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THE

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WOOD PRESERVAT

Wood

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Guards against

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etc..

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Alexandra Building.

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THE ARRIVAL OF THE

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AT HONG KONG IN SOUND. Hear the following personages talk: Senator W. G. McAdoo of California Mr. Charles L. Hoover, U. S. Consul General Mr. Juan Trippe, President;

Pan American Airways Mr. H. M. Bixby of Pan American Airways Mr. Roy Howard, Newspaper Magnate Mr. E. M. Swasey, United Press Weekly

TO-MORROW

AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1936.

NATIONALISTS'

OFFENSIVE

Famous Monastery

Fired At

Avila, Oct. 29. Escorial, the famous monastery north-west of Madrid, was sub- jected to gun-fire from, the Na- tionalists offensive but progress the extremely was slow. due to

mountains dificult terrain and which rise to a height of 6,500 feet

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Artillery stationed at the foot

of the mountains to the south, car- ried on spasmodic bombardment

the

Government positions extend from the town of Escorial to the capital, along the side of the mountains.

оп which

Another detachment of Nation- alists are attempting to force the defenders back into the town and beyond it into the mountains in order to establish connection with the troops stationed at Navas del Marques, while a third detachment under the comand of 'Colonel Rada is advancing from Elspeinal to village of Peguerinos which the iles in the valley before Escorial.

The Militia attempted to storm the Nationalists positon at the foot of the mountains on Wednes- day but finally retreated after a severe machine gun battle in which hand grenades were employed.-- Fransocean News Service.

DEFENCE PROGRAMME

Conditions Of Contract

Under the Defence Programme, This, of course, means that there large numbers of contracts for war would be no break during a period material will be placed with enginer planned production on account cering firma possessing little or no of which the contractor had enter- commitments. experience of such contracts or of ed into nancial manufacturing the particular This is a valuable precedent to be kinds of articles which they will borne in mina. now be required to produce on a considerable scale. In many such cases, new machinery and even new buildings will be necessary for the execution of the contract, and this introduces unusual complien- tions into the conditions of con- tract.

Apart from other considerations It is necessary. for political rea- sons, that the Government, in en- tering into. material,

The Great War left in its train some disastrous losses of capital expended on additional buildings. machinery and plant, to meet the conormal war demands to which Peuce-time requirements were never likely to approximate.

The impossibility of employing them profitably after the war con- verted a large proportion of these temporary assets into heavy Babil- contracts for War Bles. With this lesson in their should provide against minds, engineering firms are nu- the possiblity of their commit-turally very fearful of increasing ments exceeding the national needs their capital commitments for the In certain eventualdes which can- purpose of expanding their produc- not be predicted. It is customary

tive capacity to meet the Defence to make this provision by means of Programme requirements. If the a "break clause." and it is of vital Government had not decided to re- lieve the contractor of this risk. importance to the contractor that

where necessary, it is doubtful whe- he should give his careful con- sideration to the wording and im- ther it would have been possible to carry out the Defence Program- plications of such a crause, when preparing his tender and negotiate me within the prescribed time. ing a contract, with the object "of providing against the risk of the economic basis of his contract be ing upset by premature stoppage of production or by changes in the volume of work and the period of its production. The saving to the Government effected by the opera- Two Soviet vessels are on Ore intion or a break clause should not the Barcelona Roads,

SOVIET VESSELS FIRED ON

Rabac, Oct 29.

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The

Government have boldly. met this dimeuity by undertaking to nauce approved additions to the contractor's machinery and plant. on the condition that they are to be and to remain Govern- ment property. Another condition 1s that the contractor shall main- tain this Government property in be at the expense of the contractor. serviceable condition and hold it at and he will be well advised to see the disposal of the Government for six years from the date of his first that he is protected in this respect. however, must

maintenance ex- This protection,

contract. The The broadcast also states that necessarily be limited to 'compen-penses to be borne by the Govern- ment. It is recognised that it Portugal has addressed a note tu sation for expenditure actually in- Burgos recognising General Fran-curred, including irrevocable Rabill-would be an extravagance to allow

the head of S cisco Franco Spanish state.... Renter's Bulletin Service.

They caught fire following a rala by Nationalist aircraft, according to an insurgent broadcast.

ARMS. EMBARGO ON SPAIN

Lifting It Might Be War

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London Oct. 29. Last night, the National Council of Labour issued a statement call- Ing for the lifting of the arms em- bargo under the non-intervention agreement in favour of the Spanish Government. Towards end of his speech: the Foreign Secretary refer- red to this statement.

He declared that, despite all the dificulties, real and numerous enough, the Agreement was still working. No single Government out of twenty-six"participating had withdrawn from the agreement- not even Russia. The Government could not therefore accept the Labour suggestion any more than the French Government could, Judging from the attitude assumed by the French Ambassador in the International Committee.

