Hongkong, March 30.
The annual meeting of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce was held on Tuesday evening and was largely attended. Mr. E. D. Parr presided.
In the course of his speech, the Chairman referred to the question of telegraphic delays. He said that the Chamber had been advised that a new cable was being laid between the United Kingdom ant Gibraltar and that orders were being given for the manufacture of a cable to provide a new fast speed line to the East vid the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, Bombay, Madras and Singapore. Further, that a large quantity of new apparatus was now on order, tending to increase the capacity of existing cables.
The Committee, the Chairman said, desired to acknowledge the gratifying support which had been given to the Chamber's "Dail Bulletin," and they hoped that this assistance would be continued so as to enable this special issue to subscribers to be carried on without loss to the Chamber as heretofore. Apart from the value of the cables and commercial information it contained, the "Daily Bulletin," the Chairman remarked, presented its matter in a form which was most handy for reference. The existence of "the little journal" enabled the Chamber to initiate x service of news to the vernacular papers which the Chainman said he hoped in time would be consider. ably extended.
The Chairman next referred to the Chamber's school for the study of Chinese, which, he said, had done such good work in the past, but had somewhat fallen away with depleted staffs during the war. The Chairman hoped that all firms would encourage in every possible way their employees to join the school in their own as well as in their firms' interests.
The speech closed with glowing tributes to Sir John Jordan.—Reuter.
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