horsepower was developed. 100,000
policy after the war
and Mr. horsepower being utilized for nitrogen the State is to participate in the adminis Exation. It would be interesting to Learn
tration of a scheme for the consolidation have played the part of George Washing- it progress in Norway has been on the of all electricity works for the purpose of tou. (Laughter.) How did Mr. Hughes same scale as that reported for Sweden. the uniform distribution of current. The handle the interests of Australia? Let The Governments of both countries are Saxon Second Chamber in December, 1917 them take the one Australian production fendering every possible encouragement voted 40,000,000 marks for developing for which, after the war, there would bu in the development and use of white State electricity works, on condition that the greatest demand wool. Mr. Hughe coal.
Denmark has practically no
power should be furnished at told them that the British manufacturer power and it is interesting to not cheap rates for industrial and commercial must have the first call on all the wool In Bavaria, a syndicate has been in Australia. E said that not only to indicating the national importance of formed to exploit the water power on the Germany, but to our Allies What would power, that a suggestion has been put for. Lower Iun. backed by the Deutsche Bank President Wilson say Might be not say.. ward for a triangular agreement whereby and native Bavarian financial and indus Very well; we wili do the same about: Norway and Sweden should export hydro trial interests. This syndicate has cotton. electric power to Denmark, Norway to 2.000.000 marks at its disposal for pre How would it work in Australia if all make up any power deficiencies caused liminary work and it is estimated that foreign competitors were i pt out of thes thereby in southern Sweden where the che 26-19
schema
require wool market and the Brit- buyers wero water powers are less extensive than in 130.000.000 marks. Another scheue, back-to get the wool on their cap terms? If the north.
ed by the Allgemeine Elektricitats Gesells they were Australian woo roducers they Barcelona, the Manchester of Spain"chaft, of Berlin, props a development would not have much debt as to what a city of 200,000 is replacing steam power of Bavarian water power to be begun the effect would be. Br perhaps what by bydro-electricity, and a Canadian com-three months after the conclusion of pics was at the back of Mr. H. ghes' mind was pany has already completed a large por- the estimated outout being over 21.000.000 that Australia would fix the prics to bër tion of an extensive system of reservoin kilowatt hours. Prussia ems to be cons. own advantage.. Then, would not the and hydro-electric stations on the Noguera mitted to the policy of State control of British buyer go to the gentine or any Pallaresa and Segra Rivers. A recent electricity supply.
where else that he could get his wool? number of the Journal of the Royal Industria the Government announces The tariff policy which It. Hughes ap Society of Arts reports the formation of the establishment of a special department peared to advocate a policy under
powerful company to exploit the Douro of the Ministry of Publia Works to con-which our traders we to make their: Falls on the Portugal Spain frontier, trol the electrical system, which is to be profits out of their flow-citizens, and where 250.000 horsepower is said to be augmented by a great development of thus be enabled to sell at lower prices available..
Switzerland has been called the intralized and future concessionaires, whe meaning in Mr. Hughes statements.
water power. This system is to be cen- to the foreigner. He could see no other He dustrial annex of Germany--and,
in her private or public, made to coaform was, advising us to take a cours which 1910, 3 per cent. of ita 2,000,000 avail to the general scherze. In Hungary would lead to our commercial and finan-
(Continued at foot of next column.) similar legislation is in preparation. cial destruction. (Cheers.)
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