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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA

Notes From Here And There

TELEPHONE EXTENSIONS

Provincial

As the highway between Sian and Lanchow, respectively pro- vincial capitals of Shensi and Kansu, has been partially com- plated, the North-Western branch of the National Economic Coun- " cil and the Shensi Telegraph Bureau are arranging a long- for the installation of distance telephone line along the at various Buildings route.

are being the road stations on put up. To unify, transportation, motor-service companies who de- side to utilise the highway must register with the branch office of the N.E.C.

NEW SERVICES IN FUKIEN

The Ministry of Communica- has promised to Instal tlons three main long-distance tele- phone lines in Fukien province,; including one Hinking Foochos, -with the provincial capital.. Changchow, Headquarters of the Pacification Commissioner. Other telephone lines will be installed by the Provincial Department of Reconstruction.

NEW POSTAL OFFICE

The Postal Transmiting Office completed its at Kupeikow organization this morning and started functioning formal on According to the January 10. agreement with the Japanese re- garding the resumption of postal from communication, for mails China Proper" destined to places Jehol In the Northeastern" and provinces, only Chinese postage stamps should be used, while in- pro- coming malls from those vinces are required to bear the 'special kind of stamps vided in the agreement, parations for the establishment of the Postal Transmitting Office at Shanhaikuan are also nearing completion, which is expected to begin functioning on the day.

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THREE TRUNK HIGHWAY

The Fuklen Provincial Govern ment has started measures for the construction of three trunk inter-provincial highways, which will link up the interior districts of the four provinces of Fukien, Kuangtung. Kiangsi and Che- klang. The first road will run from Klenning through Ninghua and Changting to Juikin, eastern Klangs. The second will start from Shahsien through Yungan and

Bencheng to Cbangting, The third will western Fukien, also start from Shahsien and will pass through Tsingliu, and Ning- sha to Shihcheng, eastern Kiang- "sl. The Provincial Department of Reconstruction has dispatched surveying parties to survey the routes

but of the three roads actual construction work will be done by the soldiers stationed in the various localities through the roads will traverse.

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IMPROVED BUSINESS

Business on the Taokow-Ching- hua Railway, northern Honan, is improving. A report received by the Ministry of Rallways states that the net profit of the line Ice December, 1934, exceeded $210,000, which is a record for the railway.

CHARCOAL FOR MOTOR- CARS

Long-distance omnibus com- panies operating in the provin ces have been ordered by the Ministry of Industry to install, as far as possible, charcoal gas pro- ducers, the invention of Mr. Tang Chung-ming, in their mo tor cars and to substitute char coal for gasoline. Experiments show that the charcoal Inven- tion is not only efficient but economical.

"TRAIN SERVICE INAUGURATED

Train service on the. Huoshan- of the Huainan Hotel section Railway, in central Anhui, has been in operation since January I The line, which is to be used mainly for transporting coal,

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HIGHWAY MAP

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A map showing the network of interprovincial highways between the seven provinces of Klangsi, Cheklang, Fukien. Kuangtung-„ Hunan, Hupch and Anhui has" been completed by the Provisio nal Headquarters of the Presi- dent of the Military Affairs Com- the forwarded to mission and Provincial Governments concer- ned,

ROAD-MAKING IN ANHUI

Highway construction is mak- southern ing great strides in Anhui under the able direction Provincial of Mr. Liu I-yen, Commissioner of Reconstruction. Almost all the districts, particu- larly Tsingteh, Nanjing. Kingh- sien, Fanchang, Tungling, Wahu and Tunki, are now connected by highways built by the Provincial Department of Reconstruction. Omnibuses are running on 3,102 kilometer's of hingways. 613 kilometers have recently' been another 543 completed, while kilometers are nearing comple- tion: 1,404 kilometers of new roads have been planned for the first half of this year. In coin- plance with the request of the Post Office, the Provincial High- way Bureau has instructed the authorities in charge of the Wahu-Tunki Highway to arrange for the institution of postal ser- vice along the route. After com- in the pletion of the net-work Louth, attention will be turned to highway construction in north- ern Anhul. In view of the level ground, absence of high moun- tains, and the existence of many ancient roads, the highway sys- tem in the north should be com- pleted in a shorter time than in the south.

