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DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, APRIL 0TH.

MINING IN CHINA.

THE GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE...

In the course of an interesting.com

TRADE OF HONGKONG, LACK OF ANIMATION;

The following statistics have been munication from a mixing correspondent taken from the fortnightly price current

1017:

-MILITARY GOVERNOR OF

CONCERT AT MOUNT DAVIS.

AWANGTUNG IN PEKING,

A very interesting concert was given' General Ln. Yung-ting, Tachun of ne Mt Davis on Thursday evening to Kwangtung is staying at the Chiang

in Peking to the Trade Supplement of The and market report of the Hongkong attend the Generalrtesy on all sides Programme was provided by the N.CO.

Times, the writer says:-

Since the inauguration of the Chinese Republic, great hopes have been cater

ained of the inception of an era of a rapid development of Chinese industries and the apcaing of a new epoch in mimag development. Some justification for these hopes was witorded by the hppointment of Chang Chigu. A well-known industrial loader, to the post of Minister of Industry stimulated by the demands which Japan

General Chamber of Commerce

OPIUM

chanfu. Two oficers and a bodyguard weldonie the new arrivals to the asth of 12 have been sent by the President to Company R.G. The first half of the

who is treated with marked honour and (says the native Press). Introduced by und men of the Company, and the second Grand Secretary Shil Sho, he was reals by a number o of Chinese ladies bod The balance of stocks on April 5th was ceived in diance by Emperor Husan

gentlemen, w

who were introduced by 280 cheats of Patna, 103 of Benares, 1300 Tuns, to whom he presented twelve kinds of Malwa, and 19 Persian and Turkish of products of the Two Kwang provinces, Licut, Jones. The officers present were During the interval 12 chests of Patna,

in memory of past allegiance. He was Major G M. de Piro, Capt. A. J. 8. seven of Benares, one of Malwa and 15 entertained in the Presidential Palace at Persian and Turkish were exported tantu, 128 other quests being invited The Roche-Kely, Lieut. A. C. Cooney, Lient- Shanghai, etc In uncertified Bengal President chatted with him agreeably A. S. Davies, Lieut. J. P. Jones, and

Land Commerce and the promulgation of opium the stocka on April 5th were 60 til the conclusion of the feast. Lieut E H Walkinson. The concert

In

develon

the

EXPORTE,

IMPURTA

chests of Pavan and 188 of Benares, Ling Chia chao gave a luncheon at the fresh Mining Enterprise Regulations

Central Garden the same day, and in the was held in the restaurant, which was March and April, 1914.

Yuan Shih kai's desire t

ilo

There is no change to report in the evening, Premier Tuan Chi-jui held a artistically decorated by the Committee mining industry was undoubtedly to condition of the Feather trade. There dinner party in his honour. with foliage and hunting C.8.M a statesmanlike realisation of the necessity is but small business passing in CargoA strategical plan for the defence of Allison presided,

The programme was as follows: of his day. As time, pussed this desire was inger, and no business to report on Kwangtung has been submitted by stimulated by the demands which Japan Galangal. A small business has been General Lu Yung-ting to the Govern Selection, Guar Hall; Song, "I didn't sprung upon him in 1915. The fact that done in Cassia Uil and also in Star ment. It includes the replacing of 34 want to do it, Bomb. Mancini; Song,

пла the Eastern foreigners" demanded.

Anisced, but there is nothing doing inem guns and several naval guns in the The Inoffensive Curate, Guor, Max- obtained, rights of residence, toe

with

tar Aniseed, and no change to repon Fumen Fort or Tort Tigris and at Pearl tin; Song, The Old Grey Cost," Guar mining rights, in nine districts Man-

Bristles are still a Island in the Pearl River of Canton: Hayes: Song, Waltz that Waltz again," churia, served

the installation of wireless telegraphy at Gung, Coventry, Song, "There's every a warning, of which due Ground Nuts. as

