The convention of foreign and Chinese ratepayers meetings to oppose the new system of charging telephone rales was one of the decisions renched at 9 meeting of the Special District Telephone Committee organized by several Chinese public bodies, Other resolutions were:—That negotiations be opened by the commit ice to. abolish the new rates tobe enforced on March 1 That other public bodies be asked fo Sake similar steps against the new That opinions be solicited from the in regard to opposition That a special committee be organized to handle the registration of ribers opposed to the new system, The meeting on Friday was held in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce building. Me. Wang Man-yung presided, "and Me. Wang Shao-lei, Mr. Fang Chao-peh, and a group of other merchants attended,
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