Arrangements have been made for the Britsh Afuseum andthe Victoria "Albert Museum Jointly to acquire famous and. rare collection of CChinese and other Par Eastern works lot art made by the celebrated col. lector, tr." George Eumorfopouie, tian expenditure of £100,000, The public is being invited to coneibute'to the cost of the collection, to "which ° donations "have already been made by Sit Percival Davie and g"'Universites China Committe.
Str George Hi, Director end Prine cipal Libarianof he British Museum,
portant for the history of Chinese tint "the coliscton was highly snd Far Easiora art and culture 'There was no doubt, he declared, Lint the museums were getting 1 on' very (On Monday was not Shanghai's first acquaintance with the new model. Between twenty and thirty were on the streets before the new year, But what are twenty or thirty among 90 many? The full 181, which replace old ones condemned by the Council last October, were out on Monday and their number made them con Tt will be recalled that when the Council condemned the 131 wrecks referred to, the rickshaw owners protested that they had 250 new rickshaws of the old model alrendy in their hongs and wanted to rubs stitute them. The Counell_ insisted, however, that the 181 should be replaced by rickshaws of the new but gave the owners. mission to replace any condemned subsequently with old models out of their stores.
The new trafic regulations in re-fard to right hand turns in Bubbling Well and Nanking Roads from Thibet oad and to the prohibition of park on the. south side of Bubbling Went "Road "between Thibet and Mohawk Roads during "rush hours, will" "be "enforced from' Mondey, Incidentally, the registration of public rickshaw pullers is proceeding favourably, according to an official of the Council, while the registration of private rickshaw pullers thas been almost complete, There were 12.000 registered private rickshaw pullers fon the streets last quarter, and the number of registrations to date is about 18,000,
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