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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1933.
ECHOES OF 1859
-Favouritism Alleged Against
Judge
January 20th, 1859. (Continued).
The view of the case can hardly Be controverted. The attacks of the Press were becoming most alarming and annoying. It was thought that if an example were made the Press would be intim
dated. We were selected - as
the
victim. We accused the Governor of favouritism-nothing more. We adduced Ave instances all being true except one-the detention of the Ava, regarding, which A far worse version than we gave had been published and allowed to pass unnoticed. We were indicted by the Attorney General and brought |
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Our new*
Presiding at the annual meeting of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Editor of the Government Organi Ltd, in London, Mr. F. E. Reb- In the preliminary hearing of a beck, the chairman and managing previous case he accused the at-director, spoke in quietly optimistic torney General of stating wicked terms about the ship-building posi falsehoode to deceive the public tion. Admiralty orders, were prov. and in adopting the most unjustling helpful to the industry, he said, fable means in the conduct of a said; but he thought that British case generally. He was summoned shipowners should wake up to the before a Magistrate who attempt need of placing more orders for ganisation, personnel, and material London Treaty limit of 91,000 tons Far-reaching changes in the or dangerous disparity is due to thes ed to coax him to retract but in
new ships, unless Britain was go of the British Navy are anticipat, on cruisers to be completed by the vain. Three times did he appearing to fall behind other maritime ed in connection with the rebuild end of 1036-an arbitrary limit in and each time did the Magistratà | nations.
ing plans writes Mr. Hactor C. | posed on Great Britain but oa-no solicit an apology; each time were
"He added that some means must Bywater in the London Daily cther Power. these good, orices spurned, and
As a result the Admiralty has the charge of perjury added to the be found to counteract the effects Telegraph.”-
Although the present Board of been forced to build small and feeb libel- already committed. Brought of subsidies paid by foreign Gav before the Supreme Court the ernments to support their merchant Admiralty is apparently determin-ly-armed cruisers, which are com
ed to maintain Dartmouth College "pletely overshadowed by « foreign contemptible hireling dared not shipping
as the main source of supply of types. even plead justification, but after In moving the adoption of the re naval officers, the large and ever No such one-sided handicap will direct before the Criminal Core, pleading "Not Guilty" threw him. 1ort and accounts, Mr. Robbeck growing body of opinion in the be accepted by any future Board of In all the other cases of bel self at the mercy of the Court. The said that, as indicated last year, Service which favours the direct Admiralty. That much is certain brought here the accused was worst possible construction that the outlook for ship-builders had entry of cadets from public schools brought before the Magistrate. The could be put on our libel was a not materially, improved, but or at a minimum age of 17 may even-
NEW TYPE OF GUN difference between the two modes bagatelle, to this-in addition to ders placed by the Admiralty, as tually prevail. If that happens the I foreign Powers continue to of procedure, is considerable. One which OUT contemporary Was far as they went, were proving Dartmouth system will be doomed. build super-cruisers we shall follow is à stab in the dark-in the other guilty of contempt of court in inhelpful to the industry.
As regards the distribution at their lead. But in place of iin case the accused can discern the
terfering with the ends.. of
Beets, official circles are understood clad speed machines danger.
justice Not & word ' was
Competitive. Power..
to be averse from the withdrawal eruisers will have stout armour and Had we been brought before the said to him about the arm of jus-
There was still no general move of the First Battle Squadron from big guns in well-protected turrets. Magistrate we should have come tice being shortened or the vindica-
New guns, all-steel built on the off with dying colours, but no, tion of the law. He was allowed ment on the part of shipowners in the Mediterranean for strategical
auto-frettage system, are under spite was to be indulged to the one month to apologise. We say this country to replace vessels reasons.
