Cheaper Fuel at Tsingtao To the Editor of the "Norru-Ciawa Danty News"
Sim—The landlords of the apartment. houses have endeavoured Justify their increases by eiling the high price of coal.
As far as I can find, the cheapest kind of household coal is "about $00 per ton, I am informed that coal of Feasonable quality is quoted in Tsing {ao at §25 per {on retail, Tsingtao is very near—I suppose a ship could be chartered for $10 to $15 per ton Mf it were possible to obtain permission from the authorities. This Permission, however. Is not oblainble. So we have the rather curious position of the Japanese tenants the Pearce Apartments protesting body against the increase in rents that building when, if they could get permission from their own nc-Uonal authorities to bring coal Shanghai, the situation would be much improved and there might be no need for them to make the joint protest which they have lodged.
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