Hoarders May Be Dealt With By Chinese Chamber Yesterday was the last day on which people possessing large coal ball stocks could register with the factories so as to clear all factories of large quantities of ready stocks urgently needed by the. Chinese populace. Those merchants who fail to do so and therefore may be charged with hoarding, will be referred to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai for action.
The matter is of vital importance io the Chinese here who need coal balls for daily cooking. Coal ball factories have charged their big customers, with hoarding because the latter io remove the coal balls, they bought. from factory godowns presumably. awaiting high prices. These. customers, however, have counter charged coal ball manufacturers with manipulation, alleging that they had not actually received ready stocks but merely given bills of sale.
"Meanwhile, coal ball manufacturers have complained that freight coal has not been reduced and therefore they cannot be expected to reduce prices. The. has been made to the Chamber of Commerce which it. Jin turn has requested Mr, Vu Ya-ching to jo for a freight reduction with EY ipping circles, Mr, Vu, it is learned, is willing to comply with the request, day when an o told the "North-China Daily News" that the vessel had been refloated under her 3 no casualties, he said.
he ship was on her way from Wenchow to Shanghai and was only a short distance away from the former port when she went aground at about 1030 p.m. Capt. Miller, British, master of the vessel, immediately wirelessed for help, this Call being picked up by the R.C.A. Radio. Station -in Manila, which reported that 200 passengers had taken to lifeboats.
The "North-China Daily News" was informed yesterday, however, that it was improbable that the ship carried as many passengers as 200. "She would have picked up some at Wenchow;" the official continued, "but I doubt that she carried that number." He added that he had made enquiries from Messrs, William Hunt & Ca., by whom the vessel had been chartered, and they had received no information as to the number of passengers carried.
A wireless report received by Mollers' Ltd. yesterday stated that the ship had been refloated at 8.15 p.m. and, if the weather remained fine, would be able to make Shanghai without the assistance of a tug, which was sent to render what aid she could. The Ariadne Moller is a twin screw vessel of 1,840 tons and was built in 1907.
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