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Wat, AL MIS Suge, We Wgue Of une operuiions vecune apparent Mecudueany successiuiy, me arvager Cutrwe er urge away, two innes faistant, At command from Capt ouannsen on me bridge, tne bowern. of tne sup. was opened in three Sectiuns alld Ue mud Was dropped. on (0 the snaiiow bank, 'The operation completed, sea water tiled the lower regions of the dredyer, and, While the sea chests were being closed, more clean water was me jected' to scour the inside of the hopers, This was pumped out, pre-Daratory to further dredging, It is indicated that dredging over 'a period of four or five years will be instituted on the acceptance of the vessel, inasmuch as this test and previous experiments fuldlied the expectations of the builders Fairy Flats During the tifin hour, Mr, 7. di. Soong, Chairman of the Conservancy Board, paid tribute to those who had charge of the construction and opera tion of the Chien She. He outlined the lu story of the potential plans for @redging the Fairy Flats and. the Yangtze Bar, and expressed his opinion that how, with the dredger In operation, the' Shanghat_ harbour Would be able to accommodate vessels of any tonnage and from any port in the world, Other speakers augmented these views, insisting that the Conservancy Board had projected a venture which would return many-fold the invest 'The Chien She left Danzig on November 9, and arrived in Shang-hal after nine weeks of sea, having made only three stops enroute. Under the command of Capt, Johann Johannsen, the vessel has more than {ulfilled builders' and consignees' expectations. 'This giant suction drag type dredger, built by Schichau (Dantzig), and according to the design of Dr.' Herbert Chatley, has been placed into service in Shanghai at a cost of £160,000.
Among those prevent at yesterday's function were:—Messrs, T. 1.
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