Nanking, Aug. 15.
Department of the National Beonoe Ut fs learnt, at the "Engineer
mule "Counci that construction. The Nanking-Shanghat and. Shan feapacity and as some say with factory' profits. The silk filatures ars not 0, fortunate, A <lth factory Keeps. going on a_ bare margin, The Kashing High School has remodelled a science hall, first JRoor chemistry, second physics, third biology an attic store-room. The Mission Hospital has completed new gate house opening on the highway.
Tt seems that a bus line started {from Kashing to Soochow, but the frond. was so badly constructed along, the lake regions, that it was considered dangerous. until better foundations were laid. The railway selling round trip tickets from other' at reduced ra Shanghai to Kashing and a few Thira sengers are pleased with ige from long, full Tength benches to neat, comfortable side-seats, similar to' second and first el 'A change in the system of land tax. has delayed the warrants or notices. Formerly each mow paid a silver tax jus after the silk crop was sold tax in grain at the end of the year. fatter the rice harvest. Ni there is a flat rate in dollars plus surcharges for each half of the simpler when des-
The New Conversation {Ava dinner given recently by one or the gentry, was interesting to eve tube very hile war said bout poltces but a banker, n merchant, Prehil'and_ a military of tok oene i discussing economics, The fis of ik way that improvement Fiantines producing, shipping and Peting sotla come slowly: Progress ould be ateclerated by" a arable Sovernment giving. steady encour" kiang) highways will be completed before the end of the year. ese together with the Shanghai-Hang-how, Nanking-Wuhu and Soochow-Kashing highways total 1,000 Kilometres in' length.
A total of 6,000 kilometres of highways in the seven' -Yangtsze provinces will be constructed dur-Ing the next yea Boudrez, technical expert from the League of Nations, ix ce-operating. in. the planning of the' Warious highway programmes.
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