While it is obvious that the post- design. Although lighter, they be utmost, and the dignity of the considering the accusation of per- which it was common knowledge
more powerful than the Bench was to be prostituted to in-Jury having been reiterated before were, in many cases, falling behind tion of our Battle Fleet at Malta much flict. We were told that "we had the magistrate considering the in competitive power as compared would become very precarious in the models now in use. Striking pro
abuse he continued to indulge in ❘ with been emboldened to say what we
vessels of other nations event of trouble with a great Medi-gress is also recorded in the de- Power, and that wevelopment of shells, turpedoes, and did in the expectation of being at the expense of the Attorney Action must, in the first instance, terranean fired and raising the same by General up to the time of trial come from the shipowners, who might even have to abandon that explosives. public subscription: therefore be in every issue of his paper-con- were called upon to face the world's altogether pending a decision else- One speical convoy sloop has al- came the duty of the Court to see sidering that he had proved him- conditions of trade and competi. where, the forces at Malta are already been authorised, and others. that the arm of justice was not self a false craven in fearing to tion, and some means must be found ways available as a reinforcement will follow. Their duty in war shortened and the law vindicated. plead justification, the apology he to counteract the effects of subsidies for our Far Eastern squadrons. would be to keep hostile cruisers Not a word was said about apology gave was totally insufficient. The paid by foreign Governments to For that reason alone their pres and submarines at a respectful dis
ence is justified. They are a fort: tance from food-ship convoys. The or retraction, but six months im- Attorney General sparned it yet support their Mercantile Marines.
night nearer to the Pacific than design, at present confidential is prisonment and a fine of £100 were the court received it indicting only
Whilst here was no apparent they would be if stationed in home believed to embody novel fentures, the same fine as we paid without accorded us.
How different in the case of the the imprisonment.
prospect of substantial improve waters.
As regarils destroyers, the para. there ment in trade at present, were indications of a steady better- NO MORE "SECOND-RATERS mount need is for number. It is. felt, however, that we cannot afford Tent of things in general. The If present plans are approved to limit these craft to 1,380 tons. fact that the improvement was there will be an end to the building while foreign craft of 30 to 100 per gradual was, he thought, the most of second-rate ships, such as our cent.
greater tonnage are being healthy sign of eventual recovery, latest cruisers and destroyers are built. Consequently designs have The shipbuilding industry, however, in comparison with foreign vessels been suggested for destroyers of was one of the last to benefit from Instead we shall revert to the much greater size and weight of such an upward movement in trade, old, traditional principle that no armament than any now in our ser and the greater degree of confidence British man-of-war must be built vice, that was becoming evident must that is not capable of holding its develop farther before they could own against the strongest foreign expect a return to more prosperous contemporary types. This princi times in the industry,
ple will be applicable to all classesį When it is decided to increase the excepti sabinarmes. ~·
lowerdeck persoanel-a decision " Better Demand, For Ships. Various tentative plans exist for which cannot long be postponed- the battleships of the 1837 pro- resort may be had to the shart- Nevertheless, during recent months there had been a slightly gramme. The smallest is of 22,000 service system which was reintro- better demand for merchant vessels, tous, with lin. guns, while the duced not long ago. There would but with so few orders to be dis largest would displace 25,000 tons be no diffculty in adding many tributed, and the fierce competition and mount 12in. or 13.8is, guns. thousands of first-class men to the had to be satisfied with very poor British plans will most probably detailed plans for augmenting its which, therefore, existed, builders If, however, other nations perast establishment by this expedient
in building 35,000-ton ships, these The Navy, in short, is ready with prices. It was hard to visualise by revised on an upward scale. strength in personnel and tonnage how ship could be supplied at Contrasting with this will be found cheaper prices than at the present 5,000 tens respectively, are demons- unable
Our latest cruisers, of 7,000 and if the other Powers concerned feel the giant dredges, towering time, especially as there appeared
or indisposed to curtail hundred feet above the water and to be at last a distiner hardening trably inferior to many of their their very marked activities in the delving a like distance below, the in the prices of materials.
opposite number abroad. This same direction. hissing monitors and the gravel pumps. So much has been written. on these modern methods in this journal that no more description is required. *
WORLD'S MOST BOUNTIFUL TIN COUNTRY
Malayan Mining Methods Old And New
Singapore.
