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COAL COMMISSION.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1926.

lions per annum in the refining of "LIGHT ON CANTON."" the whole output of slack coal, and

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A SHANGHAI COMMENT.

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Dr. Lessing expressed the view THE POINTS AT ISSUE, that while the complete technical success of low temperature carbonil- With regard to the coal situa-sation was in sight, provided inven-

The N. C. Daily News, comment- HONGKONG HOTEL, REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTELtion, British Wireless message tors and contractors acknowledged ing editorially on South China the limitations of Individual plants affairs, under the heading "Light| concerning which appears [2] Telegraphio Address; "KREMLIN, HONGKONG,"

on Canton," says: another page, much interest was as regards the

On January 1 we printed from recently taken in the proceedings quality of coal they were capable

Canton correspondent of the Commission which has been of dealing with, the economic pro-our sitting at Home,

blem was more complex. He em-account of how the strike pickets! low temperature had arrested the installation The first witness called the phabised that Permanent Under Secretary for carbonisation, of coul as an manager of the A. P. C, as ho! Mines-basing his statements on producing proposition only could landed from the steamer Honam. the. stalistics up to the end of June not succeed.

after firing some 40 rifle shots at last, pointed out that Grent Britain Sir Josiah Stamp gave evidence his launch. Another correspondent still exporta more coal than any on the proportion of wages to pro-now writes to say that this report other single country, but that fits in various periods, and stated was exaggerated that" only two diminished consumption and the that the ratio of profits to wages shots were fired, probably, from a competition of other coalfields were had been in pre-war years just revolver, and not at the launch but important faétora responsible for a over 17 per cent., whether mea in the air, as a warning only. Our considerable loss of export trade.sured by the period of ten years original correspondent quoted a The in- It was clear, he said, that the dif-1904-13 or of twenty years, 1824 witness on the Honam. ficulty of obtaining British coal-1913.

formation received to-day apparent

Was from the installation between 1914 and 1921 had given a' Sir John Snell, chairman of the ly

The writer of sharp stimulus not only to alter Electricity Commission, expresse manager himself. native sources of coal supplies, but the view that by far the bulk of this letter comments, not without! also to alternative fuels. It was the electricity generated in this reason, on the injurious effect of impossible to estimate the amount country must always be derived any exaggeration at a time like this of coal displaced by all, but from fuel, and he estimated appro. when, he thinks, the influence of whereas in June, 1914, only 3 per ximately that fifteen years hence, the extremists la waning. He says cent of the tonnage on Lloyd's the annual consumption of fuel for that although the recent negotia- Register used oil and 89 per cent. the generation of electricity would tions for the ending of the boycott used coal, the proportions in the

amount to 16-9 million tons cun: falled, there is a growing party present register are 28 per cent, and

pared with 8 million tons consumed among Cantonese officials and mer- chants who are working for a 69 per cent. respectively. More-

in 1924-5.

In over, ships furnished with internall

The case for the factors and the settlement behind the scenes, combustion engines constituted no

he believes to exist, he says that less than 48 per cent, of the total merchants included certified state-proof of the better feeling which ments showing that the profits of the general attitude towards the tonnage of vessels under construc- tion in the world in June, 1925. factors over a period of years British is much improved, that they The cost of edat production in 1918 averaged only about 3d. per ton, move freely, about the city nowa- was, he stated; 8. 71⁄2d, per ton, and those of retailers less than 18 days without interference and that The Mining Association some of them have even visited of which 68. 4. went in wakes and per ton.

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OYSTER GROWING.

18. 10d. in other costs, excluding of Great Britain attributed the Whampoa and walked through the royalties; to-day, it cost 16s. 84d present position of the industry cantonments of the cadets without 20. produce a ton of coal, of which partly to the effect of Government being molested in any way.

