To the Editor of the Noxru-Cuiwa Darty News, Sm,—It is to be hoped that your notice of the fact that addressees of mail matter from the U.S. have to pay postage for delivery here, will lead to some arrangement by which this may be avoided, for the frequent claims of odd cents, which cannot be paid by postage stamps, are quite troublesome.
While on the subject I should like to call attention to the unblushing way in which our friends at outports send us, in Shanghai, unpaid letters, sometimes requesting favours, and frequently followed by a press copy by another steamer.
believe the theory is that they are not supposed to know that Local Post stamps are available for letters from outports, though I do not know how they avoid knowledge of the Customs Postal Department and its sale of stamps at outports.
Tam, ete., A, B. September 8th. way back, the times of crossing the winning Tine being Komola it was w dead beat against wind and tide from the New Dock to Gough Island. The Arrow won the race, the elapsed and corrected times being as under; the flag having fallen again at 1.85 p.m. instead of 1.30:—
Elapsed Time. Corrected Time.
3h, 26m. 208. 3h. 14m. 20s, 18m. 50s. 3h. 18m. 50s, sh. 37m. 00s. 3h. 2lm. 00s, For the Small Boats race, the course being down to the Kajao creek and back, the lone and albatros-s started about a warter ut an hour after the yachts, the former allowing the latter 12 minutes, The Albatross found it tov heart-breaking work beating against the flood, and gave up, the Tone going round the course as her name indicates, and finishing at 5h, 42m. 30s, Roberts......2444444-26 2435245-25 51 Olsen, O....3543444-27 0344345-23 50 a 334343-24 5352225-24 48
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