Shanghai, Aug. 19.
Ata meeting held last night the "Shanghai Tenants' Association" was formed to dear with the knotty rental problem in this overcrowded city. It was reliably learned that the first public meeting of the new association would be held sometime next week and that Chinese might also participate the movement Promoters of the movement are expected to issue a press communique today. ever desired to move back to the In' February, 1998, suen a movement began and about 20 per cent. of the dwellings were occupied by tenants who had moved back to their old homes and who lived there rent free, There was no water supplied to the houses at the time, consequently the company permitted the tenants to live there rent free. As more and more people took up residence in the block the company was moved, in November, 1937, to charge tenants half of the new rent decided upon and to supply water to the tenants at Intervals of three times a day.
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