Shanghai, Mar. 11.
'The Shanghai' Municipal Police are anxious to trace the whereabouts of a British chief engineer, who has been missing from his ship in Shanghai since March 7. The man's name is Alexander Peterson. He went ashore on March 7 and his vessel, which was due to sail yesterday inioming at 6 a.m, has postponed her departure.
He is aged about 58, of medium build, and has a thin face and grey hair. When he went ashore he was wearing a brown suit, brown shoes and a brown overcoat. At one time he lived in Shanghai wits his family and he is well-known to shown in the miscellaneous is index was 35599, being 50.13. per cent. above the preceding month. Food index was 394.07, being 1660 per cent. higher, fuel "432.48, being 1883 per cent. higher, and clothing 268.36, being 9.80 per' cent. [higher The purchasing power of the lar in the month dropped further to 30.2646 of its 1936 value.
'Of the 52 commodities which showed increases over January quotations, ight rose by over 30 per cent, 13 by 20 per cent. and above, 13 by 10 per cent. and above, and 18 by below' 10 er cent, The following shows items whose rise has exceeded 30 per cent. over their January prices:
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