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CENTRAL BANK NOTES AT PAR.

STAMPED NOTE ISSUE COVERED BY SILVER.

GOVERNMENT POLICY BACKED

BY MERCHANTS.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 28th, 1928.

CANTON AND CHILE. CHILD LABOUR IN

MINISTER'S VISIT.

TRADE" POSSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES

H

CHILEAN NITRATE OF SODA.

(PRON QUE CHINEÁN CORRESPONDENT][FROM QUA CHIM CORRESPONDENT. Į

CATON, June 7th.

Bome alterations have been made

THE COLONY.

EFFECT OF THE LOCAL ORDINANCE.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR

OF FACTORIES.

BRIGHTER TRADE OUTLOOK.

RAILWAY.

KOWLOON-CANTON undertake it themselves. On satia- factory arrangements being made regarding payment for this work, 40 Chinese Section : wayunA “WOLD seni down, and 7 completely recon ditioned wagons were toleased by Separato the end of the year. labour gangs were engaged and no interference with British Section work was permitted.'....

CORDIAL RELATIONS WITH CHINESE SECTION.

NET LOSS 82,300 ON $15,000 EXPENDITURE.

state

Koeklanis

There were 29 accidents of a more or lass serious hatutë, and into the C12868 of which, enquiries werd beld, which included the · follow-

Engine derailments Conch derailments Wagen derailments Collisions

Brokan couplings

Broken rails. ........................... 1 Other Line Obstructions 3- Fires

Of the engine derailments one was a light hunting engine, and the other a 2 feet gauge engine on the Fanling Branch.

The casualties were three deaths, all trespaser, one seriour and three slight injuries.

The annual report of the British | ïng:-

Kowloon-Canton section of the Railway for 1997 reports that

continued The report of the Inspector of considering the Factories for the year 1997 states of narest la South China and the The ordinance regulating the general trade depression in the Colony throughout the period employment of children in factories under review, the railway may be has now been in force for are years said to have had an unusually sue- and it may not be out of place to cessful year; the receipts practical- ly balancing the working expenses. survey briefly the results attained,

This ordinance was the first piece

Working arrangements with the of constructive factory legislation Chinese Section of the line present introduced into this Colony and to edany difficulties owing to the the Chinese factory owners was an fent interference of the various entirely now departure. In the Chie military factions, the un- earlier stages a large number of the ble sttitude of the Canton younger children were dismissed anions, and the ever-pre from the factories, the owners and sent danger of molestation by ban ing it easier to dispense with child ditti who successfully broke the labour than to comply with the re-track and pillaged local trains on quirements of the ordinance as to more than one occasion. hours of work, overtime and holi- days. The children so dismissed have not been replaced and it is now admitted that the absence of child labour need not affect output. Your Excellency, Marshal Li In factories where children have Tuai Hain,-It has been a great been retained the conditions of the honour for me to have you to ordinance have been accepted with dinner with me to-night and other out serious objection. high Military and Civil Oneisis.

CANTON, June 27ph. The Right Honorable Sepor in the plans for exchanging Cen-Santiago de Ossa, Chilean Charge tral Bank of China notes for silver D'Affaires in China, who is in Can- Instead of first ton on business, is giving a ban. money at par. exchanging banknotes only of the quet to-night in the private house dollar denomination as was planned, of Mr. Kan Yin Po to the leading Mr. Fang Cho Man, Commissioner officials of the Canton Government of Finance, bax now decided to take is to be an eisborate affair, and $9,000,000 of banknotes from the among the guests were Marshal Li sealed vaults, stamp them and re- Trai Hain; Dr. Chao-lain Chu, circulate them on the market at ammissioner for Foreign Affairs of Kwangtung Mr. Hau Chung face value. The $2,000,000 of silver, Ching, a member of the Provin saved by the scheme will be decial Government; Mr. Tai Chi Tau, posited in a certain bink in Sha- Chancellor of Sun Yat Sen Univer- meen for the present. The stamped; Admiral Chen Chak; and

Chief Justice Lo Wan Chank, bank notes can be brought back, to The Chilena Minister's speech

was sa follows:--- - the Central Bank and there ex- changed for silver at par at any time. The merchants and money changers have already been warned not to discount these stamped bank notes in any way. Severe penalties will be imposed on any one caught profiteering with these stamped zotes. The Government has also decided that, after July 5th, taxes will have to be paid, 80 per cent in these stamped notes and 20 per cent, in the non-stamped ones. The stamped notes are looked upon as equivalent to silver money and, according to the Government, are to be treated as such.

