Fears are expressed by the Chinese press that shipping to Hsingkong, important coastal district in Kiangsu on the north bank of the Yangtze, will be so strictly controlled by the military there that there will be little chance for third party shipping interests to get business.
Confirming a report which was published by this journal some weeks ago, the report states that there are mang small boats and junks in the district and that the men manning them force other boats carrying cargo destined for third party steamers to sail to other steamers preferred by the men in the patrolling junks.
Monopoly of passenger trafüc is also alleged. People who do not travel by the appointed steamers are searched and some third party steamers anchored off Hsingkong cannot Shanghai-Europe. Radio Service to Open Marking the first instance of direct wireless communication between Europe and Shanghai since the hostilities, the Central China - Telecommunications Company was to start operation of the Chenju Wireless Station at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A ceremony to celebrate the reconstruction of the station will be held on Friday.
A test broadcast between Shanghai and Berlin already has been made successfully. with a—20-kilowatt transmitter. load cargo and recently such a steamer returned to Shanghai without much cargo that could have been shipped here from Hsingkong.
Transportation of leather, bristles and other native goods from that district to Shanghai came under control last year. The transportation of cattle, including pigs, is being effectively. controlled, it is stated.
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