New Rickshaw Rent in Force:
"Squeeze" of Few Coppers 'A general reduction in the rick. shaw hire charge from 140 cents Jsmall_money to 85 cents big money, equivalent to about 110 cents small money and 1G coppers, was made by the members of the Shanghai Rickshaw Owners' Association in compliance with the compromise agreed Upon. between the Shanghai Municipal Council and the Association recently.
The standard rate of hire charge, according to. the agreement, is 78 cents big honey, while the additional seven cents big money now being collected from the pullers the Settlement last Wednesday in connection with the rate of hire charge elicited "the fact that only those Jcoolies who fired rickshaws for the whole day enjoyed the new rate, As to those who hired vehicles for twelve hours only, the rate was 30 cents small money. Hope was gen erally expressed by these coolies that the "squeeze" of a few coppers by the sub-lessors would be entirely done away with within a few days.
Ownership certifeates for 7403 rickshaws had been issued by the Rickshaw Board up to last Wednesday morning, it was announced by Mr. P. W. Massey," Chairman of 1 Board. This represents nearly three quarters of the public rickshaws in the International Settlement.
Court Allegations Implications in the recent rickshaw leged leader of the Jmakers was understood to have attempted to shield behind the names of the two Chinese members of the Rickshaw Board when charged in the First Special District Court on Thursday morning with having intimidated "pullers by threats of violence.
The accused man is a veteran worker in the ¥.M.C.A. movement and formerly principal of the YMCA.
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