Hankow, Sept. 8.
As part of the programme to support the Chinese delegation to Geneva, Chinese public bodies here are making an appeal for the assistance of the Powers.
Whey are arranging to send a representative to call on local foreign diplomatic and consular bodies, explaining China's stand and requesting them to forward China's appeal to their respective governments.
A mass meeting of public bodies here will be held tomorrow morning to ask the League to give assistance to China by applying sanctions against Japan. A parade will follow in the afternoon.—Reuter. significance of this phraseology and, when authorizing the surcharge, their understanding was that it would apply to consumption as from August 1, The surcharge as approved by the Council was made subject to monthly adjustments in accordance with fluctuations in exchange, The position has been further discussed between the Power Company and the Council and, in order to overcome the difficulty created by this misunderstanding, for which the Company is in no way responsible, the Company at the request of the Council has consented to postpone the application of the surcharge by one month, and this will now therefore commence with bills rendered on or after September 1, 1938, in respect of consumption periods ending on or after that date, for which bills the surcharge, assessed on the basis referred to above, will be 325 per cent, as ready announced, It will be noted that electricity consumed prior to August 1 will not now be subject to any surcharge. The Company will refund or credit to all consumers the surcharges paid in respect of consumption periods ending during the month of August, 1938, Guerillas Tangle with
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