Frost Oun Own Comesronsexr Shaoshing, June 7.
'This week the Anti-Narcotic Society invited representatives from each. public body and school to attend the 8rd anniversary of this curse in the Yand. On the morning of June 3, the various delegates assembled in' the large Party Hall and heard rousing speeches from the leaders. The history of the drug's entrance 10 China was repeated once more. The stand against the opium drug by Lin Wei hung and noted Chekiang men was applauded and the men of age urged to emulate their example. Speakers were shrewd enough to see that unless a brave stand is made at this stage by people and government wilt be all-in vain to. talk about equality among nations and the renewal of China: otherwise the nation will sink to lower depths and exterminate itself, Tu the afternoon all the opium and gambling requisites seized during the past six months were on display at the New Law Courts. Then the lists were tead over and each article identified, by the presiding Mandarin after which the pipes and" pots and pans were broken up. In all there were over 98 articles connected with opium and about nine pounds of the drug destroyed together with "more than bling articles, Many a mah-was consigned to the flames. AIL this is very encouraging For the past six. years the community has been stressing the place of cleanliness in the life of the nation. On May 15, the second gathering for 1993-84 conhested with public hygiene took place on the new drill ground. A splendid address with telling facts on the inroads of disease owing to carelessness. was given by Dr. F. W. Goddard. One. illustration specially appealed where it was shown that a widespread attack of malaria in one large school we Joss of nine
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