"the Couneit, which has been act ing on the advice of my Committee, has recently been widely criticized! {fer its apparent inaction and failure fo check the rising price of rice. From an interview which Mayor Pu Sino-en fs reported to have given to the "North-China Daily News" some might have gathered. the impression that the Council. isnot only' itself cing native but also has shown unwillingness to ce-operate with the neighbouring authorities. Inthe forests of aceuruey andi tale judgment the Council's position should be made clear to the public.
he Council has mace repeated appeals to the Japaese authorities tasking tem to do-all that they pos sibly can {o facilitate the free flow Of native rice te Shanghai from the areas. of the hinterland, every occasion expressed to ce-operate in every. practicable way with these who are fable to facilitate the supply of domes tie rice to Shanghai, During July Last Cheap Rice Sale Ends Shanghai, Oct. 9 Increasing the seriousness of the rice situation in Shanghai, the sixth cheap sale of the ground Saigon vice sponsored by the Shanghai Rice Distribution Committee headed by Mr. 'Vu Yacching' was closed yesterday, During the past 20 days, cheap sales have been conducted by the majority of Tice shops in both foreign reas where thousands of poor people have been going daily to obtain their quota of cheap rice, Pathelle seenes have been witness: ed near many rice shops during the sale period, during which one person was allowed to buy only $L worth of the inferior grain, People went early In the moming, although the sales started in the afternoon, but even then many could not obtain their rice Uckets oF buy their rice, not being able (o fight for better positions in the crowds which thronged the shops, Children were often victims of mad stampedes when crowds of grown ups dashed to the counters,
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