1 is learned that about 700 ico, shops in the city are selling ° the Hongkong rice and that most of the residents. in both areas can buy cheaper tice, There are still some rice shops which have signified their wish to sell the Hongkong rice, but which have not yet made payments. There are some shops which so far have failed to make applications for the Hongkong rice. Chinese circles are paying very little attention to the Shanghai Rice Market. manipulated profiteers who. it Is said, may suffer from additional tosses through the increased rents of rice godowns, their prices continued to drop yesterday.
The rice transportation problem in the city has also been softied, the wheelbarrow men engaged in the business having now returned to worl after several day's sive duminlt which they disputed with those owning trucks for transporting rice, A. ten tative agreement provides that there should be between 250 and 300 rice Wheelbarrows and 40 rice trucks for transporting rice alone. A corps has boon organized to prevent the poor {rom stealing rice while being trans ported. especially by wheelbarrow mon. It is reported that a, rice transportation firm may come into existence so as to do away with competition between wheelbarrows and trucks.
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