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HAIHO'S PROBLÉM

$4,000,000 SCHEME FOR NEW PALLIATIVE MEASURES EXPLANATION OF PLANS

Pians for palliative measures pre- pared by the North China River Com- mission in connection with the shoal ing of the Haiho having been com- pleted, a public explanation and dis- cussion of these was held at the Com- mission's offices in the Via Roma, Tientsin, on April 22, saya the "Pe king & Tientsin Times."

There was a large gathering of Chinese and foreigners representing in the various important interests town.

Dr. Shu Tien-li, Ph. D. (End), a member of the Council and Execu North China tive Secretary of the River Commissien, presided and made a speech in Chinese which he after- ward translated into English,

PIRATES AGAIN

THREE HUNDRED OPERATING OUTSIDE WOOSUNG

UNFORTUNATE ESCAPE

More than 300 pirates, who have been operating outside Woosung dur- ing the past few weeks under one Lu Pac-kuei, were surrounded on April interested in our cost estimate. The 29 at Hsiao Miao Hung as the re Provincial Haihe Improvement Com-suit of a determined attack by joist mission, as you kaaw, announced an military, naval and police forces, but making in succeeded estimate of $4,000,000 for the pro- the majority

not include the jert. But they did

their escape after a desperate four- Knanting detention basin in their hours' fight. More than ten of the scheme. Our total estimate for land,

Several policemen labour, and materials, amounts only gang were killed and several arrests

Mow to $4,513,000 in which we $1,193,000 for the Kuanting detention basin, leaving only $2,319,000 for the Tabotien project.

If to this we add 5 per cent. for

like ours,

have been made.

hot in the fray. were shot in

Information had been received by the authorities that 1 number inf pirate vesstis were creating havoc among vessels

Hsiao Miao Hung

at

об

the

overhead and contingencie there will so the joint forces were sent to the result $3,485,000. With a going or apot. In accordates with plans de- ganisation

a3 per cent.

entcided upon, all the strategic points allowance for overhead and contin were blocked by gunboats and the gencies is something that can be at pirates were surrounded. At a given

the

forces tained with ease. Furthermore, we order,

official

opened. figure for the actual worth of the fire,

was returned by which tand, but if it is purchased through pirates. This was kept up for four condemnation proceedings. the item hours, after which the pirates, see- of land cost may be further reduced. ing a gap in the Government lines, The designs as exhibited to-day dashed through this and escaped in have been developed by our able chief an easterly direction.

our engineer engineer, Mr. K. Hs,

This

group pirates, together in charge of deaigning, Mr. T. T. Li with two ether much larger gangs, and our technical expert, Mr. T. P. led by former generals, have been Dr. Shu Tien-li's Speech

Hau. Should any of you have ques-operating around Woosung and caus Dr. Lis speech was as follows:

tions to raise they would te glad to

ting shippers heavy losses and, al- Honoured Guests and distinguished

explain matters to you in detail. though efforts have been made to members of our engineering profes-

Further our engineers, as well as our wine then out, these have thus far sion. We feel great pleasure indeed

Commission, would doubly appreciate been unsuccessful. tu-day in having with us Consult, if you would be kind enough to of our friendly nations. officials of

give us

much criticism and as the Municipal Government of Cres

many suggestions on our work as er Tientsin, leading newspapermen in

may occur to you. own, managers of steamship and navigation companies, representatives of Chambers of Commerce and the Banks Association, and member of our engineering profession-all those who are deeply interested in the pressing conservancy, problem that confronts us, ie. the improvement of the Haiho and its trouble-causing. tributary the Yungtingho, for the of restoring the former

Creat-

vizable depth of the waterway

from Tientsin to the sea and of pro teating Tientsin and the lower Chihi plains against disastrous foods that night result should no, immediate measures be, taken.

Roing advised by the doctor to stay in hospital our Chairman, Mr. Y. Tze H. Li, is unable to be pre- sent to-day to entertain you per- sonally. We regret this very much. On behalf of the Commission I take pleasure in saying a few words to you.

$4,000,000 Loan Sanctioned Immediately after the re-organisa tion of the former Chihli River Com- mission into the North Chins River Commission, we began to formulate

Purpose of the Gathering The whole purpose of this gather- ing to-day, is in fact to solicit your advice and thereby so to modify our designs as to allow the contemplated works in perform the greatest func-

DON'T WASTE WATER!

tion with the least capitalised cost of construction, maintenance and opera tion.

and

With'

sewerage

In this connection, it is of inter- est to nots that one Wu Dah Kou- tse, a notorious gangman and pirate leader, whose gang operates on the Taihu Lake, was arrested by the Bureau of Public Safety in Nantas and later sent to Soochow for trial.

