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DANCE

TO SNAPPY TUNES

WITH CHARMING PARTNERS

EVERY NIGHT.

THE

YELLOW DRAGON

1

DANCING ACADEMY,

King's Theatre Bldg. (Top floor)

黃品爲平

院

The

China Mail.

EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION.

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29

KINGS ROAD-BUILDING IN KWANGSI

LAST TWO

DAYS

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. A BLACK NAPOLEON THROWS THE DIE WITH FATE!

A BOOK

A PLAY

AN OPERA

but greater than oil of these... A TALKING PICTURE!

John Krimsky and Juled Cadran paipanasi

PAUL- ROBESON

in ELIGENE ONEILES

Cmperor

JONES

with DUDLEY BIGGES

FROM SUNDAY

Here is drama and ro- mance the like at which could not be brought to the screen until a new, sensational method, NARRATAGE, made It possible.

THE

AND THE

POWER

GLORY

with

SPENCER COLLEEN TRACY MOORE Talph Morgan Halen Vinson

A Jesse L. Lasky Producilos Directed by WILLIAM K. HOWARD Screen play by PRESION STURDES

TRANSPORT

OF MAIL TO BE

QUICKENED who is now the Minister of Home water route.. Sometimes the boats Affairs at Nanking, a programme would have mishaps and mall would of be lost or destroyed by water, al- providing for the construction Motor Bus Postal

a network of highways was intro- though it was remarkable the small Service.

duced, but owing to the civil war percentage of lost or destroyed mall which later broke out, the road-matter when risks are taken into RIVER DELIVERY UNCERTAIN building campaign was abandoned, consideration.

A number of years ago, when the, riers, but the more bulky periodicals Province was under the capable and packages were leisurely taken Governorship of Wang Shao-hung, to their destinations by the slower

[From Our Own Correspondeat)

Wuchow, Feb. 20.

One of the results of the campaign of road building which has been in progress in Kwangel Province during the past few years, is the faster

transportation of mai's between inland points.

However, with the return of peace and order. another attempt was made to open the Province to mo- tor traffic and to tap some of the resources of the Province which otherwise would never be develop ed because of the lack of transpor- tation facilities.

In some places the time re- quired to deliver the post has been reduced to one-half by the introduction of the new motor-bus postal services. In the Posch district it formerly took mail travelling by motor launch six days or more during the dry! It has long been realized by season, when the river is shallow Chiness officials who have the good to cover a distance of 160 if, which

With the recent signing of a of their country at heart that onc is now travelled by motor-bus in less A daily bus service !postal contract between the off-of the great needs of the country than a day. cials of the Chinese post-office is the opening up of new roadways was inaugurated over this stretch department and the Bureau of for the rapid transportation of of road at the beginning of 1934, Highways for the dispatch of passengers, mail, and freight. mails between Enlung and Poseh, practically all of the larger in- land cities are now connected by regular motor bus postal services.

Because of the civil wars, and the activities of reds and robbers which were prevalent in the past,

It will also be realized how advantageous it would be from a military standpoint to have the various parts and cities of the Province connected by good ronds.

Up until the time the Postal au-

and has so developed that buses leave by schedule at 9 am, and re- turn the same day at about 4 o'clock) in the afternoon. In the past at the least five days were lost by

struggle launches which have to

alowly up the shallow rapids of the upper stretches of the Posch river.

Under the leadership of the new

Kwangai Province has been some-thorities were enabled to utilize the what backward in the construction motor bus services. all inland mall Commissioner of Public Highways,'| of highways, but during the past was transported either by motor Mr. Li Ki-kan, work is proceeding few years renewed efforts have launch, tow boats, or native junks, on the Poseh-Nanning motor high- been made by the Highway De-or was carried overland by coolies way, and it has been said that the motor partment and Department of Recon-connected with the post-office de new road will be open, to

Usually the first-class traffic before next Chinese New struction, which is under the able [partment.

mail was delivered by overland car-Year. leadership of Mr. Wong Wing-wa.

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AT

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It is the true, authentic life record of Robert E. Burns who has suffered what this story-tells

you'll find out why this plutura put a price onits author's head..

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