CANTON-HANKOW LINE PROGRESS

The laying of rails on the of the Canton- central section Hankow Rafway between Shiu- chow. porthern Kwangtung, and Chuchow, eastern Hunan, will be completed tox the near future. Mr. Lin Hung-brun, Managing- Director in charge of the section, has arrived at Pingshek, north- ern Kwangtung. to inspect the work

SIAN-KINGTSEKUAN HIGHWAY

Construction work on the pro- Jected highway between Bian, provincial capital of Shensi, and Kingisekuan, along the Shenk- Honan-Hupeh border, will be started in February, The road, which covers a distance of 300 (100 miles), will be built, simul- taneously in three sections.

EUROPE-ASIA AIRWAY

A plan of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation for the institution of an Europe-Asia Inter-Continen- tal Airway between Berlin and Shanghal has been approved by the Ministry of Communications. When the German Government approves the proposal, a test. flight will be made in February, An airplane will start from Ber- lin and take the route Greece and India to Shanghai. It is estimated that the entire Journey, coverning a distance of 14,000 kilometers, will be done in 63 hours If the test flight pro- ves satisfactory, ale service will be started in March,

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1935.

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

BIG CONTRACT

Egypttian Railway *Orders

(Specia) Air Mail Service)

London, March 38. The order for 20 locomotives secured last week by the North British Locomotive Company Ltd. Springburn, Glasgow, from the Egyptian State Railway has been, increased to 50 locomotives.

The engines are to be of the 2-6-0 type, 20 of which are to be atted with Caprotti valve gear and the remainder with Walschaerts valve gear.

The original order was for 20 locomotives, and the increase, it was stated. would bring the total value of the contract to £250.000.

FURNACE ELECTRODES

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Before the war the compara. Mvely small number of graphite electrodes consumed in the elect- ric steel melting furnaces of this. from country were obtained abroad, principally from the Unit- ed States. During the war, how- ever, six Arms of Sheffield steel makers, Messrs. Thos. Firth and John Brown, Limited, the English Steel Corporation Limited. Had- felds. Limited, Brown Bayley's Steel Works, Limited Samuel Os born and Company. Limited, and Kayser, Ellison and Company, Limited, joined together, at the urgent request of the War Omice, and erected works for the manu- facture of amorphous carbon elec- trodes under the name of The Electrode Company of Shefeld, Limited.

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These steel makers have now been able to make an agreement with the Acheson Graphite Cor- poration of New York, the prin- cipal suppliers of electrodes to the steel, chemical and other trades, whereby a company known British Acheson Electrodes. Limit ed, has been formed. The" chair- man of this concern, is Mr. C. W. Kayser, chairman of Messrs. Kay- ser, Ellison and Company, Limit- ed, and previously chairman of the Electrode Company of She- Meld, Limited. The managing director is Mr. A. M. Williamson, while the English representatives on the Board, in addition to Mr. Kayser, will be Mr. A. J. Grant, Messrs. Thos. Firth and John Brown, Limited, and Mr. A. Dun- bar, Messrs. English Steel Cor- poration, Limited. Mr. F." M. Chetwynd Stapleton, will be man- ager of the works at Wincobank, which are to be considerably ex- tended and modernised, and will It is hoped by the end of the year. be able to supply all the imorphous carbon and graphite electrodes required for the British new trade. The offices of the company are at Town Hall Cham bers. Fargate, Shefteld.

NANKING CITY RAILWAY LEASED

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THE SHIPYARDS

Completion Of Tanker Contracts

Within the past five weeks shipbuilding work in the Clyde district has decreased by, over 40,000 tons gross, and the top- nage of the ships contracted for in the interval is only a fraction of that amount Following the successful trials last week-end of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Com- pany's tankers, the Amastra and the Anadara, bullt respectively, by . Mesars Lithgows, Ltd., Fort-Glas- row, and Messrs Harland and Wold, Ltd., Govan, only one of the all tankers ordered last year is still on hand. This is the Ban Arcadio for the Eagle Oll and Shipping Company, which is being.. "atted out by Messrs Harland and

Wolf, Ltd, Govan.

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To fill the vacant berths there are only the two tankers ordered last month from Messrs Harland and Wolf, Govan, by the Anglo- Saxon Petroleum Company.

