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NEW KOWLOON SHIPYARD.
CHINA'S. OPPORTUNITY AS SHIPPING NATION."
NEEDS OF FUTURE.
China's present insignificant position in the shipbuilding world, and of her countless opportunities to improve upon it and to figure amongst the world's leading ship building nations, was emphasised by Capt. Brandt, when the open- ing ceremony of the South China Motor-Shipbuilding and Repairing Works, Ltd. wae performed by the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, CM.G., yesterday, at To Kwa
Wan.
Pudding?
stafe, I hope you will all Won't They Eat Rice have a good impression" of It, and will also be indulgent enough not to expect any better at this stage of its infancy. Let us compare this shipyard with
1930.
Most parents have had ex-
a newly constructed ship which, perience of the quaint likes and even after her christening, has dislikes in children in regard to much to be done to complete the food. For some strange reason trial trip. It is, really, not an they will object to a dish which Easy task to establish a shipyard, others find quite palatable. and I can assure you that what It is a mistake to try to compel little you see here cost us much patience, perseverance and pains- a child to take food against its will. Probably the child's in- taking; but it is a great gratifica- tion to us to see, as a fruit of our stinet e guiding him, but, in any work, this establishment worthy case, a food taken under com- of the name shipyard--efficiently pulsion is almost sure to disagree. There are, of course, some child- laid out in a preliminary state with all plans drawn, orders and en-ren who are faddy and trouble- quiries prepared for further de some about all sorts of foods and velopments and everything whose appetites are always fickle. ready that, as I may say, it needs In these cases it is usually a case but the pressing of a button to set of stomach disorder which needs all plants working.
corrective medicinal treatment.
For such children Baby'a Own
You cannot, surely, expect that an undertaking which is intended
The spacious premises and the modern equipment for the carry ing out of high class motor ship- to last for generations can be fully Tablets are ideal. These pleasant- building were admired by a large laid out and thoroughly organized tasting little tablets have been gathering of guests who were in three months' time, especially specially prepared for babes and entertained to tea and to a pro-at the present time of great inven- little children and quickly relieve gramme of music by the band of
tions when we have to be very stomach troubles. They correct the 3rd Batt, 15th Punjab Regt.
check diarrhoea, Mr. R. H. Kotewall performed careful not to install such equip-constipation,
cool feverishness, the actual opening ceremony by ment which may soon have to be expel worms,
During ease croup and colds. unlocking the main door of the regarded as obsolete. premises from the outside in the This shipyard has a total area teething, Baby's Own Tablets are presence of members and friends of 222,000 square feet, of which especially Indispensable, easing of the new company, when he 110,000 square feet are reclaimed the pains and thus inducing sound Guaranteed to wished the venture success and and 82,000 square feet are our natural sleep. prosperity.
marine rights with the depth of contain absolutely no opiates or Subsequently
Safe, adjournment 24 feet at the low tide. This area narcotics! 2.11
and pure was made to the tea room, where cannot, surely, be regarded as very effective! Truly, baby's very own the guests were welcomed by Mr.small. We can also make arrange. Lim Hoy-lan, who after expressing menta with the owners of the ad-medicine. From chemists every- thanks to Mr. Kotewall for being joining lot No. 85 which has an present said that a short time ago
area of 145,000 square feet where- he Was asked whether the by we can
extend this establish- dockyard was established with thement to a total area of 367,000 Intention of competing with other square feet in case of necessity in dockyards managed by British and
future, but, we believe it is in the Chinese, and he was glad to say meantime amply suficient, effi- that nothing was further from theclent and economical. It is not al- fore, prepared and shall be pleas minds of the promoters of the Com pany. There was ample room in China for many more dockyards specialising in motor-shipbuilding and repair work.
As a matter of fact the firm was quite international. The general was German, the yard manager manager British, their bankers Dutch, some. of their clerks were Portugese, and the directors hoped that their patrons would include
Americans, Japanese, Norwegians, Filipinos and Siamese.
Capt. Brandt's Speech. Capt. Brandt, the general man- ager of the South China Motor- Shipbuilding and Repair Worka, Ltd., then addressed the gathering, in the course of which he said:
is It
very gratifying
to
me, in the name of Brandt
& Co., as the General Mana- gers of the South China Motor Shipbuilding and Repairing Works,
where.
