Shanghai, Sept. 9.
A. protest against the increase in power rates by the Shanghai Power Company will be handed to Mr. C.
Franklin, Chairman of the Shang-hal Municipal Council, by Mr. Yuklchi Nayashi, President of the Federation of Amalgamated Japanese Street Unions, this morning.
The action was decided upon at a meeting of the executive committee of the federation at the Nippon Club on September 7. If the Shanghai Municipal Council does nothing about the rate Increase Japanese consumers may form a "non-payment Teague," it was reported, Tue Shanghai Munlelpal Council health report for the week ending midnight September 9, shows that the total number of ' deaths from all causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Settlement were—Forelgners 19 and Chinese 500, Deaths from notifiable diseases were—Forelgners: Tuberculosis Dysentery 4 and Cholera, Typhoid Fever, Paratyphoid Fever 1 each. Chinese: Tuberculosis 32; Dysentery Typhoid Fever 28; Cholera 7; Beri-beri 4; Typhus Fever 2 and Diphtheria, Relapsing Fever, Chol-' ceraie Diarthoea 1 each. een te are, og a tesisnts Yoi'ts Gos Refugee Restriction To Be Enforced Shanghai, Sept, 7.
'A further meeting of representa. tives of the Shanghai Munfelpat Council, the French Authorities and the Japanese Consulate took place yesterday at the Japanese Consulate, fo study the possibility of framing regulations under which the ban Imposed on the entry into Shanghat of further European refugees might be relaxed in certain special cases. was affirmed that the prohibition which has been imposed by. the three authorities (which, however, allowed for a number of refugees' arriving by certain vessels already en route) must for the time Being be rigidly enforced without any individual" exceptions being permitted, Further study yas made of the proposals which hed been submitted by the Council's representative. A further meeting will be convened by the representative of the Japanese Consulate when his proposals have been drafted,
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