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ENGINEERING & BUILDING

EAST AND

New Canadian Highway,

Winnipeg, Canada.-A highway 143 miles long from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Kanora, Ontario, is the first direct road to link those two cities and provinces. The road

WEST.

and that there is room for much

further progress in coming years, It is said that the number of calls per head of population in Northern

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1932.

UNITED STATES AS BRITISH PARTNER.

EMPIRE'S GREATEST CUSTOMER · KEENLY INTERESTED IN OTTAWA CONFERENCE.

HEARTY ENDORSEMENT OF PRINCE OF WALES' APPEAL.

METHODIST UNION CELEBRATIONS.

ALL THE WORLD AT ALBERT HALL: CON FERENCE.

will form an important section of 30.0 for Great Britain and 241.1 for ference, at Ottawa, Canada, pro: Canada our favourable trade bal Uniting Conference of the Church,

the Trans-Canada Highway, eventu ally to span Canada from Atlantic to Pacific.

Record Electricity Sales.

The total sales of energy by the Manchester Corporation Electricity Department last year attained a record.

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Ireland in 1931 was approximately 10 per annum, as compared with Canada. At present there is in Northern Ireland one telephone for ench 47, persons, against approxim- ately one for each 24 persons in

Great Britain.

English Insulating Machines.

large numbers from France.

a return of normal conditions throughout the world.

thia official

The re-union of three Methodist Churches in Great Britain, after a The United States is, an indis, British Empire as a whole ex-century of division, will be the. pousable partner in the economic capting Great Britain and Canada, subject of special celebrations in stability of the British Empire, the United States has a unfavour London during September. The act and the Imperial Economic Con-able trade balance. In the case of of union will take place at a special vides a constructive opportunity ance of $200,000,000 is fully offact held at the Royal Albert Hall on to formulate world measures in by the expenditures of our tourists, the afternoon of Tuesday, Septem which other nations may later co by the payments by American-com- bor 30 Prior to operate toward the revival of panies of interest on Canada's in-gathering there will be a devotion- trude, according to statement lasued July 10 by the National vestments in this country and other al service at Wesley's Chapel, items. A considerable part of our City Road, Loridori, for members Foreign Trade Council, The coun A new industry for Lancashire cil emphasizes the view that the so-called favourable balance with of the Uniting Conference only.

The Duke of York, accompanied has been errated by the formaOttawa conference does not imply England is also offset by similar tion, in Burnley, of a textile a union of British Empire countries items, plus, other important in- by the Duchess of York, will attend According to the annual report, machinery firin for the manufacture against the rest of the world, but visible items, such as those of ship-the Uniting Conference as represen tative of the King, and will speak. recently published, the output sold or machines formerly imported in presagas new efforts to bring about ping and insurance services.

The speech of the Duke, with other Partner, Not Rival,

addresses, will be broadcast by the i The British Empire's greatest!

"Our interest in the purposes B. B. C. Among those who will at Pourtier rubber-covering and wire-customer awaited with keen atten- of the conference is, therefore, far tend are the Archbishop of York, covering machines special type tion the opening of the Ottawa. less that of a trade rival than that the heads of other religious com- ¦ ¦ for making cotton, silk, and rubber conference on July 21, the state of an indispensable partner in immunities, the Lord Mayor of Lon- insulation used by the wireless, ment says. "Second to Great Bri, perial posterity. Americans have dou, the Chancellor of the Uni- telephone, telegraphia, and other

tain herself as the world's greatest more than 85,000,000,000 invested in versity (the Earl of Athlone), the electrical trades.

importing nation, the industries of

the British Empire and there are High Commissioners of the Damin- The company responsible for the the United States have spent ap-

more than $1,800,000,000 of British ions and representatives of Em- new industry is Messrs. Livesey &proximately 33 cents with the Bri. Empire money invested in this bassies of countries where Metho Crowther, Ltd, of Cumberland tish Empire out of every 'dollar's country. We buy from Canada, dinis is active. Street, Manchester, importers of worth of products purchased in re-

moreover, 15 per cent more than, the Japanese Raliway Completed.

Fifty Millions. the Pourtier machines, who have cent years. Our value as a cus

British Empire together, 50 per Methodist Churches throughout The ceremony was recently performed a new company-English In- tomar of the British Empire, as cont. more than the United King the world will also send their re- formed declaring open the new salating Machines, L-for the measured by our imports during dom and twenty-eight times ELS presentatives to join in the vale-? railway between Toyooka and Mine- purpose of making the machinery at the last normal trading year, 1920, much as Australia and New Zea-brations There are now, it is esti yama, this section completing the Burnley.

is approximately a billion dollars, i land combined.

mated, 60,000,000 persona in the connection of the railways along the Japan Sea coast. Some eight years ago the lino was extended

amounted to 398,000,000 kilowatt- hours. an increase of 20,900,000 kw. h. compared with the previous year. The number of consumers increased during the year by 8,598-much the highest figure recorded-bringing total now connected to the system

to 70.375,

This result is the more satisfac! tory since in the year preceding a decrease in sales was recorded.

