In the flurry of the last fortnight many Shanghailanders no doubt have been compelled to allow their personal affairs to suffer some neglect. In such circumstances it not infrequently happens that the victims of this neglect are those little bills owing to tradesmen or other concerns for commodities or services.
Generally speaking, of course, there is no intention to cause inconvenience by leaving these accounts unsettled, but as the motto to-day is teamwork and business houses have to start in getting their machinery going, and in the process have to pay out im cash large items for wages and the like, it would be extraordinarily helpful if everyone could make
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