Will be Towed to Manila by February 9
It appears that the fire is finally out in the inv, Silvereypress, for a telegram was, received on Feb. 1 by the Java-China-Japan Line," local agents for the vessel, which states that os soon as the water is pumped out of her, she will be towed. to Manila where the. remains of her cargo will be discharged and surveyed, According to the telegram, the vessel expected to reach Manila by February 9.
It will be recalled that the British 6,700-ton. motor vessel caught fire in the harbour of Molle, in the Philippines, on January 18 "while. on her Way from New York to Shanghat with heavy cargo for discharge here, consisting largely of radios and radio parts, aeroplane and automobile parts, Fefrigerators, tinned. goods, tobacco, fand various forms. of mechanical appilances, All of the ship aft of the Wheel was reported to be ablaze, but It was believed that the cargo in the forward holds might be saved.
Increase in the municipal subsidy fo the clinic of the Japanese Residents Corporation from $5,000. to. $15,000 a year was asked on January 21 by Mr. M. Amano, leader of Shanghai's Japanese community in a call on Mr. J.T. Ford, Treasurer and Controller of the Shanighal Municipal Council, "Mr. Amano, according to local Japanese papers, based his Fequest for the increased subsidy on the "ground that the clinic gives medical aid to Chinese, as well' as 10 Japanese, patients.
Philippine Commonwealth, arrived in Shanghai on Jai through (0 Washington and, possibly, England.
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