To the Editor of the "Nonra-Caiwa Datty News."
Sin—It must have been with great surprise and indignation that the majority of your readers of today's issue received notice that the issue of ricsha tickets was hence forth to be discontinued. Such a step affecting as it does the convenience of every foreign resident of Shanghai should never have been taken without first ascertaining the views of the ratepayers, In view of the scarcity of fiv cent pieces, the palpable objections of keeping one's pockets filled with dirty coppers, the invariable inability on the part of every ricsha coolie to give change and the ex-with which they ¢ffect an transfusion of silver into it is inconceivable that thie action should have been taken without the most public discussion first taking place.
I know nothing about the pros and cons, of tramear tickets because I never use the trams, but as regards ricsha tickets, I can say with a feeling of perfect confidence that the action of the authorities will meet with scant approval on the part of those who use these indispensable vehicles.
I am, ete., "Nortu-Curxa Dairy News.
Shanghai, Feb. 9.
Sim,—With reference to the article in your paper of the 4th instant "A German spy in Peking," wherein you pretend that I travelled in Annam and Yannan and that I ar-
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