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ENGINEERING & BUILDING

EAST AND WEST.

The Siam Electric Corporation, fitd., has been relieved from its agreement to

water the roads in Bangkok over which its lines run,

Qaka is building an underground, allway through the city from north Lo south for a distance of a little more than ten miles. It is part of n V.160,000,000 project, the Rapick Transit System, and will open carly in 1932.

INDUSTRIAL SURVEY IN

BRITAIN.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1931,

BY RIVER TO WUCHOW.

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Wuchow.

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BOY EXPLORER'S RETURN.

10,500 MILES TRIP ENDS.

Bronzed, by tropical suns, sehoolbeys, extrying native spenre, lows and arrows, and blow pipes, tumbled out of the heat train at Paddington on March 28.

SHANGHAI BANKRUPTCY

CASE.

MR. FLEMING'S PETITION FOR DISCHARGE.

In H., M. Supreme Court, Shanghai, His Lordship Judge Sir Wachow`rity lies upon theihigh

Peter Grain adjourned indefinitely. bank of the river, and like the

the houring of a petition by Mr. So eiled a "lesson" which his Douglas Flenfing for his discharge smaller city of Shiuhing has been given a very modern appearance, insted nearly three months, and hom bankruptcy. The petitioner The whole in dominated by the taken the toys, who are from 17ns represented by Mr. Tycho summit of a hill which is alast public schools, more than 10,000 Wings M J. A. Turner appeared

ocenas, up tropical; as trustee, · 5,000 feet, high and upon which miles over rests the Sun Yat Sen menorial, | rivera, through jungles, and up in

good modern building well deeroplanes. signed and suitable for public! meetings and function. It is very doubtful whether any person in history has been the object of so

much prastient devotion in n poli-

The British Government proposes to put in hand at once the Indus. trint Surveys, which in the first placo are to be limited to South and the fire protection of the buildWales, Lancashire, the North-East ings along the same streets. The Const of England, and South-West Government le naw to undertake Scotland. They are to be under- this watering with the latest ty taken by the universities in the of watering carts, and the Police areas concerned, and the Govern have undertaken fire protectionment has offered to place at the disposal of the university staffs the with modern motor fire engines.

statistical material in the hands of the Departments concerned and totical sense as San Yat Sea. His lend anch assistante, as may be

portit becomes almost an obses. neessary to co-ordinate the work.

sion, it haunts one after seeing" it repeatedly in one room after a other. Then no city is fit to be called Chinese now, which does not possess something substantial in the way of a memorial to the founder of the Republie and unholder of the Three Principles, The weekly ceremonial in every public institu- tion, at which the will is rend, and acts of obeisance are rendered to his memory, serves to keep the ideals of the Father of the Republic constantly before. 'China's millions. Wuchow, tries to live up to the modern scientific spirit. It has its broad highways, its electrfe light, its public gardens, tennis courts, its wireless and aerodrome and now it is busy with the construction of modern water works,

The demand for electrical goods in South China continues to in <renze, Britain and Japan supply the bulk of insulated wires, while the business in luths is distributed between Britain, Japan and Ameri- The latter country continues more or less to menopolise, business in electric fans.

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IN BIRMINGHAM. Rather more activity is noticeable in the building trades, says the Times of April 1, but it is chiefly confined to municipal housing con- traels. The quality of the metal goods required in connection with these schemes is naturally inferior to those used in private house building, rind, as very few orders for dwellings of the better class type are being placed, only a sec tion of the builders' hardware in dustry in showing a netivity.

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brighter in a small degree, can easily be supplied from makers' stocks, so that the amount of work going on at the factories is not affected.

The edge tool trade for the most Tekyn Physical and Chemical part is dull. Oversea businees shows no expansion in any depart. Science Investigation Institute anment, and the home demand, while nounces that it has succeeded in manufacturing aluminion from pure clay after many years', re- search. Japan has hitherto been dependent upon foreign countries for aluminium, importing annually about 12,000 tons. Now it is re- ported that the cymtry, will be independent,

ALLEGED 40 M.P.H. IN WEST END.

MOTORIST. CHOOSES TRIAL BY JURY.

