Fro A Connesronoent Harbin, Oct. 11, seven years ago n concession was taken from. the Municip Council by a number of Chinese merchants for the purpose of open" ing a tramway service in Harbin, The first contractors failed after having started the erection of a power station at Modiagou ant another on the Pristan, Then an American firm agreed to take the contract and for nearly a vene Mr. Beardsley, of the contracting firm, resided in Harbin, but again ghere was a hitch and the work did not proceed.
Tu 1925 the Harbin Municipal was taken over from the Rui by the Chinese and the latter decided to take strong measures to have the tramway built, A now agreement was made with the concessionaires and, the Kirin Governor taking great interest im the matter, funds were found and the contract for cent struction was riven to the German firm of Siemens, Schuckert. In the spring of last year this firm began to work and Mr. Li Tye-shen be+ came president of the Harbin Ele" fctrie' Light & Tramway Company Jand put all his energy into the A recent meeting of the Fur] business. All through the past summer, work has been pushed along and the result 4s that to-day Harbin at last has a tram service, Yesterday, the company invited some 200 guests to be present at the Toxvo, Oct. 20:—Sir John Tilley, the British Ambassador in Tokyo, gave a dinner last night at ihe British Embassy in honour of Siv Cecil Clementi, the Governor of Hongkong, and Lady Clementi, who fare now on a visit to Japan, General Baron Tanaka, the Pri View Admiral Vis. count Saito, Governor-General Korea; Mr.' Hamaguchi, President of the Rikken Minseito Party; Viscount Kaneho and many other Japanese dignitaries were also Present at the meeting—Toho,
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