Unofficial Inactivity of the Officials From Own Comsssrowoexr Jukao, Feb. 11, China New Year's festivities are sult in full swing. Practically all is sill closed. "So completely is trate Blocked for eight days already that no mal of any kind has come through. [Special deliveries packages and what rot, seem to be stranded somewhere Between Shanghai and here. And bags of mail seem to be accumulated hhere for other places. All the post flee employees are at their desks, but there is no mail to handle. The first few days of the New Year the weather was ideal and no one ceted to" get mail; later on the Weather turned cold and wet and no tone desired to leave home, motor cars few and boats did not go because of lack of passengers.
"Atthough= only" ten hours from Shanghai, we Have felt ourselves (absolutely cut off from the rest of the world except for the radio, Jukao-Tsien is hemmed in by the sea to the cast, by the Yangtze to the south, other hsiens to the west and north with which it fas mo special com~ munications. Our only way of travel to Shanghai is by the use of a best to cross the Yangtze somewhere. Th constant rains have made the roads All the schools, public as well re open, the public schools few more pupils than the vote but none have sufficient material on which to run, On the front door of the schools are pasted notices of the opening day of the school after the spring vacation—now several days passed.
"The hospital is closed for lack of patients. At the clinic one, two and three patients a day are not sufficient to coax the physicians out. The result is that no one seems to be sick or if sick awaits 2 more convenient day to be cured.
The rain and sleet has greatly reduced the frolic and play, The first two days after China New Year when the weather was ideal, the crowds at the Punch and Judy shows were Inrge. Now all_joy must be sought within doors. The noise of gambling is heard all around and New Year visiting is still going on under "um lirellas. It is now eight days after China New Year and there are signs yet of any let up in the New Year frolic.
'A new improvement in our city is the installation of a large bell in the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Tower. The clock strikes at various hours, such as 6 am, 12 noon, 6 pin. and 10 pin. Tean be heard for several blocks and greatly helps the tower clock keeping the Jukao people on time. During the sleepy New Year days, however, no one pald attention clocks or bells. sunrise or sunset. People lived on free of care.
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