'There is an excellent train service now to Chaohsien, Luchowfu and the goal mines near 'Hwalyuen. 'Trains, bring more than 2,000 tons of coal daily to the Yangtze, seven miles below Wuhu, and it' is shipped to Nanking, Chekiang. Wusih, Soochow and Shanghai. This is only the beginning. Mr. Cheng, the director and engineer-in-chief, told us that in. the! near future they would be shipping. much more, The railway also has plans for! electrifying all "the larger towns between the mines and Chaohsien city and it also may be possible for farmers in dry summers by the aid of electricity to pump water into their parched fields. Suffering from Grought is a chronic condition of the Luchowfu district, while but 2 few. miles away there is always an abund-_ ance of water in Chao Lake, Fares fare cheap on the Hui-Nan railroad: and the service is good. Trains leave and arrive punctually.
Father Alumburu, for many years the popular superintendent of" the Catholic Mission in Wuhu, was con-serrated Bishop at a very elaborate and gorgeous service in the cathedral on Sunday.
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