Mr. F.C, MEIlington Ge Canvass Prospects Als, and Mrs, F.C. Millingto accompanied by their two daughter toft for England in. the s. President Doumer. Alter a short business stopover In Hongkong. they will. con-tintie their Journey to Genoa by the inv. Vietotia, and thence to London via Paris.
'Mr, Millington hopes to speak to 'a number of Rotary' Clubs in Great Britain whilst there on Sino-British trade, Ho proposes to visit all. important centres of industry in Great Britain in an endeavour to stimulate British trode with China in iron steel; electrical manufactures of all Geseriptions sulted to the China narker; mill machinery; prime jovers—steam plants, diesels, petrol engines; and construction materials. was doubtful. The speaker was of the opinion that ideas but not figures were transmitted andthe Chinese observers should have credit for the latter at Toast, At this the prodigious ettorts were made to find a period In which, all things would be repeated and the conclusion was come to by Liu Hsin that the Shang Yuan or "Epoch of Creation" occurred at a dale cor responding to 143,231 BE. and that all things would come to an end 23,639,040 years after that date and s-would then be renewed again and 80 on.
'All this was combined with calendur reform and for some 1,200 years the effort was continually' renewed. Li Fan in the later Han dynasty made some practical reforms and 9 well-known book the "Chou Pel," partly dated back to this time. The Han Histories contained much detail as {o the planets and the lunar motions; little was known as to the instruments used but they, were probably simple forms of those used 't_ the Mongol dynasty tater.
tu the Tang dynasty, chiefly owing fo a Buddhist monk named Chang THsing, some advance was made. particularly in regard to the shift the tropic points among the stars and the fixing of stellar positions.
Mr, Millington will also convey the news to British manufacturers that 'a Chinese Industcles' Fair and Better Homes Exhibition will held in the spacious Public Stand of the Shanghai Race Club in June wwa7, be kind of the Stewards of th exhibition will be sponsored by the Federation of Chinese Industries and. will undoubtedly be supported bby' most of the exhibitors in the frst successful Better, Homes Exhibition which was held lest November the elf Hall & Holtz building. The exhibition in question will Ve the larges! of its kind yet attempted in the entre of Shanghai and will prove an incentive to better trade.
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