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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH, 29 1919,

AMERICAN RADIOGRAMS, INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS RAILROADS IN

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PRACE CONFERENCE.

AMERICAN AMENDMENT.

AND SHIPBUILDERS, “

MR. R. M. DYER NEW PRESIDENT.

A

KWANGTUNG.

CANTON-SAMSHÚI RAILROAD TAKES IN $5,000 DAILY,

the most prosperous railway company in Kwangtung Province, and it

The Canton Samshui Railway is!

Paris, Mar. 28. The 29th annual general meeting The American amendment to the or the Institution of Engineers and protest of the nations against the shipbuilders of Hongkong was held influx of foreign labour were adopted in the Institute in King's Buling on Tuesday by the League of Nations Commission. It affirms the right of lust night any country of the League to caricel matters solely within its jurisdiction.M.I.M.E., the president, was in the Company are increasing. At present

now in a strong financial position,

It is said that the receipts of the Another important, amendment of chair, others prosent including, it takes in about $5,000 daily. This the League of Nations Covenant Major D. MoDonaki, Meja J. R. road is only 93 miles lang from altered Article 80 which empowers Red, K. E, G, B. M. Dyer, A. Canton to Samshui

Mr J. W. Graham, M.IN.A..]

the Supreme Council to formulate Davison, E. Hunter. R. L. Front,

2 plan for the reduction of L. J. "Blackburn," W R. Oswalt, armaments. The la guage of 8. Baker, Hon. Secretary, and A.

the Article is altered 80

as Stalker. Hoz. Treasurer.

to limit the powers of the Council to simple recommendations to the Gov ernments affected..

Virtually all the Commissions and and Sub-Commissions of the Peace Conference are awaiting instructions from the Supreme Council to close and submit their reports.-American Wireless.

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from Hongkong, was shot at Can on on March 26.

-Chou Ka-lim, a bandir extradited

tiai' of the report and necounts. In Chinese, one British, and two Ameri-

The Cinnan proposed the adop- !

Gunboats in Canton are: two engratulate themselves on the satin-

ing so he said they had reusan in¦ can. factory working of the past year which showed a profit of $4,474.85. Hoshed to say that perial thunks wore due in the mens of the Cer witter for the hard work pinte

mod. Mr. Hann he wished to railway Company refuse payment for Why does the Canton-Hankow specially mention having tickets in-coppers? charge of the bur and ther: had been

U. S. EXPORT RETURNS.",

Washington, March 28: The foreigr and domestic com merce report shows an increase of 50 per cent, in the export of bread-i tampering with the dinks which stuffs in the first 3 months of Mr. Cabin had kill after the

he was stre were quite the fiscal year. The total

pure," valued at $577,950,285, compared

birds and had kept the place with $382,190,799 in the previous ing year. The export of cotton decreased slightly, amounting to tion of the report and accounts 4,173,180,396 lbs, compared with, Presented and this was curried. 4,760,059,967 lbs. in the previous

The election of offers then took year. Dairy products increased Phee with the following result: from $274,181,044 last $291,955,890 this year-American M.LINA. Wireless.

year to

MR. BYAM SHAW.

Captain danes secculed the adop¦

greatly extended their present, hid down new, shipbuilding surds, shipping ports of the world the own. Hongkong being one of the largest ers of the requiring-estabfsinnerts deck'ng-fucilities equal to the res have made a print of keeping their qustements of the përt, by enlarging their old docks and building new ones, Home Carernment realiza at an as occasion demands and bad the Hon. Treasurer: Mr. A. Stalker.

earlier date the great telities in Hon. Secretary: Mr. S. Bakor.

th's Celong for carrying co ship- Hon brarian: Mr. J. Maubt a greater we would have been buid ng nad engineering I have no Donakl.

"President: Mr.

IX. Dyer,

Vice-Presents: Messte, R. Hun ter and B. L. Frost.

Auditors: Messrs. Lowe. Bingham the Sybarine menace.

made of them in the early stage of and Matthews.

great futifre for engineering in this Coliny, not only to meet the requira- ments of this great shipping port but tre needs of the adjoning province. uko the Miring. Rahany and Ele

frente look forward to a prosperous, We ean, therefore. I think with con

The President concluded by thank

The death occurred in London on Jan. 26 of Mr. J. Byam Shaw, the artist. Mr. Shaw, who was 46 years Committee: Mesas. R. Hunter,spect of China settling down to The war being over with every pro of age, was taken ill when on duty. Medeak, 5. J. Haan, peaceful pursuits, theres, I think, as a special constable. He rottract,Davidson, W. R. Oswald, J. Tally, ed a chill' and died of the complicat R... B. Cateica, 8. Grey, J.. Omnis- ions which followed.

