The only vexret expressed by some members of the Police Force was that the Increase in the living allow= ance of the men from 85 0.185 per cent, was only a temporary measure, but the men are generally cognizant of the difficulties confronting the Council and according to all indica tions, are well satisfied for the present, The decision of the Couneit which received wide prominence in the local press brought relief to many [Chinese shopkeepers and native banks who spent a hectic Saturday morning Jduring the Vast week-end by pulling ip the shutters 10. their shop-fronts and closing down for business after was learned that such an incredlble" decurrence "as a policemen's strike was in full progress. The city suffered from a ease of jitters" and humorous foreign and Chinese estab lishments refused to take payments '(ler banking hours, Nor was the Turmoit over until the following day although the "strike" was settled by. hoon on Saturday. Publication of the good news and the mediation of Mr. Vu Ya-ching, local philanthropist Deputy Commissioner Yao in the uble" resulted ina compromise reached whereby the disgruntled while negotiations were carried on atween their delegates and. the Council regarding their demands. the South Channel of the River, which makes the native large-type vessels to the Shanghai harbour dimeult, will be resumed from the middle of January, ae-cording to a report in the "Taltiku Shimpo" yesterday. The dredging fof the bar which 1s two miles wide and 20 miles Jong has been ssu pended since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities,
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