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SOOCHOW

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and possess rich agricultural products. Construction of this road began as early as September, 1933, and work was not finished until Au- gust, costing about $1,700,000. A new Ching Fan Highway (*) named after the local ancient scholar and stateman Fan Chung-yen ( 14 ), was constructed in September, 1933, connecting the Tien Ping Hills (4) with the Lin An Hills (1), thus providing much facility to the excursionists to these two famous hills. The Soochow-Kashing Railway covering a distance of 75 kilometres, was com- pleted and formally opened to traffic in July. The construction of the Chung Shan Memorial Hall († 1 * & *) was consummated in April, 1934, costing $40,000.00 a sum which was totally contributed by the citizens of the local community. It is a magnificent building and situated in the midst of the Yuan Miao K'uan (5), the commercial centre of the city. A new Y.M.C.A. building was opened in December, 1921. The Chinese and missionary schools date back to 1900. The Soochow Domestic Produce Company, situated in the centre of the city was opened in 1935. On New Year's day in 1931, a new city gate named "Chin Mên" (F), replacing the Hsin Chang Mên and a little to the south of it, was opened to traffic. Another new city gate called "Hsiang Mên" () was completed in 1936. The city of Soochow has thus, in addition to the newly built "Ping Mên" (4) "Hsiang Men" (#), nine city-gates, instead of six city gates as it had before. Recent years witnessed the growth of a great many modern banking institutions. Branch offices of Chinese modern banks established in this city and opened to business lately were the Ching Ch'eng Bank (f); The Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank (£#*#*); The Chinese Manu- facturers' Bank (+); The Peasants Bank (AE); The Oriental Bank (*); The National Industrial Bank of China († ⠀ ***); and The China South Sea Bank (†). (中南銀行).

TRADE IN 1939

The port of Soochow, having been occupied in 1937 and remaining in Japanese occupation with no Customs functioning, no report on trade or trade statistics are available.

DIRECTORY

會公聖 Sung Kung Wei

AMERICAN CHURCH MISSION

Amchumiss

Cable Ad:

Rev. H. A. McNulty and wife

Mrs. W. H. Standring

Chas. W. Harbison, Jr.

亞細亞

A si a

ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (NORTH CHINA),

LTD.-Teleph. 357; Cable Ad: Doric

C. Woolhouse, manager

C. H. W. Robertson

關海州蘇

Soo Chow Hai Kwan

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME—

Acting Commissioner-Chen Tso-chü

校學範 師子女海景

LAURA HAYGOOD NORMAL SCHOOL-10,

Lucerne Road, Shanghai

Miss A. E. Bradshaw

Miss Kate B. Hackney

Miss Ethel Bost

Miss Mary Winn (Soochow)

Miss Nina W. Troy (Soochow)

局政郵國民華中

POST OFFICE-

First Class Postmaster-Wong Chi-

sheng, deputy postal Commissioner

SOOCHOW BRICK & TILE Co.-

J. A. Snell, president

Victor Chang, manager

學大吳東

Tung woo ta hok

SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Incorporated

under the laws of the States of

Tennessee, U.S.A., 1900) (Register-

ed with Nationalist Government, August, 1929) –

Tien Sse Tsang

李 美

Mei Foo

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co.-Cable Ad:

Standvac

Daniel Ho, in-charge

K. Y. Tan, assistant

TUNG WOO DISPENSARY-West Central

Street; Cable Ad: Tungwo

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