Foreign and Russian Holidays Celebrated: Bandits More Active in Neighbourhood Frost Our Owse Harbin, Jan. 9.
'The severe frosts at night have done damage to many of the railway Tocomotives, and this together with shortage of freight cars for the east= fern line trafic, has caused a scarcity fof coal in the' elly. At the present moment the total stock of coal Harbin does not exceed 30,000 tons, whereas at the same time last year there was not less than 200,000 ions. Prices are not being raised but the poorer classes find rear dimeulty in purchasing small quantities, and are fulfering from cold houses. The rally way administration Is doing its best to cope with the emergency, but of course a change in the weather is what Is wanted most.
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