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from Maizuru to Miyndzu, later to Mincyama, and the work has gone on slowly till now the link is com: plete. A large number of people were invited by the Railway De-

Steel Ballway Sleeporn.

The machines are known as the

Russian Orders.

excluding our $400,000,000 purchases "Finally, so far as Canada is Methodist community, with 80,000 from England herself. We thus concerned, no recent developments, ministers and 20,000 local preachers, Important Russian contracts have effected 25 per cent, of our purin tariffs or otherwise, have serious The three re-united Churches in been placed in Lancashire recently, chases abroad from the British Em-ly altered the proportionate trade Great Britain have, 5,000 ministers, pire, excluding Great Britain. done between these two great friend- This is almost as favouring a posily nations. Whereas in 1911, 38

and there is every prospect of more being placed in the near future,

An exceptionally powerful loco

partment to the opening ceremony. motive, of the Boyer-Garratt type in to be supplied to Russia by Messrs. Beyer Peacock & Co., Ltd., of Manchester. This particular locomotive will be the largest ever built in Europe, and will be the first British locomotive to be de- livered to the Soviet-since the war,

British railway companies, which 'uss about 4,500,000 timber sleepers (ties), mainly imported, ench year, have, during the lush three or four years, carried out extensive experi-

anents in the use of steel sleepers, Nearly half a million have been laid

tion as that of Britain herself per cent, of Canada's imports came

whose purchases from the empire in 1929 amounted to about 28 per cont. of her total imports, to a value of about a billion and a half

dollars,

theac

Since the Depression.

'"Sines the depression values have changed greatly, but the proportion is the zame. In operative trading company in this 1931 our purchases from the British

Centrosojus, the Russian

Co-

from the United States, id the fiscal year 1831-32 that percentage had risen to 41 per cent. in 1911; 66.8 per cent. of Canada's imports came from the United States and

1,000,000 Church members and a

community of 4,000,000.

the Royal Albert Hall on the even

Further meetings will be held at, ings of September 20, 21, 12, 23; while the business of the Confer ence continues at Westminster Cen- trai Hall in the morning.

in 1931-32 the percentage was al- On Saturday, September 24, the most exactly the same at 09.7 per celebrations will conclude with a cent. There is some reassurance, demonstration in Hyde Park.. therefore, to those who still hope

During the period of the Confer- j ween these two countries in the exhibitions of relics associated with for reciprocal arrangements bo-

ence and for a week after, special

Jess than half their total in 1929.

But they still are about most identically the same ratio of founder, the Rev. John Wesley, will

trade with each other as in the be held one-third of our total imports.

at and near Wesley's "But the fact that the value of year when reciprocity was last an Chapel, City Bond, London,

in short lengths of road in dif. country, are expected to place over Empire amounted to 8817,000,001 fact that each of them still does ́al- the history of Methodism and its

£200,000 worth of orders for textile

forent parts of the country, where goods, and contracts for a large por- they are being subject to exhaustion of this amount have already

been placed in Lancashire.

tive tests.

A new development has recently In addition, negotiations are going been embarked upon by the Ebbw on for a large supply of English Vala Steel, Iron and Coke Co., by boots and leather goods for Hussia. producing these stoel railway sleep- ors made all in one piece from rolled bar of steel. There are no

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this vast trade could be cut in half

active issue..

"Americans cordially subscribe

two years under adverse world trading conditions should, we be to the fine and statesmanly coun- lieve, reinforce the views of those sel given by the Prince of Wales in Dutch Firm Comes to England, economic statesmen of the British his farewell address on July 1 to

Empire who insist that the United the members of the British Im components to be attached by rivet taken over Prospect Mill, Clayton-ly as n competitor but

A well-known Dutch firm have States should be treated not mere perial Mission. We believe this as the statement should be read by every ing, bolting or welding, etc. le-Moors, near Accrington, Lanca greatest of the empire's customers. delegate at the Imperial Confer

Numbers of these Newport sleepshire. They they will manufacture The average of the last five years ence. It is as follows: ers have besa. Inid for trial on the high-class cotton blankets to supply reveal us, for example, as steady tracks of three British railways, and ¡a market in this country for which" } customers for the empire's ́ rubber definite order for 10,000 has they have entered for many years from the Straits Settlements to the just been completed for the Great from Holland. Owing to the imposi Western Railway.

tion of tariff, they now find it better to manufacture in Britain. The nego tiations were assisted by the Lanca shiro Industrial Development Coun

Mining Law in Denmark,

An act, entitled Law for proa- pecting and redamation of `r&W›

cil,

Wesley's House, Adjoining Wealey's Chapel is the house built by Wesley, in 1778, for the use of himself and his preach- era. Here be lived for 12 years, surrounded by his books and friends and furniture, much of

which can still be seen. The house

has been a Museum since the end of the pineteenth century...

"Great men have lived in this house," writes the Curator, the Rev. W. O. Barratt,-"Dr. Thomas

Cake, Dr. Adam Clarke, and many well-known Methodist preachers of later date. In the horse ars now

Isolation Impossibls.

