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Shanghai, Feb, 20.
at
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1934.
*WARTIME EPISODE
RECALLED.
"FAMOUS "ENGADINE" NOW
IN HONGKONG
Bold
ANGLO-SOVIET TREATY
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON DETAILS
London, Feb. 26. Both Houses of Parliament will The Chineso Legation
With the paying-off of her British Washington, has been instructed by officers to-day, another famous Bei- dobate the temporary commercial the Nanking Foreign Office to tish ship passes into the hands of agreement with Soviet Russia the foreigners. She is the well-known on Thursday. In the Commons, the enter into negotiations with
steamer Engadine, President of the Roard of Trade, American authorities for revision cross-Channel
explain of the contract governing the which for many years maintained the Mr. Walter Runciman, will $50,000,000 Whoat and Cotton Loan Southern Railway Company's service the Trenty's main features.
between Dover and Calais, and was The Times says that Lord Philli to Chino.
The main reason for revision is the first British ship to sight the more, in the House of Lords will in respect of the wheat, which finds German High San Fleat before the urge that opportunity should now be taken to make representations very little market in Chinn. The famous Battle of Jutland.
She was to the Companie to .the Russian Government Chinese Government has explained Maritime of Manila by the Southern that, due to the low market price of Railway Company, last December for a wide amnesty of political wheat in China, the Chinese Gov Leaving Southampton en January 6,prisoners and the return to their ernment has had to suffer a loss of she came out to the Far East via the holes of those in forced labour
Wirclesa, $1,200,000 in the disposal of the Suez Canal, and arrived in Hongkong camps--British previous consignments of flour on Friday. Before leaving England from the United States, which was she was transferred to the American valued at $4,000,000. The Chinese flag, Government at first thought that the
taxation
of imported rice would be an effective means to encourage the consumption of American flour and wheat in China. However, this has failed of Its objective, and, if further consignments of Ameri can flour and wheat are to be! shipped to China the market price
Her new owners intend renning her or their service between Manila and Ilo Ilo, after she has undergone an extensive refit. which will include her conversion from coal burning to oll fuel, in one of the local dockyards.
Wartime Service.
'TIN RESTRICTION.
BURMA NEGOTIATING WITH OTHER NATIONS
1
Rangoon, Feb, 20.
At a meeting of the Tavoy
A speedy vessel (she can make ever Chamber of Minee to-day, the
of whent would be more depreciat./23 kncta) the Engadine was com} chairman, Mr. Day, alluded to the
STUDENTS GASSED.
mandecred by the Admiralty at the
that effective restriction could not operate in Burma.
ed, thus causing further loss to beginning of the Great War and con- Burmese negotiations with the In- the Chinese Government-Central verted to a sea-plane carrier with ternational Tin Committee for auxiliary arman.ents. She did great Burmese adherence to B restric- News Agency.
service in her new role during the tion scheme. conflict, and had the distinction of He was of the opinion, however, being the first British ship to sight the German fleet prior to the Jutland engagement.
Meanwhile, the Government has Relative to hor war service, the following in contained O'T a brass stopped, the issue of tin and wol- plaque still in place on her main deck: fram prospecting Reences-Rou-
THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918. ter. "The Engadine took part in the Battle of Jutland ne a scaplano
FUMES KILL NINE AFTER EXPLOSION
Hanover, New Hampshire, Feb. 26. Nine Dartmouth University studenta, aged from 19 to 21, were Daphyxiated by carbon monoxide fumes to-day.
The tragedy followed an plosion in a nearby coal gas factory. The fumea sceped into the fraternity house and dormitory. Many other students were affected. --Rauter.
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carrior. The enemy fleet was first laid up about eighteen months ago. sighted from this ship, and daring: The Engadine is triple screw the battle which followed she towed steamer of 1,786 tonn gross. She the disabled H.MLS. Warrior out of was bullt and engined by
Messrs. W. action and safely took off the crew Danny and Bros, Dumbarton, in 1911, of 675 afficers and men."
her engines conalating of three steam When the Great War finished, the turbines. Due to her high speed it is Engadine was returned to the Scu-expected that she will be an admir thern Railway Company and continued able vessel for the acrvice In the on the cross-Channel service, but was Philippines.
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*MATIONAL PICTĀNA
| KWANGTUNG SUGAR. secured a loan of $200,000 from the Kwangtung Provincial Bank to be used as advances to farmors for sugar-cane planting.
GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN
PLANTATION
A
the
Construction of the first refinery at Sun-tano is being completed and operation is expected to start some Much progress has been made in time in April. While work for the the carrying out of scheme for the setting up of the second facto development of the sugar industry near Bi-tan villago, sugar cane of Kwangtung as outlined by Dr. plantation in Wel-yang district has Fong Rui, Director of Agriculture been successfully encouraged. and Forestry Bureau, says
Following the appointment of Lt-- Canton Gazette.
General Yung Sik-long as Superin The first sugar care plantation tendent of the Military Rehabilita measuring more than five hundrodtion area, five thousand now of land mow will be devoted to the plants within that area is to be reserved tion of improved species of canes to for sugar plantation. It is estimat bo distributed to various districta, ed that by the fall of September Over ten thousand mow in Shaho when the schema 18 completely and Whampoa are to be converted carried out, supply of sugar will be. for cane planting,
Recently, Dr. Feng Ruficient to meet the demand of
-has market.
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