Following negotiations between the British Consul and the Mayor of Hankow, General Lia Wen-tao, there appears every prospect of an amicable settlement, at an early date, of the affair arising from the faction of the Wuhan Municipality ordering the demolition of Messrs. Butterfield &—Swire's transit-sheds on the Native Bund.
Tt is understood that an agreoment has been reached on all the major points at issue and although tone oF two minor points still remain te be discussed, it ig believed that the difficulties presented in reaching.
solution of these will be easily surmounted, The Wuhan Municipality have ogreed to allow Messrs. Butterfield Swire to rebuild their transit-sheds onthe Native Bund on some out-jutting wharves, while the com-, have agreed to surrender the land, which is required by the Municipality for a thoroughfare, and to demolish the transit-sheds on it provided adequate compensation is Though the order presented to the "Hankow Light & Power Con. Ltd, by the Wuhan Public "Bureau was supposed
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