Szechuen Pawn Shops Defy Authorities Front Oun Own Commsronoene Chungking, Dee. 9.
great interest was taken when Jennouncement was made that a spe-Jelal group had come Into the [Province, sent by the Nanking Gov-lornment, to assay the Szechuen Isilver dollars in order to determine their actual value. These have been passing at face value for several lyeers. Now the commission has been withdrawn without explanation to the public. This may mean that the Jdoliars are "O. K," or it may mean that they were found to be very much below par, and any continued Jwork on the project would reveal more "squeeze." These dollars. still pars here in small quantities, but are being collected rapidly. Also. the [Chungking City Council has ordered the registration of all money changers jin order to bring them under control.
Several days ago Mr. Zine Tse-ho, Jo noted local Chinese boxing expert, Jdied "after a very long illness, A great host of friends and former students lamented his passing, and made preparations for the funeral. But rigor morris did not set in-and they "hesitated to place it in the cof, Three days after his supposed Jdeath there still scorned to be some the blood. The date for the funeral and burial has been
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