Harbin, June 27.
'The extradition of a Soviet citizen pamed Mangovitzin is being sought by M. Slavutsky, Soviet Consul-General, it is reported here to-day.' Mangovitzin, a switchman employed at Manchuli by the Trans-Siberian Railway, is stated to have left his ost without authorization and to have made his way to Harbin, It alleged that he fears "reprisals" Decause of his frequent criticisms of conditions in the. Soviet ° Union. Reuter.
Putien, Fu. June 20.
Putien district is' famous for its thousands of lung yen trees, Besides being picturesque, the sale of their fruit, known as Dragon's Eyes, is a source of profit and income to many farmers. The trees have had their annual "pruning, In this process almost half their leaves and blossom fare stripped off, while the prospect of a good crop' this year hus been mitigated by recent continuous heavy rains, which knocked off the small {rule before it was set, The lychee crop for which this istrict is also famous, has not suffered so badly, for the fruit was more Jadvanced, Last year the lychee crop failed because of the ravages of a bug Known locally as a stinker, from the odour given off when it is crushed, [This year, thanks to research carried on by the Fukien Christian University, the farmers were encouraged to ex: terminate the bug at sight, s0 that the pest has been kept down, Alarm Raised: No Response A. daring robbery took place recently in a house two doors from our own, The premises were owned by a silversmith, who carried on his business in one of the rooms, During the night a number of armed men foreed their way in at the back and entered a room where a woman Wa sleeping. Awakened by the noise, she was about 0 call out, when one of the men put an enamel wash bow! over her head and held her down, sleeping above, and one of them slipped out of the house erying, "bandits, bandits" at the top of his the local Genes to come quickly' and surround the thieves, The soldiers pointed out that they did not know him, that it was dane and they might not shoot the right people, besides it was their business fo guard the general. If they left their posts what would happen to him? The result was that the bandits finished their job in peace and walled off with several thousand dollars worth of gold and silver.
On the eighth of the fourth month (Chinese reckoning) over 200 men and boys were initiated as monies in the Buddhist monastery, the grounds of which adjoin our own, The cere-many was very interesting, specially the branding of the men's heads, It leaves the characteristic round scars, three, six or nine la number, which a Buddhist monk is recognized throughout China,
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