Yangerehuang, a place on the Sine lis ued of oot men ant evil men, "Yeader hamed "Fan Halen "Hoo Tat having his headquarters there. Some fay this group's special method of Kelling (ts vielims i to strangle then. Tat tight one man told me bls brother was strangled by them five onihs ago. and that he estimated Gat 40 people bad met o almlar fate at ole hands Wuhu, Jan. 17.
The sun is shining to-day after frosty night and its 8 very welcome sight for our weather for the past, month has been wet and rather miserable. The farmers have been wanting! snow as they say it is good for the land, but no snow has fallen this year 90 far. The wheat, rape and the winter crops of this part of China are looking wel.
The construction of the Wuhu-Nanking railway ig making rapid progress. Ralls are already tald on this end fora distance of more than twelve miles, and the engineer-in-charge Dra mises to have trains running to Naning tong before the end of the year. Very little local labour is used on the road and this is a misfortune as} there are many hungry people around, refugees mostly from places a little north of here. The contractor. a Tientsin man, has brought his own Iabourers from Shantung.
Wuhu ts quiet and the Red scare we had before Christmas seems to have passed away. Business ig not now and has not been good for ome time and the merchants are not looking forward to the Chinese New Year with any great amount of enthusiasm pleasure.
Since Mr. Wang, our present! magistrate, came to. Wuhu a ood many changes have taken place in and around the city. Foremost, per-[hope, amene these and most prominent the public park just north of the city ona hill that has never been luted before excent og 2 congregating pice for holiday-makers on the Spring Festival (Tsing Ming) one or two days every year. A fine road runs now from the elly to the top of the hill and motor cars fo right up to the restaurant and the Chung Shan Hall and reading room, two fine bulldines near the summit. Thousands of trees wore planted last year but, unfortunately, a great many of them perished because of the hot and dry summer. This park is an asset to the people of Wuhu, especially In the} summer time, Another phase of the food work: that Mtr. Wang has done is the widen-me of the streets, Two of the main streets have been widened and very: much tmoroved and the houses on either side have now a much more attractive appearance than formerly. Plans are in hand for more widening and more tmorevements and if our frood mars trate is left here a good many changes for the better will be seen within the next few years.
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