Ingenious System of Wangling Rates aes Ove Oww ConnestowonT
Harbin, July 25. systematic manner of. making! money on railway passenger rates has Just come to light, the amount involved being a very' considerable tone. It cannot be classed as fraud, being simply a matter of exchange owing to the chervonetz rouble being of value only in its own country'
nowhere else.
who fact is that through. traffic cets may be bought at Soviet sta-8 to Harbin as well as to Mukden, Dairen etc. and such tickets fare' purchased with chervonets_ Toubles at Vladivostok,—Nikolsk; and other Soviet station just across the frontier. The scheme has been worked in the following manner: a thorough third-class ticket having Been bought by some Chinese in Soviet Russia, he reached the Chinese frontier station and there got off the train on the pretext that was ill or on some other exon: There he sold his ticket for the remainder of the journey to Chinese who were travelling from the fro station to destinations in Man-chi the profit on this transaction may ded by the fact that. a third prof on this, transaction ma
base ticket from Pogranichnaya to Hlabin costs 2 dollars or nine and fait gold roubles while the cost same" it bought with chervonetz foubles in. Soviet, Russia. does not fxeeet four dollars, basing the value St'the chervonetz'on the open mar-for price. 'The. Chinese who have been currying on this business, pur-huge: their chervonets in the' open tharket and not at the bank and Consequently, buy "at avery. low prises As the: railway, conductors Eoticed that a very great number of through. passengers were travelling nveatigations we tions was then Tt cannot be said to be a loss to as they claim the full ne from the Ussuri ra Soviet Russia. itself, owing to the hvevonets being" Kepe ata. high rice in the country while it can bought for a trifle abroad. There is no Way of proving that the man who bought the ticket bought notes on What is called the "Black Exchange."
Looking round for ways and means of further economy, the agement of the railway have de-elded to cancel all express trains in connection with the Siberian expresses.
From the August 1. the: three times weekly express from Harbin to Manchuli will be entirely' cancelled and be replaced by a mail train which will leave Harbin one hour and twenty minutes earlier and. yet catch the Siberian expr fat. the frontier. First class pa Songers will pay nine gold rouble less for the journey from Harbin to the frontier owing to the trai being @ mail one instead of an ex-
Tallway economise in fuel but the lot only will the} passenger will also get a reduction On his ticket for which he will no doubt be devoutly thankful in these, shocking. times, The difference in time is very! small and in any case the passenger had to spend a few hours in Harbin If anybody suffers from the change it Will be the Harbin storekeeper who generally reaps some advantage} from the passing railway traveller.
It has been the pride of Harbi Russians of a certain class that they ate all of the old orthodox faith and have nothing to do with th Church as it now is in Sovi Russ "The Harbin priests did not recog: ride the moscow clergy and tooked Belgrade as their head, but now an extraordinary discovery' has been ade. Bishop Nestor who is.'the Clergy and who is a very energetic ost" popular of the old Russian has-been corresponding. with 'Moscow. regarding the churches here, "This discovery has been made rough his being absent fom bin' and one of his letters be opened: The news has caused quite chock to the old Russians in the Town and there is likely to be a con-Siderable storm over the, incident, it goes to: prove that even Harbin fame of those who were aupposed to be bitterly opposed to, the Soviet regime, are after, al, willing {fo discuss the question of amalga~
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