With the departures of the Luzon unc! the Amiral Charnier from Hankow the total number of foreign vessels on the Yangtze River. beyond. Nankinx Was twelve. Of these eight were Br! lish, three American, and one French The British vessels are the Gnat Sandpiper, Tern, Peterel, Gannet. Mantis, Cockchafer, and Falcon, and the American, the Guam (Hankow), the Monocacy (Ktukiang), and the lia (Chungking). The French vessel is the Francis Garnier.
Several vessels of the British Yang~ flotilla are due to be replaced ghorlly, and one new vessel, HIMS. Scorpion, has arrived in Hongkong. This vessel will replace H.MS. Bee sihich (is "now in Shanghai. Other! hips will be replaced by new gun boats, "including. HEMES. Dragontiy. launched on Thursday at Messrs Ghomeyerott's yards, and by IMS. Grasshopper, which is building.
A nic Chinese federated corporation.
report to the "Wen Wei Pao,"
being organized by Shanghai and Hongkong industrialists for the pur-base of boosting overseas sales of new ecepanauactared ood, The dew corporation will be ¢ay ai '$200.000. The promoters will take up (we-thirds of the shares, and the {kinaining one-third will be sola in iie.open market. Branch offices will Set up in British Mala and other arts Of the Southseas Islands.
British Naval Motor Boat Salvaged ent, which was, sunk in collision A. motor, boa was it belonging to HBS. dept Yon' bec 8 by a ere and Bite legs from the Shanghai sin chinese. cargo, boat yards. Here is seen. salvage. work Ree fact that the Doat was washed under siren A diiculty tay he cruiser his madness.
Alarmed by the cries of the two women a Chinese agent living near by entered the house and after o struggle overcome the young man who was taken to hospital. The Injured women were also. removed for treatment, Russians and Chinese Held on Drug Charge Shanghai, Dee.
Three unemployed Russians, all residents of the French Concession, and (we Chinese of Ningpo origin were arrested yesterday afternoon by Settlement detectives on suspicion of trafficking in narcotics (heroin) and attempted fraud. The ages of the Russians range from 37 to 58 years. while the Chinese are aged 25 and 27 Detective-Sergeant J. ¥. Hillhouse and Chinese detectives from Headquarters made the arrests after the -|men, it ts alleged, had attempted to sell a quantity of heroin to the Chinese. The men and drugs were seized in a house in Lane 179, Con-nought Road, which is described buying operated as an important distributing centre for nurcoties, Besides selling the pernicious drug the five prisoners are a having attempted to defraud Chinese heroin addicts by offering them for sale white substance having no arcotic properties.
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