Tls. 50,000 Per Mow a Record Figure for Property The property of the Belgian Consulate in Bubbling Well Road has boon sold through the China Realty Company for Tis, 270,000, which averages about Tls. 60,000 per mov, a record price for the district.
The Belgian Consulate has ae quired the Fearn property in the French Concession, Avenue Petain and Rue Lafayette, which will be-Jeome the residence and business office of the Consulate in the early art of this yea Went the approach of the Chinese New Year, the natural thing is for shroffs to' pester people with outstanding accounts and, if no: sible, to collect payment.—Thi accounts for large cums of money being in the possession of the shroff fraternity nowadays and the resulty is that special precautions are being taken by the authorities both i" the Settlement and outside to. yroteet them from attacks by highway. robbers.
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