Nanking Forbids Playing by Chinhwai Boatmen Nanking, Aug, 13.
A petition submitted by more than 200 boatmen, who ply for gramme on the Chinhwai River, for permission, to play mah Jongg as a family pas time "has been rejected by the Metropolitan Police Headquarters and the Bureau of Social Affairs, The ejection is based on the ground that, since these pleasure-boats are hired out for the use of the public, and, moreover, are moving" constantly about on' the river, they cannot be regarded as private places—Kuo Min,
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