8.V.C. Goes into Action at Once on Appeals yesterday. that there have been none, not actually engaged in active military police or fire-brigade work, who have had to forego the luxury of a hot bath each morning. Those accustomed to; these little amenities of our advanced civilization have had the hot water supplied as usual.
In all districts south of the Soochow Creek, the morning milk has been delivered regularly with daily newspapers—newspapers, a little attenuated it may be, but of sufficient bulk to contain all essential local and foreign news. There have been no restrictions in the supply of electric power, and, although, as a -precautionary safety measure, the supply of gas has been cu.tailed, coal and charcoal have been ample, and those possessed of any. ingenuity in improvising temporary' cooking arrangements have suffered little serious inconvenience in this respect Trams and buses are operating {n) the Settlement and in the Frenc Concession—on a limited scale at the moment but with every prospect of a larger service: in the near future. Large numbers of rickshaws(Jhave been available and there has been no arbitrary enforcement of restriction in the use of private cars, although owners have been urgently requested not to use them unnect sarily.
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