To the Editor of the Nonti A Dalny News."
Sin,—Referring to your comments the other day on the Shanghai Mutual Telephone Company's advertisement, has just come to my knowledge that o of the principal shareholders has handed in to the Directors of the Company: the name of a gentleman who will be wil to serve on the Committee of investi tion, The gentleman in question is a member of one of the Inrgestengineering firms in the world, and it may be presnmied that he would he a suitable person to serve on such a Committee. In view, however, of the attitude of the Company, it might not surprise yon to hear that ti directors have refused to accept this nomination on the ground that the gentleman in question has several times complained of the service he gets from the existing system. It looks, therefore, as though the Directors wish to appoint persons to serve on the Committee who are in favour of the present system. Comment is needless.
Your obedient servant, A Svpscriner.
August 22.
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