Ss. Min Kong Strikes Rock:
Crew Saved river steamer Min Kong, lowned by the Min Sung Industri struck a hidden Tock in the vicinity of Yang Sze Chi, about three miles above Hankow, and foundered at 8 am. last Friday, according to a Chinese message received here on Monday (Feb, 11). The steamer was ordered from Ichang to Hankow to transport Government troops to Szechuan and at the time of the accident carried no passengers Jor cargo. All the members of the crew were saved.
Built by the Ho Hsing Engineering and Shipbuilding Works, Nantao, in 1924, the steamer was ' first named Foh' Sing and then Peiping, and in April, 1082, her name was changed {to Min Kong. During the summer and autumn seasons, she was put on the Hichang-Chungiing run. She plied between Ichahg and Shanghai during the spring and winter seasons. Her Jdimensions are: length—overall 185 ft; breadth 27 ft; depth Ott. 8 inches; and draught 6ft. She was capable lof a speed of 14 Knots.
The vessel was covered by insur-Jance and efforts will made to refloat countries and now the experiment is to be tried by China, in Shanghai, on April 3. All those' who are contemplating matrimony can, by following out the required regulations, be the first to partake in the first mass wedding in China, The regulations are not so very aimicult. "Both the intending bride and bridegroom must bring three Photos to the Social Affairs Bureau, Hil in the required application form, and finally for the sur of $20 the deal is closed. a But the regulations are not over yet, for the happy couples, having filled in the application forms the brides and grooms shall again visit the Bureau five days before the event is to take place. There the pairs are Fequired t2 put their signatures to a legal document witnessed by. such persons who were responsible for
place, bringing them together in the Aret Now comes the ceremony itself. 'The regulations state that during the wedding, all grooms shall wear blue Jong gowns and black jackets. 'That the mass wedding shall take pla at 3 p.m. but that both bride Dridegroom must' arrive at the ce many half an hour before the wed-Ging. It not, they are disqualified, The names of the brides and grooms who are to take part in the wedding will be announced by the Bureau and any person opposed to any one of the weddings must say the word five days before the date of the mass wedding. Otherwise he or she, as the case may be, will be too late The final clause is That persons taking part in the wedding must here to the rules of the New Life Movement.
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