To the Esitor of the antu-Catxa Darty News.
—In the report in to-day's issue of your paper, of the case of " riesha coolie who was summoned for refusing to take a fare when called, you reinad Court: considered it a very trivial case. Surely, if licences for these vehicles are granted for the convenience of the public, this refusal of the men to accept fares unless the hirer appears to them to he a Promising subject for a "squeeze," ix x matter which requires the attention of the licensing authorities, I have repeatedly seen riesha-men on the public stands on the Bund refuse to come when called, and neither Sikh or Chinese policemen when appealed to could induce them to move, though they had been paid off by their last fare and were remaining on the stand presumably for hire.
Surely some method could be adopted to improve this condition of things which, while it. may appear trivial to the Court dignitaries, is not thought to be so by many who have suffered great inconvenience from it, Lam, ete, Revectep, 12th September.
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