director of the Office Works and Taxes, having decided deepen the Shaokapang from Jehui Bridge near the Chinese Bund to St, Catherine Bridge outside the West Gate, started work on January 6 which he expects to see concluded in twenty days or on January 26. After this work is finished, Lokapang will also be deepened, and the time ocoupied will also be twenty days. The total expenditure on account of work on these two creeks is estimated at $24,000. Shaokapang is frequented by boats from Sungkiang and other places, while Lokapang is an important creek for the boating traffic of the west suburb of Shanghai.
General Chen Huai, The appointment of General Chen Huai as Chiangchin of Szechuan was made in deference to the wish of the military officials there. In fact the troops in Szechuan have signified their intention of refusing to welcome any other as their superior. General Chen Huai himself is by no means desirous of going to. this frontier province. Hence, reports a Peking telegram, the date 187 of Chen's departure for his new post is not yet fixed, and whether he will actually go there or not la still uncertain.
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