To the Editor of the Norta-Cuia Dary News.
Sm,—Could you inform the public whether it is trae that some more police inspectors of the scend and third class are shortly to arrive here from Hongkong, having be gaged there, it is sai JMr. Holliday without the consent, Knowledge, of the other members of the Council? "I have heard it so stated, vu what may be considered reliable authority, and should feel obliged if you could throw any light on the subject. All these coming men itis said are pensioners, and if rumour is true they are to receive double the amount of salary that has been paid them in Hongkong. It seems to me, Sir, that this is the new blood of which the Vice-Chairman spoke, about to be infused into the Shanghai force. What about promotion for the new mon who have recently arrived from England? Will there be a ghost of a chance for any of these even for a fourth class Inapectorship at the end of their ten Yours truly, Shanghai, 2ud Feb.
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