Out in the country there are two notable developments. Motor roads are being pushed forward at a truly remarkable speed and' it would not surprising if the main pointe of the province are connected: in this manner within a twelve-month, surfacing is being dono as yet but hat will come og soon as normal conditions make possible the development of through traffic" and the: necessity of something more than, a mud foundation is folly realized. The other matter isthe rently increased acreage given over to the growing of opium. Fields appear everywhere and in almost-all districts. Places for the smoking. of opium are to be found even in the smallest hamtots" and the official revenue: must be very large. With' the military encoureging in every possible way ite prdduction and: consumption, opium conditions are likely to be very similar to those of twenty years Osaxa, Jan. 27:—The committee of the Japan Cotton Spinners A: sociation has decided to continue the present short-time work in the mills tiF the end of October—Reuter,
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