'The question of accommodation for the company of" the' Russian Detachment which has been "quar tered in hutments in front of the! Amoy Road Gud was considered by the "Shanghai Municipal Counelt meeting on July" 5 when the minutes of the Watch Committee presented, "The Council Adopted "the " committee's recom mendation that the hutments be reved 0 the Rifle Range for the Of the Russian Detachment, and when no longer required by them for general. Shanghai" Volunteer Corps purposes, The Commandant of Volunteers reported to the Watch Committee that, as the whole of the Municipal Dulldings on the Amoy Road Gaol ite were shortly to be demolished, necessary to consider ths ft. temporary accommoda: tion for the Company" of the Ros Detachment which had Deen quartered in hutments on this site. "He said that he would like Permanent, barrack accommodation to be provided for the whole of the Russian Detachment on the" gaol site when this was redeveloped. As 4 temporary measure he had moved the Amoy Road Company. to the Rilo Range hutments, which would not be wanted for other purposes until the beginning of September, F. and for the company's accommoda tion thereafter until new barracks wore built ho "recommended. the Amoy Road hutments be r moved to the Rifle Range at an gatimated cost of Tls. 7,000. Colonel valuable addition to the general dorsed the propos to move the deferred until the 1934 building Srpgramme wi considered, Works submitted a plan of the Amoy Road Gaol site, the central Comlualsrer of Beblie Works stated that it would not be possible this proposal could be deferred that year was discussed. The huts remove ina few weeks.
The committee opinion that it was desirable tha! a Dortion of. the Amoy Road site Bhould" be. reserved for permanent Sarracks for. the Russian. Detachment when the property was. re-Aoveloped. The commit ice also recommended to the Council that, the Siuuments on Amoy Road which until recently wore occupied by a company of the Russian Detach ment. be re-erected for the accom. modation of the company. on. the Rifle Range, with a view also. Their retention, for general SVE. rise when no" longer' required for that, purpose.
The Council, as stated, adopted this" recommendation, Jeasualties were lacking: last night, it was believed that the freighter took in water so rapidly that she had to be abandoned at short not chants. Steam Navigation Ca, all the 'Principal officers, " including Capt. Chiang Chang-ching, Master of the Toonan, besides ten' firemen, leven sailors, two servants, twant members of the compradore staff, and eighteen passengers, were taken on the Choshun Maru. "The steamer continued her Journey later in the morning is and expected to arrive in Dairen early Collision Reported The first message of the accident was received by the French radio station about noon. This was despatehed by the Choshun Maru, reporting the collision in heavy fog.
ter' in the afternoon, Capt.
er Chiang "of the Toonan sent a Separate message, reporting the sinking of the steamer and the number of persons rescued, Measures to deal with the affair were discussed by China Merchants official Tate in the afternoon. The company sent mes-ges to Chefoo and Dairen, asking further information and replies expected early to-day. It is understood that men will be sent to the north to investigate the matter, Launched at Neweastle in' 1882, the Toonan has an overall measure: ment of 262.4 £t. and a beam of 301 She is insured with a local company for $36,000. the proprietors were advised. that would be to their advantage 10 Jobtain more suitable premises, a2 it vas obviously Impasatbe to: put the Present premises into a safe condi-Eon. "F¥om time to: time the Fire Department has' subsequently "en deavoured. to persuade the owners to take steps to remove the hazard Jous conditions. As late as May 10 this "year the Chief of the Fire Brigade visited the premises and saw that the danger remained Unted Further ette were made to other. premises, and. later" the induce the proprietors to move management sought Fire Brigade dice on the "improvements ers ary. As nothing was actually done, however, the Council in the, middle of June' found it essential to give the owners notice to vacate the! premises.
Premises Causing Public Danger By authority of their, "police"
re tection of the gen-understood that have caused orders for closing with-jin three weeks to be issued to four {factories (all situated in Chinese for which ne permit Perso farther factories situated in ses mn applied for.
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Ihave been ordered not to re-from ving Guar Two. additional rubber Tot having been
factories at present closed have been instructed not to recommence opera- Ba tions without improved safeguards.
Tt is now the slack season, when many" rubber factories normally
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