A decision to increase their rates by 20 per cent. was reached at a special meeting held yesterday by the Shanghai Caterers' Association on Honan Road, Mr. Wong, secretary of the tion, stated that the increase is made necessary by the falling exchange, increased duties, higher cost of imported commodities, and the higher wage scale.
The increase in expenses, he pointed out, ranged from 50 per cent. to 70 per cent, and under Present conditions, members of the Association found themselves unable to continue with the present rates, The secretary stated that local foreign residents were fully conversant with the increase in import duties, imported commodities and the low rate of exchange, and would readily understand" the decision of the Association, Acconpixc to a report of the Greater Shanghai Bureau of Health, 11 catarrh cases, 37 throat-disease cases, 11 sniall-pox cases, eight dysentry eases, 15 spinal meningitis, cases, and 19 scarlet-fever cases were reported during January, 1920. Fourteen of the victims died,
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