Both boys and girls who failed or shirked final examinations trying to make up grades by tending summer schools, Vacutfone have shortened. Local authorities lunge efforts to avoid cholera, Cases of typhoid followed the long drought. Artesian wells are _proposed for city water supply. Railway service improving steadily. 'The Rev. and Mrs. J. ¥. MeGinnnis have returned from' furlough to, the Central Bank of China notes and recirculating them at par value ever since the Banle embarked on its now policy. It will be remembered that" the Central Bank took $2,000,000 of -bunknotes from its Vaults, stamped and recirculated them on the market at face value, Now these prisoners have, under persuasion," admitted that the amount of banknotes. which they have falsely stamped and recir~ culated is more than—$1,00,000. They further declared that ' the unlegal undertaking has netted them more than $10,000 profit, Many Forged Banknotes All through the public has never known that there were in cireulation large quantities of Central Bank of China notes bearing. false stamps and seals. Yesterday, however, the Police Commissioner told some of his men to find out whether there were any false banknotes on the market, An investigation showed that there are many such forged banknotes in circulation. Even when closely compared there is not much difference between the forgedly stamped banknotes and the genuine jones, It is said that the forged seals and stamps are somewhat Tighter in colour and that the characters Chung and Hong of the forged legal tenders bear also just alight variation from the good nes. The Police Commissioner as ordered all the chiefs of sub-police ations t9 Keop.& sharp lookout 0 Sco if any more forgers could be tnaarthed' The Commissioner has further instructed all his police lifs to accept stamped bankes, whether or not they are genuine This, "according to the Commis tion of the paper currency. "Honf@)))
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