Business Recommenced by Some:
Others Expected to Follow:
Still a few Die-hards Although some days must pass before business becomes normal, the rice strike virtually came to an end last Friday, when nine shops in the International Settlement re-opened and many more began business in the French Concession and on Chinese territory. It might have been expected that the nine who were first to begin would have been besieged with customers after the week's closure, but nothing of the sort occurred, business being if anything rather less than on quite ordinary days, from which it must be inferred that the strike has not very seriously interfered with the supply. There are more ways than one of distributing the grain for cash.
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