British Ambassador's Toast at Tientsin Dinner Tientsin, July 1.
The Kailan Mining Administration to-day celebrated ita silver jubilee with a reception attended by all prominent Chinese and foreign officials here, This followed a quet at the Astor House last night at which the British Ambassador, "Sit Hughe Knatehbull-Hugessen, was the chief guest. Leading members of the staff came here from the mines and Chinwangtao to participate in the celebrations, Proposing a toast, to the Kailan Mining AdministratYon at last night's banquet, the British" Ambassador praised the triumphs of the concern over the difculties of a quarler of a century in which, he said, it had not been coddled by fate. To-day, he continued, the K.M.A. was a pres prosperous organization perform outstanding social and industrial ser= vice and reaping the fruits in the spirit of mutual ce-operation and understanding on which the whole foundation rested.
The Ambassador concluded with a cordial tribute to the care and sideration given by the IMA. to its workers and to the enlightened wel= fare work among the miners, which, he pointed out, included "modern housing, educational, creational and other Reuter. grocer month after month. Workmen have barely had enough rice to exist fon. Growing. unruly" the Shantung men with McDonnell &- German marched in a body to the house of tone of the company officers in the Shameen about two weeks ago, want ing to turn the residence into'a dor-mil tory til they got their back wages. They were persuaded to vacate by the police superintendent of the British Concession, the promise made being kept that the Consul should ive them a hearing next day. When. the Mayor heard through the American Consul-General of the bad. fix. of the workmen he secured several hundred dollars to give tem-' porary relief.
This railway bridge will link the Canton-Hankow and the Canton" Samshui Railways which eventually will join Kwangtung with Kwangsi. When the inner harbour development project gets going once more there will be built wharves and godowns, more lots are to be Aled fu, and a retaining wall will be bul enlarge the bund in Honam, across the Pearl River from Canton. Land was bought up from private owners for a civil aviation field in Honam, and now the field with hangars and equipment Is to be Mnished.
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