China Merchants' Delegates Inspecting Property Acting on instructions of the Ministry of Communications, the China Merchants! Steam Navigation Ca, has sent delegates to Soochow, Kashing, Hangchow, and other cities to inspect and take over the papers of the $8 steam Jaunches and. boats which have been lying idle following the suspension of their run between Shanghai and inland towns on rivers. The delegates will frst visit Soochow, then Kashing, Yashih, Hangchow, Chinkiang, and Welyang, and the work is expected {0 be completed one month.
The inland navigation services suspended included the following lines: Chinkiang-Tsingkiangpu, Chin Kiang-kaoyu, Chinkiang-Welyang, Chinloang-Siacho, Tungou-Shaops, chow, Shanghai-Chuchiaku, Shanghal-Yashin, and Soochow-Tangkou.
Alarmed at the suspension of busi ness, crews of the steam launches have appealed to the firm for relief and other employment.
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