FORTHCOMING CLYDE

LAUNCHES

In general cargo tonnage also the output from the Clyde is greatly in excess of the orders Another cargo, coming forward. steamer will be launched to-mar- rgw by Messrs D. and W. Hender- son and Co., Ltd. Partick. This is a steamer which they are build- ing to the order of Messrs Car. Salvesen and Co., Leith. The only vessel now on the stocks at the Meadowside yard is a cargo stea- mer for Messrs T. and J. Harrison, Liverpool,

DREDGER FOR BASRAH

Que of the largest dredgers built on the Clyde for some years will be launched on the 19th of William this month" "by Messrs Simons and Co., Ltd., Renfrew. The vessel, which is about 300 feet in length, is to the order of the Basrah Port Directorate. Messrs Stons have already constructed two very similar vessels for the Basrah Port, and in each case exceedingly good results were ob tained in service

TYNE NAVAL WORK The number of men engaged at the Naval Yard, Walker, belong- ing to Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., will be further increased as a result of the keel laying of two new destroyers, Hero and Here-

ward.

Work is now proceeding on two cruisers and two- destroyers, and ́ there are three times as many men working to-day as there were at this yard towards the end of last year. About one-third of the shell of the cruiser Newcastle.has been completed, and she will be launched next January, as will also be one of the destroyers. The keel of the other cruiser, Sheffield; was laid at the Beginning of last month.

from Four, launches (three Swan Hunter and Wigham Rich- ardson's and one from Hawthorn Leslie's) have taken place so far this year, and in April another. two or three vessels will take the water from Swan Hunters' yard at Wallsend. These will include an all-welded ship for Norwegian owners which was ordered last year. The vessel will be about 260 feet lang. Other vessels which will soon take the water Include two 10,000-ton cargo ships.

Nanking. The agreement governing the lease of the Nanking city rallway to the Klangnan Railway Company for operation, in order to improve traffic, was formally. signed by representatives of the Nanking Municipal Government and the Ratway Company.

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the period of the lease will be for twenty years. On the day the railway is turned over, the Muni-spects of an order for a speciál cipal Government will receive a sum of $30,000 as deposit from Thereafter, a Company, monthly fee of $3,000 is to be. paid. Kuo in

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EMPLOYMENT FOR 7,000

Peiping. The work of altering the course of the Pelping-Suiyuan Railway, at the section between Pingti chuan and Chotou Bhan (moun- tain) in south western Charhar, was started yesterday with re- moval of the rails n the existing track.

Work will be completed in three months and trame on the new route will be operated at the end

Over 7,000 then are ∙May..! engaged n the Job Kua Min.

It is reported there are pro-

type of cargo ship going to a Tyne firm shortly, but there a no indication yet which will he the successful firm, Several con- tracts in other, directions -- are, however, confidently expected as a result of the quotations being received by Messrs William Cory, Newcastle, and the Fulham Borough Council.

The Middlesbrough Ship Re- pairing Company, a small under- taking on Tees-side, is being of- fered for sale. The plant includes general engineering machinery, etc.

CLYDE REPAIR WORK" Messrs Barclay, Chrie and Co.'s repair departments were very busy last week, having 16 vessels on hand, seven of which were in dry-dock

D. and W. Henderson and Co. dry-docked the Kantara in Mea- dowside for overhaul, and they also had overhaul repairs on the

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Esmond, damage repairs on the Porthkerry, and survey repairs on the Fintra, while voyage repairs. were executed on the Tray- vania, the Atxuri Meidi and the

Memnen.

Alexander Stephen and Sons had the Goodwin for damage re- pairs, the Norfolk for dry-docking, hall and machinery repairs, and the Media and the Beanly for voyage repairs. The Blythswood Shipbuilding Company continued work on the yacht Olen Strathal- lan, and dealt with Voyage re- pairs on the Pacific President and the Pacific Shipper.

Farland and Wolf dry-docked- the Shaw, Savill and Albion Com- pany's Habana for survey re- pairs, and carried out minor voy age repairs on the Mahia and the Lautaro. The Greenock Dockyard Company have. the Triaster" in dry-dock for painting and the Clan Macnell for painting and Tel-fin stream-lining of rudder and damage repairs

"WORK AT LEITH Messrs Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith dry-docked the Barra Head for hull and engine repairs, the Cam- pus for general repairs, and the Pharos for overhaul. Sundry re- pairs were executed adoat on the -Hedwit, the Cairn Glen "and the Dunrobin, and overhaul repairs on the Edina

SHIP SURGERY,

Ship repairing continues to be below normal. on the North-East Coast, and while some yards can be described as comfortably em- ployed, others are experiencing great dificulty in keeping going.