Charles Robert Archibald Grant, aped 97, of Epsom,, who was alleged to have driven a sports

Formerly it took six days to get

to Nanning by river from Wuchow, but under the spirited guidance of

The Offein! Renciver (Mr. C. G. 2. O, Anderson) in opening the pro... They hays visited Jamaica, Trini- | credings said that the matter was dad, British Guiana, St. Vincent a very important one, involving a and Barbados. They flew over the large number of creditors, and he Panamin Canal in 'aeroplanes.

Publie Schul Empire Tour Cran

The tour was organised by the

witter, which ip. August is taking a party of 30 boys to Australin and New Zealand.

would like an adjournment of three weeks to eunble hins to communicate with all the creditors and go more | rully into the circumstances. Mr. Turner had asked him to say that he had no objection to such an ad- journment.

On Iphalf of his client, Mr. Wing eliminate premetiyed ideas in said that the case was one of the dealing with western faces.

The school evidently excvifèd on the athletic side, for many trophies adorned the walls of one class room. Sciener was provided for and taught, if the apparatus which crowded another room, was used. Considerable aims must have been spent on collecting this material.

disasters which ulted from the Stock Exchange Settlement in 1929, The bankrupt had fled his own petition realizing that his position was impossible and was prepared to have matters investigated as thoroughly and rapidly as possible.

His Lordship: am afraid I innnot deal with the matter with out the creditors and 1 understand that not all of them have had notice, How many creditory are there in all?

The Headmistress, ' The pupils seemed to be well above the average of the Chinese

Mr. Anderson: 69 or 00, in all. Mr. Wing There has heen, a girl in physique and they showed no evidence of the effect of the quantity of litigation and all sorts maintenance grant being cut ini, rather a big liquidation and as el compromises have been made. It

half. The headmistress was a keen, such has no doubt giyen the learned thoughtful earnest worker, obvious. Ofeial Receiver and the Trustee a

great deal of trouble. sacrificing herself in order to

His Lordship: Can you tell me

own in foreign competition na far Wong Shiu Hung roads were con. I keep the sebogi together, and find the length of the ntie that credit-

Lok makers are holding their as first-class goods are concerned, As the building season develops an improvement in demand is anti- cipated in all sections of the indus

try.

INDUSTRY, NOT DECADENT.

SIR WALTER LAYTON'S PROOF OF PROSPERITY.

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the task becoming more and

structed sa widely in the province in that the journey has been by the more difffealt as the weeks passed latter, generally in the course of. It is a pity that there is no one day. At the present moment trans of recognising the quiet it is difficult to make the journey heroic work of such people. They that direction because the certainly do more for the reen bridges have broken down and be struction of China than thousands cause of the exnctious of those who who gnin rich rewards and distine-

tions. Perhaps it. General Wong | make their living by preying upon

returns he will aura hia attention: the commerce of the river.

in the first place the educational needs. No nation can afford to lult in this matter, feast of n The absence of General Wong Chind, and it is above all import- Shiu Hung is gravely felt for hunt that such a typs should not be it was who inspired, and carried lust to the educational movement. through the modern developments it is all too rare, in and around Wuchow. There is

Education Goes On.

Paris.The suggestion of British economic decadence is effectively car in Cambridge Cirens, W., at challenged by Sir Walter Layton, 40 miles an hour, was charged at editor of the Economist, in an ima halt nowadays, in the progressive Marlborough Street Police Court portant article published in the with driving a motor-car while pierať de Paris. under the influence of drink,

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Sir Walter, whose article may be considered in some sort a reply to M, André Siegfried's recent articles

Mr. F. E. Barker, who prosecut. ed, stated that the defendant drove along Shaftesbury Avenue, turned round in front of the Pallaes Thea on Britain's industrial depression,

tre, and crashed into a taxi-eah, in á aurvey of the post-war situa-closed down for lack of funds, but

knocking it on to the pavement, in- juring person, and seriously dam aging the cab. Although people shouted, he did not stop, but còn. tinued to go round the Circus

On the north side, a police officer un point duty, who called on him to stop, had to jump out of the way to avoid being knocked down. A pedestrian no enlled on him to -stop, and jumped on the running

board.

