Canton, Apr. 22.
Much interest has been aroused by the discovery, in the vicinity of the new site of the Sun Yat-sen Unie versity at Shekpai, in the suburbs of [Canton, of a tombstone of the Ming Dynasty. The stone is dated 1531.—Reuter, Mr. Matsuoka Looks to Better Foreign and Japanese Understanding: Profitable Year for S.M.R.
Frost Our Owx Dairen, Agr. 9.
One of the first requests Mr. Matsuoka made of his sisff upon assumption of the S.M.R; presidency last September was for an opportunity to meet in friendly fellowship representative members of the foreign community here. His staff had tohustle for want of a list of foreign residents: <it is now in better shape, for Mr. Matsuoka has kept alive his contacts with the foreigners here, widening: and deeping it with every opportu: at his command. In between kis frequent tours of Manchoukuo and Japan and seemingly unending series executive conferences, to say nothing of his dizzy round of routine duties, he has found time to smoke a friendly pipe "with my foreign friends." Only a man thoroughly i hued with the spirit' of internation: ism and brotherhood could do what Mr, Matsuoka is doing in Dairen where for many years internationa ism had been a mere fantasy more frequently than not crowded out by' self-sufficient nationalism, cording to an announcement tha has just been made. They include new all-time records for total receipts from the company's railway lines and for total income from passenger fares Railway receipts totalled ¥.196,539,- 732, exceeding the previous record established in 1034-35 of Y.131,025,376, Passenger fares amounted to ¥.22,362,- 444 as against the Y.20,332,876 record established during the previous fiscal year. Both records are the highest since the S.MLR. opened for business Details follow, the second column of figures indicating cither increase of decrease compared with returns for 1934-35: Freight 100,209,350 216,000 Fares Y. 22,500144 4-¥.2,070,200 Coat MA53315, 20,672 SMR. goods 22.008—T7918 Others goods 67510973 1.426.890 Warehouses roxcs2 i" 47'300, Miscellaneous 7,000,880 3,221,000
Total ¥.196 890792 F¥5,516,050
The Get-Together Spirit "Fifteen years ago when I first joined the S.MLR. Company." he told members of the Dairen Club at a reception this evening at the president's official residence called the Manskukan, "members of the Club used to make this their rendezvous, When I returned to the Company last} year, none of my staff members Femembered Dairen Club members been invited to the Man-Expressing regret for the apparent lapse, Mr, Matsuoka declared, {0 the deafening acclamation of his guests, that "as long as my tenure of office lasts, this fellowship' we are enjoying this' evening will be: continued!
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