IMPUThe whole Hoito), td kind of sirlie by the seaside," Corps note was taken. Yuan Shih-kai and his dull trade, Ministers were of opinion that in mining,

The fortnight under review has been Chingchow, the reformation of a special Grifiths: Pianist, Gear Hall, Lieu. ns in diplomacy, they would be able to stave off foreign aggression by playing off dorvid of interest in Cotton Yarn and brigade of the Guards Corps to be place 1 Jones Concert Party Fisho Solo. Chan Recitation, Mr. James Lee: one nation, against the other, Early in business has been on a retail scale under the couraund of Wei Pang-ging, Miss Jacie Lu Chong Song, Mrs. Violet 1914 British interests were pressing for a Prices have declined $2 to $3 per bala, hut to safeguard the lines of communies- settlement of the Pritchard Morgan dis towards the close there is a better feel- tions; and the proclaiming of the Chinese fasie Mr Lang Zan Yuen puty

It was considered necessary to ing. Quotations are:-No. 10s at Kwang-yin Hill in the city of Canton as (ingtrament 2,000 years old); Song, Miss develop mining ander foreign auspices. 115/145. No. 12s at $128/112 No. 165a special martial ares General Lu has Le Que, Violin Solo, Mr. S. C Wong: With a view to neutralising criticism the at $145/165. No 20s at 8150/183 Ar-so reported that the Kwangtung Gov Song, Mr. Ait. Lee Duet and Dance, Chinese Government engaged a well-known rivals 2,000 bales, Sales 200 bales. Ship-ernment has obtained a loan of $1,500,000 Mre Chan and Mr. VC Chow Swedish geologist as a mining adviser ments at Unsold stocks 7,000 bales. from the Bank of Taiwan for the sole Hypnotism Mr Af Lee Golden Lily, bergeips 15,000 bales. As to Woollens, purpose of resuming specie payment by Mr. James Lee. (Chinese Band Arcom

During the evening Major G M. de there scems to be a demand for Vicunas Government banks; and the amount of panying) and Army cloths, and some business has 850,000 per month is set aside from the

Bale revenue as security and to pay in-Piro presented medals to the winners of been put through. There is still no marker for Raw Cottons, and as to terest on this loan, He said that he the United Services Hockey League. In

doing so he to the kindness deno. There is no change to report in his departure from Canton Upon Mr C. D. Wilkinson, who provided the the Petroleum products trade, and in receipt of a report from the Cabinet to medals, and a vote of thanks was passed handed to Lieut, Jones. Lieut. Wilkinson, regard to Cas! the report says: At this effect, Parliament readily passed to that gentleman, Medals were then

this agreement.

Serge Talfourd, Sergt. Desborough, Corp. Smith, Corpl Hammond, Corpl. Griffiths, Bombr. Mancini, Bombr Watson, Bumbur. Hancock, Quur Caple and Gunr Dickenson. At the conclusion of the concert Major de Piro thanked Linut. Jones, on behalf of the 85th Com pany, for the excellent entertainment provided by the ladies and gentlemen Tchyi, responding, thanked the troops at comprising the party Mr. Victor Hsin Mount Davis for their kind reception of the party, and for the manner in which the various items were received,

JAPAN'S CLAIMS, Japon, upon the joint Anglo-Japanese capture of Tsingtao, followed up her success by the occupation of the Shantung Railway live as far as Tsiunt, subse ning to totals little has been for the four before

and to other concessions in that province. 1 ly believed that the rights hats now been amplified into a claim to

H.

posschaton of all German treaty rights, present considered inadvisable to quote.

