It may be remembered that I mentioned some weeks ago the necessity of the China Association's finding new quarters, as the old premises are to be pulled down. It seems probable that the C.A. will settle down in the rear Shell-Mex building on the Embankment close by Waterloo Bridge. One may not admire this building architecturally (that is from the outside) but it is the last word in perfection of office arrangements and. of course, is very conveniently situated.
The C. A. looked at several sets nf rooms in the City. But the rent were very high and no one would Jcome down. This illustrates a curious phenomenon of the City. Althoush there are numbers of empty offices. landlords will not lower rents. They are confident that demand will vive and say that it will pay better to let premises stand empty for two of three years than put down ren's Which they may not be able to Taise again. But what if demand does not revive? More and more up-to-date business buildings are growing up westwards, and the old City offices Bre frequently dark, ramped "and The news that China was putting what appeared to be a partial ban on the export of silver caused an im-I mense scurrying round in the City. Everyone was asking questions as to ithe probable effect of the ban and nobody could answer them. In a day some theatre galleries." The lap of the gods.
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