To the Editor of the "Nortu-Caixa Dairy News."
Sm,—I have often heard people ask "Is it any use writing to the press" and the general opinion seems to be that good does follow when those people at whom the letter is aimed are fair and open minded enough to to see both sides of the question and considerate enough to investigate and rectify the matter. Just because a letter to the press is anonymous should be no reason for ignoring it, it is often advisable to write over an assumed name, but that need not make the complaint any the less genuine. Will you, Sir, permit me once more to ventilate the grievance of the Chaoufoong Road residents against the Yanyang Tobacco Factory.
Letters to the press under the above heading, which started last October, did do good, they brought police supervision to the road and reduced the noises complained of to zero, then the supervision was withdrawn and the noises resumed their former volume and have since continued unchecked. One resident complained to the police direct about banging doors, which annoyance has happily been removed. Another wrote to the Council on the annoyance in general and their reply was, in effect, that it was impossible to remove all noise from an industrial district, but they would see what could be done and the factory owners would cooperate. So far I can truly say that nothing has been done except closing up a door.
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