Two other reforms are urgently: needed in. connexion with these. motor tends. One is some regulation Of the prices charged by the rieshas pullers.
The two or three months when the motor lorries are unable to run are, of cours the harvest time "for the riesha ' men.
That they take full advantage of it goes without saying. The arrogance and Insolence of some of these men in circumstances in which the would-be traveller is almost helpless quite pass belie Intl it rapacity under such circumstances they are often aided and abetted by the inns along the road.
Tt would seem a simple' matter for the officials who collect the sha tax to establish a scale of prices, varying to some extent to meet weather conditions, so that the traveller might be protected from what is sometimes quite neat highway robbery.
{Road Infested With Rogues Another needed reform is the better poli of the motor roads. Tha casionally reported crimes of violence on the roads. As many banks and other shops have now the habit of transferring sums of money by messengers on bicycles, the opportunities for robbery are tempting, especially at this time of year, when the robbers find hiding in the tall crops along the roadway. an easy matter. Of late highwaymen have been operating along the oad botwaen the cities of Taingyuan and Kinocheng on the west side of
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