THE HELP OF SCIENCE. fact many of the soldiers came to wages account for 118, 10d., and interference. other costs excluding royalties, By the end of 1923, in spite of attention and saluted" as the party:

-TWO COTTON MILLS. went by. Furthermore,

Science is coming to the aid of 4. 4%d. On the other hand, the reduction in the number industry was worked at a loss of persons employed, the output had Shameen Municipal Council are

More than 1,600 employees of the oyster industry in the same about 3d. per ton in the first Half been restored to nearly 230 million removing the barricades and most the Jardine Mills at Wetmore way that it has been helping of 1925 compared with a profit of tons and the expert trade to 79 of the barbed wire and the gates Road went on strike on Monday agriculture for many years. Just about 1s, Gd. per lon in 1913. The million tons. Since 1924, however, of the Shameen are open from sun-in sympathy with a comrade, as by studying soil conditions number of persons employed was the state of the industry had gone rise to sunset. All this is very whom they allege came to his and the nature and habits of 1,156,000, producing at the rate off from bad to worse, and in the three good news, the import of which, as death sa a result of wounds and plants, scionce taught the farmer 245 million tons per annum, while months ending July last, there was regards Chinese feeling in Canton, blows received at the hands of a how to grow bigger and better during the five years 1909-18, a debit balance at the rate of 26 does not lack corroboration in other watchman, employed on the pre-crops, so it is now teaching the oyster fisher the same valuable 1.048,000 persons produced on an millions per annum for 9.66c. per quarters.

Certain outstanding facts and per ton on disposable cual), while the

It would soom from the reports lesson, average 270 million tons export trade had receded to about tendencies may be remembered at available that one of the

The New York Conservation Foremost, labourers died about a week ago, Commission has just announced The Secretary of the Ministry of 40 million tons a year. The pit the present juncture. Labour submitted a series of tables, head cost of production on the perhaps, that it is not in the kindly and some one, who it is not that it has succeeded in raising people known, spread the rumour that under laboratory condition dealing with the relation of the three months ending April last nature of the Chinese wages of the miners to those of amounted to 18/7.66d, compared to stay in a passion and nourish he had been beaten to death. Dis oysters of edible sizes from oyster ather classes of labour, and with with 9s. 540. in 1913, while the unkindly feeling. Secondly, that content smouldered among the eggs. The commission has car- a large proceeds amounted to 18/11.921. the interests of so many Cantonese main body of workers and broke ried out this work on unemployment, etc. The average earnings per shift of all persons compared with 11s, in the pre-war business men and shopkeepers are out last night, although for the enough scale to make it com- On the other hand, it was so closely bound up with those of entire week, the situation did not merically possible to use this employed in the mining industry were, he said, 63 per cent, above stated that the miners earnings the Chinese in Hongkong, that look at all serious or approaching method to obtain so-called "seed"

increased from there is always a strong disposition a climax.

or baby oysters for populating those of June, 1914, as compared per shift, had

Of course there is not a bit of new oyster bede. with an increase in the weekly full 6/5.644. to 10/9.37d., although the towards a settlement if only it can

On the other truth in the fabrication which has

The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. time wages of adult workpeople in output of coal per shift declined and room to act.

from 20.32 ewts. Lo 18.01 cwts. side, there is the Intemperate been imposed on the workers. As has just announced the com- industry generally of about 75-pe: The proposals of the owners for nature of the extremists; like Chou a matter of fact an autopsy was pletion of an important study of dent., but the hours of labour in

recently speaking at performed on the body of the the feeding babits of oysters. the mining industry were reduced the improvement of "the industry En-tai,

the fight against worker and it was found that The bureau finds that the oyster in 1919 from eight to seven per have been submitted, but they have Swatow

this he had died from an enlarged gets 55 per cent. of its food from As handed in a memorandum in which imperialism.

It is believed that the the water which it drinks, or to shift for underground workers, and they calculate that on the basis of party, there appears reason. to think liver. from 51 to 58 in 1914 to 46% per working results between May, 1924, that the dictatorial attitude of atrikore will demand compensa-put the case more accurately, week for surface workers, In

filters in and out through its" September, 1925, the number of und April, 1925, there would be Moscow's agenta is beginning to be tion for deceased's family.

saving in the cost of 1/11.60d. on resented even by their most ardent;

gills. The average oyster, the insured, contributors recorded as disposable coal under an eight hour followers. In general, one may

bureau finds, filters in seven and unemployed in the industry was

a half gallons of water every 24 hours. 292,612 compared with 32,021 inday system." June, 1923.

