The Commissioner of Public Works, M.C., in his report for June, says hat the decking of Warreh Road Bridge No. 17 has been surfaced with asphalt. General repairs to Warren Road Bridge No, 18 have been carried out and general repairs to Fokien Road Bridge and Vu Chung Poo Bridge are in progress.
Work was commenced on a length of 431 feet of new reinforced concrete bunding and two jetties in the Hongkew Creek of Fearon Road, west of Thorne Road, The driving of the reinforced conerete sheet piles and anchor piles is in progress.
The bunding along the Bund fore-existence.
On July 1837, the attend the International Parliamentar- shore, from the War Memorial to first casting was carried out, and this ians'
Conference, to be held on Jetty No. 12 and from Jetty No. 15 day was designated by August September 1-6. to the Bund Gardens, was raised by Borsig as the day on which the firm On leaving Japan, Mr.
Hatoyama the construction of a reinforced con-aid: "since I am well acquainted crete wall approximately two feet in with the circumstances leading to the height.
Steady Development present difficulties in North China.
At Bund Pontoon No. 15, the steel Under his capable direction the 1 feel that I am qualified to serve, stanchions were erected and the stea! business grew steadily, various types ry country in the capacity of 2 rafters and pur line for the new roof of machines being manufactured from private spokesman in presenting our riveted in position.
Work on the mechanical bellows to machines for Position in the affair." ootn was commenced. weaving.
Later, the manufacturing At the Western District Sewage of steam engines, steam boilers and Manus er pumps began.
The srst 1oco-
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sedimentation tanks was started motive was built in 1841 and ther Excavation work is in progress. after Borsig became pioneer in the
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At the Pig-Killing Section of the manufacture steam of locomotives and became known throughout the IS Abaltoi, Sawgin Road, the installaworld.
August Borsig then fulfilled "Superiority of the State' tion of the mechanical plant has been his ambition of making himself inthe Central Theme completed and tested. The wall and floor tiling is on order, and deliveries dependent of foreign supplies by erecting his own steel, iron and sheet Kuling, July 2 ire expected during July iron works. died At the Public Garden, The Bund, rolling He in National defence education is not 1854. unusual but a normal form of education, Dr." Hu Shih, Dean of the Col-Albert, the only of August Borsig, who was only 25 years old, lege of Arts and Letters of the undertook the management of the
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