Harbin, Oct. 3.
The Chinese Eastern Railway! celebrated its first anniversary of the Sino-Soviet rule on October 3 on an elaborate scale. At ten in the morning was a reunion of the Chiefs of departments and railway directors at the Railway Board Building where the latter congratulated the former on the work they had accomplished and where the general manager read a paper giving details of the working of the railway for the year. At noon the of the new station took place, a special train conveying guests there from the Central Station. The ceremony was performed by the new CER. President Mr. Liu, and was followed by others including one by Comrade Grandt, the Russian Vice-president and U.S.S.R. Consul General. Champagne and light refreshments were served in the station buffet afterwards.
The Selectest Reds At two o'clock the formal open ing of the new Library at the Railway Workshops took place to which some 100 invitations only were issued, invitations tried to gain admittance but were kept out by a strong cordon of police and quite a large crowd had congregated outside the building and were quite incensed not to be permitted to enter, yet able to see their fellow Bolsheviks drinking champagne and partaking of the excellent cold repast that w: provided.
At five o'clock @ meeting was held at the Railway Workshops which was opened by the assistant general the general manager, speech pointing out" tha now possible to turn to improv ments for the workmen, seeing that the Railway had turned the debt which they had a year previously of 10 million dollars into a profit of over $6,000,000 which was lying the local banks to the credit of the railway.
He said that in their programme for next year was the building of many new schools and club-bouses where cultural education for the Working classes could take place. His speech was followed by one by the assistant Chinese general manager Mr. Kow, who expressed his pleasure at the friendship which was the chairman of the Labour Union, who stated from now on Russian and Chinese railway employees and workmen must receive equal treatment.
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