Killing, Mar. 25.
Those who have never spent a winter in Kuling can with dimeulty imagine its beauty; every twig outlined in pearl, the snowy whiteness of the ground and the vell of mist now covering, now lifting to reveal the blue sky'and the sun in all its Deillance on the sparkling hillsides.
The winter has been a mild one on the whole and the weather several days ago was lovely, sunny and warm, so warm that several donned 200 Ponies as a Gift for Generalissimo Lanchow, Apr. 4.
A gift of 200 ponies, selected from the best stables in Ching-haa, will be presented to General Chiang Kal-shek by Lieut-General Ma Pusfang, Acting Chalrman of the Chinghai Provincial Government. The horses were conveyed here yesterday en route to the Capitat—Kuo Min. summer attire. But yesterday a high orth wind struck the mountain top with such force that two houses near Virginia HIN were partially unrooted and so cold was It that there was 14 degrees of frost last night and a blanket of snow this morning.
The community was happy to have! visit earlier in the month from Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kaishek and hoped that they would be able to get here the rest they so much need, The disappointment was keen when after only-a few days.they had to return to Nanking.
'News has come' recently that Kuling tg to be the real summer capital, "The government has conned lois 3, 2 and 3 in Luling, (Russian Valley), paying $2 per 100 square fect. These lots are on both sides of the road at the entrance to Luling from the main valley and form a large and beautiful tract. fs (0 be used for the Executive Yuan ble Director of the Lushan 'Mr. 'Tan Ping-shun, very active in improving his bailly Kuling is to have electric light lummer' from a plant of two]
jo Chinese-made Diesel engines beyond West Valley near the Chinese cemetery.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.