To prevent West River pirates from further using the Red flag as idence to plunder, the Kuomintang Navy in Canton waters has renewed the water patrol system. Patrol boats will be stationed at, all the known dangerous points. With return of better police. protection the Hongkong-Wuchow steamship owners are considering renewing West River traffic. The only problem before the West River shippers, according to the Sai Kong and Kwong Wing steamship companies, is how to dodge the strike pickets Samshui, Ho-how, and other calling ports' on.the way.
The Kuomintang Navy, while there to prevent the mis Red flag by unauthorized is not ready to intort molestation of ship pickets, though they, like the pirates, have no legal standing. The strike claiming to be enforcing a otic movement, are receiving a certain amount of support from the people at large and are tolerated by the Kuomintang.
Commission on Commercial Paper Canton merchants are regarding with disfavour the recent decision of the Hongkong Native Bankers' Guilds to impose a further commission of 30 cents for every. $1,000 worth of bills and commercial papers handled by its members.
Canton merchants are interested in the' additional commission inasmuch as some $7,000,000 to $10,- 000,000 -are handled -by -the native, banks of Hongkong monthly in the Canton-Hongkong Chinese transac tions purely Reuters Pacific Service.
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