For many years the poorer classes of the Russian population have eked out a living in the summer months by making their own kvass, a favourite Russian summer drink which is generally produced from bread, but the sanitary authorities have objected to the sale of this drink by small shop-keepers and small river restaurants, and have confiscated hundreds of bottles on! the grounds that the ingredients were not of the best quality. The authorities have also confiscated much of the ice-cream sold in the streets by itinerant vendors, stating that the quality is harmful, though for years these ice-cream sellers have carried on their trade along the river banks. As milk has always been exceedingly cheap here there was not the slightest need to use poor quality for making a cheap ice-cream. It has now been suggested that the ice-cream business should be monopolized by the Municipality, Japanese-German Association The local Japanese-German Association for the promotion of trade between Germany and Manchoukuo, is gradually developing and increasing its sphere of work. A few days ago a meeting was held and 41 Japanese and 40 Germans attended, among whom was Dr, Karl Knoll, the Reich's commercial representative for Manchoukuo.
The Chairman, Mr. Furusawa, in opening the meeting, said that it had been called principally to bid farewell to the Japanese Consul-General Mr. Satoh, who was leaving Harbin for a higher post in the diplomatic service. Further, Mr. Furusawa said that though the association had
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