To the Editor of the "NonrH-Cama Dairy News'
Sim.—I desire to make public an ident experienced by a smal party of foreigners bound for a houseboat trip up the Soochow Railway line on Friday last.
Our party was travelling by the 16.10 p.m. train from Shanghai North Station and three ser sent to the Station was due to leave.
On my arrival at the station at 545 pin, I was informed by my witt that a Chinese who called him-an official had refused to allow the servants to take a portion of the baggage into the tation without paying a tax. The portion held up consisted of a few bottles of whiskey. gin and beer, about 18 bottles all told. The ser vants requested the official to allow the stuff to remain at the station entrance until the arrival of myself and the other mals, but he would not permit this and ordered one of the station porters to carry it his office.
On my arrival at the station my servant went to get the official but he refused to come stating that the foreigners were to attend at his offico—this was naturally rather annoying in view of the fact that the train wag leaving within a few minnutes—but I went, the office situate in Shen Zang Lee Allesway (FHM) on the lest Paoshan "Road, Chapel. Here, ordinary Chinese House outside which the entrance to which were the following sign:
KIANGSU SecoND Division nacco & WIXE Tax Boneav Foreicn TAX Cousctine
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.