Shanghai, Mar. 22.
Rveryone regrets the necessity for the imposition of a 80 per cent, stireharge on the General and Spe-cit Municipal Rates. It is, how-fever, important: before passing Judgment to appreciate clearly exact~ ly what the surcharge means, says communique from the Shi Suuwieipal Council, The effect of the surcharge ix shown by the following Assessed! monthly rental of howe In weighing for themselves the eatect of the Inerenke in rates upon Sher monthly bet, i sected there are very, many lems of their tnonthiy' budgets which affect those Migete ors more than does the Tigers reflect ako that most of the wavteriy rate. payment, I rac=
Petscipa. items of their expenditure Rave been: increased by: more that So'per ent. dhaing the past 10 Sears they Will perhaps. come 12 The conclusion hat thes are nol Bilng "asked to pay an excessive Price for the many service which They: receive: from the municipal Annual Wolf £ub Ju norge at Kiaochow Park stant Ca in charge, abo 200 Wolf Cubs held their spring ig at the time for te Fras Barton, former H.M, Consul-General, i Shield, which was presented by Sir Sidney honour of his predecessor. ter Monday in Shanghai 2 Mar. 21 After a dreary, drizzling oxter Once again the parents and favoured sunday which played havoc: with the trends of the Cathedral Girt School customary displays of Easter finery, were given the opportunity yester-Shanghai woke up yesterday morniits day of seeing their daughters perform to the rather hesitant promise of feats of almost unbelievable' daring, bright Easter Monday.
Early in the and y in their competitions for morning the sun came out in all itx the House Shield, and in their drill ory, later disappearing behind display, which is' now Jooked on as white, misty clouds, clouds which {an annizal event, parted in patches to reveal a pale The sun, as it usually does on these blue sky" behind them. Golfers. occasions, shone brilliantly, and there.
Facing enthusiasts and football. fans scanned the skies with anxious eyes leaped, staggered or fell out the" method of dismounting Increased S.M.C. Power
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