By 17 votes against 11, a non-confidence motion against Mr, Masusaburo Amano, president of the Japanese Residents' Corporation of Shanghai, was defeated on Friday at a 50- minute session of an extraordinary meeting of Japanese residents, held at the Japanese Central Primary School, Range Road, on Friday afternoon.
Nine proposals were adopted by the gathering, which is the Japanese equivalent of the Ratepayers' Meeting of the International Settlement. "The: bills are related to fiscal matters, besides providing for the erect tion of a middle school for boys and an additional primary school to cope with the recent rapid increase in school-age children in the local Japanese community.
The non-confidence motion was introduced by the Dochaku Honto, a political faction representing the interests of small and medium Japanese business men with long Shanghai affiliations, Tuk Japanese have taken control of the Lunghwa' Cement Works and have commenced factory operations, says a report to the "Morning Leader." The factory, complete with" machinery, has been left abandoned since hostilities commenced, the report states.
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