Mr. Haslett, whom I Expect many of you will have known during his ten years' of work in this Colony, will attend to the building and re- pairs of steamers; we are, there-
-Motor Tonnare.
ways necessary to have large ship-ed to receive inquiries and to sub- yards, with enormous staff and mit tenders. for new building as overhead expenses. A small one well as for repairs, both for steam can surely be also made efficient, and motor-vessels. especially out here, where most works are, according to Chinese custom, donc place-meal by con-of marvellous inventions, and what We are indeed, living at a time! tractors.
may appear as a dream to-day, may, with the new inventions, be a fact to-morrow. realized into Another point of interest is the fact that during the last twelve months the nett increase of steam tonnage owned in the world was only 148,000, whereas the increase
Berths and Slipways. -
It has been derided by the Board of Directors that the autho. rized capital of this limited Com pany shall be $2,000,000, and the paid up capital $1,500,000, for which prospectus will be issued in due course.
THE EUROPE HOTEL, Ltd. Limited, to welcome you here on each with a henry lift crane and a
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SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS, SHIP CHANDLERS [HARDWARE MERCHANTS,
25, Wing Woo Street
this auspicious occasion, and to thank you for the honour you have Cone us in coming here in such a large number, I further wish to avail myself of this opportunity to tender my warmest thanks to the numerous gentlemen and friends for the honour they have done me with their confidence in appointing me as the General Manager of this ahipyard and also for their very kind and valued support.
of
are
the tonnage of motor-ships within this period was 1.468.000. We have at present three build tons. It is especially in motor- ing bertits for ships up to 300 feet ships that I see a great future for in length and two smaller ones for China, because motor-ships small crafts; and, in addition to more advantageous for short voy- these we have decided to build four | ages and for longer delays in har patent slipways" for ships, up to bour; and, as all such heavy ex- 325 feet in length and two fitting-penses as upkeep of steam, boilers a large number of engine out wharves of 300 feet in length and
room staff are eliminated, they small railway to run over the are obviously far more economical. It will also surely surprise you whole yard. It is, furthermore, contemplated to order out from to know the incredible growth of Europe further machineries and the world's gross registered ton- plants, and everything in this age. It was in 1898, 19,511,000
tons: in 1914. 45,511,000 tons;| shipyard will be driven by elec- tricity, thus eliminating entirely the use of steam and gasoline en gines, and every machine will be driven separately.
in 1930, 68,404,000 tons,
China owns only 240,000 tons, Out of this gross total tonnage, which is only about a quarter of This shipyard, is, as I have ai- pe per cent of the world's ton- ready said, in its preliminary (Continued on Page 10.).
It is also incumbent upon me to state, and you can see on a plan thank the Government of this Colony, in the name of this Com- laid out in our Drawing Room how pany, for all their kind assistance it has been decided to lay it out. given to us, and also for their pro- We have to open it at its present tection of our life and properties; stage because we have to start at and, last but not the least of all, once on some repair works, and I have also to thank the Honourable we have also to prepare for the Mr. Kotewall, one of the busiest laying out of the kegls of two gentlemen in this Colony, for his motor-ships and one motor-launch already kindness to spare so much of his for which orders have
with
and valuable time to come and give us been placed
ua, will keep
busy 15 the great honour in performing the which
We have opening ceremony of this shipyard. from the beginning.
also opened this yard so soon that you may see the present state in its infancy and admire its growth in six months hence, when a time of marvellous technical we hope to have again the honour achievements in marine architec- of your presense here to witness ture, I cannot abstain from saying the double launchings of the two a few words with regard to first motor ships which will, I shipbuilding and shipping in assure you, be something new on general and for China in particu- the China coast, and in these lar. We are celebrating here to ships you will see the latest ia- day the inauguration of this ship ventions in shipbuilding."N", yard; and, considering the fact
We are also prepared to under-
The Shipyard.
I do not propose to go into techni- cal details; but, as we are living at
that the purchase agreements of take any sort of repair work for this property were signed only two Diesel engine motors and other} months ago, and that this establish- ment is only in its preliminary repairs, and our Yard Manager,
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