Messrs Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., North Shields have in dock the British Monarch (survey).." Capitaine Edmund Laborle (sur- vey and damage repairs); and the Linaria (damage repairs). The Spilsby, Wearpool, Jofre, and Hindhead are alongside.

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At their Middlesbrough yard Smith's Docks are nearing com- pletion in their second contract the Mangalore for shortening (Brocklebank Line). In this case 57 feet of the centre structure has been cy away, and the ¬bows, weighing about 2500 tons, have been joined to the remaining por- tion. The Mangalore has a carry- ing capacity of 10,000 tons, and as a result of the operation her deadweight has been reduced by about 1350 tons and her gross ton- age by $50. The job has been in hand for about six weeks, and will last about another fortnight.. A similar contract was carried out on the Mathura (9700 tons), and another vessel will arrive in the Tees soon to be shortened.

Messrs Palmers (Hebburn)" Company, Ltd, are still engaged on the Belle, which requires ge neral repairs. The Cothic Star Mercantile are alongside. The Dry Dock Company, Ltd, Jarrow, are dealing afloat with the Sea venture, Virginia Nicolaou, "Halo, and Sea Rambler.

Messrs J. L Thompsons and Bons, Sunderland, are stilr-eng- aged on the Bilver Pine and Silver Larsh for extensive repairs, while. they will also start work soon on the construction of a vessel which was recently ordered.

COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

A little book entitled Brasses. the first of a series of works of reference intended for engineers, all of which will be printed on paper of similar size and in e manner permitting the pages to be punched for inclusion in a composite: loose-leat note book, has recently been issued by the Copper Development Association, Thames House, Millbank, London, 8.W.1

I consists of a brief selection from, the very large amount of it- formation which exists on the subject of brasses and other cop- per-zine alloys, and is intended *to set as a guide in the specifica

tion of these materiais, Other booklets in the same series, to be published in due course, will deal with further engineering applica tions of brass and with special alloys of copper for high-strength and high-temperature services.

NEW PHONE SYSTEM

Work on the Nine-Province" Long-Distance Telephone System. planned by the Ministry of Com- munications. has been started. Installation of

the Arst trunk line between Nanking. and Han- kow is now under way and is ex- pected to be completed in sum- mer this year. In order to facili- tate the installation, the Une has been divided into two sections, namely, Nanking-Hankow and Bankow-Chlupu (Anhul) sections, and work is proceeding at both ends, The completion of this line will enable the four provinces of Kiangsu, Anhui, Klangsi and Hupeh to communicate the phone simultaneously. other five provinces which is in- cluded in the system are Che Kiang, Hunan, Honan, Shantung In "the meantime, and Hope!. the Communications Ministry has completed plans for the in- stallation of a new line between Shanghai and Canton, which is intended to supplement the pre- sent telegraph and wireless fact- lities between the two cities. ΤΟ Binance the project, it is under- stood that the Ministry has secur- ed a loan of $150,000 from the Postal Savings Bank and work is scheduled to begin on March 1,

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CHANGE OF TRADE

An important and interesting: arrangement has just been con-. cluded betwee Mesars. Henry Robb, Limited, Victoria Shipyard. Lleth nd Mesars Ramage and ,Limited, Leith by which the .mer will take over the goodwili, plant, and buildings of the latter company. The pur- chase price has not been divulged. Messrs. Ramage and Ferguson have been in business fox, about afty years, during which time they launched many passenger and cargo vessels, as well as many luxurious yachts. It is interesting to record the fact that for about five years before Mr. Henry Robb founded his present firm, in 1918. he was in charge of the shipyard. which he is now taking over. Dur- ing his management Messrs. Ram- age and Ferguson were largely engaged an Admiralty work, and Mr. Robb hopes with the ad- dition facilities now secured, to be in a position to obtain for Leith: a share of Admiralty work. Yacht building was a thriving industryTM in, the district in former times, and Mr. Robb is credited with the Intention of endeavouring to re- At the vive this class 'of work. moment, Messrs. Henry Robb, Limited, have several vessels on order.

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