The Archive · 1932

NANKING'S POPULATION

Nanking, Sept. 27.

Latest census reports compiled by {the Municipal Bureau of" Public [Safety give the total population of Nanking last month as 621,864, of whom 377,276 are male and 244,588 female, There are 121,718 house-folds, "The population, with the preceding month, has injereased by 2119 persons (1,347 males and 772 females).—Kuo Min, 'THR Greater Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, at special meeting held on Monday, resolved to ask the Chiaotun= the various government navigation bureaux to adopt severe measures to deal with Chinese shipping firms found operating JJapanese-owned ships under the Chinese flag. Chamber suggests that Japanese-owned ships found to be operated by Chinese firms should be forbidden to ply on the inland rivers, The statistics show that © great number of middle-class Chines The Peking Municipal Authorities Proyi now evacuated the Three are planning to organise a force police-women, it is learnt. P ent plans provide for the recur of 100 women from bool "graduate These' will Ri course of ming in police duties before being assigned to regular work.

'A corps of engineers are now conducting surveys on the proposed route of the Shihchinchuan-Taku Railway, You can. call the contents of a bottle by any same you like but if you want the contents to be the best Whisky you call them

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