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Three Projects Planned On North Rivers

NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL

DIRECTING EFFORTS

Special to the "Hong Kong Daliv

Press" (Copyrighṣ.D)

Nanking, Nov. 15.

The National Economic Council is directing its efforts towards three engineering projects on the Huangho and the Yangtze River. These include: (1) the closing of

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1935.

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

Miscellany

CHRKIANG-KIANGSI RAILWAY Passengers crowded all trains between Nanchange, provincial

THE PRODUCTION capital of Kiangsi, and Lentang,

OF MINERALS

in the easter part of the pro- vince, recently when that portion of the Nanchang-Yushan section of the Cheklang-Klangsi Railway was opened to traffic. It 19 11.

the dyke breaches at Tsunghsiang. In British Columbia derstood that upon completion

Hupeh, and the repairing of the main dykes along the Yangtze River, (2) the closing of the dyke

breaches

Tungchuang, West Shantung, and (3) the conservancy project on the Hilal River

According to plans mapped out by the Council, these projects will be started within this month and they are expected to be com pleted before next May, when the flood season will again set in The major portion of the funds will be appropriated from the $10,000,000 which the National Government recently earmarked for flood prevention and dyke closing work, walle the rest will be borne by the various provincial governments concerned

FUNDS EARMARKED

For the closing of the dyke breaches at Tungchuang; the N.E.C. has fixed a sum of $2,870,000 of which $2,570.000 will be borne by the Nutional Government and "the remaining $100,000, by the Kiangsu Provincial Government. The work has been entrusted to the Shantung Provincial Govern- ment from the Huangho Conservancy Commission.

with technical assistance

It is understood that up tái the. present the Shantung Provincial Government has already received a total of $360.000 and the re- maining portion will be remitteq to it by the N. E. U.

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For the repairing of the "main dykes along the Yangtze River the N. E. C. has fixed the sam $650.000 which will be borne totally by the National Govern. ment

For the closing of the dyke breaches at Tunghsiang. Hupel, It has been estimated that a total of $2,500,000 will be needed. Of this amount. $1,000,000 will be bome by the National Govern- ment and the remaining $1,500,000 will be appropriated by the Rupah Provincial Government.

Chin United Press (by mail).

RECENT CONTRACTS

AWARDED

Building Activities At Home

Messrs. Simon-Carves, Limited, Creadle Heath, Stockport, have received an order from Met The Cawnpore Electric Supply Corporation, Limited, for the all complete boller plant with the requisite auxillaries in con. nection with a big extension to the Cawnpore power station. The new contract includes two Simon-

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The decline brought about some years ago in the production of minerals in British Columbia, as a result of the low base-metal prices ruling in the markets of the word, and the general fall- Ing-off in the demand, seems now to have been definitely arrested. The total value of the minerals produced within the Province gradually and persistently fell from over 68 million dols. In 1929. to just under 29 million dels in 1932. At length, however, a small increase took place in 1933, the figure at the end of

that year standing at well over 32 million dols.; the upward trend was fur- ther intensified during 1934, when the value recorded was upwards of 42 million dols. In the annual report of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia. for the year ending December 31, 1994. it is stated that the mineral industry of the Province is approaching more stable conditions; employ- ment has increased.s number of mines have augmented their pro- auctive capacity, and taken all round, the output during the past 18 months has been very steady.

An All Round Increase

As compared with 1933, the quantities of, copper, gold, lead, platinum, silver zinc and coal produced during 1934 all increas- ed, some of them considerably.. Platinum, for example, increased by 32.5 per cent.. lead by 27.9 per cent.. and zinc by 28.5 per cent, The output of copper 1934 totalled 48.048,658 lb., an increase of 12.9 per cent. over the previous year's figure. Nearly 75 per cent. of this total was produced in the Anyox mines in the Nass River Division in the north-west of the Province. The low prices ruling for the metal during 1934, however, appear to have had a discouraging effect, and the pos- sible, though no doubt temporary. closing down of the Anyox mines at some perled in 1935. is fores- hadowed in the report, Recent advices have shown. however, that the production of copper in Canada, as a whole, has increased from 177 million lb., in the Arst six months of 1934, to 215 million b. in the first half of 1935, and that the British Columbian mines are sharing in this advance.