The chief occupation of the citizens of Wuchow seems to be carrying water from the river up the very steep banks when the river is not in food to various parts of the city. What will happen when the present scheme for supplying the town's 'needs by means of pipes is completed, it is hard to say, Hundreds of men and women will certainly be without employment, in Europe such workers would probably either receive the dole, or be supported out of public poor law funds, until such time as fresh employment was found. It seems that China's social system will have to advance in this respect with her improved economie and industrial

movement. Fantan establishments exist in all parts of the city and immature soldiers sworn every- whore. The University which was intended to provide advanced courses, in engineering is turned into 品 barracks.. Most of the middle schools of the province hare

one girls' middle school remains open in spite of the very severe hit like everyone else by the pre-handicaps under which it labours. sent world crisis, was holding its The salaries of the staff are four own well down to 1929, and may months in arrears and the main expect to take part in the general tenane grant has been cut down, by the provincial authorities afty recovery when it comes.

In spite of this, the headmistress was heroiently doing system. her best to maintain efficiency.

tion concludes that Britain, though

In support of this optimistic view Sir Walter says that during the five years following 1924, British production increased by 11.6 per Eventually he stopped in Stacey Street. He got out of his car, and cent, the population only advare police officers came to the coneining by 2 per cent. during the same sion that he was drunk.

period.

Industrial development Polien Constable Curtney say that thus far outdistanced the growthi when the defendant got out he had of the nation, and though the un- to hold on to the side of the ear employment figures increased, so to prevent himself falling. In his

did the number of workers, proving opinion he was, drunk.

Cross-examined by Mr. Tristram that industry was expanding in 'pro- Beresford (for the defence) he said portion to the increasing popula that he did not know that Grant tion. was lame.

As a further proof of prosperity Herbert Stow, a porter, -stated Sir Walter points out that the that in Cambridge Circus police standing of living in Britain com- whistles were being blown and a parcs favourably with that of any crowd of people were running after other country. As for the commer the car.

[cial balance, the large excess of imports over exports, which is generally pointed to as a sign of

As the car' swerved," he con tinued, "I jumped on to the run- ning board and shouted to the approaching bankruptcy," must not

per cent.

This school, like many other, things in China has a most un- The entrance assuming exterior. gives no indication of the spacious grounds and commodious buildings which lig hidden behind and yet there are class rooms to accommo- date five hundred pupils, dor

assembly hall, and a good playing mitories to house the boarders, an

field, in which the girl students were playing in a mixed game of basket ball. Many of the staff un- able to subsist indefinitely on no salary were compelled to leave the school, but with the aid of members of the government administrative staff, some of whom can spare time to give occasional lessons, the work continues.

The work on the blackboards in mathematics and geography showed that the pupils wore being nurtured on a modern curriculum. Each

driver: For God's sake, put your be considered, in the author's cines hnd its magazine, which con..

brakes on, or you will be hitting

"I thought it was a smash and grab raid," he added.

Mr. Beresford said that his client -elected - to-go-for- trial:

remanded, on bail.

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opinion, as a perturbing symptom, but as the "reflection partly of the maintenance of our invisible ex ports and partly of a general trans- formation, which by modifying our economie effort tends to create a new commercial equilibrium."

tained the original efforts of the form." The art room showed the delicacy of the Chinese hand in design, their sense of balance, judg ment and taste in dealing with Jandscape and their inability to (Continued on nezi Volumn.)

tors must have ?

Mr. Anderson: 14 days.

Mr. Wing: I am sure that the

Official Receiver at d I can fix an appropriate date with the Registry. His Lordship consequently ad journed the proceedings until date to he approved by the parties to the case

RIDDLE OF FIRE AT

JUDGE'S HOUSE.

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origin of the fire on February 14 Suggestions to the possible at the house in Montagu-square, Marylebone, of Mr. John Roskill,

.C. Judge of Salford Court of Record, were made at the resumed inquest at Paddington day, on the victima, Mrs. Roskill, and Miss Mary Jane Weir, the nurse.

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Marjoribanka (for Mr. Coak), referring to the new brick- work found by the surveyor, said it was not put in by workmen engaged in making alterations at Mr. Cook's house.

The inquest was adjourned

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