Adding 10 the improvements already made in the bus services of Harbin, the Municipality has purchased two large buses which are be used on the service between Pristan and New Town, a short run which is always crowded with passengers. Furthermore several new bus routes are to be opened within 1 few days, these giving the public Many more conveniences than' they aver had, 'This week special signboards were erected at all stopping places, this doing away with the tem of calling a bus at any spot long the route, The public are requested to enter and leave busses at fixed stopping places only. 'The' busses were built in Japan and fitted with powerful engines.
At a meeting of the Bureau of] Russian Emigration it was estimated that the Russian benevolent institu. tions of Harbin require a sum of {$50,000 per annum and it was proposed that this sum should be requested from the munlelpality, - The departure of Soviet citizens who gave freely to charitable concerns -has considerably reduced the amount of money given to some of the benevolent organizations and to replace: this ess, special means will have to) be adopted.
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