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Price with Rod
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Messrs. Cammell Laird and Com pany, Limited, Birkenhead, have
Speed Regulatorwestved a contract from the Great
15/6d.
"KINGSWAY" CEILING FAN 56′ Sweep.
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£4.12 6.
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Speed Regulator 15/6d,
KINGSWAY JUNIOR" CEILING FAN 44" Sweep."
The"" KINGSWAY" Ceiling Fans are specially designed for use in tropical climates. They are practically noiseless and represent a marked improvement on any other alternating current ceiling fan hitherto produced.
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BARRHEAD-SCOTLAND
AND
BUILDING
COMMUNICATIONS IN CHINA
RAIL, ROAD, AVIATION AND
CONSERVANCY WORK
Railway Company for a twin-screw passenger, cattle, and cargo steamer for the Fishguard-
SHANSI SHENSI ROAD be expended upon the recondition. Waterford service. The vessel will
ing of locomotives and wagons have triple-expansion engines, au overall length of 292ft., beam“ 4018.; Bepresentatives of the Shenax which will be used exclusively for and depth 16ft. pin. She will have Provincial Government have arriv- the transport of Chinese coal, a speed of 14 knots, and accomed at Taiyuan to confer with the thereby relieving the shortage of modation for 450 passengers and Department of Reconstruction rela-transportation facilities.. 600 cattle.
tive to better communication facili
Shansi, and Shensi
CHINA CEMENT INDUSTRY
BRIGHT FUTURE PREDICTED"
HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT
AT HAICHOW
Harbour construction operations. at Haichow has commenced on July 1. the work to be undertaked by the Netherlanda Harbour Works Company, which has been awarded the contract by the Ministry of Cement was introduced into Railways. The project involves a China during the early days of financial outlay" of $3,000,000, and foreign trade in the 19th century, will take 18 months to complete. but the trade was so insignificant, It will. enable steamers of 3,000 that it was not until the late seven-tons to enter the harbour, and the ties the Kailan Mining Administra- | work includes the construction of tion established a cement-work in wharves and a breakwater and the the neighbourhood of its colliery, dredging of the habour. This de- in charge of an English engineer.velopment project is in conformity This was the beginning of the with the Ministry of Railways' cement industry in China, and after scheme for the Lung-Hai Railway Hai- a short time the plant was sold to to Haukow from Kaichow. the Chi Hsin Cement Co., a Chi- chow harbour will furnish a direct nese corporation.
outlet to the ses for goods trans- The first coment works of imported on the Lung-Haine. portance in Kiangsu province was that of the Shanghai Portland
Messrs. Blackstone and Com- ties between the two provinces of SITE SELECTED FOR STATE | Coment Co., founded by Mr. O. 8. very largely used in cement fac
pany, Limited, Stamford, have re- cently received numerous orders for their Unchokeable pumps and auxi liary equipments from municipal and Government authorities, in cluding those of Barking, Seaford, Chingford, Paignton, Feterborough, Glasgow, Bradford, Bogner, Dork ing. Edmonton and Ware. Orders have also been received from Rio de Janeiro, Canada, the Air Ministry, and the London Under ground Railways.
Messrs. The Woodall-Duckham, Vertical Retort nd Oven Construc tion Company (1920). Limited,
It I learnt.
STEEL-WORKS,
that the first project to be discuss-
Eaddle Mountain (Ma-an Shan), ed is the construction of a highway from Yulin, northern hens in south-eastern Anh has been Taiyuan, the Shansi provincial cap definitely selected as the site for tal. Work on the Sheast sector of the projected state iron and steel the road is reported to have 31- works. Plans for the acquisition of ready begun, and efforts are now land and other details are now being made by the Shenst repre being prepared. Owing to the fact sentatives to obtain the co-opers that the site chosen is far removed tion of the Shansi authorities.
from established lines of communi- cations by land or water, it has been decided to construct a high- way connecting the proposed works with the Yangtze River.
RAILWAY PROJECT IN KIANGSI
Ebary and Allington Houses 130-railway across the province of The proposed Turhan-Pinghsiang 150, Victoria-street, Londos, S.W.1,, have secured the contract for the Kiangsi, besides being of muctr commercial value will be of great oven battery, coke-screening and strategic importance, states Mr. coke-handling, plant in connection Tang Yu Jen, Chief Secretary of with the large, modern by-product the Central Political Council, who coking installation to be built at
is one of the most ardent advocates the new steelworks of Messra of this scheme. The project was Stewarts and Lloyds, "Limited, ni
mooted as early as 1901, according Corby, Northamptonshire. The by- product recovery plant will be built. Tang, the object then 10
view being to provide uninterrupt by Messrs. W. C. Holmes and Comed communication between the pro- pany, Limited, Huddersfield, and vinces of Eupeh. Hunan, Kianga: the coal washery and coal-bandling and Chekiang in the event of plant by Mesars. Simon-Carves, Limited, Stockport. The coke oven batters will comprise 33 Becker ovens, beated by blast-furnace gas, and the coke-screening and hand ling plant will comprise wharf screening station and belt-convey ing system. Engineering.
