INV. Pingan in Trouble near Chungchow Ichang, June 6.
'The motor-ship Ping An has gone jon the rocks near Chungchow, and. it is feared that she will be a' total wreck.
The B. & S. str. Wanhsien, which was, badly holed on her first trip up this season, was safely P brought down to Ichang. It was found possible to repair her here by using a cofferdam.
Last year the military at Wanhsien instituted a tax of $2 a bale on cotton yarn to be paid by the shipping companies. There being way of escape, they paid, know-well enough that they would not be allowed to run their ships if they @id not. This year the Chungking military officials are trying to impose a similar tax, but of $1 a bale, to be paid by the shippers.
The latter, however, are not willing to pay, and have wired to Thong to stop shipping cargo. The result is that most of the ships are taking little but of, The Shuhun came down last trip practically empty.
It is said that the Japanese ships are having difficulty in getting coal at Wanhsien and Chungking.
The King's Birthday was the occasion of a gathering of most of the foreign residents and several of the Chinese officials at the British Consulate, where Mr. Eastes dispensed the wherewithal to drink his, Majesty's health—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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