'Year is over, Amoy is settling down to ite' normal activities.
We have this year enjoyed a Jong, almost unbroken, spell of mild weather, so that spring seems to have arrived jong ere her accustomed time.
biting winds from the north have failed to arrive, but perhaps it is too carly yet to rejoice in having escaped the bitter blasts. The presence of spring may account for a general feeling of optimism in looking towards the future. Conditions are gradually becoming more settled and it is hoped that trade conditions will continue 10 improve. new venture in Amoy is a proposed International Trade Fair to be held along the Bund waterfront from April 19 to May 12. This fair is being organized by Messrs, Roberts, Huang & Ca. of "The Commercial Weekly". According to the advertise ments. from 60. to 70 booths will be erected and rented to exhibiters or manufacturers. There is algo to be a stadium to accommodate over 1,000 persons, 'The fair is to include agricultural, dog, poultry, tower and baby shows." In' addition to an exhibition of manufactured products there will be a beauty carnival and various amusements aiid sports, During the past year there has been in Amoy a phenomenal outburst of newspaper production in English. A local newspaper in English appears to have been unknown in this community till the appearance of "The Fukien Times" about a year ago, 'After a few months, however, it suddenly went out of existence. Early Jast autumn three other papers appeared in English, "The Fukien Tribune" "continued asa daily' for a number of months but recently algo" went out of business, "The South China Press" continues to oppear three times aw The youngest is the "Far Eastern Com: mercial Weekly and Manufacturers Ca-operator", an eight page weekly which has now reached its nineteenth issue under the editorship of Mr. J. A.1'4 Roberts of Amoy University,
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