Purification of a Local Yang King Pang to Be Commenced Shortly Tientsin Mews Service, 'Tientsin, Apr. 24, ante, Weiteo' Oreck, menace will ly iliseppear when operations are begun on thie now lock echo me agreed to by the Chines and foreign" authorities of Tiontéin aga solution of the existing This tidal waterway, which hae a very strong resemblance to. the Smog. russ "diges from behind the Chinese city, Tans diagonally 4 southerly direction, through the Yapanese," French, British and. ex-German Concessions. It follows the line of the Mud. Wall built, for defensive purposes around Tiontein by Sankolinsin in 1869, known as "Sankolinsin's Folly." For many years it provided for small native boats a water com. munication with the extra-mural districts aiid at the sumo time a convenient channel for carrying away flood waters. To prevent ib becoming empty at ebb tides in the Hai-ho it is controlled by a Jock gate at its mouth ab the ex-German Concession Bund,
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