When Will the Water-works Be Built?
Captured Without Blow Struel Rich Opium Revenues Fro Oux Own Conresroxvesr, Hangchow, July 19.
The Provincial Local Government Association meets on August 1 to deal with urgent and important provincial problems now that the Assembly is not in session.
There has been a another big fire, involving the loss of some $70,000, Tt started in a shoe shop the day fatter the shoemaker had insured his property for $2,500. The saving of property from fire is a real problem here because of the scar city of water, for the water-works project has never been realized. The latest plan is for the Electric Light Ca., which pays 2 25 per cent, dividend, to start on the The British Consul is at present here on_ official business.
The Chamber of Commerce is in consultation with the various guilds of the city regarding the site at the Lake, between the Yang Chen Men and sin Po Men, where there correspondent in Nanning writes that on June 25 an army, commanded by Generals Wong and Li, who have gone over to Sun Yat sens side, entered Nanning, taking it without striking a blow. They came up the river on 25 motor-beals and countless other craft. Others came by road. The city was quiet when she wrote, The opportunity was taken while Lu Yung-ting was shut up in Kuei-tin and Generals Tan and Lu Fu-chang (vere unable to move. Li's men escaped to Lungchow and Liu's troops were allowed to leave. This small remnant left for Liemehow near Pakhoi.
There was very little panic: but there are fears for the inevitable ding-dong warfare in the future.
The rich opium revenues of Nanning are the prize and the cause of this never ceasing trouble and unrest. are some 200 mow of land, for the Hangchow Exhibition, to be held next year or later. The Exhibition is to be national and on the lines of that held at Nanking some years ago.
The British Consul, Mr, Hughes, of the A. P.C, Dr. Duncan Main and the Taoyin Iunched with the Commissioner of Finance to-day.
A Peking telegram to the Chinese press reports that Sir Francis Aglen, Inspector General of the Customs, paid into' the -Bank of China and Bank of Communications $8,500,000 on July 19, making up $5,000,000 in all with former pay: ments, for the purpose of redeeming the drawn bonds of the six per cent, domestic loan in September next.
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