The Sugar market, is more: active, being influenced by the demands of Northers. shippers,

including mining concessions, in San tang, and this has been made at basis of protest against the American contract for

Four quotations are as follow dredging the Grand Canal, dan

Though Yuan Shi-kai's policy was with American Patent, $4.40 per sack, Amer the assistance of lightened officials, such can Cut off $3.66 per sack American as Minister Chow Tza chi, directed Straight 53.30 per sack; Shanghai towards the development of Chinese Straight, 83.10 por sack, Japanese Cut industry on bread lines, the policy was marred by bribery and nepoland Efforts off $3.10 per sack; Japanese and Patent were made to introduce high officials into 85 per unck; Japanes ard Patent all lucrative posts connected with mining 42.76 per sock,

u,” a raid was made Gold Mining Bureau," and in one case, that of the so-called by the Board of Finance upon the pre rogatives of the Board of Industry and Commerce. Inception of this Bureau was due to the fact that Chow Tzu-chi, upon taking the portfolie of Industry and Com merca, found that under the 1014 Mining Regulations, Chinn had been divided into

injectors

FAR EASTERN MEN AND

THE WAR.

Mr. R. Wells, of Messrs. Maitland & Co., who left Shanghai vid Canada, a fow weeks ago to join up. crossed the a day or so from England, she passed Atlantic on the strFinland, and when through a hornet's nest of submarines and it was quite exciting. When they reached port the Finland's captain ad Mining in these two provinces is in itmitted he had had an anxious time One infancy. It is difficult to understand why day they heard five 8: O. Scalls from so prominent an official as a Provincial sinking ships to which a faster steamer Governor should be necessary for such a responded and brought in five crews post, and, further, why he should have from sunken alipa Mr. Wells is to enter permission, as an incidental to acceptance the machine gun service, heavies-Tanks, by General Lung, to keep a standing arty in other words. Meanwhile he may serve 01 5,000 men, presumably chargeable in labour corps for which men nm some way or another against mining.

needed. He met Capt. J E. Needham. vere Since the last date the Government has who is fit and ready for service again

operations, thin so mining has suffered to the extent Mr. A. Wilden, the newly appointed that the Mining Bureau, which constitutes to governing body ruling the whole 01

eight mining districts, each NEW THE PRESENT POSITION, - -. -

staff of mining and a host of minor officials, who,

of the elements of mining, wore

Lieut, Wilkinson, gave the record of the Company in the Hockey League, and said that the success of the team was largely due to the energy of their Hon. Seer Corp, C. D. Smith. An excellent vening closed with cheers for the Con- cert Party and the singing of "God Save the King...

new, indusirs, and issued no

mandate with regard to mining after monthy in hospital, and SCPCER MA THEYOR CHANDER'S BESTA,

set

to hatten upon mining dued

the Board of Finance und, the Customs, together with the Provincie

mining experience

Consul General for France in Shanghai. Governments and minor administrations, ninus present mining activity, together was gime in interpreter to the British Expeditionary Force in which capacity have found meina to divert mining dues with its future destiny, has not one sluge he gained the D.C.M. and the Croix de from their legitimate channel to the Beard foreign-educated mining eng neer in its Guerre pe of Industry, with the result that it was

for the Board of Industryployment, nor even one Cuinese bavi Dr. F. 3. Crackart. of Mukden, is on found

impossible to support these well-meaning anileins Considerable excitement was caused in his yo offer his service to H.M. Consequently the eight districts were Peking at the end of September when it Government.

Lieut Theo. Walker, formerly at abolished by a mandate of March 10th, became known that a Japanese group hạc 1916, and it was decreed that the mining paid over a loan of 5,000,000 yen to the Tientsin, who was recently at Salonika dues should be collected by the existing Chinese Government in consideration has been wounded and is now in hospital provincial

machinery of the Beard of partly of the good offices of the Japanese at Malta, where he is making geod pro. Finance.

m securing the co operation of Grent gress towards recovery. TRESIARD OF FINANCE Britain, France, Russia, and the United

over mining dued

or

and Gren strongthened the Board of States in obuining the $10,000,000 loan now GERMAN LIFE IN LONDON. Finance, reverting to time honoured ideas rights in connection with working two

tho

·HYMN FOR 1917..

