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SPARKS FROM THE PLUGS

MOTOR FUEL AT 6D.his was back to advise the Com

A GALLON

100 CARS NOW RUNNING

ON CREOSOTE

monwealth to encourage its mone facture and use there.

Knocking Eliminated,

It is claimed that any gas an dertaking con manufacture the fuel without any capital outlay on additional plant, The chemist produce the creosoto from the r sidual tar after the gas has been extracted from the coal.

Belfast. Three chemists in the laboratories of the Belfast Corpo ration gas undertaking have now

The fuel, because of its high perfected the discovery they marie flash point and non-inflamatde afteen inonths age of a creosoto oil qualities, cannot be used for start substitute for petrol, which thong up ar idling, and this vessi

reserve tank of) claim will reduce by half Britain's carrying a

But once the engine is Tetrol started it automatically switches, motor fuel bill.

Ever since June last year the over to cremote, which, it la stat corporation has been producing for eliminates knocking al con enger customers thousands of gas much a quantity of carbolic lons of this fuel, and an annual neid that the exhaust gases output of half a million gallons renderad highly disinfectant. can be attained.

Are

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1932.

HONG KONG POLICE

RESERVE

LORDERS BY THE HON. MR. E. D. O. WOLFE, O.M.Q., 1.Q.P.]

Chinese Company. Strength.-Constables R93 To Lai Him and R4 Wong Tshin On have| been taken on the strength of the Chinese Company as from Novem- ber 8, 18:39

Training Course-Part II-A}}

recruits will attend, at the Chinese Company's Headquarters on Tues- day. Decombor 0, at 5.30 p.m., for instruction.

Mail News from China

PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN KWANGTUNG

RECONSTRUCTION BUREAU PLANS JOINT MOTOR SERVICES

Canton.-As the result of earnest efforts made by all concerned, the | building of roads has been under takon in almost every district in

the provines with considerable de grees of success, As soon as a road

CANTON NOTES

A MUNICIPAL FAIR

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Chuston, December 4. Preparations are now being made for the holding early next year of a Canton Municipal Fair-the first one over contemplated. The event is intended as a celebration of the

achievements made so far in inuni- cipal reconstruction and develop is being completed, it is immediment, of which the opening of the ately put to use, and motor ser Pearl River Bridge will be looked Training Course-Part I.-All revices are being maintained on it.

upon as an outstanding achieve- Owing to the fact that the con ment. eruits of the Chinese Company will attend Central Police Station for struction of roads is generally Squad Drill on Thursday, December being looked after by the loca! Mr. James Courtney, the en gineering expert of the Belfast, as 3.30 p.m.-Dress: Blag uniform public in the various districts, the Omnibus Company, said "Over and cap with white cover. period of fifteen months the omni-

Indian Company. buses running on creosote show a substantial saving over those run-

Strength-Constable ning on petrol along. All the vehi-

Grand Show Planned.

Every effort will be made to en- rauning of motor services has con- Sure success of the Fair. An office has The local omnibus company, afty testing the fuel over 400,000 miles

sequently also been taken up by been opened at the Municipal Gov. of Ulster roads, has decided to

local enterprises, and though such ernment Headquarters for the Pro- convert for its use more units of its float, and has entered into 4

Aservices are common and popular paratory Commission. This Commis contract with the gas undertaking eles need for conversion is n spe-Majid has been struck off the in all parts of the province, there'sion has in turn appointed a num for a five years' supply.

cial manifold and another car One hundred private motor-carburetter, the operation of which is in Belfast are running on the fuel, purely automatic." which costs the owners sixpence a gallon.

The

London General Omnibus Company is carrying out exhaus tive tests, Salford Corporation is running an experimental vehicle Ratisfactorily, and the formula has; been broadcast throughout the Em.) pire,

A north of England concern i producing the same fuel for omni.

bus traffic in the Manchester area,

Mr. James McCrea, managing. director of the company, said:

R270

strength of the Indian Company from December 1, 1932.

The saving on creusote is eno penny per mile, and if we convert our whole fleet we shall save apsiga proximately £20,000 a year.'

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COLOURED TYRES

A Continental fashion which may

and a representative of the Aut spread to British motoring is that tralian Government, sent specially of painting the tyres the same to Belfast for information, is on colour as the coachwork.

Christmas

as

Emergency Unit Reserve.

this deficiency has been nooounted Strength-Constable 1456 R. L.. Marshall has been permitted to re-for by the lack of connections be from the Emergeney Unit tween roads of neighbouring dis-

tricts. Reserve as from December 1, 1932

Lecture.-A lecture will be given- it the Emergency Unit Headquar ters, Now Fire Station Building on Friday, December 0, at 8.30 in. All members must attend.

is Coming!

A Word to Merchants from Old Santa, Himself

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(8gd.) D. L. KING, ....

D.S.P. (R.) Hong Kong, December 6, 1932.

