and His Orchestra with The public here had been relieved;|for a short period as a result of the official intervention in the rice market. The fist official price fixed by the Shanghai Municipal Coitticil was $21 for & picul of the first grade Comite at the worst season of the rice, and owing to the irtiptovem&tit the dtibn of the Special Muni-noted later in the supply of the grain ty authorities, he emphasized, the offcim price was reduced to $20. The Chinese here breathed a Sigh of relict but suddenly there came the foreign exchange cHanges. Mani-pülation in the rice market soon set in for fnáhipulators realized that morë Shigün fice could be brought here to offset the native rice price. They would not sell their stock and the price went steadily üp.
There was great confusion in the market on Monday and official super-al visors would not allow any increase the systems used by the to cover the refuse used for with a strong plaster commud and the sweepings from in prices. Rice shop representatives could not get their quota from sellers at the official price arid for a time it looked as though suspension would be the order of the day. The same condition prevailed yesterday and hope was expressed by the Chinese press that the authorities should force manipulators to take out their cargo from godowns and to sell it at the official price.
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