Tokyo, June 12, The example of an obscure Japanese farmer in Brawley, Calif., who discovered a comet while following, his hobby of astronomy, has inspired an equally obscure Japanese innkeeper of Mito city to donate Yen 12,000 fo the Tokyo Museum of Natural Science to help pay for a new telescope, The innkeeper, Chiyumatsu, Nakamura, gained his wealth by inves. ing @ fly trap after seven years of experiment.—United Pre: staff more inclined to carry on business ina bureaucratic marine: rather than on ordinary commercial Tines.
a well known fact that the staff of the railway work practically jonly 43 hours a day, if time for meals is excluded, and from May 15, till September 15, have every [Saturday free, consequently the Jworking hours' in summer do not Jexceed 25 hours a week and even Jof these, much time ig wasted it: drinking tea, It is probable that if the staff were to work Ward six hours a day, the same og in any other commercial undertaking, at least 40 per cent. could be discharged Jat once.
Last year there came a proposi tion from Moscow to abolish the Railway Board and the enormous expense entailed by it, but this was absolutely refused by the Chinese side, It seems quite unnecessary to keep such a huge extra-staff simply for the purpose of controlling the Jactions of the administration which the one that is responsible for the proper running of the railway fond all the work' connected with If the Eastern ita present condition, the railway will not take sufficient to cover even salaries during the summer months and, therefore, it becomes absolutely necessary for those who feontrol the destinies of this railway line to adopt the most energetic Jand drastic measures to prevent it from falling into heavy debt.
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