Peiping, May 15, 'Two British missionaries, Dr. H.-G. Wyatt and Miss Giisby, have' been shot and_serlousty Wounded while on. their. way From Talyuanta to Tatehau, north Shansi, according. to a Brief telegram "received. here {oday from the English Baptist Mission at Talyuantu, The injured missionaries are missing, and are feared to have Sceumbed to their wounds, No Aelails of the incident are as Yet available, but the other two Members of the party are ported to be safe—Heuter, Administration Commission, has known that every fol wilt be ranted to bona ide importers rice of ree will restriction Ys. tat ula not be controlled or monepol a by a private hrm for seven calfes per dollar to ight eat treaty the price has dropped from Un" The public generally' welcome cheaper Dries of et, as the sossing among the poor, moval, Fate. has been a burden, "special
Tice irre are of opinion that there are suliient stocks hn Honglong new All the quota allowed bythe Ministry of Finance, It more foreign Fico fs needed It maybe ordered from Rangoon, Indo-China' and "Samm anion ree is popular among. the refugees and poor people owing lower prices, 9 aes "The rice will be Imported vi uty re, although the Government is Yo stand a surely or deferred, while the Kanata
eventual payment. ofthe Lai The "Kwang wi rant $1,000,000 a loans to farmers, ud spring ploughing has begun, As a fundamental solution of the! rice problem, the authorities are roving means of irrigation, turning, ut better seed and fertilizer so that the harvest should be better. Farmers in the New Territories, Hongkong, are worried by the scarcity of rainfall and i is feared that the coming crops may be affected, Local rice firms which have eonneetion with producers in Indo-China, Siam and Burma hesitate to order more tice apart from. the 750,000 quintals. The Kwangtung Govern ment is making an effort to import more rice from Hunan, Kiangs! and Kwangsi where stocks have ae~ cumulated, but freight ears and to oats, are needed to bring in Ube shipments,
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