SOME PROPOSALE,

year.

MINERS WAGES.

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain stated that the money earn

less than the

oa

regards

take it as an axiom that the Chinese will not submit to outside control indefinitely, It is perhaps not going too far to hazard the opinion that the movement started by the

For

CORRESPONDENCE.

[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.3 City Hall Library.

Sir-Cortainly, you are right!

.

This filtration process func. tions best in water which has a temperature around 75 degrees. It practically stops when the temperaturo falls to 50 degrees, when the oyster goes into what might be called a

state of hibernation.

The greatest help which the

Sir Richard Redmayne dealt inga in the industry in the second Russians will not subside, but will exhaustively with the statistics of quarter of 1925 averaged 48/6d. per become less Russian and more WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SERVICES, which offer speedy and the industry, and suggested, inter week, or 53 per cent. above the Chinese, more genuinely national officient means of communication, are established between HONGKONG alia, (1) the direct sale of coal in pre-war level against an increase

and less wildly doctrinaire. SHIPS at SEA, FRENCH INDO-CHINA, the PROVINCE of YIN the home market by a coatowners in the cost of living of about 78 the basis of all these manifesta- NAN and MACAO.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to the RADIO selling agency, subject to some per cent, and that real earnings tions, we cannot forget, is national COUNTER in the Moor, GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

in the MAIN HALL of the G.P.O., and at the RADIO TELE-measure of State regulation; (2) were, therefore, below the pre-war feeling. That they should in their GRAPH

OFFICE,

the grouping of collieries, by con- level. It was added that in some first operation be extravagant and Our library is the worst exhibit I scientist has given the oyster. The RADIO TELEGRAPH OFFICE is always open for the recepulsion it accessary, according to districts the average weekly wage ill-regulated is not in the least have seen for years. The anti-grower to date, is in telling him tion and trunumission of Radio Telegram, and reporting vessels districts, or according to the char- was only 39s. 7d., and that there surprising; it is the rale with all quated system, the "maskee" when to dump the oyster-shells Firms or persons, who have placed standing orders with the Radioacter of the coal produced; (3) the were large numbers of individual such movements. But as time goes attitude and the the dearth of new overboard for the oyster eggs to Telegraph Office for advices of vessels passing the WAGLAN and GAP extension of the double shift sys-miners getting

For years, oyster-growers hay.' ROCK LIGHTHOUSES are requested to send revised lists of vessels of tom of coal geiters; (4) the restora-average wages. It was also con-1 on and the first fury subsides, the books is a disgrace to the Colony. attach themselves to.

in reason and popular support catalogued under the author's been dumping overboard hundreds which they are the owners, or agents, to the Officer-in-Charge, as early, sios of the eight hour day for a tended that during recent years whole political impetus will gain! Just imagihe-the books are not possible.

RADIO TELEGRAPH CODE ADDRESSES FOR THE YEAR 1920 period of three years; (5) the re-miners' wages had fallen more There is undoubted wisdom in one name, but merely alphabetically of thousands of shells to which should be registered at the Radio Telegraph Oes, 3rd. Floor, Government turn to the 1921 wages agreement, disastrously than those of any suggestion recently made by a cor-under the name of the book. For the oyster eggs attach themselves Building without delay. Forms may be obtained on application.

Great Britain

are accompanied by the owners under-sther large body of workmen, and Dutiable articles forwarded by letter post to

It was generally in that in other large industries, resepondent of this paper that the instance, the books under the until they develop suffieion is to reduction

only possible way of dealing with tagory of "The" occupy pagea "go it alone." tiable to confiscation by the Customa. Such articles aliould be forwarded taking to seek no

wages in the event of the workmen wages in Jane last were more, and the new forees at work in South and pagon. Just try to pick out a matter of guess-work as to tho by parcel post only.

proper time for planting these voluntarily agreeing to return to in some cases considerably more, China, (and not only in the south) your book-Yours, etc.

