Nanking, Nov. 4.
Inadequate equipment, coupled with, unwarranted interference by military officers with railway trafic, accounts chiefly for the occurrence of several mishaps on the Canton-Hankow Rail. way, concluded the Ministry of Finance, after an exhaustive inquiry, To prevent a recurrence of such mishaps, the Ministry has sent Mr. Chen Ching, Departmental Director, to Hankow to devise measures for improvement, The military authorities. along the Une, atthe same time, have been requested to refrain from interfering with railway trofie—Céntral News.
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