Creamtion, is being introduced Nanking by' the Municipal Government with the establishment ofa crematory at Ta Ying Peng in the outskirts of Nanking.
Acording to the regulations promulated by the management of the crematory, $40 will be charged for the cremation of a corpse.
Tne suggestion for establishing a crematory in Nanking was advanced by the Municipal authorities in 1035 in view of the large number of tombs scattered around ihe city, which constituted a menace to public health. After several months of preparations, construction work on the crematory was started and completed last year at a cost of $14418—Central News.
"Tycen Tim" of Fukien, who travel-Jed Home to the London Zoo in HAMS, Kent, has reached his new lair at Whipsnade and seems to have settled down to the life of boredom common to tigers in captivity.
A.J, Martin" and Mrs. H, St. J.
ing have received the' thanks and acknowledgments of the secretary Of the Zoological Society for. thei unusual gift.
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