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ENGINEERING & BUILDING
EAST AND WEST.
Construction activity in Manila has improved greatly, relieving na- employment in the building trade. June building permits, reaching & of 2,200,000 pesos (81,100,000), doubled the value of permits issued in Juro year.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1932.
PRINCES INVITED TO MEET VICEROY.
FEDERATION PLANS TO COME UP FOR DISCUSSION
FEWER DIVORCES GIVEN
IN CANADA S
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. HEPORTS 2ND IN HISTORY.
"LONDON LETTER.
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the Metropolis. Their records, to Simla, Sept, S.--In order to con
Ottawa, Canada--Complete figures be thrown open for public inspec- tinue the discussion of certain asof the nino Chundian provinces tion to-morrow at the R.I.B.A. pects of federation which will have show that in 1931 there was a re Galleries, will show that London particular reference to Indian duetion of 6 per cent. in the has not only been mapped in the
ate problems, a number of repre- number of divorces granted in the by the Viceroy of India, Lord Wil-made with the preceding year. For but is now in process sentative princes have been invited Dominion when comparisons are most elaborate detail horizontally,"
of being September 20. lingdon, to meet him at Simia on 1930 the figure was 873, which set raapped vertically, for one of the
Canadian record, and for 1031 it
The Argentine demand for olee tric refrigeration has become more noticeable in the last few years and may be considered to have a steady future. The imports of electric re: frigerators during the last four years increased from 908 units in 1998 to 9,845 unite in 1031, accord-flavour to those of other countries. State Railways.
Brighter Streets.
British Canning Industry,
Those who despair of finding new industries and employment in these days may well be asked to look to the cunning trade now springing into life throughout Great Britain. In less than five years it has grown from a negligible" quantity to at least 100,000,000
Those invited includa
among was 884, the fewest since 1020. Thexhibits is the first stage of a big Better still, the British house-wife and the Maharajahs of Nawanagar wore on the pleas of women.
Year others the Nizam of Hyderand majority of the petitions granted map indicating the heights of Lon- is declaring that her home-carmed
don buildings. Sketches and plans fruits and vegetables straight from Alwarbarada,
(Ranjitsinhji), Bikaoir, Patiala,
There were decreases in six pro- of interesting old buildings which the reclaimed lauda of Lincoln, the and Indore.
Kashmir, Mysore vincer and creases in
may soon be swept away comprise three. fertile vale of Evesham, and the i
Prince Edward Island has granted
an important section of the show. gardens of Kent, are superior int
out two divors since Confedera- tion-as fedts ago. One was in 1913 and the other last year. Bri-
greatest number of any province, but still 47 under 1830; Quebec has ino divorce courts and sends all its cases to Parliament for adjudica- tion. Thirty-eight decrees granted Quebec citizens, being two under the preceding year.
Ontario for the first time last year seat divorce cases to the courts, and there was a decrease of 123 in marriages severed, from 207 to 82.
Messrs. L Gardner & Sons, of
The City of Westminster has just
ing to El Anuario del Comercio Exterior, and other official statis- makers of canning machinery, pro- i Patrieroft, have received a contract tish Columbia had 90s decrees, the been repainted. Every lamp stan- .
tical publications. Those of wooden ice boxes, however, docreased from -1,630 units to 191 units.
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Cow and Gate, Ltd., are bringing iato use a new fleet of rond tankers to bring their milk from the dairics, They are the last word in scientific Construction. The tanks are made, of stainless steel and each has a capneity of 2,300 gallons. Recently 200 medical practitioners visited! the Cow and Gate West Country Factorica.
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New Arsenal at Hangchow.
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The industry has provided work for ducers of tin-plate, agriculturists, from
and salesmon.
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Filty to One Town,
So universal is the fame of its cotton trade thit Lancashire 'ja
the London Midhand and Scottish Railway Company for thirty-six Diesel oil-engines for road-haulage servien
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Thames Embankment Development. The development in recent yearn of the Thames Embankment is shown by the appearance of such large structures as Thames House, Imperial Chencal House, Shell-Mex
werd
often regarded by the world as a country of one industry.
