Shanghai, Feb, 25.
Returns. of the two-day election. for 2% elective members of the Sapsnese Residents" Corporation were announced on Sunday night with 14 Assembly seats gong to candidates who stood for' lection for the first time, the "Tairiku Shimpo" reported yesterday morning, When the voting was closed ai 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, 9,887 voles were east during Salurday: and Sunday with Mr, Teizo Matsunaga, polling the most ballots. He amassed 636 voles. Thirty per cent. of the electorate failed to vote, Although new candidates won 14] out of 25 seats on the Assembly, hose who represent large cotton mull interests and government-subsidized companies retained their dominant position in the Assembly, their members outnumbering those who represent local Japanese me ferests, according to the "Falriku Shimpo" Among the 25 Assembly, members newly elected, eight represent government-subsidized companies and six cotton mill owners, the paper added.
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