Chungking, Feb, 13.
The new circular advising the evajcuation of non-essential Americans from Ching issued by the United States Consul-General in Shanghai today is attracting much attention in Chungking, 'The arrival in Chungking this morning of Lady Clark Kerr, wite of the British Ambassador, is taken to indicate that the British' Ambassador, [Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, is unlikely: fo leave Chungking immediately, as was anticipated that the Ambassador would leave Chungking this week for Hongkong to join Lady Clark New Instructions to Rice Market Shanghai, Feb, 18, The Shanghai Rice Market will have to carry out seven instructions given. by the Settlement authorities in Holding rice transactions in the market. It fs learned that these new regulations which became effective yesterday will strengthen effective control over the rice situation here by the authorities by registering the aelual amount of rice bought and sold and by limiting the time of Sninshing transactions in the-market so asto get rid of profiteering.
The market is being strictly supervised by the authorities and manipulators and profiteers are to be punished. The new regulations were Giscussed at a recent meeting of rice bodies here and it is learned that the Management Committee of the Market win assist the authorities the fullest extent in carrying them out.
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