F oroiga Voters to Prepare for Next Election According Wo Committee Chairman JESIDENTS of the International Settlement heaved sighs of relief yesterday morning after it was revealed that voting ratepayers, with the largest vote count ever recorded in a Shanghai municipal election, fought off the threat of Japanese domination of the Council and maintained the status quo for at least one more year by sweeping the five regular British candidates and two American nominees into office with an overwhelming majority of over two thousand votes for each candidate. Biggest flop of the election was the poor showing made by Mr. Ranald G. McDonald, independent British candidate, who polled only 325 votes out of a total of 13,098 ballots cast.
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