To the Baitor of the "Nonrit-CiiNa Dany News"
Sin—I was most interested, as no doubt were many others of your yeaders, in the photograph appearing in your, Sunday issue of the launching of the motor vessel Florinha at the Harvey Shipbuilding Works, Pootung.
Would you be good enough to per mit me the courtesy of your columns to extend to Mr. J. E. Harvey and the owners. congratulations on their revival of an industry which appears fo have been much "neglected Shanghai during recent years, Mr: Harvey is a naval architect of high repute and has had considerable experience in the building of ocean-going vessels in. Shanghai, China. has an. abundance of skilled Inbour for shipbuilding purposes and Hongkong is taking full advantage thereof. but in these somewhat dark days, with our enemies taking heavy toll of British and Allied shipping, the rivetting hammers and forges in Shanghai have been sadly silent, so far as replacement of our shipping is concerned, It is to be hoiied that, M. Harvey's enterprise is the beginning of a permanent revival of the industry Ju this port and that he and other British Yards here will soon be sharing the Durden of replacement of British and Allied" vessels lost through enam action, so very necessary to the Successful conduct of the wai Mac,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.