"No group of countries can extent of close to $200,000,000 a year isolate themselves from the rest of and for Canada's wood pulp and the world. Canada and Australia newsprint paper to the extent of cannot dispense with the world of $160,000,000 a year and timber to market for their wheat. Australia, assembled · many articles which be the extent of $70,000,000 a year, to South Africa and New Zealand longed to Wesley or were connect India's jute at $90,000,000 a year, cannot dispenas with the world ed with his life and work. to Malaya's tin of 855,000,000 a market for their wool. The United for example are the beautiful desk year and to wool and to hides and Kingdom needs the world market

Here

be used, his study chair, and a

Interesting Relics.

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materials existing in the subsoil of Canadian Building. the Kingdom of Denmark," has been passed by the Danish Rigsdag, The value of building permits/skins from Australia, New Zealand for her manufactures. Maybe, number of other chairs including | effective until July 1, 1940, to ascer taking the tain whether valuable raw materials, ing May, 1932, was greated by and $18,000,000 a year respectively. will, y drawing closer together, such no potassic sult, petrol, coal, nearly by 25 per cent. than in April, There are other items, such as becox in time less dependent on which he sat as President of the First Methodist Conference in and oro exist. Under its provisions 1832, but lower by 50 per cent. than diamonds, which have come in the rest of the world, but such a the Danish Government possesses in May, 1931. The authorizations directly to us from the British Em. change must come gradually and 1744, and sixteen further Confer the sole right of prospecting for amounted to approximately $5 pire to the extent of $50,000,000 a by the natural process of evolution,ces in London. raw materials and exploiting those 200,000 in May, 1932, as compared year. These are vital elements in a guided and not forced by govern- not heretofore exploited by private with $4,237,000 in the preceding vast world trade in which the ment action

"A very beautiful bookcase, a enterprises.

month and 819,118,000 in May 1931.

United States sustains the econo- "In the mean time it is of utmost lovely, small chest of drawers, and com The total for the first five months mic structure of the British Empire importance in our own interests a fine tall-boy' also belonged to In consultation with a mittee of four members, the Frime of 1832 (818,191,000) was lower than in no inconsiderable way and in that, so far from taking steps that Wesley. Here too, you may see his Minister, mas grant concessions for that for the corresponding period which, as in the case of rubber, might discourage foreign countries, writing ease, with a roll top, which where our consumption is 75 per we should make every effort as he used when travelling by coach; a period of 50 years at a time of any year since 1920,

cent, of all that is produced, our repurchasing power is not merely and concert measures in which which he was wearing in the

Ottawa

to put heart into the worida pair of his horn-rimmed spec The owner of property on which

tacles, the spurs and shoe-backles portant but decisive, raw materials are found shall have

other countries may sterco Wednesbury riot of 1743, an bis preference in obtaining the conces

operate. The political differences torio tea pot made by Josiah sion subject to the provisions of the

In a wide variety of British of the world the empire cannot variety of other relics too numer

Wedgwood, of great site, and a law.

posscasiona dotted all over the cure, but on the economic side can ous to mention but all of great world, we buy more than we sell. not some message of hope go out size, and a variety of other relics Such is the case, for instance, to world trade dying in the grip too numerous to mention but all of lon, Jamaica. Trinidad, the Gold The last report of the Associa Visitors may also see the beautiful with Indin, British Malaya. Cey of almost unverbal restrictions" great historic and personal value. Coast and Nigeria in Africa. Aden, tion of British Chambers of Com huren belonging to the Rev. Char Newfoundland and British Hon-merce closes with these words, les Wesley, at which he must have. suras, We sell more than we buy which every American can recipro written many of his 6,000 hymns, in the cases of Australia, the Union cate Ins.consolidating our im and his Chippendale study chair of South Africa, New Zealand, perial position we should regard it Among recent additions Canada, the Irish Free State, le a mouns, not of injuring world Wesley's bat, a chair which lin other sections of the empire. But city to contribute to it and to the very fine, by Enoch Wood, and Great Britain herself and several trade but of increasing our capa preached from, still another. bust, few Americans realize that in the general wellbeing of the world. many book b

Uister's Telephone Service.

Of the larger cities, Winnipeg ported a higher total of building permits issued than in either April, 1032,or May, 1931; Montreal re gistered a gain compared with April, 1032, but a loss compared with May, 1981; in Toronto and The telephone service in Northern Vancouver there was a decrease in Ireland during 108l increased both both comparisons. Of the other een in the number of subscribers and treg, Fort William, Kingston, Port in the number of exchanges in the Arthur, Saskatoon, and Elmente district, according to an official re-recordel increases in the value of port. But it is pointed out that the building authorized, as compared development of the service has not with both the preceding month and been so rapid as in Great Britain tho some month of last year.

Balance of Trade.

THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL

Moderate monthly and dally rates.

Restaurant

Breakfast Six course Tiffin Seven course Dinner

80 75%

1.00

1.50

Cakes & Pastries fresh dally or made to order.

Telephone

Hotel No. 26634 & 26635. Pastry Department No. 22422

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