The Archive · 1934

CHANGING THE NAME oF SOCONY HILL

king, Dec, 17 Socony Hill, Nanking, which, the 1927 troubles, was a refuge' for foreign residents here, soon will have its name changed by "the Jocal jeuthorities. "The hill, which lies inside the city wall at Yichlanncn, near Hisiakwan, took its name from the fact that several houses were constructed on its. slopes for the staff of the local branch of the Standard Oi Company.

Perhaps unreconciled to the foreign origin of the name, the City Fathers Fecently delved into ancient records Jand discovered that the hill once was known as Ssuwanshan, and it 1: by this name, long since forgotten, that the hil once again will be known,

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