Cheap Distribution in Two Measures Taken to Send Areas Still Continues Surplus Population. Out Of City Before Bombings Chungking, Feb.-28. quarters officially. announced today that compulsory evacuation of those Tesidents in Chungking who are withi permits will ihat the Garrison Headquarters evacuation programme was started on February 1 and was expected to be completed in March. In Febriary, the Garrison Headquarters-urged-the -populace to leave, giving special rates on buses. and steamers for evacuees.
Starting March 1, the "Garrison Headquarters; together - with, the police, will conduct a house to house in i Those without ' re" sidence permits must leave within three days after- discovery by the The retail price bf Saigon rice de-lined another dollar per picul yesterday "in Shanghai. It was bei sold for $48-$44 a picul.
New York announced that the Meanwhile rice and flour Chilean Exchange "Central Commission and representatives of the sales, for the benefit of the poorer classes, continue in both the Inter-Government have signed an agree. ment, under which Britain will national Settlement and the French wool to the value of £800,000 in Concession.—It was estimated yester-according to the Dow Jones day -that about 820,000 individual purchases of the cheap rice' have been The exchange balance thus created made in the two areas since the re-will be liquidated by the of British merchandise.—Reuter.
of -the sales on February A number of shops handle the dis-Hribution of tickets and rice, and long queues may be seen outside these Places hours before the doors open.
police àre called upon to re-alate these crowds, a task for which con lo lung-pawer is required, Already several foreign policemen have suffered temporary loss of voice from this strenuous activity. authorities will enforce compulsory evacuation and seal their houses.
Those without residence permits who reside in hotels must leave within two days of being warned to do so by the authorities, who will seal their rooms and also punish the hotel management if they fail to evacuate.
As dugóuts in Chungking at present can only accommodate 200,000, since the Garrison Headquarters have already issued that many residence permits, it is announced that hereafter, no more new permits will be issued.
Rains in the past two days eased the anxiety of the local populace somewhat, as good weather in the past week had led to the belief that Japanese aerial bombing of Chungking might be expected any day.—Reuter.
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