Bury. typical Lancashire industrial town of 50,000 people, seeks to prove the contrary by claiming that it has a Brcator variety of industries than Building, Cables and Wircless For many years after Confedern any town of similar size. Within! Building, Unilever House and Ade- tion divorce in Canada was its aren, and taking no account of laide House.
rarity. subsidiaries, it reckons at least fifty
The year 1883, with 13 For all these buildings Dorman, divorces, was the first year when industries, all employing skilled and comparatively prosperous work- Long & Co., Ltd., have provided the total reached two figures, and people. Is there a Lanchalire town together with that used in the Lam-
and erected the steelwork which, by 1103 the total was but 21. There which can show more!
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Several important contracts have recently been received by Lanca. shire engineering firms.
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beth Bridge which Dorman Long after the numbers grew more rapid- have just completed and in the ly. In 1000 there were si divorces Putney Bridge which they are at and in 1913 there were 30. Post present widening, exceeds 40,000 tons.
war years saw the number growing The Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-ciation with the re-building of the
Such a close and extensive asso- rapidly, in 1910 to 376, in 1925 to Willows, has received an order for Embankment in the centre of the 551, and in 1880 to 879, which was three locomotives for the Burma Empire is naturally matter of more than the total of 40 years
great pride to this Company. - from 1888 to 1913.
The Ministry of War has decided to purchase 300 mow of land at Hangchow for the Kiangnan Arsenal which is to be removed from Shang-Engineering Contracts. hai in accordance with the decision of the Military Afairs Commission, The new site, which is near Zakow, is considered very suitable both in regard to communications and other considerations. Building operations, estimated to cost 500,000, will be! completed in six months. It is understood that the establishment will be known as the Wuling Arsenal...
The M.V. Britannic,
Motor
The White Star Line vessel Britannic, one of the two largest motor linere flying the British flag, broke three of her own records on a recent transatlantic- voyage. The first was when her outward speed averaged 19 20 knots, the second when her homeward trip was done at an average of 19.01 knots, and the third when she car ried 1,455 passengers, the largest number she has ever brought cast- wards, and practically the full com- plement she can carry.
The automotive market is dull, with registrations down 50 per cent.
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S DAILY WEATHER ·
STAT ON
Wladivostock... Jemuro.... Hakodate
Tokio Kochi
Nagasaki Kagoshima Oshima Naha Ishigakijima
Swntow Taihoko Talcbu Tainan.. Koshun Foscadores..... Hong Kong Gap Bock ...... MACRO Hoihow.. Pratae Island Pholion
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SEPTEMBER 15, 1982.
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Conditions in the coal-mining in
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Warnings.
September 15, 18h, 20m-Local signal No. 3 hoisted.
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Xiangsu Telephone Extensions.
In order to bring northern aud southern Kiangsu into closer con- tact, the Provincial Reconstruction Department is planning an exten- sion of the present long-distance telephonic system in southern Kiangsu, to six important cities in the northern part of the province. According to present plans, the nine cities of Seochow, Wukiang. Changshu, Wusik, Kiangyin, Li-| sang, Changchow, Ibing, and Tan- yan, in southern Kiangsu, will be linked up with Nantun, Yangchow, Tailwien, Tsingkiangpu, and other important cities of northern Klang-
Bu..
Water Conservancy in Shantung.
Owing to the frequent inundation of vast areas in Shantung province, the Reconstruction Commission has undertaken an extensive programma of river conservancy. A number of slams and jocka are under construe- tion on the Sina Ching Ho, in order to make this river navigable by steamships, and 30,600 men are em ployed on this work. In the south western part of the province, con- siderable work has been done on, the Kaowang and Wanfa Rivers, while the dredging of the Mater fiver has been completed
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September 182. 1ch, 20m-Typhoon within 60 miles of Lat. 19° N. Long. 119° E, mosing N.W. September 161. 6. 40m--Typhoon within 60 miles of Lab, 20° N. Long. 117° E., moving N.W. September 16d. 68. 40m. Local algnal No. 7 hoisted.
