the Editor of the Norra-Cama Darty News.
Sim,—On reading the account in Suturday'sissue of proceedings at the. Court against Mr, Henry' Morris's mafoo charged with furious driving, it struck me that the whole affair was very mixed indeed. The foreign constable who' charged the mafoo asserted that the mafoo had twice driven at a gallop along' the' bund. Mr. Mortiss' flatly contradicted the. atatement. No further evidence was taken to ascertain the truth. Anyone, however, who knows the Shanghai Bund and the Brokers' traps that throng it during business hours would be surprised to see Mr, Morriss or any other Broker being driven' slong at a gallop., Avy such charge should be properly substantiated. The case concludes by the tha foo being fined $3—because ho. acknowledges having driven fast. seem even to have been whether he galloped the it, all mean?' Have the Council' framed new'aud more rigid rules for the regulation of street traffic? 1f they wish to inttuduco reforms in carriage driving I would recom-ruend them to begin where it is most needed, not with Brokers' mafoos who although driving at a quick pace are' experi drivers and understand how to control their ponies, Asa nervous and slow-driving resident, the whips I most dread are' those I believe belonging mostly to native livery stables who instead of moving straight the Files. These native vehicles ure cer-along prefer to describe curved lites along
tainly a greater source of danger than Brokers' traps. Tf, however street regulations are to be' introduced, the Council should publish them and relieve' other residents besides myself from the fear that cut mafoos may unwittingly transgress, the disagreeable consequetice being proceedings at the Mixed Court andthe publication thereof.
Tam, ete,
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