The Archive · 1927

Late Mrs, Curtiss

The report printed in the Hankow papers, credited to British Wireless, [stating that a claim has been lodged

ter by Mr. Carter (? Curtiss), li n Minis-Hongkong business man, asking for! }£10,000 damages in connexion with the death of his wife during the is denied Wishes for Future Expounded by "Central China Post"

Mar. 9, The "Central China Post," reiterring in the course of an editorial Jarticle to the new regulations to go into effect on March 16, expresses hope for "a greater Hankow" under united administration—the amalfkamation of the concessions and former concessions into one municipally-controlled area, 'The paper cites the difficulties and inconveniences which have barred proper development. of the city feaused ly the past division of the ity into' amall, independent areas, which situation, in. the paper's opinion, has "kept Hankow from being' the great city it might have been to-day.

The hope is expressed that, "Han-Hkow at tong last will be united as lone administration and that the pettifonging jealousion of the past [will be buried for the sake of the The Parsing of the Concension According to a telegram received from Hankow on Tuesday, tha Nationalist Government has issued a [proclamation formally announcing that it has taken over the former [British Concession and that, in its place, a special municipality, to be known as the Third Special [Administrative Ares, has come into]

Mz. Wang Chung-chu has been appointed Director and the Chinese members of the Council have been nominated as under:—Hsieh Pao-chao, chairman, Chow Vu-chan, Chu [Chusho and Li'Koo-sun. The other three members of the Gouneil will British nationality in ae. cordance with the agreement entered into between the Nationalist Government and the British Minister to China,

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