Only Pullers to be Less by Natural Wastage The Shanghai Municipal Council has recently had under consideration the question of a reduction in the number of public rickshaws. The Council does not desire at a time of depression to Infilet any hardship upon rickshaw pullers. It has, therefore, been decided not to enforce at the present time any reduction in the number of licensed rickshaws. There is, however, every year a large natural wastage among pullers. The Council has, therefore, decided that during the next twelve months this natural wastage shall not be replaced Until the number of pullers affected exceeds 2,000. The decision will be reconsidered at a later date.
Colonel Telfer-Smollett, new commander of the British Defence Forces, will arrive here in the s. Rajputana on August 9. He will be accompanied by his wife. Other passengers expected in the same ship Include Mr, Harold Dorfman, Mr. H, Feurer, Dr. F, W. Robinson, and Mr, G. R. H, Harrison.
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