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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA
Railways, Mining, And Road Building
Tsinan, Nov. 9.
As an impetus to the develop ment of native products in the Western part of this province, the Shantung Provincial Government is planning to build the Shantung section of the projected Tsinan- Tiokow (Honan Railway, be- tween Tsinan, the provincial capital, and Liucheng. western Shantung.
This section of the line is 120 kilometers long. The total cost is "estimated at $5,060,000, of which $460,000 is for the purchase of land, $800.000 for labour and $3,800,000 for railway materials and constructior work.
Special significance is attached to the line as it will not only directly faster the development and prosperity of western Shan- tung, but also link up the coast with the interior by connecting with the Klaochow-Tsinan Rail- way and the Tackow-Chinghua Railway in Honan..
It is learnt that General Chiang Kai-shek President of the Military Affairs Commission, highly ap- proved the project when it was presented to him during his re- Engi- cent sojourn in Tsinan.
neers will shortly be despatched by the Provincial Department of "Reconstruction to make a prelim-
inary survey of the route- Auo Min
YUTSE-TAIKU TRAIN SERVICE OPENED
Talyuan, Nov. 6.
Train service on the newly con- structed
line branch
of the Chengting-Talyuan Railway, be- tween Yutse and Taiku, in central Shansi, was formally opened to trame yesterday.
Mr. Wang Mou-kung, Managing- Director of the Railway Adminis- tration, officiated at the inaugur- al ceremony...
Kyo Min.
NEW OFFICE BUILDING FOR RAILWAY
Nanking, Nov. 8.
The Tientsin-Pukow Railway Administration is arranging to put up a now cffice building at Hsiakwan, Nanking. Permission has
been obtained from the Ministry of Railways for the con- struction of the building at a cost of $750,000.
The Railway Administration is also negotiating a loan of $1,500,- 000 from the mining companies served by the line for the build- ing of warehouses at Slachonan, Pukow, to provide coal storage facilities.
Kun Min.
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NEW LOCOMOTIVES FROM: BRITAIN
Huschow, Oct. 31.
The petition of the Tientsin- Pukow Railway Administration to purchase 18 locomotives and 15 passenger coaches and freight. wagons, in order to expand bual- ness and speed up traffic has been granted by the Ministry of Rall- ways. The cars will be ore ed from Britain with funds provid- ed from the British Boxer Indem- nity.---
Kuo Min.
NEW RAILWAY STATION
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AT NANING
Nanking, Nov. »8.
been A sum of $190,000 has allotted by the Ministry of Rail- ways towards the construction of the projected Central Railway Station here.
Two warehouses will be built at the station for cargo storage, one for the Nanking-Shanghai Railway and the other for the through trafic service." Three pairs of tracks will be laid in order to facilitate, transportation at the station. Kuo Min.
KALGAN HUAI-AN HIGHWAY
Kalgan, Nov. 9. The Charhar Provincial Gov- ·· ernment is arranging to build a highway running from Kalgan. the provincial capital, to Hual- an, south-western Charbar. The road will be 120 11. (40 miles) long.
It is understood that the work will be started Immediately, so that the high-way may be open- ed to traffic within three months. Kuo Min.
SHANGHAI-WUSIH ROAD
COMPLETED
Nanking, Nov. 8.
Engineering work on all the tridges and culverts of the new highway between Shanghai and
Industrial Wusih. the
centre plong the Nanking Shanghai Railway, has been completed; the Highway It is learnt at Bureau of the National Economic Council.
The road covers a distance of over 130 kilometers and will be opened to traffic carly month-
Kuo Min..
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ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
ROAD BUILDING ENGINEERING
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Renewed Activity In Construction
At the beginning of the week, it was announced by the Minister of Transport that work on certain important read schemes, which was suspended at the time of the national crisis in 1931, is to be resumed, and that grants from the Road Fund are being issued:|| 80 that, there may be the minimum Among possible further delay, these schemes is the Penistone by- the Sheffield-Hudders- pass on feld-road. This will make a broad sweep to the east of the town of Penistone and intersect the road between Manchester and Barnsley.
