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ANTUNG-DAIREN

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DANISH LUTHERAN MISSION

Rev. and Mrs. J. Vyff

DANISH MISSION HOSPITAL

Dr. P. N. Pedersen, M.B. CH.B., F.R.C.S. Dr. Marie Nielsen, M.B.CH.B. Miss A. M. Stauns, nurse Miss Andrea Nielsen, nurse

MANCHUKUO CUSTOMS

Commissioner-M. Nakamura

MANCHUKUO POST OFFICE

C. W. Chien, postmaster

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怡 Yi Loong

SHAW, GEO. L., Importer and Exporter

Steamship Owner and Insurance Agent

-Telephs. Chinese 4 and Japanese 39;

Cable Ad: Shaw

Geo. L. Shaw

S. G. Shaw

A. A. Mardas

SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co.

K. Okayaisu, agent

₺i * Tai koo

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TAIKOO HONG KING KEE, General Mer- chants, Shipping and Insurance Agents

-Cable Ad: Taikoo

K. S. Sun, manager

Y.M.C.A.

C. C. Chang, chairman

DAIREN

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Dairen, the Southern terminus of the South Manchuria Railway, is a commercial port in the Southern corner of the Liaotung Peninsula, Lat. 38° 55′ 44′′ N. and Long. 121° 37' 7" E. When Russia leased the place in 1898 it was only an inconsiderable fishing village. Russia intended to develop Dairen as a commercial port and had made some progress when the Russo-Japanese war broke out. what the Japanese inherited was a mere nucleus of the present city, namely the section north of the railway tracks which to-day forms but a sinall corner of the city. South of the tracks, where the main part of present-day Dairen stands, was but an area of rough ground, with hills and ponds, which required a vast amount of grading and filling. The plans the Russians formed were gradually much improved upon, and the Japanese, by dint of great exertions, have brought a thoroughly western civilization here on a scale far more comprehensive than anything that has been accomplished in any other part of China. The health of the locality is exceptionally good. The highest temperature registered in summer is 35° 7′ C. (96° 3′ F.), and tlie cold winter season is rather long but invigorating

Dairen has a population of 529,000, over two-thirds of which is Chinese. The city of Dairen, not including the suburbs, has an area of 11,266 acres. The autho- rities recently completed a plan whereby the city will be enlarged so as to enable a million people to reside there. Electric tramways, of a total length of 66 kilometres, run along the principal streets, and include a suburban line to Shahoku (Japanese reading Shakako) (where the South Manchuria Railway workshops are established, 4.5 miles westwards from Dairen), and one of 2.5 miles to Hoshigaura (Star Beach), the finest watering place in Manchuria. There is an excellent hotle here, managed by the South Manchuria Railway Company and also a number of bungalows which may be hired by visitors. Another suburban line runs to Rokotan, a famous summer resort commanding glorious scenery. A motor road runs to Star Beach, which is a tract of land of 392 acres including the golf links, which are approximately 122 acres. The construction of the South Coast road, 49.2 kilometres in length, connecting Dairen and Port Arthur was commenced in 1921 on three sections simultane- ously, and was completed in July, 1924. The motor road between Dairen and Chinchow was completed in 1929, and motor buses run regularly. In 1932 a new North Coast road between Port Arthur and Chanshuitsu (on the Dairen-

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