Washington, June 12.
The long struggle to remove postmasterships from the spoils system appeared to have been won today after more than 100 years when the bill providing open competition for promotion—blessed by the President and passed by the Housé^on Saturday—went to the Senate' where it will be voted on next week.
Passage of the bill will prevent the disposition of post office! jobs as rewards for loyal party workers. Since the Administration of President Andrew Jackson in the 1830s the Presidents campaign manager has usually become Postmaster General and has doled out the \postmastership plums to active supporters of the perty in the last election\The bill would drastically reduce any political party's store of possible dispensable positions and would be a serious threat io the Republican party's attempt to oust the present Administration in the next election, it was indicated here.
The Chekiang Provincial Bank, on orders from the provincial administration, has issued l-cent and 5-cent notes totalling $40,000 and $60,000 respectively, says a report to the "Hwa Mei Chen Pao."
Fin. E. Guemzt S. J. (Weather Service Zikawei Observatory) will be leaving today to attend an International Meeting of) Marine Meteorology in Utrecht. He expects to be back on duty ju October, this year.
The Ministry of Finance, prompted by recent serious disturbances in the local currency situation, has ordered the Shanghai offices of the Central Bank, the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications to take effective measures: to stabilize the local money market, states a message to the "Sin Wan Pao."
Employees of the Chung Hwa Book Company here, who were released by the company at the end of last year as a result of its adoption of a retrenchment policy, held a meeting on Sunday during which they decided to approach the manage: ment with a request for reinstatement, says a message to the "Hwa Mei Chen Pao."
The ferry service between the Shanghai Bund and the Tamatou (Great Wharf) in Nantao, which has been suspended for some time, was resumed on Sunday, says a report to the "Standard," Meanwhile, Chowkadoo, Tungkadoo and Liulichiao crossing in Pootung have also been reopened to shipping services.
A veran ShanghÁi—philatelist that several/ stamps of the ie, with the "Heng-Yang" (Hunan) neutrality surcharge, ich were in circulation that lately, two of these surcharged stamps (the 1 cent and 3 cents) were disposed of for a considerable price by a local collector to a well-known British firm of stamp dealers,
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