Nanking, Mar. 9.
Miss Elizabeth Knatchbull-Huges-sen, daughter of the British Ambassador to China, will play the leading woman's role in Sir James Barrie's famous fantasy "The Admirable Crichton," "to be" staged at the Amateur Dramatic Club on Thursday evening by the Nanking Wo., cn's Club to raise funds for its various social activities. "Altogether—three performances will be held, ending Saturday evening.
The Nanking Women's Club has decided to lay aside a sum of $500 from the proceeds of the three per. formances for building a playground for the city's poor children.. 'The remainder of the proceeds will be appropriated for the various useful social' service activities now undettaken by the Club—Central News.
Tientsin, Mar. 10, An agreement providing for the shipment of 230,000 tons of Changli salt fo Japan this year at $240 per ton will be formally signed between Chinese and Japanese parties concerned to-morrow.
'A verbal agreement has also been reached that the Japanese authorities pay §2 a ton to salt producery In the Changlu district as subsidies for covering the losses the latter sustained during the last few months.—Central News, Tue installation of the nine-province telephone system is making progress, says the "Sinwanpao," and connections between Teinan-Hsuchow and Hsuchow-Lienyun, are expected to be made within text month,
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