To the Editor of the "Nonri-Cunka Datty News"
Sm—I shall be glad if you will kindly lob me have a few lines. in Sour esteemed paper in connection with the bona fide generosity, which was shown by the. Settlement an. thorities concerned In purchasing of foreign rice to distribute to the valous rice shops in the city to settle the unprecedented price of rice dur Ing the hard time, For the time being, in spite of the serious situation, in' order to" cope with hoarders of vital food. "the Couneit's authorities will still buy the staples with" energy to relieve ori: ties will take permanent action in buying the rice for the city in the future, and everybody else now bey 10 express our deep appreciation to the /Counell authorities concerned, because this Is avery good action to the public especially fo the Chinese citizens of Shanghai.
Thope that the S.M.C. authorities will spend a lot of time in devotion {to the food situation, because T think that It is their ofice duty also, And fat the same time T hope that the SM.C. authorities concerned do their best to discuss with the Japanese an: thorities concerned, who are also affected by the restriction, to faelitate the importation of: vital' food from the interior, 4
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.