Although hardly of interest to Prospective holiday trippers, it is worthy of note that various railway services are showing improvement. 4n their respective vicinities.
'The Pukow-Hsuchowfu line has recently started an express running three times weekly, and a definite schedule is being maintained, along' with close supervision of tickets fan effort to rid the road of the free Pasuage evil. The express connects! with the Lunghai railway at Chengchow, the latter now having practically a normal schedule, and running first, second and third class, though without, sleeping cars.
'The Peking-Hankow line lets only' '8 far as Chengchow, but. there is weekly express leaving every. Monday, from Hankow for Chengchow, and first and second class sleeping cars are being run, This train, too, links up with the Lunghai Jine, he facsumed its old aspects'
Food terminus, being the eastward connection with Haichow and westward with the Loyang district and with Tainan, Another train is being run to' 'Wachang: from Changsha, started yo. weeks ngo, and although' this service is still described asa bit the 22 hours between 2 p.m. on Wednesday and 12 noon on Thursday the Shanghai Fire Brigade had 10 calls, which number is. three' times the average number of calls for any 24 hours. It is to be noted that, in spite of the high winds prevailing, the Brigade in all instances arrived on the scone in time to prevent the spread of the flames to the surrounding area, In two cases, the entire skill of the units responding was called upon.
At noon on Thursday a Chinese woman was trapped in the loft of house in Yangtszepoo and pracly succumbed to the flames befor firemen could release her.
Early on Thursday flames broke out inthe hold of the str. Pingwee which was lying at Hunt's) Wharf. Assisted by those on shore, the crew, utilizing the.emergency apparatus, put an end to the trouble before the Brigade arrived,
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