Hangchow, March 19.
The Board of Communications advises the railway in Chekiang to avert the expense of transit of coal by using local mines; as it is rz ported those in Chekiang up-river only need to be worked. To this end we hear that two of the foreiga officers on the H. S. N. Ry. are visiting the neighbourhood of Tons lu making a survey of the land with a view to coal mining there.
The lower reaches of the river are also being surveyed with a view to planting cotton in large quantities on the eligible ground caused by the great changes that the Bore has made in the river's cours", the sandy soil being peculiarly suitable to cotton-growing.
Prerarinc For Boisnevisu-
Our Military Governor is 2 mao of prompt action. He has already made arrangements for the install tion of the telephone system between the principal military centres through his jurisdiction within the coming few days. It is said by those about him that he is getting ready for the mooted spread of Bolshevism in China, and planning to be able to move troops as needed; hence the working-men soldiers are busy on the lines of communica tion.
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