A curious feature about tin min-
ing is that while we know so much regarding the metal's industrial and known about its original source. scientific properties, so little is
even
dulang is a shallow dish frequent ly made of wood in which, by a swiring movement of water, lighter materials are removed, leaving the by small miners where the minerals tinstone. This method is employed occur in loose ground-frequently in the beds of streams and rivers.
J
Even under the extremely com petitive conditions of to day, it was gratifying to note that the com pany was obtaining a share of the Mines Ferched 4,000 Feet High.
relatively small amount of work The work that was being placed. Nature's choice of good mining in hand included the two fine mo- sites in Malaya is catholic. The torships for the Shaw, Savill and deeper open cast mines of the Kinta Albion Co., Ltd, and two steamers Valley, for example, are well below sea level, but there are also mines for the Indian coastal service. perched 4,000 feet high on the Main Range. The mineralisation is d rich that it would be hard to find any small stream having its source in the Main Range that did not contain in its bed a certain amount of tinstore: in fact, nearly all such beds have been worked at some tips or another,
MR. L. GEORGE'S CONTRACTS
This is not for the lack of study. Experts have worked on the pro- blem for centuries, but the few facts they have established are contradictory, although they do at any rate provide a clue to the origin of tin, which may lead fin ally to a solution of this problem. It has been estimated" by experts that tin as an element forms less than 0.001 per cent, of the igneous' rucks in the earth's crust, while an smaller proportion of the granitic masses are stanniferous.
A Malayan Paradox. There seems to be no reason in the way Nature has scattered her in reserves throughout the word..
The Royal Mail Order. There are outstanding instances of granite or granitic mountain ranges
The firm had also received the running almost side by side, which
order from Royal Mail Lines, Ltd., contradict each other in this TC-
to recondition the Asturias and Al spect. The most notable example,
cantars, and to provide them with perhaps, is that of the Benom
much more powerful machinery to Range in Pahang, which lies almost
enable the service in which they parallel, at a distance of some
were so popular to be accelerated. twelve miles, to the Main Range in
Judged on this evidence, it is not. When completed the new machinery the Peninsula. The first is almost surprising that Malaya produced installations would represent the Minister in 1916. barren so far as tin is concerned, ar per cent of the world's tin 'sup- latest practice in high-pressure Mr. Lloyd George is now work while the second is very rich in its plies. It also makes ons
Wooder steam, deposits of the metak, and is mined what will happen when these re- extensively. Nobody can determinerves are worked out, "ze undoube- why this should better.
edly they will be
Russia's Keen Interest
The first volume of Mr. Lloyd George's Memoirs will make its ap- pearance on September 7.
Volume II, which will appear in October, will bring the record own to his appointment as Prime
INCREASING ESTABLISH.
MENT
SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL
BUILDING
Appreciable Advance On Various Works.
Shanghai-In his report for Aug- ust, the Commissioner of Public Works states that the reconstruction of Kashing Road bridge over the Hongkew Creek was begun on the 35alt, and the new Yangtszepoo Police Station and barracks were handed over to the Police Depart- ment on the 31st. The construction of Chengtu Road Police Station has ing hard on Volume III. He hopes advanced to the stage of laying The vessels delivered during the to complete his task in four vowood blocks to the upper floors. year under 'review were giving themes Contracts have been made while concrete to all foundation best possible results in the services for the translation of the book in beams has been poured at the new The Most Bountiful Cesstry.”
