Hankow, Oct. 31, The International Women's Club of Hankow, which held its first formal business meeting last week, is rapidly growing in size and it is expected it oon will be comparable with similar {institutions in Nanking and Tientsin Already nine nationalities are represented, and Lady Hewlett, who was responsible for the inauguration, {informed Reuter this morning that number of new members had been enrolled during the past few da; making -the total membership well lover sixty, composed of Chinese, Japanese, Belgian. British, Amer! jean, French, German, Italian, and Russian women, Chang Chun, wite of the Hupeh' Provincial Governor, is the President, and other members of the executive Committee are—Ist "Vice President, Mrs. Timan; 2nd Vice President, Mrs. Dupree; Secretary, Mrs. Crawford Brown; Treasur: Mrs. Robb; Miss Alice Clark, Mrs. 'Southwick' and Mrs. K.C, (wife of the Mayor of" Han ow), while Mme. Chang Hsueh-Vang' and other well-known Chinese women are active workers.—Reuter.
A special committee has been appointed by the. Municipal Government to look after the rickshaw pul-Jers of the city. A Rickshaw. Pullers' Ca-operative Society has been organized. It is the purpose of this Society 10 see that the pullers get their rickshaws at a reasonable rent and that they are. receiving other forms of technical training. to. that they may join other more profitable professions. Plans are also. being made to take out sickness and life insurance policies for the members this ce-operative society. It has also been discovered that the municipal tax en the rickshaw is unns ly high. Despite the desperate ial state of the municipal. treasur Mr. Lal stutes, the Municipal Govern ment has definitely decided to reduce the rickshaw tax." It is pointed out, however, that when the tax Is re: dueed, the Municipal" Government wishes to see that the pullers are benefitted, not the rickshaw hong. studied by the municipal author tion Another question. which. is" ein,
fencers housing conditions. city, they also form a source the capi" contagious diseases, The "Municipal Government has set aside a piece of land of 160 mow outside Yi Kiang Gate where houses for the poor have been built accord= {ng to plans and designs laid out by the "government. "Other groups of houses "are "being planned, Undortunately, Mr.""Lai declares, opium smoking, prostitution, gambling, and ther forms of social Vices are vie-Lmizing the poorer classes of people.
fe expresses the hope that-mission~ ary "and. public. welfare institutions wilt ce-operate with. the munlelpal Authorities in eradicating. such. vies Reuter. cee from the life of these poor people Lowvow mails dated October 16, 17, 18," transmitted vin Siberia, were delivered in Shanghai on Monday.
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