(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The strike of Jerusalem storekeepers against increased rents which was to begin today was postponed by the Merchants’ Association following the intervention of the Jerusalem mayor.
At the request of the mayor and Lord Plumer. negotiations are now under way with the Jerusalem landlords to maintain the present scale of rents. Representatives of the Merchants’ Association claim that the proposed increase in rent is as much as 100 per cent over that of last year and from 100 to 1,000 per cent above the pre-war rents. The Association states that 1,100 storekeepers were prepared to strike.
CORRECTION
In the report of Mrs. Mary Fels’ address before the National Farm School Conference two typographical errors occurred. Mrs, Fels had stated that Mr. Fels came to London in 1901 and that he purchased a stretch of land in Lainsdown. The date was erroneously given as 1921 and the place London.
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