Drastic steps were taken by the Japanese consular police on Saturday afternoon against merchants of the Hongkew market in a shop-io-shop examination of goods, local Japanese papers reported yesterday.
Working in four squads the police examined goods at 170 stalls of the Hongkew market for two hours, Decomposed and otherwise unfit goods were confiscated at 30 shops, while the merchants were strictly reprimanded, Sixteen restaurants and' tea booths on the upper floor of the market were ordered to close by July 15 on the ground that their hygienic conditions are not up to requirements, the "Mainichi¥ said,
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