A large number of people, Chinese and foreign, visited the new Chinese Post Office' on Monday—some on Dusingss, and others on inspection tours.
Judging by appearances, a great amount of business was done and the stof w extremely busy serving customers and attending them, and in showing and directing them' round the new building, The staff left the old Peking Road building at 9 o'clock on Sunday night and at 7 on Monday morning the new building was thrown open.
Everything went as smoothly as the officers "anticipated and there was no hitch whatsoever, not even single instance of interruption of the mail service, which again goes to show the' well-known effi. ciency this branch of the Chinese Government has maintained under foreign supervision.
Recocnizina the presence of soldiers around Shanghai as always potential source of trouble, the Chinese Chambers of Commerce have addressed an urgent letter to the Government, requesting that the Military Governorship at Shanghai be. abolished and. that duties of Yho office be undertaken by @ Commie sioner- under: the Tuohun'd "direct
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