The Archive · 1936

STANDARD 'RAISING CEREMONIES

Chungking Groups to Teach — People Proper Ritual Front A Commsronoese

Chungking, Oct, 31, From November 2, seven official organizations are to join together to practice the ceremonies "appropriate fo the raising and lowering, of the Chinese national flags, as laid down. by the Central Government, 'Thes practice services will be held for a orlod of four weeks on the Chungking Recreation Ground, and' the general public has been invited to at-Yend so as to lear how to perform manner. these: special rites in) the correct

Tsellutsing and Kuntsing, Szechuen's largest salt-producing centre, have requested Nanking to give them por-mission to. establish their, " own municipal government, on the grounds that they have a combined population 1,000,000 people and pay over §3,- 000,600 in duties-every yen ile hey have plenty of, dutts. full, and few privileges, they point to the recent selection of" 7 presentatives to attend the forthcom: ing. national conference, in which their workers and farmers were not showed to take part.

'The rearing of the Autumn silk. worms in north, east and south Szechuien has proved' a success, ac~ cording to reports received by: the Commissioner of "Reconstruction; to date, over 60,000 cattles. of cocoons have been purchased by the Raw Sillc Improvement Bureau, and', the majority of silk-worm' raisers, state that the cocoons from foreign silkworms are "surprisingly good,"

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