6.20 a.m, Today Japanese will begin blasting operations at 620 a.m. today on the boom which stretches across the Whangpoo from the Nantzo Bund to the Pootung shore. The boom, which was laid by the Chinese at the beginning of the hostilities, will be subjected to blasting for three periods today, during which time the boom will be closed to shipping. From 6.20 a.m. to 9.00, from 1.50 p.m. to 3.30 and from 5.40 p.m. to sunset—efforts be made towards the removal of several old steamships and ten or more sea-going junks which were sunk to block the river. Operations will be continued tomorrow from 6.40 a.m, to 10.30, and from 2.20 p.m. to sunset.
Although it is expected that several days work will be necessary to clear the river, further times set are more or less tentative, depending upon the state of the boom and weather conditions. Should good weather hold, blasting operations may take less than the six days now allotted to the task.
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