From Our Own Correspondent, Tsingtao, Apr. 20.
The Japanese Military Club. adjoining the Grand Hotel, which was formerly a German Hotel, has lately been vacated by the departing soldiers, and has been acquir-edi by the Grand Hotels, Ld. This should be good news to many who have been unable to secure rooms at the Grand Hotel. Many houses have also become vacant for the same reason and there are likely to be still more to let when the remainder of the officers leave Tsingtao, so that accommodation should be more easily obtained than last year. Those who do not care for the trouble of bringing furniture from Shanghai can obtain it locally on hire. Such furniture would not of course be de luce, but "t should serve for a summer holiday.
Spurious Liquor ly Cura.
The sale of counterfeit brands of whisky and alcoholic drinks generally, in Tsingtao and, in fact all over China, is a source of constant annoyance, and incidentally, sore heads to the unwary "'pale-face."" Old birds are not caught by chaff, and are careful where they purchase their liquid nourishment, but those who from motives of economy are tempted to seek for '"'solace'' in stores, without a name or reputation to lose, frequently find that they have been sold "'firewater' of the most deadly nature. However, there are many places where we should be sure of our drinks, but which are a delusion end a snare. I refer to those hotels which either farm out their bars to the boys, or do not keep strict supervision over what is dispensed, even though the "right stuff" has been given out to the bar boy. There is nothing to prevent the lutter from introducing his own special brand when he is not properly supervised.
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