Shanghai Banking Corporation approaches the work of a member of the Municipal Counci in the most determined fashion, He was first of all ang! and thereafter went to Tientsin, being again stationed here in 1916 cipal work which is called for in these ports, he fully realizes that if elected as 2 member of Council he will be called upon for very large demands upon his This he is prepared to gi As a banker Mr. Roe considers! that the recent practice of electing financier to the Council is an eminently sound one. With reference to the suggestion made a year ago that in future it might be necessary for the Shanghai Municipal Council to go further afield than the local warker for its loans, Mr. Roe expresses himself as being be no need to go to London His experience in other places convinces him that financial centres. lar teand would be perfectly.prepared to supply all the money" needed, and as an instance of this he mentions that anything like an increase! in the price of raw rubber would probably bring Singapore in as a big subscriber to any Joan from Mr. Roe is a believer in scouring greater powers for the Council in Tegard to public health matte Having seen what has been done in Singapore to mitigate the mosquito evil, he is fully convinced that some such work can be carried through!
Shanghai, and, if elected, he will press for it. At present many Chinese residents seem to think! ponds and so forth are called for order that they may draw water ¥]from them, and the best way to rid of Such an idea is to insist on an extension of the water supply more public hydrants for the Provision of water.
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