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Fourteen persons were drowned in a dam burst at the Briseis tin mine in the township of Derby. while a motor-car was overwhelmed in the floods on the north-west coast and the five occupants drown- ed. Reuter.
MACAO'S GOVERNOR
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Maçao, Yesterday.
His Excellency the Governor of Macao, Senhor. Artur Tamagnini de Souza Barbosa, accompanied by Mme. Tamagnini- de Souse Barbosa and Mile. Barbosa, has left for Hong Kong preparatory to taking ship for Europe on Sunday, on well-deserved leave after an administration of no less than two years and a half duretion.
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Washington, Yesterday. Mr. Holmes, Chairman of the Executive of the Petroleum Com-! mittee, recommends that the Comi- mittee should proceed with its plans for the curtailment of
London, Yesterday. petroleum production and test the The Commission of Inquiry re- Attorney-General's ruling in the ports that the Holborn Explosion was probably due to a gradual ac- On the other hand, Senator cumulation of gas, which, leaking Borah, in a personal letter, expresses from neighbouring mains, ignited the opinion that the Royal Dutch, in a manhole by some artion on the Shell, and Standard Oil Company of part of one or three Post Office workmen probably by Percy Thrower (who was killed)-using a petrol lighter..
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Senator Borah
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Kis Excellency's Governorship has been characterised by steady development of the Colony's -re sources and the expansion of the
interests. Colony's
Kis couragement of progress has has- tened considerable expansion in local development, even bringing to fruition many old schemes that had languished for want of stimulus. Building of houses has progressed on a scale hitherto unprecedented, notably the erection of edifices like the President Hotel, the new Post Office, and scores of houses for residential purposes.
Commercially, the Colony has ex panded and the introduction of the Post
[A New York cable published yes- terday stated:-In view of the Attorney
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The report recommends the im- mediate examination of the whole Post Office tube Installation and an adequate system of continuous ventilation.Reuter.
[The disaster, it will be remem- |bered, occurred Jast December, and caused tremendous excitement in the Holborn district.]
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H.M.S. "Cleopatra," "Dartmouth" and "Carysfort" are due to arrive in Hong Kong on Monday morning with reliefs from Home for the will China Station. "Cleopatra" then sail from Hong Kong so as to arrive at Woosung on General's ruling
She will then proceed to Shanghai question has arisen as to whether on April 23 for exchange of per- the Royal Dutch and Shell inter sonnel with. H.M.S. "Tee," "Aphis" ests will continue to co-operate and "Teal" of the Yangtze Gun- with the
Petroleum boat Flotilla. "Cleopatra" will then scheme. sall for Hong Kong on April 24 and Institute's oil restriction According to the "Journal of Com leave Hong Kong on April 30 to merce," European oil producers refurn Home, the programme being have always been lukewarm with as follows:- regard to the scheme and it is now believed that they may withdraw Singapore
Colombo their support. It is pointed out that! Office Savings Bank on a
Aden large scale, the development of a huge increase in oil production wireless communication, and the in South America, especially in Port Said encouragement of industries
Venezuela, where the Royal Dutch are
Gibraltar and Shell Companies characteristics that have made
are strongly interested, has been projected and themselves. felt in Macao. The
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opening up of Chun Shan by the building of the Kee Kwan High-production figures, as proposed by way presages an era of prosperity the Institute, would have involved ere many years have passed.
considerable hardship to the Royal The diplomatic
Dutch.] relations Macao have probably never been so progressive as during the past two years, and the number of dis- tinguished visitors to Macao is further testimony to the prestige that Macao has enjoyed of late.
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