Shanghai, Apr. 2. PROSPECTS of a competitive election for membership of the Shanghai Municipal Council were confirmed yesterday. While the British and American commu ties selected their candidates by straw vote to fill the traditional apportionment of national representation the Japanese community election committee announced that five candidates would stand for election, At present, the number of Japanese councillors is two.
The announcement was made by Mr. Yukichi Hayashi, Chai man of the committee, who added that the Japanese community, did not "propose to adhere to the five councillors forever.
The British have selected five candidates and the Americans two and therefore, present, there are 12 candidates for the nine foreign vacancies on the Council No ination papers must be delivered to the Scerefary and Commissioner-General by noon today, and the election will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 and 11, The annual meeting of ratepayers will be held at the Shanghai Race Club (Public Stand) on April 17, and the new Council will meet thereafter, The five Japanese candidates named by the Japanese election committee are as follow _Mr, Trevor Sidney Powell, Manager the Asiatic Petroleum American Candidates manager of As a result of primary elections in the American Community in Shanghai the following two men were selected from a list of three candidates to stand for the municipal election Mr. J. W. Carney, Assistant Genwnager of the Standard Vaewum Mr, Otoicht Okamoto, barrister-at~ law, member of Ube Murakami Law of the firm of Allman, Davies & Kops.
Meanwhile it was intimated in Chie nese circles in Shanghai yesterday that the five Chinese members of the tthe board of directors of th Colton Manufacturing
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