Shipping advertisements in the "North-China Daily News" were principally concerned with Far Eastern and Pacific sailings, although 'a number of Lines are advertising more or less normal sailings to Europe and other parts of the world.
At a meeting of the beard of Girectors of the Shanghai Telephone Ca. held on December 19, 1040, a general and inclusive special tax. saving dividend of $0.75 on each share fof the capital stock was declared for the year 1040, payable in Shanghai
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