According to official information Issued by. the Chinese section of Harbin, eleven dead bodies were picked up on the directs in one day, the cause of death in each case being that of morphine, Though the figures in the European section of the town have not been published, it is reported that six dead bodies were picked up fon the same day. Ever since narcotic dens were legalized, the number of @eaths from drugs has increased considerably, the five colleges which united to form Central China College. It is hoped that former graduates those colleges will get in touch with, the new association.
'A few years ago a tiger entered a village in the Putien district, sprang conto the roof of a house and'its four legs went clean through. The people inside the house must have had an unpleasant shock when they saw four tiger paws waving above them. But the tiger having fallen halfway through the roof, could not extricate itself, and lay there while the local peuple put several bullets into it, After some time it was pushed off the roof, but even' then. struggled away with people firing at it, Ulti= mately it dropped, and one man ried forward tim the carcass, but the tiger rips open wil its claws, He was brought to hospital, Jbut the case was hopeless and he led the next day.
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