جيبية

Through delfite With British

A somewhat alarming incident becurred in April when a Chinese Section engine arrived in British territory without driver or fireman Fortunately steam was exhausted and the engine came to a stand- still without doing any harm. The action was attributed to disaffected employees on that Section.

Accounts,

..

Engines, Notwithstanding these adversities, a through service of trains between

With regard to Depreciation Kowloon and Canton was main- tained throughout the year, one ex-Charge & ium of 579,572.02 was in- press and one slow train being ran cluded in the Operating Expenses, through each way per day daring Maintenance of Equipment under the usual subheads. The amount the first half of the year, when ac rangements between the two See to the credit of Depreciation Re- tions were concluded for British serves at the close of the year was engines to haul the express trains 8765,014.67, all the way to Canton.

time and

The amount provided nader Pet sdhal Emoluments as Main Line 167,103.00 and Fanling Branch

8264,029.00.-

making # total of

the The total expenditure on Main Line amounted to $253,254:19, On the Fanling Branch the ex- or $3,851.88 less than estimated. peaditure against an estimate of" $0,923.00 was 69,274,33

No European firms in the Colony This is my second visit to Caa- ton and I can to-day appreciate employ children under the age of better than ever the benents that 1 years and the total number of children employed has been reduced are coming to the Province of until at present there are not more

On June 1st, for the first time Kwangtung by the skilful adminis than one hundred and Afty children since the line was opened, a British tration of Your Excellency. Wher under that age regularly at work in engine hauled a train through to ever one looks the strong and

factories. This large reduction is Canton. This event resulted in progressive hand of the Govern partly accounted for by the depres- farther, co-operation between the ment is noticeable.

If traces of the sad events of sion in the knitting trade and two Sections, and from the 20th last year are still noticeable I am cigarette factories. No new begin June onwards two express trains ners have been taken on during the each way daily (with one or two sure that very soon they will be only a nightmare of the past, and year and many of these who have isolated exceptions) were run, baul

The estimate for Other Charges one good effect was that of bring hitherto been registered under the ed by British engines, doing the

was 8312,204 for Railway, and lag Your Excellency again to the ordinance have now outgrown the journey of 111 miles in 3 hours and head of the Government of one of age of registration. The cigarette 45 minates. These trains were run

$3,000 for the upkeep and running the richest, if not the richest Pro factories which formerly employed punctually to vince of this Great A4istic Re-a large number of young girls were general satisfaction to the travel- of Government Motor Vehicles, closed for a considerable part of ling public with whom the route The amount provided under Cos! public

Oil by 82,012.49 owing to the the sear production has now been gained an established popularity.was insufficient by $34,309.93, and British Section locomotives run- resumed but on a limited scale and

ning through to Canton, which where formerly 180 children were engaged in packing cigarettes there

service was not anticipated when are now but 15 at work Apart

the estimates were: framed. from the cigarette trade the knitting factories of Kowloon are the prin cipal employers of women and girls. during the year: others have found Some of these have closed dovn markets elsewhere to replace those lost and have built up a consider abla export trade with Singapore and the Dutch East Indies,

August 1st has been fixed as the date for exchanging the other bank

Your Excellency bas.not only done notes. The Government policy has much to improve the internal wel the support of the six Chambers of fare of Kwangtung but has also Commerce in Canton and at a given attention to improving com meeting held yesterday in the office mercial and diplomatic intercourse with Foreign Countries, and in of Mr. Ip Taing, the Vice-President this respect I take the advantage of the Cantral Bank of China, of this opportunity of thanking guilds were notified of the Govern. sioners of the Departments with the representatives of these six you, Marshal, and the Commit ment plans. All the merchant re-whom I have had to deal, and very presentatives agreed with the Gor. specially His Excellency Mr. Chao- Hsin Chu for the reception I have ernment proposals.

SHANGHAI MER- CHANTS IN CANTON.

WELCOMED BY MARSHAL

LI TSAI HSIN.

FAVOURABLE IMPRESSION OF CITY AND PROVINCE.

bad.

Amicable Relations,

gave

It is pleasing to reword the very amicable relations existing between the British and Chinese Sections of the line to the mutual. benefit of both Sections as well as the com-

munity.

The inauguration of a regular and punctual service of express trains seems to have marked a new era in the history of the railway, and it is confidently anticipated that in the near future, improve

A sum of $2,000.00 was provided for oil fuel for Motor Coaches, but

as these coaches were in use to a greater extent than was expected, a further sum of $1,071.80 was re- quired.

