Air, train and shipping trafüc to the north remained open yesterday. The Shanghai to Tientsin air mail and passenger service was being maintained by the China National Aviation Corporation, while the through train to Tienísin was also scheduled to leave the North Railway Station midnight last night. Previous to the outbreak of hostilities, Peiping instead of Tientsin was the-terminus of the railway and air services. The Eurasia Aviation Corporation also maintained their lines. If found necessary, it was intimated, Taiyuan instead of Peiping would be made the terminus.
The Chinese Government bond market closed yesterday for the settlement of transactions, Usually the market suspends business for one day for settlement, but in view of the extraordinarily heavy volumes of business done during the past month,' it wil remain closed to-day for this purpose.
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