The Archive · 1934

Iron Bridge to Span Yangtze

Hankow, Sept. 11.

All sections of the Hankow-Canton railway were represented at a joint conference held here.

'According to Chinese sources, it was agreed that work be started immediately for the repair of the line, for the construction of an iron bridge to span the Yangtze and to link Wuchang with the actual terminus of the railway in' Hankow.—Reuter. armour, the coins, and the arrowheads.

"Mandeville, by his daring feats of swimming in the Tachienlu rivers) has made himself a hero who will not soon be forgotten by the populace, of this frontier town. The talk of the town now is his remarkable feat] of crossing the river when it-is at Its highest. The two men have spent six months on the border and carry away with. them memories and experience they will not soon forget.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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