WIRELESS SCHOOL

LOCAL CLASSES FOR SHIPS OPERATORS

We have received the following in- formation in regard to the Govern- ment Wireless School for ships' opera-

terat

Candidates must be British subjects and must have a good knowledge of English.

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929.

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Approved students will be given one cently active in prompting public month's trial free, and on the satisfac

dve works and much is to the tory completion of trial will be accept- public.

Government Eupport by and tod for training in the spiration from the public the Haiho School of Wireless Telegraphy.

Fure Scheme is Improvement

to The fee will be $10 per month pay. materialise. All public works, likeable at the Government Radio Office railroads, highways, water supply in advance.

tramways, systems

The average period of training re telephone systems, and what not quired for a student to obtain a Coastal- need public sympathy and support. certificate is from six to nine months. In the near future our Commission

The pay of a ship's operator varles is

to conduct is going

a reclamation from $60 to $100 per month with food

When they pass the Shiahing Gorge, plans for the Improvement of the

service and undertake river improve and accommodation. Haine by diverting the silt-bearing

The Government do not undertake to the American travellers say "Well, we ment, hydro-electric developments,

beats the guess this waters of the Yunglingho to Taho- harbour improvements, and flood con- employ or to secure employment for

Hudson River, tien and thence to the sea through trol measures in north China, and all successful studente, but successful the Chinchungho.

depends upon your opinion for justi-stadents will be eligible for considera-our show place." Continental visitors While we were developing the tech-fication, your effort for materialisation for vacancies in the Government remark that it reminds them of the

and Switzerland." nical plana, the Chairman of the

tion. We shall always heartily wel-W/T Operators' staff. General Chilli Provincial Council,

your advice and support. Shang Chen, and the Mayor of

When Funds Become Available Greater Tientsin, Mr. Tsai, initiated the organisat

nisation of what is known as the Provincial Commission for the Improvement of the Haiho.

to get have, heretofore, a Bill for issuing the ho Improvement bonds passed in the Legislative Division of the National The said hond issue

the

They

come

Coll-

"Rhine

but with

MAY SAILINGS DEPARTURE HOURS:

Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2.00 p.m. S.S. TAI HING"

[1,066 tons Capt. 0. B. Wilks.] MAY

FRI 24th WED. 291b

MON. 13th SUN, 19th

3.5. "TAI MING" [649 tons-Capt. G. J. Spink.] MAY

FRI. 10th

WED. 15th TUES. 21st

SUN. 26th 31st FRI

KWONG WING

Whilst The Government scale of pay for British tourists declare "Surely, the

For information apply to W/T operators is from $900 to $1,500 Lake district or the Scottish moars, a little leas vegetation." M. Hardel (Engineer-in-Chief, Hal- a year, according to ability and service. ho Conservancy

Commission) No food is supplied; quarters are pre- gratulated the North China River vided at out stations and on Govern- Now why not take a five-days' round trip and see for yourself. It costs you Commission on the good work they ment vessels only. had done which he said would be

only $40. useful when funds became available to start work. The scheme of the North China River Commission was practically the same as that of the

Goveetioned only a few days ago Haiho Improvement Commission ex-

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and the Administrative Division of pre- the Central Government in vious mecting resolved that the Na- tional Constraction Commission shali Provincial Haiho- take part in the Improvement Commission.

The North China River Comaria sion is a branch of the National Con- struction Commission whose principal duties involve the designing and exe- cution of all hydraulic improvements in north China, whether it be flood control work, river regulation for navigation, irrigation, drainage, water works, or sea coast protection. The in fact plans exhibited

to-day are developed in compliance with the de- crease issued to us by the National Construction Commission.

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cept that the Kuarting reservoir was not included in the scheme of the Haiho Improvement Commission only because it was thought to be done at some later time.

Operators employed by Government who have been trained in the Govers- ment W/T School will have their fees refunded after two years' satisfactory service, and will be eligible for appoint ment to the permanent staff,

Applications should be made to the. Officer-in-Charge Government Radio Cffice, F. & C. Building.

| MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

Mr. T. B. Liu, representing Mr. Tsui, Mayor of Greater Tientsin, The Bank Line 5.s. "City of Delhi" spoke on the scheme in Chinese.

