The transport strike situation in the Settlement remained without changes yesterday since the parties concerned are adamant in their, mands and answers. No incidents have been reported (o the police, while Mr, V. A. Essen, head Of the Ressian employees of the China General Omnibus Company, who disappeared on September 25, after had attempted to deta strikers who stoned a truck in he an employees were returning to the garage, was released yesterday morning.—Mr, Essen was Held by the Chinese police in their Edisburgh "Rosd station and, after Food Prices Still Tnereasing Shanghai, Sept, 28, Since the publication on August' 7 of the second Special Bulletin of the SMC. Price Investixation OMce, the colicelion of information relating stocks and' prices. of basic eommod= ties has progressed sotistaetority, the main effort being concentrated of the retail side of the problem. Meetings, uring which the question of "reason~ able profits" in. the. various trades has been "frankly. discussed, "have been held with representatives Provision merchants, fish doaters, uteriers, coal and wheat merchants, Willingness to ce-operate with the Council has been the keynote of these meetings, and a number of checkings of retail prices already completed have, with few exceptions, shown thatthe information supplied hae een eorroet. Considering, however, that nearly every item on the Ist of basic commodities Is a problem itself, the task of checking is of such miamitude that considerably. more time is required before generalization Is advisable,
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