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sorts of bright metal had attracted the Chinese. There were only two days between the time when the Russians evacuated the town till the Japanese entered, and during these two days, the Chinese carried away more than 300 cart loads of goods from the European quarter. The roads in the European town are macadamised and are 50 kilometres in total length. The town is of the radial or spider web design, the centres being on high points on which sites for important buildings were reserved There was no Chinese quarter when the Russians had the place, but many Chinese have now flocked thither. The Railway Company built large airy hospitals with every accommodation for 200 patients; and apart from these, infectious wards are situated outside of the town. The Chinese Eastern Railway, of which Tairen is the terminus, is directly connected by rail with all the Manchurian, Siberian and European Railways as well as with the Shanghai-kwan line via Inkou. There is a branch line to Port Arthur through the junction station Nankanlin, and a daily service of trains runs to the North and Port Arthur from Tairen.
DIRECTORY
CHINESE GUILD
Liu Tzu Heng, president Lew Pau Chin vice-president
Ho-Kee
CORNABE, ECKFORD & Co., Merchants
E. C. Layard, agent
Agencies
Indo-China S. N. Co. Ld. China Navigation Co. Lel. P. & O. S. N. Co. Ld.
Canadian Pacific Railway.
Royal Insurance Co.
Sun Fire Insurance Co. Ld.
General Accident Fire & Life
Assce. Co.
Yangtsze Insurance Association Ltd. Canton Insurance Office Standard Life Assurance Co.
Asiatic Petroleum Co.
FREE DISPENSARY
Dr. N. Yasuda, principal
H.I.J.M's. CIVIL ADMINISTRATION Administrator-T. Sekiya
HOLME, RINGER & Co.
F. Ringer (Nagasaki)
G. Renison
HONGANJI TEMPLE
S. Otani, high priest
JAPANESE-CHINESE SCHOOL M. Asai, principal
LIO TUNG HOTEL
M. Moriya, proprietor
MANCHURIA TRADE ASSOCIATION C. Sasaki, representative
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
M. Iwamatsu, secretary
MITSUI BUSAN KAISHA Y. Go, manager
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
K. Kawamura, manager
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA
R. Fukao, manager
POST OFFICE
K. Ohara, postmaster
QUARANTINE OFFICE
S. Kurata, principal
SANITARY DEPARTMENT
I. Abe, principal
TAIREN HOTEL
Uchida, proprietor
TAIREN PUBLIC HOSPITAL
Dr. K. Yamanouchi, principal
YOKOHAMA Specie Bank
T. Hirata, manager
H. Ohta, sub-manager K. Tanaka, accountant
Y.M.C.A.
Sekihara, secretary Digitized by
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