Hankow, Oct. 27.
Glorious weather was experienced last weekend, the temperature inviting summer garb to be once' again worn. In the early hours of Tuesday, however, a change came when the wind swung Found to the north-east, and within a few hours the thermometer had dropped over 20 degrees. The effect of this change was soon Japparent when a demand set in for cold cures. The "snap" did not last ong as on Thursday the sun appeared again, and the wind dropped, and there is now every indication of another warm and fine weekend.
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang returned here by aeroplane on Monday. He attended a meeting at the Kuomingtang Headquarters in Wuchang on Thursday at which ways and means improving the lot of the farmers the surrounding districts was dis Jcussed. It is proposed to have several lectures by men who shave studied conditions, and efforts will be made bring up to date the methods for farming, and to provide education for {the people. This will no doubt provide a big task when taking into consideration the vast numbers involved.
According to local press reports the work of completing the railway between here and Kueichowf in chuen, which was discontinued during the World War, is shortly to be resumed. This will be a very big asset to the trade of the two provinces if it materializes as it will facilitate the transportation of cargo which at the present time has to be brought down through the Yangtze Gorges.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.