EGO SUM RESURRECTIO ET VITA. (GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER, 1017),

What voice speaks loudest in our hearts

to-day

What music is there ringing o'er the

cho

earth?

Only the sounds that

Cros

from the

Self-sacrifice, and love of untold, worth.

What stories can be written of this

day P What wealth there is in that redeeming

love #

Shines on our brothers from the home

above,

The Golden light that lit Him to the Cross

What grander thought on this the day

of daysta What greater hope strikes stronger than

before

The story of the Cross aries out aloud:

<

I am the Master, and My word is Law.

registered in hoary Chinese records dating mines in the Yangtze Valley, one an iron (OVERNMENTS NEW MEASURES, from before the Confucian ers, obtained mine in Taiping Hsien, Kwange

There was an extremely interesting the issue of a mandate under which control vince, and the other the well-known Shui of all metal mites should be granted to it. Kou Shan lead and zinc mine in Hunan debate in the House of Commons - ou As a natural accompaniment a high official Little is known as to the Taiping Hsien February 14th on the question of the Was delegated as chief of this important iron mine. Thy Shui Kou Shan mine is enemy aliong in Great Britain. Sir department, and uniler him merous fairly well-known as being the one instance George Cave, announced that, since into office, other pack officials were appointed by

of a Chinese metal mine worked on Euro- the Government came Minister of Finance This Bureau pre pean lines managed and controlled by some new measures bad been taken; ceeded to employ foreign and Chinese Chinese. The Chauvinism, however, which including the closing of two alian engineers to report upon various mines continues to blind the large majority of restaurants and the internment of It also endeavoured to secure foreign and Chinese makes it impossible for them to alien cheang members of certain clubs. Waat is our duty as we kneel to pray? other sapital for

for their exploitation. Its efforts, however, do not appear to have realise that a complex zinc lead property Afr Joyson-Hicks, in introducing the is dependent for its successful working subject, told an extraordinary story of been crowned with success

Врод abolition of China's now and short-lived upon European methods, because anti- the continuance of German activities.

quated methods render if

it impossible to He asserted baat German life was going empir.. and with the advent of the mild separate the constituents of the ore, toon in London now as it went on two rule of President Li Yuan-hung, the

provide economical means of smelting these years ago. There were still German re- foreign Ministers were gathered together constituents when separated, and to obtain staurants, German conversations and and were solemnly assured that the polica a market for the metals when smelted Garman notice boards in the heart of London. He knew of a German dentist An endeavour was made to smelt these who practised under an English name.

the

of the new administration would be to

Whatever the hopes

and inclinations of have been upon his elevation to the Frest result of

MINES REING WORKED.

What is our prayer for those the Cross

was made?,

God Father, forgive them" tho' they've disobeyed,

The very prayer that Christ sent up to

What

is the worth of all tai, seeming Borrow.7

What are the tears that fall from every

evet

develop industry he new President mayores in some 10 years ago. An & He believed there was a German dress The story of the Cross is being written;

to do this, large contracts

Bs yel were made with the German firth of maker who boasted openly that he was

dency, on June 7th last, they have Carlowitz for the sale of concentrate in not interned because he had highly-placed

failed to reach fruition, 2-

A Commission, under chairmanship Germany Messrs. Carlowitz, finding the customers. The other day in a furrier's

The lesson will be shown us bye and

bye.

of Chow Tzuchi himself, sat in January Chinese ore dressing to be unsatisfactory, basincus in the City sine out of 32 em- What is the story of the Easter morning ? and February 1916, and elaborated a new erected works, partly financed by British ployees were German, A partner in this

services of Mr. G.

existing sional members of the Commission were centrate which they were

18

that

400

Ego Sum Resurrectio at Vita

I am the Master-I am Christ the Way.

