Canton, Sept. 9.
'AN the Canton restaurants, se: yeth tea and meals, and numbering about 200, have closed as a protest against giving copies of the checks handed in. by their patrons to the tax monopolist.
In the past the restaurants have! bargained as to how much they' should pay each month and their records of business were not closely serutinised.
Last night at a "peace dinner' arranged by the Provincial Treasurer all the delegates were searched ani three were arrested and charged with Being the ringleaders in the mos ment for bringing about the suspension of business-—Reuter.
Canton, Sept. 11.
All the foreign style restaurants in Canton, excepting those attached to hotels and all the restaurant boa: s have now suspended business. They Ate supporting the tea houses by refusing to pay the present taxes.
'A few days ago the tea shops in Canton were ordered to give copies of all checks handed in by thole patrons to the tax monopolist. They: Strongly objected and closed their doors as a protest. Previously. th eq baure proprietors hed berat tench month as to how much tax they should pay and their records of business were not closely sevutinined.—Reuter, Threat of the Authorities
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