Peking, May 20.
The continuation of work on the construction of the Chuchow-Hengchow section of- the Canton-Hankow Railway will not be affected by the change in the Minister of Communications. The Ministry will continue to provide $400.000 a month for the expenses of construction.
The inavenration of public traffic on the Peking-Suiyuan Railway will be held on June 1. A special train has been fitted up for those who attend the onening ceremony and will leave Peking at 9.40 p.m. on May @1. arriving at Suaiyuan at 9 a.m. on June 1.
May 21.
The "Gazette" announces the ann ointment of Dr. C. C. Wang as Chief of the Railway Department of the Chiaotungnu. while Mr. Liu Ching-shan will become Counsellor of the Chiaotungpu. with a view to his succeeding Dr. Wang as renresentative on the Technical Board of the Chinese Eastern Railway.—Reuter.
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