A new daily paper has recently been started here. It is the "Central Daily News," and is under the auspices of the Central Government, so we ought to be well informed as to the war and things in general, in future.
Several banks are now opening business in this city, including the Bank of Communications the offices of which have an imposing frontage. The Bank of China which has but a small local branch at present, and the Shanghai Commercial Bank which is housed in the same building as the China Travel Service have also started operations. In addition, I believe that other and smaller Banks are opening offices here. All this indicates the growing importance of this city.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.