FAMINE-STRICKEN PEOPLE.
'; ■ 'p fSTAR^TIOX;' IX j'h AN;^'jf;; f. By .Telefrttsh-Pfoss AWciotion-Copyriirlit (Ree. ■ January a.m.) ' .'' : : - • U? T : Officials-have-hidden the extent qi the Hokkaido" famine,';'fearing -the effects ; of. tho 'Government's, .financial standing. ~The'people aro so inured to conditions approaching destitution that they only complain when-faced bv starvation.. '•-•-».'-'■ ..i'\„- ;■-'•;■?;.. .:';";:, >. ■ Tho.real reniedylis'tho cultivation oi' rice on ■ scientific'''principles. Two million sterling was.: lost in'- the !; .failuro,of"i-I)o present nee 'crop- and fisheries. £'/■..;.'.:;' :
i -Tahiti,' lying"roughly midway between 1 Sydney, and: Panama,''.is.vth'o French ■ Government-'/helieves/Vdestined 'to be- ! come a great maritime centre when the Canal is opened, fori-traffic, ■> and ■>, the . Pacific :becQnies-.-onc-oftho-ehief :com-. mercial: highways. : ''■■&< commission recently sent from' Paris' to'.Tahiti iias re-: ported in favour of an extensive- improvenmnts in.order to-jH>up Papeete as.-'a. well-equipped The '■'building of , eight lighthouses,' of the' bar a 6 tho entrance'' tb*tlie harbour, tho construction; <rf; quays')', landing stages, pontoons,' coal wharfs; and the erection ' of steam craiies ';-and other" plant m-« . reconilncmtal, s -it -being estimated that .1 sum of nearly:"£2so,Doo is .weded to accomplish" the work;immediately to be done. vTho'commercial .expansion that this enterprise. would-;bt : ing'' to Tahiti and the neighbouring gronos .of islands should, it is held, bo a sufficient inducement to the French Government to'undertake tho-:task at- once. : ;.«The..French .., Minister.,of. Commcreo'Lha.v'in response :. to thn ; officials/at;''Papeete. ! .that'''prsnosals will ;, ..shortl.y..; ; bo-fornmlated;fand,submitted' to .-' Parlianient;SWX';j-'?; : ? ■ ;■■:.."■•,-":.;.' i if One;;of; ? tlic*niest^(lifliciilt ; enrineering j tasks-.yct/.'attempte'd'at'Port -Chalmers ~' is now;in-procoss-.of;.successful aeeom■ • plishment at;-the dock'ongiiicor'iiicr works x (states .the"f : 'Otab:-Dnily. Times"). ■ Tho' » job'.consists''of: steel 7 crank' slmft:'.belftnginir;tOi : thoivsUnion r Ck)mpany's':-;steairieriSraitai.?SS-:lt ; us 'a' " t.hreo-thrott ; rcrVnkf';i2lft.: r a diameter ..of bearings/ the total :wciglit;sf)f-Jthe r: cr'ank';Rbaft being 21 tons, : his " ;lathe to-bear^tliisrw-eight'Lbetwecnithe r r 'centres'■&"'counlefof j specially'"cast'-ebl-.' . umns wcro';;placed .beneath'; thc*eranK •; bearh)gs.>to.'.'obviate" any 'possibility'?of means 'Messrs.!Steven-' :son and-CooVs'staff.will.nn able'to tit! n ■ the..:big.'-crank?to/ ita.;truo"-.l>eaiing . -incut,..this wnrkJioingViio.v.-.injproFrefir.- .' ri -.^ i ' a^statea^a!;:itlioJlauneliin(';<)i',';the. : ' ■ one -of : JMi\\ Sargnst. firms.:i!ft.Svdnev:b;id , "•: ; 0 : : ; VWilliaf|)i;LeVoi: :^ ; - , : i ■ '. ■Jf.ujf; : : 1 i ; -; ~ jMiKi!fii^ii^,iia^if3 ; \ j lie; :■ ■ -'tlift \ '' ; : ■•' ;? i-.Voi i?rVt libi i;.;:;s= rioi i t,iprt'^--.t.l !.<?;' iiio i i j f .i : .ii : se;At j 1 \ ? f-ling: : :'bji , t.?sfc;iwWn'ife;. '^.deternSiiVatiomioi'; •'i-'cli;3in^stiJJAJusliprV y ' .'.',;.- '''»'■'/* '•;> ;' -toasuiess?:«: "--a:'' ping;! :' ■■' '".'f"
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 5
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330FAMINE-STRICKEN PEOPLE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 5
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