A notorious bandit leader Chao Yuan-ho, has gathered a large force of several hundred followers all of whom are reported to be fully armed and who, are now making their the west where he
fukien to do his duty in Honan.
People's Government. in he was appointed
Four spies of his were' recently taken, into captivity by the police in the chief town in Yiyang hsien and were mai to, confess they had been sent by bandit general on ssi Wang Vu at the head of another group of bandits, notorious for his ast activities in the west, i# now reported to have escaped into Shens!, Hsiao Lu-shao and Ku Ta-shen, two well-known renegades who were making trouble in the south, have now retired for the moment into northern Hupeh. On December it was reported here that, several thousands of these leaders! follow. ers were dispersed after hours severe fighting near th capital of Tungpei hsien in southern Honan. The government troops are now reported to have regained control of the region, "Buy Chinese Movement"
From to-day until December 17, "buy Chinese" movement ix being launched, A mass meeting will be held to-morrow. morning. when, all public and government organisations and the various schools in the city wilh make their appearance to. inaugurate the patriotic cause, Five. colour posters have been placarded everywhere in the city in the thoroughfares.
According to statistics compiled by the local Public Safety Bureau, the number of families in the elly 258,304. persons. The number 0 September was 66063 comprising deaths was stated to ho 66, During October the number of families greased to 60,250 but comprised '559,024 persons, an inc whom the number of At the request, government of Kwangsi honan are making a general search for nell, objects and other suitable things for the collection in the new museum instituted by the Kwangsi ment, The Kwangsi " authorities sent representatives, here to. inva gate Honan methods in educ Barely had the sirens ceased their been born to their Majes 5 was heralding of the glad mews early tempered by the fact that the this morning, when householders perial off-spring was a girl, for, sere triumphantly putting out flags under the Salic Law of 1889," only honour of the great event. a male is permitted to ascend the The son born to the Emperor of [Japanese Throne. [Japan will succeed his father "as 'The son born to-day has three the 125th Emperor of an unbroken isters, the fourth having' died at line of monarchs reputed to. date the age of six months in March, back to the seventh century" before Christ.
Shigeko, "Toru-no-Miya, is cig tidest sister, Princeny [Japanese nation has prayed before On four previous ecasions the years old, The" third, daughter, Shrines as it has done in the' past Princess Kazuko, Taka-no-Miya, anxious weeks, that a son might was born in, 1929, while the young ibe born to the Tmperial Family. gsf girl, Princess Atsuko, "Yori-no-bach time, however, the Joy of Miya, was born in March, 1981.—the Japanese people that a child had
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