Str,—Though during the last week we have been told by the various newspapers with more or less journalistic comment that the Alhambra" is to be closed on the 16th inst., we have only just been enlightened on the reason why this step has now been deemed necessary Leaving alone the question whether it is 8 wise or misinstructed move, considering has grown big enough to require a pleasure resort and that the closing comes at a time when this establishment appears to be botter conducted than ever before, beside that closed others will thus proving the me to argue all these points, is it not an injustice to prosecute one on the one hand, apparently ov the groind of public nuisance"—and this outside of the Settlement limits—and allow on the other hand Celestials in the heart of the Settlement to carry on their ternal noise which they are 80 fond of, at nny hour they choose? Tu the moraing we read of a decision of the Cunt of Consuls to sup; ress a "public nuisance" and that same night, or rather very early next morning—at one o'clock—slumberers in the midst of the settlement are Aisturbed and kept awake by furious beat ing of gongs and Gring of immense strings of crackers, What is a " public nuisance," pray Videant consules, Tam, ote, September, 'TIE NUMBERING OF YARNS, [this year is that the storm commenced with "a drizzling fine rain, which froze] ton the wires, loading them in many! To the Editor of the Jinstances up to twenty times their own "Nozra-Cara Dam News." weight, thus bringing many poles to the Sin—In view of what is now ground and breaking many wires. That happening to American goods here, the such blizzards existed in Shanghai was a following extract from an article in the new experience to this Company, of which American Cotton Manufacturer" headed advantage has been taken to reconstruct Introduction of International Uniform the pole lines so much stronger that it is Numbering of Yarns on the Decimal hoped another blizard of the, sime type will canseno damage at all. As a result Metric System," is rather significant resd-of this policy of strengthening the ing, to say the least of it.
Company's lines, I may mention that "The entire reform will, therefore, prac-only six poles cub of a total of 2,400 were tically depend upon the fact, whether damaged by the recent typhoon—two in the opposition of England to the intro-Broadway, ons at, Honan Road Bridge, duction of the metric-decimal system of two in Bubbling Well Road, and one in numbering yarns can be overcome, Gordon Road—and the lin23 interrupted Should this not be possible, the comby the typhoon do not exceed 14 por cent, bined endeavours of the Continental if Pootung is not counted in, By to-night spinners will no doubt be rected first of—in that fs, two and a half working days all, as was already brought forward in after the storm ~I hope all the lines will the Paris Congress of 1900, to make the be in order. Only part of the lesson metric yarn system obligatory in their learnt from the blizzard has been profited countries, and to forbid by law the sale by. When materials ordered arrive from home, and other improvements are effected of yarns made up according to any other which will result in a great reduction of numbering. This would assuredly moan the number of overhead wires in the wooded such a serious disturbance to Eng districts, there is reason to believe that spinners in their previous business inter uptions will be considerably reduced, rangements, that the demand for the and that typhoons and blizzards will egal introduction of the metrical system cause little or no damage. in England would also soon become irresistible."
Tam, ete., 5th September.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.