Foochow, Aug. 1.
part of the Japanese' combined eet now engaged in manceuvres off the Formosa coast will pass by Amoy on August 5 in continuation of the big naval "sham battle."
In order to avoid possible misunderstanding or apprehension among the people in the coastal towns, the Japanese naval attache at Amoy has duly notified the Chinese authorities to this affect, A total of over 70 Japanese warships of various categories and proximately 28,000 men and oticers, information states, will take part in the mancuvres.—Central News, Nanking, July 27.
To protect the interests of Chinese movie producers as well as foreign distributors, the Central Motion Picture Censorship Board will shortly petition the Central Government. to order the abolition of the Canton Censorship Board created by the former Kwangtung authorities, infor-motion from the Nanking' Board a spokesman of the Board explained, was issued by the Executive Yuan last year, but owing to the special condl-Yions then existing in Kwangtung, both Chinese and foreign movie com-Panles had to submit their pictures to the Canton Board for review before they could be shown in that city, Central News, Mu, T. L. Soong, the new Finance Commissioner for' Kwangtung, has assumed the concurrent post of direefor of the preventive service attached to the Finance Department of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, 'Tue Canton-Hankow Railway Administration has been Inaugurated with Dr. H. H. Ling as its director, Another' trial run will take place over the entire line on August 15, stated a Hankow report.
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