Standard Brand Introduced For Entire Nation Rome, July 27. rural China, will be aided by the Provisional Government of China through a specially-chartered finance ing organization, Domei learned here toda; Simultaneously, in order to prevent abuses by pawnshop operators, a special law governing such establishments will be promulgated. The new financing organ will be capitalized at $10,000,000, half" of this sum being subscribed by the Government, the other half by exchange and pawnshops in Peiping, Tientsin and other North China cities, The institution will have branches in various points of the territory now governed by the provisional regime to assist local establishments.—Domei.
In all Italy there will be from now onwards only one kind of bread, sold at one standard price. This regulation will remain in force unaltered until June 30, 1939.
This decision is due to the Ministry of Corporations which acted on a proposal made by the technical committee of the grain corporation. The new regulation will come into force on July 21.
Up to now, four kinds of flour had been in use in Italy but these are to be reduced to two, both of which will consist of 90 per cent. grain and 10 per cent. maize.
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