With the arrival of the Directors it will now be pow for the board meetings, which have] been suspended for many months! owing to the lack of a quorum, to! be resumed. There will be on the spot five Chinese and two Russian directors, and the numerous questions that are wi station. This line is being financed partly by the Hellunchiang Bank tly by local mere far four and a half million dollars have been subscribed, and earthwork one of the sections (the railway divided into three) has already begun, This new line is being fostered by Tuchun Wa of Bella chiang Province, through who: ritory it exclusively runs. Tt has bright future, linking up ax it will the Amur frontier line with trade centres and Harbin, It will pass through certain unexploited dis, tiers known to be very rich in mineral wealth, and therefore should sive an impetus to mining development, for gold, siver, iron, cop) and other minerals are known to exist in those parts, to be settled. The Chinese have only! themselves to blame that they have allowed close upon a year to elapse. In view of the power held by the general manager, itis not surprising that he should have favoured Soviet
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