With the opening up of the country to railway and motor traffic Kiangshan is destined to become most important junction, in future rs. The environs of this town! are quite unique with its guardians of the hills—twin pagodas, and gigantic natural rocks rising Up like the bastions of some old ruined feng, famous for its tobacco fields, varnish, camphor, black tea _and pretty girls. And, when times of peace are restored, it is the linen trade will revly and the famous pottery of Kia find its way to Yushan fo portation by rail to The towns of Kiangshan Changshan are only twenty miles apart, connected by @ mest luxuriant dale, a region fit for the gods. Thi valley can hardly be rivalled for beauty with its wooded sides rising up over a succession of ills slopes and watered by a gurgling full of fish. For botanists, paradise, with its plants and uncommon ind an environment where birds and butterflies seem rightly' to belong. I would this charming spot the "Dove Dale Chekiang.
t is interesting to note ho Educational Bureau propagating the—countr; with pictorial slogans the grave state of ill ite ing the land. One depicts ten people in a row, and only two of the number seem to have any animation. "Just think of it," the announcement reads, "Only. two persons, in every ten of, the: population, are able to read,' shameful disgrace." "Teaching the people to read is more important than giving food and clothing" runs another phrase. And the illiterate populace are urged to attend classes, for, "A man who cannot read is like a blind beggar who cannot see." The Health Office also issue a serie ins some of which are rather amusing, "Each day, take your little nap at a regular time." "Don't about naked: you're sure to gel "If you want to kill yourself, go and ask the Fairies to prescribe for your illness." "Sweep your front door and then you will help to avoid disease. known as the was over-subscribed roubles twenty days after opening, was officially announced in Moscow on June 10.
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