1927-06-04 — Page 17

LOST CONTRACT.

BRITISH FIRM'S REPLY TO

RAILWAY CO.

British electrical firms have is- sued vigorous replies to the Southern Railway Company's statement on the reasons that led to the placing of a $120,000 con- tract for electrical equipment with a Swedish firm.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

PROJECTED LEAGUE

BUILDING.

THE DESIGN COMPETITION.

It is declared that the system of to recommend the execution of any distributing business under agree-design. ment in the electrical trade is an

economic necessity. It is dented, The Jury, however, decided to however, that there has been any award nine prizes of 12,000 franco attempt to "dictate" to the South-each; also prizes for 18 mentions. ern Railway.

A statement

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on behalf of the

General Electric Co., Ltd. (one of

The fact that the Southern had

DANCE STOPPED.

SURPRISE FOR LONDON CLUB.

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SATURDAY,

JUNE

SUICIDES BEFORE

MIRRORS.

ATTRACT ATTENTION' OF:

AUTHORITIES.

London. "Mirror suicides" aro the latest attraction to those who take their own lives here.

1927.

HEROISM IN CULVERT.

GARDENER COMMENDED BY CORONER.

The story of the gallant but fruitless endeavour of a 20-years- old gardener to rescue a child from. aflooded culvert in the legendary Surrey Woe water at Caterham was related to the East Surrey Coronor recently.

Numerous cases of suicide have been found here recently whore the suicide committed has been de The inquest was upon Peter Al-

Gonova, May 6-A total of 837 As a sequel to a police notifica- entrants submitted designs for the tion that complaints had been projected League Building, but the made about their act, two Con international jury of architects (tinental dancers, Roseray and came to the unanimous decision, Capella, engaged by Mr. Albert do despite the wealth of ideas shown, Courville at a big fee at the Em- that the competition had not yield-bassy Club, London, have stopped ed auch results as to incline them giving their performance,

liberatedly staged beforu. a mirlan Tolhurst (19 months), and a The precise nature of the com-ror. In each case à verdict of verdict of accidental death was plaints has not been disclosed suicide while of unsound mind has returned. either to Mr. de Courville or to been entered,

Tho Surrey Woe water was in Mr. Luigi, the manager of the Em-

flood, and when the child was bassy. For over

Several noted pathologists and an hour, it is psychiatrists have recently devot-missed in the afternoon from stated, they waited at Vine Streeted some time to a study of the ap with his parents, a search was or- the bungalow in which he lived were anxious to secure the work; ities. Eventually they were given while taking their lives. Ond pay- yesterday to see the police author. parent complex which causes sui-

cides to stand before a mirrorganised. the firms from whom tenders were

The young gardener, Charles invited) points out for years elec. no experience with some of them a short interview.

chiatrist has declared that the Moore, of Caterham, modestly told trical engineering had lost hund surely applies also to the Swedish It is understood the complaints cause is a "complex of death" the Coroner of the part he played. reds of thousands of pounds company to whom they preferred have been made on grounds that where the subject has so long "I was cycling home from work," he through unrestricted competition to give the order. The fact that the dancers wore insuficiently thought of death that he is auxi- said, "when the chain of my cycle and the principle prevailing here a Swedish firm can make at a clad,

ous to view for the last time some came off, and it was then I was of placing contracts with lowest cheaper price than English firms

one in the agonies of dying.. bidder and yet demunding guaran- is easily accounted for, and needs Mr. de Courville, describing the

told by a woman that the little fet-" costumes of the dancera, said:—!

In one case recently a young

low was missing. Being an am- toes of the highest performance. no elaboration from us.

Cappella, the man dancer, wore at woman, while standing in front of balance man, I thought I might be Conditions of war forced manu- We regret the loss of this con- first top boots, a silk scarf around a mirror, had inflicted several able to help, so I went down a facturers to collaborate for the tract to this Company and to the the waist, knickers, and a cape. wounde with a razor at various manhole to the culvert. I looked good of the country, and they country as a whole more than we Later in the dance he stripped like vital points in her body before along the culvert in both direc failed to understand why the can express. We trust this state a classical boxer. Roseray, the completely encircling her throat tions, but could not see anything. Southern Railway should be of ment makes it clear that if there girl, wore a white and silver loose with the razor. The case is de- Then I came out again, got a opinion that it was wrong for the was any attempt at dictation, that diamante dress, reaching from the clared to be the most unique sui- policeman's lamp, and, returning electrical industry to protect it- attempt did not emanate from the neck to above the knee; compared cide ever committed before a mir- to the culvert, half crawled along self more than it was for a rail-side of the manufacturers..

with it a bathing dress is indecent. ror: Witnesses declared at the it. I went through so far as I way company, trade union, law 'no-

Inquest that from the position of could, it was getting very stuffy. ciety, Stock Exchange, or any

Roseray and Cappella came to the body the young woman had and I could not get air to breathe, other trade or profession.