Informal discussion among those leaves for Singapore and U.K., May

followed and refreshments

The BI 3.3., "Taima" left Singa- pore for this port on May 4 p.m. and is due here on May 9 at about

5 p.m.

The B.I. 9.a. "Takada" will leave Amoy for this port on May 9 p... and is due here on May 10 p.m.

CANADA'S FIRST INDEPENDENT TREATY

present were served.

There was an interesting exhibition of drawings laid out on the tables the proposals of showing in detail

Issue of the Loan the North China River Commission. The representative of the "P. & T Times" inquired from the officials f the land would be open public sub- scription and was informed that it was proposed to issue the bonds Past and Present Plans

Further

Canada has just concluded her first goud predecessors, through Chinese bankers. Although our the engineers of the former Chiali questions elicited the information treaty with the United States inde- signed at River Commission, had the idea of that the proposed basin at Kuanting pendent of the Mother Country. Mr.

an- would be about 50 square kilometres Mussey and Mr. Kellogg building a detention basin. at Kuan- ting and forming a silting based 120 kilometres north of Peking. The the

at in size and would be situated about the State Department a treaty for of the salmon preservation Tahutien, nevertheless they prepared

concrete overflow dam Asheries of the Fraser River system. no concrete plans and detailed draw- proposed ings required for the construction, across the Yungtingho would be 25 metres high with 88 metres length such as we now exhibit before you.

and 58 metres length of Our plans consist of the building of crest

for hase.

The flood flow of the Yung-

Reduced 1st Class Excursion Rates quoted between Manis and Australia, of a detention basin at Kuanting tingho, it was mentioned, now altain-

For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA..

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O

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decreasing the flood peak and reduc

of about 5,000 cubic ing breach emergencies along the ed a volume lower course of the Yangtingho to metres per second and the proposed and dam would reduce this to somewhere

the minimum, the strengtugtingho in the neighbourhood of 2,000 cubic elevating of the

to avoid the metres per second. and Poi-Yunho plains south of the Yungtingho and

dykes to

CHINESE PASSENGER LEAPS

FROM "KINSHAN"

east of the Pei-Yunho being inundat MAN OVERBOARD” ed; the widening and deepening of the Pei-Yunho channel from Chuchi- tien to Peitsang to provide for an unobstructed flow of the two rezi- mens the building of one ship lock at Peitsang to facilitate the water- borne traffic between Tientsin and ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Via Singapore Tungchow; the construction of two Colombo, Suez and Part Said..

sets of control gates at Peitsang, one Sunday, 12th May.

across the Pai-Yunho and the other Sunday, 9th June.

at the head of the new channel, for

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Wednesday, 22nd May.

For further particulars please apply to---OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

Tel. Contral No. 4088, 4989, 4090.

A Chinese steerage passeager, while travelling on the .. "Kinshan" yes- terday afternoon, took it into his head o end his miserias by jumping over- board while the vessel was passing on a trip Capsuiraun-pass through down from Canton

down the Pei-Yunho and to Tshotien The alarm was at once raised and no

the taking of an artificial-channel

time was lost in turning the "Kinshan" and from Peitsang to Takutien to accom- around on ker former tracks modate the surplus flow when the

maneuvring to the spot where the man. storage capacity of the Yungtinghe had disappeared. A strong current delta is fully utilized and the max

a search was made no sign of the man mum discharge capacity of the Pei-warching at the time and though Yunho below Peitsang is attained; was found. the construction of an embankment The deceased, who was about 30 enclosing the Tautien, silting basin years of age, had neither luggage nar to protect the surrounding villages friends on board:: As a result of the and farms, and finally the building incident, the "Kinshan" was delayed of art, overflow dam at Huantay with and arrived at her wharf shortly after such a crest beight and length to 3 o'clock in the afternoon. discharge, when the Tahotien he comos fall, the inflow plus prezipita- tion minus evaporation,

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.

ex

3.5.

ех · 8.3.

To correlate the hydraulic charae-

Consignees of cargo teristics, at all the different points of the project into a single system with "Bonvorlich", are reminded to take respect to stages and discharges and delivery of their goods which will be so to fix the controlling dimensions subject to rent after May 13.

cargo Consignees of the works that the combined con-

cost

various "Beniomond" are reminded to take straction

of the elements, coupled with costs of mais delivery of their goods which will be

May 13 after tenance and operation will be a mini- subject to rent

of cargo mum is not so simple a problem one might talk of in a parlour delivery of their goods which will be Ben, are reminded to take The Cast of the Scheme.

persubject to rent after May 13,

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Consignees of cargo ex 5.5.

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