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Godown Case

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 11, 1989

150 PER CENT.

OF CHINA'S

Continues UNIVERSITIES

The case in which the Chartered DESTROYED

Bank of India, Australia and are claiming the sum of cost of 31 packages:

China

| wrongful conversion of go, a

breach of contract from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., was continued this morning before Sir Atholl MacGregor, -

CHUNGKING, TO DAY MR. CHEN LI-FU, THE CHINESE. MINISTER OF EDUCATION, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MR HANS MELCHERS, CHIEF CORRES- PONDENT AND GENERAL MAN- Mr. Eldon Potter appeared on AGER IN THE FAR EAST OF behalf of the Godown Co, and also TRANS-OCEAN NEWS SERVICE, on behalf of Holt's Wharf, who STATED THAT OVER 50 PER: are also sued on an identical claim. CENT OF THE CHINESE UNI- This, morning Mr. D'Almada for VERSITIES AND OTHER SEATS LEARNING HAVE BEEN the Chartered Bank quoted au- thorities in support of his conten- DESTROYED DURING THE HOS- tion that the defendants were not TILITIES. entitled to estoppal and dwelt on the scope of agency and agents.

Mr. Potter said that the defen dants were not guilty of breach of contract in that they had followed step by step the conditions of the contract. Neither side had been accused of negligence. The con- tract was carried out in its funda- mentals.

„Mr. d'Almada had stated that the language relative to the exception clauses in the Godown warrant was not clear.

There was a clause in the go down warrant which required that any package over the value of $500 should be declared. If companies took the risk of obtaining a cheap er storage rate and not declaring the goods the clause, will not be responsible for the value of the package" should apply.

The case is proceeding.

GHASTLY TOLL IN POWDER EXPLOSION

PARIS, TO-DAY, EIGHTY WERE KILLED AND OVER 200 INJURED, AND BE TWEEN 80 AND 100 ARE MISS- ING, AS THE RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION IN A POWDER FAC TORY NEAR PENARANDA, IN SALAMANCA...

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They were re-established in the interior, however, and the process of re-equipping them was still going on.

Some of the valuable libraries, such as those of the Wuhan and Central universities, had been spar-- ed, but in the case of laboratory and other scentific equipment great losses had been suffered.

One of the outstanding éxamples was that of the Sino-German Tung-- chi University, near Shanghai, were a very great part of the scientific and other instruments had been. lost.

Mr. Chen stated that formerly Chinese institutes of learning were mostly concentrated in a few points but an effort was now being made to distribute them over the country. This, however, was proving difficult owing to a lack of adequate housing facilities and their inability to erect now buildings due to a lack of. funds for such purposes,

FOREIGN AID

WANTED

It was planned, however, to leave a certain number of universities and high schools in the interior even ofter the war; in order to give the inhabitants of the interior pro- vinces equal opportunities.

In the meantime, the Ministry of Education was encouraging stu- dents to continue their studies as after the conclusion of the hostili- ties there would be a great demand for engineers and scientists for the Many houses were damaged, and work of reconstruction. several were still in flames yester It was also hoped that foreign scientists would come to China at day afternoon.

the end of the war.

A goods train at Penarands sta- tion was completely destroyed, by the explosion,

The entire population of Penar anda has evacuated to Salamanca, Damage, according to pretimin ary estimates, totals several million pesetas, and the Spanish Govern- ment has sent 200,000 pesetas 1 relief purposes.

Fire-brigades from Salamanca, fighting Valladolid and Avila the fires Trans-Ocean.

CHAMBERLAIN

STATEMENT RAISES HOPES

Warsaw, To-day.

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The Minister of Education went that the war would be state the best education for China,. teaching what has really been needed and what was lacking here,. so that provision could be made in the future.

All preparations were now being made to cope with future increased demands.

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