The Chinese press hailed the procedure saying that the Chinese ratepayer's election question had been "satisfactorily settled," indicating that no intervention had been made by the Chinese ratepayers' group affiliated with Nanking, which has repeatedly announced wish to "readjust" the old Chinese ratepayers' body, A check with informed Chinese sources yesterday revealed that no definite measures had been made known, It will be recalled, however, that the new group has tried its best to take over the control of the Chinese ratepayers' group in the Settlement and the old Chinese members of the Council now re-elected once received threatening letters asking them to resign, There were no indications yesterday that Messrs, Wang Shiao-lai, chairman of the Chinese Ratepayers Association who has been in Hongkong since the Japanese occupation of Nantao, and Tao Lo-ching, general secretary of the Association, who has been black listed by Nanking, will return to Shanghai. Mr, Tao was recently reported by the Chinese press to have gone to Ningpo to engage in business.
The Chinese elections this time were held by correspondence, ballots having been sent to members of the Association's general assembly in order to avoid holding a meeting, There were originally 81 members of the rubly but this election was held among only 76 members as five have died, The Association announced yesterday that it had received a letter from the Council recognizing the receipt of the results of the Chinese elections.
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