Out west again, at Singapore Road, more floods inconvenienced milleworkers and the demand for rickshaws exceeded the supply in a manner which would have warned the heart of a capitalist, Vu Yuen Road, near Tifeng Road, was another exceedingly damp spot, the water being almost three feet deep in places, especially in the vicinity of the Public School and the Bubbling Well Fire Station, The French Concession was mot behind the International Settlement in the matter of floods, reserving Mr. Bunzo Kuba, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, has been appointed Financial Commissioner in Shanghai in succession to Mr. Minoru Inamori who has been named chief of the exports section of the Ministry, according to local Japanese newspapers. In celebration of the appointments the two men were hosts at a tea party attended by leaders of the Japanese community at the Japanese Club on Monday afternoon.
Mr. Takeo Yumoto, supervisory official of the Ministry of Finance for the, Bank of Japan, has been appointed Financial Commissioner at Peiping, succeeding Mr. Ryuta Chuo, who has been named Director of the Bureau of Finance of the Ministry, according to a report from Tokyo.
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