Mr. Hu' Shu-hua, president of Chungking University, has announced the opening of a commercial course which will include banking, account= Ing and business management. Tt will }be headed by Mr. Hsieh Ling, former~ ly manager of the Central Bank here, jand Special Finance Deputy for 'There have been unusually heavy' shipments of commercial piece goods. [by parcel post recently and the post~ office has been working full time to Bet them distributed to the merchants who seem to feel that thay are delay-Jed more than is necessary, It is! probable that most of the delay is jeansed by the haggling that is done fby the merchants and the inspectors: of the Local Tax OMe which appears in some cases to collect its taxe not by a fixed schedule but by a system of appraisals which leaves room for lengthy arguments which slow up the process of distribution, Motor Ferry Catches Fire One of the motor ferries on the Hal tangehl crossing which are overworked and undernourished in the sengers. Fortunately the boat had put out and got-to shore before any serious damage was done except that several passengers jumped into the water and'three are reported to have drowned, There have been so many accidents fon the. one-day bus run between Chungking and Chengtu that the service has been abandoned for the time being Only a widened and macadamized surface will make such a service possible, The foreign community all join in a message of sympathy to Mr. Chaucer Wu, special deputy from the Foreign Ofte, whose mother patted away thi The community ts busy preparing hong tennis tournament for the early summer. Chungking ts in the throes, of iis frst heat wave of the season fand the residents are casting longing eyes on the "seven hills",
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