The third section, Mr. Kung said. takes care of the transportation of li raw materials for conservancy Purposes. At important points along, the river such as at the Yellow River ridge in Shantung and at Lanfeni in Honan, depots will be established where large quantities "of building and repairing materials will be held ready to be rushed to any point, whenever necessary. The projected railway between Lanfeng and Tong-in central Honan, upon its comvietion, will also be placed under the transportation section.
The training of all able-bodied civilians "and" soldiers in districts watered by the Yellow River in the technique of "repairing dykes and doing other types of river defence work, forms the task of the fourth and last section under the new river defence department, Mr. Kung was pleased with the gradual concentration in the hands of the Yellow River Conservancy. Commission all powers which until recently were shared by the provincial authorities, for this new unity, made pestible by the transfer to the comniission of river bureaux' in Honan and Shantung, promises to expedite matters considerably, especially in Umes of emergency.
The only province which has not thus handed lover Its river bureau to the commission Is Hopel, Negotia-tons are now under way, however, Jand Mr. Kung hopes that before long the authorities in Hopei will also Jcome round to realize the necessity of ce-operating with the Yellow River id Conservancy Commission, which was established to take cafe mot of certain sections of it but of the entire and Siam was inaugurated on March 11, The charge for a threeaninute call is ¥.5
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