One hundred rickshaws will to-day offer relief to foot-weary pedestrial north of the creek. Next month, this number will be raised to 500, while the number of stations will be proportion ately increased from the present twelve.
Working from six o'clock in the morning to six in the evening, the pullers will have most of Hongkew as their field of operations, London, Mar. 31.
It is announced to-day from Buckingham Palace that the King will broadcast a message to the Empire when he opens the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow on May 3. The King's Speech will begin at about 11 a.m.—Reuter, Hankow and Canton-Shamshui lines, but it is believed that the permanent ways were damaged there too.
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