Shanghai, Dee. 10
What appeared to be a large conflagration yesterday turned out fo be a small fire, the flames being completely extinguished within nine een minutes of the arrival of fire engines from the Bubbling Well fire station.
The fire broke out at the Sing Hwa Chemical Works at 12 An Loh Foong off Jessfield Road at 9.35 am, and two engines from the Bubbling Well station answered the call, using Tifeng Road. At the corner of Jessfield Road the engines had to stop while barricades were removed to allow the machines pass, 'The firemen returned to the station half an hour' later, after having ascertained that the flames had been completely out. The fire started when a quantity of alcohol was spilled on the floor and caught fire. No seriolts damage was conred. only. bedding being destroyed by the Tur health report of the French Municipality for the week ending December 7, shows that the. total number of deaths from all. causes amongst the foreign and. Chinese Population in the Concession was—Foreigners 7 and Chinese 236. Deaths from notifiable diseases were—Foreigners, pneumonia one and Chinese, tuberculosis 26; typhoid and_paratyhoid fevers 12; dysentery 5; pnenmonia 2; beri-beri 2 and diphtheria, cerebrospinal meningitis, marsh fever tone each, Travelling Rules Announced Shanghai, Dee. 4, Various changes to be. effected in regulations for applying for travelling, landing and goods removing, permits were announced _yesterdi by the Japanese authorities concerned. The revised regulations will bbe enforced starting tomorrow, They 1. Applications by all third-pow nationals for permits for travelling, up the Yangtze River by military and naval transports will be accepted the Japanese Consulate-General heretofore. It Is. requested that each application endorsed by the Fespeetive Consulates be, _aecom= panied by two "extra copies. The leant should give all particulars given in a regular form." The a convenient to sending his application in_ perso When accommodation facilities become available on one of the military "or "naval transports the Japanese authorities concerned will accordingly ni the applicants through their respective Consulates,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.