Europe for a holiday, but were actually watched herself dis also I had to come out again. As prevailed upon by Mr. de Courvillemost until the time life expired. Boon as I could I desconded again to appear in London, the only im- portant capital in which they had

ever danced.

Should Have Been Divided. As regards the nature of the contract it should be understood it is an unusually large contract from one purchaser. The Rall- way Company itself is likely to place only one

such contract in five or ten years. Realising the capacity of output for the whole industry, I seems to the common good that such a big contract should be divided amongst a few of us, so as not to interfere with the regular service to regular clients. This is all we have attempted in the first instance. There has been no attempt at dictation.

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Manufacturers' Reply.

It is perfectly true that an ar- rangement exists in the industry whereby business is distributed under agreement, said Mr. D. N. Dunlop, a director of British Electrical and Allied Manu- facturers Association with re- ference to the action of the Southern Railway Company in placing a contract for electrical equipment with a Swedish firm.

Such a system, he added, is prac tically an economic necessity, hay- ing regard to present-day trading conditions. There

secret about it..

is no

Cappella is a young Russian who was brought up in France, Roseray left an aristocratic family because her parents refused to al- low her to go on the stage. She has been three and a half years with Cappella.

most of the

Roseray and Capella were en- gaged for three weeks at a fee of more than £1,000. They were to dance only on Monday and Tuca- The Southern Railway Company

day nights. Their performance invited tenders from three firms, had been a great success, and con- When the Southern Railway ob- who happened to be very busy,sisted of dances which they had jected to place the contract with and they were unable to under previously given in three firms, the General Electric take to fulfil the order exactly in great cities of the world.

the present the manner which the railway Co. (Ltd) who at moment fortunately have a good people desired. Without giving order book was anxious to accept other British firms the chance of 50 per cent. of the contract. We taking on the contract, the South- have previously supplied such ma- jern petulantly took their business chines to the Southern Railway, to Sweden, which have given satisfaction.

Some form of co-operative effort Why the Southern Railway have is absolutely essential from the not accepted our offer we do not research point of view as well as know. The fact that we desired being a business necessity. We at the same time to obtain the con-contend that we have not behaved tract for the switch-gear required unreasonably in any way. "Cer- for the rotaries" was a mere ex- tainly we have made no attempt to pediency to balance our respective charge excessive rates, for prices shops with the most suitable are based, as a rule, on those class of work. We withdrew which firms would. quote in open that condition when the South- competition.

ern were unwilling to grunt

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this favour, equally 90.

own

and

Overseas Chinese operate a large number of rice. mills in Siam and handle the greater part of Siam's rice export trade. These mills collect un- husked rice from the Siamese far- mers to be turned into the finished article by machinery. The cost of manufacture for one carload (24 piculs) of unhusked rice is about $5, and that of gunny bags and various taxes $7. From each carload of unhusked rice may be obtained 19 picals of husked rice

I happened to know that in the and 5 piculs of husks. When fur

the condition dating the contract case of this particular contractther treated, the 19 piculs of husk- at the later period was withdrawn. the price quoted to the Southerned rice yield 11 picula of white

it was therefore open to the was distinctly a "eut price." Southern to place one-half of the This contract will be regarded contract with the General Electric by the people who have got it as Co. (Ltd.) that bad given them a great feather in their caps, and #htisfaction, and the other half it will no doubt do the British with quite a number of British. manufacturers a great dent of firms of first-class standing who harm in foreign markets.

A BUMPER CROP.

polished) rice, 3% piculs of No. 1 broken rice, 2 picula of No. 2 broken rice, 1 picul of No. 3 broken All rice and 1% picul of bran. workmen employed in these milla are Chinese. The total value of these mills runs into many mil.

ions of dollars.

Numerous cases have been dis- covered lately where the suicide has shot himself while looking in a mirror.

through the manhole, and eventu ally came upon the child's body in about 18 inches of water.

"The child's clothing was over its head, which was under water. The water was running with con- siderable force, but with difficulty I brought the body to the surface." The police associated themselves

A thousand waifs from the East side of London are loudly shout ing their praises for Harold Lloyd.

The film star was recently made with the Coroner in highly com- a "tornado" of the Ancient Order mending Moure' for his gallantry. of Forthblowers, the association, under the presidency of Sir Alfred

Fripp, whose profits are entirely latest film, "The Kid Brother," devoted to charities. At the in-which was being shown at the

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London made. As a result, a thousand vestiture of the Order upon 0. V. cinema where the investiture was agent, Lady Fripp suggested that kids from Bow and Bethnal Green some of the waifs from Dast Lon- saw the film and for some of them don would like to sec Harold's it was their first visit to a movie.

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