Vernacular Dailies Cut Down Size of Publications Nanking, Aug. 6.
Acute shortage of newsprint in Nanking, coupled with its rising price, has forced metropolitan papers to economize by reducing the number of their sheets, The oficial "Central Daily News," which usually has twelve pages, appeared this morning with only eigh The "New Capital Daily." another influential paper in Nanking, to-day announced that to conserve its physical assets, the number of pages for Jeach issue of the paper will be re-Jduced by half from eight to four ally.
Both the "Hsin Min Pao" and the "Morning Post" had already adopted the same policy—Central News.
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