The Sullivan Mine

The Sullivan mine, at Kimber-' ley, in the Fort" Steele. Division, in the south-east of the Province, continues to produce a very con siderable proporation of the stiver, and the bulk of the lead and zinc outputs, which, in 1934, stood at 8.572,916 oz., 347,987 band 247,- 926.844 lb., respectively, for the

Carves multiple-drum type bot-whole of British Columbia. Gold lers, each having an evapora tive capacity of 120,000 15, to 185,000 lb. of steam per hour at 430 lb. per square inch pressure, with a final steam temperature of 800 deg. F. Pulverised-fuel fr- ing will be unit-type pulverisers per boiler. The installation w be complete with water cooled combustion chamber, superheater and steam temperate control economiser, air heater, forced and Induced-draught fans, val- and attings, instruments. yes and

electrostatic flue-gaa

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cleaning plant

and

Messrs. Merryweather Sons, Limited, Green-wich-road, London, SE10, have received an order from the Corporation of→→→

is to be found in varying quan- tities. In many parts of the Pro- vince, and the total value in 1934 was nearly 11-million-do's," com- pared with some 7 millions in 1933 The whole of the platinum extracted in 1934. namely, 53 oz. valued at $2,051 dels., came from the Similkameen Mining Division In the south. The colleries of British Columbia are ma'n'y cen- tred round the Eat Kootenay and Nicola Princeton districts, and in Vancouver Istand. Thier produced 1,347,090.gross tons of coal in 1934, this tctal constituting an increase of 6.5 per cent. over the previous year's figure.

West Ham for six of their aust-recent ships constructed for the

suda generators for the West Him Fire Brigade. These generators have been adopted by the Fire Brigades of Birmingham, Brad ford, Bristol, Dundee. Edinburgh Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Man- chester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Wakefield, and many other- authorities at home and abroad

Messrs. John Brown and Com- -pany, Limited;--Gydebank, Duin- bartonshire, are to build two cargo vessels for The New Zea- land Shipping Company, Limited, 138, Leadenhall-street, London. EC3, for their trade with New

Company, but with somewhat greater cargo capacity and speed.. It is anticipated that the vessels will be ready for service, towards the end of 1935.

Mesgrs. International Combus- tion, Ilm*ted. Aldwych House. Aldwych, London, WC.2, have supplied two tri-drum bollers to the Kirkstall power station, Leeds Corporation Electricity Depart. ment, several "L" stokers to the Rand Water Board, Vereeniging. and to Messrs. Imperial Chemical Industries, Limited, Widnes and

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shortly of the iron bridge ar "at Kuetchi, the

SHENSI HIGHWAY

CONSTRUCTION

Rehabilitation Scheme Planned

Now that Shensi Frovince has completely recovered from service will be

the extended to Yushan the present

effects of the disastrous famine in 1930, many schemes of re- western terminus of the Raliway.

nabltation have beer planned TELEPHONE IN FRONTIER

and considerable progress mode PROVINCES

in their achievement. The con- struction of highways by co- operation between the national and provincial governments has proved" most successful There

