The Archive · 1932

The Boxer Purchasing Commission

London, Aug. 5.

The Chinese Government's Purchasing Commission, which was formed to buy railway materials and other goods in England -with the returned British share of the Boxer Indemnity money, is making highly satisfactory, progress, stated Mr, Wang Chung-chun, the Director fof the Commission, man interview Wang expressed keen apof the wholehearted in which all: the members Commission, Chinese and British alike, had been ce-operating its work. The tramcterry bridges Cedred in Grese Britain are mang of orders p England ie one Sapld progress and among a number

for 10,000" tons. of rails for" the Kiso-Tsi Railway (that is, the rae way running fom Tsinanfu,. "the Shantang capital, to" Tsingtao). Five. leading British steelworks have had this order divided between them.—Reuter,

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