the new Assintant Police Advocate issal of some twenty ployed by the China Merchants Ca. The figures available show that at] least two are employed as captains, six as chief officers, probably eight} as junior officers, and about the] same number as engineers.
On receipt of the onder by the of the company, the matter was placed before Mr. T. C. Chow, general manager of the company, who so far has taken no action fand in view of the present position, of the company and its proposed reorganization it is thought unlikely that action will be taken at} this time. A Chinese report, how-fever, states that the order, a3 far} as this company is concerned, will be carried out within the next' two or; three days or as soon as vessels, on which Russians are employed, return. to port.
Ships Seized for Moving Troops Prominence is given in the nese Press to a report of the losses neurred by the China Merchants} S.N. Ca. through the Government's commandeering their ships for' transportation of troops. These! losses are said to have reached a, really alarming figure.
The report says that, as a result! lof this commandeering, the company suffered a loss of Tls. 2,543 in January, 1929; Tis, 3,883 in February, Tis, 160,635, in March, Tis, 180,320 in April, Tls. 160,817; in May, Tis, 123,425 in June, the! total losses amounting to Tle. much advice 631,373 up to the end of that month, addition to the these losses, the Chinese press says, the company has to bear the repairing expenses of the various ships which required {for transportation purposes, these expenses within the past six months amounting to Tls. $18,000, "AMore-Jover, the Chinese press says, owing to the transportation of troops, the company has also suffered heavily, through the loss of transport of cargoes.
In all, the Chinege press he total losses suffered within. six months as a result of the commandecring of its ships amounted ta Tis, 1,400,000 and more.
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