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Japonaise, but this does, not seem to have increased their efficiency; traffic control is worse than it has ever been, and there are constant accidents, Houses are difficult'to get, and the Chinese are even being turned out of their homes in many eases: as soon as a house becomes vacant, it is taken by the police who reserve it for some Japanese resident looking for a place.
In the East City property-owners have been forbidden to sell their houses, and there is a rumour going round among the Chinese that at the beginning of the year the Japanese ^re going to turn the southeastern district of the Tartar City into a special area reserved for Japanese.
"The most noticeable change in Peiping is the large number of Japanese one sees about everywhere, (For your information, International Precision Contests are held yearly by the National Physical Laboratory under the supervision of the British Government, at Teddington Observatory, where the finest watches produced by the world's most famous manufacturers compete.)
Quoting extracts from the official N. P. L. report...
"THE REMARKABLE FEATURE ABOUT THE WATCH TESTS IS THE CONSISTENCY
WITH WHICH WATCHES FROM ONE HOUSE HAVE NOW TAKEN THE TOP PLACE
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