It will be four miles long, with an overall width of 60 ft. and a 30-ft carriageway, and, will en- able the narrow streets and steep gradients in Penistone. itself to be avoided. The total cost is está- mated at £140,500, of which 75 per cent will be drawn from the Road Fund, To widen the exist
cost ing highway would have
£200,000 and involved the re- construction of eight bridges. The scheme will probably be completed in 1930. A grant has also been. issued towards the cost of con- structing a road through one of the most densely-built up areas of Bristol. This will enable tra-
c to pass between the Glouces- tex-road and that to Bath, Wells and Shepton Mallet without hav ing to traverse the centre of "the elty It will compr
riageway and two lut. footways. Work on this scheme, which in- cludes the construction of a steel- glider bridge over the floating harbour at a cost of £409,994.. was begün early in 1931, but was stop- ped in September of that year. Authority has now been given for ..the construction of a section of the proposed over a site which was then partially cleared. This will be 245 yards long, will cost £11,806, "It should be completed in May, 1935. It is anticipated that a further section will be put in hand next year.-
DEVELOPMENT OF
INDUSTRIES
Tsinan, Nov. 8. For the development of indus- tries in Shantung province, General Han Fu-chu, Chairman of the Provincial Government is seeking the aid of banking circlesTM in Peiping and Shanghai Investment. in the province.
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Mr. Chou Tso-min. Managing- Director of the Pelping branch of the Kincheng Banking Corpora- tion, has been invited here by General Han to render financial the promotion "of assistance in reconstruction work in Shan- tung.
It is learnt that a three-year plan for improvement of public utility enterprises in the province will
be laid out. A big electric power plant will be created at Poshan, mining center in north-eastern Shantung, at a cost of $800,000.- Kuo Min
NEW CORPORATION FORMED
Develope Mining
Nanking, Nov. 7.
To assist the development of the mining industry in Bhangi province, the Ministry, of Indus- try has authorized the organisa- tion of a North Shansi Mining Corporation. A certificate has been granted by the Ministry following registration by the Cor- poration.
The Corporation is sponsored by General Yen Hat-shan, Direc-. tor of the Taiyuan Pacification Headquarters. It is capitalized at $1,500,000.
Besides General Yen, the Board of Directors of the Corporation consists of several well-known industrialists, including Messrs. Liang Ju-chou, Liang Shang- tung, Keng Pu-chan, Chiu Yang chun and Fan Hsiang-li, Mesars. Sun Nan-pin and Li Shang-ku are the Supervisors.--- Kuo Min.
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INDUSTRIAL
SULPHATE PLANT FOR HUNAN
Mr. Fan Yu-tung, a Hunanese" millionaire, has been granted the right to erect an ammoniasul- phate plant in Hunan on condi- tion that it be completed within 11 years. The plant is to be capitalized at $10,000,000, With this development, the Ministry of Industries has discarded its efforts to enter into such an en-' terprise with the aid of foreiga capital The Ministry had been negotiating with British and Ger- man chemical interests with A view to inviting, their co-opera- tion,
PULP FACTORIES FOR
MANCHURIA
Daldo Forestry Co., Manchou- kuo, is to be founded with a capital of Y.5,000,000. The con- cern will be charged by the Gov- erament with the exploiting" of forest lands in Kirin Province. To-day, there are three Japanese organizations trying to get a forestry franchise in. Manchoukuo, to engage in pulp manufacturing on a large scale. They are the Okawa, the Ojl Paper and the " Kawanishi interests.
Okawa has
a plan to establish the East Manchuria Rayon Pulp Co. with a capital of Y.10,000,000.