The only alternative policy was to free the export of arms to.both sides. In that way lay confusion in international recrimination and it might be war. British Wireless

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ties properly undertaken in respect or a contract but which have not yet matured for payment. There can, of course, be no compensation for the loss of an expected profit on the cancelled part of a con- tract.

potentially productive -machinery, &c., to remain idle. If at any time it should be possible for the con- tractor to use the whole of any part of it for the execution of commer- cial contracts Furthermore, the reasonable use of such machinery and plant would be the best way of maintaining it in good serviceable condition.

In some cases, the risk to the contractor has been removed or minimised by dividing the contract

For these reasons it has been mto two Ur more consecutive per-

provided in Special Conditions of lods of time each corresponding to a specified.output, and providing Contract that the Government, as and when occasion arises, may give that the contract department con- cerned, not less than three months permission for the whole or part of before the expiration of a period. the productive equipment, which is shail give notice thereof if it be the j the property of the Government, to intention not to require the output i be used by the contractor in cor- sideration of his paying an agreed contingently contracted for in re- spect of the next ensuing period. rental. "Engineering."

OFFICIALDOM RESHUFFLES

New

Arrangement Made In Canton

MIGRATION TO CANADA

Talk of a resumption of migra- tion to Canada is discounted by the unemployment that still exists in the Dominion in spite of the gen- eral recovery there and in the Unit- ed States. According to the Royal Bank of Canada, unemployment, in fact, continues to be a major in order to enlighten the expen~

problem in both countries. There diture, Mr. Wong Ying-yu Com-

arc, it is reckoned, between ten and unem- a half and twelve million missioner of the Provincial De-

ployed in the United States and partment of Civil Affairs, hás de- cided to change the internal ar-

between 600,000 and 750.000 in the rangement of the Department as

Dominion, the lower figure in both from 8 departments into 4 depart-enses being nearer the mark. Both

ments.

It is learned that General Affairs FIGHTING PLANES Department will be the first; Ship- BOUGHT BY SPAIN, Highways and Long distance Telephone Dept. will be the second; Agriculture and Forestry Depart ment will be the third; and In- department dustry and "Mining will be fourth.

Mesars. Chen Tung-chi, Chen Kwan-wel Chow Man-kong and Llu Soop-toa, according to the

have been reappointed news,

Paris, Oct. 29. The Madrid, Government has purchased 15 fast fighting planes in the United States, according to report received here from" the Spanish capital. It is added that several canons, boats and other naval craft have been purchased abroad by the Madrid Government head of the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th departments respec- and that some of these have ar- rived in Spanish ports on Wednes- tively. "Canton Daily Sun." day.-

'rumorean News Seraser.

NEW APPOINTMENTS

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estimates were taken in July, when the seasonal factor is favourable to a high level of employment. "In neither country." the Royal Bank of Canada says, in its September Letter, "has unemployment been reduced to a reasonable magnitude, but at no time during the depres- slon, or since, has it been so large Proportionately in Canada as in United States. Canda has travelled half of the road to recovery; the United States one-quarter only."

Canada's position, it is added, is more favourable than that of the United States in almost every one of the major catégories of employ- ment, viz., mining transportation and manufacturing. The most pro- nounced recovery in the United States has been in agriculture. telegraphs and street railways, transportation, although in the last-named the index figure of 80.9 by Canada's 72.3; is surpassed

"Engineering.”.

CERTIFICATES A

The Institution of Electrical

Londen Oct. 29.

Engineers, in conjunction with the Board of Education, is prepared to The following ministerial ap- pointments were announced th's approve schemes submitted by technical, colleges and schools in afternoon.

Mr. Walter Elliot to be Se- England and Wales for the award cretary for Scotland, vice the of national certificates and diplo- Iate Sir Godfrey Collins. Mr. W.s.mas in electrical engineering under Morrison to be Minister of Agricul- approved conditions, Ordinary and ture and Fisheries, vice Mr. Walter higher certificates will be awarded Elliot. 'Lieutenant-Colonel DJ. in respect of part-time grouped Colville to be Financial Secretary to courses, and ordinary and higher Treasury, vice Mr. Morrison. Mr. diplomas in respect of full-time H38 Wedderburn to be Parli-grouped courses. Colleges and amentary Undersecretary for Bcot land, vice Mr. Colville.

The King has approved Mr. WS. "Morrison Ve sworn & member of the

Privy Council

The Prime Minister has invited Mr. Hore Belisha, Minister of Transport, to be a member of the Cabiret

"British" Wartitii

BIG DOCKYARD PLANNED

Dairen

At a cost of 75,000,000, the South Manchuria Railway Company is planning to build a big dockyard schools seeking the approval of in Manchuria, near Dairen. Ac- schemes inust submit these, in the cording to present plans, the dock- Arst instance to the Board of yard will be completed in three Education Whitehall, London, years.— 8.W.1 by whom all the necessary Shun Pao. forms will be supplied. A pamphlet

in which the arrangements and conditions for the award of these M. Stationery Office, Adastral certificates and diplomas are set House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. out in detail may be obtained from price 2d, net Engineering.

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