Notwithstanding the acute trade depression since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostility Shanghai the PootungBlectrie Supply Coy, Ltd. at Pootung has cated another year of success In ose.
Diving recent years continued expansion has. marked. the: activities of the company, Last year the company was awarded a certificate of nent by. the National Construction Gommission in "recognition of its ficient management. and excellent With a view to encouraging. tended' demands on the part consumers, the company has volant-ally reduced its rates foy dlactrclty, which have een. daly ratified (by the Public' Utility. Bureau) df the
and will come into force this month, Municipality of Greater Shanghat ie basic rate of $0-21 per kilowatt hour for light is reduced, to. $0.20 subject to discounts commensurate with monthly consumption exceed-Sng 1,000 Kllowaet hours, The rates for power of $00, $0.06, and $0.05 are respectively Guced to $0.07, $0.008, 90,056, and 90.040 per hour based the monthly average consumption per tote power of motor while for bulk" supply to. factories, mille shipyards, ete, the "Company" will offer muck lower rates, Tin ratifying these reductions of ates, the Public Utility Bureau has Highly commended the company for its for-sightedness and the soit of and answered during the discussion ter, which ensued. Aniong the speakers!
Generals Decorated were Dr. Yang Chien, of the Nanking, Jan. 1. Academia Sinica, Mr. Hu of the] Kuo Wen News Agency: Mr. Isaacs, 'A very impressive ceremony was Mr. H, Howard, and Mr. J. Glass. wold this morning at the Natioi Mr. Chow, editor of, the weekly Government "Ofc, when special paper "Life" expressed some seeptimedals were presented to military Cism ae to how members of the officers for bravery in action again st League were to discover when éilegal the Japanese forces in the fighting} arrests were made, since these! around Shanghai last year. thing were done in' secrecy. He 'The Officers honoured were Gen: also cited the case of his own paper, erals Tsai Ting-kai, Chiang Kuang-in' reference to the rights of ths Chang Chi-chung, Tai Chi, and ross. Ills paper had recently been Chi-shih suppressed.
'The two first-named were com-Dr. Yang Chien replied that one manders of the famous 19th Route of the aims of the League was in which is at present in Fokien Spection of prisons, and it was engaged in suppression of the Reds. hoped: that in' this way secret ar-General Chang Chi-chung was. the ons and silo cases wood be commander of the 5th Army Corps, who defended the Kiangwan fron Chen, the editor of the "Shun Gen. Tai Chi is Gendermerie Com-Pao'; then introduced an exam ple the case of himself. His paper fad been subjected to official pres: sure "on account of. the tone Several leading' articles written by hich defended the isohongehen Himself, and as a resuit—it was an open sccict—he was now editor of hi paper only in name; control of Three holiday' was pro-Canton, Jan. 1. Policy was in other hands.
Discussion which followed deviate aimed. yesterday to celebrate the fed. from the eneral. to. the parti-all government cular, the cases of the "Far Bast-Review", whose postal Fees, had "recently. been. resin by. Government order, the order to ensure the maintenance of Forum" and others," being men-pence and order issued a notice to tioned, the public that no crackers were With the formation of the prov to be-fired last night between 6. ional ' executive committee, the pam. and 6, am. to avoid undue Leaiue will commence ins work im alarm as some crackers sound very mediately. On behalf of the. prot much like rifle fire. asors and students of the Peking There was a military review this National University Who were ar-worning and the ai rested by secret military orders, the spectacular formation fight over the Teague sent a. telegratn yesterday to the Chief of the Bureau of Public Associ
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