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September 162. 10h 48m--Pressure is highest over B. Manchuria. The typhoon is situated about 200 miles
to the south-east of Hong Kong, moving N.W. or W.N.W.
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Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 Inch. Total sinos January 1, 88,97 inches, against an average of 71.45 incher,
Manila warning. 10. 15k: 30m. Typhoon W. of Balintang Channel moring N.W-Reed. 15d. 162. 08m. Shanghai warning. 162. 91. 54m.-A severe typhoon within 60 miles of Lat. 109 N. Long, 1189 E. moving N.W. Reed. 102. 14 A. 08m.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON ON SEPTEMBER 17:
DISTRICT.
A-Shanghai to Turnabout
Turnabout to Hong Hong -Hong Kong to Gap Rook D-Hong Kong to Hainan Straits'........... E-North China Sea
Fonzaar
N.E. winps, moderate to fresh; cloudy, local ralu,
N.E. winds, fresh to strong cloudy, rain later.
NE winde, fresh to a gale; cloudy, rain, Cyclonic gales to the south of Hong Kong.
dard from the griffin which marks the eastern march with the City of London to Belgravia in the west- and there are many thousands of these prominent ornaments--is re- splendent in a new coat of alumi- ninm. The effect is to brighten considerably the greyness of the streets and squares. The City's concern for its physical attrac- tions is further indicated by ar- rangements whereby visitors this summer are permitted to escape the sights and sounds of extensive road repairing in some of the fa yourite thoroughfares, an opera- tion usually in full swing during the holiday months..
Economising in Wine.
merchant that there has never been I am told by n big London wine
such a slump in champagne as at the present time. He says the wine is a drug on the market. The fact that champagne reaches its zenith
after a certain number of years makes immediate consumption in the case of some stocka a necessity, but even bargain prices offer no attraction to a public whose eco- Bomy programme includes, an al- most universal ban upon such a luxury. Moreover, a comparative- ly small reduction involves 'mer- chants in a loss, since the duty ac count for a large proportion of the price paid by the consumer,
Regent Street Rents, Following the prolongeil agita- tion among the Government's Re- gont Street tenants against the high ground rents paid in this fa- mous thoroughfare, EL formal mentorial has been presented to the Commissioners of Crown Lands petitioning for a reduction. I un- derstand that this may be followed. up in a few days with a personal deputation to urge the case for re- Jief. It is based chiefly upon the contention that when Regent Street was rebuilt a few
years ago the rents were fixed at the height of n boom period, and that in condi- tions like the present they 'operato (as a serious burden on trade. At present the State's revenue from Regent Street ground rents is about £480.000,
Piccadilly Sets a Problem, Piccadilly Circus is presenting a new and curious problem. Some time ago the difficulty was to find ite centre; or, at all events, the best spot near its centre upon which to re-erect Eros, and now the trouble is to settle, where the Circus begins and ende "It is true the Post Office will deliver letters addressed to Piccadilly Circus, but it is more or leas by grace and courtesy. One of the suggested solutions of the difficulty is that
the Cirous should be officially num bored, but this proposel has always been covasiently shelved because every tenant wants the distinction of being number one, and because there are firms who us the address without strict title to it. The most that has been done so far has been to divide the Cireus in two, with each half in different postal die tricts.
TARZAN
IN
COMING
O. W. JEFFRIES, Directer.
GLOUCESTER BUILDING
(THU HONGKONG LAND INTESTMENT 02., LTD.)
Hongkong's
Fashionable
Rendezvous
Old English Bar
Overlooking the Harbour
MORNING COFFEE AND AFTERNOON TEA SERVED IN THE AIRY LOUNGE ON 8th FLOOR.
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Entertain Your Friends
in the cool of the Evening on the Gloucester Terrace far above the City's
Heat and Noise,
Tel. 28128.
Cable Address:-" GLOUCESTER."
Naturally, shirts, collars & ties, besides other clothing count a good deal in a man's general
appearance.
THE STEAM LAUNDRY,
would
certainly improve on them.
P..L NEWMAN,
Manager.
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