"The property involved has a river frontage of 133 ft, an area of 122. mow, and is valued at $210,000. It is registered at the American Consulate-General, The transfer was effected accordance with the terms of the agreement concluded in Tokyo March 23 between the Manchoukuo and USSR. Governments, whereby the former secured all the rights, enterprises and properties pertaining to the Chinese Eastern Railway. The South Manchuria Railway has been entrusted with the operation of the ER, renamed the North Manchuria way by its new owners. Similar procedure was taken regarding land, exc and one building owned by the CER. in Peiping, where the transfer was comploted on April 1, following the signing of all documents on March 27, "the liquidation office of the former Russo-Asiatic Bank here took action tu the Shanghai District Court last month to stay the transfer of the wharf and property in Pootung, but the petition was shelved on March 24, Unexpected difficulties were reported~ encountered by the judicial Investigators, who determined that the Court was Incompetent to handle the case, according to Chinese newspapers."
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