The report of the Salaries Commission appointed by the Council investigate the salaries paid to foreign and Chinese Municipal wi Secretary," the latter title appended. to comply with the requirements of the Land Regula-tons.
However, in deference to the excellent Municipal services of Mr, Sterling Fessenden, present holder of the office, the Com Pointing out that water is one of] the people's daily necessities and that the concern which—supplies water to the public should not be permitted to profiteer, the Fourth Section of the Shanghai District Kuomintang has issued a circular statement calling upon the residents of the International Settlement to oppose unanimously the Two men were killed and two others were injured when a motor eax collided with a conerete electric light standard in Route Pottier on the morning of August 24. The car involved was a new Dodge Six.
The occupants at the time of the from Lanchow, Kansu, reads follows:
"The money market here is getting: increasingly dicuft, with increasing discount on notes for silver. In the Hochow district they fare not able to use anything but fiver. Including $21,000 which Teaves this morning 1 shall "have sent over $70,000 in actual cash on mules 70" English miles through very mountainous country. In order Yo get actual silver I have been forced to purchase silver (sycee) in outlying aveas, in some instances This) being unearthed from the ground while our pack animals have Kctually. been standing by to transport it, and. then being carried to the local mint where it has been! turned into' good third year Yuan Shih-kai dollars."
In May a Moslem horde captured the town of Tsinchow in Kansu province, where there was $5,900 in famivie telic? funds. Mr. Andrew, however, had learned through his score of years in Kansu how to negotiate with all variations of the populace, and as a result, the money was returned to him, There isa brightening silver loud in though there were nun from starvation in many of the districts in which be hasbeen operating for the last few months. But he declares that there is every prospect for an autumn harvest and it' these hopes materialize, the famine of Kans may; be written ff on the pages of past history. Of course, there shall be stupendous tasks remaining in the line of rehabilitation, An' exceptional phase of his task Ihas been that of a special squad in Hochow put to. work interring more deeply the corpses of many of last year's famine and fever vietinis. These were a menace to the district owing to the fact. that, they had Deen covered with but a little earth and without doubt the summer's eat would have resulted in a further epidemic of disease, if this had not been done, Another unexpected benefit was obtained from the activities of the famine workers in Kansu Province. "One interesting result of our efforts in several districts," Mx. "Andvew writes, "has been the fact that ening to ovr having introduequantities of grain into these needy areas, the prices the local markets have been kept down much lower than Wi possible. This again has much benefit to many who have not Deen directly affected by our tributions Now that there is a prospect of 'a harvest, the prices of grain were dropping considerably at the time hho sent the letter. For a "tan"
Jemployees with a view to the abolition of existing allowances published in the form of a special issue of the "Municipal Gazette"
tributed free with the issue of the "North-China Daily News" of August 22.
The members of the Com were: Messrs, V. Meyer (chairman), A. C, Clear, P. W.
Burgess, Corbett, and ing Loh-hsu.
The last three were} ce-opted to fill vacancies caused by the departure for Home Messrs. C.M.G. Burni P. Ss,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.