Large Freighter Launched at Kiangnan: Success of Boats Built for Shipping Board The last of the four large freight steamers to be built by the Kiangnan Dock é& Engineering Works at Shanghai for The United States Shipping Board was successfully Jannched on Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Edwin 8. Cunningham, wife the required material for ship construction, n& important progress can be expected. In these circumstances the- record made at Kiangnan Dockyard' will no doubt remain unbeaten for a long time unless the Chinese Government encourages the development of the country's natural resources along modern lines, and gives industrial development first consideration and encouragement.
No better evidence can be found than the progress of the Kiangnan* Dock to convince the Chinese' \capitalist. of the necessity for cooperation with the best -fereigm experts to ensure success in it of the U.S. Consul-General at this|4 works of all kinds, China port. "Despite the weather which is educating large numbers of hex threatened to be rather inclement, sous in all parts of the world in there was a fair crowd to witness the greatest Universities and the launching and cheer the new workshops of Europe and America. vessel as she slipped down the These young men ate constantly docks into the water. Guests were returning to the country to find no then taken to the offices where re-scope for their special education freshments were served. In _pre-and technical training, Establish-senting Mrs. Cunningham with a ments of the capacity and extent huge bouquet of flowers and a of the Kiangnan Wo can only pretty gold purse, Mr. H. K. be expected to take a limited num-Kwong, secretary of the Dock Ca., ber of these men: consequently made a brief address which was many have to take un other pro-suitably replied to by Mr.. Cunningfessions quite foreign to their ham on behalf of his wife. education andi do nothing useful The cathay, as the steamer for their country which has spent launched was- named, is in all much in educating them, essential details a duplicate of the Mandarin, Celestial and Oriental previously' launched.
Y. W. C. A. Reception
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