Committee Subsequent to a meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council, on Oct, 28, the following brief communlealon was issued by the Press Information Omee:—
"At today's meeting, the Shanghai 'Municipal Council was' informed that the Sta Economy Committee now sitting hoped to present their report the Council in the very near future, This Committee, consisting of Mestrs..C. 8, Franklin, W, J. Keswiel and G.'E, Mitchell, was appointed as the result of a ifemorandum submitted to the Chairman of Council by the Secretary-General, which suggested-the exploration of certain avenues along which it would appear practical to." effect substantial economies in the present cost of the mutleipil staff, without unduly disrupting. the service.
"The memorandum was formulated along lines which it was thought would serve satisfactorily in place of formal terms of reference, 'The Committee's investigations have covered the whole field of salaries and terms and conditions of service, but not questions of establishment.'
North Railway Station was blown at 10'am, when the employees, who could not attend the meeting. stood up for three minutes as a token of respect to the Generalissimo, At the Ningpo Kesidents Associa tion, the entrance of which was also adorned with a pation illuminated with electric lights, Mr. Vu Yacching ald a tribute to Gen, Chiang Kalshek on behalf of the gathering. The meeting was held at 11 am, and in the afternoon, plays were staged by amateur actors. At the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. members of the Shanghai Kuomintang also celebrated the occasion with amusements.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.