$20,000,000
HARBIN'S NEW CIVIC PLAN
According to the Harbin Press, the administralton of Greater Harbin intends to open negotia- tions with the Central Bank of Manchoukuo for "a loan to be used for the construc-. tion of a water-works and also for the purchase of all land with- in the evirons of the town, In Pristan and New Town nearly all land is held on lease concluded with the Chinese Eastern Rail- way. Some surprise is expressed that the Municipality contem- plates such broject, for it.ap- pears that until the lease expire no party has the right to sell any land.
PUBLIC WORKS IN CANTON
The Municipal Government at Canton, which is encouraging re- construction and industry in £ very practical manner, is able to report favorable progress. Under- takings completed this year are the Tangshan filtering plant, with a daily out-put of 1000,000 gal- lons, a water-reservoir, a hazaar in the Eastern Suburbs, the bulld- ing of east Laichiwan Road, etc. The foundations have been laid for another electric power-plant
the Sal-Chuen cemerit near works, which will be completed in five months. A very comprehen- sive road-building scheme has been undertaken, which will eventually
the extend from Honam side of the Pearl River past Lingnan University to a point near Whampoa, completing a large circle by returning on the other side of the island
The scheme will open up much terri- tory between Honam and Ling- hah. New factories in process of construction include a sodium
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factory, sugar refinery, hemp fila- ture, brewery, paper mill, steel- works, textile works, etc. bydro-electric power house is also being built.
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LARGEST DAM IN AUSTRALIA
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SIR JOHN AIRD DEAD
Helped To Build Assouan Dam
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Oct. 28. Sir John Aird, the famous engineer, who helped to build the Assounn Dam in Egypt, died at his home In Eaton-square, S.W, at the age of 72 He had been ill for more than two years.
It was Sir John's grandfather, the father of, the first baronet, who founded the engineering firm bear- ing their name.
Sir John is succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Major John
R. Aird, of the Grenadier Guards, who is an equerry to the Prince of Wales.
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Frosperity For Egypt
It was while working under his father that Sir John helped in the making of the great dam.
The Assouan Dam was the most with spectacular achievement which he Wes associated. For years engineers said it could not be done, but his father, begün. He completed it, and brought wealth and prosperity to Lower Egypt.
The Hume Reservoli, work upon which was commenced late in 1919. has now been completed. It constitutes the "principal work carried out by the River Murray Commission, formed early in 1917. and consisting of four members who represent the Governments of the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Aust- ralia, respectively. The reservoir, which is immediately below the junction of the Mitta and Murray Rivers, near Albury, New South Wales, is the main link in the scheme for conserving and utilis- Ing the waters of the Murray and its tributaries. It is stated in The Commonwealth Engineer that the present capacity of the reservoir is 1,250,000 acre-feet, but that provision has been made for an extension to 2,000,000 acre-feel, when this is warranted. The dam, which is the largest in 'Aus- tralia, is 5,300 ft. long and is com- and posed partly of concrete partly of earth with a „con-
COTE wall;
has It been equipped with valves to sup- ply water for the generation, of electricity, when the demand for power is such as to justify this undertaking. The original pros gramme of the works provided for 26 locks and weirs between the mouth of the Murray and Echuca (a town in Victoria at the June-Str tion of Murray and Campaspe Rivers), storage facilities at Lake Victoria, and at Hume, and nine locks and weirs on the Murrüm- bidgee. Eleven of the locks and weirs on the Murray, have" now been completed and the river is navigable, at all seasons, over a distance of 600 miles to a point above Mildura, Victoria. Various circumstances have led to altera tions in the programme, and it is now proposed to construct two weirs and locks only on the Mur- rumbidgee, weir at Yarrawonga, and barrages near the mouth of the river to overcome silting. It is confidently expected that from the economic point of view the Governments responsible for the
Designed and built by Messrs. The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. Rangoon, the twin-screw motor tanker Khodaung has recently been placed in commission. In Rangoon, by the owners. Messrs. The Burmah Oil Company, Limit- ed. She has a length of 146 ft.. a beam of 26 ft., and a depth of 8 ft.. and is capable of carrying 75,000 gallons of benzine in atx specially-constructed spirit-proof riveted tanks. On account of the ... tortuous and crowded waterways in which the vessel trades, - the navigation bridge, is forward and provides
while a clear view, to facilitate night work, a 15-in. electric searchlight is mounted on the bridge, under the direct concrete trol of the captain. The vessel is propelled by two 160 brake horse- power. Petter four-cylinder Ato- mic Diesel directly-reversible en- gines, running at 330 rpm. These engines are of the two-stroke. cycle, cold starting type and are directly connected to 4-ft. diame- ter propellers through Michell thrust blocks mounted on exten- sions of the main-engine bed- plate. The Quxiliary engines are also of the Petter Ato- mic-Diesel, two-stroke, cold-start- ing type. After a 250-mile run from Tenangyaung to Mandalay with a cargo of 60,000 gallons of benzine it was reported that the main and auxiliary engines had given every satisfaction, the fuel consumption of the main engines being 0.40 b.. per brake horse- power per hour.
