All apparently continues quiet here and throughout the province, but robberies in various parts are said io be very frequent. Prices of many commodities are soaring higher and higher, and visitors from other parts say that Kweiyang is now more expensive to live in than Shanghai was in normal times; certainly, the cost of living here is far higher than before. The coming of such large nur bers of refugees naturally explain good deal No enemy planes have come here since September, but the Government is taking no risks, and is preparing for all eventualities, I hear.
The Central China International Red Cross, now with its headquarters in this city, has secured offices and warehouse accommodation, and is prepared to receive and distribute drugs and other medical supplies to the many centres in the large area it is responsible for, as soon as consignments arrive.
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