During the last six or seven months altogether 182 ce-operative societies have been organized in this region, through which loans aggregating. $35,097 have been extended to 2280 participating farmers.
"This sum of money was specially Joaned to the Ningshu Agricultura Relief Association for rural co-opera tive lean purposes by the Shanghai Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee, and it has been used by the farmers. principally for buying. buffaloes, seed, implements and fertilizers, "The time for the repayment of these loans fell due in October, Un~ fortunately, however, due to the [severe local drought this past summer the regions east and southeast of Nanking, the rice harvest was extremely bad, a fact little known to and many of the farmers Wwho were members of the co-opera tive societies seriously were affected.
order to help some of these farmers to repay their ce-operative loans on time, the Association arranged to advance them money from local. banks against whatever ince they could spare Honolulu, Nov. 23 Escorted from Diamond Head 63 Army and Navy planes, the China (Clipper soared over the city and the harbour amid the cheers of the pou lace, the wild din of gongs, bells sireens, yacht whistles, the horn on the Aioha Tower, and the tuneful strains of the famous Royal Hawaii Band playing Aloha and other wallon songs of welcome, and landed [safely at 1020 am.
Tomorrow morning at 630 o'clock 10,000 pieces of mail will be dispatched on board the China Clipper for Manila and other points in the Far East. In addition, turkeys will also on board, bound for Wake Islan Dirigibles to Link China and Germany Berlin, Nov. 20.
Direct air service between Ger~ many and the Far East, as well between Germany and North and South America, will be unde {aken by the Zeppelin Ca, it was Tearned to-day.
The company is now building feet of dirigibles for the service, tone of which is already nearing completion. A. sister ship of the Girigible now being ished will be started soon—United Press.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.