Harbin, Mar. 3.
Harbin is to have its frst experience of a night attack by aeroplanes on Sunday, March 10, this to take place between the hours of 7 and 10 pam. The population have already been warned that on that night a trial attack will be made on the city fand that at a signal given by the sirens of the electric station and all the factories in the district, all lights are to be instantly extinguished, the electric station at the same time cut-
Ung off all electricity for lighting and motor power. As the theatres and cinemas as well as restaurants are sure to be full owing to it being Sun-ay night, the owners have been instructed io have candles ready to ght while the supposed raid is taking place, but they must also see that their windows and doors are carefully covered so thatnota ray of ight should. penetrate into the street The public in the streets must take refuge in doorways or other place of shelter, but those in tramcars, an buses may remain in their seats, though in the event of a real raid, they would probably be in a hurry to get somewhere out of range of bombs. An aeroplane or aeroplanes. will at tempt to pass over the city and will be, subjected to search lights and zenith guns and there is no doubt that many will watch from their windows in the darkness for any algns of the attacking aeroplane, The raid is to last only a few minutes after which the "All-clear"" sign will be given, There are to be two raids during the evening at times to be chosen by the military authorities, The announcement of the "sham" raid has immediately Jed to many Tumours as to the possibility of war with Soviet Russia, especially as one or two of the Russian papers of this morning state that there is some hitch tu the -rallway negotiations, though this is not believed by the sober-mined persons who consider that war 4s quite impossible and that the rail way wil riy of the establishment of Manchoukuo, huge blaze sprung up last night, this being caused by many stacks of hay catching fire in the outskirts of the city, The blaze could be seen from all parts of the town, the loss being timated at $60,000, should take care to have wrappers covering the whole of the paper and not small pieces of paper, three or four inches wide.
Yuan Continues to Dro}
The steady fall in the value of the Manchurian yuan is causing consider-fable anxiety to many people, the [difference between this "and silver [dollars being now practically the same fas the former Harbin dollar. Some years ago the local dollar. was fixed at 125 to the silver dollar and the /Manchurian dollar or yuan was Issued Jas silver, but to-day the new Manjchurlan. yuan is also quoted at 124 to silver dollars. Not only has the value fof the yuan fallen but prices of foodstuffs continue to rise, bread having risen 25 per cent, ina month, {rom eight to eight fen per pound. Meat iso higher, aswell as vegetables and game, This is very hard on the oerer classes whose food consists [very much of vegetables and kaoliang, while those who want to send money home to relations in China find that they now have to pay a heavy premium on their remittances, The Judlelal Faculty On Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, the Judicial Faculty of Harbin celebrated its 17th anniversary, the rst day being devoted to the annual graduation ceremony and a supper party attended by former and present students to the number of 243, while Jon the second day a great ball was given at the Moderne Restaurant. At both of these events the Tupang and CER. President, Mr. Li Shao-keng, was the outstanding figure, as he was tone of the foremost students in the Faculty, passing with high honours. The Balt was also graced by the Pinhhslang Governor, Mr. Lui Jung-huang.
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