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THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, LTD
14, PEDDER ST. HỒNG KONG
(Incorporated under the Companies" Ordinances of Hongkong)
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For Constructural Work of Every
Description
Use Green Island Cement
WHERE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT IS MADE. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT WORKS TAKEN FROM THE SEA.
Issued by the
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.
2ND FLOOR
CE BUILDIN
Lieu in 1991, with a capital of tories in Kiangsu province.
The Shanghai Portland Cement $1,200,000, which was increased to 81,808,100 in 1631.
The factory Co. consumes annually about 30,000,
tons of clay, 108,000 tons of Hime- covers an area of over 100 moy at Lunghus, near Shanghai, between stone, and 2,400 tons of gypsum, the Whangpoo River and the while the Chins Portland Cement Shanghai Hangchow-Ningpo Rail-
Co. disposes of about 40,000 tons of clay, 190,000 tons of limestone, and 4,000 tons of gypsum, the consump- tion of coal by both factories being approximately 90,000 tats.
Way.
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China Portland Cement Co. The China- Portland Cement Co., established at Lungtan in August, Production and Marketing. 1991, by Yao Hsin Kee, Shanghai
The Shanghai Portland Cement building contractors, started mak-
average output of ing cement in the summer of 192 Co. has an
1,800,000 barrels, uld under the The original capital was $1,000,000, Elephant" brand, packed in iron ANGLO-CHINESE COAL increased in 1998 to $2,000,000, the drums, wooden barrels, or sacks, equipment being taken over fron with Kiangsu and Chekiang as the COMBINE IN HONAN... ·
the Fai Hu Cement Co., Wusih. chief markets. The product of the. The Central Political Council has
Both the Shanghai Portland China, Portland Cement Co. is sold approved an agreement between Cement Works and the China Fort- under the "Taishan" brand in the the Chungyuan Coal Mining Com land Cement Co. are joint-stock Yangtsze provicces, and consists pany (in Hopar) and the Peiping companies entirely owned by Chi- of two qualities - Portland and Syndicate (British) providing for nese interests, the former employ: special or "quick" dement the establishment of joint busing 290 and the latter 404 opera- This concern, produces about 800- net oee to take charge of the tives, receiving monthly wages barrels a day more than the Shang-
German hai works. sale of coal produced by the two ranging from $15 to 65. Companies The agreement, it is machinery is installed at both fac Civic improvements, construction- understood, provides that should tories..
of modern public works, and the the parties concerned deem it Limestone used at the Shanghai growing taste for foreign-style blockade of the Yangtaze by the necessary, this joint effee may be Portiand Cement Works
have comes buildings
contributed to. Japanese, following the Shanghai organized into a limited liability from Chenwanshan," Huchow, Che-create an unprecedented demand bostilities Satisfactory arrange company in accordance with the kiang Province, some 200 miles for cement in recent years. Shang- ments have been completed relative Company Law. The agreement is away; clay from Zushan, Sung hái alone consumed no less than to the financing of this project, to be effective for a period of ten kiang; and gypsum from Germany. 224,000 barrels in 198o the total which is estimated to cost years, and may be extended upon The cost of quarrying and trans- would have been much larger but $40,000,000. The section from Nan aratual agreement, subject to spporting limestone to the factory is for the Sino-Japanese hostilities chong to Pinghsiang has been sur-proval of the Government. The $160 per ton, while the price of during the early part of the year. veged, and the entire length of the capital of this joint office is fixed at gypsum is about #28 per ton.
The lact, however, that Japanese line (about 600 kilometres) should $1,000,000, of which $510,000 will be be constructed within four years.
Limestone and clay are plenti cement is sold at a much lower farnished by the Chungyuan Minful in the vicinity of the China price than the domestic product ing Company and $400,000 by the Portland Cement Co.'s works. The puts the Chinese factories at a Syndicate, thus giving the Chinese gypsum used is from Mexico, the serious disadvantage.
With a view to avoiding unneces interests & 51 per cent, share in the price being about the same as that orterprise. The joint office, is to
the German product...
sary competition. adjusting prices, whom three are to be nominated by tuent of cement, for without it shan, Hopei Province, the Shang- bave a board of. five directors, of Gypsum is an important const the Chi Hsin Cement Co., Tang- and promoting business generally,
the Chungyuan Company and two limestone and clay, when mixed hai Poland Cement Co., and the with water, harden too rapidly China Portland Cement Co. formed by the Peiping Syndicate, chairman is to be elected by and Gypsum is found in large quanti an organization under the name of from amongst the three directors ties in many parts of China, the the Portland Cement Association.
