Shanghai, July 12.
OMeials of the "Reformed Government of China" have drawn up plans for the construction of blocks of new buildings in various important cities-and towns under its control, according to reports received yester-any, Construction work is being undertaken in order to enable refugees to secure houses or shop buildings at reasonable rentals, thereby hastening' the revival of commerce and industry In war-stricken areas, Shanghai is the first city to receive the "Reformed Government's" attention. Work has already been commenced on the construction of more than 1,000 shop buildings Chapel in a district more than 300 mow in area, When the work is completed in Chapel, tenement houses will constructed Ju Pootung and Nantao. The phu, when carried out, will also benefit the "Reformed Government," whose Income will be me eased by the revival of commerce and industry, the reports said, Russian Fireman Burnt Shanghel, July 15, Fire was reported yesterday at 9.10 bin. at 49 Rue Laguerre, a Chinese shop, where a large quantity of sacks and some other highly inflammable s00ds, caught fire, 'The flames spread With "great rapidity, and when the fire engines arrived' they were confronted with a serious blaze_which Was threatening the whole of the {hickly-populated block between Rue Colbert and Boulevard des deux Police had a hard time keeping 4 crowd of Chinese from congesting the streets in the vicinity while fre engines from Poste Joffre and Chateau a'Eau, stilt decorated with flags on the occasion of the National Vollday, Mited the narrow street. A Russian member of the Chateau @Eau brigade was seen staggering out of the burning house, badly starched by heat and flames. He was helped bya police patrol to get {nto the fire brigade emergency truck, Which whisked him away to St, Marie Hospital, where his condition was found serious, and it was feared that he may not Fecover, 1932 Monument Unveiled Shanghai, July 15.
The unveiling ceremony of Ronument erected to the memory of ajorGen, Dalhachi Hayashi, killed in action while serving as a colonel the 1992 Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai, were held at 2 pan. on July 13 fu Kiangwan, Large numbers of Japanese military officers and Mlians attended the affair, the Shangha: "Nippo" said,
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