Shanghai, Oct. 19. NDERTAKEN by the British Residents Association, in operation with the local Boy Scouts, the collection of postage stamps has reached the total of about 120,000 in the past two months, About 35,000 of these stamps have already been sorted and washed and will be offered to local dealers, with the receipts going to swell the War Fund. however, the cash return is not As most of them are common, expected to be very large.
The estimated value of the 120,000, stamps. is approximately $12,000. since the Committee has at least 150 ood lots which will be auctioned as soon as arrangements cane made—a matter of about ten days, The collection of stamps was started about two months ago and a '@3 Philatelic Section of the British Residents Association War Efforts Sub-committee was formed with a '3 view to put the scheme into opera 7%8 tion. This scheme consists of collect ing stamps from firms and individuals, sorting them according to! countries, washing them and pre paring them otherwise before putting them on auction or selling them to private dealers, Ladies Hear Talk on Rent Problems Shanghai. Oct. 20.
The Joint Committee of Shanghai Women's Organizations held their monthly. meeting on Wednesday the Portuguese Consulate-Gener Mrs, H. J. Van Hengel presiding, The Portuguese Women's Association were the hostesses. Atter the business meeting, Mr. J. S, Chisholm, Chait-man of the Shanghai Tenants! Asso-lation, talked to the audience on some of the aspects of the housing problem in Shanghai, specially the question; "Landlord versus Tenan Committee operation children of various schools of the city, particularly "those of the Public and Thomas Hanbury Schoo! for Boys and the Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Girls, who have shed many thousands of the com: moner stamps. doing their job exceedingly well, "The Sub-Comimittee has made an appeal for stamps of any value from the half cent Chinese to the more valuable ones and although the desired results have not yet been achieved, the work is progress: Ing, favourably.
The majority of stamps collected from. various sources were Chines stamps and these were turned over to the members of the 9th, 18th and 14th Troops, who sorted. washed and prepared them for sale, Collection of old newspapers and magazines has also been taken by the War Efforts Sub-Committee the British Residents Association.
hoped that British and Allied subjects, ax well as other sympathiz~ fers, will respond to the appeal and send their waste paper to the varlet centres indicated by the BRA. These are: the Cathedral School for Girls at 425° Avenue Haig: the Masonic Hall at 1622 Avenue Road: the Shanghai Club at 3. The Bune and Maitland & Ca, Ltd. at 10/20 Lane 126 Szechuen Road.
Task Simplified This work has so been assisted by the Bor Scouts, but now that the BALA. have undertaken organization on behalf of the War 100 Fund, the work of the Scouts is simplified since all they—and other cantributors—have to do now is to dump the newspapers and magazin at, the above centres.
"The ood brought by collecting stamps sind waste paper may not be realized by some at' the beginning. but it ix enough to state the fact that each supporting the scheme, does his Tittle bit in hething win' the war.
with this thought thay the British "Residents Association apppeale to all to send in their stomps. bath common "and valuable, and newspapers and magazines. the sale of which will swell the Wor Fu Mr, Chisholm stressed the necessity for Shanghai tenants to form a strong association and make a united front against those landlords who are exacting excessive and unfair. rents from their tenants. "With coal prices lunseitled and soaring it is only rea sonable that an adjustment should be made in the rent of an. apartment, Dut many tenants feel that the in: ex eases asked have been excessive, and Mr. Chisholm maintained that a strong Tenants' Association of at least 1,000 members (it Is to be hoped of many note) ona. sound financial oasis, able to engage a dust-class lawyer and possibly a. building veyor, would be in a position to sot an arbitration board of competent people and to make their demand for fair play heard, Unfortunately, ro-course to legal, process so far" has brought little retief—the Counett hax stated it can do nothing, 60 there is hothing tet for the tenants to do but in a combined effort to exert Pressure on the authorities and public pinion,
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