** tôn, J. W. Paton, B. L. Frost and Mr. Byam Shaw had early success S. Haker. as a kind of belated pre-Raphaelite.fr. 1. M. Dyer briefly returned People who remembered work of young Millais, liked his jugs. (He was President in 1011 the thanks for s vlection as. Prevident illustrations; his half-allegorical 121. He sail he would do like hest of Love," pleased, both those who shipbuilding was in Hongking to were ford of the pre-Raphaelite masstay and it was essential that the i ters and those who liked to find Institution be kept up. Applause.) ing Mr. R. Hunter, the Chairman of plenty of literary Interest in the Major 1. MeDomki cent pictures. In later years he hardly vote of thanks to Mr. J. W. Graham, work during the past year. He said the retiring committee, for his hard maintained his earlier reputation. He the retiring. President for is hard the rent of their rooms had been in kept his vigour indeed, but not the work during the past year. He had creased by $150 a month and on the careful execution of his youth. It rendered great service to the In-question of subscriptions he did not appeared that he lacked the passion- stitute and to him was dee a large know if the new comraittee would be ate conviction which gave beauty to share of the success of the Victory the strangeness of the first pre-Ball. Raphaelite He never fell off, as some of.. these pre-Raphaelites did into mere feebleness and sentimentality, but he came nearer and nearer to ordinary Academy standards and to-day he had become an average Academy painter. We must regard him as one of the many useful talents in English art which have never quite fulfilled their pro- mise. At the same time he did keep orer and the necessity for secrecy Gentlemen-Now that the war is his vigour and his command of in- removed we may safely and without ventive detail. It cannot even be agotism ey, we as engineers and said for certain that he had yet given shipbuilders in this Colony, have dur his best to the world; but rathering the that he had reached that time of life best to carry out the dermunds and war individually done our which comes so often in the career requiremente made on us by the of well-known painters.

PRAYERS ANSWERED

Mr. Reid Reconded and the pro posal was carried with acclamation. THE PRESIDENT 3 SPEECH.

(minin, then rose and after voic

The retiring president, Mr. J. W. ing popular sentirent by his reler his annual speech. He said: ence to the end of the war delivered!

wise in dealing with it or not. It

was a matter for the future.

The various billiard prizes were then Presented by Mr. Graham as follow:

BILLIARD PRIZES.

President's Cup, presented by Mr. Second Prize, presented by Mr. A. J. W. Graham, won by Mr. W. Brown Davidson, won by Mr. J. P. Middleton. Break Prize, presented by Institute, won by Mr. S. Gray."

1ST BILLIARD HANDICAP. Graham, won by Mr. W. Brown.

First prize, presented by Mr. J. W.

McCubbin, won by Mr. P. T. Farrell.

Second prize, presented by Mr. J. ||

won by Mr. R. Hunter.

Break prize, presented by Institute,

2ND BILLIARD HANDICAP. First prize, presented by Major D. MacDonald, won by Mr. A. Leach.

Second prize, presented by Lieut. D. Templeton, won by Mr. S. Gray.

Break prize, presented by Mr. T. Petrie, won by Mr. J. Parkes.

A donation of £100 was voted to St. Dunstan's Home for Blinded Sailors and Soldiers,

authorities in this Colony and the Mother Country by enél man old and young voluntarily joining the forces of the Colony and to the beat of our abilities carrying out the duties de

roded of us as well us carrying on- Mr. Bernard Shaw has been re our usual avocations in civil life, a cently pointing the moral for those birge percentage" of our seafaring who are in hurry to make the world numbers having seen active Service democratic as well as safe for demo in its worst fee in the submarine cracy. To do this he revives the old area. It utifying to state that Mr. R. M. Dyer later referred to story of the clergyman who reluc- the engineering and shipbuilding Major McDonald who he said was tantly acceded to the request of the firms in th's Colony have, with the present at their first meeting 28 years farmers of his congregation for rain enterprise for which they are to be ago and had ever since been part of during a drought. Yielding to the congratulated, not been behind in the backbone of the Institution. They pressure on him te offered up this their efforts to assist the Mother owed him a deep debt of gratitude. we beseech thee, in this our necessity, through the fitting out of auxiliary aid) would come back and see how prayer at evening service. "Send us, Country by right and day rushing Major McDonald was shortly going home but he hoped he (Major McDon- such moderate rain and showers cruisers and troopers, the reconstruc that we may receive the fruits of the lion of earth to our comfort and thy honour" conversion of other vessels to carry it had always been a pleasant

war damaged resold, the they were getting on. The story goes that when he had oil in bulk; the installing of engine connection and he was glad to say Major McDonald responded saying reached that point in the prayer a inte sulling vessels, etc.; the most of the institution was going on better thunderbolt fell on the spire of the these being carried out with as quick than, at any previous time. church and sent the steeple crashing dispatch as that done in any pars of though reference had been made through the roof into the nave. At the British Empire. They have also the same "moment the windows were altered or extended the premises and shipbuilders, nothing was being lighted up by a blinding flash, and installed extra machinery at great done about the education of en- of engineers and were shattered by a hail storm cost to meet the new demand made gineers. There was no chair at which drove in on the wings of the on them. Both the Hongkong and the University, for the young Eng. hurricane and drenched the con- Whampoa Dock and Engineering ineers although there were many gregation and the vicar. The vicar, Co., as well as the Taikoo Dock and apprentices at the Dockyards. He a 'pause of astonishment, Engineering Co. having during the thought it would be a sound thing shut his book sharply and saki, wer but quite a number of large if this Institution could found a "O God, this is ridiculous!" To ships (including engines and boilers) scholarship for original research make a new application of the old for H.M. Government, and you all story Mr. Shaw goes on to say that are aware the Hongkong and Wham-start the subscription list.

work. He would be prepared to for the last four years our governing pon Dock Co. yesterday launched classes, including our leading imperi- one of ther 8,000-ton standard ships could be left to the new committee The President said the question alists, and the governing classes in of which they have five similar ships and perhaps the local firms would France and Italy, have been praying in various stages of completion help. Mr. Dyer signified his assent. very loudly for democracy and the This firm has also fried but during collapse of thrones and arbitrary the war an additional new shipyard was proposed by Capt. James, and A vote of thanks to the President powers generally, and they have capable of building vessels 700 feet the President proposed thanks to the received the answers, first in Russia long; other smaller British Arms as retiring committee. and now in Germany."

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