Shanghai, July 24.
Freight service on the Shanghal-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow Railways is expected to be resumed very soon, the railway authorities Sock and. locomotives from. Peiping Yaving broveht to. Shanghai olm
trid. Tientsin, it was reported last might.
'At' present, only passengers are carried on the two lines, Many requests were made to the railway management recently by Chinese merchants for the resumption of freight service so as to hasten the revival of commerce and industry in -Kiangsu and Chekiang, the reports said, Tue Vice-Chairman of the National Relief Commission, Mr. Chu Yuan-kwang, who recently arrived in Sian, to confer with the Chairman the Shens! Provincial Government, General Chiang Ting-wen, on settlement projects in the province, visit~ fed_the Huanglungshan reclamation area near, Fufeng and Poochi districts, yesterday, says a message to the "Sin Wan Pao." Mr. Chu, it is reported, was accompanied by two members of the Convnission, Messrs. Chu Ching-lan, ang. Chang Chih: hsien, the Ghensi' Commissioner of Civil affairs, Mr. Fang Cheh, and a Feporter of the "Central News Agency.
'The Huangshan reclamation area, according to the message, has a total area of more than 30,000 square Il, Favoured.by fertile sell and adequate rainfall, it Is good round for the production of rice, flax, wheats' timber, medicinal "substances and even coal and oil, Foun Cantonese members People's Political Council, Mest Hislen-keng, Chang Cheng-fun, Wy Chih-mel and Li Shang-ming, who attended the first session of the Council just brought to. a close, returned to Hongkong from Hankow by-plane on July 17, sates a Chinet despatch.
Tae Cheklong Provinefal Govern ment, in an attempt to assure a suflcient grain supply, has issued an order yeatfirming its ban on the brewing business in the, province, says. 2 message to the "Hwa Mei Chen Pao." As a result of the ban, the production of the well-known Shaohsing wine will be. drastically curtailed, Tue Chinese Bar Association has appointed Messrs. Chen Yueh-funt and Liu Lu-ming as its delegates 0 the annual conference of the fnternational Bar Association, to be held jin Budapest on September 8, states Jo dispatch to the "Morning Leader." Me, Chen, who 1s now in Chungking. sahed for Hankow on July 19, in order fo join Mr. Liu for the trip 'Twe Central Bank of China, the Bank of China, the Farmers' Bank of China and the Bank of Communicetions are considering: the acceptance of. mortgage loans, but will, imi Such. loans to Chinese factories of Chinese firms engaged in "native" Hoods, the "Sin Wen Pao" reported fon July 25. On the other hand, loc Chinese, foreign styled. banks and "native" banks have complied wih the request of local commercial circles {to resume. extension of credit loans which however, will be limited short-term small loans and to the conducting of "native" business only
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