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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 27, 1938.
ATTEMPT TO CREATE NEW
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NATHAN RD,
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"Shanghai, To-day.
A new business district is to be developed in Nan- king within the next three months, according to plans of the Nanking Municipal Adminis- tration. The area on both sides of Shanghai Road, the re- sidential district of Nanking before Japanese occupation, has been marked out as a new business district. Blocks of new buildings are to be constructed in this area and leased out to the merchants as shops and other premises at reasonable rentals.
Merchants desiring to secure portions of land within this district and construct buildings of their own design are being permitted to do so, providing they submit their plans to the Municipal Administra- tion before commencement of the construction work.
BRITISH TOMMIES TO THE RESCUE
Sir,-Yesterday at Laichikok Beach there were several hundreds On the site of the former Muni- of people including some Europeans cipal swimming pool, off Hangchung and about a dozen British Tommies. Road, are to be erected several
A Portuguese lad stumbled on a markets for the numerous stall hold-
sunken body, investigated and rais- ers, who are now carrying on their ed an alarm. Within a few minutes business by the roadside.
the body was taken ashore and first- Funds required for the develop-aid applied. It was so strange to ment of the new business district notice that amongst the many hun- have been set aside by the Municipal dreds that formed a ring around Administration.-Reuter.
the body, those half a dozen who took turns in applying first-aid were all British Soldiers. I asked one of them "Say Tommy, what are his chances?"
and his re-
GAY SCENES IN
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SOVIET ELECTION ply was "Dead as a Doornail"
"then what's all that massag- ing for?" and here was the Tommy's Moscow, To-day. reply "see if he has a second Amid gay scenes of singing and life, it's worth trying anyway" and dancing in the streets, the Russian they all took turns and kept on in- Socialist Federal Soviet Republic defatigably for much over an hour. (Russia-Proper) polled yesterday- The incident gave me cause to re to elect the Supreme Council. The flect upon the following. That with R.S.F.S.R. is the largest of eleven hundreds of people, Chinese predo- constituent Republics in the Soviet minating, the six good Samaritans Union' and includes twenty-two au- tonomous Republics, which also were British Tommies, although others were sympathetic but had elected their Supreme Councils.
AUSTRIAN LOAN SERVICE SHORT
The only nominee in each dis. more reliance on the Tommies' cap- abilities. That in contrast to China trict was the candidate of the "Bloc of party and non-party just some miles off where Chinese Bolsheviks."Reuter."
are being mercilessly slaughtered, massacred by the thousands relent- lessly, here in Hong Kong, British Tommies have not only vouched to face enemy bullets for defence of the Hong Kong people but for the defence of its property as well and even in their leisure hours they forfeit it just to save one lonely. Only five-sixths of the interest Chinese life. What is one life com- due on the 7 per cent. Austrian Gov-pared to millions that we have in ernment's loan coupons will be Hong Kong? Yet, the traditional paid on July 9, it was announced spirit of the British people is to here yesterday by Morgan, Grenfell
help a fellow when he is under. and Company, which has made this Many Chinese people who witnessed
London, To-day.
| announcement upon the advice of the tragic occurrence of yesterday
the Bank of International Settle
ments.
The reason, as stated, is that the payment on the Austrian loan due. in June has not yet been made. Trans-Ocean.
remarked that although the British character
times contemptible, one
appears snobbish and at beautiful tradition of the race fa that they have a soft spot inside hard bark. Some sort of Chinese So- clety in Hong Kong should write
CALM RESTORED IN to the Military Authorities, thank-
SANJAK
ing those soldiers, and. If the Police Department have vacancies the C.O.P. perhaps might consider fav- ourably the prospect of having such men accept positions with our Police Force, as these men are surely held in high esteem by the Chinese peo-
JOSEPH A. GUTIERREZ,
Antioch, To-day. Calm has been restored in the Sanjak to the extent that the Arab shops were able to re-open yesterday. ple.
Rumours that Turklah troops
would arrive to-day has brought a great number of peasants from the where they hope to witness a surrounding country the city lourful spectacle Trans-Ocean.