Tsingtao, Oct. 20.
Admiral Shen Hung-lich, the Mayor of Tsingtao, to-day opened the first graving dock north of the Yangtze before a brilliant. assembly of presentatives of Chinese Government chiefs, foreign consuls, local organs and merchants, Foreign naval powers were represented by Great Britain, Japan, and France. Captain Davis, the senior naval officer. delivered a fine address following the consular speeches, The opening of the dock was followed by the firing of crackers, the fight of thousands of caged pigeons and the unfurling of a number of International flags, The Mayor's speech stressed the value of a drydock to all shipping, both mercantile and naval. The doc: is 480 feet by 59 at the bottom, 78 feet wide at the top and 23 feet above the keel blocks and the water depth, Reuter,
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