The campaign against manufacturers of red pills and sellers of opium goes on with unabated vigour, and Quite a number have pald the Preme penalty for their offences against the law. A large number of opium smokers are shut up in one of the temples while they are treated medically to help them break off their habit, On a former attempt to do this it} was an easy matier for visitors to in and out to visit the opium addicts, but this time they are much more sirietly guarded by the soldiers and it is dificult to get in at all, 30] one hopes the efforts of- the authorities may produce more lasting results this tim Scout uniforms are on the increase here and it seems that most of the scholars have been enlisted. The uniforms are smart and improve the appearance of the children, while they seem to give added self-condence, though this latter quality did) not seem to be lacking before,
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