Not only are authorities here curbing the "mosquito" press bat they are intent upon closing public dance halls, The "Black Cat" and the "Dah Hua Ball Room" and other place which employ Chinese dancing would seem a short sighted policy up in all suburbs of the city. Taki to spoil the good name of a Mi advantage of the situation, specula sion by refusing to pay, on the ators get, busy and push up the other hand we are all bound up value of land to a higher—level. together in this thing and there According to real estate people, Jought to be some sort of united prices of land may go up a little faction in the matter. higher in the next few wacks, as the 'A new mayer has at last been ap-Shameen banks receive thousands pointed to our City. The old Mayor toon so badly treated by the dollars whenever a foreign mail es ore, City "that he has simply been Besides genuine investments and euchered out of his job, leaving: speculations, important officials and his severely alone. It is a new day. educated people of the hetter class when a county Magistrate can thus prefer foreign style houses located be compelled to leave because alli in airy surroundings. The districts close to the Canton-Kowloon Railway are now marked out to form model suburbs for those who The Changsha Y.M. C. A. have! wish to live in comfortable houses started their Membership campaign modelled after those of the West. with a big mass meeting at which Ho Chien and other. Pro-Officials Buy Land vineial officials were present_and High officials such as General spoke enthusiastically for the Y.
Chen Chi-tang, commander of the ighch route gins, Admiral Chen girls are the targets of the Social Weltere Bureau. The Boreas hat petitioned the Municipal Government to close all dance balls in the Hankow area on the grounds that dancing is a menace to Chinese morality and an evil which should not be allowed to exist daring the period of Political Tutelage.
Dance halls are places where sorts of sins are committed," Jadgment of the "Social Weltere Boreas. Most of the, dance alls are owned and operated by Chinese. They have been most prosperous: during recent' months.—United Press.
Government, and Mayor Lin Wen-Kai have purchased land in those new "residential districts. Each Suliurb wil be formed into' more oF less a) garden city with plenty of rounds and-fresh alt. The howsos Sill be equipped with modern plum: bing and sanitary conveniences.
On account of the demand, land values im those areas have also gone up. and owners have reaped a hand Some harvest. The land" boom Begins to be felt in. all. walks of life, and it is generally believed that political stability will add further value to local real estate.—Reuter.
Young ladies of Ashibe and aside-Q) ately' stopped the latter as they Were walking to the station to return "home. From high" words, Knives wore drawn, resulting in the cold-blooded murder of the student, The other two Harbin youths were also seriously injured and had to be to the local hospital where Ashihe young men ran off 'a ung the railway line and were all ed by the Chinese railway police.
'A Ban On Knives The incident has caused quite sensation in the town and the police consider that regulations will have to be issued regarding the coreying of long Finnish knives which are being used in such cases as the above. Incidentally these constant knivings point to very poor education amongst the growing young Russian population, and the Department of Educa tion' will also have to take steps to see that education is being properly administered in the railway schools.
short time ago mention was made. in these columns of the enormous tock of frozen fish lying in at railway stations on the eastern line, which owing to the low prices prevailing in Harbin and the high eight, charged by the railway made it impossible to forward the goods to the market. In former he quantity of fish consumed by Harbin during Lent was always very great and. consequently there table profit in the fish ness, but this year p foodstuffs have been so low during the winter months that fish was not in great demand. The fish on the tern line is' caught in Lake Pakainor and then carted to Ma and Chelanor stations for Shipment to carbine A'quantity of about, 100,000 boods was caught and. tearted to' these stations but the fishermen have succeeded in selling only about 8,000 boods of this leaving 1,500 tons to rot og soon as the thaw set in,
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