as the dead

What be the story when arise1" The story that the Cross has won the

Battle,

This Commission was and French banks, at Wuchang, near firm had said that his competitors were What are the Aleluias ringing out to-day! ot of mining lawak to utilite the Hankow The total of the concentrate sold employing more Germans Lha he did fortunate in beluga Lindsey, a well to Messra, Carlowitz under the contracts Finally, he asked why 4,294 enemy aliens, known Canadian King's Counsel and which included a loan of $1,000,000, now including 287 men of military mining barrister, who had been closely wounds to something under 100,000 tons still uninterned in prohibited areas, were

Carlowitz Sir George Cave stated, in reply, connected with the preparation of the At the outbreak of war Messrs. the thought it near that all the cages What is the mystery resting on the Altar? ian maining laws. Addi found themselves unable to get the col of enemy alieng exempted from interament What is the Blood we drink the Bread

to take Mr. A.S. Wieler, a graduate of the Camver Their difficulties cu

culminated in should be reconsidered. He proposed also we eat borne School of Mines, Mr. J. 8. Ander- series of letters, published in the Hunan to find out how many of these uninterned It tells us Christ is ever interceding,

And stands for Hight at His great BOD, formerly chief of the Swedish Press, in which the Hunan Bureau of persons were able to work. Thore was

Mercy seat. Geological Survey Mr. Chang Yi Ou, Mines roundly accused the German firm reneon for doubt in regard to 300 or

of the aliens in

areas, and educated in Belgium, chief of the Chinese of breath of contract, ahit was met by a se cases hul been referred to him. Ar What will the final Easter morning show Mining Department, Mr. VEK. Ting lternate threats and requests to behave for the future; the exclusion of suspected chief of the Chinese Geological Depart after the manner of the inhabitants of ment, and a graduate of Edinburgh, civilised country, since the European lieds from the country after the war

Hot is in would have to be considered.

from Mr. Her educated Chinese officials. A lengthy code, trouble suited to the requirements of the Chinese One of the chief results of the war, as bert Samuel, his mineral industry, so far as it is known, regards the mining industry in the East Office Bir George Cave, said that be had has been the stimulation of mining closed two alien restaurants and had One of Yuan Shib-kai acts of penitenes after the wreck of his short-lived hostes metallurgical enterprise in Japan, Yannes made an order for the internment of the What are the children singing this Easter! Province has of late been visited by persons concerned. He had had to take sovereignty was the abolition of the Gold Japanese buyers, and a good deal of tong steps with regard to one or two

which were

were the resorts of enemy Mining Baregu

glubs May 10th 1916 inc ore is being exported. The Funan Under his mangiate the functions of the Bureau of Mines, is also selling single lots aliena, Ile hail made an order for the bureau were retransferred to the Board of of the Shui Kou Shan concentrate to interment of 16 persons who were mem- Industry and Commerce On July 6th, Japanese It seems safe to predict of these clubs. A regulation dealing however, under. President Li, the Govers are buyershiping line, pret with restaurants kept by aliens v4, in ment when appointed General Lang induced to afford more reasonable treat preparation Chi-knong of Canton to be Director Gen ment to British exporters it will prove Kwangsi and Kwangtung, relapsed into the with any chance of success in the purchase time Eonoured custom of manufacturing of the ores of this existing property or of Binecure posts fer, "tro-hle

together with other prominent foreign war is not over and our YAPIA In reply to oror at the Home

was drawn upon to de

Оте

eral of the Mines, in the provinës of possible for British firms to compete

Tany, another of the mines to be opened (Continued at foor of next calumsy lap in Chin

Had the dub been zistence during the whole of the war!"

Dalziel naked Sir Gen Sir Henry

George Cave replied in the affirmative.

Mr Herbert Samuel took the oppor

unity to deny warmly that to re had ever been any Hidden Hand."

Thatmen have won the Crown by

Sacrifice

What will they sing when Pesce

resounds again?--

By the gift of our Fathers, the tears

of our Mothers

We will follow the Cross that shone on

the stain

What are the Unborn singing to-day?. 'r What do the Mothers spent for them By the tears I have shed, By the blood

of your Fathers,

We will build on the Cross a Nation of

Mon