The city authorities are still push: ing military training, and a women's brigade has been formed as a volunlary ald detachment, " Lectures have been given during the past three months by some of the nurses from St. Luke's Hospital, and 70 women have been attending them. 'This week they' are getting some practical experience in the hospital. The offeial in charge of the movement uyested that the ordinary nursing staff should be given a week's holl-day, and. that these women should ake their place. "But the doctor thought that for the sake of the is, It would be better i¢ the Women's brigade merely looked on while the nurses did the work.
Some-attention has also been paid to the Local prison which adjoins. the yamen. "It is now much eleaner than Formerly, though from a foreign point of view, it still leaves much to be Gosired." Weekly visits are made to the prisons, and the place is very much overcrowded with more than 00'male prisoners. "The women are ina separate compound. "Desperate criminals are being kept side by side th morphia addicts, and even with Innocent people awaiting trial, 'A few of the prisoners have their egs chained, but the majority are free to move about. There are two small courtyards for the prisoners—tone measures about 20 and the other 0 feet square, Living quarters are very cramped, and the rooms are hot ud airless, because there "iso rough draught. Some of the men have "mide punkahs out of old blankets. Three meals are provided 8 day, consisting of rice and pickled Vegetable, The tice is steamed in straw bays, and each man gots a bag his portion, Those who have money, oF friends who can bring them '00d, are allowed to supplement these meagre rations.
'The distance between Peiping and Hongkong is 2300 kilometres, and will be covered in ten hours. Plans for the new. service were made four months ago. 'Trial' fights will conducted during the next fortnight. learned that Junkers tri-motor airplanes. will be used for the new service, Stops will be made at Taiyuan <Shansi), Chengchow (Honan), Han-
Chenchow" (southern Hunan), "and Canton (Kwangtung). Since erviee isan extension of the Peiping airway, the first three cities long the route are already jequately equipped with landing facilities. Radio. stations will, hows fever, have to be erected drome extensions provided Chan sha, Chenchow and Canton—Ku Min,
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