A sum of $18,000,000 will be needed for development of the telephone system in the five frun- tler provinces of Széchuan, Yun- nan, Ku chow, Shènsi and Kansu, according to estimaes prepared

by the Ministry of Communica- tions. Besides appropriating part of the $10,000,000 Telegraph Loan, the Ministry will devise, other

means to raise suficient funds for installation of the att work. Special depures have been despatched to the provinces to make preliminary, arrangements. TEES IMPORTS IRON AND) STEEL Imports of iron and steel to the Tees last month from foreign ports and coastwise totalled 2,483 tons, comprising 182 tons of pig iron, 1,996 tons of crude sheet bars, billets, blooms, and slabs, anl 315 tons of plates, bars, an- gles, rails, sheets and joists. For the wrevious months, the agg

gate unloadings amounted to only 1,920 tons, comprising 505 tons of pig iron, 1,002 tons of crude sheet bars, &c., and 413 tons of plates, bars, angles &c. Imports have thus returned to pre-war quantities,

NEW RAILWAY STATION The new railway station at Hengyang (Hengëhow', southern Hunan, on the Chuchow-Shiu- chow section of the Cahton-Ḥan- kow Railway, was opened at an impressive ceremony recently. A large crowd of rauway officials and representatives of civic bod- les attended, including Messrs. Lu Pl-chu,, Administrative

Vice Minister of Rallways, and Hsia Kuang-yu, Councellor of the Ministry and concurrently Char- man of the: Planning Committee for the Improvement of the Can- ton-Hankow Railway.

FUKIEN-KIANGSI RAILWAY Surveys on the projected Fu-. K'en-Klangsi Inter Provincial Railway between Shangjao (Ku- angain' station on the Cheklang- Kiangst Railway, in eastern Fu- klen, are nearing completion. In order to foster better commun!- cation, it understood that the Fullen Provincial Government has requested the Cheklang- Klanga Ra Iway Administration to extend the 'projected line to Foochow, the provincial capital, from Yenping. The cost of the line to-Yenping 18 estimated at $20,600,000 the proposed exten- ston to Foochow will require an- other $5,000.000,

EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTED "With a view to checking the further spread of the flood wa ters of the Yellow River Mr. Hao' Kuo-hst, Administrative Com- missioner at Halchow, has In- structed the Magistrates of Shu- yang Kuanyun, and Halchow to mobilize all the ablebodied in- habitants and relief workers in their respective districts to assist

in the construction of the Grand Embankment along the Yellow River in the vicinity of the three districts in order to hasten its completion.

KANSU-SHENSI HIGHWAY.

TRAFFIC

are eight trunk highways under construction fr. the province, most of which it is hoped will be-com- pleted by the end of this year. The following is a brief descrip- tion or each of these highways-

Hs-Lan

Yungshow.

As the name indicates, this highway

connects Esian, now known

as Changan, with Lan- chow, now known as Kaolan, passing through Senyang. Li- chuan. Kienhslen, Fingalen, and Changwa in Shensi and Kingchwan, "Pingilang, Lung- teh, Tsingning Huining. Tingsi, and Yuchung in Kansu. Extend- ing for a distance of about 720 kilometeres, this is an important highway between Shensi

and Kansu. In 1928 and 1929 the In- ternational Famine Reller Corp- mittee employed the stricken people in building this highway, and owing to the unstable foun- dat ons many accidents occurred when it was opened to traffic. In 1934. following the inaugura. tion of the North-Western Office of the Nation Economic Coun- cil, it was decided that $1,800- 000, be spent prev repairing this highway, and in order to complete the work in the shortest time possible, the programme is to be carried out in two stages: During the first stage only repairs to road surface and construction of bridges and alulcer is to be done, and in the second stage, the road surface will be grave! ed so that the highway will not be washed away by heavy rains and floods. As this 's a national highway the North-Western High- way Bureau has been established to take charge of the work. It was expected that the first stage wou'd be finished and the high- way opened to traffe by the end of September, but owing to the Chin Chuan bridge foundations being carried away by heavy rainą in August and the destruction of the road-bed between Hslan and

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China's Sorrow Giving Trouble

DYKE BREAKS ALONG HOPEI SHANTUNG BORDER

S'enyang by foods from the Li Ho communications have been inter- rupted for more than a month and the repairing of the road surface delayed. If nothing hap pens to prevent the progress of work, the end of this year wil see the reopening of the highway, but the second stage of the work will not be started until funds are. available.

