Ningpo, Mar. 6 'A. visitor to Ningpo" would have some difteulty nowadays" in Anding his way about either in the City or in the Settlement. Everywhere he would find that the narrow streets are being dug up and large concrete Jérains laid and. that buildings on faither side are being put back to make room for" macadam roads. Numerous"canals are also being fled for the same purpose. The inten-fon is to rebuild the largest streets {in thig way, leaving the smaller ones be dealt with more gradually. When. for instance, a fire occurs and new buildings are erected on the old site they must be put back so many feet accordance with the plans of the Jocal government.
Thus at the present time three important roads are being but parallel with the river, one being along. the river frontage, the second, being the fi main shopping street and" the third Being a high road constructed by the Alling up of the canal and connecting with the Shan-po motor road and also with the railway. It is proposed that the second road shall ultimately run through the middle of both the Settlement and the City to the West Gate.
Much of this activity is due to the formation of a. new society" the Chinese name of which might be translated "The "Association for. the Filling-in of the Ningpo Canals" but behind them is the enthusiastic sup-ort of our splendid Mayor, Mr. Chen Pao-lin, who, in spite of bad time, is determined to transform Ningpo into Mention should also be made of the fact that several large structures are now in course of erection, the largest being the Bank of Communieatons building on the Bund and the Rew Telephone Ca, building in the The foreign community has been enlarged and enriched by the arrival from England of the Rev. J. 36. Grat-fon and his wife Mrs. (Dr.) Gratton with three children who have arrived to take the place of Mr. 5. Redfern who with his wife and daughter Is bortly returning to England on
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