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proposed amalgamation of the Osaka Electric Power Co" by Daldo Power decided upon. Osaka Power, capitalized at Y. 10,000,000, sup- plies 251,140 lamps, 47,177 p. and 1,797 kw
ELECTRIC POWER IN JAPAN
Toshin Electric Company has drawn up a plan to exploit 60,000 kw. of power by erecting power stations at Shogamine and Shiot-, subo along the upper reaches of the Akano River. Work is to be- gin some time next November.
COMMUNICATIONS
WIRELESS AS STANDBY
-Wireless apparatus is to be in stalled in the telegraph offices of" all important cities in Japan, says Reuter, in order to ensure smooth-working communications in any emergency. This step has been taken by the Ministry of Communications as a result of the experience of the serious con- dagration at Hakodate, in which all land wires, which were the only means of communication. were destroyed
RADIO-AGREEMENT
The Tokyo Ministry of Com- munications and Mr. C. C. Chap- man, representative of the Mac- kay Radio Co. of America, have. algned agreement for the estab- lishment of another wireless route between Japan and the United, States. The new route is expect- ed to be in operation in the com- ing autumn The Mackay Radio Co, already is operating between Shanghai and San Francisco.
AGENCIES FOR SALE OF NATIVE GOODS
Nanking, Nov. 7. Plans for the establishment of shops for the sale of native goods on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway stations have been completed by the Railway Administration; #
Bales agencies will be opened this month at the Pukow, Peng- pu, Hsuchow. Yenchow, Tainan, Tehchow and Tientsin stations, Kuo Min.
A "GRID" FOR JAPAN
The Electric Power Federation of Japan recently drafted a plan for the establishment of a power transmission network. Companies included in the plán afe Tokyo Light, Toho Power, Daldo Power. Nippon Power and Ujigawa Elec- tric, known as the "Big Five”, po- wer fins, and their affiliated concerns such as Toshin Electire, Jomo Power, Kwanto Hydro- Electric, Fuji Power No. 2, Gumma Hydro-Electrice, Yahagi Hydro- || Electric, Godo "Electric, Nankal Eydro-Electric and Chubu Power. "The initial program calls for con- struction of many power stations on a five-year plan beginning
When Circumstances Differ this year, Daido Electric Power
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His father, who joined his father's business at 13, was entrust. ed with the removal of the Crystal Palace buildings from Hyde Park and their re-erection at Syden- ham.
Gave London Its Gas Mains
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John's grandfather largely responsible for equipping London with gas and water mains.
Among the constructional works which Sir John undertook were the Hampton and Staines reser voirs, the waterworks of Amster- dam, Copenhagen, Moscow, Bahia, Para, Calcutta, Simla, and Berlin. and later the St. John's Wood Railway, the Hull and Barnsley Hallway and Docks, and the West Highland Railway.
under-taking will derive great in- direct benefits in connection with the development of the numerous irrigation settlements established on the banks of the Murray and its tributaries.--
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