Hot-Han

As this is also a national hign- way it is being bullt under the joint supervision of the National Economic Council and Commission of Reconstruction of the Shensi Provincial Government. From Hsian the road passes through lenyang. Kingping, Wukung. Futeng. Kishan Fengslang. Pack Fengsten, Liups and Paocheng. ending at Nancheng, a distance of 720 %. Burveys were made by the National Economic Counci in November, 1934, but construc- tion was not started until Feb- ruary last, and it is estlinated. that to construct his highway an outlay of $1,500,000 is required. As the section from Hsian to Packi has long been open to motor traffic, the only part to "be constructed is that south of Paoki The work has been divid ed into three stages, from Poaki to Fenghsien ELS the first. from Fenglisten to Liupa as the second. and from Llupa to Nancheng as the third stage, The construction of the road bed from Packi to Fenghsien has been completed, and the lay-out of about 500.000 Kung" Fang of clay foundation on the second and third stages was to be fin'shed by the end of September. This being part of the highway leading to Szechuen. a time-limit has been set by the multary autho- rities, providing that traffic must be inaugurated by the end November. As blasting operations are necessary in the mountains and traffic has been blocked, the provincial government instructed the Commission of Reconstruc- tion to repair the road between Chowchih and Nancheng via Fu- ping, Yanglisten and Chengku, to facilitate transportation. As mo- tor-buses have been ruining be- tween Hslan and Chowchih and the 520 . of the temporary road la roughly repaired, this line now serves as the principal link be- tween Halan and Nanchebg.

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URGENT RELIEF

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NEEDED

Flood Area Daily

Expanding

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Esuchow, Nov. 20.

Shanghai, Nov. 18. Kuo Min

reports from Tainan

The present flood situation in that the Yellow, River is again North Kiangsu, is almost ten times rising."on the Shantung-Hopel 88 serious as that at the beginning border. According to telegram of the food catastrophe As the from the Engineering once in food area 48 daily expanding charge of the dyke-repair work at owing to the over-rising level of Tungchuang, the River has risen suddenly at fugees in Hsuchow and Hechow western Shantung, the food waters, The ficod re"

the Klangs Dyke, where a water areas now numbering around 200,- occurred at the Lengchai Ares, in dam is being built. Breaks have 000, are in need of relief.

southern Hopel, near the Shantung border.

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This is reported in a telegram addressed to-day by Mr. Cheng Ching-shen, member of the Shang- hal Flood Reller Association, A similar telegram reporting on the situation and the progress of Dr. H. H. Kung. Minuter ·0f engineering work has also been Finance, and Mr. Hsu Shih-ying. sent to the Executive Yuan and the Chairman of the Association. the National Economic Council by Mr. Cheng arrived here to day the Engineering Bureau.

from Shanghai on a flood inspec- A petition urging the dredging tion tour. Bian, Nov. 21. M

of the Wuty River, in order to

Although the Government b An ambitious scheme to develop drain off the Yellow River flood issued $11.000,00 flood re'ler band. the highway trafe between Kansu waters in northeastern Klangsu. Mr. Cheng, asserted in his telegram and Shenti, has been mapped out has been submitted to the Kiang that what is needed at present by the Bulyuan-Sinklang Lond su Provincial Government by the is ready cash for relier of the Distance Bus Company.

authorities of Kuanyun food refugees in these regions.

local

The plan calls for the opening (Panpu), salt centre, which is Mr. Cheng mentioned that a sum of motor, routes between Blan and still affected by flood reports af at least $31,000,000 in cash is Lanchow, Lanchow and Heining. Kuo Min correspondent at Hai- needed to enable the food victims Lanchow and Hami and Lanchow chow.

there to engage in farming Works and Chinän,

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