Kueiyang, Mar, 21, It is sometimes wondered why the Chinese Post Office has not more fully changed place-names, in order to fall in line with the' officially recognized ni but, after "all there {s abundant reason for caution, if mail matter is to be sent to the destination intended by the sender. 1 do not know how the ease stand:
other provinees, but in I know of at least three where changes have been made since the National Government—then at Peking-—made the first change after the sotting up of the Republic. qwas_given the name of Nanking-Of these, one is Hingity, which hsien to distinguish it from Hinj sion, some 55- miles to the w For superstitious reasons, the local people changed its name to Anlungsion and the government (yrovincial, at any rate) seems to have endorsed it, Pakung was a sub-hsien under, nin Manchu days. elution, it was made a hsien cit and given the name of Kiungshuisri. The local people objected to Kiung, which has the same sound, though with a different] meaning, as the word for "poor," so it was changed to Lingshan-hsien, For some reason which T do not Imnow, it has been again changed to commodation of large steamers.
former member of the. City Planning Commission declares that Mr. 'Crane's scheme is along the ines marked out by the Commission two. years ago... He admits that [Canton is capable of, development, ut says realization of Br. Crate' scheme will require large sums money' and considerable Mr, Craze is a graduate of the university of 'Michigan and' has had much experience' in connection with the plait European cities. ton at the invitation of Mayor Lin Wenekai and-expects to submit his final report before the end of the
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