South Africa is the subject of one of, the. latest of the Oxford Pamphlets (Clarendon Press, Oxford. 3d each), written by E, A. Walker, Professor of History at Cape Town University fom 1911-36 and author of many standard works on South African. "The Arabs" is another, by Gibb, Professor of Arabic in University of Oxford. "The of the War" are traced by The Shanghai Electric Construction Ca, Ltd. "Although the war in Europe might have been expected to have delayed the export of materials to the Far East, very little delay has, to date, been experienced and in this respect the suppliers of our materials are to be commended. Construction of vehicles, consequently, continued as usual, Again this year. at the instigation of the Traffic Department of the 5. M. P. it was de-Cided to organize a "Safety First Campaign, from November 18 to24 along somewhat similar lines to the campaign in June of the previous year.... The inculcation of Safety First principles constitutes a regular feature of the company's training schedule for all traffic employees, and the in tion of "Safety First" week merdly. means an intensification of, these measures.
e exchange value of the local dollar continued to decline during the first half of 1940 and, in June, the company was compelled to revise! its fare charges in order to offset to some extent the continually mounting increase in operating costs."
The Shanghai Gas Ca, Ltd. "The domestic gas sales were 1788 per cent over {he 1939 figure. The industrial gas sales were 12.91 per cent. over the 1939 figure. Both these increases are due to an increase in the number of domestic and industrial consumers, The use of Increased proportions of Indian coal and the rise of in cost of raw materials and increasing freight charges and operating expenses necessitated further increases in the price of gas during the year."
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