shells. But biologists have shown- an eight hour day; (6) the even-than those paid to the miners.

that proper time for action is the The cost of the State subsidy in to recognize that they have come tual arrangement of a wages as the first three months of the sub to stay, to wait patiently for the

height of the spawning season, as the shells pull the ogga down vention period has been over 6 gradual moulding of them which the irresistible influence of Chinese

with them as they drop through millions, August accounting thought, philosophy and sentiment

the

water, encouraging hastening the " get. "The biolo- The Highland Association is gists are able to tell just when organising a world-wide Scottish the right moment has arrived, gathering, or feill, to take place and the shell-loaded oystor in June, 1927, in Glasgow. Plaas sohorners shoot out to the beds include conferences and lectures ween the scientific observers give Following, prosumably, on the triumphant success in certain on Scottish subjects, performances the word This is generally in aircica of the washable celluloid of Gaelic and Scottish plays, the latter part of July or early

re-in August.", collar and dickey, an ingenious presenting scenes from Scottish inventor has now given to an history, displays by contingente expectant world what it has long from Highland regiments, exhibi- waited for rabber spats. Those tions of Scottish antiquities, and thrilling additions to gent's

Radio Trafic with Canton is suspended until further notice. Interport Radio Telegrams are subject to delay.

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tem with minima and maxima with wages based upon output, January 22. each colliery or group of collieries January 22.

constituting a separate unit, and 22. January January 23. each separate class of workmen

having a separate and distinct]

Sir minima and máxima range. January 24. January 23, Richard disapproved of nationalisa- January 27. tlon, contending that complete free- January 29.dom of action for those engaged in January 31 the management was absolutely February essential to the successful conduct February February E. of so highly organized and tech-i

nical an industry.

Data. Parcels....22nd, 5 p.m. ..Sat, Jan. 23. Registration .9.45 a.m. Letters.....10.30 A.m.

COAL PROFITS.

Dr. Leasing, the well-known analyst, suggested that the intrin- sic value of raw coal could be

for £1,627,000, £1,805,000 and £2,620,000.

September for October for

must import and to endeavour to make friends with them and gain their confidence.

woar

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BOOKWORM. Hongkong, Jan. 21st, 1926.

Gaolic concerts, tableaux

and

London. A mechanical chim-

are described by the Out of pictures by Scottish artists, a Alter: They hug the ankles sale of Highland home industrios, ney sweep is used by large fac and shoes nicely, but not too performances of Scottish country tories which burn several bun (Duo Marseilles, 20th February). ruised by a better preparation of

tightly, they are almost indistin- dances, a Highland village or dreds of tons of coal each day. peopled by Gaelic- This appliance, called a" "800t- Sat, Jan. 23, 10 am. coal for the market, and by the

guishable from cloth, and need clachan

speaking mon and women, blower," blowe high-pressure Fri, Jan. 22, 2.30 p.m. conversion of coal into, or the ex-

only rubbing over with a damp showing spinning, weaving, and stoom into the boilers and smoke- Mentor

Fri, Jan. 22, 2.30 p.m.

traction from it of, more highly

rag to remove all traces of mud

and stacks at the rate of 250 miles an other rural occupations, Fri, Jan. 22, 5 p.m.) Halvard

'Aro you, weeping for some for dirt.... Having tried them Hydrangea...Sat, Jan. 23, 1.30 pans. priced materials. What seemed to *Correspondence bearing vessel's name only.

be required, he said, was a closer one?"-"Yes,

from Dominion representatives, a tho blower more than once or mother-in-on ourselves, and found nothing overseas night with speeches hour. It is not necessary to ugo Jadherenco to standard sizes and a

wanting in appearance or comfort, rally of Boy Scouts and Girl twice a day for a minuto each law."

we predict their succos with Guides, and pipe band greater uniformity of standard

com-time to keep all the boating our- confidence. Another impetus to

Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK, PEROY FRANKLIN, at 11, Ice House Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

in the various coalfields. -There was a potential profit of £14 mil-|

my

Is she dead? No. Alive?"

--II Travaso, Rome,

the rubber boom."

petitions.

faces and chimney clean.