Harbin, May 31.
Large quantities of mail being both directions between rope and Asia are now. requiring Operation of we mail carriages insteatt of the ordinary one with every train running between here! snd Manchouli, the head office of the Chinese Eastern Railway announced Trains between hee and the west-jem Siberian border station are now! being dispatched colly as compared swith the three tines-2-week schedule that prevailed before the transfer of ownership from Soylet Russia to Manchoukuo, ut that has. not relieved the tnail Toad, It was stated. with an_oil tanker belonging to the: Asiatic Petroleum Ca, then bumped into couple of lighters and finished by colliding with the Taku light. ship. This occurred at about 230 in [the morning. The extent of the damage is not yet known but repre-tentatives of the various companies concerned, as well as a representative Jot Lloyds, have gone to the spot to investigate. When the gale was at its height tugs and lighters were unable go anywhere, the steamers lying! Joutside the Bar, although considering the force of the gale and the heavy seas running at the time, the damage has been much less than expected. [Conditions as far weather is concern
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