Some days ago number of young women toft Kweiyang for Changsta with @ view to. engaging In work with the military hospitals at or near The front, and shortly afterwards a similar party came down from Kun ing and. went on. And now, 40 Inlddie school students ate" leaving {or Chengtu to enter a miliary schoo! theres Heerulting here and. through out the province is to be pressed and {looks as if It won't be long before conscription may be enforced.
Life in this city is otherwise much as usual but businessmen speak {rede prospects as being. very poor.
only it is possible sill to Dung 3 from the coast 10 this pro" Vince, things Will look up, mo doubt.
Very many people from down river provinces "continue to. arrive and. House accommodation seems likely to become acute. The city police authorities have issued notices That methods are being adopted to prevent howse-owners from raising ents in order to make more money: this appears to bea good move. but T'wonder whether the authorities will hot make iran opportunity for getting money from the people: some think 0 at any Tate! this city and probably in. most of the districts of the province bank ets. are in common fuse although In many country places liver coins teat current is probable that {twill bes long time before these will be entirely eliminated, os coun folks are very conservative and tre not very ready to make a change. 'There is certainly a great advantage ju having notes instead of silver: one haa to. be careful not to be deceived Into "taking counterfeit notes Coursey but that 12 equally tue of ver and the subsidiary notes are very' popular.
Now, we are beginning to eet used nickel Ave cent and copper one cent. pieces; it is to. be hoped that ventuatly.all the 80 cash 100 cash and two cash copper pieces of ore Sent used' indifferent' parts of the Drovinee will be entirely abolished End these copper and nickel coins be ised. instead; incidently this. would Simplify accounts for all. who deal in'both cash and silver accounts at PrFouday's local paper states that our "To-day's local paper states now Providelal Chairman, Mfr. Wu {Ting-chang, Is to-come from Chungking by fir to-duy, but as the weather does not look favourable perhaps will come by road. instead, In Which case he" will be delayed Pouple of days or 30 on the way.
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