Craze for Road-Building Yields to One for Aviation Fnoxt Our OWN Coneesroxpent Swatow, Aug. 14, The notes of the Central Bank are now quoted gt 97, which is a Aistinet improvement.' Naturally, there is much satisfaction over this continued rise in their value, but, at the same time there is a feeling in certain quarters thay they hay been bolstered artificially and that fakes place in ions, they will collapse spectacularly, It must not be overlooked that these notes worth one time not more than 30 per cent, of their face value. However, all the sceptism of certain people notwithstanding the. authorities have managed to keep their word far} and it remains to be seen whether these Central Bank notes will achieve parity, wi month as promised.
Nationalist Economic Bureau 'A good deal is being made of the establishment at New York of the Nationalist Economic Bureau under Mr. Frank W, Lee, the special representative of the Nationalist Government. It is claimed for this Dureau that it will succeed in increasing the volume of business between Ching and the United States and that, furthermore, it will be successful in eliminating the activities of "crook merchants" in both countries, sort clearing house where commercial information of interest to American and Chinese business men will be readily available, However, it is a well-known fact the merchants in these parts have very Uittle confidence in the ability of "trade. bureaus" to improve busines conditions, Aviation Tople of the Day For some time now there has been n rond-building fever in vis province and now the craze is, for aviation, A good deal of talk is ard. Tow-a-days concerning pro-Jeeted aerial routes and now it is oportod that tentatively the ing cities have been selected stations: Wachow, Kweihsien, Nanning, Poach and Lungchow in Kwang-Waichow, Swabue, Swatow, Hingning, Woping, Hoihow, Pakhoi, Teungkong, Kongenoon, Shivhing, Shaokwan and Tingtak in Kuangtung. It remains to be seen, however, whether the people of this province will take 20 readily to Aviation, Not only that, for there {is the question where are the avia-tore, and suitable 80 come from? In the whole Army if one may use a collective term in-referring to China's bandit soldiery—there are very few experienced aviators and, even at that, the Fengtien army has the majority. But the Manchurian authorities, after an attempt or two, gave up commerical aviation for the reason That people would not trust them-solves to the ait machines, preferring to move about on' solid ground.
Boycotters Indefatigable The various boycott committees are once again endeavouring to arouse interest in the anti-Japanese boycott. The agitators would have all business in Japanese goods banned, declaring it to be "unpatriotie and illogical to purchase goods from a common enemy." The general public, however, continues to Duy such Japanese goods without restraint a3 may suit their purses, boycott or no boycott, Hearing the agitators prattle, one would think the boycott is a popular one, but the fact of the matter is that the general public hereabouts have very 1 Uittle if any use for boycott movements.
'THe Boreau of Reconstruction for the Kiangsu Government taken up the question of unemployment and decided that steps should bbe taken to alleviate the situation, an well as the conditions of the unemployed. Black forma have been lent to the various labour unions to be filled in and, upon receipt of these, statistics' will be drawn up taken. fo that the necessary steps may be Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews comes back with his latest finds
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