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12—Lce-Cpl. F. Harrison, Northamptonshire 13—Capt. R. G. E. Minchi orcestshire 14—Lieut.-Col. C. C.
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18.—Sgt. C. Didlick, 2nd Worces li South 20.—Sgt. W. Marshall 2nd Hamp-Shire 21.—Lce.-Cpl. Tyler, ist KRRC. 8 8 8 8
Sanitation is largely a matter of sweeping a few of the main streets. Roads are being pounded to pieces by military trucking with insignificant repair.' Driving has been wild and murderous; just now an effort is being made to get military vehicles to go round pillars at intersections. Bus service is limited to two poorly supplied lines. The daily military train to Shanghai now carries three or four third and fourth-class cars open to civilians; there is no free trate to Wuhu; and no commercial freight or parcel service open to all.
There is a most commendable revival, of small business among local people, the resut of several months' struggle against conditions that at first seemed hopeless. Every month sees more shops repaired in some fashion, or set up in temporary shocks, and stocked with odds and ends that grow into sizable quantities among the more successful, A fair amount of Shanghai-made articles are brought in by Japanese wholesalers who can command the transportation, and there are Japanese tinned goods, sugar and light manufactures. But the proportion of Japanese goods does not seem to gain. even under these conditions, and one doubts whether imports are really free or whether the difficulties lie more on the side of credit and finance.
There is even some new building of good-sized structures, though trifling compared with the industry of former times. The repair and building work is often juggling with old materials from destroyed structures but at least it makes the stuff available for use.
Two Streets Fayoured The two streets especially favoured for Japanese business are the Chungshan Road east from Hsin chieh-klan to the City Railway; and Taiping Road dówn to Pehhsia Road. On them are now found 104 establishments which seem to be definitely Japanese; and there are a few in other locations. These figures are for commercial enterprises, not for canteens and army organs of various types.
Two Japanese trucking companies are said between them to have about 15 trucks on the road, most of them doing the long haul. The Tupan's Administration (a glorified mayoralty) announces that new business development is emphasized in Shansi Road and in Hanchung Road. This seems to be pleasant cover for the acquisition of the old main streets and the better buildings remaining upon them, by Japanese hands, Actually, the short Shansi Road was long ago filled with litre shops started up among the refugees, and Hanchung Road near. Hsinchiehklou is jammed with market stalls of all types. Yet Shenchow Road seems to have the best of the new shifting of Chinese business. It was much less hit by. burning and confiscations than Chungshan, Taiping and Chunghwa Roads. When all.is said and done. there is no Jarge Chinese store, though progress' from three months ago is marked.
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