Two Municipalities Reported as Negotiating The long-standing issue of the extra-Settlement roads was on Tuesday (June 12) reported to have been virtually settled, negotiations for the Future administration of the roads being already in progress.
Although! no actual agreement for fa transfer has been signed, it was Unofficially stated that a. modus joioendi-had been arrived at and that officials of the two municipalities were discussing plans for policing and maintenance and other import-fant matters involved.
The precise area concerned and the numerical strength and composition the police administration which it proposed to establish are still Regarding the police command, despatch from Nanking states thai Chinese will be the chief and a Briton the vice-chief The various bureaux of the Chinese Municipality are discussing matters of finance, utilities, works, ete., with the respec: five departments of the Shanghat Municipal Council, according to the Gespatch. The official agreement will be signed as soon as these practi cal issues have been settled, it is The roads involved are situated mainly in the Western District, though some are in the Northern area.
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