Seawall Dilapidated and Funds for Repair Not Available Nanking, Aug. 21. It is learned that the National 0%, wait at te mouth of the Yangtze Paoshes, and. six. ether 0 iver girding Shanghai, Changshu,
Owing to straitened financial condi tions, the Kiangsu Provincial thorities have not been able to appropriate the necessary expenses for repairs.
view of the fact that, millions of mow of agricultural land, as well a large population, are completely dependent upon the embankment. {for protection, the Executive Yuan was specially ordered yesterday to instruct the Ministry "of Finance to raise funds in conjunction with the Kiangsu Provincial Government. The two organs are also. conduct a joint survey of the sea-wall so, as to, facilitate early repairs—Kuo Min.
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