Dairen has a new mayor, Mr. Jun-yosuke Ogawa, who was elevated to the mayoralty from the ranks of the now defunct Kwantung Government, has completed his tenure of four years og chief of the Municipal Government. He will "receive ¥.$0,000, which the municipal councillors' decided he should receive as- gratuity for his services to the city since the Mukden Incident.
'The new mayor ig an outsider. He Mr, Tohei *Marumo, formerly Director of the Formosan Railways and Mayor of Toyohashi, and assumes office with the strong' recommend ation of the SMR. here.
The selection of the new, mayor wag made by a series of committee meetings. The Municipal "Assembly /nominated a committee of 29 which in turn named a. sub-committee of seven which agreed to accept. the SMR. candidate. The committee of 29 then approved the decision of the sub-committee and the—Municipal Assembly accepted the verdict of the committee of 29.
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