To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cuina Dairy News."
Sir,—Apropos of encroachment on the public roads on the part Chinese as a common thing to be met with in the interior of China, what about encroachments on the part of foreigners upon the roads of the Shanghai concessions? One instance can be seen now in the Route Cardinal Mercier, south of the Avenue Joffre, where a heap of building @ébris covers one of the sidewalks and a good third of the roadway for a length of several yards on the western side of the road.
Besides, some builder has taken advantage of the fence enclosing the building yard under review being pushed out of the boundary upon the same sidewalk, to insert therein a straw matting garage housing a motorcar.
Such flimsy structure constitutes a serious danger for all the neighbourhood should the fancy take a Chinese driver to indulge in his pipe or fag therein. I may suggest even that undesirable structures like a matting garage might even alter circumstances in regard to fire insurance, especially in the event of a blaze. _If the thing was done unintentionally by Chinese, there is no reason for that lack of supervision which is very much to be deplored. am, ete., One Justice FoR ALL.
Shanghai, July 7.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.