Chungking, Oct. 5. The Szechuen Provincial Government, between March and June this year, concluded short term loans mounting to about $30,000,000, two-thirds of which will be met by' overdue land-tax from the different districts of the province. Debt Clearing Certificates, amounting to si 500,- (000, have been' issued by Gen. Chiang Kalahek's headquarters at Chengtu to creditors in order to clear off the remainder. The certificates, which bear a monthly interest of one per cent, may be used as securities, for payment of Government debts, "and, Secured on the Szechuen opium-tax, are fully redeemable by September, 1937, Four important arrests have been effected'in the province recently, two of them paying the supreme penalty. The brother and the father of Vu Che-hung, the Communist leader, are in custody and their trial is pending. In connection with the robbery of the Yocal Bank of Szechuen in Neikiang. tone of the robbers was captured and has been shot, and an active search fs being conducted for the other, while Sun Wen-ying, who has been Imprisoned twice for manufacturing morphia, was arrested on Octover 1 on a similar charge and wns executed.
Aerial Transport Improved Aerial transportation and facilities thia province rapidly are being improved, With regard to the Chengtu aerodrome at Fenghuangshan, orders have been received from Gen, Chiang Be Be enlarged and completed before the of the year. Increased efficiency is noted on the Shanghal- Am Chengtu alr mail service, the average time "taken by the new China National Aviation Corporation planes recently brought out here from the a distance of 2,300 kilometres. senger rates have been reduced, been set up, including one at the Canadian Mission Hospital on the other side of the n and patients are being admitted at reduced rates, or in some cases, free, The rules regarding the registration of opium-smokers, recently formulated by Gen, Chiang, became effective on October 1, and have been suppl mented by a notice issued Chungking authorities, On and after October 15, proprietors of privately~ run opium' dens will be executed, while unlleenced smokers will be fined anywhere from $50 to $200. It was feared that the latter system might lead to corruption amongst the lower officials of the Bureau of Public Peace and Safety, who might be tempted to accept bribes, and the officials have been ordered to sign Donds stating that, should they be Found guilty of such an offence, they would be prepared to pay for It with their lives
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