'There is one sense in which China getting more and more red. I refer not to any noticeable increase in communism, but to the growing use of modern' red tiles, not only the towns but in quite afew villages. These red roofs add a touch of colour and help to vary the moritony of the sombre grey-tiled roots.
Sine May 19, when we had a very heavy rain, there has been Simost uninterrupted fine "weather, During last week, however, sufficient rain fell to enable the beans to be ut in, making the autumn crop pros pects quite encouraging.
During the past fow weeks a num. ber of health lectures have been given at the YMCA. and an exhibition of charts and hygiene pletures has been held open to the public for six hours daily. Considerable help has been given by. the ff of the Foster Hospital. Infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever and diphtheria, have been above the average this yea The Shantung provincial authorities are making a new land survey. bby stages, this, year some 25 hsiens being measured. These are situated chiefly near to the Shantung Railway.
We are in the midst of the Summer 'School for' Pastors and Evangelists from the central district of the Church of Christ in China. Those faking part in the meetings from Admiral Shen, inaugurated the long distance telephone service between Tsingtao and Nanking on July 1, by conversing with Gen. Ho ¥ing-chin, Minister of War, Mr. Vu Fei-pong, Minister of Communications; and the Mayor of Nanking. Me, Hu Kai-feng, Chlet Secretary of the local Munlelpality, and Mr. Sung Yucting Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Tsingtao, also spoke to friends in Nanking.
'On, June 30, Mr, Fuclgrat of the Nazi: organization' in Shanghai arrived here with a party of about 90 boys and girls to spend the summer at the local Nazis Braunes Haus in the TIlis Mountains beyond tis Huk.
The Astronomical Society of China had its 14th Annual Meeting here at the Tsinglao Observatory on July 9. About 50 members from various places in China attended.
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