This has been unprecedented your for drought in the Mienchow There has been a general rain in the west, I
Mienchow itself we had one: good rain all Farmers are begin-that they' rep in addition to having lost much of the first.
Thave received ach the city fathers. It says: soldiers came to our district education hes suffered very severely. Civik: Governor Den, however, making efforts to restore an fu system through the province, and we are glad (o report that we secured the services of Mr. Sic Inspector of Education for the dis-'They then so on to give a]; Teng list of his qualifications. Thes are followed by their signatures, '00a in all, The local official is notifying, the gentry of his desire to start a Inbour bureau for the employment of the poor. He invites the gentry to take shares of 30,000 cash each, which shares will be returned to Jthem when the scheme is fairly Taunched.
The principal of the Long-Mien Normal School has visited Mienchow to interview Gen. Liu. He re-resented that his school has no funds to carry on with. Gen, Liu promised to help with money and to find maps, charts, models and other school apparatus. He took advant-ice of the opportunity to point out he considered the need for me in the conduct of occasional fyelosiyle by the. local uuthoritis, The Long-Mien Normal School is situated at Kiangyu, about 40 miles from Mienchow north and 70 south It serves w very large
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