Contracts to be Completed Assistance of Government Tokyo, Nov. 23.
Owing to fears that the financial Aificulties of the company will im= pede the completion of two destioyers and one gun-boat which are under construction for the Government by the Fujinagata Dockyard Go, the Navy Office has agreed to t tial management of the concern as it did last year in the ease of the Kawasaki Dockyard be General Manager of the Pekin Syndicate It is announced that Mr. Harold Porter €.M.c., has been appointed "General Manager of the Pekin Syndicate in place of Mr. J.P. Kenrick who is retiring. Mr. Porter eft England on November 28 for China vid Siberia, It is learned that an agreement was signed this morning. Tt makes the Navy responsible for all bills issued by the Fujinagata Dockyard Ca, for the purpose of constructing the vessels. In addition a satisfac tory agreement has been reached under which the present dockyard staff will be retained—Reuter, This announcement will be re. ceived by the utmost interest in al circles in China, as it means that a Teading member of the consul: service is to devote himself to bu: ness interests in future. Mr. Porter-came to China for the Consular service in 1898, and has been stationed in many parts of the country in the intervening years. -Just prior. to the troubled times of wearly 1927 he had been Consul in 'Harbin, and it was proof of his ability to grasp and handle import and deliente issues that he was Heeted to take charge of Hankow the rendition of the Conces-jon. "He did much' to assist in ringing about a condition of affairs Tue Kiangsa Bureau of Reconstruction, says the Chinese press, is proposing the construction of five long roads. These wilh be as follows:—Tungehow-Haimen, Hsit chow fu-Haimen, Kunchow-Hsuchow fa, Pukow-Haimen and Nanking-Haikow, In addition, there will be a road between Nanking and Changchow. in which the ex-Concession, fature to be known as a Special Administrative District, should have every chance to function successfully. Mre-Porter went to England on furlough at the beginning of this year.
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