Shanghai, Oct. 9.
Gambling in Nanking may only be conducted at home, the participants being limited to the members of the same family, according to an order issued by Mr. Hsu Chung-jen, direc-for of the Nanking Police Bureau, yesterday. The time limit for such gambling is midnight.
Public gambling is being strictly prohibited, according to the order. Persons found gambling at public places, such as hotels, even when they are members of one family, would be regarded as conducting, public gambling and dealt with according to the law, the order Large Area Flooded Round Yangchow Shanghai, Oct. 4.
A sudden rise of the" Hungtseh Lake caused the Grand Canal to ove flow its banks in northern Kiangsu, according to Chinese reports reaching, here yesterday, The water flooded 4 large area in the Yangchow district, fon the north bank of the Yangtze River, just opposite Chinkiang.
It was estimated that more than 70,000 mow of agricultural fields were flooded. Villages to the north of Yangchow suffered the greatest with the exception of Miaotouchen.
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