RAILWAY EXTENSION NEAR PEIPING
The
on of funds, materials, technical rominated by the Chungyuan Com- best being from Yingcheng, Hapel, Mutual research work and the
Work on the construction of the proposed Tientsi Paotingfu branch railway will begin shortly. The Peiping-Liaoning Railway Admins tration has completed the necessary preparations; including the provi staff, etc. This branch line is, to replace the loop between Latai and Yangtsun which it was the original intention of the authorities to build. The Tientsin-Paotingiu line will cover about 100 kilometres, while the Lutai-Yangtsan loop was planned to be about 70 kilometres in length.
THREE NEW HIGHWAYS OPENED
pany The manager is also to be where the annual production establishment of fixed standards of nominated by the Chungyuan Com amounts to more than $1,000,000, quality for cement and concrete ara pany. Either party is to retain but on account of poor transporta also undertaken, and this new co- ownership and control over its own
tion facilities and primitive quarry operative and progressive spirit reperties, it being provided how-ing methods, Chinese gypsum is not gives hope of a bright future for the right of using such properties. ever that the joint office shall have
(Continued on next column), the Chinese cement industry! The agreement further stipulates that all claims and obligations of either party acquired before the establishment of the joint office shall be settled by each party con- cerned, provided that all unexpired sales contracts entered into by Three important highways linking either of the parties shall be assign- the provinces of Kiangsu, Chekianged to the joint office. And Anhwe have been opened co traffic. The Nanking-Wuhu High- way was opened on June 24, the Suancheng Changhsing highway on June 25, and the Soochow-Kashing highway on June 98. Construction work was started in 1929 under the supervision of the respective pro vincial authorities. Work was sus: pended owing to the Mukden inci dent in September, 1931, and the Shanghai hostilities in February, 1932, but was subsequently resumed with substantial aid from the National Economic Council.
LIQUIDATION OF RAMWAY
LOANS
SHANGHAI BANKS FINANCE CHEKIANG ROAD-BUILDING
-
loan of
The
kiang Provincial Departments of Negotiations between the Che Reconstruction and Finance, and banking circles for $320,000 for highway construction are practically completed. syndicate, which is to make the loan is composed of the Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Bank of Agriculture and Industry, and Chekiang Provincial Bank, The proceeds are to be devoted to road-costraction in Chekiang. The loan is to be redeemed and interest paid in monthly instalments, and will be secured on the revenue to be derived from the highways in the province.
Definite mesures have been de- vised by the Ministry of Railways for liquidating the obligations of various National railways. Thero plans were, formulated following:
SOOCHOW-KASHING protracted study of the poblem and HIGHWAY OPENED repeated conferences with the dif ferent! railway administrations.. While several lines will be instruct traffic is
Another new road just opened to ed to set aside a certala percentage Highway (66.8 kilometres), which the Soochow Kashing of their monthly revenue for meet was formally inaugurated on June ing loan obligations, this method is 48, in the presence of several hun not applicable to the majority of dred officials and guests. Omnibus the railways, owing to diminished services were operated from July 1, earnings. Separate measures will from Soochow as far as Shengtse. therefore have to be devised: The A regular schedule will be run on Nanking-Shanghai Hailway will set the whole road upon completion pl aside five per cent, of its monthly paving operations on a short sec revenue for this purpose. The tion of 1,000 metres south of Sheng- Shanghai-Hanchow Railway will tae. earmark 10 per cent. of its income, while the entsia-Pakow Railway will deposit from 800,000 to $140,000 monthly into a fund for liquidating its loans.
LOAN TO ASSIST COAL
INDUSTRY,
LANDING-FIELD AT CHUNG KING
Work will begin immediately on the construccion of a new landing. field at Chungkiang, Exechuan, for the commercial 'planes of the China National Aviation Corporation. The A public loan of $20,000,000 for military aerodrome at Chungking, the relief of the coal industry will which is being used at present, is shortly be authorized by the Gov- too far from the city and is incon. ernment bearing interest at six pervenient both for passengers, and for cent, per annum. The issue of this the handling of mail matter. A loan is in conformity with, the deci- suitable site has been found at |sion of the mining conference cón-¦ Sanhupa, a mbarb of the city, and vened last month by the Ministry General Lau Hainng has been re. of Industry to discuss relief men- quented, through the. Ministry of sures for the coal industry. Accord Communications, to necord all faci ing to a resolution of this confer- lítica for making the desired accom- unge, part of the, proceeds ste to modation.
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