London, Feb, 13 The Stanhope Gold. Sedat, for the bravest act in 1033, 31 tovday awarded to Mr. 1 Jonesy a rubber planter in the Rederated Malay States," who rescued the wife of the captain isthe i Antone and the ship: foundered ina storm Chinese passengers when
March 6, ceeding. from ives of seventy persons. Reuter. local traffic not decrease 5 "much. Harbin terminal station has Ibeen the main centre for commer-"cial goods traffic, but, with "the opening of new railways in Northern doubtful whether, Harbin will maintain the position it has done in the past.
railways increased in i983 Imports to the CER: from other total quantity in the former lyeer' bei rains 265800 tactic to 278,900 metric tons! in the hatter year.
In both years the prin-ipal imports consisted of coals ich were brought to the CER. though Kwanchengtse Station and represented 77,200 tons in 1933 and, 188,000 tons in' 1932, Passengers Increase regards the passenger traffic, curious fact that the numwwe considerably increased, standing the fact that now railways were opened during the year.
The tote] number of passeng-jets carried in 1032 was 1,994,800) fand in 1933 2,157,300, Chi passengers jabour 85 per cent, of both. totals, linest of them travelling by third and fourth class only, these two classes representing 1,844,300 passengers. during 1983. There is "no doubt that, if banditry had been entirely terminated on the C.E.R. lines, there would have been more tref th goods and passengers, but the main factor in the dec of is the very poor price now obtainable for beats in foreign caum: lies, this causing the export to Zah ery iderable and resulting ling it unprofitable: te 0 send their goods fo market, They' have even gone the length of tein beans as fuel stead of timber.
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