Natives in Minority.
for which they were designed, thereto nearly every important langu- Central Police Station and the con- Malaya is the most bountiful tin-
The wise man might reasonably by maintaining the company's re-age in the world. The most instruction of the ground floor coi- bearing territory in the world. Tin infer that the inhabitants of Ha-putation as shipbuilders.
teresting is that with the State umns is in hand. The timber floors deposits are to be found in almost lays were native Malayane. But even
Publishing Department in Moscow throughout the Western District every part, from north to south, this is not true in this country of which the industry had been pass the book in great style, and they being hung and the hardware is During the lean period through
The Bolshevists are to produce Road, are complete, the doors are Public School for Boys, Yuyuen and in large areas from the east contradictions. The native element, coast to the went. There are liter-numbering 1,902,000
ing, particular opportunity bad constitutes ally thousands of tin mines, large out the total, bet been taken of carrying out special have paid an exceptionally high being installed. Other municipal and small, that have been or are the Chinese, with 1,700,000 are investigations into ball forms, etc., price for the privilege. The figure, properties upon which construction results, I understand, is higher than that work has been appreciably advanced being worked,
Since the world economic land- There are also 824,000 contract in which, together with machinery de pad by any other foreign country during the month are the Amoy
harly as strong numerically with very satisfactory slide started its disastrous career, tourers from British India, equal would enable the company to offer velopments that were taking place,
Stalin and sha
Shakespeare
Road Gaol extension, the abattoir many of the non-European owned ling 14 per cent of the population,
on Sawgin Road and the Point sub- The Bolshevist chiefs profess fire station, Pingliang Bood native mines have ceased operation. the remainder being a miscellany of owners the most effective tonnage Sad though this must have beeg for various: races It is significant in
for their work.
keen interest in writers other than the owners, their misfortune may view of the extensive commercial
their own present-day propagan-
There were 479 blocks of build- The repair works at London, dists. have had some stablising influence developments in the country, that Liverpool and Southampton had japa
gloddings under construction during the month plans were submitted on the future of the industry, as Europeans represent only 4 per succeeded in obtaining quite a rea-Lenin's literary taste was severe for approval ( were approved), the output of these small mines, so cent of the inhabitants. Jis die sonable share of the small volume of a classical. Stalin is a Shake-se valuations of blocks of buildings laboriously won, would have been The bulk of the Chinese, and In work which had been placed dir-speare lover,
for assessment purposes were made, hard to regulate, and the weight of dians, like the Europeans go to ing the year, and some very repro The other day, a young Boylet their tin would finally have served Malays not to make their home, sentative work had been undertaken dramatist, greatly daring, took the to depress the wrong side of the but in the hope of earning a living. In the stationary and auxilisty Soviet chief to task for his lack of price scales, leading, as it always and possibly amassing wealth with engine field, in addition to other interest in modern writers. bas, to a period of active employ which to return to their native orders the firm secured the contract ment to be followed by hungry lands. Despite the fact that the ex for no less than 15 diesel engines took up a volume from his desk. Stalin put down his "pipe" and years of unemployment.
ploitation of the tin ore resources each of 500 horse-power, for the new It was a copy of Richard II. Mining Methods Old and Newis perhaps the most important in Iraq pipe line in the fact of the The tin mines in Malaya are dustry in the Peninsula, no more most severe international competi When was this written?" he mostly concerned with alluvial and than 4 per cent of the population tion. The work which the company as
fasked. eluvial deposits, akhough there are were employed in it in 1981, and the was doing in the traction field with The young dramatist gave the
Lew which work on lodes and number may have fallen apprecia their new type of high revolution date other ore bodies. Every method of bly since then. It was also esti diesel engine, was developing satis- tin-winning is to be seen in the mated in 1931 that probably one factorily Feninsula. In ve place will be fifth of the people were engaged in hom found the native diligently pans rios cultivation., while rubber- ning with his or her dulang. The growing, absorbed about one-third, - adopted..
report, and accounts
and 4,070 inspections were made by inspectors
the Kiangnan Dock to the order Two new patrol-boats, bulit by
of the Ministry of Navy's National Coastguard Bureau, will be launch- ed at Kaochangmino on October 10, China's national holiday, ac- cording to information from Chin- 680-DAYS] circles. These two boats, "I'm, said Stalin, "I read it the Haterning and the Haining, are only a fortnight – ago." Dó – you | sister vessels to the four previous- were think anyone will be reading your 1y built by the Klangnan Dock-for
dramas: in 22332
the Bureau.
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