Tientsin, Feb. 6.
Owing to the insoluble problem of replenishing their supplies, shipping Interests are very much concerned over the plight of vessels marooned 1 me "ies, inthe Gull of "Chih of them carry many passeng. fers, The Taku Tug Ca. has been forced to engage a small army of cooles to carry coal to lo-bound vessels, each man conveying 40 Ib—Reuter, Tientsin, Feb, 6.
The freezing of the sea at Chinwangtao and. Taku has seriously hampered shipping in this area.
According to a message from Chinwangtao, the big stretch of water off the harbour has frozen up and most vessels in the harbour are {ce-bound, Only through the help of an icebreaker was shipping maintained yesterday.
'More than 76 miles of sea off Taku' harbour are covered with ice. Twelve Junks-and five lee-breakers are reported to have been jammed in by the Ice and have sent out calls for Efforts are being made by the local authorities and shipping circles to fend more ice-breakers and food to the vessels in distress—Kuo Min.
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