General, who spoke upon commerce he surprised that members of the Eh her of Connmeree had deemed a 4 business conditions worthwhile, After giving some statistics strated the tremendous volume of ade carried on in Shanghai tp to 1929, Mr. Gauss stated that although for a time business in Shanghai ator his period commerce had steadily Geereased in volume until it reached fa new low at the height of the hos-Uities around Shunghal, it waa at resent increasing with—suficient Speed to make observers feel most optimistic about the future, Mr, X. Bland Calder, Acting Amertwave the hess men (o remain in Shanghai their consul had asked them to leave, The evening was concluded with the showing of an ise of March ide Nazi G hai, May 29. blaze by the Toad shortly after 430 am. yester= Gay. Two of the houses were completely gutted whilst the remains seven' were badly damaged mai the first floors and roofs.
During the operations, Chinese fireman was seriously injured by a falling beam which cut his lip and which necessitated his removal the police hospital, where he wax Aetained for treatment, It took the combined efforts of the entire Sinza station personnel over three hours to put out the blaze which threatened to endanger Joining structures, None of the occupants of the houses were Injured, all of them having been aroused early enough to permit them to escape the blazing inferno.
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