It is reported that all the buteh-Jers shops. in pened for business on Dec. 24, to be prepared for what Settlement trade might come their way.
The dispute regarding the tax will be settled after the Christmas holiday. From December 10, 1927, to December 10, 1928, the butchers paid to the Chinese authorities $46,000 per month in lieu of the fax for pigs, sheep, and goats slaughtered within the Shanghai district. Daring 1927 the monthly.um paid in this respect was $40,000, for an early settlement of the pre-jour object." ame to Shanghai by' steamer. arrect there is Tittle hope! sent strike.
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