The local

passenger. receipts amounted to 8311,075.87 as compar ed with 8437,230.92 for the previous The trade outlook appears ments on the Chinese Section to year; the goods receipts were Ar Your Excellency knows, 1 came to Canton on a special mis-brighter and some Erms are instal- the track and rolling stock will 834,031.13, or 88,109,60 more. The sion from my Government to trying new machinery and plant in enable these through services to be decrease in the local passenger to clear up misunderstandings that anticipation of improved trade in greatly improved in speed and com- earnings was due to foreign pas

fort

sengers being able to book through have existed in the commercial the near future.

The motor coaches rendered use to their destination in Chinese Ter intercourse between my country

The practice of engaging children tal service in running golfers tiry during the greater part of" and this part of China.

Notwithstanding that my work to carry coal, bricks and sand up trains on Sundays, thereby effect the year.

the Peak, once so common and the subject of so much comment, has ing economy in locomotive power,

General Upkeep.. almost entirely ceased.

has not yet come to a definite end, I feel sure that any existing mis understanding" will be eliminated and all questions settled in a favourable way.

I feel also sure that when this has been done Kwangtung will be One of the biggest markets in the world for our principal export, Chilean Nitrate of Soda,

The outcome of such a settlement A representative. body of Shang- hal merchants and industrialists will not only to improve the com- relations between both were the guests of Marshal Li Tanimercial Hsin, at dinner given in their countries but will be of great bene honour at Government House on fit to them: Chile will have a new Sunday evening. The function was market for its product; Kwang also attended by a number of civil tung's agriculture will improve and military officials, and promin greatly by the use of an unrivalled fertilizer and this will mean better ent local businessmen.

crops, bigger production and big ger exportation of its products, principally its silk.

Marshal Li mado a brief speech of welcome in the course of which he emphasized the importance of

Ia thanking once more Your industrial development of the Pro- vince, and the need of close co- Excellency and the other Military operation between the Government and Civil Officials for the recep- and the merchants. It was, thetion with which I have met with function of the Government to in Canton I raise my glass to Your maintain and preserve good order Excellency'e health. I also drink and tranquility so that merchant to the future greatness and tran- men could pursue their vocations quility of Kwangtung and to the peacefully, without fear of inter-development of its agriculture, the ruption from unseemly causes. Con-base of the richness and wealth of Tersely, thriving trade meant more all countries production, more exports, and con-

sequently an increase in the normal

chantels of revenue of the Govern-

ment. It might be described as He further said that where such Perpetual orcle, lant Guterment unsettled conditions prevailed busi the merchants, the mer-nessmen and the whole populace were most apprehensive and lived chants helped the Gaveratnent, to the mutual benefit of both..

in constant fear of molestation and

Isolated

The Foreign Passenger receipts Es against were 210,425.56 $25,106.14 in 1926

The total Operating Expensés The results of the past 5 years amounted to $715,769.41. were as follows:-

Year.

1993 1924 1025

Gross Beceipts Net Loss

474,721.78

420,186.15

430,578.31

538,044.73

48,19135

87,628.27

09,323.18

101,742.07

cases still occur where children are Alterations were carried out at found helping their mothers but Kowloon Station for the better they are not now regularly employ-handling of passenger traffic, by a the booking and examination so ed and engaged by contractors for rearrangement of the positions of this work

Reference is also made to the commodation, whereby not only the

(Accidents) Factory

Ordinance railway officials but the police cus- Ordinance which came into force on toms and travelling public benent

The laual repainting and general -1925

723,424.85 2,344.56 April 14th, 1997. This Ordinance greatly. requires factory owners to provide repairs necessary to the upkeep of

Through and Joint Sectional guards and fencing to sil dangerous the permanent way and fabrics parts of machinery and belting and were affected. Various steel bridges passengers carried were as fol- to report all accidents causing loss were repainted as well as all mile lows:

poats, grade and notice boards of life or absence from work for

along the line. Drainage work was more than three days.

carried out near Taipo Station with the object of reducing mos quito breeding haunts.

The regulations of the ordinance have been generally complied with, factory owners agreeing that guards are necessary and willingly incur ring the expense of providing and installing fencing. Since the intro- duction of the Ordinance until the end of December, 1997, there were 43 accidents, 18 being due to machinery and 24 to falls.

ALLEGED EXCISE OFFENCES.

ADULTERATED SPIRIT AND UNLICENSED WINE.

