'There is much building activity at Weihsien where bridges and roads have been built within recent months. The city and two suburbs are each' walled and in some more prominent! parts rows of buildings have been ut up outside the walls.
Among the passengers on the Chefoo-Weihsien motor road a few! days ago, was a Chinese woman on visit to her village home at a fishing! village about 50 1i from Chefoo. Having taken her seat with her! little niece, she calculated that about halt a day would be a reasonabis time for the journey which would! take a cart about a day. The ticket inspection at Lungkow (the half-way'
place) did not reveal the! mistake and the woman continued her journey in good faith until she reached Weihsien. The truth then had to come out and it says much for the common sense and kindheartedness of the Chinese people, that she and her niece were put up for the night and fed at an inn and) carried back on the bus the next} day to the point for which the ticket} had been purchased.
The annual meeting of the Central Shantung District of the Church of Christ in China is being! held this week at Peichen (Putai Hsien) on the banks of the Yellow
The special speakers are Dr. Chet River 50 miles north of Chowtsu, and Dr. Tsui from Shanghai. Dur-' ing this winter, the number of night schools for men and day school of! women in connection with promotion of literacy will be higher than in previous years.
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