ECONOMIC conditions notwithstand-

ing, I'm coming around again to cast my spell of fun and happiness over the land. Now is the time for you merchants to stock well your shelves, for since the world began none have been able to resist the infectious spirit and gaiety of Christmas. And mark ye well, a word from Old Santa himself- A-D-V-E-R-T-I-8-E. The more you adver tise the more you will sell, and the more you sell the more successful my holiday."'~

SHOP-FARILY

SANTA CLAUS

in the day

in the month

Joint Services,

is as yet very little intor-district ber of committees for the various services on ronda controlled by dif- sections of the Fair, which include commerce, agriculture, ferent interests. In many insturcea, industry,

municipal development, arts, archæ ology, revolutionary

relics and others.

The Fair is to be staged on the' Yuat Shou Hill, or Koon Yam Hill; to the north of the city. Most of The Governor is now starting to Caaton Museum, the Chung Yuen the buildings there, including the remedy the present state of affairs. Memorial Library, the Yuct Shou Connecting links for various high. Rostaurant, and the Government Middle School Buildings, will be way routes have in many places used for the accommodation of the been built by the provincial | Fair. The public recreation ground authorities. Au attempt is: now at the foot of the hill will be turned inte the amusement section of the being made for the running of show and various entertainments through or joint services for dif- will be provided. ferent reads in the princípal com- mercial areas of the province, For this reason, the Bureau of Recon- struction is collecting the views of the various highway administra tions relating to the subject. meeting will soon be convened and arrangements made the inaugura tion of a few experimental joint services. At the same time some efforts will be made to have the motor [ares for passenger and freight services now in existence standardized. The opening up of such services will mean another stap forward in the matter of internal communication within the province, representative in Canton in the and will no doubt greatly accelerate person of a local merchant, but so the development of the province, far local interest does not seem to A while at the same time it will also

have been suficiently aroused. contribute towards the maintenance couple of the Commissioners have of peace and order in the rural distherefore decided to come, down tricts when the latter are within personally in the course of the week so a to persuado local bodies to rasy access of one another.

render such assistanco aa'is neces sary to ensued eroditable repre- sentation of China in the exhibition.

SWATOW MUNICIPAL

DEVELOPMENTS

NEW MAYOR BUSY ON RECONSTRUCTION

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Chicago Exposition, Participation in Chicago's Cen- tenary Exposition is also being con- sidered. As China has already officially decided to participate, A Canton, as

of its largest cities, is naturally expected to ita share towards contribute national representation. The Nan king Commission appointed by the National Government to take charge of the whole business has been busy designing a suitable representation, and among other things, Dr. Mei Lan Tang ia to be invited to per- form. The Nanking Commission has

The Gambling Froblem.

Those who have been hoping to seo the total suppression of gambl ing in the province in the immediate future were displaying premature optimism. Mr. Au Fong Po, the Finance Commissioner, has been ardously at work in reorganising local finances, and is confident of Since his assumption of office na being able to achieve success in the Mayor of Swatow on the 15th of balancing of the provincial budget. last month, Mr. Teak Chung Sam, But, he points out, the revenues formerly director of the political from opium and gambling at present department of the 3rd Army, has

constitute the greater half of the been hard at work planning the de-province's income. As the Govern velopment and reconstruction of the city.

ment is anxious to see that both are suppressed, new sources of in- Various classes of the public, in comes must be found to make up for the loss should prohibition be en- cluding merchants, educationalists, journalists, industrialiste, and dif. forced. The Government is seri ferent public organizations in Swa-ously looking for such new sources, tow have in turn been called in by but they cannot be found overnight. Mayor Task to discuss measures for municipal improvement. The new Mayor has officially intimated that he is ready for suggestions from my Beetion of the public.

Recent Activities,"

Trouble Over Graves.

Trouble, which is teading to grow serious, has lately risen in Honam as a result of municipal develop ment, which seeks to make us of what has been a burial ground of the dead. The graves in question Among the various new enter-

are in the area near the Lingnan prises that the new Mayor is paying University on the outskirts of the attention to may be mentioned the city, on the Honam side. The area Municipal Hospital. Plans are be

The Health Department of the Municipality is also being ordered to take steps for the provision of free dispensaries to offer medical services to the public, as is done in Canton.

ing drawn up by the Public Works has been purchased (though the Department of the Municipal Gov. sale is now disputed) by certain ornment, and tenders will shortlyndicates and requeste made for be called for the construction of the the removal of the graves by thoro concerned. This was not complied building.

with, and the new landowners took steps to engage toolice to remove the graves. But the villagers near- by joined together, and prevented this by the use of armed foren The landowners also employed arm- ed force to protect their men and prepared to proceed with the work. -Stops are being taken for the Fearing that a conflict would result, general improvement of the appear the rural guards of the locality came ance of Swatów city. Plans are on the socne and pacifred both considered for the construction of parties, pending a settlement by fountains and other decorative struc- the Government. The armed forces tures at suitable points, while the of the various parties are still to be laving of asphalt on the maloosi scen in the area. being proposed,

A City Flower,

tion for a suitable nomination. Like Canton, Swatow is also look- A municipal newspaper is to be ing for a suitable flower to repre-published nt an early date to give sent the city Invitation has been access to public views of the

xtended to the public for suggestions Continued at foot of nest Column) |--

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