Szechuen celebrated Its first mass marriage early in the month, when jemnlzing the tite united nine couples.
'Several ne' took ilk with pneumonia, iGuscumbing to. the effects of the disease. headquarters, where he revealed his identity as one of Governor Han's detectives, and secured the services of a number of policemen. The party Feturned to the restaurant, and arrested the proprietor and the offending walter. The latter was compelled to lead the policemen to the home of the lady who had sold the heroin, and she was arrested.
An official notice posted at the city gates announces the consequences as follows: the waiter, charged with buying poisonous goods for a customer, sentenced to hard labour for six months, Chu, the proprietor of the restaurant, charged with keeping in his employ a person who was wicked enough to buy poisonous ods for a customer, was fined $100. Tien, nee Miss Feng, charged with selling poisonous goods, was shot on April 9.
"The official expression reads, "Pistol Settled." that is, settled by the use of fa Pistol; a very suggestive phrase, "yard Labour," mentioned above, consists of being chained to a garbage Waggon, and helping pull it through the Immediate enforcement of the new Business Tox. As is usually the ase, old ax offices die hard and the merchants assert that the Chungking Revenue Office which was established to secure the §15:000,000 Bandit Suppression, Loan should first Abolished, since the said loan has been secured. The new Business Tax OMiee has announced that it will collect as from January 1, with severe penalties for overdue payments after April 15, The western-trained doctors, Who are nov generally among the highest salaried people in the port, have banded together and refused to register with the Business Tax Office, on threat of going on strike and Fefusing to see more patients, Kwanhslen Reservoir Opened The opening of the great dams of Kwanhsien, the reservoir of Szechuen, which have been extensively repaired and enlarged by the new Commission fof Reconstruction, under Mr. Lu Tso-fuh of Chungking, has taken many of the officials off on a special trip fo Chengtu. The opening ceremony Which was the grandest to be held in ten years drew crowds of military and civil officials from the province. interested citizens and foreign resi-dante of Chengtu. The assurance of 'a plentiful supply of water in the Western half of the province has helped to steady the price of rice which rose thirty per cent. during March.
The price of rice has been affected also, by the embargo on rice being moved from southern Szechuen since the famine broke out. No rice has moved for several weeks but a days ago over 100 junks of rice came Gown the river and further shipments from Hunan are said to be on the Way up. This should have a steady ing effect on the rice market and also relieve the famine situation in nearby areas.
Condemns Pigs to Death Considerable amusement has been, caused in local circles by the action of the Kweifu County Magistrate who condemned two fat pigs to death The magistrate set out one morning with an armed guard to inspect the progress of the New Life Movement.
his way through the public park hho noticed two large fat pis who were taking advantage of the litter of chewed sugar-cane pulp. made a short ceremony of denouncing the pigs a3 a nuisance and menace to public health and thereupon ordered their execution. The armed guard promptly despatched the animals, Teaving their owner to vent his feelings when the magistrate was out of 'Mr, A. T. Caimeross, the young Canadian engineer who' is attached to the Generalissimo's headquarters as technical adviser, has been work ing on the projected road from Wan hsien to Chengtu. He reports that at present the work is held up by Buildings. The bridal couples arrived and departed in gaily decorated motor-cars to the strains of an attempted wedding march by the Municipal band.
"The Mayor left for Chengtu im~ mediately after, and on his return Journey by air he contracted a severe told which developed into pneumonia causing his death three days later. There is now the usual currying of British Submcrine Hits
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