Canton, June 1.
Following in line with the Che /kiang-Kiangsi ce-operation system to regulate production, Kwanglung and Shansi have signed a barter contract, whereby special products of the two provinces will be exchanged. Shan-31, according to the agreement, will supply Kuangtung with coal, char~ coal, cotton, woollens, furs, herb medicines, walnuts and wine, while Kuangtung will supply Shanst with cane-sugar, silk, silk goods and manufactured goods—Central News.
Peiping, June 7.
A tragic fate to-day befell the widow and son of General Li Sheng-ta, late member of the Central Executive Committee and commander of the 19th Army, who was assassinated by a member of his bodyguard on May 30 in Taiyuanfu, the capital of Shansi.
Both the widow and her son succumbed {o burns sustained while attending a service for General Li ina temple in Taiyuanfu.
While monks were burning goods and money in paper effigy for the use fof the deceased in the other world, breeze carried the flames to hundreds of paper wreaths and silk scrolls honouring the slain general.
'A. general conflagration developed within a few minutes. The widow Jand her son were struggling to remove the coffin to a place of safety when burning scrolls fell about them, inflicting fatal burns—Reuter,
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