Lawyers' signs, 30 rumours) around the Kinhua law courts, are being reproduced in Chuchow. Primary courts have been opened in Yenchow and Chuchow to serve the prefectures represented by the old Fu. This advance will be a source of joy to the many who delight in law suits, meaning a considerable saving in time and expense journ ing to and from Kinhw The strike weapon is again in evidence. Many of the express passenger boats are laid up in Lanchi for reoiling and repairs over the intense heat. Satan finds work for idle hands and it has resulted in a demand for an increase of $3 on $8 per month, and a simultaneous dropping of towlines by the boats running. Competition is intense with the advent this year of two new companies, and of course the boatmen must win, even if they do not get all they ask.
'A vessel beinging a cargo Inequer from Foochow is reported by the Chinese press to have er: countered a storm near Nanhui to have been washed ashore, where she now lies. The wind was strong and the waves so high that four hands were washed overboard and no traces of them could be found.
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