1927

Pasangers booked st Stations in British Ter ritory to Stations in China exclud. ing Shuma- Chun, the boider

1925 1928 1927

No Concrete Sidepers, 3,769 hardwood sleepers were re newed in the main line, and 1,432 new wooden sleepers were adied crete sleepers were made pending

Station 16,224 18,031 202,863 and bored in readiness. No con reconsideration to their suitability | pá a zců žers. as a substitute for hardwood

In October, Major J. P. 8. Greig, RE. and Mr. W. R. David- son, Assistant: Chief Engineer of the New Zealand Government Rail. ways, were asked by the Gorefu ment to consider this question and submit a joint report, which prov ing favourable, negotiations for re suming the manufacture of concrete sleepers were begun..

Fanling Branch Line,' The Fanling Branch Line was

booked at

Stations ia. China exclud- ing Bhum Chud the bor der station tổ Stations in British Ter

ritory....... 19,216 17,609 284,039 The local passengers carried were as follows:

1998 1926

1927

Main Line 1,083,821 1,151,780 835,940 Fan ling

Branch 58,410 48,451 97,899 The final Division of Through celpts were agreed between the two and Joint Sectional Traffic. Re- Administrations to end of June 199

At the instance of the Import Such conditions and Exports Office, two Chinese On behalf of the visiting guests, intimidation. Mr. Chu, & prominent Shanghai were most discouraging to business appeared before Mr. R. E. Lind operated throughout the year, run. merchant, thanked Marshal L for and industry but happily, the sell at the Magistracy yesterday sing and maintenance charges the kind reception that was being businessmen of Canton were free with being in possession of 19 jars being reduced to the minimum, but accorded them that night. He from such daily worries, and the

had not been paid.

being able to compete against the praised the Government for the condition of quietude under which of diluted spirits on which the duty there is little hope of this line wonderful progress that had been they were, enabled to carry on their

The fret defendant is charged newly introduced motor trafia be made in the course of the last few trade was most eloquent evidence,

Claims outstanding against the years, and said that every member of the efficiency and sincerity of with having the whole 10 jars at tween Fanling and Sha Tau Kok.

Chinese Section on account of sus of the visiting party was most the local Government and its of his shop No. 243, Main Street, Locomotive And Rolling Stock.

Shaukiwan, and with making a sale The Railway Workshops were favourably impressed by thecials.

of adulterated spirit During the course of the evening, evidence of modern development,

kept extremely busy especially Pension of Through and Joint Bec visible on all sides.

other members of the visiting party The charge against the second since the decision to hat the tional Traffic, hire of Rolling Stock Continuing, Mr. Chu declared also spoke on industrial develop defendant is that he was in posses through express trains to and from and demurrage which stood at

ereased by 87),320.00." that Canton could boast of being ment, and all were unanimously of sign nine of the nineteen jars, on Canton by British Section, engines: 8922, 129.13 at the end of 1928, in-

To the end of the year, 728 of the only city in China where pesce the opinion that Canton was a most which the duty had not been paid.

The second defendant said that these express trains were hauled to Big Increase In Paksingers 25 And and order were being efficiently promising locality, for the estab maintained, condition

Passengers booking from British that fishment of factories as it offered he bought the jars from the first and from Canton, a mileage of an- From Chinese Territory, obtruded itself on fo one's notice, every inducement to industrial en- defendant and if the duty had not proximately 80,000, and on only and impelled one to observe the terprise. most striking contrast that it offer. The Shanghai merchants form been paid it was the first defen- four occasions were they late owing to Chinese stations, numbered in

lays being, attributable to bad coal.. 1928 ed with the present, wave of crime a group of businesmen on a tour dant and not he who was respon to engine trouble, two of these de- 1027 202,803 as against 18,031 in sweeping the Shanghai Settlements, of inspection to Sputh China. *ble. where organised kidnapping was They have been in Canton for some the order of the days and

."

In the foreign settlements of Shanghai, not a single day passes without some person of afluence being kidnapped and held for ran som by bandits," said Mr. Chu (Continued on next Column).

The report details repairs to the *Passengers from China to the The first defendant claimed that saloon coach, passenger conches, Colony numbered 254,000 as against

17.609 in 1927

Local passengers werz 835,240, little time and the consensus of he bought the whole 18 jars from and five of the locomotives, etc. opinion is that it possesses in a shop in Shim Shui Po which had In October the British Section numerable advantages over other eines closed down. The jare had was asked by the Chinese Bection compared with 1,151,750 in 1990 and

should been lying un-opened in his shop to give them sasistance in repair 1,083,521 in 1925.

The Fanling Branch line had industrial centres, and rapidly forge into the forefront and he was under the impression ing their wagon stock, as in con- China's hub of industrial activity that it was genuine Chinese wine, sequence of labour troubles in Can- 28,419 passagers in 1925, 48,451 in

tou they found it impossible to 1928, 27,000 in 1925. Canton Gazette.

The case was adjourned.

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