Hongkong, Apr. 24.
Another mysterious mailbag explosion occurred this afternoon, this {ime aboard the Butterfield and. Swire ship Kwangtung, which was on route from Shanghai {0 Haiphong (French Indo-China). The mailbag which the explosion occurred believed to have been destined for the French airmail route to Europe. A number of Chinese passengers in the Kwangtung panicked, but it is understood that the damage done was not serious.—Reuter, Wuhu Iron Ore Shanghai, Apr, 21.
The first Sino-Japanese industrial enterprise to be organized in, the territory controlled "by the "Ro-formed Government" wilt begin its operations by, the middle of next months, the "Shanghai Nippo" ro-ported yesterday, The concern is the Central China Iron Mining Company, organized here by Japanese and Chinese me vesters earlier. this month, Work will be carried on in. the rich iron mines near Sanshanchen, south of Wuhu, ivhere the ore de-Posits are estimated at 100,000,000
While the monthly output of ore will not exceed §00 tons, chiefly because of the shortage of hands, this wall eventually be vastly increased. [Before the outbreak of hostilities here, the monthly production totalled 3,000, tons.
Hitherto, the iron produced by the mines, was exported mainly to Japan, New Bank Notes Tsinan, Apr. 22, Strict punishment for all illegal gets tenning to hamper the cireuila tion of the bank notes issued by the new "Federal Reserve Bink" of China was proclatined here today by the Japanese military authorities, All attempts to impede the circulation of these notes or to put a premium on their eireutation will "heavily punished," Irrespectively of whether the miscreants are Cutnese or. Japanese, the announcement sid.
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