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ANGLO-CHINESE CO-OPERATION
STORY OF A HAPPY EXAMPLE
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COS METHODS.
In this Empire Supplement, design-Island Cement Co, is shown by the ed primarily to bring to the notice installation only last year of a of British people in Hang Keng complete now web presto pisat. The the campaign to Buy and Sell Brf entire machinery for this new pro- tish goods that is being waged by ceas le British and was supplied the Empire Marketing Board and and installed by that well known." other Agencies and supported by Flem," Mens, Vickers-Armstrong the Prince of Wales, as will be Etdi of Barrow-in-Furness The seen by turning to his speech at erection of his machinery of the the inauguration of the Empire buildings to house it, probably con Marketing Board campaign apprar-stitutes a record in overmag con. ing on another paga--it a good Etructional work of this nature also to recall that Hong Kong, it From the date of the commencement self exists and has ita being solely of work until the plant started as a result of the clore co-operation operating a period of only 16 of two of the greatest trading in months elapsed.
tions in the World to day, the Chin Before this new plans war in ese and the British Metalled such was the demand for From the very earliest days of Green Jaland Cement from all parts the foundation of this Colony, now at the Far East, that though the 90 years ago, the people of the two plant was kept working continuou nationa have always found in ench ly supply could never catch up other something that makes an im with demand, ste mediate appeal, and that renders Even now, with the new plant In it pleasant to do business with each full operation, the old plant has other.
stdll to keep going and it contri
As in South America the axprss-butes above 60,000 tons of cement sion parola d'Inglesa stands as a por annum to the total, output rese sure acceptance of a bargain, with If to the 50,000 boas out further formality, so in the cement past the word of a Chinese is his thoil plant, is added the produced annually by bond has passed current and been 100,000 tons of cement that the accepted in the Far East
readise what an important industry new plant produces, it is easy to
has been built up first in Macho and now in Hong Hong" by this
So much the two people have in common, and on such a foundation how much can be build up
Companies.
Forty Years Record ploneer amongst angio Chiukse It is now over 40 years ago since it there came into existence s company?". destined to become a household name
all through the Far East.
Quality,
Hitherto, the talk has bee of This Company is the Green Inmore important standard of quality quantity, Turn how to the even land Cement Co, which commenced at Portland cement and what do operations in a small way on Green we find 1
world:
Island, near Macao, from which, it It is a well-known fact that the took its game,
British Standard In shose days its machinery conlor Portland Cement hea
Specif sisted of Vertical Kilns which at been me of the strictest that time were the last word most rigid specifinstions. in cement production machinery any country in the and it was capitalised at a small In spite of that, so high figure which was raised in Hong Green Island Cement nimed that, Kong, from both British and Chin always, from its early days it eae subscribers From these small coment has been a little bit better beginnings, grow this great Anglo-than the specifications required. Chinese Company which to day is Iven though last year a new Stand- supplying cement for practically and Spadification was issued with all the building operations of im far more rigid requirements than portance taking place in China and those previously instated on the Malaya ke
Green Island Cement Co. found. that the cement produced complied with those latest requirements with
is greatest man
The technical history of the Green Island Cement Co is one long record of progress got only in its output of dementy hat also Such is a brief outline of a Hong in the way that the Company has Hong Company which perhaps more always taken immediate advantage than most has helped to build trus of all the latest improvements in and firm the foundations of Harg machinery that have been brought Kong a reputations sa' a manufao. out in different parts of the world. turing centre where the flower of
Now Machinery,
Anglo-Chinese oo operation can pro- duce the greatest benefits to both The latest example of the pro- the British and the Chinese peo gressive management of the Greca ple
Large-black, Large white, Midtke When there is suplas over demand, white and Chinese breeds, all this surplus is made into. Cheddar scientifically fod and wall cared for Cheese (white) for which there is a This Company has taken much goed demand. The greater number trouble in the selection of its farm of the passenger ships calling in staff the members of which are port take regular supplies of mile mostly Scottish farmers sons with and cream and it is proof sulficient considerable practical and technical of the quality of this produce m training and experience, and the it carries to Vancouver in pariet to the mountainous nature of the Company employs its own Vater condit Igland and consequent lack of good | uary "Burgeon,
building space; in this respect, it osanot be compared to the more p Northern Port of Shanghai
In a few other directions, Hong Kong reigns supreme over all other cities of the Far East, one of these being in its milk supply.
Fine Milk Fields,
Mechanical Wilkers↑
An average yield per cow of men, and milking it done by hand The castle attendants are Chinese 810.7 gallons of milk from 460 sows but the Company is at the mo has been attained, a very credit ment considering the application of able result in a semi-tropical olime mechanical milkers Milking $14 and is a bit ahead of the averages done three times daily to obtain w
The climate in South Chins is obtained in other countries enjoying full yield since it has been found hot and damp for the greater part normal conditions and good natural that the native is not such a good of the year, there is a lack of good pasture This is the rest of good milker at the Westerner The natural pasturage for dairy cattle management and careful selection usual custom. 14 daurying countries and there has been little indian in breeding The Tarm covers ta is to milk twice daily
tion on the part of Chinese entry Prise to anepurage the production and consumption of milk amongst their own people,
Battle With Disenser and Fosts,
area of 300 acres of which only 500
Actes are under cultivation The There are about a dozen Offe grass grown theroon in commonly mall damies in the
ony with known as Guinen grass (Maximum total of about 300 head of cattles Panigum) and from 7 to 8. eat and these charge 12 to 15 cents per tings in one year gives a tofal battle their milk? All the comer nuder the care of the Burgoon and ards and con pemet
The Dairy Farm, Ics and Coldfield of 40 tons of green grass per Storage Co, Led, of Hong Kong and this grass is out daily for them,
acre. The exttle are all mis] THE were the first to establish a dairyThere is usually a surplus of grow dition farm in the Colony on a modern which is turned into the Silopits scale and in spite of many adverfor consumption during the winter sities in its earlier days due to such months when thore in practically no disease as Binderpest, Foot and Mouth Piro-Plasmosis, etc., it has
„green” grass available, by preseverence and good manager. ment, weathered the stoma
urgent need of a good supply rush milk, «prodnood under vidd ermulibicans, rimpelled the labe Dr. Maroc(Bit Patio Mand woo) prominent physician an Colony the time to put forward occasional 8. scheme for the Batı
su them
roared for Herd
Suads from
out